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19th Clásica Internacional Alcobendas - 2.3
Spain, May 8-9, 2004
Stage 1 - May 8: Alcobendas - Puerto De Navacerrada, 170 km
Mayo stomps
By Martin Hardie
Finally the sun came out this week in Spain after a week of continual wind, cloud and rain, with even the odd patch of snow. And with it, the Great Orange Hope - Iban Mayo - decided to come out and play. For the first time in nearly a year, during which he has quietly worked at his job in preparation for three weeks in July, Iban Mayo stepped on the pedals to show anyone who was interested who is the boss with a convincing 58 second mountain victory over his closet rival, Eladio Jimenez. Further back sharing the finish line with Mayo's teammates Roberto Laiseka and Haimar Zubeldia, was one of Mayo's chief rivals for the up and coming major appointments of the year, Roberto Heras.
During the day's stage La Boulangère's Walter Beneteau had attacked at the 25 km mark and managed to get himself one of those extensive 9 minute plus gaps which only started to come down as the route hit the mountains. At the 103 km mark, his lead had been more than halved at the Cat. 2 Alto de Santa María de la Alameda. Only 11 kms later on the Cat. 3 Alto de Robledondo, his advantage was down to a minute. After being away, solo for 100 kilometres he was eventually brought back at the 125 km mark.
As the race approached the first ramps of the Navacerrada, it was Saunier Duval trying to control the front. Eladio Jimenez was the first to try and lift the pace before the climb proper, with Joseba Beloki also in the hunt at these early stages. But Beloki was soon to lose contact with the leaders.
With ten kilometres to go and the start of the steeper early slopes of the climb, Heras was controlling the front with the help of Alberto Contador. Mayo was quietly following his wheel. Paternina-Costa de Almería were also present in numbers fighting at the front of the bunch.
At four kilometres from the summit, Iban Mayo attacked, and he left the group of eight that Heras sought to maintain control of. It was the last sight the Heras group would see of the dancing Mayo as he shot up the slopes of the Navacerrada to a flying solo win. The top ten riders were in the end spread out over a minute and a half. Within them, including Mayo, were three members of the Orange Brigade.
After a quiet start to the season, in which Euskaltel haven't had to come out fighting from day one to ensure a place in the Tour, Mayo and his co-leader Haimar Zubeldia finally came out to show the peloton that they are on track to repeat and better their 2003 Tour performance. Today's win was probably the second of a number of guantlets thrown down over coming weeks as messages are sent to the Tour contenders - the first being Hamilton's victory last week in Romandie.
Tomorrow sees the Classica conclude with a rolling 79 km road stage in the morning followed by an afternoon 9 km time trial, maybe just perfect enough for the Orange Brigade to come out and put on another show for the fans.
Results
1 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.30.46 2 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 0.58 3 Felix Cardenas (Col) Cafes Baque 1.08 4 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 1.12 5 Angel Gomez (Spa) Costa De Almeria-Paternina 1.14 6 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 1.20 7 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.25 8 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros 9 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.35 10 Hernan Buenahora (Col) Cafes Baque 1.38 11 José Iván Gutierrez (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 12 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.40 13 José Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.47 14 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros 1.53 15 Francisco José Lara (Spa) Costa De Almeria-Paternina 2.03 16 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.07 17 Aitor Perez (Spa) Cafes Baque 2.15 18 Alberto Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.27 19 Joaquin Lopez (Spa) Costa De Almeria-Paternina 2.38 20 Luis Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 2.43 21 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 22 Gorka Beloki (Spa) Brioches La Boulangere 3.01 23 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 3.10 24 Frederic Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 25 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 26 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 27 Txema Del Olmo (Spa) Milaneza Maia 3.26 28 David Navas (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 29 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Team L.P.R.-Piacenza Management SRL 3.30 30 Francisco Palacio (Spa) Cafes Baque 3.32 31 Bruno Pires (Por) Milaneza Maia 32 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 4.07 33 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 4.12 34 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 35 Gustavo Dominguez (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 36 Francisco Terciado (Spa) Spanish National Team 37 Efrain Gutierrez (Spa) Cafes Baque 38 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 39 Lander Euba (Spa) Costa De Almeria-Paternina 4.22 40 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 4.24 41 José Almagro (Spa) Spanish National Team 4.31 42 Hector Guerra (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 4.46 43 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 4.58 44 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Brioches La Boulangere 45 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros 5.29 46 Aaron Villegas (Spa) Spanish National Team 5.42 47 Lizuarte Manuel Martins (Por) Milaneza Maia 6.07 48 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 6.49 49 Gorka Arrizabalaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7.07 50 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 51 Adolfo Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 7.20 52 Luis Perez Romero (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 53 Carlos Golbano (Spa) Costa De Almeria-Paternina 54 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 7.34 55 Javier Gonzalez (Col) Saunier Duval-Prodir 7.44 56 Ivan Parra (Col) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 7.58 57 M.A. Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 9.00 58 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 59 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Costa De Almeria-Paternina 60 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 61 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 62 Luca Nardello (Ita) Team L.P.R.-Piacenza Management SRL 63 Hugo Sabido (Por) Milaneza Maia 9.13 64 Josu Agirre (Spa) Spanish National Team 65 Sergio Herrero (Spa) Spanish National Team 9.17 66 Dimitri Konyshev (Rus) Team L.P.R.-Piacenza Management SRL 9.39 67 Mauro Santanbrogio (Ita) Team L.P.R.-Piacenza Management SRL 68 Andrei Zintchenko (Rus) Milaneza Maia 69 Paulo Barroso (Por) Milaneza Maia 9.42 70 Joseba Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 71 Carlos Zarate (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 72 Mickael Pichon (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 73 Rene Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros 9.44 74 Xabat Otxotorena (Spa) Spanish National Team 10.32 75 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 10.40 76 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 77 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Team L.P.R.-Piacenza Management SRL 11.32 78 Javier Perez (Spa) Costa De Almeria-Paternina 12.32 79 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 80 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 14.02 81 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 14.50 Outside time limit TC Jon Odriozola (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 22.10 TC Renato Silva (Por) Milaneza Maia TC Luis Medina (Spa) Spanish National Team TC Jesus Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros TC Gustavo Cesar (Spa) Relax-Bodysol TC Mikel Gaztañaga (Spa) Cafes Baque TC Isaac Galvez (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto TC Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax-Bodysol TC Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems TC Angelo Lopeboselli (Ita) Team L.P.R.-Piacenza Management SRL TC Alberto Hierro (Spa) Cafes Baque TC David Dominguez (Spa) Spanish National Team TC Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 22.17 TC Julen Urbano (Spa) Cafes Baque TC Jose Antonio Lopez Gil (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto TC Gonzalo Bayarri (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 27.46 TC Gilberto Martins (Por) Milaneza Maia TC Tim Johnson (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir TC Maryan Hary (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere TC Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone TC Javier Cherro (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme TC Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Team L.P.R.-Piacenza Management SRL 27.54 DNF Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone DNF Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone DNF David Fernandez (Spa) Costa De Almeria-Paternina DNF Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros DNF Rafael Diaz Justo (Spa) Liberty Seguros DNF Juanjo Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir Points 1 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 25 pts 2 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 20 3 Felix Cardenas (Col) Cafes Baque 16 4 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 14 5 Angel Gomez (Spa) Costa De Almeria-Paternina 12 6 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 10 7 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 9 8 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros 8 9 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7 10 Hernan Buenahora (Col) Cafes Baque 6 11 José Iván Gutierrez (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 5 12 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 4 13 José Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 3 Mountains Alto de la Paradilla - Cat. 3, km 77 1 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 6 pts 2 Francisco José Lara (Spa) Costa De Almeria-Paternina 4 3 José Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 2 4 Adolfo Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 1 Alto de S.M. de la Alameda - Cat. 2, km 104 1 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 10 pts 2 Francisco José Lara (Spa) Costa De Almeria-Paternina 7 3 Lizuarte Manuel Martins (Por) Milaneza Maia 5 4 José Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 3 5 Lander Euba (Spa) Costa De Almeria-Paternina 2 6 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1 Alto de Robledondo - Cat. 3, km 114 1 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 6 pts 2 Francisco José Lara (Spa) Costa De Almeria-Paternina 4 3 José Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 2 4 Lander Euba (Spa) Costa De Almeria-Paternina 1 Puerto de Navacerrada - Cat. 1, km 170 1 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 16 pts 2 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 12 3 Felix Cardenas (Col) Cafes Baque 10 4 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 8 5 Angel Gomez (Spa) Costa De Almeria-Paternina 6 6 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 4 7 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3 8 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros 2 9 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 Sprints Cerceda - km 37 1 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 4 pts 2 José Iván Gutierrez (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 2 3 M.A. Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1 Alpedrete - km 143 1 M.A. Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4 pts 2 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 2 3 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1 Teams 1 Euskaltel - Euskadi 13.35.18 2 Cafes Baque 2.01 3 Cofidis, le credit par telephone 2.42 4 Costa de Almeria - Paternina 2.55 5 Liberty Seguros 3.01 6 Phonak Hearing Systems 3.10 7 Illes Balears - Banesto 5.14 8 Brioches La Boulangere 8.09 9 Comunidad Valenciana - Kelme 8.59 10 Milaneza - Maia 10.05 11 Relax-Bodysol 10.10 12 Selección España Elite 11.25 13 Saunier Duval - Prodir 15.51 14 T. L.P.R. Piacenza 19.09 General classification after stage 1 1 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.30.36 2 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 1.00 3 Felix Cardenas (Col) Cafes Baque 1.14 4 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 1.22 5 Angel Gomez (Spa) Costa De Almeria-Paternina 1.24 6 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 1.30 7 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.35 8 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros 9 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.45 10 José Iván Gutierrez (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 1.46 11 Hernan Buenahora (Col) Cafes Baque 1.48 12 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.50 13 José Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.57 14 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros 2.03 15 Francisco José Lara (Spa) Costa De Almeria-Paternina 2.13 16 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.17 17 Aitor Perez (Spa) Cafes Baque 2.25 18 Alberto Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.37 19 Joaquin Lopez (Spa) Costa De Almeria-Paternina 2.48 20 Luis Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 2.53 21 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 22 Gorka Beloki (Spa) Brioches La Boulangere 3.11 23 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 3.20 24 Frederic Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 25 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 26 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 27 Txema Del Olmo (Spa) Milaneza Maia 3.36 28 David Navas (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 29 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Team L.P.R.-Piacenza Management SRL 3.40 30 Francisco Palacio (Spa) Cafes Baque 3.42 31 Bruno Pires (Por) Milaneza Maia 32 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 4.17 33 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 4.22 34 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 35 Gustavo Dominguez (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 36 Francisco Terciado (Spa) Spanish National Team 37 Efrain Gutierrez (Spa) Cafes Baque 38 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 39 Lander Euba (Spa) Costa De Almeria-Paternina 4.32 40 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 4.34 41 José Almagro (Spa) Spanish National Team 4.41 42 Hector Guerra (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 4.56 43 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 5.08 44 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Brioches La Boulangere 45 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros 5.39 46 Aaron Villegas (Spa) Spanish National Team 5.52 47 Lizuarte Manuel Martins (Por) Milaneza Maia 6.17 48 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 6.59 49 Gorka Arrizabalaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7.17 50 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 51 Adolfo Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 7.30 52 Luis Perez Romero (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 53 Carlos Golbano (Spa) Costa De Almeria-Paternina 54 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 7.44 55 Javier Gonzalez (Col) Saunier Duval-Prodir 7.54 56 Ivan Parra (Col) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 8.08 57 M.A. Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 9.06 58 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 9.10 59 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Costa De Almeria-Paternina 60 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 61 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 62 Luca Nardello (Ita) Team L.P.R.-Piacenza Management SRL 63 Hugo Sabido (Por) Milaneza Maia 9.23 64 Josu Agirre (Spa) Spanish National Team 65 Sergio Herrero (Spa) Spanish National Team 9.27 66 Dimitri Konyshev (Rus) Team L.P.R.-Piacenza Management SRL 9.49 67 Mauro Santanbrogio (Ita) Team L.P.R.-Piacenza Management SRL 68 Andrei Zintchenko (Rus) Milaneza Maia 69 Paulo Barroso (Por) Milaneza Maia 9.52 70 Joseba Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 71 Carlos Zarate (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 72 Mickael Pichon (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 73 Rene Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros 9.54 74 Xabat Otxotorena (Spa) Spanish National Team 10.42 75 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 10.50 76 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 77 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Team L.P.R.-Piacenza Management SRL 11.42 78 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 12.39 79 Javier Perez (Spa) Costa De Almeria-Paternina 12.42 80 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 14.12 81 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 15.00 Points classification 1 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 25 pts 2 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 22 3 Felix Cardenas (Col) Cafes Baque 16 4 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 14 5 Angel Gomez (Spa) Costa De Almeria-Paternina 12 6 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 10 7 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 9 8 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros 8 9 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7 10 José Iván Gutierrez (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 7 11 Hernan Buenahora (Col) Cafes Baque 6 12 M.A. Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5 13 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 4 14 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 4 15 José Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 3 16 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros 2 17 Francisco José Lara (Spa) Costa De Almeria-Paternina 1 Mountains classification 1 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 22 pts 2 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 16 3 Francisco José Lara (Spa) Costa De Almeria-Paternina 15 4 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 12 5 Felix Cardenas (Col) Cafes Baque 10 6 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 8 7 José Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 7 8 Angel Gomez (Spa) Costa De Almeria-Paternina 6 9 Lizuarte Manuel Martins (Por) Milaneza Maia 5 10 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 4 11 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3 12 Lander Euba (Spa) Costa De Almeria-Paternina 3 13 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros 2 14 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 15 Adolfo Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 1 16 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1 Combination classification 1 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4 pts 2 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 8 3 Felix Cardenas (Col) Cafes Baque 11 4 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 14 5 Angel Gomez (Spa) Costa De Almeria-Paternina 18 6 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 22 7 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 25 8 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros 29 9 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 32 10 José Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 35 11 Francisco José Lara (Spa) Costa De Almeria-Paternina 35 12 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 92 Teams classification 1 Euskaltel - Euskadi 13.35.18 2 Cafes Baque 2.01 3 Cofidis, le credit par telephone 2.42 4 Costa de Almeria - Paternina 2.55 5 Liberty Seguros 3.01 6 Phonak Hearing Systems 3.10 7 Illes Balears - Banesto 5.14 8 Brioches La Boulangere 8.09 9 Comunidad Valenciana - Kelme 8.59 10 Milaneza - Maia 10.05 11 Relax-Bodysol 10.10 12 Selección España Elite 11.25 13 Saunier Duval - Prodir 15.51 14 T. L.P.R. Piacenza 19.09
