Popo is back, folks! Yaroslav Popovych of the Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team was the winner of Tuesday's second stage (an ITT of 11 kms) of the Tour of Castilla and Leon on Spanish soil. The Ukrainain rider recorded a winning time of thirteen minutes and one second to cover the route from Almenara to Olmedo (both hamlets are situated in the Valladolid province), while the U.S. rider Jason McCartney made Discovery's triumphal day complete as took the runner-up spot, no more than a second behind his better-known teammate.
But there's someone else with a good reason to celebrate today too: Alexandre Vinokourov, who filled the other podium place, at 11" from the Discovery duo, and took the overall leadership of the race. The top Spanish finishers of the day were Sergi Escobar (Grupo Nicolás Mateos) and Vinokourov's teammate Luis León Sánchez, (Liberty Seguros-Würth), who made today's top 5 spots complete. Sánchez also moved up to spot number two in the General Classification, four seconds down on his Kazakh teammate and one second clear of Santos González (3 Molinos).
Results Stage
1 POPOVYCH, Yaroslav UKR DISCOVERY CHANNEL 0:13:01
2 MCCARTNEY, Jason USA DISCOVERY CHANNEL a 01
3 VINOKOUROV, Alexandre KAZ
LIBERTY SEGUROS-W a 11
4 ESCOBAR, Sergio ESP GRUPO NICOLAS MATEO a 13
5 SANCHEZ, Luis Leon ESP LIBERTY SEGUROS-WURT a 15
6 GONZALEZ, Santos ESP 3 MOLINOS RESORT a 16
7 RUBIERA, José Luis ESP DISCOVERY CHANNEL a 16
8 SCARPONI, Michele ITA LIBERTY SEGUROS-WURT a 22
9 MARTINEZ, Egoi ESP DISCOVERY CHANNEL a 23
10 BRARD, Florent FRA C.D'EPARGNE-I.BALEAR
a 25
11 AZEVEDO, José POR DISCOVERY CHANNEL
a 27
12 YAKOVLEV, Serguei KAZ LIBERTY SEGUROS-WURT a 28
13 PEÑA, Aketza ESP EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI
a 30
14 GARCIA, José Vicente ESP C.D'EPARGNE-I.BALEAR a 30
15 PLAZA, Ruben ESP COMUNIDAD VALENCIANA
a 33
16 CESAR, Gustavo ESP KAIKU
a 33
17 ABRIL, Juan José ESP VIÑA MAGNA-CROPU
a 33
18 NAVARRO, Daniel
ESP LIBERTY SEGUROS-WURT a 35
19 CARRASCO, Jose Luis ESP C.D'EPARGNE-I.BALEAR a 37
20 URTASUN, Pablo
ESP KAIKU
a 37
21 PEREZ, Francisco ESP C.D'EPARGNE-I.BALEAR a 38
22 BELTRAN, Manuel ESP DISCOVERY CHANNEL
a 38
23 REDONDO, José AntonioESP LIBERTY SEGUROS-WURT a 39
24 TENDERO, Jesus ESP VIÑA MAGNA-CROPU
a 39
25 HRUSKA, Jan CZE 3 MOLINOS
RESORT a 42
General Classification:
1 VINOKOUROV, Alexandre KAZ LIBERTY SEGUROS-W 03:58:43
2 SANCHEZ, Luis Leon ESP
LIBERTY SEGUROS-WURT :04
3 71 GONZALEZ, Santos
ESP 3 MOLINOS RESORT :05
4 38 RUBIERA, José Luis
ESP DISCOVERY CHANNEL :05
5 45 SCARPONI, Michele ITA LIBERTY SEGUROS-WURT :11
6 34 MARTINEZ, Egoi ESP DISCOVERY CHANNEL :12
7 31 AZEVEDO, José POR DISCOVERY CHANNEL :16
8 3 GARCIA, José Vicente ESP C.D'EPARGNE-I.BALEAR :19
9 92 CESAR, Gustavo ESP KAIKU :22
10 1 PEREZ, Francisco ESP C.D'EPARGNE-I.BALEAR :27
11 37 POPOVYCH, Yaroslav UKR DISCOVERY CHANNEL:28
12 73 HRUSKA, Jan CZE 3 MOLINOS RESORT :31
13 144 PASAMONTES, Luis ESP UNIBET.COM :36
14 7 PRADERA, Mikel ESP C.D'EPARGNE-I.BALEAR :41
15 101 ESCOBAR, Sergio ESP GRUPO NICOLAS MATEO
16 33 BRAJKOVIC, Janez SLO DISCOVERY CHANNEL
17 28 TORRENT, Carlos ESP VIÑA MAGNA-CROPU :43
18 15 BONILLA, José Adrian CRC
COMUNIDAD VALENCIANA :45
19 26 FERNANDEZ, Gerardo ARG
VIÑA MAGNA-CROPU :46
20 67 ZUBELDIA, Haimar ESP EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI :49
21 46 SERRANO, Marcos Antoni ESP LIBERTY
SEGUROS-WURT :49
22 4 HORRACH, Joan ESP C.D'EPARGNE-I.BALEAR :53
23 125 ROVIRA, Jaume ESP ANDALUCIA-PAUL VERSA :54
24 41 NAVARRO, Daniel
ESP LIBERTY SEGUROS-WURT 01:03
25 95 BERASATEGUI, Antonio ESP KAIKU 01:04
26 2 CARRASCO, Jose Luis ESP C.D'EPARGNE-I.BALEAR 01:05
Points Classification:
1 SANCHEZ, Luis Leon ESP LIBERTY SEGUROS-WURT 32 P.
2 VINOKOUROV, Alexandre KAZ LIBERTY SEGUROS-W 28 P.
3 POPOVYCH, Yaroslav UKR DISCOVERY CHANNEL 25 P.
4 EDO, Angel ESP ANDALUCIA-PAUL VERSA 25 P.
5 MARTINEZ, Egoi ESP DISCOVERY CHANNEL 23 P.
6 MCCARTNEY, Jason USA DISCOVERY CHANNEL 20 P.
7 RUBIERA, José Luis ESP DISCOVERY CHANNEL 17 P.
8 ESCOBAR, Sergio ESP GRUPO NICOLAS MATEO 14 P.
9 TORRENT, Carlos ESP VIÑA MAGNA-CROPU 14 P.
10 GONZALEZ, Santos ESP 3 MOLINOS RESORT 10 P.
Teams Classification
1 DISCOVERY CHANNEL DSC 011:55:53
2 LIBERTY SEGUROS-WURT LSW 011:56:24
3 C.D'EPARGNE-I.BALEARS CEI 011:57:08
4 KAIKU KAI 011:57:29
5 3 MOLINOS RESORT MOL 011:57:29
6 VIÑA MAGNA-CROPU VMC 011:57:39
7 ANDALUCIA-PAUL VERSAN APV 011:58:25
8 COMUNIDAD VALENCIANA ECV 011:58:34
9 EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI EUS 011:59:13
10 UNIBET.COM UNI 011:59:33
Mountains Classification:
1 98 NUÑEZ, Israel ESP 3 P.
2 13 SANCHEZ, Julian ESP 2 P.
3 115 GARCIA, Raul ESP 1 P.
