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65th Volta a Portugal - 2.2
Portugal, August 6-17, 2003
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Stage 2 - August 7: Loule-Beja, 148.7 km
Benito wins stage and takes lead
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Alberto Benito (Antarte-Rota dos Móveis) moved into the overall lead of the Volta a Portugal after winning the second stage from Loule to Beja in a bunch sprint. Benito, who finished second yesterday, beat Angel Edo (Milaneza) and David Garcia (Cantanhede), and with his time bonus is now six seconds clear of Edo on GC.
The 148 km stage was again marked by searing temperatures, with the heatwave that has engulfed Europe for the past week showing no signs of abating. At the start in Loule, the peloton saw the inauguration of a statue dedicated to cycling, before the stage started in earnest. Krassimir Vassilev (Porta da Ravessa) opened the hostilities after 1.3 kilometres, getting a maximum gap of 40 seconds before he was caught.
After the day's climb, won by Christian Climent (Barbot Torrie), the next riders to attack were Hugo Lúcio (Barbot), Oscar Serrano (Vila do Conde), Jose Vasquez (Relax), Helder Miranda (Porta da Ravessa) and Carlos Golbano (Paternina). At the meta volante sprint in Almodovar, the quintet had 1'12 lead over the peloton, which split into two groups chasing them.
A group of 22 riders managed to close the gap to the leading five, before the rest of the peloton followed suit. Stéphane Barthe (MBK-Oktos) won the next sprint alone at Castro Verde (km 84) before being caught by Vidal Fitas (Porta da Ravessa), Oscar Diaz (Barbot), Fernando Sousa (Antarte), Quintino Rodrigues (Vila do Conde), Luís Sarreira (Cantanhede), Heiko Szonn (Flanders), Didac Cuadros (Paternina), David Fernandez and Hector Guerra (both Fuenlabrada).
These riders stayed away until 9 km from the end, when the peloton came together driven by Lampre and LA Pecol. The ensuing sprint was won by Alberto Benito, two took his second ever victory as a pro - the first coming in 2001 in the Volta a Alentejo also in Beja.
Photography
Images by AFP
- A cyclist gets hosed during the second (and very hot) stage of the Tour of Portugal
- Alberto Benito (Antarte-Rota Moveis) celebrates as he wins the second stage of the Tour of Portugal
Results
1 Alberto Benito (Spa) Antarte-Rota Moveis 3.29.08 2 Angel Edo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 3 David Garcia (Spa) Cantanhede-M-Marialva 4 Nuno Marta (Por) Barbot-Torrie 5 Pedro Costa (Por) Cantanhede-M-Marialva 6 Alexis Rodriguez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 7 Milan Kadlec (Cze) Lampre 8 Pedro Hermida (Spa) Beppi-Pepolim 9 Candido Barbosa (Por) L.A. Pecol 10 Pedro Soeiro (Por) Carvalhelhos-Boavista 11 David Blanco (Spa) P.Ravessa-Bom Petisco 12 Gustavo M. Toledo (Arg) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 13 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 14 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre 15 Ruben Galvan (Spa) Asc-Vila Do Conde 16 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Flanders-Iteamnova 17 Nelson Vitorino (Por) P.Ravessa-Bom Petisco 18 Gustavo Lemos (Spa) Carvalhelhos-Boavista 19 Cesar Quiterio (Por) Antarte-Rota Moveis 20 Paulo Ferreira (Por) Cantanhede-M-Marialva 21 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Milaneza-MSS 22 Marco Morais (Por) Asc-Vila Do Conde 23 Adrian Palomares (Spa) Carvalhelhos-Boavista 24 Bruno Castanheira (Por) L.A. Pecol 25 Virgilio Santos (Por) Antarte-Rota Moveis 26 Hugo Sabido (Por) Barbot-Torrie 27 Nuno Ribeiro (Por) L.A. Pecol 28 Eduardo Gonzalez (Spa) Barbot-Torrie 29 Pedro Arreitunandia (Spa) Carvalhelhos-Boavista 30 Christian Climent (Spa) Barbot-Torrie 31 Vicent Cali (Fra) Flanders-Iteamnova 32 Carlos Golbano (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 33 Luis Sarreira (Por) Cantanhede-M-Marialva 34 Orlando Rodrigues (Por) L.A. Pecol 35 Joaquim Andrade (Por) P.Ravessa-Bom Petisco 36 Victoriano Fernandez (Spa) Asc-Vila Do Conde 37 Claus Michael Moller (Den) Milaneza-MSS 38 Rui Lavarinhas (Por) Milaneza-MSS 39 Xavier Tondo (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 40 Pedro Cardoso (Por) Milaneza-MSS 41 Claudio Faria (Por) Asc-Vila Do Conde 42 Unai Yus (Spa) Cantanhede-M-Marialva 43 Victor Gamito (Por) Cantanhede-M-Marialva 44 Jose Rodrigues (Por) Carvalhelhos-Boavista 45 Pedro Lopes (Por) L.A. Pecol 46 Nuno Alves (Por) Barbot-Torrie 47 Helder Miranda (Por) P.Ravessa-Bom Petisco 48 Rafael Mila (Spa) Asc-Vila Do Conde 49 Isarael Nuñez (Spa) Asc-Vila Do Conde 50 Andrei Zintchenko (Rus) L.A. Pecol 51 Christophe Rinero (Fra) MBK-Oktos 52 Alexandre Pinho (Por) Beppi-Pepolim 53 Danail Petrov (Bul) Carvalhelhos-Boavista 54 Hugo Lucio (Por) Barbot-Torrie 55 Joan Horrach (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 56 Gonçalo Amorim (Por) Milaneza-MSS 57 Gustavo Veloso (Spa) Carvalhelhos-Boavista 0.11 58 Oscar Romero (Spa) Beppi-Pepolim 0.19 59 Celio Sousa (Por) Carvalhelhos-Boavista 60 Xavier Delatorre (Spa) Beppi-Pepolim 61 Segis Delatorre (Spa) Beppi-Pepolim 62 Dario Gadeo (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 0.23 63 Joseluis Martinez (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 64 Hugo Vitor (Por) Cantanhede-M-Marialva 0.27 65 Sergio Perez (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 66 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Lokomotiv 67 Renato Silva (Por) Milaneza-MSS 68 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Lokomotiv 69 Bert Scheirlinckx (Bel) Flanders-Iteamnova 70 Helder Lopes (Por) P.Ravessa-Bom Petisco 71 Jose Miguel Elias (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 72 Jacek Morajko (Pol) Antarte-Rota Moveis 73 Gerardo Fernandez (Arg) Antarte-Rota Moveis 74 Rui Pinto (Por) Barbot-Torrie 75 Helder Silva (Por) Cantanhede-M-Marialva 76 Hector Guerra (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 77 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Lampre 78 Josemanuel Vazquez (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 79 Ricardo Felgueiras (Por) Antarte-Rota Moveis 80 Ricardo Costa (Por) P.Ravessa-Bom Petisco 81 Joao Silva (Por) Antarte-Rota Moveis 82 Juan Olmo (Spa) Barbot-Torrie 83 Andrey Mizourov (Kaz) MBK-Oktos 84 Jose Oliveira (Por) Beppi-Pepolim 85 Jose Guillen (Spa) Beppi-Pepolim 86 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Asc-Vila Do Conde 87 Franck Pencole (Fra) MBK-Oktos 88 Krassimir Vassiliev (Bul) P.Ravessa-Bom Petisco 89 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre 0.53 90 Vicente Reynes (Spa) L.A. Pecol 0.58 91 Fernando Sousa (Por) Antarte-Rota Moveis 92 Yon Bru (Spa) L.A. Pecol 93 Frederic Gabriel (Fra) MBK-Oktos 94 David Fernandez (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 95 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Lampre 96 German Nieto (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 97 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Lampre 98 Heiko Szonn (Ger) Flanders-Iteamnova 99 Juanmiguel Cuenca (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 100 Dermot Nally (Irl) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 101 Oscar Serrano (Spa) Asc-Vila Do Conde 102 Ivailo Gabrovski (Bul) MBK-Oktos 103 Atanas Petrov (Bul) Carvalhelhos-Boavista 104 Ricardo Valdez (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 105 Lorenzo Didilvestro (Ita) MBK-Oktos 106 Quintino Rodrigues (Por) Asc-Vila Do Conde 107 Pedro Andrade (Por) L.A. Pecol 1.16 108 Luis Bartolomeu (Por) P.Ravessa-Bom Petisco 109 Vidal Fitas (Por) P.Ravessa-Bom Petisco 110 Paulo Barroso (Por) Milaneza-MSS 1.23 111 Pedro Magalhaes (Por) Beppi-Pepolim 112 Serguei Klimov (Rus) Lokomotiv 113 Oscar Diaz (Spa) Barbot-Torrie 114 Alexander Serov (Rus) Lokomotiv 115 Maximilian Sciandri (Gbr) Lampre 116 Lenaic Olivier (Fra) MBK-Oktos 117 Alexei Markov (Rus) Lokomotiv 118 Jurgen Landrie (Bel) Flanders-Iteamnova 1.37 119 Francisto Garcia (Spa) Antarte-Rota Moveis 2.14 120 Stephane Barthe (Fra) MBK-Oktos 2.41 121 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre 122 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 123 Ezequiel Mosquera (Spa) Cantanhede-M-Marialva 124 Leonid Kovtun (Rus) Lokomotiv 125 Didac Cuadros (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 126 Jeremy Hunt (Gbr) MBK-Oktos 3.24 127 Bjorn Cornelissen (Ned) Flanders-Iteamnova 12.19 Points 1 Alberto Benito (Spa) Antarte-Rota Moveis 25 pts 2 Angel Edo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 20 3 David Garcia (Spa) Cantanhede-M-Marialva 16 4 Nuno Marta (Por) Barbot-Torrie 13 5 Pedro Costa (Por) Cantanhede-M-Marialva 10 6 Alexis Rodriguez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 8 7 Milan Kadlec (Cze) Lampre 6 8 Pedro Hermida (Spa) Beppi-Pepolim 4 9 Candido Barbosa (Por) L.A. Pecol 2 10 Pedro Soeiro (Por) Carvalhelhos-Boavista 1 Mountains Barranco Do Velho - Cat. 3, km 18,40 1 Christian Climent (Spa) Barbot-Torrie 5 pts 2 Alberto Benito (Spa) Antarte-Rota Moveis 3 3 Gustavo M. Toledo (Arg) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 1 Metas Volantes Almodovar, km 63,20 1 Carlos Golbano (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 5 pts 2 Oscar Serrano (Spa) Asc-Vila Do Conde 3 3 Hugo Lucio (Por) Barbot-Torrie 1 Castro Verde, km 84,20 1 Stephane Barthe (Fra) MBK-Oktos 5 pts 2 Quintino Rodrigues (Por) Asc-Vila Do Conde 3 3 Heiko Szonn (Ger) Flanders-Iteamnova 1 Aljustrel, km 106,50 1 Luis Sarreira (Por) Cantanhede-M-Marialva 5 pts 2 Stephane Barthe (Fra) MBK-Oktos 3 3 David Fernandez (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 1 Teams 1 Cantanhede-M-Marialva 10.27.24 2 Antarte Rota Moveis 3 Carvalhelhos-Boavista 4 Barbot-Torrie 5 Milaneza-MSS 6 L.A. Pecol 7 P.Ravessa-Bom Petisco 8 Asc-Vila Do Conde 9 Paternina-Costa de Almeria 10 Beppi-Pepolim 0.19 11 Lampre 0.27 12 Flanders-Iteamnova 13 Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 0.54 14 MBK-Oktos 15 Lokomotiv 2.17 General classification after stage 2 1 Alberto Benito (Spa) Antarte-Rota Moveis 8.05.52 2 Angel Edo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 0.06 3 Candido Barbosa (Por) L.A. Pecol 4 Carlos Golbano (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 0.13 5 Luis Sarreira (Por) Cantanhede-M-Marialva 6 Nelson Vitorino (Por) P.Ravessa-Bom Petisco 0.15 7 Nuno Marta (Por) Barbot-Torrie 0.16 8 Pedro Soeiro (Por) Carvalhelhos-Boavista 9 David Blanco (Spa) P.Ravessa-Bom Petisco 10 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 11 Cesar Quiterio (Por) Antarte-Rota Moveis 12 Ruben Galvan (Spa) Asc-Vila Do Conde 13 David Garcia (Spa) Cantanhede-M-Marialva 14 Pedro Lopes (Por) L.A. Pecol 15 Paulo Ferreira (Por) Cantanhede-M-Marialva 0.17 16 Isarael Nuñez (Spa) Asc-Vila Do Conde 0.18 17 Hugo Lucio (Por) Barbot-Torrie 0.19 18 Gustavo Lemos (Spa) Carvalhelhos-Boavista 0.20 19 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Flanders-Iteamnova 20 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Milaneza-MSS 21 Eduardo Gonzalez (Spa) Barbot-Torrie 22 Pedro Costa (Por) Cantanhede-M-Marialva 23 Nuno Ribeiro (Por) L.A. Pecol 24 Victor Gamito (Por) Cantanhede-M-Marialva 25 Victoriano Fernandez (Spa) Asc-Vila Do Conde 26 Alexis Rodriguez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 27 Marco Morais (Por) Asc-Vila Do Conde 28 Pedro Arreitunandia (Spa) Carvalhelhos-Boavista 29 Claudio Faria (Por) Asc-Vila Do Conde 30 Virgilio Santos (Por) Antarte-Rota Moveis 31 Claus Michael Moller (Den) Milaneza-MSS 32 Xavier Tondo (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 33 Pedro Hermida (Spa) Beppi-Pepolim 34 Jose Rodrigues (Por) Carvalhelhos-Boavista 35 Rafael Mila (Spa) Asc-Vila Do Conde 36 Orlando Rodrigues (Por) L.A. Pecol 37 Christophe Rinero (Fra) MBK-Oktos 38 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre 39 Nuno Alves (Por) Barbot-Torrie 40 Vicent Cali (Fra) Flanders-Iteamnova 41 Adrian Palomares (Spa) Carvalhelhos-Boavista 42 Hugo Sabido (Por) Barbot-Torrie 43 Helder Miranda (Por) P.Ravessa-Bom Petisco 44 Milan Kadlec (Cze) Lampre 45 Andrei Zintchenko (Rus) L.A. Pecol 46 Joan Horrach (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 47 Rui Lavarinhas (Por) Milaneza-MSS 48 Pedro Cardoso (Por) Milaneza-MSS 49 Unai Yus (Spa) Cantanhede-M-Marialva 50 Bruno Castanheira (Por) L.A. Pecol 51 Joaquim Andrade (Por) P.Ravessa-Bom Petisco 52 Gustavo M. Toledo (Arg) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 53 Gonçalo Amorim (Por) Milaneza-MSS 54 Alexandre Pinho (Por) Beppi-Pepolim 55 Christian Climent (Spa) Barbot-Torrie 56 Danail Petrov (Bul) Carvalhelhos-Boavista 57 Gustavo Veloso (Spa) Carvalhelhos-Boavista 0.31 58 Oscar Romero (Spa) Beppi-Pepolim 0.39 59 Celio Sousa (Por) Carvalhelhos-Boavista 60 Segis Delatorre (Spa) Beppi-Pepolim 61 Xavier Delatorre (Spa) Beppi-Pepolim 62 Gerardo Fernandez (Arg) Antarte-Rota Moveis 0.42 63 Franck Pencole (Fra) MBK-Oktos 0.43 64 Dario Gadeo (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 65 Joseluis Martinez (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 66 Krassimir Vassiliev (Bul) P.Ravessa-Bom Petisco 0.45 67 Ricardo Costa (Por) P.Ravessa-Bom Petisco 0.47 68 Jacek Morajko (Pol) Antarte-Rota Moveis 69 Jose Miguel Elias (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 70 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Lokomotiv 71 Jose Guillen (Spa) Beppi-Pepolim 72 Helder Lopes (Por) P.Ravessa-Bom Petisco 73 Sergio Perez (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 74 Juan Olmo (Spa) Barbot-Torrie 75 Bert Scheirlinckx (Bel) Flanders-Iteamnova 76 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Lokomotiv 77 Renato Silva (Por) Milaneza-MSS 78 Ricardo Felgueiras (Por) Antarte-Rota Moveis 79 Josemanuel Vazquez (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 80 Hugo Vitor (Por) Cantanhede-M-Marialva 81 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Lampre 82 Joao Silva (Por) Antarte-Rota Moveis 83 Rui Pinto (Por) Barbot-Torrie 84 Helder Silva (Por) Cantanhede-M-Marialva 85 Andrey Mizourov (Kaz) MBK-Oktos 86 Hector Guerra (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 87 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Asc-Vila Do Conde 88 Jose Oliveira (Por) Beppi-Pepolim 89 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre 1.09 90 David Fernandez (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 1.13 91 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Lampre 1.14 92 Quintino Rodrigues (Por) Asc-Vila Do Conde 1.16 93 Oscar Serrano (Spa) Asc-Vila Do Conde 94 Frederic Gabriel (Fra) MBK-Oktos 1.17 95 Heiko Szonn (Ger) Flanders-Iteamnova 96 German Nieto (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 1.18 97 Fernando Sousa (Por) Antarte-Rota Moveis 98 Vicente Reynes (Spa) L.A. Pecol 99 Lorenzo Didilvestro (Ita) MBK-Oktos 100 Ivailo Gabrovski (Bul) MBK-Oktos 101 Yon Bru (Spa) L.A. Pecol 102 Dermot Nally (Irl) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 103 Juanmiguel Cuenca (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 104 Atanas Petrov (Bul) Carvalhelhos-Boavista 105 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Lampre 106 Ricardo Valdez (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 107 Pedro Andrade (Por) L.A. Pecol 1.36 108 Luis Bartolomeu (Por) P.Ravessa-Bom Petisco 109 Vidal Fitas (Por) P.Ravessa-Bom Petisco 110 Oscar Diaz (Spa) Barbot-Torrie 1.43 111 Lenaic Olivier (Fra) MBK-Oktos 112 Paulo Barroso (Por) Milaneza-MSS 113 Serguei Klimov (Rus) Lokomotiv 114 Alexander Serov (Rus) Lokomotiv 115 Pedro Magalhaes (Por) Beppi-Pepolim 116 Alexei Markov (Rus) Lokomotiv 117 Maximilian Sciandri (Gbr) Lampre 118 Jurgen Landrie (Bel) Flanders-Iteamnova 1.57 119 Francisto Garcia (Spa) Antarte-Rota Moveis 2.34 120 Stephane Barthe (Fra) MBK-Oktos 2.56 121 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre 2.57 122 Leonid Kovtun (Rus) Lokomotiv 3.01 123 Didac Cuadros (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 124 Ezequiel Mosquera (Spa) Cantanhede-M-Marialva 125 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 126 Jeremy Hunt (Gbr) MBK-Oktos 3.44 127 Bjorn Cornelissen (Ned) Flanders-Iteamnova 20.36 Points classification 1 Alberto Benito (Spa) Antarte-Rota Moveis 45 pts 2 Angel Edo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 36 3 Candido Barbosa (Por) L.A. Pecol 27 4 Nuno Marta (Por) Barbot-Torrie 21 5 David Garcia (Spa) Cantanhede-M-Marialva 16 6 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Lampre 13 7 Pedro Costa (Por) Cantanhede-M-Marialva 10 8 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre 10 9 Nelson Vitorino (Por) P.Ravessa-Bom Petisco 8 10 Gerardo Fernandez (Arg) Antarte-Rota Moveis 8 11 Stephane Barthe (Fra) MBK-Oktos 8 12 Alexis Rodriguez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 8 13 Carlos Golbano (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 6 14 Cesar Quiterio (Por) Antarte-Rota Moveis 6 15 Milan Kadlec (Cze) Lampre 6 16 Luis Sarreira (Por) Cantanhede-M-Marialva 5 17 Pedro Soeiro (Por) Carvalhelhos-Boavista 5 18 Paulo Ferreira (Por) Cantanhede-M-Marialva 5 19 Pedro Hermida (Spa) Beppi-Pepolim 4 20 Krassimir Vassiliev (Bul) P.Ravessa-Bom Petisco 3 21 Quintino Rodrigues (Por) Asc-Vila Do Conde 3 22 Oscar Serrano (Spa) Asc-Vila Do Conde 3 23 David Fernandez (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 3 24 Isarael Nuñez (Spa) Asc-Vila Do Conde 2 25 Hugo Lucio (Por) Barbot-Torrie 1 Mountains classification 1 Gustavo M. Toledo (Arg) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 6 pts 2 Christian Climent (Spa) Barbot-Torrie 6 3 Alberto Benito (Spa) Antarte-Rota Moveis 3 4 Gerardo Fernandez (Arg) Antarte-Rota Moveis 3 Young rider classification 1 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 2 Isarael Nuñez (Spa) Asc-Vila Do Conde 3 Hugo Lucio (Por) Barbot-Torrie 4 Gustavo Lemos (Spa) Carvalhelhos-Boavista 5 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Flanders-Iteamnova Teams classification 1 Antarte Rota Moveis 24.18.28 2 L.A. Pecol 3 Cantanhede-M-Marialva 0.04 4 Carvalhelhos-Boavista 5 Barbot-Torrie 6 Milaneza-MSS 7 P.Ravessa-Bom Petisco 8 Asc-Vila Do Conde 9 Paternina-Costa de Almeria 10 Lampre 0.23 11 Beppi-Pepolim 0.27 12 Flanders-Iteamnova 0.35 13 Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 0.54 14 MBK-Oktos 0.58 15 Lokomotiv 2.25
