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43rd Vuelta Ciclista a la Rioja - 2.3

Spain, April 25-27, 2003

2002 Results     Stage List    Preview     Start List     Past winners

The Stages

  • Stage 1 - April 25: Autol - Calahorra, 129.4 km
  • Stage 2 - April 26: Albelda De Iregua-Cruz De La Demanda, 188.3 km
  • Stage 3 - April 27: Logroņo -Logroņo ITT, 22.2 km

Preview

Held over the three days between Friday and Sunday this weekend is the 43rd edition of the Vuelta Ciclista a la Rioja, a Spanish UCI 2.3 stage race. The Vuelta a Rioja comes at a busy time, with the Giro del Trentino (2.2), G.P. M.R. Cortez-Mitsubishi (2.3), Niedersachsen-Rundfahrt (2.3), Tour of Georgia (2.3) and of course this Sunday's Ličge-Bastogne-Ličge World Cup, however for the Spanish teams is the main race on this weekend. In addition to the seven Spanish squads, Credit Agricole and Jean Delatour (France), 05 Orbitel (Colombia), Carvalhelhos-Boavista (Portugal), Lokomotiv (Russia), Fassa Bartolo (Italy), Gerolsteiner (Germany) and Palmans-Collstrop (Belgium) are all sending teams.

The race consists of three varied stages, the first from Autol to Calahorra is suited to the sprinters, containing just one category 2 climb. The second stage starts in Albelda De Iregua and finishes atop the Alto Cruz De La Demanda, a 1958 metre category 1 climb that averages 9.6% over the last 8 km. The final stage is a 22.2 kilometre time trial in Logroņo, to sort out the GC once and for all.

The favourites for the race include iBanesto's climbers Francisco Mancebo and Juan Miguel Mercado, ONCE's Jan Hruska, Kelme's Javier Pascual Llorente, and defending champion Carlos Torrent (Paternina-Costa del Almeria).

Start list

Paternina-Costa Almeria             iBanesto.com
 
1 Carlos Torrent (Spa)              11 Jose Luis Arrieta (Spa)
2 Rafael Casero (Spa)               12 Jose Vicente Garcia (Spa)
3 Jorge Ferrio (Spa)                13 Vladimir Karpets (Rus)
4 Dario Gadeo (Spa)                 14 Francisco Mancebo (Spa)
5 Jose Antonio Garrido (Spa)        15 Denis Menchov (Rus)
6 Juan Carlos Guillamon (Spa)       16 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa)
7 Domingo Segado (Spa)              17 Jon Odriozola (Spa)
8 Gustavo M. Toledo (Arg)           18 Ruben Plaza (Spa)
 
ONCE-Eroski                         Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada
 
21 Rene Andrle (Cze)                31 Nacor Burgos (Spa)
22 David Arroyo (Spa)               32 Josep Jufre (Spa)
23 Gorka Beloki (Spa)               33 Jose Manuel Maestre (Spa)
24 Alberto Contador (Spa)           34 David Navas (Spa)
25 Allan Davis (Aus)                35 German Nieto (Spa)
27 Jan Hruska (Cze)                 36 Benjamin Noval (Spa)
                                    37 Sergio Perez (Spa)
                                    38 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa)
 
Kelme-Costa Blanca                  Carvalhelhos-Boavista
 
41 Adolfo Garcia (Spa)              51 Benjamin Day (Aus)
42 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa)          52 Youri Sourkov (Mda)
43 Javier Llorente (Spa)            53 Gustavo Veloso (Spa)
44 Jordi Riera (Spa)                54 Pedro Soeiro (Por)
45 Alexis Rodriguez (Spa)           55 Celio Sousa (Por)
46 Julian Usano (Spa)               56 Jose Rodrigues (Por)
47 Constantino Zaballa (Spa)
 
Euskaltel-Euskadi                   Labarca 2-Cafe Baque
 
61 Ruben Diaz De Cerio (Spa)        71 Ricardo Serrano (Spa)
62 Lander Euba (Spa)                72 Marcelino Garcia (Spa)
63 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa)        73 Cesar Garcia (Spa)
64 Gorka Gerrikagoitia (Spa)        74 Aitor Kintana (Spa)
65 David Herrero (Spa)              75 Francisco Gutierrez (Spa)
66 Inaki Isasi (Spa)                76 Francisco Palacios (Spa)
67 Alberto Lopez De Munain (Spa)    77 Unai Elorriaga (Spa)
                                    78 Gustavo Miguel Otero (Spa)
 
Credit Agricole                     Jean Delatour
 
81 Stephane Auge (Fra)              91 Mickael Buffaz (Fra)
82 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra)           92 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra)
83 Cedric Herve (Fra)               93 Christophe Edaleine (Fra)
84 Mads Kaggestad (Nor)             94 Frederic Finot (Fra)
85 Eric Leblancher (Fra)            95 Christophe Laurent (Fra)
86 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra)        96 David Lefevre (Fra)
87 Anthony Morin (Fra)              97 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra)
88 Yan Tournier (Fra)               98 Bruno Thibout (Fra)
 
05 Orbitel                          Antarte-Lokomotiv-Asc
 
101 Hernan Dario Bonilla (Col)      111 Serguei Klimov (Rus)
102 Hernan Buenahora (Col)          112 Alexei Kuznetsov (Rus)
103 Felix Rafael Cardenas (Col)     113 Alexander Serov (Rus)
104 Carlos Albe Contreras (Col)     114 Isarael Nuņez (Spa)
105 Javier Gonzalez (Col)           115 Eligio Requejo (Spa)
106 Jairo Hernandez (Col)           116 Francesco Tomas Garcia (Spa)
107 Marlon Alirio Perez (Col)
108 Javier Zapata (Col)

Past winners

2002 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Jazztel-Costa Almeria 
2001 Cesar Solaun (Spa) iBanesto.com  
2000 Miguel A. M. Perdiguero (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros
1999 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros
1998 Abraham Olano (Spa) Banesto
1997 José-Mario Jimenez
1996 Roberto Sierra
1995 Miguel Indurain
1994 Jose M. Jimenez
1993 Laurent Jalabert
1992 Mikel Zarrabeitia
1990 Alfonso Gutierrez
1989 Enrique Aja
1988 Federico Etxave
1987 Raimund Dietzen
1986 Jose Luis Laguia
1985 Francisco J.Antequera
1984 Iņaki Gaston
1983 Eduardo Chozas
1982 Marino Lejarreta
1981 Isidro Juarez
1980 Jesus Suarez Cueva
1979 Eulalio Garcia
1978 Francisco Galdos
1977 R. Ladron Guevara
1975 Javier Elorriaga
1974 Jesus Manzaneque
1973 Jesus Manzaneque
1972 Jose S. Ponton
1971 Jesus Manzaneque
1970 Carlos Echevarria
1969 Luis Ocaņa
1968 Ramon Mendiburu
1967 Gabino Egaņoraza
1966 A. Gomez del Moral
1965 Mose M. Uribezubia
1964 Anton Barrutia
1963 Carlos Echevarria
1962 Carlos Echevarria
1960 Angel Rodriguez
1958 M. Martin Piņera
1957 Alberto Sanz
 
Past winners by Mario Stiehl, www.world-of-cycling.com