Vuelta a Espana, Grand Tour

Spain, September 4-26, 1999

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Vandenbroucke "on song"

Belgium's Frank Vandenbroucke gave a hint of what might have been during today's 19th stage of La Vuelta a Espańa. In the past few days, the recently reinstated rider from Cofidis has started to show the form that he had at the beginning of the season, prior to his suspension resulting from the "Sainz-Lavelot" affair. The World Championships are surely firm in this man's sights now.

The final mountain stage saw a group of roughly 25 riders form with 75 km to go on top of the first category Alto de Pedro Bernado. As the stage progressed, Vandenbroucke showed his strength, dropping all but six others on the final climb, the second category Puetro de Navamoral.

This group contained all of the top 5 riders in the overall standings, but notably absent were the likes of Manuel Beltran (Banesto) and Santiago Blanco (Vitalicio Seguros) who had succumbed to the Belgian's efforts.

He attacked inside the two kilometer to go mark, countering and passing ONCE rider Mikel Zarrabeita, and powered to the finish into Avila over the cobbles. Zarrabeita hung on to finish 2nd, 13 seconds back while the remainder of the group was led home by Kelme's Roberto Heras.

After his stage win three days ago, and his second place yesterday, Vandenbroucke was very happy with his form: "It's very encouraging to win another stage, my legs are in good shape. I've always said that the Tour is the best preparations for the world championships and also the last World Cup races. Those are now my objectives," he said.

Although it has been hard to restart his season after his team, Cofidis suspended him over allegations that he was involved in drug peddling, he has now regained his good form. "I just spent my time training," he said. "At first I only intended to ride the first few days in Spain because I was still not sure of my fitness for a long Tour. However I have felt better as the race has progressed," he added. Jan Ullrich finished in 6th spot, just in front of his rival, Spain's Igor Gonzalez Galdeano, and is looking strong for the overall win. Although he lost a little time yesterday, he described himself as completely recovered and is looking forward to tomorrow's 46 km ITT between El Tiemblo and Avila.

However, it should be remembered that Gonzalez Galdeano is not a bad time triallist himself, having won the Prologue in Murcia some 20 days ago. Ullrich can not afford to relax on this one.

Stage 19, El Escorial - Avila, 190 kms.

1   Frank Vandenbroucke (Bel) Cofidis                    4.54.18
2   Mikel Zarrabeitia Uranga (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank        .13
3   Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca         .20
4   Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Mapei-Quick Step                      .20
5   José M. Jimenez Sastre (Spa) Banesto                     .20
6   Jan Ullrich (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom                  .20
7   Igor Gonzalez Galdeano (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros           .20
8   Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Banesto                           .24
9   William Chann McRae (USA) Mapei-Quick Step              1.55
10  José L. Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca          1.55
11  Kurt van de Wouwer (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar                 1.55
12  Andrei Zintchenko (Rus) Vitalicio Seguros               1.55
13  Aitor Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Banesto                      1.55
14  Inigo Chaurreau Bernadez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi        1.55
15  Txema Del Olmo Zendegi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi          1.55
16  José Uria Gonzalez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca             1.55
17  Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Banesto                   1.55
18  Ivan Parra (Col) Vitalicio Seguros                      1.55
19  Santiago Blanco (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros                 1.55
20  Miguel A. Martin Perdiguero (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank    2.28
21  Oscar Camenzind (Swi) Lampre-Daikin                     2.28
22  Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) Costa Almeria-Amica Chips      4.48
23  Laurent Brochard (Fra) Lotus-Festina                    4.48
24  Marcus Zberg (Swi) Rabobank                             4.48
25  Andrea Tafi (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step                      4.48
26  Geert van Bondt (Bel) TVM-Farm Frites                   4.48
27  Jon Odriozola Mugarza (Spa) Banesto                     4.48
28  Quintino Fernandez Rodrigues (Por) Sport Lisboa Benfica 4.48
29  Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Saeco-Cannondale                   4.48
30  Joona Laukka (Fin) Sport Lisboa Benfica                 4.48
31  Massimo Codol (Ita) Lampre-Daikin                       4.48
32  Juan C. Vicario Barbera (Spa) Fuenlabrada               4.48
33  Gianni Faresin (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step                   4.48
34  Daniele Nardello (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step                 4.48
35  Michel Lafis (Swe) TVM-Farm Frites                      4.48
36  Paolo Bettini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step                    4.48
37  Andrea Noe (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step                       4.48
38  Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                         4.48
39  Niki Aebersold (Swi) Rabobank                           4.48
40  Marcos A. Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank    4.48
41  Alvaro Gonzalez Galdeano (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros        4.48
42  Rolf Aldag (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom                  4.48
43  Ińigo Cuesta Lopez (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank             4.48
44  Cesar Solaun Solana (Spa) Banesto                       4.48
45  Rafael Diaz Justo (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank              4.48
46  Felix Garcia Casas (Spa) Lotus-Festina                  4.48
47  Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi            4.48
48  Cristian Moreni (Ita) Liquigas                          4.48
49  Jörg Jaksche  (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom               4.48
50  José V. Garcia Acosta (Spa) Banesto                     7.18
51  Stefano Cattai (Ita) Team Polti                         7.18
52  Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team Deutsche Telekom           7.18
53  Pascal Hervé (Fra) Lotus-Festina                        7.18
54  Oscar Lopez Uriarte (Spa) Sport Lisboa Benfica          11.26
55  José Uriarte Zubero (Spa) Lotus-Festina                 12.01
56  Serguei Smetanine (Rus) Vitalicio Seguros               12.01
57  Jaime Hernandez Bertran (Spa) Lotus-Festina             12.01
58  Igor Flores Galarza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi             12.01
59  Paul van Hyfte (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar                     12.01
60  David Garcia Marquina (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros           12.01
61  Servais Knaven (Ned) TVM-Farm Frites                    12.01
62  Glenn Magnusson (Swe) US Postal Service                 12.01
63  Alex Zülle (Swi) Banesto                                12.01
64  José A. Garrido (Spa) Sport Lisboa Benfica              12.01
65  Melchor Mauri (Spa) Sport Lisboa Benfica                12.01
66  Bram de Groot (Ned) Rabobank                            12.01
67  Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank                                12.01
68  Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Riso Scotti-Vinavil              12.01
69  Alexandre Shefer (Kaz) Riso Scotti-Vinavil              12.01
70  Oscar Pozzi (Ita) Riso Scotti-Vinavil                   12.01
71  Andreas Klöden (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom              12.01
72  Andreas Klier (Ger) TVM-Farm Frites                     12.01
73  Andres Bermejo Siller (Spa) Fuenlabrada                 15.52
74  Toni Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca                    15.52
75  Mario Traversoni (Ita) Saeco-Cannondale                 16.19
76  Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre-Daikin                     16.19
77  Unai Etxebarria Arana (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi           16.19
78  Ramon Gonzalez Arrieta (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi          16.19
79  Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis                        16.19
80  Nicola Miceli  (Ita) Liquigas                           16.19
81  Fabio Roscioli (Ita) Costa Almeria-Amica Chips          18.27
82  Angel Castresana Del Val (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi        18.27
83  Danilo Hondo (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom                18.52
84  Matias Cagigas Amedo (Spa) Fuenlabrada                  18.52
85  Cristian Salvato (Ita) Team Polti                       18.52
86  Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Rabobank                          18.52
87  Pedro Diaz Lobato (Spa) Fuenlabrada                     18.52
88  Rossano Brasi (Ita) Team Polti                          18.52
89  Andrei Teteriouk (Kaz) Liquigas                         18.52
90  Dirk Baldinger (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom              18.52
91  Angel Edo Alsina (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca               18.52
92  Francisco Cabello Luque (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca        18.52
93  Giancarlo Raimondi (Ita) Liquigas                       18.52
94  Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco-Cannondale               18.52
95  Alessandro Pozzi (Ita) Costa Almeria-Amica Chips        19.25
96  Marco Gili (Ita) Costa Almeria-Amica Chips              19.48
97  Remco Van Der Ven (Ned) TVM-Farm Frites                 19.48
98  Stefano Casagranda (Ita) Costa Almeria-Amica Chips      19.48
99  Koen Beeckman (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar                      19.48
100 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom                19.48
101 Robert Hunter (RSA) Lampre-Daikin                       19.48
102 Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank           19.48
103 Julian Dean (NZl) US Postal Service                     19.48
104 German Nieto Fernandez (Spa) Fuenlabrada                19.48
105 Alberto Lopez de Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi         19.48
106 Eleuterio Anguita Hinojosa (Spa) Fuenlabrada            19.48
107 Carlos Golbano (Spa) Costa Almeria-Amica Chips          19.48
108 Cesar Perez Padron  (Spa) Fuenlabrada                   19.48
109 Daniel Bayes (Spa) Sport Lisboa Benfica                 19.48
110 Stefano Verziagi (Ita) Fuenlabrada                      19.48
111 Igor Pugaci (Ita) Saeco-Cannondale                      19.48
112 Arnoldas Saprykinas (Ltu) Riso Scotti-Vinavil           19.48
113 Jeroen Blijlevens (Ned) TVM-Farm Frites                 19.48
114 Frankie Andreu (USA) US Postal Service                  19.48
115 Frank Hoj (Den) US Postal Service                       22.03


Mountains

Alto de la cruz verde   Cat 3
  
1  José M. Jimenez Sastre (Spa) Banesto                      6
2  Laurent Brochard (Fra) Lotus-Festina                      4
3  Inigo Chaurreau Bernadez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi          2
4  Serguei Smetanine (Rus) Vitalicio Seguros                 1

Alto de pedro bernardo  Cat 1
  
1  José M. Jimenez Sastre (Spa) Banesto                     16
2  Inigo Chaurreau Bernadez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi         12
3  Frank Vandenbroucke (Bel) Cofidis                        10
4  Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis                          8
5  Mikel Zarrabeitia Uranga (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank         6
6  Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Mapei-Quick Step                       4
7  Jan Ullrich (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom                   3
8  José Uria Gonzalez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca               2
9  Igor Gonzalez Galdeano (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros            1

Puerto de serranillos  Cat 1
  
1  Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi             16
2  Marcos A. Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche B        12
3  Frank Vandenbroucke (Bel) Cofidis                        10
4  Inigo Chaurreau Bernadez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi          8
5  José M. Jimenez Sastre (Spa) Banesto                      6
6  Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis                          4
7  Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Mapei-Quick Step                       3
8  Mikel Zarrabeitia Uranga (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank         2
9  Jan Ullrich (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom                   1

Puerto de navalmoral  Cat 2
  
1  Frank Vandenbroucke (Bel) Cofidis                        10
2  Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca          7
3  Igor Gonzalez Galdeano (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros            5
4  Jan Ullrich (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom                   3
5  José M. Jimenez Sastre (Spa) Banesto                      2
6  Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Banesto                            1


Points competition

   San Martin De Valdeiglesias   42 km

1  Robert Hunter (RSA) Lampre-Daikin           	 4
2  German Nieto Fernandez (Spa) Fuenlabrada    	 2
3  Frank Vandenbroucke (Bel) Cofidis           	 1


   La Adrada   64.6 km

1  Robert Hunter (Rsa) Lampre-Daikin           	 4
2  German Nieto Fernandez (Spa) Fuenlabrada    	 2
3  Giancarlo Raimondi (Ita) Liquigas           	 1


   Pedro Bernardo  98.3 km

1  Rafael Diaz Justo (Spa) Once-Deutsche Bank  	 4
2  Glenn Magnusson (Swe) Us Postal Service     	 2
3  Pedro Diaz Lobato (Spa) Fuenlabrada         	 1



   Stage Finish   184.6 km
  
1  Frank Vandenbroucke (Bel) Cofidis           	    25
2  Mikel Zarrabeitia Uranga (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche	    20
3  Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 16
4  Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Mapei-Quick Step         	    14
5  José M. Jimenez Sastre (Spa) Banesto        	    12
6  Jan Ullrich (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom     	    10
7  Igor Gonzalez Galdeano (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros   9
8  Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Banesto              	    8
9  William Chann McRae (USA) Mapei-Quick Step  	    7
10 José L. Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca   6
11 Kurt van de Wouwer (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar     	    5
12 Andrei Zintchenko (Rus) Vitalicio Seguros   	    4
13 Aitor Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Banesto          	    3
14 Inigo Chaurreau Bernadez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2

GC after Stage 19. 

1   Jan Ullrich (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom            84.40.40
2   Igor Gonzalez Galdeano (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros           31
3   Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca       2.16
4   José M. Jimenez Sastre (Spa) Banesto                   3.01
5   Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Mapei-Quick Step                    3.42
6   José L. Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca         6.17
7   Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Banesto                         6.23
8   Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Banesto                  6.37
9   Ivan Parra (Col) Vitalicio Seguros                    10.44
10  Santiago Blanco (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros               11.20
11  Mikel Zarrabeitia Uranga (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank     17.50
12  José Uria Gonzalez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca           20.30
13  Frank Vandenbroucke (Bel) Cofidis                     20.42
14  Txema Del Olmo Zendegi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi        22.37
15  Inigo Chaurreau Bernadez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi      23.31
16  Aitor Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Banesto                 24.32.00
17  Felix Garcia Casas (Spa) Lotus-Festina             27.57.00
18  Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi       30.58.00
19  William Chann McRae (USA) Mapei-Quick Step         38.31.00
20  Niki Aebersold (Swi) Rabobank                      51.14.00
21  Michel Lafis (Swe) TVM-Farm Frites                 53.26.00
22  Massimo Codol (Ita) Lampre-Daikin                  55.16.00
23  Gianni Faresin (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step              57.26.00
24  Daniele Nardello (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step            58.05.00
25  Andrei Zintchenko (Rus) Vitalicio Seguros          59.52.00
26  Melchor Mauri (Spa) Sport Lisboa Benfica            1.03.22
27  Juan C. Vicario Barbera (Spa) Fuenlabrada           1.03.43
28  Andrea Tafi (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step                  1.04.51
29  Jon Odriozola Mugarza (Spa) Banesto                 1.06.15
30  Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                     1.06.26
31  Marcus Zberg (Swi) Rabobank                         1.07.12
32  Paolo Bettini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step                1.07.29
33  Kurt van de Wouwer (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar             1.08.28
34  Nicola Miceli  (Ita) Liquigas                       1.15.11
35  Marcos A. Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Ba  1.15.42
36  Jörg Jaksche  (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom           1.17.14
37  David Garcia Marquina (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros       1.19.24
38  Rolf Aldag (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom              1.23.24
39  Andrea Noe (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step                   1.25.33
40  Oscar Lopez Uriarte (Spa) Sport Lisboa Benfica      1.25.40
41  Alex Zülle (Swi) Banesto                            1.27.28
42  Joona Laukka (Fin) Sport Lisboa Benfica             1.29.42
43  Laurent Brochard (Fra) Lotus-Festina                1.33.53
44  Alexandre Shefer (Kaz) Riso Scotti-Vinavil          1.35.39
45  Pedro Diaz Lobato (Spa) Fuenlabrada                 1.37.12
46  Oscar Camenzind (Swi) Lampre-Daikin                 1.40.24
47  Toni Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca                1.40.44
48  Ramon Gonzalez Arrieta (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi      1.41.11
49  Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis                    1.42.15
50  Ińigo Cuesta Lopez (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank         1.42.45
51  Andrei Teteriouk (Kaz) Liquigas                     1.44.16
52  Stefano Cattai (Ita) Team Polti                     1.45.41
53  Cristian Moreni (Ita) Liquigas                      1.49.42
54  José V. Garcia Acosta (Spa) Banesto                 1.54.12
55  Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) Costa Almeria-Amica Chips  1.57.34
56  Alvaro Gonzalez Galdeano (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros    1.58.08
57  Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre-Daikin                 1.58.09
58  Rafael Diaz Justo (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank          2.01.01
59  Angel Castresana Del Val (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi    2.01.30
60  Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Saeco-Cannondale               2.05.47
61  Miguel A. Martin Perdiguero (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Ba  2.15.33
62  Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank                            2.21.16
63  Andreas Klöden (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom          2.22.35
64  José Uriarte Zubero (Spa) Lotus-Festina             2.25.09
65  Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco-Cannondale           2.25.32
66  Serguei Smetanine (Rus) Vitalicio Seguros           2.27.09
67  Cesar Solaun Solana (Spa) Banesto                   2.27.24
68  Quintino Fernandez Rodrigues (Por) Sport Lisboa Be  2.28.31
69  Bram de Groot (Ned) Rabobank                        2.28.50
70  Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank       2.29.02
71  Alberto Lopez de Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi     2.38.13
72  Oscar Pozzi (Ita) Riso Scotti-Vinavil               2.38.16
73  Robert Hunter (RSA) Lampre-Daikin                   2.40.01
74  Igor Flores Galarza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi         2.41.57
75  Paul van Hyfte (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar                 2.43.19
76  Fabio Roscioli (Ita) Costa Almeria-Amica Chips      2.43.36
77  Andreas Klier (Ger) TVM-Farm Frites                 2.44.01
78  Eleuterio Anguita Hinojosa (Spa) Fuenlabrada        2.44.19
79  Pascal Hervé (Fra) Lotus-Festina                    2.45.03
80  Jaime Hernandez Bertran (Spa) Lotus-Festina         2.45.07
81  Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Rabobank                      2.47.00
82  Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team Deutsche Telekom       2.51.28
83  Francisco Cabello Luque (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca    2.51.47
84  Geert van Bondt (Bel) TVM-Farm Frites               2.53.23
85  Stefano Verziagi (Ita) Fuenlabrada                  2.54.01
86  Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom            2.56.04
87  Rossano Brasi (Ita) Team Polti                      2.58.41
88  Frankie Andreu (USA) US Postal Service              2.59.10
89  Arnoldas Saprykinas (Ltu) Riso Scotti-Vinavil       3.00.04
90  Glenn Magnusson (Swe) US Postal Service             3.00.21
91  Danilo Hondo (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom            3.03.04
92  Matias Cagigas Amedo (Spa) Fuenlabrada              3.03.45
93  Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Riso Scotti-Vinavil          3.05.40
94  Angel Edo Alsina (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca           3.09.08
95  Unai Etxebarria Arana (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi       3.10.19
96  Mario Traversoni (Ita) Saeco-Cannondale             3.10.28
97  José A. Garrido (Spa) Sport Lisboa Benfica          3.11.30
98  Frank Hoj (Den) US Postal Service                   3.11.56
99  Dirk Baldinger (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom          3.12.03
100 Andres Bermejo Siller (Spa) Fuenlabrada             3.13.28
101 Servais Knaven (Ned) TVM-Farm Frites                3.13.36
102 Remco Van Der Ven (Ned) TVM-Farm Frites             3.15.26
103 Giancarlo Raimondi (Ita) Liquigas                   3.15.40
104 German Nieto Fernandez (Spa) Fuenlabrada            3.16.54
105 Carlos Golbano (Spa) Costa Almeria-Amica Chips      3.19.01
106 Koen Beeckman (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar                  3.25.12
107 Cristian Salvato (Ita) Team Polti                   3.28.17
108 Cesar Perez Padron  (Spa) Fuenlabrada               3.28.55
109 Stefano Casagranda (Ita) Costa Almeria-Amica Chips  3.30.12
110 Alessandro Pozzi (Ita) Costa Almeria-Amica Chips    3.34.31
111 Marco Gili (Ita) Costa Almeria-Amica Chips          3.36.08
112 Julian Dean (NZl) US Postal Service                 3.41.53
113 Daniel Bayes (Spa) Sport Lisboa Benfica             3.46.31
114 Jeroen Blijlevens (Ned) TVM-Farm Frites             3.52.30
115 Igor Pugaci (Ita) Saeco-Cannondale                  4.02.20


Mountains competition after Stage 19

1   José M. Jimenez Sastre (Spa) Banesto               113
2   Inigo Chaurreau Bernadez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi   86
3   Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca   84
4   Frank Vandenbroucke (Bel) Cofidis                  83
5   Laurent Brochard (Fra) Lotus-Festina               66
6   Igor Gonzalez Galdeano (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros     66
7   José Uria Gonzalez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca        59
8   Felix Garcia Casas (Spa) Lotus-Festina             53
9   Jon Odriozola Mugarza (Spa) Banesto                53
10  Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Mapei-Quick Step                52
11  Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Banesto              50
12  Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Banesto                     49
13  Jan Ullrich (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom            47
14  Nicola Miceli  (Ita) Liquigas                      44
15  Daniele Nardello (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step            40
16  Aitor Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Banesto                 39
17  Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi       37
18  Alex Zülle (Swi) Banesto                           37
19  Mikel Zarrabeitia Uranga (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank  36
20  Pascal Hervé (Fra) Lotus-Festina                   29
21  José L. Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca     24
22  Marcos A. Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche B  24
23  William Chann McRae (USA) Mapei-Quick Step         22
24  Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis                   20
25  Rafael Diaz Justo (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank         19
26  Melchor Mauri (Spa) Sport Lisboa Benfica           18
27  Ramon Gonzalez Arrieta (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi     16
28  José V. Garcia Acosta (Spa) Banesto                16
29  Andrei Zintchenko (Rus) Vitalicio Seguros          14
30  Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank      12
31  Marcus Zberg (Swi) Rabobank                        11
32  Toni Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca               11
33  Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Saeco-Cannondale              11
34  Alberto Lopez de Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi    11
35  Paolo Bettini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step               10
36  Gianni Faresin (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step               9
37  Oscar Camenzind (Swi) Lampre-Daikin                 9
38  Serguei Smetanine (Rus) Vitalicio Seguros           9
39  Cesar Solaun Solana (Spa) Banesto                   9
40  Santiago Blanco (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros             8
41  Alvaro Gonzalez Galdeano (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros    8
42  Angel Castresana Del Val (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi    7
43  Andrea Tafi (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step                  6
44  German Nieto Fernandez (Spa) Fuenlabrada            6
45  Ivan Parra (Col) Vitalicio Seguros                  6
46  Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank                            6
47  Michel Lafis (Swe) TVM-Farm Frites                  5
48  David Garcia Marquina (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros       5
49  Rolf Aldag (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom              5
50  Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco-Cannondale           4
51  Fabio Roscioli (Ita) Costa Almeria-Amica Chips      4
52  Francisco Cabello Luque (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca    4
53  Mario Traversoni (Ita) Saeco-Cannondale             4
54  Alessandro Pozzi (Ita) Costa Almeria-Amica Chips    4
55  Massimo Codol (Ita) Lampre-Daikin                   3
56  Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre-Daikin                 3
57  Igor Flores Galarza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi         3
58  Eleuterio Anguita Hinojosa (Spa) Fuenlabrada        2
59  Juan C. Vicario Barbera (Spa) Fuenlabrada           1
60  Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                     1
61  Jörg Jaksche  (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom           1
62  Andrea Noe (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step                   1
63  Ińigo Cuesta Lopez (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank         1
64  Frankie Andreu (USA) US Postal Service              1


Points competition after Stage 19

1   Igor Gonzalez Galdeano (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros    	113
2   Robert Hunter (RSA) Lampre-Daikin                 	109
3   Frank Vandenbroucke (Bel) Cofidis                 	102
4   Jan Ullrich (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom           	91
5   Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca   	86
6   José M. Jimenez Sastre (Spa) Banesto              	85
7   Fabio Roscioli (Ita) Costa Almeria-Amica Chips    	60
8   Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Mapei-Quick Step               	60
9   Mario Traversoni (Ita) Saeco-Cannondale           	58
10  Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team Deutsche Telekom     	57
11  Glenn Magnusson (Swe) US Postal Service           	56
12  Miguel A. Martin Perdiguero (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche   	53
13  José L. Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca    	51
14  Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Banesto                    	51
15  Mikel Zarrabeitia Uranga (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank   48
16  Cristian Moreni (Ita) Liquigas                    	48
17  Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Banesto             	47
18  Andrei Zintchenko (Rus) Vitalicio Seguros         	45
19  Jon Odriozola Mugarza (Spa) Banesto               	40
20  Andrea Tafi (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step                	39
21  Nicola Miceli  (Ita) Liquigas                     	39
22  Laurent Brochard (Fra) Lotus-Festina              	37
23  Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) Costa Almeria-Amica Chips 	37
24  José V. Garcia Acosta (Spa) Banesto               	35
25  Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi      	34
26  Oscar Camenzind (Swi) Lampre-Daikin               	34
27  Toni Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca              	32
28  Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre-Daikin               	32
29  José Uria Gonzalez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca       	32
30  Ińigo Cuesta Lopez (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank       	30
31  Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis                  	29
32  Serguei Smetanine (Rus) Vitalicio Seguros         	28
33  William Chann McRae (USA) Mapei-Quick Step        	28
34  Frank Hoj (Den) US Postal Service                 	28
35  Alex Zülle (Swi) Banesto                          	27
36  Giancarlo Raimondi (Ita) Liquigas                 	27
37  Paolo Bettini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step              	27
38  Daniele Nardello (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step           	27
39  Michel Lafis (Swe) TVM-Farm Frites                	23
40  Frankie Andreu (USA) US Postal Service            	22
41  German Nieto Fernandez (Spa) Fuenlabrada          	21
42  Melchor Mauri (Spa) Sport Lisboa Benfica          	21
43  Eleuterio Anguita Hinojosa (Spa) Fuenlabrada      	21
44  Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Saeco-Cannondale             	21
45  Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Rabobank                    	21
46  Ivan Parra (Col) Vitalicio Seguros                	20
47  Pascal Hervé (Fra) Lotus-Festina                  	17
48  Francisco Cabello Luque (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca  	17
49  Pedro Diaz Lobato (Spa) Fuenlabrada               	17
50  Felix Garcia Casas (Spa) Lotus-Festina            	16
51  Kurt van de Wouwer (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar           	16
52  David Garcia Marquina (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros     	15
53  Danilo Hondo (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom          	15
54  Julian Dean (NZl) US Postal Service               	15
55  Santiago Blanco (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros           	15
56  Ramon Gonzalez Arrieta (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi    	14
57  Inigo Chaurreau Bernadez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskad   	14
58  Stefano Casagranda (Ita) Costa Almeria-Amica Chips  14
59  Aitor Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Banesto                	14
60  Servais Knaven (Ned) TVM-Farm Frites              	14
61  Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                   	13
62  Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco-Cannondale         	12
63  Jeroen Blijlevens (Ned) TVM-Farm Frites           	12
64  Angel Edo Alsina (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca         	10
65  Koen Beeckman (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar                	10
66  Marcus Zberg (Swi) Rabobank                       	10
67  Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom          	 9
68  Gianni Faresin (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step             	 9
69  Andreas Klöden (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom        	 9
70  Andreas Klier (Ger) TVM-Farm Frites               	 9
71  Rafael Diaz Justo (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank        	 8
72  Jaime Hernandez Bertran (Spa) Lotus-Festina       	 8
73  Igor Flores Galarza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi       	 8
74  Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank                          	 7
75  Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank     	 7
76  Juan C. Vicario Barbera (Spa) Fuenlabrada         	 7
77  Matias Cagigas Amedo (Spa) Fuenlabrada            	 6
78  Massimo Codol (Ita) Lampre-Daikin                 	 6
79  Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Riso Scotti-Vinavil        	 6
80  Txema Del Olmo Zendegi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi    	 6
81  Geert van Bondt (Bel) TVM-Farm Frites             	 4
82  Stefano Verziagi (Ita) Fuenlabrada                	 4
83  Alvaro Gonzalez Galdeano (Spa) Vitalicio Seguro   	 3
84  Rolf Aldag (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom            	 2
85  Oscar Pozzi (Ita) Riso Scotti-Vinavil             	 2
86  Marco Gili (Ita) Costa Almeria-Amica Chips        	 2
87  Arnoldas Saprykinas (Ltu) Riso Scotti-Vinavil     	 2
88  Bram de Groot (Ned) Rabobank                      	 2
89  Cesar Solaun Solana (Spa) Banesto                 	 1
90  Cristian Salvato (Ita) Team Polti                 	 1


Sprints (Metas Volantes) after Stage 19

1  Robert Hunter (RSA) Lampre-Daikin                   47
2  German Nieto Fernandez (Spa) Fuenlabrada            21
3  Andrea Tafi (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step                  16
4  Fabio Roscioli (Ita) Costa Almeria-Amica Chips      15
5  Michel Lafis (Swe) TVM-Farm Frites                  13
6  Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis                    9
7  Jon Odriozola Mugarza (Spa) Banesto                 9
8  Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre-Daikin                 9
9  Laurent Brochard (Fra) Lotus-Festina                8
10 Ramon Gonzalez Arrieta (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi      8
11 Rafael Diaz Justo (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank          8
12 Mikel Zarrabeitia Uranga (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank   7
13 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank                            7
14 Igor Gonzalez Galdeano (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros      6
15 Serguei Smetanine (Rus) Vitalicio Seguros           6
16 Matias Cagigas Amedo (Spa) Fuenlabrada              6
17 Frank Vandenbroucke (Bel) Cofidis                   5
18 Pascal Hervé (Fra) Lotus-Festina                    5
19 Giancarlo Raimondi (Ita) Liquigas                   5
20 Inigo Chaurreau Bernadez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi    4
21 Melchor Mauri (Spa) Sport Lisboa Benfica            4
22 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step                4
23 Toni Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca                4
24 William Chann McRae (USA) Mapei-Quick Step          3
25 Ińigo Cuesta Lopez (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank         3
26 José V. Garcia Acosta (Spa) Banesto                 3
27 José L. Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca      2
28 José Uria Gonzalez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca         2
29 Rolf Aldag (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom              2
30 Alex Zülle (Swi) Banesto                            2
31 Oscar Camenzind (Swi) Lampre-Daikin                 2
32 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) Costa Almeria-Amica Chips  2
33 Miguel A. Martin Perdiguero (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche     2
34 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco-Cannondale           2
35 Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank       2
36 Eleuterio Anguita Hinojosa (Spa) Fuenlabrada        2
37 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom            2
38 Frankie Andreu (USA) US Postal Service              2
39 Glenn Magnusson (Swe) US Postal Service             2
40 Stefano Casagranda (Ita) Costa Almeria-Amica Chips  2
41 Aitor Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Banesto                  1
42 Andrei Zintchenko (Rus) Vitalicio Seguros           1
43 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                     1
44 Nicola Miceli  (Ita) Liquigas                       1
45 David Garcia Marquina (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros       1
46 Pedro Diaz Lobato (Spa) Fuenlabrada                 1
47 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Liquigas                      1
48 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Saeco-Cannondale               1
49 Cesar Solaun Solana (Spa) Banesto                   1
50 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team Deutsche Telekom       1
51 Francisco Cabello Luque (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca    1
52 Cristian Salvato (Ita) Team Polti                   1

Stage Preview.

This is different to the earlier climbing stages because it does not involve a summit finish. In fact the Cat 1 climbs are all within the first 130 kms and the last 8.8 kms climb up the Cat 2 Navalmoral is 30 kms out of the finish. Not a mass sprint stage but ideal for a breakaway with a big teams' chase intot he finish at Avila. The climbs are: 

P. Bernardo, Cat 1, 1230 metres, 18.7 kms long
Serranillos, Cat 1, 1570 metres, 9.2 kms long
Navalmoral, Cat 2, 1620 metres, 8.8 kms long