Other Stages
Brief:Colombian rider Hernán Buenahora (Vitalicio Seguros), won the sixth stage raced over 180.4 kms between Tarrega and Boí Taull. Olano, who came in fourth, 16 seconds behind took over the general classification. The result of this first mountain stage was not a surprise, since most cyclists don't know how their muscles will react to the change from flat to mountains.There was a lot of respect for the stage and there was no breakaways attempted until late into the stage. Eventually, Spaniard Igor González de Galdeano and Italian Massimiliano Mori attacked at Km. 115, but were caught at the 145 kms mark, after opening a maximum advantage of a minute and a half. After neutralizing the break, the hour of truth drew closer and it was team Kelme with Santos González, Gómez and Sevilla who imposed a cruel tempo to wear out Escartin's closest rivals, specially Olano. But they were not able to 'break' Olano, who was pulled along perfectly by his teammates, especially Beltran, until the last 4 kilometers of the Boí Taull, where the finish was located. At the foot of the last climb the front group included Escartín, Olano, Velo, Bolts and Podenza. The tempo was controlled by Kelme and Banesto, although there were attacks by Avianca with Osorio and Castelblanco. With 3 kilometers to go, Vitalicio Seguros which held through all the attacks, waited until the end when Escartin took off and followed him with Buenahora. Behind them a group followed which included Olano, Beltrán, Totsching, Frattini, Cerezo and Elli, where nobody wanted to assume the responsibility to chase. Buenahora took the final sprint easily, followed by Escartín, who would gain a little time over his rival, Abraham Olano. Tomorrow's Stage 7 will be raced between Vall de Boi and Ordino Arcalis (231.7 kms), considered the 'Queen' stage. It's a horrific stage because of the many kilometers and the four categorized climbs: Túnel de Viella (Category 2, km 38), La Bonaigua (Cat 1, km 74), Cantó (Cat 1, km 149) and Ordino Arcalís (Cat 1) where the finish will be located. Stage 6, Tarrega - Vall de Boi (Boi Taull), 180.4 kms:1. BUENAHORA, Hernan COL VITALICIO SEGUROS 5.19.30 (33.9) 2. ESCARTIN, Fernando ESP KELME-COSTA BLANCA 0.01 3. FRATTINI, Francesco ITA TELEKOM 0.16 4. OLANO, Abraham ESP BANESTO 0.16 5. TOTSCHING, Georg AUT TELEKOM 0.16 6. CEREZO, Fco. Javier ESP ESTEPONA-BREPAC 0.23 7. ELLI, Alberto ITA CASINO 0.31 8. BELTRAN, Manuel ESP BANESTO 0.31 9. CASTELBLANCO, Jose J. COL AVIANCA-TELECOM 0.37 10. PODENZANA, Massimo ITA MERCATONE-UNO-BIANCH 0.37 11. CONTI, Roberto ITA MERCATONE-UNO-BIANCH 0.37 12. PENA, Victor Hugo COL AVIANCA-TELECOM 0.46 13. HERNANDEZ, Jairo COL AVIANCA-TELECOM 0.50 14. CASERO, Angel Luis ESP VITALICIO SEGUROS 0.50 15. MIRANDA, Carmelo ESP ESTEPONA-BREPAC 1.00 16. PEREZ, Luis ESP ONCE-DEUTSCHE BANK 1.26 17. SERRANO, Marcos ESP KELME-COSTA BLANCA 1.44 18. LAISEKA, Roberto ESP EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI 2.18 19. DI GRANDE, Giuseppe ITA MAPEI-BRICOBI 2.27 20. HAMBURGER, Bo DEN CASINO 2.34 21. MASSI, Rodolfo ITA CASINO 2.34 22. ROBIN, Jean-Cyril FRA U.S.POSTAL SERVICE 2.34 23. GONZALEZ, Alvaro ESP EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI 2.48 24. KOKORINE, Vitali RUS SAECO MACHINE DA CAF 2.55 25. VASSEUR, Cedric FRA GAN 2.55 26. HAMILTON, Tyler USA U.S.POSTAL SERVICE 2.57 27. SIBONI, Marcello ITA MERCATONE-UNO-BIANCH 2.59 28. MAULEON, Javier ESP ONCE-DEUTSCHE BANK 3.49 29. DIETZ, Bert GER TELEKOM 3.49 30. MAURI, Melchor ESP ONCE-DEUTSCHE BANK 3.49 31. SIERRA, Roberto ESP ONCE-DEUTSCHE BANK 3.49 32. BENITEZ, Francisco ESP VITALICIO SEGUROS 3.49 33. BOLTS, Udo GER TELEKOM 3.49 34. OSORIO, Carlos Andres COL AVIANCA-TELECOM 4.50 35. GONZALEZ, Ramon ESP EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI 4.50 36. EKIMOV, Vjatceslav RUS U.S.POSTAL SERVICE 4.50 37. LEON, Francisco ESP AVIANCA-TELECOM 4.50 38. AGUIRRE, Julio Cesar COL AVIANCA-TELECOM 4.50 39. SEVILLA, Oscar ESP KELME-COSTA BLANCA 4.50 40. CHAURREAU, I¤igo ESP EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI 4.50 41. CONTRERAS, Carlos Albe COL KELME-COSTA BLANCA 4.50 42. VICARIO, Juan Carlos ESP ESTEPONA-BREPAC 5.26 43. LOPEZ, Oscar ESP EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI 5.53 44. OUTSCHAKOV, Serguei UKR T.V.M.-FARM FRITES 5.53 45. LAFIS, Michael SWE T.V.M.-FARM FRITES 5.53 46. LEFEVRE, David FRA CASINO 5.53 47. TAFI, Andrea ITA MAPEI-BRICOBI 5.53 48. GARCIA, Fco. Jose ESP ONCE-DEUTSCHE BANK 5.53 49. DOMINGUEZ, Juan Carlos ESP VITALICIO SEGUROS 5.53 50. VELO, Marco ITA MERCATONE-UNO-BIANCH 6.01 51. MORATILLA, Victor Manu ESP ESTEPONA-BREPAC 7.27 52. GOMEZ, Jose Javier ESP KELME-COSTA BLANCA 7.33 53. GONZALEZ, Igor ESP EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI 7.49 54. VANDENBROUCKE, Frank BEL MAPEI-BRICOBI 10.22 55. RODRIGUES, Orlando S. POR BANESTO 10.22 56. ANGUITA, Eleuterio ESP ESTEPONA-BREPAC 10.22 57. MORI, Massimiliano ITA SAECO MACHINE DA CAF 10.22 58. FORNACIARI, Paolo ITA SAECO MACHINE DA CAF 10.22 59. HINCAPIE, George USA U.S.POSTAL SERVICE 10.22 60. TCHMIL, Andrei BEL LOTTO-MOBISTAR 10.22 61. MULLER, Dirk GER TELEKOM 10.22 62. PRETOT, Arnaud FRA GAN 10.22 63. FONTANELLI, Fabiano ITA MERCATONE-UNO-BIANCH 11.31 64. ARRIETA, Jose Luis ESP BANESTO 14.17 65. GARCIA, Jose Vicente ESP BANESTO 14.17 66. ALONSO, Marino ESP BANESTO 14.17 67. MICHAELSEN, Lars DEN T.V.M.-FARM FRITES 14.17 68. DETILLOUX, Christophe BEL LOTTO-MOBISTAR 14.17 69. PEERS, Chris BEL LOTTO-MOBISTAR 14.17 70. DE LOS ANGELES, Juan J ESP KELME-COSTA BLANCA 14.17 71. ARMSTRONG, Lance USA U.S.POSTAL SERVICE 15.41 72. ZARRABEITIA, Mikel ESP ONCE-DEUTSCHE BANK 15.41 73. CUESTA, I¤igo ESP ONCE-DEUTSCHE BANK 15.41 74. KONYSHEV, Dimitri RUS MERCATONE-UNO-BIANCH 15.41 75. ETXEBARRIA, Unai VEN EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI 15.41 76. FAGNINI, Gian Matteo ITA SAECO MACHINE DA CAF 17.11 77. EDO, Angel ESP KELME-COSTA BLANCA 17.11 78. LEYSEN, Bart BEL MAPEI-BRICOBI 17.11 79. PASCUAL LLORENTE, Javi ESP AVIANCA-TELECOM 17.11 80. PEETERS, Wilfried BEL MAPEI-BRICOBI 17.11 81. DERAME, Pascal FRA U.S.POSTAL SERVICE 17.11 82. CERIOLI, Ivan ITA ESTEPONA-BREPAC 17.11 83. BARANOWSKI, Dariusz POL U.S.POSTAL SERVICE 17.11 84. GONZALEZ, Santos ESP KELME-COSTA BLANCA 17.11 85. MARICHAL, Thierry BEL LOTTO-MOBISTAR 17.11 86. BOARDMAN, Christopher GBR GAN 17.11 87. HENN, Christian GER TELEKOM 17.11 88. SCIREA, Mario ITA SAECO MACHINE DA CAF 17.11 89. CALCATERRA, Guiseppe ITA SAECO MACHINE DA CAF 17.11 90. RINCON, Oliverio COL VITALICIO SEGUROS 17.11 91. FLORES, Igor ESP EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI 17.11 92. MEINERT, Peter DEN U.S.POSTAL SERVICE 17.11 93. SALMERON, Gines ESP VITALICIO SEGUROS 17.11 94. FERRIGATO, Andrea ITA VITALICIO SEGUROS 17.11 95. POLI, Eros ITA GAN 17.11 96. HUNDERTMARK, Kai GER TELEKOM 17.11 97. BRAMATI, Davide ITA MAPEI-BRICOBI 17.11 98. STEELS, Tom BEL MAPEI-BRICOBI 17.11 99. VAN PETEGEM, Peter BEL T.V.M.-FARM FRITES 17.11 100. VOSKAMP, Bart NED T.V.M.-FARM FRITES 17.11 101. VANDENBROUCKE, Jean-De BEL LOTTO-MOBISTAR 17.11 102. HOFFMAN, Tristan NED T.V.M.-FARM FRITES 17.11 103. DURAND, Jacky FRA CASINO 23.13 104. GOUGOT, Fabrice FRA CASINO 23.13 105. FEYS, Wim BEL LOTTO-MOBISTAR 23.13 106. DVORSICK, Milan SVK AVIANCA-TELECOM 23.13 107. BOS, Cyril FRA GAN 23.13 108. LEAZNIBARRUTIA, Albert ESP ONCE-DEUTSCHE BANK 23.13 109. BLIJLEVENS, Jeroen NED T.V.M.-FARM FRITES 23.13 110. BARBOSA, Candido POR BANESTO 23.13 111. TRAVERSONI, Mario ITA MERCATONE-UNO-BIANCH 23.13 112. ZANINI, Stefano ITA MAPEI-BRICOBI 23.13 113. VERZIAGI, Stefano ITA ESTEPONA-BREPAC 23.13 114. PLANCKAERT, Jo BEL LOTTO-MOBISTAR 25.28 115. WILLIEMS, Ludwing BEL LOTTO-MOBISTAR 25.36 GC after Stage 6
1. OLANO, Abraham ESP BANESTO 21.15.42 2. ESCARTIN, Fernando ESP KELME-COSTA BLANCA 0.54 3. PODENZANA, Massimo ITA MERCATONE-UNO-BIANCHI 1.07 4. TOTSCHING, Georg AUT TELEKOM 1.12 5. BUENAHORA, Hernan COL VITALICIO SEGUROS 1.19 6. CASERO, Angel Luis ESP VITALICIO SEGUROS 1.28 7. PENA, Victor Hugo COL AVIANCA-TELECOM 1.32 8. ELLI, Alberto ITA CASINO 1.39 9. BELTRAN, Manuel ESP BANESTO 1.43 10. PEREZ, Luis ESP ONCE-DEUTSCHE BANK 1.58 11. CASTELBLANCO, Jose J. COL AVIANCA-TELECOM 2.11 12. HERNANDEZ, Jairo COL AVIANCA-TELECOM 2.55 13. CEREZO, Fco. Javier ESP ESTEPONA-BREPAC 3.04 14. SERRANO, Marcos ESP KELME-COSTA BLANCA 3.17 15. ROBIN, Jean-Cyril FRA U.S.POSTAL SERVICE 3.26 16. CONTI, Roberto ITA MERCATONE-UNO-BIANCHI 3.29 17. HAMILTON, Tyler USA U.S.POSTAL SERVICE 3.33 18. MIRANDA, Carmelo ESP ESTEPONA-BREPAC 3.35 19. GONZALEZ, Alvaro ESP EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI 3.49 20. HAMBURGER, Bo DEN CASINO 3.50 21. DI GRANDE, Giuseppe ITA MAPEI-BRICOBI 3.55 22. MAURI, Melchor ESP ONCE-DEUTSCHE BANK 4.00 23. SIBONI, Marcello ITA MERCATONE-UNO-BIANCHI 4.13 24. MASSI, Rodolfo ITA CASINO 4.20 25. FRATTINI, Francesco ITA TELEKOM 4.31 26. LAISEKA, Roberto ESP EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI 4.37 27. VASSEUR, Cedric FRA GAN 5.14 28. MAULEON, Javier ESP ONCE-DEUTSCHE BANK 5.20 29. EKIMOV, Vjatceslav RUS U.S.POSTAL SERVICE 5.22 30. BOLTS, Udo GER TELEKOM 5.39 31. BENITEZ, Francisco ESP VITALICIO SEGUROS 5.48 32. VELO, Marco ITA MERCATONE-UNO-BIANCHI 5.48 33. DOMINGUEZ, Juan Carlos ESP VITALICIO SEGUROS 5.53 34. KOKORINE, Vitali RUS SAECO MACHINE DA CAFFE 6.05 35. DIETZ, Bert GER TELEKOM 6.26 36. CHAURREAU, I¤igo ESP EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI 6.53 37. SIERRA, Roberto ESP ONCE-DEUTSCHE BANK 6.54 38. CONTRERAS, Carlos Alberto COL KELME-COSTA BLANCA 6.57 39. SEVILLA, Oscar ESP KELME-COSTA BLANCA 7.21 40. LEON, Francisco ESP AVIANCA-TELECOM 7.39 41. LEFEVRE, David FRA CASINO 7.56 42. AGUIRRE, Julio Cesar COL AVIANCA-TELECOM 8.01 43. VICARIO, Juan Carlos ESP ESTEPONA-BREPAC 8.02 44. TAFI, Andrea ITA MAPEI-BRICOBI 8.09 45. GARCIA, Fco. Jose ESP ONCE-DEUTSCHE BANK 8.15 46. GONZALEZ, Ramon ESP EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI 8.27 47. OSORIO, Carlos Andres COL AVIANCA-TELECOM 8.56 48. GONZALEZ, Igor ESP EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI 9.04 49. LAFIS, Michael SWE T.V.M.-FARM FRITES 9.09 50. OUTSCHAKOV, Serguei UKR T.V.M.-FARM FRITES 9.13 51. LOPEZ, Oscar ESP EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI 9.17 52. MORATILLA, Victor Manuel ESP ESTEPONA-BREPAC 10.41 53. GOMEZ, Jose Javier ESP KELME-COSTA BLANCA 10.53 54. VANDENBROUCKE, Frank BEL MAPEI-BRICOBI 11.21 55. HINCAPIE, George USA U.S.POSTAL SERVICE 11.28 56. MULLER, Dirk GER TELEKOM 11.36 57. TCHMIL, Andrei BEL LOTTO-MOBISTAR 11.55 58. ANGUITA, Eleuterio ESP ESTEPONA-BREPAC 12.21 59. RODRIGUES, Orlando S. POR BANESTO 12.26 60. FONTANELLI, Fabiano ITA MERCATONE-UNO-BIANCHI 13.16 61. MORI, Massimiliano ITA SAECO MACHINE DA CAFFE 13.52 62. FORNACIARI, Paolo ITA SAECO MACHINE DA CAFFE 15.14 63. GARCIA, Jose Vicente ESP BANESTO 15.26 64. ARRIETA, Jose Luis ESP BANESTO 16.06 65. BOARDMAN, Christopher GBR GAN 16.28 66. ARMSTRONG, Lance USA U.S.POSTAL SERVICE 16.34 67. ZARRABEITIA, Mikel ESP ONCE-DEUTSCHE BANK 16.49 68. CUESTA, I¤igo ESP ONCE-DEUTSCHE BANK 17.02 69. MICHAELSEN, Lars DEN T.V.M.-FARM FRITES 17.07 70. ALONSO, Marino ESP BANESTO 17.13 71. BARANOWSKI, Dariusz POL U.S.POSTAL SERVICE 17.48 72. PEERS, Chris BEL LOTTO-MOBISTAR 17.49 73. DE LOS ANGELES, Juan J. ESP KELME-COSTA BLANCA 17.58 74. KONYSHEV, Dimitri RUS MERCATONE-UNO-BIANCHI 18.01 75. MEINERT, Peter DEN U.S.POSTAL SERVICE 18.05 76. GONZALEZ, Santos ESP KELME-COSTA BLANCA 18.06 77. DERAME, Pascal FRA U.S.POSTAL SERVICE 18.48 78. DETILLOUX, Christophe BEL LOTTO-MOBISTAR 19.08 79. ETXEBARRIA, Unai VEN EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI 19.12 80. MARICHAL, Thierry BEL LOTTO-MOBISTAR 19.35 81. VOSKAMP, Bart NED T.V.M.-FARM FRITES 19.49 82. PEETERS, Wilfried BEL MAPEI-BRICOBI 19.58 83. LEYSEN, Bart BEL MAPEI-BRICOBI 19.59 84. SALMERON, Gines ESP VITALICIO SEGUROS 20.03 85. VAN PETEGEM, Peter BEL T.V.M.-FARM FRITES 20.04 86. FERRIGATO, Andrea ITA VITALICIO SEGUROS 20.13 87. SCIREA, Mario ITA SAECO MACHINE DA CAFFE 20.16 88. EDO, Angel ESP KELME-COSTA BLANCA 20.18 89. PASCUAL LLORENTE, Javier ESP AVIANCA-TELECOM 20.22 90. BRAMATI, Davide ITA MAPEI-BRICOBI 20.38 91. VANDENBROUCKE, Jean-Denis BEL LOTTO-MOBISTAR 20.43 92. FLORES, Igor ESP EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI 20.46 93. HENN, Christian GER TELEKOM 21.07 94. POLI, Eros ITA GAN 21.13 95. HOFFMAN, Tristan NED T.V.M.-FARM FRITES 21.24 96. HUNDERTMARK, Kai GER TELEKOM 21.25 97. FAGNINI, Gian Matteo ITA SAECO MACHINE DA CAFFE 21.26 98. STEELS, Tom BEL MAPEI-BRICOBI 21.48 99. RINCON, Oliverio COL VITALICIO SEGUROS 21.57 100. CERIOLI, Ivan ITA ESTEPONA-BREPAC 22.23 101. CALCATERRA, Guiseppe ITA SAECO MACHINE DA CAFFE 23.40 102. DURAND, Jacky FRA CASINO 24.09 103. PRETOT, Arnaud FRA GAN 24.18 104. LEAZNIBARRUTIA, Alberto ESP ONCE-DEUTSCHE BANK 24.56 105. BARBOSA, Candido POR BANESTO 25.13 106. GOUGOT, Fabrice FRA CASINO 25.44 107. BLIJLEVENS, Jeroen NED T.V.M.-FARM FRITES 26.22 108. TRAVERSONI, Mario ITA MERCATONE-UNO-BIANCHI 26.33 109. BOS, Cyril FRA GAN 27.00 110. FEYS, Wim BEL LOTTO-MOBISTAR 27.05 111. ZANINI, Stefano ITA MAPEI-BRICOBI 27.13 112. VERZIAGI, Stefano ITA ESTEPONA-BREPAC 29.29 113. PLANCKAERT, Jo BEL LOTTO-MOBISTAR 30.26 114. WILLIEMS, Ludwing BEL LOTTO-MOBISTAR 31.21 115. DVORSICK, Milan SVK AVIANCA-TELECOM 45.33 |