1996 Results
Report
Italian Massimo from Team
Roslotto, was the winner in a sprint of the 12th
edition of la Clasica de Almeria, race contested today
which covered 188 kilometers. The Italian rider beat
Dutch Max Van Heeswijk, from Rabobank, on the line
while Abraham Olano, from Banesto, came in with the
rest of the peloton, number 34. This race only had the
climb of Berja, as major difficulty and was dominated
since kilometer 26 by Erwan Mentheour, from French
Team La Francaise des Jeux, who rode alone for most of
the race, but as expected the race ended in a sprint.
The 23 year old French rider opened a gap of up to
eleven minutes, but he couldn't hold the tempo and at
only two kilometers from the finish, he was caught by
the peloton. Mentheour, did end up with something for
his sacrifice, winning the intermediate sprint and
mountain awards. The race winner, who already won at
the fourth stage of the Tour of the Mediterraneo and
was third at the Trofeo Luis Puig, reached the final
straight at the avenue of the Mediterraneo in Almeria
in a good position ahead of the peloton and won the
tight sprint.
XII Clasica Ciclista de Almerma
1. Massimo Strazzer (Ita) Roslotto 188 km in 4.43.51
2. Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Rabobank
3. Jan Svorada (Cze) Mapei-GB
4. Serguei Smetanine (Rus) Cafis Toscaf
5. Jeremy Hunt (Gbr) Banesto
6. Federico Colonna (Ita) Asics
7. Marco Artunghi (Ita) Mercatone Uno
8. Maurizio Molinari (Ita) Asics
9. Mario Chiesa (Ita) Asics
10. Josi Javier Gsmez (Spa) Kelme
11. Fabio Roscioli (Ita) Asics
12. Dimitri Konyshev (Rus) Roslotto
13. Fabian Dewaele (Bel) Lotto
14. Adrei Teteriouk (Kaz) Lotto
15. Andrea Noi (Ita) Asics
16. Paul Van Hyfte (Bel) Lotto
17. Alexei Sivakov (Rus) Roslotto
18. Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto
19. Garcia (Spa)
20. Aitor Bugallo (Spa) Euskadi
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26. Claudio Chiapucci (Ita) Asics
31. Manuel Fernandez Ginis (Spa) Banesto
34. Abraham Olano (Spa) Banesto
62. Marco Pantani (Ita) Mercatone Uno
82. Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Mapei-GB all s.t.
Metas volantes: Erwan Mentheour (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux
Special sprints: Alvaro Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Euskadi
Mountains: Erwan Mentheour (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux.
Recent Winners:
1986: Miguel Angel Martmnez Torres (Spa)
1987: Tomas Ortega (Cam)
1988: Josi Gonzalez Maestre (Puertas Cerdan)
1989: Josi Bernabi (Plastimer)
1990: Bernardo Gonzalez (Cam)
1991: Asier Guenetxea (Kaiku)
1992: Johnny Weltz (Once)
1993: Vjatjeslav Ekimov (Histor-Laser)
1994: Johan Capiot (TVM)
1995: Jean Pierre Heynderickx (Collstrop)
1996: Wilfried Nelissen (Lotto)
1997: Massimo Strazzer (Roslotto)
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