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11th Vuelta Ciclista Por Un Chile Lider - 2.2
Chile, March 15-25, 2007
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Stage 7a - March 22: Talca - Curicó, 84.5 km
Cabrera the cat of Curicó
By Robinson Nuñez
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Francisco Cabrera (Lider Presto) has won the first of today's two stages after a very tight sprint in the city of Curicó. Stage 7a covered just 85 kilometres as riders will now prepare for the afternoon's short but potentially race-defining time trial.
The stage started with several attacks from teams looking to put riders in an escape but the Lider-controlled peloton never allowed them much breathing space. The only successful escape of the day came after 40 kilometres involving Jorge Garcia (Relax-Gam) and Juan Bravo (Glassex-Bryc). The duo built a one minute lead and took the points at the only intermediate sprint of the day.
Today's parcours was full of technical, right angled turns, making riders at the rear of the peloton suffer most. As the sprinters' teams prepared their men, the speed increased and the escape was caught with 15 kilometres remaining. Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Selle Italia showed their hand with several attacks in the closing stages which ultimately proved unsuccessful. The stage ended with a traditional and very tight bunch sprint, Francisco Cabrera (Lider Presto) taking victory ahead of Anthony Brea (Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Selle Italia) and Nilceu Aparecido (Scott).
The stage 7b individual time trial is only nine kilometers long, but the last two are uphill to the Cerro Condell. Francisco Cabrera (Lider) will be the last rider to go down the ramp as he increased his lead with the bonus seconds picked up today.
Photography
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Images by Jose Arcos
- Francisco Cabrera (Lider Presto) checks out who's behind.
- Crosswinds were present but weren't too intense today.
- The peloton encounters a rail crossing.
- Juan Bravo (Glassex-Bryc) leads Jorge Garcia (Relax-Gam) one minute ahead of the bunch.
- Lider Presto at the front.
- Juan Bravo (Glassex-Bryc) and Jorge Garcia (Relax-Gam) go through the only intermediate sprint of the day.
- Francisco Cabrera (Lider Presto) wins a tight sprint.
- Francisco Cabrera (Lider Presto) celebrates one more time.
- The stage 7a podium (l-r): Anthony Brea (Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Selle Italia), Francisco Cabrera (Lider Presto) and Nilceu Aparecido (Scott).
Images by Robinson Nuñez
- Carlos Ochoa, Franklin Chacon and Victor Moreno (Venezuelan National Team).
- The area around the start.
- The Relax-Gam riders enjoy a picture with the podium girls.
- A lone rider watches the peloton pass by.
- Guillermo Lopez abandons after 46 kilometres.
- Commissaires check the photo-finish recording.
- Francisco Cabrera (Lider Presto) makes it to his hometown as the race leader.
- The podium area.
Results
1 Francisco Cabrera (Chi) Team Lider Presto 1.52.00 (45.268 km/h) 2 Anthony Brea (Ven) Serramenti Pvc Diquigiovanni - Selle Italia 3 Nilceu Aparecido (Bra) Scott Brasil 4 Arturo Corvalan (Chi) Glassex Bryc Curico 5 Leonel Cuni (Arg) Guaymallen Argentina 6 David Talavera (Arg) Guaymallen Argentina 7 Danilo Ormazabal (Chi) Lascar - Peñaflor 8 Luca Damiani (Ita) Colavita - Sutter Home USA 9 Miguel Chacon (Ven) Selección De Venezuela 10 Dario Ramirez (Arg) Team O.G.M. Providencia 11 Jose Aravena (Chi) Team O.G.M. Providencia 12 Luis Mansilla (Chi) Concepcion - Transportes Bretti 13 Sergio Montivero (Arg) Team O.G.M. Providencia 14 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax GAM 15 David Mc Cann (Irl) Colavita - Sutter Home USA 16 Juan Pino (Chi) Samsung - Cine Cien 17 Juan Norambuena (Chi) Concepcion - Transportes Bretti 18 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax GAM 19 Edgardo Simon (Arg) Serramenti Pvc Diquigiovanni - Selle Italia 20 Gustavo Artacho (Arg) Colavita - Sutter Home USA 21 Walter Pedraza (Col) Serramenti Pvc Diquigiovanni - Selle Italia 22 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Relax GAM 23 Jose Elias (Spa) Relax GAM 24 Jose Serpa (Col) Serramenti Pvc Diquigiovanni - Selle Italia 25 Fabio Duarte (Col) Serramenti Pvc Diquigiovanni - Selle Italia 26 Marco Arriagada (Chi) Team Lider Presto 27 Emiliano Donadello (Ita) Serramenti Pvc Diquigiovanni - Selle Italia 28 Jorge Contreras (Chi) Socovesa Melipulli Puerto Montt 29 Tomas Gil (Ven) Selección De Venezuela 30 Gonzalo Miranda (Chi) Team O.G.M. Providencia 31 Carlos Ochoa (Ven) Selección De Venezuela 32 Francisco Terciado (Spa) Relax GAM 33 Gonzalo Astroza (Chi) Team Apicola Martinez - Curico 34 Marcelo Arriagada (Chi) Glassex Bryc Curico 35 Luis Sepulveda (Chi) Glassex Bryc Curico 36 Juan Bravo (Chi) Glassex Bryc Curico 37 Marcio May (Bra) Scott Brasil 38 Juan Fierro (Chi) Glassex Bryc Curico 39 Pablo Riveros (Chi) Samsung - Cine Cien 40 Ruben Gonzalez (Chi) Team Apicola Martinez - Curico 41 Andrew Guptill (USA) Colavita - Sutter Home USA 42 Andrei Sartasov (Rus) Team Lider Presto 43 Adam Bergman (USA) Colavita - Sutter Home USA 44 Alex Correia (Bra) Scott Brasil 45 Franklin Chacon (Ven) Selección De Venezuela 46 Francisco Cordova (Chi) Team Apicola Martinez - Curico 47 Patricio Pavez (Chi) Team Apicola Martinez - Curico 48 Jorge Giacinti (Arg) Team Lider Presto 49 Daniel Vaillancourt (USA) Colavita - Sutter Home USA 50 Cristian Ojeda (Chi) Socovesa Melipulli Puerto Montt 51 Victor Moreno (Ven) Selección De Venezuela 52 Jorge Garcia (Spa) Relax GAM 53 Hector Valencia (Chi) Team Apicola Martinez - Curico 54 Jose Contreras (Ven) Selección De Venezuela 55 Magno Prado (Bra) Scott Brasil 56 Juan Rojas (Chi) Team Apicola Martinez - Curico 57 Pedro Dourado (Bra) Scott Brasil 58 Gonzalo Garrido (Chi) Team Lider Presto 59 Jose Medina (Chi) Glassex Bryc Curico 60 German Uribe (Chi) Socovesa Melipulli Puerto Montt 61 Sergio Ortega (Chi) Lascar - Peñaflor 62 Javier Gallardo (Chi) Concepcion - Transportes Bretti 63 Matias Medici (Arg) Scott Brasil 64 Igen Brychac (Chi) Team CN - Transportes Pedro Berna 65 Ramon Martinez (Chi) Samsung - Cine Cien 66 Luis Farias (Chi) Lascar - Peñaflor 67 Juan Cancino (Chi) Lascar - Peñaflor 68 Diego Duarte (Chi) Team CN - Transportes Pedro Berna 69 Francisco Sanchez (Chi) Concepcion - Transportes Bretti 70 Sergio Pineda (Chi) Samsung - Cine Cien 71 Antonio Cabrera (Chi) Team Lider Presto 72 Francisco Pino (Chi) Concepcion - Transportes Bretti 73 Roberto Gaytan (Chi) Team CN - Transportes Pedro Berna 74 Patricio Almonacid (Chi) Samsung - Cine Cien 75 Francisco San Martin (Chi) Team CN - Transportes Pedro Berna 76 Javier Saavedra (Arg) Guaymallen Argentina 77 Juan Caballero (Arg) Guaymallen Argentina 78 Cesar Oliva (Chi) Team O.G.M. Providencia 79 Sergio Abarca (Chi) Lascar - Peñaflor 0.32 80 Cristobal Gomez (Chi) Team O.G.M. Providencia 0.36 81 Ricardo Paredes (Chi) Team CN - Transportes Pedro Berna 1.00 82 Javier Bertin (Chi) Socovesa Melipulli Puerto Montt 1.18 Points 1 Francisco Cabrera (Chi) Team Lider Presto 12 pts 2 Anthony Brea (Ven) Serramenti Pvc Diquigiovanni - Selle Italia 9 3 Nilceu Aparecido (Bra) Scott Brasil 7 4 Arturo Corvalan (Chi) Glassex Bryc Curico 5 5 Leonel Cuni (Arg) Guaymallen Argentina 4 6 David Talavera (Arg) Guaymallen Argentina 3 7 Danilo Ormazabal (Chi) Lascar - Peñaflor 2 8 Luca Damiani (Ita) Colavita - Sutter Home USA 1 Intermediate sprint, km 66.3 1 Juan Bravo (Chi) Glassex Bryc Curico 5 pts 2 Jorge Garcia (Spa) Relax GAM 3 3 Jose Aravena (Chi) Team O.G.M. Providencia 2 4 Francisco Cabrera (Chi) Team Lider Presto 1 Teams 1 Team O.G.M. Providencia 5.36.00 2 Serramenti Pvc Diquigiovanni - Selle Italia 3 Colavita - Sutter Home USA 4 Relax GAM 5 Team Lider Presto 6 Selección De Venezuela 7 Glassex Bryc Curico 8 Scott Brasil 9 Guaymallen Argentina 10 Concepcion - Transportes Bretti 11 Team Apicola Martinez - Curico 12 Samsung - Cine Cien 13 Lascar - Peñaflor 14 Socovesa Melipulli Puerto Montt 15 Team CN - Transportes Pedro Berna General classification after stage 7a 1 Francisco Cabrera (Chi) Team Lider Presto 23.50.28 2 Andrei Sartasov (Rus) Team Lider Presto 0.25 3 Edgardo Simon (Arg) Serramenti Pvc Diquigiovanni - Selle Italia 0.31 4 Jorge Giacinti (Arg) Team Lider Presto 0.34 5 Marco Arriagada (Chi) Team Lider Presto 0.37 6 Gonzalo Garrido (Chi) Team Lider Presto 0.41 7 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax GAM 1.11 8 Jorge Garcia (Spa) Relax GAM 1.16 9 Jose Serpa (Col) Serramenti Pvc Diquigiovanni - Selle Italia 10 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Relax GAM 1.20 11 Fabio Duarte (Col) Serramenti Pvc Diquigiovanni - Selle Italia 1.21 12 Jose Elias (Spa) Relax GAM 1.24 13 Walter Pedraza (Col) Serramenti Pvc Diquigiovanni - Selle Italia 1.25 14 Luis Sepulveda (Chi) Glassex Bryc Curico 1.26 15 Jose Elias (Spa) Relax GAM 1.28 16 Francisco Terciado (Spa) Relax GAM 1.32 17 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Relax GAM 1.34 18 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax GAM 1.45 19 Tomas Gil (Ven) Selección De Venezuela 1.48 20 Jose Medina (Chi) Glassex Bryc Curico 1.49 21 Franklin Chacon (Ven) Selección De Venezuela 1.54 22 Carlos Ochoa (Ven) Selección De Venezuela 1.55 23 Javier Bertin (Chi) Socovesa Melipulli Puerto Montt 2.49 24 Edgardo Simon (Arg) Serramenti Pvc Diquigiovanni - Selle Italia 3.14 25 Sergio Montivero (Arg) Team O.G.M. Providencia 3.25 26 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax GAM 4.29 27 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax GAM 4.32 28 Juan Bravo (Chi) Glassex Bryc Curico 4.34 29 Antonio Cabrera (Chi) Team Lider Presto 4.41 30 Francisco Terciado (Spa) Relax GAM 4.48 31 Anthony Brea (Ven) Serramenti Pvc Diquigiovanni - Selle Italia 5.04 32 Jose Contreras (Ven) Selección De Venezuela 5.06 33 Juan Fierro (Chi) Glassex Bryc Curico 5.09 34 Jorge Garcia (Spa) Relax GAM 5.11 35 Fabio Duarte (Col) Serramenti Pvc Diquigiovanni - Selle Italia 5.17 36 Marcelo Arriagada (Chi) Glassex Bryc Curico 5.33 37 Walter Pedraza (Col) Serramenti Pvc Diquigiovanni - Selle Italia 6.13 38 Jose Aravena (Chi) Team O.G.M. Providencia 11.52 39 Anthony Brea (Ven) Serramenti Pvc Diquigiovanni - Selle Italia 11.59 40 Emiliano Donadello (Ita) Serramenti Pvc Diquigiovanni - Selle Italia 12.01 41 Jorge Contreras (Chi) Socovesa Melipulli Puerto Montt 12.43 42 Emiliano Donadello (Ita) Serramenti Pvc Diquigiovanni - Selle Italia 12.47 43 Jose Serpa (Col) Serramenti Pvc Diquigiovanni - Selle Italia 13.02 44 Francisco Cabrera (Chi) Team Lider Presto 14.06 45 Gonzalo Miranda (Chi) Team O.G.M. Providencia 14.34 46 Cesar Oliva (Chi) Team O.G.M. Providencia 15.58 47 Victor Moreno (Ven) Selección De Venezuela 20.10 48 Juan Fierro (Chi) Glassex Bryc Curico 20.17 49 Juan Rojas (Chi) Team Apicola Martinez - Curico 21.01 50 Jorge Contreras (Chi) Socovesa Melipulli Puerto Montt 24.43 51 Juan Bravo (Chi) Glassex Bryc Curico 26.55 52 Patricio Pavez (Chi) Team Apicola Martinez - Curico 28.19 53 Arturo Corvalan (Chi) Glassex Bryc Curico 29.18 54 German Uribe (Chi) Socovesa Melipulli Puerto Montt 31.22 55 Sergio Ortega (Chi) Lascar - Peñaflor 31.56 56 Guillermo Lopez (Arg) Guaymallen Argentina 33.40 57 Igen Brychac (Chi) Team CN - Transportes Pedro Berna 34.00 58 Francisco Cordova (Chi) Team Apicola Martinez - Curico 34.02 59 Gonzalo Astroza (Chi) Team Apicola Martinez - Curico 34.11 60 Francisco San Martin (Chi) Team CN - Transportes Pedro Berna 34.47 61 Juan Caballero (Arg) Guaymallen Argentina 35.08 62 Dario Ramirez (Arg) Team O.G.M. Providencia 36.08 63 Carlos Neira (Chi) Team CN - Transportes Pedro Berna 37.21 64 Luis Mansilla (Chi) Concepcion - Transportes Bretti 38.08 65 Juan Norambuena (Chi) Concepcion - Transportes Bretti 40.38 66 Juan Cancino (Chi) Lascar - Peñaflor 41.46 67 Miguel Chacon (Ven) Selección De Venezuela 42.01 68 Francisco Pino (Chi) Concepcion - Transportes Bretti 42.53 69 Hector Valencia (Chi) Team Apicola Martinez - Curico 43.11 70 Ruben Gonzalez (Chi) Team Apicola Martinez - Curico 43.13 71 Francisco Sanchez (Chi) Concepcion - Transportes Bretti 43.47 72 Roberto Gaytan (Chi) Team CN - Transportes Pedro Berna 44.23 73 Luis Farias (Chi) Lascar - Peñaflor 44.51 74 Cristobal Gomez (Chi) Team O.G.M. Providencia 49.23 75 Javier Gallardo (Chi) Concepcion - Transportes Bretti 49.24 76 Sergio Abarca (Chi) Lascar - Peñaflor 49.44 77 Ricardo Paredes (Chi) Team CN - Transportes Pedro Berna 55.49 78 Cristian Ojeda (Chi) Socovesa Melipulli Puerto Montt 57.00 79 Juan Pino (Chi) Samsung - Cine Cien 1.00.52 80 Ramon Martinez (Chi) Samsung - Cine Cien 81 Diego Duarte (Chi) Team CN - Transportes Pedro Berna 1.02.39 82 Sergio Pineda (Chi) Samsung - Cine Cien 1.04.01 83 Javier Saavedra (Arg) Guaymallen Argentina 1.21.36 84 Javier Bertin (Chi) Socovesa Melipulli Puerto Montt 1.29.16 Points classification 1 Francisco Cabrera (Chi) Team Lider Presto 101 pts 2 Edgardo Simon (Arg) Serramenti Pvc Diquigiovanni - Selle Italia 82 3 Gonzalo Miranda (Chi) Team O.G.M. Providencia 58 4 Emiliano Donadello (Ita) Serramenti Pvc Diquigiovanni - Selle Italia 48 5 Luca Damiani (Ita) Colavita - Sutter Home USA 47 6 Gustavo Artacho (Arg) Colavita - Sutter Home USA 46 7 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax GAM 44 8 Luis Sepulveda (Chi) Glassex Bryc Curico 42 9 Leonel Cuni (Arg) Guaymallen Argentina 41 10 Andrei Sartasov (Rus) Team Lider Presto 31 11 Magno Prado (Bra) Scott Brasil 31 12 Walter Pedraza (Col) Serramenti Pvc Diquigiovanni - Selle Italia 30 13 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Relax GAM 21 14 David Talavera (Arg) Guaymallen Argentina 21 15 Nilceu Aparecido (Bra) Scott Brasil 19 16 Miguel Chacon (Ven) Selección De Venezuela 19 17 Arturo Corvalan (Chi) Glassex Bryc Curico 18 18 Luis Mansilla (Chi) Concepcion - Transportes Bretti 16 19 Danilo Ormazabal (Chi) Lascar - Peñaflor 14 20 Jorge Giacinti (Arg) Team Lider Presto 13 21 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax GAM 13 22 Jose Serpa (Col) Serramenti Pvc Diquigiovanni - Selle Italia 10 23 Marco Arriagada (Chi) Team Lider Presto 9 24 Anthony Brea (Ven) Serramenti Pvc Diquigiovanni - Selle Italia 9 25 Luis Farias (Chi) Lascar - Peñaflor 9 26 Francisco Terciado (Spa) Relax GAM 7 27 Franklin Chacon (Ven) Selección De Venezuela 6 28 David Mc Cann (Irl) Colavita - Sutter Home USA 5 29 Matias Medici (Arg) Scott Brasil 4 30 Jose Elias (Spa) Relax GAM 4 31 Daniel Vaillancourt (USA) Colavita - Sutter Home USA 4 32 Juan Pino (Chi) Samsung - Cine Cien 3 33 Gonzalo Garrido (Chi) Team Lider Presto 2 34 Jose Medina (Chi) Glassex Bryc Curico 2 35 Alex Correia (Bra) Scott Brasil 2 36 Tomas Gil (Ven) Selección De Venezuela 1 37 Jorge Garcia (Spa) Relax GAM 1 38 Francisco Pino (Chi) Concepcion - Transportes Bretti 1 Mountains classification 1 Andrei Sartasov (Rus) Team Lider Presto 31 pts 2 Magno Prado (Bra) Scott Brasil 27 3 Marco Arriagada (Chi) Team Lider Presto 25 4 Juan Fierro (Chi) Glassex Bryc Curico 20 5 Jose Aravena (Chi) Team O.G.M. Providencia 16 6 Adam Bergman (USA) Colavita - Sutter Home USA 14 7 Jose Serpa (Col) Serramenti Pvc Diquigiovanni - Selle Italia 10 8 Francisco San Martin (Chi) Team CN - Transportes Pedro Berna 10 9 Pedro Dourado (Bra) Scott Brasil 8 10 Jose Elias (Spa) Relax GAM 6 11 Cesar Oliva (Chi) Team O.G.M. Providencia 5 12 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Relax GAM 4 13 Fabio Duarte (Col) Serramenti Pvc Diquigiovanni - Selle Italia 4 14 Luis Sepulveda (Chi) Glassex Bryc Curico 4 15 Alex Correia (Bra) Scott Brasil 3 16 Jose Balague (Chi) Samsung - Cine Cien 3 17 Arturo Corvalan (Chi) Glassex Bryc Curico 2 18 Jose Medina (Chi) Glassex Bryc Curico 2 19 Francisco Cabrera (Chi) Team Lider Presto 1 20 Francisco Terciado (Spa) Relax GAM 1 Sprints classification 1 Francisco San Martin (Chi) Team CN - Transportes Pedro Berna 16 pts 2 Francisco Cabrera (Chi) Team Lider Presto 11 3 Andrei Sartasov (Rus) Team Lider Presto 10 4 Arturo Corvalan (Chi) Glassex Bryc Curico 10 5 Jose Aravena (Chi) Team O.G.M. Providencia 7 6 Cesar Oliva (Chi) Team O.G.M. Providencia 6 7 Edgardo Simon (Arg) Serramenti Pvc Diquigiovanni - Selle Italia 6 8 Roberto Gaytan (Chi) Team CN - Transportes Pedro Berna 5 9 Jorge Garcia (Spa) Relax GAM 5 10 Magno Prado (Bra) Scott Brasil 5 11 Adam Bergman (USA) Colavita - Sutter Home USA 5 12 Miguel Chacon (Ven) Selección De Venezuela 3 13 Patricio Pavez (Chi) Team Apicola Martinez - Curico 3 14 Cristobal Gomez (Chi) Team O.G.M. Providencia 3 15 Sergio Abarca (Chi) Lascar - Peñaflor 2 16 Carlos Neira (Chi) Team CN - Transportes Pedro Berna 2 17 Pedro Dourado (Bra) Scott Brasil 2 18 Robinson Miranda (Chi) Socovesa Melipulli Puerto Montt 2 19 Juan Fierro (Chi) Glassex Bryc Curico 2 20 Ricardo Paredes (Chi) Team CN - Transportes Pedro Berna 1 21 Andrew Guptill (USA) Colavita - Sutter Home USA 1 22 Jose Medina (Chi) Glassex Bryc Curico 1 23 Gonzalo Astroza (Chi) Team Apicola Martinez - Curico 1 24 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Relax GAM 1 25 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax GAM 1 Teams classification 1 Team Lider Presto 65.49.25 2 Scott Brasil 1.03 3 Serramenti Pvc Diquigiovanni - Selle Italia 1.22 4 Relax GAM 1.24 5 Selección De Venezuela 4.40 6 Glassex Bryc Curico 5.14 7 Colavita - Sutter Home USA 10.54 8 Team O.G.M. Providencia 23.05 9 Guaymallen Argentina 45.52 10 Samsung - Cine Cien 1.07.24 11 Team Apicola Martinez - Curico 1.15.49 12 Lascar - Peñaflor 1.18.40 13 Concepcion - Transportes Bretti 1.29.07 14 Socovesa Melipulli Puerto Montt 1.32.06 15 Team CN - Transportes Pedro Berna 1.33.44
