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19th Vuelta a Castilla y Leon - 2.3
Spain, April 28-May 2, 2004
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Stage 2 - April 29: Fromista - Carrion de los Condes TTT, 32 km
Liberty can't match Illes Baleares
By Martin Hardie
Illes Baleares took out a convincing victory in the team time trial in today's 32 kilometre, relatively flat, but weather affected stage. As with the first day, the wind was present but it was the rain's arrival from the north that played a bigger part in the day's affairs.
Other than in the final kilometres, Illes Baleares had the better end of the weather having drizzle for most of the way and only really encountering stronger rain at around the 7 km to go mark. Liberty Seguros and Saunier Duval also benefited from the better weather later in the day, starting as they did immediately before Illes. But to speak of better weather could only really be done in relative terms. Nevertheless the majority of teams had to fight their way through the rain squalls and wind and this was reflected in the times. Crashes, mechanicals and punctures also took their toll, especially on Saunier and Liberty with Baranowski falling early on the wet road.
The surprise of the day was the performance of the Russian Lokomotiv squad, which held onto the lead until the arrival of Liberty. In the end the Russians finished an admirable third but ended up conceding over a minute to the second placed Liberty Seguros.
In the end, Illes Baleares repeated the victory of Banesto here last year and have all but assured Ivan Gutierrez a more than even chance of taking out the race over the weekend. Illes finished 29 seconds ahead of Liberty, which had managed to peg back ten seconds on the leaders at one point in the second half of the route. However, the significant difference is between these two squads and everybody else, with Lokomotiv coming in at 1.23, Valencia at 1.43 and Maia at 1.44. It seems that unless there are some major mishaps or upsets this Vuelta will come down to a battle between Illes Baleares represented by Gutierrez and Liberty Seguros represented by Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano and Koldo Gil.
Nothing much should change tomorrow with a flat 140 km road stage. The main action coming on the weekend with both days featuring Cat. 1 climbs.
Results
1 Illes Balears-Banesto 40.45 2 Liberty Seguros 0.29 3 Lokomotiv 1.23 4 Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 1.43 5 Milaneza-Maia 1.44 6 L.A. Pecol 7 Spanish National Team 1.56 8 Relax-Bodysol 1.59 9 Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.15 10 Cafes Baque 2.24 11 Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.26 12 Brioches La Boulangere 3.33 13 Costa de Almeria-Paternina 4.45 Individual results 1 José Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 40.45 2 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 3 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 4 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto 5 David Navas (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 6 Daniel Becke (Ger) Illes Balears-Banesto 7 Angel Vicioso (Spa) Liberty Seguros 0.29 8 Igor Gonzalez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 9 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros 10 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros 11 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros 12 Isaac Galvez (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 0.42 13 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Lokomotiv 1.23 14 Serguei Klimov (Rus) Lokomotiv 15 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Lokomotiv 16 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Lokomotiv 17 Alexander Serov (Rus) Lokomotiv 18 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 1.43 19 Javier Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 20 Jon Odriozola (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 21 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 22 Jose Cayetano Julia (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 23 Carlos Garcia (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 24 Lizuarte Martins (Por) Milaneza-Maia 1.44 25 Renato Silva (Por) Milaneza-Maia 26 Gilberto Martins (Por) Milaneza-Maia 27 Pedro Cardoso (Por) Milaneza-Maia 28 Bruno Castanheira (Por) Milaneza-Maia 29 Bruno Pires (Por) Milaneza-Maia 30 Paulo Barroso (Por) Milaneza-Maia 31 Pedro Lopes (Por) L.A. Pecol 32 Pedro Andrade (Por) L.A. Pecol 33 Hernani Broco (Por) L.A. Pecol 34 David Arroyo (Spa) L.A. Pecol 35 Sergio Paulinho (Por) L.A. Pecol 36 Luis Pinheiro (Por) L.A. Pecol 37 Jorge Torre (Por) L.A. Pecol 38 Yon Bru (Spa) L.A. Pecol 39 Pablo Urtasun (Spa) Spanish National Team 1.56 40 Manuel Lloret (Spa) Spanish National Team 41 Francis Villalgordo (Spa) Spanish National Team 42 Jesus Tendero (Spa) Spanish National Team 43 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Spanish National Team 44 Juan Llaneras (Spa) Spanish National Team 45 Ivan Mayoz (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 1.59 46 Gustavo Domingos (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 47 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 48 Moises Duenas (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 49 Hector Guerra (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 50 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 51 Nico Mattan (Bel) Relax-Bodysol 52 José Alberto Martinez (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 53 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.15 54 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 55 Gorka Arrizabalaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 56 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 57 Josu Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 58 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 59 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Cafes Baque 2.24 60 Aitor Perez (Spa) Cafes Baque 61 Unai Elorriaga (Spa) Cafes Baque 62 Sergio Perez (Spa) Cafes Baque 63 Alberto Hierro (Spa) Cafes Baque 64 Francisco Palacio (Spa) Cafes Baque 65 Miguel A Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.26 66 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 67 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 68 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 69 Tim Johnson (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir 70 Gorka Beloki (Spa) Brioches La Boulangere 3.33 71 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 72 Unai Yus (Spa) Brioches La Boulangere 73 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 74 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Brioches La Boulangere 75 Maryan Hary (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 4.19 76 Angel Edo (Spa) Milaneza-Maia 4.20 77 Rafael Diaz (Spa) Liberty Seguros 4.23 78 Mikel Elgezabal (Spa) Costa de Almeria-Paternina 4.45 79 Dermot Nally (Irl) Costa de Almeria-Paternina 80 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Costa de Almeria-Paternina 81 Javier Perez (Spa) Costa de Almeria-Paternina 82 Jokin Ormaetxea (Spa) Costa de Almeria-Paternina 83 Joaquim Lopez (Spa) Costa de Almeria-Paternina 84 Ion Del Rio (Spa) Costa de Almeria-Paternina 85 Maxim Averin (Rus) Lokomotiv 5.00 86 Javier Benitez (Spa) Spanish National Team 5.20 87 Ruben Plaza (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 5.32 88 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 5.52 89 Daniel Casado (Spa) Spanish National Team 6.19 90 Haritz Arruti (Spa) Cafes Baque 6.30 91 Efrain Gutierrez (Spa) Cafes Baque 92 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 6.58 93 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 94 Juan Jose Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 95 Javier Ramirez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 7.08 96 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros 97 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 7.11 98 Joseba Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7.42 99 David Fernandez (Spa) Costa de Almeria-Paternina 9.31 100 Anton Luengo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 101 Anton Mindlin (Rus) Lokomotiv 11.43 General classification after stage 2 1 José Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 4.27.27 2 David Navas (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 3 Igor Gonzalez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 0.29 4 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto 0.35 5 Daniel Becke (Ger) Illes Balears-Banesto 0.40 6 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros 0.58 7 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros 0.59 8 Angel Vicioso (Spa) Liberty Seguros 9 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros 1.04 10 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 1.07 11 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Lokomotiv 1.58 12 Sergio Paulinho (Por) L.A. Pecol 2.03 13 Pedro Andrade (Por) L.A. Pecol 14 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 2.12 15 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.15 16 Jon Odriozola (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 2.18 17 Pedro Cardoso (Por) Milaneza-Maia 2.19 18 Pedro Lopes (Por) L.A. Pecol 19 Jorge Torre (Por) L.A. Pecol 20 David Arroyo (Spa) L.A. Pecol 21 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 2.21 22 Aitor Perez (Spa) Cafes Baque 2.24 23 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.26 24 Manuel Lloret (Spa) Spanish National Team 2.31 25 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Spanish National Team 26 Hector Guerra (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 2.34 27 Isaac Galvez (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 2.35 28 Gorka Arrizabalaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.50 29 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 30 Miguel A Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.55 31 Unai Elorriaga (Spa) Cafes Baque 2.59 32 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Cafes Baque 33 Francisco Palacio (Spa) Cafes Baque 34 Gorka Beloki (Spa) Brioches La Boulangere 3.00 35 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3.01 36 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 3.35 37 Unai Yus (Spa) Brioches La Boulangere 38 Bruno Castanheira (Por) Milaneza-Maia 3.47 39 Renato Silva (Por) Milaneza-Maia 4.05 40 Hernani Broco (Por) L.A. Pecol 41 Bruno Pires (Por) Milaneza-Maia 42 Yon Bru (Spa) L.A. Pecol 43 Pablo Urtasun (Spa) Spanish National Team 4.17 44 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 4.20 45 Moises Duenas (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 46 Nico Mattan (Bel) Relax-Bodysol 47 Gustavo Domingos (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 48 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 49 Ivan Mayoz (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 50 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.36 51 Alberto Hierro (Spa) Cafes Baque 4.45 52 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4.47 53 Angel Edo (Spa) Milaneza-Maia 4.55 54 Rafael Diaz (Spa) Liberty Seguros 4.58 55 Joaquim Lopez (Spa) Costa de Almeria-Paternina 5.21 56 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Brioches La Boulangere 57 Sergio Perez (Spa) Cafes Baque 6.27 58 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Lokomotiv 6.38 59 Serguei Klimov (Rus) Lokomotiv 60 Maryan Hary (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 6.40 61 Jose Cayetano Julia (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 6.58 62 Javier Perez (Spa) Costa de Almeria-Paternina 7.03 63 Ion Del Rio (Spa) Costa de Almeria-Paternina 64 Javier Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 7.32 65 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 66 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 7.33 67 Gilberto Martins (Por) Milaneza-Maia 68 Paulo Barroso (Por) Milaneza-Maia 69 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros 7.38 70 Javier Ramirez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 7.41 71 Juan Llaneras (Spa) Spanish National Team 7.45 72 Jesus Tendero (Spa) Spanish National Team 73 Francis Villalgordo (Spa) Spanish National Team 74 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 7.46 75 José Alberto Martinez (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 7.48 76 Josu Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8.04 77 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 78 Tim Johnson (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir 8.15 79 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 8.49 80 Haritz Arruti (Spa) Cafes Baque 8.51 81 Efrain Gutierrez (Spa) Cafes Baque 82 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 9.19 83 Joseba Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10.03 84 Lizuarte Martins (Por) Milaneza-Maia 10.58 85 Javier Benitez (Spa) Spanish National Team 11.09 86 Daniel Casado (Spa) Spanish National Team 12.08 87 Juan Jose Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 12.47 88 Carlos Garcia (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 18.02 89 Luis Pinheiro (Por) L.A. Pecol 18.03 90 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 18.15 91 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Costa de Almeria-Paternina 19.19 92 Dermot Nally (Irl) Costa de Almeria-Paternina 93 Jokin Ormaetxea (Spa) Costa de Almeria-Paternina 94 Mikel Elgezabal (Spa) Costa de Almeria-Paternina 95 Maxim Averin (Rus) Lokomotiv 21.19 96 Ruben Plaza (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 21.51 97 Alexander Serov (Rus) Lokomotiv 23.22 98 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Lokomotiv 99 David Fernandez (Spa) Costa de Almeria-Paternina 25.50 100 Anton Mindlin (Rus) Lokomotiv 28.02 101 Anton Luengo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 31.35 Points classification 1 José Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 25 pts 2 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 20 3 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 16 4 Igor Gonzalez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 14 5 Aitor Perez (Spa) Cafes Baque 12 6 Gorka Beloki (Spa) Brioches La Boulangere 10 7 David Navas (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 9 8 Sergio Paulinho (Por) L.A. Pecol 8 9 Pedro Andrade (Por) L.A. Pecol 7 10 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros 6 11 Miguel A Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5 12 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 4 13 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros 3 14 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros 2 15 Angel Vicioso (Spa) Liberty Seguros 1 Mountains classification 1 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 6 pts 2 Gorka Beloki (Spa) Brioches La Boulangere 4 3 Pedro Andrade (Por) L.A. Pecol 2 4 Moises Duenas (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 1 Combination classification 1 Pedro Andrade (Por) L.A. Pecol 25 pts 2 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 26 3 Gorka Beloki (Spa) Brioches La Boulangere 43 4 José Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 2 5 Igor Gonzalez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 7 6 David Navas (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 9 7 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros 16 8 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 18 9 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros 20 10 Sergio Paulinho (Por) L.A. Pecol 20 11 Angel Vicioso (Spa) Liberty Seguros 23 Castellano-Leones classification 1 David Navas (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 2 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Cafes Baque 3 Francisco Palacio (Spa) Cafes Baque 4 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 5 Moises Duenas (Spa) Relax-Bodysol Spanish Rider classification 1 José Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 2 David Navas (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 3 Igor Gonzalez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 4 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros 5 Angel Vicioso (Spa) Liberty Seguros Teams classification 1 Illes Balears-Banesto 12.01.26 2 Liberty Seguros 0.53 3 L.A. Pecol 2.22 4 Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.50 5 Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.55 6 Cafes Baque 2.59 7 Brioches La Boulangere 4.08 8 Milaneza-Maia 4.22 9 Spanish National Team 4.52 10 Relax-Bodysol 6.41 11 Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 7.27 12 Lokomotiv 11.53 13 Costa de Almeria-Paternina 14.37
