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24th Clasica San Sebastian - CDM
Spain, August 7, 2004
Photography
mages by Fotoreporter Sirotti
- This is the future: Ivan Basso (CSC) and Damiano Cunego (Saeco)
- Igor Astarloa (Lampre) signing autographs
- Astarloa and Rebellin together at the start
- Astarloa and Moreni concoct a cunning plan
- Perdiguero in the bunch
- The peloton on its way back to the coast
- Andreas Klöden (T-Mobile) rides in front of team captain Jan Ullrich
- The peloton en route in the Clasica San Sebastian
- Two time winner Francesco Casagrande (Lampre) descends
- Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner) tackles a descent
- Guerini and Stangelj on the front of the break
- Alexandre Moos (Phonak) leading the break
- Igor Astarloa (Lampre) looking relaxed before the action starts
- Joseba Beloki (Saunier Duval) helping to set the pace
- Joseba Beloki (Saunier Duval) suffering his way back to form
- Ruben Plaza (Kelme) grabs a drink on the warm day
- Leipheimer and Plaza left their companions behind before the Jaizkibel
- Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step-Davitamon) attacks the peloton on the Jaizkibel
- Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step-Davitamon) leads Rebellin and Perdiguero on the Jaizkibel
- Levi Leipheimer (Rabobank) was the last man standing of the early breakaway
- Levi Leipheimer (Rabobank) about to get caught by the front riders of the peloton
- Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner) in action
- Leonardo Piepoli (Saunier) helped set up his teammate Perdiguero in the winning break
- Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner) rode a defensive race today, and rarely looked in trouble
- Totschnig working hard for Rebellin on the climb
- Rik Verbrugghe (Lotto-Domo) leads the chase group on the Jaizkibel
- Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) leads Piepoli and Astarloa just behind the front group on the Jaizkibel
- Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) feeding it some chain on the Jaizkibel, before he came unstuck
- Igor Astarloa (Lampre) suffers on the Jaizkibel
- The first big chase group contained Julich, Dekker and Valverde, among others
- The chase group makes its way through the crowds on the Jaizkibel
- Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) shadowed by Saunier Duval's Piepoli
- Georg Totschnig (Gerolsteiner) was a super teammate for Rebellin today
- Rebellin and Bettini were never far away from each other
- Garzelli works hard
- The chase group was heavily patrolled by Saunier Duval, who had a man in front
- Cristian Moreni (Alessio-Bianchi) pulling the chase group
- Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) stops for a mechanical, but the neutral service couldn't help him
- Damiano Cunego (Saeco) with Oscar Freire on his wheel
- Alejandro Valverde (Kelme) had bad luck at a crucial time today, and did not come back
- Filippo Simeoni (Domina Vacanze) tries to escape from the chase group
- Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step-Davitamon) drives the break in the final
- Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Saunier Duval) wins the Clasica San Sebastian ahead of Paolo Bettini
- Perdi celebrates while Bettini pounds the bars in frustration
- Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Saunier Duval) with his winner's trophy
- Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Saunier Duval) looks a little surprised to be on the podium
- All three place getters got to unleash some froth and bubbles
- The podium (L to R): Paolo Bettini (2nd), Miguel Martin Perdiguero (1st) and Davide Rebellin (3rd)
- World Cup leader Davide Rebellin is kissed on the podium
- Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Saunier Duval) was the man of the moment in San Sebastian
- Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner) realises he forgot to put the cat out
- Perdi tells it how it was
Images by AFP Photo
- The peloton rolls out along the seafront on San Sebastian Bay
- Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Saunier Duval) claims victory in the 24th Clasica San Sebastian
- The podium - Paolo Bettini, Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero and Davide Rebellin get busy with the fizzy
- Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero gets the traditional San Sebastian winner's hat
