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Euskal Bizikleta - 2.1
Spain, June 4-8, 2003
2002 results Stage List Preview Start List Past winners
The Stages
- Stage 1 - June 4: Eibar - Ispaster, 146.5 km
- Stage 2 - June 5: Ispaster - Aizarnazabal , 167,2 km
- Stage 3 - June 6: Aizarnazabal - Santuario Virgen de Oro, 187,6 km
- Stage 4a - June 7: Murgia - Deba-Itziar, 87,4 km
- Stage 4b - June 7: Deba - Deba ITT, 16,5 km
- Stage 5 - June 8: ETB (Iurreta) - Arrate (Eibar) 147,9 km
Preview
The major Spanish stage race this week is the Euskal Bizikleta (Bicicleta Vasca), which runs between June 4 - 8 over six stages. It's a 2.1 classed race, and will attract all the Spanish teams, in particular those building up for the Tour de France. Riders like Joseba Beloki (ONCE), Roberto Laiseka (Euskaltel), Leonardo Piepoli (iBanesto), Carlos Garcia Quesada (Kelme), Daniel Atienza (Cofidis), Txema Del Olmo (Milaneza) and Oscar Freire (Rabobank) will be present, along with foreigners such as Mario Aerts (Telekom) and Romans Vainsteins (Vini Caldirola) in the 120 rider field.
The race is generally quite hilly, with two tough days on Stage 3 (Aizarnazabal to Santuario Virgen de Oro) and Stage 5 (ETB (Iurreta) to Arrate (Eibar)). The final stage includes three Cat. 1 climbs, and could well change the classification after the 16.5 km time trial in Deba on Saturday afternoon.
Start list
ONCE-Eroski Lampre
1 Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa) 11 Raimondas Rumsas (Ltu)
2 Joseba Beloki (Spa) 12 Francisco Vila (Spa)
3 Angel Castresana (Spa) 13 Francesco Casagrande (Ita)
4 Marcos Serrano (Spa) 14 Daniele Righi (Ita)
5 Koldo Gil (Spa) 15 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita)
6 Mikel Pradera (Spa) 16 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita)
7 Alvaro Glez. Galdeano (Spa) 17 Marco Serpellini (Ita)
8 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) 18 Maro Pinotti (Ita)
Euskaltel-Euskadi Cofidis
21 David Etxebarria (Spa) 31 Daniel Atienza (Spa)
22 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) 32 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa)
23 Alberto Martinez (Spa) 33 Bingen Fernandez (Spa)
24 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) 34 Nico Mattan (Bel)
25 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) 35 Luis Perez (Spa)
26 Gorka Gerrikagoitia (Spa) 36 Marek Rutkiewicz (Pol)
27 Iñaki Isasi (Spa) 37 Robert Sassone (Fra)
28 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) 38 Guido Trentin (Ita)
IBanesto.com Paternina-Costa de Almeria
41 Aitor Osa (Spa) 51 José Garrido (Spa)
42 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) 52 Juan Antonio Pecharroman (Spa)
43 J.Antonio Flecha (Spa) 53 Gustavo Toledo (Arg)
44 José Iván Gutierrez (Spa) 54 Carlos Torrent (Spa)
45 Unai Osa (Spa) 55 Pedro Diaz Lobato (Spa)
46 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) 56 Joaquin Lopez (Spa)
47 Jon Odriozola (Spa) 57 Dario Gadeo (Spa)
48 Xabier Zandio (Spa) 58 Jorge Ferrio (Spa)
Milaneza-MSS Kelme-Costa Blanca
61 Txema Del Olmo (Spa) 71 Juan Miguel Cuenca (Spa)
62 Lizuarte Manuel Martins (Por) 72 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa)
64 Pedro Cardoso (Por) 73 Javier Pascual Llorente (Spa)
65 Rui Miguel Sousa (Por) 74 David Latasa (Spa)
66 Carlos Carneiro (Por) 75 Adolfo Garcia Quesada (Spa)
67 Paulo Barroso (Por) 76 David Muñoz (Spa)
68 Rui Lavarinhas (Por) 77 Roberto Lozano (Spa)
78 Alexis Rodriguez (Spa)
Domina Vacanze-Elitron Vini Caldirola
81 Miguel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) 91 Marco Milesi (Ita)
82 Claudio Astolfi (Ita) 92 Romans Vainsteins (Lat)
83 Massimo Giunti (Ita) 93 David De La Fuente (Spa)
84 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) 94 Gianluca Sironi (Ita)
85 Filip Meirhaeghe (Bel) 95 Paolo Bossoni (Ita)
86 Ruben Lobato (Spa) 96 Andrej Hauptman (Slo)
87 Kyryl Pospyeyev (Ukr) 97 Mauro Radaelli (Ita)
88 Filippo Simeoni (Ita)
Labarca 2-Cafe Baque Telekom
101 Aitor Kintana (Spa) 111 Mario Aerts (Bel)
102 Marcelino Garcia (Spa) 112 David Kopp (Ger)
103 Alberto Hierro (Spa) 113 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita)
104 Leandro Navarrete (Spa) 114 Kai Hundertmark (Ger)
105 Francisco Palacios (Spa) 115 Jan Schaffrath (Ger)
106 José Javier Gomez Gozalo (Spa) 116 Stephan Schreck (Ger)
107 Gustavo Otero (Spa) 117 Christian Werner (Ger)
108 Francisco Gutierrez (Spa) 118 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz)
Rabobank Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada
121 Oscar Freire (Spa) 131 Santiago Blanco (Spa)
122 Robert Hunter (RSA) 132 Antonio Colom (Spa)
123 Mathew Hayman (Aus) 133 David Fernandez (Spa)
124 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) 134 José Miguel Elias (Spa)
125 Ronald Mutsaars (Ned) 135 David Navas (Spa)
126 Roy Sentjens (Ned) 137 Nacor Burgos (Spa)
127 Marc Lotz (Ned) 138 J.Manuel Vazquez (Spa)
128 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned)
Mercatone Uno-Scanavino Marlux Wincor Nixdorf
141 Joseba Albizu (Spa) 151 Maurizio Ardila (Col)
142 Enrico Degano (Ita) 152 Dave Bruylandts (Bel)
143 Fabio Testi (Ita) 153 Johan Coenen (Bel)
144 Massimo Cigana (Ita) 154 Manu L'hoir (Bel)
145 Sylvester Szymyd (Pol) 155 Charles Guilbert (Fra)
146 Eddy Serri (Ita) 156 Dimitri Konyshev (Rus)
147 Andrea Moletta (Ita) 157 Jean-Michel Tessier (Fra)
158 Geert Verheyen (Bel)
Past winners
2002 Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 2001 Juan Carlos Domínguez Domínguez (Spa) iBanesto.com 2000 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1999 David Etxeberria Alkorta (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 1998 Abraham Olano (Spa) Banesto 1997 Abraham Olano (Spa) Banesto 1996 Miguel Indurain (Spa) Banesto 1995 Jewgeni Berzin (Rus) Gewiss 1994 Stefano Della-Santa (Ita) Mapei 1993 Pjotr Ugrumow (Lat) Mecair 1992 Franco Chioccioli (Ita) GB-MG Boys 1991 Gianni Bugno (Ita) Château d'Ax Previously : Criterium de Côte d'Arrate (1941-1990) Past winners by Mario Stiehl, www.world-of-cycling.com
