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Euskal Bizikleta - 2.1
Spain, June 4-8, 2003
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Stage 4a - June 7: Murgia - Deba-Itziar, 87,4 km
Casagrande on top in morning stage
Francesco Casagrande (Lampre) managed to take back two seconds on race leader Jose Antonio Pecharroman in the morning's 87.4 km stage of the Euskal Bizikleta, winning atop the Cat. 2 climb of Itziar after a very fast two hours of racing. Casagrande beat stage 1 winner David Etxebarria (Euskaltel) and Leonardo Piepoli (iBanesto) in the stage, with Pecharroman finishing fifth and easily keeping his leader's jersey going into this afternoon's 16.5 km time trial.
The stage began with an attack by 10 riders: Stephan Schreck (Telekom), Jon Odriozola (iBanesto), David Navas (Colchon Relax), José Garrido (Costa de Almeria), Raimondas Rumsas (Lampre), Filippo Simeoni (Domina Vacanze), Paulo Barroso (Milaneza), Alberto Martinez (Euskaltel), Marcos Serrano (ONCE) and José Antonio Flecha (iBanesto.com). The dangerous group opened up a 1'30 gap to the peloton, covering 47.4 km in the first hour. However they weren't content to work together, as David Navas attacked after 38 km to try and take the stage on his own.
Navas was caught and dropped after 47 km by four riders: Rumsas, Flecha, Barroso, and Schreck, while the remainder of the break went back to the peloton which was hovering at a minute behind. With seven kilometres to go, the break still had 40" on the bunch, but blew to pieces on the Cat. 2 climb of Itziar. The race came together again with 2.5 km to go, and it was Pecharroman himself who attacked under the 1 km banner to try and win the stage. However he was caught and Casagrande was able to go clear to win.
Results
1 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Lampre 1.53.44 (46.1 km/h) 2 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.02 3 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) IBanesto.com 4 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5 Jose Antonio Pecharroman (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 6 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 0.06 7 Miguel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 8 Joseba Beloki (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 9 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) Telekom 0.08 10 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis 11 Aitor Kintana (Spa) Labarca 2-Cafe Baque 12 Txema Del Olmo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 13 Santiago Blanco (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 14 Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Marlux Wincor Nixdorf 15 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 16 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis 17 Gustavo Otero (Spa) Labarca 2-Cafe Baque 18 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) IBanesto.com 19 José Javier Gomez Gozalo (Spa) Labarca 2-Cafe Baque 20 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis 21 Xabier Zandio (Spa) IBanesto.com 22 Ruben Lobato (Spa) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 23 David De La Fuente (Spa) Vini Caldirola 24 Aitor Osa (Spa) IBanesto.com 0.19 25 Mario Aerts (Bel) Telekom 0.27 26 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank 27 Joseba Albizu (Spa) Mercatone Uno-Scanavino 28 Pedro Cardoso (Por) Milaneza-MSS 29 Marek Rutkiewicz (Pol) Cofidis 30 Rui Lavarinhas (Por) Milaneza-MSS 31 Unai Osa (Spa) IBanesto.com 32 Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 33 Joaquin Lopez (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 34 Koldo Gil (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 0.31 35 J.Manuel Vazquez (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 0.33 36 Andrej Hauptman (Slo) Vini Caldirola 0.49 37 Alberto Hierro (Spa) Labarca 2-Cafe Baque 0.59 38 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 1.01 39 Sylvester Szymyd (Pol) Mercatone Uno-Scanavino 40 Lizuarte Manuel Martins (Por) Milaneza-MSS 41 José Iván Gutierrez (Spa) IBanesto.com 1.12 42 Jon Odriozola (Spa) IBanesto.com 43 José Garrido (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 44 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 1.33 45 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.38 46 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank 1.39 47 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 48 Angel Castresana (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 49 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank 50 Mikel Pradera (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 51 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Vini Caldirola 52 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Marlux Wincor Nixdorf 53 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis 54 Christian Werner (Ger) Telekom 55 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis 56 Ronald Mutsaars (Ned) Rabobank 57 Gianluca Sironi (Ita) Vini Caldirola 58 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Telekom 1.48 59 Massimo Cigana (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Scanavino 2.04 60 Johan Coenen (Bel) Marlux Wincor Nixdorf 61 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 3.00 62 Roberto Lozano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 3.02 63 Raimondas Rumsas (Ltu) Lampre 64 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Telekom 65 Maurizio Ardila (Col) Marlux Wincor Nixdorf 66 J.Antonio Flecha (Spa) IBanesto.com 67 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 3.06 68 Marcelino Garcia (Spa) Labarca 2-Cafe Baque 3.33 69 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 3.49 70 Charles Guilbert (Fra) Marlux Wincor Nixdorf 71 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 4.14 72 David Navas (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 4.18 73 Alberto Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 74 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Rabobank 4.47 75 Carlos Carneiro (Por) Milaneza-MSS 76 David Fernandez (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 77 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.56 78 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Lampre 5.41 79 Antonio Colom (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 80 Francisco Palacios (Spa) Labarca 2-Cafe Baque 81 Paulo Barroso (Por) Milaneza-MSS 82 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 83 Gustavo Toledo (Arg) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 84 Javier Pascual Llorente (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 85 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 86 Marcos Serrano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 5.47 87 Marco Milesi (Ita) Vini Caldirola 88 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 7.13 89 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Lampre 90 Dario Gadeo (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 91 Leandro Navarrete (Spa) Labarca 2-Cafe Baque 92 Alvaro Glez. Galdeano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 93 Alexis Rodriguez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 94 Mauro Radaelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola 95 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Scanavino 96 David Muñoz (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 97 Francisco Gutierrez (Spa) Labarca 2-Cafe Baque 98 Claudio Astolfi (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 99 Fabio Testi (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Scanavino 100 Kyryl Pospyeyev (Ukr) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 101 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Lampre 102 Filip Meirhaeghe (Bel) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 103 Eddy Serri (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Scanavino 104 Iñaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 105 Gorka Gerrikagoitia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 106 David Kopp (Ger) Telekom 107 David Latasa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 7.18 DNF Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Domina Vacanze-Elitron Points 1 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Lampre 25 pts 2 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 20 3 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) IBanesto.com 16 4 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 14 5 Jose Antonio Pecharroman (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 12 6 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 10 7 Miguel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 9 8 Joseba Beloki (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 8 9 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) Telekom 7 10 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis 6 11 Aitor Kintana (Spa) Labarca 2-Cafe Baque 5 12 Txema Del Olmo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 4 13 Santiago Blanco (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 3 14 Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Marlux Wincor Nixdorf 2 15 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 Mountains Itziar - Cat. 2, km 87 1 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Lampre 6 pts 2 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4 3 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) IBanesto.com 2 Metas volantes Soraluze, km 60 1 Raimondas Rumsas (Ltu) Lampre 3 pts 2 Paulo Barroso (Por) Milaneza-MSS 2 3 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Telekom 1 Teams 1 Euskaltel - Euskadi 5.41.24 2 IBanesto.com 0.06 3 Cofidis, le credit par telephone 0.12 4 Labarca-2 Cafe Baque 5 Colchon Relax - Fuenlabrada 0.35 6 Milaneza - MSS 0.50 7 Once - Eroski 0.52 8 Paternina - Costa de Almeria 1.29 9 Team Telekom 2.02 10 Saunier Duval - Vini Caldirola 2.24 11 Rabobank 2.55 12 Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 3.20 13 Marlux- Wincor Nixdorf 3.39 14 Domina Vacanze-Elitron 3.51 15 Lampre 5.56 16 Kelme - Costa Blanca 14.12 General classification after stage 4a 1 Jose Antonio Pecharroman (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 14.36.54 2 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Lampre 0.42 3 Joseba Beloki (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 0.48 4 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.07 5 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) IBanesto.com 6 Miguel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 1.09 7 Aitor Kintana (Spa) Labarca 2-Cafe Baque 1.13 8 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 9 Santiago Blanco (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 10 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) IBanesto.com 1.17 11 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis 12 Ruben Lobato (Spa) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 1.18 13 Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Marlux Wincor Nixdorf 1.19 14 Txema Del Olmo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 1.21 15 Gustavo Otero (Spa) Labarca 2-Cafe Baque 1.25 16 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 1.32 17 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) Telekom 1.36 18 Aitor Osa (Spa) IBanesto.com 1.40 19 J.Manuel Vazquez (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 2.03 20 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis 2.04 21 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis 2.06 22 José Javier Gomez Gozalo (Spa) Labarca 2-Cafe Baque 23 Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 2.08 24 David De La Fuente (Spa) Vini Caldirola 2.29 25 Rui Lavarinhas (Por) Milaneza-MSS 2.35 26 Joaquin Lopez (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 2.38 27 José Garrido (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 2.42 28 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.36 29 Koldo Gil (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 3.37 30 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank 3.44 31 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.00 32 Sylvester Szymyd (Pol) Mercatone Uno-Scanavino 4.26 33 Pedro Cardoso (Por) Milaneza-MSS 5.15 34 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 5.23 35 Xabier Zandio (Spa) IBanesto.com 6.33 36 Jon Odriozola (Spa) IBanesto.com 6.45 37 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis 7.13 38 Angel Castresana (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 7.14 39 Alberto Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7.41 40 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis 8.03 41 Mario Aerts (Bel) Telekom 8.30 42 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Telekom 8.57 43 Marek Rutkiewicz (Pol) Cofidis 10.10 44 Unai Osa (Spa) IBanesto.com 10.30 45 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 11.23 46 Lizuarte Manuel Martins (Por) Milaneza-MSS 12.09 47 Alberto Hierro (Spa) Labarca 2-Cafe Baque 12.38 48 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Telekom 13.10 49 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank 13.14 50 Andrej Hauptman (Slo) Vini Caldirola 13.52 51 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 14.19 52 Joseba Albizu (Spa) Mercatone Uno-Scanavino 14.30 53 Raimondas Rumsas (Ltu) Lampre 16.51 54 Javier Pascual Llorente (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 17.20 55 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 17.44 56 José Iván Gutierrez (Spa) IBanesto.com 18.21 57 Francisco Palacios (Spa) Labarca 2-Cafe Baque 18.52 58 Christian Werner (Ger) Telekom 19.07 59 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Marlux Wincor Nixdorf 22.26 60 Marcos Serrano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 22.28 61 Ronald Mutsaars (Ned) Rabobank 23.55 62 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 24.51 63 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank 24.57 64 Paulo Barroso (Por) Milaneza-MSS 25.08 65 Dario Gadeo (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 25.48 66 David Latasa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 26.00 67 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 26.18 68 Kyryl Pospyeyev (Ukr) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 26.43 69 J.Antonio Flecha (Spa) IBanesto.com 27.47 70 Charles Guilbert (Fra) Marlux Wincor Nixdorf 28.13 71 Mikel Pradera (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 28.22 72 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Lampre 28.35 73 Johan Coenen (Bel) Marlux Wincor Nixdorf 30.11 74 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 30.14 75 Fabio Testi (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Scanavino 30.22 76 Filip Meirhaeghe (Bel) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 30.31 77 Gustavo Toledo (Arg) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 31.25 78 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 32.25 79 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Vini Caldirola 32.58 80 Alexis Rodriguez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 33.47 81 Gorka Gerrikagoitia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 34.39 82 Maurizio Ardila (Col) Marlux Wincor Nixdorf 34.43 83 Iñaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 35.07 84 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 35.55 85 Alvaro Glez. Galdeano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 36.59 86 Massimo Cigana (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Scanavino 38.23 87 David Navas (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 38.34 88 Carlos Carneiro (Por) Milaneza-MSS 39.53 89 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Lampre 40.05 90 Gianluca Sironi (Ita) Vini Caldirola 41.07 91 Roberto Lozano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 41.11 92 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Rabobank 41.19 93 Marcelino Garcia (Spa) Labarca 2-Cafe Baque 43.26 94 Antonio Colom (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 43.50 95 Claudio Astolfi (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 45.45 96 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 47.06 97 Marco Milesi (Ita) Vini Caldirola 47.24 98 David Muñoz (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 47.33 99 David Fernandez (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 48.01 100 Mauro Radaelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola 48.33 101 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Lampre 48.55 102 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 49.54 103 David Kopp (Ger) Telekom 50.45 104 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Scanavino 105 Leandro Navarrete (Spa) Labarca 2-Cafe Baque 53.34 106 Eddy Serri (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Scanavino 54.01 107 Francisco Gutierrez (Spa) Labarca 2-Cafe Baque 56.09 Points classification 1 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Lampre 73 pts 2 Jose Antonio Pecharroman (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 62 3 Miguel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 46 4 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 45 5 Joseba Beloki (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 39 6 David De La Fuente (Spa) Vini Caldirola 35 7 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) IBanesto.com 25 8 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 24 9 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 21 10 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) Telekom 21 11 Aitor Kintana (Spa) Labarca 2-Cafe Baque 18 12 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis 18 13 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) IBanesto.com 16 14 Txema Del Olmo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 16 15 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 12 16 Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Marlux Wincor Nixdorf 12 17 Santiago Blanco (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 11 18 Ruben Lobato (Spa) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 8 19 Jon Odriozola (Spa) IBanesto.com 8 20 José Garrido (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 7 21 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6 22 Gustavo Otero (Spa) Labarca 2-Cafe Baque 4 23 Aitor Osa (Spa) IBanesto.com 3 24 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis 2 25 Angel Castresana (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 2 Mountains classification 1 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) IBanesto.com 19 pts 2 J.Antonio Flecha (Spa) IBanesto.com 17 3 Jose Antonio Pecharroman (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 12 4 David Latasa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 12 5 Joseba Albizu (Spa) Mercatone Uno-Scanavino 11 6 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Lampre 8 7 Koldo Gil (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 7 8 Miguel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 6 9 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis 4 10 Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 4 11 Joaquin Lopez (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 4 12 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4 13 Maurizio Ardila (Col) Marlux Wincor Nixdorf 4 14 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) IBanesto.com 2 15 José Garrido (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 2 16 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 2 17 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 18 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis 1 19 Mikel Pradera (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 1 20 Iñaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 21 Roberto Lozano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1 22 Francisco Gutierrez (Spa) Labarca 2-Cafe Baque 1 Metas volantes classification 1 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis 7 pts 2 David Latasa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 5 3 Raimondas Rumsas (Ltu) Lampre 3 4 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 3 5 Francisco Gutierrez (Spa) Labarca 2-Cafe Baque 3 6 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) IBanesto.com 2 7 Joseba Albizu (Spa) Mercatone Uno-Scanavino 2 8 Paulo Barroso (Por) Milaneza-MSS 2 9 Maurizio Ardila (Col) Marlux Wincor Nixdorf 2 10 Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 1 11 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Telekom 1 12 Gorka Gerrikagoitia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 Teams classification 1 Euskaltel - Euskadi 43.54.23 2 IBanesto.com 0.10 3 Labarca-2 Cafe Baque 1.03 4 Colchon Relax - Fuenlabrada 1.07 5 Cofidis, le credit par telephone 1.15 6 Paternina - Costa de Almeria 1.39 7 Once - Eroski 1.44 8 Milaneza - MSS 5.30 9 Team Telekom 15.06 10 Domina Vacanze-Elitron 22.05 11 Rabobank 28.43 12 Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 30.08 13 Lampre 34.35 14 Marlux- Wincor Nixdorf 38.04 15 Saunier Duval - Vini Caldirola 45.35 16 Kelme - Costa Blanca 53.03
