| Cuenca - Guadalajara 168 Kms. Stage 19 - Friday, september 28 |
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| Km 168 | Finish line | 17:50 | Guido Trenti has become the winner of the 19th stage of La Vuelta 2001, with two seconds of advantage over Zarrabeitia and Shefer. The peloton arrived in Guadalajara 15:10 minutes behind. 101(Oscar Sevilla) keeps his Gold Jersey for another day. |
| Km 168 | Finish line | 17:30 |
59(Trenti) wins the 19th stage of Vuelta a España 2001, the second consecutive one by Cantina Tollo tean, with a time of 3 hours, 49 minutes and 33 seconds. The average speed 43,9 kph. The second was Zarrabeitia, followed by Shefer and García Acosta.
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| Km 165 | Break | 17:26 | Shefer does not ride in relays with the other three and he is behind Trenti, Zarrabeitia and García Acosta. |
| Km 162 | Breaks | 17:23 | Four riders at the head, Zarrabeitia, Trenti, Garcia Acosta and Shefer; the peloton 15:30 minutesz behind. |
| Km 160 | Puncture | 17:22 | Igor Flores suffers a puncture with 8 kilometres to go and Elli suffers from cramps. |
| Km 158 | Break | 17:20 | Piccolli, Bertoletti and Silva have been left behind by the group ahead, with eight riders now. |
| Km 153 | Mountain | 17:15 |
Alto de Horche mountain pass: 89(Vicario) 59(Trenti) 73(Flores) and 203(Elli).
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| Km 152,5 | Breaks | 17:12 | Vicario attempts to break and he is followed by Trenti, Elli and Flores. |
| Km 152 | Break | 17:05 | They are near the top, it is raining, there is no wind and Igor Flores imposes a stronger rhythm. |
| Km 147 | break | 16:58 | Till that moments the riders ahead have been working together to make their break successful, but they are approaching alto de Horche mountain pass, where a cross wind is blowing and it will make the situation more difficult; so far, they keep their difference: 14:44 |
| Km 143 | Break | 16:56 | 14:30 for the eleven-man break. |
| Km 139 | Hot spot sprint | 16:53 |
Tendilla sprint: 113(Bertoletti) 59(Trenti) and 148(Silva).
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| Km 138 | Break | 16:49 | 156(Jaksche) breaks from the peloton and gains certain metres of advantage, he may want to increase the speed. The riders ahead keep their advantage. |
| Km 133 | Break | 16:41 | Near the hot spot sprint of Tendilla, the bunch ahead takes a 14:32-minute-lead over the peloton. |
| Km 128 | Break | 16:36 | The riders are moving along a steep road and those ahead start to feel tired, due to the long hours they have been ahead. They keep their advantage over the peloton:15:08 |
| Km 120 | Break | 16:26 | The bunch break ride in relays at the head of the group, they have taken their raincoats off, because it has stopped raining and the temperature has increased up to 19 degrees. |
| Km 119 | Break | 16:18 | The riders ahead take a lead now of 15:08 on the main group. |
| Km 111,4 | Hot spot sprint | 16:08 |
Sacedón hot spot sprint: 148(Silva) 17(Shefer) and 203(Elli).
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| Km 110 | Break | 16:04 | They are riding along the 320 A-road, very fast. The riders ahead with an advantage of 15:14. |
| Km 106 | Break | 16:01 | 15:15 for the bunch ahead. |
| Km 104 | Break | 15:56 | The eleven-man break almost lead by a quarter of an hour on the main group. |
| Km 102 | Break | 15:52 | 13:15 minutes of advantage for the riders ahead, who broke at the 50km. mark. |
| Km | Second Hour | 15:43 | The average speed this hour has been 48,5 kph. |
| Km 96 | Break | 15:39 | The advantage is bigger every time: 12:48. |
| Km 93 | Break | 15:36 | The eleven-up move leads now by 11:40 on the rest of riders. They have entered the region of Guadalajara; grey skies. |
| Km 84 | Break | 15:25 | The riders ahead lead now by 10:42; the peloton are calm. |
| Km 78 | Break | 15:18 | The advantage of the eleven-man break keeps on increasing: 8:24. |
| Km 74 | Break | 15:11 | More advantage for those ahead: 7:32. It has stopped raining. |
| Km 67 | break | 15:01 | The advantage of the 11-man group keeps on increasing: 5:20; they are riding along a slightly steep ground. |
| Km 64 | Break | 14:57 | The peloton are more calm now and the group ahead gets an advantage of 4:38 minutes over the main group. |
| Km 61,3 | Hot spot sprint | 14:54 |
Priego sprint, hometown of Luis Ocaña, winner of 1973 Tour de France and of the best riders within Spanish riding: 26(García Acosta) 73(Flores) and 159(Zarrabeitia); García Acosta will receive a present to commemorate the disappeared rider.
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| Km 59 | break | 14:50 | 2:02 for the eleven up-move: 159(Zarrabeitia) 175(Kroon) 17(Shefer) 59(Trenti) 89(Vicario) 73(Flores) 113(Bertoletti) 203(Elli) 148(Silva) 119(Picolli) and 26(Acosta). |
| Km 52 | Break | 14:45 | Eleven riders at the head of the race leading by 37 seconds, among who we find Zarrabeitia and Kroon. |
| Km | First hour | 14:43 | The peloton has riden with an average speed of 51,2 kph, during the first hour. |
| Km 47 | Breaks | 14:38 | There are two riders at the head of the race, 159(Zarrabeitia) and 175(Kroon), they are being followed very closely by a group of three riders and behind, the peloton. |
| Km 43 | Comment | 14:33 | The peloton are riding grouped and very fast. it is raining. |
| Km 40 | End of break | 14:29 | The riders ahead have been caught by the peloton who are grouped now. |
| Km 33 | Break | 14:22 | Six riders at the head of the race leading by 20 seconds on the rest. 59(Trenti) has had puncture and is left behind by the group ahead. Telekom and Domo lead the peloton. |
| Km 27 | Break | 14:13 | Seven riders at the head of the race: 41(Millar) 117(Hunter) 58(Tonti) 59(Trenti) 185(García Calvo) and 192(Commesso). |
| Km 20 | Attempts to break | 14:08 | 41(Millar) gets several metres of advantage and leads by 6 seconds on a group of 12 riders, among who we find the leader in the sprints overall standings. 185(García Calvo) 16 seconds on the peloton. |
| Km 10 | Comment | 13:52 | Rabobank, ibanesto.com and Cantina Tollo attempt to break at the head of the peloton. 31(Escartin) has had a puncture, but he catches up with the group very soon. |
| Km 6 | Comment | 13:50 | The peloton are grouped and fast. It is raining cats and dogs. |
| Km 1 | Break | 13:43 | The peloton are riding fast once again; there are two riders ahead: 126(Horrillo) and 62(Bruylandts). |
| Km 0 | Start proper | 12:40 |
Under the rain and with a temperature of 16 degrees, the race has started today towards Guadalajara.
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| Km | Pre-start time | 13:33 | 142 riders are covering the kilometres of the neutral section, crowded with people. It is not raining now but it is very cloudy. |
| Km | Signing-on | 13:25 | Between 12:40 and 13:25 the riders have signed on to start the 19th stage. 142 riders are going to take part in today´s stage, 157(Carlos Sastre) and 36(Gianetti) are not starting the race today. |
| Km | Previous | 12:20 | Around fifteen to two, the 19th stge of Vuelta 2001 will start; 168 kilometres between Cuenca and Guadalajara. At the starting point, it was cloudy and it is raining all along the route. There is only one mountain pass, Alto de Horche, third catagory, on the route and it is located 15 kilometres from the end. 101(Sevilla) wears the Gold Jersey, leading by 25 seconds on 81(Casero). The king of the mountains is 27(Jiménez), the leader in the per points overall standings is 201(Zabel) and the one in the sprints overall standings 185(García Calvo). ibanesto.com is the leader team. |