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Marcel Wust writes
Stage ReportWell Marcel has made it to Madrid. Festina also had another thing to celebrate after the 39 kms individual Time Trial - Alex Zülle was one second faster than Abraham Olano, who did enough to recapture the leader's jersey. The time trial was held on a major highway near to Madrid which was sealed off for the event.Olano now has a 1.23 gap on Fernando Escartin and that will be enough to ensure him victory. Lance Armstrong was the other star of the day finishing 8 seconds back to Zülle. He is having a great Vuelta and if we still needed evidence that he was back and coming into form for the Worlds in two weeks then this had put paid to those doubts. Zülle told the press later: "It was an important day in my life. I have won two Vueltas and I wanted to win a stage if I could not make the podium." Olano was 2.50 faster than his teammate and overnight leader Jose Maria Jimenez who dropped back to third overall at 2.12. Lance is 4th at 2.18. Olano told the press: "There has been a lot of criticism about how I ride and use my team. When you have the leader's yellow jersey you have to be defensive. That's my job and there is a race to be won." Stage 21, Fuenlabrada - Fuenlabrada, ITT 39 kms:1. Alex Zülle (Fra) Festina-Lotus 46.36 (50.215) 2. Abraham Olano Manzano (Spa) Banesto 0.01 3. Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal 0.08 4. Richard Virenque (Fra) Festina-Lotus 1.01 5. José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1.11 6. José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Banesto 1.12 7. Melcihor Mauri Prat (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 1.21 8. Peter Meinert-Nielsen (Den) US Postal 1.27 9. Nico Mattan (Bel) Mapei-Bricobi 1.32 10. Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 1.32 11. Laurent Jalabert (Fra) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 1.36 12. Uwe Peschel (Ger) Estepona-Brepac 1.43 13. Fernando Escartin (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1.56 14. Alvaro Gonzalez Galdeano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.57 15. Oskar Camenzind (Swi) Mapei-Bricobi 2.01 16. Ludo Dierickxsens (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar 2.02 17. Ruslan Ivanov (Rus) Brescialat-Liquigas 2.02 18. Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2.03 19. Andrei Zintchenko (Rus) Vitalicio Seguros 2.08 20. Marco Serpellini (Ita) Brescialat-Liquigas 2.09 21. Laurent Brochard (Fra) Festina-Lotus 2.36 22. Michael Claus Moller (Den) TVM-Farm Frites 2.45 23. David Plaza Romero (Spa) Cofidis 2.48 24. José Maria Jiminez Sastre (Spa) Banesto 2.51 25. Christian Vandevelde (USA) US Postal 3.01 26. Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Banesto 3.04 27. José Ramon Uriarte Zubero (Spa) Festina-Lotus 3.07 28. Marcus Zberg (Swi) Post Swiss Team 3.09 29. Marcos Serrano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 3.15 30. Jon Odriozola Mugarza (Spa) Banesto 3.17 31. Mirko Gualdi (Ita) Polti 3.21 32. Fabrice Gougot (Fra) Casino 3.27 33. Eleuterio Anguita Hinojosa (Spa) Estepona-Brepac 3.31 34. Cristian Salvato (Ita) Polti 3.33 35. José Joaquim Castelblanco (Col) Avianca-Telecom 3.35 36. Micheal Rich (Ger) Saeco 3.40 37. Francisco Leon Mane (Col) Avianca-Telecom 3.42 38. Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Brescialat-Liquigas 3.52 39. Rolf Sorensen (Den) Rabobank 3.55 40. Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Cantina Tollo 3.59 41. José Rodriguez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 4.01 42. Juan Carlos Vicario Barbera (Spa) Estepona-Brepac 4.03 43. Pascal Chanteur (Fra) Casino 4.05 44. Francisco Cabello (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 4.07 45. Felix M. Garcia Casas (Spa) Festina-Lotus 4.07 46. Niki Aebersold (Swi) Post Swiss Team 4.08 47. Alberto Leanizbarrutia (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 4.08 48. Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Mapei-Bricobi 4.09 49. Inaki Aiarzaguena Urkidi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.10 50. Ińigo Chaurreau Bernadez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.12 51. David Etxebarria Alkorta (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 4.18 52. Serguei Smetanine (Rus) Vitalicio Seguros 4.19 53. Herminio Diaz Zabala (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 4.22 54. Ińigo Cuesta (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 4.25 55. Philipp Buschor (Swi) Saeco 4.27 56. Manuel Fernandez Gines (Spa) Banesto 4.28 57. Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 4.34 58. Roberto Sierra (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 4.37 59. Gianni Bugno (Ita) Mapei-Bricobi 4.38 60. Anthony Rokia (Fra) Polti 4.47 61. Arsenio Gonzalez Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 4.54 62. Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Polti 4.57 63. Aitor Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Banesto 5.02 64. Bert Dietz (Ger) Telekom 5.03 65. Santiago Blanco (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros 5.07 66. Davide Bramati (Ita) Mapei-Bricobi 5.16 67. Angel Edo Alsina (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 5.16 68. Tristan Hoffman (Ned) TVM-Farm Frites 5.17 69. Rolf Huser (Swi) Post Swiss Team 5.18 70. Mario Aerts (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar 5.18 71. Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco 5.19 72. Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar 5.19 73. Luis Maria Diaz De Otazu (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 5.25 74. Michel Lafis (Swe) TVM-Farm Frites 5.28 75. Roberto Sgambelluri (Ita) Brescialat-Liquigas 5.31 76. Daniel Paradis (Swi) Post Swiss Team 5.32 77. Maurizio Frizzo (Ita) Cantina Tollo 5.34 78. Javier Pascual Llorente (Col) Avianca-Telecom 5.41 79. Cristiano Frattini (Ita) Brescialat-Liquigas 5.47 80. Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Casino 5.49 81. Matías Cagigas (Spa) Estepona-Brepac 5.56 82. Vitali Kokorin (Rus) Saeco 5.57 83. Unai Etxebarria Arana (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5.58 84. Mikel Zarrabeitia Uranga (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 5.59 85. Chris Peers (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar 6.01 86. Vincent Cali (Fra) Casino 6.06 87. Roger Beuchat (Swi) Post Swiss Team 6.06 88. Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Cofidis 6.07 89. Georg Totsching (Aut) Telekom 6.07 90. Kai Hundertmark (Ger) Telekom 6.10 91. Julio César Aguirre Cabrera (Col) Avianca-Telecom 6.11 92. Pierre Bourquenoud (Swi) Post Swiss Team 6.12 93. Angel Castresana (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6.12 94. Jonathan Vaughters (USA) US Postal 6.13 95. Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Rabobank 6.23 96. Joona Laukka (Fin) Lotto-Mobistar 6.29 97. Franz Hotz (Swi) Post Swiss Team 6.42 98. Steve De Wolf (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar 6.57 99. Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Casino 7.07 100. German Nieto Fernandez (Spa) Estepona-Brepac 7.09 101. Giancarlo Raimondi (Ita) Brescialat-Liquigas 7.11 102. Mark Lotz (Ned) Rabobank 7.22 103. Federico Muńoz Fernandez (Col) Avianca-Telecom 7.24 104. Gianluca Valoti (Ita) Polti 7.28 105. Richard Chassot (Swi) Post Swiss Team 7.33 106. Marcel Wust (Ger) Festina-Lotus 7.49 107. Guido Trenti (Ita) Cantina Tollo 8.08 108. Harald Morscher (Aut) Saeco 9.24 GC after Stage 21
1. Abraham Olano Manzano (Spa) Banesto 89.35.32 2. Fernando Escartin (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1.23 3. José Maria Jiminez Sastre (Spa) Banesto 2.12 4. Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal 2.18 5. Laurent Jalabert (Fra) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 2.37 6. Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2.58 7. Alvaro Gonzalez Galdeano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5.51 8. Alex Zülle (Fra) Festina-Lotus 6.05 9. Marco Serpellini (Ita) Brescialat-Liquigas 8.58 10. Marcos Serrano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 10.17 11. Richard Virenque (Fra) Festina-Lotus 13.33 12. Jon Odriozola Mugarza (Spa) Banesto 14.05 13. Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Banesto 16.42 14. Andrei Zintchenko (Rus) Vitalicio Seguros 19.14 15. José Joaquim Castelblanco (Col) Avianca-Telecom 21.28 16. Oskar Camenzind (Swi) Mapei-Bricobi 22.25 17. David Plaza Romero (Spa) Cofidis 26.00 18. Fabrice Gougot (Fra) Casino 30.05 19. Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Cantina Tollo 30.32 20. Felix M. Garcia Casas (Spa) Festina-Lotus 31.58 21. Mirko Gualdi (Ita) Polti 36.01 22. Aitor Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Banesto 36.39 23. Inaki Aiarzaguena Urkidi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 40.55 24. Angel Castresana (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 44.28 25. Michael Claus Moller (Den) TVM-Farm Frites 45.06 26. José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 46.09 27. Niki Aebersold (Swi) Post Swiss Team 47.43 28. Ińigo Chaurreau Bernadez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 50.33 29. José Ramon Uriarte Zubero (Spa) Festina-Lotus 54.09 30. David Etxebarria Alkorta (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 55.25 31. Arsenio Gonzalez Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 57.09 32. Santiago Blanco (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros 57.42 33. Laurent Brochard (Fra) Festina-Lotus 57.56 34. Ludo Dierickxsens (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar 1.01.02 35. Melcihor Mauri Prat (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 1.02.41 36. Mikel Zarrabeitia Uranga (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 1.03.42 37. Roberto Sgambelluri (Ita) Brescialat-Liquigas 1.03.53 38. Javier Pascual Llorente (Col) Avianca-Telecom 1.08.38 39. Juan Carlos Vicario Barbera (Spa) Estepona-Brepac 1.09.30 40. Vitali Kokorin (Rus) Saeco 1.11.05 41. Mario Aerts (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar 1.11.23 42. Unai Etxebarria Arana (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.14.28 43. Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Casino 1.15.04 44. Federico Muńoz Fernandez (Col) Avianca-Telecom 1.16.09 45. Julio César Aguirre Cabrera (Col) Avianca-Telecom 1.18.41 46. Gianluca Valoti (Ita) Polti 1.18.42 47. Pascal Chanteur (Fra) Casino 1.19.03 48. José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Banesto 1.27.08 49. Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 1.32.35 50. Eleuterio Anguita Hinojosa (Spa) Estepona-Brepac 1.33.31 51. Vincent Cali (Fra) Casino 1.33.45 52. Ińigo Cuesta (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 1.35.38 53. Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco 1.38.27 54. Roberto Sierra (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 1.42.34 55. Alberto Leanizbarrutia (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 1.42.46 56. Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Mapei-Bricobi 1.43.02 57. Marcus Zberg (Swi) Post Swiss Team 1.43.32 58. Rolf Huser (Swi) Post Swiss Team 1.47.13 59. Rolf Sorensen (Den) Rabobank 1.49.48 60. Pierre Bourquenoud (Swi) Post Swiss Team 1.59.05 61. Serguei Smetanine (Rus) Vitalicio Seguros 2.01.11 62. Philipp Buschor (Swi) Saeco 2.01.43 63. Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Polti 2.03.08 64. José Rodriguez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2.05.05 65. Steve De Wolf (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar 2.09.02 66. Franz Hotz (Swi) Post Swiss Team 2.09.03 67. Nico Mattan (Bel) Mapei-Bricobi 2.09.37 68. Cristiano Frattini (Ita) Brescialat-Liquigas 2.10.58 69. Manuel Fernandez Gines (Spa) Banesto 2.11.50 70. Michel Lafis (Swe) TVM-Farm Frites 2.13.10 71. Georg Totsching (Aut) Telekom 2.17.53 72. Herminio Diaz Zabala (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 2.20.53 73. Chris Peers (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar 2.21.30 74. Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 2.21.43 75. Luis Maria Diaz De Otazu (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 2.27.04 76. Angel Edo Alsina (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2.27.43 77. Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Brescialat-Liquigas 2.32.49 78. Maurizio Frizzo (Ita) Cantina Tollo 2.32.51 79. Bert Dietz (Ger) Telekom 2.36.46 80. Francisco Cabello (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2.38.20 81. Kai Hundertmark (Ger) Telekom 2.40.35 82. Peter Meinert-Nielsen (Den) US Postal 2.41.29 83. Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Cofidis 2.45.09 84. Gianni Bugno (Ita) Mapei-Bricobi 2.49.18 85. Joona Laukka (Fin) Lotto-Mobistar 2.51.27 86. Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar 2.52.02 87. Richard Chassot (Swi) Post Swiss Team 2.52.44 88. Daniel Paradis (Swi) Post Swiss Team 2.53.26 89. Cristian Salvato (Ita) Polti 2.54.43 90. Christian Vandevelde (USA) US Postal 2.56.33 91. Uwe Peschel (Ger) Estepona-Brepac 2.59.55 92. Micheal Rich (Ger) Saeco 3.00.57 93. Matías Cagigas (Spa) Estepona-Brepac 3.04.54 94. Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Rabobank 3.05.50 95. Tristan Hoffman (Ned) TVM-Farm Frites 3.06.06 96. Giancarlo Raimondi (Ita) Brescialat-Liquigas 3.09.44 97. Harald Morscher (Aut) Saeco 3.10.13 98. Francisco Leon Mane (Col) Avianca-Telecom 3.11.36 99. Ruslan Ivanov (Rus) Brescialat-Liquigas 3.12.32 100. Roger Beuchat (Swi) Post Swiss Team 3.29.04 101. Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Casino 3.30.43 102. Davide Bramati (Ita) Mapei-Bricobi 3.31.07 103. Mark Lotz (Ned) Rabobank 3.36.03 104. Anthony Rokia (Fra) Polti 3.38.06 105. Jonathan Vaughters (USA) US Postal 3.40.17 106. Guido Trenti (Ita) Cantina Tollo 3.42.27 107. Marcel Wust (Ger) Festina-Lotus 3.45.21 108. German Nieto Fernandez (Spa) Estepona-Brepac 4.09.30 |