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25th Vuelta a Burgos - 2.1
Spain, August 11-15, 2003
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Stage 2 - August 12: Briviesca - Altotero, 169 km
Garcia Acosta the opportunist
By Chris Henry
José Vicente García Acosta (iBanesto.com) won today's second stage of the Vuelta a Burgos with the type of opportunistic move that has made him a rider to watch. Today's win was only his sixth career victory, but that's not for lack of trying, as Garcia Acosta is an aggressive rider, and today it paid. Hardly a pure climber, Garcia Acosta attacked a breakaway group before the foot of the day's final climb, the Cat. 1 Altertero, and managed to hold his advantage all the way up the mountain. It was a good day all around for iBanesto, as Pablo Lastras nipped Phonak's Oscar Pereiro on the line to take the lead in the general classification.
Once again the attacks started early today, and even though the peloton did not make the same mistake as yesterday, allowing a seemingly insignificant move a gap of more than 20 minutes, the riders who took their chances in the break were rewarded for their efforts. Following the first ascension of the Portillo de Busto, a group of 11 riders moved clear in a counter attack that came on the heels of several short-lived moves earlier in the stage. In the group were Garcia Acosta and Xavier Zando (iBanesto.com), Dave Bruylandts (Marlux), Gonzalo Bayarri (Phonak), Mario Aerts (Telekom), Santiago Blanco (Relax-Fuenlabrada), Jose Lara (Bianchi), Gorka Gonzalez (Euskaltel-Euskadi), Geoffrey Demeyere (Vlaanderen-T. Interim), Joaquin Rodriguez (ONCE), and Igor Pugaci (Saeco).
The group kept its advantage around the six minute mark before the final climb, and sensing the right moment, Garcia Acosta broke clear to take his own move. The chase was not well organised behind, and throughout the climb, which alternated between steep portions and faster rolling sections, the remnants of the break attacked each other but did not mount a concerted chase. Finally, as Garcia Acosta's gap began to narrow, Bruylandts and Rodriguez jumped away in pursuit of the iBanesto adventurer.
Rodriguez, a talented climber who can also sprint, as he proved with a stage win in this year's Paris-Nice, eventually decided to let Bruylandts do most of the work in chasing Garcia Acosta, perhaps taking too much confidence in how quickly the gap had come down to the lone leader. Bruylandts wasn't pleased, and as he shared some words with the cagey Rodriguez, the duo effectively let the stage win slip from their grasp. Under the 1km to go banner, Garcia Acosta was struggling, but had over 30 seconds in hand, enough to win the stage. Bruylandts dropped his companion Rodriguez, and finished 15" behind.
Behind the fight for the stage win, the race exploded behind, as the break disintegrated and the field charged up the final climb. Taking some four minutes out of Garcia Acosta's lead over the head of the peloton, the leaders reached the summit and it was Pablo Lastras who was the first from yesterday's GC-crushing break to cross the line. On equal time with Oscar Pereiro, Lastras profited from his push to the line and assumed the overall lead. Italian Giampaolo Cheula (Vini Caldirola-So.Di.) sits in third place, just 12" back.
Results
1 José Vicente García Acosta (Spa) iBanesto.com 3.58.14 2 Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Marlux-Wincor Nixdorf 0.15 3 Joaquín Rodríguez Oliver (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 0.26 4 Santiago Blanco Gil (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 1.16 5 Gorka González Larrañaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.34 6 Luis Pérez Rodríguez (Spa) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 2.01 7 Mauricio Ardila (Col) Marlux-Wincor Nixdorf 2.10 8 Gonzalo Bayarri Esteve (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.11 9 Pablo Lastras García (Spa) iBanesto.com 10 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 11 Aitor González Jiménez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 12 Aitor Kintana Zarate (Spa) Labarca-2 Café Baqué 13 Angel Luis Casero Moreno (Spa) Team Bianchi 14 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) iBanesto.com 15 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Vini Caldirola-So.Di. 2.23 16 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 2.32 17 Miguel ˇngel Martín Perdiguero (Spa) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 2.33 18 Igor Pugaci (Mda) Saeco 19 Nacor Burgos Rojo (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 20 Daniel Atienza Urendeze (Spa) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 21 Mikel Pradera Rodríguez (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 2.39 22 Félix García Casas (Spa) Team Bianchi 23 Iker Flores Galarza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 24 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 2.40 25 Benjamín Noval González (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 26 Carlos García Quesada (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 27 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Team Telekom 28 Iñaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 29 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 30 Juan Miguel Mercado Martín (Spa) iBanesto.com 31 David López García (Spa) Labarca-2 Café Baqué 32 Alberto Martínez Trinidad (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 33 Rubén Lobato Elvira (Spa) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 2.55 34 Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 3.03 35 Francisco José Lara Ruiz (Spa) Team Bianchi 3.07 36 Joaquim Lopez Torrella (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almería 3.09 37 Rafael Casero Moreno (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almería 38 Domingo Sánchez Segado (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almería 39 Rudolf Wentzel (Bel) Vlaanderen-T. Interim 40 David Plaza Romero (Spa) Team Bianchi 3.15 41 Oscar Mason (Ita) Vini Caldirola-So.Di. 3.18 42 Setven Kleynen (Bel) Vlaanderen-T. Interim 3.24 43 Nico Sijmens (Bel) Vlaanderen-T. Interim 44 Gorka Arrizabalaga Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.27 45 David Navas Chica (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 3.29 46 Florent Brard (Fra) Marlux-Wincor Nixdorf 3.35 47 David De La Fuente (Spa) Vini Caldirola-So.Di. 3.39 48 Francisco Mancebo Pérez (Spa) iBanesto.com 3.45 49 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) iBanesto.com 50 Oscar Sevilla Ribera (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 3.51 51 Adolfo García Quesada (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 52 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 53 Frederik Willems (Bel) Vlaanderen-T. Interim 4.24 54 Juan Carlos Domínguez Domínguez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 4.39 55 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 56 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 57 Manuel Beltrán Martínez (Spa) US Postal Service-Berry Floor 4.55 58 Roberto Heras Hernández (Spa) US Postal Service-Berry Floor 59 Oscar Laguna García (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 60 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 61 Lander Euba Ziarrusta (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5.10 62 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Fassa Bortolo 5.12 63 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 64 Juan José De Los Angeles Segui (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 65 Christophe Stevens (Bel) Marlux-Wincor Nixdorf 66 Alberto López De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 67 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 68 Timothy Jones (Zim) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 6.35 69 Gianpaolo Mondini (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 70 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) iBanesto.com 6.44 71 Denis Menchov (Rus) iBanesto.com 72 Raphael Schweda (Ger) Team Bianchi 73 Jorge Ferrío Luque (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almería 74 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 75 Aitor Silloniz Aresti (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 76 José Enrique Gutiérrez Cataluña (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 77 Juan Fuentes Angullo (Spa) Saeco 7.27 78 Iñigo Cuesta López (Spa) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 7.54 79 Bingen Fernández Bustinza (Spa) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 80 Jo Planckaert (Bel) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 81 Peter Farazijn (Bel) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 82 Iván Ramiro Parra Pinto (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 7.55 83 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal Service-Berry Floor 8.32 84 Bobby Julich (USA) Team Telekom 85 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) Team Telekom 86 Giosué Bonomi (Ita) Saeco 87 Dimitri Konyshev (Rus) Marlux-Wincor Nixdorf 88 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Fassa Bortolo 89 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Vini Caldirola-So.Di. 90 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Vini Caldirola-So.Di. 91 Alex Zuelle (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 9.15 92 Koldo Gil Pérez (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 9.17 93 Carlos Torrent Tarres (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almería 9.57 94 Pedro Díaz Lobato (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almería 95 Antonio Tauler Llul (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 96 Francisco Cerezo Perales (Spa) Labarca-2 Café Baqué 97 José A Pecharroman Fabian (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almería 98 Massimo Apollonio (Ita) Vini Caldirola-So.Di. 10.00 99 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 100 Thorsten Rund (Ger) Team Bianchi 101 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 102 Santiago Pérez Fernández (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 103 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) ONCE-Eroski 104 Angelo Lopeboselli (Ita) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 105 Aitor Garmendia Arbilla (Spa) Team Bianchi 106 Jan Hruska (Cze) ONCE-Eroski 107 Charles Guilbert (Fra) Marlux-Wincor Nixdorf 108 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) US Postal Service-Berry Floor 109 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Vlaanderen-T. Interim 10.57 110 Jürgen Vandewalle (Bel) Vlaanderen-T. Interim 111 José Manuel Maestre Rodríguez (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 12.25 112 Matthew White (Aus) US Postal Service-Berry Floor 113 Allan Davis (Aus) ONCE-Eroski 114 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 115 Nicola Gavazzi (Ita) Saeco 116 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Saeco 117 Mario Aerts (Bel) Team Telekom 118 Alberto Hierro (Spa) Labarca-2 Café Baqué 13.36 119 Francisco Gutiérrez (Spa) Labarca-2 Café Baqué 13.38 120 Gustavo Otero Gómez (Spa) Labarca-2 Café Baqué 121 José Antonio Garrido Lima (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almería 14.53 122 César García Calvo (Spa) Labarca-2 Café Baqué 16.18 123 David Latasa Lasa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 16.50 124 Geoffrey Demeyere (Bel) Vlaanderen-T. Interim 16.55 125 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Marlux-Wincor Nixdorf 18.22 126 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Team Telekom 22.09 127 Saulius Ruskys (Ltu) Marlux-Wincor Nixdorf 128 Ricardo Serrano González (Spa) Labarca-2 Café Baqué 22.14 129 Jef Peeters (Bel) Vlaanderen-T. Interim 24.00 Points 1 José Vicente García Acosta (Spa) iBanesto.com 25 Pts 2 Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Marlux-Wincor Nixdorf 20 3 Joaquín Rodríguez Oliver (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 16 4 Santiago Blanco Gil (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 14 5 Gorka González Larrañaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 12 6 Luis Pérez Rodríguez (Spa) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 10 7 Mauricio Ardila (Col) Marlux-Wincor Nixdorf 9 8 Gonzalo Bayarri Esteve (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 8 9 Pablo Lastras García (Spa) iBanesto.com 7 10 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 6 11 Aitor González Jiménez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 5 12 Aitor Kintana Zarate (Spa) Labarca-2 Café Baqué 4 13 Angel Luis Casero Moreno (Spa) Team Bianchi 3 14 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) iBanesto.com 2 15 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Vini Caldirola-So.Di. 1 Mountains Portillo de Busto - Cat. 2, km 70 1 Francisco José Lara Ruiz (Spa) Team Bianchi 10 Pts 2 Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Marlux-Wincor Nixdorf 7 3 Juan Miguel Mercado Martín (Spa) iBanesto.com 5 4 Santiago Blanco Gil (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 3 5 Gorka González Larrañaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 6 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) iBanesto.com 1 Portillo de Busto - Cat. 2, km 109 1 José Vicente García Acosta (Spa) iBanesto.com 10 Pts 2 Francisco José Lara Ruiz (Spa) Team Bianchi 7 3 Gorka González Larrañaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5 4 Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Marlux-Wincor Nixdorf 3 5 Santiago Blanco Gil (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 2 6 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) iBanesto.com 1 Altotero - Cat. 1, km 169 1 José Vicente García Acosta (Spa) iBanesto.com 16 Pts 2 Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Marlux-Wincor Nixdorf 12 3 Joaquín Rodríguez Oliver (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 10 4 Santiago Blanco Gil (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 8 5 Gorka González Larrañaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6 6 Luis Pérez Rodríguez (Spa) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 4 7 Mauricio Ardila (Col) Marlux-Wincor Nixdorf 3 8 Gonzalo Bayarri Esteve (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 2 9 Pablo Lastras García (Spa) iBanesto.com 1 Metas volantes Oña 1 Domingo Sánchez Segado (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almería 3 Pts 2 Rafael Casero Moreno (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almería 2 3 Carlos Torrent Tarres (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almería 1 Frias 1 Domingo Sánchez Segado (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almería 3 Pts 2 Carlos Torrent Tarres (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almería 2 3 Rafael Casero Moreno (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almería 1 Trespaderne 1 José Vicente García Acosta (Spa) iBanesto.com 3 Pts 2 Gorka González Larrañaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 3 Geoffrey Demeyere (Bel) Vlaanderen-T. Interim 1 Teams 1 iBanesto.com 11.59.04 2 O.N.C.E.-Eroski 1.23 3 Marlux-Wincor Nixdorf 1.38 4 Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 2.03 5 Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.31 6 Phonak Hearing Systems 2.40 7 Team Bianchi 3.35 8 Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 4.07 9 Vini Caldirola-SO.DI 4.58 10 Paternina-Costa de Almeria 5.05 11 Vlaanderen-T Interim 5.35 12 Kelme-Costa Blanca 6.00 13 Domina Vacanze-Elitron 6.01 14 Fassa Bortolo 8.13 15 Labarca 2-Café Baque 10.26 16 US Postal presented by Berry Floor 14.00 17 Team Saeco 14.14 18 Team Telekom 15.22 General classification after stage 2 1 Pablo Lastras García (Spa) iBanesto.com 7.57.09 2 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 3 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Vini Caldirola-So.Di. 0.12 4 Carlos García Quesada (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 0.25 5 Daniel Atienza Urendeze (Spa) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 0.26 6 Mikel Pradera Rodríguez (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 0.28 7 Iker Flores Galarza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Team Telekom 0.29 9 Domingo Sánchez Segado (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almería 0.58 10 Nico Sijmens (Bel) Vlaanderen-T. Interim 1.13 11 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3.01 12 José Vicente García Acosta (Spa) iBanesto.com 22.35 13 Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Marlux-Wincor Nixdorf 22.50 14 Joaquín Rodríguez Oliver (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 23.01 15 Santiago Blanco Gil (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 23.51 16 Gorka González Larrañaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 24.09 17 Luis Pérez Rodríguez (Spa) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 24.36 18 Mauricio Ardila (Col) Marlux-Wincor Nixdorf 24.45 19 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) iBanesto.com 24.46 20 Gonzalo Bayarri Esteve (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 21 Aitor Kintana Zarate (Spa) Labarca-2 Café Baqué 22 Aitor González Jiménez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 23 Angel Luis Casero Moreno (Spa) Team Bianchi 24 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 25.07 25 Miguel ˇngel Martín Perdiguero (Spa) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 25.08 26 Igor Pugaci (Mda) Saeco 25.12 27 Nacor Burgos Rojo (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 28 Félix García Casas (Spa) Team Bianchi 25.14 29 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 25.15 30 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 31 Alberto Martínez Trinidad (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 32 David López García (Spa) Labarca-2 Café Baqué 33 Benjamín Noval González (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 34 Juan Miguel Mercado Martín (Spa) iBanesto.com 35 Iñaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 36 Rubén Lobato Elvira (Spa) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 25.30 37 Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 25.38 38 Francisco José Lara Ruiz (Spa) Team Bianchi 25.42 39 Rafael Casero Moreno (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almería 25.44 40 Rudolf Wentzel (Bel) Vlaanderen-T. Interim 41 Joaquim Lopez Torrella (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almería 42 David Plaza Romero (Spa) Team Bianchi 25.50 43 Oscar Mason (Ita) Vini Caldirola-So.Di. 25.53 44 Setven Kleynen (Bel) Vlaanderen-T. Interim 25.59 45 Gorka Arrizabalaga Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 26.02 46 David Navas Chica (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 26.04 47 Florent Brard (Fra) Marlux-Wincor Nixdorf 26.10 48 David De La Fuente (Spa) Vini Caldirola-So.Di. 26.14 49 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) iBanesto.com 26.20 50 Francisco Mancebo Pérez (Spa) iBanesto.com 51 Oscar Sevilla Ribera (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 26.26 52 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 53 Adolfo García Quesada (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 54 Frederik Willems (Bel) Vlaanderen-T. Interim 26.59 55 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 27.14 56 Juan Carlos Domínguez Domínguez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 57 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 58 Oscar Laguna García (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 27.30 59 Manuel Beltrán Martínez (Spa) US Postal Service-Berry Floor 60 Roberto Heras Hernández (Spa) US Postal Service-Berry Floor 61 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 62 Lander Euba Ziarrusta (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 27.45 63 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 27.47 64 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Fassa Bortolo 65 Juan José De Los Angeles Segui (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 66 Christophe Stevens (Bel) Marlux-Wincor Nixdorf 67 Alberto López De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 68 Gianpaolo Mondini (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 29.10 69 Timothy Jones (Zim) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 70 José Enrique Gutiérrez Cataluña (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 29.19 71 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 72 Jorge Ferrío Luque (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almería 73 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) iBanesto.com 74 Raphael Schweda (Ger) Team Bianchi 75 Denis Menchov (Rus) iBanesto.com 76 Aitor Silloniz Aresti (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 77 Juan Fuentes Angullo (Spa) Saeco 30.02 78 Peter Farazijn (Bel) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 30.29 79 Jo Planckaert (Bel) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 80 Iñigo Cuesta López (Spa) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 81 Bingen Fernández Bustinza (Spa) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 82 Iván Ramiro Parra Pinto (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 30.30 83 Dimitri Konyshev (Rus) Marlux-Wincor Nixdorf 31.07 84 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Fassa Bortolo 85 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Vini Caldirola-So.Di. 86 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Vini Caldirola-So.Di. 87 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) Team Telekom 88 Giosué Bonomi (Ita) Saeco 89 Bobby Julich (USA) Team Telekom 90 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal Service-Berry Floor 91 Alex Zuelle (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 31.50 92 Koldo Gil Pérez (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 31.52 93 Carlos Torrent Tarres (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almería 32.32 94 Antonio Tauler Llul (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 95 Pedro Díaz Lobato (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almería 96 Francisco Cerezo Perales (Spa) Labarca-2 Café Baqué 97 José A Pecharroman Fabian (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almería 98 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 32.35 99 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) US Postal Service-Berry Floor 100 Jan Hruska (Cze) ONCE-Eroski 101 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 102 Aitor Garmendia Arbilla (Spa) Team Bianchi 103 Massimo Apollonio (Ita) Vini Caldirola-So.Di. 104 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) ONCE-Eroski 105 Angelo Lopeboselli (Ita) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 106 Thorsten Rund (Ger) Team Bianchi 107 Charles Guilbert (Fra) Marlux-Wincor Nixdorf 108 Santiago Pérez Fernández (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 109 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Vlaanderen-T. Interim 33.32 110 Jürgen Vandewalle (Bel) Vlaanderen-T. Interim 111 Allan Davis (Aus) ONCE-Eroski 35.00 112 Matthew White (Aus) US Postal Service-Berry Floor 113 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 114 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Saeco 115 José Manuel Maestre Rodríguez (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 116 Mario Aerts (Bel) Team Telekom 117 Nicola Gavazzi (Ita) Saeco 35.10 118 Alberto Hierro (Spa) Labarca-2 Café Baqué 36.11 119 Francisco Gutiérrez (Spa) Labarca-2 Café Baqué 36.13 120 Gustavo Otero Gómez (Spa) Labarca-2 Café Baqué 121 José Antonio Garrido Lima (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almería 37.28 122 César García Calvo (Spa) Labarca-2 Café Baqué 38.53 123 David Latasa Lasa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 39.25 124 Geoffrey Demeyere (Bel) Vlaanderen-T. Interim 39.30 125 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Marlux-Wincor Nixdorf 40.57 126 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Team Telekom 44.44 127 Ricardo Serrano González (Spa) Labarca-2 Café Baqué 44.49 128 Saulius Ruskys (Ltu) Marlux-Wincor Nixdorf 45.04 129 Jef Peeters (Bel) Vlaanderen-T. Interim 46.35 Points classification 1 Carlos García Quesada (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 25 Pts 2 José Vicente García Acosta (Spa) iBanesto.com 25 3 Pablo Lastras García (Spa) iBanesto.com 21 4 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Team Telekom 20 5 Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Marlux-Wincor Nixdorf 20 6 Mikel Pradera Rodríguez (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 16 7 Joaquín Rodríguez Oliver (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 16 8 Santiago Blanco Gil (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 14 9 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Vini Caldirola-So.Di. 13 10 Gorka González Larrañaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 12 11 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 12 12 Iker Flores Galarza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10 13 Luis Pérez Rodríguez (Spa) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 10 14 Nico Sijmens (Bel) Vlaanderen-T. Interim 9 15 Mauricio Ardila (Col) Marlux-Wincor Nixdorf 9 16 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 8 17 Gonzalo Bayarri Esteve (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 8 18 Domingo Sánchez Segado (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almería 7 19 Daniel Atienza Urendeze (Spa) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 5 20 Aitor González Jiménez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 5 21 Aitor Kintana Zarate (Spa) Labarca-2 Café Baqué 4 22 Saulius Ruskys (Ltu) Marlux-Wincor Nixdorf 4 23 Angel Luis Casero Moreno (Spa) Team Bianchi 3 24 Carlos Torrent Tarres (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almería 3 25 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) iBanesto.com 2 26 David De La Fuente (Spa) Vini Caldirola-So.Di. 2 27 Gianpaolo Mondini (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 1 Mountains classification 1 José Vicente García Acosta (Spa) iBanesto.com 26 Pts 2 Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Marlux-Wincor Nixdorf 22 3 Francisco José Lara Ruiz (Spa) Team Bianchi 17 4 Santiago Blanco Gil (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 13 5 Gorka González Larrañaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 13 6 Joaquín Rodríguez Oliver (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 10 7 Iker Flores Galarza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6 8 Juan Miguel Mercado Martín (Spa) iBanesto.com 5 9 Carlos García Quesada (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 4 10 Luis Pérez Rodríguez (Spa) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 4 Metas volantes classification 1 Domingo Sánchez Segado (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almería 15 Pts 2 Nico Sijmens (Bel) Vlaanderen-T. Interim 6 3 José Vicente García Acosta (Spa) iBanesto.com 3 4 Rafael Casero Moreno (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almería 3 5 Carlos Torrent Tarres (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almería 3 6 Gorka González Larrañaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 7 Mikel Pradera Rodríguez (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 2 8 Geoffrey Demeyere (Bel) Vlaanderen-T. Interim 1 9 Iker Flores Galarza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 Teams classification 1 iBanesto.com 24.38.48 2 O.N.C.E.-Eroski 1.23 3 Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.31 4 Phonak Hearing Systems 2.40 5 Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 4.07 6 Vini Caldirola-SO.DI 4.58 7 Paternina-Costa de Almeria 5.05 8 Vlaanderen-T Interim 5.35 9 Kelme-Costa Blanca 5.56 10 Fassa Bortolo 8.13 11 Team Telekom 15.22 12 Marlux-Wincor Nixdorf 26.24 13 Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 26.49 14 Team Bianchi 28.21 15 Domina Vacanze-Elitron 30.47 16 Labarca 2-Café Baque 35.12 17 US Postal presented by Berry Floor 38.46 18 Team Saeco 39.00
