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40th Vuelta a Aragon - 2.2
Spain, April 16-20, 2003
2002 Results Stage List Preview Start List Past winners
The Stages
- Stage 1 - April 16: Huesca - Cerler, 152.2 km
- Stage 2 - April 17: Benasque - Sabiñanigo, 185.2 km
- Stage 3 - April 18: Illueca - Illueca, 157 km
- Stage 4 - April 19: La Muela - Borja, 168.5 km
- Stage 5 - April 20: Colchón Relax (La Muela) - Zaragoza, 149 km
Preview
The 40th Vuelta a Aragon takes place between Wednesday, April 16 and Sunday, April 20 over five stages. The UCI 2.2 classed race is suited for the mountain specialists, as it is hilly and contains no time trials. The first stage is from Huesca to Cerler, finishing at the top of a short but steep Cat. 1 climb. Stage 2 is 185 kilometres between Benasque and Sabiñanigo, featuring the Cat. 1 Puerto del Serrablo at 50 km to go. The third stage from Illueca to Illueca (157 km) is similar, containing the Cat. 1 Alto de Aguarón (8 km at 5%) after 104 km. The last two stages from La Muela to Borja and Colchón Relax (La Muela) to Zaragoza are relatively flat.
The main Spanish teams will be taking part in the race (ONCE, Euskaltel, iBanesto, Kelme), as well as several foreign teams. Team Coast will start, however it's unlikely that Jan Ullrich will ride at the moment.
Start list
iBanesto.com AG2r Prévoyance
1 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) 11 Laurent Brochard (Fra)
2 Jon Odriozola (Spa) 12 Mikel Astarloza (Spa)
3 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) 13 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus)
4 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) 14 Iñigo Chaurreau (Spa)
5 Unai Osa (Spa) 15 Thierry Loder (Fra)
6 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) 16 Christophe Oriol (Fra)
7 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) 17 Nicolas Portal (Fra)
8 Xabier Zandio (Spa) 18 Olivier Trastour (Fra)
Team Coast Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone
21 Jan Ullrich (Ger) 31 Daniel Atienza (Spa)
22 Tobias Steinhauser (Ger) 32 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa)
23 Manuel Beltran (Spa) 33 Peter Farazjin (Bel)
24 Angel Casero (Spa) 34 Bingen Fernandez (Spa)
25 Aitor Garmendia (Spa) 35 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita)
26 Jaime Hernandez (Spa) 36 Angelo Lopeboselli (Ita)
27 Francisco José Lara (Spa) 37 David Moncoutie (Fra)
38 Luis Perez (Spa)
Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada Euskaltel-Euskadi
41 Benjamín Noval (Spa) 51 Gorka Gerrikagoitia (Spa)
42 José Jufre (Spa) 52 Josu Silloniz (Spa)
43 Antonio Colom (Spa) 53 Egoi Martinez (Spa)
44 Sergio Perez (Spa) 54 David Herrero (Spa)
45 David Fernandez (Spa) 55 Alberto Lopez De Munain (Spa)
46 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) 56 Aitor Silloniz (Spa)
47 David Navas (Spa) 57 Mikel Artetxe (Spa)
48 Santiago Blanco (Spa) 58 Julen Fernandez (Spa)
Fassa Bortolo Kelme-Costa Blanca
61 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) 71 Oscar Sevilla (Spa)
62 Juan José De Los Angeles (Spa) 72 José Gutierrez (Spa)
63 Mauro Facci (Ita) 73 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa)
64 Gustav Larsson (Swe) 74 Antonio Tauler (Spa)
65 Sven Montgomery (Swi) 76 Jesus Maria Manzano (Spa)
66 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) 77 Isaac Galvez (Spa)
67 Marco Velo (Ita) 78 Alejandro Valverde (Spa)
68 Nicola Loda (Ita)
Labarca-2-Café Baqué Lampre
81 Francisco Cerezo (Spa) 91 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi)
82 Unai Elorriaga (Spa) 92 Simone Bertoletti (Ita)
83 Marcelino Garcia (Spa) 93 Milan Kadlec (Cze)
84 Cesar Garcia Calvo (Spa) 94 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra)
85 Ftancisco Gutierrez (Spa) 95 Mariano Piccoli (Ita)
86 Ivan Herrero (Spa) 96 Eddy Ratti (Ita)
87 Leonardo Navarrete (Spa) 97 Jan Svorada (Cze)
88 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) 98 Francisco Vila (Spa)
Mercatone Uno - Scanavino Milaneza-MSS
101 Marco Pantani (Ita) 111 Gonçalo Amorim (Por)
102 Daniel Clavero (Spa) 112 David Bernabeu (Spa)
103 Massimo Codol (Ita) 113 Pedro Cardoso (Por)
104 Roberto Conti (Ita) 114 Txema Del Olmo (Spa)
105 Fabiano Fontanelli (Ita) 115 Angel Edo (Spa)
106 Mario Manzoni (Ita) 116 Fabian Jeker (Swi)
107 Andrea Moletta (Ita) 117 Paulo Barroso (Por)
108 Eddy Serri (Ita) 118 Klaus Möller (Den)
O.N.C.E.-Eroski Paternina-Costa de Almeria
121 Angel Castresana (Spa) 131 Carlos Golbano (Spa)
122 Gorka Beloki (Spa) 132 Pedro Diaz Lobato (Spa)
123 Rafael Diaz Justo (Spa) 133 Dario Gadeo (Spa)
124 Alberto Contador (Spa) 134 J.Antonio Pecharroman (Spa)
125 Allan Davis (Aus) 135 Ricardo Valdez (Spa)
126 Jonathan Gonzalez (Spa) 136 Jorge Ferrio (Spa)
127 Isidro Nozal (Spa) 137 Xavier Tondo (Spa)
138 Didac Cuadros (Spa)
Phonak Hearing Systems Team Saeco
141 Michael Albasini (Swi) 151 Gilberto Simoni (Ita)
142 Gonzalo Bayarri (Spa) 152 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita)
143 Cyril Dessel (Fra) 153 Antonio Bucciero (Ita)
144 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) 154 Alessio Galletti (Ita)
145 Marco Fertonani (Ita) 155 Nicola Gavazzi (Ita)
146 Benoit Salmon (Fra) 156 Gerrit Glomser (Aut)
147 Daniel Schnider (Swi) 157 Igor Pugaci (Mda)
148 Alexandre Usov (Blr) 158 Ivan Quaranta (Ita)
Past winners
2002 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) iBanesto.com 2001 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) iBanesto.Com 2000 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Banesto 1999 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros 1998 Aitor Garmendia (Spa) Banesto 1997 Aitor Garmendia (Spa) 1996 Melchor Mauri (Spa) 1995 Fernando Escartin (Spa) 1994 Marino Alonso (Spa) 1993 Alfonso Guiterrez (Spa) 1992 Luis Herrera (Col) 1991 Edgar Corredor (Col) 1990 Nico Emonds (Bel) 1989 Inaki Gaston (Spa) 1988 José Recio (Spa) 1987 Anselmo Fuerte (Spa) 1986 Stefan Joho (Swi) 1985 José Recio (Spa) 1984 José Recio (Spa) 1983 Pedro Delgado (Spa) 1982 Carlos Hernandez (Spa) 1981 Antonio Coll (Spa) 1980 Faustino Fernandez-Ovies (Spa) 1979 Rogue Moya (Spa) 1978 José Suarez-Cuevas (Spa) 1977 José Nazabal (Spa) 1976 Javier Elorriaga (Spa) 1975 Augustin Tamames (Spa) 1974 Javier Elorriaga (Spa) 1973 Jesus Manzaneque (Spa) 1971 Ramon Saez (Spa) 1970 Luis-M Santamarina (Spa) 1969 Jesus Manzaneque (Spa) 1968 José-Manuel Abellan (Spa) 1967 Juan-Maria Uribezubia (Spa) 1966 Salvador Canet (Spa) 1965 José Pujol (Spa) 1954 Jaime Alomar (Spa) 1942 José Lahez (Spa) Past winners by Mario Stiehl, www.world-of-cycling.com
