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41st Vuelta a Aragon - 2.2
Spain, April 14-18, 2004
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Stage 5 - April 18: Colchón Relax (La Muela) - Zaragoza, 149 km
Garzelli... Just!
Petacchi wins stage, Garzelli wins GC from bonus seconds
Stefano Garzelli (Vini Caldirola) has capped off a telling performance at the Vuelta a Aragon by claiming the final general classification ahead of spring stage race star Denis Menchov (Illes Balears-Banesto). Garzelli nabbed the final victory thanks to bonus seconds, using his solid sprint to take one place ahead of Menchov in the final stage, won in a bunch finish by compatriot Alessandro Petacchi of Fassa Bortolo.
"It was a tough day because, besides the rain, there was a lot of wind," Petacchi said after another convincing sprint win. "Once the break was caught, my teammates controlled the race until the final sprint. Gonzalez and Tosatto worked until a kilometre and a half to go, then Velo took over until the final 200 metres, giving me the chance to go without any problems."
Menchov took control of the Vuelta a Aragon in the first stage, showing a continuation of his excellent form which brought him victory in the Vuelta a Pais Vasco just last week. Menchov and Petacchi, who won the following day, grabbed the early headlines. However it was former Giro d'Italia winner Garzelli who was quietly honing his form just a few weeks before the start of his national tour. As defending Giro champion Gilberto Simoni (Saeco) suffered, Garzelli showed he has found both his climbing and sprinting legs just in time for another run at the maglia rosa in May.
Early in the stage a break went clear including stage 4 runner up Ivan Parra (Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme), Constantino Zaballa (Saunier Duval), Jan Hruska and Alberto Contador (Liberty Seguros), Jorge Ferrio (Paternina-Costa de Almeria), and David Lopez (Cafés Baque). Despite never gaining more than several minutes over the main field, the move stayed away for almost the entire stage. Steadily reeled in by Petacchi's Fassa Bortolo team, the peloton arrived in Zaragoza primed for a final bunch sprint that could have only one conclusion.
Results
1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3.23.31 2 Angel Edo (Spa) Milaneza-Maia 3 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 4 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto 5 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Saeco 6 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 7 Serge Baguet (Bel) Lotto-Domo 8 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 9 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 10 Simoni Masciareli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetteri 11 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 12 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 13 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 14 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Lotto-Domo 15 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 16 Hugo Sabido (Por) Milaneza-Maia 17 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 18 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 19 Sylvester Szymyd (Pol) Saeco 20 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 21 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros 22 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros 23 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros 24 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 25 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Saeco 26 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto 0.08 27 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 28 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 29 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 30 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Domo 31 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 32 Carlos Zarate (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 33 Alvaro Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 34 Gonçalo Amorim (Por) Milaneza-Maia 0.12 35 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 36 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.13 37 Ivan Parra (Col) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 38 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 39 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 40 David Bernabeu (Spa) Milaneza-Maia 41 Txema Del Olmo (Spa) Milaneza-Maia 42 Andrei Zintchenko (Rus) Milaneza-Maia 43 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 44 José Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 45 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 46 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 47 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 0.19 48 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 0.20 49 Oscar Mason (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 50 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 51 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.32 52 Gonzalo Bayarri (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.42 53 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 0.51 54 Javier Perez (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 3.38 55 Carlos Golbano (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 56 David Fernandez (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 57 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Saeco 58 David Loosli (Swi) Saeco 59 Giulio Tomi (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 60 Mikel Gaztañaga (Spa) Cafes Baque 61 Ief Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Domo 62 Antton Luengo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 63 Julen Urbano (Spa) Cafes Baque 64 Peio Arreitunandia (Spa) Cafes Baque 65 Francisco Gutierrez (Spa) Cafes Baque 66 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 67 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Liberty Seguros 68 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 69 Juli·n Sanchez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 70 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 71 Joseba Albizu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 72 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 7.03 73 Moises Dueñas (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 74 Pedro Diaz Lobato (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 9.37 75 Sergio Perez (Spa) Cafes Baque 9.40 76 Fernando Torres (Spa) Cafes Baque DNS Francisco José Lara (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria DNS Glenn D'Hollander (Bel) Lotto-Domo DNS Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Relax-Bodysol DNS Steve Zampieri (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie DNF Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir DNF Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir DNF Massimo Strazzer (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir DNF David Lopez (Spa) Cafes Baque DNF Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Cafes Baque DNF Angel Gomez (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria DNF Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo DNF Antonio Tauler (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto DNF Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto DNF Javier Cherro (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme DNF Nick Gates (Aus) Lotto-Domo DNF Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Lotto-Domo DNF Piotr Wadecki (Pol) Lotto-Domo DNF Gilberto Martins (Por) Milaneza-Maia DNF Lizuarte Manuel Martins (Por) Milaneza-Maia DNF José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Bodysol DNF Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Relax-Bodysol DNF Bart Dockx (Bel) Relax-Bodysol DNF Luis Perez Romero (Spa) Relax-Bodysol DNF Juan Fuentes (Spa) Saeco Points 1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 25 Pts 2 Angel Edo (Spa) Milaneza-Maia 20 3 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 16 4 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto 14 5 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Saeco 12 6 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 10 7 Serge Baguet (Bel) Lotto-Domo 9 8 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 8 9 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 7 10 Simoni Masciareli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetteri 6 11 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 5 12 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4 13 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 3 14 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Lotto-Domo 2 15 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 1 Sprints Sprint - Cariña, km 61.8 1 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 4 Pts 2 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2 3 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros 1 Sprint - Santa Fe, km 122.9 1 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4 Pts 2 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 2 3 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros 1 Teams 1 Vini Caldirola - Nobili Rubinetre 10.10.33 2 Saeco 3 Liberty Seguros 4 Illes Balears - Banesto 0.08 5 Lotto - Domo 6 Milaneza - Maia 0.12 7 Saunier Duval - Prodir 8 Fassa Bortolo 0.13 9 Phonak Hearing Systems 0.21 10 Euskaltel - Euskadi 11 Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 0.29 12 Paternina - Costa de Almeria 3.38 13 Cafes Baque 10.54 14 Relax-Bodysol 14.06 Final general classification 1 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 20.20.23 2 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto 3 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.06 4 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros 0.08 5 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 0.53 6 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros 1.14 7 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.19 8 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 9 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.38 10 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 11 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros 1.55 12 Sylvester Szymyd (Pol) Saeco 1.58 13 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Saeco 1.59 14 Serge Baguet (Bel) Lotto-Domo 2.14 15 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.18 16 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 2.59 17 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 3.58 18 Hugo Sabido (Por) Milaneza-Maia 5.02 19 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Lotto-Domo 5.14 20 Peio Arreitunandia (Spa) Cafes Baque 5.29 21 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 5.52 22 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Domo 6.19 23 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto 6.53 24 Gonçalo Amorim (Por) Milaneza-Maia 7.38 25 Oscar Mason (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 7.47 26 Ivan Parra (Col) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 8.00 27 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 8.40 28 David Bernabeu (Spa) Milaneza-Maia 9.47 29 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 11.30 30 Angel Edo (Spa) Milaneza-Maia 11.43 31 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 12.04 32 Sergio Perez (Spa) Cafes Baque 12.12 33 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 12.50 34 José Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 15.44 35 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 16.38 36 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 18.16 37 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 18.17 38 Andrei Zintchenko (Rus) Milaneza-Maia 21.19 39 Moises Dueñas (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 22.28 40 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 23.45 41 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 24.21 42 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 24.32 43 Simoni Masciareli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetteri 24.40 44 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Saeco 26.11 45 Carlos Golbano (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 26.32 46 Carlos Zarate (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 28.01 47 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 29.25 48 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 29.28 49 Joseba Albizu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 31.35 50 Antton Luengo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 32.34 51 Alvaro Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 33.00 52 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 33.05 53 Txema Del Olmo (Spa) Milaneza-Maia 33.51 54 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 34.20 55 David Fernandez (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 36.30 56 Francisco Gutierrez (Spa) Cafes Baque 38.12 57 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 40.03 58 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 40.20 59 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 40.32 60 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 40.52 61 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Saeco 40.53 62 Gonzalo Bayarri (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 41.34 63 David Loosli (Swi) Saeco 42.59 64 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 43.08 65 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 43.45 66 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 45.18 67 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 47.10 68 Ief Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Domo 69 Julen Urbano (Spa) Cafes Baque 70 Giulio Tomi (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 47.28 71 Javier Perez (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 47.38 72 Mikel Gaztañaga (Spa) Cafes Baque 48.13 73 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Liberty Seguros 52.57 74 Fernando Torres (Spa) Cafes Baque 54.34 75 Pedro Diaz Lobato (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 1.04.22 76 Juli·n Sanchez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 1.05.05 Points classification 1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 66 Pts 2 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 58 3 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto 53 4 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 49 5 Angel Edo (Spa) Milaneza-Maia 48 6 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 38 7 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 37 8 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 34 9 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros 26 10 Ivan Parra (Col) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 24 11 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 21 12 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 20 13 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Saeco 20 14 Peio Arreitunandia (Spa) Cafes Baque 19 15 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros 16 16 Serge Baguet (Bel) Lotto-Domo 16 17 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto 16 18 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 14 19 José Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 12 20 Simoni Masciareli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetteri 11 21 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 10 22 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 10 23 Mikel Gaztañaga (Spa) Cafes Baque 10 24 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Domo 9 25 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros 8 Mountains classification 1 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros 30 Pts 2 Sylvester Szymyd (Pol) Saeco 28 3 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 24 4 Ivan Parra (Col) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 24 5 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 22 6 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto 18 7 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros 14 8 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 10 9 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto 8 10 Simoni Masciareli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetteri 7 11 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 6 12 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 6 13 Andrei Zintchenko (Rus) Milaneza-Maia 6 14 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros 5 15 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 4 16 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 4 17 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 4 18 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 4 19 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 2 20 Joseba Albizu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 21 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 1 Combination classification 1 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 8 Pts 2 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto 11 3 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 20 4 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 23 5 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros 26 6 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros 29 7 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 29 8 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 33 9 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 36 10 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros 37 11 Ivan Parra (Col) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 40 12 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 41 13 Sylvester Szymyd (Pol) Saeco 42 14 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto 49 15 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 52 16 Simoni Masciareli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetteri 73 17 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 86 Teams classification 1 Liberty Seguros 61.04.37 2 Saunier Duval - Prodir 0.54 3 Illes Balears - Banesto 4.24 4 Phonak Hearing Systems 4.49 5 Lotto - Domo 6.53 6 Milaneza - Maia 8.43 7 Vini Caldirola - Nobili Rubinetre 10.11 8 Paternina - Costa de Almeria 12.14 9 Relax-Bodysol 18.22 10 Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 18.31 11 Saeco 22.29 12 Cafes Baque 24.40 13 Fassa Bortolo 46.13 14 Euskaltel - Euskadi 53.29
