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55th Vuelta a Andalucía (Ruta Ciclista Del Sol) - 2.1
Spain, February 15-19, 2009
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Stage 2 - February 17: Vegas del Genil - Córdoba, 164.2km
Katusha having fun in the sun
By Greg Johnson
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Team Katusha dominated the final sprint on Vuelta a Andalucía's second stage, with Geert Steegmans leading a one-two finish. Opening stage winner Danilo Napolitano took second place on the stage, making it an already successful race for the Russian outfit.
"Napolitano was on my wheel and he was ready to start if someone anticipated the sprint," said Steegmans. "But Filippo Pozzato was very fast and nobody was able to start their sprint before us. I started mine with 200 metres to go and I did a good sprint.
"My form is good, but not super," he added. "I hope to improve my condition for the Spring Classics and, after the rest period, for the Tour de France."
Katusha sport director Orlando Maini was impressed with the work both his own team and Rabobank did to bring back the day's escape group. Both squads monitored the break's progress, but at no point were concerned it would stay away on the stage from La Vegas del Genil to Cordoba.
"An extraordinary effort by everyone," he said. "Together with team Rabobank to catch the breakaway, and after to prepare the sprint. Pozzato did a big number to launch the sprint for Napolitano and Steegmans. He's a very good champion but also a very generous man."
Photography
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- Gert Steegmans (Katusha) gets ready for the day's race.
- The peloton skirts around the outside of the city.
- No bull: The peloton rolls along the 164.2km stage.
- The Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni - Androni Giocattoli (now there's a mouth full) boys hang out at the team car.
- Gilberto Simoni (Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni - Androni Giocattoli) rides in the peloton.
- Filippo Pozzato from Team Katusha hangs back at the team car.
- Jürgen Roelandts (Silence-Lotto) rides back in the team cars.
- Christian Pfannberger (Team Katusha)
- Cadel Evans (Silence-Lotto) shares a joke with Gert Steegmans (Katusha) during the race.
- Jürgen Roelandts (Silence-Lotto) in the Belgian national champion jersey.
- Cadel Evans (Silence-Lotto) looks sleak as he descends during the race.
- Russian Denis Menchov (Rabobank) riding his Giant.
- The peloton strings out as it rides through the farm land.
- Katusha was strong in the sprint finish with two riders taking to top two spots.
- Gert Steegmans (Katusha) gives the thumbs up after a strong finish for his Russian squad.
- Looking good Gert: Gert Steegmans (Katusha) tips his hat after a win.
- Gert Steegmans (Katusha) seemed to enjoy all that came with his win.
Results
1 Geert Steegmans (Bel) Team Katusha 3.55.15 (41.827 km/h) 2 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Team Katusha 3 Wim Stroetinga (Ned) Team Milram 4 Borut Bozic (Slo) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team 5 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence - Lotto 6 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil - Shimano 7 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Skil - Shimano 8 Fco. José Pacheco Torres (Spa) Contentpolis - Ampo 9 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni - Androni Giocattoli 10 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 11 Baden Cooke (Aus) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team 12 Bert De Backer (Bel) Skil - Shimano 13 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 14 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 15 Manuel Vazquez Hueso (Spa) Contentpolis - Ampo 16 Ricardo Serrano González (Spa) Fuji - Servetto 17 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía Cajasur 18 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 19 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 20 Luca Barla (Ita) Team Milram 21 Gustavo Dominguez Lemos (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 22 Marlon Pérez Arango (Col) Caisse d'Epargne 23 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank 24 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni - Androni Giocattoli 25 Gerben Lowik (Ned) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team 26 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni - Androni Giocattoli 27 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram 28 Koen De Kort (Ned) Skil - Shimano 29 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Fuji - Servetto 30 Jesús Del Nero Montes (Spa) Fuji - Servetto 31 Alberto Benítez Román (Spa) Fuji - Servetto 32 Luis A Mate Mardones (Spa) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni - Androni Giocattoli 33 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 34 Juan A Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 35 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Rabobank 36 Clement Lhotellerie (Fra) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team 37 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team Milram 38 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 39 Xavier Tondo Volpini (Spa) Andalucía Cajasur 40 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Team Katusha 41 Andoni Lafuente (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 42 Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 43 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 44 Roy Curvers (Ned) Skil - Shimano 45 Sergio Dominguez Muñoz (Spa) Contentpolis - Ampo 46 José Luis Roldán Carmona (Spa) Andalucía Cajasur 47 Jens Mouris (Ned) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team 48 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 49 Francisco José Martínez Pérez (Spa) Andalucía Cajasur 50 Josep Jufré Pou (Spa) Fuji - Servetto 51 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Silence - Lotto 52 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 53 Pedro Fernández Hermida (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 54 Mitchell Docker (Aus) Skil - Shimano 55 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Fuji - Servetto 56 Paul Voss (Ger) Team Milram 57 Leonardo Moser (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni - Androni Giocattoli 58 Íñigo Landaluce Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 59 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team 60 Javier Aramendia Lorente (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 61 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Team Katusha 62 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Team Katusha 63 Joaquín Rodríguez Oliver (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 64 Javier Ramirez Abeja (Spa) Andalucía Cajasur 65 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Rabobank 66 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni - Androni Giocattoli 67 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 68 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni - Androni Giocattoli 69 Antonio Piedra Pérez (Spa) Andalucía Cajasur 70 Samuel Sánchez González (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 71 Beñat Intxausti Elorriaga (Spa) Fuji - Servetto 72 Servais Knaven (Ned) Team Milram 73 Mikel Nieve Iturralde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 74 Dioni Galparsoro Martínez (Spa) Contentpolis - Ampo 75 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil - Shimano 76 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 77 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence - Lotto 78 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto 79 Adrián Palomares Villaplana (Spa) Contentpolis - Ampo 80 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Silence - Lotto 81 Javier Moreno Bazán (Spa) Andalucía Cajasur 82 Julian Sánchez Pimienta (Spa) Contentpolis - Ampo 83 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Team Katusha 0.19 84 Bjorn Leukemans (Bel) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team 0.27 85 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Silence - Lotto 0.33 86 Delio Fernández Cruz (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 0.42 87 Leif Hoste (Bel) Silence - Lotto 0.54 88 Christian Pfannberger (Aut) Team Katusha 89 Oscar Garcia-Casarrubios (Spa) Contentpolis - Ampo 1.49 DNF David García Dapena (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia DNF Iban Mayoz Echeverria (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia Sprints Alcalá La Real: 49.1km 1 Javier Ramirez Abeja (Spa) Andalucía Cajasur 3 pts 2 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil - Shimano 2 3 Javier Aramendia Lorente (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1 Alcaudete 74.2km 1 Javier Aramendia Lorente (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 3 pts 2 Javier Ramirez Abeja (Spa) Andalucía Cajasur 2 3 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil - Shimano 1 Mountains Puerto Lope 1 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Fuji - Servetto 3 pts 2 Luis A Mate Mardones (Spa) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni - Androni Giocattoli 2 3 Ricardo Serrano González (Spa) Fuji - Servetto 1 Teams 1 Skil-Shimano 11.45.45 2 Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team 3 Team Katusha 4 Team Milram 5 Caisse D'Epargne 6 Rabobank 7 Serramenti PVC 8 Contentpolis-Ampo 9 Fuji-Servetto 10 Xacobeo Galicia 11 Andalucía - Cajasur 12 Euskaltel - Euskadi 13 Silence-Lotto General classification after stage 2 1 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 8.35.32 2 Xavier Tondo Volpini (Spa) Andalucía Cajasur 0.02 3 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence - Lotto 0.04 4 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram 0.05 5 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0.07 6 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Team Katusha 0.08 7 Jens Mouris (Ned) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team 8 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni - Androni Giocattoli 0.12 9 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank 0.13 10 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Skil - Shimano 11 Servais Knaven (Ned) Team Milram 12 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team Milram 0.14 13 Borut Bozic (Slo) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team 0.16 14 Joaquín Rodríguez Oliver (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 15 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Rabobank 16 Jesús Del Nero Montes (Spa) Fuji - Servetto 0.17 17 Juan A Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 18 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 19 Manuel Vazquez Hueso (Spa) Contentpolis - Ampo 20 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni - Androni Giocattoli 0.18 21 Samuel Sánchez González (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0.20 22 Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0.21 23 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 24 Javier Moreno Bazán (Spa) Andalucía Cajasur 25 Clement Lhotellerie (Fra) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team 26 Beñat Intxausti Elorriaga (Spa) Fuji - Servetto 0.23 27 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Rabobank 28 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 29 Koen De Kort (Ned) Skil - Shimano 30 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 31 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 0.25 32 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil - Shimano 33 Luca Barla (Ita) Team Milram 0.26 34 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team 0.28 35 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía Cajasur 36 Baden Cooke (Aus) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team 0.29 37 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0.30 38 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil - Shimano 39 Dioni Galparsoro Martínez (Spa) Contentpolis - Ampo 0.31 40 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni - Androni Giocattoli 41 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 42 Javier Aramendia Lorente (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0.32 43 Gustavo Dominguez Lemos (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 44 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Silence - Lotto 0.33 45 Fco. José Pacheco Torres (Spa) Contentpolis - Ampo 46 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 47 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni - Androni Giocattoli 0.36 48 Adrián Palomares Villaplana (Spa) Contentpolis - Ampo 0.37 49 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni - Androni Giocattoli 0.38 50 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 51 Javier Ramirez Abeja (Spa) Andalucía Cajasur 0.39 52 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Team Katusha 53 Sergio Dominguez Muñoz (Spa) Contentpolis - Ampo 0.40 54 Gerben Lowik (Ned) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team 0.41 55 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 56 Roy Curvers (Ned) Skil - Shimano 0.43 57 Paul Voss (Ger) Team Milram 58 Christian Pfannberger (Aut) Team Katusha 59 Alberto Benítez Román (Spa) Fuji - Servetto 0.46 60 Josep Jufré Pou (Spa) Fuji - Servetto 0.47 61 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Team Katusha 0.48 62 Francisco José Martínez Pérez (Spa) Andalucía Cajasur 0.49 63 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Team Katusha 0.54 64 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Fuji - Servetto 0.55 65 Julian Sánchez Pimienta (Spa) Contentpolis - Ampo 0.56 66 Andoni Lafuente (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.05 67 Bjorn Leukemans (Bel) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team 1.06 68 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Fuji - Servetto 1.11 69 Geert Steegmans (Bel) Team Katusha 1.12 70 Ricardo Serrano González (Spa) Fuji - Servetto 1.16 71 Marlon Pérez Arango (Col) Caisse d'Epargne 72 Leonardo Moser (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni - Androni Giocattoli 1.25 73 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Silence - Lotto 74 José Luis Roldán Carmona (Spa) Andalucía Cajasur 1.27 75 Pedro Fernández Hermida (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 76 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence - Lotto 1.30 77 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto 1.35 78 Mitchell Docker (Aus) Skil - Shimano 1.36 79 Bert De Backer (Bel) Skil - Shimano 1.52 80 Íñigo Landaluce Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.53 81 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Silence - Lotto 2.03 82 Antonio Piedra Pérez (Spa) Andalucía Cajasur 2.23 83 Luis A Mate Mardones (Spa) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni - Androni Giocattoli 2.29 84 Leif Hoste (Bel) Silence - Lotto 2.32 85 Mikel Nieve Iturralde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2.35 86 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Team Katusha 2.37 87 Delio Fernández Cruz (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 3.01 88 Oscar Garcia-Casarrubios (Spa) Contentpolis - Ampo 3.56 89 Wim Stroetinga (Ned) Team Milram 16.08 Sprint classification 1 Javier Ramirez Abeja (Spa) Andalucía Cajasur 5 pts 2 Javier Aramendia Lorente (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 4 3 Alberto Benítez Román (Spa) Fuji - Servetto 3 4 Luis A Mate Mardones (Spa) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni - Androni Giocattoli 3 5 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil - Shimano 3 6 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Silence - Lotto 2 7 Clement Lhotellerie (Fra) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team 2 8 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto 1 9 Mikel Nieve Iturralde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1 Mountains classification 1 Luis A Mate Mardones (Spa) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni - Androni Giocattoli 7 pts 2 Dioni Galparsoro Martínez (Spa) Contentpolis - Ampo 5 3 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Fuji - Servetto 3 4 Clement Lhotellerie (Fra) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team 2 5 Ricardo Serrano González (Spa) Fuji - Servetto 1 Teams classification 1 Rabobank 25.47.05 2 Team Milram 0.03 3 Caisse D'epargne 0.15 4 Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team 0.16 5 Andalucía - Cajasur 0.18 6 Skil-Shimano 0.29 7 Serramenti PVC 8 Team Katusha 0.33 9 Fuji-Servetto 10 Euskaltel - Euskadi 0.44 11 Contentpolis-Ampo 0.50 12 Xacobeo Galicia 1.01 13 Silence-Lotto 1.26
