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55th Vuelta a España - Grand TourSpain, August 26 - September 17, 2000 |
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Stage 20 - September 16: Ávila-Alto de Abantos, 128.2 km
Heras reigns supreme
By Gabriella Ekström, cyclingnews.com correspondent
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Roberto Heras (Kelme) showed today that he is the true king of the Vuelta, when he won the penultimate stage to Alto de Abantos in a powerful display of confidence.
Mariano Piccoli, the winner of yesterday's stage in Avila, showed that two victories were not enough. Despite the course being quite hilly, he attacked early with Stefano Casagranda (Alessio) and German Nieto (Fuenlabrada). Casagranda tired early, and after one hundred kilometers of racing, Nieto who crashed when cornering just beforehand, gave up as well. Piccoli then found himself all alone with two mountains to go. He was the first rider over the third category climb La Cruz Verde, but was caught by the peloton before the climb to Alto de Abantos.
Roberto Laiseka (Euskaltel) took charge early on the climb that he knew so well (Stage victory in 1999). Roberto Heras saw his chance to put in even more time between himself and Angel Casero, and followed with Laiseka, as did Lampre's Gilberto Simoni. Casero quickly lost 30 seconds, but defended himself well after that. Laiseka attacked several times but was brought back by Simoni every time.
Laiseka then got irritated and did what he usually does, sat up, but only until he realized that the others didn't care. Laiseka then attacked a final time with a kilometer to go, and this time Heras followed as if he was shot from a cannon.
Right before the finish, there was a sharp turn to the right, and Heras took the wrong way and got passed on the inside by Laiseka, but somehow Heras found the strength to pass his country man yet again, and this time he held it all the way to the line. Heras won in front of Simoni, and Laiseka who came in three seconds down on Heras and Simoni. Angel Casero finished 45 seconds down on the winner and leader, and has certainly ridden a brave race, although his nearly five minute gap to the leader will be tough to close in a single time trial.
Results
1 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 3.16.42 2 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre Daikin 3 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.03 4 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 0.45 5 Fernando Escartín (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 6 Angel Casero Moreno (Spa) Festina Watches 7 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Mapei-Quick Step 8 Raimundas Rumsas (Ltu) Fassa Bortolo 0.47 9 Massimiliano Gentili (Ita) Cantina Tollo 0.48 10 Txema Del Olmo Zendegi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 11 Santos Gonzalez Capilla (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 12 Haimar Zubeldia Aguirre (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 13 Santiago Blanco Gil (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros 1.03 14 Óscar Sevilla Ribera (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1.04 15 Francisco Garcia Rodriguez (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros 1.08 16 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 1.29 17 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.38 18 Richard Virenque (Fra) Team Polti 2.21 19 Felix Garcia Casas (Spa) Festina Watches 20 Pascal Hervé (Fra) Team Polti 21 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Festina Watches 22 Alvaro González de Galdeano (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros 23 Jon Odriozola Mugarza (Spa) Banesto 2.37 24 Andrei Zintchenko (Rus) LA-Pecol 25 Massimo Codol (Ita) Lampre Daikin 2.50 26 Gianni Faresin (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 2.57 27 Juan Vicario Barbera (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros 2.59 28 Marco Magnani (Ita) Alessio 3.00 29 Rodolfo Massi (Ita) Cantina Tollo 30 Igor Pugaci (Mda) Saeco-Valli & Valli 31 Nacor Burgos Rojo (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 3.08 32 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Jean Delatour 3.35 33 Unai Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Banesto 3.37 34 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre Daikin 5.09 35 Oscar Camenzind (Swi) Lampre Daikin 36 Carlo Finco (Ita) Alessio 37 Francisco Cerezo Perales (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros 38 Alberto Lopez de Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 39 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 40 José Enrique Gutiérrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 41 José Rosa Ribeiro (Por) LA-Pecol 42 Eleuterio Anguita Hinojosa (Spa) Jazztel-Costa Almeria5.13 43 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) Farm Frites 5.50 44 Miquel van Kessel (Ned) Farm Frites 6.22 45 Aitor Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Banesto 7.51 46 Daniel Clavero Sebastian (Spa) Team Polti 47 Jose Uría Gonzalez (Spa) Team Polti 48 Eladio Jimenez Sanchez (Spa) Banesto 49 Ricardo Valdes Prieto (Spa) Jazztel-Costa Almeria 50 Ivan Parra Pinto (Col) Vitalicio Seguros 51 Felix Cardenas Ravalo (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 52 Steven Kleynen (Bel) Farm Frites 8.08 53 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Jean Delatour 8.48 54 Rafael Diaz Justo (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 55 Roberto Sgambelluri (Ita) Cantina Tollo 56 Juan Garate Cepa (Spa) Lampre Daikin 57 Marco Della Vedova (Ita) Lampre Daikin 58 Kai Hundertmark (Ger) Deutsche Telekom 59 Rolf Aldag (Ger) Deutsche Telekom 60 Abraham Olano Manzano (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 61 Pedro Diaz Lobato (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 62 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Deutsche Telekom 63 Fabio Roscioli (Ita) Jazztel-Costa Almeria 9.05 64 José Vazquez Palomo (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 9.36 65 Serhiy Honchar (Ukr) Liquigas-Pata 9.55 66 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Liquigas-Pata 10.00 67 Simone Bertoletti (Ita) Lampre Daikin 68 Rolf Huser (Swi) Festina Watches 10.03 69 Saulius Sarkauskas (Ltu) LA-Pecol 10.24 70 Santiago Botero (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 10.26 71 Guido Trenti (USA) Cantina Tollo 14.14 72 Fernando Mota Dos Santos (Por) LA-Pecol 73 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Deutsche Telekom 74 Matthias Kessler (Ger) Deutsche Telekom 75 Tomas Brozyna (Pol) Banesto 76 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Jean Delatour 77 Armin Meier (Swi) Saeco-Valli & Valli 78 Gorka Gerrikagoitia Arrien (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 79 Jaime Hernandez Bertran (Spa) Festina Watches 80 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) Banesto 81 Carlos Golbano Garcia (Spa) Jazztel-Costa Almeria 82 Paolo Lanfranchi (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 83 Alex Zülle (Swi) Banesto 84 Martin Garrido Mayorca (Arg) Relax-Fuenlabrada 85 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Cantina Tollo 86 Youri Sourkov (Mda) LA-Pecol 87 David Clinger (USA) Festina Watches 14.23 88 Eduardo Hernandez Bailo (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 14.32 89 Davide Bramati (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 15.03 90 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio 91 Andrei Teteriouk (Kaz) Liquigas-Pata 92 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Deutsche Telekom 93 Diego Prior Jimenez (Spa) Jazztel-Costa Almeria 94 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 95 Dario Cioni (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 15.33 96 Alexandre Sheffer (Kaz) Alessio 97 Martin Hvastija (Slo) Alessio 15.41 98 Jan Hruska (Cze) Vitalicio Seguros 99 Stefano Casagranda (Ita) Alessio 17.40 100 Andrea Peron (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 18.30 101 Remco van der Ven (Ned) Farm Frites 18.58 102 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Banesto 103 Francisco Cabello Luque (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 104 Andrea Tafi (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 105 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 106 Leonardo Guidi (Ita) Alessio 107 Rafael Casero Moreno (Spa) Festina Watches 108 Ruben Ispizua Oarbeskoa (Spa) LA-Pecol 109 José Ángel Vidal Martinez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 110 Pablo Soler Siles (Spa) Jazztel-Costa Almeria 111 Federico Colonna (Ita) Cantina Tollo 112 César Perez Padron (Spa) Jazztel-Costa Almeria 113 Oscar Pellicioli (Ita) Team Polti 114 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) Vitalicio Seguros 115 Marcelino Garcia Alonso (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 116 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 117 Nicola Loda (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 118 Andreas Bermejo Siller (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 19.03 119 Dirk Ronellenfitsch Ger) Farm Frites 120 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Farm Frites 121 Michele Colleoni (Ita) Team Polti 122 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 19.16 123 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 19.17 124 Biagio Conte (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 19.35 125 German Nieto Fernandez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada DNF Nicola Miceli (Ita) Alessio DNF Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step DNS Sérgio De La Torre (Spa) LA-Pecol Points: 1 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 25 pts 2 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre Daikin 20 3 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 16 4 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 14 5 Fernando Escartín (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 12 6 Angel Casero Moreno (Spa) Festina Watches 10 7 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Mapei-Quick Step 9 8 Raimundas Rumsas (Ltu) Fassa Bortolo 8 9 Massimiliano Gentili (Ita) Cantina Tollo 7 10 Txema Del Olmo Zendegi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6 11 Santos Gonzalez Capilla (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 5 12 Haimar Zubeldia Aguirre (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4 13 Santiago Blanco Gil (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros 3 14 Óscar Sevilla Ribera (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2 15 Francisco Garcia Rodriguez (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros 1 Mountains: Alto de Valdelavía - Cat. 3, km 16 1 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Jean Delatour 6 pts 2 Eladio Jimenez Sanchez (Spa) Banesto 4 3 Pedro Diaz Lobato (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 2 4 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Festina Watches 1 Alto de Sta. María de la Alameda - Cat. 2, km 45 1 German Nieto Fernandez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 10 pts 2 Stefano Casagranda (Ita) Alessio 7 3 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre Daikin 5 4 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 3 5 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 6 Santiago Botero (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1 Alto de Robledondo - Cat. 3, km 56 1 German Nieto Fernandez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 6 pts 2 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre Daikin 4 3 Stefano Casagranda (Ita) Alessio 2 4 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 1 Alto de la Cruz Verde - Cat. 3, km 105 1 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre Daikin 6 pts 2 Francisco Cabello Luque (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 4 3 Alberto Lopez de Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 4 Óscar Sevilla Ribera (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1 Alto de Abantos - Cat. 1, km 128 1 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 16 pts 2 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre Daikin 12 3 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10 4 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 8 5 Fernando Escartín (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 6 6 Angel Casero Moreno (Spa) Festina Watches 4 7 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Mapei-Quick Step 3 8 Raimundas Rumsas (Ltu) Fassa Bortolo 2 9 Massimiliano Gentili (Ita) Cantina Tollo 1 Metas volantes: Las Navas del Marques, km 36 1 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre Daikin 4 pts 2 German Nieto Fernandez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 2 3 Stefano Casagranda (Ita) Alessio 1 Robledondo, km 54.8 1 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre Daikin 4 pts 2 Stefano Casagranda (Ita) Alessio 2 3 German Nieto Fernandez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 1 El Escorial, km 115.5 1 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre Daikin 4 pts 2 José Enrique Gutiérrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2 3 Alberto Lopez de Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 Teams: 1 Kelme-Costa Blanca 9.51.36 2 Euskaltel-Euskadi 9.00 3 Vitalicio Seguros 3.02 4 Festina 3.57 5 Fassa Bortolo 6.04 6 Lampre-Daikin 6.29 7 O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 9.35 8 Team Polti 11.03 9 Cantina Tollo 11.06 10 Banesto 12.35 11 Mapei-Quick Step 16.26 12 LA-Pecol 16.40 13 Farm Frites 18.50 14 Fuenlabrada 20.02 15 Costa de Almeria 20.39 16 Alessio 21.42 17 Team Deutsche Telekom 24.54 18 Jean Delatour 25.07 19 Liquigas-Pata 33.28 20 Saeco-Valli & Valli 35.19 General classification after stage 20: 1 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 69.38.49 2 Angel Casero Moreno (Spa) Festina Watches 4.26 3 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Mapei-Quick Step 5.35 4 Raimundas Rumsas (Ltu) Fassa Bortolo 7.24 5 Santos Gonzalez Capilla (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 7.51 6 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10.12 7 Fernando Escartín (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 10.12 8 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 10.52 9 Massimiliano Gentili (Ita) Cantina Tollo 11.24 10 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 12.17 11 Haimar Zubeldia Aguirre (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 12.34 12 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 12.42 13 Santiago Blanco Gil (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros 13.03 14 Óscar Sevilla Ribera (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 15.35 15 Txema Del Olmo Zendegi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 16.54 16 Richard Virenque (Fra) Team Polti 18.00 17 Pascal Hervé (Fra) Team Polti 19.16 18 Francisco Garcia Rodriguez (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros 22.16 19 Gianni Faresin (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 24.20 20 Felix Garcia Casas (Spa) Festina Watches 25.51 21 Abraham Olano Manzano (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 26.17 22 Oscar Camenzind (Swi) Lampre Daikin 28.10 23 Marco Magnani (Ita) Alessio 28.13 24 Eladio Jimenez Sanchez (Spa) Banesto 29.08 25 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Festina Watches 37.27 26 Jon Odriozola Mugarza (Spa) Banesto 38.07 27 Andrei Zintchenko (Rus) LA-Pecol 39.09 28 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Deutsche Telekom 40.26 29 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre Daikin 45.19 30 Alberto Lopez de Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 47.08 31 Felix Cardenas Ravalo (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 48.47 32 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Jean Delatour 51.56 33 Rodolfo Massi (Ita) Cantina Tollo 53.27 34 Rafael Diaz Justo (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 55.52 35 Juan Vicario Barbera (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros 57.20 36 José Enrique Gutiérrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1.00.41 37 Roberto Sgambelluri (Ita) Cantina Tollo 1.01.02 38 Paolo Lanfranchi (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 1.05.02 39 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) Farm Frites 1.10.29 40 Massimo Codol (Ita) Lampre Daikin 1.12.05 41 Eleuterio A. Hinojosa (Spa) Jazztel-Costa Almeria 1.14.41 42 Igor Pugaci (Mda) Saeco-Valli & Valli 1.15.20 43 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 1.15.28 44 Andrei Teteriouk (Kaz) Liquigas-Pata 1.16.56 45 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) Vitalicio Seguros 1.21.22 46 Jose Uría Gonzalez (Spa) Team Polti 1.22.32 47 Marco Della Vedova (Ita) Lampre Daikin 1.22.38 48 Alex Zülle (Swi) Banesto 1.24.40 49 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Jean Delatour 1.24.45 50 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre Daikin 1.26.59 51 Aitor Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Banesto 1.29.28 52 Rolf Aldag (Ger) Deutsche Telekom 1.30.35 53 Tomas Brozyna (Pol) Banesto 1.31.15 54 Francisco Cerezo Perales (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros 1.32.34 55 Steven Kleynen (Bel) Farm Frites 1.33.08 56 Ivan Parra Pinto (Col) Vitalicio Seguros 1.33.28 57 Unai Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Banesto 1.34.04 58 Alvaro González de Galdeano (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros1.34.20 59 Miquel van Kessel (Ned) Farm Frites 1.37.39 60 Kai Hundertmark (Ger) Deutsche Telekom 1.38.27 61 Andrea Peron (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.38.56 62 Serhiy Honchar (Ukr) Liquigas-Pata 1.41.01 63 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Liquigas-Pata 1.41.42 64 Juan Garate Cepa (Spa) Lampre Daikin 1.42.07 65 Rolf Huser (Swi) Festina Watches 1.43.35 66 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Banesto 1.43.41 67 Gorka Gerrikagoitia Arrien (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.44.34 68 José Rosa Ribeiro (Por) LA-Pecol 1.44.55 69 Daniel Clavero Sebastian (Spa) Team Polti 1.45.32 70 Saulius Sarkauskas (Ltu) LA-Pecol 1.49.24 71 Marcelino Garcia Alonso (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 1.50.04 72 Santiago Botero (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1.50.25 73 David Clinger (USA) Festina Watches 1.50.39 74 Simone Bertoletti (Ita) Lampre Daikin 1.52.55 75 Andrea Tafi (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 1.53.26 76 Jan Hruska (Cze) Vitalicio Seguros 1.57.06 77 Pedro Diaz Lobato (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 1.57.10 78 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.58.15 79 Ricardo Valdes Prieto (Spa) Jazztel-Costa Almeria 1.58.22 80 Nacor Burgos Rojo (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 1.59.07 81 Davide Bramati (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 1.59.53 82 Jaime Hernandez Bertran (Spa) Festina Watches 2.01.11 83 Carlo Finco (Ita) Alessio 2.02.20 84 Francisco Cabello Luque (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2.04.52 85 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Deutsche Telekom 2.06.21 86 Fabio Roscioli (Ita) Jazztel-Costa Almeria 2.08.33 87 Carlos Golbano Garcia (Spa) Jazztel-Costa Almeria 2.11.29 88 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Cantina Tollo 2.14.34 89 Pablo Soler Siles (Spa) Jazztel-Costa Almeria 2.15.51 90 Guido Trenti (USA) Cantina Tollo 2.16.53 91 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Deutsche Telekom 2.17.02 92 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 2.17.32 93 Martin Garrido Mayorca (Arg) Relax-Fuenlabrada 2.17.45 94 José Ángel Vidal Martinez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2.18.06 95 Dario Cioni (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 2.18.13 96 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2.18.30 97 Youri Sourkov (Mda) LA-Pecol 2.19.09 98 Nicola Loda (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2.19.36 99 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2.19.58 100 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Jean Delatour 2.22.33 101 Matthias Kessler (Ger) Deutsche Telekom 2.23.17 102 Alexandre Sheffer (Kaz) Alessio 2.23.38 103 Remco van der Ven (Ned) Farm Frites 2.23.49 104 Oscar Pellicioli (Ita) Team Polti 2.25.15 105 Fernando Mota Dos Santos (Por) LA-Pecol 2.27.49 106 César Perez Padron (Spa) Jazztel-Costa Almeria 2.28.29 107 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) Banesto 2.28.46 108 Ruben Ispizua Oarbeskoa (Spa) LA-Pecol 2.28.51 109 Armin Meier (Swi) Saeco-Valli & Valli 2.29.13 110 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio 2.29.26 111 Michele Colleoni (Ita) Team Polti 2.29.31 112 Diego Prior Jimenez (Spa) Jazztel-Costa Almeria 2.29.45 113 Leonardo Guidi (Ita) Alessio 2.30.36 114 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 2.33.54 115 José Vazquez Palomo (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 2.34.00 116 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Farm Frites 2.35.02 117 Stefano Casagranda (Ita) Alessio 2.36.01 118 Martin Hvastija (Slo) Alessio 2.37.05 119 Rafael Casero Moreno (Spa) Festina Watches 2.38.37 120 German Nieto Fernandez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 2.38.47 121 Eduardo Hernandez Bailo (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 2.39.37 122 Biagio Conte (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 2.41.29 123 Federico Colonna (Ita) Cantina Tollo 2.41.49 124 Dirk Ronellenfitsch Ger) Farm Frites 2.53.11 125 Andreas Bermejo Siller (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 3.25.07 Points classification: 1 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 129 pts 2 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Deutsche Telekom 123 3 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 116 4 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre Daikin 92 5 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 85 6 Massimiliano Gentili (Ita) Cantina Tollo 80 7 Angel Casero Moreno (Spa) Festina Watches 75 8 Jon Odriozola Mugarza (Spa) Banesto 72 9 Gianni Faresin (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 69 10 Santos Gonzalez Capilla (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 62 11 Andrei Zintchenko (Rus) LA-Pecol 61 12 Alex Zülle (Swi) Banesto 56 13 Pascal Hervé (Fra) Team Polti 56 14 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) Vitalicio Seguros 55 15 Abraham Olano Manzano (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 54 16 Davide Bramati (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 54 17 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Jean Delatour 52 18 Jan Hruska (Cze) Vitalicio Seguros 52 19 Felix Cardenas Ravalo (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 51 20 Raimundas Rumsas (Ltu) Fassa Bortolo 51 21 Martin Garrido Mayorca (Arg) Relax-Fuenlabrada 49 22 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre Daikin 48 23 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 47 24 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 45 25 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Cantina Tollo 40 Mountains classification: 1 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 102 pts 2 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 94 3 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 83 4 Felix Cardenas Ravalo (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 72 5 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre Daikin 64 6 Gianni Faresin (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 45 7 Jon Odriozola Mugarza (Spa) Banesto 41 8 Eladio Jimenez Sanchez (Spa) Banesto 40 9 Rafael Diaz Justo (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 37 10 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Jean Delatour 35 11 Tomas Brozyna (Pol) Banesto 32 12 Fernando Escartín (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 31 13 Jan Hruska (Cze) Vitalicio Seguros 31 14 Andrei Zintchenko (Rus) LA-Pecol 30 15 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) Vitalicio Seguros 30 16 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 29 17 Fabio Roscioli (Ita) Jazztel-Costa Almeria 28 18 Francisco Cabello Luque (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 28 19 Santos Gonzalez Capilla (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 28 20 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Banesto 27 21 Massimiliano Gentili (Ita) Cantina Tollo 27 22 Santiago Blanco Gil (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros 26 23 Óscar Sevilla Ribera (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 25 24 Igor Pugaci (Mda) Saeco-Valli & Valli 25 25 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 24 26 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre Daikin 24 27 Txema Del Olmo Zendegi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 23 28 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Jean Delatour 21 29 Pascal Hervé (Fra) Team Polti 21 30 Alberto Lopez de Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 20 31 Andrea Peron (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 19 32 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Mapei-Quick Step 19 33 German Nieto Fernandez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 16 34 Gorka Gerrikagoitia Arrien (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 16 35 Raimundas Rumsas (Ltu) Fassa Bortolo 14 36 Stefano Casagranda (Ita) Alessio 14 37 Rolf Huser (Swi) Festina Watches 14 38 Alex Zülle (Swi) Banesto 14 39 José Enrique Gutiérrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 12 40 Miquel van Kessel (Ned) Farm Frites 10 41 Oscar Camenzind (Swi) Lampre Daikin 10 42 Paolo Lanfranchi (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 9 43 Andreas Bermejo Siller (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 8 44 Guido Trenti (USA) Cantina Tollo 8 45 Rodolfo Massi (Ita) Cantina Tollo 8 46 Angel Casero Moreno (Spa) Festina Watches 7 47 Felix Garcia Casas (Spa) Festina Watches 7 48 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 7 49 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Festina Watches 6 50 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Cantina Tollo 6 51 Richard Virenque (Fra) Team Polti 6 52 Rolf Aldag (Ger) Deutsche Telekom 6 53 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 6 54 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Liquigas-Pata 4 55 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Deutsche Telekom 4 56 Jaime Hernandez Bertran (Spa) Festina Watches 4 57 Kai Hundertmark (Ger) Deutsche Telekom 3 58 Santiago Botero (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2 59 Pedro Diaz Lobato (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 2 60 Francisco Garcia Rodriguez (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros 2 61 Abraham Olano Manzano (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 2 62 Davide Bramati (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 2 63 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio 2 64 Alvaro González de Galdeano (Spa) Vitalicio Seguro 1 65 Pablo Soler Siles (Spa) Jazztel-Costa Almeria 1 66 Saulius Sarkauskas (Ltu) LA-Pecol 1 67 Andrea Tafi (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 1 Metas volantes classification: 1 Gianni Faresin (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 40 pts 2 Davide Bramati (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 29 3 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre Daikin 26 4 Andreas Bermejo Siller (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 21 5 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Deutsche Telekom 20 6 Eleuterio Anguita Hinojosa (Spa) Jazztel-Costa Alme 20 7 Fabio Roscioli (Ita) Jazztel-Costa Almeria 17 8 Andrei Zintchenko (Rus) LA-Pecol 15 9 German Nieto Fernandez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 15 10 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Jean Delatour 11 11 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 6 12 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Banesto 6 13 Andrea Peron (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 6 14 Stefano Casagranda (Ita) Alessio 6 15 Óscar Sevilla Ribera (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 5 16 Massimiliano Gentili (Ita) Cantina Tollo 5 17 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4 18 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio 4 19 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) Vitalicio Seguros 4 20 Ruben Ispizua Oarbeskoa (Spa) LA-Pecol 4 21 Santiago Botero (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 4 22 Francisco Cabello Luque (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 4 23 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 4 24 José Enrique Gutiérrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 3 25 Pascal Hervé (Fra) Team Polti 3 26 Felix Cardenas Ravalo (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 3 27 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Jean Delatour 3 28 Alberto Lopez de Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3 29 Dario Cioni (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 2 30 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre Daikin 2 31 Biagio Conte (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 2 32 Pedro Diaz Lobato (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 2 33 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2 34 Felix Garcia Casas (Spa) Festina Watches 2 35 Jan Hruska (Cze) Vitalicio Seguros 2 36 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Liquigas-Pata 1 37 Kai Hundertmark (Ger) Deutsche Telekom 1 38 Jon Odriozola Mugarza (Spa) Banesto 1 39 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1 40 Martin Garrido Mayorca (Arg) Relax-Fuenlabrada 1 41 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Jean Delatour 1 42 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Cantina Tollo 1 43 Rafael Diaz Justo (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 1 44 Santiago Blanco Gil (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros 1 45 Rolf Aldag (Ger) Deutsche Telekom 1 46 Oscar Camenzind (Swi) Lampre Daikin 1 47 Igor Pugaci (Mda) Saeco-Valli & Valli 1 48 Guido Trenti (USA) Cantina Tollo 1 49 Rafael Casero Moreno (Spa) Festina Watches 1 50 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Festina Watches 1 51 Matthias Kessler (Ger) Deutsche Telekom 1 52 Pablo Soler Siles (Spa) Jazztel-Costa Almeria 1 Teams classification: 1 Kelme-Costa Blanca 209.08.36 2 Vitalicio Seguros 2.43 3 Euskaltel-Euskadi 9.38 4 O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 19.03 5 Mapei-Quick Step 27.12 6 Fassa Bortolo 38.22 7 Festina 39.20 8 Banesto 1.02.20 9 Team Polti 1.21.00 10 Lampre-Daikin 1.28.40 11 Cantina Tollo 1.33.33 12 Team Deutsche Telekom 2.11.33 13 LA-Pecol 2.44.55 14 Alessio 3.15.04 15 Jean Delatour 3.43.29 16 Costa de Almeria 3.50.57 17 Fuenlabrada 3.56.24 18 Farm Frites 3.58.37 19 Liquigas-Pata 4.14.53 20 Saeco-Valli & Valli 4.23.21