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Vuelta a Chihuahua Internacional - 2.2

Mexico, October 7-14, 2007

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Stage 2 - October 8: Chihuahua - Camargo, 147.8 km

Hernández takes first win for Mexico

By Monika Prell in Camargo

Hernandez driving the break.
Photo ©: Rafael Gómez Alonso
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The Mexican Carlos Hernández (Team Canels) has won the second stage of the Vuelta a Chihuahua, ahead of the US American Steven Cozza (Team Slipstream) and the Spaniard Daniel Moreno (Relax GAM). Danny Pate (Team Slipstream) has taken over as the new leader.

After one of the great, typical Mexican breakfasts, consisting of a lot of fresh fruits like melon, pineapple, banana and mango, cold or hot tacos, scrambled eggs, a mash of beans and other delicious items, the riders started on Monday morning at 10:00 in Chihuahua, the capital of the state Chihuahua.The 147.8-kilometre stage into the South of the state, to Camargo, went over seemingly endless straight roads. The peloton raced by cotton fields and nut tree goves, passing some typical ranches under the torrid Mexican sun, with temperatures of at least 30 degree centigrades. Attacks were numerous and the peloton worked hard to catch riders like Francisco Mancebo and Santi Pérez (both Relax GAM).

By kilometre 34, two riders had escaped from the main peloton: Carlos Hernández (Canels) and Steven Cozza (Slipstream) with Hernández winning the mountain classification from Cozza at kilometre 38. Third was the Canadian Keven Lacombe (Kelly Benefit).

After 57 kilometres, Ricardo Samuel Tapia (Arenas Tlaxcala) had crossed the gap to reach the two riders, and together the trio reached an advantage of eight minutes and 15 seconds.

Saunier Duval was the first team that began working to reduce the gap to leaders, but later Tecos-Trek and Liberty Seguros took over from the Spanish outfit. However, neither team was able to bridge the gap to the front group. It took Fuerteventura Canarias and later on Relax GAM before the peloton began making any headway on the three riders. With eight kilometres to go, Tapia was dropped from the leading trio, leaving only Cozza and Hernández to fend off the charging peloton.

With one kilometre remaining the duo still had a minute on the fast chasing peloton. There was no time to play cat and mouse however as the peloton was closing in quickly. By the time Hernández crossed the line for the win, after beating Cozza in the sprint, the main bunch was upon them and they all received the same time with Daniel Moreno taking third.

Hernández was very happy to have won in his home country, in front of the frenetic public that celebrated the event after the end of the stage with folkloric dances and various shows. "I came to this race with the intention to win a stage. It was not easy, and I am very content. Now I would like to fight for the classification of the Metas Volantes [intermediate sprint classification]." The 33 year-old dedicated the victory "to my wife and my three sons."

Photography

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Results

 
stage2
 
1 Carlos Manuel Hernandez (Mex) Canel's Turbo                             3.17.06 (44.992 km/h)
2 Steven Cozza (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle                         
3 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Relax-Gam                                        
4 Gianluca Geremia (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia                                       
5 Danny Pate (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle                           
6 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Relax-Gam                                              
7 Filipe Cardoso (Por) Liberty Seguros                                           
8 Andrew Pinfold (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team                                   
9 Antonio D'aniello (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia                                      
10 Marco Rios (Mex) Fullerton Bicycles-Novo                                      
11 Maxime Bouet (Fra) Agritubel                                                  
12 Cuitlahuac Ayala (Mex) Arenas Tlacala                                         
13 Edgardo Lugo (Mex) Canel's Turbo                                              
14 Jessel Valenzuela (Mex) Orven                                                 
15 Nacor Burgos Rojo (Spa) Relax-Gam                                             
16 Javier Mejías (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                                      
17 Adam Wadecki (Pol) Ceramica Flaminia                                          
18 Mikel Artetxe Gezuraga (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias                           
19 Edgar Treviño (Mex) Orven                                                     
20 Jose Gerardo Soto (Mex) Arenas Tlacala                                        
21 José Adrian Bonilla (CRc) Fuerteventura-Canarias                              
22 Emilien Benoit Bergès (Fra) Agritubel                                         
23 Iosvani Falcon (Cub) AEG-Toshiba-Jetnetwork Pro Cycling Team                  
24 Gilberto Porras (Mex) Rica Burguer                                            
25 Rafael Aguilar (Mex) Universidad Autonoma de Chihuahua                        
26 Pedro Covarrubias (Mex) Orven                                                 
27 Hector Rangel (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara           
28 David Bernabeu Armengol (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias                          
29 Fausto Esparza (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara          
30 Santiago Perez Fernandez (Spa) Relax-Gam                                      
31 Christian Meier (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team                                 
32 Tomasz Marczynski (Pol) Ceramica Flaminia                                     
33 Timothy Duggan (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle                      
34 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                         
35 Oscar Sevilla Ribera (Spa) Relax-Gam                                          
36 Oswaldo Hernandez (Mex) Fullerton Bicycles-Novo                               
37 Martin Gilbert (Can) Kelly Benefit Strategies-Medifast                        
38 Lucas Euser (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle                         
39 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel                                               
40 Nuno Ribeiro (Por) Liberty Seguros                                            
41 Vitor Rodrigues (Por) Liberty Seguros                                         
42 Francisco Matamoros (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara     
43 Martin Robles (Mex) Rica Burguer                                              
44 Gregorio Ladino (Col) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara         
45 César Antunes Quiterio (Por) Liberty Seguros                                  
46 Pedro Garibay (Mex) Fullerton Bicycles-Novo                                   
47 Jesus Grajeda (Mex) Orven                                                     
48 Geoffrey Kabush (USA) Symmetrics Cycling Team                                 
49 Fabian Reyes (Mex) Fullerton Bicycles-Novo                                    
50 Daniel Duarte (Mex) Universidad Autonoma de Chihuahua                         
51 Eder Arenas (Mex) Arenas Tlacala                                              
52 Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez (Spa) Agritubel                                       
53 Saul Figueroa (Mex) Universidad Autonoma de Chihuahua                         
54 Cameron Evans (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team                                   
55 Adriano Angeloni (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia                                      
56 Blake Caldwell (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle                      
57 Alex Hagman (USA) AEG-Toshiba-Jetnetwork Pro Cycling Team                     
58 Oscar Barron (Mex) Orven                                                      
59 Roberto Rodriguez (Mex) Fullerton Bicycles-Novo                               
60 Jonathan Reid Mumford (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies-Medifast                 
61 Eduardo Vicencio (Mex) Rica Burguer                                           
62 Will Routley (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team                                    
63 Bernardo Colex Tepoz (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara    
64 José de Jesus Gomez (Mex) Arenas Tlacala                                      
65 Luis Pinheiro (Por) Liberty Seguros                                           
66 Antonio Aldape (Mex) Canel's Turbo                                            
67 Uriel Clara (Mex) Canel's Turbo                                               
68 William Frishkorn (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle                   
69 Arquimedes Lam (Mex) Canel's Turbo                                            
70 John Fredy Parra (Col) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara        
71 Juan Pablo Villela (Mex) Rica Burguer                                         
72 David Salomon (Mex) Canel's Turbo                                             
73 Carlos Nozal Vega (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                       
74 Domingo Gonzalez (Mex) Orven                                                  
75 Carlos Lopez (Mex) Canel's Turbo                                              
76 David Winston (USA) AEG-Toshiba-Jetnetwork Pro Cycling Team                   
77 Eduardo Graciano (Mex) Orven                                                  
78 Juan Miguel Mercado Martin (Spa) Agritubel                                    
79 Adrian Palomares Villaplana (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias                      
80 Dan Bowman (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies-Medifast                            
81 Justin Spinelli (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies-Medifast                       
82 Enrique Mendez (Mex) Universidad Autonoma de Chihuahua                        
83 Eric Keim (USA) AEG-Toshiba-Jetnetwork Pro Cycling Team                       
84 Ivan Borunda (Mex) Universidad Autonoma de Chihuahua                          
85 Jose Miguel Elias Galindo (Spa) Relax-Gam                                     
86 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                                
87 Ryan Blicken (USA) Rica Burguer                                               
88 Joel Alamillo (Mex) Arenas Tlacala                                            
89 Antonio Velazquez (Mex) Rica Burguer                                      0.14
90 Miguel Angel Gonzalez (Mex) Universidad Autonoma de Chihuahua             0.15
91 Ryan Roth (Can) Kelly Benefit Strategies-Medifast                         0.31
92 Misael Ramirez (Mex) Universidad Autonoma de Chihuahua                    0.33
93 David Muñoz (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias                                      
94 Kevin Lacombe (Can) Kelly Benefit Strategies-Medifast                     0.38
95 Henry Swinty (USA) Rica Burguer                                           0.52
96 David Belda (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias                                  1.00
97 Alberto Fernandez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                              1.25
98 Gabriel Juarez (Mex) Arenas Tlacala                                       1.31
99 Ricardo Samuel Tapia (Mex) Arenas Tlacala                                 1.57
100 Arkaitz Duran (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                                 2.00
HD Dean Peters (USA) Fullerton Bicycles-Novo                                26.16
DSQ Edgar Gaytan (Mex) Fullerton Bicycles-Novo                                   
 
Sprints
 
1
1 Steven Cozza (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle                        3 pts
2 Carlos Manuel Hernandez (Mex) Canel's Turbo                                   2
3 Domingo Gonzalez (Mex) Orven                                                  1
 
2
1 Ricardo Samuel Tapia (Mex) Arenas Tlacala                                     3 pts
2 Carlos Manuel Hernandez (Mex) Canel's Turbo                                   2
3 Steven Cozza (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle                        1
 
Mountains
 
1 Carlos Manuel Hernandez (Mex) Canel's Turbo                                   4 pts
2 Steven Cozza (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle                        3
3 Kevin Lacombe (Can) Kelly Benefit Strategies-Medifast                         2
4 Eduardo Vicencio (Mex) Rica Burguer                                           1
 
Teams
 
1 Team Slipstream                                                         9.51.18
2 Liberty Seguros                                                                
3 Relax Gam Fuenlabrada                                                          
4 Ceramica Flamina Cycling                                                       
5 Saunier Duval Prodir                                                           
6 Arenas Tlax                                                                    
7 Agritubel                                                                      
8 Fuerte Ventura Canarias                                                        
9 Rica Burguer                                                                   
10 Symetrics Cycling Team                                                        
11 Orven                                                                         
12 Tecos Universidad Autonoma                                                    
13 Canel's Turbo                                                                 
14 Kelly Benefit Strategies                                                      
15 Aeg Toshiba                                                                   
16 Univeridad Autonoma De Chihuahua                                              
17 Fullerton Bicycleo Novo                                                       
 
General classification after stage 2

1 Danny Pate (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle                    5.01.13
2 Filipe Cardoso (Por) Liberty Seguros                                           
3 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Relax-Gam                                              
4 Antonio D'aniello (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia                                      
5 Javier Mejías (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                                       
6 Cuitlahuac Ayala (Mex) Arenas Tlacala                                          
7 Maxime Bouet (Fra) Agritubel                                                   
8 José Adrian Bonilla (CRc) Fuerteventura-Canarias                               
9 Jose Gerardo Soto (Mex) Arenas Tlacala                                         
10 Tomasz Marczynski (Pol) Ceramica Flaminia                                     
11 Gilberto Porras (Mex) Rica Burguer                                            
12 Christian Meier (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team                                 
13 Emilien Benoit Bergès (Fra) Agritubel                                         
14 Santiago Perez Fernandez (Spa) Relax-Gam                                      
15 Pedro Covarrubias (Mex) Orven                                                 
16 Francisco Matamoros (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara     
17 Lucas Euser (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle                         
18 David Bernabeu Armengol (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias                          
19 Timothy Duggan (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle                      
20 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                         
21 Martin Robles (Mex) Rica Burguer                                              
22 Gregorio Ladino (Col) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara         
23 Vitor Rodrigues (Por) Liberty Seguros                                         
24 Cameron Evans (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team                                   
25 Eduardo Graciano (Mex) Orven                                                  
26 Antonio Aldape (Mex) Canel's Turbo                                            
27 David Salomon (Mex) Canel's Turbo                                             
28 Dan Bowman (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies-Medifast                            
29 Eric Keim (USA) AEG-Toshiba-Jetnetwork Pro Cycling Team                       
30 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Relax-Gam                                       
31 Edgardo Lugo (Mex) Canel's Turbo                                              
32 Jessel Valenzuela (Mex) Orven                                                 
33 Mikel Artetxe Gezuraga (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias                           
34 Steven Cozza (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle                        
35 Rafael Aguilar (Mex) Universidad Autonoma de Chihuahua                        
36 Nacor Burgos Rojo (Spa) Relax-Gam                                             
37 Fausto Esparza (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara          
38 Edgar Treviño (Mex) Orven                                                     
39 Marco Rios (Mex) Fullerton Bicycles-Novo                                      
40 Oscar Sevilla Ribera (Spa) Relax-Gam                                          
41 Carlos Manuel Hernandez (Mex) Canel's Turbo                                   
42 Hector Rangel (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara           
43 Iosvani Falcon (Cub) AEG-Toshiba-Jetnetwork Pro Cycling Team                  
44 Fabian Reyes (Mex) Fullerton Bicycles-Novo                                    
45 Oscar Barron (Mex) Orven                                                      
46 César Antunes Quiterio (Por) Liberty Seguros                                  
47 Oswaldo Hernandez (Mex) Fullerton Bicycles-Novo                               
48 Eder Arenas (Mex) Arenas Tlacala                                              
49 Daniel Duarte (Mex) Universidad Autonoma de Chihuahua                         
50 Gianluca Geremia (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia                                      
51 Andrew Pinfold (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team                                  
52 Roberto Rodriguez (Mex) Fullerton Bicycles-Novo                               
53 Saul Figueroa (Mex) Universidad Autonoma de Chihuahua                         
54 Pedro Garibay (Mex) Fullerton Bicycles-Novo                                   
55 Jonathan Reid Mumford (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies-Medifast                 
56 Carlos Lopez (Mex) Canel's Turbo                                              
57 Nuno Ribeiro (Por) Liberty Seguros                                            
58 Jesus Grajeda (Mex) Orven                                                     
59 Domingo Gonzalez (Mex) Orven                                                  
60 Bernardo Colex Tepoz (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara    
61 Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez (Spa) Agritubel                                       
62 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel                                               
63 Arquimedes Lam (Mex) Canel's Turbo                                            
64 Alex Hagman (USA) AEG-Toshiba-Jetnetwork Pro Cycling Team                     
65 Geoffrey Kabush (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team                                 
66 Juan Pablo Villela (Mex) Rica Burguer                                         
67 Ivan Borunda (Mex) Universidad Autonoma de Chihuahua                          
68 Martin Gilbert (Can) Kelly Benefit Strategies-Medifast                        
69 Blake Caldwell (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle                      
70 Luis Pinheiro (Por) Liberty Seguros                                           
71 José de Jesus Gomez (Mex) Arenas Tlacala                                      
72 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                                
73 Adriano Angeloni (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia                                      
74 John Fredy Parra (Col) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara        
75 Justin Spinelli (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies-Medifast                       
76 David Winston (USA) AEG-Toshiba-Jetnetwork Pro Cycling Team                   
77 William Frishkorn (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle                   
78 Will Routley (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team                                    
79 Jose Miguel Elias Galindo (Spa) Relax-Gam                                     
80 Eduardo Vicencio (Mex) Rica Burguer                                           
81 Carlos Nozal Vega (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                       
82 Juan Miguel Mercado Martin (Spa) Agritubel                                    
83 Enrique Mendez (Mex) Universidad Autonoma de Chihuahua                        
84 Adrian Palomares Villaplana (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias                      
85 Joel Alamillo (Mex) Arenas Tlacala                                            
86 Ryan Blicken (USA) Rica Burguer                                               
87 Antonio Velazquez (Mex) Rica Burguer                                          
88 Miguel Angel Gonzalez (Mex) Universidad Autonoma de Chihuahua                 
89 Ryan Roth (Can) Kelly Benefit Strategies-Medifast                             
90 Misael Ramirez (Mex) Universidad Autonoma de Chihuahua                        
91 David Muñoz (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias                                      
92 Kevin Lacombe (Can) Kelly Benefit Strategies-Medifast                         
93 Henry Swinty (USA) Rica Burguer                                               
94 David Belda (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias                                      
95 Alberto Fernandez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                                  
96 Uriel Clara (Mex) Canel's Turbo                                               
97 Gabriel Juarez (Mex) Arenas Tlacala                                           
98 Ricardo Samuel Tapia (Mex) Arenas Tlacala                                     
99 Arkaitz Duran (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                                      
100 Adam Wadecki (Pol) Ceramica Flaminia                                         

Points Classification
 
1 Carlos Manuel Hernandez (Mex) Canel's Turbo                                   5 pts
2 Steven Cozza (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle                        3
3 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Relax-Gam                                       2
 
Mountains Classification
 
1 Carlos Manuel Hernandez (Mex) Canel's Turbo                                   4 pts
2 Steven Cozza (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle                        3
3 Kevin Lacombe (Can) Kelly Benefit Strategies-Medifast                         2
4 Eduardo Vicencio (Mex) Rica Burguer                                           1
 
Most Combative
 
1 Carlos Manuel Hernandez (Mex) Canel's Turbo                                   9 pts
2 Filipe Cardoso (Por) Liberty Seguros                                          9
3 Steven Cozza (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle                        7
4 Javier Mejías (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                                      5
5 Eduardo Graciano (Mex) Orven                                                  4
6 Tomasz Marczynski (Pol) Ceramica Flaminia                                     3
7 Ricardo Samuel Tapia (Mex) Arenas Tlacala                                     3
8 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Relax-Gam                                       2
9 Maxime Bouet (Fra) Agritubel                                                  1
10 Domingo Gonzalez (Mex) Orven                                                 1
 
Teams Classification
 
1 Team Slipstream                                                         3.03.39
2 Liberty Seguros                                                            3.08
3 Relax Gam Fuenlabrada                                                          
4 Ceramica Flamina Cycling                                                       
5 Saunier Duval Prodir                                                           
6 Arenas Tlax                                                                    
7 Agritubel                                                                      
8 Fuerte Ventura Canarias                                                        
9 Rica Burguer                                                                   
10 Symetrics Cycling Team                                                        
11 Orven                                                                         
12 Tecos Universidad Autonoma                                                    
13 Canel's Turbo                                                                 
14 Kelly Benefit Strategies                                                  6.06
15 Aeg Toshiba                                                                   
16 Univeridad Autonoma De Chihuahua                                          9.09
17 Fullerton Bicycleo Novo