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83rd Volta a Catalunya - 2.HC
Spain, June 16-22, 2003
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Stage 2 - June 17: Mora D'ebre / El Morell, 183.6 Km
De Groot gets it, Vicioso into race lead
Hincapie close
Rabobank's Bram De Groot was the flying Dutchman today, taking out the bunch sprint in stage 2 of the Volta a Catalunya ahead of Angel Vicioso (ONCE-Eroski) and a rejuvinated George Hincapie (US Postal Service). Thanks ONCE's stage 1 team time trial win, as well as bonifications picked up in today's stage, Vicioso assumed the race from his ONCE teammate Xavier Florencio.
After just five kilometres of racing, a group of 18 riders set off on the day's early adventure, building an advantage of two and a half minutes before the first climb of the day, the second category Coll de Paumeres. The move featured most notably the race's defending champion, Roberto Heras (US Postal). Over the summit of the first climb, Jose Enrique Gutierrez (Kelme) took the points ahead of Rafael Casero (Paternina-Costa Almeria) and Michael Rasmussen (Rabobank). The break's advantage peaked early, and by the 53km mark the peloton was back together.
This wouldn't be the case for long, however, as a split opened up in the main group which would prove fatal for some. Thirty nine riders moved clear, and the remainder of the bunch would never see them again. The pace remained high in the lead group, including an attack by Euskaltel's Lander Euba after the second climb. As the gap back to the second peloton widened, the wind went out of the sails of the chasers and the chase shut down, much to the dismay of Telekom's sprinter Erik Zabel, trapped in the wrong half of the race.
Euba stayed clear on his own over the final climb of the Coll de la Bataille, but his work was cut out for him to avoid being caught by the hungry lead group. Zabel's absence surely would have inspired the other sprinters in the race, and after a steady chase Euba was caught in the closing kilometres of the race. In the end it was De Groot who got the best jump and won by a second over Vicioso and Hincapie. As a point of pride, Zabel took the bunch sprint for 40th place, leading home the second field twenty full minutes behind De Groot. The major contenders for overall victory were all attentive and arrived home in the first group.
Results
1 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 4.21.25 2 Angel Vicioso (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 0.01 3 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal-Berry Floor 4 Matthias Kessler (Ger) Telekom 5 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Vini Caldirola-So.Di 6 Xavier Florencio (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 7 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-So.Di 8 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) iBanesto.com 9 Jose A. Pecharroman (Spa) Paternina-Costa Almeria 10 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 11 Francisco J. Cerezo (Spa) Labarca 2-Cafe Baque 12 Rene Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 13 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 14 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 15 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 16 Rafael Casero (Spa) Paternina-Costa Almeria 17 David De La Fuente (Spa) Vini Caldirola-So.Di 18 Jesus Maria Manzano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 19 Jose Luis Arrieta (Spa) iBanesto.com 20 Mario Aerts (Bel) Telekom 21 Ivan Basso (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 22 Unai Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 23 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis 24 Antonio Cruz (USA) US Postal-Berry Floor 25 Udo Bolts (Ger) Gerolsteiner 26 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) iBanesto.com 27 Koldo Gil (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 28 Ivan Ramiro Parra (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 29 Joaquim Lopez (Spa) Paternina-Costa Almeria 30 Cesar Garcia (Spa) Labarca 2-Cafe Baque 31 Santiago Blanco (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 32 Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 33 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis 34 Rene Andrle (Cze) ONCE-Eroski 35 Jose Manuel Maestre (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 36 Matthew White (Aus) US Postal-Berry Floor 37 Ellis Rastelli (Ita) Gerolsteiner 38 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 39 Lander Euba (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.48 40 Erik Zabel (Ger) Telekom 20.08 41 Rolf Aldag (Ger) Telekom 42 Jan Schaffrath (Ger) Telekom 43 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Lokomotiv 44 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Gerolsteiner 45 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Paternina-Costa Almeria 46 Oleg Rodionov (Rus) Lokomotiv 47 Nicola Loda (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 48 Jose Enriqu Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 49 Marek Rutkiewicz (Pol) Cofidis 50 Andreas Kloden (Ger) Telekom 51 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Gerolsteiner 52 Josep Jufre (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 53 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis 54 Alexei Kuznetsov (Rus) Lokomotiv 55 Uwe Hardter (Ger) Gerolsteiner 56 Robert Bartko (Ger) Rabobank 57 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 58 Serguei Klimov (Rus) Lokomotiv 59 Javier P. Llorente (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 60 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 61 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank 62 Robert Hunter (RSA) Rabobank 63 Jan Hruska (Cze) ONCE-Eroski 64 Juan De Los Angeles (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 65 Marcelino Garcia (Spa) Labarca 2-Cafe Baque 66 Roberto Lozano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 67 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 68 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Vini Caldirola-So.Di 69 Jon Odriozola (Spa) iBanesto.com 70 Jose Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) iBanesto.com 71 Gorka Arrizabalaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 72 Andrea Masciarelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-So.Di 73 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 74 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 75 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Paternina-Costa Almeria 76 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 77 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 78 David Navas (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 79 David Latasa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 80 David Lopez (Spa) Labarca 2-Cafe Baque 81 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 82 Xabier Zandio (Spa) iBanesto.com 83 Michael Barry (Can) US Postal-Berry Floor 84 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis 85 German Nieto (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 86 Christian Vandevelde (USA) US Postal-Berry Floor 87 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Vini Caldirola-So.Di 88 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 89 David Arroyo (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 90 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal-Berry Floor 91 Nico Mattan (Bel) Cofidis 92 Gustavo Miguel Otero (Spa) Labarca 2-Cafe Baque 93 Santiago Botero (Col) Telekom 94 Massimo Apollonio (Ita) Vini Caldirola-So.Di 95 Andrej Hauptman (Slo) Vini Caldirola-So.Di 96 Alexei Markov (Rus) Lokomotiv 97 Steffen Kjaergaard (Nor) US Postal-Berry Floor 98 Gian Matteo Fagnini (Ita) Telekom 99 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Fassa Bortolo 100 Alexander Serov (Rus) Lokomotiv 101 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Lokomotiv 102 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 103 Michele Bartoli (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 104 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 105 Jose Antonio Garrido (Spa) Paternina-Costa Almeria 106 Aitor Kintana (Spa) Labarca 2-Cafe Baque 107 Xavier Tondo (Spa) Paternina-Costa Almeria 108 Julen Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 109 Alberto Hierro (Spa) Labarca 2-Cafe Baque 110 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank 111 Gorka Gerrikagoitia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi Points 1 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 25 Pts 2 Angel Vicioso (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 20 3 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal-Berry Floor 16 4 Matthias Kessler (Ger) Telekom 14 5 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Vini Caldirola-So.Di 12 6 Xavier Florencio (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 10 7 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-So.Di 9 8 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) iBanesto.com 8 9 Jose A. Pecharroman (Spa) Paternina-Costa Almeria 7 10 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6 11 Francisco J. Cerezo (Spa) Labarca 2-Cafe Baque 5 12 Rene Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 4 13 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 3 14 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 15 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 1 Mountains Coll de Paumeres - Cat. 2, km 25.6 1 Jose Enriqu Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 10 Pts 2 Rafael Casero (Spa) Paternina-Costa Almeria 7 3 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 5 4 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 3 5 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2 6 German Nieto (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 1 Alto de Coll Roig - Cat. 3, km 76.6 1 Rafael Casero (Spa) Paternina-Costa Almeria 6 Pts 2 Jesus Maria Manzano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 4 3 Joaquim Lopez (Spa) Paternina-Costa Almeria 2 4 David De La Fuente (Spa) Vini Caldirola-So.Di 1 Coll de la Bataille - Cat. 3, km 118.5 1 Lander Euba (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6 Pts 2 Rafael Casero (Spa) Paternina-Costa Almeria 4 3 Jose A. Pecharroman (Spa) Paternina-Costa Almeria 2 4 Jesus Maria Manzano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1 Meta volantes Vinebre, km 14.4 1 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 3 Pts 2 Rafael Casero (Spa) Paternina-Costa Almeria 2 3 Jose Enriqu Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1 More D'Ebre, km 47.8 1 German Nieto (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 3 Pts 2 Marcelino Garcia (Spa) Labarca 2-Cafe Baque 2 3 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 1 Teams 1 Vini Caldirola-SO.DI 13.04.18 2 O.N.C.E.-Eroski 3 iBanesto.com 4 Paternina-Costa de Almeria 5 US Postal presented by Berry Floor 6 Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 7 Gerolsteiner 8 Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.47 9 Team Telekom 20.07 10 Kelme-Costa Blanca 11 Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 12 Labarca-2-Café Baqué 13 Fassa Bortolo 14 Rabobank 40.13 15 Lokomotiv 1.00.21 General classification after stage 2 1 Angel Vicioso (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 4.46.52 2 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal-Berry Floor 0.05 3 Xavier Florencio (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 0.06 4 Koldo Gil (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 5 Rene Andrle (Cze) ONCE-Eroski 6 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 0.08 7 Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 0.09 8 Matthew White (Aus) US Postal-Berry Floor 9 Ivan Basso (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 0.31 10 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 11 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) iBanesto.com 0.32 12 Jose Luis Arrieta (Spa) iBanesto.com 13 Unai Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 14 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) iBanesto.com 15 Matthias Kessler (Ger) Telekom 0.38 16 Mario Aerts (Bel) Telekom 17 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 0.46 18 Santiago Blanco (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 19 Jose Manuel Maestre (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 20 Rafael Casero (Spa) Paternina-Costa Almeria 0.53 21 Jose A. Pecharroman (Spa) Paternina-Costa Almeria 0.55 22 Jesus Maria Manzano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 23 Ivan Ramiro Parra (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 24 Joaquim Lopez (Spa) Paternina-Costa Almeria 25 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 0.56 26 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Vini Caldirola-So.Di 1.02 27 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-So.Di 28 Rene Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 29 David De La Fuente (Spa) Vini Caldirola-So.Di 30 Udo Bolts (Ger) Gerolsteiner 31 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.26 32 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 33 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis 1.30 34 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis 35 Francisco J. Cerezo (Spa) Labarca 2-Cafe Baque 1.47 36 Cesar Garcia (Spa) Labarca 2-Cafe Baque 37 Lander Euba (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.13 38 Ellis Rastelli (Ita) Gerolsteiner 2.34 39 Antonio Cruz (USA) US Postal-Berry Floor 3.54 40 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 20.09 41 Jan Hruska (Cze) ONCE-Eroski 20.13 42 David Arroyo (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 43 Michael Barry (Can) US Postal-Berry Floor 20.16 44 Christian Vandevelde (USA) US Postal-Berry Floor 45 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal-Berry Floor 46 Steffen Kjaergaard (Nor) US Postal-Berry Floor 47 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 20.26 48 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 49 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 50 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank 51 Nicola Loda (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 20.38 52 Juan De Los Angeles (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 53 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 54 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Fassa Bortolo 55 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 56 Michele Bartoli (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 57 Jon Odriozola (Spa) iBanesto.com 20.39 58 Jose Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) iBanesto.com 59 Xabier Zandio (Spa) iBanesto.com 60 Erik Zabel (Ger) Telekom 20.45 61 Rolf Aldag (Ger) Telekom 62 Andreas Kloden (Ger) Telekom 63 Santiago Botero (Col) Telekom 64 Robert Hunter (RSA) Rabobank 20.46 65 Josep Jufre (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 20.53 66 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 67 Jose Enriqu Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 21.01 68 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Paternina-Costa Almeria 21.02 69 Javier P. Llorente (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 70 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Paternina-Costa Almeria 71 David Latasa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 72 Jose Antonio Garrido (Spa) Paternina-Costa Almeria 73 Xavier Tondo (Spa) Paternina-Costa Almeria 74 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Gerolsteiner 21.09 75 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Gerolsteiner 76 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Vini Caldirola-So.Di 77 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 78 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Vini Caldirola-So.Di 79 Andrej Hauptman (Slo) Vini Caldirola-So.Di 80 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Lokomotiv 21.13 81 Alexei Kuznetsov (Rus) Lokomotiv 82 Serguei Klimov (Rus) Lokomotiv 83 Alexei Markov (Rus) Lokomotiv 84 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Lokomotiv 85 David Navas (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 21.15 86 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 21.33 87 Julen Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 88 Gorka Gerrikagoitia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 89 Marek Rutkiewicz (Pol) Cofidis 21.37 90 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis 91 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis 92 Massimo Apollonio (Ita) Vini Caldirola-So.Di 21.42 93 Marcelino Garcia (Spa) Labarca 2-Cafe Baque 21.52 94 David Lopez (Spa) Labarca 2-Cafe Baque 21.54 95 Nico Mattan (Bel) Cofidis 96 Gustavo Miguel Otero (Spa) Labarca 2-Cafe Baque 97 Aitor Kintana (Spa) Labarca 2-Cafe Baque 98 Alberto Hierro (Spa) Labarca 2-Cafe Baque 99 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank 22.00 100 Robert Bartko (Ger) Rabobank 22.23 101 Andrea Masciarelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-So.Di 22.45 102 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 22.48 103 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 22.56 104 Gorka Arrizabalaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 23.22 105 Gian Matteo Fagnini (Ita) Telekom 23.48 106 Alexander Serov (Rus) Lokomotiv 24.27 107 German Nieto (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 24.38 108 Roberto Lozano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 24.51 109 Jan Schaffrath (Ger) Telekom 24.53 110 Uwe Hardter (Ger) Gerolsteiner 111 Oleg Rodionov (Rus) Lokomotiv 25.41 Points classification 1 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 25 Pts 2 Angel Vicioso (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 20 3 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal-Berry Floor 16 4 Matthias Kessler (Ger) Telekom 14 5 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Vini Caldirola-So.Di 12 6 Xavier Florencio (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 10 7 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-So.Di 9 8 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) iBanesto.com 8 9 Jose A. Pecharroman (Spa) Paternina-Costa Almeria 7 10 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6 11 Francisco J. Cerezo (Spa) Labarca 2-Cafe Baque 5 12 Rene Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 4 13 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 3 14 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 15 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 1 Mountains classification 1 Rafael Casero (Spa) Paternina-Costa Almeria 17 Pts 2 Jose Enriqu Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 10 3 Lander Euba (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6 4 Jesus Maria Manzano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 5 5 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 5 6 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 3 7 Jose A. Pecharroman (Spa) Paternina-Costa Almeria 2 8 Joaquim Lopez (Spa) Paternina-Costa Almeria 2 9 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2 10 David De La Fuente (Spa) Vini Caldirola-So.Di 1 11 German Nieto (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 1 Metas volantes classification 1 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 4 Pts 2 German Nieto (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 3 3 Rafael Casero (Spa) Paternina-Costa Almeria 2 4 Marcelino Garcia (Spa) Labarca 2-Cafe Baque 2 5 Jose Enriqu Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1 Gral Catalanes 1 Angel Vicioso (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 2 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal-Berry Floor 3 Xavier Florencio (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 4 Koldo Gil (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 5 Rene Andrle (Cze) ONCE-Eroski Teams classification 1 O.N.C.E.-Eroski 14.20.54 2 US Postal presented by Berry Floor 0.09 3 iBanesto.com 1.18 4 Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 2.00 5 Paternina-Costa de Almeria 2.27 6 Vini Caldirola-SO.DI 2.48 7 Gerolsteiner 8 Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.47 9 Fassa Bortolo 21.22 10 Team Telekom 21.43 11 Kelme-Costa Blanca 22.34 12 Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 24.19 13 Labarca-2-Café Baqué 25.10 14 Rabobank 40.52 15 Lokomotiv 1.03.21
