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29th Volta ao Algarve - 2.3
Portugal, February 19-23, 2003
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Stage 2 - February 20: Lagoa - V.R. San Antonio, 172km
Loddo for Lampre
By João Cravo
Lampre's sprinter Alberto Loddo has claimed the second stage of the Volta ao Algarve, which again ended in a bunch sprint. Fresh off his trip to Moscow for the Track World Cup, Loddo beat home Candido Barbosa (LA PEcol) and stage 1 winner Angel Edo (Milaneza). The latter kept his leader's jersey with a nine second advantage over Yon Bru (LA Pecol).
Across the Portuguese region of Algarve from West (Lagoa, a town near Portimão) to East (Vila Real de Santo António on the Spanish border), the second stage was exactly what it was supposed to be. With the highest of the two climbs being 494 metres, and with comparatively warm 17 degree temperatures accompanying the riders, it was no surprise that the stage was aggressive from the start.
Gonçalo Amorim (Milaneza-MSS), who was involved in the crashes that forced Fernando Sousa (Antarte-Rota do Móveis-BPN) and David Zabriskie (US Postal) out of the race yesterday, was able to finish stage 1 despite his injuries, but couldn't fully recover and wasn't at the start for stage 2.
The first hour of the race saw few unsuccessful breakaway attempts and the abandonment of Franco Meira (Pepolim&Irmãos-Ovarense). After about 60 km, Aitor Silloniz (Euskaltel-Euskadi) escaped the peloton and won the Cat. 3 climb of Barranco do Velho ahead of Pedro Lopes (LA Pecol) and Nelson Vitorino (Porta da Ravessa-Tavira).
Profiting from the calm in the main bunch, Silloniz increased his advantage to 6'30" to cross the Cat.2 climb of Serro de São Miguel (km 122) in first place. At that point, the peloton under the leadership of Milaneza-MSS decided to turn things around, and began to eat into Silloniz's break.
Losing 3'10" in the next 30 km, Aitor Silloniz found enough strength to take his breakaway to the last kilometre, before being caught and passed by a peloton that was then being controlled by Lampre.
Angel Edo couldn't repeat the victory and was beaten in the final sprint by Alberto Loddo (Lampre) and the winner of last year's edition, Cândido Barbosa (LA Pecol).
Results
1 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Lampre 4.17.25 2 Candido Barbosa (Por) L.A. Pecol 3 Angel Edo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 4 Alberto Benito (Spa) Antarte- Rota Movei 5 Yon Bru (Spa) L.A. Pecol 6 Ruben Galvan (Spa) ASC-Vila Do Conde 7 Gustavo Lemos (Spa) Carvalhelhos-Boavista 8 Nuno Marta (Por) Barbot-Torrie 9 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10 Pedro Soeiro (Por) Carvalhelhos-Boavista 11 Jose Cayetano Julia (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 12 Pedro Cardoso (Por) Milaneza-MSS 13 Michael Barry (Can) U.S. Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 14 Jose Rodrigues (Por) Carvalhelhos-Boavista 15 Serguei Klimov (Rus) Lokomotiv 16 Pedro Costa (Por) Cantanhede-M-Marialva 17 Roberto Lozano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 18 Paulo Ferreira (Por) Cantanhede-M-Marialva 19 Denis Smyslov (Rus) Lokomotiv 20 Alexander Serov (Rus) Lokomotiv 21 Gorka Gerrikagoitia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 22 Oleg Rodionov (Rus) Lokomotiv 23 Gerardo Fernandez (Arg) Antarte- Rota Movei 24 Claus Michael Moller (Den) Milaneza-MSS 25 Gustavo Veloso (Spa) Carvalhelhos-Boavista 26 Bruno Castanheira (Por) L.A. Pecol 27 Israel Nuñez (Spa) ASC-Vila Do Conde 28 Ricardo Costa (Por) Porta Da Ravessa-Tavira 29 Hugo Lucio (Por) Barbot-Torrie 30 Jacek Morajko (Por) Antarte- Rota Movei 31 David Muñoz (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 32 Hugo Sabido (Por) Barbot-Torrie 33 Francisco Perez (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 34 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) U.S. Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 35 David Bernabeu (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 36 Luis Sarreira (Por) Cantanhede-M-Marialva 37 Helder Silva (Por) Cantanhede-M-Marialva 38 Oscar Serrano (Spa) ASC-Vila Do Conde 39 Oscar Diaz (Spa) Barbot-Torrie 40 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 41 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 42 David Blanco (Spa) Porta Da Ravessa-Tavira 43 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Lokomotiv 44 Nelson Vitorino (Por) Porta Da Ravessa-Tavira 45 Nuno Alves (Por) Barbot-Torrie 46 Damon Kluck (USA) U.S. Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 47 Joaquim Andrade (Por) Porta Da Ravessa-Tavira 48 Unai Yus (Spa) Cantanhede-M-Marialva 49 George Hincapie (USA) U.S. Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 50 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Lampre 51 Juan Olmo (Spa) Barbot-Torrie 52 Joaquim Sampaio (Por) Carvalhelhos-Boavista 53 Claudio Faria (Por) ASC-Vila Do Conde 54 Orlando Rodrigues (Por) L.A. Pecol 55 Rafael Mila (Spa) ASC-Vila Do Conde 56 Quintino Rodrigues (Por) ASC-Vila Do Conde 57 Alexis Rodriguez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 58 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Lokomotiv 59 Jordi Riera (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 60 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Lampre 61 Ezequiel Mosquera (Spa) Cantanhede-M-Marialva 62 Cesar Pinto (Por) ASC-Vila Do Conde 63 Ruben Diaz De Cerio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 64 Rui Roque (Por) L.A. Pecol 65 Milan Kadlec (Cze) Lampre 0.03 66 Sergio Franco (Por) Pepolim&Irmaos-Ovare 67 Carlos Pinho (Por) Barbot-Torrie 68 Renato Silva (Por) Milaneza-MSS 69 Celio Sousa (Por) Carvalhelhos-Boavista 70 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Lampre 71 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 72 Luis Bartolomeu (Por) Porta Da Ravessa-Tavira 73 Joao Silva (Por) Antarte- Rota Movei 74 Hugo Vitor (Por) Cantanhede-M-Marialva 75 Jose Luis Rubiera (Spa) U.S. Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 76 Sergio Paulinho (Por) ASC-Vila Do Conde 77 Elio Sousa (Por) Cantanhede-M-Marialva 78 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) U.S. Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 79 Christian Climent (Spa) Barbot-Torrie 80 Krassimir Vassiliev (Bul) Porta Da Ravessa-Tavira 81 Julian Usano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 82 Simone Bertoletti (Ita) Lampre 83 Nuno Ribeiro (Por) L.A. Pecol 84 Jose Jimenez (Spa) Porta Da Ravessa-Tavira 85 Ricardo Felgueiras (Por) Antarte- Rota Movei 86 Pedro Lopes (Por) L.A. Pecol 87 Benjamin Day (Aus) Carvalhelhos-Boavista 88 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre 89 Alexandre Pinho (Por) Pepolim&Irmaos-Ovare 90 Virgilio Santos (Por) Antarte- Rota Movei 91 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 92 Alber Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 93 Jose Oliveira (Por) Pepolim&Irmaos-Ovare 94 Adolfo Garcia (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 95 Atanas Petrov (Bul) Carvalhelhos-Boavista 96 Vidal Fitas (Por) Porta Da Ravessa-Tavira 97 Paulo Barroso (Por) Milaneza-MSS 0.13 98 Vicente Reynes (Spa) L.A. Pecol 0.18 99 Aitor Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.44 100 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Lampre 2.47 101 Alexei Markov (Rus) Lokomotiv 11.03 102 Pedro Magalhaes (Por) Pepolim&Irmaos-Ovare 103 Ruben Oliveira (Spa) Antarte- Rota Movei 15.18 104 Marc Soares (Por) Pepolim&Irmaos-Ovare 19.23 105 Rui Bica (Por) Pepolim&Irmaos-Ovare 21.03 Points 1 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Lampre 25 pts 2 Candido Barbosa (Por) L.A. Pecol 20 3 Angel Edo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 16 4 Alberto Benito (Spa) Antarte- Rota Movei 13 5 Yon Bru (Spa) L.A. Pecol 10 6 Ruben Galvan (Spa) ASC-Vila Do Conde 8 7 Gustavo Lemos (Spa) Carvalhelhos-Boavista 6 8 Nuno Marta (Por) Barbot-Torrie 4 9 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 10 Pedro Soeiro (Por) Carvalhelhos-Boavista 1 Mountains Climb - Cat. 3 1 Aitor Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5 pts 2 Pedro Lopes (Por) L.A. Pecol 3 3 Nelson Vitorino (Por) Porta Da Ravessa-Tavira 1 Climb - Cat. 2 1 Aitor Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 9 pts 2 David Muñoz (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 7 3 Nelson Vitorino (Por) Porta Da Ravessa-Tavira 5 4 Yon Bru (Spa) L.A. Pecol 3 5 Claus Michael Moller (Den) Milaneza-MSS 1 Metas Volantes Varcea do Carvalho, km 47 1 Yon Bru (Spa) L.A. Pecol 3 pts 2 Angel Edo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 2 3 Oscar Serrano (Spa) ASC-Vila Do Conde 1 Santa Margarita, km 145.8 1 Aitor Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3 pts 2 Marco Meira (Por) Pepolim&Irmaos-Ovare 2 3 Roberto Lozano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1 Teams 1 Carvalhelhos-Boavista 2.52.15 2 L.A. Pecol 3 Milaneza-MSS 4 Lokomotiv 5 Antarte- Rota Moveis 6 Kelme-Costa Blanca 7 Barbot-Torrie 8 Euskaltel-Euskadi 9 Cantanhede-M-Marialva 10 ASC-Vila Do Conde 11 U.S. Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 12 Lampre 13 Porta Da Ravessa-Tavira 14 Pepolim&Irmaos-Ovarense General classification after stage 2 1 Angel Edo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 8.58.32 2 Yon Bru (Spa) L.A. Pecol 0.09 3 Candido Barbosa (Por) L.A. Pecol 0.01 4 Michael Barry (Can) U.S. Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 5 Oscar Serrano (Spa) ASC-Vila Do Conde 6 Roberto Lozano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 7 Alberto Benito (Spa) Antarte- Rota Movei 0.16 8 Ruben Galvan (Spa) ASC-Vila Do Conde 9 Nuno Marta (Por) Barbot-Torrie 10 Gustavo Lemos (Spa) Carvalhelhos-Boavista 11 Jose Cayetano Julia (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 12 Pedro Soeiro (Por) Carvalhelhos-Boavista 13 Serguei Klimov (Rus) Lokomotiv 14 Pedro Cardoso (Por) Milaneza-MSS 15 Pedro Costa (Por) Cantanhede-M-Marialva 16 Gorka Gerrikagoitia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 17 Gerardo Fernandez (Arg) Antarte- Rota Movei 18 Israel Nuñez (Spa) ASC-Vila Do Conde 19 Gustavo Veloso (Spa) Carvalhelhos-Boavista 20 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) U.S. Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 21 Jose Rodrigues (Por) Carvalhelhos-Boavista 22 Claus Michael Moller (Den) Milaneza-MSS 23 Bruno Castanheira (Por) L.A. Pecol 24 Luis Sarreira (Por) Cantanhede-M-Marialva 25 Hugo Lucio (Por) Barbot-Torrie 26 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 27 Francisco Perez (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 28 David Bernabeu (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 29 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 30 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 31 Claudio Faria (Por) ASC-Vila Do Conde 32 Rafael Mila (Spa) ASC-Vila Do Conde 33 Oscar Diaz (Spa) Barbot-Torrie 34 David Blanco (Spa) Porta Da Ravessa-Tavira 35 Joaquim Andrade (Por) Porta Da Ravessa-Tavira 36 Denis Smyslov (Rus) Lokomotiv 37 Nelson Vitorino (Por) Porta Da Ravessa-Tavira 38 Unai Yus (Spa) Cantanhede-M-Marialva 39 Jordi Riera (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 40 Nuno Alves (Por) Barbot-Torrie 41 Hugo Sabido (Por) Barbot-Torrie 42 Joaquim Sampaio (Por) Carvalhelhos-Boavista 43 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 44 Helder Silva (Por) Cantanhede-M-Marialva 45 George Hincapie (USA) U.S. Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 46 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Lampre 47 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre 48 Rui Roque (Por) L.A. Pecol 49 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Lampre 50 Juan Olmo (Spa) Barbot-Torrie 51 Ezequiel Mosquera (Spa) Cantanhede-M-Marialva 52 Carlos Pinho (Por) Barbot-Torrie 53 Quintino Rodrigues (Por) ASC-Vila Do Conde 54 Ruben Diaz De Cerio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 55 Orlando Rodrigues (Por) L.A. Pecol 56 Alexis Rodriguez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 57 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Lampre 58 Jose Luis Rubiera (Spa) U.S. Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 59 Nuno Ribeiro (Por) L.A. Pecol 60 Simone Bertoletti (Ita) Lampre 61 Sergio Paulinho (Por) ASC-Vila Do Conde 62 Krassimir Vassiliev (Bul) Porta Da Ravessa-Tavira 63 Vidal Fitas (Por) Porta Da Ravessa-Tavira 64 Milan Kadlec (Cze) Lampre 0.19 65 Vicente Reynes (Spa) L.A. Pecol 0.34 66 Hugo Vitor (Por) Cantanhede-M-Marialva 0.41 67 Damon Kluck (USA) U.S. Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 0.48 68 Joao Silva (Por) Antarte- Rota Movei 69 Christian Climent (Spa) Barbot-Torrie 70 Paulo Ferreira (Por) Cantanhede-M-Marialva 0.53 71 Jacek Morajko (Por) Antarte- Rota Movei 72 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Lokomotiv 73 Cesar Pinto (Por) ASC-Vila Do Conde 74 Elio Sousa (Por) Cantanhede-M-Marialva 75 Ricardo Felgueiras (Por) Antarte- Rota Movei 76 Benjamin Day (Aus) Carvalhelhos-Boavista 77 Jose Oliveira (Por) Pepolim&Irmaos-Ovare 78 Alexandre Pinho (Por) Pepolim&Irmaos-Ovare 79 Virgilio Santos (Por) Antarte- Rota Movei 80 Oleg Rodionov (Rus) Lokomotiv 0.57 81 Celio Sousa (Por) Carvalhelhos-Boavista 82 Atanas Petrov (Bul) Carvalhelhos-Boavista 83 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Lokomotiv 1.24 84 Pedro Lopes (Por) L.A. Pecol 1.27 85 Paulo Barroso (Por) Milaneza-MSS 1.42 86 Renato Silva (Por) Milaneza-MSS 2.01 87 Alexander Serov (Rus) Lokomotiv 5.36 88 David Muñoz (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 8.24 89 Julian Usano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 90 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Lampre 9.06 91 Ricardo Costa (Por) Porta Da Ravessa-Tavira 9.16 92 Luis Bartolomeu (Por) Porta Da Ravessa-Tavira 93 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) U.S. Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 94 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 95 Alber Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 96 Adolfo Garcia (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 97 Aitor Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 9.55 98 Jose Jimenez (Spa) Porta Da Ravessa-Tavira 10.13 99 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Lampre 12.03 100 Sergio Franco (Por) Pepolim&Irmaos-Ovare 16.29 101 Alexei Markov (Rus) Lokomotiv 20.46 102 Pedro Magalhaes (Por) Pepolim&Irmaos-Ovare 21.43 103 Ruben Oliveira (Spa) Antarte- Rota Movei 24.54 104 Marc Soares (Por) Pepolim&Irmaos-Ovare 29.36 105 Rui Bica (Por) Pepolim&Irmaos-Ovare 39.08 Points classification 1 Angel Edo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 43 pts 2 Yon Bru (Spa) L.A. Pecol 29 3 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Lampre 25 4 Alberto Benito (Spa) Antarte- Rota Movei 21 5 Ruben Galvan (Spa) ASC-Vila Do Conde 21 6 Candido Barbosa (Por) L.A. Pecol 20 7 Michael Barry (Can) U.S. Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 20 8 Nuno Marta (Por) Barbot-Torrie 14 9 Gustavo Lemos (Spa) Carvalhelhos-Boavista 10 10 Oscar Serrano (Spa) ASC-Vila Do Conde 6 11 Roberto Lozano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 6 12 Jose Cayetano Julia (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 6 13 Aitor Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5 14 Pedro Soeiro (Por) Carvalhelhos-Boavista 2 15 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 16 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre 2 Mountains classification 1 Aitor Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10 pts 2 David Muñoz (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 7 3 Yon Bru (Spa) L.A. Pecol 6 4 Oscar Serrano (Spa) ASC-Vila Do Conde 5 5 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre 5 6 Nelson Vitorino (Por) Porta Da Ravessa-Tavira 5 7 Roberto Lozano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 3 8 Claus Michael Moller (Den) Milaneza-MSS 1 9 Celio Sousa (Por) Carvalhelhos-Boavista 1 Metas Volantes classification 1 Oscar Serrano (Spa) ASC-Vila Do Conde 6 pts 2 Roberto Lozano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 6 3 Aitor Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5 4 Yon Bru (Spa) L.A. Pecol 3 5 Angel Edo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 2 Teams classification 1 Carvalhelhos-Boavista 6.56.24 2 L.A. PECOL 3 Milaneza-MSS 4 ASC-Vila Do Conde 5 Kelme-Costa Blanca 6 U.S. Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 7 Barbot-Torrie 8 Euskaltel-Euskadi 9 Cantanhede-M-Marialva 10 Lampre 11 Porta Da Ravessa-Tavir 12 Antarte- Rota Moveis 0.32 13 Lokomotiv 0.37 14 Pepolim&Irmaos-Ovarens 11.11
