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42nd Vuelta al País Vasco - 2.HC
Spain, April 8-12, 2002
2001 Results Preview Stage List Start List Past winners
The Stages
- Stage 1 - April 8: Zalla - Zalla, 139 km
- Stage 2 - April 9: Zalla - Vitoria, 183 km
- Stage 3 - April 10: Vitoria - Alasua, 170 km
- Stage 4 - April 11: Alasua - Villabona, 154 km
- Stage 5a - April 12: Villabona - Elgoibar, 94 km
- Stage 5b - April 12: Elgoibar-Elgoibar ITT, 15.2 km
Preview
The 42nd Vuelta a Pais Vasco will run from Monday, April 8 through until Friday, April 12 next week. It is ranked 2.HC by the UCI, which means that it is only one below a grand tour, and therefore worth a lot of points. The race will attract many of the top Spaniards, including Joseba Beloki and Angel Casero, winner of last year's Vuelta. From the foreign contingent, there is Raimondas Rumsas and Pavel Tonkov (Lampre), Alexandre Vinokourov (Telekom), Wladimir Belli, Francesco Casagrande (Fassa Bortolo), Stefano Garzelli (Mapei), Michael Boogerd and Levi Leipheimer (Rabobank), and Laurent Jalabert (CSC).
The race is held over six stages and finishes with a 15.2 kilometre time trial.
Start List
Lampre-Daikin Fassa Bortolo 1 Raimondas Rumsas (Ltu) 11 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) 2 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) 12 Wladimir Belli (Ita) 3 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) 13 Ivan Basso (Ita) 4 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) 14 Marco Velo (Ita) 5 Massimo Codol (Ita) 15 Kim Kirchen (Lux) 6 Simone Bertoletti (Ita) 16 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) 7 Sergio Barbero (Ita) 17 Oscar Pozzi (Ita) 8 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) 18 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Team Telekom Rabobank 21 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) 31 Michael Boogerd (Ned) 22 Andreas Kloden (Ger) 32 Levy Leipheimer (USA) 23 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) 33 Beat Zberg (Swi) 24 Bobby Julich (USA) 34 Grischa Niermann (Ger) 25 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) 35 Marc Lotz (Ned) 26 Rolf Aldag (Ger) 36 Geert Verheyen (Bel) 27 Udo Bolts (Ger) 37 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) 28 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) 38 Bram De Groot (Ned) Mapei-Quick Step Lotto-Adecco 41 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) 51 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) 42 Andrea Noe (Ita) 52 Mario Aerts (Bel) 43 Luca Paolini (Ita) 53 Christophe Detilloux (Bel) 44 Stefano Zanini (Ita) 54 Kurt Van Lancker (Bel) 45 Elio Aggiano (Ita) 55 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) 46 Cadel Evans (Aus) 56 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) 47 Luca Scinto (Ita) 57 Ief Verbrugghe (Bel) 48 Dario Cioni (Ita) 58 Christophe Brandt (Bel) iBanesto.com Cofidis 61 Unai Osa (Spa) 71 Inigo Cuesta (Spa) 62 Aitor Osa (Spa) 72 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) 63 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) 73 Guido Trentin (Ita) 64 Thomas Brozyna (Pol) 74 Andrei Kivilev (Kaz) 65 Jose Luis Arrieta (Spa) 75 Daniel Atienza (Spa) 66 David Latasa (Spa) 76 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) 67 Francis Vila Errandonea (Spa) 77 Peter Farazijn (Bel) 68 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) 78 Angelo Lopeboselli (Ita) ONCE-Eroski Alessio 81 Joseba Beloki (Spa) 91 Ivan Gotti (Ita) 82 Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) 92 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) 83 Abraham Olano (Spa) 93 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) 84 Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa) 94 Alexander Shefer (Kaz) 85 Marco Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) 95 Daniele De Paoli (Ita) 86 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) 96 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) 87 Jose Azevedo (Por) 97 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) 88 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) 98 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Kelme-Costa Blanca Team CSC Tiscali 101 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) 111 Danny Jonasson (Den) 102 J.Maria Manzano (Spa) 112 Tyler Hamilton (USA) 103 Santiago Perez Fdez. (Spa) 113 Nicki Sorensen (Den) 104 Gustavo Otero Gomez (Spa) 114 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) 105 Francisco Leon Mane (Spa) 115 Michael Rasmussen (Den) 106 Juan Jose De Los Angeles (Spa) 116 Marcelino Garcia Alonso (Spa) 107 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) 117 Francisco Cerezo Perales (Spa) 108 Carlos Garcia (Spa) 118 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi Saeco-Longoni Sport 121 David Etxebarria (Spa) 131 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) 122 Alberto Martinez (Spa) 132 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) 123 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) 133 Igor Astarloa (Spa) 124 Cesar Solaun (Spa) 134 Juan Fuentes (Spa) 125 Igor Flores (Spa) 135 Oscar Mason (Ita) 126 Alberto Lopez De Munain (Spa) 136 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) 127 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) 137 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) 128 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) 138 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Team Coast Ag2R Prevoyance 141 Alex Zulle (Swi) 151 Inigo Chaurreau (Spa) 142 Francisco Lara (Spa) 152 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) 143 Fernando Escartin (Spa) 153 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) 144 Aitor Garmendia (Spa) 154 Alexandre Grux (Fra) 145 Manuel Beltran (Spa) 155 Thierry Loder (Fra) 146 Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spa) 156 Christophe Oriol (Fra) 147 David Plaza (Spa) 157 Nicolas Portal (Fra) 148 Niki Aebersold (Swi) 158 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Relax-Fuenlabrada Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 161 Antonio Colom (Spa) 171 Juan Carlos Guillamom (Spa) 162 Jose M. Maestre (Spa) 172 Rafael Casero Moreno (Spa) 163 Nacor Burgos (Spa) 173 Jose Garrido (Spa) 164 Oscar Laguna (Spa) 174 Pedro Diaz (Spa) 165 Jose Vazquez (Spa) 175 Ricardo Valdez (Spa) 166 David Vazquez (Spa) 176 Gonzalo Bayarri (Spa) 167 Sergio Perez (Spa) 177 Gustavo Mario Toledo (Arg) 168 Cesar Garcia (Spa) 178 Dario Gadeo (Spa) Gerolsteiner 181 Davide Rebellin (Ita) 182 Gianni Faresin (Ita) 183 Volker Ordowski (Ger) 184 Daniele Contrini (Ita) 185 Ellis Rastelli (Ita) 186 Tobias Steinhauser (Ger) 187 Marcel Strauss (Swi) 188 Torsten Schmidt (Ger)
Past winners
2001 Raimondas Rumsas (Ltu) Fassa Bortolo 2000 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Deutsche Telekom 1999 Laurent Jalabert (Fra) ONCE 1998 Inigo Cuesta (Spa) ONCE 1997 Alex Zülle (Swi) 1996 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) 1995 Alex Zülle (Swi) 1994 Tony Rominger (Swi) 1993 Tony Rominger (Swi) 1992 Tony Rominger (Swi) 1991 Claudio Chiappucci (Ita) 1990 Julian Gorospe (Spa) 1989 Stephen Roche (Irel) 1988 Erik Breukink (Ned) 1987 Sean Kelly (Ire) 1986 Sean Kelly (Ire) 1985 Pello Ruiz-Cabestany (Spa) 1984 Sean Kelly (Ire) 1983 Julian Gorospe (Spa) 1982 José-Luis Laguia (Spa) 1981 Silvano Contini (Ita) 1980 Alberto Fernandez (Spa) 1979 Giovanni Battaglin (Ita) 1978 Juan-A. Gonzalez-Linares (Spa) 1977 Juan-A. Gonzalez-Linares (Spa) 1976 Giambattista Baronchelli (Ita) 1975 Juan-A. Gonzalez-Linares (Spa) 1974 Miguel-Maria Lasa (Spa) 1973 Luis Ocana (Spa) 1972 Juan-A. Gonzalez-Linares (Spa) 1971 Luis Ocana (Spa) 1970 Luis-P. Santamarina (Spa) 1969 Jacques Anquetil (Fra) 1968 José-Maria Errandonea (Spa) 1967 Carlos Echeverria (Spa) 1966 Eusebio Velez (Spa) 1965 Sebastian Elorza (Spa) 1964 Carlos Echeverria (Spa) 1963 Juan-J. Sargaduy (Spa) 1962 Rolf Wolfshohl (Ger) 1961 Antonio Karmany (Spa) 1960 Benigno Aspuru (Spa) 1959 Antonio Bertran (Spa) 1958 Jesus Lorono-Arteaga (Spa) 1957 Antonio Barrutia (Spa) 1956 Jesus Lorono-Arteaga (Spa) 1955 José Escolano (Spa) 1954 José Serra (Spa) 1953 Vicente Iturat (Spa) 1952 Louis Caput (Fra) 1945 Miguel Gual (Spa) 1944 José Gandara (Spa) 1943 Martin Mancisidor (Spa) 1942 Federico Ezquerra (Spa) 1941 Firmin Trueba (Spa) 1940 Federico Ezquerra (Spa) 1939 Mariano Carnado (Spa) 1935 Gino Bartali (Ita) 1930 Mariano Carnado (Spa) 1929 Maurice De Waele (Bel) 1928 Maurice De Waele (Bel) 1927 Victor Fontan (Fra) 1926 Nicolas Frantz (Lux) 1925 Auguste Verdyck (Bel) 1924 Francis Pélissier (Fra) Past winners by Mario Stiehl, www.world-of-cycling.com
