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55th Vuelta a España - Grand TourSpain, August 26 - September 17, 2000 |
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Stage 4
- August 29: Valdepeńas-Albacete, 159 km
A race blown apart
By Gabriella Ekström, cyclingnews.com correspondent
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Today's stage between Valdepenas and Albacete was flat, straight and very windy. The first 1000 started out easy, with the riders chatting and laughing with each other. A few who were not in a laughing mood however were the guys from Relax-Fuenlabrada. At least three of them were still suffering from a serious stomach bug, and they just made the time cut yesterday. They were all hoping for a really slow stage. It wasn't to be their lucky day.
The final 50 kilometers to Albacete are almost dead straight and the wind came hard from the right. ONCE is a team with a lot of strong, hard men, who certainly know how to ride a team time trial. Olano sent them all to the front and they put the hammer down. The main field fell into pieces and only some thirty-odd riders made it to the first group. Some of the favourites, such as Olano, Zülle, Ullrich, and Gonzalez de Galdeano (Igor) made it, together with others such as Vinokourov, Halgand, Brard, Belli, Farsein, Cipollini, Svorada, Leoni, Freire, Moreni, and Lombardi.
Vitalicio Seguros' Jan Hruska, who was only four seconds down on Zülle in the GC manged to take second behind Giancarlo "Manchi" Raimondi at the second Meta Volante sprint. That gave him four seconds in bonus, and he was the virtual leader at that point. (The other two sprints of the day were also won by Raimondi.) However, Hruska lost his day in gold when he missed the front group
Unlucky too was also Jans Koerts who crashed when the peloton were spread all over the road and he lost the chance to defend his points jersey. Involved in the crash were also David Etxebarria and Laurent Brochard. They all escaped without reported injuries, although the injuries to Brochard's shorts were evident.
At first the second group was around 80 strong, but more and more riders were dropped, until only the 'wing' remained. A few unlucky ones tried to catch one of the escaping wings on their own, but none of them made it back. At least five groups chased the first one, all of them at least 30 seconds behind the one in front of them. Kelme didn't get a single rider in the first group, and neither did Polti. The other riders decided it was up to those two teams to close the gap. Kelme tried their very best, but since they couldn't go with the front riders in the first case, it seemed impossible for them to close the gap all alone.
For a little while when the road turned, the chasing group seemed to be able to get back on, but as soon as they hit the straight roads, the gap started to grow again. The unlucky Relax-Fuenlabrada had a few riders in the second and third group, but most of them were nowhere to be seen. Less than 25 kilometers from the finish, but the minutes are long when you're tired, sick and on your own. The compulsory Spanish breakaway-of-the-day, Oarbeaskoa from yesterday hit a deep ditch, but came back up on the road unhurt. Small riders like Oscar Sevilla and Eladio Jimenez suffered badly from the wind and had to see how also the second group rode away from them close to the suburbs of Albacete.
The front group had a one minute advantage of the first chasing group at this point. The fact that the group contained a lot of sprinters spoke of a thrilling finish. Jan Ullrich and Matthias Kessler from Telekom worked and hoped for Giovanni Lombardi, while Oscar Freire had strong riders like Gianni Faresin and Davide Bramati with him.
Mapei started their little train very early, but were probably never worried, since Freire is a rider who can take good care of himself. For a second he got stuck behind Petacchi and Lombardi, but when Lombardi took care of Petacchi with a not-so-gentle move, he also moved to the side and opened a clear road for Oscar who won the stage with such precision and ease that the WC jersey couldn't be worn by a better rider.
Freire's victory today means that he regains the points jersey from Jans Koerts who finished last, over 18 minutes down on Freire.
Results
1 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 3.46.29 (42.12 km/h) 2 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Deutsche Telekom 3 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Liquigas-Pata 4 Endrio Leoni (Ita) Alessio 5 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre Daikin 6 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 7 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Jean Delatour 8 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 9 Andrea Peron (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 10 Rolf Huser (Swi) Festina Watches 11 Roberto Sgambelluri (Ita) Cantina Tollo 12 Andrei Zintchenko (Rus) LA-Pecol 13 Federico Colonna (Ita) Cantina Tollo 14 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Deutsche Telekom 15 Abraham Olano Manzano (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 16 Alex Zülle (Swi) Banesto 17 Jan Ullrich (Ger) Deutsche Telekom 18 Angel Casero Moreno (Spa) Festina Watches 19 Juan Vicario Barbera (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros 20 Santos Gonzalez Capilla (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 21 Mikel Zarrabeitia Uranga (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 22 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 23 Raimundas Rumsas (Ltu) Fassa Bortolo 24 Gianni Faresin (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 25 Gilles Bouvard (Fra) Jean Delatour 26 Paolo Lanfranchi (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 27 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 28 Giuseppe Di Grande (Ita) Festina Watches 29 Igor González de Galdeano (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros 30 Davide Bramati (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 31 Inigo Cuesta Lopez (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 32 Francisco Cerezo Perales (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros 33 Andrei Teteriouk (Kaz) Liquigas-Pata 34 Martin Hvastija (Slo) Alessio 35 Santiago Blanco Gil (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros 36 Alexandre Sheffer (Kaz) Alessio 37 Rafael Diaz Justo (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 38 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Mapei-Quick Step 39 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 40 Matthias Kessler (Ger) Deutsche Telekom 41 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Banesto 42 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 0.48 43 Ginés Salmerón Martinez (Spa) Jazztel-Costa Almeria 1.21 44 Rafael Mateos Perez (Spa) Team Polti 45 José Ángel Vidal Martinez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 46 Eleuterio Anguita Hinojosa (Spa) Jazztel-Costa Almeria 47 Massimiliano Gentili (Ita) Cantina Tollo 48 Santiago Botero (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 49 Remco van der Ven (Ned) Farm Frites 50 Ińigo Chaurreau Bernadez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 51 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Deutsche Telekom 52 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio 53 José Enrique Gutiérrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 54 César Perez Padron (Spa) Jazztel-Costa Almeria 55 Felix Cardenas Ravalo (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 56 Richard Virenque (Fra) Team Polti 57 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre Daikin 58 Ramon Gonzalez Arrieta (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 59 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 60 Giuseppe Calcaterra (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 61 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Saeco-Valli & Valli 62 Fernando Escartín (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 63 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Saeco-Valli & Valli 64 Nicola Miceli (Ita) Alessio 65 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 66 Haimar Zubeldia Aguirre (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 67 Stefano Casagranda (Ita) Alessio 68 Oscar Camenzind (Swi) Lampre Daikin 69 Carlos Golbano Garcia (Spa) Jazztel-Costa Almeria 70 Daniel Clavero Sebastian (Spa) Team Polti 71 Massimo Codol (Ita) Lampre Daikin 72 Francisco Cabello Luque (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 73 Nicola Loda (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 74 Miquel van Kessel (Ned) Farm Frites 75 Kai Hundertmark (Ger) Deutsche Telekom 76 German Nieto Fernandez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 77 Unai Etxebarria Arana (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 78 Pedro Lopes Goncalves (Por) LA-Pecol 79 Alberto Martinez Trinidad (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 80 Giancarlo Raimondi (Ita) Liquigas-Pata 81 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Deutsche Telekom 82 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) Farm Frites 83 Igor Pugaci (Mda) Saeco-Valli & Valli 84 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Cantina Tollo 85 Federico Giabbecucci (Ita) Cantina Tollo 86 Guido Trenti (USA) Cantina Tollo 87 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 88 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Cantina Tollo 1.40 89 Jaime Hernandez Bertran (Spa) Festina Watches 3.33 90 Marco Magnani (Ita) Alessio 91 Felix Garcia Casas (Spa) Festina Watches 92 Marco Della Vedova (Ita) Lampre Daikin 93 Óscar Sevilla Ribera (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 94 Ivan Parra Pinto (Col) Vitalicio Seguros 95 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas-Pata 96 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Festina Watches 97 David Clinger (USA) Festina Watches 98 Eladio Jimenez Sanchez (Spa) Banesto 99 Alvaro González de Galdeano (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros 100 Aitor Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Banesto 101 Tomas Brozyna (Pol) Banesto 102 Eduardo Hernandez Bailo (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 103 Mario Traversoni (Ita) Jazztel-Costa Almeria 104 Ellis Rastelli (Ita) Liquigas-Pata 105 Leonardo Guidi (Ita) Alessio 106 Serhiy Honchar (Ukr) Liquigas-Pata 107 Matteo Frutti (Ita) Lampre Daikin 108 Alessio Galletti (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 109 Pascal Hervé (Fra) Team Polti 4.43 110 Mirko Marini (Ita) Liquigas-Pata 111 Francisco Garcia Rodriguez (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros 112 Juan Garate Cepa (Spa) Lampre Daikin 113 José Rosa Ribeiro (Por) LA-Pecol 114 Marcelino Garcia Alonso (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 115 Unai Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Banesto 116 Rafael Casero Moreno (Spa) Festina Watches 117 Jon Odriozola Mugarza (Spa) Banesto 118 Rolf Aldag (Ger) Deutsche Telekom 119 Ivan Gotti (Ita) Team Polti 120 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) Banesto 121 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Farm Frites 122 Steven Kleynen (Bel) Farm Frites 123 Jan Hruska (Cze) Vitalicio Seguros 124 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Liquigas-Pata 125 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 126 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 127 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 128 Rodolfo Massi (Ita) Cantina Tollo 129 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Jean Delatour 5.17 130 Andrea Tafi (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 131 Dario Cioni (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 132 Michele Colleoni (Ita) Team Polti 133 Simone Bertoletti (Ita) Lampre Daikin 134 Florent Brard (Fra) Festina Watches 135 Nacor Burgos Rojo (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 136 Pedro Diaz Lobato (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 137 Dirk Ronellenfitsch Ger) Farm Frites 138 Txema Del Olmo Zendegi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 139 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre Daikin 140 Francesco Secchiari (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 141 Ricardo Valdes Prieto (Spa) Jazztel-Costa Almeria 142 Pablo Soler Siles (Spa) Jazztel-Costa Almeria 143 Christophe Bassons (Fra) Jean Delatour 144 Alberto Lopez de Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 145 Oscar Pellicioli (Ita) Team Polti 146 Mirco Crepaldi (Ita) Team Polti 147 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Liquigas-Pata 148 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Jean Delatour 149 Carlo Finco (Ita) Alessio 150 Glenn Magnusson (Swe) Farm Frites 151 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 152 Youri Sourkov (Mda) LA-Pecol 153 Saulius Sarkauskas (Ltu) LA-Pecol 154 Jose Uría Gonzalez (Spa) Team Polti 155 Gabriele Colombo (Ita) Cantina Tollo 156 Gorka Gerrikagoitia Arrien (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 157 Victor Hugo Peńa (Col) Vitalicio Seguros 158 Fernando Mota Dos Santos (Por) LA-Pecol 159 Martin Garrido Mayorca (Arg) Relax-Fuenlabrada 160 Armin Meier (Swi) Saeco-Valli & Valli 161 Fabio Roscioli (Ita) Jazztel-Costa Almeria 162 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Jean Delatour 163 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Deutsche Telekom 164 Geert van Bondt (Bel) Farm Frites 165 Bruno Thibout (Fra) Jean Delatour 5.32 166 Biagio Conte (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 5.55 167 Ruben Ispizua Oarbeskoa (Spa) LA-Pecol 6.01 168 José Maira Jimenez (Spa) Banesto 12.10 169 José Vazquez Palomo (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 170 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 171 Diego Prior Jimenez (Spa) Jazztel-Costa Almeria 172 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Jean Delatour 173 Bruno Castanheira (Por) LA-Pecol 17.11 174 Sérgio De La Torre (Spa) LA-Pecol 175 David Etxebarria Alkorta (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 176 Andreas Bermejo Siller (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 177 César Garcia Calvo (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 178 Eddy Seigneur (Fra) Jean Delatour 179 Jans Koerts Ned) Farm Frites 18.23 Points: 1 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 25 pts 2 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Deutsche Telekom 20 3 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Liquigas-Pata 16 4 Endrio Leoni (Ita) Alessio 14 5 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre Daikin 12 6 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 10 7 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Jean Delatour 9 8 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 8 9 Andrea Peron (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 7 10 Rolf Huser (Swi) Festina Watches 6 11 Roberto Sgambelluri (Ita) Cantina Tollo 5 12 Andrei Zintchenko (Rus) LA-Pecol 4 13 Federico Colonna (Ita) Cantina Tollo 3 14 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Deutsche Telekom 2 15 Abraham Olano Manzano (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 1 Metas volantes: Ruidera, km 59.5 1 German Nieto Fernandez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 4 pts 2 Giancarlo Raimondi (Ita) Liquigas-Pata 2 3 Eleuterio Anguita Hinojosa (Spa) Jazztel-Costa Almeri 1 Ossa de Montiel, km 73.5 1 Giancarlo Raimondi (Ita) Liquigas-Pata 4 pts 2 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Jean Delatour 2 3 German Nieto Fernandez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 1 Muneraa, km 100 1 Giancarlo Raimondi (Ita) Liquigas-Pata 4 pts 2 Jan Hruska (Cze) Vitalicio Seguros 2 3 Eleuterio Anguita Hinojosa (Spa) Jazztel-Costa Almeri 1 Teams: 1 Team Deutsche Telekom 11.19.27 2 Fassa Bortolo 3 Mapei-Quick Step 4 Festina 5 O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 6 Alessio 7 Vitalicio Seguros 8 Cantina Tollo 1.21 9 Liquigas-Pata 10 Saeco-Valli & Valli 2.42 11 Lampre-Daikin 12 Banesto 3.33 13 Costa de Almeria 4.03 14 Kelme-Costa Blanca 15 Team Polti 16 Euskaltel-Euskadi 17 Farm Frites 18 Jean Delatour 5.17 19 LA-Pecol 6.04 20 Fuenlabrada 10.11 General classification after stage 4: 1 Alex Zülle (Swi) Banesto 13.13.27 2 Abraham Olano Manzano (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 0.02 3 Inigo Cuesta Lopez (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 0.21 4 Igor González de Galdeano (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros 0.28 5 Andrei Teteriouk (Kaz) Liquigas-Pata 0.30 6 Angel Casero Moreno (Spa) Festina Watches 0.33 7 Santos Gonzalez Capilla (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 0.40 8 Gianni Faresin (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 0.41 9 Jan Ullrich (Ger) Deutsche Telekom 0.43 10 Raimundas Rumsas (Ltu) Fassa Bortolo 0.49 11 Giuseppe Di Grande (Ita) Festina Watches 12 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Mapei-Quick Step 0.52 13 Andrea Peron (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 14 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 0.53 15 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 16 Mikel Zarrabeitia Uranga (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 17 Rafael Diaz Justo (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 0.55 18 Juan Vicario Barbera (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros 0.59 19 Martin Hvastija (Slo) Alessio 1.00 20 Gilles Bouvard (Fra) Jean Delatour 1.04 21 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 22 Andrei Zintchenko (Rus) LA-Pecol 1.15 23 Davide Bramati (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 1.19 24 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Deutsche Telekom 1.25 25 Paolo Lanfranchi (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 1.27 26 Alexandre Sheffer (Kaz) Alessio 1.28 27 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.29 28 Santiago Blanco Gil (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros 1.32 29 Francisco Cerezo Perales (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros 1.33 30 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Jean Delatour 1.43 31 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Banesto 1.46 32 Roberto Sgambelluri (Ita) Cantina Tollo 1.48 33 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 1.51 34 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 35 Endrio Leoni (Ita) Alessio 1.52 36 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 1.55 37 Francisco Cabello Luque (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1.59 38 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Liquigas-Pata 2.00 39 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Deutsche Telekom 2.02 40 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre Daikin 2.07 41 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Saeco-Valli & Valli 42 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2.08 43 Alberto Martinez Trinidad (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 44 Matthias Kessler (Ger) Deutsche Telekom 2.13 45 Unai Etxebarria Arana (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.14 46 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2.24 47 Richard Virenque (Fra) Team Polti 2.26 48 Rolf Huser (Swi) Festina Watches 2.28 49 José Enrique Gutiérrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 50 Haimar Zubeldia Aguirre (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.29 51 Ińigo Chaurreau Bernadez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.30 52 Ginés Salmerón Martinez (Spa) Jazztel-Costa Almeria 53 Santiago Botero (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2.31 54 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 2.34 55 German Nieto Fernandez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 2.35 56 Felix Cardenas Ravalo (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2.37 57 Fernando Escartín (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2.41 58 Giancarlo Raimondi (Ita) Liquigas-Pata 2.48 59 Ramon Gonzalez Arrieta (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 60 Massimo Codol (Ita) Lampre Daikin 2.50 61 Rafael Mateos Perez (Spa) Team Polti 2.51 62 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre Daikin 2.52 63 Oscar Camenzind (Swi) Lampre Daikin 64 Kai Hundertmark (Ger) Deutsche Telekom 2.53 65 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Deutsche Telekom 2.55 66 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Saeco-Valli & Valli 67 Eleuterio Anguita Hinojosa (Spa) Jazztel-Costa Almeria 2.59 68 Remco van der Ven (Ned) Farm Frites 3.02 69 Miquel van Kessel (Ned) Farm Frites 3.03 70 Massimiliano Gentili (Ita) Cantina Tollo 71 Federico Colonna (Ita) Cantina Tollo 3.04 72 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) Farm Frites 3.05 73 José Ángel Vidal Martinez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 3.07 74 Nicola Miceli (Ita) Alessio 3.09 75 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Deutsche Telekom 3.11 76 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio 3.15 77 Stefano Casagranda (Ita) Alessio 3.16 78 Nicola Loda (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 79 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Cantina Tollo 3.17 80 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Cantina Tollo 3.18 81 Igor Pugaci (Mda) Saeco-Valli & Valli 3.20 82 Daniel Clavero Sebastian (Spa) Team Polti 3.30 83 Federico Giabbecucci (Ita) Cantina Tollo 84 Pedro Lopes Goncalves (Por) LA-Pecol 3.38 85 Carlos Golbano Garcia (Spa) Jazztel-Costa Almeria 3.44 86 Guido Trenti (USA) Cantina Tollo 3.53 87 César Perez Padron (Spa) Jazztel-Costa Almeria 3.57 88 Felix Garcia Casas (Spa) Festina Watches 4.05 89 Alvaro González de Galdeano (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros 4.07 90 Eladio Jimenez Sanchez (Spa) Banesto 4.07 91 Ivan Parra Pinto (Col) Vitalicio Seguros 4.11 92 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Festina Watches 4.14 93 Serhiy Honchar (Ukr) Liquigas-Pata 4.27 94 Tomas Brozyna (Pol) Banesto 4.33 95 Ellis Rastelli (Ita) Liquigas-Pata 4.37 96 Jan Hruska (Cze) Vitalicio Seguros 4.43 97 Jaime Hernandez Bertran (Spa) Festina Watches 98 Óscar Sevilla Ribera (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 99 Marco Della Vedova (Ita) Lampre Daikin 4.53 100 Giuseppe Calcaterra (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 5.06 101 Marco Magnani (Ita) Alessio 5.10 102 Aitor Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Banesto 5.12 103 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas-Pata 5.18 104 Victor Hugo Peńa (Col) Vitalicio Seguros 5.32 105 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 5.34 106 Jon Odriozola Mugarza (Spa) Banesto 5.38 107 Matteo Frutti (Ita) Lampre Daikin 5.41 108 David Clinger (USA) Festina Watches 5.48 109 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Jean Delatour 110 Martin Garrido Mayorca (Arg) Relax-Fuenlabrada 5.53 111 Dario Cioni (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 6.00 112 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) Banesto 6.01 113 Mario Traversoni (Ita) Jazztel-Costa Almeria 6.08 114 Ivan Gotti (Ita) Team Polti 6.09 115 Juan Garate Cepa (Spa) Lampre Daikin 6.12 116 Pedro Diaz Lobato (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 6.14 117 Rafael Casero Moreno (Spa) Festina Watches 6.15 118 Marcelino Garcia Alonso (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 6.15 119 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Deutsche Telekom 6.16 120 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 6.17 121 Unai Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Banesto 122 Pascal Hervé (Fra) Team Polti 6.18 123 Rodolfo Massi (Ita) Cantina Tollo 6.28 124 Simone Bertoletti (Ita) Lampre Daikin 6.32 125 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Jean Delatour 6.39 126 Francisco Garcia Rodriguez (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros 6.40 127 Steven Kleynen (Bel) Farm Frites 6.41 128 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Jean Delatour 129 Txema Del Olmo Zendegi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 130 Christophe Bassons (Fra) Jean Delatour 6.45 131 Youri Sourkov (Mda) LA-Pecol 6.46 132 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Liquigas-Pata 6.47 133 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 6.49 134 José Rosa Ribeiro (Por) LA-Pecol 6.51 135 Rolf Aldag (Ger) Deutsche Telekom 6.52 136 Alberto Lopez de Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6.55 137 Gorka Gerrikagoitia Arrien (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6.56 138 Jose Uría Gonzalez (Spa) Team Polti 7.00 139 Andrea Tafi (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 7.01 140 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Farm Frites 7.09 141 Glenn Magnusson (Swe) Farm Frites 7.10 142 Alessio Galletti (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 7.11 143 Armin Meier (Swi) Saeco-Valli & Valli 7.13 144 Fabio Roscioli (Ita) Jazztel-Costa Almeria 145 Dirk Ronellenfitsch Ger) Farm Frites 7.15 146 Oscar Pellicioli (Ita) Team Polti 147 Saulius Sarkauskas (Ltu) LA-Pecol 7.16 148 Francesco Secchiari (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 149 Florent Brard (Fra) Festina Watches 7.18 150 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7.19 151 Bruno Thibout (Fra) Jean Delatour 7.21 152 Pablo Soler Siles (Spa) Jazztel-Costa Almeria 7.23 153 Mirko Marini (Ita) Liquigas-Pata 7.28 154 Michele Colleoni (Ita) Team Polti 7.33 155 Fernando Mota Dos Santos (Por) LA-Pecol 7.35 156 Geert van Bondt (Bel) Farm Frites 7.50 157 Leonardo Guidi (Ita) Alessio 7.52 158 Gabriele Colombo (Ita) Cantina Tollo 7.58 159 Mirco Crepaldi (Ita) Team Polti 8.03 160 Carlo Finco (Ita) Alessio 8.06 161 Biagio Conte (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 8.07 162 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre Daikin 8.10 163 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Liquigas-Pata 8.24 164 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Jean Delatour 13.47 165 José Maira Jimenez (Spa) Banesto 13.54 166 Diego Prior Jimenez (Spa) Jazztel-Costa Almeria 14.56 167 Ruben Ispizua Oarbeskoa (Spa) LA-Pecol 15.52 168 Ricardo Valdes Prieto (Spa) Jazztel-Costa Almeria 16.14 169 David Etxebarria Alkorta (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 18.04 170 Bruno Castanheira (Por) LA-Pecol 18.28 171 Eddy Seigneur (Fra) Jean Delatour 19.12 172 Jans Koerts Ned) Farm Frites 19.28 173 Sérgio De La Torre (Spa) LA-Pecol 21.04 174 Eduardo Hernandez Bailo (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 33.11 175 Nacor Burgos Rojo (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 35.25 176 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 41.18 177 José Vazquez Palomo (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 41.34 178 César Garcia Calvo (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 47.14 179 Andreas Bermejo Siller (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 54.26 Points classification: 1 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 56 pts 2 Jans Koerts Ned) Farm Frites 45 3 Giancarlo Raimondi (Ita) Liquigas-Pata 38 4 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Deutsche Telekom 36 5 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre Daikin 32 6 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 30 7 Endrio Leoni (Ita) Alessio 29 8 Alex Zülle (Swi) Banesto 25 9 Abraham Olano Manzano (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 21 10 Mario Traversoni (Ita) Jazztel-Costa Almeria 21 11 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Liquigas-Pata 18 12 Jan Hruska (Cze) Vitalicio Seguros 18 13 Martin Garrido Mayorca (Arg) Relax-Fuenlabrada 18 14 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Liquigas-Pata 16 15 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Deutsche Telekom 16 16 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 16 17 Victor Hugo Peńa (Col) Vitalicio Seguros 14 18 Inigo Cuesta Lopez (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 12 19 Andreas Bermejo Siller (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 12 20 Federico Colonna (Ita) Cantina Tollo 11 21 Igor González de Galdeano (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros 10 22 Nicola Loda (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 10 23 Andrei Teteriouk (Kaz) Liquigas-Pata 9 24 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Jean Delatour 9 25 Eleuterio Anguita Hinojosa (Spa) Jazztel-Costa Almer 9 26 Felix Garcia Casas (Spa) Festina Watches 8 27 Angel Casero Moreno (Spa) Festina Watches 7 28 Matteo Frutti (Ita) Lampre Daikin 7 29 Andrea Peron (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 7 30 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Jean Delatour 7 31 German Nieto Fernandez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 7 32 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 6 33 Rolf Huser (Swi) Festina Watches 6 34 Alvaro González de Galdeano (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros 6 35 Roberto Sgambelluri (Ita) Cantina Tollo 5 36 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 5 37 Andrei Zintchenko (Rus) LA-Pecol 4 38 Ruben Ispizua Oarbeskoa (Spa) LA-Pecol 4 39 David Clinger (USA) Festina Watches 3 40 Ivan Parra Pinto (Col) Vitalicio Seguros 3 41 Geert van Bondt (Bel) Farm Frites 3 42 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Deutsche Telekom 2 43 Leonardo Guidi (Ita) Alessio 2 44 Eladio Jimenez Sanchez (Spa) Banesto 2 45 Glenn Magnusson (Swe) Farm Frites 1 46 Pedro Diaz Lobato (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 1 47 Francisco Cabello Luque (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1 48 Pablo Soler Siles (Spa) Jazztel-Costa Almeria 1 49 Matthias Kessler (Ger) Deutsche Telekom 1 50 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre Daikin 1 Mountains classification: 1 Eladio Jimenez Sanchez (Spa) Banesto 13 2 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Saeco-Valli & Valli 6 3 David Etxebarria Alkorta (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 6 4 Andreas Bermejo Siller (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 6 5 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 6 6 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Jean Delatour 6 7 Francisco Cabello Luque (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 3 8 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Jean Delatour 2 9 Felix Cardenas Ravalo (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2 10 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre Daikin 1 11 Alex Zülle (Swi) Banesto 1 Metas volantes classification: 1 Giancarlo Raimondi (Ita) Liquigas-Pata 19 2 Andreas Bermejo Siller (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 12 3 Eleuterio Anguita Hinojosa (Spa) Jazztel-Costa Almeri 9 4 German Nieto Fernandez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 7 5 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Jean Delatour 7 6 Ruben Ispizua Oarbeskoa (Spa) LA-Pecol 4 7 Jan Hruska (Cze) Vitalicio Seguros 2 8 Matthias Kessler (Ger) Deutsche Telekom 1 9 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre Daikin 1 10 Pablo Soler Siles (Spa) Jazztel-Costa Almeria 1 Teams classification: 1 Vitalicio Seguros 39.41.08 2 O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 0.10 3 Festina 0.59 4 Mapei-Quick Step 1.29 5 Fassa Bortolo 1.47 6 Team Deutsche Telekom 2.20 7 Liquigas-Pata 3.02 8 Alessio 3.18 9 Banesto 4.19 10 Cantina Tollo 5.39 11 Kelme-Costa Blanca 5.46 12 Lampre-Daikin 5.59 13 Euskaltel-Euskadi 6.04 14 Saeco-Valli & Valli 6.09 15 Team Polti 7.17 16 Jean Delatour 7.43 17 Costa de Almeria 8.13 18 Farm Frites 8.16 19 LA-Pecol 9.18 20 Fuenlabrada 12.03