Vuelta de las Americas - NE

Mexico, February 22-March 16, 2003

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Stage 13 - March 7: San L. Potosí – Querétaro, 199 km

The 13th stage was neutralised after the tragic death of one of the workers on the race, César Muciño Arvizu. Full story here.
Photos

Images by Jairo Enrique Rodrìguez
Oved Yesid Ramirez (Colombia) is flanked by his Colombian National Team teammates
Jesús Zarate (Oaxaca) has kept his yellow jersey for the last eight stages, taking the lead after stage 5 into Xalapa
Yamil Montaño (Bolivia) crosses the line, the stage win irrelevant after the tragic death of one of the workers on the race
Results

1 Yamil Montaño (Bol) Bolivia                         5.32.33
2 Manuel Sanchez (Mex) Jalisco
3 Alejandro Rojas (Mex) Distrito Federal
 
General classification after stage 13
 
1 Jesus Zarate (Mex) Oaxaca                          42.49.03 (40.437 km/h)
2 Carlos Hernandez (Mex) Mexican National Team           0.15
3 Julio Cesar Rangel (Col) Colombia                      0.53
4 Oscar Alvarez (Col) Colombia                           1.16
5 Argiro Zapata (Col) Colombia                           1.24
6 Ignacio Sarabia (Mex) Mexican National Team            3.01
7 Antonio Aldape (Mex) Region Occidente                  3.14
8 Juan Sanchez (Mex) Tlaxcala                            3.14
9 Victor Martinez (Mex) Oaxaca                           3.24
10 Arquimedes Lam (Mex) Mexican National Team            3.41
11 Abel Jochola (Gua) Guatemala                          4.18
12 Victor Hugo Gonzalez (Col) Colombia                   4.18
13 Jose Castel (Mex) Region Occidente                    4.18
14 Leonardo Duque (Col) Colombia                         4.31
15 Florencio Ramos (Mex) Region Occidente                4.37
16 Francisco Matamoros (Mex) Mexican National Team       5.14
17 Alexander Arekeev (Rus) Russia                        5.41
18 Edgar Rodriguez (Gua) Guatemala                       6.10
19 Edgardo Lugo (Mex) Mexican National Team              6.29
20 Irving Aguilar (Mex) Region Occidente                 6.33
21 Amilcar Gramajo (Gua) Guatemala                       7.07
22 Oved Yesid Ramirez (Col) Colombia                     7.33
23 Fausto Esparza (Mex) Region Occidente                 8.03
24 Carlos Lopez (Mex) Mexican National Team              8.10
25 Cuitlahuac Ayala (Mex) Puebla                         8.17
26 Andres Contreras (Mex) Oaxaca                         8.19
27 Jose Luis Venegas (Col) Colombia                      8.39
28 Juan Diego Ramirez (Col) Colombia                     8.48
29 Aivaras Baranauskas (Ltu) Lithuania                   9.59
30 Yoshiyuki Abe (Jpn) Japan                            10.08
31 Abraham Valenzuela (Mex) Region Noroeste             10.15
32 Marconi Duran (CRc) Costa Rica                       10.21
33 Joel Alamillo (Mex) Region Noroeste                  10.32
34 Hipolito Perez (Mex) Tlaxcala                        10.53
35 Alexei Medvedev (Rus) Russia                         11.43
36 Miguel Meza (Mex) Mexican National Team              14.07
37 Hector Manuel Castaño (Col) Colombia                 14.23
38 Christian Valenzuela (Mex) Region Noroeste           14.25
39 Eduardo Graciano (Mex) Oaxaca                        14.27
40 Nieves Carrasco (CRc) Costa Rica                     14.43
41 Ricartes Oliveros (Mex) Jalisco                      15.30
42 Juan Gonzalez (Mex) Region Occidente                 15.45
43 Marco Ortega (Mex) Region Noroeste                   15.47
44 Hisafumi Imanishi (Jpn) Japan                        16.15
45 Miguel Martinez (Mex) Oaxaca                         16.53
46 Alexander Mironov (Rus) Russia                       16.54
47 Jaime Xochipiltecatl (Mex) Tlaxcala                  17.27
48 Alexei Levine (Rus) Russia                           17.46
49 Jose Sanchez (Mex) Tlaxcala                          18.00
50 Luis Fernando Macias (Mex) Jalisco                   18.38
51 David Salomon (Mex) Mexican National Team            18.55
52 Domingo Gonzalez (Mex) Mexican National Team         18.58
53 Gerardo Soto (Mex) Unam                              19.21
54 Andrejus Zubrovas (Ltu) Lithuania                    20.48
55 Alexander Bespalov (Rus) Russia                      21.49
56 Alfonso Sanchez (Mex) Puebla                         22.17
57 Joaquin Sobrino (Spa) Unam                           24.30
58 Davide Mantovani (Ita) Italy                         24.31
59 Moises Vazquez (Mex) Tlaxcala                        25.17
60 Armando Perez (Mex) Tlaxcala                         25.20
61 Javier Paniagua (Mex) Region Occidente               25.51
62 Remigijus Lupeikis (Ltu) Lithuania                   25.56
63 Saulius Sarkauskas (Ltu) Lithuania                   26.01
64 Jorge Castañeda (Mex) Puebla                         26.52
65 Julio Castañeda (Mex) Puebla                         27.43
66 Fermin Mendez (Gua) Guatemala                        27.46
67 Erick Cabello (Mex) Unam                             27.57
68 Noe Camacho (Mex) Jalisco                            28.24
69 Raimondas Vilcinskas (Ltu) Lithuania                 28.35
70 Artem Mavlianov (Rus) Russia                         29.01
71 Clint Montgomery (Swi) Switzerland                   29.26
72 Jose Alberto Montero (CRc) Costa Rica                30.43
73 Jesús Ordaz (Mex) Distrito Federal                   30.53
74 Angel Quetzel (Gua) Guatemala                        31.31
75 Andres Ordoñez (Gua) Guatemala                       31.44
76 Ismael Ponce (Mex) Jalisco                           32.51
77 Ivan Chtchegolev (Rus) Russia                        33.33
78 Arnold Zapata (Bol) Bolivia                          34.08
79 Alfredo Zarate (Mex) Unam                            34.24
80 Arunas Gliaudelis (Ltu) Lithuania                    34.26
81 Vytautas Kaupas (Ltu) Lithuania                      35.12
82 Andrey Medyannikov (Kaz) Kazakhstan                  35.45
83 Victor Cruz (Mex) Jalisco                            37.52
84 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Kazakhstan                       38.20
85 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Kazakhstan                     38.36
86 Manuel Carvajal (Mex) Oaxaca                         41.25
87 Viktor Shestakov (Kaz) Kazakhstan                    41.38
88 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Russia                          41.45
89 Jose Garcia (Mex) Region Occidente                   43.02
90 Erick Castaño (Ecu) Kazakhstan                       43.36
91 Jose Antonio Rojas (Mex) Distrito Federal            44.00
92 Vadim Gorbachevskiy (Kaz) Kazakhstan                 50.44
93 Pablo Araya (CRc) Costa Rica                         55.00
94 Samat Sapashanov (Kaz) Kazakhstan                    55.01
95 Alexander Dimovskikh (Kaz) Kazakhstan                55.01
96 Alvaro Trucios (Mex) Puebla                          56.18
97 Gabriel Rivera (Mex) Jalisco                       1.00.34
98 Hugo Mejia (Mex) Unam                              1.00.51
99 Sergey Lavrenenko (Kaz) Kazakhstan                 1.01.49
100 Darius Strole (Ltu) Lithuania                     1.01.53
101 Paolo Manzoni (Swi) Switzerland                   1.03.16
102 Yuradir Lenandro (CRc) Costa Rica                 1.03.26
103 Issac Poma (Bol) Bolivia                          1.05.55
104 Israel Librado (Mex) Puebla                       1.09.07
105 Alejandro Rojas (Mex) Distrito Federal            1.16.28
106 Manuel Sanchez (Mex) Jalisco                      1.34.20
107 Yamil Montaño (Bol) Bolivia                       2.15.32
 
U23 classification
 
1 Ignacio Sarabia (Mex) Mexican National Team            3.01
2 Alexander Arekeev (Rus) Russia                         5.41
3 Carlos Lopez (Mex) Mexican National Team               8.10
4 Alexei Medvedev (Rus) Russia                          11.43
5 Marco Ortega (Mex) Region Noroeste                    15.47
6 Miguel Martinez (Mex) Oaxaca                          16.53
7 Alexander Mironov (Rus) Russia                        16.54
8 Alexei Levine (Rus) Russia                            17.46
9 Jose Sanchez (Mex) Tlaxcala                           18.00
10 Luis Fernando Macias (Mex) Jalisco                   18.38
11 Alexander Bespalov (Rus) Russia                      21.49
12 Joaquin Sobrino (Spa) Unam                           24.30
13 Davide Mantovani (Ita) Italy                         24.31
14 Javier Paniagua (Mex) Region Occidente               25.51
15 Julio Castañeda (Mex) Puebla                         27.43
16 Erick Cabello (Mex) Unam                             27.57
17 Artem Mavlianov (Rus) Russia                         29.01
18 Angel Quetzel (Gua) Guatemala                        31.31
19 Ivan Chtchegolev (Rus) Russia                        33.33
20 Arunas Gliaudelis (Ltu) Lithuania                    34.26
21 Vytautas Kaupas (Ltu) Lithuania                      35.12
22 Andrey Medyannikov (Kaz) Kazakhstan                  35.45
23 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Kazakhstan                       38.20
24 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Kazakhstan                     38.36
25 Viktor Shestakov (Kaz) Kazakhstan                    41.38
26 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Russia                          41.45
27 Vadim Gorbachevskiy (Kaz) Kazakhstan                 50.44
28 Samat Sapashanov (Kaz) Kazakhstan                    55.01
29 Alexander Dimovskikh (Kaz) Kazakhstan                55.01
30 Hugo Mejia (Mex) Unam                              1.00.51
31 Alejandro Rojas (Mex) Distrito Federal             1.16.28
32 Yamil Montaño (Bol) Bolivia                        2.15.32
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Oved Yesid Ramirez (Col) Colombia                         3 pts
2 Gerardo Soto (Mex) Unam                                   3
3 Irving Aguilar (Mex) Region Occidente                     2
4 Alexei Levine (Rus) Russia                                2
5 Victor Martinez (Mex) Oaxaca                              1
6 Pablo Araya (CRc) Costa Rica                              1