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63rd Vuelta Ciclista a la Comunidad Valenciana - 2.1
Spain, February 22-26, 2005
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Stage 2 - February 23: Xabia - Pto. Sagunto, 178 km
Two from two for Petacchi
Alessandro Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo) continues to steamroller the opposition in the early part of the season. Today he recorded his second stage victory in a row in the Vuelta Valenciana (third if you count the Trofeo Luis Puig). At the end of the 178 km stage between Xabia and Port de Sagunto, Petacchi powered home in front of Isaac Galvez (Illes Balears) and Luciano Pagliarini (Liquigas-Bianchi) in the bunch sprint.
"It was a hard day because of the bad weather," commented Petacchi. "It was cold and rainy the whole day. In the finale, with about 30 km to go, there was a climb that was fortunately ridden very moderately and I didn't suffer. To compensate, the finale was chaotic. At first I thought there was 3 km to go instead of 6. There was a double lane sometimes and a single lane at others. The signs weren't very clear and deceived us. Then, when Ongarato punctured at a delicate moment, a rider got himself into our train, causing Velo to skid and clip out of his pedal with 600 metres to go. At that point, I took the wheel of Ventoso who was on Baldato's wheel at the time. Fabio started a long sprint and I managed to win the second stage. It was a bit chancy, but fortunately my teammates managed to remedy everything, as always."
The stage started at 11:30 in cool 5 degree conditions. Christian Werner (T-Mobile) was the only non-starter. The first two riders to attack were Fernando Torres (Spiuk) and Andrea Tafi (Saunier Duval) after 2 km, but they were brought back after 10 km of freedom. An 11 man group escaped after 20 km, staying away to take the first intermediate sprint at Bellreguard (km 38) with Javier Cherro (Com. Valenciana) winning ahead of Xabier Zandio (Illes Balears) and José Enrique Gutierrez (Phonak). The break was caught right after the sprint.
A few kilometres later, Andrea Tafi tried again, going with Ivan Mayoz (Relax) and Yannick Talabardon (Credit Agricole). The break succeeded, and rode out to a lead of 6'10 at the 97 km mark. The peloton settled back into chasing tempo with Fassa Bortolo's Juan Antonio Flecha doing the bulk of the work. The break split up at km 143 when Mayoz attacked alone, crossing the day's only climb, the Puerto de l'Oronet, with a 40 second gap over Tafi and Talabardon and the peloton at 1'50.
Tafi and Talabardon were quickly caught, while Mayoz was joined by Sylvain Chavanel with 19 km to go, the pair holding a slender 25-30 second advantage. It wasn't nearly enough, even when Chavanel went solo with 8 km to go. The plucky Frenchman was caught by the Fassa Bortolo juggernaut with 2 km to go, as Petacchi took another sprint win and retained the overall lead.
Results
1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 4.27.40 2 Isaac Galvez (Spa) Illes Balears 3 Luciano A. Pagliarini (Bra) Liquigas-Bianchi 4 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Credit Agricole 5 Pablo Urtasun (Spa) Kaiku 6 Fco.José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 7 David Muñoz (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 8 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 9 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 10 Jorge Azanza (Spa) Kaiku 11 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 12 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 13 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 14 Aitor Perez (Spa) Spiuk 15 Antonio Colom (Spa) Illes Balears 16 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Wurth 17 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 18 Rodrigo Garcia (Spa) Kaiku 19 Israel Nunez (Spa) Kaiku 20 Javier Benitez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 21 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Cofidis 22 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 23 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 24 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 25 Javier Cherro (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 26 Javier Ramirez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Wurth 27 M.A. Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 28 Gustavo Cesar (Spa) Kaiku 29 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Kaiku 30 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 31 Ion Del Rio (Spa) Andalucia-Paul Versan 32 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis 33 José Enriqu Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 34 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 35 Victor M. Gomes (Spa) Andalucia-Paul Versan 36 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Spiuk 37 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 38 Andoni Aranaga (Spa) Kaiku 39 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 40 Luis Perez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 41 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Wurth 42 Julian Dean (NZl) Credit Agricole 43 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears 44 Marco Milesi (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 45 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 46 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole 47 David Etxebarria (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Wurth 48 José Ruiz (Spa) Andalucia-Paul Versan 49 Carlos Zarate (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 50 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Wurth 51 Gianluca Sironi (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 52 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Wurth 53 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 54 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 55 Javier Perez (Spa) Andalucia-Paul Versan 56 David Fernandez (Spa) Andalucia-Paul Versan 57 Juan Gomis (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 58 Efrain Gutierrez (Spa) Andalucia-Paul Versan 59 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Wurth 60 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 61 Raul Garcia (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 62 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 63 Pedro Romero (Spa) Spiuk 64 David Bernabeu (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 65 Daniel Becke (Ger) Illes Balears 66 Moises Duenas (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 67 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 68 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank 69 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Illes Balears 70 Adrian Palomares (Spa) Kaiku 71 Joseba Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 72 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 73 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 74 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis 75 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 76 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 77 Andrea Tafi (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 78 Angel Edo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 79 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Illes Balears 80 David Blanco (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 81 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 82 Angel L. Casero (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 83 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 84 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 85 Aitor Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 86 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 87 Alberto Benitez (Spa) Spiuk 88 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 89 Jesus Ramirez (Spa) Spiuk 90 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 91 Jaume Rovira (Spa) Andalucia-Paul Versan 92 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 93 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 94 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis 95 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros-Wurth 96 Sergio Dominguez (Spa) Spiuk 97 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 98 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 99 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis 100 Iker Leonet (Spa) Illes Balears 101 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Credit Agricole 102 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 103 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears 104 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis 105 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 106 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 107 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis 108 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 109 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 110 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile Team 111 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 112 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 0.27 113 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 0.46 114 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis 1.13 115 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.43 116 Andrej Hauptman (Slo) Fassa Bortolo 2.01 117 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 118 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 3.37 119 Angel Rodriguez (Spa) Spiuk 4.12 120 Ivan Mayoz (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 5.27 Points 1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 25 pts 2 Isaac Galvez (Spa) Illes Balears 20 3 Luciano A. Pagliarini (Bra) Liquigas-Bianchi 16 4 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Credit Agricole 14 5 Pablo Urtasun (Spa) Kaiku 12 6 Fco.José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 10 7 David Muñoz (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 9 8 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 8 9 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 7 10 Jorge Azanza (Spa) Kaiku 6 11 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5 12 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 4 13 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 3 14 Aitor Perez (Spa) Spiuk 2 15 Antonio Colom (Spa) Illes Balears 1 Mountains Puerto De L'Oronet - Cat. 2, km 145,70 1 Ivan Mayoz (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 10 pts 2 Andrea Tafi (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 7 3 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 5 4 Juan Gomis (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 3 5 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2 6 Javier Ramirez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Wurth 1 Metas volantes Bellreguard, km 38,00 1 Javier Cherro (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 3 pts 2 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears 2 3 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 1 Betera, km 130,00 1 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 3 pts 2 Ivan Mayoz (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 2 3 Andrea Tafi (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1 Teams 1 Kaiku 13.23.00 2 Fassa Bortolo 3 Saunier Duval-Prodir 4 Illes Baleares 5 Rabobank 6 Relax-Fuenlabrada 7 Liquigas-Bianchi 8 Comunidad Valenciana 9 Liberty Seguros-Wurth 10 Credit Agricole 11 Euskaltel-Euskadi 12 Spiuk 13 Phonak Hearing Systems 14 Andalucia-Paul Versan 15 Cofidis 16 T-Mobile Team General classification after stage 2 1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 8.14.03 2 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.09 3 M.A. Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.17 4 Javier Cherro (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 5 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears 0.18 6 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Wurth 0.19 7 José Enriqu Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.20 8 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Credit Agricole 0.21 9 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 10 David Muñoz (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 11 Antonio Colom (Spa) Illes Balears 12 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 13 Aitor Perez (Spa) Spiuk 14 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 15 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 16 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 17 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Wurth 18 Ion Del Rio (Spa) Andalucia-Paul Versan 19 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Kaiku 20 Fco.José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 21 Rodrigo Garcia (Spa) Kaiku 22 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 23 Javier Ramirez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Wurth 24 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 25 David Etxebarria (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Wurth 26 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 27 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Wurth 28 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Wurth 29 Luis Perez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 30 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 31 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 32 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 33 José Ruiz (Spa) Andalucia-Paul Versan 34 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 35 Carlos Zarate (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 36 Juan Gomis (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 37 Moises Duenas (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 38 David Bernabeu (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 39 Alberto Benitez (Spa) Spiuk 40 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 41 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis 42 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 43 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 44 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 45 Jaume Rovira (Spa) Andalucia-Paul Versan 46 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 47 Sergio Dominguez (Spa) Spiuk 48 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 0.38 49 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 0.53 50 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.02 51 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros-Wurth 3.11 52 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 4.54 53 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 54 Efrain Gutierrez (Spa) Andalucia-Paul Versan 55 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Wurth 56 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 57 Angel L. Casero (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 58 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears 59 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 8.54 60 Isaac Galvez (Spa) Illes Balears 11.30 61 Luciano A. Pagliarini (Bra) Liquigas-Bianchi 11.32 62 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 11.33 63 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis 11.34 64 Andrea Tafi (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 11.35 65 Israel Nunez (Spa) Kaiku 11.36 66 Gustavo Cesar (Spa) Kaiku 67 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Cofidis 68 Pablo Urtasun (Spa) Kaiku 69 Victor M. Gomes (Spa) Andalucia-Paul Versan 70 Javier Benitez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 71 Andoni Aranaga (Spa) Kaiku 72 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 73 Marco Milesi (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 74 Javier Perez (Spa) Andalucia-Paul Versan 75 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 76 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis 77 Gianluca Sironi (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 78 David Fernandez (Spa) Andalucia-Paul Versan 79 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 80 David Blanco (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 81 Angel Edo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 82 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole 83 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 84 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Illes Balears 85 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 86 Raul Garcia (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 87 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank 88 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis 89 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 90 Joseba Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 91 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 92 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 93 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 94 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 95 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis 96 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 97 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 98 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile Team 99 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis 12.49 100 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 13.19 101 Andrej Hauptman (Slo) Fassa Bortolo 13.37 102 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 103 Daniel Becke (Ger) Illes Balears 16.21 104 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis 16.25 105 Pedro Romero (Spa) Spiuk 16.28 106 Ivan Mayoz (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 17.01 107 Jorge Azanza (Spa) Kaiku 19.28 108 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Spiuk 109 Julian Dean (NZl) Credit Agricole 110 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Illes Balears 111 Adrian Palomares (Spa) Kaiku 112 Aitor Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 113 Jesus Ramirez (Spa) Spiuk 114 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 115 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Credit Agricole 116 Iker Leonet (Spa) Illes Balears 117 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 118 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 20.35 119 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 23.05 120 Angel Rodriguez (Spa) Spiuk 23.40 Points classification 1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 50 pts 2 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 34 3 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Credit Agricole 24 4 Isaac Galvez (Spa) Illes Balears 20 5 M.A. Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 16 6 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 16 7 Luciano A. Pagliarini (Bra) Liquigas-Bianchi 16 8 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 14 9 David Muñoz (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 13 10 Antonio Colom (Spa) Illes Balears 13 11 Pablo Urtasun (Spa) Kaiku 12 12 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 10 13 Fco.José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 10 14 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 8 15 Aitor Perez (Spa) Spiuk 7 16 Ion Del Rio (Spa) Andalucia-Paul Versan 7 17 Jorge Azanza (Spa) Kaiku 6 18 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5 19 Javier Cherro (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 4 20 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 3 21 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears 3 22 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Kaiku 3 23 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 3 24 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Wurth 2 25 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 2 Mountains classification 1 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 26 pts 2 Javier Ramirez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Wurth 17 3 Juan Gomis (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 15 4 Ivan Mayoz (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 12 5 David Bernabeu (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 10 6 Andrea Tafi (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 7 7 Aitor Perez (Spa) Spiuk 6 8 Adrian Palomares (Spa) Kaiku 6 9 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 5 10 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Kaiku 4 11 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Wurth 3 Combination classification 1 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5 pts 2 Aitor Perez (Spa) Spiuk 35 3 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears 39 4 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Kaiku 51 5 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 91 6 Andrea Tafi (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 100 7 Ivan Mayoz (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 137 8 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2 9 M.A. Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 8 10 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Credit Agricole 11 11 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 15 Teams classification 1 Rabobank 24.43.12 2 Credit Agricole 3 Saunier Duval-Prodir 4 Liberty Seguros-Wurth 5 Phonak Hearing Systems 6 Comunidad Valenciana 7 Relax-Fuenlabrada 8 Spiuk 9 Andalucia-Paul Versan 10 Fassa Bortolo 0.16 11 Illes Baleares 4.33 12 T-Mobile Team 13 Kaiku 11.15 14 Liquigas-Bianchi 15 Euskaltel-Euskadi 16 Cofidis 22.30
