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44th Vuelta al Pais Vasco - 2.HC
Spain, April 5-9, 2004
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Stage 4 - April 8: Vitoria - Lekunberri, 182 km
Menchov does it at last
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After a failed attempt to escape on stage 1, Russian Denis Menchov (Illes Balears) has won the fourth and toughest stage of the Vuelta a Pais Vasco, assuming the overall leadership at the same time. As he did on Monday, Menchov attacked at the top of the final climb of Alto de Azpiroz, opening up a 14 second lead on the descent which was more than enough to give him the stage win. A group of 15 riders contested second place, with Samuel Sanchez (Euskaltel) beating Danilo Di Luca (Saeco) in the sprint. Alejandro Valverde (Kelme) was in this group, and kept second place on GC.
How it unfolded
The cold, wet 182 km stage between Vitoria and Lekunberri contained six categorised climbs, and was expected to shake out the general classification even further. The first rider to attack was Jens Voigt (CSC) on the Cat. 2 Alto de Azazeta, and he succeeded in gaining the summit first ahead of Unai Etxebarria (Euskaltel), Xabier Zandio (Illes Balears) and Carlos García (Kelme), with the main peloton at 28 seconds. The four riders grouped together on the descent and Voigt proceeded to take the points on the next climb, the Cat. 2 Alto de Iturrieta with Etxebarria again taking second.
On the descent, a break of 23 riders - including third on GC Davide Rebellin - opened up a 55 second gap over the peloton, but they were chased hard by Liberty Seguros. The 23 became 12 on the Alto de Urbasa, with Rebellin still present: Flores, U. Etxebarria and Camano (Euskaltel), Gutierrez, Garcia Acosta and Arrieta (Illes Balears), Cunego (Saeco), Moos (Phonak), Fofonov (Cofidis), Veneberg (Rabobank), Peña (US Postal) and Voigt (CSC). But they weren't allowed to go clear until Rebellin came back to the bunch at around the 90 km mark, with now a group of 15 riders at the head, including Gorka Gonzalez (Euskaltel).
Alexandre Moos was the best placed on GC, and despite the fact that he was only 8 seconds down, the break was allowed a 3'30 lead at the 100 km mark. On the descent of the Alto de Zuarrarrate (km 115), Gorka Gonzalez opened up a lead over the now fragmenting breakaway. The group now contained Flores (Euskaltel), Moos (Phonak), Horrillo (Quick.Step), Gutiérrez and Arrieta (Illes Balears), Fofonov (Cofidis), Latasa (Kelme), Van de Walle (Jacques) and Veneberg (Rabobank) with Garcia Acosta (Illes Balears) chasing at 1'30.
Gonzalez kept his lead until he was caught by Horrillo, Arrieta and Fofonov with 30 km to go, while the rest of the break was gradually swallowed by the Kelme/Gerolsteiner led peloton. Finally with 12 km and one more climb to go, the remaining four were caught and the race could begin anew.
The first attack on the final climb of Alto de Azpiroz was made by Juan Miguel Mercado (Quick.Step), who got a gap and was chased by Peter Luttenberger (CSC), Matthias Kessler (T-Mobile) then Floyd Landis (US Postal-Berry Floor). Landis caught Mercado and Kessler just as Luttenberger attacked, but Floyd persisted, catching and dropping Luttenberger on the tough part of the climb.
Euskaltel was leading the chase, although Iban Mayo was caught up in a low speed crash, and had to work hard to make it back to the front. Meanwhile David Etxebarria (Euskaltel) and Danilo Di Luca (Saeco) were trying to chase down Landis, which they succeeded in doing so with 1 km from the summit (4 km from the end of the stage).
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Etxebarria put in another attack, and took Denis Menchov with him, but the Russian countered with a huge attack just before the summit, and opened up a gap to Etxebarria through the huge crowds. Menchov flew down the descent but Etxebarria was caught by the small group behind, leaving the Illes Balears rider alone to take his desired victory.
Now in yellow, Menchov will face two stages tomorrow where he will try to defend his lead. The first is an 88 km stage between Lekunberri and Lazkao, containing four Cat. 3 and one Cat. 2 climbs. In the afternoon, the race will finish with an 8.5 km time trial in Lazkao, which will decide the final outcome of the Vuelta a Pais Vasco.
Photography
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- Denis Menchov (Illes Balears) wins the fourth stage of the Vuelta a Pais Vasco
- Denis Menchov (Illes Balears) on the podium after winning stage 4
Results
1 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto 4.35.49 2 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.13 3 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco 4 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 5 Jorge Ferrio Luque (Spa) Costa De Almeria-Paternina 6 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 7 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre 8 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 9 Koldo Gil Perez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 10 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 11 Aitor Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 12 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 13 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank 14 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 15 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 16 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 17 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step-Davitamon 0.25 18 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 19 Marco Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 20 Mauricio Ardila (Col) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 21 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC 22 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Saeco 0.38 23 Massimo Codol (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 24 Andreas Kloden (Ger) T-Mobile Team 25 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 26 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 27 Inigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 28 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre 29 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 30 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 0.46 31 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 32 Angel Vicioso (Spa) Liberty Seguros 0.54 33 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 34 Javier Pascual (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 1.08 35 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 1.10 36 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 37 Sebastien Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 38 José Azevedo (Por) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 39 David Lopez (Spa) Cafes Baque 40 Peio Arreitunandia (Spa) Cafes Baque 41 Francisco Lara (Spa) Costa De Almeria-Paternina 42 Michael Barry (Can) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 1.25 43 Gianni Faresin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 44 Frederic Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 45 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC 46 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 1.39 47 Zbigniew Piatek (Pol) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 1.40 48 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.44 49 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Quick.Step-Davitamon 1.59 50 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick.Step-Davitamon 51 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 52 J.Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 53 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 2.32 54 Jokin Ormaetxea (Spa) Costa De Almeria-Paternina 2.39 55 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Rabobank 56 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.50 57 Benjamin Noval (Spa) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 3.01 58 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros 59 Christian Werner (Ger) T-Mobile Team 60 Francisco Gutierrez (Spa) Cafes Baque 61 Francisco Palacio (Spa) Cafes Baque 62 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Cafes Baque 63 Efrain Gutierrez (Spa) Cafes Baque 3.17 64 Jon Odriozola (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 3.53 65 Jose Julia (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 4.01 66 Unai Yus Kerejeta (Spa) Brioches La Boulangere 67 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 4.14 68 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Saeco 69 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 4.45 70 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 5.13 71 Cadel Evans (Aus) T-Mobile Team 72 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros 7.44 73 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 74 Ronald Mutsaars (Ned) Rabobank 75 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Lampre 76 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 77 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 78 Dario Cioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 79 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner 80 Jon Del Rio (Spa) Costa De Almeria-Paternina 81 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 82 José Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 83 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 84 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 85 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 86 Carlos Zarate (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 87 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 88 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank 89 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 90 Jurgen Van De Waqlle (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 91 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 92 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick.Step-Davitamon 93 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC 94 Gorka Beloki (Spa) Brioches La Boulangere 95 Isidro Nozal Vega (Spa) Liberty Seguros 96 Evgueni Petrov (Rus) Saeco 97 Dimitri Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 98 David Herrero (Spa) Costa De Almeria-Paternina 99 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 100 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 101 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 102 Gonzalo Bayarri (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 103 Igor Glz. De Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 104 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 105 Adolfo Garcia (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 106 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Saeco 9.05 107 Ivan Mayoz (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 9.19 108 Alberto Martinez (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 109 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Lampre 11.04 110 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 111 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Saeco 112 Cezary Zamana (Pol) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 113 Florent Brard (Fra) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 114 Jerome Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 115 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 116 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 117 Luis Perez (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 118 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 12.00 119 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 12.25 120 Carlos Garcia (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 12.29 121 Jose Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 12.32 122 Alex Zuelle (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 123 Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 16.05 124 Julian Sanchez Pimienta (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 125 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco 126 Victor Hugo Pena (Col) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 127 Alvaro Glz. De Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 19.35 128 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre Points 1 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto 25 pts 2 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 20 3 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco 16 4 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 14 5 Jorge Ferrio Luque (Spa) Costa De Almeria-Paternina 12 6 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 10 7 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre 9 8 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 8 9 Koldo Gil Perez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 7 10 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 6 11 Aitor Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 5 12 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 4 13 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank 3 14 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 15 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 Mountains Alto De Azazeta - Cat. 2 1 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 6 pts 2 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4 3 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 2 4 Carlos Garcia (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 1 Alto De Iturrieta - Cat. 2 1 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 6 pts 2 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4 3 Jose Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 2 4 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 1 Alto De Urbasa - Cat. 2 1 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 6 pts 2 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4 3 Carlos Garcia (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 2 4 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 1 Alto De Zuarrarrate - Cat. 2 1 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6 pts 2 Jurgen Van De Waqlle (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 4 3 José Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 2 4 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 1 Alto De Huitzi - Cat. 3 1 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3 pts 2 Jose Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 2 3 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1 Alto De Azpiroz - Cat. 1 1 José Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 10 pts 2 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8 3 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 6 4 Koldo Gil Perez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 4 5 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco 2 6 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 Metas Volantes Alsasua, 79 km 1 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 3 pts 2 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 3 Jose Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 1 Lekunberri, 122 km 1 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3 pts 2 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 2 3 José Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 1 Betelu, 172 km 1 Jose Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 3 pts 2 Dimitri Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 2 3 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 1 Teams 1 Euskaltel-Euskadi 13.48.06 2 Team CSC 0.12 3 Liberty Seguros 0.41 4 US Postal-Berry Floor 0.57 5 Illes Balears 1.13 6 Cofidis 1.15 7 Lampre 1.22 8 T-Mobile 1.23 9 Gerolsteiner 2.09 10 Quick.Step-Davitamon 2.39 11 Paternina-Costa de Almeria 3.23 12 Saeco 4.26 13 Com. Valenciana-Kelme 4.35 14 Cafes Baque 4.42 15 Phonak 5.59 16 Fassa Bortolo 8.29 17 Chocolade Jacques 9.10 18 Rabobank 9.57 19 Saunier Duval 11.39 20 Brioches la Boulangere 12.16 21 Relax-Bodysol 19.58 General classification after stage 4 1 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto 17.19.39 2 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 0.13 3 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco 4 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5 Jorge Ferrio Luque (Spa) Costa De Almeria-Paternina 6 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 7 Aitor Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 8 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 9 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 10 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank 11 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 12 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 13 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 14 Koldo Gil Perez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 15 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 0.21 16 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre 17 Marco Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 0.25 18 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.33 19 Mauricio Ardila (Col) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 20 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step-Davitamon 21 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC 22 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Saeco 0.38 23 Inigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 24 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 0.46 25 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre 26 Andreas Kloden (Ger) T-Mobile Team 27 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 28 Angel Vicioso (Spa) Liberty Seguros 0.54 29 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 30 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 1.02 31 José Azevedo (Por) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 1.10 32 Javier Pascual (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 1.16 33 Francisco Lara (Spa) Costa De Almeria-Paternina 1.18 34 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 35 David Lopez (Spa) Cafes Baque 1.20 36 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 1.49 37 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.07 38 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 2.16 39 Massimo Codol (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2.19 40 Sebastien Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 2.21 41 Peio Arreitunandia (Spa) Cafes Baque 42 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros 3.01 43 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC 3.02 44 Frederic Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 3.44 45 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 3.56 46 Michael Barry (Can) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 4.05 47 Gianni Faresin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 4.14 48 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 4.22 49 J.Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 4.34 50 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Quick.Step-Davitamon 4.39 51 Zbigniew Piatek (Pol) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 5.31 52 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Cafes Baque 5.41 53 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick.Step-Davitamon 5.50 54 Christian Werner (Ger) T-Mobile Team 6.52 55 Unai Yus Kerejeta (Spa) Brioches La Boulangere 7.22 56 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 7.53 57 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner 8.52 58 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 59 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 8.55 60 Benjamin Noval (Spa) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 10.09 61 Jurgen Van De Waqlle (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 10.24 62 Cadel Evans (Aus) T-Mobile Team 10.37 63 José Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 10.40 64 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Saeco 11.12 65 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 11.35 66 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 11.45 67 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 11.56 68 Jokin Ormaetxea (Spa) Costa De Almeria-Paternina 12.32 69 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 12.45 70 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 14.14 71 Dario Cioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 72 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank 73 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 74 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 14.17 75 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 14.55 76 Dimitri Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 77 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 78 Jose Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 15.12 79 Evgueni Petrov (Rus) Saeco 15.34 80 Francisco Palacio (Spa) Cafes Baque 16.56 81 Gonzalo Bayarri (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 18.07 82 Francisco Gutierrez (Spa) Cafes Baque 18.17 83 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 18.42 84 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Saeco 18.58 85 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Rabobank 19.25 86 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 19.36 87 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 20.09 88 Jon Odriozola (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 20.39 89 Jose Julia (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 20.47 90 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros 21.10 91 Igor Glz. De Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 92 Jerome Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 22.03 93 Alberto Martinez (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 22.10 94 Carlos Zarate (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 22.27 95 Efrain Gutierrez (Spa) Cafes Baque 23.15 96 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Saeco 24.11 97 Carlos Garcia (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 24.14 98 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 24.30 99 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC 100 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick.Step-Davitamon 101 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 25.37 102 Isidro Nozal Vega (Spa) Liberty Seguros 27.03 103 Alex Zuelle (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 27.18 104 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 28.10 105 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 29.13 106 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Lampre 107 David Herrero (Spa) Costa De Almeria-Paternina 29.15 108 Victor Hugo Pena (Col) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 30.24 109 Florent Brard (Fra) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 30.55 110 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 31.02 111 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 31.59 112 Adolfo Garcia (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 33.35 113 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 33.43 114 Gorka Beloki (Spa) Brioches La Boulangere 33.50 115 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 35.06 116 Luis Perez (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 36.02 117 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Lampre 36.20 118 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 36.36 119 Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 37.34 120 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco 38.16 121 Julian Sanchez Pimienta (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 39.12 122 Ivan Mayoz (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 40.01 123 Jon Del Rio (Spa) Costa De Almeria-Paternina 41.41 124 Ronald Mutsaars (Ned) Rabobank 43.34 125 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre 53.42 126 Cezary Zamana (Pol) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 53.47 127 Alvaro Glz. De Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 56.44 128 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 1.00.08 Points classification 1 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 62 pts 2 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 45 3 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco 45 4 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 37 5 Jorge Ferrio Luque (Spa) Costa De Almeria-Paternina 34 6 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 33 7 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto 31 8 Angel Vicioso (Spa) Liberty Seguros 28 9 Carlos Zarate (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 25 10 Aitor Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 24 Mountains classification 1 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 47 pts 2 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 45 3 Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 19 4 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto 16 5 Jerome Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 14 6 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10 7 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 9 8 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 8 9 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 6 10 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Saeco 6 Metas volantes classification 1 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 14 pts 2 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 11 3 Jerome Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 8 4 Jose Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 4 5 Carlos Zarate (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 4 6 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4 7 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre 4 8 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4 9 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 3 10 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre 2 Team classification 1 Euskaltel-Euskadi 51.59.36 2 Team CSC 0.28 3 Liberty Seguros 0.41 4 US Postal-Berry Floor 0.57 5 Cofidis 1.30 6 T-Mobile 1.47 7 Gerolsteiner 2.25 8 Lampre 2.44 9 Illes Balears 3.28 10 Saeco 4.34 11 Paternina-Costa de Almeria 4.39 12 Quick.Step-Davitamon 5.35 13 Phonak 6.23 14 Cafes Baque 9.54 15 Fassa Bortolo 14.31 16 Chocolade Jacques 14.38 17 Com. Valenciana-Kelme 16.15 18 Brioches la Boulangere 19.58 19 Rabobank 20.18 20 Saunier Duval 21.39 21 Relax-Bodysol 33.06
