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11th Vuelta Ciclista Por Un Chile Lider - 2.2
Chile, March 15-25, 2007
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Prologue - March 15: Puerto Varas ITT, 2.8 km
Selle Italia start with promising form
By Robinson Nuñez in Puerto Varas
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Argentinean Edgardo Simon (Selle Italia) won the prologue in Puerto Varas today after being the only rider to break the 3.20 mark. With this win, Simon is once again leading the race that he won in 2005. Simon thanked his team for giving him the opportunity to resume racing after a disappointing 2006 season that was plagued with injuries.
Andrei Sartasov (Lider) demonstrated he's back in form to fight again for the overall title.
The course included a tough 300 metre climb right from the starting ramp, which made the time differences much larger than the average 2.8 kilometre prologue.
Francisco Mancebo is still very much in contention with a good seventh place, nine seconds behind Simon. Other contenders in the top positions are Jorge Giacinti, Marco Arriagada and Jose Serpa.
Tomorrow's stage will cover the 125 km from Puerto Montt to Osorno, through a coastal lake road full of short steep climbs. Despite the first stage's gradient, a bunch sprint is expected to decide tomorrow's victor.
Photography
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Images by Robinson Nuñez
- Edgardo Simon (Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Selle Italia) re-cons the prologue route.
- A brutal 300 metre climb just after the starting ramp.
- Relax-Gam's DS David Plaza during a TV interview.
- Team Lider's Trek Madones.
- Leonel Cuni (Guaymallen) was the first rider to start.
- Gustavo Artacho (Colavita-Sutter Home) on the ramp.
- Juan Pablo Pino (Samsung-Cine Cien).
- Riders wait in line to start.
- Gonzalo Garrido (Lider) going all out to the finish line.
- Defending champion Andrei Sartasov (Lider) warms up.
- Marco Arriagada (Lider) warms up. He was second place in last year's edition.
- Lider riders warming up.
- Edgardo Simon (Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Selle Italia) on the rollers.
- Jose Serpa (Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Selle Italia) doing some last minute warming.
- Gonzalo Garrido's bike is prepared.
- Ricardo Gomez, president of the Chilean Cycling Federation, chats with David Plaza.
- Andrew Guptill (Colavita - Sutter Home) powering on the climb.
- Jorge Giacinti (Lider).
- David McCann (Colavita - Sutter Home).
- Dario Ramirez (OGM).
- Patricio Almonacid (Samsung - Cine Cien) on the ramp.
- Matias Medici (Scott).
- Matias Medici (Scott) gets going.
- Gonzalo Miranda (OGM) stretches while Edgardo Simon's bike is measured.
- Edgardo Simon on the starting ramp.
- Simon blasts off.
- Jose Medina (Glassex-Bryc) in his national time trial champion kit.
- Francisco Mancebo (Relax-Gam) prepares.
- Francisco Mancebo (Relax-Gam) powering into the prologue.
- Andrei Sartasov (Lider) gets the final countdown
- Sartasov completes the route in a respectable second place.
- Gianni Savio, Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Selle Italia's DS, celebrates Simon's win.
Images by Jose Arcos
- Daniel Moreno (Relax-Gam).
- Edgardo Simon giving it his all.
- Edgardo Simon (Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Selle Italia)
- Andrei Sartasov (Lider) in the final meters.
- Andrei Sartasov (Lider).
- Edgardo Simon (Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Selle Italia) on the podium.
- Winning the prologue has its benefits.
- Daniel Moreno (Relax-Gam) and Edgardo Simon (Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Selle Italia) on the podium.
- Edgardo Simon dons the leader's jersey once again after winning the race in 2005.
Results
1 Edgardo Simon (Arg) Serramenti Pvc Diquigiovanni - Selle Italia 3.19 (50.653 km/h) 2 Andrei Sartasov (Rus) Team Lider Presto 0.04 3 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax GAM 0.05 4 Jorge Giacinti (Arg) Team Lider Presto 0.07 5 Luis Sepulveda (Chi) Glassex Bryc Curico 0.08 6 Jorge Contreras (Chi) Socovesa Melipulli Puerto Montt 0.09 7 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Relax GAM 8 Jose Medina (Chi) Glassex Bryc Curico 0.10 9 Matias Medici (Arg) Scott Brasil 10 Gonzalo Miranda (Chi) Team O.G.M. Providencia 11 Marco Arriagada (Chi) Team Lider Presto 12 Francisco Cabrera (Chi) Team Lider Presto 13 Juan Bravo (Chi) Glassex Bryc Curico 0.11 14 Jose Aravena (Chi) Team O.G.M. Providencia 15 Jose Serpa (Col) Serramenti Pvc Diquigiovanni - Selle Italia 0.12 16 Magno Prado (Bra) Scott Brasil 17 Gonzalo Garrido (Chi) Team Lider Presto 0.14 18 Adam Bergman (USA) Colavita - Sutter Home USA 19 Jorge Garcia (Spa) Relax GAM 20 Antonio Cabrera (Chi) Team Lider Presto 21 Fabio Duarte (Col) Serramenti Pvc Diquigiovanni - Selle Italia 22 Francisco Terciado (Spa) Relax GAM 0.16 23 Arturo Corvalan (Chi) Glassex Bryc Curico 24 Emiliano Donadello (Ita) Serramenti Pvc Diquigiovanni - Selle Italia 0.17 25 Pedro Dourado (Bra) Scott Brasil 26 Jose Elias (Spa) Relax GAM 27 Tomas Gil (Ven) Selección De Venezuela 28 Victor Moreno (Ven) Selección De Venezuela 29 Alex Correia (Bra) Scott Brasil 30 Juan Fierro (Chi) Glassex Bryc Curico 0.18 31 Juan Rojas (Chi) Team Apicola Martinez - Curico 32 Danilo Ormazabal (Chi) Lascar - Peñaflor 33 Luis Mansilla (Chi) Concepcion - Transportes Bretti 34 Patricio Almonacid (Chi) Samsung - Cine Cien 0.19 35 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax GAM 0.20 36 Walter Pedraza (Col) Serramenti Pvc Diquigiovanni - Selle Italia 0.21 37 David Talavera (Arg) Guaymallen Argentina 38 David Mc Cann (Irl) Colavita - Sutter Home USA 39 Nilceu Aparecido (Bra) Scott Brasil 40 Sergio Montivero (Arg) Team O.G.M. Providencia 41 Marcelo Arriagada (Chi) Glassex Bryc Curico 0.22 42 Franklin Chacon (Ven) Selección De Venezuela 0.23 43 Anthony Brea (Ven) Serramenti Pvc Diquigiovanni - Selle Italia 44 Jaime Bretti (Chi) Concepcion - Transportes Bretti 45 Gustavo Artacho (Arg) Colavita - Sutter Home USA 46 Carlos Ochoa (Ven) Selección De Venezuela 0.24 47 Leonel Cuni (Arg) Guaymallen Argentina 48 Luca Damiani (Ita) Colavita - Sutter Home USA 0.25 49 Cesar Oliva (Chi) Team O.G.M. Providencia 0.27 50 Marcio May (Bra) Scott Brasil 51 Andrew Guptill (USA) Colavita - Sutter Home USA 52 Gonzalo Astroza (Chi) Team Apicola Martinez - Curico 0.28 53 Hector Valencia (Chi) Team Apicola Martinez - Curico 0.29 54 Daniel Vaillancourt (USA) Colavita - Sutter Home USA 55 Pablo Riveros (Chi) Samsung - Cine Cien 56 Juan Norambuena (Chi) Concepcion - Transportes Bretti 57 German Uribe (Chi) Socovesa Melipulli Puerto Montt 58 Dario Ramirez (Arg) Team O.G.M. Providencia 59 Francisco Cordova (Chi) Team Apicola Martinez - Curico 0.30 60 Guillermo Lopez (Arg) Guaymallen Argentina 0.31 61 Igen Brychac (Chi) Team CN - Transportes Pedro Berna 0.32 62 Javier Gallardo (Chi) Concepcion - Transportes Bretti 0.33 63 Jose Balague (Chi) Samsung - Cine Cien 64 Ruben Gonzalez (Chi) Team Apicola Martinez - Curico 65 Jose Contreras (Ven) Selección De Venezuela 0.34 66 Francisco San Martin (Chi) Team CN - Transportes Pedro Berna 0.35 67 Ricardo Paredes (Chi) Team CN - Transportes Pedro Berna 68 Francisco Pino (Chi) Concepcion - Transportes Bretti 0.36 69 Sergio Pineda (Chi) Samsung - Cine Cien 0.38 70 Robinson Miranda (Chi) Socovesa Melipulli Puerto Montt 71 Juan Pino (Chi) Samsung - Cine Cien 0.39 72 Ramon Martinez (Chi) Samsung - Cine Cien 73 Cristian Ojeda (Chi) Socovesa Melipulli Puerto Montt 0.40 74 Juan Caballero (Arg) Guaymallen Argentina 75 Miguel Chacon (Ven) Selección De Venezuela 0.42 76 Javier Bertin (Chi) Socovesa Melipulli Puerto Montt 77 Roberto Gaytan (Chi) Team CN - Transportes Pedro Berna 78 Juan Cancino (Chi) Lascar - Peñaflor 0.43 79 Sergio Ortega (Chi) Lascar - Peñaflor 80 Francisco Sanchez (Chi) Concepcion - Transportes Bretti 0.44 81 Carlos Neira (Chi) Team CN - Transportes Pedro Berna 0.45 82 Luis Farias (Chi) Lascar - Peñaflor 83 Jaime Carreño (Chi) Lascar - Peñaflor 0.47 84 Rodrigo Salguero (Arg) Guaymallen Argentina 0.49 85 Javier Saavedra (Arg) Guaymallen Argentina 1.00 86 Cristobal Gomez (Chi) Team O.G.M. Providencia 1.10 87 Sergio Abarca (Chi) Lascar - Peñaflor 2.06 88 Diego Duarte (Chi) Team CN - Transportes Pedro Berna 89 Pablo Carcamo (Chi) Socovesa Melipulli Puerto Montt 90 Patricio Pavez (Chi) Team Apicola Martinez - Curico General classification after the prologue 1 Edgardo Simon (Arg) Serramenti Pvc Diquigiovanni - Selle Italia 3.19 2 Andrei Sartasov (Rus) Team Lider Presto 0.04 3 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax GAM 0.05 4 Jorge Giacinti (Arg) Team Lider Presto 0.07 5 Luis Sepulveda (Chi) Glassex Bryc Curico 0.08 6 Jorge Contreras (Chi) Socovesa Melipulli Puerto Montt 0.09 7 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Relax GAM 8 Jose Medina (Chi) Glassex Bryc Curico 0.10 9 Matias Medici (Arg) Scott Brasil 10 Gonzalo Miranda (Chi) Team O.G.M. Providencia 11 Marco Arriagada (Chi) Team Lider Presto 12 Francisco Cabrera (Chi) Team Lider Presto 13 Juan Bravo (Chi) Glassex Bryc Curico 0.11 14 Jose Aravena (Chi) Team O.G.M. Providencia 15 Jose Serpa (Col) Serramenti Pvc Diquigiovanni - Selle Italia 0.12 16 Magno Prado (Bra) Scott Brasil 17 Gonzalo Garrido (Chi) Team Lider Presto 0.14 18 Adam Bergman (USA) Colavita - Sutter Home USA 19 Jorge Garcia (Spa) Relax GAM 20 Antonio Cabrera (Chi) Team Lider Presto 21 Fabio Duarte (Col) Serramenti Pvc Diquigiovanni - Selle Italia 22 Francisco Terciado (Spa) Relax GAM 0.16 23 Arturo Corvalan (Chi) Glassex Bryc Curico 24 Emiliano Donadello (Ita) Serramenti Pvc Diquigiovanni - Selle Italia 0.17 25 Pedro Dourado (Bra) Scott Brasil 26 Jose Elias (Spa) Relax GAM 27 Tomas Gil (Ven) Selección De Venezuela 28 Victor Moreno (Ven) Selección De Venezuela 29 Alex Correia (Bra) Scott Brasil 30 Juan Fierro (Chi) Glassex Bryc Curico 0.18 31 Juan Rojas (Chi) Team Apicola Martinez - Curico 32 Danilo Ormazabal (Chi) Lascar - Peñaflor 33 Luis Mansilla (Chi) Concepcion - Transportes Bretti 34 Patricio Almonacid (Chi) Samsung - Cine Cien 0.19 35 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax GAM 0.20 36 Walter Pedraza (Col) Serramenti Pvc Diquigiovanni - Selle Italia 0.21 37 David Talavera (Arg) Guaymallen Argentina 38 David Mc Cann (Irl) Colavita - Sutter Home USA 39 Nilceu Aparecido (Bra) Scott Brasil 40 Sergio Montivero (Arg) Team O.G.M. Providencia 41 Marcelo Arriagada (Chi) Glassex Bryc Curico 0.22 42 Franklin Chacon (Ven) Selección De Venezuela 0.23 43 Anthony Brea (Ven) Serramenti Pvc Diquigiovanni - Selle Italia 44 Jaime Bretti (Chi) Concepcion - Transportes Bretti 45 Gustavo Artacho (Arg) Colavita - Sutter Home USA 46 Carlos Ochoa (Ven) Selección De Venezuela 0.24 47 Leonel Cuni (Arg) Guaymallen Argentina 48 Luca Damiani (Ita) Colavita - Sutter Home USA 0.25 49 Cesar Oliva (Chi) Team O.G.M. Providencia 0.27 50 Marcio May (Bra) Scott Brasil 51 Andrew Guptill (USA) Colavita - Sutter Home USA 52 Gonzalo Astroza (Chi) Team Apicola Martinez - Curico 0.28 53 Hector Valencia (Chi) Team Apicola Martinez - Curico 0.29 54 Daniel Vaillancourt (USA) Colavita - Sutter Home USA 55 Pablo Riveros (Chi) Samsung - Cine Cien 56 Juan Norambuena (Chi) Concepcion - Transportes Bretti 57 German Uribe (Chi) Socovesa Melipulli Puerto Montt 58 Dario Ramirez (Arg) Team O.G.M. Providencia 59 Francisco Cordova (Chi) Team Apicola Martinez - Curico 0.30 60 Guillermo Lopez (Arg) Guaymallen Argentina 0.31 61 Igen Brychac (Chi) Team CN - Transportes Pedro Berna 0.32 62 Javier Gallardo (Chi) Concepcion - Transportes Bretti 0.33 63 Jose Balague (Chi) Samsung - Cine Cien 64 Ruben Gonzalez (Chi) Team Apicola Martinez - Curico 65 Jose Contreras (Ven) Selección De Venezuela 0.34 66 Francisco San Martin (Chi) Team CN - Transportes Pedro Berna 0.35 67 Ricardo Paredes (Chi) Team CN - Transportes Pedro Berna 68 Francisco Pino (Chi) Concepcion - Transportes Bretti 0.36 69 Sergio Pineda (Chi) Samsung - Cine Cien 0.38 70 Robinson Miranda (Chi) Socovesa Melipulli Puerto Montt 71 Juan Pino (Chi) Samsung - Cine Cien 0.39 72 Ramon Martinez (Chi) Samsung - Cine Cien 73 Cristian Ojeda (Chi) Socovesa Melipulli Puerto Montt 0.40 74 Juan Caballero (Arg) Guaymallen Argentina 75 Miguel Chacon (Ven) Selección De Venezuela 0.42 76 Javier Bertin (Chi) Socovesa Melipulli Puerto Montt 77 Roberto Gaytan (Chi) Team CN - Transportes Pedro Berna 78 Juan Cancino (Chi) Lascar - Peñaflor 0.43 79 Sergio Ortega (Chi) Lascar - Peñaflor 80 Francisco Sanchez (Chi) Concepcion - Transportes Bretti 0.44 81 Carlos Neira (Chi) Team CN - Transportes Pedro Berna 0.45 82 Luis Farias (Chi) Lascar - Peñaflor 83 Jaime Carreño (Chi) Lascar - Peñaflor 0.47 84 Rodrigo Salguero (Arg) Guaymallen Argentina 0.49 85 Javier Saavedra (Arg) Guaymallen Argentina 1.00 86 Cristobal Gomez (Chi) Team O.G.M. Providencia 1.10 87 Sergio Abarca (Chi) Lascar - Peñaflor 2.06 88 Diego Duarte (Chi) Team CN - Transportes Pedro Berna 89 Pablo Carcamo (Chi) Socovesa Melipulli Puerto Montt 90 Patricio Pavez (Chi) Team Apicola Martinez - Curico
