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3rd Vuelta a Chihuahua Internacional - 2.2Mexico, October 6-12, 2008Main Page Results Overall standings Next Stage Stage 1 - October 6: Chihuahua - Camargo, 147.8kmBenítez sprints to leadershipBy Monika Prell in Camargo Benfica's Javier Benítez won the first stage of the Vuelta a Chihuahua and received the leader's jersey from the hands of the chief organiser, Ricardo Creel Ryan. Benítez won the mass sprint. ahead of German Steffen Radochla (Elk Haus). Third was Mexican Juan Pablo Magallanes (Tecos Trek). The stage over 147.8 kilometres from the capital Chihuahua to Camargo was marked by various breakaway intents. The last one was chased down five kilometres before the finish line. A very happy Javier Benítez recapped the final sprint. "It was a very fast, nervous stage. I am lucky to have a magnificent team, they did a super job. I don't know if I will be able to defend the yellow jersey. Three weeks ago I won the last stage and the overall classification of the Vuelta a Portugal, and it was a difficult stage." Benítez was impressed with the third edition of the race, in which he himself participated for the first time. "I also have to praise the organisation, this race is perfectly organised, with a lot of security measures and an enthusiastic public. It's the first time I participate here, but I already want to come back again." The race was marked by the comeback of 44-year-old Raúl Alcalá. The Mexican finished the race in 52nd place. Alcalá won the young rider competition in 1985 in the Tour de France and finished 11th in the 1984 Olympic road race in Los Angeles. At ten o'clock in the morning, the third edition of the Vuelta a Chihuahua was started near to the government building in the capital of the state. Sun and a blue sky accompanied the 123 riders on their way to Camargo, passing by the nut plantings of Delicias. The first serious breakaway began at kilometre 19. The Canadian Buck Miller (Race Pro), the Spaniard Ezequiel Mosquera (Xacobeo Galicia), who finished fourth in this year's Vuelta a España and the Italian Derik Zampedri (NGC Medical) decided to unite with the Mexicans Juan Pablo Magallanes (Tecos Trek), Cesar Vaquera (Orven) and Canels Turbo's Antonio Aldape and David Salomón. The first intermediate sprint in Tomás García saw Magallanes in front of Salomón and Aldape. The only difficulty of the day was a mountain classification of the fourth category after 36.6 kilometres, won by David Salomon (Canels Turbo) ahead of Cesar Vaquera (Orven), Juan Pablo Magallanes (Tecos Trek) and Antonio Aldape (Canels Turbo). A few kilometres later, the escape group was chased down by the peloton. The second intermediate sprint in Colonia Lazaro Cadenas was won by the Italian Diego Nossoti (NGC Medical) ahead of the Mexican Uriel Rayo (Code Jalisco) and the Portuguese Andre Cardoso (Fercase). The largest breakaway intent was ridden five kilometres later by the German Björn Thurau from the team Elk Haus. He led the race for eighty kilometres, followed by Ismael Ponce from the team Code Jalisco, Uriel Chávez from San Marcos and Orven's Edgar Barragan. The last 30 kilometres of the stage were an only up – and downhill ride. The sun and the heat made it very difficult for Thurau to stay in front, so that he was chased down 16 kilometres before the finish line. The team Benfica worked well to place their fastest man in front, and they were successful. The public in Camargo saw a very exciting sprint, where the Spaniard was able to win. PhotographyFor a thumbnail gallery of these images, click here Images by Monika Prell/Cyclingnews.com
Images by Leonel de la Rosa Ibarria
Results1 Javier Benitez Pomares (Spa) Benfica 3.19.30 (44.451 km/h) 2 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Elk Haus - Simplon 3 Juan P. Magallanes (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 4 Mark Walters (Can) Team R.A.C.E. Pro 5 Eduardo Greciano (Mex) Orven Nuevio Leon 6 Iker Camaño Ortuzar (Spa) Scott - American Beef 7 Derik Zampedri (Ita) NGC Medical - OTC Industria Porte 8 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 9 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Fercase - Rota dos Móveis 10 Jose Carlos Valdez (Mex) Canel's Turbo Mayordomo 11 Marco A. Rios (Mex) Orven Nuevio Leon 12 Andre Cardoso (Por) Fercase - Rota dos Móveis 13 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Fercase - Rota dos Móveis 14 Hernandez Manuel (Mex) Canel's Turbo Mayordomo 15 Masaaki Kikuchi (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 16 Domingo Gonzalez (Mex) Orven Nuevio Leon 17 Wolfgang Murer (Aut) Elk Haus - Simplon 18 Oscar Barron (Mex) Orven Nuevio Leon 19 Jose R. Aguirre (Mex) Canel's Turbo Mayordomo 20 Edgar Pinto (Por) Benfica 21 Juan Francisco Mourón Doldán (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 22 Uriel Rayo (Mex) Code Jalisco 23 David Abal Diego (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 24 Jessel Valenzuela (Mex) Chihuahua-UACH 25 Jose A. Sanchez (Mex) Chihuahua-UACH 26 José Mendes (Por) Benfica 27 Byron Guama (Ecu) Canel's Turbo Mayordomo 28 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 29 Thomas Peterson (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 30 Diego Nosotti (Ita) NGC Medical - OTC Industria Porte 31 Sergio Dominguez (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia 32 Javier Chacon Quesada (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia 33 Carlos Panadero Castano (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 34 Gilberto Porras (Mex) Rica Burguer 35 Micael Isidoro (Por) Fercase - Rota dos Móveis 36 Javier Etxarri Marin (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia 37 Gorka Izaguirre (Spa) NGC Medical - OTC Industria Porte 38 Alberto Benitez Roman (Spa) Scott - American Beef 39 Gerardo Soto (Mex) Code Jalisco 40 Joel Dion Potras (Can) Team R.A.C.E. Pro 41 Alberto Fernandez (Spa) Scott - American Beef 42 Jonathan Patrick Mc Carty (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 43 Jason Donald (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 44 Robert Lauscha (Aut) Elk Haus - Simplon 45 Cesar Vaquera (Mex) Orven Nuevio Leon 46 Virgilio Dos Santos (Por) Fercase - Rota dos Móveis 47 Clemens Frankhauser (Aut) Elk Haus - Simplon 48 Alfredo Gabino (Mex) San Marcos 49 Yasuharu Nakajima (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 50 Gregorio Ladino (Col) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 51 Daniel Petrov (Bul) Benfica 52 Raul Alcala (Mex) Rica Burguer 53 Angel Gomez M J. (Spa) Scott - American Beef 54 Alejandro De La Rosa (Mex) Chihuahua-UACH 55 Carlos Oyatzun (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 56 Buck Miller (Can) Team R.A.C.E. Pro 57 Edgar Trevi?O (Mex) Orven Nuevio Leon 58 Edgar Mendez (Mex) Chihuahua-UACH 59 Harald Totschnig (Aut) Elk Haus - Simplon 60 David Vaz (Por) Fercase - Rota dos Móveis 61 Jesus Zarate (Mex) Orven Nuevio Leon 62 Mario A. Armendariz (Mex) Rica Burguer 63 Kazuya Okazaki (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 64 Edmundo Robledo (Mex) San Marcos 65 Joaquim Andrade (Por) Fercase - Rota dos Móveis 66 Antonio Aldape (Mex) Canel's Turbo Mayordomo 67 Stefan Rucker (Aut) Elk Haus - Simplon 68 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 69 Manuel Vazquez Hueso (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia 70 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Benfica 71 Ryohey Komory (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 72 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Scott - American Beef 73 Marco Bonilla (Mex) Chihuahua-UACH 74 Ismael Ponce (Mex) Code Jalisco 75 Delio Fernández Cruz (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 76 Laurent Beuret (Swi) NGC Medical - OTC Industria Porte 77 Francisco Matamoros (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 78 Gilberto Gutierrez (Mex) Code Jalisco 79 Marco Cattaneo (Ita) NGC Medical - OTC Industria Porte 80 Intxausti. Benat (Spa) Scott - American Beef 81 Arquimedes Lam (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 82 Juan P. Villela (Mex) Rica Burguer 83 Gustavo Reynoso (Mex) Chihuahua-UACH 84 Luis Fernando Macias Hernandez (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 85 Alberto Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia 86 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Scott - American Beef 87 Keir Plaice (Can) Team R.A.C.E. Pro 88 Mario Costa (Por) Benfica 89 Uri Martins (Mex) San Marcos 90 Raul Vazquez (Mex) Code Jalisco 91 Florencio Ramos (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 92 Ryan Roth (Can) Team R.A.C.E. Pro 93 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 94 Bernardo Colex Tepoz (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 95 Alberto Fernandez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 96 Hugo Sancho (Por) Benfica 97 Uriel Clara (Mex) Canel's Turbo Mayordomo 98 Abundio Guerrero (Mex) Canel's Turbo Mayordomo 99 Cesar Barragan (Mex) Rica Burguer 100 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia 101 David Salomon (Mex) Canel's Turbo Mayordomo 102 Antonio Velazquez (Mex) Rica Burguer 103 Björn Thurau (Ger) Elk Haus - Simplon 104 Samuel Espinoza (Mex) San Marcos 105 Daniel Duarte (Mex) Chihuahua-UACH 106 Jaime Robles (Mex) Rica Burguer 107 Caleb Fairley (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 108 Dustin Macburnies (Can) Team R.A.C.E. Pro 109 Edgar Barragan (Mex) Rica Burguer 110 Francois Parisien (Can) Team R.A.C.E. Pro 111 Bernardo Sanchez (Mex) San Marcos 112 Irving Aguilar (Mex) San Marcos 113 Silvère Ackermann (Swi) NGC Medical - OTC Industria Porte 114 Adrian Garcia (Mex) Chihuahua-UACH 115 Uriel Chavez (Mex) San Marcos 116 Juam M. Sansoval (Mex) Code Jalisco 0.23 117 Rodolfo Fernandez (Mex) Orven Nuevio Leon General classification after stage 1 1 Javier Benitez Pomares (Spa) Benfica 3.19.30 2 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Elk Haus - Simplon 3 Juan P. Magallanes (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 4 Mark Walters (Can) Team R.A.C.E. Pro 5 Eduardo Greciano (Mex) Orven Nuevio Leon 6 Iker Camaño Ortuzar (Spa) Scott - American Beef 7 Derik Zampedri (Ita) NGC Medical - OTC Industria Porte 8 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 9 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Fercase - Rota dos Móveis 10 Jose Carlos Valdez (Mex) Canel's Turbo Mayordomo 11 Marco A. Rios (Mex) Orven Nuevio Leon 12 Andre Cardoso (Por) Fercase - Rota dos Móveis 13 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Fercase - Rota dos Móveis 14 Hernandez Manuel (Mex) Canel's Turbo Mayordomo 15 Masaaki Kikuchi (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 16 Domingo Gonzalez (Mex) Orven Nuevio Leon 17 Wolfgang Murer (Aut) Elk Haus - Simplon 18 Oscar Barron (Mex) Orven Nuevio Leon 19 Jose R. Aguirre (Mex) Canel's Turbo Mayordomo 20 Edgar Pinto (Por) Benfica 21 Juan Francisco Mourón Doldán (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 22 Uriel Rayo (Mex) Code Jalisco 23 David Abal Diego (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 24 Jessel Valenzuela (Mex) Chihuahua-UACH 25 Jose A. Sanchez (Mex) Chihuahua-UACH 26 José Mendes (Por) Benfica 27 Byron Guama (Ecu) Canel's Turbo Mayordomo 28 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 29 Thomas Peterson (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 30 Diego Nosotti (Ita) NGC Medical - OTC Industria Porte 31 Sergio Dominguez (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia 32 Javier Chacon Quesada (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia 33 Carlos Panadero Castano (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 34 Gilberto Porras (Mex) Rica Burguer 35 Micael Isidoro (Por) Fercase - Rota dos Móveis 36 Javier Etxarri Marin (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia 37 Gorka Izaguirre (Spa) NGC Medical - OTC Industria Porte 38 Alberto Benitez Roman (Spa) Scott - American Beef 39 Gerardo Soto (Mex) Code Jalisco 40 Joel Dion Potras (Can) Team R.A.C.E. Pro 41 Alberto Fernandez (Spa) Scott - American Beef 42 Jonathan Patrick Mc Carty (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 43 Jason Donald (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 44 Robert Lauscha (Aut) Elk Haus - Simplon 45 Cesar Vaquera (Mex) Orven Nuevio Leon 46 Virgilio Dos Santos (Por) Fercase - Rota dos Móveis 47 Clemens Frankhauser (Aut) Elk Haus - Simplon 48 Alfredo Gabino (Mex) San Marcos 49 Yasuharu Nakajima (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 50 Gregorio Ladino (Col) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 51 Daniel Petrov (Bul) Benfica 52 Raul Alcala (Mex) Rica Burguer 53 Angel Gomez M J. (Spa) Scott - American Beef 54 Alejandro De La Rosa (Mex) Chihuahua-UACH 55 Carlos Oyatzun (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 56 Buck Miller (Can) Team R.A.C.E. Pro 57 Edgar Trevi?O (Mex) Orven Nuevio Leon 58 Edgar Mendez (Mex) Chihuahua-UACH 59 Harald Totschnig (Aut) Elk Haus - Simplon 60 David Vaz (Por) Fercase - Rota dos Móveis 61 Jesus Zarate (Mex) Orven Nuevio Leon 62 Mario A. Armendariz (Mex) Rica Burguer 63 Kazuya Okazaki (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 64 Edmundo Robledo (Mex) San Marcos 65 Joaquim Andrade (Por) Fercase - Rota dos Móveis 66 Antonio Aldape (Mex) Canel's Turbo Mayordomo 67 Stefan Rucker (Aut) Elk Haus - Simplon 68 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 69 Manuel Vazquez Hueso (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia 70 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Benfica 71 Ryohey Komory (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 72 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Scott - American Beef 73 Marco Bonilla (Mex) Chihuahua-UACH 74 Ismael Ponce (Mex) Code Jalisco 75 Delio Fernández Cruz (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 76 Laurent Beuret (Swi) NGC Medical - OTC Industria Porte 77 Francisco Matamoros (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 78 Gilberto Gutierrez (Mex) Code Jalisco 79 Marco Cattaneo (Ita) NGC Medical - OTC Industria Porte 80 Intxausti. Benat (Spa) Scott - American Beef 81 Arquimedes Lam (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 82 Juan P. Villela (Mex) Rica Burguer 83 Gustavo Reynoso (Mex) Chihuahua-UACH 84 Luis Fernando Macias Hernandez (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 85 Alberto Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia 86 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Scott - American Beef 87 Keir Plaice (Can) Team R.A.C.E. Pro 88 Mario Costa (Por) Benfica 89 Uri Martins (Mex) San Marcos 90 Raul Vazquez (Mex) Code Jalisco 91 Florencio Ramos (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 92 Ryan Roth (Can) Team R.A.C.E. Pro 93 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 94 Bernardo Colex Tepoz (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 95 Alberto Fernandez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 96 Hugo Sancho (Por) Benfica 97 Uriel Clara (Mex) Canel's Turbo Mayordomo 98 Abundio Guerrero (Mex) Canel's Turbo Mayordomo 99 Cesar Barragan (Mex) Rica Burguer 100 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia 101 David Salomon (Mex) Canel's Turbo Mayordomo 102 Antonio Velazquez (Mex) Rica Burguer 103 Björn Thurau (Ger) Elk Haus - Simplon 104 Samuel Espinoza (Mex) San Marcos 105 Daniel Duarte (Mex) Chihuahua-UACH 106 Jaime Robles (Mex) Rica Burguer 107 Caleb Fairley (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 108 Dustin Macburnies (Can) Team R.A.C.E. Pro 109 Edgar Barragan (Mex) Rica Burguer 110 Francois Parisien (Can) Team R.A.C.E. Pro 111 Bernardo Sanchez (Mex) San Marcos 112 Irving Aguilar (Mex) San Marcos 113 Silvère Ackermann (Swi) NGC Medical - OTC Industria Porte 114 Adrian Garcia (Mex) Chihuahua-UACH 115 Uriel Chavez (Mex) San Marcos 116 Juam M. Sansoval (Mex) Code Jalisco 0.23 117 Rodolfo Fernandez (Mex) Orven Nuevio Leon Points classification 1 Juan P. Magallanes (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 5 pts 2 Diego Nosotti (Ita) NGC Medical - OTC Industria Porte 5 3 Björn Thurau (Ger) Elk Haus - Simplon 5 4 Ismael Ponce (Mex) Code Jalisco 3 5 Raul Vazquez (Mex) Code Jalisco 3 6 David Salomon (Mex) Canel's Turbo Mayordomo 3 7 Andre Cardoso (Por) Fercase - Rota dos Móveis 2 8 Antonio Aldape (Mex) Canel's Turbo Mayordomo 2 9 Edgar Barragan (Mex) Rica Burguer 2 Mountains classification 1 David Salomon (Mex) Canel's Turbo Mayordomo 4 pts 2 Cesar Vaquera (Mex) Orven Nuevio Leon 3 3 Juan P. Magallanes (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 2 4 Antonio Aldape (Mex) Canel's Turbo Mayordomo 1 Young rider classification 1 Jose Carlos Valdez (Mex) Canel's Turbo Mayordomo 2 Masaaki Kikuchi (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 3 Oscar Barron (Mex) Orven Nuevio Leon 4 Jose R. Aguirre (Mex) Canel's Turbo Mayordomo 5 Uriel Rayo (Mex) Code Jalisco Teams classification 1 Orven Nuevio Leon 9.58.30 2 Fercase-Rota Dos Moveis 3 Canels 4 Benfica 5 Xacobeo-Galicia 6 Elk Haus-Simplon 7 NGC Medical 8 Scott-American Beef 9 Garmin Chipotle 10 Contentpolis-Murcia 11 Race Pro 12 Chihuahua-Uach 13 Tecos-Trek 14 Meitan Hompo-Grd 15 Code Jalisco 16 Rica Burguer 17 San Marcos |
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