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11th Vuelta Ciclista Por Un Chile Lider - 2.2
Chile, March 15-25, 2007
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Stage 2a - March 17: Osorno - Valdivia, 110 km
Miranda takes a technical finale
By Robinson Nuñez
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Gonzalo Miranda (OGM) won today a massive sprint that included a technical last two kilometres in Valdivia. Second was Miguel Chacon (Venezuela national team) and third was the young Luca Damiani (Colavita-Sutter Home).
The stage featured a four man escape formed by Cristobal Gomez (OGM), Pedro Dourado (Scott), Ramon Martinez (Samsung-Cine Cien) and Adam Bergman (Colavita-Sutter Home). With 28 km to go, Cristobal Gomez and Ramon Martinez were caught during the Cuesta Caman, a category two climb.
Dourado and Bergman managed to stay clear and were caught with only two kilometres to go by a desperate peloton controlled by Lider and Relax-Gam.
Teams now prepare for the 16km team time trail that will take place on Mafil, a town near Valdivia. Lider is the favorite for this event, but also Selle Italia has an extremely motivated Edgardo Simon and Jose Serpa, both time trial specialists. Francisco Mancebo's Relax-GAM team is also expected to do well.
How it unfolded
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All 90 riders took start on this second stage. After 5 kilometers of racing, attacks started coming from all teams trying to put their riders in an escape. There were several attempts that the peloton didn't allow to go, but after 20 kilometers a 5 man group was given permission by the peloton: Cristobal Gomez (OGM), Gonzalo Astroza (Apicola Martinez), Pedro Dourado (Scott), Ramon Martinez (Samsung-Cine Cien) and Adam Bergman (Colavita-Sutter Home). After 5 kilometers the group opened a gap of 1 minute. At this moment the leaders teams took control of the peloton and established a 35-40 km/h cruising speed and only allowed a maximum 2 minute 20 second advantage.
The peloton exited the highway into a local road heading towards the only climb of the day, the category two Cuesta Caman. In the climb the break fell to pieces and Pedro Dourado (Scott) and Adam Bergman (Colavita-Sutter Home) dropped their companions. Holding a lean 1'15 gap, the peloton accelerated in the last kilometer of the climb causing a split that managed to come back on the downhill side.
After the climb, Edgardo Simon had a scary moment when he had a flat tire on a technical part of road with just 20 km to go. His teammates helped him come back in a very fast and clean job. Meanwhile in the front, the gap to the leaders continued to fall as Lider and Relax-Gam tapped out speeds of near 60 km/h to bring the breakaway back. With 10 kilometers to go, the duo in the front led by a slim 27 seconds and were finally caught just two kilometers to go.
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With no break on the front, the pace was blazing fast to set up the sprinters for a win. In the end Gonzalo Miranda (OGM) came home with a win, beating in the line Miguel Chacon (Venezuela national team) and Luca Damiani (Colavita-Sutter Home)
Photography
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Images by Robinson Nuñez
- Race director Marcial Marchant briefs the drivers about today's course.
- Riders from Apicola Martinez.
- Commisaires give last minute instructions to riders of Samsung-Cine Cien.
- It's a bit cold for the guys of Colavita-Sutter Home.
- Andrei Sartasov (Lider) prepares for the race.
- Dario Ramirez (OGM) reads the stage details.
- Jose Serpa and Edgardo Simon.
- An old poster featuring Gianni Savio.
- Gianni and his riders pose, poster included.
- Victor Garrido (Lider) gathers his riders to decide on today's strategy.
- Cyclingnews' view of the race, behind the doctor's car.
- Cristobal Gomez (OGM) after being caught and dropped in the only climb of the day.
- Going down a after a climb is always fast!
Images by Jose Arcos
- Francisco Cabrera and Andrei Sartasov (Lider) arrive.
- Edgardo Simon (Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Selle Italia).
- Mancebo (Relax-Gam) and his teammates look thoughtful.
- Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Selle Italia pose with Gianni Savio and his former team in a poster.
- Gianni signs the poster for a fan.
- The race is on, attacks started during the first five kilometres
- The chilean flag over a speeding peloton.
- Fabio Duarte (Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Selle Italia).
- Andrei Sartasov (Lider) looks in command.
- Andrei Sartasov (Lider) is being followed by Francisco Mancebo (Relax-Gam).
- Francisco Mancebo (Relax-Gam).
- The chase is being done by several teams.
- Edgardo Simon (Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Selle Italia) surrounded by his teammates.
- Will Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Selle Italia win this afternoon's team time trial?
- This rider of Glassex-Bryc is coming through time!
- A little peace time for the peloton.
- Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Selle Italia guys are in command.
- The peloton exits the highway on route to the climb of Caman and Valdivia.
- This year's peloton.
- The scenery in the southern part of Chile is always very green.
- Gonzalo Miranda (OGM) wins the stage ahead of Miguel Chacon (Venezuela national team) and Luca Damiani (Colavita-Sutter Home).
- Gonzalo Miranda (OGM) celebrates.
- Luca Damiani (Colavita-Sutter Home).
- Miguel Chacon (Venezuela national team).
- The mayor of Valdivia, Bernardo Berger, gave the prize to the winner.
- The stage's podium.
- At last, the winner's real prize.
- Podium girls bust a groove.
Results
1 Gonzalo Miranda (OGM) 2 Miguel Chacon (Venezuela national team) 3 Luca Damiani (Colavita-Sutter Home) General classification after Stage 2a 1 Edgardo Simon (Arg) Serramenti Pvc Diquigiovanni - Selle Italia 5.41.59 2 Francisco Cabrera (Chi) Team Lider Presto 3 Andrei Sartasov (Rus) Team Lider Presto 0.04 4 Gonzalo Miranda (Chi) Team O.G.M. Providencia 0.07 5 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax GAM 0.08 6 Jorge Giacinti (Arg) Team Lider Presto 0.10 7 Luis Sepulveda (Chi) Glassex Bryc Curico 0.11 8 Jorge Contreras (Chi) Socovesa Melipulli Puerto Montt 0.12 9 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Relax GAM 10 Magno Prado (Bra) Scott Brasil 11 Jose Medina (Chi) Glassex Bryc Curico 0.13 12 Matias Medici (Arg) Scott Brasil 13 Marco Arriagada (Chi) Team Lider Presto 14 Juan Bravo (Chi) Glassex Bryc Curico 0.14 15 Jose Serpa (Col) Serramenti Pvc Diquigiovanni - Selle Italia 0.15 16 Adam Bergman (USA) Colavita - Sutter Home USA 0.17 17 Gonzalo Garrido (Chi) Team Lider Presto 18 Jorge Garcia (Spa) Relax GAM 19 Antonio Cabrera (Chi) Team Lider Presto 20 Fabio Duarte (Col) Serramenti Pvc Diquigiovanni - Selle Italia 21 Luis Mansilla (Chi) Concepcion - Transportes Bretti 22 Francisco Terciado (Spa) Relax GAM 0.19 23 Emiliano Donadello (Ita) Serramenti Pvc Diquigiovanni - Selle Italia 0.20 24 Pedro Dourado (Bra) Scott Brasil 25 Jose Elias (Spa) Relax GAM 26 Gustavo Artacho (Arg) Colavita - Sutter Home USA 27 Tomas Gil (Ven) Selección De Venezuela 28 Juan Fierro (Chi) Glassex Bryc Curico 0.21 29 Juan Rojas (Chi) Team Apicola Martinez - Curico 30 Danilo Ormazabal (Chi) Lascar - Peñaflor 31 Patricio Almonacid (Chi) Samsung - Cine Cien 0.22 32 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax GAM 0.23 33 Walter Pedraza (Col) Serramenti Pvc Diquigiovanni - Selle Italia 0.24 34 David Talavera (Arg) Guaymallen Argentina 35 David Mc Cann (Irl) Colavita - Sutter Home USA 36 Nilceu Aparecido (Bra) Scott Brasil 37 Marcelo Arriagada (Chi) Glassex Bryc Curico 0.25 38 Franklin Chacon (Ven) Selección De Venezuela 0.26 39 Anthony Brea (Ven) Serramenti Pvc Diquigiovanni - Selle Italia 40 Jaime Bretti (Chi) Concepcion - Transportes Bretti 41 Luca Damiani (Ita) Colavita - Sutter Home USA 42 Carlos Ochoa (Ven) Selección De Venezuela 0.27 43 Leonel Cuni (Arg) Guaymallen Argentina 44 Cesar Oliva (Chi) Team O.G.M. Providencia 0.30 45 Marcio May (Bra) Scott Brasil 46 Daniel Vaillancourt (USA) Colavita - Sutter Home USA 0.32 47 Jose Contreras (Ven) Selección De Venezuela 0.37 48 Francisco San Martin (Chi) Team CN - Transportes Pedro Berna 0.38 49 Alex Correia (Bra) Scott Brasil 1.10 50 Sergio Montivero (Arg) Team O.G.M. Providencia 1.14 51 Andrew Guptill (USA) Colavita - Sutter Home USA 1.20 52 Patricio Pavez (Chi) Team Apicola Martinez - Curico 2.09 53 Jose Aravena (Chi) Team O.G.M. Providencia 5.46 54 Arturo Corvalan (Chi) Glassex Bryc Curico 5.51 55 Victor Moreno (Ven) Selección De Venezuela 5.52 56 Gonzalo Astroza (Chi) Team Apicola Martinez - Curico 6.03 57 Hector Valencia (Chi) Team Apicola Martinez - Curico 6.04 58 Pablo Riveros (Chi) Samsung - Cine Cien 59 Juan Norambuena (Chi) Concepcion - Transportes Bretti 60 German Uribe (Chi) Socovesa Melipulli Puerto Montt 61 Dario Ramirez (Arg) Team O.G.M. Providencia 62 Francisco Cordova (Chi) Team Apicola Martinez - Curico 6.05 63 Igen Brychac (Chi) Team CN - Transportes Pedro Berna 6.07 64 Javier Gallardo (Chi) Concepcion - Transportes Bretti 6.08 65 Jose Balague (Chi) Samsung - Cine Cien 66 Ruben Gonzalez (Chi) Team Apicola Martinez - Curico 67 Miguel Chacon (Ven) Selección De Venezuela 6.13 68 Sergio Pineda (Chi) Samsung - Cine Cien 69 Robinson Miranda (Chi) Socovesa Melipulli Puerto Montt 70 Juan Pino (Chi) Samsung - Cine Cien 6.14 71 Ramon Martinez (Chi) Samsung - Cine Cien 72 Cristian Ojeda (Chi) Socovesa Melipulli Puerto Montt 6.15 73 Juan Caballero (Arg) Guaymallen Argentina 74 Roberto Gaytan (Chi) Team CN - Transportes Pedro Berna 6.17 75 Juan Cancino (Chi) Lascar - Peñaflor 6.18 76 Sergio Ortega (Chi) Lascar - Peñaflor 77 Francisco Sanchez (Chi) Concepcion - Transportes Bretti 6.19 78 Luis Farias (Chi) Lascar - Peñaflor 6.20 79 Jaime Carreño (Chi) Lascar - Peñaflor 6.22 80 Cristobal Gomez (Chi) Team O.G.M. Providencia 6.45 81 Carlos Neira (Chi) Team CN - Transportes Pedro Berna 7.16 82 Guillermo Lopez (Arg) Guaymallen Argentina 7.29 83 Diego Duarte (Chi) Team CN - Transportes Pedro Berna 7.41 84 Francisco Pino (Chi) Concepcion - Transportes Bretti 7.59 85 Rodrigo Salguero (Arg) Guaymallen Argentina 19.28 86 Javier Saavedra (Arg) Guaymallen Argentina 19.39 87 Pablo Carcamo (Chi) Socovesa Melipulli Puerto Montt 20.45 88 Sergio Abarca (Chi) Lascar - Peñaflor 89 Ricardo Paredes (Chi) Team CN - Transportes Pedro Berna 25.12 90 Javier Bertin (Chi) Socovesa Melipulli Puerto Montt 25.19 Team classification 1 Colavita-Sutter Home USA 16.56.09 2 Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni 3 Relax Gam 4 Team Lider Presto 5 Scott Brasil 6 Glassex Bryc Curico 7 Team O.G.M. Providencia 8 Selección De Venezuela 9 Guaymallen Argentina 5.32 10 Concepcion - Transportes Bre 11 Team Apicola Martinez - Curic 12 Samsung - Cine Cien 11.04 13 Socovesa Melipulli Puerto 14 Lascar - Peñaflor 15 Team Cn - Transportes Pedro Sprint classification 1 Magno Prado (Bra) Scott Brasil 5 pts 2 Andrei Sartasov (Rus) Team Lider Presto 5 3 Adam Bergman (USA) Colavita - Sutter Home USA 5 4 Edgardo Simon (Arg) Serramenti Pvc Diquigiovanni - Selle Italia 5 5 Francisco Cabrera (Chi) Team Lider Presto 5 6 Cristobal Gomez (Chi) Team O.G.M. Providencia 3 7 Pedro Dourado (Bra) Scott Brasil 2 8 Andrew Guptill (USA) Colavita - Sutter Home USA 1 9 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax GAM 1 10 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Relax GAM 1 11 Gonzalo Astroza (Chi) Team Apicola Martinez - Curico 1
