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65th Vuelta a la Comunidad Valenciana - 2.1
Spain, February 27-March 3, 2007
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Stage 1 - February 27: Alzira - Alzira, 162.7 km
Benna over Ale-Jet
The Italian sprint kings came head to head in the opening stage of the 65th Vuelta a la Comunidad Valenciana, 162.7 kilometres around Alzira, with Daniele Bennati (Lampre-Fondital) winning over Alessandro Petacchi (Milram). The tension between the two will only build between now and the running of Milano-Sanremo, March 24.
Benna continued his success in Valenciana, after winning the final stage of the 2006 edition, and marked his second victory of the year, including the win in the Tour M�diterran�en. Today, he was successful in battling Ale-Jet, Petacchi, after having his sprint interrupted and then recovering before the line.
With the win of stage one, Bennati, 26 years-old from Arezzo, take the leader's jersey.
Results
1 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 3.34.31 (45.507 km/h) 2 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Milram 3 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4 Tiziano Dall'Antonia (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 5 Antonio Bucciero (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 6 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 7 Javier Benitez (Spa) Benfica 8 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel 9 Borut Bozic (Slo) Team LPR 10 Erik Zabel (Ger) Milram 11 Marco Marcato (Ita) Team LPR 12 Gustavo Dominguez (Spa) Karpin-Galicia 13 Lars Michaelsen (Den) Team CSC 14 Rub�n P�rez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 15 Iv�n Guti�rrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 16 Aitor Hern�ndez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 17 J�r�me Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 18 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 19 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 20 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 21 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 22 Diego Milan Jimenez (Spa) Grupo Nicol�s Mateos 23 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 24 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana 25 Maxim Gourov (Kaz) Astana 26 Pablo De Pedro Garcia (Spa) Grupo Nicol�s Mateos 27 Javier Cherro (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias 28 Ruben Bongiorno (Arg) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 29 Iban Velasco Murillo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 30 Vicente Ballester (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias 31 �ngel Vicioso (Spa) Relax-GAM 32 David Mu�oz (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias 33 Juan Jos� Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 34 Egoi Mart�nez (Spa) Discovery Channel 35 Roberto Traficante (Ita) Team LPR 36 Dailos Diaz Armas (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias 37 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Relax-GAM 38 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Benfica 39 Alberto Fern�ndez De La Puebla (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 40 Iker Cama�o (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 41 Ra�l Alarc�n (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 42 Jorge Ferr�o (Spa) Andalucia-Cayasur 43 Francesco Tomei (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 44 Jos� Miguel El�as (Spa) Relax-GAM 45 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 46 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Milram 47 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel 48 Fr�nk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 49 Samuel S�nchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 50 Alberto Contador (Spa) Discovery Channel 51 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 52 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 53 David Bernabeu (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias 54 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank 55 Luis Le�n S�nchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 56 Oleg Chuzhda (Ukr) Fuerteventura-Canarias 57 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Astana 58 Manuel Ortega (Spa) Andalucia-Cayasur 59 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 60 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC 61 Pedro Miguel Lopes Goncalves (Por) Benfica 62 Didac Ortega (Spa) Benfica 63 Luis P�rez Romero (Spa) Andalucia-Cayasur 64 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) Team LPR 65 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 66 Ezequiel Mosquera (Spa) Karpin-Galicia 67 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 68 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 69 Laurent Lef�vre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 70 Jos� Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Team LPR 71 Joseba Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 72 Jos� Antonio Redondo (Spa) Astana 73 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax-GAM 74 �ngel Vallejo (Spa) Relax-GAM 75 Juan Olmo (Spa) Andalucia-Cayasur 76 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 77 Andrey Mizourov (Kaz) Astana 78 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank 79 Daniel Petrov (Bul) Benfica 80 I�igo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC 81 Sergio Ribeiro (Por) Benfica 82 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 83 Gustavo C�sar Veloso (Spa) Karpin-Galicia 84 Luis P�rez Rodriguez (Spa) Andalucia-Cayasur 85 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel 86 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Karpin-Galicia 87 Vicente Peiro Marqueno (Spa) Grupo Nicol�s Mateos 88 Jon Bru (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 89 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 90 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 91 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 92 Christian Knees (Ger) Milram 93 Patxi Vila (Spa) Lampre-Fondital 94 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana 95 Miguel Ochoa (Spa) Grupo Nicol�s Mateos 96 Francisco P�rez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 97 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 98 Marco Velo (Ita) Milram 99 Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana 100 Luca Solari (Ita) Team LPR 101 Thomas Frei (Swi) Astana 102 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Team LPR 103 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 104 Jos� Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel 105 Jos� Rafael Mart�nez (Spa) Relax-GAM 106 Carlos Casta�o (Spa) Karpin-Galicia 107 Jes�s Hern�ndez (Spa) Relax-GAM 108 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 109 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 110 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 111 Gorka Amuriza Gumucio (Spa) Grupo Nicol�s Mateos 112 Ramon Troncoso (Spa) Karpin-Galicia 113 Egoitz Murgoitio (Spa) Grupo Nicol�s Mateos 114 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel 115 Gaizka Lasa Larraya (Spa) Karpin-Galicia 116 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Milram 117 Raul Garc�a de Mateo (Spa) Relax-GAM 118 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Milram 119 Helder Miranda (Spa) Benfica 120 Jos� Antonio Banos Ballester (Spa) Grupo Nicol�s Mateos 121 Jos� Ruiz (Spa) Andalucia-Cayasur 122 Trent Lowe (Aus) Discovery Channel 123 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 124 Matteo Priamo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 125 Adri�n Palomares (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias 126 Juan Carlos Carinena (Spa) Andalucia-Cayasur 127 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 128 Rui Lavarinhas (Por) Benfica 129 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 130 Jos� Antonio L�pez (Spa) Andalucia-Cayasur 131 Florent Brard (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 132 David Belda (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias 133 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Karpin-Galicia 134 Volodimir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 135 Pierrick F�drigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 136 Luca Celli (Ita) Team LPR 137 Daniele Colli (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 138 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 139 Javier Etxarri Marin (Spa) Grupo Nicol�s Mateos 0.21 140 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0.38 141 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval-Prodir 142 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 0.43 143 Volodymyr Dyudya (Ukr) Milram 0.49 Points 1 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 25 pts 2 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Milram 20 3 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 16 4 Tiziano Dall'Antonia (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 14 5 Antonio Bucciero (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 12 6 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 10 7 Javier Benitez (Spa) Benfica 9 8 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel 8 9 Borut Bozic (Slo) Team LPR 7 10 Erik Zabel (Ger) Milram 6 11 Marco Marcato (Ita) Team LPR 5 12 Gustavo Dominguez (Spa) Karpin-Galicia 4 13 Lars Michaelsen (Den) Team CSC 3 14 Rub�n P�rez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 15 Iv�n Guti�rrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1 Mountains Alt de Barxeta at 20.40 km 1 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3 pts 2 Adri�n Palomares (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias 2 3 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 1 Sprints Carcaixent at 53 km 1 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3 pts 2 Adri�n Palomares (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias 2 3 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 1 Alzira at 84.9 km 1 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3 pts 2 Adri�n Palomares (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias 2 3 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 1 Team 1 Cer. Panaria-Navigare 10.43.33 2 Caisse D'Epargne 3 Euskaltel-Euskadi 4 Team LPR 5 Team Milram 6 Bouygues Telecom 7 Lampre-Fondital 8 Saunier Duval-Prodir 9 Discovery Chanel 10 Fuerteventura-Canarias 11 Benfica 12 Astana 13 Relax-GAM 14 Team Csc 15 Grupo Nicolas Mateos 16 Karpin-Galicia 17 Andalucia-Cajasur 18 Rabobank GC - Individual (after Stage 1) 1 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 3.34.21 2 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Milram 0.04 3 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0.06 5 Adri�n Palomares (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias 6 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 0.08 7 Tiziano Dall'Antonia (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 0.10 8 Antonio Bucciero (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 9 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 10 Javier Benitez (Spa) Benfica 11 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel 12 Borut Bozic (Slo) Team LPR 13 Erik Zabel (Ger) Milram 14 Marco Marcato (Ita) Team LPR 15 Gustavo Dominguez (Spa) Karpin-Galicia 16 Lars Michaelsen (Den) Team CSC 17 Rub�n P�rez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 18 Iv�n Guti�rrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 19 Aitor Hern�ndez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 20 J�r�me Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 21 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 22 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 23 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 24 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 25 Diego Milan Jimenez (Spa) Grupo Nicol�s Mateos 26 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 27 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana 28 Maxim Gourov (Kaz) Astana 29 Pablo De Pedro Garcia (Spa) Grupo Nicol�s Mateos 30 Javier Cherro (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias 31 Ruben Bongiorno (Arg) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 32 Iban Velasco Murillo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 33 Vicente Ballester (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias 34 �ngel Vicioso (Spa) Relax-GAM 35 David Mu�oz (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias 36 Juan Jos� Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 37 Egoi Mart�nez (Spa) Discovery Channel 38 Roberto Traficante (Ita) Team LPR 39 Dailos Diaz Armas (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias 40 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Relax-GAM 41 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Benfica 42 Alberto Fern�ndez De La Puebla (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 43 Iker Cama�o (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 44 Ra�l Alarc�n (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 45 Jorge Ferr�o (Spa) Andalucia-Cayasur 46 Francesco Tomei (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 47 Jos� Miguel El�as (Spa) Relax-GAM 48 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 49 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Milram 50 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel 51 Fr�nk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 52 Samuel S�nchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 53 Alberto Contador (Spa) Discovery Channel 54 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 55 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 56 David Bernabeu (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias 57 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank 58 Luis Le�n S�nchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 59 Oleg Chuzhda (Ukr) Fuerteventura-Canarias 60 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Astana 61 Manuel Ortega (Spa) Andalucia-Cayasur 62 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 63 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC 64 Pedro Miguel Lopes Goncalves (Por) Benfica 65 Didac Ortega (Spa) Benfica 66 Luis P�rez Romero (Spa) Andalucia-Cayasur 67 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) Team LPR 68 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 69 Ezequiel Mosquera (Spa) Karpin-Galicia 70 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 71 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 72 Laurent Lef�vre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 73 Jos� Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Team LPR 74 Joseba Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 75 Jos� Antonio Redondo (Spa) Astana 76 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax-GAM 77 �ngel Vallejo (Spa) Relax-GAM 78 Juan Olmo (Spa) Andalucia-Cayasur 79 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 80 Andrey Mizourov (Kaz) Astana 81 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank 82 Daniel Petrov (Bul) Benfica 83 I�igo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC 84 Sergio Ribeiro (Por) Benfica 85 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 86 Gustavo C�sar Veloso (Spa) Karpin-Galicia 87 Luis P�rez Rodriguez (Spa) Andalucia-Cayasur 88 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel 89 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Karpin-Galicia 90 Vicente Peiro Marqueno (Spa) Grupo Nicol�s Mateos 91 Jon Bru (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 92 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 93 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 94 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 95 Christian Knees (Ger) Milram 96 Patxi Vila (Spa) Lampre-Fondital 97 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana 98 Miguel Ochoa (Spa) Grupo Nicol�s Mateos 99 Francisco P�rez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 100 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 101 Marco Velo (Ita) Milram 102 Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana 103 Luca Solari (Ita) Team LPR 104 Thomas Frei (Swi) Astana 105 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Team LPR 106 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 107 Jos� Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel 108 Jos� Rafael Mart�nez (Spa) Relax-GAM 109 Carlos Casta�o (Spa) Karpin-Galicia 110 Jes�s Hern�ndez (Spa) Relax-GAM 111 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 112 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 113 Gorka Amuriza Gumucio (Spa) Grupo Nicol�s Mateos 114 Ramon Troncoso (Spa) Karpin-Galicia 115 Egoitz Murgoitio (Spa) Grupo Nicol�s Mateos 116 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel 117 Gaizka Lasa Larraya (Spa) Karpin-Galicia 118 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Milram 119 Raul Garc�a de Mateo (Spa) Relax-GAM 120 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Milram 121 Helder Miranda (Spa) Benfica 122 Jos� Antonio Banos Ballester (Spa) Grupo Nicol�s Mateos 123 Jos� Ruiz (Spa) Andalucia-Cayasur 124 Trent Lowe (Aus) Discovery Channel 125 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 126 Matteo Priamo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 127 Juan Carlos Carinena (Spa) Andalucia-Cayasur 128 Rui Lavarinhas (Por) Benfica 129 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 130 Jos� Antonio L�pez (Spa) Andalucia-Cayasur 131 Florent Brard (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 132 David Belda (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias 133 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Karpin-Galicia 134 Volodimir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 135 Pierrick F�drigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 136 Luca Celli (Ita) Team LPR 137 Daniele Colli (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 138 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 139 Javier Etxarri Marin (Spa) Grupo Nicol�s Mateos 0.31 140 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0.48 141 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval-Prodir 142 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 0.53 143 Volodymyr Dyudya (Ukr) Milram 0.59 Points Classification 1 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 25 pts 2 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Milram 20 3 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 16 4 Tiziano Dall'Antonia (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 14 5 Antonio Bucciero (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 12 6 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 10 7 Javier Benitez (Spa) Benfica 9 8 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel 8 9 Borut Bozic (Slo) Team LPR 7 10 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 6 11 Erik Zabel (Ger) Milram 6 12 Marco Marcato (Ita) Team LPR 5 13 Adri�n Palomares (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias 4 14 Gustavo Dominguez (Spa) Karpin-Galicia 4 15 Lars Michaelsen (Den) Team CSC 3 16 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 2 17 Rub�n P�rez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 18 Iv�n Guti�rrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1 Mountains Classification 1 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3 pts 2 Adri�n Palomares (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias 2 3 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 1 Combination Classification 1 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 14 pts 2 Adri�n Palomares (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias 20 3 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 25 4 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 2 5 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Milram 4 6 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 7 7 Tiziano Dall'Antonia (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 11 8 Antonio Bucciero (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 13 9 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 15 10 Javier Benitez (Spa) Benfica 17 11 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel 19 Team Classification 1 Cer. Panaria-Navigare 10.43.33 2 Caisse D'Epargne 3 Euskaltel-Euskadi 4 Team LPR 5 Team Milram 6 Bouygues Telecom 7 Lampre-Fondital 8 Saunier Duval-Prodir 9 Discovery Chanel 10 Fuerteventura-Canarias 11 Benfica 12 Astana 13 Relax-GAM 14 Team CSC 15 Grupo Nicolas Mateos 16 Karpin-Galicia 17 Andalucia-Cajasur 18 Rabobank
