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42nd Vuelta al País Vasco - 2.HC
Spain, April 8-12, 2002
Stage 1 - April 8: Zalla - Zalla, 139 km
Beat Zberg the best in stage 1
Swiss rider Beat Zberg (Rabobank) was the fastest rider in stage 1 of the Vuelta a Pais Vasco, a 139 kilometre stage starting and finishing in Zalla. On a tough, undulating course which saw a lot of attacking, Zberg triumphed over Italians Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner) and Stefano Garzelli (Mapei) to take the first leader's jersey in the race.
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The relatively short stage contained five third category climbs and one of second category. The riders were in an aggressive mood, with Alberto Lopez de Munain (Euskaltel) and Torsten Schmidt (Gerolsteiner) the first to attack, building a two minute lead before being caught at the base of the Alto de La Escrita, near halfway.
A group formed around Schmidt and López de Munain with his teammate Unai Etxebarria (Euskaltel); Goncalo Bayarri (Relax), Udo Bolts (Telekom), Igor Astarloa (Saeco), Vila (iBanesto) and Pietro Caucchioli (Alessio). They opened up another two minute advantage on the climb, with Astarloa crossing first.
Mapei and Fassa Bortolo were leading the chase, and got some help from Team Coast to bring the group back within 15 kilometres. Mapei were relying on Zanini (who had ridden the Tour of Flanders the previous day) and Garzelli, who is aiming to be in shape for the Giro.
The last 40 kilometres were full of attacks, with ONCE's Igor González de Galdeano and Joaquín Rodríguez trying, as well as Casagrande (Fassa Bortolo), Boogerd (Rabobank), Samuel Sánchez (Euskaltel), De los Angeles (Kelme) and plenty of others. Aitor Osa (iBanesto.com) was first over the Alto de Bezi with 12 kilometres to go, with a 5 second lead over a group with a lot of the favourites (Casagrande, Vinokourov and Igor González de Galdeano). Notable absentees: Danilo Di Luca (Saeco) and Alberto Martinez (Euskaltel).
On the descent, Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner) attacked but the group would not let him go. Vinokourov attacked with 3 kilometres to go and quickly gained a lot of ground, but lost it again as David Etxebarria closed it down. Vinokourov persisted but was caught by the group, which was led home by Swiss fast man Beat Zberg, from Rebellin and Garzelli.
The main peloton, containing Di Luca, Martinez and Raimondas Rumsas, finished at 1'47.
Tomorrow's stage from Vitoria to Gasteiz is harder, containing a couple of category 2 and 3 climbs, as well as a category 1 with approximately 35 km to go.
Results
1 Beat Zberg (Swi) Rabobank 3.32.58 2 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 3 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 4 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 6 Gonzalo Bayarri (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 7 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Saeco-Longoni Sport 8 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 9 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10 Mario Aerts (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 11 Alexander Shefer (Kaz) Alessio 12 Aitor Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 13 Fernando Escartin (Spa) Team Coast 14 Cadel Evans (Aus) Mapei-Quick Step 15 Juan Jose De Los Angeles (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 16 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Team Coast 17 Marco Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 18 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 19 Andrei Kivilev (Kaz) Cofidis 20 Jose Azevedo (Por) ONCE-Eroski 21 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis 22 Jose Vazquez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 23 Andrea Noe (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 24 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Alessio 25 Inigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis 26 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) ONCE-Eroski 27 Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 28 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Lampre-Daikin 29 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Team Telekom 30 Alex Zulle (Swi) Team Coast 31 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC Tiscali 1.45 32 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 33 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC Tiscali 34 Ivan Basso (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 35 Ricardo Valdez (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 36 Francis Vila Errandonea (Spa) iBanesto.com 37 Thomas Brozyna (Pol) iBanesto.com 38 David Plaza (Spa) Team Coast 39 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis 40 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio 41 Rafael Casero Moreno (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 42 Unai Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 43 Abraham Olano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 44 Raimondas Rumsas (Ltu) Lampre-Daikin 45 Santiago Perez Fdez. (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 46 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 47 Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 48 Antonio Colom (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 49 David Vazquez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 50 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 51 Gianni Faresin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 52 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) Team Telekom 53 Alberto Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 54 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Alessio 55 Ivan Gotti (Ita) Alessio 56 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 57 Carlos Garcia (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 58 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio 59 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2R Prevoyance 60 Udo Bolts (Ger) Team Telekom 61 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 62 Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spa) Team Coast 63 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 64 Cesar Garcia (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 2.37 65 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) iBanesto.com 66 Ellis Rastelli (Ita) Gerolsteiner 67 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre-Daikin 68 Cesar Solaun (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 69 Jose M. Maestre (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 70 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 71 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 72 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 73 Levy Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank 74 Dario Cioni (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 75 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Rabobank 76 Peter Farazijn (Bel) Cofidis 77 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) iBanesto.com 78 Sergio Barbero (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 79 Aitor Garmendia (Spa) Team Coast 80 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Fassa Bortolo 81 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Spo 5.44 82 Inigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 83 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Saeco-Longoni Sport 84 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 85 Massimo Codol (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 86 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 87 Dario Gadeo (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 6.25 88 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) Lotto-Adecco 7.53 89 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 10.06 90 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 91 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 92 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 93 Simone Bertoletti (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 94 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Saeco-Longoni Sport 95 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 96 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank 97 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Team Telekom 98 Rolf Aldag (Ger) Team Telekom 99 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 100 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 101 Sergio Perez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 102 Oscar Mason (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 103 Daniele De Paoli (Ita) Alessio 104 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 105 Francisco Leon Mane (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 106 Bobby Julich (USA) Team Telekom 107 Alexandre Grux (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 108 Igor Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 109 Joseba Beloki (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 110 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis 111 Marcelino Garcia Alonso (Spa) Team CSC Tiscal 12.06 112 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC Tiscali 113 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 114 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 115 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Team CSC Tiscali 116 Angelo Lopeboselli (Ita) Cofidis 117 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Alessio 118 Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 119 J.Maria Manzano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 120 Alberto Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 121 Gustavo Mario Toledo (Arg) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 122 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Gerolsteiner 123 Luca Scinto (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 124 Gustavo Otero Gomez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 125 Andreas Kloden (Ger) Team Telekom 126 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Team Coast 127 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 128 Tobias Steinhauser (Ger) Gerolsteiner 129 Pedro Diaz (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 130 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Gerolsteiner 131 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 132 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 133 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 134 Jose Garrido (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 135 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis 136 Oscar Pozzi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 137 Jose Luis Arrieta (Spa) iBanesto.com 138 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Team CSC Tiscali 139 Luca Paolini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 140 David Latasa (Spa) iBanesto.com 14.25 141 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 16.30 142 Francisco Lara (Spa) Team Coast 143 Ief Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 17.52 144 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 145 Danny Jonasson (Den) Team CSC Tiscali 146 Kurt Van Lancker (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 147 Juan Carlos Guillamom (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 148 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Saeco-Longoni Sport 149 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Team Telekom 150 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 151 Francisco Cerezo Perales (Spa) Team CSC Tiscali DNF Thierry Loder (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance General classification after stage 1 1 Beat Zberg (Swi) Rabobank 3.32.58 2 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 3 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 4 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 6 Gonzalo Bayarri (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 7 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Saeco-Longoni Sport 8 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 9 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10 Mario Aerts (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 11 Alexander Shefer (Kaz) Alessio 12 Aitor Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 13 Fernando Escartin (Spa) Team Coast 14 Cadel Evans (Aus) Mapei-Quick Step 15 Juan Jose De Los Angeles (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 16 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Team Coast 17 Marco Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 18 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 19 Andrei Kivilev (Kaz) Cofidis 20 Jose Azevedo (Por) ONCE-Eroski 21 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis 22 Jose Vazquez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 23 Andrea Noe (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 24 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Alessio 25 Inigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis 26 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) ONCE-Eroski 27 Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 28 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Lampre-Daikin 29 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Team Telekom 30 Alex Zulle (Swi) Team Coast 31 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC Tiscali 1.45 32 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 33 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC Tiscali 34 Ivan Basso (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 35 Ricardo Valdez (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 36 Francis Vila Errandonea (Spa) iBanesto.com 37 Thomas Brozyna (Pol) iBanesto.com 38 David Plaza (Spa) Team Coast 39 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis 40 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio 41 Rafael Casero Moreno (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 42 Unai Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 43 Abraham Olano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 44 Raimondas Rumsas (Ltu) Lampre-Daikin 45 Santiago Perez Fdez. (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 46 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 47 Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 48 Antonio Colom (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 49 David Vazquez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 50 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 51 Gianni Faresin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 52 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) Team Telekom 53 Alberto Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 54 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Alessio 55 Ivan Gotti (Ita) Alessio 56 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 57 Carlos Garcia (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 58 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio 59 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2R Prevoyance 60 Udo Bolts (Ger) Team Telekom 61 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 62 Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spa) Team Coast 63 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 64 Cesar Garcia (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 2.37 65 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) iBanesto.com 66 Ellis Rastelli (Ita) Gerolsteiner 67 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre-Daikin 68 Cesar Solaun (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 69 Jose M. Maestre (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 70 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 71 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 72 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 73 Levy Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank 74 Dario Cioni (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 75 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Rabobank 76 Peter Farazijn (Bel) Cofidis 77 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) iBanesto.com 78 Sergio Barbero (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 79 Aitor Garmendia (Spa) Team Coast 80 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Fassa Bortolo 81 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Spo 5.44 82 Inigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 83 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Saeco-Longoni Sport 84 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 85 Massimo Codol (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 86 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 87 Dario Gadeo (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 6.25 88 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) Lotto-Adecco 7.53 89 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 10.06 90 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 91 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 92 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 93 Simone Bertoletti (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 94 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Saeco-Longoni Sport 95 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 96 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank 97 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Team Telekom 98 Rolf Aldag (Ger) Team Telekom 99 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 100 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 101 Sergio Perez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 102 Oscar Mason (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 103 Daniele De Paoli (Ita) Alessio 104 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 105 Francisco Leon Mane (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 106 Bobby Julich (USA) Team Telekom 107 Alexandre Grux (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 108 Igor Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 109 Joseba Beloki (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 110 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis 111 Marcelino Garcia Alonso (Spa) Team CSC Tiscal 12.06 112 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC Tiscali 113 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 114 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 115 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Team CSC Tiscali 116 Angelo Lopeboselli (Ita) Cofidis 117 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Alessio 118 Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 119 J.Maria Manzano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 120 Alberto Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 121 Gustavo Mario Toledo (Arg) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 122 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Gerolsteiner 123 Luca Scinto (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 124 Gustavo Otero Gomez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 125 Andreas Kloden (Ger) Team Telekom 126 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Team Coast 127 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 128 Tobias Steinhauser (Ger) Gerolsteiner 129 Pedro Diaz (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 130 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Gerolsteiner 131 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 132 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 133 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 134 Jose Garrido (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 135 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis 136 Oscar Pozzi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 137 Jose Luis Arrieta (Spa) iBanesto.com 138 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Team CSC Tiscali 139 Luca Paolini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 140 David Latasa (Spa) iBanesto.com 14.25 141 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 16.30 142 Francisco Lara (Spa) Team Coast 143 Ief Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 17.52 144 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 145 Danny Jonasson (Den) Team CSC Tiscali 146 Kurt Van Lancker (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 147 Juan Carlos Guillamom (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 148 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Saeco-Longoni Sport 149 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Team Telekom 150 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 151 Francisco Cerezo Perales (Spa) Team CSC Tiscali
