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19th Vuelta a Castilla y Leon - 2.3

Spain, April 28-May 2, 2004

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Stage 2 - April 29: Fromista - Carrion de los Condes TTT, 32 km

Liberty can't match Illes Baleares

By Martin Hardie

Illes Baleares took out a convincing victory in the team time trial in today's 32 kilometre, relatively flat, but weather affected stage. As with the first day, the wind was present but it was the rain's arrival from the north that played a bigger part in the day's affairs.

Other than in the final kilometres, Illes Baleares had the better end of the weather having drizzle for most of the way and only really encountering stronger rain at around the 7 km to go mark. Liberty Seguros and Saunier Duval also benefited from the better weather later in the day, starting as they did immediately before Illes. But to speak of better weather could only really be done in relative terms. Nevertheless the majority of teams had to fight their way through the rain squalls and wind and this was reflected in the times. Crashes, mechanicals and punctures also took their toll, especially on Saunier and Liberty with Baranowski falling early on the wet road.

The surprise of the day was the performance of the Russian Lokomotiv squad, which held onto the lead until the arrival of Liberty. In the end the Russians finished an admirable third but ended up conceding over a minute to the second placed Liberty Seguros.

In the end, Illes Baleares repeated the victory of Banesto here last year and have all but assured Ivan Gutierrez a more than even chance of taking out the race over the weekend. Illes finished 29 seconds ahead of Liberty, which had managed to peg back ten seconds on the leaders at one point in the second half of the route. However, the significant difference is between these two squads and everybody else, with Lokomotiv coming in at 1.23, Valencia at 1.43 and Maia at 1.44. It seems that unless there are some major mishaps or upsets this Vuelta will come down to a battle between Illes Baleares represented by Gutierrez and Liberty Seguros represented by Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano and Koldo Gil.

Nothing much should change tomorrow with a flat 140 km road stage. The main action coming on the weekend with both days featuring Cat. 1 climbs.

Results

1 Illes Balears-Banesto                                    40.45
2 Liberty Seguros                                           0.29
3 Lokomotiv                                                 1.23
4 Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                                1.43
5 Milaneza-Maia                                             1.44
6 L.A. Pecol                                                    
7 Spanish National Team                                     1.56
8 Relax-Bodysol                                             1.59
9 Euskaltel-Euskadi                                         2.15
10 Cafes Baque                                              2.24
11 Saunier Duval-Prodir                                     2.26
12 Brioches La Boulangere                                   3.33
13 Costa de Almeria-Paternina                               4.45
 
Individual results
 
1 José Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto          40.45
2 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                    
3 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto               
4 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto                  
5 David Navas (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                       
6 Daniel Becke (Ger) Illes Balears-Banesto                      
7 Angel Vicioso (Spa) Liberty Seguros                       0.29
8 Igor Gonzalez (Spa) Liberty Seguros                           
9 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros                               
10 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros                            
11 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros                             
12 Isaac Galvez (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                 0.42
13 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Lokomotiv                             1.23
14 Serguei Klimov (Rus) Lokomotiv                               
15 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Lokomotiv                                  
16 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Lokomotiv                             
17 Alexander Serov (Rus) Lokomotiv                              
18 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme            1.43
19 Javier Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme            
20 Jon Odriozola (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme               
21 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme          
22 Jose Cayetano Julia (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme         
23 Carlos Garcia (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme               
24 Lizuarte Martins (Por) Milaneza-Maia                     1.44
25 Renato Silva (Por) Milaneza-Maia                             
26 Gilberto Martins (Por) Milaneza-Maia                         
27 Pedro Cardoso (Por) Milaneza-Maia                            
28 Bruno Castanheira (Por) Milaneza-Maia                        
29 Bruno Pires (Por) Milaneza-Maia                              
30 Paulo Barroso (Por) Milaneza-Maia                            
31 Pedro Lopes (Por) L.A. Pecol                                 
32 Pedro Andrade (Por) L.A. Pecol                               
33 Hernani Broco (Por) L.A. Pecol                               
34 David Arroyo (Spa) L.A. Pecol                                
35 Sergio Paulinho (Por) L.A. Pecol                             
36 Luis Pinheiro (Por) L.A. Pecol                               
37 Jorge Torre (Por) L.A. Pecol                                 
38 Yon Bru (Spa) L.A. Pecol                                     
39 Pablo Urtasun (Spa) Spanish National Team                1.56
40 Manuel Lloret (Spa) Spanish National Team                    
41 Francis Villalgordo (Spa) Spanish National Team              
42 Jesus Tendero (Spa) Spanish National Team                    
43 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Spanish National Team                    
44 Juan Llaneras (Spa) Spanish National Team                    
45 Ivan Mayoz (Spa) Relax-Bodysol                           1.59
46 Gustavo Domingos (Spa) Relax-Bodysol                         
47 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax-Bodysol                             
48 Moises Duenas (Spa) Relax-Bodysol                            
49 Hector Guerra (Spa) Relax-Bodysol                            
50 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax-Bodysol                         
51 Nico Mattan (Bel) Relax-Bodysol                              
52 José Alberto Martinez (Spa) Relax-Bodysol                    
53 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                      2.15
54 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                      
55 Gorka Arrizabalaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                   
56 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                  
57 Josu Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                        
58 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                        
59 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Cafes Baque                        2.24
60 Aitor Perez (Spa) Cafes Baque                                
61 Unai Elorriaga (Spa) Cafes Baque                             
62 Sergio Perez (Spa) Cafes Baque                               
63 Alberto Hierro (Spa) Cafes Baque                             
64 Francisco Palacio (Spa) Cafes Baque                          
65 Miguel A Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir    2.26
66 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir               
67 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir            
68 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                     
69 Tim Johnson (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir                       
70 Gorka Beloki (Spa) Brioches La Boulangere                3.33
71 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere                 
72 Unai Yus (Spa) Brioches La Boulangere                        
73 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere                
74 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Brioches La Boulangere                   
75 Maryan Hary (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere                 4.19
76 Angel Edo (Spa) Milaneza-Maia                            4.20
77 Rafael Diaz (Spa) Liberty Seguros                        4.23
78 Mikel Elgezabal (Spa) Costa de Almeria-Paternina         4.45
79 Dermot Nally (Irl) Costa de Almeria-Paternina                
80 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Costa de Almeria-Paternina              
81 Javier Perez (Spa) Costa de Almeria-Paternina                
82 Jokin Ormaetxea (Spa) Costa de Almeria-Paternina             
83 Joaquim Lopez (Spa) Costa de Almeria-Paternina               
84 Ion Del Rio (Spa) Costa de Almeria-Paternina                 
85 Maxim Averin (Rus) Lokomotiv                             5.00
86 Javier Benitez (Spa) Spanish National Team               5.20
87 Ruben Plaza (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme             5.32
88 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere             5.52
89 Daniel Casado (Spa) Spanish National Team                6.19
90 Haritz Arruti (Spa) Cafes Baque                          6.30
91 Efrain Gutierrez (Spa) Cafes Baque                           
92 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir         6.58
93 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                       
94 Juan Jose Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                    
95 Javier Ramirez (Spa) Liberty Seguros                     7.08
96 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros                     
97 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto            7.11
98 Joseba Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                  7.42
99 David Fernandez (Spa) Costa de Almeria-Paternina         9.31
100 Anton Luengo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                        
101 Anton Mindlin (Rus) Lokomotiv                          11.43
 
General classification after stage 2
 
1 José Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto        4.27.27
2 David Navas (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                       
3 Igor Gonzalez (Spa) Liberty Seguros                       0.29
4 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto              0.35
5 Daniel Becke (Ger) Illes Balears-Banesto                  0.40
6 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros                         0.58
7 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros                           0.59
8 Angel Vicioso (Spa) Liberty Seguros                           
9 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros                          1.04
10 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto          1.07
11 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Lokomotiv                             1.58
12 Sergio Paulinho (Por) L.A. Pecol                         2.03
13 Pedro Andrade (Por) L.A. Pecol                               
14 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme      2.12
15 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi              2.15
16 Jon Odriozola (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme           2.18
17 Pedro Cardoso (Por) Milaneza-Maia                        2.19
18 Pedro Lopes (Por) L.A. Pecol                                 
19 Jorge Torre (Por) L.A. Pecol                                 
20 David Arroyo (Spa) L.A. Pecol                                
21 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto               2.21
22 Aitor Perez (Spa) Cafes Baque                            2.24
23 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir           2.26
24 Manuel Lloret (Spa) Spanish National Team                2.31
25 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Spanish National Team                    
26 Hector Guerra (Spa) Relax-Bodysol                        2.34
27 Isaac Galvez (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                 2.35
28 Gorka Arrizabalaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi               2.50
29 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                          
30 Miguel A Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir    2.55
31 Unai Elorriaga (Spa) Cafes Baque                         2.59
32 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Cafes Baque                            
33 Francisco Palacio (Spa) Cafes Baque                          
34 Gorka Beloki (Spa) Brioches La Boulangere                3.00
35 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir        3.01
36 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere             3.35
37 Unai Yus (Spa) Brioches La Boulangere                        
38 Bruno Castanheira (Por) Milaneza-Maia                    3.47
39 Renato Silva (Por) Milaneza-Maia                         4.05
40 Hernani Broco (Por) L.A. Pecol                               
41 Bruno Pires (Por) Milaneza-Maia                              
42 Yon Bru (Spa) L.A. Pecol                                     
43 Pablo Urtasun (Spa) Spanish National Team                4.17
44 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax-Bodysol                         4.20
45 Moises Duenas (Spa) Relax-Bodysol                            
46 Nico Mattan (Bel) Relax-Bodysol                              
47 Gustavo Domingos (Spa) Relax-Bodysol                         
48 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax-Bodysol                         
49 Ivan Mayoz (Spa) Relax-Bodysol                               
50 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                  4.36
51 Alberto Hierro (Spa) Cafes Baque                         4.45
52 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                 4.47
53 Angel Edo (Spa) Milaneza-Maia                            4.55
54 Rafael Diaz (Spa) Liberty Seguros                        4.58
55 Joaquim Lopez (Spa) Costa de Almeria-Paternina           5.21
56 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Brioches La Boulangere                   
57 Sergio Perez (Spa) Cafes Baque                           6.27
58 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Lokomotiv                              6.38
59 Serguei Klimov (Rus) Lokomotiv                               
60 Maryan Hary (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere                 6.40
61 Jose Cayetano Julia (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme     6.58
62 Javier Perez (Spa) Costa de Almeria-Paternina            7.03
63 Ion Del Rio (Spa) Costa de Almeria-Paternina                 
64 Javier Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme        7.32
65 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                
66 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir         7.33
67 Gilberto Martins (Por) Milaneza-Maia                         
68 Paulo Barroso (Por) Milaneza-Maia                            
69 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros                 7.38
70 Javier Ramirez (Spa) Liberty Seguros                     7.41
71 Juan Llaneras (Spa) Spanish National Team                7.45
72 Jesus Tendero (Spa) Spanish National Team                    
73 Francis Villalgordo (Spa) Spanish National Team              
74 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto            7.46
75 José Alberto Martinez (Spa) Relax-Bodysol                7.48
76 Josu Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                    8.04
77 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                        
78 Tim Johnson (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir                   8.15
79 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere            8.49
80 Haritz Arruti (Spa) Cafes Baque                          8.51
81 Efrain Gutierrez (Spa) Cafes Baque                           
82 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                   9.19
83 Joseba Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                 10.03
84 Lizuarte Martins (Por) Milaneza-Maia                    10.58
85 Javier Benitez (Spa) Spanish National Team              11.09
86 Daniel Casado (Spa) Spanish National Team               12.08
87 Juan Jose Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir               12.47
88 Carlos Garcia (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme          18.02
89 Luis Pinheiro (Por) L.A. Pecol                          18.03
90 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere            18.15
91 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Costa de Almeria-Paternina         19.19
92 Dermot Nally (Irl) Costa de Almeria-Paternina                
93 Jokin Ormaetxea (Spa) Costa de Almeria-Paternina             
94 Mikel Elgezabal (Spa) Costa de Almeria-Paternina             
95 Maxim Averin (Rus) Lokomotiv                            21.19
96 Ruben Plaza (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme            21.51
97 Alexander Serov (Rus) Lokomotiv                         23.22
98 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Lokomotiv                             
99 David Fernandez (Spa) Costa de Almeria-Paternina        25.50
100 Anton Mindlin (Rus) Lokomotiv                          28.02
101 Anton Luengo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                   31.35
 
Points classification
 
1 José Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto             25 pts
2 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir              20
3 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                 16
4 Igor Gonzalez (Spa) Liberty Seguros                         14
5 Aitor Perez (Spa) Cafes Baque                               12
6 Gorka Beloki (Spa) Brioches La Boulangere                   10
7 David Navas (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                      9
8 Sergio Paulinho (Por) L.A. Pecol                             8
9 Pedro Andrade (Por) L.A. Pecol                               7
10 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros                           6
11 Miguel A Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir       5
12 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme         4
13 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros                             3
14 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros                    2
15 Angel Vicioso (Spa) Liberty Seguros                         1
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir               6 pts
2 Gorka Beloki (Spa) Brioches La Boulangere                    4
3 Pedro Andrade (Por) L.A. Pecol                               2
4 Moises Duenas (Spa) Relax-Bodysol                            1
 
Combination classification
 
1 Pedro Andrade (Por) L.A. Pecol                              25 pts
2 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir              26
3 Gorka Beloki (Spa) Brioches La Boulangere                   43
4 José Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto              2
5 Igor Gonzalez (Spa) Liberty Seguros                          7
6 David Navas (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                      9
7 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros                           16
8 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                 18
9 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros                             20
10 Sergio Paulinho (Por) L.A. Pecol                           20
11 Angel Vicioso (Spa) Liberty Seguros                        23
 
Castellano-Leones classification
 
1 David Navas (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                       
2 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Cafes Baque                             
3 Francisco Palacio (Spa) Cafes Baque                           
4 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax-Bodysol                              
5 Moises Duenas (Spa) Relax-Bodysol                             
 
Spanish Rider classification
 
1 José Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto               
2 David Navas (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                       
3 Igor Gonzalez (Spa) Liberty Seguros                           
4 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros                               
5 Angel Vicioso (Spa) Liberty Seguros                           
 
Teams classification
 
1 Illes Balears-Banesto                                 12.01.26
2 Liberty Seguros                                           0.53
3 L.A. Pecol                                                2.22
4 Euskaltel-Euskadi                                         2.50
5 Saunier Duval-Prodir                                      2.55
6 Cafes Baque                                               2.59
7 Brioches La Boulangere                                    4.08
8 Milaneza-Maia                                             4.22
9 Spanish National Team                                     4.52
10 Relax-Bodysol                                            6.41
11 Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                               7.27
12 Lokomotiv                                               11.53
13 Costa de Almeria-Paternina                              14.37