43rd Escalada a Montjüic - 1.2

Spain, October 15, 2006

2005 Results Results Past winners

Antón drops Rodriguez in Montjuic

By Antonio J. Salmerón

The Basque Igor Anton (Euskaltel-Euskadi) has won the Escalada a Montjuic, in Barcelona, after showing his superiority in the race against the clock and finishing the road stage in the same time as the winner, Joaquim Rodriguez (Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears). The Spanish event, as every year, included a 25km road race criterium followed by a 8.6km time trial, in which the young promise Antón, who also in the final stage on the Calar Alto climb in the last Vuelta, snatched away the victory from neo-pro Alberto Losada (Kaiku), with Rodriguez finishing third.

Rodriguez attacked during the last lap, accompained by Antón, David Cañada (Saunier Duval-Prodir), Juan-Antonio Flecha (Rabobank), Alberto Losada (Kaiku) and Carlos Sastre (Team CSC). Oscar Pereiro (Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears) led the race in the four first laps of the circuit in a solo breakaway, but could not hold the rate imposed by his teammate Rodriguez as the chasers caught him. Rodriguez won the sprint ahead of Anton and Losada.

But Rodríguez, who had already scored the Escalada a Montjuic in 2001 and finished third in the three last editions, finally could not match Anton's power and lost 12 seconds on the Euskaltel-Euskadi rider in the time trial stage, where Losada was second, eight seconds off.

Results

Montjuic road race - 25 km

1 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears    43.33 (34.4 km/h)
2 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank                             
3 David Canada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                        
4 Alberto Losada (Spa) Kaiku                                     
5 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                   
6 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                             
7 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears         0.15
8 Luis Maldonado (Spa) Massi                                     
9 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Andalucia-Paul Versan                  
10 Jesus Hernandez (Spa) Relax-Gam                           0.22
11 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                   
12 Israel Nuñez (Spa) Kaiku                                  0.40
13 Angel Edo (Spa) Andalucia-Paul Versan                         
14 Wilson Fern Cepeda (Spa) Massi                                
15 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears    2.28
16 Jose Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                   
17 Antonio Miguel (Spa) Massi                                    
18 David Bernabeu (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                 3.07
19 Angel Rodriguez (Spa) Massi                                   
20 Jaume Rovira (Spa) Andalucia-Paul Versan                      
21 Vicente Ballester (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                  
22 Jose Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Gam                             
23 Xavier Tondo (Spa) Relax-Gam                                  
24 Juan Gomis (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                     6.06

Montjuic hill climb - 8.6 km

1 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                       13.29 (38.3 km/h)
2 Alberto Losada (Spa) Kaiku                                0.08
3 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears    0.12
4 David Canada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                   0.17
5 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                              0.21
6 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears        0.24
7 Israel Nuñez (Spa) Kaiku                                  0.35
8 Luis Maldonado (Spa) Massi                                0.42
9 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears    0.50
10 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Andalucia-Paul Versan            0.52
11 Angel Edo (Spa) Andalucia-Paul Versan                    0.52
12 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank                       0.54
13 Jose Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir              1.02
14 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir              1.04
15 Jaume Rovira (Spa) Andalucia-Paul Versan                 1.17
16 Jose Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Gam                        1.21
17 Vicente Ballester (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana             1.26
18 Antonio Miguel (Spa) Massi                               1.29
19 Wilson Fern Cepeda (Spa) Massi                           1.29
20 David Bernabeu (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                1.37
21 Jesus Hernandez (Spa) Relax-Gam                          1.57
22 Xavier Tondo (Spa) Relax-Gam                             2.11
23 Angel Rodriguez (Spa) Massi                              2.14
24 Juan Gomis (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                    2.52

Final General Classification

1 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                        57.00 (35.3 km/h)
2 Alberto Losada (Spa) Kaiku                                 0.10
3 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears     0.10
4 David Canada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                    0.10
5 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                               0.20
6 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears         0.40
7 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank                         0.51
8 Luis Maldonado (Spa) Massi                                 0.50
9 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Andalucia-Paul Versan              1.00
10 Israel Nuñez (Spa) Kaiku                                  1.11
11 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir               1.20
12 Angel Edo (Spa) Andalucia-Paul Versan                     1.30
13 Wilson Fern Cepeda (Spa) Massi                            2.10
14 Jesus Hernandez (Spa) Relax-Gam                           2.20
15 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears    3.20
16 Jose Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir               3.31
17 Antonio Miguel (Spa) Massi                                3.51
18 Jaume Rovira (Spa) Andalucia-Paul Versan                  4.20
19 Jose Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Gam                         4.30
20 Vicente Ballester (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana              4.30
21 David Bernabeu (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                 4.41
22 Xavier Tondo (Spa) Relax-Gam                              5.11
23 Angel Rodriguez (Spa) Massi                               5.21
24 Juan Gomis (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                     8.51

Past winners

1965 (March)

 1. Federico Bahamontes (Spa)
 2. Julio Jimenez (Spa)
 3. Antonio Karmany (Spa)

1965 (October)

 1. Raymond Poulidor (Fra)
 2. Federico Bahamontes (Spa)
 3. Joaquin Galera (Spa)

1966

 1. Eddy Merckx (Bel)
 2. Ferdinand Bracke (Bel)
 3. Lucien Aimar (Fra)

1967

 1. Raymond Poulidor (Fra)
 2. Joaquin Galera (Spa)
 3. Felice Gimondi (Ita)

1968

 1. Raymond Poulidor (Fra)
 2. Luis Ocaña (Spa)
 3. Joaquin Galera (Spa)

1969

 1. Gianni Motta (Ita)
 2. Felice Gimondi (Ita)
 3. Luis Ocaña (Spa)

1970

 1. Eddy Merckx (Bel)
 2. Luis Ocaña (Spa)
 3. Joaquim Agostinho (Por)

1971

 1. Eddy Merckx (Bel)
 2. Agustin Tamames(Spa)
 3. Luis Ocaña (Spa)

1972

 1. Eddy Merckx (Bel)
 2. Gonzalo Aja (Spa)
 3. Antonio Martos (Spa)

1973

 1. Jesus Manzaneque (Spa)
 2. Jose Pesarrodona (Spa)
 3. Luis Ocaña (Spa)

1974

 1. Eddy Merckx (Bel)
 2. Antonio Martos (Spa)
 3. Vicente Lopez-Carril (Spa)

1975

 1. Eddy Merckx (Bel)
 2. Joop Zoetemelk (Ned)
 3. Jose Martins (Por)

1976

 1. Michel Pollentier (Bel)
 2. Joop Zoetemelk (Ned)
 3. Joaquim Agostinho (Por)

1977

 1. Bernard Thevenet (Fra)
 2. Jose Erique Cima (Spa)
 3. Francisco Galdos (Spa)

1978

 1. Michel Pollentier (Bel)
 2. Eulalio Garcia (Spa)
 3. Vicente Belda (Spa)

1979

 1. Claude Criquielion (Bel)
 2. Pedro Vilardebo (Spa)
 3. Joop Zoetemelk (Ned)

1980

 1. Marino Lejarreta (Spa)
 2. Antonio Coll (Spa)
 3. Jose Luis Laguia (Spa)

1981

 1. Joop Zoetemelk (Ned)
 2. Pedro Muñoz (Spa)
 3. Alberto Fernandez (Spa)

1982

 1. Marino Lejarreta (Spa)
 2. Joop Zoetemelk (Ned)
 3. Pedro Muñoz (Spa)

1983

 1. Marino Lejarreta (Spa)
 2. Sean Kelly (Ire)
 3. Pedro Muñoz (Spa)

1984

 1. Claude Criquielion (Bel)
 2. Jose Luis Laguia (Spa)
 3. Inaki Gaston (Spa)

1985

 1. Viente Belda (Spa)
 2. Claude Criquielion (Bel)
 3. Joop Zoetemelk (Ned)

1986

 1. Viente Belda (Spa)
 2. Laurent Fignon (Fra)
 3. Pedro Delgado (Spa)

1987

 1. Alvaro Pino  (Spa)
 2. Joop Zoetemelk (Ned)
 3. Viente Belda (Spa)

1988

 1. Marino Lejarreta (Spa)
 2. Alvaro Pino (Spa)
 3. Viente Belda (Spa)

1989

 1. Erik Breukink (Ned)
 2. Marino Lejarreta (Spa)
 3. Pedro Delgado (Spa)

1990

 1. Marino Lejarreta (Spa)
 2. Erik Van Lanker (Bel)
 3. Inaki Gaston (Spa)

1991

 1. Olivier Rincon (Col)
 2. Joaquin Llach (Spa)
 3. Erik Breukink (Ned)

1992

 1. Alex Zulle (Swi)
 2. Tony Rominger (Swi)
 3. Olivier Rincon (Col)

1993

 1. Maurizio Fondriest (Ita)
 2. Olivier Rincon (Col)
 3. Claudio Chiapucci (Ita)

1994

 1. Tony Rominger (Swi)
 2. Claudio Chiapucci (Ita)
 3. Felix Garcia-Casas (Spa)

1995

 1. Claudio Chiapucci (Ita)
 2. Mauro Gianetti (Swi)
 3. Francesco Casagrande (Ita)

1996

 1. Fabian Jeker (Swi)
 2. Mauro Gianetti (Swi)
 3. Daniel Clavero (Spa)

1997

 1. Laurent Jalabert (Fra)
 2. Alex Zulle (Swi)
 3. Daniel Clavero (Spa)

1998

 1. Fabian Jeker (Swi)
 2. Félix Garcia Casas (Spa)
 3. Melchior Mauri (Spa)
 
1999
 
 1. Andrei Zintchenko (Rus)
 2. Melcior Mauri (Spa)
 3. Miguel Ángel Martín Perdiguero (Spa)

2000

 1. Fabian Jeker (Swi) Festina Watches
 2. José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca
 3. Oscar Freire (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step

2001

 1. Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) ONCE-Eroski
 2. Joseba Beloki Dorronsoro (Spa) ONCE-Eroski
 3. Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca

2002 

 1. Joseba Beloki Dorronsoro (Spa) ONCE-Eroski  
 2. Felix M. Garcia Casas (Spa) Big Mat-Auber 93
 3. Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Team Coast

2003 
 
 1. José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) iBanesto.com
 2. Santiago Pérez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems    
 3. Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 

2004

 1. Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi   
 2. Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi      
 3. Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir

2005

 1. Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi   
 2. Carlos Sastre (Spa) Csc Team     
 3. Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir

Past winners by Mario Stiehl, www.world-of-cycling.com