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3rd Vuelta a Chihuahua Internacional - 2.2

Mexico, October 6-12, 2008

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Stage 1 - October 6: Chihuahua - Camargo, 147.8km

Benítez sprints to leadership

By Monika Prell in Camargo

Javier Benítez (Benfica) wins the bunch sprint
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Benfica's Javier Benítez won the first stage of the Vuelta a Chihuahua and received the leader's jersey from the hands of the chief organiser, Ricardo Creel Ryan. Benítez won the mass sprint. ahead of German Steffen Radochla (Elk Haus). Third was Mexican Juan Pablo Magallanes (Tecos Trek). The stage over 147.8 kilometres from the capital Chihuahua to Camargo was marked by various breakaway intents. The last one was chased down five kilometres before the finish line.

A very happy Javier Benítez recapped the final sprint. "It was a very fast, nervous stage. I am lucky to have a magnificent team, they did a super job. I don't know if I will be able to defend the yellow jersey. Three weeks ago I won the last stage and the overall classification of the Vuelta a Portugal, and it was a difficult stage."

Benítez was impressed with the third edition of the race, in which he himself participated for the first time. "I also have to praise the organisation, this race is perfectly organised, with a lot of security measures and an enthusiastic public. It's the first time I participate here, but I already want to come back again."

The race was marked by the comeback of 44-year-old Raúl Alcalá. The Mexican finished the race in 52nd place. Alcalá won the young rider competition in 1985 in the Tour de France and finished 11th in the 1984 Olympic road race in Los Angeles.

At ten o'clock in the morning, the third edition of the Vuelta a Chihuahua was started near to the government building in the capital of the state. Sun and a blue sky accompanied the 123 riders on their way to Camargo, passing by the nut plantings of Delicias. The first serious breakaway began at kilometre 19. The Canadian Buck Miller (Race Pro), the Spaniard Ezequiel Mosquera (Xacobeo Galicia), who finished fourth in this year's Vuelta a España and the Italian Derik Zampedri (NGC Medical) decided to unite with the Mexicans Juan Pablo Magallanes (Tecos Trek), Cesar Vaquera (Orven) and Canels Turbo's Antonio Aldape and David Salomón.

Mikel Pradera and Mario Costa were happy with teammate's Benítez win
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The first intermediate sprint in Tomás García saw Magallanes in front of Salomón and Aldape. The only difficulty of the day was a mountain classification of the fourth category after 36.6 kilometres, won by David Salomon (Canels Turbo) ahead of Cesar Vaquera (Orven), Juan Pablo Magallanes (Tecos Trek) and Antonio Aldape (Canels Turbo). A few kilometres later, the escape group was chased down by the peloton.

The second intermediate sprint in Colonia Lazaro Cadenas was won by the Italian Diego Nossoti (NGC Medical) ahead of the Mexican Uriel Rayo (Code Jalisco) and the Portuguese Andre Cardoso (Fercase).

The largest breakaway intent was ridden five kilometres later by the German Björn Thurau from the team Elk Haus. He led the race for eighty kilometres, followed by Ismael Ponce from the team Code Jalisco, Uriel Chávez from San Marcos and Orven's Edgar Barragan. The last 30 kilometres of the stage were an only up – and downhill ride. The sun and the heat made it very difficult for Thurau to stay in front, so that he was chased down 16 kilometres before the finish line.

The team Benfica worked well to place their fastest man in front, and they were successful. The public in Camargo saw a very exciting sprint, where the Spaniard was able to win.

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Results

1 Javier Benitez Pomares (Spa) Benfica                                              3.19.30 (44.451 km/h)
2 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Elk Haus - Simplon
3 Juan P. Magallanes (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara
4 Mark Walters (Can) Team R.A.C.E. Pro
5 Eduardo Greciano (Mex) Orven Nuevio Leon
6 Iker Camaño Ortuzar (Spa) Scott - American Beef
7 Derik Zampedri (Ita) NGC Medical - OTC Industria Porte
8 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia
9 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Fercase - Rota dos Móveis
10 Jose Carlos Valdez (Mex) Canel's Turbo Mayordomo
11 Marco A. Rios (Mex) Orven Nuevio Leon
12 Andre Cardoso (Por) Fercase - Rota dos Móveis
13 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Fercase - Rota dos Móveis
14 Hernandez Manuel (Mex) Canel's Turbo Mayordomo
15 Masaaki Kikuchi (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR
16 Domingo Gonzalez (Mex) Orven Nuevio Leon
17 Wolfgang Murer (Aut) Elk Haus - Simplon
18 Oscar Barron (Mex) Orven Nuevio Leon
19 Jose R. Aguirre (Mex) Canel's Turbo Mayordomo
20 Edgar Pinto (Por) Benfica
21 Juan Francisco Mourón Doldán (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia
22 Uriel Rayo (Mex) Code Jalisco
23 David Abal Diego (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia
24 Jessel Valenzuela (Mex) Chihuahua-UACH
25 Jose A. Sanchez (Mex) Chihuahua-UACH
26 José Mendes (Por) Benfica
27 Byron Guama (Ecu) Canel's Turbo Mayordomo
28 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30
29 Thomas Peterson (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30
30 Diego Nosotti (Ita) NGC Medical - OTC Industria Porte
31 Sergio Dominguez (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia
32 Javier Chacon Quesada (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia
33 Carlos Panadero Castano (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia
34 Gilberto Porras (Mex) Rica Burguer
35 Micael Isidoro (Por) Fercase - Rota dos Móveis
36 Javier Etxarri Marin (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia
37 Gorka Izaguirre (Spa) NGC Medical - OTC Industria Porte
38 Alberto Benitez Roman (Spa) Scott - American Beef
39 Gerardo Soto (Mex) Code Jalisco
40 Joel Dion Potras (Can) Team R.A.C.E. Pro
41 Alberto Fernandez (Spa) Scott - American Beef
42 Jonathan Patrick Mc Carty (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30
43 Jason Donald (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30
44 Robert Lauscha (Aut) Elk Haus - Simplon
45 Cesar Vaquera (Mex) Orven Nuevio Leon
46 Virgilio Dos Santos (Por) Fercase - Rota dos Móveis
47 Clemens Frankhauser (Aut) Elk Haus - Simplon
48 Alfredo Gabino (Mex) San Marcos
49 Yasuharu Nakajima (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR
50 Gregorio Ladino (Col) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara
51 Daniel Petrov (Bul) Benfica
52 Raul Alcala (Mex) Rica Burguer
53 Angel Gomez M J. (Spa) Scott - American Beef
54 Alejandro De La Rosa (Mex) Chihuahua-UACH
55 Carlos Oyatzun (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara
56 Buck Miller (Can) Team R.A.C.E. Pro
57 Edgar Trevi?O (Mex) Orven Nuevio Leon
58 Edgar Mendez (Mex) Chihuahua-UACH
59 Harald Totschnig (Aut) Elk Haus - Simplon
60 David Vaz (Por) Fercase - Rota dos Móveis
61 Jesus Zarate (Mex) Orven Nuevio Leon
62 Mario A. Armendariz (Mex) Rica Burguer
63 Kazuya Okazaki (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR
64 Edmundo Robledo (Mex) San Marcos
65 Joaquim Andrade (Por) Fercase - Rota dos Móveis
66 Antonio Aldape (Mex) Canel's Turbo Mayordomo
67 Stefan Rucker (Aut) Elk Haus - Simplon
68 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR
69 Manuel Vazquez Hueso (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia
70 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Benfica
71 Ryohey Komory (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR
72 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Scott - American Beef
73 Marco Bonilla (Mex) Chihuahua-UACH
74 Ismael Ponce (Mex) Code Jalisco
75 Delio Fernández Cruz (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia
76 Laurent Beuret (Swi) NGC Medical - OTC Industria Porte
77 Francisco Matamoros (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara
78 Gilberto Gutierrez (Mex) Code Jalisco
79 Marco Cattaneo (Ita) NGC Medical - OTC Industria Porte
80 Intxausti. Benat (Spa) Scott - American Beef
81 Arquimedes Lam (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara
82 Juan P. Villela (Mex) Rica Burguer
83 Gustavo Reynoso (Mex) Chihuahua-UACH
84 Luis Fernando Macias Hernandez (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara
85 Alberto Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia
86 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Scott - American Beef
87 Keir Plaice (Can) Team R.A.C.E. Pro
88 Mario Costa (Por) Benfica
89 Uri Martins (Mex) San Marcos
90 Raul Vazquez (Mex) Code Jalisco
91 Florencio Ramos (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara
92 Ryan Roth (Can) Team R.A.C.E. Pro
93 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia
94 Bernardo Colex Tepoz (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara
95 Alberto Fernandez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia
96 Hugo Sancho (Por) Benfica
97 Uriel Clara (Mex) Canel's Turbo Mayordomo
98 Abundio Guerrero (Mex) Canel's Turbo Mayordomo
99 Cesar Barragan (Mex) Rica Burguer
100 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia
101 David Salomon (Mex) Canel's Turbo Mayordomo
102 Antonio Velazquez (Mex) Rica Burguer
103 Björn Thurau (Ger) Elk Haus - Simplon
104 Samuel Espinoza (Mex) San Marcos
105 Daniel Duarte (Mex) Chihuahua-UACH
106 Jaime Robles (Mex) Rica Burguer
107 Caleb Fairley (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30
108 Dustin Macburnies (Can) Team R.A.C.E. Pro
109 Edgar Barragan (Mex) Rica Burguer
110 Francois Parisien (Can) Team R.A.C.E. Pro
111 Bernardo Sanchez (Mex) San Marcos
112 Irving Aguilar (Mex) San Marcos
113 Silvère Ackermann (Swi) NGC Medical - OTC Industria Porte
114 Adrian Garcia (Mex) Chihuahua-UACH
115 Uriel Chavez (Mex) San Marcos
116 Juam M. Sansoval (Mex) Code Jalisco                                                0.23
117 Rodolfo Fernandez (Mex) Orven Nuevio Leon
 
General classification after stage 1
 
1 Javier Benitez Pomares (Spa) Benfica                                              3.19.30
2 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Elk Haus - Simplon
3 Juan P. Magallanes (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara
4 Mark Walters (Can) Team R.A.C.E. Pro
5 Eduardo Greciano (Mex) Orven Nuevio Leon
6 Iker Camaño Ortuzar (Spa) Scott - American Beef
7 Derik Zampedri (Ita) NGC Medical - OTC Industria Porte
8 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia
9 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Fercase - Rota dos Móveis
10 Jose Carlos Valdez (Mex) Canel's Turbo Mayordomo
11 Marco A. Rios (Mex) Orven Nuevio Leon
12 Andre Cardoso (Por) Fercase - Rota dos Móveis
13 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Fercase - Rota dos Móveis
14 Hernandez Manuel (Mex) Canel's Turbo Mayordomo
15 Masaaki Kikuchi (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR
16 Domingo Gonzalez (Mex) Orven Nuevio Leon
17 Wolfgang Murer (Aut) Elk Haus - Simplon
18 Oscar Barron (Mex) Orven Nuevio Leon
19 Jose R. Aguirre (Mex) Canel's Turbo Mayordomo
20 Edgar Pinto (Por) Benfica
21 Juan Francisco Mourón Doldán (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia
22 Uriel Rayo (Mex) Code Jalisco
23 David Abal Diego (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia
24 Jessel Valenzuela (Mex) Chihuahua-UACH
25 Jose A. Sanchez (Mex) Chihuahua-UACH
26 José Mendes (Por) Benfica
27 Byron Guama (Ecu) Canel's Turbo Mayordomo
28 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30
29 Thomas Peterson (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30
30 Diego Nosotti (Ita) NGC Medical - OTC Industria Porte
31 Sergio Dominguez (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia
32 Javier Chacon Quesada (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia
33 Carlos Panadero Castano (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia
34 Gilberto Porras (Mex) Rica Burguer
35 Micael Isidoro (Por) Fercase - Rota dos Móveis
36 Javier Etxarri Marin (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia
37 Gorka Izaguirre (Spa) NGC Medical - OTC Industria Porte
38 Alberto Benitez Roman (Spa) Scott - American Beef
39 Gerardo Soto (Mex) Code Jalisco
40 Joel Dion Potras (Can) Team R.A.C.E. Pro
41 Alberto Fernandez (Spa) Scott - American Beef
42 Jonathan Patrick Mc Carty (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30
43 Jason Donald (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30
44 Robert Lauscha (Aut) Elk Haus - Simplon
45 Cesar Vaquera (Mex) Orven Nuevio Leon
46 Virgilio Dos Santos (Por) Fercase - Rota dos Móveis
47 Clemens Frankhauser (Aut) Elk Haus - Simplon
48 Alfredo Gabino (Mex) San Marcos
49 Yasuharu Nakajima (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR
50 Gregorio Ladino (Col) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara
51 Daniel Petrov (Bul) Benfica
52 Raul Alcala (Mex) Rica Burguer
53 Angel Gomez M J. (Spa) Scott - American Beef
54 Alejandro De La Rosa (Mex) Chihuahua-UACH
55 Carlos Oyatzun (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara
56 Buck Miller (Can) Team R.A.C.E. Pro
57 Edgar Trevi?O (Mex) Orven Nuevio Leon
58 Edgar Mendez (Mex) Chihuahua-UACH
59 Harald Totschnig (Aut) Elk Haus - Simplon
60 David Vaz (Por) Fercase - Rota dos Móveis
61 Jesus Zarate (Mex) Orven Nuevio Leon
62 Mario A. Armendariz (Mex) Rica Burguer
63 Kazuya Okazaki (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR
64 Edmundo Robledo (Mex) San Marcos
65 Joaquim Andrade (Por) Fercase - Rota dos Móveis
66 Antonio Aldape (Mex) Canel's Turbo Mayordomo
67 Stefan Rucker (Aut) Elk Haus - Simplon
68 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR
69 Manuel Vazquez Hueso (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia
70 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Benfica
71 Ryohey Komory (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR
72 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Scott - American Beef
73 Marco Bonilla (Mex) Chihuahua-UACH
74 Ismael Ponce (Mex) Code Jalisco
75 Delio Fernández Cruz (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia
76 Laurent Beuret (Swi) NGC Medical - OTC Industria Porte
77 Francisco Matamoros (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara
78 Gilberto Gutierrez (Mex) Code Jalisco
79 Marco Cattaneo (Ita) NGC Medical - OTC Industria Porte
80 Intxausti. Benat (Spa) Scott - American Beef
81 Arquimedes Lam (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara
82 Juan P. Villela (Mex) Rica Burguer
83 Gustavo Reynoso (Mex) Chihuahua-UACH
84 Luis Fernando Macias Hernandez (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara
85 Alberto Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia
86 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Scott - American Beef
87 Keir Plaice (Can) Team R.A.C.E. Pro
88 Mario Costa (Por) Benfica
89 Uri Martins (Mex) San Marcos
90 Raul Vazquez (Mex) Code Jalisco
91 Florencio Ramos (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara
92 Ryan Roth (Can) Team R.A.C.E. Pro
93 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia
94 Bernardo Colex Tepoz (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara
95 Alberto Fernandez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia
96 Hugo Sancho (Por) Benfica
97 Uriel Clara (Mex) Canel's Turbo Mayordomo
98 Abundio Guerrero (Mex) Canel's Turbo Mayordomo
99 Cesar Barragan (Mex) Rica Burguer
100 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia
101 David Salomon (Mex) Canel's Turbo Mayordomo
102 Antonio Velazquez (Mex) Rica Burguer
103 Björn Thurau (Ger) Elk Haus - Simplon
104 Samuel Espinoza (Mex) San Marcos
105 Daniel Duarte (Mex) Chihuahua-UACH
106 Jaime Robles (Mex) Rica Burguer
107 Caleb Fairley (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30
108 Dustin Macburnies (Can) Team R.A.C.E. Pro
109 Edgar Barragan (Mex) Rica Burguer
110 Francois Parisien (Can) Team R.A.C.E. Pro
111 Bernardo Sanchez (Mex) San Marcos
112 Irving Aguilar (Mex) San Marcos
113 Silvère Ackermann (Swi) NGC Medical - OTC Industria Porte
114 Adrian Garcia (Mex) Chihuahua-UACH
115 Uriel Chavez (Mex) San Marcos
116 Juam M. Sansoval (Mex) Code Jalisco                                                0.23
117 Rodolfo Fernandez (Mex) Orven Nuevio Leon
 
Points classification
 
1 Juan P. Magallanes (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara                5 pts
2 Diego Nosotti (Ita) NGC Medical - OTC Industria Porte                                   5
3 Björn Thurau (Ger) Elk Haus - Simplon                                                   5
4 Ismael Ponce (Mex) Code Jalisco                                                         3
5 Raul Vazquez (Mex) Code Jalisco                                                         3
6 David Salomon (Mex) Canel's Turbo Mayordomo                                             3
7 Andre Cardoso (Por) Fercase - Rota dos Móveis                                           2
8 Antonio Aldape (Mex) Canel's Turbo Mayordomo                                            2
9 Edgar Barragan (Mex) Rica Burguer                                                       2
 
Mountains classification
 
1 David Salomon (Mex) Canel's Turbo Mayordomo                                             4 pts
2 Cesar Vaquera (Mex) Orven Nuevio Leon                                                   3
3 Juan P. Magallanes (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara                2
4 Antonio Aldape (Mex) Canel's Turbo Mayordomo                                            1
 
Young rider classification
 
1 Jose Carlos Valdez (Mex) Canel's Turbo Mayordomo
2 Masaaki Kikuchi (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR
3 Oscar Barron (Mex) Orven Nuevio Leon
4 Jose R. Aguirre (Mex) Canel's Turbo Mayordomo
5 Uriel Rayo (Mex) Code Jalisco
 
Teams classification
 
1 Orven Nuevio Leon                                                                 9.58.30
2 Fercase-Rota Dos Moveis
3 Canels
4 Benfica
5 Xacobeo-Galicia
6 Elk Haus-Simplon
7 NGC Medical
8 Scott-American Beef
9 Garmin Chipotle
10 Contentpolis-Murcia
11 Race Pro
12 Chihuahua-Uach
13 Tecos-Trek
14 Meitan Hompo-Grd
15 Code Jalisco
16 Rica Burguer
17 San Marcos