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24th Vuelta a Murcia - 2.3
Spain, March 3-7, 2004
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Stage 2 - March 4: Lorca - Lorca ITT, 21.3 km
Gutierrez upsets to win TT battle
Armstrong fifth but moves up to second on GC
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25 year old Illes-Balears rider Jose Ivan Gutierrez has upset a few of the favourites to win the second stage of the Vuelta a Murcia, a flat 21.3 km time trial around Lorca. Gutierrez, who was Spanish road champion in 2001 and World U23 time trial champion in 1999, averaged 49.77 km/h to beat German Michael Rich (Gerolsteiner) by three second with Italian Marco Pinotti (Lampre) taking third at 27 seconds. Gutierrez took the overall lead in the process while Lance Armstrong (US Postal-Berry Floor), who lost 29 seconds to finish fifth today, moved into second overall.
"I needed a win like this," said Gutierrez. "I think I've achieved my objective and that was merely to do a good time. I realise that I've lacked a bit confidence, thus in the last time trials of last year I didn't do so well. It is a victory that gives me confidence, although I realise that the final overall win will be very tough for me."
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Michael Rich could consider himself a little unlucky to have missed out today, as the big German had posted the fastest time very early in the day. "It's disappointing for Michael for sure, but it's still a super result, said Gerolsteiner's director Reimund Dietzen, who also complimented Thorsten Schmidt's 4th place.
Lance Armstrong, who already has one TT victory to his name this year in Portugal, said "I don't know how to ride a time trial without racing it."
There were other notable performances by the big riders today, with the in-form Alejandro Valverde (Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme) finishing 10th at 47 seconds and Iban Mayo (Euskaltel) an impressive 11th at 48 seconds in only his second day of competition this year. As expected, Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) was off the pace and finished 1'35 down (1'06 behind Armstrong) in 31st position. And although three of the top five today (Rich, Pinotti and Schmidt) are not GC contenders after they finished too far behind yesterday, the battle for overall honours is still wide open with the top 16 riders separated by just a minute.
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Jan Ullrich was not concerned about losing time to Armstrong, as he was more interested in testing out his new time trial machine. "Everything ran according to plan," he said. "We have to adjust a few more details. I have to feel good on the bike if I want to go fast. Thus it was important to test the time trial machine in competition. I certainly didn't ride at 100 percent."
Tomorrow's third stage starts and finishes in Yecla and will be run over 156.4 kilometres. The main difficulties are the climbs of Puerto de Jumilla, Fuente Blanca and Peña Zafra de Arriba, all third category ascents.
Photography
Images by AFP Photo
- Jose Ivan Gutierrez (Illes-Balears) put in a great ride to win the second stage
- Michael Rich (Gerolsteiner) en route to second place
- Lance Armstrong (USPS-Berry Floor) rides during the second stage of the Tour of Murcia, finishing 5th
- Lance Armstrong (USPS-Berry Floor) in action
- Lance Armstrong (USPS-Berry Floor) suffering a little
- Cadel Evans (T-Mobile) in action. He finished 17th in the stage.
- Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) managed 31st in his first race against the clock this year
- Alejandro Valverde (Kelme) in action during stage 2 of the Tour of Murcia, where he finished 10th
- Jose Ivan Gutierrez (Illes-Balears) dons the leader's jersey
Results
1 José Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 25.39 (49.77 km/h) 2 Michael Rich (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.03 3 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Lampre 0.27 4 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.28 5 Lance Armstrong (USA) U.S. Postal Service-Berry Floor 0.29 6 Ruben Plaza (Spa) Com.Valenciana-Kelme 0.35 7 Hector Guerra (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 0.37 8 David Blanco (Spa) Com.Valenciana-Kelme 0.38 9 José Alberto Martinez (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 0.42 10 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Com.Valenciana-Kelme 0.47 11 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.48 12 Michael Barry (Can) U.S. Postal Service-Berry Floor 0.50 13 Javier Rodriguez (Spa) Com.Valenciana-Kelme 0.51 14 David Navas (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 0.52 15 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Saeco 16 Antonio Colom (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 0.53 17 Cadel Evans (Aus) T-Mobile 0.56 18 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 0.58 19 Jurgen V.Den Broeck (Bel) U.S. Postal Service-Berry Floor 1.00 20 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.03 21 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.04 22 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) U.S. Postal Service-Berry Floor 1.13 23 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.15 24 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) U.S. Postal Service-Berry Floor 1.17 25 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Mrbookmaker.com-Palmans 1.18 26 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.22 27 Juan Gomis (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.25 28 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 1.26 29 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Lampre 1.29 30 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Saeco 1.31 31 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile 1.35 32 Tomas Konecny (Cze) T-Mobile 1.37 33 Mickael Pichon (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 34 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.38 35 Joseba Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.39 36 Tobias Steinhauser (Ger) T-Mobile 1.42 37 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 38 Daniel Rincon (Col) U.S. Postal Service-Berry Floor 1.44 39 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Saeco 40 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 1.45 41 Jose Luis Martinez (Spa) Com.Valenciana-Kelme 1.48 42 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre 1.50 43 Efrain Gutierrez (Spa) Cafes Baque 44 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco 1.52 45 Jose Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 1.55 46 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) U.S. Postal Service-Berry Floor 1.56 47 Miguel A M.Perdiguero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.57 48 Francisco Gutierrez (Spa) Cafes Baque 49 Marcus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.58 50 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.59 51 David Lopez (Spa) Cafes Baque 2.02 52 Maryan Hary (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 2.03 53 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile 54 Alberto Hierro (Spa) Cafes Baque 2.04 55 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Com.Valenciana-Kelme 56 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 57 José Antonio Lopez (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 2.06 58 Unai Yus (Spa) Brioches La Boulangere 2.07 59 Gianni Faresin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 60 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Costa Almeria-Paternina 2.11 61 Jose Cayetano Julia (Spa) Com.Valenciana-Kelme 2.13 62 Francisco J. Vila (Spa) Lampre 63 Julio Lopez (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 64 Manuel Beltran (Spa) U.S. Postal Service-Berry Floor 2.14 65 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 66 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre 67 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.16 68 Isaac Galvez (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 2.17 69 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Saeco 70 José Angel Gomez (Spa) Costa Almeria-Paternina 2.19 71 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 2.20 72 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile 2.21 73 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile 74 Moises Duenas (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 2.22 75 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 2.23 76 Rony Martias (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 2.24 77 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 2.27 78 Luciano A. Pagliarini (Bra) Lampre 2.28 79 Fernando Torres (Spa) Cafes Baque 2.30 80 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 2.33 81 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.34 82 Aitor Perez (Spa) Cafes Baque 2.35 83 Alessandr Spezialetti (Ita) Saeco 2.44 84 Pedro Arreitunandia (Spa) Cafes Baque 2.46 85 Alexandre Naulleau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 2.47 86 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Mrbookmaker.com-Palmans 2.49 87 Unai Elorriaga (Spa) Cafes Baque 2.52 88 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.55 89 Uwe Hardter (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.58 90 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.00 91 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile 92 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3.03 93 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Saeco 3.06 94 Fco.José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3.07 95 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Mrbookmaker.com-Palmans 3.08 96 Juan Miguel Cuenca (Spa) Com.Valenciana-Kelme 3.09 97 Javier Perez (Spa) Costa Almeria-Paternina 3.13 98 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre 3.14 99 Dermot Nally (Irl) Costa Almeria-Paternina 3.15 100 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Saeco 101 Michele Scotto (Ita) Lampre 3.17 102 Jo Planckaert (Bel) Mrbookmaker.com-Palmans 3.21 103 Mikel Elgezabal (Spa) Costa Almeria-Paternina 3.25 104 Santiago Blanco (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 3.29 105 Frédéric Gabriel (Fra) Mrbookmaker.com-Palmans 3.36 106 Joaquim Lopez (Spa) Costa Almeria-Paternina 3.38 107 Jens Renders (Bel) Mrbookmaker.com-Palmans 3.47 108 Lander Euba (Spa) Costa Almeria-Paternina 4.08 109 Ion Del Rio (Spa) Costa Almeria-Paternina 4.45 110 Eddy Lembo (Fra) Mrbookmaker.com-Palmans 4.53 Points 1 José Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 25 pts 2 Michael Rich (Ger) Gerolsteiner 20 3 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Lampre 16 4 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Gerolsteiner 14 5 Lance Armstrong (USA) U.S. Postal Service-Berry Floor 12 6 Ruben Plaza (Spa) Com.Valenciana-Kelme 10 7 Hector Guerra (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 9 8 David Blanco (Spa) Com.Valenciana-Kelme 8 9 José Alberto Martinez (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 7 10 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Com.Valenciana-Kelme 6 11 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5 12 Michael Barry (Can) U.S. Postal Service-Berry Floor 4 13 Javier Rodriguez (Spa) Com.Valenciana-Kelme 3 14 David Navas (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 2 15 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Saeco 1 Teams 1 Illes Balears-Banesto 1.18.42 2 Gerolsteiner 0.08 3 Comundidad Valenciana-Kelme 0.15 4 U.S. Postal Service-Berry Floor 0.34 5 Relax-Bodysol 1.00 6 Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.47 7 Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.57 8 Lampre 2.01 9 Saeco 2.22 10 T-Mobile 2.23 11 Brioches La Boulangere 3.37 12 Cafes Baque 4.04 13 MrBookmaker-Palmans 5.30 14 Costa Almeria-Paternina 5.58 General classification after stage 2 1 José Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 4.46.30 2 Lance Armstrong (USA) U.S. Postal Service-Berry Floor 0.29 3 Ruben Plaza (Spa) Com.Valenciana-Kelme 0.35 4 Hector Guerra (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 0.37 5 David Blanco (Spa) Com.Valenciana-Kelme 0.38 6 José Alberto Martinez (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 0.42 7 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Com.Valenciana-Kelme 0.47 8 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.48 9 Michael Barry (Can) U.S. Postal Service-Berry Floor 0.50 10 Javier Rodriguez (Spa) Com.Valenciana-Kelme 0.51 11 David Navas (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 0.52 12 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Saeco 13 Antonio Colom (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 0.53 14 Cadel Evans (Aus) T-Mobile 0.56 15 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 0.58 16 Jurgen V.Den Broeck (Bel) U.S. Postal Service-Berry Floor 1.00 17 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.03 18 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.04 19 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) U.S. Postal Service-Berry Floor 1.13 20 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.15 21 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) U.S. Postal Service-Berry Floor 1.17 22 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Mrbookmaker.com-Palmans 1.18 23 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 1.26 24 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Lampre 1.29 25 Tomas Konecny (Cze) T-Mobile 1.37 26 Mickael Pichon (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 27 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.38 28 Daniel Rincon (Col) U.S. Postal Service-Berry Floor 1.44 29 Jose Luis Martinez (Spa) Com.Valenciana-Kelme 1.48 30 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre 1.50 31 Efrain Gutierrez (Spa) Cafes Baque 32 Jose Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 1.55 33 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) U.S. Postal Service-Berry Floor 1.56 34 Miguel A M.Perdiguero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.57 35 Francisco Gutierrez (Spa) Cafes Baque 36 Marcus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.58 37 David Lopez (Spa) Cafes Baque 2.02 38 Maryan Hary (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 2.03 39 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile 40 Alberto Hierro (Spa) Cafes Baque 2.04 41 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 42 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Com.Valenciana-Kelme 43 Unai Yus (Spa) Brioches La Boulangere 2.07 44 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Costa Almeria-Paternina 2.11 45 Jose Cayetano Julia (Spa) Com.Valenciana-Kelme 2.13 46 Francisco J. Vila (Spa) Lampre 47 Julio Lopez (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 48 Manuel Beltran (Spa) U.S. Postal Service-Berry Floor 2.14 49 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 50 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre 51 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.16 52 Isaac Galvez (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 2.17 53 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Saeco 54 José Angel Gomez (Spa) Costa Almeria-Paternina 2.19 55 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 2.27 56 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.34 57 Pedro Arreitunandia (Spa) Cafes Baque 2.46 58 Alexandre Naulleau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 2.47 59 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.55 60 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.00 61 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile 62 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3.03 63 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Mrbookmaker.com-Palmans 3.08 64 Joseba Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.09 65 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre 3.14 66 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Saeco 3.15 67 Ion Del Rio (Spa) Costa Almeria-Paternina 4.45 68 Michael Rich (Ger) Gerolsteiner 7.38 69 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Lampre 8.02 70 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Gerolsteiner 8.03 71 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner 8.57 72 Juan Gomis (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 9.00 73 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Saeco 9.06 74 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile 9.10 75 Tobias Steinhauser (Ger) T-Mobile 9.17 76 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 77 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Saeco 9.19 78 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 9.20 79 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco 9.27 80 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 9.34 81 José Antonio Lopez (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 9.41 82 Gianni Faresin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 9.42 83 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 9.55 84 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile 9.56 85 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile 86 Moises Duenas (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 9.57 87 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 9.58 88 Rony Martias (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 9.59 89 Luciano A. Pagliarini (Bra) Lampre 10.03 90 Fernando Torres (Spa) Cafes Baque 10.05 91 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 10.08 92 Aitor Perez (Spa) Cafes Baque 10.10 93 Alessandr Spezialetti (Ita) Saeco 10.19 94 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Mrbookmaker.com-Palmans 10.24 95 Unai Elorriaga (Spa) Cafes Baque 10.27 96 Uwe Hardter (Ger) Gerolsteiner 10.33 97 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Saeco 10.41 98 Fco.José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 10.42 99 Juan Miguel Cuenca (Spa) Com.Valenciana-Kelme 10.44 100 Javier Perez (Spa) Costa Almeria-Paternina 10.48 101 Dermot Nally (Irl) Costa Almeria-Paternina 10.50 102 Michele Scotto (Ita) Lampre 10.52 103 Jo Planckaert (Bel) Mrbookmaker.com-Palmans 10.56 104 Mikel Elgezabal (Spa) Costa Almeria-Paternina 11.00 105 Santiago Blanco (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 11.04 106 Frédéric Gabriel (Fra) Mrbookmaker.com-Palmans 11.11 107 Joaquim Lopez (Spa) Costa Almeria-Paternina 11.13 108 Jens Renders (Bel) Mrbookmaker.com-Palmans 11.22 109 Lander Euba (Spa) Costa Almeria-Paternina 11.43 110 Eddy Lembo (Fra) Mrbookmaker.com-Palmans 12.28 Points classification 1 José Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 45 pts 2 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) U.S. Postal Service-Berry Floor 25 3 Michael Rich (Ger) Gerolsteiner 20 4 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Com.Valenciana-Kelme 16 5 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile 16 6 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Lampre 16 7 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre 15 8 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Gerolsteiner 14 9 Lance Armstrong (USA) U.S. Postal Service-Berry Floor 12 10 Miguel A M.Perdiguero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 12 11 Isaac Galvez (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 12 12 Ruben Plaza (Spa) Com.Valenciana-Kelme 10 13 David Navas (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 10 14 Hector Guerra (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 9 15 David Blanco (Spa) Com.Valenciana-Kelme 8 16 José Alberto Martinez (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 7 17 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 7 18 Ion Del Rio (Spa) Costa Almeria-Paternina 6 19 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5 20 Alberto Hierro (Spa) Cafes Baque 5 21 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile 4 22 Michael Barry (Can) U.S. Postal Service-Berry Floor 4 23 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4 24 Javier Rodriguez (Spa) Com.Valenciana-Kelme 3 25 Francisco Gutierrez (Spa) Cafes Baque 3 Mountains classification 1 José Antonio Lopez (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 3 pts 2 Juan Miguel Cuenca (Spa) Com.Valenciana-Kelme 2 3 Jose Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 1 Combination classification 1 José Antonio Lopez (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 108 pts 2 José Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 2 3 Lance Armstrong (USA) U.S. Postal Service-Berry Floor 11 4 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Com.Valenciana-Kelme 11 5 Ruben Plaza (Spa) Com.Valenciana-Kelme 15 6 Hector Guerra (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 18 7 David Blanco (Spa) Com.Valenciana-Kelme 20 8 José Alberto Martinez (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 22 9 David Navas (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 24 10 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 27 11 Michael Barry (Can) U.S. Postal Service-Berry Floor 31 Teams classification 1 Illes Balears-Banesto 14.21.15 2 Comundidad Valenciana-Kelme 0.15 3 U.S. Postal Service-Berry Floor 0.34 4 Relax-Bodysol 1.00 5 Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.47 6 Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.57 7 Lampre 2.01 8 Saeco 2.22 9 T-Mobile 2.23 10 Brioches La Boulangere 3.37 11 Cafes Baque 4.04 12 Costa Almeria-Paternina 5.58 13 Gerolsteiner 7.43 14 MrBookmaker-Palmans 13.05
