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11th Vuelta Ciclista Por Un Chile Lider - 2.2Chile, March 15-25, 2007Main Page Results Overall standings Previous Stage Next Stage Stage 3 - March 18: Valdivia - Pucón, 156 kmDamiani gets first pro winBy Robinson Nuñez Luca Damiani (Colavita-Sutter Home) scored his first professional win in a fast and aggressive third stage of the Vuelta Lider. After 156 kilometres, stage three wound up with a bunch sprint amid great warm weather in Pucon. "This is incredible, this is my first victory as a pro. I thank my team that has worked all day for me," said Damiani, who powered to the finish line alone after using his technical abilities to fight to the front and distance himself from the group with 700 metres to go. Gonzalo Miranda (OGM), winner of the second stage, could not beat the young Damiani and came in second with Leonel Cuni (Guaymallen) third. The stage was marked by brief escapes and an extremely fast and aggressive last 50 kilometres, with constant attacking coming from contenders and several riders dropping from the main bunch. Following yesterday's dominant performance in the team time trial, Team Lider Presto spent most of the day protecting their top six places on general classification. "When you take the leadership of a race everyone will try to take it from you, and the team responded very well to them," said team manager Victor Garrido. "We hope to defend our advantage and arrive to Valle Nevado with a good lead." How it unfoldedStage three started with cold weather in Valdivia with Lider assuming control of the peloton from the start. After a few minutes of calm, attacks started coming from smaller teams looking for a stage result, but Lider controlled them and no-one was allowed to go until Jorge Garcia (Relax-Gam) powered from the pack and gained 1'20 after 10 kilometres. Francisco San Martin (Team CN) tried to bridge the gap but never got within a minute of Garcia. After an hour of racing, Garcia had built a gap of 2'20 and San Martin followed 1'40 behind. The peloton slowed briefly at the feed zone after 50 kilometres when Robinson Miranda also tried to bridge the gap and caught San Martin. The duo were 2'10 behind Garcia, who made it solo to the first intermediate sprint. After the first sprint, Lider once again accelerated furiously, rapidly catching San Martin and Miranda with Garcia's lead cut to 1'30. Unfortunately for Garcia, he had a mechanical problem and was caught by the peloton while his bike was being repaired. A few kilometres before the day's only classified climb, Juan Fierro (Glassex-Bryc), Jose Aravena (OGM) and Cristobal Gomez (OGM) broke loose from the peloton and quickly gained a 50 second advantage. Gomez could not follow the pace for long and was dropped from the break with Fierro taking the mountain points from Aravena. Andrei Sartasov and Marco Arriagada (Lider) showed their climbing class taking the remaining points back in the peloton. A few riders were dropped on the climb and could not rejoin as Lider kept the pace high to prepare Andrei Sartasov for the second intermediate sprint. Approaching the sprint at 130km, the two escapees were caught and Sartasov took the points followed by his teammate Francisco Cabrera with Arturo Corvalan (Glassex-Bryc) and Edgardo Simon (Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Selle Italia) in third and fourth respectively. After several attacks, the race entered the last 10 kilometres gruppo compacto, but still Lider had to deal with constant threats coming from Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Selle Italia, Relax-Gam and Venezuela. The last kilometre had a right turn, where Luca Damiani (Colavita-Sutter Home) used his technical abilities to distance himself from Gonzalo Miranda (OGM) and power alone to the finish, scoring his first win as a pro. All the contenders came in with the same time meaning that there were no significant changes to the general classification. The fourth stage will be one of the longest of the Vuelta Lider, 174 kilometres between Lautaro and Cañete. The stage includes a category two climb just 11 kilometres from the finish and could be an opportunity for race contenders to stamp their authority on the 2007 event. PhotographyFor a thumbnail gallery of these images, click here Images by Robinson Nuñez
Images by Jose Arcos
Results1 Luca Damiani (Ita) Colavita - Sutter Home USA 3.31.46 (43.72 km/h) 2 Gonzalo Miranda (Chi) Team O.G.M. Providencia 3 Leonel Cuni (Arg) Guaymallen Argentina 4 Emiliano Donadello (Ita) Serramenti Pvc Diquigiovanni - Selle Italia 5 Danilo Ormazabal (Chi) Lascar - Peñaflor 6 Arturo Corvalan (Chi) Glassex Bryc Curico 7 Walter Pedraza (Col) Serramenti Pvc Diquigiovanni - Selle Italia 8 Francisco Cabrera (Chi) Team Lider Presto 9 Luis Sepulveda (Chi) Glassex Bryc Curico 10 Nilceu Aparecido (Bra) Scott Brasil 11 Jose Balague (Chi) Samsung - Cine Cien 12 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Relax GAM 13 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax GAM 14 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax GAM 15 Jose Elias (Spa) Relax GAM 16 Marcio May (Bra) Scott Brasil 17 Magno Prado (Bra) Scott Brasil 18 Jose Serpa (Col) Serramenti Pvc Diquigiovanni - Selle Italia 19 Edgardo Simon (Arg) Serramenti Pvc Diquigiovanni - Selle Italia 20 Francisco Terciado (Spa) Relax GAM 21 David Talavera (Arg) Guaymallen Argentina 22 Tomas Gil (Ven) Selección De Venezuela 23 Andrew Guptill (USA) Colavita - Sutter Home USA 24 Gustavo Artacho (Arg) Colavita - Sutter Home USA 25 Alex Correia (Bra) Scott Brasil 26 Juan Rojas (Chi) Team Apicola Martinez - Curico 27 Andrei Sartasov (Rus) Team Lider Presto 28 Jorge Giacinti (Arg) Team Lider Presto 29 Franklin Chacon (Ven) Selección De Venezuela 30 David Mc Cann (Irl) Colavita - Sutter Home USA 31 Sergio Ortega (Chi) Lascar - Peñaflor 32 Juan Fierro (Chi) Glassex Bryc Curico 33 Fabio Duarte (Col) Serramenti Pvc Diquigiovanni - Selle Italia 34 Pedro Dourado (Bra) Scott Brasil 35 Jose Aravena (Chi) Team O.G.M. Providencia 36 Jose Medina (Chi) Glassex Bryc Curico 37 Carlos Ochoa (Ven) Selección De Venezuela 38 Marco Arriagada (Chi) Team Lider Presto 39 Cesar Oliva (Chi) Team O.G.M. Providencia 40 Juan Bravo (Chi) Glassex Bryc Curico 41 Jose Contreras (Ven) Selección De Venezuela 42 Matias Medici (Arg) Scott Brasil 43 Gonzalo Garrido (Chi) Team Lider Presto 44 Adam Bergman (USA) Colavita - Sutter Home USA 45 Sergio Montivero (Arg) Team O.G.M. Providencia 46 Antonio Cabrera (Chi) Team Lider Presto 47 Daniel Vaillancourt (USA) Colavita - Sutter Home USA 48 Patricio Pavez (Chi) Team Apicola Martinez - Curico 49 Francisco Cordova (Chi) Team Apicola Martinez - Curico 50 Jaime Bretti (Chi) Concepcion - Transportes Bretti 51 Anthony Brea (Ven) Serramenti Pvc Diquigiovanni - Selle Italia 52 Jorge Contreras (Chi) Socovesa Melipulli Puerto Montt 53 Pablo Riveros (Chi) Samsung - Cine Cien 0.41 54 Carlos Neira (Chi) Team CN - Transportes Pedro Berna 55 German Uribe (Chi) Socovesa Melipulli Puerto Montt 56 Victor Moreno (Ven) Selección De Venezuela 0.48 57 Guillermo Lopez (Arg) Guaymallen Argentina 58 Igen Brychac (Chi) Team CN - Transportes Pedro Berna 59 Marcelo Arriagada (Chi) Glassex Bryc Curico 60 Dario Ramirez (Arg) Team O.G.M. Providencia 61 Patricio Almonacid (Chi) Samsung - Cine Cien 62 Jorge Garcia (Spa) Relax GAM 63 Juan Cancino (Chi) Lascar - Peñaflor 64 Sergio Abarca (Chi) Lascar - Peñaflor 65 Gonzalo Astroza (Chi) Team Apicola Martinez - Curico 1.03 66 Juan Caballero (Arg) Guaymallen Argentina 67 Ricardo Paredes (Chi) Team CN - Transportes Pedro Berna 2.17 68 Miguel Chacon (Ven) Selección De Venezuela 69 Robinson Miranda (Chi) Socovesa Melipulli Puerto Montt 5.49 70 Cristobal Gomez (Chi) Team O.G.M. Providencia 9.49 71 Cristian Ojeda (Chi) Socovesa Melipulli Puerto Montt 72 Roberto Gaytan (Chi) Team CN - Transportes Pedro Berna 73 Diego Duarte (Chi) Team CN - Transportes Pedro Berna 74 Francisco San Martin (Chi) Team CN - Transportes Pedro Berna 75 Hector Valencia (Chi) Team Apicola Martinez - Curico 76 Jaime Carreño (Chi) Lascar - Peñaflor 77 Sergio Pineda (Chi) Samsung - Cine Cien 78 Ramon Martinez (Chi) Samsung - Cine Cien 79 Javier Saavedra (Arg) Guaymallen Argentina 80 Luis Mansilla (Chi) Concepcion - Transportes Bretti 81 Juan Pino (Chi) Samsung - Cine Cien 82 Francisco Pino (Chi) Concepcion - Transportes Bretti 83 Javier Gallardo (Chi) Concepcion - Transportes Bretti 84 Juan Norambuena (Chi) Concepcion - Transportes Bretti 85 Javier Bertin (Chi) Socovesa Melipulli Puerto Montt 86 Francisco Sanchez (Chi) Concepcion - Transportes Bretti 87 Ruben Gonzalez (Chi) Team Apicola Martinez - Curico 88 Luis Farias (Chi) Lascar - Peñaflor Mountains Km 106.4 1 Juan Fierro (Chi) Glassex Bryc Curico 10 pts 2 Jose Aravena (Chi) Team O.G.M. Providencia 8 3 Andrei Sartasov (Rus) Team Lider Presto 6 4 Marco Arriagada (Chi) Team Lider Presto 4 5 Magno Prado (Bra) Scott Brasil 3 6 Alex Correia (Bra) Scott Brasil 2 7 Jose Medina (Chi) Glassex Bryc Curico 1 Sprints Km 69.6 1 Jorge Garcia (Spa) Relax GAM 5 pts 2 Francisco San Martin (Chi) Team CN - Transportes Pedro Berna 3 3 Robinson Miranda (Chi) Socovesa Melipulli Puerto Montt 2 4 Ricardo Paredes (Chi) Team CN - Transportes Pedro Berna 1 Km 130 1 Andrei Sartasov (Rus) Team Lider Presto 5 pts 2 Francisco Cabrera (Chi) Team Lider Presto 3 3 Arturo Corvalan (Chi) Glassex Bryc Curico 2 4 Edgardo Simon (Arg) Serramenti Pvc Diquigiovanni - Selle Italia 1 Points 1 Luca Damiani (Ita) Colavita - Sutter Home USA 25 pts 2 Gonzalo Miranda (Chi) Team O.G.M. Providencia 20 3 Leonel Cuni (Arg) Guaymallen Argentina 16 4 Emiliano Donadello (Ita) Serramenti Pvc Diquigiovanni - Selle Italia 14 5 Danilo Ormazabal (Chi) Lascar - Peñaflor 12 6 Arturo Corvalan (Chi) Glassex Bryc Curico 10 7 Walter Pedraza (Col) Serramenti Pvc Diquigiovanni - Selle Italia 9 8 Francisco Cabrera (Chi) Team Lider Presto 8 9 Luis Sepulveda (Chi) Glassex Bryc Curico 7 10 Nilceu Aparecido (Bra) Scott Brasil 6 11 Jose Balague (Chi) Samsung - Cine Cien 5 12 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Relax GAM 4 13 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax GAM 3 14 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax GAM 2 15 Jose Elias (Spa) Relax GAM 1 Teams 1 Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni - Selle Italia 10.35.18 2 Relax Gam 3 Scott Brasil 4 Glassex Bryc Curico 5 Colavita - Sutter Hom 6 Team Lider Presto 7 Team O.G.M. Providenci 8 Selección De Venezuela 9 Team Apicola Martinez - Curico 10 Guaymallen Argentina 0.48 11 Lascar - Peñaflor 12 Samsung - Cine Cien 1.29 13 Team CN - Transportes Pedro Berna 3.46 14 Socovesa Melipulli Puerto Montt 6.30 15 Concepcion - Transportes Bretti 19.38 General classification after stage three 1 Francisco Cabrera (Chi) Team Lider Presto 9.30.41 2 Andrei Sartasov (Rus) Team Lider Presto 0.03 3 Jorge Giacinti (Arg) Team Lider Presto 0.12 4 Marco Arriagada (Chi) Team Lider Presto 0.15 5 Gonzalo Garrido (Chi) Team Lider Presto 0.19 6 Antonio Cabrera (Chi) Team Lider Presto 7 Edgardo Simon (Arg) Serramenti Pvc Diquigiovanni - Selle Italia 0.39 8 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax GAM 0.54 9 Magno Prado (Bra) Scott Brasil 10 Jose Serpa (Col) Serramenti Pvc Diquigiovanni - Selle Italia 11 Matias Medici (Arg) Scott Brasil 0.55 12 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Relax GAM 0.58 13 Fabio Duarte (Col) Serramenti Pvc Diquigiovanni - Selle Italia 0.59 14 Pedro Dourado (Bra) Scott Brasil 1.01 15 Alex Correia (Bra) Scott Brasil 1.02 16 Walter Pedraza (Col) Serramenti Pvc Diquigiovanni - Selle Italia 1.03 17 Anthony Brea (Ven) Serramenti Pvc Diquigiovanni - Selle Italia 1.05 18 Jose Elias (Spa) Relax GAM 1.06 19 Nilceu Aparecido (Bra) Scott Brasil 20 Luis Sepulveda (Chi) Glassex Bryc Curico 1.08 21 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax GAM 1.09 22 Francisco Terciado (Spa) Relax GAM 1.10 23 Jose Medina (Chi) Glassex Bryc Curico 24 Juan Bravo (Chi) Glassex Bryc Curico 1.11 25 Marcio May (Bra) Scott Brasil 1.12 26 Juan Fierro (Chi) Glassex Bryc Curico 1.18 27 Gonzalo Miranda (Chi) Team O.G.M. Providencia 1.23 28 Tomas Gil (Ven) Selección De Venezuela 1.26 29 Franklin Chacon (Ven) Selección De Venezuela 1.32 30 Carlos Ochoa (Ven) Selección De Venezuela 1.33 31 Jose Contreras (Ven) Selección De Venezuela 1.43 32 Adam Bergman (USA) Colavita - Sutter Home USA 1.44 33 Luca Damiani (Ita) Colavita - Sutter Home USA 1.46 34 Jorge Garcia (Spa) Relax GAM 1.48 35 Gustavo Artacho (Arg) Colavita - Sutter Home USA 1.50 36 Cesar Oliva (Chi) Team O.G.M. Providencia 1.52 37 Emiliano Donadello (Ita) Serramenti Pvc Diquigiovanni - Selle Italia 1.53 38 David Mc Cann (Irl) Colavita - Sutter Home USA 1.54 39 Jorge Contreras (Chi) Socovesa Melipulli Puerto Montt 2.10 40 Marcelo Arriagada (Chi) Glassex Bryc Curico 41 Juan Rojas (Chi) Team Apicola Martinez - Curico 2.11 42 Daniel Vaillancourt (USA) Colavita - Sutter Home USA 2.24 43 Leonel Cuni (Arg) Guaymallen Argentina 2.26 44 David Talavera (Arg) Guaymallen Argentina 2.27 45 Jaime Bretti (Chi) Concepcion - Transportes Bretti 2.32 46 Sergio Montivero (Arg) Team O.G.M. Providencia 2.36 47 Andrew Guptill (USA) Colavita - Sutter Home USA 2.50 48 Danilo Ormazabal (Chi) Lascar - Peñaflor 3.05 49 Patricio Almonacid (Chi) Samsung - Cine Cien 3.41 50 Patricio Pavez (Chi) Team Apicola Martinez - Curico 3.59 51 Jose Aravena (Chi) Team O.G.M. Providencia 7.08 52 Victor Moreno (Ven) Selección De Venezuela 7.46 53 Arturo Corvalan (Chi) Glassex Bryc Curico 8.05 54 Dario Ramirez (Arg) Team O.G.M. Providencia 8.14 55 Francisco Cordova (Chi) Team Apicola Martinez - Curico 8.34 56 Jose Balague (Chi) Samsung - Cine Cien 8.39 57 German Uribe (Chi) Socovesa Melipulli Puerto Montt 8.43 58 Gonzalo Astroza (Chi) Team Apicola Martinez - Curico 8.56 59 Sergio Ortega (Chi) Lascar - Peñaflor 9.02 60 Pablo Riveros (Chi) Samsung - Cine Cien 9.16 61 Juan Caballero (Arg) Guaymallen Argentina 9.21 62 Igen Brychac (Chi) Team CN - Transportes Pedro Berna 9.47 63 Juan Cancino (Chi) Lascar - Peñaflor 9.50 64 Guillermo Lopez (Arg) Guaymallen Argentina 10.26 65 Miguel Chacon (Ven) Selección De Venezuela 10.27 66 Carlos Neira (Chi) Team CN - Transportes Pedro Berna 10.49 67 Luis Mansilla (Chi) Concepcion - Transportes Bretti 12.12 68 Francisco San Martin (Chi) Team CN - Transportes Pedro Berna 13.17 69 Robinson Miranda (Chi) Socovesa Melipulli Puerto Montt 13.59 70 Hector Valencia (Chi) Team Apicola Martinez - Curico 17.43 71 Ruben Gonzalez (Chi) Team Apicola Martinez - Curico 17.47 72 Juan Norambuena (Chi) Concepcion - Transportes Bretti 17.59 73 Javier Gallardo (Chi) Concepcion - Transportes Bretti 18.03 74 Francisco Sanchez (Chi) Concepcion - Transportes Bretti 18.19 75 Sergio Pineda (Chi) Samsung - Cine Cien 18.33 76 Ramon Martinez (Chi) Samsung - Cine Cien 18.34 77 Juan Pino (Chi) Samsung - Cine Cien 78 Jaime Carreño (Chi) Lascar - Peñaflor 18.55 79 Roberto Gaytan (Chi) Team CN - Transportes Pedro Berna 18.58 80 Luis Farias (Chi) Lascar - Peñaflor 19.23 81 Francisco Pino (Chi) Concepcion - Transportes Bretti 19.59 82 Cristian Ojeda (Chi) Socovesa Melipulli Puerto Montt 20.17 83 Diego Duarte (Chi) Team CN - Transportes Pedro Berna 20.22 84 Cristobal Gomez (Chi) Team O.G.M. Providencia 20.38 85 Sergio Abarca (Chi) Lascar - Peñaflor 24.17 86 Ricardo Paredes (Chi) Team CN - Transportes Pedro Berna 30.21 87 Javier Saavedra (Arg) Guaymallen Argentina 31.31 88 Javier Bertin (Chi) Socovesa Melipulli Puerto Montt 39.02 Mountains classification 1 Magno Prado (Bra) Scott Brasil 17 pts 2 Andrei Sartasov (Rus) Team Lider Presto 16 3 Adam Bergman (USA) Colavita - Sutter Home USA 14 4 Juan Fierro (Chi) Glassex Bryc Curico 10 5 Marco Arriagada (Chi) Team Lider Presto 9 6 Jose Aravena (Chi) Team O.G.M. Providencia 8 7 Pedro Dourado (Bra) Scott Brasil 8 8 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Relax GAM 3 9 Luis Sepulveda (Chi) Glassex Bryc Curico 3 10 Jose Balague (Chi) Samsung - Cine Cien 3 11 Alex Correia (Bra) Scott Brasil 2 12 Jose Medina (Chi) Glassex Bryc Curico 2 13 Francisco San Martin (Chi) Team CN - Transportes Pedro Berna 2 14 Francisco Cabrera (Chi) Team Lider Presto 1 Sprint classification 1 Andrei Sartasov (Rus) Team Lider Presto 10 pts 2 Francisco Cabrera (Chi) Team Lider Presto 8 3 Edgardo Simon (Arg) Serramenti Pvc Diquigiovanni - Selle Italia 6 4 Jorge Garcia (Spa) Relax GAM 5 5 Adam Bergman (USA) Colavita - Sutter Home USA 5 6 Magno Prado (Bra) Scott Brasil 5 7 Cristobal Gomez (Chi) Team O.G.M. Providencia 3 8 Francisco San Martin (Chi) Team CN - Transportes Pedro Berna 3 9 Pedro Dourado (Bra) Scott Brasil 2 10 Robinson Miranda (Chi) Socovesa Melipulli Puerto Montt 2 11 Arturo Corvalan (Chi) Glassex Bryc Curico 2 12 Andrew Guptill (USA) Colavita - Sutter Home USA 1 13 Gonzalo Astroza (Chi) Team Apicola Martinez - Curico 1 14 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Relax GAM 1 15 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax GAM 1 16 Ricardo Paredes (Chi) Team CN - Transportes Pedro Berna 1 Points classification 1 Gonzalo Miranda (Chi) Team O.G.M. Providencia 46 pts 2 Luca Damiani (Ita) Colavita - Sutter Home USA 42 3 Francisco Cabrera (Chi) Team Lider Presto 33 4 Leonel Cuni (Arg) Guaymallen Argentina 28 5 Emiliano Donadello (Ita) Serramenti Pvc Diquigiovanni - Selle Italia 26 6 Gustavo Artacho (Arg) Colavita - Sutter Home USA 20 7 Luis Mansilla (Chi) Concepcion - Transportes Bretti 16 8 Luis Sepulveda (Chi) Glassex Bryc Curico 15 9 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax GAM 14 10 Walter Pedraza (Col) Serramenti Pvc Diquigiovanni - Selle Italia 13 11 Nilceu Aparecido (Bra) Scott Brasil 12 12 Danilo Ormazabal (Chi) Lascar - Peñaflor 12 13 Arturo Corvalan (Chi) Glassex Bryc Curico 11 14 Miguel Chacon (Ven) Selección De Venezuela 9 15 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax GAM 6 16 David Talavera (Arg) Guaymallen Argentina 6 17 David Mc Cann (Irl) Colavita - Sutter Home USA 5 18 Jose Balague (Chi) Samsung - Cine Cien 5 19 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Relax GAM 4 20 Edgardo Simon (Arg) Serramenti Pvc Diquigiovanni - Selle Italia 2 21 Jose Elias (Spa) Relax GAM 1 22 Jorge Garcia (Spa) Relax GAM 1 Team classification 1 Team Lider Presto 27.48.25 2 Serramenti Pvc Diquigiovanni - Selle Italia 0.37 3 Scott Brasil 0.40 4 Relax Gam 0.44 5 Glassex Bryc Curico 0.55 6 Selección De Venezuela 1.04 7 Team O.G.M. Providenci 1.20 8 Colavita - Sutter Home 1.28 9 Team Apicola Martinez - Curico 7.20 10 Guaymallen Argentina 8.21 11 Lascar - Peñaflor 14.34 12 Samsung - Cine Cien 15.02 13 Team CN - Transportes Pedro Berna 17.40 14 Socovesa Melipulli Puerto Montt 19.30 15 Concepcion - Transportes Bretti 27.14 |
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