2000 Clásico RCN

2000 Clásico RCN
Race details
Dates	August 11 – August 20
Stages	9
Distance	1,344 km (835.1 mi)
Winning time	36h 08' 11"
Results
	Winner
	Second
	Third
	Points
	Mountains
	Sprints
	Team
	← 1999 2001 →

The 40th edition of the annual Clásico RCN was held from August 11 to August 20, 2000, in Colombia. The stage race with an UCI rate of 2.4 started in Medellín and finished in Bogotá. RCN stands for "Radio Cadena Nacional" one of the oldest and largest radio networks in the nation.

Stages

2000-08-11: Medellín — Pueblito Paisa (5.4 km)

Place	Prologue		General Classification
Place	Name	Time	Name	Time
1.	Libardo Niño (COL)	00:08.02	Libardo Niño (COL)	00:08.02
2.	Raúl Montaña (COL)	+ 0.01	Raúl Montaña (COL)	+ 0.01
3.	Dubán Ramírez (COL)	+ 0.02	Dubán Ramírez (COL)	+ 0.02

2000-08-12: Medellín — Jardín (172 km)

Place	Stage 1		General Classification
Place	Name	Time	Name	Time
1.	Julio César Aguirre (COL)	05:05.32	Julio César Aguirre (COL)	05:13.39
2.	Israel Ochoa (COL)	+ 0.08	Israel Ochoa (COL)	+ 0.14
3.	Álvaro Lozano (COL)	+ 0.10	Álvaro Lozano (COL)	+ 0.16

2000-08-13: Jardín — Manizales (210 km)

Place	Stage 2		General Classification
Place	Name	Time	Name	Time
1.	Héctor Palacio (COL)	05:40.19	Julio César Aguirre (COL)	10:54.04
2.	Álvaro Lozano (COL)	—	Álvaro Lozano (COL)	+ 0.14
3.	Julio César Aguirre (COL)	—	Israel Ochoa (COL)	+ 0.18

2000-08-14: Manizales — Cartago (207 km)

Place	Stage 3		General Classification
Place	Name	Time	Name	Time
1.	Jhon García (COL)	05:25.34	Julio César Aguirre (COL)	16:19.33
2.	Israel Ochoa (COL)	—	Álvaro Lozano (COL)	+ 0.12
3.	Ruber Marín (COL)	—	Israel Ochoa (COL)	+ 0.14

2000-08-15: Roldanillo — Cali (131 km)

Place	Stage 4		General Classification
Place	Name	Time	Name	Time
1.	Jhon García (COL)	03:06.18	Julio César Aguirre (COL)	19:25.51
2.	Elder Herrera (COL)	—	Israel Ochoa (COL)	+ 0.12
3.	Ruber Marín (COL)	—	Álvaro Lozano (COL)	+ 0.14

2000-08-16: Palmira — Pereira (182 km)

Place	Stage 5		General Classification
Place	Name	Time	Name	Time
1.	Giovanny Torres (COL)	04:23.02	Julio César Aguirre (COL)	23:52.34
2.	Pedro Pablo Pérez (CUB)	+ 0.08	Israel Ochoa (COL)	+ 0.12
3.	Jorge Martínez (COL)	—	Álvaro Lozano (COL)	+ 0.14

2000-08-17: Pereira — Ibagué (126 km)

Place	Stage 6		General Classification
Place	Name	Time	Name	Time
1.	Jairo Hernández (COL)	03:41.40	Juan Diego Ramírez (COL)	27:34.14
2.	Elder Herrera (COL)	+ 0.28	Julio César Aguirre (COL)	+ 0.21
3.	Juan Diego Ramírez (COL)	—	Álvaro Lozano (COL)	+ 0.30

2000-08-18: Ibagué — Madrid (188 km)

Place	Stage 7		General Classification
Place	Name	Time	Name	Time
1.	Elkin Barrera (COL)	05:19.55	Juan Diego Ramírez (COL)	30:56.41
2.	Julio César Aguirre (COL)	+ 1.20	Julio César Aguirre (COL)	+ 0.26
3.	Elder Herrera (COL)	+ 1.35	Álvaro Lozano (COL)	+ 0.58

2000-08-19: Circuito Parque Nacional, Bogotá (102 km)

Place	Stage 8		General Classification
Place	Name	Time	Name	Time
1.	Luis Espinosa (COL)	02:36.25	Juan Diego Ramírez (COL)	35:33.18
2.	Miguel Ángel Niño (COL)	—	Julio César Aguirre (COL)	+ 0.26
3.	Graciano Fonseca (COL)	—	Álvaro Lozano (COL)	+ 0.58

2000-08-20: Plaza de Bolívar — Patios, Bogotá (18.5 km)

Place	Stage 9 (Individual Time Trial)		General Classification
Place	Name	Time	Name	Time
1.	Elder Herrera (COL)	00:35.12	Juan Diego Ramírez (COL)	36:08.31
2.	Juan Diego Ramírez (COL)	+0.01	Elder Herrera (COL)	+ 0.57
3.	Jairo Hernández (COL)	+0.01	Julio César Aguirre (COL)	+ 1.19

Final classification

RANK	NAME	TEAM	TIME
1.	Juan Diego Ramírez (COL)	05 Orbitel	36:08:11
2.	Elder Herrera (COL)	05 Orbitel	+ 0.57
3.	Julio César Aguirre (COL)	05 Orbitel	+ 1.19
4.	Álvaro Lozano (COL)	Aguardiente Cristal Chec	+ 1.43
5.	Álvaro Sierra (COL)	Lotería de Boyacá	+ 2.10
6.	Héctor Castaño (COL)	05 Orbitel	+ 2.27
7.	Israel Ochoa (COL)	Aguardiente Néctar Café Aguila Roja	+ 3.15
8.	Miguel Ángel Sanabria (COL)	05 Orbitel	+ 7.37
9.	Libardo Niño (COL)	Aguardiente Néctar Café Aguila Roja	+ 8.05
10.	Jairo Hernández (COL)	05 Orbitel	+ 8.27

Teams

05 Orbitel

Lotería de Boyacá

Aguardiente Antioqueño—Lotería de Medellín

Aguardiente Néctar—Café Águila Roja

Aguardiente Cristal—Chec

Cuba de Aviación

Club Ciclo Guachucal Nariño

Ron Boyacá—Covarachía—Dosmopar

Santa Fe Ron Añejo ELC

Mixto Antioquia

Mixto Cauca—Cicloases

Kazakhstan—Mixto Boyacá

References