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54th Vuelta a Andalucía (Ruta Ciclista del Sol) - 2.1
Spain, February 17-21, 2008
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Stage 2 - February 18: Torrox Costa - La Zubia, 176.2km
Evans takes early win
By Gregor Brown
2007 ProTour Champion, Cadel Evans, took an early season win with the second stage of the 54th Vuelta a Andalucía, 176 kilometres from Torrox Costa to a mountain top finish in La Zubia. The 31 year-old Australian used the talents that delivered him to second in the Tour de France to overcome Spaniard Mikel Astarloza (Euskaltel-Euskadi) and Juan Manuel Gárate (Quick Step).
Evans was part of an escape group of 18 that went clear only 30 kilometres into the stage. He benefited from the companionship of team-mates Dario Cioni, Johan Van Summeren and Mario Aerts over the stage held under dodgy weather. Clément L'Hottelerie (Skil-Shimano), runner-up of stage one, managed to grab the leader's jersey when overnight leader José Antonio Lopez Gil (Andalucía - Cajasur) lost more than five minutes to the Frenchman in the Dutch-Japanese team Skil-Shimano.
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- Cadel Evans (Silence-Lotto) confirms his first win of the season in the second stage of the Vuelta a Andalucía.
- Cadel Evans (Silence-Lotto) takes the win over Mikel Astarloza (Euskaltel-Euskadi) (r) and Juan Manuel Gárate (Quick Step) (l).
Results
1 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto 4.47.31 (36.728 km/h) 2 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0.04 3 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep 0.09 4 Aitor Perez Arrieta (Spa) Extremadura-Gruppo Gallardo 0.15 5 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 6 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 7 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence - Lotto 0.25 8 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 0.26 9 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank 0.29 10 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Karpin Galicia 11 Arkaitz Duran Daroca (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 0.50 12 Clément Lhotellerie (Fra) Skil-Shimano 0.56 13 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1.44 14 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence - Lotto 2.11 15 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Karpin Galicia 3.42 16 Enrique Salgueiro (Spa) Extremadura-Gruppo Gallardo 3.44 17 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Silence - Lotto 3.45 18 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quickstep 3.52 19 Thierry Hupond (Fra) Skil-Shimano 3.55 20 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 21 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 22 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 23 Alberto Benitez Roman (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 24 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quickstep 4.02 25 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 26 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 4.05 27 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 4.05 28 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4.14 29 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto 4.16 30 Sergio Herrero Dominguez (Spa) Extremadura-Gruppo Gallardo 4.33 31 Josu Mondelo (Spa) Extremadura-Gruppo Gallardo 5.07 32 Igor Astarloa Ascasibar (Spa) Team Milram 5.08 33 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 5.19 34 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 35 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 5.56 36 José Antonio Lopez Gil (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 6.06 37 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 38 José Luis Carrasco Gamiz (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 6.59 39 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 40 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 7.19 41 Javier Moreno Bazan (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 8.33 42 Jose Ruiz Sanchez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 10.55 43 Lucas Persson (Swe) Cycle Collstrop 18.47 44 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 45 Steffen Wesemann (Swi) Cycle Collstrop 46 Borut Bozic (Slo) Cycle Collstrop 47 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 48 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Quickstep 49 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Karpin Galicia 50 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 51 Leif Hoste (Bel) Silence - Lotto 52 Gustavo Dominguez Lemos (Spa) Karpin Galicia 53 Volodymyr Diudia (Ukr) Team Milram 54 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Skil-Shimano 55 Yon Bru Pascal (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 56 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep 57 David Kopp (Ger) Cycle Collstrop 58 Mirko Selvaggi (Ita) Cycle Collstrop 59 Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano 60 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 61 Marco Marcato (Ita) Cycle Collstrop 62 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano 63 Roman Klimov (Rus) Katyusha 64 Aitor Galdos Alonso (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 65 Dionisio Galparsoro Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 66 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto 67 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 18.54 68 Jaime Garcia Latorre (Spa) Extremadura-Gruppo Gallardo 69 Josu Agirre Aseginolaza (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 70 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 71 Israel Perez Rodriguez (Spa) Extremadura-Gruppo Gallardo 18.56 72 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Skil-Shimano 73 Denis Flahaut (Fra) Saunier Duval - Scott 19.35 74 Luis Angel Mate Mardones (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 19.36 75 Ignacio Sarabia Diaz (Mex) Extremadura-Gruppo Gallardo 22.32 76 Timofey Kritskiy (Rus) Katyusha 22.35 77 Jesus Cobelo Fojo (Spa) Karpin Galicia 22.46 DNF Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep DNF Jesus Del Nero (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott DNF Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank DNF Sebastiaan Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank DNF José Rujano Guillen (Ven) Caisse d'Epargne DNF Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep DNF Denis Galimzyanov (Rus) Katyusha DNF Andrey Solomennikov (Rus) Katyusha DNF Alexander Porsev (Rus) Katyusha DNF Dmitry Kosyakov (Rus) Katyusha DNF Mikhail Antonov (Rus) Katyusha DNF Troels Ronning Vinther (Den) Cycle Collstrop General classification after stage 2 1 Clément Lhotellerie (Fra) Skil-Shimano 7.54.41 2 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0.51 3 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto 2.23 4 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2.27 5 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep 2.32 6 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2.36 7 Aitor Perez Arrieta (Spa) Extremadura-Gruppo Gallardo 2.38 8 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence - Lotto 2.46 9 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 2.49 10 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Karpin Galicia 2.52 11 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank 3.02 12 Arkaitz Duran Daroca (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 3.13 13 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4.07 14 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence - Lotto 4.34 15 José Antonio Lopez Gil (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 4.51 16 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Karpin Galicia 6.05 17 Enrique Salgueiro (Spa) Extremadura-Gruppo Gallardo 6.07 18 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Silence - Lotto 6.08 19 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quickstep 6.15 20 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quickstep 6.18 21 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 22 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 23 Alberto Benitez Roman (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 24 Thierry Hupond (Fra) Skil-Shimano 25 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 26 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 6.25 27 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 6.28 28 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 6.37 29 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto 6.39 30 Sergio Herrero Dominguez (Spa) Extremadura-Gruppo Gallardo 6.56 31 Josu Mondelo (Spa) Extremadura-Gruppo Gallardo 7.30 32 Igor Astarloa Ascasibar (Spa) Team Milram 7.31 33 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 7.42 34 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 8.19 35 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 8.29 36 José Luis Carrasco Gamiz (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 9.22 37 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 38 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 9.42 39 Javier Moreno Bazan (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 10.56 40 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 11.14 41 Jose Ruiz Sanchez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 13.18 42 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 20.26 43 Aitor Galdos Alonso (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 21.03 44 Mirko Selvaggi (Ita) Cycle Collstrop 21.04 45 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto 46 Leif Hoste (Bel) Silence - Lotto 21.10 47 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 48 Dionisio Galparsoro Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 49 Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano 50 Borut Bozic (Slo) Cycle Collstrop 51 Yon Bru Pascal (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 52 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Quickstep 53 Lucas Persson (Swe) Cycle Collstrop 54 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep 55 Marco Marcato (Ita) Cycle Collstrop 56 Steffen Wesemann (Swi) Cycle Collstrop 57 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Skil-Shimano 58 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 59 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 60 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano 61 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Karpin Galicia 62 Volodymyr Diudia (Ukr) Team Milram 63 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 21.17 64 Jaime Garcia Latorre (Spa) Extremadura-Gruppo Gallardo 65 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Skil-Shimano 21.19 66 Denis Flahaut (Fra) Saunier Duval - Scott 21.58 67 Luis Angel Mate Mardones (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 21.59 68 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 22.54 69 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 24.05 70 Ignacio Sarabia Diaz (Mex) Extremadura-Gruppo Gallardo 24.55 71 Josu Agirre Aseginolaza (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 26.03 72 Israel Perez Rodriguez (Spa) Extremadura-Gruppo Gallardo 26.10 73 Jesus Cobelo Fojo (Spa) Karpin Galicia 28.55 74 Roman Klimov (Rus) Katyusha 33.15 75 Gustavo Dominguez Lemos (Spa) Karpin Galicia 33.54 76 David Kopp (Ger) Cycle Collstrop 34.57 77 Timofey Kritskiy (Rus) Katyusha 48.36
