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40th Setmana-Catalana - 2.1
Spain, March 24-28, 2003
2002 Results Stage List Preview Start List Past winners
The Stages
- Stage 1 - March 24: Lloret De Mar - Lloret De Mar, 146.7 km
- Stage 2 - March 25: Lloret De Mar - Empuriabrava, 158.7 km
- Stage 3 - March 26: Castelló D'empuries - Parets Del Vallés, 174.8 km
- Stage 4 - March 27: Parets Del Vallés - Coll De Pal (Bagá), 144 km
- Stage 5 - March 28: Baga - Vic, 176 km
Preview
Taking place between Monday, March 24 and Friday, March 28 this week is the 40th edition of Setmana Catalana, the most important Spanish race of the season so far. The five stage race will see Lance Armstrong back in action, after his first outing in Murcia where he finished second in the final time trial.
"I worked very hard, and I've also tried to lose some extra kilos and just relax," Armstrong told L'Equipe of his recent preparation. "I'm hoping I won't be too far from the leaders this week."
Armstrong, together with US Postal's Viatcheslav Ekimov and Victor Peña, will be racing against Javier Pascual Llorente (Kelme), winner of two multi-stage races already this season, Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (ONCE), Dario Frigo and Aitor Gonzalez (Fassa Bortolo), Levi Leipheimer (Rabobank) and Gilberto Simoni (Saeco).
The first stage starts and finishes in Lloret de Mar, run over 146.7 kilometres. It contains the Cat. 1 climb of Alt de Sant Grau (500m), but other than that is not too mountainous. The second stage from Lloret de Mar to Empuriabrava is slightly hillier, with two Cat. 3 climbs, a Cat. 2 climb, and then the Cat. 1 Alt de Sant Pere de Rodes (530m) which comes at 25 km to go.
Stage 3 from Castelló D'empuries to Parets Del Vallés is more suited to the sprinters, with only a couple of small climbs to be overcome. The fourth stage starts from Parets Del Vallés and finishes on the Coll De Pal, a tough Cat. 1 climb reaching 2,080 metres. The final stage from Baga to Vic (176 km) is not nearly as challenging as the previous one, however the hills in the final part of the race will not make it easy to control the stage.
Start list
iBanesto.com Fassa Bortolo 1 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) 11 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) 2 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) 12 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) 3 J.Antonio Flecha (Spa) 13 Dario Frigo (Ita) 4 José Iván Gutierrez (Spa) 14 Juan José De Los Angeles (Spa) 5 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) 15 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) 6 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) 16 Sven Montgomery (Swi) 7 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) 17 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) 8 Jon Odriozola (Spa) 18 Marco Zanotti (Ita) US Postal presented by Berry Floor O.N.C.E.-Eroski 21 Lance Armstrong (USA) 31 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) 22 Michael Barry (Can) 32 David Arroyo (Spa) 23 Roberto Heras (Spa) 33 José Azevedo (Por) 24 Steffen Kjaergaard (Nor) 34 Gorka Beloki (Spa) 25 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) 35 Angel Castresana (Spa) 26 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) 36 Koldo Gil (Spa) 27 Christian Vandevelde (USA) 37 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) 28 David Zabriskie (USA) 38 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Rabobank Team CSC 41 Levi Leipheimer (USA) 51 Andrea Tafi (Ita) 42 Addy Engels (Ned) 52 Manuel Calvente (Spa) 43 Ronald Mutsaars (Ned) 53 Geert Van Bondt (Bel) 44 Grischa Niermann (Ger) 54 Jimmi Madsen (Den) 45 Michael Rasmussen (Den) 55 Thomas Bruun (Den) 46 Erik Dekker (Ned) 56 Jakob Storm Piil (Den) 47 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) 57 Frank Schleck (Lux) 48 Beat Zberg (Swi) Kelme-Costa Blanca Gerolsteiner 61 Javier Pascual Llorente (Spa) 71 Gianni Faresin (Ita) 62 Juan Miguel Cuenca (Spa) 72 Udo Bölts (Ger) 63 Isaac Galvez (Spa) 73 Robert Forster (Ger) 64 Adolfo Garcia Quesada (Spa) 74 Volker Ordowski (Ger) 65 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) 75 Michael Rich (Ger) 66 David Latasa (Spa) 76 Georg Totschnig (Aut) 67 Ivan Parra (Col) 77 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) 68 Jordi Riera (Spa) 78 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Team Telekom Euskaltel-Euskadi 81 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) 91 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) 82 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) 92 Gorka Arrizabalaga (Spa) 83 Bobby Julich (USA) 93 Iker Flores (Spa) 84 Daniele Nardello (Ita) 94 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) 85 Danilo Hondo (Ger) 95 Egoitz Martinez (Spa) 86 Stephan Schreck (Ger) 96 Iban Mayo (Spa) 87 Christian Werner (Ger) 97 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) 88 Erik Zabel (Ger) 98 Joseba Zubeldia (Spa) Team Saeco Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 101 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) 111 Santiago Blanco (Spa) 102 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) 112 Nacor Burgos (Spa) 103 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) 113 David Fernandez (Spa) 104 Damiano Cunego (Ita) 114 José Jufre (Spa) 105 Juan Fuentes (Spa) 115 Oscar Laguna (Spa) 106 Igor Pugaci (Mda) 116 José Maestre (Spa) 107 Nicola Gavazzi (Ita) 117 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) 108 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) 118 J.Manuel Vazquez (Spa) Lampre Paternina-Costa de Almeria 121 Wladimir Belli (Ita) 131 Juan Guillamon (Spa) 122 Sergio Barbero (Ita) 132 Rafael Casero (Spa) 123 Milan Kadlec (Cze) 133 Joaquin Lopez (Spa) 124 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) 134 José Luis Martinez (Spa) 125 Marco Pinotti (Ita) 135 J.Antonio Pecharroman (Spa) 126 Eddy Ratti (Ita) 136 Domingo Sanchez (Spa) 127 Marco Serpellini (Ita) 137 Xavier Tondo (Spa) 128 Francisco Vila (Spa) 138 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems Labarca-2-Café Baqué 141 Gonzalo Bayarri (Spa) 151 Francisco Cerezo (Spa) 142 Denis Bertolini (Ita) 152 Unai Elorriaga (Spa) 143 Iker Camaño (Spa) 153 Cesar Garcia Calvo (Spa) 144 Stefan Kupfernagel (Ger) 154 José Javier Gomez Gozalo (Spa) 145 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) 155 Ivan Herrero (Spa) 146 Santiago Perez (Spa) 156 Aitor Kintana (Spa) 147 Marco Fertonani (Ita) 157 Leonardo Navarrete (Spa) 148 Alexandre Usov (Blr) 158 Gustavo Otero (Spa) Team Coast 161 Angel Casero (Spa) 162 Manuel Beltran (Spa) 163 Aitor Garmendia (Spa) 164 Jaime Hernandez (Spa) 165 Francisco José Lara (Spa) 166 Thorsten Rund (Ger) 167 David Plaza (Spa) 168 Raphael Schweda (Ger)
Past winners
Year First Second Third 2002 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) Serguei Gonchar (Ukr) 2001 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Manuel Beltran (Spa) 2000 Laurent Jalabert (Fra) Javier P. Rodriguez (Spa) Giuseppe Di Grande (Ita) 1999 Laurent Jalabert (Fra) Michael Boogerd (Ned) Wladimir Belli (Ita) 1998 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Laurent Jalabert (Fra) Alex Zülle (Swi) 1997 Juan Carlos Domínguez (Spa) Alex Zülle (Swi) Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) 1996 Alex Zülle (Swi) Iñigo Cuesta Francesco Casagrande (Ita) 1995 Francesco Frattini (Ita) Alex Zülle (Swi) Aitor Garmendia (Spa) 1994 Stefano Della Santa (Ita) Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Andy Hampsten (USA) 1993 Pedro Delgado (Spa) Laudelino Cubino (Spa) Laurent Dufaux (Swi) 1992 Alex Zülle (Swi) Iñaki Gastón (Spa) Raúl Alcalá (Mex) 1991 Stephen Roche (Ire) Anselmo Fuerte (Spa) Joaquín Llach (Spa) 1990 Iñaki Gastón (Spa) Tony Rominger (Swi) Raúl Alcalá (Mex) 1989 R. Dietzen (Aut) Pedro Delgado (Spa) P.S. Morales (Col) 1988 Sean Kelly (Ire) A. Fuerte (Spa) Iñaki Gastón (Spa) 1987 Vicente Belda (Spa) P. Hilse (Ger) Miguel Indurain (Spa) 1986 Felipe Yáñez (Spa) Jean-Claude Bagot (Fra) G. Winterberf (Swi) 1985 José Recio (Spa) Phil Anderson (Aus) Felipe Yáñez (Spa) 1984 Phil Anderson (Aus) R. Dietzen (Aut) E. Chozas (Spa) 1983 Alberto Fernandez (Spa) F. Ruperez (Spa) R. Dietzen (Ger) 1982 Jostein Wilmann (Nor) Theo De Rooy (Ned) Tommy Prim (Swe) 1981 Sven-Åke Nilsson (Swe) Vicente Belda (Spa) Alberto Fernandez (Spa) 1980 1979 Claude Crquielion (Bel) F. Ruperez (Spa) Felipe Yáñez (Spa) 1978 Enrique Cima (Spa) Miguel M. Lasa (Spa) P. Vilardebo (Spa) 1977 Freddy Maertens (Bel) J. Bruyere (Bel) Michael Pollentier (Bel) 1976 Eddy Merckx (Bel) Gonzalo Aja (Spa) G. Perletto (Ita) 1975 Eddy Merckx (Bel) Luis Ocaña (Spa) Joop Zoetemelk (Ned) 1974 Joop Zoetemelk (Ned) Eddy Merckx (Bel) J. Agostinho (Por) 1973 Luis Ocaña (Spa) Eddy Merckx (Bel) H Vanspringel (Bel) 1972 Miguel M. Lasa (Spa) Raymond Poulidor (Fra) J. Manzaneque (Spa) 1971 Raymond Poulidor (Fra) Gösta Pettersson (Swe) Luis Ocaña (Spa) 1970 Italo Zilioli (Ita) Raymond Poulidor (Fra) Luis Ocaña (Spa) 1969 Luis Ocaña (Spa) Gonzalez-Linares (Spa) D. Zandegu (Ita) 1968 Mariano Diaz (Spa) L. P. Santamarina (Spa) E. Velez (Spa) 1967 Domingo Perurena (Spa) J. Alomar (Spa) José-Pérez Francés (Spa) 1966 José L. Rodriguez (Spa) A. Gomez del Moral (Spa) J.M. Lasa (Spa) 1965 José L. Talamillo (Spa) A. Bertran (Spa) G. San Miguel (Spa) 1964 José-Pérez Francés (Spa) J. Segu (Spa) E. Velez (Spa) 1963 José-Pérez Francés (Spa) A. Suarez (Spa) F. Manzaneque (Spa) Past winners by Mario Stiehl, www.world-of-cycling.com
