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41st Vuelta a Aragon - 2.2
Spain, April 14-18, 2004
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Stage 2 - April 15: Calanda - Barbastro, 167 km
Petacchi notches another
Menchov keeps lead in flat stage
Alessandro Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo) made the most of the lack of mountains in stage 2 of the Vuelta a Aragon and won the stage in a bunch sprint ahead of compatriot Massimo Strazzer (Saunier Duval) and Angel Edo (Milaneza-Maia). Almost the entire peloton finished in the same time, thus race leader Denis Menchov (Illes Balears) was able to keep the leader's jersey after finishing ninth in the stage.
I still don't feel 100 percent," said Petacchi after winning by several bike lengths. "But after this race and the Tour de Romandie, that runs from April 27 to May 2, I should have the right condition to compete with the best in the Giro d'Italia. The sprint was launched by my teammates after we brought back the three man breakaway. Facci and Sanchez finished their work with 20 km to go when the three still had 30 seconds lead. Bruseghin then did an extraordinary amount of work for 15 km, and finished when we caught the fugitives. Chicchi, Tosatto, Gonzalez and finally Velo led me out for the final sprint."
How it unfolded
After yesterday's difficult start to the Vuelta a Aragon, today's second stage gave the sprinters something to cheer about, with no categorised climbs en route. The gradually undulating profile saw a fast paced first hour of racing, with 47.5 kilometres covered by the peloton.
After an early attempt by Glenn D'Hollander (Lotto-Domo) and Fernando Torres (Cafes Baque) failed, Bart Dockx (Relax), Francisco Gutierrez (Cafes Baque) and Lizuarte Manuel Martins (Milaneza) succeeded in breaking clear at the 45 kilometre mark. The trio worked hard in the next hour to build up a maximum lead of 5'50 by kilometre 78, before the inevitable chase started, led by Menchov's Illes Balears team and Petacchi's Fassa Bortolo boys.
The break was neutralised with 11 km to go, leaving Fassa Bortolo to finish off the job for Petacchi, who didn't let them down and sprinted across the line in Barbastro clear of Strazzer and Edo.
Tomorrow's third stage of the Vuelta a Aragon starts and ends in Sabiñánigo, featuring two Cat. 1 climbs and a Cat. 3 climb with 23 km to go.
Results
1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3.58.41 2 Massimo Strazzer (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3 Angel Edo (Spa) Milaneza-Maia 4 Giosue Bonomi (Ita) Saeco 5 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 6 Mikel Gaztañaga (Spa) Cafes Baque 7 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 8 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 9 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto 10 David Loosli (Swi) Saeco 11 Simoni Masciareli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetteri 12 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 13 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 14 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Cafes Baque 15 Hugo Sabido (Por) Milaneza-Maia 16 Angel Gomez (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 17 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 18 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Lotto-Domo 19 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Relax-Bodysol 20 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 21 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros 22 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 23 Giulio Tomi (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 24 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 25 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros 26 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Saeco 27 Peio Arreitunandia (Spa) Cafes Baque 28 David Fernandez (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 29 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 30 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Saeco 31 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros 32 Carlos Golbano (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 33 Serge Baguet (Bel) Lotto-Domo 34 Javier Perez (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 35 Nick Gates (Aus) Lotto-Domo 36 Andrei Zintchenko (Rus) Milaneza-Maia 37 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 38 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 39 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 40 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 41 Fernando Torres (Spa) Cafes Baque 42 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 43 Gonzalo Bayarri (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 44 José Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 45 Glenn D'Hollander (Bel) Lotto-Domo 46 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 47 Oscar Mason (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 48 Piotr Wadecki (Pol) Lotto-Domo 49 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Lotto-Domo 50 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 51 Joseba Albizu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 52 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 53 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 54 Francisco José Lara (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 55 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 56 Ief Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Domo 57 Rafael Diaz Justo (Spa) Liberty Seguros 58 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 59 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Saeco 60 Sylvester Szymyd (Pol) Saeco 61 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Domo 62 David Bernabeu (Spa) Milaneza-Maia 63 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 64 Gonçalo Amorim (Por) Milaneza-Maia 65 Gilberto Martins (Por) Milaneza-Maia 66 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto 67 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 68 David Lopez (Spa) Cafes Baque 69 Moises Dueñas (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 70 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 71 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 72 Carlos Zarate (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 73 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 74 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 75 Julen Urbano (Spa) Cafes Baque 76 Ivan Parra (Col) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 77 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 78 Txema Del Olmo (Spa) Milaneza-Maia 79 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 80 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 81 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 82 Antton Luengo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 83 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 84 Javier Cherro (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 85 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 86 Sergio Perez (Spa) Cafes Baque 87 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco 88 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 89 Alvaro Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 90 Lizuarte Manuel Martins (Por) Milaneza-Maia 91 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 92 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 93 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems 94 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 95 Luis Perez Romero (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 0.29 96 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 97 Pedro Diaz Lobato (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 0.43 98 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 99 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 0.55 100 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Saeco 0.58 101 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Liberty Seguros 1.05 102 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.34 103 Francisco Gutierrez (Spa) Cafes Baque 3.30 104 Bart Dockx (Bel) Relax-Bodysol 4.15 105 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 5.36 106 Julián Sanchez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 6.24 DNS Antonio Olmo (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme Points 1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 25 pts 2 Massimo Strazzer (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 20 3 Angel Edo (Spa) Milaneza-Maia 16 4 Giosue Bonomi (Ita) Saeco 14 5 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 12 6 Mikel Gaztañaga (Spa) Cafes Baque 10 7 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 9 8 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 8 9 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto 7 10 David Loosli (Swi) Saeco 6 11 Simoni Masciareli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetteri 5 12 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 4 13 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 3 14 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Cafes Baque 2 15 Hugo Sabido (Por) Milaneza-Maia 1 Sprints Sariñena, km 117.8 1 Lizuarte Manuel Martins (Por) Milaneza-Maia 4 pts 2 Bart Dockx (Bel) Relax-Bodysol 2 3 Francisco Gutierrez (Spa) Cafes Baque 1 Peralta de Alcofea, km 140 1 Bart Dockx (Bel) Relax-Bodysol 4 pts 2 Francisco Gutierrez (Spa) Cafes Baque 2 3 Lizuarte Manuel Martins (Por) Milaneza-Maia 1 Teams 1 Paternina - Costa de Almeria 11.56.03 2 Vini Caldirola - Nobili Rubinetre 3 Saeco 4 Saunier Duval - Prodir 5 Cafes Baque 6 Milaneza - Maia 7 Relax-Bodysol 8 Liberty Seguros 9 Fassa Bortolo 10 Illes Balears - Banesto 11 Lotto - Domo 12 Phonak Hearing Systems 13 Euskaltel - Euskadi 14 Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme General classification after stage 2 1 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto 8.18.13 2 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 0.04 3 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.06 4 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros 0.08 5 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 0.45 6 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 7 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros 1.21 8 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 1.24 9 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 10 Angel Gomez (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 1.46 11 Peio Arreitunandia (Spa) Cafes Baque 1.56 12 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.58 13 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Saeco 1.59 14 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros 15 Sylvester Szymyd (Pol) Saeco 16 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.06 17 Serge Baguet (Bel) Lotto-Domo 2.14 18 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 19 Francisco José Lara (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 2.24 20 Sergio Perez (Spa) Cafes Baque 2.32 21 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 2.46 22 Piotr Wadecki (Pol) Lotto-Domo 2.47 23 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems 24 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 2.51 25 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 26 David Bernabeu (Spa) Milaneza-Maia 3.05 27 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.20 28 Andrei Zintchenko (Rus) Milaneza-Maia 3.44 29 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 3.50 30 Hugo Sabido (Por) Milaneza-Maia 4.48 31 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Lotto-Domo 5.14 32 Carlos Golbano (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 5.32 33 Oscar Mason (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 5.35 34 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 5.47 35 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 5.49 36 Simoni Masciareli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetteri 5.56 37 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 38 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Domo 6.13 39 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto 6.54 40 Carlos Zarate (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 41 Gonçalo Amorim (Por) Milaneza-Maia 7.18 42 David Lopez (Spa) Cafes Baque 7.57 43 Antton Luengo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 44 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 8.26 45 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 8.27 46 Ivan Parra (Col) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 47 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 48 Moises Dueñas (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 10.31 49 Joseba Albizu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10.35 50 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 10.36 51 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 52 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 53 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 11.19 54 Angel Edo (Spa) Milaneza-Maia 11.49 55 Lizuarte Manuel Martins (Por) Milaneza-Maia 56 David Fernandez (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 11.53 57 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 58 Rafael Diaz Justo (Spa) Liberty Seguros 59 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 60 Alvaro Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 61 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Relax-Bodysol 12.00 62 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 13.21 63 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 13.33 64 Francisco Gutierrez (Spa) Cafes Baque 13.35 65 José Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 15.31 66 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 17.50 67 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 17.52 68 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 69 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 70 Luis Perez Romero (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 18.21 71 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 18.49 72 David Loosli (Swi) Saeco 21.59 73 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco 74 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 22.23 75 Mikel Gaztañaga (Spa) Cafes Baque 22.33 76 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Cafes Baque 77 Giulio Tomi (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 78 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 79 Giosue Bonomi (Ita) Saeco 80 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Lotto-Domo 81 Javier Perez (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 82 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Saeco 83 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 84 Fernando Torres (Spa) Cafes Baque 85 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 86 Nick Gates (Aus) Lotto-Domo 87 Glenn D'Hollander (Bel) Lotto-Domo 88 Gilberto Martins (Por) Milaneza-Maia 89 Gonzalo Bayarri (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 90 Ief Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Domo 91 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Saeco 92 Julen Urbano (Spa) Cafes Baque 93 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 94 Txema Del Olmo (Spa) Milaneza-Maia 95 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 96 Javier Cherro (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 97 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 23.28 98 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Saeco 23.31 99 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Liberty Seguros 23.38 100 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 24.07 101 Massimo Strazzer (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 24.19 102 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 24.25 103 Bart Dockx (Bel) Relax-Bodysol 26.43 104 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 28.09 105 Julián Sanchez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 28.57 106 Pedro Diaz Lobato (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 33.46 Points classification 1 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto 32 pts 2 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 32 3 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 25 4 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 21 5 Massimo Strazzer (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 20 6 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 16 7 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros 16 8 Angel Edo (Spa) Milaneza-Maia 16 9 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 15 10 Giosue Bonomi (Ita) Saeco 14 11 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros 12 12 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 10 13 Mikel Gaztañaga (Spa) Cafes Baque 10 14 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 9 15 Bart Dockx (Bel) Relax-Bodysol 6 16 Angel Gomez (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 6 17 David Loosli (Swi) Saeco 6 18 Lizuarte Manuel Martins (Por) Milaneza-Maia 5 19 Peio Arreitunandia (Spa) Cafes Baque 5 20 Simoni Masciareli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetteri 5 21 José Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 4 22 Sylvester Szymyd (Pol) Saeco 4 23 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 4 24 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3 25 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros 3 26 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 3 27 Francisco Gutierrez (Spa) Cafes Baque 3 28 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 2 29 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Cafes Baque 2 30 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Saeco 1 31 Francisco José Lara (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 1 32 Hugo Sabido (Por) Milaneza-Maia 1 Mountains classification 1 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto 16 pts 2 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 12 3 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 12 4 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 10 5 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros 10 6 Simoni Masciareli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetteri 7 7 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 6 8 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 6 9 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros 5 10 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto 5 11 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 4 12 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 4 13 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 4 14 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 1 15 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 1 Combination classification 1 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto 3 pts 2 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 7 3 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 13 4 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros 16 5 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 17 6 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros 27 7 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 29 8 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 31 9 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 35 10 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 38 11 Simoni Masciareli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetteri 62 12 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 101 Teams classification 1 Liberty Seguros 24.58.12 2 Saunier Duval - Prodir 0.42 3 Paternina - Costa de Almeria 2.02 4 Relax-Bodysol 2.54 5 Illes Balears - Banesto 4.16 6 Phonak Hearing Systems 4.28 7 Lotto - Domo 6.42 8 Vini Caldirola - Nobili Rubinetre 7.59 9 Milaneza - Maia 8.04 10 Cafes Baque 8.52 11 Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 14.02 12 Euskaltel - Euskadi 18.19 13 Saeco 22.24 14 Fassa Bortolo 28.09
