57th Vuelta Comunidad Valenciana - 2.3

Spain, February 22-26, 2000

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Stage 4 - February 25: Xativa - Castellon, 187 km

Armstrong abandons, Zabel triumphs

The fourth stage of the Vuelta a Comunidad Valenciana saw the race end in yet another bunch sprint, as well as the non-start of another top rider. It was US Postal's Lance Armstrong's turn today to sit out the stage, not starting due to "physical reasons" - the American cited lack of competition, having not raced seriously since the Tour. He had finished yesterday almost 30 minutes down and decided enough was enough.

For the remainder of the peloton, the most serious obstacle during the 186 km stage between Jativa and Castellon was the category 1 climb at Eslida (140 km). 20 kilometers before this, a group of seven riders escaped - Hruska, Eduardo Hernandez, Gerrikagoitia, Navas, Ferrigato, Huser and Botcharov, and they took the points on the climb. However, they were not able to get completely clear, and were caught by the peloton with 5 km to go.

The sprint came down to a duel between Erik Zabel's Telekom team and Mario Cipollini's Saeco boys. Zabel, possibily benefitting from new lead out Gianmatteo Fagnini, was able to hold off his rival Cipollini to take another stage win - his fourth in total for the year. In third was Czech Jan Svorada (Lampre), closely followed by Blijlevens (Polti), Magnusson (Farm Frites) and Wüst (Festina).

Zabel, who only just prevailed over the Lion King, said that "our teamwork was perfect. Everyone cooperated, and Fagnini gave a perfect leadout." Cipo may be following Fagnini's wheel for some time to come, as he did last year when he was a member of the "red train".

The Italian Giuseppe Di Grande (Festina) preserved his lead in the general classification, but still has only two seconds over eight following, including Laurent Jalabert (2nd) and Abraham Olano (5th), who will make their moves tomorrow in the time trial.

Before that, the riders will race 70km from Castellon to Valencia, and then they will ride the final deciding stage, a 19.8 km race against the clock in Valencia.

Results

1 Erik Zabel (Ger) Telekom                                        4.29.12 (41.679 km/h)
2 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli                                 
3 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre-Daikin                                           
4 Jeroen Blijlevens (Ned) Team Polti                                        
5 Glenn Magnusson (Swe) Farm Frites                                         
6 Marcel Wust (Ger) Festina                                                 
7 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                         
8 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Farm Frites                                          
9 Gian Matteo Fagnini (Ita) Telekom                                         
10 Dimitri Konychev (Rus) Fassa Bortolo                                     
11 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Mercatone Uno                                        
12 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Vitalicio Seguros                                     
13 Oscar Freire (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step                                      
14 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step                                     
15 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                       
16 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Rabobank                                              
17 Ruben Galvan (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca                                    
18 Jose Alberto Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                            
19 Marco Velo (Ita) Mercatone Uno                                           
20 Gabriele Balducci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                    
21 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal Service                                  
22 Giuseppe Di Grande (Ita) Festina                                         
23 Laurent Jalabert (Fra) ONCE-Deutsche Bank                                
24 Claude Lamour (Fra) Cofidis                                              
25 Pascual Javier Llorente (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca                         
26 Abraham Olano (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank                                   
27 Josu Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                    
28 Andrei Kivilev (Kaz) Ag2R Prevoyance                                     
29 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros                            
30 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                               
31 Roberto Petito (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                       
32 Mario Scirea (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli                                   
33 José Enriqu Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca                           
34 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Lampre-Daikin                                  
35 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Banesto                                          
36 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Telekom                                          
37 Vjatceslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal Service                                
38 Carlos Torrens (Spa) Costa De Almeria                                    
39 Aitor Garmendia (Spa) Banesto                                            
40 German Nieto (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada                                     
41 Jaime Hernandez (Spa) Festina                                            
42 Michel Lafis (Swe) Farm Frites                                           
43 José Luis Rebollo (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros                                
44 Felix M. Garcia (Spa) Festina                                            
45 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca                                  
46 Biagio Conte (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli                                   
47 David Clinger (USA) Festina                                              
48 Fabio Roscioli (Ita) Costa De Almeria                                    
49 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) Vitalicio Seguros                                 
50 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                  
51 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis                                         
52 Oscar Camenzind (Swi) Lampre-Daikin                                      
53 Andrea Peron (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                         
54 Benoít Salmon (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                                      
55 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                        
56 Francisco Javi Cerezo (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros                            
57 Cesar Garcia Calvo (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada                               
58 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) US Postal Service                                   
59 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada                                     
60 Andrei Zintchenko (Rus) L.A. Pecol                                       
61 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2R Prevoyance                                
62 Andrea Tafi (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step                                       
63 Pedro Lopes (Por) L.A. Pecol                                             
64 David Garcia (Spa) Costa De Almeria                                      
65 Remco Van Der Ven (Ned) Farm Frites                                      
66 Pascal Chanteur (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                                    
67 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli                              
68 Marcello Siboni (Ita) Mercatone Uno                                      
69 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Saeco-Valli & Valli                                 
70 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank                                    
71 Pascal Herve (Fra) Team Polti                                            
72 Massimo Codol (Ita) Lampre-Daikin                                        
73 Christian Vandevelde (USA) US Postal Service                             
74 Jose Rosa (Por) L.A. Pecol                                               
75 Daniel Clavero (Spa) Team Polti                                          
76 Javie Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca                         
77 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre-Daikin                                   
78 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank                                           
79 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli                               
80 Miquel Van Kessel (Ned) Farm Frites                                      
81 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Rabobank                                            
82 Rafael Diaz (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank                                     
83 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Telekom                                               
84 David Delrieu (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                                      
85 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                  
86 David Fernandez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada                                  
87 Txema Del Olmo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                   
88 Marco Della Vedova (Ita) Lampre-Daikin                                   
89 Armin Meier (Swi) Saeco-Valli & Valli                                    
90 Gonzalo Bayarri (Spa) Costa De Almeria                                   
91 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre-Daikin                                      
92 Luca Scinto (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step                                       
93 Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Farm Frites                                  0.27     
94 Richard Virenque (Fra) Team Polti                                       
95 Andreas Kloden (Ger) Telekom                                       0.30     
96 Julian Dean (Nzl) US Postal Service                                    
97 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada                                   
98 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Telekom                                     
99 Rolf Aldag (Ger) Telekom                                               
100 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Banesto                                        
101 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada                           
102 Alex Zuelle (Swi) Banesto                                         0.35     
103 Frankie Andreu (USA) US Postal Service                                
104 I¤igo Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                               
105 Jan Hruska (Cze) Vitalicio Seguros                                0.43     
106 Juan J De Los Angeles (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca                    0.54     
107 David Plaza (Spa) Festina                                              
108 David Tani (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step                                 0.55     
109 Philippe Bordenave (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                               
110 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) L.A. Pecol                                     
111 Cesar Perez (Spa) Costa De Almeria                                     
112 David Latasa (Spa) Banesto                                             
113 Manuel Fernandez (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step                                
114 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                      
115 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Banesto                                       
116 Rolf Huser (Swi) Festina                                               
117 Jose Manuel Uria (Spa) Team Polti                                      
118 José Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank                           
119 Luis Perez (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros                                     
120 Javier Ochoa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca                                  
121 Axel Merckx (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step                                     
122 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank                                           
123 Ivan Gotti (Ita) Team Polti                                            
124 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Farm Frites                                      
125 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Rabobank                                            
126 Salius Sarkauskas (Ltu) L.A. Pecol                                     
127 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                                        
128 Sergio Barbero (Ita) Lampre-Daikin                                     
129 Thierry Loder (Fra) Cofidis                                            
130 Ermanno Brignoli (Ita) Mercatone Uno                                   
131 Segis De La Torre (Spa) L.A. Pecol                                     
132 Michele Laddomada (Ita) L.A. Pecol                                     
133 Isidro Nozal (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank                                  
134 Joaquin Gomes (Por) L.A. Pecol                                         
135 Enrico Zaina (Ita) Mercatone Uno                                       
136 Andrea Ferrigato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                   
137 Gorka Gerrikagoitia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                            
138 Roland Meier (Swi) Cofidis                                             
139 Silvio Martinello (Ita) Team Polti                                     
140 Beat Zberg (Swi) Rabobank                                              
141 David Millar (Gbr) Cofidis                                             
142 Laurent Desbiens (Fra) Cofidis                                         
143 Giuseppe Calcaterra (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli                   1.45    
144 Steffen Kjaergaard (Nor) US Postal Service                      1.56    
145 Thomas Brozyna (Pol) Banesto                                        
146 Gilles Maignan (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                                
147 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis                                       
148 Arturas Kasputis (Ltu) Ag2R Prevoyance                              
149 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Cofidis                                       
150 Fernando Escartin (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca                          
151 Gaiztka Lejarreta (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank                          
152 Jonathan Hall (Aus) Festina                                         
153 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Telekom                                       
154 Juan Carlos Vicario (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros                     2.42    
155 Gines Salmeron (Spa) Costa De Almeria                               
156 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank                        2.47    
157 David Vazquez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada                               
158 Eduardo Hernandez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada                           
159 David Navas (Spa) Banesto                                       3.38    
160 Ernesto Manchon (Spa) Costa De Almeria                          8.39    
161 Ricardo Valdes (Spa) Costa De Almeria                             

Stage points:

1 Erik Zabel (Ger) Telekom                                          25 pts       
2 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli                         20       
3 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre-Daikin                                   16       
4 Jeroen Blijlevens (Ned) Team Polti                                14       
5 Glenn Magnusson (Swe) Farm Frites                                 12       
6 Marcel Wust (Ger) Festina                                         10       
7 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                  9       
8 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Farm Frites                                   8       
9 Gian Matteo Fagnini (Ita) Telekom                                  7       
10 Dimitri Konychev (Rus) Fassa Bortolo                              6       
11 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Mercatone Uno                                 5       
12 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Vitalicio Seguros                              4       
13 Oscar Freire (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step                               3       
14 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step                              2       
15 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                1       

Metas Volantes

L.Alcudia - 27 km

1  Pedro Lopes (Por) L.A. Pecol                                      3 pts       
2  Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank                                      2       
3  Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre-Daikin                               1       

Borriana - 168 km

1  Eduardo Hernandez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada                         3 pts       
2  David Navas (Spa) Banesto                                         2       
3  Andrea Ferrigato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                              1       

Mountains:

Port De L'oronet - 107 Km

1  Andrea Ferrigato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                             10 pts       
2  Gorka Gerrikagoitia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                       7       
3  David Navas (Spa) Banesto                                         5       
4  Rolf Huser (Swi) Festina                                          3       
5  Jan Hruska (Cze) Vitalicio Seguros                                2       
6  Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2R Prevoyance                         1       

Port D'eslida - 140 km

1  Gorka Gerrikagoitia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                      16 pts       
2  David Navas (Spa) Banesto                                        12       
3  Andrea Ferrigato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                             10       
4  Rolf Huser (Swi) Festina                                          8       
5  Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2R Prevoyance                         6       
6  Jan Hruska (Cze) Vitalicio Seguros                                4       
7  Eduardo Hernandez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada                         3       
8  Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Farm Frites                                 2       
9  Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank                             1       

General classification after stage 4:

1 Giuseppe Di Grande (Ita) Festina                              13.35.38      
2 Laurent Jalabert (Fra) ONCE-Deutsche Bank                         0.02      
3 Pascual Javier Llorente (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca                         
4 Jose Alberto Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                            
5 Abraham Olano (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank                                   
6 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros                            
7 Andrei Kivilev (Kaz) Ag2R Prevoyance                                     
8 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca                                  
9 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                       
10 Ruben Galvan (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca                            0.27      
11 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                              
12 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Vitalicio Seguros                                    
13 Roberto Petito (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                               0.29      
14 Oscar Camenzind (Swi) Lampre-Daikin                                     
15 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Banesto                                         
16 Marco Velo (Ita) Mercatone Uno                                          
17 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Saeco-Valli & Valli                                
18 Felix M. Garcia (Spa) Festina                                           
19 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank                                          
20 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis                                        
21 José Luis Rebollo (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros                               
22 Aitor Garmendia (Spa) Banesto                                           
23 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank                                   
24 Benoít Salmon (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                                     
25 Luis Perez (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros                              1.10      
26 Oscar Freire (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step                             3.34      
27 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Rabobank                                           
28 Gorka Gerrikagoitia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                     3.36      
29 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                    
30 Vjatceslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal Service                            
31 Marcello Siboni (Ita) Mercatone Uno                                  
32 Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Farm Frites                                    
33 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli                          
34 Pascal Herve (Fra) Team Polti                                        
35 Javie Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca                     
36 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step                            4.09      
37 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Banesto                                  4.22      
38 Thomas Brozyna (Pol) Banesto                                    4.43      
39 Armin Meier (Swi) Saeco-Valli & Valli                           5.04      
40 David Plaza (Spa) Festina                                             
41 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi                               
42 Francisco Javi Cerezo (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros                         
43 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2R Prevoyance                       6.30      
44 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Farm Frites                                     
45 Massimo Codol (Ita) Lampre-Daikin                                    
46 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Telekom                                   6.41      
47 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Telekom                                            
48 Jaime Hernandez (Spa) Festina                                   6.51      
49 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                         7.58      
50 Jan Hruska (Cze) Vitalicio Seguros                                   
51 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis                                      
52 Michele Laddomada (Ita) L.A. Pecol                              8.09      
53 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Telekom                              8.16      
54 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                               8.23      
55 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Banesto                                9.10      
56 Andrea Peron (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                      
57 Juan Carlos Vicario (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros                           
58 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                               9.41      
59 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal Service                         9.43      
60 Axel Merckx (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step                             10.04      
61 Andrea Ferrigato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                           10.13      
62 Andreas Kloden (Ger) Telekom                                   10.17      
63 Jose Manuel Uria (Spa) Team Polti                              11.11      
64 Cesar Garcia Calvo (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada                     12.04      
65 Jose Rosa (Por) L.A. Pecol                                           
66 José Enriqu Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca                       
67 Jonathan Hall (Aus) Festina                                          
68 Christian Vandevelde (USA) US Postal Service                         
69 Michel Lafis (Swe) Farm Frites                                 12.37      
70 Andrei Zintchenko (Rus) L.A. Pecol                                  
71 Ivan Gotti (Ita) Team Polti                                         
72 David Millar (Gbr) Cofidis                                     13.11      
73 Javier Ochoa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca                          13.19      
74 Rafael Diaz (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank                           13.37      
75 Gines Salmeron (Spa) Costa De Almeria                          13.43      
76 Richard Virenque (Fra) Team Polti                              14.05      
77 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada                                 
78 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada                          
79 Manuel Fernandez (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step                              
80 Daniel Clavero (Spa) Team Polti                                      
81 Roland Meier (Swi) Cofidis                                           
82 Frankie Andreu (USA) US Postal Service                         14.37      
83 Miquel Van Kessel (Ned) Farm Frites                            14.50      
84 Mario Scirea (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli                               
85 Erik Zabel (Ger) Telekom                                       15.15      
86 David Clinger (USA) Festina                                    15.17      
87 Pascal Chanteur (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                               
88 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Rabobank                                       
89 Juan J De Los Angeles (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca                 15.44      
90 Luca Scinto (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step                             15.45      
91 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                                15.52      
92 Rolf Aldag (Ger) Telekom                                       15.57      
93 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Lampre-Daikin                        16.01      
94 David Navas (Spa) Banesto                                      16.29      
95 Andrea Tafi (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step                             18.05      
96 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre-Daikin                         18.11      
97 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) US Postal Service                               
98 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli                            
99 Beat Zberg (Swi) Rabobank                                            
100 Isidro Nozal (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank                               
101 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank                                        
102 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Farm Frites                                   
103 Laurent Desbiens (Fra) Cofidis                                      
104 Claude Lamour (Fra) Cofidis                                         
105 Gaiztka Lejarreta (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank                    18.21      
106 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) Vitalicio Seguros                      18.34      
107 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli                   
108 I¤igo Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                       19.50      
109 David Garcia (Spa) Costa De Almeria                                 
110 David Delrieu (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                                 
111 Arturas Kasputis (Ltu) Ag2R Prevoyance                              
112 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Cofidis                                       
113 Philippe Bordenave (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                            
114 Rolf Huser (Swi) Festina                                            
115 Gilles Maignan (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                                
116 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Mercatone Uno                                   
117 David Latasa (Spa) Banesto                                    20.21      
118 David Vazquez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada                         20.27      
119 Enrico Zaina (Ita) Mercatone Uno                              20.57      
120 Pedro Lopes (Por) L.A. Pecol                                        
121 Dimitri Konychev (Rus) Fassa Bortolo                                
122 Segis De La Torre (Spa) L.A. Pecol                                  
123 Eduardo Hernandez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada                           
124 Sergio Barbero (Ita) Lampre-Daikin                                  
125 David Tani (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step                                   
126 Alex Zuelle (Swi) Banesto                                           
127 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre-Daikin                               22.00      
128 Remco Van Der Ven (Ned) Farm Frites                           22.36      
129 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada                                
130 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) L.A. Pecol                                  
131 Txema Del Olmo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                              
132 Salius Sarkauskas (Ltu) L.A. Pecol                                  
133 Thierry Loder (Fra) Cofidis                                         
134 Biagio Conte (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli                              
135 Ernesto Manchon (Spa) Costa De Almeria                        23.07      
136 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Telekom                                     
137 Fernando Escartin (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca                    24.46      
138 Joaquin Gomes (Por) L.A. Pecol                                     
139 Gian Matteo Fagnini (Ita) Telekom                              
140 Ricardo Valdes (Spa) Costa De Almeria                         26.28      
141 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Rabobank                                        
142 Glenn Magnusson (Swe) Farm Frites                             27.35      
143 José Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank                        
144 Fabiano Fontanelli (Ita) Mercatone Uno                              
145 Ermanno Brignoli (Ita) Mercatone Uno                          29.14      
146 Steffen Kjaergaard (Nor) US Postal Service                          
147 Josu Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                               
148 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal Service                             
149 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank                            
150 Silvio Martinello (Ita) Team Polti                                  
151 German Nieto (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada                                
152 Cesar Perez (Spa) Costa De Almeria                            30.49      
153 Marco Della Vedova (Ita) Lampre-Daikin                        31.24      
154 Carlos Torrens (Spa) Costa De Almeria                               
155 Giuseppe Calcaterra (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli                       
156 Julian Dean (Nzl) US Postal Service                                 
157 Marcel Wust (Ger) Festina                                           
158 Gabriele Balducci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                               
159 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre-Daikin                                 
160 David Fernandez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada                       35.00      
161 Jeroen Blijlevens (Ned) Team Polti                            35.11      
162 Gonzalo Bayarri (Spa) Costa De Almeria                        35.16      
163 Fabio Roscioli (Ita) Costa De Almeria                               

Points classification:

1 Erik Zabel (Ger) Telekom                                           45 pts
2 Oscar Freire (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step                                40 
3 Ruben Galvan (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca                              40 
4 Laurent Jalabert (Fra) ONCE-Deutsche Bank                          40 
5 Pascual Javier Llorente (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca                   32 
6 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                         27 
7 Giuseppe Di Grande (Ita) Festina                                   25 
8 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Vitalicio Seguros                               24 
9 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                  23 
10 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli                         20 
11 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal Service                           20 
12 Roberto Petito (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                17 
13 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre-Daikin                                   16 
14 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca                           16 
15 Jeroen Blijlevens (Ned) Team Polti                                14 
16 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros                     14 
17 Jose Alberto Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                     13 
18 Glenn Magnusson (Swe) Farm Frites                                 12 
19 Marcel Wust (Ger) Festina                                         10 
20 Andrei Kivilev (Kaz) Ag2R Prevoyance                              10 
21 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                10 
22 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Rabobank                                       10 
23 Gorka Gerrikagoitia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                       9 
24 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Farm Frites                                  8 
25 Oscar Camenzind (Swi) Lampre-Daikin                               8 
26 Gian Matteo Fagnini (Ita) Telekom                                 7 
27 Abraham Olano (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank                            7 
28 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Banesto                                   7 
29 Dimitri Konychev (Rus) Fassa Bortolo                              6 
30 Marco Velo (Ita) Mercatone Uno                                    6 
31 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                 6 
32 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step                              6 
33 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Mercatone Uno                                 5 
34 David Clinger (USA) Festina                                       5 
35 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli                       3 
36 Vjatceslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal Service                         2 
37 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis                                  2 
38 Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Farm Frites                                 2 
39 Felix M. Garcia (Spa) Festina                                     1 

Metas volantes classification:

1 Pedro Lopes (Por) L.A. Pecol                                       12 pts
2 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank                                        8
3 David Vazquez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada                               6
4 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2R Prevoyance                           3
5 Eduardo Hernandez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada                           3
6 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Lampre-Daikin                             3
7 Erik Zabel (Ger) Telekom                                            2
8 David Navas (Spa) Banesto                                           2
9 David Latasa (Spa) Banesto                                          2
10 Salius Sarkauskas (Ltu) L.A. Pecol                                 2
11 Andrea Ferrigato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                               1
12 Manuel Fernandez (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step                            1
13 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Rabobank                                        1
14 José Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank                       1
15 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre-Daikin                                1

Mountains classification:

1 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Farm Frites                                  25 pts
2 Gorka Gerrikagoitia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                        23
3 Andrea Ferrigato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                               20
4 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis                                      19
5 Laurent Jalabert (Fra) ONCE-Deutsche Bank                          17
6 Andrei Kivilev (Kaz) Ag2R Prevoyance                               17
7 David Plaza (Spa) Festina                                          17
8 David Navas (Spa) Banesto                                          17
9 Javier Ochoa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca                              16
10 Francisco Javi Cerezo (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros                     13
11 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                12
12 Rolf Huser (Swi) Festina                                          11
13 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis                                  10
14 Rafael Diaz (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank                              10
15 Abraham Olano (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank                             9
16 Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Farm Frites                                  9
17 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca                            8
18 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2R Prevoyance                          7
19 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Telekom                                 6
20 Jan Hruska (Cze) Vitalicio Seguros                                 6
21 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                  6
22 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Lampre-Daikin                            6
23 Jose Alberto Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                      4
24 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi                            4
25 Giuseppe Di Grande (Ita) Festina                                   3
26 Pascual Javier Llorente (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca                   3
27 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank                                       3
28 Eduardo Hernandez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada                          3
29 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros                      2
30 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank                              1
31 Luis Perez (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros                                 1
32 David Latasa (Spa) Banesto                                         1

Teams classification:

1 Kelme-Costa Blanca                                           40.47.25    
2 Once-Deutsche Bank                                               0.02    
3 Vitalicio Seguros                                                0.27    
4 Fassa Bortolo                                                    3.34    
5 Ag 2 R Prevoyance                                                3.36    
6 Rabobank                                                         3.59    
7 Banesto                                                          4.03    
8 Festina                                                          5.02    
9 Euskaltel-Euskadi                                                6.57    
10 Saeco-Valli & Valli                                             8.38    
11 Telekom                                                        15.17    
12 Mercatone Uno                                                  15.38    
13 Farm Frites                                                    16.05    
14 Mapei-Quick Step                                               16.43    
15 Cofidis                                                        17.01    
16 Team Polti                                                     17.52    
17 Us Postal Service                                              19.39    
18 Lampre-Daikin                                                  20.19    
19 L.A. Pecol                                                     30.40    
20 Relax-Fuenlabrada                                              33.36    
21 Costa De Almeria                                               49.31