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24th Vuelta a Burgos - 2.1
Spain, August 12-16, 2002
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Stage 3 - August 14: Peña Aranda de Duero - Aranda de Duero TTT, 17.9 km
Zarra takes the lead as ONCE prove who are the best in TTT
ONCE/USPS showdown looms (again) tomorrow
By Martin Hardie, Cyclingnews correspondent
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It is possible to go out on a limb and say a few things after today's stage of the Vuelta a Burgos: ONCE proved without any doubt who are the team time trial champions of the pro peloton: that without taking anything away from those who make up this particular ONCE squad (they are not the A team) the strength of this line up today proves the superior depth of Manolo Saiz's equipo; and finally Mikel Zarrabeitia is having the (very well deserved) season of his lifetime.
Simply put, the team sponsored by the Spanish association for the blind, ONCE, and the Basque country's largest supermarket chain (and one of the many cooperative enterprises that exist in that part of the world) shattered the opposition over the short but windy team time trial course. And that was after they had the worst of the conditions having to ride their turn in the rain. Averaging 59.729 kph they managed to put 28 seconds into Phonak, 30 seconds into USPS and Banesto and a whopping 51 seconds into Bartoli's Fassa Bortolo squadra. The upshot of this whirlwind effort - Mikel Zarrabeitia's second tour lead for the season and an ONCE domination of the top of the classification.
Zarrabeitia shares the same time as his Czech teammate Jan Hruska, they are separated by 14 seconds to TdF white jersey wearer Isidrio Nozal, and by 30 seconds to Angel Castresana. The top four is all yellow. The closest challengers to Zarrabeitia are Gutierrez (Banesto) at 37 seconds, Juan Carlos Dominguez (Phonak) and Michele Bartoli at 47 seconds and Chechu Rubiera (USPS) at 49 seconds.
Zarrabeitia acknowledged that Rubiera was the man to watch on tomorrow's mountainous stage through the Sierra de Demanda and that it was possible for people to lose a few minutes on the final special category Puerto of the Lagunas Negra de Neila. But the hero of Abadino was not giving the race away to anyone including the USPS. It is clear though that tomorrow's climbing day will see a familiar battle between ONCE and USPS with the victor more than likely ensured of taking the vuelta when it concludes on Friday inn Burgos.
Results
1 ONCE - Eroski 17.58 (59.77 km/h) 2 Phonak Hearing Systems 0.28 3 US Postal Service 0.30 4 IBanesto.com 5 Fassa Bortolo 0.51 6 Kelme - Costa Blanca 0.57 7 Euskaltel - Euskadi 8 Relax - Fuenlabrada 1.05 9 Jazztel - Costa Almeria 1.13 10 Vlaanderen-T Interim 1.19 11 Team CSC Tiscali 12 Saeco-Longoni Sport 1.35 13 Alessio 1.40 14 Lotto -Adecco 15 De Nardi 1.47 Individual stage classification 1 Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 17.58 2 Rafael Diaz Justo (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 3 Angel Castresana (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 4 Jan Hruska (Cze) ONCE-Eroski 5 Isidro Nozal (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 6 Rene Andrle (Cze) ONCE-Eroski 7 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.28 8 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 9 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 10 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 11 Oscar Camenzind (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 12 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems 13 Michael Barry (Can) US Postal Service 0.30 14 Christian Vandevelde (USA) US Postal Service 15 Steffen Kjaergaard (Nor) US Postal Service 16 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service 17 Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal Service 18 William Chann Mcrae (USA) US Postal Service 19 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal Service 20 José Iván Gutierrez (Spa) iBanesto.com 21 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) iBanesto.com 22 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) iBanesto.com 23 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) iBanesto.com 24 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) iBanesto.com 25 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) iBanesto.com 0.35 26 David Clinger (USA) US Postal Service 0.37 27 Michele Bartoli (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 0.51 28 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Fassa Bortolo 29 Oscar Pozzi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 30 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 31 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 32 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Fassa Bortolo 33 Jesus Maria Manzano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 0.57 34 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 35 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 36 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 37 Carlos Garcia (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 38 Angel Vicioso (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 39 Juan José De Los Angeles (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 40 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 41 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 42 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 43 Alberto Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 44 Rubén Diaz De Cerio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 45 Alberto Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 46 Josu Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 47 Gorka Gerrikagoitia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 48 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 1.05 49 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 50 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 51 David Fernandez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 52 Sergio Perez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 53 J.Manuel Vazquez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 54 Jorge Capitan Peregrina (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 55 Juan Guillamon (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 1.13 56 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 57 Rafael Casero (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 58 Serguei Smetanine (Rus) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 59 Ricardo Valdez (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 60 Dario Gadeo (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 61 J.Antonio Pecharroman (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 62 Gonzalo Bayarri (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 63 James Vanlandschoot (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 1.19 64 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 65 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 66 Nico Sijmens (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 67 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 68 Rudolf Wentzel (RSA) Vlaanderen-T Interim 69 Carlos Sastre (Spa) CSC-Tiscali 70 Michael Rasmussen (Den) CSC-Tiscali 71 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) CSC-Tiscali 72 Nicki Sorensen (Den) CSC-Tiscali 73 Francisco Cerezo (Spa) CSC-Tiscali 74 Jehudi Schoonacher (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 1.24 75 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.26 76 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Saeco-Longoni Sport 1.35 77 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Saeco-Longoni Sport 78 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 79 Oscar Mason (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 80 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Saeco-Longoni Sport 81 Raphael Jeune (Fra) CSC-Tiscali 1.37 82 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio 1.40 83 Davide Frattini (Ita) Alessio 84 Raffaele Ferrara (Ita) Alessio 85 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio 86 Mauro Zanetti (Ita) Alessio 87 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 88 Tom Stremersch (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 89 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 90 Ief Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 91 Mario Aerts (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 92 Kurt Van Lancker (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 93 Serge Baguet (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 94 Isaac Galvez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1.42 95 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) De Nardi-Pasta Montegrappa 1.47 96 Seweryn Kohut (Pol) De Nardi-Pasta Montegrappa 97 Michele Gobbi (Ita) De Nardi-Pasta Montegrappa 98 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) De Nardi-Pasta Montegrappa 99 Jan Valach (Svk) De Nardi-Pasta Montegrappa 100 Vitali Kokorine (Rus) De Nardi-Pasta Montegrappa 101 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) De Nardi-Pasta Montegrappa 102 Fabio Testi (Ita) De Nardi-Pasta Montegrappa 103 Marcelino Garcia (Spa) CSC-Tiscali 1.53 104 Reto Bergmann (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.56 105 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Alessio 1.59 106 David Arroyo (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 2.03 107 Santiago Blanco (Spa) iBanesto.com 3.12 108 Manuel Calvente (Spa) CSC-Tiscali 3.22 109 Geoffrey Demeyere (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 3.23 110 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 3.29 111 Igor Pugaci (Mda) Saeco-Longoni Sport 4.58 112 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 5.23 Teams 1 ONCE-Eroski 53.54 2 Phonak Hearing Systems 1.24 3 US Postal Service 1.30 4 iBanesto.com 1.30 5 Fassa Bortolo 2.33 6 Kelme-Costa Blanca 2.51 7 Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.51 8 Relax-Fuenlabrada 3.15 9 Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 3.39 10 Vlaanderen-T Interim 3.57 11 Team CSC Tiscali 3.57 12 Saeco-Longoni Sport 4.45 13 Alessio 5.00 14 Lotto-Adecco 5.00 15 De Nardi-Pasta Montegrappa 5.21 General classification after stage 3 1 Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 8.21.46 2 Jan Hruska (Cze) ONCE-Eroski 3 Isidro Nozal (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 0.14 4 Angel Castresana (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 0.30 5 José Iván Gutierrez (Spa) iBanesto.com 0.37 6 Rene Andrle (Cze) ONCE-Eroski 0.44 7 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.47 8 Michele Bartoli (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 9 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal Service 0.49 10 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) iBanesto.com 11 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) iBanesto.com 12 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 0.57 13 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) iBanesto.com 1.00 14 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.04 15 David Clinger (USA) US Postal Service 1.07 16 Juan José De Los Angeles (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1.16 17 Alberto Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 18 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Fassa Bortolo 1.21 19 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 1.24 20 J.Manuel Vazquez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 21 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.25 22 Jesus Maria Manzano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1.27 23 Carlos Garcia (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 24 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 1.30 25 J.Antonio Pecharroman (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Alme 1.32 26 David Fernandez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 1.34 27 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 1.35 28 Sergio Perez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 29 Davide Frattini (Ita) Alessio 1.39 30 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 1.43 31 Rafael Casero (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 32 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.44 33 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems 34 Michael Barry (Can) US Postal Service 1.46 35 Christian Vandevelde (USA) US Postal Service 36 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 37 James Vanlandschoot (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 1.49 38 Michael Rasmussen (Den) CSC-Tiscali 39 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1.56 40 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1.57 41 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 42 Gorka Gerrikagoitia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 43 Rafael Diaz Justo (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 2.02 44 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Saeco-Longoni Sport 2.03 45 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 2.05 46 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Saeco-Longoni Sport 47 Oscar Mason (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 48 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.07 49 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 50 Tom Stremersch (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 2.10 51 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 52 Dario Gadeo (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 2.13 53 Juan Guillamon (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 54 Ricardo Valdez (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 55 Jan Valach (Svk) De Nardi-Pasta Montegrappa 2.17 56 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 2.19 57 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 58 Carlos Sastre (Spa) CSC-Tiscali 59 Francisco Cerezo (Spa) CSC-Tiscali 60 Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal Service 2.32 61 Steffen Kjaergaard (Nor) US Postal Service 62 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service 63 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) iBanesto.com 64 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) iBanesto.com 2.37 65 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio 2.40 66 Raffaele Ferrara (Ita) Alessio 67 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 68 Mario Aerts (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 69 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Saeco-Longoni Sport 2.51 70 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Fassa Bortolo 2.53 71 Seweryn Kohut (Pol) De Nardi-Pasta Montegrappa 3.03 72 Michele Gobbi (Ita) De Nardi-Pasta Montegrappa 3.15 73 Nicki Sorensen (Den) CSC-Tiscali 3.21 74 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) CSC-Tiscali 75 Santiago Blanco (Spa) iBanesto.com 3.42 76 Mauro Zanetti (Ita) Alessio 77 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 3.45 78 Vitali Kokorine (Rus) De Nardi-Pasta Montegrappa 3.49 79 David Arroyo (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 4.05 80 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 4.29 81 Manuel Calvente (Spa) CSC-Tiscali 4.38 82 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio 4.44 83 Angel Vicioso (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 5.08 84 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Alessio 5.37 85 Oscar Camenzind (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 5.42 86 Serge Baguet (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 5.51 87 Oscar Pozzi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 6.45 88 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 6.59 89 Reto Bergmann (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 7.29 90 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) De Nardi-Pasta Montegrappa 8.30 91 Josu Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 13.04 92 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 13.34 93 Alberto Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 13.50 94 Rubén Diaz De Cerio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 95 Fabio Testi (Ita) De Nardi-Pasta Montegrappa 13.54 96 Rudolf Wentzel (RSA) Vlaanderen-T Interim 13.56 97 Nico Sijmens (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 98 Jorge Capitan Peregrina (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 13.58 99 William Chann Mcrae (USA) US Postal Service 14.09 100 Ief Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 14.17 101 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) De Nardi-Pasta Montegrapp 14.24 102 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) De Nardi-Pasta Montegrapp 14.40 103 Marcelino Garcia (Spa) CSC-Tiscali 14.46 104 Gonzalo Bayarri (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 14.52 105 Kurt Van Lancker (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 15.19 106 Geoffrey Demeyere (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 16.16 107 Serguei Smetanine (Rus) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 16.56 108 Jehudi Schoonacher (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 28.44 109 Raphael Jeune (Fra) CSC-Tiscali 28.57 110 Isaac Galvez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 29.02 Points classification 1 Michele Bartoli (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 36 pts 2 Davide Frattini (Ita) Alessio 28 3 José Iván Gutierrez (Spa) iBanesto.com 25 4 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 25 5 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 23 6 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 19 7 Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 14 8 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 14 9 Alberto Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10 10 Oscar Camenzind (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 10 11 Jan Hruska (Cze) ONCE-Eroski 9 12 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal Service 9 13 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) iBanesto.com 8 14 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 8 15 Isidro Nozal (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 7 16 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 7 17 Rene Andrle (Cze) ONCE-Eroski 6 18 Juan José De Los Angeles (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 6 19 J.Antonio Pecharroman (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Alme 5 20 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Phonak Hearing System 4 21 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) De Nardi-Pasta Montegrappa 4 22 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) iBanesto.com 3 23 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio 2 24 J.Manuel Vazquez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 1 25 James Vanlandschoot (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 1 Mountains classification 1 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio 26 pts 2 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 20 3 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Saeco-Longoni Sport 19 4 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 15 5 Angel Castresana (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 8 6 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal Service 5 7 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 4 8 José Iván Gutierrez (Spa) iBanesto.com 4 9 Carlos Sastre (Spa) CSC-Tiscali 3 10 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) CSC-Tiscali 3 11 Dario Gadeo (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 2 12 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) iBanesto.com 2 13 David Fernandez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 2 14 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1 15 Serguei Smetanine (Rus) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 1 16 Rafael Diaz Justo (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 1 Metas volantes classification 1 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Saeco-Longoni Sport 11 pts 2 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio 7 3 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Saeco-Longoni Sport 3 4 José Iván Gutierrez (Spa) iBanesto.com 3 5 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal Service 2 6 Jan Hruska (Cze) ONCE-Eroski 2 7 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 2 8 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1 9 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1 10 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 1 11 Santiago Blanco (Spa) iBanesto.com 1 12 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1 13 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service 1 Teams classification 1 ONCE-Eroski 25.05.32 2 iBanesto.com 2.08 3 Phonak Hearing Systems 2.51 4 Fassa Bortolo 2.55 5 US Postal Service 3.21 6 Kelme-Costa Blanca 3.56 7 Relax-Fuenlabrada 4.09 8 Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.26 9 Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 4.44 10 Vlaanderen-T Interim 5.24 11 Saeco-Longoni Sport 5.31 12 Team CSC Tiscali 6.13 13 Alessio 6.46 14 Lotto-Adecco 6.46 15 De Nardi-Pasta Montegrappa 7.07
