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62nd Vuelta Ciclista a la Comunidad Valenciana - 2.3
Spain, February 24-29, 2004
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Stage 2 - February 25: Xabea - Calp, 148.5 km
Strong sprint gives Valverde victory
With a powerful surge in the final 200 metres, Alejandro Valverde (Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme) delivered his sponsors an important win in the second stage of the Vuelta a Comunidad Valenciana. Valverde crossed the finish line with a clear gap of one second back to Rolf Aldag (T-Mobile) and Pedro Horrillo (Quick.Step) and the rest of the leading peloton. Antonio Colom (Illes Balears) was in the front group and maintained the leader's jersey.
The 148 km stage between Xabea and Calp was run in wet conditions, and after only a few kilometres, Luis Leon Sanchez (Liberty Seguros) and Jose Cayetano Julia (Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme) attacked and broke clear. However, Julia was not the man that Kelme wanted in the break, so the leaders were kept within striking distance until the more dangerous Adolfo Garcia (Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme) got across with Erik Dekker (Rabobank). Race leader Antonio Colom's Illes Balears-Banesto team was watchful and the break was brought back before the final climb of the day, the Cat. 3 Alto De Benissa with 18 km to go.
Ruben Plaza (Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme) attacked a few times on the climb but Toni Colom was able to match them each time. Then Adolfo Garcia had another try and managed to cross the summit first, but the peloton regrouped on the descent with 34 riders in front including Colom, Rolf Aldag and Cadel Evans (T-Mobile), Garcia, Blanco and Valverde (Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme), Sylvain Chavanel (Brioches), Alex Zülle (Phonak), Michael Rogers (Quick.Step) and Fabian Jeker (Saunier Duval), among others.
An escape by Javier Ramirez (Liberty Seguros) was neutralised near the finish as Colom himself contributed to the work before Kelme took over completely. Vicente Belda's team managed to lead out Alejandro Valverde for his second win of the season, and he had plenty of time to celebrate has he sprinted clear of the bunch.
Results
1 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 3.36.28 2 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile 0.01 3 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 4 Josu Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5 Antonio Colom (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 6 David Blanco (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 7 Ruben Plaza (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 8 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank 9 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 10 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis 11 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 12 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 13 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 14 Pedro Cardoso (Por) Milaneza-Maia 15 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step-Davitamon 16 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 17 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros 18 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick.Step-Davitamon 19 Alex Zuelle (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 20 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros 21 Javier Cherro (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 22 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 23 David Bernabeu (Spa) Milaneza-Maia 24 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Costa Almeria-Paternina 25 José Alberto Martinez (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 26 Cadel Evans (Aus) T-Mobile 27 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 28 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 29 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis 30 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 31 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto 32 Javier Ramirez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 33 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 34 Rafael Diaz (Spa) Liberty Seguros 0.21 35 Alberto Hierro (Spa) Cafes Baque 1.22 36 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick.Step-Davitamon 37 David Herrero (Spa) Costa Almeria-Paternina 38 David Fernandez (Spa) Costa Almeria-Paternina 39 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 40 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 41 José Luis Rebollo (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 42 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) T-Mobile 43 Andrei Zintchenko (Rus) Milaneza-Maia 44 Joseba Albizu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 45 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 46 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile 47 Francisco Gutierrez (Spa) Cafes Baque 48 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 49 Angel Edo (Spa) Milaneza-Maia 50 Txema Del Olmo (Spa) Milaneza-Maia 51 Santiago Botero (Col) T-Mobile 52 Christian Werner (Ger) T-Mobile 53 Mark Scanlon (Irl) Ag2r-Prevoyance 54 Bruno Castanheira (Por) Milaneza-Maia 55 Stephane Goubert (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 56 Gorka Arrizabalaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 57 Gustavo Domingos (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 58 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis 59 Aitor Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 60 Unai Yus (Spa) Brioches La Boulangere 61 Gonzalo Bayarri (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 62 Adolfo Garcia (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 63 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 64 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis 65 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 66 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 67 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 68 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 69 Pedro Arreitunandia (Spa) Cafes Baque 70 Robert Bartko (Ger) Rabobank 2.41 71 Jose Cayetano Julia (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 2.50 72 Jose Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 3.26 73 Carlos Zarate (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 74 Christia Van De Velde (USA) Liberty Seguros 4.58 75 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Quick.Step-Davitamon 76 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 77 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 78 David Lopez (Spa) Cafes Baque 79 José E. Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 6.07 80 Gorka Beloki (Spa) Brioches La Boulangere 6.13 81 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2r-Prevoyance 82 Ivan Mayoz (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 7.17 83 José Antonio Garrido (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 84 Gilberto Martins (Por) Milaneza-Maia 9.58 85 Lizuarte Martins (Por) Milaneza-Maia 86 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 87 Andreas Kloden (Ger) T-Mobile 88 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 10.07 89 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis 15.11 90 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 91 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 92 Anton Luengo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 93 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis 15.27 94 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 17.56 95 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 19.35 96 Juan Gomis (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 97 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems 98 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Costa Almeria-Paternina 99 José Antonio Lopez (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 100 Didier Rous (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 101 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 102 Gustavo Cesar (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 103 Frédéric Amorison (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 104 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 105 Haritz Arruti (Spa) Cafes Baque 106 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile 107 Francisco José Lara (Spa) Costa Almeria-Paternina 108 Daniel Becke (Ger) Illes Balears-Banesto 109 Jorge Garcia (Spa) Cafes Baque 110 Massimo Strazzer (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 111 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 112 Carlos R. Golbano (Spa) Costa Almeria-Paternina 113 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis 114 Isaac Galvez (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto Points 1 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 25 pts 2 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile 20 3 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 16 4 Josu Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 14 5 Antonio Colom (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 12 6 David Blanco (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 10 7 Ruben Plaza (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 9 8 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank 8 9 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 7 10 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis 6 11 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 5 12 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 4 13 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3 14 Pedro Cardoso (Por) Milaneza-Maia 2 15 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step-Davitamon 1 Mountains Coll De Rates - Cat. 1, km 63,00 1 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 16 pts 2 Jose Cayetano Julia (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 12 3 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 10 4 Ruben Plaza (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 8 5 Adolfo Garcia (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 6 6 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 4 7 Antonio Colom (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 3 8 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 2 9 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step-Davitamon 1 Alto De Benissa, - Cat. 3, km 129,70 1 Adolfo Garcia (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 6 pts 2 Ruben Plaza (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 4 3 José Alberto Martinez (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 2 4 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros 1 Sprints Callosa D'en Sarria, km 43,50 1 Jose Cayetano Julia (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 3 pts 2 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 2 3 Joseba Albizu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 Moraira, km 107,00 1 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 3 pts 2 Adolfo Garcia (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 2 3 Jose Cayetano Julia (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 1 Teams 1 Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 10.49.26 2 Rabobank 0.01 3 Quick.Step-Davitamon 4 Saunier Duval-Prodir 5 Liberty Seguros 6 T-Mobile 1.22 7 Milaneza-Maia 8 Relax-Bodysol 9 Cofidis 10 Brioches La Boulangere 11 Phonak Hearing Systems 2.43 12 Costa Almeria-Paternina 13 Euskaltel-Euskadi 14 Cafes Baque 4.04 15 Ag2R Prevoyance 16 Illes Balears-Banesto 15.11 General classification after stage 2 1 Antonio Colom (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 7.02.05 2 David Blanco (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 0.01 3 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 0.09 4 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 5 José Alberto Martinez (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 0.13 6 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis 7 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 0.15 8 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile 9 Ruben Plaza (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 0.19 10 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 11 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis 0.21 12 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros 13 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step-Davitamon 14 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 15 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Costa Almeria-Paternina 16 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 17 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 18 Pedro Cardoso (Por) Milaneza-Maia 19 Alex Zuelle (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 20 David Bernabeu (Spa) Milaneza-Maia 21 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 22 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 23 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto 24 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 25 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros 1.13 26 Josu Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.14 27 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 28 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick.Step-Davitamon 29 Javier Ramirez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 30 Rafael Diaz (Spa) Liberty Seguros 1.34 31 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 1.39 32 Adolfo Garcia (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 1.40 33 Angel Edo (Spa) Milaneza-Maia 1.42 34 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 35 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) T-Mobile 36 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis 37 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 38 Txema Del Olmo (Spa) Milaneza-Maia 39 Santiago Botero (Col) T-Mobile 40 Bruno Castanheira (Por) Milaneza-Maia 41 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 42 Gorka Arrizabalaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 43 Joseba Albizu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.34 44 José Luis Rebollo (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 2.35 45 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile 46 Andrei Zintchenko (Rus) Milaneza-Maia 47 Mark Scanlon (Irl) Ag2r-Prevoyance 48 Francisco Gutierrez (Spa) Cafes Baque 49 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis 50 Gonzalo Bayarri (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 51 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank 2.40 52 Cadel Evans (Aus) T-Mobile 53 David Fernandez (Spa) Costa Almeria-Paternina 2.45 54 Jose Cayetano Julia (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 3.59 55 David Herrero (Spa) Costa Almeria-Paternina 4.01 56 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick.Step-Davitamon 57 Alberto Hierro (Spa) Cafes Baque 58 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 59 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 60 Christian Werner (Ger) T-Mobile 61 Stephane Goubert (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 62 Gustavo Domingos (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 63 Aitor Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 64 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 4.16 65 Javier Cherro (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 4.20 66 Unai Yus (Spa) Brioches La Boulangere 5.41 67 Pedro Arreitunandia (Spa) Cafes Baque 68 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 69 Jose Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 6.05 70 David Lopez (Spa) Cafes Baque 6.11 71 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Quick.Step-Davitamon 6.21 72 Carlos Zarate (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 7.45 73 José E. Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 8.46 74 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 8.57 75 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 76 Robert Bartko (Ger) Rabobank 10.16 77 Ivan Mayoz (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 11.36 78 José Antonio Garrido (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 79 Christia Van De Velde (USA) Liberty Seguros 12.33 80 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 81 Lizuarte Martins (Por) Milaneza-Maia 12.37 82 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 14.17 83 Gilberto Martins (Por) Milaneza-Maia 84 Andreas Kloden (Ger) T-Mobile 17.33 85 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 17.42 86 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis 17.50 87 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 18.25 88 Anton Luengo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 19.30 89 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 90 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2r-Prevoyance 19.38 91 Gorka Beloki (Spa) Brioches La Boulangere 92 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 19.55 93 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems 20.48 94 Juan Gomis (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 95 Francisco José Lara (Spa) Costa Almeria-Paternina 96 Carlos R. Golbano (Spa) Costa Almeria-Paternina 97 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis 23.02 98 José Antonio Lopez (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 23.54 99 Gustavo Cesar (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 100 Frédéric Amorison (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 101 Isaac Galvez (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 102 Jorge Garcia (Spa) Cafes Baque 24.04 103 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 27.10 104 Didier Rous (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 105 Haritz Arruti (Spa) Cafes Baque 106 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile 107 Massimo Strazzer (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 108 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 109 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Costa Almeria-Paternina 27.40 110 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 28.36 111 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 31.21 112 Daniel Becke (Ger) Illes Balears-Banesto 33.00 113 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis 33.04 114 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 33.10 Points 1 Antonio Colom (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 37 pts 2 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 34 3 David Blanco (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 33 4 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 26 5 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile 26 6 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 20 7 Ruben Plaza (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 15 8 José Alberto Martinez (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 14 9 Josu Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 14 10 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis 12 11 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 9 12 Adolfo Garcia (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 9 13 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 9 14 Angel Edo (Spa) Milaneza-Maia 8 15 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank 8 16 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis 6 17 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 5 18 Jose Cayetano Julia (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 4 19 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3 20 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 3 21 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 3 22 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 2 23 Pedro Cardoso (Por) Milaneza-Maia 2 24 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 2 25 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step-Davitamon 1 Mountains classification 1 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 26 pts 2 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 16 3 Adolfo Garcia (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 16 4 Ruben Plaza (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 13 5 Jose Cayetano Julia (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 12 6 David Lopez (Spa) Cafes Baque 10 7 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis 6 8 Antonio Colom (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 5 9 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 4 10 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 2 11 José Alberto Martinez (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 2 Combination classification 1 Antonio Colom (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 10 pts 2 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 14 3 David Blanco (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 19 4 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 20 5 Ruben Plaza (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 20 6 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 22 7 José Alberto Martinez (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 24 8 Adolfo Garcia (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 47 9 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step-Davitamon 54 10 Jose Cayetano Julia (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 77 11 Joseba Albizu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 83 Teams classification 1 Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 21.07.05 2 Rabobank 0.05 3 Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.13 4 Quick.Step-Davitamon 1.04 5 Cofidis 1.26 6 Relax-Bodysol 7 T-Mobile 1.34 8 Milaneza-Maia 9 Liberty Seguros 1.59 10 Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.48 11 Costa Almeria-Paternina 4.41 12 Phonak Hearing Systems 13 Brioches La Boulangere 5.33 14 Ag2R Prevoyance 7.28 15 Cafes Baque 8.21 16 Illes Balears-Banesto 19.11
