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The Stages:
Stage 3, Puerto Deportivo Benal Madena - Alto Santuario Virgen de Araceli (Lucena), 169.6 kms:1. GARCIA, Marcelino ESP ONCE 4.33.36 2. JALABERT, Laurent FRA ONCE 0.05 3. ETXEBARRIA, David ESP ONCE 0.10 4. VANDENBROUCKE, Frank BEL MAPEI-BRICOBI 0.15 5. CABELLO, Francisco ESP KELME-COSTA BLANCA 0.27 6. SALMERON, Gines ESP VITALICIO SEGUROS 0.32 7. EKIMOV, Vjatceslav RUS US POSTAL SERVICE 0.32 8. TCHMIL, Andrei UKR LOTTO-MOBISTAR 0.36 9. BESSY, Frederic FRA CASINO 0.36 10. MERCADO, Juan M. ESP VITALICIO SEGUROS 0.36 11. MARTIN, M. Angel ESP KELME-COSTA BLANCA 0.42 12. JAERMAN, Rolf SUI CASINO 0.42 13. VAN PETEGEM, Peter BEL TVM-FARM FRITES 0.42 14. ARMSTRONG, Lance USA US POSTAL SERVICE 0.50 15. FARAZIJN, Peter BEL LOTTO-MOBISTAR 0.50 16. JULICH, Bobby USA COFIDIS 0.50 17. GONZALEZ, Ramon ESP EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI 0.55 18. GONZALEZ, I¤igo ESP VITALICIO SEGUROS 0.55 19. NIERMANN, Grischa GER CONTINENTAL-OLYMPIA 0.59 20. ETXEBARRIA, Unai ESP EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI 1.05 21. PEERS, Chris BEL LOTTO-MOBISTAR 1.16 22. GOMEZ, Jose Javier ESP KELME-COSTA BLANCA 1.16 23. BOMANS, Carlo BEL PALMANS-IDEAL 1.23 24. CASTRESANA, Angel ESP EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI 1.23 25. DIERCKXENS, Ludo BEL LOTTO-MOBISTAR 1.26 26. BALDINGER, Dirk GER TELEKOM 1.26 27. HOJ, Frank DEN PALMANS-IDEAL 1.26 28. LAVARINHAS, Rui POR TROIAMARISCO-P.RAVES 1.26 29. JAN, Xavier FRA LA FRANCAISE DES JEUX 1.38 30. VAN HYFTE, Paul BEL LOTTO-MOBISTAR 1.38 31. LOPEZ, Oscar ESP EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI 1.38 32. SEVILLA, Oscar ESP KELME-COSTA BLANCA 1.41 33. DEN BAKKER, Maarten NED RABOBANK 1.41 34. WAUTERS, Marc BEL RABOBANK 1.41 35. HUNDERTMARK, Kai GER TELEKOM 1.47 36. MIRANDA, Carmelo ESP ESTEPONA-BREPAC 1.47 37. OSA, Unai ESP BANESTO 1.47 38. RICHARD, Pascal SUI CASINO 1.47 39. IVANOV, Serguei RUS TVM-FARM FRITES 2.04 40. HEPPNER, Jens GER TELEKOM 2.10 41. ROBIN, Jean-Cyril FRA US POSTAL SERVICE 2.14 42. FREIRE, Oscar ESP VITALICIO SEGUROS 2.17 43. FERNANDEZ, Manuel ESP BANESTO 2.24 44. HINCAPIE, Georgo USA US POSTAL SERVICE 2.24 45. MORIN, Anthony FRA LA FRANCAISE DES JEUX 2.24 46. SUNDERLAND, Scott AUS PALMANS-IDEAL 2.28 47. NIETO, German ESP ESTEPONA-BREPAC 2.33 48. VAN HEESWIJK, Max NED RABOBANK 2.36 49. VICARIO, Juan Carlos ESP ESTEPONA-BREPAC 2.40 50. PLAZA, David ESP COFIDIS 2.45 51. GONZALEZ, Igor ESP EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI 2.45 52. BELTRAN, Manuel ESP BANESTO 2.55 53. DIETZ, Bert GER TELEKOM 3.01 54. MCEWEN, Robbie AUS RABOBANK 3.06 55. HERNANDEZ, Eduardo ESP KELME-COSTA BLANCA 3.12 56. SIERRA, Roberto ESP ONCE 3.14 57. SALMON, Benoit FRA CASINO 3.18 58. SCHMIDT, Rico GER CONTINENTAL-OLYMPIA 3.20 59. GAMITO, Victor Manuel POR TROIAMARISCO-P.RAVES 3.27 60. BERZIN, Eugeni RUS LA FRANCAISE DES JEUX 3.34 61. MEINERT, Peter DEN US POSTAL SERVICE 3.34 62. SORENSEN, Rolf DEN RABOBANK 3.46 63. BARANOWSKI, Dariusz POL US POSTAL SERVICE 3.55 64. VANDERAERDEN, Gert BEL PALMANS-IDEAL 4.04 65. HEULOT, Stephane FRA LA FRANCAISE DES JEUX 4.38 66. VALLS, Tomas ESP TROIAMARISCO-P.RAVES 4.38 67. PEETERS, Wilfried BEL MAPEI-BRICOBI 4.38 68. ZABEL, Erik GER TELEKOM 4.38 69. LEYSEN, Bart BEL MAPEI-BRICOBI 4.38 70. KASPUTIS, Arturas LTU CASINO 4.38 71. CAPELLE, Christophe FRA COFIDIS 4.38 72. PEREZ, Cesar ESP ESTEPONA-BREPAC 4.38 73. SCHAFFRATH, Jan GER TELEKOM 4.38 74. MOREAU, Francis FRA COFIDIS 4.38 75. MUSEEUW, Johan BEL MAPEI-BRICOBI 4.38 76. OUTSCHAKOV, Serguei UKR TVM-FARM FRITES 4.38 77. VILLANUEVA, Isaac ESP ESTEPONA-BREPAC 4.38 78. WESEMANN, Steffen GER TELEKOM 5.05 79. FLORES, Igor ESP EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI 5.05 80. AGGIANO, Elio ITA VITALICIO SEGUROS 5.11 81. ANDREU, Frankie USA US POSTAL SERVICE 6.16 82. HENRIX, Sascha GER TEAM GEROLSTEINER 6.30 83. RINCON, Oliverio COL VITALICIO SEGUROS 6.30 84. SCHOLZ, Timo GER CONTINENTAL-OLYMPIA 6.30 85. BLANCO, Santiago ESP VITALICIO SEGUROS 6.30 86. ANDERSSON, Michael SWE TVM-FARM FRITES 6.39 87. GARMENDIA, Aitor ESP BANESTO 6.39 88. SAUERBORN, Andreas GER CONTINENTAL-OLYMPIA 6.39 89. MOLLER, Claus Michael DEN TVM-FARM FRITES 6.39 90. DIAZ, Rafael ESP ONCE 6.39 91. GARCIA, Ignacio ESP KELME-COSTA BLANCA 6.39 92. PAUWELS, Karl BEL PALMANS-IDEAL 6.51 93. EDO, Angel ESP KELME-COSTA BLANCA 6.55 94. MICHAELSEN, Lars DEN TVM-FARM FRITES 7.07 95. STEELS, Tom BEL MAPEI-BRICOBI 7.10 96. LEAZNIBARRUTIA, Albert ESP ONCE 7.23 97. MAULEON, Javier ESP ONCE 7.28 98. ZANINI, Stefano ITA MAPEI-BRICOBI 7.36 99. LOMBARDI, Giovanni ITA TELEKOM 7.47 100. GAUMONT, Philippe FRA COFIDIS 7.58 101. MATTAN, Nico BEL MAPEI-BRICOBI 8.12 102. HUNT, Jeremy GBR BANESTO 8.15 103. PLANCKAERT, Jo BEL LOTTO-MOBISTAR 8.15 104. HORNER, Christopher USA LA FRANCAISE DES JEUX 8.18 105. BERMEJO, Andres ESP ESTEPONA-BREPAC 8.24 106. DURANT, Jacky FRA CASINO 8.27 107. VAN BON, Leon NED RABOBANK 8.38 108. PERON, Andrea ITA LA FRANCAISE DES JEUX 12.48 109. BARRIGON, Josue ESP ONCE 12.48 110. BRAMATI, Davide ITA MAPEI-BRICOBI 14.28 111. PASCUAL RODRIGUEZ, Jav ESP KELME-COSTA BLANCA 14.28 112. VAN MALDERGHEM, Steven BEL PALMANS-IDEAL 14.44 113. ALVES, Nuno POR TROIAMARISCO-P.RAVES 20.16 114. ELIZBURU, Jose M. ESP ESTEPONA-BREPAC 20.16 115. GARCIA, Jose Vicente ESP BANESTO 20.16 116. VANZELLA, Flavio ITA LA FRANCAISE DES JEUX 20.16 117. HIEMSTRA, Bert NED RABOBANK 20.16 118. LAFIS, Michael SWE TVM-FARM FRITES 20.16 119. JIMENEZ, Eladio ESP BANESTO 20.16 120. FERNANDES, Philippe FRA TROIAMARISCO-P.RAVES 20.16 121. WEGMANN, Christian GER CONTINENTAL-OLYMPIA 20.16 122. WILLIEMS, Ludwing BEL LOTTO-MOBISTAR 20.16 123. SCHLICKAU, Michael GER TEAM GEROLSTEINER 20.16 124. LASTRAS, Pablo ESP BANESTO 20.16 125. CORVERS, Frank BEL PALMANS-IDEAL 20.16 126. GRABSCH, Ralf GER TEAM GEROLSTEINER 20.16 127. DE CLERCQ, Hans BEL PALMANS-IDEAL 20.16 128. LIVINGSTON, Kevin USA COFIDIS 20.16 129. VERZIAGI, Stefano ITA ESTEPONA-BREPAC 20.16 130. VAN DER WOLF, Michael NED TEAM GEROLSTEINER 20.16 131. MATIAS, Raul POR TROIAMARISCO-P.RAVES 20.16 132. BELOKI, Joseba ESP EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI 20.27 133. KINTANA, Aitor ESP EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI 20.27 134. WALZER, Andreas GER CONTINENTAL-OLYMPIA 20.27 135. VANDENBROUCKE, Jean-De BEL LOTTO-MOBISTAR 34.13 136. GLASNER, Bjorn GER TEAM GEROLSTEINER 34.13 137. BRAND, Hans-Kurt SUI CONTINENTAL-OLYMPIA 34.28 138. VIERHOUTEN, Aart NED RABOBANK 34.43 139. AGNOLUTTO, Christophe FRA CASINO 34.58 140. GWIAZDOWSKI, Grzegorz POL COFIDIS 36.35 141. PARINUSSA, Stefan GER TEAM GEROLSTEINER 38.17 GC after Stage 3
1. GARCIA, Marcelino ESP ONCE 14.10.35 2. JALABERT, Laurent FRA ONCE 0.05 3. ETXEBARRIA, David ESP ONCE 0.10 4. VANDENBROUCKE, Frank BEL MAPEI-BRICOBI 0.15 5. CABELLO, Francisco ESP KELME-COSTA BLANCA 0.27 6. SALMERON, Gines ESP VITALICIO SEGUROS 0.32 7. EKIMOV, Vjatceslav RUS US POSTAL SERVICE 0.32 8. TCHMIL, Andrei UKR LOTTO-MOBISTAR 0.36 9. MERCADO, Juan M. ESP VITALICIO SEGUROS 0.36 10. BESSY, Frederic FRA CASINO 0.36 11. JAERMAN, Rolf SUI CASINO 0.42 12. MARTIN, M. Angel ESP KELME-COSTA BLANCA 0.42 13. VAN PETEGEM, Peter BEL TVM-FARM FRITES 0.42 14. JULICH, Bobby USA COFIDIS 0.50 15. ARMSTRONG, Lance USA US POSTAL SERVICE 0.50 16. FARAZIJN, Peter BEL LOTTO-MOBISTAR 0.50 17. GONZALEZ, I¤igo ESP VITALICIO SEGUROS 0.55 18. GONZALEZ, Ramon ESP EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI 0.55 19. NIERMANN, Grischa GER CONTINENTAL-OLYMPIA 0.59 20. ETXEBARRIA, Unai ESP EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI 1.05 21. PEERS, Chris BEL LOTTO-MOBISTAR 1.16 22. GOMEZ, Jose Javier ESP KELME-COSTA BLANCA 1.16 23. BOMANS, Carlo BEL PALMANS-IDEAL 1.23 24. CASTRESANA, Angel ESP EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI 1.23 25. HOJ, Frank DEN PALMANS-IDEAL 1.26 26. DIERCKXENS, Ludo BEL LOTTO-MOBISTAR 1.26 27. LAVARINHAS, Rui POR TROIAMARISCO-P.RAVESSA 1.26 28. BALDINGER, Dirk GER TELEKOM 1.26 29. VAN HYFTE, Paul BEL LOTTO-MOBISTAR 1.38 30. LOPEZ, Oscar ESP EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI 1.38 31. JAN, Xavier FRA LA FRANCAISE DES JEUXX 1.38 32. WAUTERS, Marc BEL RABOBANK 1.41 33. SEVILLA, Oscar ESP KELME-COSTA BLANCA 1.41 34. DEN BAKKER, Maarten NED RABOBANK 1.41 35. OSA, Unai ESP BANESTO 1.47 36. MIRANDA, Carmelo ESP ESTEPONA-BREPAC 1.47 37. RICHARD, Pascal SUI CASINO 1.47 38. IVANOV, Serguei RUS TVM-FARM FRITES 2.04 39. HEPPNER, Jens GER TELEKOM 2.10 40. ROBIN, Jean-Cyril FRA US POSTAL SERVICE 2.14 41. FREIRE, Oscar ESP VITALICIO SEGUROS 2.17 42. HINCAPIE, Georgo USA US POSTAL SERVICE 2.24 43. FERNANDEZ, Manuel ESP BANESTO 2.24 44. MORIN, Anthony FRA LA FRANCAISE DES JEUXX 2.24 45. SUNDERLAND, Scott AUS PALMANS-IDEAL 2.28 46. HUNDERTMARK, Kai GER TELEKOM 2.28 47. NIETO, German ESP ESTEPONA-BREPAC 2.33 48. VICARIO, Juan Carlos ESP ESTEPONA-BREPAC 2.40 49. GONZALEZ, Igor ESP EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI 2.45 50. PLAZA, David ESP COFIDIS 2.45 51. BELTRAN, Manuel ESP BANESTO 2.55 52. MCEWEN, Robbie AUS RABOBANK 3.06 53. HERNANDEZ, Eduardo ESP KELME-COSTA BLANCA 3.12 54. SIERRA, Roberto ESP ONCE 3.14 55. SALMON, Benoit FRA CASINO 3.18 56. SCHMIDT, Rico GER CONTINENTAL-OLYMPIA 3.20 57. GAMITO, Victor Manuel POR TROIAMARISCO-P.RAVESSA 3.27 58. MEINERT, Peter DEN US POSTAL SERVICE 3.34 59. BERZIN, Eugeni RUS LA FRANCAISE DES JEUXX 3.34 60. SORENSEN, Rolf DEN RABOBANK 3.46 61. BARANOWSKI, Dariusz POL US POSTAL SERVICE 3.55 62. VANDERAERDEN, Gert BEL PALMANS-IDEAL 4.04 63. DIETZ, Bert GER TELEKOM 4.19 64. ZABEL, Erik GER TELEKOM 4.38 65. CAPELLE, Christophe FRA COFIDIS 4.38 66. VALLS, Tomas ESP TROIAMARISCO-P.RAVESSA 4.38 67. HEULOT, Stephane FRA LA FRANCAISE DES JEUXX 4.38 68. PEETERS, Wilfried BEL MAPEI-BRICOBI 4.38 69. KASPUTIS, Arturas LTU CASINO 4.38 70. MUSEEUW, Johan BEL MAPEI-BRICOBI 4.38 71. LEYSEN, Bart BEL MAPEI-BRICOBI 4.38 72. SCHAFFRATH, Jan GER TELEKOM 4.38 73. OUTSCHAKOV, Serguei UKR TVM-FARM FRITES 4.38 74. MOREAU, Francis FRA COFIDIS 4.38 75. FLORES, Igor ESP EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI 5.05 76. AGGIANO, Elio ITA VITALICIO SEGUROS 5.11 77. WESEMANN, Steffen GER TELEKOM 5.54 78. ANDREU, Frankie USA US POSTAL SERVICE 6.16 79. SCHOLZ, Timo GER CONTINENTAL-OLYMPIA 6.30 80. HENRIX, Sascha GER TEAM GEROLSTEINER 6.30 81. BLANCO, Santiago ESP VITALICIO SEGUROS 6.30 82. ANDERSSON, Michael SWE TVM-FARM FRITES 6.39 83. SAUERBORN, Andreas GER CONTINENTAL-OLYMPIA 6.39 84. DIAZ, Rafael ESP ONCE 6.39 85. GARMENDIA, Aitor ESP BANESTO 6.39 86. GARCIA, Ignacio ESP KELME-COSTA BLANCA 6.39 87. PAUWELS, Karl BEL PALMANS-IDEAL 6.51 88. EDO, Angel ESP KELME-COSTA BLANCA 6.55 89. MICHAELSEN, Lars DEN TVM-FARM FRITES 7.07 90. STEELS, Tom BEL MAPEI-BRICOBI 7.10 91. LEAZNIBARRUTIA, Alberto ESP ONCE 7.23 92. MAULEON, Javier ESP ONCE 7.28 93. LOMBARDI, Giovanni ITA TELEKOM 7.47 94. GAUMONT, Philippe FRA COFIDIS 7.58 95. MATTAN, Nico BEL MAPEI-BRICOBI 8.12 96. HUNT, Jeremy GBR BANESTO 8.15 97. PLANCKAERT, Jo BEL LOTTO-MOBISTAR 8.15 98. HORNER, Christopher USA LA FRANCAISE DES JEUXX 8.18 99. BERMEJO, Andres ESP ESTEPONA-BREPAC 8.24 100. VAN BON, Leon NED RABOBANK 8.38 101. PEREZ, Cesar ESP ESTEPONA-BREPAC 11.12 102. VILLANUEVA, Isaac ESP ESTEPONA-BREPAC 11.12 103. VAN HEESWIJK, Max NED RABOBANK 11.30 104. BARRIGON, Josue ESP ONCE 12.48 105. PERON, Andrea ITA LA FRANCAISE DES JEUXX 12.48 106. PASCUAL RODRIGUEZ, Javier ESP KELME-COSTA BLANCA 14.28 107. BRAMATI, Davide ITA MAPEI-BRICOBI 14.28 108. VAN MALDERGHEM, Steven BEL PALMANS-IDEAL 14.44 109. RINCON, Oliverio COL VITALICIO SEGUROS 15.24 110. MOLLER, Claus Michael DEN TVM-FARM FRITES 15.30 111. ZANINI, Stefano ITA MAPEI-BRICOBI 16.32 112. DURANT, Jacky FRA CASINO 17.21 113. VAN DER WOLF, Michael NED TEAM GEROLSTEINER 20.16 114. HIEMSTRA, Bert NED RABOBANK 20.16 115. VERZIAGI, Stefano ITA ESTEPONA-BREPAC 20.16 116. GRABSCH, Ralf GER TEAM GEROLSTEINER 20.16 117. ALVES, Nuno POR TROIAMARISCO-P.RAVESSA 20.16 118. CORVERS, Frank BEL PALMANS-IDEAL 20.16 119. FERNANDES, Philippe FRA TROIAMARISCO-P.RAVESSA 20.16 120. JIMENEZ, Eladio ESP BANESTO 20.16 121. DE CLERCQ, Hans BEL PALMANS-IDEAL 20.16 122. LIVINGSTON, Kevin USA COFIDIS 20.16 123. VANZELLA, Flavio ITA LA FRANCAISE DES JEUXX 20.16 124. SCHLICKAU, Michael GER TEAM GEROLSTEINER 20.16 125. BELOKI, Joseba ESP EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI 20.27 126. WEGMANN, Christian GER CONTINENTAL-OLYMPIA 21.08 127. GARCIA, Jose Vicente ESP BANESTO 21.08 128. LASTRAS, Pablo ESP BANESTO 26.50 129. ELIZBURU, Jose M. ESP ESTEPONA-BREPAC 26.50 130. MATIAS, Raul POR TROIAMARISCO-P.RAVESSA 26.50 131. KINTANA, Aitor ESP EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI 27.01 132. LAFIS, Michael SWE TVM-FARM FRITES 29.02 133. WILLIEMS, Ludwing BEL LOTTO-MOBISTAR 29.10 134. WALZER, Andreas GER CONTINENTAL-OLYMPIA 29.13 135. GWIAZDOWSKI, Grzegorz POL COFIDIS 36.35 136. BRAND, Hans-Kurt SUI CONTINENTAL-OLYMPIA 41.12 137. VANDENBROUCKE, Jean-Denis BEL LOTTO-MOBISTAR 42.59 138. GLASNER, Bjorn GER TEAM GEROLSTEINER 43.07 139. VIERHOUTEN, Aart NED RABOBANK 43.37 140. AGNOLUTTO, Christophe FRA CASINO 43.52 141. PARINUSSA, Stefan GER TEAM GEROLSTEINER 47.03Brief The stage from Benalmadena to the Santuario de la Virgen Arceli finished near the Cloister at the Sanctuary after a first category climb. This was the so-called 'Queen Stage' of the La Ruta del Sol, and became a show case for ONCE, who took the first three places for the stage and the overall GC. The average speed for the stage was 37.06 kms/hr. The stage lived up to the expected hype and very quickly different teams started to make moves. The first to come were from Frenchman Jacky Durand, Spaniard Andrés Bermejo and Dutchman Van Bon, who took off at kilometer 13. They opened a gap of up to nine minutes since they worked well together and there was no organized chase. That was until Kelme and ONCE decided to take matters in their hands to bring them back. Van Bon was able to drop his breakaway companions at kilometer 130, but he was caught 20kms later, with 15kms to go. As they reached the streets of Lucena, the real race began with the Vandenbroucke and his fellow Mapei riders imposing the climbing rhythm off the front. But the two teams that until then had worked the most joined in an exciting duel up the last 12 kilometers of climbing. Things went the way of ONCE, mostly because of the strength of their riders and Jalabert's experience, who time and time again interrupted the rivals rhythm. Marcelino García escaped from the group with some four kilometers to go and without opening a big gap, was able to maintain a good rhythm which allowed him to get to the finish five seconds ahead of Jalabert. Jalabert had to counter attack the many escape attempts from their group. Nine seconds further back in third was García's ONCE teammate David Etxeberria. |