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41st Vuelta Ciclista a Navarra - 2.5
Spain, May 28-June 2, 2002
Stage 1 - May 28: Tudela - Tudela, 169 km
Vuelta a Navarra: a Norwegian threat for local fighters
By Jean-François Quénet in Tudela
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The 41st Vuelta a Navarra has started in Tudela. Known for being very hilly, the race in Miguel Indurain's homeland had an 'easy' beginning with only one climb on the road map but the riders made it hard: they covered 46.9 km in the first hour and 48 km in the second hour.
The first break went away with 23 riders, later joined by 18 others who profited from the side-wind and the absence of the Basque Cafés Baqué team ahead initially. It ended up with two riders breaking clear with 10km to go: Café Baqué's Christian Climent and Team Krone's Mads Kaggestad of Norway.
Kaggestad, who is not exactly a sprinter, tried to finish alone in the last kilometre but got caught and outsprinted by the local hero. "In reality we were working for our sprinter Lars Breiseth," Kaggestad said. "We were the only team who wanted the stage to finish in a bunch sprint. So we covered all the moves and I went after the right one. Here the race is a big war between the two best Basque teams Cafés Baqué and Olarra. Except that we didn't win, it's been a good day for Team Krone."
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Kaggestad, 25, winner of the Ringerike Grand Prix (also a 2.5 UCI race) this year in Norway, is actually a good climber and it will be interesting to see him competing against the Spanish specialists. He was very unlucky in the GP Villers-Cotterêts on May 20th, a French cup race he considered as a test at a higher level (1.3), when he broke his gear shifting cable.
Team Krone's first showing in Spain with the Memorial Txuma as a warm-up last Saturday - sprinter Rune Jøgert ranked 13th - looks like a good one: out of 41 men away in stage 1 of Vuelta a Navarra, 4 were from the new Norwegian outfit.
"It's unbelievable that our best rider for the overall managed to get 24 seconds lead today even before the hilly stages. We have different cards to play now," Team Krone's satisfied directeur sportif Øyvind Lillehagen declared.
Photography
- Team Krone - for the first time on a start line in Spain
- Christian Climent - winner of stage 1 in the Vuelta a Navarra
- Stage 1 runner-up Mads Kaggestad receiving tactical advice from his directeur sportif Oyvind Lillehagen
Results
1 Christian Climent (Spa) Cafes Baque 3.28.49 2 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Team Krone 3 Ben Thaens (Bel) Domo Farm Frites 0.24 4 Alberto Hierro (Spa) Cafes Baque 5 Francisco Gutierrez (Spa) Cafes Baque 6 Miguel Martinez (Spa) Supermercados Froiz 7 Jorge Garcia (Spa) Cafes Baque 8 Luis Perez (Spa) Saunier Duval 9 Lars Breiseth (Nor) Team Krone 10 Mikel Gaztanaga (Spa) Caja Rural 11 Dioni Galpasoro (Spa) Caja Rural 12 Antonio Lopez (Spa) Cropusa 13 Dimitri Semov (Rus) Sintofarm-Feralpi 14 Alejandro Barbero (Spa) Cropusa 15 Israel Nunez (Spa) Caja Rural 16 Carlos Castano (Spa) Supermercados Froiz 17 Manuel Bresciani (Ita) Sintofarm-Feralpi 18 Juan M. Gonzalez (Spa) Cropusa 19 Asier Atxa (Spa) Olarra Consultec 20 Romes Gainetdinov (Spa) Leon-Costa Almeria 21 Sebastian Franco (Spa) Cropusa 22 Vicente Elvira (Spa) Supermercados Froiz 23 Angel Llano (Spa) Telco'm-Ordoki 24 Guillermo Ferrer (Spa) Supermercados Froiz 25 Ivan Garcia (Spa) Cai-Aragones 26 Joseba Albizu (Spa) Cafes Baque 27 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Team Krone 28 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Domo Farm Frites 29 Oscar Maza (Spa) Cai-Aragones 30 Alsandro Delfati (Ita) Sintofarm-Feralpi 31 Inigo Urretxua (Spa) Olarra Consultec 32 Andrei Korovine (Rus) Saunier Duval 33 Iban Latasa (Spa) Bodegas Monjardin 34 Jokin Ormaetxea (Spa) Telco'm-Ordoki 35 Juan Jose Climent (Spa) Leon-Costa Almeria 36 Emilio Lopez (Spa) Saunier Duval 0.35 37 Marco Marzano (Ita) Sintofarm-Feralpi 0.39 38 Mikel Lusarreta (Spa) Bodegas Monjardin 0.24 39 Tore Bekken (Nor) Team Krone 1.18 40 David Garcia (Spa) Cai-Aragones 9.38 41 Miguel Jimenez (Spa) Azpiroz Saralegui Eva 42 Eneas Freyre (USA) Cropusa 43 David Reyero (Spa) Azpiroz Saralegui Eva 44 J.Javier Diaz (Spa) Azpiroz Saralegui Eva 45 Gregory Van Sinaey (Bel) Domo Farm Frites 46 Alan Perez (Spa) Bodegas Monjardin 47 Javier Lindez (Spa) Cafes Baque 48 Cesar Garriz (Spa) Bodegas Monjardin 49 Hector Echavarri (Spa) Telco'm-Ordoki 50 David Garcia (Spa) Bodegas Monjardin 51 Unai Barazabal (Spa) Caja Rural 52 Joseba Erro (Spa) Azpiroz Saralegui Eva 53 Oleg Rodinov (Rus) Itera 54 Ziranda Madrigal (Mex) Bodegas Monjardin 55 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Itera 56 Lund Per Martin (Nor) Team Krone 57 Ivan Martinez (Spa) Cafes Baque 58 Jose Miguel Elias (Spa) Cai-Aragones 59 Francisco Torrella (Spa) Leon-Costa Almeria 60 Jogert Rune (Nor) Team Krone 61 Jaume Rovira (Spa) Leon-Costa Almeria 62 Alejandro Borrajo (Arg) Leon-Costa Almeria 63 Marco Magnella (Ita) Sintofarm-Feralpi 64 Roy Sonsterud (Nor) Team Krone 65 Jose Rafael Martinez (Spa) Leon-Costa Almeria 66 Antonio Berasategui (Spa) Caja Rural 67 Juanjo Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval 68 Dirk Bullen (Bel) Domo Farm Frites 69 Jurgen Van D.Broeck (Bel) Domo Farm Frites 70 Aketza Pena (Spa) Olarra Consultec 71 Javier Ruiz (Spa) Olarra Consultec 72 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Domo Farm Frites 73 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Domo Farm Frites 74 Markel Irizar (Spa) Olarra Consultec 75 Carlos Cazizares (Spa) Cropusa 14.52 76 Dioni Echeverria (Spa) Telco'm-Ordoki 77 Roman Kalsine (Rus) Itera 78 Javier De La Torre (Spa) Cropusa 79 Hilario Marquina (Spa) Supermercados Froiz 15.12 80 David Martin (Spa) Supermercados Froiz 81 Ivan Armendariz (Spa) Azpiroz Saralegui Eva 15.44 82 Julian Ruiz (Spa) Leon-Costa Almeria 17.33 83 Roland Turelli (Ita) Sintofarm-Feralpi 18.25 84 Ignacio Cumbreno (Spa) Saunier Duval 85 Javier Samaniego (Spa) Azpiroz Saralegui Eva 86 Daniel Gomez (Spa) Cai-Aragones 87 Mauricio Varini (Ita) Sintofarm-Feralpi 88 Milton Javier Ramos (Hun) Cai-Aragones 89 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Olarra Consultec 90 Santi Barranco (Spa) Saunier Duval 91 Pedro Luis Marichalar (Spa) Saunier Duval 92 Adur Ederra (Spa) Azpiroz Saralegui Eva 93 Aitor Perez (Spa) Caja Rural 94 Luis Moyano (Arg) Telco'm-Ordoki 95 Matias Cagigas (Spa) Telco'm-Ordoki 96 Alfonso Garcia (Spa) Telco'm-Ordoki 97 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Caja Rural 98 Koldo Fdez.De Larrea (Spa) Olarra Consultec 99 Arturo Rubio (Spa) Supermercados Froiz Points 1 Christian Climent (Spa) Cafes Baque 25 pts 2 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Team Krone 20 3 Ben Thaens (Bel) Domo Farm Frites 16 4 Alberto Hierro (Spa) Cafes Baque 14 5 Francisco Gutierrez (Spa) Cafes Baque 12 6 Miguel Martinez (Spa) Supermercados Froiz 10 7 Jorge Garcia (Spa) Cafes Baque 9 8 Luis Perez (Spa) Saunier Duval 8 9 Lars Breiseth (Nor) Team Krone 7 10 Mikel Gaztanaga (Spa) Caja Rural 6 11 Dioni Galpasoro (Spa) Caja Rural 5 12 Antonio Lopez (Spa) Cropusa 4 13 Dimitri Semov (Rus) Sintofarm-Feralpi 3 14 Alejandro Barbero (Spa) Cropusa 2 15 Israel Nunez (Spa) Caja Rural 1 Mountains Alto De Peralta - Cat. 3 1 Iban Latasa (Spa) Bodegas Monjardin 3 pts 2 Lars Breiseth (Nor) Team Krone 2 3 Mikel Lusarreta (Spa) Bodegas Monjardin 1 Metas volantes Villafranca - km 64 1 Emilio Lopez (Spa) Saunier Duval 3 pts 2 Ivan Garcia (Spa) Cai-Aragones 2 3 Alejandro Barbero (Spa) Cropusa 1 Cascante - km 110 1 Dimitri Semov (Rus) Sintofarm-Feralpi 3 pts 2 Emilio Lopez (Spa) Saunier Duval 2 3 Romes Gainetdinov (Spa) Leon-Costa Almeria 1 Bunuel - km 135 1 Tore Bekken (Nor) Team Krone 3 pts 2 Guillermo Ferrer (Spa) Supermercados Froiz 2 3 Andrei Korovine (Rus) Saunier Duval 1 Sprints Murchante - km 105 1 Dimitri Semov (Rus) Sintofarm-Feralpi 3 pts 2 Iban Latasa (Spa) Bodegas Monjardin 2 3 Ivan Garcia (Spa) Cai-Aragones 1 Teams 1 Cafes Baque 10.27.15 2 Team Krone 3 Caja Rural 0.24 4 Supermercados Froiz 5 Cropusa 6 Sintofarm-Feralpi 7 Saunier Duval 0.35 8 Domo Farm Frites 9.38 9 Cai-Aragones 10 Telco'm-Ordoki 11 Leon-Costa Almeria 12 Bodegas Monjardin 13 Olarra Consultec 14 Azpiroz Saralegui Eva 28.06 15 Itera 33.20 General classification after stage 1 1 Christian Climent (Spa) Cafes Baque 3.28.49 2 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Team Krone 3 Ben Thaens (Bel) Domo Farm Frites 0.24 4 Alberto Hierro (Spa) Cafes Baque 5 Francisco Gutierrez (Spa) Cafes Baque 6 Miguel Martinez (Spa) Supermercados Froiz 7 Jorge Garcia (Spa) Cafes Baque 8 Luis Perez (Spa) Saunier Duval 9 Lars Breiseth (Nor) Team Krone 10 Mikel Gaztanaga (Spa) Caja Rural 11 Dioni Galpasoro (Spa) Caja Rural 12 Antonio Lopez (Spa) Cropusa 13 Dimitri Semov (Rus) Sintofarm-Feralpi 14 Alejandro Barbero (Spa) Cropusa 15 Israel Nunez (Spa) Caja Rural 16 Carlos Castano (Spa) Supermercados Froiz 17 Manuel Bresciani (Ita) Sintofarm-Feralpi 18 Juan M. Gonzalez (Spa) Cropusa 19 Asier Atxa (Spa) Olarra Consultec 20 Romes Gainetdinov (Spa) Leon-Costa Almeria 21 Sebastian Franco (Spa) Cropusa 22 Vicente Elvira (Spa) Supermercados Froiz 23 Angel Llano (Spa) Telco'm-Ordoki 24 Guillermo Ferrer (Spa) Supermercados Froiz 25 Ivan Garcia (Spa) Cai-Aragones 26 Joseba Albizu (Spa) Cafes Baque 27 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Team Krone 28 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Domo Farm Frites 29 Oscar Maza (Spa) Cai-Aragones 30 Alsandro Delfati (Ita) Sintofarm-Feralpi 31 Inigo Urretxua (Spa) Olarra Consultec 32 Andrei Korovine (Rus) Saunier Duval 33 Iban Latasa (Spa) Bodegas Monjardin 34 Jokin Ormaetxea (Spa) Telco'm-Ordoki 35 Juan Jose Climent (Spa) Leon-Costa Almeria 36 Mikel Lusarreta (Spa) Bodegas Monjardin 37 Emilio Lopez (Spa) Saunier Duval 0.35 38 Marco Marzano (Ita) Sintofarm-Feralpi 0.39 39 Tore Bekken (Nor) Team Krone 1.18 40 David Garcia (Spa) Cai-Aragones 9.38 41 Miguel Jimenez (Spa) Azpiroz Saralegui Eva 42 Eneas Freyre (USA) Cropusa 43 David Reyero (Spa) Azpiroz Saralegui Eva 44 J.Javier Diaz (Spa) Azpiroz Saralegui Eva 45 Gregory Van Sinaey (Bel) Domo Farm Frites 46 Alan Perez (Spa) Bodegas Monjardin 47 Javier Lindez (Spa) Cafes Baque 48 Cesar Garriz (Spa) Bodegas Monjardin 49 Hector Echavarri (Spa) Telco'm-Ordoki 50 David Garcia (Spa) Bodegas Monjardin 51 Unai Barazabal (Spa) Caja Rural 52 Joseba Erro (Spa) Azpiroz Saralegui Eva 53 Oleg Rodinov (Rus) Itera 54 Ziranda Madrigal (Mex) Bodegas Monjardin 55 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Itera 56 Lund Per Martin (Nor) Team Krone 57 Ivan Martinez (Spa) Cafes Baque 58 Jose Miguel Elias (Spa) Cai-Aragones 59 Francisco Torrella (Spa) Leon-Costa Almeria 60 Jogert Rune (Nor) Team Krone 61 Jaume Rovira (Spa) Leon-Costa Almeria 62 Alejandro Borrajo (Arg) Leon-Costa Almeria 63 Marco Magnella (Ita) Sintofarm-Feralpi 64 Roy Sonsterud (Nor) Team Krone 65 Jose Rafael Martinez (Spa) Leon-Costa Almeria 66 Antonio Berasategui (Spa) Caja Rural 67 Juanjo Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval 68 Dirk Bullen (Bel) Domo Farm Frites 69 Jurgen Van D.Broeck (Bel) Domo Farm Frites 70 Aketza Pena (Spa) Olarra Consultec 71 Javier Ruiz (Spa) Olarra Consultec 72 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Domo Farm Frites 73 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Domo Farm Frites 74 Markel Irizar (Spa) Olarra Consultec 75 Carlos Cazizares (Spa) Cropusa 14.52 76 Dioni Echeverria (Spa) Telco'm-Ordoki 77 Roman Kalsine (Rus) Itera 78 Javier De La Torre (Spa) Cropusa 79 Hilario Marquina (Spa) Supermercados Froiz 15.12 80 David Martin (Spa) Supermercados Froiz 81 Ivan Armendariz (Spa) Azpiroz Saralegui Eva 15.44 82 Julian Ruiz (Spa) Leon-Costa Almeria 17.33 83 Roland Turelli (Ita) Sintofarm-Feralpi 18.25 84 Ignacio Cumbreno (Spa) Saunier Duval 85 Javier Samaniego (Spa) Azpiroz Saralegui Eva 86 Daniel Gomez (Spa) Cai-Aragones 87 Mauricio Varini (Ita) Sintofarm-Feralpi 88 Milton Javier Ramos (Hun) Cai-Aragones 89 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Olarra Consultec 90 Santi Barranco (Spa) Saunier Duval 91 Pedro Luis Marichalar (Spa) Saunier Duval 92 Adur Ederra (Spa) Azpiroz Saralegui Eva 93 Aitor Perez (Spa) Caja Rural 94 Luis Moyano (Arg) Telco'm-Ordoki 95 Matias Cagigas (Spa) Telco'm-Ordoki 96 Alfonso Garcia (Spa) Telco'm-Ordoki 97 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Caja Rural 98 Koldo Fdez.De Larrea (Spa) Olarra Consultec 99 Arturo Rubio (Spa) Supermercados Froiz Points classification 1 Christian Climent (Spa) Cafes Baque 25 pts 2 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Team Krone 20 3 Ben Thaens (Bel) Domo Farm Frites 16 4 Alberto Hierro (Spa) Cafes Baque 14 5 Francisco Gutierrez (Spa) Cafes Baque 12 6 Miguel Martinez (Spa) Supermercados Froiz 10 7 Jorge Garcia (Spa) Cafes Baque 9 8 Luis Perez (Spa) Saunier Duval 8 9 Lars Breiseth (Nor) Team Krone 7 10 Mikel Gaztanaga (Spa) Caja Rural 6 11 Dioni Galpasoro (Spa) Caja Rural 5 12 Antonio Lopez (Spa) Cropusa 4 13 Dimitri Semov (Rus) Sintofarm-Feralpi 3 14 Alejandro Barbero (Spa) Cropusa 2 15 Israel Nunez (Spa) Caja Rural 1 Mountains classification 1 Iban Latasa (Spa) Bodegas Monjardin 3 pts 2 Lars Breiseth (Nor) Team Krone 2 3 Mikel Lusarreta (Spa) Bodegas Monjardin 1 Metas volantes classification 1 Emilio Lopez (Spa) Saunier Duval 5 pts 2 Tore Bekken (Nor) Team Krone 3 3 Dimitri Semov (Rus) Sintofarm-Feralpi 3 4 Guillermo Ferrer (Spa) Supermercados Froiz 2 5 Ivan Garcia (Spa) Cai-Aragones 2 6 Andrei Korovine (Rus) Saunier Duval 1 7 Romes Gainetdinov (Spa) Leon-Costa Almeria 1 8 Alejandro Barbero (Spa) Cropusa 1 Sprints classification 1 Dimitri Semov (Rus) Sintofarm-Feralpi 3 pts 2 Iban Latasa (Spa) Bodegas Monjardin 2 3 Ivan Garcia (Spa) Cai-Aragones 1 Teams classification 1 Cafes Baque 10.27.15 2 Team Krone 3 Caja Rural 0.24 4 Supermercados Froiz 5 Cropusa 6 Sintofarm-Feralpi 7 Saunier Duval 0.35 8 Domo Farm Frites 9.38 9 Cai-Aragones 10 Telco'm-Ordoki 11 Leon-Costa Almeria 12 Bodegas Monjardin 13 Olarra Consultec 14 Azpiroz Saralegui Eva 28.06 15 Itera 33.20
