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5th GP Miguel Indurain - 1.2
Spain, April 5, 2003
2002 Results Results Past winners
Kessler in very close sprint
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Telekom's Matthias Kessler has won his first race as a professional, taking the 5th edition of the GP Miguel Indurain in Estella in a bunch sprint. The German finished just in front of 2001 and 2002 winner Angel Vicioso (ONCE) and David Etxebarria (Euskaltel), with the judges having to deliberate for hours over the photo finish result.
The GP Miguel Indurain, previously known as Campeonato Vasco Navarrro de Montaña, Gran Premio Navarra and Trofeo Comunidad Foral de Navarra, is now named after Navarra's greatest cycling star, who cut the ribbon at the start of the race in Estella. The race consisted of several loops around Estella, containing one Cat. 2 and two Cat. 1 climbs, for a total of 186 km.
The race came alive on the climb of Echaurri (km 151) when Pedro Díaz Lobato (Paternina) attacked at the bottom, followed by Alberto Martínez (Euskaltel) and Benjamín Noval (Fuenlabrada). The three led the race over the top of the climb, with Martinez and Noval catching and dropping Lobato on the next climb, Alto de Lezaun (km 168). They were followed some 30 seconds later by Santiago Perez (Phonak) and Angel Vicioso (ONCE), who were another 10 seconds in front of the peloton.
The two leaders continued their break assisted by a tailwind until the final part of the race, which was gradually uphill. Martinez was caught with 4.5 km to go, followed by Noval at 2 km to go, by a peloton of 35 riders. The race was decided in a bunch sprint, with Kessler just managing to get his nose in front of Vicioso and Etxebarria.
Results - 186 km
1 Matthias Kessler (Ger) Telekom 5.02.05 (36.943 km/h) 2 Angel Vicioso (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 3 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel Euskadi 4 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 5 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 6 Antonio Colom (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 7 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Labarca2-Cafe Baque 8 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Lampre 9 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis 10 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Paternina Costa de Almeria 11 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 12 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 13 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team Csc 14 Gianni Faresin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 15 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Kelme Costa Blanca 16 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 17 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel Euskadi 18 Aitor Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 19 Adrian Palomares (Spa) Carvalhelhos-Boavista 20 Francisco Javier Vila (Spa) Lampre 21 Yon Bru (Spa) L.A. Pecol 22 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 23 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Kelme Costa Blanca 24 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Kelme Costa Blanca 25 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel Euskadi 26 Eugeni Petrov (Rus) iBanesto.com 27 Levy Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank 28 Jose M. Vazquez (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 29 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis 30 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team Csc 31 Aitor Kintana (Spa) Labarca2-Cafe Baque 32 Xabier Zandio (Spa) iBanesto.com 33 Sergio Barbero (Ita) Lampre 34 Jose J. Gomez (Spa) Labarca2-Cafe Baque 35 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel Euskadi 0.30 36 Jose A. Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel Euskadi 37 Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 0.43 38 Jose B. Azevedo (Por) ONCE-Eroski 1.42 39 Jose L. Arrieta (Spa) iBanesto.com 2.57 40 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel Euskadi 41 Cadel Evans (Aus) Telekom 4.40 42 Alex Zuelle (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 43 Dario Gadeo (Spa) Paternina Costa de Almeria 44 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Telekom 45 Marcos A. Serrano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 46 Gustavo C. Veloso (Spa) Carvalhelhos-Boavista 6.39 47 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Lokomotiv 48 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Lotto-Domo 49 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Domo 50 Hugo Sabido (Por) Barbot-Torrie 51 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 52 Alexander Serov (Rus) Lokomotiv 53 Ruben Oarbeascoa (Spa) L.A. Pecol 54 Gustavo Lemos (Spa) Carvalhelhos-Boavista 55 Eduardo Gonzalez (Spa) Barbot-Torrie 56 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 57 Jordi Riera (Spa) Kelme Costa Blanca 58 Francisco Palacios (Spa) Labarca2-Cafe Baque 59 Bobby Julich (USA) Telekom 60 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank 61 March Rutkiewicz (Pol) Cofidis 62 Sergio Perez (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 63 Miguel Martinez (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 64 Pedro Andrade (Por) L.A. Pecol 65 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team Csc 66 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 67 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank 68 Alberto Guerreiro (Spa) Antarte Rota Do Moveis 69 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Lampre 70 Ronald Mutsaars (Ned) Rabobank 71 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 72 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme Costa Blanca 73 Hector Guerra (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 74 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 75 Jhonathan Gonzalez (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 76 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel Euskadi 77 Dermot Nally (Irl) Paternina Costa de Almeria 78 David Lopez (Spa) Labarca2-Cafe Baque 79 Gustavo M. Toledo (Arg) Paternina Costa de Almeria 80 Udo Bolts (Ger) Gerolsteiner 81 David Navas (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 82 Joseba Beloki (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 83 Jon Odriozola (Spa) iBanesto.com 84 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 85 Igor Gonzalez (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 86 Juan Olmo (Spa) Barbot-Torrie 87 Gustavo M. Otero (Spa) Labarca2-Cafe Baque 88 Juan M. Mercado (Spa) iBanesto.com 89 Gonzalo Bayarri (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 90 Rafael Casero (Spa) Paternina Costa de Almeria 91 Iker Camaño (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 92 Joaquin Lopez (Spa) Paternina Costa de Almeria 93 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 94 Ruben Diaz De Cerio (Spa) Euskaltel Euskadi 95 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) iBanesto.com 96 Ellis Rastelli (Ita) Gerolsteiner 97 Fco. Gutierrez (Spa) Labarca2-Cafe Baque 98 Aitor Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel Euskadi 99 Adolfo Garcia (Spa) Kelme Costa Blanca 100 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) Telekom 101 Dmitri Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis 102 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Telekom 103 Pedro Arreitunandia (Spa) Carvalhelhos-Boavista 104 Mario Aerts (Bel) Telekom 105 Koldo Gil (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 106 Axel Merckx (Bel) Lotto-Domo 107 Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Lotto-Domo 108 Edouard Gritsoun (Rus) Lokomotiv 109 Andrei Zintchenko (Rus) L.A. Pecol 110 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) iBanesto.com 111 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Paternina Costa de Almeria 12.44 112 Jose A. Garrido (Spa) Paternina Costa de Almeria 113 Pedro Diaz Lobato (Spa) Paternina Costa de Almeria 114 Juan Gomis (Spa) L.A. Pecol 115 Daniel Petrov (Bul) Carvalhelhos-Boavista 116 Christian Climent (Spa) Barbot-Torrie 14.40 117 Julen Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel Euskadi 118 Pedro Soeiro (Por) Carvalhelhos-Boavista 119 Virgilio Dos Santos (Por) Antarte Rota Do Moveis 16.13 120 Benjamin Day (Aus) Carvalhelhos-Boavista 121 Joaquin Campos (Por) Carvalhelhos-Boavista 122 Joao Silva (Por) Antarte Rota Do Moveis 123 Alexei Kuznetsov (Rus) Lokomotiv 124 Julian Usano (Spa) Kelme Costa Blanca 125 Oleg Rodionov (Rus) Lokomotiv 126 Leonid Kovtun (Rus) Lokomotiv 127 Serguei Klimov (Rus) Lokomotiv 128 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Lokomotiv 129 Denis Smyslov (Rus) Lokomotiv 130 Denis Menchov (Rus) iBanesto.com 131 German Nieto (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 132 Gerardo Fernandez (Arg) Antarte Rota Do Moveis 133 Sven Nijs (Bel) Rabobank 134 Benot Salmon (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 135 Marcelino Garcia (Spa) Labarca2-Cafe Baque 136 Carlo R.. Golbano (Spa) Paternina Costa de Almeria 137 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 138 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Lotto-Domo 139 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 140 Fernando Sousa (Por) Antarte Rota Do Moveis 28.05 141 Atanas Petrov (Bul) Carvalhelhos-Boavista 142 , Jose M. De Sousa (Por) Antarte Rota Do Moveis 143 Youri Sourkov (Mda) Carvalhelhos-Boavista Mountains Guiguillano - Cat. 1 1 Pedro Diaz Lobato (Spa) Paternina Costa de Almeria 10 pts 2 Rafael Casero (Spa) Paternina Costa de Almeria 9 3 Dario Gadeo (Spa) Paternina Costa de Almeria 8 4 Joaquin Lopez (Spa) Paternina Costa de Almeria 7 5 Denis Menchov (Rus) iBanesto.com 6 6 Jose L. Arrieta (Spa) iBanesto.com 5 7 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) iBanesto.com 4 8 Aitor Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 3 9 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Kelme Costa Blanca 2 10 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 1 Puerto De Echaurri - Cat. 1 1 Pedro Diaz Lobato (Spa) Paternina Costa de Almeria 10 pts 2 Jose A. Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel Euskadi 9 3 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 8 4 Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 7 5 Aitor Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 6 6 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel Euskadi 5 7 Matthias Kessler (Ger) Telekom 4 8 Angel Vicioso (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 3 9 Yon Bru (Spa) L.A. Pecol 2 10 Jose B. Azevedo (Por) ONCE-Eroski 1 Alto De Lezau - Cat. 2 1 Jose A. Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel Euskadi 6 pts 2 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 5 3 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 4 4 Angel Vicioso (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 3 5 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Lampre 2 6 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Paternina Costa de Almeria 1 Metas volantes Estella - km 24 1 Pedro Diaz Lobato (Spa) Paternina Costa de Almeria 3 pts 2 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Kelme Costa Blanca 2 3 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis 1 Estella - km 58.1 1 Pedro Diaz Lobato (Spa) Paternina Costa de Almeria 3 pts 2 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Kelme Costa Blanca 2 3 Rafael Casero (Spa) Paternina Costa de Almeria 1 Estella - km 98.4 1 Pedro Diaz Lobato (Spa) Paternina Costa de Almeria 3 pts 2 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Kelme Costa Blanca 2 3 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) iBanesto.com 1 Mountains classification 1 Pedro Diaz Lobato (Spa) Paternina Costa de Almeria 20 pts 2 Jose A. Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel Euskadi 15 3 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 13 4 Rafael Casero (Spa) Paternina Costa de Almeria 9 5 Aitor Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 9 6 Dario Gadeo (Spa) Paternina Costa de Almeria 8 7 Joaquin Lopez (Spa) Paternina Costa de Almeria 7 8 Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 7 9 Angel Vicioso (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 6 10 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel Euskadi 5 11 Jose L. Arrieta (Spa) iBanesto.com 5 12 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 4 13 Matthias Kessler (Ger) Telekom 4 14 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) iBanesto.com 4 15 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Kelme Costa Blanca 2 16 Yon Bru (Spa) L.A. Pecol 2 17 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Lampre 2 18 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Paternina Costa de Almeria 1 19 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 1 20 Jose B. Azevedo (Por) ONCE-Eroski 1 Metas volantes classification 1 Pedro Diaz Lobato (Spa) Paternina Costa de Almeria 9 pts 2 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Kelme Costa Blanca 6 3 Rafael Casero (Spa) Paternina Costa de Almeria 1 Teams 1 Phonak Hearing Systems 15.06.15 2 Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 3 Euskaltel Euskadi 4 Lampre 5 Kelme Costa Blanca 6 Labarca2-Cafe Baque 7 iBanesto.com 8 ONCE-Eroski 2.25 9 Gerolsteiner 6.39 10 Cofidis 11 Team Csc 12 Telekom 9.20 13 Paternina Costa de Almeria 11.19 14 Carvalhelhos-Boavista 13.18 15 Rabobank 16 L.A. Pecol 17 Barbot-Torrie 19.57 18 Lotto-Domo 19 Lokomotiv 20 Antarte Rota Do Moveis 39.05
Past winners
Gran Premio Miguel Indurain (international) 2002 Angel Vicioso (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2001 Angel Vicioso (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2000 Miguel Ángel Martín Perdiguero (Spa) Vitalicio-Seguros 1999 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Mercatone Uno Trofeo Comunidad Foral de Navarra (international) 1998 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Banesto Trofeo Comunidad Foral de Navarra 1997 Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa) ONCE 1996 Alex Zulle (Swi) ONCE 1995 Félix García Casas (Spa) Artiach 1994 Marino Alonso (Spa) Banesto 1993 Johnny Weltz (Den) ONCE 1992 Julián Gorospe (Col) Banesto 1991 Roland Leclerc (Bel) Amaya 1990 Pedro Delgado (Spa) Banesto 1989 Mariano Sánchez (Spa) Teka Gran Premio Navarra 1988 Pedro Delgado (Spa) Reynolds 1987 Miguel Indurain (Spa) Reynolds 1985 Celestino Prieto (Spa) Reynolds 1983 Juan Fernández (Spa) Zor 1982 Pedro Muñoz (Spa) Zor 1981 Eulalio García (Spa) Teka 1980 Juan Fernández (Spa) Zor 1979 Juan Fernández (Spa) Kas 1978 Miguel María Lasa (Spa) Teka 1977 Vicente López Carril (Spa) Kas 1976 José Nazábal (Spa) Kas 1975 Agustín Tamames (Spa) Super Ser 1974 Miguel María Lasa (Spa) Kas 1973 Domingo Perurena (Spa) Kas 1972 Vicente López Carril (Spa) Kas 1970 Antonio Gómez del Moral (Spa) Kas 1969 Gregorio San Miguel (Spa) Kas 1968 José López Rodríguez (Spa) Fagor Campeonato Vasco Navarrro de Montaña 1966 Carlos Echeverría (Spa) Kas 1965 Eusebio Vélez (Spa) Kas 1964 Francisco Gabica (Spa) Kas 1963 José Pérez Francés (Spa) Ferrys 1962 Juan Belmonte (Spa) P.Ega 1961 José Pérez Francés (Spa) Ferrys 1959 Miguel Pacheco (Spa) Faema 1957 Miguel Chacón (Spa) Faema 1956 Antonio Ferraz (Spa) 1955 Jesús Galdeano Gamma (Spa) 1954 Miguel Vidaurreta (Spa) 1953 Hortensio Vidaurreta (Spa) 1952 Hortensio Vidaurreta (Spa) 1951 Hortensio Vidaurreta (Spa)
