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Euskal Bizikleta - 2.1Spain, June 2-6, 2004Main Page Results Previous Stage Next Stage Stage 4b - June 5: Elorrio - Abadiño ITT, 14.9 kmVicioso and Heras increase stranglehold on GCBy Martin Hardie in Abadiño Manolo Saiz's Liberty squad has secured a stranglehold over this year's edition of the Euskal Bizikleta with a dominant performance in the afternoon's testing time trial. Angel Vicioso picked up his second win in two days and as a result for the first time in the four days of the race, there is a leader who is clear of the remainder of the field on time. Vicioso was 19 seconds better than teammate Roberto Heras, who rendered an impressive performance against the clock. Heras told Cyclingnews earlier this week that he expected to go better against the clock this year as a result of changes in his seat position and training. The early times were dominated by their teammate Alvaro Gonzalez de Galdeano until he was pipped by a second when Brioche la Boulangère's Sylvain Chavanel arrived in Abadiño. The day's big loser was Haimar Zubeldia. It seemed Zubeldia took it easy over the first third of the course, conserving his energies for the climb of the dead road up to the village of Axpe. After 5 kilometres Zubeldia had conceded more than ten seconds to Heras, but when Vicioso came through the check at Aparte, Euskaltel's leader was twenty in the red. The Euskaltel story of the day continued to be the attack of Laiseka yesterday. Laiseka's attack and the Liberty attempts to follow him also had the lanky Guipuzkoan in the red. Laiseka claimed that then when he was up the road he came to an agreement with Vicioso, who when his Director saw Piepoli coming back up to the Heras/Zubeldia group ordered Vicioso to stop working. The result was it seemed Laiseka's attack caused Zubeldia enough trouble that when Heras and co. surged further up the slopes he could not follow. There were not many happy faces dressed in orange as a result today. They were even more disillusioned after Zubeldia's ride today. In the end today, Liberty had seven of their eight in the top 15 of the time trial. They will start tomorrow's final stage - that includes a short but steep Cat.3, a long dragging 9% Cat. 3, the steep and mythical Cat. 2 Elgeta, containing multitude of ramps of more than 12%, topped off with a dressing of three crossings, in different directions of the Cat. 1 peak of Eibar - Ixua/Arrate - the final repeatedly topping 13%. It will be up to Liberty to hold on and for either Sanchez or Zubeldia to at least try and unseat Koldo Gil to find themselves on the podium. PhotographyImages by AFP Photo
Images by Martin Hardie
Results1 Angel Vicioso (Spa) Liberty Seguros 17.46 2 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros 0.19 3 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 0.29 4 Alvaro Glez. Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 0.30 5 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Lampre 0.34 6 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Team L.P.R.-Piacenza Management SRL 0.35 7 René Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros 8 Alberto Martinez (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 0.39 9 Didier Rous (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 10 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Liberty Seguros 0.46 11 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 0.53 12 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 0.55 13 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.58 14 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros 1.01 15 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 1.04 16 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 17 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre 1.05 18 Aitor Perez (Spa) Cafes Baque 1.07 19 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 1.08 20 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.12 21 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 22 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Team L.P.R.-Piacenza Management SRL 1.13 23 Michele Scotto (Ita) Lampre 1.14 24 Tom Danielson (USA) Fassa Bortolo 25 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 26 Mikel Elgezabal (Spa) Costa De Almeria-Paternina 1.17 27 Roberto Sgambelluri (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 1.20 28 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 29 Unai Yus (Spa) Brioches La Boulangere 1.21 30 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Brioches La Boulangere 31 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo 1.22 32 Francisco José Lara (Spa) Costa De Almeria-Paternina 1.23 33 Jose Antonio Lopez Gil (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 1.28 34 Txema Del Olmo (Spa) Milaneza Maia 1.29 35 Jon Odriozola (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 1.30 36 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 37 M.A. Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.31 38 Sergio Barbero (Ita) Lampre 1.33 39 Peio Arreitunandia (Spa) Cafes Baque 40 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.34 41 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 42 Rubén Plaza (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 1.35 43 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 44 Roberto Petito (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.37 45 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.38 46 Alberto Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.39 47 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 48 Gustavo Dominguez (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 49 Bruno Pires (Por) Milaneza Maia 50 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 1.40 51 Francisco Palacio (Spa) Cafes Baque 1.41 52 Lander Euba (Spa) Costa De Almeria-Paternina 1.42 53 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 1.44 54 Hugo Sabido (Por) Milaneza Maia 1.46 55 Jokin Ormaetxea (Spa) Costa De Almeria-Paternina 1.48 56 Hernan Buenahora (Col) Cafes Baque 1.49 57 Ivan Parra (Col) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 1.50 58 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Cafes Baque 1.51 59 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 60 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 1.52 61 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 1.54 62 Joaquin Lopez (Spa) Costa De Almeria-Paternina 1.57 63 Ivan Mayoz (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 64 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.58 65 Javier Ramirez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 1.59 66 Joseba Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 67 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 2.03 68 Ion Del Rio (Spa) Costa De Almeria-Paternina 2.04 69 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.06 70 Luis Perez Romero (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 71 Paolo Longo (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 2.09 72 Simone Bertoletti (Ita) Lampre 2.11 73 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.16 74 Mauro Santanbrogio (Ita) Team L.P.R.-Piacenza Management SRL 2.22 75 Valery Kobzarenko (Ukr) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo 76 Claudio Astolfi (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo 2.24 77 Julián Sanchez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 2.31 78 Peter Farazjin (Bel) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 2.33 79 Giulio Tomi (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 2.34 80 Paulo Barroso (Por) Milaneza Maia 2.40 81 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 2.42 82 Marco Cavallari (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 83 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Team L.P.R.-Piacenza Management SRL 2.46 84 Felix Cardenas (Col) Cafes Baque 2.47 85 Jonathan Gonzalez (Spa) Costa De Almeria-Paternina 2.51 86 David Herrero (Spa) Costa De Almeria-Paternina 2.52 87 Antonio Olmo (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 2.55 88 Daniele Masolino (Ita) Team L.P.R.-Piacenza Management SRL 2.57 89 Angel Edo (Spa) Milaneza Maia 2.58 90 Luca Nardello (Ita) Team L.P.R.-Piacenza Management SRL 3.02 91 Claudio Lucchini (Ita) Team L.P.R.-Piacenza Management SRL 3.05 92 Marco Gili (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 3.06 93 Romans Vainsteins (Lat) Lampre 3.10 94 Renato Silva (Por) Milaneza Maia 3.12 95 Aitor Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 3.17 96 Dimitri Konyshev (Rus) Team L.P.R.-Piacenza Management SRL 3.31 97 Lizuarte Manuel Martins (Por) Milaneza Maia 3.32 98 Alessandro D'andrea (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo 3.56 Points 1 Angel Vicioso (Spa) Liberty Seguros 25 pts 2 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros 20 3 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 16 4 Alvaro Glez. Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 14 5 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Lampre 12 6 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Team L.P.R.-Piacenza Management SRL 10 7 René Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros 9 8 Alberto Martinez (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 8 9 Didier Rous (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 7 10 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Liberty Seguros 6 11 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 5 12 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 4 13 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3 14 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros 2 15 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 1 Teams 1 Liberty Seguros 54.07 2 Brioches La Boulangere 1.23 3 Lampre 2.04 4 Euskaltel - Euskadi 2.33 5 Fassa Bortolo 3.06 6 T. L.P.R. Piacenza 3.21 7 Relax-Bodysol 3.26 8 Illes Balears - Banesto 3.27 9 Cofidis, le credit par telephone 3.28 10 Cafes Baque 3.32 11 Costa de Almeria - Paternina 3.33 12 Kelme - Comdad. Valenciana 3.36 13 Saunier Duval - Prodir 3.50 14 Milaneza - Maia 4.05 15 Vini Caldirola 4.31 16 Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 5.19 General classification after stage 4b 1 Angel Vicioso (Spa) Liberty Seguros 14.19.16 2 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros 0.19 3 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros 1.01 4 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.29 5 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.40 6 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 1.51 7 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 1.53 8 Txema Del Olmo (Spa) Milaneza Maia 1.55 9 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.05 10 M.A. Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.29 11 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.56 12 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 3.13 13 Peio Arreitunandia (Spa) Cafes Baque 3.19 14 Alberto Martinez (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 3.38 15 Francisco José Lara (Spa) Costa De Almeria-Paternina 3.41 16 Michele Scotto (Ita) Lampre 3.53 17 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 4.05 18 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo 4.14 19 Roberto Sgambelluri (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 5.17 20 Hernan Buenahora (Col) Cafes Baque 6.16 21 Tom Danielson (USA) Fassa Bortolo 6.47 22 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 7.25 23 Mikel Elgezabal (Spa) Costa De Almeria-Paternina 7.45 24 Francisco Palacio (Spa) Cafes Baque 8.00 25 Lander Euba (Spa) Costa De Almeria-Paternina 8.10 26 Ion Del Rio (Spa) Costa De Almeria-Paternina 8.32 27 Bruno Pires (Por) Milaneza Maia 8.41 28 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 9.18 29 Didier Rous (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 10.44 30 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 11.24 31 Unai Yus (Spa) Brioches La Boulangere 11.36 32 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Lampre 12.02 33 Joaquin Lopez (Spa) Costa De Almeria-Paternina 12.14 34 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 12.32 35 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 12.58 36 Julián Sanchez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 13.02 37 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 14.08 38 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Team L.P.R.-Piacenza Management SRL 14.33 39 Jonathan Gonzalez (Spa) Costa De Almeria-Paternina 15.00 40 David Herrero (Spa) Costa De Almeria-Paternina 16.08 41 Aitor Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 17.18 42 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 17.26 43 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 17.46 44 Ivan Parra (Col) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 18.09 45 Hugo Sabido (Por) Milaneza Maia 18.19 46 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 18.34 47 Peter Farazjin (Bel) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 19.40 48 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 20.03 49 Gustavo Dominguez (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 20.04 50 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 20.27 51 Valery Kobzarenko (Ukr) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo 20.29 52 Alvaro Glez. Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 20.42 53 René Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros 54 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Liberty Seguros 20.54 55 Sergio Barbero (Ita) Lampre 21.59 56 Paolo Longo (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 22.35 57 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 23.25 58 Aitor Perez (Spa) Cafes Baque 24.20 59 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 24.52 60 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 25.53 61 Mauro Santanbrogio (Ita) Team L.P.R.-Piacenza Management SRL 27.46 62 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Team L.P.R.-Piacenza Management SRL 28.00 63 Jon Odriozola (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 28.55 64 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 29.03 65 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 29.43 66 Alberto Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 29.56 67 Paulo Barroso (Por) Milaneza Maia 30.05 68 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Brioches La Boulangere 30.28 69 Renato Silva (Por) Milaneza Maia 30.37 70 Roberto Petito (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 32.44 71 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 33.11 72 Angel Edo (Spa) Milaneza Maia 34.05 73 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre 34.30 74 Jose Antonio Lopez Gil (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 35.04 75 Felix Cardenas (Col) Cafes Baque 35.34 76 Jokin Ormaetxea (Spa) Costa De Almeria-Paternina 38.20 77 Javier Ramirez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 39.56 78 Ivan Mayoz (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 43.36 79 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 43.45 80 Simone Bertoletti (Ita) Lampre 44.37 81 Joseba Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 46.22 82 Lizuarte Manuel Martins (Por) Milaneza Maia 48.36 83 Rubén Plaza (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 50.11 84 Antonio Olmo (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 51.18 85 Claudio Lucchini (Ita) Team L.P.R.-Piacenza Management SRL 54.03 86 Luis Perez Romero (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 54.11 87 Marco Gili (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 54.22 88 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 54.30 89 Giulio Tomi (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 54.39 90 Marco Cavallari (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 54.47 91 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Team L.P.R.-Piacenza Management SRL 54.51 92 Luca Nardello (Ita) Team L.P.R.-Piacenza Management SRL 55.23 93 Claudio Astolfi (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo 57.13 94 Romans Vainsteins (Lat) Lampre 57.44 95 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Cafes Baque 57.51 96 Dimitri Konyshev (Rus) Team L.P.R.-Piacenza Management SRL 58.05 97 Daniele Masolino (Ita) Team L.P.R.-Piacenza Management SRL 1.03.44 98 Alessandro D'andrea (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo 1.04.43 Points classification 1 Angel Vicioso (Spa) Liberty Seguros 95 pts 2 M.A. Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 72 3 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros 59 4 Alberto Martinez (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 40 5 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 39 6 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 28 7 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros 27 8 Txema Del Olmo (Spa) Milaneza Maia 26 9 Dimitri Konyshev (Rus) Team L.P.R.-Piacenza Management SRL 25 10 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 23 11 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 22 12 Didier Rous (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 21 13 Ion Del Rio (Spa) Costa De Almeria-Paternina 20 14 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 15 15 Peio Arreitunandia (Spa) Cafes Baque 14 16 Alvaro Glez. Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 14 17 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Cafes Baque 14 18 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 13 19 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 13 20 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Lampre 12 21 Marco Gili (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 12 22 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Team L.P.R.-Piacenza Management SRL 10 23 Jon Odriozola (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 10 24 René Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros 9 25 Angel Edo (Spa) Milaneza Maia 9 Mountains classification 1 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros 18 pts 2 Julián Sanchez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 17 3 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros 12 4 Alvaro Glez. Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 11 5 M.A. Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 10 6 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 8 7 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 7 8 Francisco José Lara (Spa) Costa De Almeria-Paternina 6 9 Angel Vicioso (Spa) Liberty Seguros 6 10 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6 11 David Herrero (Spa) Costa De Almeria-Paternina 6 12 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6 13 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4 14 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Liberty Seguros 4 15 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 3 16 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 3 17 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 18 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 2 19 Paolo Longo (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 2 20 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 2 21 Aitor Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 1 22 Aitor Perez (Spa) Cafes Baque 1 23 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 1 24 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Cafes Baque 1 Metas volantes classification 1 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 6 pts 2 Aitor Perez (Spa) Cafes Baque 6 3 Aitor Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 6 4 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Liberty Seguros 4 5 Hugo Sabido (Por) Milaneza Maia 4 6 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 3 7 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 2 8 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 1 9 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 10 Francisco José Lara (Spa) Costa De Almeria-Paternina 1 11 Giulio Tomi (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 1 12 Mauro Santanbrogio (Ita) Team L.P.R.-Piacenza Management SRL 1 Teams classification 1 Liberty Seguros 42.58.37 2 Euskaltel - Euskadi 4.23 3 Saunier Duval - Prodir 14.54 4 Cafes Baque 15.45 5 Costa de Almeria - Paternina 17.40 6 Cofidis, le credit par telephone 18.06 7 Kelme - Comdad. Valenciana 24.05 8 Milaneza - Maia 28.06 9 Brioches La Boulangere 28.59 10 Lampre 32.44 11 Fassa Bortolo 34.34 12 Illes Balears - Banesto 43.17 13 Vini Caldirola 59.12 14 T. L.P.R. Piacenza 59.41 15 Relax-Bodysol 1.02.47 16 Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 1.03.09 |
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