25/03/2004 VUELTA CASTILLA Y LEON (2.Tappa) - Schleicher ancora sul podio Bates e Van Derzee anticipano il gruppo ZAMORA (Spagna) - Il suo sprint sulle strade di Spagna non perdona. Non fossero fuggite l'australiana Bates e l'olandese Van Derzee, Regina Schleicher avrebbe aggiunto anche la seconda frazione (Coreses-Zamora con 2 Gpm) al suo bottino stagionale aperto solo il giorno precedente a Valladolid. La tedesca ha infatti regolato il plotone delle migliori (67 atete) giunto con 17 secondi di ritardo dalle due battistrada. La Van Derzee va in maglia, mentre Regina Schleicher, 3. nella generale con 17" da recuperare, dopo aver sommato 41 punti resta titolare della classifica a punti davanti Giorgia Bronzini che ha 29 punti. ARRIVO 2.TAPPA: 1 Katherine Bates (Aus) Ton Van Bemmelen km 103,800 in 2 ore 47'28" media 37,189 2 Anouska Van Derzee (Ola) Farm Frites-Hartool 3 Regina Schleicher (Ger) Safi-Pasta Zara-Manatthan) a 17" 4 Katia Longhin (Ita) Michela Fanini Record Rox 5 Mirjam Melchers (Ola) Farm Frites-Hartool 6 Rosa Maria Bravo (Spa) Tinlohi-Eia-Mauco 7 Giorgia Bronzini (Ita) Safi-Pasta Zara Manhattan 8 Marina Jaunatre (Fra) France National Team 9 Olivia Gollan (Aus) Australia National Team 10 Barbara Cazzaniga (Ita) Michela Fanini Record Rox 23 Gunn-Rita Dahle (Nor) Safi-Pasta Zara Manhattan 31 Anna Zugno (Ita) Safi-Pasta Zara Manhattan 64 Zita Urbonaite (Ltu) Safi-Pasta Zara Manhattan CLASSIFICA GENERALE: 1 Anouska Van Der Zee (Ned) Team Farm Frites-Hartol 4.56.34 2 Katherine Bates (Aus) Ton Van Bemmelen Sports 3 Regina Schleicher (Ger) Safi-Pasta Zara Manhattan 0.17 4 Katia Longhin (Ita) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox 5 Giorgia Bronzini (Ita) Safi-Pasta Zara Manhattan 6 Rosa Maria Bravo (Spa) Tinlohi-Eia-Mauco 7 Sara Carrian (Aus) Australian National Team 8 Anita Valen (Nor) Team S.A.T.S. 9 Annette Beutler (Swi) Lietzsport Cycling 10 Gunn-Rita Dahle (Nor) Safi-Pasta Zara Manhattan 27 Anna Zugno (Ita) Safi-Pasta Zara Manhattan 41 Zita Urbonaite (Ltu) Safi-Pasta Zara Manhattan CRONACA IN INGLESE - Australian Kate Bates (Ton Van Bemmelen Sports) has won the second stage of the Vuelta Ciclista Castilla y Leon in Zamora ahead of Anouska Van Der Zee (Farm Frites-Hartol) after a well-timed escape in the final 10km of the 104km stage. It was a day of frequent attacks and splits in the peloton with the field eventually reduced to a main bunch of 69 riders. Adrie Visser (Farm Frites-Hartol) took the first of the day's meta volante sprints, after just 8km, and the attacks started in earnest soon after, with Barbara Cazzaniga (Michela Fanini) Trixie Worrack (Nurnberger), Sara Carrigan (AIS) and Anna Ramirez (Spanish National Team) getting away and spending some five kilometers off the front before being caught. After the second sprint, Olivia Gollan (AIS), Fabiana Luperini (Let's Go Finland) and Theresa Senff (Germany) gained a few hundred metres on the peloton - enough to get them over the third category Alto De Villadepera in the lead. As the peloton reunited after the summit, Eneritz Iturriaga (Let´s go Finland) attacked, and a group of some 26 riders went after her, led by Gollan and team-mate Oenone Wood. Iturriaga still led over the day's second climb, with a 50 second lead over the chasers. Gollan and Wood led the pursuit over the summit, gaining Gollan enough points to put her in the mountains jersey. At the 78km mark, Iturriaga was caught and a couple of kilometers later the lead half of the peloton reunited. Numerous breaks tried to get away over the next several kilometres, but all were unsuccessful until Bates and van Derzee made their move with 10km to go. Seeing a chance to gain some time on GC, the pair quickly built a 20 second advantage and powered two-up toward the finish, beating the chasing peloton by 17 seconds. Regina Schleicher (Safi-Pasta Zara Manhattan) took the bunch sprint for third. Tomorrow's third and final stage into Salamanca is a rolling 104km journey that should see a sprinters' showdown at the finale. www.cyclingnews.com CRONACA IN SPAGNOLO - Km. 0. Toman la salida 152 corredoras. No lo hacen Beltam (Bizkaia) y Mallea (Sabeco). Cielo despejado, aunque las temperaturas siguen siendo frías. Km. 8. Meta volante de Zamora: Visser (Farm Frites), Oki (Farm Frites) y Rutherford (Michela Fanini). Km. 22. Cazzaniga (Michela Fanini) coge unos metros. Se le unen Worrack (Nurnberg), Guderzo (Italia), Carrian (Australia) y Ramírez (España). Su fuga apenas dura 5 kms. Km. 41,5. Primera hora de carrera. El viento estira el pelotón y se corta en dos grupos, aunque se unen. Otras ciclistas pierden definitivamente contacto. Km. 50. Meta volante de Pino. Slyussareva (Rusia) y Visser (Farm Frites), sin que se pueda determinar la tercera corredora por llevar el dorsal tapado. Km. 53,5. Alto de Villadepera (tercera): Golan (Australia), Luperini (Let’s Go Finland) y Senf (Alemania) que transitan con un ligero avance sobre un pelotón muy roto. Km. 60. se van uniendo corredoras a la cabeza, aunque salta Iturriaga (Let´s go Finland). Atrás se forma un grupo de 26 unidades. Km. 66. 44 segundos de Iturriaga sobre el primer grupo y 1-30 sobre un segundo. La máxima diferencia de la vasca sería 50 segundos Km. 73,4 Alto de Villacampo (tercera): Iturriaga con 40 segundos sobre el grupo con las australianas Gollan y Wood. A 1-45 el siguiente grupo. Un tercero, a más de 3-30. Km. 78. Final de escapada para Iturriaga. Los dos grupos se unen dos kilómetros más tarde. Km. 82. Se vuelve a romper el grupo delantero. Numerosas tentativas, que no cuajan. Km. 88. 30 segundos entre los dos grupos. El tercero, ya a 6-45. Km. 94. Escapan Bates (Tom Van Bemmelen) y Van Derzee (Farm Frites). Rápidamente cogen 20 segundos. Km. 103. Victoria de la australiana Bates, mientras que su compañera de fuga es la nueva líder. El pelotón entra a 17 segundos encabezado por Schleicher (Safi). www.feminas4a.vueltacastillayleon.com L'azzurra Giorgia Bronzini ancora piazzata in Spagna