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Vuelta a Chihuahua Internacional - 2.2
Mexico, October 7-14, 2007
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Stage 3 - October 9: Parral - Guachochi, 198 km
López delivers second win for Canels Turbo
By Monika Prell in Guachochi
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Mexican Carlos López (Team Canels Turbo) won today's third and queen stage of the Tour into Guachochi and in doing so secured the second win of the Tour for his team, Canels Turbo. Gregorio Ladino (Team Tecos) has moved into the overall lead after placing second on the stage, Frenchman Nicolas Vogondy (Agritubel) crossed the line in third.
El Parral, a silver-mining town in the Sierra Tarahumara, played host to the riders before they set off on their 198km journey to Guachochi. Brightly dressed women accompanied by men in sombreros and their playful children waved the riders off, as they headed towards an area of Mexico where the inhabitants are still living a simple life.
The stage profile and long distance as well as the many tough stages still to come, seemed to be the last thing on the riders minds today as they set off. As soon as the flag dropped Arquimides Lam (Canels Turbo) attacked the peloton hoping that the peloton would let him go on what could only be considered a suicide break. Yet other teams in the peloton also had itchy feet and were reluctant to let him go. Once he was brought back into the fold a barrage of attacks, lead mainly by the Mexican contingent in the race, but also by Óscar Sevilla (Relax GAM) as well as the Slipstream and Kelly Benefit teams were unleashed on the peloton.
All the attacking coupled with the constant ascent took its toll early, with the peloton splitting into many smaller groups early in the stage. Many of these groups would struggle to reach the finish before the time limit, with many riders forced to abandon. The Ceramica Flaminia team was worst hit, with half their riders failing to finish due to the intense pace and a gastro bug that swept through the team overnight.
An intermediate sprint just after the 100km mark served as a spring board for four riders, Adrián Palomares, Antonio Aldape, Tomasz Marczynski and Óscar Sevilla, to escape the leading group of 30 riders, however they were not allowed a gap by the chasing riders and were brought back into the fold shortly after they escaped.
After 127km of racing Carlos López (Canels Turbo) and Gregorio Ladino (Tecos) broke clear of the lead group, and profited from the confusion in the chasing pack as to whom should take up the chase to gain a substantial lead. With just nine kilometers remaining López attacked his break away companion to take the stage solo in a time of 5:39.35. Ladino was able to hang on for second and in doing so, took over the overall lead from overnight leaer Danny Pate (Slipstream).
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Lopez was clearly happy with his win after the stage, stating just how hard the conditions are to race in. "It was a hard stage because of the altitude of the mountains. The race is at a very high level and the best one in Latin America, with very strong teams."
Lopez rode a very determined race which meant there was very little time to enjoy the beautiful scenery typical to this part of the world. "It was a pity that I couldn't enjoy the beautiful landscape, I was very focused, but it was a great experience and the adrenaline was at its highest level. I dedicate this victory to my family and to my team, because both have always supported me," he said.
After taking their second stage in as many days, Team Canels Turbo are looking forward to the remainder of the Tour and hope to be in the fight for the overall. "For the upcoming stages we are well prepared and we are really keen on struggling for the best ranks." Lopez said.
Canadian, Christian Meier (Team Symmetrics Cycling) rode well today and was able to hold onto the jersey of leading under 23 rider, "It was a hard stage today with a lot of strong teams participating. I am happy about the jersey, now I am looking for a good general classification and I hope that I did not spent too many energy," he said.
Portuguese rider, Filipe Cardoso (Liberty Seguros), who was been very active since the beginning of the Tour, was surprised but happy about his performance today. "It is a difficult race for me, I am not in my best form. Before travelling to Mexico I was already on holidays, but I am content that I can conserve the jersey [of the most combative rider]. Now I would like to win a stage."
New overall leader, Colombian, Gregorio Ladino, is happy to be leading, but realizes that the finish is still a long way away. "Today was a quite difficult stage because of the terrain and the altitude. I went very well. Now we have three difficult stages, and until we reach the last kilometre of the last stage the leadership isn't secure," he stated.
Photography
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Images by Monika Prell
- Some of the Mexican riders meeting before the stage start.
- Riders on the Fuerteventura Canarias team waiting for the start.
- One of the numerous little groups at the end of the race.
- A kiss for Carlos Lopez as the winner of the stage.
- The podium of stage three.
- Winner of the combative rider prize, Filipe Cardoso.
- A kiss for Gregorio Ladino as the new leader of the Tour.
- Filipe Cardoso is happy with his new bright yellow jersey.
Images by Rafael Gómez Alonso
- Carlos Lopez wins the stage solo.
Results
1 Carlos Lopez (Mex) Canel`s Turbo 5.00.39 (39.51 km/h) 2 Gregorio Ladino (Col) Tecos Universidad 0.35 3 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 2.03 4 Javier Mejías (Spa) Saunier Duval Prodir 5 Danny Pate (USA) Team Slipstream 6 Fausto Esparza (Mex) Tecos Universidad 7 Jose Adrian Bonilla (CRc) Fuerteventura Canarias 8 Tomasz Marczynski (Pol) Ceramica Flamina 9 Vitor Rodrigues (Por) Liberty Seguros 10 Daniel Bowman (USA) Kelly Benefits Strategies-Medifast 11 Antonio Aldape (Mex) Canel`s Turbo 12 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Relax Gam Fuenlabrada 13 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax Gam Fuenlabrada 14 Christian Meier (Can) Symetrics Cycling 15 Timothy Duggan (USA) Team Slipstream 16 Francisco Matamoros (Mex) Tecos Universidad 17 David Bernabeu (Spa) Fuerteventura Canarias 18 Blake Caldwell (USA) Team Slipstream 19 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Relax Gam Fuenlabrada 20 Lucas Euser (USA) Team Slipstream 21 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel 22 Ruben Lobato (Spa) Saunier Duval Prodir 23 Nuno Ribeiro (Por) Liberty Seguros 24 Adrian Palomares (Spa) Fuerteventura Canarias 25 Cuitlahuac Ayala (Mex) Arenas Tlax 10.17 26 Will Routley (Can) Symetrics Cycling 27 Cameron Evans (Can) Symetrics Cycling 28 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval Prodir 29 Domingo Gonzalez (Mex) Orven 14.30 30 Alex Hagman (USA) AEG Toshiba 31 Ryan Roth (Can) Kelly Benefits Strategies-Medifast 32 Filipe Cardoso (Por) Liberty Seguros 33 Maxime Bouet (Fra) Agritubel 34 Joel Alamillo (Mex) Arenas Tlax 35 Arquimedes Lam (Mex) Canel`s Turbo 36 Hector Hugo Rangel (Mex) Tecos Universidad 26.05 37 Bernardo Colex (Mex) Tecos Universidad 27.49 38 Geoff Kabush (Can) Symetrics Cycling 39 Uriel Clara (Mex) Canel`s Turbo 40 Jesus Grajeda (Mex) Orven 29.14 41 Gilberto Porras (Mex) Rica Burguer 42 Ryan Blicken (USA) Rica Burguer 43 Jose De Jesus Gomez (Mex) Arenas Tlax 29.18 44 Eder Arenas (Mex) Arenas Tlax 45 Adam Wadecki (Pol) Ceramica Flamina 46 David Winston (USA) AEG Toshiba 47 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax Gam Fuenlabrada 48 Jose Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax Gam Fuenlabrada 49 Jonathan Re Mumford (USA) Kelly Benefits Strategies-Medifast 50 Marco Rios (Mex) Fullerton Bicycle 51 Carlos Ma Hernandez (Mex) Canel`s Turbo 52 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Fuerteventura Canarias 53 Justin Spinelli (USA) Kelly Benefits Strategies-Medifast 54 William Frischkorn (USA) Team Slipstream 55 Emilien Berges (Fra) Agritubel 56 David Belda (Spa) Fuerteventura Canarias 57 Steven Cozza (USA) Team Slipstream 58 Jose Gerardo Soto (Mex) Arenas Tlax 59 Andrew Pinfold (Can) Symetrics Cycling 60 Edgardo Lugo (Mex) Canel`s Turbo 61 David Munoz (Spa) Fuerteventura Canarias 62 Santiago Perez (Spa) Relax Gam Fuenlabrada 63 Alberto Fernandez (Spa) Saunier Duval Prodir 64 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Agritubel 65 Martin Gilbert (Can) Kelly Benefits Strategies-Medifast 66 John Freddy Parra (Col) Tecos Universidad 67 Keven Lacombe (Can) Kelly Benefits Strategies-Medifast 68 Pedro Covarrubias (Mex) Orven 43.20 69 Henry Swiny (USA) Rica Burguer 44.31 70 Juan Pablo Villela (Mex) Rica Burguer 44.32 71 Martin Robles (Mex) Rica Burguer 72 Eduardo Graciano (Mex) Orven 73 Eduardo Vicencio (Mex) Rica Burguer 74 Jessel Valenzuela (Mex) Orven 75 Edgar Treviño (Mex) Orven 76 Rafael Aguilar (Mex) Universidad Autonoma Chihuahua 77 Oswaldo Hernandez (Mex) Fullerton Bicycle 78 Roberto Rodriguez (Mex) Fullerton Bicycle 79 Miguel Ang Gonzalez (Mex) Universidad Autonoma Chihuahua 80 Ivan Borunda (Mex) Universidad Autonoma Chihuahua 81 Misael Ramirez (Mex) Universidad Autonoma Chihuahua 82 Enrique Mendez (Mex) Universidad Autonoma Chihuahua 83 Cesar Quiterio (Por) Liberty Seguros 84 Daniel Duarte (Mex) Universidad Autonoma Chihuahua 85 Luis Pinheiro (Por) Liberty Seguros 86 Saul Figueroa (Mex) Universidad Autonoma Chihuahua 87 Ricardo Samuel Tapia (Mex) Arenas Tlax 88 Antonio Velazquez (Mex) Rica Burguer 89 Carlos Nozal (Por) Liberty Seguros 90 Iosvani Falcon (Cub) AEG Toshiba 91 Oscar Barron (Mex) Orven Sprints 1 1 Antonio Aldape (Mex) Canel's Turbo 3 pts 2 Adrian Palomares Villaplana (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias 2 3 Filipe Cardoso (Por) Liberty Seguros 1 2 1 Gregorio Ladino (Col) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 3 pts 2 Carlos Lopez (Mex) Canel's Turbo 2 3 Fausto Esparza (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 1 Points 1 Carlos Lopez (Mex) Canel's Turbo 5 pts 2 Gregorio Ladino (Col) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 3 3 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 2 Mountains 1 1 Lucas Euser (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 8 pts 2 Gregorio Ladino (Col) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 7 3 Santiago Perez Fernandez (Spa) Relax-Gam 6 4 José Adrian Bonilla (CRc) Fuerteventura-Canarias 5 5 Filipe Cardoso (Por) Liberty Seguros 3 2 1 Gregorio Ladino (Col) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 10 pts 2 Carlos Lopez (Mex) Canel's Turbo 9 3 Oscar Sevilla Ribera (Spa) Relax-Gam 7 4 Tomasz Marczynski (Pol) Ceramica Flaminia 6 5 Adrian Palomares Villaplana (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias 5 6 Antonio Aldape (Mex) Canel's Turbo 3 3 1 Carlos Lopez (Mex) Canel's Turbo 6 pts 2 Gregorio Ladino (Col) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 5 3 Lucas Euser (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 4 4 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3 5 Dan Bowman (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies-Medifast 1 Teams 1 Tecos Universidad Autonoma 3.06.38 2 Team Slipstream 1.28 3 Relax Gam Fuenlabrada 4 Fuerte Ventura Canarias 5 Saunier Duval Prodir 9.42 6 Canel's Turbo 11.52 7 Agritubel 13.55 8 Liberty Seguros 9 Symetrics Cycling Team 17.56 10 Kelly Benefit Strategies 41.10 11 Arenas Tlax 49.24 12 Orven 1.22.23 13 Rica Burguer 1.38.18 14 Fullerton Bicycleo Novo 1.53.41 15 Univeridad Autonoma De Chihuahua 2.08.55 General classification after stage 3 1 Gregorio Ladino (Col) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 11.46.34 2 Danny Pate (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 1.28 3 Javier Mejías (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Relax-Gam 5 José Adrian Bonilla (CRc) Fuerteventura-Canarias 6 Tomasz Marczynski (Pol) Ceramica Flaminia 7 Christian Meier (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 8 Francisco Matamoros (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 9 Lucas Euser (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 10 David Bernabeu Armengol (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias 11 Timothy Duggan (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 12 Vitor Rodrigues (Por) Liberty Seguros 13 Antonio Aldape (Mex) Canel's Turbo 14 Dan Bowman (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies-Medifast 15 Carlos Lopez (Mex) Canel's Turbo 2.28 16 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Relax-Gam 4.31 17 Fausto Esparza (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 18 Oscar Sevilla Ribera (Spa) Relax-Gam 19 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 20 Nuno Ribeiro (Por) Liberty Seguros 21 Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez (Spa) Agritubel 22 Blake Caldwell (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 23 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 24 Adrian Palomares Villaplana (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias 25 Cuitlahuac Ayala (Mex) Arenas Tlacala 9.42 26 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 27 Cameron Evans (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 28 Will Routley (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 2.45 29 Filipe Cardoso (Por) Liberty Seguros 3.55 30 Maxime Bouet (Fra) Agritubel 31 Domingo Gonzalez (Mex) Orven 6.58 32 Arquimedes Lam (Mex) Canel's Turbo 33 Alex Hagman (USA) AEG-Toshiba-Jetnetwork Pro Cycling Team 34 Joel Alamillo (Mex) Arenas Tlacala 35 Ryan Roth (Can) Kelly Benefit Strategies-Medifast 7.29 36 Hector Rangel (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 8.33 37 Gilberto Porras (Mex) Rica Burguer 8.39 38 Jose Gerardo Soto (Mex) Arenas Tlacala 8.43 39 Emilien Benoit Bergès (Fra) Agritubel 40 Santiago Perez Fernandez (Spa) Relax-Gam 41 Bernardo Colex Tepoz (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 0.17 42 Geoffrey Kabush (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 43 Jesus Grajeda (Mex) Orven 1.42 44 Ryan Blicken (USA) Rica Burguer 45 Uriel Clara (Mex) Canel's Turbo 1.43 46 Mikel Artetxe Gezuraga (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias 1.46 47 Edgardo Lugo (Mex) Canel's Turbo 48 Nacor Burgos Rojo (Spa) Relax-Gam 49 Steven Cozza (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 50 Marco Rios (Mex) Fullerton Bicycles-Novo 51 Carlos Manuel Hernandez (Mex) Canel's Turbo 52 Eder Arenas (Mex) Arenas Tlacala 53 Jonathan Reid Mumford (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies-Medifast 54 Andrew Pinfold (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 55 José de Jesus Gomez (Mex) Arenas Tlacala 56 Justin Spinelli (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies-Medifast 57 Jose Miguel Elias Galindo (Spa) Relax-Gam 58 William Frishkorn (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 59 John Fredy Parra (Col) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 60 Juan Miguel Mercado Martin (Spa) Agritubel 61 David Muñoz (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias 2.19 62 Kevin Lacombe (Can) Kelly Benefit Strategies-Medifast 2.24 63 David Belda (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias 2.46 64 Alberto Fernandez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3.11 65 Adam Wadecki (Pol) Ceramica Flaminia 6.18 66 Pedro Covarrubias (Mex) Orven 2.45 67 Martin Robles (Mex) Rica Burguer 3.57 68 Eduardo Graciano (Mex) Orven 69 Jessel Valenzuela (Mex) Orven 7.00 70 Rafael Aguilar (Mex) Universidad Autonoma de Chihuahua 71 Edgar Treviño (Mex) Orven 72 Oswaldo Hernandez (Mex) Fullerton Bicycles-Novo 73 César Antunes Quiterio (Por) Liberty Seguros 74 Roberto Rodriguez (Mex) Fullerton Bicycles-Novo 75 Iosvani Falcon (Cub) AEG-Toshiba-Jetnetwork Pro Cycling Team 76 Oscar Barron (Mex) Orven 77 Daniel Duarte (Mex) Universidad Autonoma de Chihuahua 78 Saul Figueroa (Mex) Universidad Autonoma de Chihuahua 79 Juan Pablo Villela (Mex) Rica Burguer 80 Ivan Borunda (Mex) Universidad Autonoma de Chihuahua 81 Luis Pinheiro (Por) Liberty Seguros 82 Eduardo Vicencio (Mex) Rica Burguer 83 Enrique Mendez (Mex) Universidad Autonoma de Chihuahua 84 Carlos Nozal Vega (Spa) Liberty Seguros 85 Antonio Velazquez (Mex) Rica Burguer 7.14 86 Miguel Angel Gonzalez (Mex) Universidad Autonoma de Chihuahua 7.15 87 Misael Ramirez (Mex) Universidad Autonoma de Chihuahua 7.33 88 Henry Swinty (USA) Rica Burguer 7.51 89 Ricardo Samuel Tapia (Mex) Arenas Tlacala 8.57 Sprints classification 1 Filipe Cardoso (Por) Liberty Seguros 10 pts 2 Carlos Manuel Hernandez (Mex) Canel`s Turbo 9 3 Carlos Lopez (Mex) Canel`s Turbo 7 4 Steven Cozza (USA) Team Slipstream 7 5 Gregorio Ladino (Col) Tecos Universidad 6 6 Javier Mejías (Spa) Saunier Duval Prodir 5 7 Eduardo Graciano (Mex) Orven 4 8 Antonio Aldape (Mex) Canel`s Turbo 3 9 Tomasz Marczynski (Pol) Ceramica Flamina 3 10 Ricardo Samuel Tapia (Mex) Arenas Tlax 3 11 Adrian Palomares (Spa) Fuerteventura Canarias 2 12 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 2 13 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax Gam Fuenlabrada 2 14 Fausto Esparza (Mex) Tecos Universidad 1 15 Maxime Bouet (Fra) Agritubel 1 16 Domingo Gonzalez (Mex) Orven 1 Mountains classification 1 Gregorio Ladino (Col) Tecos Universidad 22 pts 2 Carlos Lopez (Mex) Canel`s Turbo 15 3 Lucas Euser (USA) Team Slipstream 12 4 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Relax Gam Fuenlabrada 7 5 Tomasz Marczynski (Pol) Ceramica Flamina 6 6 Santiago Perez (Spa) Relax Gam Fuenlabrada 6 7 Jose Adrian Bonilla (CRc) Fuerteventura Canarias 5 8 Adrian Palomares (Spa) Fuerteventura Canarias 5 9 Carlos Manuel Hernandez (Mex) Canel`s Turbo 4 10 Antonio Aldape (Mex) Canel`s Turbo 3 11 Ruben Lobato (Spa) Saunier Duval Prodir 3 12 Filipe Cardoso (Por) Liberty Seguros 3 13 Steven Cozza (USA) Team Slipstream 3 14 Keven Lacombe (Can) Kelly Benefits Strategies-Medifast 2 15 Daniel Bowman (USA) Kelly Benefits Strategies-Medifast 1 16 Eduardo Vicencio (Mex) Rica Burguer 1 U23 classification 1 Christian Meier (Can) Symetrics Cycling 2 Vitor Rodrigues (Por) Liberty Seguros 3 Maxime Bouet (Fra) Agritubel 4 Uriel Clara (Mex) Canel`s Turbo 5 Steven Cozza (USA) Team Slipstream 6 Eder Arenas (Mex) Arenas Tlax 7 Keven Lacombe (Can) Kelly Benefits Strategies-Medifast 8 Jessel Valenzuela (Mex) Orven 9 Oscar Barron (Mex) Orven 10 Saul Figueroa (Mex) Universidad Autonoma Chihuahua 11 Misael Ramirez (Mex) Universidad Autonoma Chihuahua Teams classification 1 Team Slipstream 25.09.03 2 Canel`s Turbo 1.00 3 Tecos Universidad Autonom 1.35 4 Relax Gam Fuenlabrada 3.03 5 Agritubel 6 Fuerteventura Canarias 7 Saunier Duval Prodir 8 Liberty Seguros 9 Symetrics Cycling Team 11.17
