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11th GP Miguel Indurain - 1.HC
Spain, April 4, 2009
2008 Results Results Past winners
De La Fuente upsets favourites in GP Indurain
By Gregor Brown
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Spaniard David De La Fuente surprised the favourites to win the GP Miguel Indurain Saturday in Spain's Basque country. The Fuji-Servetto rider surged ahead in the final kilometre, up the climb of El Puy. Russian Alexandr Kolobnev (Saxo Bank), German Champion Fabian Wegmann (Milram) and Austrian Champion Christian Pfannberger (Katusha) finished in second through fourth.
"This win was a great one, a surprising one. These kind of up-and-down races suit me really well, and I have always dreamt of winning this one," said De La Fuente.
The win was his first since the Deutschland Tour's stage two and came one week after his second place in GP Llodio. It was Fuji's second win of the year.
Caisse d'Epargne worked throughout the 191.4-kilometre race to deliver its leader Alejandro Valverde to victory. He missed out in the final kilometre.
An escape of four men dominated the first half of the race. Alexandre Botcharov (Katusha), Vladimir Efimkin (AG2R La Mondiale), Gorka Verdugo (Euskaltel-Euskadi) and Roman Kreuziger (Liquigas) kept an advantage of two minutes over the Caisse-led group. Iñaki Isasi (Euskaltel-Euskadi) maintained a slight advantage over the group for some time.
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The four held an advantage of 2:09 over the Alto Guirguillano pass (first category). It left 55.8 kilometres to race and four categorised climbs – too much.
Caisse had the gap down to 1:26 by 23 kilometres remaining. It nullified it before the top of the category two Alto Eraul at 9.5 kilometres to go. Attacks by Andy Schleck (Saxo Bank) and Vladimir Karpets (Katusha) further blew the peloton to pieces.
Luis León Sánchez, winner of Paris-Nice, drove at the front to maintain a consistent pace for Valverde. He prepared for the run to the finish, up the third category El Puy.
Valverde disappeared from the head of the race as De La Fuente, Kolobnev, Wegmann and Pfannberger surged. "In the very last 500 metres, I was not able to hold the pace," said Valverde. "It is a pity I was not able to win today after my team did a great job."
Wegmann was pleased with his third place, even if he did not defend his win from the previous year.
"I crashed about 80 kilometers before the finish, and slightly injured my hips and both underarms," said Wegmann. " Christian Knees, Peter Velits and Linus Gerdemann then brought me back up to the front and we went on to control the race well. In the last climb about 400 meters before the finish, a TV motorcycle crashed and that brought out of my rhythm. As a team, we rode really well again. It is only a matter of time before we bring in a victory."
Results
1 David De La Fuente (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 5.09.05 (37.l55km/h) 2 Alexander Kolobnev (Rus) Team Saxo Bank 3 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Team Milram 4 Christian Pfannberger (Aut) Team Katusha 5 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 0.06 6 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Cervelo Test Team 7 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank 0.10 8 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R-La Mondiale 0.12 9 Xavier Tondo (Spa) Andalucia-Cajasur 0.13 10 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Caisse D'Epargne 11 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse D'Epargne 0.15 12 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Team Katusha 13 Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R-La Mondiale 14 Andres Avelino Antuña (Spa) Burgos Monumental 15 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis Credit En Ligne 0.19 16 Ezequiel Mosquera (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 17 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank 18 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.23 19 Manuel Vazquez (Spa) Contentpolis-AMPO 20 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis Credit En Ligne 0.31 21 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 0.32 22 Aitor Perez (Spa) Contentpolis-AMPO 0.34 23 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Team Saxo Bank 0.38 24 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 0.44 25 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse D'Epargne 0.55 26 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Cervelo Test Team 1.04 27 Daniel Fleeman (GBr) Cervelo Test Team 28 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank 1.06 29 Linus Jalma Gerdemann (Ger) Team Milram 30 Antonio Colom (Spa) Team Katusha 31 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank 32 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas 33 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R-La Mondiale 1.27 34 Alberto Benitez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 1.41 35 Jose L. Arrieta (Spa) AG2R-La Mondiale 1.42 36 Brian Vandborg (Den) Liquigas 37 Frederik Kessiakoff (Swe) Fuji-Servetto 38 Jose Herrada (Spa) Contentpolis-AMPO 1.46 39 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 40 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Team Katusha 41 Oscar Pujol (Spa) Cervelo Test Team 1.51 42 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse D'Epargne 1.54 43 Andrea Noe (Ita) Liquigas 2.18 44 Javier Moreno (Spa) Andalucia-Cajasur 45 Antonio Piedra (Spa) Andalucia-Cajasur 46 Johannes Frohlinger (Ger) Team Milram 47 Ivan Velasco (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 48 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Team Katusha 3.28 49 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Team Katusha 50 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas 4.43 51 Vasil Kiryenka (Blr) Caisse D'Epargne 4.45 52 Javier Etxarri (Spa) Contentpolis-AMPO 7.15 53 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 54 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Liquigas 55 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 56 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 57 Alan Perez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7.40 58 Jorge Azanza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 59 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Contentpolis-AMPO 60 Byron Guama (Ecu) Burgos Monumental 61 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Team Saxo Bank 62 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis Credit En Ligne 63 Christophe Kern (Fra) Cofidis Credit En Ligne 64 Adrian Palomares (Spa) Contentpolis-AMPO 8.13 65 Julian Sanchez (Spa) Contentpolis-AMPO 66 Oscar Garcia-C. (Spa) Contentpolis-AMPO 67 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team Saxo Bank 68 Jose A. Redondo (Spa) Andalucia-Cajasur 69 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis Credit En Ligne 70 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Team Milram 8.19 71 Miguel Minguez (Spa) Orbea 72 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) AG2R-La Mondiale 73 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 10.56 74 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse D'Epargne 75 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 9.02 76 Romain Sicard (Fra) Orbea 12.48 77 Aitor Olano (Spa) Orbea 78 Joseba Larralde (Spa) Orbea DNF Eriz Ruiz (Spa) Orbea DNF Daniel Sesma (Spa) Orbea DNF Ricardo Garcia (Spa) Orbea DNF Jonathan Castroviejo (Spa) Orbea DNF Mikel Ilundain (Spa) Orbea DNF Benat Urain (Spa) Orbea DNF Fco. David Delgado (Spa) Burgos Monumental DNF Joaquin Sobrino (Spa) Burgos Monumental DNF Enrique Mata (Spa) Burgos Monumental DNF Jose A. Valdez (Mex) Burgos Monumental DNF Iban Mayoz (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia DNF Vladimir Isaichev (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia DNF David Herrero (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia DNF Alberto Fernandez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia DNF Hector Espasandin (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia DNF Gorka Izaguirre (Spa) Contentpolis-AMPO DNF Oleg Chuzhda (Ukr) Contentpolis-AMPO DNF Marcel Wyss (Swi) Cervelo Test Team DNF Joaquin Novoa (Spa) Cervelo Test Team DNF Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Cervelo Test Team DNF Philip Deignan (Irl) Cervelo Test Team DNF José A. Lopez Gil (Spa) Andalucia-Cajasur DNF Fco. José Martinez (Spa) Andalucia-Cajasur DNF Manuel Calvente (Spa) Andalucia-Cajasur DNF Jose A. Carrasco (Spa) Andalucia-Cajasur DNF Ben Swift (GBr) Team Katusha DNF Joan Horrach (Spa) Team Katusha DNF Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis Credit En Ligne DNF Nico Sijmens (Bel) Cofidis Credit En Ligne DNF Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R-La Mondiale DNF Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R-La Mondiale DNF Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R-La Mondiale DNF Javier Meijas (Spa) Fuji-Servetto DNF Alberto Fdez De La Puebla (Spa) Fuji-Servetto DNF Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi DNF Ruben Perez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi DNF Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi DNF Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse D'Epargne DNF Francisco Perez (Spa) Caisse D'Epargne DNF Angel Madrazo (Spa) Caisse D'Epargne DNF Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Caisse D'Epargne DNF Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram DNF Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram Mountains Mountain 1 - Alto De Lezaun - Cat. 2, 57.30km 1 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6 pts 2 Julian Sanchez (Spa) Contentpolis-AMPO 4 3 Joan Horrach (Spa) Team Katusha 3 4 Romain Sicard (Fra) Orbea 2 5 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) AG2R-La Mondiale 1 Mountain 2 - Alto Arradia - Cat. 2, 82.80km 1 Julian Sanchez (Spa) Contentpolis-AMPO 6 pts 2 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4 3 Joan Horrach (Spa) Team Katusha 3 4 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) AG2R-La Mondiale 2 5 Vladimir Isaichev (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 1 Mountain 3 - Alto Eraul - Cat. 2, 105.70km 1 Julian Sanchez (Spa) Contentpolis-AMPO 6 pts 2 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4 3 Alan Perez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 3 4 Christian Pfannberger (Aut) Team Katusha 2 5 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank 1 Mountain 4 - Alto Guirguillano - Cat. 1, 135.60km 1 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R-La Mondiale 10 pts 2 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 8 3 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Team Liquigas 6 4 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Team Katusha 4 5 Julian Sanchez (Spa) Contentpolis-AMPO 3 6 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse D'Epargne 2 7 Francisco Perez (Spa) Caisse D'Epargne 1 Mountain 5 - Alto De Lezaun - Cat. 2, 154.30km 1 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R-La Mondiale 6 pts 2 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Team Liquigas 4 3 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Team Katusha 3 4 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2 5 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse D'Epargne 1 Mountain 6 - Alto Eraul - Cat. 2, 181.90km 1 Xavier Tondo (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur 6 pts 2 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse D'Epargne 4 3 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Caisse D'Epargne 3 4 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse D'Epargne 2 5 Antonio Colom (Spa) Team Katusha 1 Mountain 7 - Estella-Basilica Puy - Cat. 3, 191.40km 1 David De La Fuente (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 3 pts 2 Alexander Kolbnev (Rus) Team Saxo Bank 2 3 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Team Milram 1 Sprints Sprint 1 - Estella-1, 42,60km 1 Vladimir Isaichev (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 3 pts 2 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 3 Romain Sicard (Fra) Orbea 1 Sprint 2 - Estella-2, 97,20km 1 Vladimir Isaichev (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 3 pts 2 Joan Horrach (Spa) Team Katusha 2 3 Romain Sicard (Fra) Orbea 1 Sprint 3 - Estella-3, 116,60km 1 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 3 pts 2 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R-La Mondiale 2 3 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse D'Epargne 1 Sprint 4 - Estella-4, 175,40km 1 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Team Liquigas 3 pts 2 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Team Katusha 2 3 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1 Special Sprints Special Sprint 1 - Murieta, 32.30km 1 Joseba Larralde (Spa) Orbea 3 pts 2 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis Credit En Ligne 2 3 Alan Perez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1 Special Sprint 2 - Arizala, 68.30km 1 Vladimir Isaichev (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 3 pts 2 Romain Sicard (Fra) Orbea 2 3 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 Special Sprint 3 - Villatuerta, 94.10km 1 Romain Sicard (Fra) Orbea 3 pts 2 Vladimir Isaichev (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 2 3 Joan Horrach (Spa) Team Katusha 1 Mountains 1 Julian Sanchez (Spa) Contentpolis-AMPO 19 pts 2 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R-La Mondiale 16 3 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 14 4 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10 5 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 10 6 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Team Katusha 7 7 Xavier Tondo (Spa) Andalucia-Cajasur 6 8 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse D'Epargne 4 9 David De La Fuente (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 3 10 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Caisse D'Epargne 3 11 Alan Perez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3 Sprints 1 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4 pts 2 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 3 3 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R-La Mondiale 2 4 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Team Katusha 2 5 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 6 Romain Sicard (Fra) Orbea 2 7 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse D'Epargne 1 Special Sprints 1 Romain Sicard (Fra) Orbea 5 pts 2 Joseba Larralde (Spa) Orbea 3 3 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis Credit En Ligne 2 4 Alan Perez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 5 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 Navarros 1 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 Jose L. Arrieta (Spa) AG2R-La Mondiale 3 Javier Etxarri (Spa) Contentpolis-AMPO 4 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5 Alan Perez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi Teams 1 Team Saxo Bank 15.27.44 2 Team Katusha 0.52 3 Caisse D'Epargne 0.54 4 Team Milram 1.09 5 AG2R-La Mondiale 1.25 6 Cervelo Test Team 1.45 7 Fuji-Servetto 1.56 8 Contentpolis-Ampo 2.14 9 Liquigas 2.25 10 Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.58 11 Andalucia-Cajasur 4.20 12 Cofidis Credit En Ligne 8.01 13 Orbea 33.26
Past winners
Gran Premio Miguel Indurain (international) 2008 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2007 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Ag2r Prévoyance 2006 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2005 Javier Pascual-Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 2004 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile 2003 Matthias Kessler (Ger) Telekom 2002 Angel Vicioso (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2001 Angel Vicioso (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2000 Miguel Ángel Martín Perdiguero (Spa) Vitalicio-Seguros 1999 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Mercatone Uno Trofeo Comunidad Foral de Navarra (international) 1998 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Banesto Trofeo Comunidad Foral de Navarra 1997 Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa) ONCE 1996 Alex Zulle (Swi) ONCE 1995 Félix García Casas (Spa) Artiach 1994 Marino Alonso (Spa) Banesto 1993 Johnny Weltz (Den) ONCE 1992 Julián Gorospe (Col) Banesto 1991 Roland Leclerc (Bel) Amaya 1990 Pedro Delgado (Spa) Banesto 1989 Mariano Sánchez (Spa) Teka Gran Premio Navarra 1988 Pedro Delgado (Spa) Reynolds 1987 Miguel Indurain (Spa) Reynolds 1985 Celestino Prieto (Spa) Reynolds 1983 Juan Fernández (Spa) Zor 1982 Pedro Muñoz (Spa) Zor 1981 Eulalio García (Spa) Teka 1980 Juan Fernández (Spa) Zor 1979 Juan Fernández (Spa) Kas 1978 Miguel María Lasa (Spa) Teka 1977 Vicente López Carril (Spa) Kas 1976 José Nazábal (Spa) Kas 1975 Agustín Tamames (Spa) Super Ser 1974 Miguel María Lasa (Spa) Kas 1973 Domingo Perurena (Spa) Kas 1972 Vicente López Carril (Spa) Kas 1970 Antonio Gómez del Moral (Spa) Kas 1969 Gregorio San Miguel (Spa) Kas 1968 José López Rodríguez (Spa) Fagor Campeonato Vasco Navarrro de Montaña 1966 Carlos Echeverría (Spa) Kas 1965 Eusebio Vélez (Spa) Kas 1964 Francisco Gabica (Spa) Kas 1963 José Pérez Francés (Spa) Ferrys 1962 Juan Belmonte (Spa) P.Ega 1961 José Pérez Francés (Spa) Ferrys 1959 Miguel Pacheco (Spa) Faema 1957 Miguel Chacón (Spa) Faema 1956 Antonio Ferraz (Spa) 1955 Jesús Galdeano Gamma (Spa) 1954 Miguel Vidaurreta (Spa) 1953 Hortensio Vidaurreta (Spa) 1952 Hortensio Vidaurreta (Spa) 1951 Hortensio Vidaurreta (Spa) Past winners by Mario Stiehl, www.world-of-cycling.com
