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29th Volta ao Algarve - 2.3
Portugal, February 19-23, 2003
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Stage 5 - February 23: Loule - Alto do Malhão, 161.6km
Milaneza dominant as Møller claims Algarve
Cardoso takes final stage
Danish rider Claus Michael Møller (Milaneza-MSS) has finished on top of the overall classification in the 29th Volta ao Algarve, after the final stage today. The Dane won yesterday's 10 km time trial, and backed it up with a second place in today's mountain finish top behind teammate Pedro Cardoso. The Milaneza trifecta was completed by David Bernabeu, who finished third today ahead of US Postal's Victor Peña, although Peña was able to remain in second overall.
The final stage, 161 km from Loule to the 2nd category climb of Alto do Malhão, started without Jose Luis Rubiera (USPS) and Gabriele Missaglia (Lampre), leaving 101 riders in the race. After yesterday's performance by Møller, and the obvious strength of the Milaneza team, it was expected that Møller would remain in command due to his excellent climbing skills. However the gaps were small, and anything could happen on the final climb.
The stage saw an early attack at kilometre 10 by Pedro Lopes (LA Pecol), Quintino Rodrigues (ASC-Vila do Conde), and Oscar Diaz (Barbot-Torrié). But their maximum lead was only 51 seconds as the peloton swallowed them up again. The attacks continued through the first hour, with Rui Roque (LA Pecol) and Gorka Gerrikagoita (Euskaltel-Euskadi) succeeding in escaping after 41 km. Their gap gradually grew with Porta Ravessa-Tavira and Kelme the teams controlling the peloton.
Rui Roque managed to stay away to take the points on the first climb of Alto do Malhão (km 62), and was caught on the descent. The pace on the climb had caused a split in the peloton, but the two groups eventually came together again after 75 km. In the meantime, Jose Cayetano Julia (Kelme) had attacked and had gained 1'20 on the disorganised peloton.
Julia rode well and increased his lead to 2'49 over the next 35 km, as Milaneza took control of the peloton and prepared for the final climb. The Kelme rider still had 1'20 as he hit the base of the Alto do Malhão, but behind him the peloton was racing hard. The leaders caught him before the top, with Cardoso, Møller, Bernabeu, Peņa and David Muņoz (Kelme) in the leading group. With three Milaneza riders there, it was no surprise that one of them won, with Pedro Cardoso getting a stage win for his efforts and moving up to third overall behind Møller and Peņa.
Results
1 Pedro Cardoso (Por) Milaneza-MSS 4.07.19 (39.205 km/h) 2 Claus Michael Moller (Den) Milaneza-MSS 0.02 3 David Bernabeu (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 4 Victor Hugo Peņa (Col) U.S. Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 5 David Muņoz (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 6 Bruno Castanheira (Por) L.A. Pecol 7 Francisco Perez (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 0.13 8 Simone Bertoletti (Ita) Lampre 0.20 9 Sergio Paulinho (Por) ASC-Vila Do Conde 0.23 10 Unai Yus (Spa) Cantanhede-M-Marialva 11 Ruben Diaz De Cerio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 12 Candido Barbosa (Por) L.A. Pecol 13 Juan Olmo (Spa) Barbot-Torrie 14 Yon Bru (Spa) L.A. Pecol 0.28 15 Hugo Sabido (Por) Barbot-Torrie 0.33 16 Nelson Vitorino (Por) Porta Da Ravessa-Tavira 0.36 17 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Lokomotiv 0.44 18 Ezequiel Mosquera (Spa) Cantanhede-M-Marialva 19 Alexis Rodriguez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 0.47 20 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.49 21 Michael Barry (Can) U.S. Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 0.56 22 Jordi Riera (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 23 Joaquim Andrade (Por) Porta Da Ravessa-Tavira 24 Hugo Vitor (Por) Cantanhede-M-Marialva 25 Alber Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.04 26 Orlando Rodrigues (Por) L.A. Pecol 27 Oleg Rodionov (Rus) Lokomotiv 1.11 28 Jose Cayetano Julia (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1.12 29 Gustavo Lemos (Spa) Carvalhelhos-Boavista 1.14 30 Gustavo Veloso (Spa) Carvalhelhos-Boavista 31 Alberto Benito (Spa) Antarte- Rota Movei 32 Israel Nuņez (Spa) ASC-Vila Do Conde 33 Rafael Mila (Spa) ASC-Vila Do Conde 34 Atanas Petrov (Bul) Carvalhelhos-Boavista 35 Carlos Pinho (Por) Barbot-Torrie 36 Gerardo Fernandez (Arg) Antarte- Rota Movei 37 Serguei Klimov (Rus) Lokomotiv 1.33 38 Roberto Lozano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1.46 39 Pedro Soeiro (Por) Carvalhelhos-Boavista 40 Paulo Ferreira (Por) Cantanhede-M-Marialva 41 Julian Usano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 42 Hugo Lucio (Por) Barbot-Torrie 1.50 43 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1.59 44 Gorka Gerrikagoitia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 45 Aitor Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 46 Helder Silva (Por) Cantanhede-M-Marialva 2.26 47 Jose Rodrigues (Por) Carvalhelhos-Boavista 48 Ruben Galvan (Spa) ASC-Vila Do Conde 49 Cesar Pinto (Por) ASC-Vila Do Conde 2.40 50 George Hincapie (USA) U.S. Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 2.50 51 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.53 52 Nuno Alves (Por) Barbot-Torrie 2.58 53 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Lokomotiv 3.01 54 Pedro Lopes (Por) L.A. Pecol 3.16 55 Nuno Ribeiro (Por) L.A. Pecol 56 Christian Climent (Spa) Barbot-Torrie 57 Rui Roque (Por) L.A. Pecol 58 Jose Oliveira (Por) Pepolim&Irmaos-Ovare 59 Celio Sousa (Por) Carvalhelhos-Boavista 60 Ricardo Felgueiras (Por) Antarte- Rota Movei 3.25 61 Alexandre Pinho (Por) Pepolim&Irmaos-Ovare 62 Joao Silva (Por) Antarte- Rota Movei 3.43 63 Milan Kadlec (Cze) Lampre 64 Nuno Marta (Por) Barbot-Torrie 3.48 65 Vicente Reynes (Spa) L.A. Pecol 4.02 66 Alexei Markov (Rus) Lokomotiv 4.05 67 Angel Edo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 4.26 68 David Blanco (Spa) Porta Da Ravessa-Tavira 5.05 69 Virgilio Santos (Por) Antarte- Rota Movei 5.13 70 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5.22 71 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 72 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Lampre 73 Adolfo Garcia (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 74 Luis Sarreira (Por) Cantanhede-M-Marialva 6.02 75 Quintino Rodrigues (Por) ASC-Vila Do Conde 6.54 76 Claudio Faria (Por) ASC-Vila Do Conde 77 Oscar Serrano (Spa) ASC-Vila Do Conde 78 Oscar Diaz (Spa) Barbot-Torrie 79 Paulo Barroso (Por) Milaneza-MSS 80 Sergio Franco (Por) Pepolim&Irmaos-Ovare 20.25 81 Jacek Morajko (Por) Antarte- Rota Movei 31.36 82 Denis Smyslov (Rus) Lokomotiv 83 Pedro Magalhaes (Por) Pepolim&Irmaos-Ovare 32.57 84 Marc Soares (Por) Pepolim&Irmaos-Ovare Points 1 Pedro Cardoso (Por) Milaneza-MSS 25 pts 2 Claus Michael Moller (Den) Milaneza-MSS 20 3 David Bernabeu (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 16 4 Victor Hugo Peņa (Col) U.S. Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 13 5 David Muņoz (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 10 6 Bruno Castanheira (Por) L.A. Pecol 8 7 Francisco Perez (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 6 8 Simone Bertoletti (Ita) Lampre 4 9 Sergio Paulinho (Por) ASC-Vila Do Conde 2 10 Unai Yus (Spa) Cantanhede-M-Marialva 1 Mountains Climb - Cat. 2, km 62.6 1 Rui Roque (Por) L.A. Pecol 9 pts 2 Nelson Vitorino (Por) Porta Da Ravessa-Tavira 7 3 Oscar Diaz (Spa) Barbot-Torrie 5 4 Francisco Perez (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 3 5 David Muņoz (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1 Malhao - Cat. 2, km 159.10 1 Pedro Cardoso (Por) Milaneza-MSS 9 pts 2 Claus Michael Moller (Den) Milaneza-MSS 7 3 David Bernabeu (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 5 4 Victor Hugo Peņa (Col) U.S. Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 3 5 David Muņoz (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1 Metas Volantes Almodovar, km 93.30 1 Jose Cayetano Julia (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 3 pts 2 Jose Rodrigues (Por) Carvalhelhos-Boavista 2 3 Rui Roque (Por) L.A. Pecol 1 Almeixal, km 117.00 1 Jose Cayetano Julia (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 3 pts 2 Claudio Faria (Por) ASC-Vila Do Conde 2 3 Jose Rodrigues (Por) Carvalhelhos-Boavista 1 Teams 1 Milaneza-MSS 12.22.01 2 L.A. Pecol 0.49 3 Kelme-Costa Blanca 1.41 4 Cantanhede-M-Marialva 1.59 5 Barbot-Torrie 2.06 6 Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.12 7 ASC-Vila Do Conde 2.47 8 Lokomotiv 3.24 9 Carvalhelhos-Boavista 3.38 10 U.S. Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 3.44 11 Antarte- Rota MS 5.49 12 Porta Ravessa-Tavira 6.33 13 Lampre 9.21 14 Pepolim&Irmaos-Ovarense 27.02 Final general classification 1 Claus Michael Moller (Den) Milaneza-MSS 17.19.06 2 Victor Hugo Peņa (Col) U.S. Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 0.15 3 Pedro Cardoso (Por) Milaneza-MSS 0.34 4 David Bernabeu (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 0.38 5 Candido Barbosa (Por) L.A. Pecol 0.39 6 Bruno Castanheira (Por) L.A. Pecol 0.56 7 Francisco Perez (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 0.59 8 Simone Bertoletti (Ita) Lampre 1.01 9 Unai Yus (Spa) Cantanhede-M-Marialva 1.27 10 Juan Olmo (Spa) Barbot-Torrie 1.28 11 Hugo Sabido (Por) Barbot-Torrie 1.29 12 Yon Bru (Spa) L.A. Pecol 13 Nelson Vitorino (Por) Porta Da Ravessa-Tavira 1.33 14 Ruben Diaz De Cerio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.34 15 Michael Barry (Can) U.S. Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 1.37 16 Sergio Paulinho (Por) ASC-Vila Do Conde 1.40 17 Alexis Rodriguez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1.44 18 Joaquim Andrade (Por) Porta Da Ravessa-Tavira 1.50 19 Ezequiel Mosquera (Spa) Cantanhede-M-Marialva 1.53 20 Orlando Rodrigues (Por) L.A. Pecol 2.05 21 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.08 22 Jose Cayetano Julia (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2.11 23 Rafael Mila (Spa) ASC-Vila Do Conde 2.25 24 Gerardo Fernandez (Arg) Antarte- Rota Movei 25 Jordi Riera (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2.27 26 Gustavo Lemos (Spa) Carvalhelhos-Boavista 2.29 27 Gustavo Veloso (Spa) Carvalhelhos-Boavista 2.47 28 Serguei Klimov (Rus) Lokomotiv 2.50 29 Carlos Pinho (Por) Barbot-Torrie 3.07 30 Alberto Benito (Spa) Antarte- Rota Movei 3.18 31 Atanas Petrov (Bul) Carvalhelhos-Boavista 3.20 32 Israel Nuņez (Spa) ASC-Vila Do Conde 3.22 33 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Lokomotiv 3.34 34 George Hincapie (USA) U.S. Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 3.42 35 Ruben Galvan (Spa) ASC-Vila Do Conde 3.45 36 Hugo Vitor (Por) Cantanhede-M-Marialva 3.46 37 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 3.48 38 Pedro Soeiro (Por) Carvalhelhos-Boavista 39 Roberto Lozano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 3.50 40 Hugo Lucio (Por) Barbot-Torrie 3.56 41 Gorka Gerrikagoitia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.02 42 Paulo Ferreira (Por) Cantanhede-M-Marialva 4.06 43 Helder Silva (Por) Cantanhede-M-Marialva 4.08 44 Oleg Rodionov (Rus) Lokomotiv 4.13 45 Jose Rodrigues (Por) Carvalhelhos-Boavista 4.22 46 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.30 47 Nuno Alves (Por) Barbot-Torrie 4.34 48 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Lokomotiv 5.12 49 Christian Climent (Spa) Barbot-Torrie 5.15 50 Angel Edo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 5.16 51 Milan Kadlec (Cze) Lampre 5.21 52 Rui Roque (Por) L.A. Pecol 5.26 53 Nuno Ribeiro (Por) L.A. Pecol 5.35 54 Cesar Pinto (Por) ASC-Vila Do Conde 5.36 55 Nuno Marta (Por) Barbot-Torrie 5.42 56 Vicente Reynes (Spa) L.A. Pecol 5.46 57 Celio Sousa (Por) Carvalhelhos-Boavista 5.54 58 Jose Oliveira (Por) Pepolim&Irmaos-Ovare 5.58 59 Joao Silva (Por) Antarte- Rota Movei 6.04 60 Ricardo Felgueiras (Por) Antarte- Rota Movei 6.34 61 David Blanco (Spa) Porta Da Ravessa-Tavira 6.42 62 Alexandre Pinho (Por) Pepolim&Irmaos-Ovare 6.47 63 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7.06 64 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Lampre 7.09 65 Luis Sarreira (Por) Cantanhede-M-Marialva 7.15 66 Pedro Lopes (Por) L.A. Pecol 7.25 67 Oscar Diaz (Spa) Barbot-Torrie 8.11 68 David Muņoz (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 8.27 69 Quintino Rodrigues (Por) ASC-Vila Do Conde 8.35 70 Virgilio Santos (Por) Antarte- Rota Movei 8.37 71 Oscar Serrano (Spa) ASC-Vila Do Conde 8.52 72 Claudio Faria (Por) ASC-Vila Do Conde 9.29 73 Julian Usano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 11.00 74 Paulo Barroso (Por) Milaneza-MSS 11.02 75 Alber Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 11.20 76 Aitor Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 13.19 77 Adolfo Garcia (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 16.30 78 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 18.09 79 Alexei Markov (Rus) Lokomotiv 25.40 80 Denis Smyslov (Rus) Lokomotiv 33.39 81 Jacek Morajko (Por) Antarte- Rota Movei 33.55 82 Sergio Franco (Por) Pepolim&Irmaos-Ovare 39.04 83 Pedro Magalhaes (Por) Pepolim&Irmaos-Ovare 56.46 84 Marc Soares (Por) Pepolim&Irmaos-Ovare 1.05.29 Points classification 1 Angel Edo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 57 pts 2 Candido Barbosa (Por) L.A. Pecol 45 3 Ruben Galvan (Spa) ASC-Vila Do Conde 31 4 Yon Bru (Spa) L.A. Pecol 26 5 Pedro Cardoso (Por) Milaneza-MSS 25 6 Alberto Benito (Spa) Antarte- Rota Movei 23 7 Claus Michael Moller (Den) Milaneza-MSS 20 8 Michael Barry (Can) U.S. Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 20 9 Jacek Morajko (Por) Antarte- Rota Movei 20 10 David Bernabeu (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 16 11 David Muņoz (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 16 12 Nuno Marta (Por) Barbot-Torrie 14 13 Victor Hugo Peņa (Col) U.S. Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 13 14 Alexei Markov (Rus) Lokomotiv 13 15 Gustavo Lemos (Spa) Carvalhelhos-Boavista 10 16 Bruno Castanheira (Por) L.A. Pecol 8 17 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Lampre 8 18 Francisco Perez (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 6 19 Jose Cayetano Julia (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 6 20 Unai Yus (Spa) Cantanhede-M-Marialva 5 21 Simone Bertoletti (Ita) Lampre 4 22 Pedro Soeiro (Por) Carvalhelhos-Boavista 3 23 Sergio Paulinho (Por) ASC-Vila Do Conde 2 24 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 Mountains classification 1 Nelson Vitorino (Por) Porta Da Ravessa-Tavira 18 pts 2 Aitor Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 15 3 Pedro Cardoso (Por) Milaneza-MSS 9 4 Rui Roque (Por) L.A. Pecol 9 5 Yon Bru (Spa) L.A. Pecol 9 6 David Muņoz (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 9 7 Claus Michael Moller (Den) Milaneza-MSS 8 8 Oscar Serrano (Spa) ASC-Vila Do Conde 5 9 David Bernabeu (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 5 10 Oscar Diaz (Spa) Barbot-Torrie 5 11 Victor Hugo Peņa (Col) U.S. Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 3 Metas Volantes classification 1 Oscar Serrano (Spa) ASC-Vila Do Conde 8 pts 2 Roberto Lozano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 7 3 Jose Cayetano Julia (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 6 4 Yon Bru (Spa) L.A. Pecol 5 5 Angel Edo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 5 6 Aitor Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5 7 Jose Rodrigues (Por) Carvalhelhos-Boavista 3 8 Claudio Faria (Por) ASC-Vila Do Conde 2 9 Gustavo Veloso (Spa) Carvalhelhos-Boavista 1 10 Rui Roque (Por) L.A. Pecol 1 Teams classification 1 Milaneza-MSS 51.58.50 2 L.A. Pecol 1.35 3 Kelme-Costa Blanca 2.32 4 Barbot-Torrie 3.56 5 Cantanhede-M-Marialva 3.57 6 U.S. Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 4.08 7 Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.17 8 ASC-Vila Do Conde 5.06 9 Carvalhelhos-Boavista 5.07 10 Lokomotiv 6.19 11 Porta Ravessa-Tavira 8.15 12 Antarte- ROTA MS 9.28 13 Lampre 10.15 14 Pepolim&Irmaos-Ovarens 43.23
