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18th Clasica de Almeria - 1.3
Spain, March 2, 2003
2002 Results Results Past winners
Brazilian win in Almeria
By João Cravo
In beating Massimo Strazzer in the Clasica de Almeria, Brazilian Luciano Pagliarini (Lampre) obtained his fourth win of the season. The young Brazilian could make a Carnivale of his own in Spain, while Strazzer's day was somewhat less festive, the Phonak rider unable to repeat his win of 2002.
The warm 20 degree temperatures saw the hostilities open in the first of 187 kilometres between Puebla de Vicar to Almeria, a Mediterranean town in the Spanish region of Andalucia. The home team, Paternina-Costa de Almeria, put Pedro Diaz Lobato and José Luis Martinez in the first attack, although they were caught after only 3 kilometres.
When the Category 2 climb of Alto de Celin was reached at kilometre 31, several more breakaway attempts had been made and annulled. On that climb, Alexandre Moos (Phonak) crossed the line first followed by José Luis Martinez (Paternina-Costa de Almeria) and Rui Sousa (Milaneza-MSS).
Riding at a fast rotation, the peloton covered 44.5 km on the first hour and 45.7 km in the second. At that speed it wasn't easy for anybody to get clear of the peloton. Not even for a large group of 25 riders that tried for almost 10 km without success.
At km 110, José Luis Martinez had another try and this time was accompanied by Addy Engels (Rabobank) and Serguei Yakovlev (Telekom). Although the race speed was still increasing (46 km in the third hour), the three fugitives reached km 139 with a 1'40" lead to the bunch.
A crash at km 145 forced Iñigo Cuesta (Cofidis) out of the race and into hospital, and on the last climb of the day, the Cat. 3 Alto de Millares (km 159), Yakovlev was distanced by his breakaway companions. Martinez was first at the top of the climb but the peloton was just 25" behind, and his lead did not last long.
A compact peloton crossed the finish line after 180 km with just one 7 km lap to go. Seven kilometres later, Pagliarini won the race and resumed his leadership at the top of the victory table for 2003. Strazzer finished second, with Alexei Markov (Lokomotiv) taking third.
Results - 187 km
1 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Lampre 4.01.30 (46.46 km/h) 2 Massimo Strazzer (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems 3 Alexei Markov (Rus) Lokomotiv 4 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 5 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank 6 Ivan Herrero (Spa) Labarca 2-Cafe Baque 7 Francisco Gutierrez (Spa) Labarca 2-Cafe Baque 8 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Alessio 9 Nico Sijmens (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 10 Angel Edo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 11 Milan Kadlec (Cze) Lampre 12 Rui Miguel Sousa (Por) Milaneza-MSS 13 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 14 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Lokomotiv 15 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre 16 Xabier Zandio (Spa) iBanesto.com 17 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 18 Matthew Gilmore (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 19 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Labarca 2-Cafe Baque 20 David Fernandez (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 21 Oleg Rodionov (Rus) Lokomotiv 22 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 23 David Lopez (Spa) Labarca 2-Cafe Baque 24 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems 25 Jose Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) iBanesto.com 26 Ruben Plaza (Spa) iBanesto.com 27 Angel Vicioso (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 28 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Paternina-Costa Almeria 29 Bobby Julich (USA) Telekom 30 Win Van Huffel (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 31 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 32 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 33 Carlos Golbano (Spa) Paternina-Costa Almeria 34 Serguei Klimov (Rus) Lokomotiv 35 Gustavo M. Toledo (Arg) Paternina-Costa Almeria 36 Rui Lavarinhas (Por) Milaneza-MSS 37 Denis Smyslov (Rus) Lokomotiv 38 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 39 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 40 Julian Usano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 41 Steven Kleynen (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 42 Rafael Casero (Spa) Paternina-Costa Almeria 43 Cadel Evans (Aus) Telekom 44 Jose Luis Arrieta (Spa) iBanesto.com 45 Angelo Lopeboselli (Ita) Cofidis 46 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 47 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Lokomotiv 48 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis 49 Jose Enriqu Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 50 Isidro Nozal (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 51 Antonio Colom (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 52 German Nieto (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 53 Hector Guerra (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 54 Rudolf Wentzel (RSA) Vlaanderen-T Interim 55 Frederik Willems (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 56 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Telekom 57 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 58 Domingo Segado (Spa) Paternina-Costa Almeria 59 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 60 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 61 Jef Peeters (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 62 Juan Carlos Guillamon (Spa) Paternina-Costa Almeria 63 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 64 Rafael Diaz (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 65 Matthias Kessler (Ger) Telekom 66 Andreas Kloden (Ger) Telekom 67 Francisco Perez (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 68 Stefan Kupfernagel (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 69 Jose Manuel Maestre (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 70 Denis Lunghi (Ita) Alessio 0.12 71 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 0.15 72 Alexander Serov (Rus) Lokomotiv 73 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.18 74 Jan Hruska (Cze) ONCE-Eroski 75 Adolfo Garcia (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 0.26 76 Carlos Garcia (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 77 Leonardo Navarrete (Spa) Labarca 2-Cafe Baque 0.33 78 Lizuarte Martins (Por) Milaneza-MSS 79 Mario Aerts (Bel) Telekom 0.35 80 Francisco Palacios (Spa) Labarca 2-Cafe Baque 0.43 81 Unai Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 82 Joan Horrach (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 0.48 83 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) iBanesto.com 84 Jose Manuel Vazquez (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 85 Jhonathan Gonzalez (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 86 David Herrero (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 87 Jose Luis Martinez (Spa) Paternina-Costa Almeria 88 Iker Camaño (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 89 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) iBanesto.com 90 Marcelino Garcia (Spa) Labarca 2-Cafe Baque 91 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Telekom 92 Cesar Garcia (Spa) Labarca 2-Cafe Baque 93 Andre Kivilev (Kaz) Cofidis 94 Addy Engels (Ned) Rabobank 95 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio 96 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank 2.04 97 Gorka Beloki (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 98 Gonzalo Bayarri (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 99 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.20 100 Alvaro Gonzalez (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 4.53 101 Lander Euba (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi Mountains Pto. Celin - Cat. 2, km 31.00 1 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 10 pts 2 Jose Luis Martinez (Spa) Paternina-Costa Almeria 7 3 Rui Miguel Sousa (Por) Milaneza-MSS 5 4 Carlos Garcia (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 3 5 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 6 Jhonathan Gonzalez (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 1 Los Millares - Cat. 3, km 159.00 1 Jose Luis Martinez (Spa) Paternina-Costa Almeria 7 pts 2 Addy Engels (Ned) Rabobank 5 3 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Telekom 3 4 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 2 5 Jan Hruska (Cze) ONCE-Eroski 1 Metas Volantes Berja, km 37.70 1 Carlos Golbano (Spa) Paternina-Costa Almeria 3 pts 2 Juan Carlos Guillamon (Spa) Paternina-Costa Almeria 2 3 Domingo Segado (Spa) Paternina-Costa Almeria 1 Las Marinas, km 108.60 1 Carlos Golbano (Spa) Paternina-Costa Almeria 3 pts 2 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Lokomotiv 2 3 Domingo Segado (Spa) Paternina-Costa Almeria 1 Special Sprints Adra, km 53.20 1 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Paternina-Costa Almeria 3 pts 2 Gustavo M. Toledo (Arg) Paternina-Costa Almeria 2 3 Addy Engels (Ned) Rabobank 1 Gador, km 153.00 1 Jose Luis Martinez (Spa) Paternina-Costa Almeria 3 pts 2 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Telekom 2 3 Addy Engels (Ned) Rabobank 1 Teams 1 Lampre 12.04.30 2 Labarca 2-Cafe Baque 3 Lokomotiv 4 Rabobank 5 Vlaanderen-Tinterim 6 Milaneza-Mss 7 Ibanesto.Com 8 Kelme-Costa Blanca 9 Phonak H.S. 10 Paternina-Costa Almeria 11 Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 12 Euskaltel-Euskadi 13 Telekom 14 Once-Eroski 15 Cofidis 0.48 16 Alessio 1.00 Mountains classification 1 Jose Luis Martinez (Spa) Paternina-Costa Almeria 14 pts 2 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 12 3 Rui Miguel Sousa (Por) Milaneza-MSS 5 4 Addy Engels (Ned) Rabobank 5 5 Carlos Garcia (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 3 6 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Telekom 3 7 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 8 Jan Hruska (Cze) Once-Eroski 1 9 Jhonathan Gonzalez (Spa) Once-Eroski 1 Metas Volantes classification 1 Carlos Golbano (Spa) Paternina-Costa Almeria 6 pts 2 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Lokomotiv 2 3 Juan Carlos Guillamon (Spa) Paternina-Costa Almeri 2 4 Domingo Segado (Spa) Paternina-Costa Almeria 2 Special Sprints classification 1 Jose Luis Martinez (Spa) Paternina-Costa Almeria 3 pts 2 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Paternina-Costa Almeria 3 3 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Telekom 2 4 Gustavo M. Toledo (Arg) Paternina-Costa Almeria 2 5 Addy Engels (Ned) Rabobank 2 Teams classification 1 Lampre 12.04.30 2 Labarca 2-Cafe Baque 3 Lokomotiv 4 Rabobank 5 Vlaanderen-Tinterim 6 Milaneza-Mss 7 Ibanesto.Com 8 Kelme-Costa Blanca 9 Phonak H.S. 10 Paternina-Costa Almeria 11 Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 12 Euskaltel-Euskadi 13 Telekom 14 Once-Eroski 15 Cofidis 0.48 16 Alessio 1.00
Past winners
2002 Massimo Strazzer (Ita) Phonak Hearing System 2001 Tayeb Braikia (Den) Lotto-Adecco 2000 Isaac Galvez (Spa) Kelme Costa Blanca 176 kms in 4.36.51 1999 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre-Daikin 188 kms in 5.34.51 1998 Mario Traversoni (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Bianchi 188 kms in 4.48.07 1997 Massimo Strazzer (Ita 1996 Wilfried Nelissen (Bel) 1995 Jean-Pierre Heynderickx (Bel) 1994 Johan Capiot (Bel) 1993 Vjatcheslav Ekimov (Rus)
