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54th Vuelta a Andalucía (Ruta Ciclista del Sol) - 2.1
Spain, February 17-21, 2008
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Stage 3 - February 19: Otura - Jaén, 174.5km
Petacchi wins another sprint
By Bjorn Haake
Alessandro Petacchi (Milram) is showing good early season form and won the third stage into Jaén. He was able to beat two Italians, national champion Giovanni Visconti (Quick Step) and youngster Riccardo Riccò (Saunier Duval-Scott). The five hills in the stage splintered the field, with a group of around 20 men battling it out for stage glory. Pablo Lastras Garcia (Caisse d'Epargne) took over the lead in the general classification.
Petacchi said that "the finish today wasn't the easiest. The last three or four kilometers were uphill, although it was a manageable grade. At any rate, the ascent produced a selection, because we were going very fast when we hit a climb about 15 kilometers from the finish."
It was the team Caisse d'Epargne who put down the hammer. They were aware that the current leader, Frenchman Clément Lhotellerie (Skil-Shimano), was in difficulty and they were desperately trying to make up the 51 seconds that separated Lastras from taking over the lead.
Petacchi was excited about the final, in which "only twenty of us were left over to sprint it out. I managed to beat riders that are better suited to the uphills, like Visconti and Riccò. In the sprint I was at the wheel of a Silence-Lotto rider, who jumped very strongly at less than 100 meters to go. This is certainly a good sign about my condition. I hope to continue to develop and especially to continue winning."
The race continues tomorrow with a stage over 173 kilometers from La Guardia de Jaén to Écija.
Results
1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 4.29.37 (38.721 km/h) 2 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quickstep 3 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 4 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto 5 Javier Moreno Bazan (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 6 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 7 Mirko Selvaggi (Ita) Cycle Collstrop 8 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep 9 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 10 Aitor Galdos Alonso (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 11 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank 12 Arkaitz Duran Daroca (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 13 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto 14 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Karpin Galicia 15 José Luis Carrasco Gamiz (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 16 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 17 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 18 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 19 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 20 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Silence - Lotto 21 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quickstep 22 Alberto Benitez Roman (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 23 Dionisio Galparsoro Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 24 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 25 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence - Lotto 26 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence - Lotto 0.09 27 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 0.10 28 Yon Bru Pascal (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0.15 29 Leif Hoste (Bel) Silence - Lotto 0.24 30 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 0.26 31 Aitor Perez Arrieta (Spa) Extremadura-Gruppo Gallardo 0.38 32 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 0.41 33 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0.49 34 Clément Lhotellerie (Fra) Skil-Shimano 1.39 35 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 36 Igor Astarloa Ascasibar (Spa) Team Milram 37 Gustavo Dominguez Lemos (Spa) Karpin Galicia 38 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Karpin Galicia 39 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 40 Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano 1.56 41 Thierry Hupond (Fra) Skil-Shimano 42 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 43 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 44 Enrique Salgueiro (Spa) Extremadura-Gruppo Gallardo 45 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 46 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Karpin Galicia 47 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 48 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep 49 Jose Ruiz Sanchez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 50 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto 51 Steffen Wesemann (Swi) Cycle Collstrop 52 Lucas Persson (Swe) Cycle Collstrop 53 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 54 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 2.00 55 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 56 Borut Bozic (Slo) Cycle Collstrop 2.02 57 Sergio Herrero Dominguez (Spa) Extremadura-Gruppo Gallardo 3.14 58 Luis Angel Mate Mardones (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 3.19 59 José Antonio Lopez Gil (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 60 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 61 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 3.43 62 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Quickstep 3.53 63 Volodymyr Diudia (Ukr) Team Milram 64 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano 65 Marco Marcato (Ita) Cycle Collstrop 4.26 66 David Kopp (Ger) Cycle Collstrop 7.12 67 Roman Klimov (Rus) Katyusha 68 Josu Mondelo (Spa) Extremadura-Gruppo Gallardo 69 Josu Agirre Aseginolaza (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 70 Ignacio Sarabia Diaz (Mex) Extremadura-Gruppo Gallardo 71 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Skil-Shimano 72 Jesus Cobelo Fojo (Spa) Karpin Galicia 73 Denis Flahaut (Fra) Saunier Duval - Scott 8.19 74 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Skil-Shimano 75 Jaime Garcia Latorre (Spa) Extremadura-Gruppo Gallardo 8.51 DNF Timofey Kritskiy (Rus) Katyusha DNF Israel Perez Rodriguez (Spa) Extremadura-Gruppo Gallardo General Classification after Stage 3 1 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 12.25.09 2 Clément Lhotellerie (Fra) Skil-Shimano 0.48 3 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto 1.32 4 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.36 5 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep 1.41 6 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1.45 7 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence - Lotto 1.55 8 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Karpin Galicia 2.01 9 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 2.08 10 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank 2.11 11 Arkaitz Duran Daroca (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 2.22 12 Aitor Perez Arrieta (Spa) Extremadura-Gruppo Gallardo 2.25 13 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 3.16 14 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence - Lotto 3.52 15 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Silence - Lotto 5.17 16 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quickstep 5.24 17 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quickstep 5.27 18 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 19 Alberto Benitez Roman (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 20 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 21 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 6.00 22 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 6.26 23 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 6.51 24 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Karpin Galicia 6.53 25 Enrique Salgueiro (Spa) Extremadura-Gruppo Gallardo 7.12 26 José Antonio Lopez Gil (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 7.19 27 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 7.23 28 Thierry Hupond (Fra) Skil-Shimano 29 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 7.25 30 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto 7.44 31 Igor Astarloa Ascasibar (Spa) Team Milram 8.19 32 José Luis Carrasco Gamiz (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 8.31 33 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 34 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 8.51 35 Sergio Herrero Dominguez (Spa) Extremadura-Gruppo Gallardo 9.19 36 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 9.24 37 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 9.34 38 Javier Moreno Bazan (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 10.05 39 Josu Mondelo (Spa) Extremadura-Gruppo Gallardo 13.51 40 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 14.06 41 Jose Ruiz Sanchez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 14.23 42 Aitor Galdos Alonso (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 20.12 43 Mirko Selvaggi (Ita) Cycle Collstrop 20.13 44 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto 45 Dionisio Galparsoro Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 20.19 46 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 47 Yon Bru Pascal (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 20.34 48 Leif Hoste (Bel) Silence - Lotto 20.43 49 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 21.00 50 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 21.31 51 Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano 22.15 52 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep 53 Lucas Persson (Swe) Cycle Collstrop 54 Steffen Wesemann (Swi) Cycle Collstrop 55 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Karpin Galicia 56 Borut Bozic (Slo) Cycle Collstrop 22.21 57 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 22.22 58 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 23.38 59 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 24.03 60 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Quickstep 24.12 61 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano 62 Volodymyr Diudia (Ukr) Team Milram 63 Luis Angel Mate Mardones (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 24.27 64 Marco Marcato (Ita) Cycle Collstrop 24.45 65 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 25.14 66 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Skil-Shimano 27.31 67 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Skil-Shimano 28.47 68 Jaime Garcia Latorre (Spa) Extremadura-Gruppo Gallardo 29.17 69 Denis Flahaut (Fra) Saunier Duval - Scott 29.26 70 Ignacio Sarabia Diaz (Mex) Extremadura-Gruppo Gallardo 31.16 71 Josu Agirre Aseginolaza (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 32.24 72 Gustavo Dominguez Lemos (Spa) Karpin Galicia 34.42 73 Jesus Cobelo Fojo (Spa) Karpin Galicia 35.16 74 Roman Klimov (Rus) Katyusha 39.36 75 David Kopp (Ger) Cycle Collstrop 41.18
