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84th Volta a Catalunya - 2.HC
Spain, June 14-20, 2004
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Stage 1 - 14 June: Salou - Salou TTT, 18.1 km
Baleares take opening team test
By Martin Hardie
Illes Baleares Banesto logged its second team time trial win of the season (the other being in the Vuelta a Castilla-Leon) with a steady display in the Catalan beachside resort town of Salou today. , beating arch rivals Liberty Seguros by six seconds and Gerolsteiner by 15 seconds.
It was a sunny, slightly windy day at the beach for the riders, during which the Baleares boys managed to hold their early lead against all comers, clocking 20'07 for the 18.1 km stage. Only Liberty Seguros were able to come within anything that you could call close, being just 6 seconds behind at the end. The next closest squad, Gerolsteiner, was 15 seconds back, Lampre another second further and marking off the top five, Relax-Bodysol at 21 seconds behind the time set by Baleares.
With the team's win, 29 year old ex-Kelme rider Isaac Galvez Lopez wears the first green and white leader's jersey. Galvez, better known for his fast finishing, celebrated his last victory in Catalonia during the Setmana Catalana in March this year, when he pipped Erik Zabel at the line in Reixac. He will have his work cut out to hold onto the jersey during the remainder of this week.
Tomorrow's stage of 145 km crosses the Cat. 3 Coll de Jou in its path northwards towards the Pyrenees, then descends into the Ebro river valley after which it climbs the Cat. 2 Alto de Coll Paumeres at the 100 kilometre mark. From there it is a roller coaster ride until the uphill finish at Horta de Sant Joan. It is a day set for a long escape and we probably will not have to wait long for the other teams - separated overall from first to last by one clear minute - to start to test the Baleares defence.
Results
1 Illes Balears-Banesto 20.07 (53.98 km/h) 2 Liberty Seguros 0.06 3 Gerolsteiner 0.15 4 Lampre 0.16 5 Relax-Bodysol 0.21 6 Euskaltel-Euskadi 7 Fassa Bortolo 0.23 8 Cofidis 0.24 9 Costa Almeria-Paternina 0.25 10 U.S. Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 0.30 11 Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.31 12 Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 0.33 13 Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo 0.39 14 De Nardi 0.40 15 Cafes Baque 1.00 Individual classification 1 Isaac Galvez (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 20.07 2 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto 3 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 4 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 5 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 6 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 7 Christia Vandevelde (USA) Liberty Seguros 0.06 8 René Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros 9 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Liberty Seguros 10 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros 11 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros 12 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.15 13 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 14 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 15 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner 16 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 17 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 0.16 18 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre 19 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre 20 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre 21 Michele Scotto (Ita) Lampre 22 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 0.21 23 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 24 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 25 José Alberto Martinez (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 26 José Luis Rebollo (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 27 Moises Duenas (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 28 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 29 Gorka Arrizabalaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 30 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 31 Joseba Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 32 Aitor Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 33 Alberto Lopez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 34 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 35 Roberto Petito (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 0.23 36 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 37 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 38 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Fassa Bortolo 39 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 40 Itor Gonzalez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 41 Julian Sanchez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 42 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis 0.24 43 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis 44 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis 45 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis 46 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis 47 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis 48 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Lampre 0.25 49 Alvaro Gonzalez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 50 David Fernandez (Spa) Costa Almeria-Paternina 0.30 51 Francisco José Lara (Spa) Costa Almeria-Paternina 52 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Costa Almeria-Paternina 53 Carlos R. Golbano (Spa) Costa Almeria-Paternina 54 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Costa Almeria-Paternina 55 David Herrero (Spa) Costa Almeria-Paternina 56 Michael Barry (Can) U.S. Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 57 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) U.S. Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 58 Benoît Joachim (Lux) U.S. Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 59 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) U.S. Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 60 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) U.S. Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 61 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) U.S. Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 62 Fco.José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.31 63 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 64 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 65 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 66 Juan C. Dominguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 67 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 68 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 69 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 70 Jon Odriozola (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 0.33 71 Ivan Ramiro Parra (Col) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 72 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 73 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 74 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 75 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo 0.39 76 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo 77 Crescenzo D'amore (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo 78 Valery Kobzarenko (Ukr) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo 79 Lorenzo Cardellini (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo 80 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) De Nardi 0.40 81 Charly Wegelius (GBr) De Nardi 82 Graziano Gasparre (Ita) De Nardi 83 Michele Gobbi (Ita) De Nardi 84 Matej Jurco (Svk) De Nardi 85 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) De Nardi 86 Romans Vainsteins (Lat) Lampre 0.43 87 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis 0.53 88 Aitor Perez (Spa) Cafes Baque 1.00 89 Francisco Palacio (Spa) Cafes Baque 90 Félix Rafael Cardenas (Col) Cafes Baque 91 Hernan Buenahora (Col) Cafes Baque 92 Pedro Arreitunandia (Spa) Cafes Baque 93 Mikel Gaztanaga (Spa) Cafes Baque 94 Enrico Grigoli (Ita) De Nardi 95 Devis Miorin (Ita) De Nardi 96 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros 1.21 97 Javier Perez (Spa) Costa Almeria-Paternina 1.28 98 Aitor Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 1.40 99 Alessandro Donati (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo 1.42 100 Stijn Devolder (Bel) U.S. Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 1.43 101 Daniel Rincon (Col) U.S. Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 102 Oleksandr Kvachuk (Ukr) Lampre 1.57 103 Javier P.Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 2.01 104 Fernando Torres (Spa) Cafes Baque 2.05 105 Andrea Ferrigato (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo 2.06 106 Lander Euba (Spa) Costa Almeria-Paternina 107 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 2.17 108 Jose Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 109 Jose Cayetano Julia (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 2.32 110 Carlos Garcia (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 111 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.36 112 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 113 Jesus Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 2.50 114 Uwe Hardter (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.52 115 Denis Bertolini (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo 2.57 116 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.18 117 Julen Urbano (Spa) Cafes Baque 118 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Illes Balears-Banesto 3.22 Teams 1 Illes Balears-Banesto 1.00.21 2 Liberty Seguros 0.18 3 Gerolsteiner 0.45 4 Lampre 0.48 5 Relax-Bodysol 1.03 6 Euskaltel-Euskadi 7 Fassa Bortolo 1.09 8 Cofidis 1.12 9 Costa Almeria-Paternina 1.30 10 U.S. Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 11 Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.33 12 Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 1.39 13 Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo 1.57 14 De Nardi 2.00 15 Cafes Baque 3.00
