1998 Vuelta a Murcia

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1998 Vuelta a Murcia
Race details
Dates4–8 March 1998
Stages5
Distance650.1 [1]  km (404.0 mi)
Winning time16h 35' 03"
Results
  WinnerFlag of Italy.svg  Alberto Elli  (ITA)
  SecondFlag of Kazakhstan.svg  Alexander Vinokourov  (KAZ)
  ThirdFlag of Italy.svg  Marco Pantani  (ITA)
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The 1998 Vuelta a Murcia was the 14th edition of the Vuelta a Murcia cycle race and was held on 4 March to 8 March 1998. The race started and finished in Murcia. [2] The race was won by Alberto Elli.

The Vuelta Ciclista a Murcia is a road bicycle race held in and around Murcia, Spain. The first four editions were reserved to amateurs. Originally the race was held in early March and consisted of five stages. However, due to Spain's financial turmoil, the race was scaled back to three stages in 2011 and two stages in 2012. From 2013 to 2018 the Vuelta a Murcia was organised as a single-day race and shifted to mid-February on the international calendar. In 2019 the race was expanded to two stages. It is part of the UCI Europe Tour as a 2.1 event.

Murcia Municipality in Spain

Murcia is a city in south-eastern Spain, the capital and most populous city of the Autonomous Community of the Region of Murcia, and the seventh largest city in the country, with a population of 447,182 inhabitants in 2018. The population of the metropolitan area was 689,591 in 2010. It is located on the Segura River, in the Southeast of the Iberian Peninsula, noted by a climate with hot summers, mild winters, and relatively low precipitation.

Alberto Elli Racing cyclist

Alberto Elli is a former Italian road racing cyclist, who wore the yellow jersey for 4 days in the 2000 Tour de France. He is currently a directeur sportif with the Preti Mangimi professional continental team. Elli was called up late for the 2000 Tour de France, and after a group of 12 cyclists stayed away from the others, Elli became a surprise leader, being the second oldest cyclist in the peloton. He kept the yellow jersey until the Pyrenées mountains, where he lost it to Lance Armstrong.

General classification

Final general classification [3] [4]
RankRiderTime
1Flag of Italy.svg  Alberto Elli  (ITA)16h 35' 03"
2Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Alexander Vinokourov  (KAZ)+ 41"
3Flag of Italy.svg  Marco Pantani  (ITA)+ 41"
4Flag of Spain.svg  Igor González de Galdeano  (ESP)+ 1' 16"
5Flag of Spain.svg  Melcior Mauri  (ESP)+ 1' 25"
6Flag of Spain.svg  Carmelo Miranda  (ESP)+ 1' 29"
7Flag of Switzerland.svg  Markus Zberg  (SUI)+ 1' 34"
8Flag of Spain.svg  Javier Otxoa  (ESP)+ 1' 49"
9Flag of Spain.svg  David García Marquina  (ESP)+ 1' 54"
10Flag of Spain.svg  Manuel Beltrán  (ESP)+ 2' 05"

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References

  1. ↑ "Vuelta Ciclista a la Region de Murcia (2.1)". BikeRaceInfo. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
  2. ↑ "14ème Vuelta a Murcia 1998". Memoire de cyclisme. Archived from the original on 14 August 2004.
  3. ↑ "Vuelta Ciclista a Murcia". WVCycling. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
  4. ↑ "1998 Vuelta Ciclista a Murcia". First Cycling. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
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