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55th Klasika Primavera - 1.1
Spain, April 12, 2009
2008 Results Results Past winners
Valverde sprints to win
By Monika Prell in Amorebieta
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Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) won the 55th edition of the Klasika Primavera by beating an on-from Egoi Martínez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) in a sprint of a small group. José Herrada (Contentpolis-AMPO) ended the day in third.
"I am happy about this victory, it's the third time that I win this race," said Valverde at the finish. "I know this terrain very well, and we did a great race, we always had a rider in the breakaway groups. In the end I worked together with Joaquím Rodríguez. I am happy that I go on winning races in spite of all what happens around me," declared Valverde with regards to the CONI investigation.
Egoi Martínez confirmed that his legs are good. "I am content about the whole week, I won the sprint classification in the Vuelta al País Vasco, and today I also finished on the podium. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to win, even though I was close. Now, I will ride the Belgian Classics and later the Tour de France and I hope to do even better there."
Despite the rain, many fans came out. and especially cheered the riders on over the two mountains, the Muniketa (second category) and the Autzagane (third category). Both climbs had to be done three times.
From the beginning on numerous riders tried to attack, like José Antonio López Gíl from the team Andalucía Cajasur or Contentpolis AMPO's Dioni Galparsoro, but the peloton chased them down.
The first group to get away contained Italian Eddy Ratti (Amica Chips), Fuji Servetto's Fredrik Kessiakov, José Antonio López Gíl (Andalucía Cajasur), Orbea's Eriz Ruiz, Igor Antón (Euskaltel Euskadi), Iván Santaromita from the team Liquigas, Xacobeo Galicia's Eduardo Vorganov, Angel Vallejo Domínguez (Andorra Grandvalira) and Willian Aranzazu Escobar from the team Boyacá.
The group gained one minute and thirty seconds over the Caisse d'Epargne-led peloton on the top of Muniketa. But 20 km from the finish the adventure was over, followed by immediate counter attacks. A group of 12 went away and besides Valverde, Rodríguez, Martínez, Mikel Astarloza and Herrada it also contained Gorka Verdugo (Euskaltel Euskadi), Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas), Damiano Cunego (Lampre), David Blanco (Palmeiras Resort), Ezequiel Mosquera (Xacobeo Galicia), Angel Vicioso (Andalucía Cajasur) and Frank Schleck (Saxo Bank).
The group had 39 seconds over the last KM on the bunch, enough to stay away.
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- Xacobeo-Galicia has good team spirits.
- Amets Txurruka (Euskaltel-Euskadi) hangs in there.
- Andy Schleck (Saxo Bank) is all smiles before the start.
- Schleck tried out new rain gear but it turned out to be not so aero.
- Damiano Cunego (Lampre-NGC, l) and Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas, r) wait for the rain to clear.
- Egoi Martínez and Gorka Verdugo (Euskaltel-Euskadi) also tried to stay dry.
- Fränk Schleck (Saxo Bank) checked the weather report moments before the start.
- Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) on the climb
- Valverde won the sprint of the small front group.
- Valverde on the podium
Results - 172km
1 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4.04.58 (42.03 km/h) 2 Egoi Martínez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 3 José Herrada López (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo 4 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 5 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 6 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 7 David Blanco Rodríguez (Spa) Palmeiras Resort / Tavira 8 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 9 Ezequiel Mosquera (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 10 Angel Vicioso (Spa) Andalucia Cajasur 11 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank 12 Joaquín Rodríguez Oliver (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0.11 13 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0.32 14 Nicolas Jonathan Castroviejo (Spa) Orbea 0.39 15 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team Saxo Bank 16 Julián Sánchez Pimienta (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo 17 Antonio Piedra (Spa) Andalucia Cajasur 18 Iván Velasco (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 19 Mikel Nieve (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 20 Marcos García Fernandez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 0.41 21 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 22 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 23 Ángel Vallejo Dominguez (Spa) Andorra-Grandvalira 24 Dionisio Galparsoro Martínez (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo 25 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Team Saxo Bank 0.47 26 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Amica Chips - Knauf 27 David De La Fuente (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 28 Jorge Azanza (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 29 Branislau Samoilau (Blr) Amica Chips - Knauf 30 José Antonio Redondo (Spa) Andalucia Cajasur 31 Iñigo Landaluce Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 32 Javier Echarri Marín (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo 1.04 33 Chris Sörensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank 34 Miguel Minguez Ayala (Spa) Orbea 35 Nicki Sörensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank 36 Juan F Mouron Doldan (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 37 Eduard Prades (Spa) Andorra-Grandvalira 1.21 38 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 39 Eddy Ratti (Ita) Amica Chips - Knauf 1.23 40 Alejandro Marque Porto (Spa) Palmeiras Resort / Tavira 2.15 41 Samuel J Caldeira Rodrigues (Por) Palmeiras Resort / Tavira 42 Alexander Riabkin (Rus) Russian National Team 2.18 43 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team Saxo Bank 2.23 44 Edoardo Girardi (Ita) Amica Chips - Knauf 45 Iban Mayoz Echeverría (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 46 Antonio Olmo Menacho (Spa) Boyaca es Para Vivirla 47 Rafael Infantino (Col) Amica Chips - Knauf 48 Gorka Izagirre (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo 49 Aitor Pérez Arrieta (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo 50 Diego Gallego (Spa) Burgos Monumental - Castilla y Leon 51 Raul Santamarta Valvuena (Spa) Burgos Monumental - Castilla y Leon 52 Andrés Avelino Antuña Coro (Spa) Burgos Monumental - Castilla y Leon 53 Manuel Vázquez Hueso (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo 54 David Belda García (Spa) Boyaca es Para Vivirla 55 Jaume Rovira Pons (Spa) Andorra-Grandvalira 2.40 56 Serafín Martínez Acebedo (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 2.51 57 Dmitriy Ignatiev (Rus) Russian National Team 4.18 58 Alejandro Paleo Mosquera (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 59 Andrea Noe (Ita) Liquigas 60 Rodrigues Arguelyes (Rus) Russian National Team 61 Luis Silva (Por) Palmeiras Resort / Tavira 62 Henrique Casimiro (Por) Palmeiras Resort / Tavira 63 David Livramento (Por) Palmeiras Resort / Tavira 64 Erentxun Eriz Ruiz De (Spa) Orbea 65 Beñat Urain Epelde (Spa) Orbea 66 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 5.53 67 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 6.22 68 Ricardo Garcia Ambroa (Spa) Orbea 69 Eneko Echeverz (Spa) Orbea 70 Artem Ovechkin (Rus) Russian National Team 71 Josep Jufre (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 72 Raúl García De Mateo (Spa) Andorra-Grandvalira 73 Manuel Ortega Ocaña (Spa) Andalucia Cajasur 74 Juan Javier Estrada (Spa) Andalucia Cajasur 75 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 76 Brian Vandborg (Den) Liquigas 77 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 78 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 10.32 79 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Andorra-Grandvalira 80 Esteban Plaza (Spa) Andalucia Cajasur 81 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 82 Javier Megías Leal (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 83 Vicente Garcia De Mateo (Spa) Andorra-Grandvalira 11.09 84 Valery Kaykov (Rus) Russian National Team 85 Claudio Casas Gallego (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo 86 Aitor Olano (Spa) Orbea 87 Tiago Fiorilli (Bra) Boyaca es Para Vivirla 88 Alexander Rybakov (Rus) Russian National Team 89 Ramiro Rincon Diaz (Col) Boyaca es Para Vivirla 90 Willian Aranzazo Escobar (Col) Boyaca es Para Vivirla 91 Artur Ershov (Rus) Russian National Team 92 Vincenzo Garofolo (Ita) Amica Chips - Knauf 11.11 DNF Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. DNF Martín Garrido Mayorga (Arg) Palmeiras Resort / Tavira DNF Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. DNF Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. DNF Iker Camaño Ortuzar (Spa) Fuji-Servetto DNF David Herrero (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia DNF Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team Saxo Bank DNF José Antonio Lopez (Spa) Andalucia Cajasur DNF José Iván Gutiérrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne DNF Daniel Moreno (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne DNF Francisco José Martínez Pérez (Spa) Andalucia Cajasur DNF Juan José Cobo Acebo (Spa) Fuji-Servetto DNF Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. DNF Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Liquigas DNF Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank DNF Iván Melero Coco (Spa) Burgos Monumental - Castilla y Leon DNF Francisco Pérez Sánchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne DNF Alberto Losada (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne DNF Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. DNF Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas DNF Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas DNF Alberto Fernández Sainz (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia DNF Daniel Sesma (Spa) Orbea DNF David Francisco (Spa) Burgos Monumental - Castilla y Leon DNF Enrique Mata Cabello (Spa) Burgos Monumental - Castilla y Leon DNF Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas DNF Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Team Saxo Bank DNF Ivan Raña Fuentes (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia DNF Pedro J Vera Alcaraz (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo DNF Jeferson Vargas (Col) Boyaca es Para Vivirla DNF Jeffry Romero Corredor (Col) Boyaca es Para Vivirla DNF Dmytro Chuzhda (Ukr) Andorra-Grandvalira DNF Aitor Aznar (Spa) Andorra-Grandvalira DNF Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. DNF Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Caisse d'Epargne DNF Alejandro Serna (Col) Boyaca es Para Vivirla DNF Andoni Blazquez (Spa) Orbea DNF Joseba Larralde (Spa) Orbea DNF Jose C Valdez Calva (Mex) Burgos Monumental - Castilla y Leon DNF Luis Mas Bonet (Spa) Burgos Monumental - Castilla y Leon DNF Fausto Fognini (Ita) Amica Chips - Knauf DNF Paolo Tomaselli (Ita) Amica Chips - Knauf DNF Daniel Mestre (Por) Palmeiras Resort / Tavira DNF Stanislav Volkov (Rus) Russian National Team DNF Fredrik Kessiakov (Swe) Fuji-Servetto Mountains Muniketagane (Cat.2) - 106,60Km 1 José Antonio Lopez (Spa) Andalucia Cajasur 10 pts 2 Willian Aranzazo Escobar (Col) Boyaca es Para Vivirla 8 3 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas 6 4 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 4 5 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 3 6 Josep Jufre (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 2 7 Eddy Ratti (Ita) Amica Chips - Knauf 1 Autzagane (Cat. 3) - 115,10Km 1 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 5 pts 2 Erentxun Eriz Ruiz De (Spa) Orbea 4 3 José Antonio Lopez (Spa) Andalucia Cajasur 3 4 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 2 5 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas 1 Muniketagane (Cat.2) - 132,70Km 1 Erentxun Eriz Ruiz De (Spa) Orbea 10 pts 2 Eddy Ratti (Ita) Amica Chips - Knauf 8 3 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas 6 4 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 4 5 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 3 6 Javier Echarri Marín (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo 2 7 Branislau Samoilau (Blr) Amica Chips - Knauf 1 Autzagane (Cat. 3) - 141,10Km 1 Eddy Ratti (Ita) Amica Chips - Knauf 5 pts 2 Erentxun Eriz Ruiz De (Spa) Orbea 4 3 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 3 4 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2 5 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 1 Muniketagane (Cat.2) - 158,70Km 1 Ezequiel Mosquera (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 10 pts 2 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank 8 3 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 6 4 Angel Vicioso (Spa) Andalucia Cajasur 4 5 David Blanco Rodríguez (Spa) Palmeiras Resort / Tavira 3 6 Joaquín Rodríguez Oliver (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2 7 Egoi Martínez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1 Autzagane (Cat. 3) - 167,10Km 1 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank 5 pts 2 Ezequiel Mosquera (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 4 3 Egoi Martínez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 3 4 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 2 Mountains classification 1 Erentxun Eriz Ruiz De (Spa) Orbea 18 pts 2 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 16 3 Ezequiel Mosquera (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 14 4 Eddy Ratti (Ita) Amica Chips - Knauf 14 5 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank 13 6 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 9 7 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 8 8 Willian Aranzazo Escobar (Col) Boyaca es Para Vivirla 8 9 Angel Vicioso (Spa) Andalucia Cajasur 4 10 Egoi Martínez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 4 Teams 1 Euskaltel - Euskadi 12.14.54 2 Caisse d'Epargne 0.52 3 Contentpolis-Ampo 1.20 4 Team Saxo Bank 1.26 5 Andalucia Cajasur 6 Xacobeo Galicia 1.45 7 Amica Chips - Knauf 2.57 8 Palmeiras Resort / Tavira 4.30 9 Andorra-Grandvalira 4.42 10 Orbea 6.01 11 Burgos Monumental - Castilla y Leon 7.09 12 Fuji-Servetto 7.50 13 Liquigas 10.40 14 Russian National Team 10.54 15 Boyaca es Para Vivirla 15.55
Past winners
2008 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 2007 Joaquín Rodríguez Oliver (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2006 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC 2005 David Etxebarria Alkorta (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 2004 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 2003 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2002 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Kelme 2001 Igor Astarloa (Spa) 2000 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) 1999 (2) Roberto Heras (Spa) 1998 Roberto Heras (Spa) 1997 Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa) 1996 Mauro Gianetti (Swi) 1995 LaurentJalabert (Fra) 1994 Melchor Mauri (Spa) 1993 Jon Unzaga (Spa) 1992 (3) Federico Echave (Spa) 1991 Jesus Montoya (Spa) 1990 Inaki Gaston (Spa) 1989 Marino Lejarreta (Spa) 1988 Jorgen-VagnPedersen (Den) 1987 Julian Gorospe (Spa) 1986 (2) Federico Echave (Spa) 1985 Ferderico Echave (Spa) 1984 José-Luis Navarro (Spa) 1983 (2) Juan Fernandez (Spa) 1982 Jesus Suarez-Cuevas (Spa) 1981 J.-L. Lopez-Cerron (Spa) 1980 Juan Fernandez (Spa) 1979(2) Miguel Maria-Lasa (Spa) 1978 (2) Domingo Perurena (Spa) 1977 Vicente Lopez-Carril (Spa) 1976 Enrique Cima (Spa) 1975 Antonio Martos (Spa) 1974 Andres Oliva (Spa) 1973 Miguel-Maria Lasa (Spa) 1972 JoséGomez-Lucas (Spa) 1971 Domingo Perurena (Spa) 1970 Carlos Echeverria (Spa) 1969 José-Manuel Lasa (Spa) 1968 (3) Eusebio Velez (Spa) 1967 (2) Ant Gomez del Moral (Spa) 1966 Antonio Gemezdel Moral (Spa) 1965 José Perez-Frances (Spa) 1964 (2) Eusebio Velez (Spa) 1963 Eusebio Veez (Spa) 1962 Francisco Gabica (Spa) 1961 Julio San Emeterio (Spa) 1960 Carmelo Moralés (Spa) 1959 Roberto Morales (Spa) 1958 Antonio Carmany (Spa) 1957 Emilio Cruz (Spa) 1956 Cosme Barrutia (Spa) 1955 Hortensio Vidaurreta (Spa) 1947 Miguel Poblet (Spa) 1946 Dalmacio Langarica (Spa)
