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55th Vuelta a España - Grand TourSpain, August 26 - September 17, 2000 |
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Stage 16 - September 12: Oviedo-El Angliru, 168 km
Simoni into form, but Heras clear
By Gabriella Ekström, cyclingnews.com correspondent
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Lampre's Gilberto Simoni might have surprised a few, but not everyone when he won the feared stage to Alto l'Angliru today. The weather was nothing like the rain that marked the last time the riders faced La Gammonal. Grey clouds threatened the riders throughout the day, but it never started to rain, and everyone was happy about that, and their day would have been saved if...
...Fabio Roscioli hadn't attacked from the gun. Everyone was looking forward to a calm ride through the first 80 kilometers, but that wasn't to be. Roscioli's attack brought riders like Davide Bramati (Mapei), Alessandro Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo), Giovanni Lombardi (Telekom), Rafael Diaz Justo (ONCE), Rolf Huser (Festina), Jan Hruska (Vitalicio), Gilberto Simoni (Lampre), Gorka Gerrikagoitia (Euskatel), Thomas Brozyna (Banesto) and Guido Trenti (Cantina Tollo). The speed was very high, and the peloton were stretched out early in the race.
Nicola Miceli (Alessio) and Laurent Brochard (Delatour) realised early on that this was the break to be, since Heras and his Kelme team were more interested in Casero than the stage victory. Miceli and Brochard made it over to the break, and they were right. At the foot of the first mountain, a category three climb, the break had a gap of ten minutes. At the top of the second climb of the day, the second category Santo Emiliano, the break had a gap of nearly 13 minutes. Kelme were looking pretty relaxed back in the peloton, and even though riders were getting dropped from the bunch, they weren't really chasing after the break.
The break also lost a couple of riders en route, and halfway up the narrow roads of first cat. Colladiella, only Gerrikagoitia, Miceli, Brozyna, Simoni, Hruska and Diaz Justo remained. 25 kilometers remained of the race, and they still had ten minutes. The last climb before Angliru was another first category ascent named El Cordal, and it proved fatal for one of the favourites. Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano ran into the invisible wall, and lost minutes on the yellow jersey. He eventually abandoned the race.
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Roberto Heras had the perfect lead-out to the foot of Angliru, where Rubiera took the final pedal strokes before he left their new team leader in the caring hands of Kelme's old captain, Fernando Escartin. The group wasn't big, only nine men strong. Apart from the two Kelme riders, it was Fabian Jeker (Festina), Carlos Sastre and his flamenco loving friend Santos Gonzales (ONCE), Raimondas Rumsas (Fassa Bortolo), Pavel Tonkov (Mapei) Roberto Laiseka and Txema del Olmo (Euskatel) who could follow the pace.
Davide Bramati was passed by Heras group, and Tonkov was thankful of course. For a couple of seconds, also Richard Virenque (Polti) and Santi Blanco (Vitalicio) rode with Heras group, but just as everybody else, they were dropped when Escartin suddenly burst into an attack. Heras could follow him of course, and Laiseka eventually rejoined them. Casero was in trouble, but luckily for him, they passed Rolf Huser who was on his way down to the peloton or even worse, the gruppetto.
Pavel Tonkov was able to rejoin when the road flattened for a minute, and after a little while, Huser and Casero followed. A bit surprisingly, it was Tonkov who attacked next, and Heras was the only one who could follow. As the road got steeper and steeper, it was obvious that Heras was much stronger than Tonkov, and also much faster than Simoni, who had jumped away from the others in his break. Simoni was the best climber in the first group, but not equal to Heras today. Still, Simoni's lead was over a kilometre. Casero was struggling at his point, but he is a remarkably strong rider in the mountains.
Heras passed Gerrikagoitia and Brochard, and even though he had fulfilled his original goal of putting minutes into Casero, you could see that look in his eyes when he chased after Thomas Brozyna, Jan Hruska and Gilberto Simoni. The spectators were a clear problem for everyone at this point. They were rude and excited and didn't care much for the riders safety. Simoni though, could ride the final kilometer alone, behind the barriers.
Heras managed to catch Brozyna, but didn't threaten Jan Hruska in the fight for second. An excellent performance for a pure time triallist. A brave Angel Casero lost another three and a half minutes on the golden jersey, coming in 14th at 6'39. Carlos Sastre kept his lead in the mountains classification, but Roberto Heras will be a threat to him there.
Results
1 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre Daikin 4.37.34 (36.42 km/h) 2 Jan Hruska (Cze) Vitalicio Seguros 2.19 3 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2.58 4 Tomas Brozyna (Pol) Banesto 3.11 5 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Mapei-Quick Step 4.27 6 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Jean Delatour 4.44 8 Raimundas Rumsas (Ltu) Fassa Bortolo 5.16 9 Gorka Gerrikagoitia Arrien (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10 Fernando Escartín (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 5.46 11 Rafael Diaz Justo (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 12 Txema Del Olmo Zendegi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5.48 13 Richard Virenque (Fra) Team Polti 6.39 14 Angel Casero Moreno (Spa) Festina Watches 15 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 6.52 16 Massimiliano Gentili (Ita) Cantina Tollo 17 Haimar Zubeldia Aguirre (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7.12 18 Francisco Garcia Rodriguez (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros 19 Santiago Blanco Gil (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros 20 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 7.24 21 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Festina Watches 7.30 22 Santos Gonzalez Capilla (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 7.32 23 Óscar Sevilla Ribera (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 24 Nicola Miceli (Ita) Alessio 7.36 25 Marco Magnani (Ita) Alessio 7.42 26 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 8.29 27 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 8.44 28 Felix Garcia Casas (Spa) Festina Watches 8.58 29 Rolf Huser (Swi) Festina Watches 10.01 30 Oscar Camenzind (Swi) Lampre Daikin 11.20 31 Eladio Jimenez Sanchez (Spa) Banesto 32 Felix Cardenas Ravalo (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 11.22 33 Unai Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Banesto 11.50 34 Gianni Faresin (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 35 Pascal Hervé (Fra) Team Polti 36 Massimo Codol (Ita) Lampre Daikin 37 Abraham Olano Manzano (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 12.35 38 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 39 Davide Bramati (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 12.37 40 Ricardo Valdes Prieto (Spa) Jazztel-Costa Almeria 13.04 41 Juan Garate Cepa (Spa) Lampre Daikin 13.07 42 Jose Uría Gonzalez (Spa) Team Polti 13.33 43 Aitor Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Banesto 44 Guido Trenti (USA) Cantina Tollo 13.38 45 Sérgio De La Torre (Spa) LA-Pecol 14.06 46 Paolo Lanfranchi (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 14.19 47 Andrei Zintchenko (Rus) LA-Pecol 14.38 48 José Enrique Gutiérrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 49 Marcelino Garcia Alonso (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 14.41 50 José Rosa Ribeiro (Por) LA-Pecol 15.01 51 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre Daikin 15.18 52 Simone Bertoletti (Ita) Lampre Daikin 53 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Deutsche Telekom 15.45 54 Rodolfo Massi (Ita) Cantina Tollo 16.37 55 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) Farm Frites 16.59 56 Juan Vicario Barbera (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros 18.35 57 Jon Odriozola Mugarza (Spa) Banesto 18.45 58 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Saeco-Valli & Valli 19.41 59 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Jean Delatour 19.45 60 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Deutsche Telekom 20.09 61 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Banesto 20.17 62 Alex Zülle (Swi) Banesto 20.38 63 Alberto Lopez de Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 64 Steven Kleynen (Bel) Farm Frites 65 Fernando Mota Dos Santos (Por) LA-Pecol 20.52 66 Saulius Sarkauskas (Ltu) LA-Pecol 67 Marco Della Vedova (Ita) Lampre Daikin 20.55 68 Armin Meier (Swi) Saeco-Valli & Valli 69 Alvaro González de Galdeano (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros 21.15 70 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 71 Roberto Sgambelluri (Ita) Cantina Tollo 21.20 72 Youri Sourkov (Mda) LA-Pecol 21.21 73 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 21.38 74 Miquel van Kessel (Ned) Farm Frites 21.38 75 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 22.04 76 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Liquigas-Pata 22.13 77 Francisco Cerezo Perales (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros 78 Eleuterio Anguita Hinojosa (Spa) Jazztel-Costa Almeria 22.16 79 Pedro Diaz Lobato (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 80 Kai Hundertmark (Ger) Deutsche Telekom 22.24 81 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) Banesto 82 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 22.35 83 Nicola Loda (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 22.44 84 Igor Pugaci (Mda) Saeco-Valli & Valli 85 Ruben Ispizua Oarbeskoa (Spa) LA-Pecol 22.52 86 Daniel Clavero Sebastian (Spa) Team Polti 87 Andrei Teteriouk (Kaz) Liquigas-Pata 88 Rolf Aldag (Ger) Deutsche Telekom 89 Matthias Kessler (Ger) Deutsche Telekom 23.06 90 David Clinger (USA) Festina Watches 23.09 91 Carlo Finco (Ita) Alessio 23.10 92 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 23.28 93 Andrea Peron (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 94 Nacor Burgos Rojo (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 23.36 95 José Vazquez Palomo (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 96 José Ángel Vidal Martinez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 97 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Deutsche Telekom 98 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Jean Delatour 99 Francisco Cabello Luque (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 100 Remco van der Ven (Ned) Farm Frites 23.50 101 Santiago Botero (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 23.53 102 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Cantina Tollo 23.57 103 Alexandre Sheffer (Kaz) Alessio 24.03 104 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Liquigas-Pata 24.28 105 Oscar Pellicioli (Ita) Team Polti 24.31 106 Leonardo Guidi (Ita) Alessio 107 Martin Hvastija (Slo) Alessio 24.34 108 Biagio Conte (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 24.36 109 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Farm Frites 24.37 110 Serhiy Honchar (Ukr) Liquigas-Pata 24.40 111 Diego Prior Jimenez (Spa) Jazztel-Costa Almeria 112 Victor Hugo Peńa (Col) Vitalicio Seguros 24.45 113 César Perez Padron (Spa) Jazztel-Costa Almeria 24.52 114 Andrea Tafi (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 115 Eduardo Hernandez Bailo (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 25.07 116 Dario Cioni (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 25.10 117 Michele Colleoni (Ita) Team Polti 25.12 118 Jaime Hernandez Bertran (Spa) Festina Watches 25.29 119 Rafael Casero Moreno (Spa) Festina Watches 120 Andreas Bermejo Siller (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 121 Stefano Casagranda (Ita) Alessio 25.39 122 Federico Colonna (Ita) Cantina Tollo 123 Ivan Parra Pinto (Col) Vitalicio Seguros 25.45 124 German Nieto Fernandez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 25.46 125 Carlos Golbano Garcia (Spa) Jazztel-Costa Almeria 25.57 126 Dirk Ronellenfitsch Ger) Farm Frites 26.11 127 Pablo Soler Siles (Spa) Jazztel-Costa Almeria 128 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio 26.16 129 Fabio Roscioli (Ita) Jazztel-Costa Almeria 26.38 130 Martin Garrido Mayorca (Arg) Relax-Fuenlabrada 26.52 DNF Glenn Magnusson (Swe) Farm Frites DNF Christophe Oriol (Fra) Jean Delatour DNF Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre Daikin DNF Ellis Rastelli (Ita) Liquigas-Pata DNF David Etxebarria Alkorta (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank DNF Igor González de Galdeano (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros Points: 1 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre Daikin 25 pts 2 Jan Hruska (Cze) Vitalicio Seguros 20 3 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 16 4 Tomas Brozyna (Pol) Banesto 14 5 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Mapei-Quick Step 12 6 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10 7 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Jean Delatour 9 8 Raimundas Rumsas (Ltu) Fassa Bortolo 8 9 Gorka Gerrikagoitia Arrien (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7 10 Fernando Escartín (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 6 11 Rafael Diaz Justo (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 5 12 Txema Del Olmo Zendegi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4 13 Angel Casero Moreno (Spa) Festina Watches 3 14 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 2 15 Massimiliano Gentili (Ita) Cantina Tollo 1 Metas volantes: Avilés, km 28 1 Fabio Roscioli (Ita) Jazztel-Costa Almeria 4 pts 2 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Deutsche Telekom 2 3 Davide Bramati (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 1 Olloniego, km 78.4 1 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Deutsche Telekom 4 pts 2 Davide Bramati (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 2 3 Fabio Roscioli (Ita) Jazztel-Costa Almeria 1 Villallana, km 138.8 1 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Deutsche Telekom 4 pts 2 Davide Bramati (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 2 3 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1 Alto de El Padrún - Cat. 3, km 82 1 Fabio Roscioli (Ita) Jazztel-Costa Almeria 6 pts 2 Rafael Diaz Justo (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 4 3 Guido Trenti (USA) Cantina Tollo 2 4 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre Daikin 1 Alto de Santo Emiliano - Cat. 2, km 95 1 Fabio Roscioli (Ita) Jazztel-Costa Almeria 10 pts 2 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 7 3 Guido Trenti (USA) Cantina Tollo 5 4 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre Daikin 3 5 Rolf Huser (Swi) Festina Watches 2 6 Rafael Diaz Justo (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 1 Alto de La Colladiella - Cat. 1, km 119 1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 16 pts 2 Rafael Diaz Justo (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 12 3 Rolf Huser (Swi) Festina Watches 10 4 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Jean Delatour 8 5 Tomas Brozyna (Pol) Banesto 6 6 Gorka Gerrikagoitia Arrien (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4 7 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Deutsche Telekom 3 8 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre Daikin 2 9 Nicola Miceli (Ita) Alessio 1 Alto de El Cordal - Cat. 1, km 147 1 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre Daikin 16 pts 2 Rafael Diaz Justo (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 12 3 Tomas Brozyna (Pol) Banesto 10 4 Gorka Gerrikagoitia Arrien (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8 5 Jan Hruska (Cze) Vitalicio Seguros 6 6 Nicola Miceli (Ita) Alessio 4 7 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Jean Delatour 3 8 Rolf Huser (Swi) Festina Watches 2 9 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1 Alto de L'Angliru - Cat. Special, km 167 1 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre Daikin 30 pts 2 Jan Hruska (Cze) Vitalicio Seguros 25 3 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 20 4 Tomas Brozyna (Pol) Banesto 16 5 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Mapei-Quick Step 12 6 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10 7 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Jean Delatour 8 8 Raimundas Rumsas (Ltu) Fassa Bortolo 6 9 Gorka Gerrikagoitia Arrien (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4 10 Fernando Escartín (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 3 11 Rafael Diaz Justo (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 2 12 Txema Del Olmo Zendegi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 Teams: 1 Euskaltel-Euskadi 14.08.13 2 Kelme-Costa Blanca 0.45 3 Vitalicio Seguros 1.12 4 O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 5.11 5 Festina 7.36 6 Mapei-Quick Step 7.38 7 Lampre-Daikin 7.39 8 Fassa Bortolo 10.49 9 Banesto 10.50 10 Cantina Tollo 21.36 11 Alessio 22.57 12 LA-Pecol 28.14 13 Jean Delatour 32.34 14 Team Polti 32.44 15 Team Deutsche Telekom 42.47 16 Farm Frites 43.44 17 Saeco-Valli & Valli 47.49 18 Fuenlabrada 52.56 General classification after stage 16: 1 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 55.49.53 2 Angel Casero Moreno (Spa) Festina Watches 3.41 3 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Mapei-Quick Step 4.50 4 Raimundas Rumsas (Ltu) Fassa Bortolo 6.37 5 Santos Gonzalez Capilla (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 7.03 6 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 9.09 7 Fernando Escartín (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 9.16 8 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 9.23 9 Massimiliano Gentili (Ita) Cantina Tollo 10.36 10 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 10.39 11 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10.59 12 Haimar Zubeldia Aguirre (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 11.35 13 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 11.38 14 Santiago Blanco Gil (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros 11.49 15 Óscar Sevilla Ribera (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 14.20 16 Richard Virenque (Fra) Team Polti 15.35 17 Txema Del Olmo Zendegi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 15.47 18 Abraham Olano Manzano (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 15.54 19 Pascal Hervé (Fra) Team Polti 16.36 20 Oscar Camenzind (Swi) Lampre Daikin 16.45 21 Eladio Jimenez Sanchez (Spa) Banesto 20.42 22 Francisco Garcia Rodriguez (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros 20.49 23 Gianni Faresin (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 21.04 24 Felix Garcia Casas (Spa) Festina Watches 23.19 25 Marco Magnani (Ita) Alessio 24.54 26 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Deutsche Telekom 31.59 27 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Festina Watches 33.31 28 Jon Odriozola Mugarza (Spa) Banesto 35.30 29 Andrei Zintchenko (Rus) LA-Pecol 35.57 30 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre Daikin 37.55 31 Roberto Sgambelluri (Ita) Cantina Tollo 38.10 32 Felix Cardenas Ravalo (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 40.56 33 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Jean Delatour 40.57 34 Alberto Lopez de Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 41.40 35 Andrei Teteriouk (Kaz) Liquigas-Pata 44.47 36 Rafael Diaz Justo (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 45.29 37 José Enrique Gutiérrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 47.57 38 Rodolfo Massi (Ita) Cantina Tollo 48.36 39 Paolo Lanfranchi (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 49.13 40 Victor Hugo Peńa (Col) Vitalicio Seguros 50.51 41 Juan Vicario Barbera (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros 52.30 42 Alex Zülle (Swi) Banesto 53.20 43 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) Farm Frites 56.56 44 Igor Pugaci (Mda) Saeco-Valli & Valli 58.50 45 Eleuterio Anguita Hinojosa (Spa) Jazztel-Costa Almeria1.01.53 46 Massimo Codol (Ita) Lampre Daikin 1.02.59 47 Ivan Parra Pinto (Col) Vitalicio Seguros 1.03.23 48 Tomas Brozyna (Pol) Banesto 1.03.48 49 Andrea Peron (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.05.58 50 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 1.07.56 51 Aitor Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Banesto 1.07.59 52 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre Daikin 1.08.31 53 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Jean Delatour 1.08.33 54 Jose Uría Gonzalez (Spa) Team Polti 1.08.52 55 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Saeco-Valli & Valli 1.09.37 56 Marco Della Vedova (Ita) Lampre Daikin 1.11.14 57 Marcelino Garcia Alonso (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 1.14.09 58 Kai Hundertmark (Ger) Deutsche Telekom 1.16.35 59 Steven Kleynen (Bel) Farm Frites 1.17.32 60 Juan Garate Cepa (Spa) Lampre Daikin 1.19.41 61 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Banesto 1.19.55 62 Rolf Aldag (Ger) Deutsche Telekom 1.20.12 63 Santiago Botero (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1.20.51 64 Gorka Gerrikagoitia Arrien (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.21.49 65 Jan Hruska (Cze) Vitalicio Seguros 1.22.17 66 Andrea Tafi (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 1.22.36 67 Unai Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Banesto 1.22.44 68 Serhiy Honchar (Ukr) Liquigas-Pata 1.23.10 69 Daniel Clavero Sebastian (Spa) Team Polti 1.24.28 70 Rolf Huser (Swi) Festina Watches 1.24.36 71 Simone Bertoletti (Ita) Lampre Daikin 1.25.26 72 Francisco Cerezo Perales (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros 1.25.58 73 Ricardo Valdes Prieto (Spa) Jazztel-Costa Almeria 1.26.00 74 Davide Bramati (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 1.26.39 75 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.27.42 76 David Clinger (USA) Festina Watches 1.28.52 77 Nicola Miceli (Ita) Alessio 1.28.56 78 Miquel van Kessel (Ned) Farm Frites 1.29.26 79 Pedro Diaz Lobato (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 1.30.02 80 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Liquigas-Pata 1.30.36 81 Francisco Cabello Luque (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1.30.56 82 Alvaro González de Galdeano (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros 1.31.40 83 Jaime Hernandez Bertran (Spa) Festina Watches 1.34.20 84 Oscar Pellicioli (Ita) Team Polti 1.35.36 85 Saulius Sarkauskas (Ltu) LA-Pecol 1.37.44 86 José Rosa Ribeiro (Por) LA-Pecol 1.38.11 87 Youri Sourkov (Mda) LA-Pecol 1.39.35 88 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.40.05 89 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Deutsche Telekom 1.41.13 90 Pablo Soler Siles (Spa) Jazztel-Costa Almeria 1.42.15 91 Carlo Finco (Ita) Alessio 1.42.43 92 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 1.43.21 93 Carlos Golbano Garcia (Spa) Jazztel-Costa Almeria 1.43.45 94 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Cantina Tollo 1.43.57 95 José Ángel Vidal Martinez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1.44.10 96 Martin Garrido Mayorca (Arg) Relax-Fuenlabrada 1.44.14 97 Fabio Roscioli (Ita) Jazztel-Costa Almeria 1.44.31 98 Dario Cioni (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 1.44.57 99 Nicola Loda (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.45.59 100 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Deutsche Telekom 1.47.50 101 Matthias Kessler (Ger) Deutsche Telekom 1.47.54 102 Guido Trenti (USA) Cantina Tollo 1.48.00 103 Nacor Burgos Rojo (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 1.48.16 104 Sérgio De La Torre (Spa) LA-Pecol 1.48.59 105 César Perez Padron (Spa) Jazztel-Costa Almeria 1.49.04 106 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Jean Delatour 1.49.20 107 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.49.24 108 Fernando Mota Dos Santos (Por) LA-Pecol 1.49.56 109 Diego Prior Jimenez (Spa) Jazztel-Costa Almeria 1.50.20 110 Armin Meier (Swi) Saeco-Valli & Valli 1.50.37 111 Remco van der Ven (Ned) Farm Frites 1.51.13 112 Ruben Ispizua Oarbeskoa (Spa) LA-Pecol 1.52.24 113 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio 1.53.05 114 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Liquigas-Pata 1.54.11 115 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 1.55.07 116 Martin Hvastija (Slo) Alessio 1.55.43 117 Michele Colleoni (Ita) Team Polti 1.55.49 118 Alexandre Sheffer (Kaz) Alessio 1.56.35 119 Leonardo Guidi (Ita) Alessio 1.57.10 120 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) Banesto 1.57.26 121 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Farm Frites 2.00.21 122 Rafael Casero Moreno (Spa) Festina Watches 2.00.22 123 Eduardo Hernandez Bailo (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 2.00.34 124 German Nieto Fernandez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 2.01.53 125 Federico Colonna (Ita) Cantina Tollo 2.03.52 126 Stefano Casagranda (Ita) Alessio 2.03.53 127 José Vazquez Palomo (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 2.05.23 128 Biagio Conte (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 2.05.25 129 Dirk Ronellenfitsch Ger) Farm Frites 2.08.55 130 Andreas Bermejo Siller (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 2.52.51 Points classification: 1 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Deutsche Telekom 119 pts 2 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 99 3 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 89 4 Gianni Faresin (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 63 5 Angel Casero Moreno (Spa) Festina Watches 61 6 Alex Zülle (Swi) Banesto 56 7 Victor Hugo Peńa (Col) Vitalicio Seguros 55 8 Abraham Olano Manzano (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 54 9 Pascal Hervé (Fra) Team Polti 53 10 Jan Hruska (Cze) Vitalicio Seguros 52 11 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Jean Delatour 50 12 Massimiliano Gentili (Ita) Cantina Tollo 50 13 Martin Garrido Mayorca (Arg) Relax-Fuenlabrada 48 14 Andrei Zintchenko (Rus) LA-Pecol 46 15 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre Daikin 46 16 Santos Gonzalez Capilla (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 46 17 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 45 18 Felix Cardenas Ravalo (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 44 19 Jon Odriozola Mugarza (Spa) Banesto 44 20 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Cantina Tollo 40 21 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 37 22 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 32 23 Alvaro González de Galdeano (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros 31 24 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Liquigas-Pata 31 25 Fabio Roscioli (Ita) Jazztel-Costa Almeria 29 26 Federico Colonna (Ita) Cantina Tollo 28 27 Eladio Jimenez Sanchez (Spa) Banesto 27 28 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Mapei-Quick Step 27 29 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre Daikin 26 30 Igor Pugaci (Mda) Saeco-Valli & Valli 25 31 Raimundas Rumsas (Ltu) Fassa Bortolo 24 32 Leonardo Guidi (Ita) Alessio 23 33 Óscar Sevilla Ribera (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 23 34 Francisco Cabello Luque (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 21 35 Andreas Bermejo Siller (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 21 36 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Jean Delatour 20 37 Stefano Casagranda (Ita) Alessio 19 38 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 19 39 Fernando Escartín (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 18 40 Andrei Teteriouk (Kaz) Liquigas-Pata 18 41 Eleuterio Anguita Hinojosa (Spa) Jazztel-Costa Almeria 18 42 Santiago Blanco Gil (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros 17 43 Davide Bramati (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 17 44 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Liquigas-Pata 16 45 Oscar Camenzind (Swi) Lampre Daikin 16 46 Felix Garcia Casas (Spa) Festina Watches 16 47 Tomas Brozyna (Pol) Banesto 14 48 Txema Del Olmo Zendegi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 14 49 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 14 50 David Clinger (USA) Festina Watches 14 51 Andrea Peron (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 13 52 Alberto Lopez de Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 12 53 German Nieto Fernandez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 12 54 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 11 55 Nicola Loda (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 10 56 Saulius Sarkauskas (Ltu) LA-Pecol 10 57 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) Farm Frites 10 58 Haimar Zubeldia Aguirre (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10 59 Richard Virenque (Fra) Team Polti 10 60 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio 10 61 Remco van der Ven (Ned) Farm Frites 9 62 Paolo Lanfranchi (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 9 63 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 9 64 Biagio Conte (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 8 65 José Enrique Gutiérrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 7 66 Gorka Gerrikagoitia Arrien (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7 67 Rodolfo Massi (Ita) Cantina Tollo 7 68 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 6 69 Rolf Huser (Swi) Festina Watches 6 70 César Perez Padron (Spa) Jazztel-Costa Almeria 6 71 Serhiy Honchar (Ukr) Liquigas-Pata 6 72 Roberto Sgambelluri (Ita) Cantina Tollo 6 73 Rafael Diaz Justo (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 6 74 Martin Hvastija (Slo) Alessio 5 75 Carlo Finco (Ita) Alessio 4 76 Ruben Ispizua Oarbeskoa (Spa) LA-Pecol 4 77 Santiago Botero (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 4 78 Ivan Parra Pinto (Col) Vitalicio Seguros 3 79 Michele Colleoni (Ita) Team Polti 3 80 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Jean Delatour 3 81 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Deutsche Telekom 2 82 Steven Kleynen (Bel) Farm Frites 2 83 Pedro Diaz Lobato (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 1 84 Nacor Burgos Rojo (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 1 85 Andrea Tafi (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 1 86 Guido Trenti (USA) Cantina Tollo 1 87 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Festina Watches 1 88 Rolf Aldag (Ger) Deutsche Telekom 1 89 Rafael Casero Moreno (Spa) Festina Watches 1 90 Pablo Soler Siles (Spa) Jazztel-Costa Almeria 1 91 Matthias Kessler (Ger) Deutsche Telekom 1 Mountains classification: 1 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 82 pts 2 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 78 3 Felix Cardenas Ravalo (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 71 4 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre Daikin 52 5 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 47 6 Rafael Diaz Justo (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 37 7 Eladio Jimenez Sanchez (Spa) Banesto 36 8 Gianni Faresin (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 33 9 Tomas Brozyna (Pol) Banesto 32 10 Jan Hruska (Cze) Vitalicio Seguros 31 11 Andrei Zintchenko (Rus) LA-Pecol 30 12 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Jean Delatour 29 13 Santos Gonzalez Capilla (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 28 14 Jon Odriozola Mugarza (Spa) Banesto 26 15 Santiago Blanco Gil (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros 26 16 Fernando Escartín (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 25 17 Igor Pugaci (Mda) Saeco-Valli & Valli 25 18 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 24 19 Massimiliano Gentili (Ita) Cantina Tollo 23 20 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 22 21 Francisco Cabello Luque (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 21 22 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Jean Delatour 21 23 Pascal Hervé (Fra) Team Polti 21 24 Óscar Sevilla Ribera (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 21 25 Andrea Peron (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 19 26 Alberto Lopez de Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 18 27 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 18 28 Txema Del Olmo Zendegi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 17 29 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Mapei-Quick Step 16 30 Gorka Gerrikagoitia Arrien (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 16 31 Rolf Huser (Swi) Festina Watches 14 32 Alex Zülle (Swi) Banesto 14 33 Raimundas Rumsas (Ltu) Fassa Bortolo 12 34 José Enrique Gutiérrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 12 35 Oscar Camenzind (Swi) Lampre Daikin 10 36 Paolo Lanfranchi (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 9 37 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre Daikin 9 38 Guido Trenti (USA) Cantina Tollo 8 39 Rodolfo Massi (Ita) Cantina Tollo 8 40 Felix Garcia Casas (Spa) Festina Watches 7 41 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 7 42 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Cantina Tollo 6 43 Rolf Aldag (Ger) Deutsche Telekom 6 44 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 6 45 Nicola Miceli (Ita) Alessio 5 46 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Festina Watches 5 47 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Deutsche Telekom 4 48 Angel Casero Moreno (Spa) Festina Watches 3 49 Kai Hundertmark (Ger) Deutsche Telekom 3 50 Davide Bramati (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 2 51 Alvaro González de Galdeano (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros 1 52 Saulius Sarkauskas (Ltu) LA-Pecol 1 53 Santiago Botero (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1 Metas volantes classification: 1 Gianni Faresin (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 34 pts 2 Eleuterio Anguita Hinojosa (Spa) Jazztel-Costa Almeria 18 3 Davide Bramati (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 17 4 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Deutsche Telekom 16 5 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre Daikin 14 6 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Jean Delatour 11 7 Andrei Zintchenko (Rus) LA-Pecol 7 8 Andrea Peron (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 6 9 Óscar Sevilla Ribera (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 5 10 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 4 11 Ruben Ispizua Oarbeskoa (Spa) LA-Pecol 4 12 Massimiliano Gentili (Ita) Cantina Tollo 4 13 Santiago Botero (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 4 14 Francisco Cabello Luque (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 4 15 Pascal Hervé (Fra) Team Polti 3 16 Felix Cardenas Ravalo (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 3 17 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Jean Delatour 3 18 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2 19 Felix Garcia Casas (Spa) Festina Watches 2 20 Jan Hruska (Cze) Vitalicio Seguros 2 21 Alberto Lopez de Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 22 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1 23 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Jean Delatour 1 24 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Cantina Tollo 1 25 Rafael Diaz Justo (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 1 26 Santiago Blanco Gil (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros 1 27 Rolf Aldag (Ger) Deutsche Telekom 1 28 Oscar Camenzind (Swi) Lampre Daikin 1 29 Igor Pugaci (Mda) Saeco-Valli & Valli 1 30 Guido Trenti (USA) Cantina Tollo 1 31 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Festina Watches 1 32 Matthias Kessler (Ger) Deutsche Telekom 1 Teams classification: 1 Vitalicio Seguros 167.39.18 2 Kelme-Costa Blanca 0.49 3 O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 8.53 4 Euskaltel-Euskadi 10.49 5 Mapei-Quick Step 12.24 6 Fassa Bortolo 32.50 7 Festina 34.56 8 Banesto 51.08 9 Cantina Tollo 1.07.42 10 Team Polti 1.09.14 11 Lampre-Daikin 1.09.42 12 Team Deutsche Telekom 1.37.22 13 LA-Pecol 2.27.21 14 Alessio 2.32.11 15 Jean Delatour 2.45.35 16 Costa de Almeria 3.00.56 17 Fuenlabrada 3.08.50 18 Saeco-Valli & Valli 3.12.07 19 Liquigas-Pata 3.17.43 20 Farm Frites 3.24.01