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29th Volta ao Algarve - 2.3
Portugal, February 19-23, 2003
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Stage 4 - February 22: Guia - Albufeira (ITT), 10.5km
Møller time trials into lead
By João Cravo
Danish rider Claus Michael Møller (Milaneza-MSS) has gained the upper hand in the Volta ao Algarve, winning the crucial fourth stage time trial between Guia and Albufeira. The Dane beat last year's winner Victor Hugo Peņa (USPS) by 9 seconds, with David Muņoz (Kelme) finishing third another four seconds back. In an impressive ride for fourth, LA Pecol's Candido Barbosa finished just 28 seconds behind Møller, while Australian time trial champion Ben Day (Carvalhelhos-Boavista) ended as fifth.
The general classification looks similar, with Møller leading Peņa by nine seconds, but Barbosa moving up to fourth due to some time bonuses gained in the mass sprints during the past three stages.
Claus Møller wasn't even supposed to take part in the Volta ao Algarve for Milaneza-MSS. The organisers' last minute decision to end the race with a mountain top finish at Alto do Malhão changed the plans of team manager Manuel Zeferino, who thought that preparing for Paris-Nice in this way would probably be better than just training.
Tomorrow's stage to Alto do Malhão will most likely confirm the good form of Møller two weeks before Paris-Nice, where Milaneza-MSS is looking for a good ride in order to attract the attention of the Societe du Tour de France.
Results
1 Claus Michael Moller (Den) Milaneza-MSS 13.27 (46.84 km/h) 2 Victor Hugo Peņa (Col) U.S. Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 0.09 3 David Muņoz (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 0.13 4 Candido Barbosa (Por) L.A. Pecol 0.28 5 Benjamin Day (Aus) Carvalhelhos-Boavista 0.30 6 David Bernabeu (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 0.36 7 Simone Bertoletti (Ita) Lampre 0.37 8 Bruno Castanheira (Por) L.A. Pecol 9 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Lampre 0.39 10 Pedro Cardoso (Por) Milaneza-MSS 0.40 11 Francisco Perez (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 0.42 12 Virgilio Santos (Por) Antarte- Rota Movei 0.43 13 Michael Barry (Can) U.S. Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 14 George Hincapie (USA) U.S. Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 0.48 15 Joaquim Andrade (Por) Porta Da Ravessa-Tavira 0.50 16 Jose Luis Rubiera (Spa) U.S. Postal Service presented by Berry Floo 0.51 17 Hugo Sabido (Por) Barbot-Torrie 0.52 18 Nelson Vitorino (Por) Porta Da Ravessa-Tavira 0.53 19 Alexis Rodriguez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 20 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Lampre 0.54 21 Orlando Rodrigues (Por) L.A. Pecol 0.57 22 Alber Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.59 23 Unai Yus (Spa) Cantanhede-M-Marialva 1.00 24 Jose Cayetano Julia (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1.01 25 Alexei Markov (Rus) Lokomotiv 26 Juan Olmo (Spa) Barbot-Torrie 27 Julian Usano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1.02 28 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Lampre 29 Gerardo Fernandez (Arg) Antarte- Rota Movei 30 Joaquim Sampaio (Por) Carvalhelhos-Boavista 1.04 31 Ezequiel Mosquera (Spa) Cantanhede-M-Marialva 1.05 32 Yon Bru (Spa) L.A. Pecol 1.06 33 Ruben Diaz De Cerio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.07 34 Rafael Mila (Spa) ASC-Vila Do Conde 35 Luis Sarreira (Por) Cantanhede-M-Marialva 1.09 36 Angel Edo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 37 Gustavo Lemos (Spa) Carvalhelhos-Boavista 1.11 38 Serguei Klimov (Rus) Lokomotiv 1.13 39 Sergio Paulinho (Por) ASC-Vila Do Conde 40 Oscar Diaz (Spa) Barbot-Torrie 41 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.15 42 Vidal Fitas (Por) Porta Da Ravessa-Tavira 43 Ruben Galvan (Spa) ASC-Vila Do Conde 44 Paulo Barroso (Por) Milaneza-MSS 1.19 45 Alexander Serov (Rus) Lokomotiv 1.20 46 Atanas Petrov (Bul) Carvalhelhos-Boavista 1.21 47 Vicente Reynes (Spa) L.A. Pecol 1.22 48 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) U.S. Postal Service presented by Berry Flo 1.23 49 Christian Climent (Spa) Barbot-Torrie 50 Aitor Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.24 51 Jordi Riera (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1.27 52 Renato Silva (Por) Milaneza-MSS 1.28 53 Gustavo Veloso (Spa) Carvalhelhos-Boavista 1.30 54 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Lokomotiv 55 Pedro Lopes (Por) L.A. Pecol 56 Nuno Alves (Por) Barbot-Torrie 1.32 57 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 58 Joao Silva (Por) Antarte- Rota Movei 59 David Blanco (Spa) Porta Da Ravessa-Tavira 1.33 60 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 61 Milan Kadlec (Cze) Lampre 1.34 62 Quintino Rodrigues (Por) ASC-Vila Do Conde 1.37 63 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Lokomotiv 1.38 64 Helder Silva (Por) Cantanhede-M-Marialva 65 Paulo Ferreira (Por) Cantanhede-M-Marialva 1.39 66 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.40 67 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Lampre 1.43 68 Jacek Morajko (Por) Antarte- Rota Movei 1.44 69 Jose Oliveira (Por) Pepolim&Irmaos-Ovare 1.48 70 Carlos Pinho (Por) Barbot-Torrie 1.49 71 Nuno Marta (Por) Barbot-Torrie 1.50 72 Krassimir Vassiliev (Bul) Porta Da Ravessa-Tavira 73 Adolfo Garcia (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1.51 74 Celio Sousa (Por) Carvalhelhos-Boavista 1.53 75 Jose Rodrigues (Por) Carvalhelhos-Boavista 1.55 76 Pedro Soeiro (Por) Carvalhelhos-Boavista 1.58 77 Ricardo Costa (Por) Porta Da Ravessa-Tavira 78 Gorka Gerrikagoitia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.59 79 Denis Smyslov (Rus) Lokomotiv 80 Alberto Benito (Spa) Antarte- Rota Movei 2.00 81 Hugo Lucio (Por) Barbot-Torrie 2.02 82 Cesar Pinto (Por) ASC-Vila Do Conde 83 Oscar Serrano (Spa) ASC-Vila Do Conde 84 Luis Bartolomeu (Por) Porta Da Ravessa-Tavira 2.03 85 Jose Jimenez (Spa) Porta Da Ravessa-Tavira 86 Israel Nuņez (Spa) ASC-Vila Do Conde 2.04 87 Pedro Magalhaes (Por) Pepolim&Irmaos-Ovare 2.05 88 Rui Roque (Por) L.A. Pecol 2.07 89 Roberto Lozano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 90 Damon Kluck (USA) U.S. Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 2.08 91 Nuno Ribeiro (Por) L.A. Pecol 2.15 92 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.17 93 Pedro Costa (Por) Cantanhede-M-Marialva 94 Oleg Rodionov (Rus) Lokomotiv 95 Marc Soares (Por) Pepolim&Irmaos-Ovare 2.20 96 Hugo Vitor (Por) Cantanhede-M-Marialva 2.21 97 Sergio Franco (Por) Pepolim&Irmaos-Ovare 2.22 98 Ricardo Felgueiras (Por) Antarte- Rota Movei 2.28 99 Claudio Faria (Por) ASC-Vila Do Conde 2.33 100 Ruben Oliveira (Spa) Antarte- Rota Movei 2.39 101 Alexandre Pinho (Por) Pepolim&Irmaos-Ovare 2.41 102 Rui Bica (Por) Pepolim&Irmaos-Ovare 2.42 103 Elio Sousa (Por) Cantanhede-M-Marialva 2.52 Teams 1 Milaneza-MSS 41.37 2 U.S. Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 0.24 3 L.A. Pecol 0.46 4 Kelme-Costa Blanca 0.51 5 Lampre 0.54 6 Carvalhelhos-Boavista 1.29 7 Porta Da Ravessa-Tavira 1.42 8 Barbot-Torrie 1.50 9 Cantanhede-M-Marialva 1.58 10 Antarte- Rota Ms 2.01 11 Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.05 12 Lokomotiv 2.18 13 ASC-Vila Do Conde 2.19 14 Pepolim&Irmaos-Ovarense 4.57 General classification after stage 4 1 Claus Michael Moller (Den) Milaneza-MSS 13.11.51 2 Victor Hugo Peņa (Col) U.S. Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 0.09 3 Candido Barbosa (Por) L.A. Pecol 0.12 4 David Bernabeu (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 0.36 5 Michael Barry (Can) U.S. Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 0.37 6 Simone Bertoletti (Ita) Lampre 7 Pedro Cardoso (Por) Milaneza-MSS 0.40 8 Francisco Perez (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 0.42 9 Angel Edo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 0.46 10 George Hincapie (USA) U.S. Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 0.48 11 Bruno Castanheira (Por) L.A. Pecol 0.50 12 Joaquim Andrade (Por) Porta Da Ravessa-Tavira 13 Jose Luis Rubiera (Spa) U.S. Postal Service presented by Berry Floo 0.51 14 Hugo Sabido (Por) Barbot-Torrie 0.52 15 Nelson Vitorino (Por) Porta Da Ravessa-Tavira 0.53 16 Alexis Rodriguez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 17 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Lampre 0.54 18 Yon Bru (Spa) L.A. Pecol 0.57 19 Orlando Rodrigues (Por) L.A. Pecol 20 Unai Yus (Spa) Cantanhede-M-Marialva 1.00 21 Jose Cayetano Julia (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1.01 22 Juan Olmo (Spa) Barbot-Torrie 23 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Lampre 1.02 24 Gerardo Fernandez (Arg) Antarte- Rota Movei 25 Joaquim Sampaio (Por) Carvalhelhos-Boavista 1.04 26 Ezequiel Mosquera (Spa) Cantanhede-M-Marialva 1.05 27 Ruben Diaz De Cerio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.07 28 Rafael Mila (Spa) ASC-Vila Do Conde 29 Luis Sarreira (Por) Cantanhede-M-Marialva 1.09 30 Gustavo Lemos (Spa) Carvalhelhos-Boavista 1.11 31 Serguei Klimov (Rus) Lokomotiv 1.13 32 Sergio Paulinho (Por) ASC-Vila Do Conde 33 Oscar Diaz (Spa) Barbot-Torrie 34 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.15 35 Vidal Fitas (Por) Porta Da Ravessa-Tavira 36 Ruben Galvan (Spa) ASC-Vila Do Conde 37 Benjamin Day (Aus) Carvalhelhos-Boavista 1.20 38 Virgilio Santos (Por) Antarte- Rota Movei 39 Jordi Riera (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1.27 40 Gustavo Veloso (Spa) Carvalhelhos-Boavista 1.29 41 Nuno Alves (Por) Barbot-Torrie 1.32 42 David Blanco (Spa) Porta Da Ravessa-Tavira 1.33 43 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 44 Milan Kadlec (Cze) Lampre 1.34 45 Quintino Rodrigues (Por) ASC-Vila Do Conde 1.37 46 Helder Silva (Por) Cantanhede-M-Marialva 1.38 47 Vicente Reynes (Spa) L.A. Pecol 1.40 48 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 49 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Lampre 1.43 50 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1.45 51 Carlos Pinho (Por) Barbot-Torrie 1.49 52 Nuno Marta (Por) Barbot-Torrie 1.50 53 Krassimir Vassiliev (Bul) Porta Da Ravessa-Tavira 54 Oscar Serrano (Spa) ASC-Vila Do Conde 1.54 55 Christian Climent (Spa) Barbot-Torrie 1.55 56 Jose Rodrigues (Por) Carvalhelhos-Boavista 57 Pedro Soeiro (Por) Carvalhelhos-Boavista 1.58 58 Gorka Gerrikagoitia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.59 59 Denis Smyslov (Rus) Lokomotiv 60 Roberto Lozano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2.00 61 Alberto Benito (Spa) Antarte- Rota Movei 62 Atanas Petrov (Bul) Carvalhelhos-Boavista 2.02 63 Hugo Lucio (Por) Barbot-Torrie 64 Israel Nuņez (Spa) ASC-Vila Do Conde 2.04 65 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Lokomotiv 2.07 66 Rui Roque (Por) L.A. Pecol 67 Nuno Ribeiro (Por) L.A. Pecol 2.15 68 Jacek Morajko (Por) Antarte- Rota Movei 69 Paulo Ferreira (Por) Cantanhede-M-Marialva 2.16 70 Pedro Costa (Por) Cantanhede-M-Marialva 2.17 71 Joao Silva (Por) Antarte- Rota Movei 72 Claudio Faria (Por) ASC-Vila Do Conde 2.33 73 Celio Sousa (Por) Carvalhelhos-Boavista 2.34 74 Jose Oliveira (Por) Pepolim&Irmaos-Ovare 2.38 75 Damon Kluck (USA) U.S. Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 2.40 76 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Lokomotiv 2.46 77 Hugo Vitor (Por) Cantanhede-M-Marialva 78 Cesar Pinto (Por) ASC-Vila Do Conde 2.52 79 Oleg Rodionov (Rus) Lokomotiv 2.58 80 Ricardo Felgueiras (Por) Antarte- Rota Movei 3.05 81 Alexandre Pinho (Por) Pepolim&Irmaos-Ovare 3.18 82 Renato Silva (Por) Milaneza-MSS 3.26 83 Elio Sousa (Por) Cantanhede-M-Marialva 3.29 84 Paulo Barroso (Por) Milaneza-MSS 4.04 85 Pedro Lopes (Por) L.A. Pecol 4.05 86 Alexander Serov (Rus) Lokomotiv 6.40 87 David Muņoz (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 8.21 88 Julian Usano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 9.10 89 Alber Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10.12 90 Ricardo Costa (Por) Porta Da Ravessa-Tavira 10.58 91 Adolfo Garcia (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 11.04 92 Luis Bartolomeu (Por) Porta Da Ravessa-Tavira 11.16 93 Aitor Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 94 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) U.S. Postal Service presented by Berry Flo 11.21 95 Jose Jimenez (Spa) Porta Da Ravessa-Tavira 12.13 96 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 12.43 97 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Lampre 13.50 98 Sergio Franco (Por) Pepolim&Irmaos-Ovare 18.35 99 Alexei Markov (Rus) Lokomotiv 21.31 100 Pedro Magalhaes (Por) Pepolim&Irmaos-Ovare 23.45 101 Marc Soares (Por) Pepolim&Irmaos-Ovare 32.28 102 Ruben Oliveira (Spa) Antarte- Rota Movei 33.11 103 Rui Bica (Por) Pepolim&Irmaos-Ovare 42.31 Mountains classification 1 Aitor Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 15 pts 2 Nelson Vitorino (Por) Porta Da Ravessa-Tavira 11 3 Yon Bru (Spa) L.A. Pecol 9 4 David Muņoz (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 7 5 Oscar Serrano (Spa) ASC-Vila Do Conde 5 6 Ruben Oliveira (Spa) Antarte- Rota Movei 5 7 Roberto Lozano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 3 8 Pedro Lopes (Por) L.A. Pecol 3 9 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3 10 Claus Michael Moller (Den) Milaneza-MSS 1 11 Ezequiel Mosquera (Spa) Cantanhede-M-Marialva 1 Metas Volantes classification 1 Oscar Serrano (Spa) ASC-Vila Do Conde 8 pts 2 Roberto Lozano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 7 3 Angel Edo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 5 4 Yon Bru (Spa) L.A. Pecol 5 5 Aitor Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5 6 Ruben Oliveira (Spa) Antarte- Rota Movei 3 7 Gustavo Veloso (Spa) Carvalhelhos-Boavista 1 Teams classification 1 Milaneza-MSS 39.36.49 2 U.S. Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 0.24 3 L.A. Pecol 0.46 4 Kelme-Costa Blanca 0.51 5 Lampre 0.54 6 Carvalhelhos-Boavista 1.29 7 Porta Da Ravessa-Tavir 1.42 8 Barbot-Torrie 1.50 9 Cantanhede-M-Marialva 1.58 10 Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.05 11 ASC-Vila Do Conde 2.19 12 Antarte- Rota MS 2.33 13 Lokomotiv 2.55 14 Pepolim&Irmaos-Ovarens 16.21
