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65th Volta a Portugal - 2.2
Portugal, August 6-17, 2003
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Stage 3 - August 8: Cafes Delta-Castello Branco, 150.9 km
Victoriano Fernandez takes over lead
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With a 23 second advantage at the finish in Castello Branco, Spanish rider Victoriano Fernandez (Asc-Vila Do Conde) won the stage and took over the leader's jersey in the Volta a Portugal. It was Fernandez' first win as a pro, and came about after he had been in a breakaway for 130 of the 151 km long stage. Leading the bunch home in second place was Candido Barbosa (LA Pecol) followed by Angel Edo (Milaneza-MSS).
Today's stage was run between Cafes Delta and Castello Branco over a fairly flat parcours that would once again suit the sprinters. After some early attacks a group of five got away at the 21 km mark: Krassimir Vassilev (Porta da Ravessa-Bom Petisco), Victoriano Fernandez (Vila do Conde), Oscar Romero (Beppi-Pepolim), Dermot Dally (Paternina) and Sergio Perez (Relax). The leaders covered the first hour at over 45 km/h despite the extreme heat that has marked this race from the beginning. However the peloton wasn't in a great hurry, and was 7 minutes behind the break at the same point.
At the intermediate sprint in Portalegre (km 68), the peloton had picked up the pace and was now travelling at the same speed as the break. At Nisa (km 105) the gap had been reduced to 6 minutes and after Vassilev won the day's only climb at km 117, the break began to run out of steam.
As the peloton got closer to the fugitives, Victoriano Fernandez made the decisive move with 12 km to go, managing to hold off the bunch as the rest of the break was swallowed. He crossed the line with 23 seconds to spare, and thus claimed in Amarillo jersey.
Second across the line, Candido Barbosa, was later given a one minute penalty on GC after the race jury ruled that he caused Paulo Ferreira (Cantanhede) to crash during the stage.
Photography
Images by AFP
- Victoriano Fernandez (Asc-Vila Do Conde) and Dermot Nally (Paternina-Costa de Almeria) ride together during the third stage of the Volta a Portugal
- Victoriano Fernandez (Asc-Vila Do Conde) triumphs in Castello Branco to win the third stage
Results
1 Victoriano Fernandez (Spa) Asc-Vila Do Conde 3.37.34 2 Candido Barbosa (Por) L.A. Pecol 0.23 3 Angel Edo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 4 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre 5 Pedro Soeiro (Por) Carvalhelhos-Boavista 6 Nuno Marta (Por) Barbot-Torrie 7 Pedro Lopes (Por) L.A. Pecol 8 Ruben Galvan (Spa) Asc-Vila Do Conde 9 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 10 David Garcia (Spa) Cantanhede-M-Marialva 11 Alberto Benito (Spa) Antarte-Rota Moveis 12 Pedro Hermida (Spa) Beppi-Pepolim 13 Gustavo Lemos (Spa) Carvalhelhos-Boavista 14 Cesar Quiterio (Por) Antarte-Rota Moveis 15 David Blanco (Spa) P.Ravessa-Bom Petisco 16 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 17 Carlos Golbano (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 18 Gustavo M. Toledo (Arg) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 19 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Flanders-Iteamnova 20 Andrei Zintchenko (Rus) L.A. Pecol 21 Luis Sarreira (Por) Cantanhede-M-Marialva 22 Nelson Vitorino (Por) P.Ravessa-Bom Petisco 23 Ricardo Costa (Por) P.Ravessa-Bom Petisco 24 Joan Horrach (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 25 Milan Kadlec (Cze) Lampre 26 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre 27 Vicent Cali (Fra) Flanders-Iteamnova 28 Christian Climent (Spa) Barbot-Torrie 29 Hugo Sabido (Por) Barbot-Torrie 30 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Milaneza-MSS 31 Eduardo Gonzalez (Spa) Barbot-Torrie 32 Nuno Ribeiro (Por) L.A. Pecol 33 Christophe Rinero (Fra) MBK-Oktos 34 Pedro Arreitunandia (Spa) Carvalhelhos-Boavista 35 Isarael Nuñez (Spa) Asc-Vila Do Conde 36 Pedro Cardoso (Por) Milaneza-MSS 37 Rui Lavarinhas (Por) Milaneza-MSS 38 Alexander Serov (Rus) Lokomotiv 39 Orlando Rodrigues (Por) L.A. Pecol 40 Paulo Ferreira (Por) Cantanhede-M-Marialva 41 Franck Pencole (Fra) MBK-Oktos 42 Oscar Diaz (Spa) Barbot-Torrie 43 Adrian Palomares (Spa) Carvalhelhos-Boavista 44 Quintino Rodrigues (Por) Asc-Vila Do Conde 45 Jose Rodrigues (Por) Carvalhelhos-Boavista 46 Bruno Castanheira (Por) L.A. Pecol 47 Nuno Alves (Por) Barbot-Torrie 48 Jose Guillen (Spa) Beppi-Pepolim 49 Marco Morais (Por) Asc-Vila Do Conde 50 Virgilio Santos (Por) Antarte-Rota Moveis 51 Claudio Faria (Por) Asc-Vila Do Conde 52 Xavier Tondo (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 53 Claus Michael Moller (Den) Milaneza-MSS 54 Victor Gamito (Por) Cantanhede-M-Marialva 55 Helder Lopes (Por) P.Ravessa-Bom Petisco 56 Juan Olmo (Spa) Barbot-Torrie 57 Frederic Gabriel (Fra) MBK-Oktos 58 Joaquim Andrade (Por) P.Ravessa-Bom Petisco 59 Renato Silva (Por) Milaneza-MSS 60 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Lokomotiv 61 Vicente Reynes (Spa) L.A. Pecol 62 Helder Miranda (Por) P.Ravessa-Bom Petisco 63 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Lokomotiv 64 David Fernandez (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 65 Gustavo Veloso (Spa) Carvalhelhos-Boavista 66 Jose Miguel Elias (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 67 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Lampre 68 Ivailo Gabrovski (Bul) MBK-Oktos 69 Segis Delatorre (Spa) Beppi-Pepolim 70 Hugo Lucio (Por) Barbot-Torrie 71 Gerardo Fernandez (Arg) Antarte-Rota Moveis 72 Alexandre Pinho (Por) Beppi-Pepolim 73 Celio Sousa (Por) Carvalhelhos-Boavista 74 Unai Yus (Spa) Cantanhede-M-Marialva 75 Xavier Delatorre (Spa) Beppi-Pepolim 76 Rafael Mila (Spa) Asc-Vila Do Conde 77 Ezequiel Mosquera (Spa) Cantanhede-M-Marialva 78 Helder Silva (Por) Cantanhede-M-Marialva 79 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Asc-Vila Do Conde 80 Hector Guerra (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 81 German Nieto (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 82 Pedro Andrade (Por) L.A. Pecol 83 Ricardo Felgueiras (Por) Antarte-Rota Moveis 84 Jacek Morajko (Pol) Antarte-Rota Moveis 85 Josemanuel Vazquez (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 86 Pedro Costa (Por) Cantanhede-M-Marialva 87 Andrey Mizourov (Kaz) MBK-Oktos 88 Oscar Serrano (Spa) Asc-Vila Do Conde 89 Joseluis Martinez (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 90 Hugo Vitor (Por) Cantanhede-M-Marialva 91 Rui Pinto (Por) Barbot-Torrie 92 Yon Bru (Spa) L.A. Pecol 93 Atanas Petrov (Bul) Carvalhelhos-Boavista 94 Bert Scheirlinckx (Bel) Flanders-Iteamnova 95 Vidal Fitas (Por) P.Ravessa-Bom Petisco 96 Sergio Perez (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 97 Jose Oliveira (Por) Beppi-Pepolim 98 Jurgen Landrie (Bel) Flanders-Iteamnova 99 Danail Petrov (Bul) Carvalhelhos-Boavista 100 Luis Bartolomeu (Por) P.Ravessa-Bom Petisco 101 Heiko Szonn (Ger) Flanders-Iteamnova 102 Dario Gadeo (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 103 Joao Silva (Por) Antarte-Rota Moveis 104 Lorenzo Didilvestro (Ita) MBK-Oktos 105 Serguei Klimov (Rus) Lokomotiv 0.45 106 Ricardo Valdez (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 107 Gonçalo Amorim (Por) Milaneza-MSS 108 Paulo Barroso (Por) Milaneza-MSS 109 Jeremy Hunt (Gbr) MBK-Oktos 110 Alexei Markov (Rus) Lokomotiv 111 Pedro Magalhaes (Por) Beppi-Pepolim 112 Oscar Romero (Spa) Beppi-Pepolim 0.52 113 Francisto Garcia (Spa) Antarte-Rota Moveis 0.56 114 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Lampre 1.35 115 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Lampre 1.37 116 Didac Cuadros (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 1.46 117 Leonid Kovtun (Rus) Lokomotiv 118 Stephane Barthe (Fra) MBK-Oktos 1.51 119 Maximilian Sciandri (Gbr) Lampre 1.55 120 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre 2.48 121 Dermot Nally (Irl) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 3.03 122 Krassimir Vassiliev (Bul) P.Ravessa-Bom Petisco 3.13 123 Fernando Sousa (Por) Antarte-Rota Moveis 3.51 124 Bjorn Cornelissen (Ned) Flanders-Iteamnova 8.48 125 Lenaic Olivier (Fra) MBK-Oktos 16.34 Points 1 Victoriano Fernandez (Spa) Asc-Vila Do Conde 25 pts 2 Candido Barbosa (Por) L.A. Pecol 20 3 Angel Edo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 16 4 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre 13 5 Pedro Soeiro (Por) Carvalhelhos-Boavista 10 6 Nuno Marta (Por) Barbot-Torrie 8 7 Pedro Lopes (Por) L.A. Pecol 6 8 Ruben Galvan (Spa) Asc-Vila Do Conde 4 9 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 2 10 David Garcia (Spa) Cantanhede-M-Marialva 1 Mountains Cat. 3, km 117,20 1 Krassimir Vassiliev (Bul) P.Ravessa-Bom Petisco 5 pts 2 Oscar Romero (Spa) Beppi-Pepolim 3 3 Dermot Nally (Irl) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 1 Metas Volantes Na Etapa Portalegre, km 67,80 1 Oscar Romero (Spa) Beppi-Pepolim 5 pts 2 Victoriano Fernandez (Spa) Asc-Vila Do Conde 3 3 Krassimir Vassiliev (Bul) P.Ravessa-Bom Petisco 1 Nisa, km 105,10 1 Victoriano Fernandez (Spa) Asc-Vila Do Conde 5 pts 2 Oscar Romero (Spa) Beppi-Pepolim 3 3 Dermot Nally (Irl) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 1 Vila Velha De Rodao, km 123,20 1 Sergio Perez (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 5 pts 2 Krassimir Vassiliev (Bul) P.Ravessa-Bom Petisco 3 3 Victoriano Fernandez (Spa) Asc-Vila Do Conde 1 Teams 1 Asc-Vila Do Conde 10.53.28 2 L.A. Pecol 0.23 3 Lampre 4 Carvalhelhos-Boavista 5 Milaneza-MSS 6 P.Ravessa-Bom Petisco 7 Barbot-Torrie 8 Cantanhede-M-Marialva 9 Antarte-Rota Moveis 10 Paternina-Costa de Almeria 11 Beppi-Pepolim 12 MBK-Oktos 13 Flanders-Iteamnova 14 Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 15 Lokomotiv General classification after stage 3 1 Victoriano Fernandez (Spa) Asc-Vila Do Conde 11.43.30 2 Alberto Benito (Spa) Antarte-Rota Moveis 0.19 3 Angel Edo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 0.21 4 Carlos Golbano (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 0.32 5 Luis Sarreira (Por) Cantanhede-M-Marialva 6 Nelson Vitorino (Por) P.Ravessa-Bom Petisco 0.34 7 Nuno Marta (Por) Barbot-Torrie 0.35 8 Pedro Soeiro (Por) Carvalhelhos-Boavista 9 Ruben Galvan (Spa) Asc-Vila Do Conde 10 David Blanco (Spa) P.Ravessa-Bom Petisco 11 Cesar Quiterio (Por) Antarte-Rota Moveis 12 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 13 David Garcia (Spa) Cantanhede-M-Marialva 14 Pedro Lopes (Por) L.A. Pecol 15 Paulo Ferreira (Por) Cantanhede-M-Marialva 0.36 16 Isarael Nuñez (Spa) Asc-Vila Do Conde 0.37 17 Hugo Lucio (Por) Barbot-Torrie 0.38 18 Gustavo Lemos (Spa) Carvalhelhos-Boavista 0.39 19 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Flanders-Iteamnova 20 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Milaneza-MSS 21 Eduardo Gonzalez (Spa) Barbot-Torrie 22 Nuno Ribeiro (Por) L.A. Pecol 23 Pedro Hermida (Spa) Beppi-Pepolim 24 Pedro Arreitunandia (Spa) Carvalhelhos-Boavista 25 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre 26 Vicent Cali (Fra) Flanders-Iteamnova 27 Victor Gamito (Por) Cantanhede-M-Marialva 28 Andrei Zintchenko (Rus) L.A. Pecol 29 Christophe Rinero (Fra) MBK-Oktos 30 Joan Horrach (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 31 Marco Morais (Por) Asc-Vila Do Conde 32 Milan Kadlec (Cze) Lampre 33 Hugo Sabido (Por) Barbot-Torrie 34 Orlando Rodrigues (Por) L.A. Pecol 35 Claudio Faria (Por) Asc-Vila Do Conde 36 Virgilio Santos (Por) Antarte-Rota Moveis 37 Jose Rodrigues (Por) Carvalhelhos-Boavista 38 Nuno Alves (Por) Barbot-Torrie 39 Xavier Tondo (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 40 Claus Michael Moller (Den) Milaneza-MSS 41 Rui Lavarinhas (Por) Milaneza-MSS 42 Adrian Palomares (Spa) Carvalhelhos-Boavista 43 Pedro Cardoso (Por) Milaneza-MSS 44 Pedro Costa (Por) Cantanhede-M-Marialva 45 Gustavo M. Toledo (Arg) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 46 Bruno Castanheira (Por) L.A. Pecol 47 Helder Miranda (Por) P.Ravessa-Bom Petisco 48 Rafael Mila (Spa) Asc-Vila Do Conde 49 Joaquim Andrade (Por) P.Ravessa-Bom Petisco 50 Christian Climent (Spa) Barbot-Torrie 51 Unai Yus (Spa) Cantanhede-M-Marialva 52 Alexandre Pinho (Por) Beppi-Pepolim 53 Danail Petrov (Bul) Carvalhelhos-Boavista 54 Gustavo Veloso (Spa) Carvalhelhos-Boavista 0.50 55 Celio Sousa (Por) Carvalhelhos-Boavista 0.58 56 Segis Delatorre (Spa) Beppi-Pepolim 57 Xavier Delatorre (Spa) Beppi-Pepolim 58 Gerardo Fernandez (Arg) Antarte-Rota Moveis 1.01 59 Gonçalo Amorim (Por) Milaneza-MSS 60 Franck Pencole (Fra) MBK-Oktos 1.02 61 Joseluis Martinez (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 62 Dario Gadeo (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 63 Sergio Perez (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 1.03 64 Ricardo Costa (Por) P.Ravessa-Bom Petisco 1.06 65 Jose Guillen (Spa) Beppi-Pepolim 66 Jose Miguel Elias (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 67 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Lokomotiv 68 Helder Lopes (Por) P.Ravessa-Bom Petisco 69 Jacek Morajko (Pol) Antarte-Rota Moveis 70 Juan Olmo (Spa) Barbot-Torrie 71 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Lokomotiv 72 Renato Silva (Por) Milaneza-MSS 73 Bert Scheirlinckx (Bel) Flanders-Iteamnova 74 Ricardo Felgueiras (Por) Antarte-Rota Moveis 75 Helder Silva (Por) Cantanhede-M-Marialva 76 Josemanuel Vazquez (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 77 Hugo Vitor (Por) Cantanhede-M-Marialva 78 Hector Guerra (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 79 Rui Pinto (Por) Barbot-Torrie 80 Andrey Mizourov (Kaz) MBK-Oktos 81 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Asc-Vila Do Conde 82 Joao Silva (Por) Antarte-Rota Moveis 83 Jose Oliveira (Por) Beppi-Pepolim 84 Candido Barbosa (Por) L.A. Pecol 1.19 85 Oscar Romero (Spa) Beppi-Pepolim 1.22 86 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre 1.28 87 David Fernandez (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 1.32 88 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Lampre 1.33 89 Quintino Rodrigues (Por) Asc-Vila Do Conde 1.35 90 Oscar Serrano (Spa) Asc-Vila Do Conde 91 Frederic Gabriel (Fra) MBK-Oktos 1.36 92 Heiko Szonn (Ger) Flanders-Iteamnova 93 Vicente Reynes (Spa) L.A. Pecol 1.37 94 German Nieto (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 95 Ivailo Gabrovski (Bul) MBK-Oktos 96 Lorenzo Didilvestro (Ita) MBK-Oktos 97 Yon Bru (Spa) L.A. Pecol 98 Atanas Petrov (Bul) Carvalhelhos-Boavista 99 Pedro Andrade (Por) L.A. Pecol 1.55 100 Luis Bartolomeu (Por) P.Ravessa-Bom Petisco 101 Vidal Fitas (Por) P.Ravessa-Bom Petisco 102 Ricardo Valdez (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 1.59 103 Oscar Diaz (Spa) Barbot-Torrie 2.02 104 Alexander Serov (Rus) Lokomotiv 105 Jurgen Landrie (Bel) Flanders-Iteamnova 2.16 106 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Lampre 2.20 107 Paulo Barroso (Por) Milaneza-MSS 2.24 108 Serguei Klimov (Rus) Lokomotiv 109 Pedro Magalhaes (Por) Beppi-Pepolim 110 Alexei Markov (Rus) Lokomotiv 111 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Lampre 2.49 112 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 3.20 113 Ezequiel Mosquera (Spa) Cantanhede-M-Marialva 114 Francisto Garcia (Spa) Antarte-Rota Moveis 3.26 115 Maximilian Sciandri (Gbr) Lampre 3.34 116 Krassimir Vassiliev (Bul) P.Ravessa-Bom Petisco 3.51 117 Dermot Nally (Irl) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 4.16 118 Jeremy Hunt (Gbr) MBK-Oktos 4.25 119 Stephane Barthe (Fra) MBK-Oktos 4.43 120 Leonid Kovtun (Rus) Lokomotiv 121 Didac Cuadros (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 122 Fernando Sousa (Por) Antarte-Rota Moveis 5.05 123 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre 5.41 124 Lenaic Olivier (Fra) MBK-Oktos 18.13 125 Bjorn Cornelissen (Ned) Flanders-Iteamnova 29.20 Points classification 1 Angel Edo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 52 pts 2 Candido Barbosa (Por) L.A. Pecol 47 3 Alberto Benito (Spa) Antarte-Rota Moveis 45 4 Victoriano Fernandez (Spa) Asc-Vila Do Conde 34 5 Nuno Marta (Por) Barbot-Torrie 29 6 David Garcia (Spa) Cantanhede-M-Marialva 17 7 Pedro Soeiro (Por) Carvalhelhos-Boavista 15 8 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre 13 9 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Lampre 13 10 Pedro Costa (Por) Cantanhede-M-Marialva 10 11 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre 10 12 Nelson Vitorino (Por) P.Ravessa-Bom Petisco 8 13 Gerardo Fernandez (Arg) Antarte-Rota Moveis 8 14 Oscar Romero (Spa) Beppi-Pepolim 8 15 Stephane Barthe (Fra) MBK-Oktos 8 16 Krassimir Vassiliev (Bul) P.Ravessa-Bom Petisco 7 17 Carlos Golbano (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 6 18 Cesar Quiterio (Por) Antarte-Rota Moveis 6 19 Pedro Lopes (Por) L.A. Pecol 6 20 Milan Kadlec (Cze) Lampre 6 21 Luis Sarreira (Por) Cantanhede-M-Marialva 5 22 Paulo Ferreira (Por) Cantanhede-M-Marialva 5 23 Ruben Galvan (Spa) Asc-Vila Do Conde 4 24 Pedro Hermida (Spa) Beppi-Pepolim 4 25 Quintino Rodrigues (Por) Asc-Vila Do Conde 3 Mountains classification 1 Gustavo M. Toledo (Arg) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 6 pts 2 Christian Climent (Spa) Barbot-Torrie 6 3 Krassimir Vassiliev (Bul) P.Ravessa-Bom Petisco 5 4 Alberto Benito (Spa) Antarte-Rota Moveis 3 5 Gerardo Fernandez (Arg) Antarte-Rota Moveis 3 6 Oscar Romero (Spa) Beppi-Pepolim 3 7 Dermot Nally (Irl) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 1 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 Asc-Vila Do Conde 35.12.00 2 Antarte-Rota Moveis 0.19 3 L.A. Pecol 4 Cantanhede-M-Marialva 0.23 5 Carvalhelhos-Boavista 6 Barbot-Torrie 7 Milaneza-MSS 8 P.Ravessa-Bom Petisco 9 Paternina-Costa de Almeria 10 Lampre 0.42 11 Beppi-Pepolim 0.46 12 Flanders-Iteamnova 0.54 13 Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 1.13 14 MBK-Oktos 1.17 15 Lokomotiv 2.44
