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Euskal Bizikleta - 2.HC

Spain, June 1-5, 2005

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Stage 5 - June 5: Abadiño - Arrate (Eibar) , 154.8km

Jimenez safely home

By Gabriella Ekström

Like in a standard fairy tale, the number of climbs Eladio Jimenez (Comunidad Valenciana) had to face before he had brought the leader's jersey to safety was seven. The fifth stage between Abadino and Arrate, close to Eibar, could have meant a huge difference to the 29 year old race leader, but didn't, and he was safely escorted over the line, two minutes and three seconds after winner Massimiliano Gentili (Naturino).

How it unfolded

The pace was high from the start, just like the previous stages, and the galloping peloton covered 46 kilometres during the first hour. Euskaltel's Joseba Albizu was a man with a mission, and that was to take over the mountains jersey. That seemed to be a difficult task, with Eladio Jimenez leading that competition with 37 points, compared to Albizu's meager 4 points. The mountainous stage did contain 45 points in all, and that gave Albizu a small chance to take over the jersey, but then he had to be the fastest over most of the climbs.

Albizu started out with third category Areitio, over which a 16-man group was formed. The group built up a two minute lead heading towards the second climb of the day, third category Trabakua, where Albizu was yet again the fastest. Over first category Ixua with 70 kilometres to go, Albizu jumped head to take the ten points offered, and by now only nine of the sixteen riders in the group remained. Rene Andrle, Carlos Barredo and Daniel Navarro (Liberty Seguros), Joseba Albizu (Euskaltel), Felix Cardenas and Ryan Cox (Team Barloworld), Mario de Sarraga and Massimiliano Gentili (Naturino) and Gustavo Dominguez (Orbea) worked well together, and the peloton started to lose more time.

With 55 kilometres to go, Comunidad Valenciana got serious in their effort to limit the breakaway, in which Carlos Barredo was the biggest threat to Jimenez, 12th on GC at 8.04. Albizu powered away to take the three points at the second passage of Trabakua, and now had 23 points. Towards the second summit passage of Ixua, Albizu wasn't satisfied with just the points, but attacked, and crossed the mountain prize alone. He was caught on the descent by Massimiliano Gentili who looked like a weaker climber than Albizu coming up over second category San Migel, but Albizu hit the wall hard after he had secured the mountains jersey by winning his sixth KOM sprint of the day, and had to let Gentili go away during the nasty slopes of San Migel.

Back in Eibar, where the race once started, Euskaltel kept helping Saunier Duval, having done that even when Albizu were still at the front. Saunier Duval rode for Jeker and Iñigo Cuesta, thinking about the stage, and a possible climb in the GC. Jimenez hadn't been in any trouble so far, but runner up Adrian Palomares wasn't laughing his way over the climbs. Thanks to his team, his losses were minimal coming into the final climb of Usartza.

Iñigo Cuesta made the first attack in the low slopes of Usartza, together with Igor Astarloa (Barloworld). The Euskaltel team seemed to have problems with their communication, and rode all over the road, just not with each other. Meanwhile, Cuesta dropped Astarloa, and continued a lone pursuit of Gentili who now looked anything but weak in the climb.

Aketza Peña (Euskaltel) finally got some help from David Herrero, while Aitor Gonzalez fought on his own slightly ahead of them on the road. Meanwhile, Barloworld's surprise Arreitunandia had followed almost unnoticed, and suddenly took off with Fabian Jeker and Aitor Hernandez (LPR). Gentili was already over the top, and celebrated the victory in Arrate. Iñigo Cuesta held onto second on the stage, but looked less happy with himself than Gentili.

Hernandez outsprinted Arreitunandia and Jeker to take third, while Aitor Gonzalez (Euskaltel) finished sixth, slightly ahead of team mate Herrero, followed by Igor Astarloa and Aketza Peña. In total, Jimenez increased his lead over Palomares during the stage, and ended up 1'33 ahead of him at the end. Aketza Peña held on to third, while Aitor Gonzalez had to see himself passed by Arreitunandia in the GC.

Results

1 Massimiliano Gentili (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare    4.01.01
2 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                  0.32
3 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Team L.P.R.                        0.44
4 Peio Arreitunandia (Spa) Team Barloworld-Valsir              
5 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir                      
6 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                   1.20
7 David Herrero (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                    1.24
8 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Team Barloworld-Valsir                   
9 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                          
10 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                 2.03
11 Jesus Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team            
12 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana         
13 Dailos Diaz (Spa) Orbea                                     
14 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                   
15 David George (RSA) Team Barloworld-Valsir                   
16 Adrian Palomares (Spa) Kaiku                            2.21
17 Ezequiel Mosquera (Spa) Kaiku                               
18 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Kaiku                             
19 Joseba Albizu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                       
20 Angel Vicioso (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team          2.23
21 Santo Anza (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil             3.17
22 Daniele De Paoli (Ita) Team L.P.R.                          
23 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team         3.43
24 Yon Bru (Spa) Kaiku                                     4.50
25 Gustavo Dominguez (Spa) Orbea                               
26 Adolfo Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana        4.54
27 Félix Cardenas (Col) Team Barloworld-Valsir             5.48
28 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team             
29 Hubert Dupont (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences                   6.08
30 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                     8.02
31 Mario De Sarraga (Spa) Naturino-Sapore di Mare              
32 Aaron Villegas (Spa) Orbea                                  
33 Javier Ruiz De Larrinaga (Spa) Kaiku                        
34 René Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                
35 Raul Garcia De Mateo (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada            8.19
36 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir               
37 Antton Luengo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                       
38 Ryan Cox (RSA) Team Barloworld-Valsir                       
39 Ruben Perez (Spa) Orbea                                 9.12
40 Jesus Del Nero (Spa) Orbea                             12.58
41 Jorge Azanza (Spa) Kaiku                               13.53
42 Ruben Oarbeascoa (Spa) Kaiku                                
43 Jorge Garcia (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada                        
44 Ludovic Martin (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences                      
45 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel                          
46 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Agritubel                              
47 Arkaitz Duran (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                    
48 Gorka Arrizabalaga (Spa) Orbea                              
49 Xabat Ochotorena (Spa) Orbea                                
50 Luis Perez (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada                          
51 Stefano Cavallari (Ita) Team Barloworld-Valsir              
52 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada                     16.29
53 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                  16.33
54 Jose Almagro (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada                        
DNF David Etxebarria (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team          
DNF Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team         
DNF Juan Jose Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                  
DNF Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir           
DNF Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir               
DNF José Adrian Bonilla (CRc) Comunidad Valenciana             
DNF David Muñoz (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                     
DNF Carlos Zarate (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                   
DNF Julio Lopez (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada                        
DNF Gustavo Cesar (Spa) Kaiku                                  
DNF Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Team Barloworld-Valsir              
DNF David Plaza (Spa) Team Barloworld-Valsir                   
DNF Gilles Canouet (Fra) Agritubel                             
DNF Cedric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel                            
DNF Eric Berthou (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences                       
DNF Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences                 
DNF Nicolas Reynaud (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences                    
DNF Elio Aggiano (Ita) Team L.P.R.                             
DNF Giuseppe Muraglia (Ita) Team L.P.R.                        
DNF Daniele Masolino (Ita) Team L.P.R.                         
DNF Luca Nardello (Ita) Team L.P.R.                            
DNF Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Team L.P.R.                             
DNF Alexandr Arekeev (Rus) Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil          
DNF Alessandro Donati (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil         
DNF Jure Golcer (Slo) Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil               
DNF Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil         
DNF Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil           
DNF Alessandro Bertuola (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare          
DNF Alessio Galletti (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare             
DNF Cristian Gasperoni (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare           
DNF Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare              
DNS Christophe Rinero (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences                  
 
Points
 
1 Massimiliano Gentili (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare         25 pts
2 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                    20
3 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Team L.P.R.                          16
4 Peio Arreitunandia (Spa) Team Barloworld-Valsir            14
5 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir                    12
6 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                     10
7 David Herrero (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                       9
8 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Team Barloworld-Valsir                  8
9 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                         7
10 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                    6
11 Jesus Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team           5
12 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana        4
13 Dailos Diaz (Spa) Orbea                                    3
14 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                  2
15 David George (RSA) Team Barloworld-Valsir                  1
 
Mountains
 
Areitio - Cat. 3, km 11 3 
1 Joseba Albizu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                       3 pts
2 Giuseppe Muraglia (Ita) Team L.P.R.                         1
 
Trabakua - Cat. 3, km 66 3 
1 Joseba Albizu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                       3 pts
2 René Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                1
 
Ixua - Cat. 1, km 83
1 Joseba Albizu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                      10 pts
2 Félix Cardenas (Col) Team Barloworld-Valsir                 8
3 Massimiliano Gentili (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare          6
4 Ryan Cox (RSA) Team Barloworld-Valsir                       4
5 Gustavo Dominguez (Spa) Orbea                               2
 
Trabakua - Cat. 3, km 103 3 
1 Joseba Albizu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                       3 pts
2 Ryan Cox (RSA) Team Barloworld-Valsir                       1
 
Ixua - Cat. 1, km 120
1 Joseba Albizu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                      10 pts
2 Massimiliano Gentili (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare          8
3 Gustavo Dominguez (Spa) Orbea                               6
4 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team             4
5 Félix Cardenas (Col) Team Barloworld-Valsir                 2
 
San Miguel - Cat. 2, km 134 2 
1 Joseba Albizu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                       6 pts
2 Massimiliano Gentili (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare          4
3 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team             2
 
Usartza - Cat. 1, km 153 1 
1 Massimiliano Gentili (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare         10 pts
2 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                     8
3 Peio Arreitunandia (Spa) Team Barloworld-Valsir             6
4 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir                     4
5 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Team L.P.R.                           2
 
Metas volantes
 
Markina, km 57,6 
1 Mario De Sarraga (Spa) Naturino-Sapore di Mare              3 pts
2 Ryan Cox (RSA) Team Barloworld-Valsir                       2
3 Massimiliano Gentili (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare          1
 
Eibar (Urkizu), km 144,2 
1 Massimiliano Gentili (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare          3 pts
2 Joseba Albizu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                       2
3 Mario De Sarraga (Spa) Naturino-Sapore di Mare              1
 
Teams
 
1 Euskaltel-Euskadi                                    12.07.11
2 Team Barloworld-Valsir                                   0.03
3 Comunidad Valenciana                                     2.01
4 Kaiku                                                    2.55
5 Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                               4.01
6 Saunier Duval-Prodir                                     5.27
7 Orbea                                                   10.47
8 Relax Fuenlabrada                                       31.57
 
Final General classification
 
1 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana            18.33.48
2 Adrian Palomares (Spa) Kaiku                             1.33
3 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                      3.15
4 Peio Arreitunandia (Spa) Team Barloworld-Valsir          4.30
5 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                   5.04
6 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir                  5.53
7 David George (RSA) Team Barloworld-Valsir                6.12
8 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                  7.22
9 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Team L.P.R.                        7.30
10 Massimiliano Gentili (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare      8.18
11 Angel Vicioso (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team          8.22
12 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Kaiku                         9.18
13 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team         9.44
14 Jesus Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team       10.05
15 Dailos Diaz (Spa) Orbea                                10.38
16 Yon Bru (Spa) Kaiku                                    14.05
17 Daniele De Paoli (Ita) Team L.P.R.                     14.44
18 Joseba Albizu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                  15.11
19 David Herrero (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                  15.35
20 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Team Barloworld-Valsir             16.08
21 Gustavo Dominguez (Spa) Orbea                          16.12
22 Javier Ruiz De Larrinaga (Spa) Kaiku                   16.27
23 Ryan Cox (RSA) Team Barloworld-Valsir                  20.05
24 Ezequiel Mosquera (Spa) Kaiku                          21.37
25 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                    25.12
26 Ruben Oarbeascoa (Spa) Kaiku                           26.09
27 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team        31.31
28 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana    32.03
29 Mario De Sarraga (Spa) Naturino-Sapore di Mare         33.27
30 Adolfo Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana       34.13
31 Raul Garcia De Mateo (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada           34.35
32 Félix Cardenas (Col) Team Barloworld-Valsir            34.36
33 Stefano Cavallari (Ita) Team Barloworld-Valsir         36.28
34 Jorge Azanza (Spa) Kaiku                               38.37
35 Santo Anza (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil            40.11
36 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                41.34
37 Ruben Perez (Spa) Orbea                                41.54
38 Jorge Garcia (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada                   46.38
39 Luis Perez (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada                     48.02
40 Antton Luengo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                  49.14
41 Hubert Dupont (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences                  49.44
42 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir          49.53
43 Ludovic Martin (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences                 54.02
44 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                  54.44
45 Aaron Villegas (Spa) Orbea                             55.26
46 René Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team           57.00
47 Jose Almagro (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada                   57.38
48 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel                     57.39
49 Jesus Del Nero (Spa) Orbea                           1.07.18
50 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Agritubel                       1.08.59
51 Xabat Ochotorena (Spa) Orbea                         1.09.19
52 Gorka Arrizabalaga (Spa) Orbea                       1.15.36
53 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada                   1.16.21
54 Arkaitz Duran (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir             1.16.46
 
Points classification
 
1 Angel Vicioso (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team             72 pts
2 Peio Arreitunandia (Spa) Team Barloworld-Valsir            53
3 David Herrero (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                      48
4 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Team L.P.R.                          47
5 Massimiliano Gentili (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare         41
6 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                     40
7 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir                    39
8 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                  33
9 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                        32
10 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Team Barloworld-Valsir                32
11 Yon Bru (Spa) Kaiku                                       27
12 Adrian Palomares (Spa) Kaiku                              24
13 Stefano Cavallari (Ita) Team Barloworld-Valsir            22
14 Jesus Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team          21
15 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                   20
16 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                   17
17 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team           16
18 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team           15
19 David George (RSA) Team Barloworld-Valsir                 12
20 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                       10
21 Jose Almagro (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada                      10
22 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir              8
23 Gorka Arrizabalaga (Spa) Orbea                             8
24 Joseba Albizu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                      7
25 René Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team               7
26 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Kaiku                            4
27 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana        4
28 Jorge Garcia (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada                       4
29 Dailos Diaz (Spa) Orbea                                    3
30 Mario De Sarraga (Spa) Naturino-Sapore di Mare             2
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Joseba Albizu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                      39 pts
2 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                  37
3 Massimiliano Gentili (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare         28
4 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                    17
5 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                        15
6 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir                    14
7 Peio Arreitunandia (Spa) Team Barloworld-Valsir            12
8 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team            10
9 Félix Cardenas (Col) Team Barloworld-Valsir                10
10 Gustavo Dominguez (Spa) Orbea                              8
11 Ryan Cox (RSA) Team Barloworld-Valsir                      8
12 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team            6
13 Stefano Cavallari (Ita) Team Barloworld-Valsir             6
14 David Herrero (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                      5
15 Adrian Palomares (Spa) Kaiku                               4
16 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                     4
17 Ruben Oarbeascoa (Spa) Kaiku                               4
18 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir              3
19 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Team L.P.R.                          3
20 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Team Barloworld-Valsir                 1
21 René Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team               1
22 Jose Almagro (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada                       1
 
Metas volantes classification
 
1 Luis Perez (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada                         10 pts
2 Massimiliano Gentili (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare          4
3 Mario De Sarraga (Spa) Naturino-Sapore di Mare              4
4 Joseba Albizu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                       4
5 Jose Almagro (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada                        4
6 Ezequiel Mosquera (Spa) Kaiku                               3
7 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Team Barloworld-Valsir                  3
8 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                   3
9 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                         3
10 Ryan Cox (RSA) Team Barloworld-Valsir                      3
11 David Herrero (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                      3
12 Félix Cardenas (Col) Team Barloworld-Valsir                2
13 Hubert Dupont (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences                      2
14 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Team L.P.R.                          1
15 Stefano Cavallari (Ita) Team Barloworld-Valsir             1
 
Teams classification
 
1 Team Barloworld-Valsir                               55.51.09
2 Comunidad Valenciana                                     6.35
3 Euskaltel-Euskadi                                        8.02
4 Kaiku                                                    9.10
5 Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                              15.01
6 Orbea                                                   43.12
7 Saunier Duval-Prodir                                    44.24
8 Relax Fuenlabrada                                     1.52.00