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43rd Vuelta al Pais Vasco - 2.HC
Spain, April 7-11, 2003
2002 Results Stage List Preview Start List Past winners
The Stages
- Stage 1 - April 7: Legazpia - Legazpia, 129 km
- Stage 2 - April 8: Legazpia - Plencia, 158 km
- Stage 3 - April 9: Plencia - Vitoria, 191 km
- Stage 4 - April 10: Vitoria - Santesteban, 171 km
- Stage 5a - April 11: Santesteban-Fuenterrabía, 91 km
- Stage 5b - April 11: Fuenterrabía ITT, 13 km
Preview
Taking place between Monday and Friday this week is the 43rd edition of the Hors Categorie stage race (highest UCI ranking below a grand tour) Vuelta al Pais Vasco. The field is impressive, and the race should see a good battle between stage race and climbing specialists Dario Frigo and Aitor Gonzalez (Fassa Bortolo), Alexandre Vinokourov and Cadel Evans (Telekom), Francesco Casagrande and Raimondas Rumsas (Lampre), Joseba Beloki and Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (ONCE), Alberto Martínez (Euskaltel-Euskadi), Tyler Hamilton (CSC), Levi Leipheimer and Michael Boogerd (Rabobank), Alex Zülle (Phonak), Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner), and Marco Pantani (Mercatone Uno-Scanavino). In fact about the only riders missing are Lance Armstrong and Jan Ullrich, who will come up against each other in the Circuit de la Sarthe for the first time in almost two years.
The Vuelta al Pais Vasco consists of six stages, finishing with a 13 km time trial in Fuenterrabía on Friday. Although there are no mountain top finishes, each stage is peppered with relatively short but steep climbs, and the race will certainly be selective. Even the time trial contains a 210m climb, and the strong riders will certainly shine through.
Start list
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1 Aitor Osa (Spa) 11 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel)
2 Jon Odriozola (Spa) 12 Axel Merckx (Bel)
3 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) 13 Serge Baguet (Bel)
4 Denis Menchov (Rus) 14 Christophe Brandt (Bel)
5 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) 15 Thierry Marichal (Bel)
6 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) 16 Ief Verbrugghe (Bel)
7 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) 17 Koos Moerenhout (Ned)
8 Xabier Zandio (Spa) 18 Christophe Detilloux (Bel)
Team CSC O.N.C.E.-Eroski
21 Tyler Hamilton (USA) 31 Joseba Beloki (Spa)
22 Carlos Sastre (Spa) 32 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa)
23 Andrea Peron (Ita) 33 Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa)
24 Nicki Sorensen (Den) 34 Jörg Jaksche (Ger)
25 Michael Blaudzun (Den) 35 José Azevedo (Por)
26 Lennie Kristensen (Den) 36 Angel Vicioso (Spa)
27 Manuel Calvente (Spa) 37 Marcos Serrano (Spa)
38 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa)
Rabobank Fassa Bortolo
41 Michael Boogerd (Ned) 51 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa)
42 Beat Zberg (Swi) 52 Dario Frigo (Ita)
43 Levi Leipheimer (USA) 53 Ivan Basso (Ita)
44 Bram De Groot (Ned) 54 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr)
45 Michael Rasmussen (Den) 55 Kim Kirchen (Lux)
46 Erik Dekker (Ned) 56 Dario David Cioni (Ita)
47 Marc Lotz (Ned) 57 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo)
48 Grischa Niermann (Ger) 58 Tadej Valjavec (Slo)
Gerolsteiner Team Telekom
61 Davide Rebellin (Ita) 71 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz)
62 Udo Bölts (Ger) 72 Andreas Klöden (Ger)
63 Georg Totschnig (Aut) 73 Bobby Julich (USA)
64 Gianni Faresin (Ita) 74 Cadel Evans (Aus)
65 Ronny Scholz (Ger) 75 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita)
66 Ellis Rastelli (Ita) 76 Mario Aerts (Bel)
67 Marcel Strauss (Swi) 77 Matthias Kessler (Ger)
68 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) 78 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz)
Lampre Team Saeco
81 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) 91 Danilo Di Luca (Ita)
82 Raimondas Rumsas (Ltu) 92 Igor Astarloa (Spa)
83 Marco Pinotti (Ita) 93 Damiano Cunego (Ita)
84 Wladimir Belli (Ita) 94 Alexander Shefer (Kaz)
85 Patxi Vila (Spa) 95 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita)
86 Sergio Barbero (Ita) 96 Juan Fuentes (Spa)
97 Simone Bertoletti (Ita) 97 Andrea Tonti (Ita)
88 Daniele Righi (Ita) 98 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu)
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101 Benoit Salmon (Fra) 111 Francisco Cabello (Spa)
102 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) 112 Alejandro Valverde (Spa)
103 Gonzalo Bayarri (Spa) 113 Constantino Zaballa (Spa)
104 Iker Camańo (Spa) 114 Adolfo Garcia Quesada (Spa)
106 Alexandre Moos (Swi) 115 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa)
107 Alex Zuelle (Swi) 116 Jordi Riera (Spa)
108 Santiago Perez (Spa) 117 Alexis Rodriguez (Spa)
118 Julian Usano (Spa)
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121 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) 131 Marco Pantani (Ita)
122 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) 132 Ruggero Borghi (Ita)
123 Dmitri Fofonov (Kaz) 133 Daniel Clavero (Spa)
124 Daniel Atienza (Spa) 134 Roberto Conti (Ita)
125 Frederic Bessy (Fra) 135 Massimo Codol (Ita)
126 Angelo Lopeboselli (Ita) 136 Cristian Gasperoni (Ita)
127 Marek Rutkiewicz (Pol) 137 Sylvester Szymyd (Pol)
138 Francesco Bellotti (Ita)
Euskaltel-Euskadi Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada
141 David Etxebarria (Spa) 151 Antonio Colom (Spa)
142 Alberto Martinez (Spa) 152 Hector Guerra (Spa)
143 Iban Mayo (Spa) 153 J.Manuel Vazquez (Spa)
144 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) 154 David Navas (Spa)
146 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) 155 Germán Nieto (Spa)
147 Iker Flores (Spa) 156 Benjamín Noval (Spa)
148 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) 157 Luis Pasamontes (Spa)
158 Santiago Blanco (Spa)
Paternina-Costa de Almeria Labarca-2-Café Baqué
161 Carlos Golbano (Spa) 171 Aitor Kintana (Spa)
162 Gustavo Toledo (Arg) 172 Francisco Gutierrez (Spa)
163 Carlos Torrent (Spa) 173 Marcelino Garcia (Spa)
164 Joaquin Lopez (Spa) 174 José Javier Gomez Gozalo (Spa)
165 Dermot Nally (Irl) 175 David Lopez (Spa)
166 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) 176 Gustavo Otero (Spa)
167 Dario Gadeo (Spa) 177 Ricardo Serrano (Spa)
168 José Garrido (Spa) 178 Francisco Palacios (Spa)
Past winners
2002 Aitor Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 2001 Raimondas Rumsas (Ltu) Fassa Bortolo 2000 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Deutsche Telekom 1999 Laurent Jalabert (Fra) ONCE 1998 Inigo Cuesta (Spa) ONCE 1997 Alex Zülle (Swi) 1996 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) 1995 Alex Zülle (Swi) 1994 Tony Rominger (Swi) 1993 Tony Rominger (Swi) 1992 Tony Rominger (Swi) 1991 Claudio Chiappucci (Ita) 1990 Julian Gorospe (Spa) 1989 Stephen Roche (Irel) 1988 Erik Breukink (Ned) 1987 Sean Kelly (Ire) 1986 Sean Kelly (Ire) 1985 Pello Ruiz-Cabestany (Spa) 1984 Sean Kelly (Ire) 1983 Julian Gorospe (Spa) 1982 José-Luis Laguia (Spa) 1981 Silvano Contini (Ita) 1980 Alberto Fernandez (Spa) 1979 Giovanni Battaglin (Ita) 1978 Juan-A. Gonzalez-Linares (Spa) 1977 Juan-A. Gonzalez-Linares (Spa) 1976 Giambattista Baronchelli (Ita) 1975 Juan-A. Gonzalez-Linares (Spa) 1974 Miguel-Maria Lasa (Spa) 1973 Luis Ocana (Spa) 1972 Juan-A. Gonzalez-Linares (Spa) 1971 Luis Ocana (Spa) 1970 Luis-P. Santamarina (Spa) 1969 Jacques Anquetil (Fra) 1968 José-Maria Errandonea (Spa) 1967 Carlos Echeverria (Spa) 1966 Eusebio Velez (Spa) 1965 Sebastian Elorza (Spa) 1964 Carlos Echeverria (Spa) 1963 Juan-J. Sargaduy (Spa) 1962 Rolf Wolfshohl (Ger) 1961 Antonio Karmany (Spa) 1960 Benigno Aspuru (Spa) 1959 Antonio Bertran (Spa) 1958 Jesus Lorono-Arteaga (Spa) 1957 Antonio Barrutia (Spa) 1956 Jesus Lorono-Arteaga (Spa) 1955 José Escolano (Spa) 1954 José Serra (Spa) 1953 Vicente Iturat (Spa) 1952 Louis Caput (Fra) 1945 Miguel Gual (Spa) 1944 José Gandara (Spa) 1943 Martin Mancisidor (Spa) 1942 Federico Ezquerra (Spa) 1941 Firmin Trueba (Spa) 1940 Federico Ezquerra (Spa) 1939 Mariano Carnado (Spa) 1935 Gino Bartali (Ita) 1930 Mariano Carnado (Spa) 1929 Maurice De Waele (Bel) 1928 Maurice De Waele (Bel) 1927 Victor Fontan (Fra) 1926 Nicolas Frantz (Lux) 1925 Auguste Verdyck (Bel) 1924 Francis Pélissier (Fra) Past winners by Mario Stiehl, www.world-of-cycling.com
