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89th Volta a Catalunya - UPT
Spain, May 18-24, 2009
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Stage 1 - May 18: Lloret de Mar - Lloret de Mar (ITT), 3.6km
Hushovd squeaks through to repeat win
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Norwegian Thor Hushovd claimed a narrow victory in the short opening time trial of the Volta a Catalunya over Spaniard Alejandro Valverde. The Cervelo TestTeam rider went ten seconds slower than last year's winning effort, and Valverde came within a second of his 4:47. Columbia-Highroad's sprinter Greg Henderson took third a further second in arrears.
"This is actually a surprise for me," said Hushovd. "After the Classics period I had a rest and tried to build up my form again, but I'm really happy with this win."
The presence of Valverde at the ProTour event was quite controversial considering the rider has been suspended for two years by the Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) for his alleged involvement in Operacion Puerto. The UCI has yet to extend the ban worldwide, but that never stopped them from preventing riders from contesting ProTour events. In past years, simply being under investigation for doping was enough to keep a rider home from the sport's top series.
The stay in the leader's white jersey should be a short one for the big Norwegian, Hushovd. The second stage heads straight into the mountains with a category one climb coming 18km from the line.
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- Thor Hushovd (Cervelo Test Team) narrowly won stage one of the Volta a Catalunya.
- Norwegian Thor Hushovd (Cervelo Test Team) won the opening time trial at the Volta a Catalunya for the second straight year.
- Thor Hushovd (Cervelo TestTeam) won the stage one time trial and assumes the race lead.
- Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) powers out of a turn en route to finishing second in the opening time trial.
- Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) waves from the podium after finishing 2nd in the opening time trial.
- Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) speaks to the media.
Results
1 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Cervelo Test Team 4.47 (45.147 km/h) 2 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0.01 3 Greg Henderson (NZl) Team Columbia - Highroad 0.02 4 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française Des Jeux 0.03 5 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Quick Step 6 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française Des Jeux 7 Dominique Cornu (Bel) Quick Step 8 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 0.04 9 Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas 10 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Cervelo Test Team 11 Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Team Katusha 0.05 12 Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale 13 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Astana 14 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Team Katusha 15 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team Saxo Bank 16 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quick Step 17 Marlon Perez (Col) Caisse d'Epargne 0.06 18 José Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 19 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 20 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Cervelo Test Team 21 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 22 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Silence-Lotto 23 Vitaliy Buts (Ukr) Lampre - N.G.C. 24 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Silence-Lotto 25 Steven Cozza (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 26 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 0.07 27 William Bonnet (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 28 Marcel Wyss (Swi) Cervelo Test Team 29 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Quick Step 30 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Team Columbia - Highroad 0.08 31 Craig Lewis (USA) Team Columbia - Highroad 32 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 33 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram 34 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team Saxo Bank 35 Volodymyr Zagorodny (Ukr) Lampre - N.G.C. 36 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 37 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Columbia - Highroad 38 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Française Des Jeux 0.09 39 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank 40 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia - Highroad 41 Jerome Coppel (Fra) Française Des Jeux 42 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Team Saxo Bank 43 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 44 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 45 Hayden Roulston (NZl) Cervelo Test Team 46 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Milram 47 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 48 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 49 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Silence-Lotto 0.10 50 Manuel Vazquez (Spa) Contentpolis-AMPO 51 Michael Albasini (Swi) Team Columbia - Highroad 52 Brian Vandborg (Den) Liquigas 53 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank 54 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0.11 55 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 56 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Astana 57 Pablo Urtasun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 58 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Liquigas 59 Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 60 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 61 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Caisse d'Epargne 62 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Cervelo Test Team 0.12 63 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 64 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 65 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step 66 Josep Jufre (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 67 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas 0.13 68 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Team Katusha 69 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence-Lotto 70 Alberto Losada (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 71 Markus Eichler (Ger) Team Milram 72 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 73 Christophe Kern (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 74 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française Des Jeux 0.14 75 Matti Breschel (Den) Team Saxo Bank 76 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 77 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 78 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas 79 Xavier Tondo (Spa) Andalucia-Cajasur 80 José Herrada (Spa) Contentpolis-AMPO 81 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 82 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 83 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale 84 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 85 Simone Ponzi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 86 Daniel Martin (Irl) Garmin - Slipstream 87 Timothy Duggan (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 88 Rafael Serrano (Spa) Contentpolis-AMPO 0.15 89 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 90 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Cervelo Test Team 91 Adam Hansen (Aus) Team Columbia - Highroad 92 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 93 Paul Voss (Ger) Team Milram 94 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step 0.16 95 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 96 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana 97 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 98 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 99 Cameron Wurf (Aus) Fuji-Servetto 100 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team Saxo Bank 101 Yury Trofimov (Rus) BBox Bouygues Telecom 102 Servais Knaven (Ned) Team Milram 103 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) Team Katusha 104 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale 0.17 105 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Liquigas 106 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Silence-Lotto 107 Mike Friedman (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 108 Alexei Markov (Rus) Team Katusha 109 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team Saxo Bank 110 Roman Kireyev (Kaz) Astana 111 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) BBox Bouygues Telecom 0.18 112 Arkaitz Duran (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 113 Marcin Sapa (Pol) Lampre - N.G.C. 114 Francisco Jose Martinez (Spa) Andalucia-Cajasur 115 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team Saxo Bank 116 Benat Intxausti (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 117 Denis Galimzyanov (Rus) Team Katusha 0.19 118 Alexsandr Dyachenko (Kaz) Astana 119 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 120 Javier Benitez (Spa) Contentpolis-AMPO 121 Trent Lowe (Aus) Garmin - Slipstream 0.20 122 Dominik Roels (Ger) Team Milram 123 Aitor Perez (Spa) Contentpolis-AMPO 124 Christian Kux (Ger) Team Milram 125 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 126 Christian Meier (Can) Garmin - Slipstream 127 Francesco Tomei (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 128 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 129 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Team Katusha 0.21 130 Vincent Jerome (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 131 Inigo Cuesta (Spa) Cervelo Test Team 132 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Silence-Lotto 133 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 134 Kai Reus (Ned) Rabobank 135 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Garmin - Slipstream 136 Javier Moreno (Spa) Andalucia-Cajasur 0.22 137 David De La Fuente (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 138 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Française Des Jeux 139 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step 140 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Fuji-Servetto 141 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 0.23 142 Marco Velo (Ita) Quick Step 143 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 144 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence-Lotto 145 Jesus Rosendo (Spa) Andalucia-Cajasur 0.24 146 Fabrice Piemontesi (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 0.25 147 Julian Sanchez (Spa) Contentpolis-AMPO 0.26 148 Adrian Palomares (Spa) Contentpolis-AMPO 149 Oscar Garcia-Casarrubios (Spa) Contentpolis-AMPO 150 Javier Ramirez (Spa) Andalucia-Cajasur 151 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Andalucia-Cajasur 0.27 152 Ivan Velasco (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0.28 153 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Astana 0.29 154 Jesus Hernandez (Spa) Astana 0.30 155 José Antonio Lopez Gil (Spa) Andalucia-Cajasur 0.31 156 Sergey Renev (Kaz) Astana 0.33 157 Boris Shpilevsky (Rus) Fuji-Servetto 0.34 158 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 0.36 159 Svein Tuft (Can) Garmin - Slipstream 0.37 160 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 0.49 161 Jose Ruiz (Spa) Andalucia-Cajasur 0.56 162 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas 1.05 163 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) Team Columbia - Highroad 1.14 Teams 1 Cervelo Test Team 14.31 2 Quick Step 0.01 3 Caisse d'Epargne 0.03 4 Française Des Jeux 0.05 5 Team Columbia - High Road 0.08 6 Team Milram 0.11 7 Team Saxo Bank 0.12 8 Silence - Lotto 9 Team Katusha 0.13 10 Euskaltel - Euskadi 11 Rabobank 0.14 12 Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne 13 Lampre 0.15 14 Liquigas 15 AG2R La Mondiale 0.20 16 Astana 0.22 17 Garmin - Slipstream 0.24 18 Bbox Bouygues Telecom 0.25 19 Contentpolis-Ampo 0.29 20 Fuji-Servetto 0.36 21 Andalucia Cajasur 0.44 General classification after stage 1 1 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Cervelo Test Team 4.47 2 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0.01 3 Greg Henderson (NZl) Team Columbia - Highroad 0.02 4 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française Des Jeux 0.03 5 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Quick Step 6 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française Des Jeux 7 Dominique Cornu (Bel) Quick Step 8 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 0.04 9 Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas 10 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Cervelo Test Team 11 Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Team Katusha 0.05 12 Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale 13 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Astana 14 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Team Katusha 15 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team Saxo Bank 16 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quick Step 17 Marlon Perez (Col) Caisse d'Epargne 0.06 18 José Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 19 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 20 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Cervelo Test Team 21 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 22 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Silence-Lotto 23 Vitaliy Buts (Ukr) Lampre - N.G.C. 24 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Silence-Lotto 25 Steven Cozza (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 26 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 0.07 27 William Bonnet (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 28 Marcel Wyss (Swi) Cervelo Test Team 29 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Quick Step 30 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Team Columbia - Highroad 0.08 31 Craig Lewis (USA) Team Columbia - Highroad 32 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 33 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram 34 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team Saxo Bank 35 Volodymyr Zagorodny (Ukr) Lampre - N.G.C. 36 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 37 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Columbia - Highroad 38 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Française Des Jeux 0.09 39 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank 40 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia - Highroad 41 Jerome Coppel (Fra) Française Des Jeux 42 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Team Saxo Bank 43 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 44 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 45 Hayden Roulston (NZl) Cervelo Test Team 46 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Milram 47 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 48 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 49 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Silence-Lotto 0.10 50 Manuel Vazquez (Spa) Contentpolis-AMPO 51 Michael Albasini (Swi) Team Columbia - Highroad 52 Brian Vandborg (Den) Liquigas 53 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank 54 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0.11 55 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 56 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Astana 57 Pablo Urtasun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 58 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Liquigas 59 Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 60 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 61 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Caisse d'Epargne 62 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Cervelo Test Team 0.12 63 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 64 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 65 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step 66 Josep Jufre (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 67 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas 0.13 68 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Team Katusha 69 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence-Lotto 70 Alberto Losada (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 71 Markus Eichler (Ger) Team Milram 72 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 73 Christophe Kern (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 74 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française Des Jeux 0.14 75 Matti Breschel (Den) Team Saxo Bank 76 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 77 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 78 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas 79 Xavier Tondo (Spa) Andalucia-Cajasur 80 José Herrada (Spa) Contentpolis-AMPO 81 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 82 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 83 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale 84 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 85 Simone Ponzi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 86 Daniel Martin (Irl) Garmin - Slipstream 87 Timothy Duggan (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 88 Rafael Serrano (Spa) Contentpolis-AMPO 0.15 89 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 90 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Cervelo Test Team 91 Adam Hansen (Aus) Team Columbia - Highroad 92 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 93 Paul Voss (Ger) Team Milram 94 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step 0.16 95 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 96 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana 97 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 98 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 99 Cameron Wurf (Aus) Fuji-Servetto 100 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team Saxo Bank 101 Yury Trofimov (Rus) BBox Bouygues Telecom 102 Servais Knaven (Ned) Team Milram 103 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) Team Katusha 104 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale 0.17 105 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Liquigas 106 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Silence-Lotto 107 Mike Friedman (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 108 Alexei Markov (Rus) Team Katusha 109 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team Saxo Bank 110 Roman Kireyev (Kaz) Astana 111 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) BBox Bouygues Telecom 0.18 112 Arkaitz Duran (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 113 Marcin Sapa (Pol) Lampre - N.G.C. 114 Francisco Jose Martinez (Spa) Andalucia-Cajasur 115 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team Saxo Bank 116 Benat Intxausti (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 117 Denis Galimzyanov (Rus) Team Katusha 0.19 118 Alexsandr Dyachenko (Kaz) Astana 119 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 120 Javier Benitez (Spa) Contentpolis-AMPO 121 Trent Lowe (Aus) Garmin - Slipstream 0.20 122 Dominik Roels (Ger) Team Milram 123 Aitor Perez (Spa) Contentpolis-AMPO 124 Christian Kux (Ger) Team Milram 125 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 126 Christian Meier (Can) Garmin - Slipstream 127 Francesco Tomei (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 128 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 129 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Team Katusha 0.21 130 Vincent Jerome (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 131 Inigo Cuesta (Spa) Cervelo Test Team 132 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Silence-Lotto 133 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 134 Kai Reus (Ned) Rabobank 135 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Garmin - Slipstream 136 Javier Moreno (Spa) Andalucia-Cajasur 0.22 137 David De La Fuente (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 138 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Française Des Jeux 139 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step 140 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Fuji-Servetto 141 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 0.23 142 Marco Velo (Ita) Quick Step 143 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 144 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence-Lotto 145 Jesus Rosendo (Spa) Andalucia-Cajasur 0.24 146 Fabrice Piemontesi (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 0.25 147 Julian Sanchez (Spa) Contentpolis-AMPO 0.26 148 Adrian Palomares (Spa) Contentpolis-AMPO 149 Oscar Garcia-Casarrubios (Spa) Contentpolis-AMPO 150 Javier Ramirez (Spa) Andalucia-Cajasur 151 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Andalucia-Cajasur 0.27 152 Ivan Velasco (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0.28 153 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Astana 0.29 154 Jesus Hernandez (Spa) Astana 0.30 155 José Antonio Lopez Gil (Spa) Andalucia-Cajasur 0.31 156 Sergey Renev (Kaz) Astana 0.33 157 Boris Shpilevsky (Rus) Fuji-Servetto 0.34 158 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 0.36 159 Svein Tuft (Can) Garmin - Slipstream 0.37 160 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 0.49 161 Jose Ruiz (Spa) Andalucia-Cajasur 0.56 162 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas 1.05 163 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) Team Columbia - Highroad 1.14 Regional rider classification GRAL REGIONALES 1 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Cervelo Test Team 2 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank 3 Josep Jufre (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 4 Alberto Losada (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 5 Xavier Tondo (Spa) Andalucia-Cajasur Teams classification 1 Cervelo Test Team 14.31 2 Quick Step 0.01 3 Caisse d'Epargne 0.03 4 Française Des Jeux 0.05 5 Team Columbia - High Road 0.08 6 Team Milram 0.11 7 Team Saxo Bank 0.12 8 Silence - Lotto 9 Team Katusha 0.13 10 Euskaltel - Euskadi 11 Rabobank 0.14 12 Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne 13 Lampre 0.15 14 Liquigas 15 AG2R La Mondiale 0.20 16 Astana 0.22 17 Garmin - Slipstream 0.24 18 Bbox Bouygues Telecom 0.25 19 Contentpolis-Ampo 0.29 20 Fuji-Servetto 0.36 21 Andalucia Cajasur 0.44
