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Euskal Bizikleta-Bicicleta Vasca - 2.1
Spain, June 5-9, 2002
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Stage 5 - June 9: Iurreta-Arrate, 149.2 km
Zorionak El Generoso
Beloki hits the mountains with gusto and Mikel "El Generoso" Zarrabeitia takes the jertsei urdina home.
By Martin Hardie, Cyclingnews correspondent
The ONCE-Eroski team made a double of it in the fifth and final stage of the Euskal Bizikleta with Mikel Zarrabeitia taking the tour victory and Joseba Beloki the stage, putting to an end the Banesto season domination. And just as Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano sent someone in the USA a little message from Germany this week, another was posted from the green hills of Euskadi with the unavoidable statement made by Joseba Beloki when he took the stage to Arrate with daylight second. Leonardo Piepoli (iBanesto) finished fourth at 1.25 while his team-mate, Santi Blanco came in 1.13 the diminutive Lazkaotarran. Arriving just ahead of Piepoli, on the same time, was Zarrabeitia's main threat for the race, the Lithuanian of Lampre, Raimondas Rumsas (Lampre).
"El Generoso", as his companions know Zarrabeitia, managed to hold off the Lithuanian finishing in a group of six 16 seconds further back. Zarra was accompanied to the end by his neighbour, David Etxebarria (Euskaltel-Euskadi), team-mates, José Azevedo and Marcos Serrano, fellow Basque, Daniel Atienza (Cofidis) and Nicolas Fritsch (FDJ).
Rumsas tried to shake Zarrabeitia at the key moment, five kilomtres from the finish on the 10 percent grade of the Alto de Arrate. With three kilometres left Rumsas had a threatening gap of 17 seconds but the Biscayan knew how to save the situation and over the false flat that comes before the finish worked to maintain his advantage and fend off any possible loss of his victory by 11 seconds.
It was in no small part due to the team tactics of ONCE that were ideal for Mikel Zarrabeitia. They discharged the work on Joseba Beloki, who with the bad times he has had in the past days and with his run of early season injury, proved capable of the test which allowed him to evidence his superiority.
Beloki's adventure began in the nineteenth kilometre with the crossing of the second category three climb of the day at the Alto de Areitio, where he joined an escape with Jorge Capitán (Relax Fuenlabrada), Koldo Gil (Ibanesto), Oscar Freire (Mapei), Miguel Angel Mart’n Perdiguero (Acqua Sapone). The escapees were later joined in their efforts by Giuseppe Palumbro (De Nardi), Iñigo Cuesta (Cofidis) and David Muñoz (Kelme).
Beloki passed in the company of the other escapees over the Elgeta (Cat. 2), Ixúa (Cat. 1), San Miguel (Cat. 3) and the Lizarreta (Cat. 2). It was with the Lizzarreta that he decided to go alone and he opened up a space that allowed him to pass the following puerto, the Azurki, (Cat. 1). Its ramps of between nine and fifteen percent emphasised his strength and he quickly had a minute on the Italian Palumbo and a trio of Banesto's Koldo Gil, Santi Blanco and Francisco Mancebo.
He arrived at the first foothills of the Arrate, eight kilometres from the finish, with something more that a minute and a half on the solitary Santi Blanco. Blanco managed to pick up some time on the final climb to the monastery at Arrate but not enough to catch the Lazkaotarran.
The overall victory for Mikel Zarrabeitia was the most important of his career. "I have tried to obtain this triumph since 1991, when I made my debut as a professional, always I have been in the front but I haven't arrived until this year. I have a few years left as a professional and I had thought that it would never come," declared Zarrabeitia, a man who has had his share of bad luck during his carreer. He confessed that he always found himself "physically good but ultimately he has had a few falls ... This triumph is especially important because it has helped to lift my spirit". Zarrabeitia thanked his team-mates for their support during the race and also had words of appreciation for David Etxebarria, his rival and nevertheless his friend and neighbour. Etxebarria, he said, extended his hand and offered him his wheel when Rumsas attacked on the climb of Arrate. He admitted that there is a pact between the two on the short morning stage on Saturday - Etxebarria took the stage and then offered his help to Zarra. He concluded of his amigo, "we are not only countrymen but companions in our training group".
"El Generoso" takes one at last - nothing could please so many so much; for there can be no doubt that he is one of the most dedicated working men of the peloton. Beloki recognised this in his post race interview and continued "I am very happy for the triumph of Mikel, but it was true that I also needed a victory like this". After he crossed the finsih line Beloki lamented that he could not be with "him when he had his bad moments". In the end I am lamenting that I can't be in downtown Durango tonight, throwing back more than few fine cervezas for no finer a tipo than Mikel. As Etxebarria said in his DEIA column this morning: "Zorionak (Congratulations) Mikel"!!
Results
1 Joseba Beloki (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 3.59.08 2 Santiago Blanco (Spa) iBanesto.com 1.13 3 Raimondas Rumsas (Ltu) Lampre-Daikin 1.25 4 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) iBanesto.com 5 Ricardo Valdes (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 1.27 6 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.41 7 Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 8 José Azevedo (Por) ONCE-Eroski 9 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis 10 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 11 Marcos Serrano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 12 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis 2.09 13 Dmitri Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis 14 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) De Nardi-Pasta Montegrappa 2.22 15 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) De Nardi-Pasta Montegrappa 16 Massimiliano Gentili (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 17 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 18 Rubén Lobato Elvira (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 19 Rui Lavarinhas (Por) Milaneza-MSS 2.36 20 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) iBanesto.com 2.47 21 Iker Camaño (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 22 Christian Charriere (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 23 Juan Guillamon (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 24 Jose Garrido (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 25 Cédric Fragniere (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 26 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems 27 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Mapei-Quick Step 28 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 29 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 30 Miguel Martinez (Fra) Mapei-Quick Step 3.12 31 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 3.26 32 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) iBanesto.com 3.27 33 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 34 José Javier Gomez Gozalo (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 35 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 3.40 36 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis 37 Rui Miguel Sousa (Por) Milaneza-MSS 38 Ivan Parra (Col) ONCE-Eroski 3.42 39 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.12 40 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 5.28 41 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 42 Pedro Cardoso (Por) Milaneza-MSS 43 Serguei Smetanine (Rus) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 44 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 45 Raffaele Ferrara (Ita) Alessio 5.31 46 Iñaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5.32 47 Koldo Gil (Spa) iBanesto.com 5.41 48 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) iBanesto.com 6.29 49 M.A. Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina To 6.50 50 Jorge Capitan Peregrina (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 51 David Cañada (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 52 José Angel Vidal (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 53 Luca De Angeli (Ita) Mercatone Uno 7.15 54 Mikel Pradera (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 7.40 55 José Luis Martinez (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 7.43 56 Quintino Rodrigues (Por) CCC-Polsat 8.03 57 Michele Gobbi (Ita) De Nardi-Pasta Montegrappa 8.16 58 Fabio Testi (Ita) De Nardi-Pasta Montegrappa 8.16 59 Igor Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 9.30 60 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) iBanesto.com 61 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 9.53 62 Kyryl Pospyeyev (Ukr) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 63 Iban Herrero (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 64 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Alessio 9.55 65 Pablo Soler Siles (Spa) Mercatone Uno 66 Agustín Peña Gago (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 9.56 67 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 68 Carlos Golbano (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 69 Martin Elminger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 10.35 70 Franck Pencole (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 10.46 71 Jon Odriozola (Spa) iBanesto.com 10.47 72 Paulo Barroso (Por) Milaneza-MSS 73 Klaus Möller (Den) Milaneza-MSS 74 David Derepas (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 75 David Vazquez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 20.41 DNS Angel Edo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS DNS Joan Horrach (Spa) Milaneza-MSS DNF Oscar Freire (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step DNF Elio Aggiano (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step DNF Alvaro Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski DNF Abraham Olano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski DNF Juan Miguel Cuenca (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca DNF Leandro Navarrete (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca DNF Julian Usano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca DNF Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Lampre-Daikin DNF Marco Pinotti (Ita) Lampre-Daikin DNF Johan Verstrepen (Bel) Lampre-Daikin DNF Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi DNF Aitor Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi DNF Andrea Ferrigato (Ita) Alessio DNF Andrea Brognara (Ita) Alessio DNF Davide Frattini (Ita) Alessio DNF Aleksandar Nikacevic (Yug) Alessio DNF Mederic Clain (Fra) Cofidis DNF Chris Peers (Bel) Cofidis DNF Marek Rutkiewicz (Pol) Cofidis DNF Jean-Michel Tessier (Fra) Cofidis DNF David Fernandez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada DNF Pablo Fernandez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada DNF Martín Garrido (Arg) Relax-Fuenlabrada DNF Sergio Perez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada DNF Sergio Villamil (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada DNF Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Mercatone Uno DNF Christophe Mengin (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux DNF Jimmy Casper (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux DNF Franck Perque (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux DNF Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux DNF Matthew Wilson (Aus) La Francaise Des Jeux DNF Andre Teteriouk (Kza) CCC-Polsat DNF Serguei Outschakov (Ukr) CCC-Polsat DNF Radoslaw Romanik (Pol) CCC-Polsat DNF Vitali Kokorine (Rus) De Nardi-Pasta Montegrappa DNF Andrus Aug (Est) De Nardi-Pasta Montegrappa DNF Devis Miorin (Ita) De Nardi-Pasta Montegrappa Points 1 Joseba Beloki (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 25 pts 2 Santiago Blanco (Spa) iBanesto.com 20 3 Raimondas Rumsas (Ltu) Lampre-Daikin 16 4 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) iBanesto.com 14 5 Ricardo Valdes (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 12 6 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10 7 Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 9 8 José Azevedo (Por) ONCE-Eroski 8 9 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis 7 10 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 6 11 Marcos Serrano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 5 12 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis 4 13 Dmitri Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis 3 14 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) De Nardi-Pasta Montegrappa 2 15 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) De Nardi-Pasta Montegrappa 1 Mountains Osma - Cat. 3, km 8 1 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 3 pts 2 M.A. Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tol 1 Areitio - Cat. 3, km 20 1 M.A. Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tol 3 pts 2 Jorge Capitan Peregrina (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 1 Elgeta - Cat. 2, km 44 1 M.A. Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tol 6 pts 2 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis 4 3 Jorge Capitan Peregrina (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 2 Ixua - Cat. 1, km 69 1 M.A. Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tol 10 pts 2 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis 8 3 Jorge Capitan Peregrina (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 6 4 Joseba Beloki (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 4 5 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) De Nardi-Pasta Montegrappa 2 San Miguel - Cat. 3, km 83 1 M.A. Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tol 3 pts 2 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis 1 Lizarreta - Cat. 2, km 111 1 M.A. Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tol 6 pts 2 David Muñoz (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 4 3 Koldo Gil (Spa) iBanesto.com 2 Azurki - Cat. 1, km 121 1 Joseba Beloki (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 10 pts 2 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) De Nardi-Pasta Montegrappa 8 3 Koldo Gil (Spa) iBanesto.com 6 4 Santiago Blanco (Spa) iBanesto.com 4 5 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) iBanesto.com 2 Usartza, Cat. 1, km 146 1 Joseba Beloki (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 10 pts 2 Santiago Blanco (Spa) iBanesto.com 8 3 Ricardo Valdes (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 6 4 Raimondas Rumsas (Ltu) Lampre-Daikin 4 5 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) iBanesto.com 2 Metas volantes Eibar, km 63.6 1 Jorge Capitan Peregrina (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 3 pts 2 M.A. Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tol 2 3 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) De Nardi-Pasta Montegrappa 1 Eibar, km 139.8 1 Joseba Beloki (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 3 pts 2 Ricardo Valdes (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 2 3 Santiago Blanco (Spa) iBanesto.com 1 Teams 1 Once - Eroski 12.00.46 2 IBanesto.com 2.03 3 Cofidis 2.37 4 Euskaltel - Euskadi 3.28 5 Jazztel - Costa Almeria 3.39 6 Acqua & Sapone 4.09 7 Phonak Hearing Systems 4.59 8 Kelme - Costa Blanca 7.12 9 Mapei-Quick Step 8.05 10 Milaneza - MSS 8.22 11 De Nardi 9.38 12 Lampre - Daikin 11.22 13 La Francaise Des Jeux 19.01 14 Relax - Fuenlabrada 34.02 Final general classification 1 Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 19.44.33 2 Raimondas Rumsas (Ltu) Lampre-Daikin 0.11 3 José Azevedo (Por) ONCE-Eroski 0.49 4 Marcos Serrano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 1.03 5 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.44 6 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis 1.47 7 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 2.03 8 Joseba Beloki (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 2.10 9 Dmitri Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis 2.24 10 Iker Camaño (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.35 11 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) iBanesto.com 2.40 12 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis 2.43 13 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.43 14 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) De Nardi-Pasta Montegrappa 2.44 15 Santiago Blanco (Spa) iBanesto.com 3.03 16 Massimiliano Gentili (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Toll 3.13 17 Ricardo Valdes (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 3.16 18 Rubén Lobato Elvira (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 3.51 19 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) iBanesto.com 3.56 20 José Javier Gomez Gozalo (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 4.06 21 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems 4.20 22 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) iBanesto.com 5.10 23 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Mapei-Quick Step 5.16 24 Rui Lavarinhas (Por) Milaneza-MSS 5.28 25 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 5.30 26 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 5.33 27 Christian Charriere (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 5.39 28 Cédric Fragniere (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 5.43 29 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 6.22 30 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6.37 31 Koldo Gil (Spa) iBanesto.com 7.44 32 Mikel Pradera (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 8.28 33 José Angel Vidal (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 9.00 34 David Cañada (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 9.10 35 M.A. Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina To 9.13 36 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 9.42 37 Raffaele Ferrara (Ita) Alessio 10.04 38 Fabio Testi (Ita) De Nardi-Pasta Montegrappa 10.34 39 Martin Elminger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 10.45 40 Jose Garrido (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10.53 41 Pedro Cardoso (Por) Milaneza-MSS 10.55 42 Kyryl Pospyeyev (Ukr) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 11.10 43 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Alessio 11.26 44 Rui Miguel Sousa (Por) Milaneza-MSS 12.07 45 Juan Guillamon (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 12.50 46 Jon Odriozola (Spa) iBanesto.com 12.54 47 Miguel Martinez (Fra) Mapei-Quick Step 13.12 48 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 13.36 49 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis 16.46 50 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 17.06 51 Ivan Parra (Col) ONCE-Eroski 17.23 52 Iñaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 18.26 53 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 20.18 54 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) iBanesto.com 20.53 55 David Vazquez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 21.55 56 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) iBanesto.com 22.23 57 Pablo Soler Siles (Spa) Mercatone Uno 22.49 58 Serguei Smetanine (Rus) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 24.28 59 Quintino Rodrigues (Por) CCC-Polsat 25.11 60 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 25.38 61 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 30.21 62 Michele Gobbi (Ita) De Nardi-Pasta Montegrappa 30.54 63 Jorge Capitan Peregrina (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 33.44 64 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) De Nardi-Pasta Montegrappa 33.49 65 Iban Herrero (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 34.48 66 Igor Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 34.55 67 David Derepas (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 35.44 68 Klaus Möller (Den) Milaneza-MSS 38.55 69 Paulo Barroso (Por) Milaneza-MSS 44.34 70 Luca De Angeli (Ita) Mercatone Uno 46.45 71 Agustín Peña Gago (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 51.25 72 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 55.45 73 José Luis Martinez (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 58.08 74 Franck Pencole (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 1.02.39 75 Carlos Golbano (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 1.02.58 Points classification 1 Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 74 pts 2 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 68 3 M.A. Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tol 53 4 Martin Elminger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 51 5 Raimondas Rumsas (Ltu) Lampre-Daikin 45 6 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 40 7 Joseba Beloki (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 31 8 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 26 9 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 24 10 José Azevedo (Por) ONCE-Eroski 24 11 Marcos Serrano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 21 12 Santiago Blanco (Spa) iBanesto.com 20 13 Serguei Smetanine (Rus) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 19 14 Dmitri Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis 18 15 Kyryl Pospyeyev (Ukr) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 17 16 Mikel Pradera (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 16 17 Ricardo Valdes (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 15 18 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) iBanesto.com 14 19 José Javier Gomez Gozalo (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 14 20 Miguel Martinez (Fra) Mapei-Quick Step 13 21 Iker Camaño (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 12 22 Massimiliano Gentili (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Toll 11 23 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis 11 24 Juan Guillamon (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 10 25 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) iBanesto.com 10 26 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis 10 27 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 8 28 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) De Nardi-Pasta Montegrappa 8 29 Pedro Cardoso (Por) Milaneza-MSS 8 30 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) iBanesto.com 7 31 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 7 32 José Angel Vidal (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 7 33 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 6 34 Jon Odriozola (Spa) iBanesto.com 6 35 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) De Nardi-Pasta Montegrappa 6 36 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5 37 Jose Garrido (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5 38 Michele Gobbi (Ita) De Nardi-Pasta Montegrappa 3 39 Rubén Lobato Elvira (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 2 40 Fabio Testi (Ita) De Nardi-Pasta Montegrappa 2 41 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis 1 42 David Vazquez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 1 Mountains classification 1 M.A. Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tol 29 pts 2 Joseba Beloki (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 25 3 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 25 4 Kyryl Pospyeyev (Ukr) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 16 5 Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 16 6 Santiago Blanco (Spa) iBanesto.com 13 7 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis 13 8 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 12 9 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) De Nardi-Pasta Montegrappa 10 10 Iñaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 9 11 Jorge Capitan Peregrina (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 9 12 Koldo Gil (Spa) iBanesto.com 8 13 Jose Garrido (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8 14 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6 15 Raimondas Rumsas (Ltu) Lampre-Daikin 6 16 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 6 17 Ricardo Valdes (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 6 18 Mikel Pradera (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 6 19 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) iBanesto.com 6 20 Iker Camaño (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 4 21 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) iBanesto.com 4 22 Iban Herrero (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 3 23 José Luis Martinez (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 3 24 Raffaele Ferrara (Ita) Alessio 3 25 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 3 26 Rui Miguel Sousa (Por) Milaneza-MSS 2 27 Rubén Lobato Elvira (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 1 Metas volantes classification 1 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 10 pts 2 Iñaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6 3 Joseba Beloki (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 3 4 Jorge Capitan Peregrina (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 3 5 José Azevedo (Por) ONCE-Eroski 2 6 Ricardo Valdes (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 2 7 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 8 M.A. Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tol 2 9 Kyryl Pospyeyev (Ukr) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 2 10 Rui Miguel Sousa (Por) Milaneza-MSS 2 11 Iban Herrero (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 2 12 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2 13 Santiago Blanco (Spa) iBanesto.com 1 14 Michele Gobbi (Ita) De Nardi-Pasta Montegrappa 1 15 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) De Nardi-Pasta Montegrappa 1 16 Agustín Peña Gago (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 1 Teams classification 1 Once - Eroski 59.13.29 2 Cofidis 6.39 3 IBanesto.com 7.36 4 Acqua & Sapone 9.10 5 Phonak Hearing Systems 9.10 6 Euskaltel - Euskadi 9.49 7 Kelme - Costa Blanca 16.15 8 Lampre - Daikin 18.20 9 Jazztel - Costa Almeria 20.53 10 Mapei-Quick Step 23.42 11 Milaneza - MSS 24.08 12 De Nardi 25.39 13 Relax - Fuenlabrada 53.16 14 La Francaise Des Jeux 1.45.40
