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2006 Vuelta a España, Stage 19

Vuelta a España, Spain

Stage 19, Jaén - Ciudad Real, 206.3K

15 September

Arrieta's Surprise Win

José Luis Arrieta wins stage 19, photo: © Unipublic

José Luis Arrieta (Ag2R Prévoyance) rode smartly to take the win after spending the day in an eight-man break. The 35-year-old Spanish cyclist had the biggest victory of his career. The peloton, some eleven minutes behind, battled winds, but stayed together. The GC remained the same, with Alexander Vinokourov (Astaná) leading.

Stage 19 from Jaén - Ciudad Real, not expected to impact the general classification, contained three small climbs. Over the 205.3k stage, the riders crossed the Alto del Parque Natural de Andujar (Cat. 2 at 75k), Alto de Sierra Madrona (Cat. 3 at 102.6k) and Alto del Tamaral (Cat. 3 at 117k).

The eight-man escape, photo: © Unipublic

The relative ease of the stage suited an escape. Thor Hushovd (Crédit Agricole) tried to get ahead for the first sprint of the day, but that didn't last. Eventually eight riders managed to stay away. The group, who would eventually finish the stage eleven minutes ahead of the peloton, consisted of Vladimir Gusev (Discovery Channel), José Luis Arrieta (Ag2R Prévoyance), Aketza Pena (Euskaltel-Euskadi), José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears), Lars Bak (Team CSC), Dmitriy Fofonov (Crédit Agricole), David Loosli (Lampre-Fondital), and Pieter Mertens (Davitamon-Lotto).

Egoi Martínez, photo: © Unipublic

Bak took the first sprint, followed by Garcia Acosta and Arrieta. The eight would ride well together, working their way up to a nine minute advantage at the half-way point in the stage. At the second climb (in order: Martens, Pena, Loosli and Arrieta), the group was 9'38" ahead. Egoi Martínez (Discovery Channel), back in the peloton, faced no competition for his King of the Mountains jersey. He, along with the rest of the riders, raced along at about 36km/h.

Astaná works for Vino, photo: © Unipublic

The escape continued with no real threat from the peloton and on the descent of the final climb, the gap increased to around eleven minutes. The peloton would never catch the escape. The front of the peloton was mostly controlled by the Astaná riders. Each taking their turn to guide the peloton and protect their leader -- and the Vuelta leader -- Alexander Vinokourov (Astaná).

The peloton, photo: © Unipublicp>

The break rode at a steady pace around 44km/h, worked well together for most of the stage. The peloton ran into crosswinds and CSC drove up the pacing, hoping to put some time between Andrey Kashechkin (Astaná) and their own Carlos Sastre (Team CSC). Nothing came of the effort and Kashechkin looked strong.

The peloton rides, photo: © Unipublic

With 11k to go, the attacks in the escape began. It was Garcia Acosta who attacked first, with Mertens close behind. Fofonov and Loosli took off next, but the four didn't last and eventually all eight riders were back together. Arrieta attacked next, with Gusev on his wheel. Bak took off after them and eventually it's eight riders again.

The attacks alternated, but no one really looked strong enough to take off. At 8k to go, Gusev, Arrieta and Pena looked a bit spent and had to chase to regain the group. Bak attacked again, but to no avail. Not one to give up, Bak shot off the front again. With 7k to go, Bak had a small gap and was chased by Garcia Acosta and Gusev. Close behind them are Fofonov, Loosli and Arrieta.

The peloton rides downhill, photo: © Unipublic

It looked, with 6k to go, that Bak might have caught the rest of the group out. His gap was increasing and the riders behind him were chasing, but not working together. The Danish rider looked strong and with 3.5k to go, Gusev attacked with the rest of the break chasing him. But, as luck would have it, with 2.5k to go, Bak's gap began to vanish. They caught him, sending him to the back of the group with 2k left.

With less than 1k left in the stage, the group of eight riders charged together toward the line. Bak attacked briefly, but was caught by Loosli, Arrieta and Fofonov. The four rode toward the line, but it was Arrieta who launched himself for the sprint and won the stage. Fofonov came in second, followed by Loosli and Bak.

A good ride and a great win for the Spanish rider on a French team. The peloton dragged itself to the line 11'16" behind the stage winner. Vinokourov stays in gold for another day. Hushovd kept his points jersey and Martínez sealed up his KOM jersey. Tomorrow's 27.5k time trial in Rivas Vaciamadrid could determine the winner of this year's Vuelta. Be on the lookout for a good ride by David Millar, who already has one time trial win this tour. See you tomorrow at BiciRace.com.
- Sarah

Results: 5:30'14" (37.3 km/h)
1 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance 2 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 3 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital 4 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC 5 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel 6 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 7 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) 8 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 9 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak 10 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 11 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 12 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 13 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Ag2R Prévoyance 14 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astaná 15 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel 16 Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz) Astaná 17 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 18 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis 19 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax-GAM 20 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 21 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française Des Jeux 22 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole 23 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 24 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Discovery Channel 25 Pierre Drancourt (Bel) Bouygues Telecom 26 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse 27 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse 28 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astaná 29 Marco Velo (Ita) Milram 30 Mario De Sárraga (Spa) Relax-GAM 31 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 32 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 33 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) 34 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse 35 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 36 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse 37 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 38 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank 39 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel 40 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 41 Bas Giling (Ned) T-Mobile 42 Erik Zabel (Ger) Milram 43 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Milram 44 José Angel Gomez Marchante 45 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française Des Jeux 46 Iñigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance 47 Luis Pérez (Spa) Cofidis 48 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse 49 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française Des Jeux 50 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astaná 51 Jorge García (Spa) Relax-GAM 52 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 53 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 54 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 55 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Crédit Agricole 56 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital 57 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 58 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis 59 Bingen Fernández (Spa) Cofidis 60 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 61 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 62 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 63 Mauricio Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 64 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Caisse 65 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 66 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 67 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 68 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Astaná 69 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel 70 Ian McLeod (RSA) Française Des Jeux 71 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 72 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 73 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 74 José Miguel Elías (Spa) Relax-GAM 75 Raul García de Mateo (Spa) Relax-GAM 76 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas 77 Chris Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 78 Joaquím Rodríguez (Spa) 79 José Alberto Benítez (Spa) 80 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel 81 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Milram 82 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel 83 José Antonio Garrido (Spa) Quick-Step 84 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 85 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital 86 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile 87 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas 88 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile 89 Hubert Dupont (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 90 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis 91 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis 92 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Discovery Channel 93 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 94 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance 95 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 96 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick-Step 97 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax-GAM 98 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick-Step 99 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 100 Volodimir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 101 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 102 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 103 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 104 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 105 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astaná 106 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Milram 107 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas 108 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 109 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas 110 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank 111 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Milram 112 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick-Step 113 Luis Fernández (Spa) Phonak 114 Steve Morabito (Swi) Phonak 115 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak 116 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astaná 117 Florian Stalder (Swi) Phonak 118 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis 119 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC 120 David George (RSA) Relax-GAM 121 David Navas (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance 122 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 123 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 124 José Antonio Redondo (Spa) Astaná 125 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile 126 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse 127 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis 128 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 129 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick-Step 130 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick-Step 131 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick-Step 132 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 133 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval-Prodir 134 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Crédit Agricole 135 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française Des Jeux

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Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears

11.16

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GC:
1 Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz) Astaná 77.08.38
2 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 0.53
3 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astaná 2.06
4 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 2.51
5 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5.06
6 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 7.05
7 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8.23
8 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Discovery Channel 8.28
9 Luis Pérez (Spa) Cofidis 10.04
10 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 10.06
11 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel 11.04
12 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Discovery Channel 13.16
13 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 14.11
14 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital 15.44
15 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 16.07
16 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astaná 17.16
17 Joaquím Rodríguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 20.33
18 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 24.34
19 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital 25.36
20 Chris Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 26.58
21 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC 28.53
22 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 29.15
23 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel 33.59
24 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 39.06
25 José Miguel Elías (Spa) Relax-GAM 39.16
26 Iñigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance 41.21
27 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 44.03
28 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC 44.09
29 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astaná 45.32
30 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 47.09
31 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 48.06
32 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel 48.55
33 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française Des Jeux 52.14
34 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 52.52
35 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 53.09
36 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 57.37
37 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax-GAM 59.02
38 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas 1.01.32
39 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel 1.04.10
40 Hubert Dupont (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance
41 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis 1.10.35
42 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Astaná 1.14.43
43 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis 1.16.19
44 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance 1.20.05
45 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis 1.21.54
46 José Antonio Redondo (Spa) Astaná 1.25.41
47 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 1.27.09
48 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1.27.29
49 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile 1.27.52
50 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1.28.18
51 Raul García de Mateo (Spa) Relax-GAM 1.31.30
52 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.33.19
53 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.34.59
54 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 1.35.03
55 Volodimir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 1.35.22
56 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance 1.36.41
57 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax-GAM 1.36.43
58 José Antonio Garrido (Spa) Quick-Step 1.37.30
59 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.37.57
60 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.39.06
61 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 1.40.26
62 Erik Zabel (Ger) Milram 1.41.08
63 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital 1.41.28
64 Mauricio Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 1.42.48
65 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française Des Jeux 1.42.57
66 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel 1.43.20
67 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.44.49
68 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 1.45.26
69 David George (RSA) Relax-GAM 1.46.10
70 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.46.23
71 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.46.36
72 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 1.48.13
73 Florian Stalder (Swi) Phonak 1.49.30
74 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick-Step 1.50.19
75 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1.55.31
76 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis 1.58.07
77 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.58.45
78 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole 1.59.31
79 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel 1.59.47
80 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 2.00.10
81 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 2.01.56
82 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile 2.02.14
83 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.04.37
84 Bingen Fernández (Spa) Cofidis 2.05.09
85 Steve Morabito (Swi) Phonak 2.05.20
86 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis 2.06.15
87 Jorge García (Spa) Relax-GAM 2.06.30
88 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.10.16
89 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Ag2R Prévoyance 2.11.26
90 Luis Fernández (Spa) Phonak 2.12.24
91 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile 2.12.25
92 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 2.14.26
93 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 2.16.08
94 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.16.41
95 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick-Step 2.17.33
96 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.19.18
97 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 2.20.12
98 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astaná 2.23.14
99 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Milram 2.23.55
100 Ian McLeod (RSA) Française Des Jeux 2.25.23
101 José Alberto Benítez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.25.25
102 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas 2.26.11
103 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis 2.27.21
104 Mario De Sárraga (Spa) Relax-GAM 2.28.04
105 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 2.31.45
106 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 2.32.30
107 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 2.32.56
108 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank 2.33.07
109 Pierre Drancourt (Bel) Bouygues Telecom 2.34.27
110 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 2.34.30
111 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank 2.35.12
112 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak 2.36.02
113 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 2.36.39
114 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak 2.37.15
115 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas 2.37.21
116 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 2.39.25
117 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick-Step 2.39.34
118 Marco Velo (Ita) Milram 2.40.05
119 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.41.10
120 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick-Step 2.41.12
121 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astaná 2.41.20
122 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française Des Jeux 2.41.59
123 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 2.42.32
124 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas 2.42.44
125 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick-Step 2.43.01
126 Bas Giling (Ned) T-Mobile 2.44.20
127 David Navas (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance 2.47.28
128 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Milram 2.51.01
129 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française Des Jeux 2.53.06
130 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.53.09
131 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Milram 2.54.20
132 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick-Step 2.55.15
133 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Crédit Agricole 3.05.48
134 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Milram 3.14.24
135 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Crédit Agricole 3.17.18

Points classification
1 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 175
2 Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz) Astaná 138
3 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 131
4 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astaná 92
5 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 89

Mountains classification
1 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Discovery Channel 129
2 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 117
3 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 98
4 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astaná 84
5 Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz) Astaná 82

Combination classification
1 Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz) Astaná 8
2 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 8
3 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astaná 11
4 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 18
5 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 24