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Florencio Ramos wins stage 7

by VeloNews.com

• March 07, 2009
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Team Type 1’s Shawn Milne is second as Stetina and Menzies lead U23 and sprint competitions

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Tecos’ Florencio Ramos won stage of la Vuelta Mexico on Saturday, while Team Type 1’s Shawn Milne was second and Jackson Rodriguez (Serramenti PVC) continued to lead the general classification.

Americans featured in the day’s key breakaway and remain atop the sprint and U23 competition leader boards.

The 158 km stage followed the same script as the previous several stages, with a break containing riders who weren’t a threat to the overall classification slipping off the front and staying away to the finish.

The day’s six-rider break included Floyd Landis (OUCH) Tyler Hamilton (Rock Racing) Milne, Ramos (Tecos), Spaniard Rafael Valls (Burgos) and Luis Fernando Macias (Mexican National Team).

The break got away about 40km into the stage, which featured three KoMs. “We all worked well together for most of the stage,” Landis said.

The peloton afforded the group plenty of leash, with their lead extending out beyond eight minutes. As the stage rolled on, the peloton became a bit more interested in keeping the group close, and by the third KoM the gap was down around five minutes.

“The attacks started happening once we cleared the last climb,” Landis said.

Valls took a flyer and spent about 5 km off the front. Once he was corralled, Ramos put in his winning move coming into the finishing town, with still 13 km to go.

In the final kilometers, it became clear that the remaining five riders would be fighting it out for second. Landis put in a couple attacks but was marked each time.

In the end, Milne, Macias and Valls slipped away to take the next three spots, 0:50 after the stage winner crossed the line, while Hamilton and then Landis came in a few seconds later.

Karl Menzies (OUCH) retained his lead in the sprint competition with the break up the road taking the intermediate sprint points and no one to threaten his lead. Peter Stetina finished 32nd at 5:21 behind the winner, but maintained his lead in the U23 GC. Valls, who finished fourth on the day, is in second in the U23, 1:45 behind Stetina.

Results

Stage Results: | (GC Results)

1 RAMOS,Florencio TECOS DE LA UGA 03:23:38

2 MILNE,Shawn TEAM TYPE 1 at 50

3 MACIAS,Luis Fernando SELECCIÓN NACIONA at 50

4 VALLS,Rafael BURGOS MONUMENTAL at 50

5 HAMILTON,Tyler ROCKRACING at 59

6 LANDIS,Floyd OUCH PRESENTED BY at 1:04

7 BARTON,Christopher SELECCIÓN USA at 5:40

8 BERTOLINI,Thomas SERRAMENTI PVC DI at 5:41

9 SOBRINO,Joaquin BURGOS MONUMENTAL at 5:41

10 VAQUERA,Cesar ORVEN at 5:41

11 FRAZER,Mauricio ARENAS TLAXCALA at 5:41

12 FOGNINI,Fausto AMICA CHIPS – KNA at 5:41

13 VITORIA,David ROCK RACING at 5:41

14 RODRIGUEZ,Jackson SERRAMENTI PVC DI at 5:41

15 SARABIA,Ignacio SELECCIÓN NACIONA at 5:41

16 GUAMA,Byron BURGOS MONUMENTAL at 5:41

17 CARLSEN,Kirk SELECCIÓN USA at 5:41

18 AGUIRRE,Jose Ramon CANEL’S TURBO at 5:41

19 BERTOLINI,Denis SERRAMENTI PVC DI at 5:41

20 MATA,Enrique BURGOS MONUMENTAL at 5:41

GC Results: | (Stage Results)

1 RODRIGUEZ,Jackson SERRAMENTI PVC 30:43:23

2 LOPEZ,Carlos CANEl’S TURBO at 30

3 VITORIA,David ROCKRACING at 42

4 SARABIA,Ignacio SELECCIÓN NACIO at 47

5 CHADWICK,Glen Alan ROCKRACING at 53

6 GOMEZ,Jose de Jesus CANEL’S TURBO at 1:02

7 COLEX,Bernardo SELECCIÓN NACIO at 1:02

8 MOSER,Leonardo SERRAMENTI PVC at 1:14

9 SIMONI,Gilberto SERRAMENTI PVC at 2:08

10 GUTIERREZ,Enrique ROCKRACING at 2:18

11 LADINO,Gregorio TECOS DE LA UGA at 2:21

12 GUAMA,Byron BURGOS MONUMENT at 2:23

13 KOBZARENKO,Valery TEAM TYPE 1 at 2:30

14 STETINA ,Peter SELECCIÓN USA at 2:30

15 GABINO,Alfredo REGION 3 ESTADO at 2:30

16 MAGALLANES,Juan Pablo SELECCIÓN NACIO at 2:42

17 VALLS,Rafael BURGOS MONUMENT at 4:15

18 OCHOA,Carlos José SERRAMENTI PVC at 4:18

19 RANGEL,Hector Hugo CANEL’S TURBO at 4:53

20 ARGIRO,Alvaro Antonio ARENAS TLAXCALA at 6:29