Vuelta de las Americas - NE

Mexico, February 22-March 16, 2003

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Stage 5 - February 26: Veracruz – Xalapa, 93.7 km

Photos

Images by Jairo Enrique Rodrìguez
Colobians Argiro Zapata and Leonardo Duque both finished in the top 10, with Zapata placed 4th overall after stage 5
Riders show caution crossing the train tracks
Cocos anyone?
Jesús Zarate (Oaxaca) comfortably wins the fifth stage ahead of Arquímedes Lam and Carlos Hernández from the Mexican National Team
Results

1 Jesus Zarate (Mex) Oaxaca                          2.44.06
2 Arquimedes Lam (Mex) Mexican National Team            0.09
3 Carlos Hernandez (Mex) Mexican National Team          0.12
4 Julio Cesar Rangel (Col) Colombia                     0.16
5 Argiro Zapata (Col) Colombia                          0.18
6 Oscar Alvarez (Col) Colombia                          0.22
7 Victor Hugo Gonzalez (Col) Colombia
8 Victor Martinez (Mex) Oaxaca                          2.14
9 Leonardo Duque (Col) Colombia                         2.16
10 Hipolito Perez (Mex) Tlaxcala
11 Ignacio Sarabia (Mex) Mexican National Team
12 Edgar Rodriguez (Gua) Guatemala                      2.19
13 Andrea Del Biaggio (Swi) Switzerland
14 Jose Luis Venegas (Col) Colombia
15 Miguel Martinez (Mex) Oaxaca
16 Hisafumi Imanishi (Jpn) Japan
17 Abel Jochola (Gua) Guatemala
18 Juan Diego Ramirez (Col) Colombia
19 Shinri Suzuki (Jpn) Japan
20 Fermin Mendez (Gua) Guatemala
21 Yoshiyuki Abe (Jpn) Japan
22 Edgardo Lugo (Mex) Mexican National Team
23 Manuel Carvajal (Mex) Oaxaca
24 Francisco Matamoros (Mex) Mexican National Team
25 Marconi Duran (CRc) Costa Rica
26 Fausto Esparza (Mex) Region Occidente
27 Jose Castel (Mex) Region Occidente
28 Andrey Medyannikov (Kaz) Kazakhstan
29 Alexander Arekeev (Rus) Russia
30 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Kazakhstan
31 Ricartes Oliveros (Mex) Jalisco
32 Sergey Lavrenenko (Kaz) Kazakhstan
33 Jose Alberto Montero (CRc) Costa Rica
34 Aivaras Baranauskas (Ltu) Lithuania
35 Hugo Mejia (Mex) Unam
36 Alexei Medvedev (Rus) Russia
37 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Kazakhstan
38 Juan Sanchez (Mex) Tlaxcala
39 Christian Valenzuela (Mex) Region Noroeste
40 Amilcar Gramajo (Gua) Guatemala
41 Carlos Lopez (Mex) Mexican National Team
42 Andres Ordoñez (Gua) Guatemala
43 Hector Manuel Castaño (Col) Colombia
44 Julio Castañeda (Mex) Puebla
45 Oved Yesid Ramirez (Col) Colombia
46 Alexei Levine (Rus) Russia                           2.39
47 Irving Aguilar (Mex) Region Occidente
48 Antonio Aldape (Mex) Region Occidente
49 Abraham Valenzuela (Mex) Region Noroeste             2.43
50 Darius Strole (Ltu) Lithuania                        2.51
51 Viktor Shestakov (Kaz) Kazakhstan                    6.04
52 Andres Contreras (Mex) Oaxaca
53 Elio Frausto (Mex) Region Occidente
54 Marco Ortega (Mex) Region Noroeste
55 Joel Alamillo (Mex) Region Noroeste
56 Angel Quetzel (Gua) Guatemala
57 Florencio Ramos (Mex) Region Occidente
58 Nieves Carrasco (CRc) Costa Rica
59 David Salomon (Mex) Mexican National Team
60 Clint Montgomery (Swi) Switzerland                   6.25
61 Moises Vazquez (Mex) Tlaxcala                        6.53
62 Fernando Peña (Mex) Distrito Federal
63 Jorge Castañeda (Mex) Puebla                         6.54
64 Juan Gonzalez (Mex) Region Occidente
65 Davide Mantovani (Ita) Italy
66 Javier Paniagua (Mex) Region Occidente
67 Erick Castaño (Ecu) Kazakhstan
68 Cuitlahuac Ayala (Mex) Puebla
69 Vadim Gorbachevskiy (Kaz) Kazakhstan
70 Alexander Mironov (Rus) Russia
71 Jaime Xochipiltecatl (Mex) Tlaxcala
72 Alejandro Rojas (Mex) Distrito Federal
73 Armando Perez (Mex) Tlaxcala
74 Fernando Escobar (Gua) Guatemala
75 Alfonso Sanchez (Mex) Puebla
76 Andrejus Zubrovas (Ltu) Lithuania
77 Ivan Chtchegolev (Rus) Russia
78 Kaoru Oouchi (Jpn) Japan                             7.09
79 Juan Hernandez (Mex) Oaxaca
80 Eduardo Graciano (Mex) Oaxaca                        7.22
81 Gerardo Soto (Mex) Unam                              7.29
82 Artem Mavlianov (Rus) Russia                         7.40
83 Pablo Araya (CRc) Costa Rica                         7.44
84 Saulius Sarkauskas (Ltu) Lithuania                   7.49
85 Alexander Bespalov (Rus) Russia                      8.39
86 Ricardo Tapia (Mex) Oaxaca                          10.08
87 Erick Cabello (Mex) Unam
88 Alfredo Zarate (Mex) Unam
89 Jesús Ordaz (Mex) Distrito Federal
90 Jose Antonio Rojas (Mex) Distrito Federal
91 Marcos Segura (Mex) Distrito Federal                10.20
92 Raimondas Vilcinskas (Ltu) Lithuania
93 Yamil Montaño (Bol) Bolivia                         10.27
94 Issac Poma (Bol) Bolivia
95 Arnold Zapata (Bol) Bolivia
96 Gabriel Rivera (Mex) Jalisco
97 Alexander Dimovskikh (Kaz) Kazakhstan               10.39
98 Joaquin Sobrino (Spa) Unam                          11.03
99 Sandro Rodriguez (Bol) Bolivia                      11.21
100 Juan Luis Contreras (Mex) Unam
101 Luis Fernando Macias (Mex) Jalisco
102 David Cham (Mex) Region Sureste                    11.31
103 Alvaro Trucios (Mex) Puebla                        11.53
104 Noe Camacho (Mex) Jalisco
105 Radames Guevara (Mex) Tlaxcala                     11.55
106 David Trolliet (Swi) Switzerland
107 Ismael Ponce (Mex) Jalisco
108 Paolo Manzoni (Swi) Switzerland
109 Vytautas Kaupas (Ltu) Lithuania
110 Miguel Meza (Mex) Mexican National Team
111 Genaro Agostopa (Bol) Bolivia
112 Remigijus Lupeikis (Ltu) Lithuania                 12.03
113 Arunas Gliaudelis (Ltu) Lithuania
114 Domingo Gonzalez (Mex) Mexican National Team
115 Gabriel Fuentes (Mex) Distrito Federal
116 Samat Sapashanov (Kaz) Kazakhstan
117 Israel Librado (Mex) Puebla                        12.15
118 Yuradir Lenandro (CRc) Costa Rica                  12.20
119 Yoshimasa Hirose (Jpn) Japan                       12.25
120 Hidenori Nodera (Jpn) Japan
121 Ricardo Ordaz (Mex) Distrito Federal               12.29
122 Jose Sanchez (Mex) Tlaxcala                        12.43
123 Francisco Malagon (Mex) Puebla                     13.16
124 Ricardo Carrisoza (Mex) Distrito Federal           15.01
125 Eddy Forner (Ita) Italy                            17.44
126 Raul Escobar (Bol) Bolivia                         18.48
127 Arturo Robles (Mex) Puebla                         20.12
128 Edgardo Hernandez (Mex) Oaxaca                     20.23
129 Miguel Ponciano (Mex) Puebla                       21.23
130 Nicolas Coudray (Swi) Switzerland
131 Frederic Brandenberger (Swi) Switzerland           22.23
132 Erick Luksa (Ita) Italy
133 Jose Garcia (Mex) Region Occidente
134 Paolo Bonin (Ita) Italy
135 Jose Esparza (Mex) Jalisco
136 Marco Antonio Chan (Mex) Region Sureste
137 Jorge Padilla (Mex) Jalisco
138 Alessio Fassetta (Ita) Italy
139 Luca Lancelli (Ita) Italy
140 Manuel Sanchez (Mex) Jalisco
141 Victor Cruz (Mex) Jalisco
142 Masamichi Yamamoto (Jpn) Japan
143 Guiseppe Ribolzi (Swi) Switzerland                 26.48
144 Markus Kammermann (Swi) Switzerland
145 Diego Lopez (Bol) Bolivia                          27.32
146 Eovani Venturin (Ita) Italy                        31.30
DNF Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Russia
DNF Fernando Leon (Mex) Region Sureste
 
U23
 
1 Ignacio Sarabia (Mex) Mexican National Team        2.46.22
2 Miguel Martinez (Mex) Oaxaca                          0.03
3 Andrey Medyannikov (Kaz) Kazakhstan
4 Alexander Arekeev (Rus) Russia
5 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Kazakhstan
6 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Kazakhstan
7 Carlos Lopez (Mex) Mexican National Team
8 Alexei Levine (Rus) Russia                            0.23
9 Elio Frausto (Mex) Region Occidente                   3.48
10 Marco Ortega (Mex) Region Noroeste
11 Angel Quetzel (Gua) Guatemala
12 Davide Mantovani (Ita) Italy                         4.38
13 Javier Paniagua (Mex) Region Occidente
14 Vadim Gorbachevskiy (Kaz) Kazakhstan
15 Alexander Mironov (Rus) Russia
16 Artem Mavlianov (Rus) Russia                         5.24
17 Alexander Bespalov (Rus) Russia                      6.23
18 Alexander Dimovskikh (Kaz) Kazakhstan                8.23
19 Joaquin Sobrino (Spa) Unam                           8.47
20 Luis Fernando Macias (Mex) Jalisco                   9.05
21 Vytautas Kaupas (Ltu) Lithuania                      9.39
22 Arunas Gliaudelis (Ltu) Lithuania                    9.47
23 Samat Sapashanov (Kaz) Kazakhstan
24 Jose Sanchez (Mex) Tlaxcala                         10.27
25 Luca Lancelli (Ita) Italy                           20.07
 
Metas volantes
 
1 Israel Librado (Mex) Puebla                             3  pts
2 Gerardo Soto (Mex) Unam                                 2
3 Alexei Levine (Rus) Russia                              1
 
Mountains
 
1 Gerardo Soto (Mex) Unam                                 3  pts
2 Alexei Levine (Rus) Russia                              2
3 Pablo Araya (CRc) Costa Rica                            1
 
Teams
 
1 Colombia                                           8.13.14
2 Mexican National Team                                 1.41
3 Oaxaca                                                3.37
4 Guatemala                                             6.01
5 Japan
6 Kazakhstan
7 Region Occidente                                      6.21
8 Russia
9 Costa Rica                                            9.46
10 Region Noroeste                                     10.10
11 Tlaxcala                                            10.32
12 Lithuania                                           11.08
13 Puebla                                              15.11
14 Unam                                                19.00
15 Switzerland                                         19.43
16 Distrito Federal                                    22.59
17 Jalisco                                             23.11
18 Bolivia                                             30.25
19 Italy                                               46.05
 
General classification after stage 5
 
1 Jesus Zarate (Mex) Oaxaca                         16.47.49
2 Carlos Hernandez (Mex) Mexican National Team          0.12
3 Julio Cesar Rangel (Col) Colombia                     0.46
4 Argiro Zapata (Col) Colombia                          0.48
5 Oscar Alvarez (Col) Colombia                          0.51
6 Victor Hugo Gonzalez (Col) Colombia                   1.12
7 Arquimedes Lam (Mex) Mexican National Team            2.36
8 Antonio Aldape (Mex) Region Occidente                 2.41
9 Victor Martinez (Mex) Oaxaca                          2.44
10 Leonardo Duque (Col) Colombia                        2.46
11 Miguel Martinez (Mex) Oaxaca                         2.49
12 Francisco Matamoros (Mex) Mexican National Team
13 Abel Jochola (Gua) Guatemala
14 Juan Sanchez (Mex) Tlaxcala
15 Jose Castel (Mex) Region Occidente
16 Ignacio Sarabia (Mex) Mexican National Team          3.20
17 Christian Valenzuela (Mex) Region Noroeste           4.38
18 Edgar Rodriguez (Gua) Guatemala                      4.50
19 Alexander Arekeev (Rus) Russia                       4.52
20 Shinri Suzuki (Jpn) Japan
21 Amilcar Gramajo (Gua) Guatemala                      5.12
22 Edgardo Lugo (Mex) Mexican National Team             5.15
23 Irving Aguilar (Mex) Region Occidente                5.35
24 Andres Contreras (Mex) Oaxaca                        6.34
25 Florencio Ramos (Mex) Region Occidente
26 Cuitlahuac Ayala (Mex) Puebla                        7.04
27 Carlos Lopez (Mex) Mexican National Team             7.27
28 Manuel Carvajal (Mex) Oaxaca                         8.17
29 Hipolito Perez (Mex) Tlaxcala                        8.18
30 Fausto Esparza (Mex) Region Occidente                8.20
31 Aivaras Baranauskas (Ltu) Lithuania                  8.21
32 Oved Yesid Ramirez (Col) Colombia
33 Marconi Duran (CRc) Costa Rica
34 Jose Alberto Montero (CRc) Costa Rica
35 Hisafumi Imanishi (Jpn) Japan
36 Jose Luis Venegas (Col) Colombia
37 Juan Diego Ramirez (Col) Colombia
38 Andrea Del Biaggio (Swi) Switzerland
39 Fermin Mendez (Gua) Guatemala
40 Andres Ordoñez (Gua) Guatemala
41 Eduardo Graciano (Mex) Oaxaca                        8.44
42 Yoshiyuki Abe (Jpn) Japan                            8.48
43 Darius Strole (Ltu) Lithuania                        8.53
44 Abraham Valenzuela (Mex) Region Noroeste             9.13
45 Marco Ortega (Mex) Region Noroeste                   9.41
46 Hugo Mejia (Mex) Unam                               10.15
47 Julio Castañeda (Mex) Puebla                        10.33
48 Hector Manuel Castaño (Col) Colombia
49 Ricartes Oliveros (Mex) Jalisco
50 Joel Alamillo (Mex) Region Noroeste                 10.49
51 Alexei Levine (Rus) Russia                          11.38
52 David Salomon (Mex) Mexican National Team           12.06
53 Angel Quetzel (Gua) Guatemala
54 Nieves Carrasco (CRc) Costa Rica
55 Elio Frausto (Mex) Region Occidente                 12.16
56 Noe Camacho (Mex) Jalisco                           12.23
57 Clint Montgomery (Swi) Switzerland                  12.27
58 Alexei Medvedev (Rus) Russia                        12.29
59 Andrejus Zubrovas (Ltu) Lithuania                   12.56
60 Alexander Mironov (Rus) Russia
61 Alfonso Sanchez (Mex) Puebla
62 Juan Gonzalez (Mex) Region Occidente
63 Javier Paniagua (Mex) Region Occidente
64 Davide Mantovani (Ita) Italy
65 Jaime Xochipiltecatl (Mex) Tlaxcala
66 Kaoru Oouchi (Jpn) Japan                            13.11
67 Juan Hernandez (Mex) Oaxaca
68 Miguel Meza (Mex) Mexican National Team             13.25
69 Gerardo Soto (Mex) Unam                             13.29
70 Artem Mavlianov (Rus) Russia                        13.42
71 Pablo Araya (CRc) Costa Rica                        13.46
72 Moises Vazquez (Mex) Tlaxcala                       13.50
73 Saulius Sarkauskas (Ltu) Lithuania                  13.51
74 Alexander Bespalov (Rus) Russia                     14.41
75 Fernando Escobar (Gua) Guatemala                    15.08
76 Armando Perez (Mex) Tlaxcala
77 Alejandro Rojas (Mex) Distrito Federal
78 Alfredo Zarate (Mex) Unam                           16.10
79 Ricardo Tapia (Mex) Oaxaca
80 Jesús Ordaz (Mex) Distrito Federal
81 Raimondas Vilcinskas (Ltu) Lithuania                16.22
82 Fernando Peña (Mex) Distrito Federal                17.00
83 Joaquin Sobrino (Spa) Unam                          17.05
84 Juan Luis Contreras (Mex) Unam                      17.23
85 Luis Fernando Macias (Mex) Jalisco
86 Paolo Manzoni (Swi) Switzerland                     17.57
87 Vytautas Kaupas (Ltu) Lithuania
88 Ismael Ponce (Mex) Jalisco
89 David Trolliet (Swi) Switzerland
90 Arunas Gliaudelis (Ltu) Lithuania                   18.05
91 Domingo Gonzalez (Mex) Mexican National Team
92 Remigijus Lupeikis (Ltu) Lithuania
93 Yuradir Lenandro (CRc) Costa Rica                   18.22
94 Erick Cabello (Mex) Unam
95 Jose Antonio Rojas (Mex) Distrito Federal
96 Arnold Zapata (Bol) Bolivia                         18.23
97 Yoshimasa Hirose (Jpn) Japan                        18.27
98 Marcos Segura (Mex) Distrito Federal                18.34
99 Gabriel Rivera (Mex) Jalisco                        18.41
100 Issac Poma (Bol) Bolivia
101 Jose Sanchez (Mex) Tlaxcala                        18.45
102 Hidenori Nodera (Jpn) Japan                        19.01
103 David Cham (Mex) Region Sureste                    19.27
104 Alvaro Trucios (Mex) Puebla                        20.07
105 Israel Librado (Mex) Puebla                        20.26
106 Sandro Rodriguez (Bol) Bolivia                     21.31
107 Jorge Castañeda (Mex) Puebla                       22.01
108 Francisco Malagon (Mex) Puebla                     22.37
109 Radames Guevara (Mex) Tlaxcala                     23.56
110 Ivan Chtchegolev (Rus) Russia                      24.14
111 Eddy Forner (Ita) Italy                            24.15
112 Victor Cruz (Mex) Jalisco                          24.43
113 Luca Lancelli (Ita) Italy                          28.25
114 Erick Luksa (Ita) Italy
115 Paolo Bonin (Ita) Italy
116 Edgardo Hernandez (Mex) Oaxaca                     28.37
117 Ricardo Ordaz (Mex) Distrito Federal               28.47
118 Masamichi Yamamoto (Jpn) Japan                     29.27
119 Genaro Agostopa (Bol) Bolivia
120 Miguel Ponciano (Mex) Puebla                       29.37
121 Nicolas Coudray (Swi) Switzerland
122 Ricardo Carrisoza (Mex) Distrito Federal           30.03
123 Frederic Brandenberger (Swi) Switzerland           30.33
124 Jose Esparza (Mex) Jalisco                         30.37
125 Manuel Sanchez (Mex) Jalisco
126 Jorge Padilla (Mex) Jalisco
127 Marco Antonio Chan (Mex) Region Sureste
128 Jose Garcia (Mex) Region Occidente                 30.47
129 Raul Escobar (Bol) Bolivia                         34.18
130 Alessio Fassetta (Ita) Italy                       34.24
131 Guiseppe Ribolzi (Swi) Switzerland                 36.04
132 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Kazakhstan                     37.16
133 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Kazakhstan
134 Andrey Medyannikov (Kaz) Kazakhstan
135 Sergey Lavrenenko (Kaz) Kazakhstan
136 Gabriel Fuentes (Mex) Distrito Federal             37.52
137 Markus Kammermann (Swi) Switzerland                38.49
138 Eovani Venturin (Ita) Italy                        40.23
139 Viktor Shestakov (Kaz) Kazakhstan                  41.01
140 Arturo Robles (Mex) Puebla                         41.39
141 Vadim Gorbachevskiy (Kaz) Kazakhstan               41.51
142 Erick Castaño (Ecu) Kazakhstan
143 Diego Lopez (Bol) Bolivia                          43.02
144 Alexander Dimovskikh (Kaz) Kazakhstan              45.36
145 Samat Sapashanov (Kaz) Kazakhstan                  47.00
146 Yamil Montaño (Bol) Bolivia                        50.12
 
U23 classification
 
1 Miguel Martinez (Mex) Oaxaca                          2.49
2 Ignacio Sarabia (Mex) Mexican National Team           3.20
3 Alexander Arekeev (Rus) Russia                        4.52
4 Carlos Lopez (Mex) Mexican National Team              7.27
5 Marco Ortega (Mex) Region Noroeste                    9.41
6 Hugo Mejia (Mex) Unam                                10.15
7 Julio Castañeda (Mex) Puebla                         10.33
8 Alexei Levine (Rus) Russia                           11.38
9 Angel Quetzel (Gua) Guatemala                        12.06
10 Elio Frausto (Mex) Region Occidente                 12.16
11 Alexei Medvedev (Rus) Russia                        12.29
12 Alexander Mironov (Rus) Russia                      12.56
13 Javier Paniagua (Mex) Region Occidente
14 Davide Mantovani (Ita) Italy
15 Artem Mavlianov (Rus) Russia                        13.42
16 Alexander Bespalov (Rus) Russia                     14.41
17 Alejandro Rojas (Mex) Distrito Federal              15.08
18 Ricardo Tapia (Mex) Oaxaca                          16.10
19 Joaquin Sobrino (Spa) Unam                          17.05
20 Luis Fernando Macias (Mex) Jalisco                  17.23
21 Vytautas Kaupas (Ltu) Lithuania                     17.57
22 Arunas Gliaudelis (Ltu) Lithuania                   18.05
23 Erick Cabello (Mex) Unam                            18.22
24 Marcos Segura (Mex) Distrito Federal                18.34
25 Jose Sanchez (Mex) Tlaxcala                         18.45
26 David Cham (Mex) Region Sureste                     19.27
27 Sandro Rodriguez (Bol) Bolivia                      21.31
28 Ivan Chtchegolev (Rus) Russia                       24.14
29 Luca Lancelli (Ita) Italy                           28.25
30 Miguel Ponciano (Mex) Puebla                        29.37
31 Ricardo Carrisoza (Mex) Distrito Federal            30.03
32 Jorge Padilla (Mex) Jalisco                         30.37
33 Raul Escobar (Bol) Bolivia                          34.18
34 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Kazakhstan                      37.16
35 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Kazakhstan
36 Andrey Medyannikov (Kaz) Kazakhstan
37 Eovani Venturin (Ita) Italy                         40.23
38 Viktor Shestakov (Kaz) Kazakhstan                   41.01
39 Vadim Gorbachevskiy (Kaz) Kazakhstan                41.51
40 Diego Lopez (Bol) Bolivia                           43.02
41 Alexander Dimovskikh (Kaz) Kazakhstan               45.36
42 Samat Sapashanov (Kaz) Kazakhstan                   47.00
43 Yamil Montaño (Bol) Bolivia                         50.12
 
Metas volantes classification
 
1 Eduardo Graciano (Mex) Oaxaca                           7  pts
2 Miguel Meza (Mex) Mexican National Team                 4
3 Israel Librado (Mex) Puebla                             3
4 Amilcar Gramajo (Gua) Guatemala                         3
5 Victor Cruz (Mex) Jalisco                               3
6 Gerardo Soto (Mex) Unam                                 2
7 Masamichi Yamamoto (Jpn) Japan                          2
8 Edgar Rodriguez (Gua) Guatemala                         2
9 Alexei Levine (Rus) Russia                              1
10 Abraham Valenzuela (Mex) Region Noroeste               1
11 Oscar Alvarez (Col) Colombia                           1
12 Fausto Esparza (Mex) Region Occidente                  1
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Gerardo Soto (Mex) Unam                                 3  pts
2 Alexei Levine (Rus) Russia                              2
3 Pablo Araya (CRc) Costa Rica                            1