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21st Vuelta a Castilla y Leon - 2.1
Spain, March 20-24, 2006
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Stage 1 - March 20: Valladolid - Valladolid, 155km
Edo romps into Valladolid
Spain's Angel Edo (Andalusia Paul Versan) has sprinted to victory in the first stage of the 21st Vuelta a Castilla y Leon into Valladolid, beating Luis Leon Sanchez (Liberty Seguros) and Discovery Channel's Egoi Martinez home after 155km.
With intense wind and rain the Caisse D'Epargne-Illes Balears team imposed a frantic pace upon the peloton, and as a result it fractured into many smaller groups. After a low-profile race in 2005, this year's edition came out swinging with plenty of action from the gun, with 17 riders - among them Yaroslav Popovych (Discovery Channel), Michele Scarponi and Alexandre Vinokourov (Liberty Seguros), Iban Mayo (Euskaltel) and Sergi Escobar (Nicolás Mateos) - making a break that gathered 45 seconds before it was neutralised after 39km.
Kaiku's Israel Núñez made it up the difficult Alto de la Santa Espina ahead of his two other escape partners, climbing the cat 3 climb 34km from the finish line before the Illes Balears train headed the main group to chase the three escapees down. There were more fractures in the peloton as riders such as Vinokourov attempted to get themselves some time heading into the finish.
The 27 riders arrived with the same time of stage winner Edo, along with Sánchez and Martínez. Escobar, Popovych and Mayo yielded 39 seconds by the end of the day, with Liberty's Unai Dares losing 55 seconds and Manuel Beltrán (Discovery Channel) losing 1:39. Tomorrow's 11-kilometre race against the clock should sort out the leaderboard further in what could be one of the best races so far in 2006.
Results
1 Angel Edo (Spa) Andaluci-Paul Versan 3.45.31 2 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Wurth 3 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel 4 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Viña Magna-Cropusa 5 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Liberty Seguros-Wurth 6 Jan Hruska (Cze) 3 Molinos Resort 7 Antonio Berasategui (Spa) Kaiku 8 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel 9 Gerardo Fernandez (Arg) Viña Magna-Cropusa 10 Diego Gallego (Spa) Viña Magna-Cropusa 11 Javier Pascual (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 12 Adolfo Garcia (Spa) Andaluci-Paul Versan 13 Francisco Perez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 14 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel 15 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 16 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) 3 Molinos Resort 17 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) 3 Molinos Resort 18 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 19 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 20 José Adrian Bonilla (Crc) Comunidad Valenciana 21 Marcos Antoni Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Wurth 22 Jaume Rovira (Spa) Andaluci-Paul Versan 23 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel 24 Israel Nuñez (Spa) Kaiku 25 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Unibet.Com 26 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 27 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Wurth 28 Jesus Tendero (Spa) Viña Magna-Cropusa 0.39 29 Sergio Escobar (Spa) Grupo Nicolas Mateos 30 Fernando Serrano (Spa) Kaiku 31 Jose Luis Carrasco (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 32 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 33 Juan Olmo (Spa) Andaluci-Paul Versan 34 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Wurth 35 Luis Perez (Spa) Andaluci-Paul Versan 36 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 37 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Unibet.Com 38 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 39 Jesus Del Nero (Spa) 3 Molinos Resort 40 Ezequiel Mosquera (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 41 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax-Gam 42 Jordi Berenguer (Spa) Massi 43 Luciano A. Pagliarini (Bra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.55 44 Raul Garcia (Spa) Relax-Gam 45 José Antonio Redondo (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Wurth 46 Rafael Casero (Spa) 3 Molinos Resort 47 Juan José Abril (Spa) Viña Magna-Cropusa 48 Jose Cayetano Julia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 49 Angel Castresana (Spa) Unibet.Com 50 Victor Manuel Gomes (Spa) Viña Magna-Cropusa 51 Ivan Gil Martin (Spa) Kaiku 52 Alberto Losada (Spa) Kaiku 53 Jose Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Gam 54 Pedro Luis Marichalar (Spa) Andaluci-Paul Versan 55 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 56 Xavier Tondo (Spa) Relax-Gam 57 Antonio Cosme (Spa) Viña Magna-Cropusa 58 Unai Osa (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Wurth 59 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Andaluci-Paul Versan 60 Aaron Olson (Usa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 61 Victor Hernandez (Spa) Grupo Nicolas Mateos 1.35 62 Johan Coenen (Bel) Unibet.Com 63 Antonio Miguel (Spa) Massi 64 Oleg Chuzhda (Ukr) Comunidad Valenciana 65 Javier Benitez (Spa) Grupo Nicolas Mateos 66 Florent Brard (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1.39 67 Fernando Herrero (Spa) Grupo Nicolas Mateos 68 Oscar Garcia (Spa) Relax-Gam 69 Frédéric Gabriel (Fra) Unibet.Com 70 Wesley Van Der Linden (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 71 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Unibet.Com 72 Joseba Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 73 Sergio Pardilla (Spa) Viña Magna-Cropusa 74 Aron Huysmans (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 75 Angel Vallejo (Spa) Relax-Gam 76 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel 77 Jason McCartney (Usa) Discovery Channel 78 Trent Lowe (Aus) Discovery Channel 79 Javier Moreno (Spa) Grupo Nicolas Mateos 80 Ruben Plaza (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 81 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 82 José Martinez (Spa) Relax-Gam 83 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Liberty Seguros-Wurth 84 Benny De Schrooder (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 85 Pablo Urtasun (Spa) Kaiku 0.39 86 Gustavo Cesar (Spa) Kaiku 87 Javier Meijas (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.55 88 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.11 89 Alberto Fernandez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 90 Juan Gomis (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 91 Antonio Tauler (Spa) 3 Molinos Resort 5.01 92 Kenny Lisabeth (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 93 Jose Miguel Manzanas (Spa) Massi 94 Julio Garcia (Spa) 3 Molinos Resort 95 Sergio Dominguez (Spa) 3 Molinos Resort 96 Pablo De Pedro (Spa) Grupo Nicolas Mateos 97 Pieter Ghyllebert (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 98 Wouter Van Mechelen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 99 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 100 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 101 Peter Mazur (Pol) Saunier Duval-Prodir 102 Erwin Thijs (Bel) Unibet.Com 103 Julian Sanchez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 104 Luis Maldonado (Spa) Massi 105 David Molinero (Spa) Massi 106 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 107 Juan Carlos Lopez (Col) Grupo Nicolas Mateos 8.47 108 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 10.09 109 Carlos Zarate (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 110 Kurt V. De Wouwer (Bel) Unibet.Com 111 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 112 Francisco José Lara (Spa) Andaluci-Paul Versan 113 Juan Carlos Fernandez (Spa) Grupo Nicolas Mateos 114 Anton Luengo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 115 Jordi Vila (Spa) Massi 116 Alberto Rodriguez (Spa) Massi 117 Wilson Fernand Cepeda (Col) Massi 118 José Antonio Lopez (Spa) Kaiku Points 1 Angel Edo (Spa) Andaluci-Paul Versan 25 pts 2 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Wurth 20 3 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel 16 4 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Viña Magna-Cropu 14 5 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Liberty Seguros-Wurth 12 6 Jan Hruska (Cze) 3 Molinos Resort 10 7 Antonio Berasategui (Spa) Kaiku 9 8 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel 8 9 Gerardo Fernandez (Arg) Viña Magna-Cropu 7 10 Diego Gallego (Spa) Viña Magna-Cropu 6 11 Javier Pascual (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 5 12 Adolfo Garcia (Spa) Andaluci-Paul Versan 4 13 Francisco Perez (Spa) Caisse D'epargne-Illes Balears 3 14 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel 2 15 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 Mountains 1 Israel Nuñez (Spa) Kaiku 3 pts 2 Julian Sanchez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 2 3 Raul Garcia (Spa) Relax-Gam 1 Combined classification 1 Angel Edo (Spa) Andaluci-Paul Versan 2 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Wurth 3 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel 4 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Viña Magna-Cropu 5 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Liberty Seguros-Wurth 6 Jan Hruska (Cze) 3 Molinos Resort 7 Antonio Berasategui (Spa) Kaiku 8 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel 9 Gerardo Fernandez (Arg) Viña Magna-Cropu 10 Diego Gallego (Spa) Viña Magna-Cropu 11 Javier Pascual (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana Best Spanish rider 1 Angel Edo (Spa) Andaluci-Paul Versan 2 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Wurth 3 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel 4 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Viña Magna-Cropu 5 Antonio Berasategui (Spa) Kaiku Best Castillian rider 1 Diego Gallego (Spa) Viña Magna-Cropu 2 Javier Pascual (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 3 Jesus Tendero (Spa) Viña Magna-Cropu 4 Juan José Abril (Spa) Viña Magna-Cropu 5 Angel Castresana (Spa) Unibet.Com Teams 1 Viña Magna-Cropu 11.16.33 2 Discovery Channel 3 Liberty Seguros-Wurth 4 Andalucia-Paul Versan 5 3 Molinos Resort 6 Caisse D'epargne-Illes Balears 7 Kaiku 8 Comunidad Valenciana 0.39 9 Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.18 10 Unibet.Com 1.34 11 Relax-Gam 2.29 12 Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.45 13 Chocolade Jacques-Topsport 3.18 14 Grupo Nicolas Mateo 3.49 15 Massi 7.15 General classification after stage 1 1 Angel Edo (Spa) Andaluci-Paul Versan 3.45.31 2 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Wurth 3 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel 4 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Viña Magna-Cropusa 5 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Liberty Seguros-Wurth 6 Jan Hruska (Cze) 3 Molinos Resort 7 Antonio Berasategui (Spa) Kaiku 8 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel 9 Gerardo Fernandez (Arg) Viña Magna-Cropusa 10 Diego Gallego (Spa) Viña Magna-Cropusa 11 Javier Pascual (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 12 Adolfo Garcia (Spa) Andaluci-Paul Versan 13 Francisco Perez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 14 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel 15 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 16 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) 3 Molinos Resort 17 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) 3 Molinos Resort 18 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 19 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 20 José Adrian Bonilla (Crc) Comunidad Valenciana 21 Marcos Antoni Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Wurth 22 Jaume Rovira (Spa) Andaluci-Paul Versan 23 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel 24 Israel Nuñez (Spa) Kaiku 25 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Unibet.Com 26 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 27 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Wurth 28 Benny De Schrooder (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 29 Gustavo Cesar (Spa) Kaiku 30 Jesus Tendero (Spa) Viña Magna-Cropusa 0.39 31 Sergio Escobar (Spa) Grupo Nicolas Mateos 32 Fernando Serrano (Spa) Kaiku 33 Jose Luis Carrasco (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 34 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 35 Juan Olmo (Spa) Andaluci-Paul Versan 36 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Wurth 37 Luis Perez (Spa) Andaluci-Paul Versan 38 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 39 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Unibet.Com 40 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 41 Jesus Del Nero (Spa) 3 Molinos Resort 42 Ezequiel Mosquera (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 43 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax-Gam 44 Jordi Berenguer (Spa) Massi 45 Pablo Urtasun (Spa) Kaiku 46 Luciano A. Pagliarini (Bra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.55 47 Raul Garcia (Spa) Relax-Gam 48 José Antonio Redondo (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Wurth 49 Rafael Casero (Spa) 3 Molinos Resort 50 Juan José Abril (Spa) Viña Magna-Cropusa 51 Jose Cayetano Julia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 52 Angel Castresana (Spa) Unibet.Com 53 Victor Manuel Gomes (Spa) Viña Magna-Cropusa 54 Ivan Gil Martin (Spa) Kaiku 55 Alberto Losada (Spa) Kaiku 56 Jose Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Gam 57 Pedro Luis Marichalar (Spa) Andaluci-Paul Versan 58 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 59 Xavier Tondo (Spa) Relax-Gam 60 Antonio Cosme (Spa) Viña Magna-Cropusa 61 Unai Osa (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Wurth 62 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Andaluci-Paul Versan 63 Aaron Olson (Usa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 64 Javier Meijas (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 65 Victor Hernandez (Spa) Grupo Nicolas Mateos 1.35 66 Johan Coenen (Bel) Unibet.Com 67 Antonio Miguel (Spa) Massi 68 Oleg Chuzhda (Ukr) Comunidad Valenciana 69 Javier Benitez (Spa) Grupo Nicolas Mateos 70 Florent Brard (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1.39 71 Fernando Herrero (Spa) Grupo Nicolas Mateos 72 Oscar Garcia (Spa) Relax-Gam 73 Frédéric Gabriel (Fra) Unibet.Com 74 Wesley Van Der Linden (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 75 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Unibet.Com 76 Joseba Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 77 Sergio Pardilla (Spa) Viña Magna-Cropusa 78 Aron Huysmans (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 79 Angel Vallejo (Spa) Relax-Gam 80 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel 81 Jason McCartney (Usa) Discovery Channel 82 Trent Lowe (Aus) Discovery Channel 83 Javier Moreno (Spa) Grupo Nicolas Mateos 84 Ruben Plaza (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 85 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 86 José Martinez (Spa) Relax-Gam 87 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Liberty Seguros-Wurth 88 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.11 89 Alberto Fernandez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 90 Juan Gomis (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 91 Antonio Tauler (Spa) 3 Molinos Resort 5.01 92 Kenny Lisabeth (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 93 Jose Miguel Manzanas (Spa) Massi 94 Julio Garcia (Spa) 3 Molinos Resort 95 Sergio Dominguez (Spa) 3 Molinos Resort 96 Pablo De Pedro (Spa) Grupo Nicolas Mateos 97 Pieter Ghyllebert (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 98 Wouter Van Mechelen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 99 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 100 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 101 Peter Mazur (Pol) Saunier Duval-Prodir 102 Erwin Thijs (Bel) Unibet.Com 103 Julian Sanchez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 104 Luis Maldonado (Spa) Massi 105 David Molinero (Spa) Massi 106 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 107 Juan Carlos Lopez (Col) Grupo Nicolas Mateos 8.47 108 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 10.09 109 Carlos Zarate (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 110 Kurt V. De Wouwer (Bel) Unibet.Com 111 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 112 Francisco José Lara (Spa) Andaluci-Paul Versan 113 Juan Carlos Fernandez (Spa) Grupo Nicolas Mateos 114 Anton Luengo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 115 Jordi Vila (Spa) Massi 116 Alberto Rodriguez (Spa) Massi 117 Wilson Fernand Cepeda (Col) Massi 118 José Antonio Lopez (Spa) Kaiku Points classification 1 Angel Edo (Spa) Andaluci-Paul Versan 25 pts 2 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Wurth 20 3 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel 16 4 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Viña Magna-Cropu 14 5 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Liberty Seguros-Wurth 12 6 Jan Hruska (Cze) 3 Molinos Resort 10 7 Antonio Berasategui (Spa) Kaiku 9 8 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel 8 9 Gerardo Fernandez (Arg) Viña Magna-Cropu 7 10 Diego Gallego (Spa) Viña Magna-Cropu 6 11 Javier Pascual (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 5 12 Adolfo Garcia (Spa) Andaluci-Paul Versan 4 13 Francisco Perez (Spa) Caisse D'epargne-Illes Balears 3 14 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel 2 15 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 Mountains classification 1 Israel Nuñez (Spa) Kaiku 3 pts 2 Julian Sanchez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 2 3 Raul Garcia (Spa) Relax-Gam 1 Combined classification 1 Angel Edo (Spa) Andaluci-Paul Versan 2 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Wurth 3 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel 4 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Viña Magna-Cropu 5 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Liberty Seguros-Wurth 6 Jan Hruska (Cze) 3 Molinos Resort 7 Antonio Berasategui (Spa) Kaiku 8 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel 9 Gerardo Fernandez (Arg) Viña Magna-Cropu 10 Diego Gallego (Spa) Viña Magna-Cropu 11 Javier Pascual (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana Best Spanish rider 1 Angel Edo (Spa) Andaluci-Paul Versan 2 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Wurth 3 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel 4 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Viña Magna-Cropu 5 Antonio Berasategui (Spa) Kaiku Best Castillian rider 1 Diego Gallego (Spa) Viña Magna-Cropu 2 Javier Pascual (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 3 Jesus Tendero (Spa) Viña Magna-Cropu 4 Juan José Abril (Spa) Viña Magna-Cropu 5 Angel Castresana (Spa) Unibet.Com Teams classification 1 Viña Magna-Cropu 11.16.33 2 Discovery Channel 3 Liberty Seguros-Wurth 4 Andalucia-Paul Versan 5 3 Molinos Resort 6 Caisse D'Epargne-Illes Balears 7 Kaiku 8 Comunidad Valenciana 0.39 9 Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.18 10 Unibet.Com 1.34 11 Relax-Gam 2.29 12 Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.45 13 Chocolade Jacques-Topsport 3.18 14 Grupo Nicolas Mateo 3.49 15 Massi 7.15
