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26th Vuelta a Burgos - 2.1
Spain, August 2-5, 2004
Stage 1 - August 2: Burgos - Poza de la Sal (Altotero), 149 km
Valverde screams to the top
By Martin Hardie
Alejandro Valverde (Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme) screamed up and away from his companions in the last 200 metres of the ascent of the Cat. 1 Altotero to take the opening stage of this year's Vuelta a Burgos. Valverde along with Saunier's Leonardo Piepoli and Jonathan Gonzalez of Costa Almiera-Paternina were the main protagonists on the relatively short but brutal finish which saw the complete peloton reduced to rubble in a motivated final five kilometres that led to a select group coming to the final 500 metres set for an uphill sprint. But Valverde surprised them all and even given his strong attacking and following on the slopes he had some left to leave everyone clearly behind his wake at the end.
The day's break was constituted by Relax's Moisés Dueñas and Marco Fertonani of Phonak. They got away after 30 km and at the 83 km mark managed to build themselves up a lead of more than seven minutes. As the peloton set its course for the foot of the climb near the village of Poza de la Sal, Saunier Duval and Illes Baleares had control of the head of the peloton. With the climb looming and 16 km to go Chocolade Jacques and Cafes Baque chimed in and the gap was down to 1'44 and falling quick.
One Baque rider moved off the front of the peloton, as the road changed nature from a two lane blacktop and became, as it dropped down winding to a valley and the foot of the Aletero, a narrow dead looking grey tarmac. The Baque fling merely served to punctuate the changing of the guard as the front of the peloton swelled with the dark blue of Liberty Seguros and they drove the stray down, continuing on to set an almighty pace right into the first ramps of the ascent.
Through Poza de la Sal Alan Davis was setting a strong rhythm for his teammates - Serrano, Gil and Giampaolo Caruso; such that at least half of the peloton was shelled out the back before the most difficult steps were reached. The first attack was to be significant and proved to get rid of many whom Davis had not shed but had put into doubt. Valverde drove, out of the saddle in the big chainring, standing slowly but effortlessly turning the big gear. He quickly made a definitive gap and it was a moment before Piepoli reacted and set of after his wheel. Behind what had been half the race now had dwindled to no more than a dozen, led in their pursuit by Alberto Martinez. Despite the efforts of Martinez and soon Serrano and Menchov the gap was steady. It was only when Vladimir Karpets cruised to the front to take control were Valverde and Piepoli controlled.
With a front group of about ten riders, it was the turn of Paternina's Jonathan Gonzalez. The young Basque rider has already picked up two heroic mountain top wins this season and was intent on gaining another. As he moved away it was only Valverde who immediately reacted and bridged. The thinning group followed. Over the third last kilometre the Saunier riders worked to get the bridge built, they managed that and into the final kilometre it was looking like a small uphill bunch sprint, perfect for the unbeatable Perdi. But Valverde was too quick, jumping with a bit over 200 metres to go he drove a big gear up the final ramp and arrived having time enough to sit up, look around, adjust glasses and jersey, give a salute and kiss the crowd. "Remember me? I'm back!!" was the look.
There were some notable losers as the race split, but still a host of fine pedallers left in front: Juan Carlos Dominguez, Piepoli and Perdi for Saunier, Serrano and Caruso for Liberty, with Karpets, Martinez and Gonzalez all there to say their piece in fighting out the remaining three stages. Notable after a good finish on Sunday and showing today he also has some pedigree Colombian climbers legs was Mauricio Ardila of Chocolade Jacques.
Tomorrow is a flatter stage but as always in Spain the wind and at the present moment the sun could play a significant factor in causing another selection.
Results
1 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 3.34.35 2 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto 0.03 3 Mauricio Albert Ardila (Col) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 4 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5 Miguel Angel Martín Perdiguero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 6 Marcos A. Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 7 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros 8 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto 0.08 9 José Alberto Martínez (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 0.09 10 Juan Carlos Domínguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 11 Jonathan González Rios (Spa) Costa de Almeria-Paternina 0.11 12 Angel Castresana Del Val (Spa) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 0.31 13 Roberto Sgambelluri (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 0.32 14 Ondrej Sosenka (Cze) Acqua e Sapone 0.34 15 Geoffrey Demeyere (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 0.35 16 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 17 David Latasa Lasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 0.56 18 Joaquín Rodríguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.12 19 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 1.18 20 Patrick Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step-Davitamon 21 Alberto López De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 22 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 23 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 24 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 25 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 26 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 27 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros 28 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 29 Joseba Albizu Lizaso (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.24 30 Jon Del Rio (Spa) Costa de Almeria-Paternina 1.30 31 Javier Pascual Rodríguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 1.32 32 Joaquim Lopez Torrella (Spa) Costa de Almeria-Paternina 33 José A Pecharroman Fabian (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 34 José Antonio Garrido Lima (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 35 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 1.43 36 José Luis Rebollo Aguado (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 37 Nacor Burgos Rojo (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 38 Rafael Casero Moreno (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 39 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 40 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 41 Aitor Pérez Arrieta (Spa) Cafes Baque 42 Steven Kleynen (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 2.13 43 Aitor Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 2.16 44 Daniele Masolino (Ita) Team LPR 45 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Relax-Bodysol 46 Lorenzo Cordellini (Ita) Acqua e Sapone 47 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 2.28 48 Aitor Silloniz Aresti (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 49 David López García (Spa) Cafes Baque 50 Ben Day (Aus) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 2.59 51 Koldo Gil Pérez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 3.30 52 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 53 Luca Nardello (Ita) Team LPR 54 Zbigniew Piatek (Pol) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 55 Jens Renders (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 56 Kyrylo Pospyeyev (Ukr) Acqua e Sapone 57 Denys Kostyuk (Ukr) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 58 Pedro Arreitunandia (Spa) Cafes Baque 59 Fernando Torres Martín (Spa) Cafes Baque 60 Rubén Plaza Molina (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 61 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 3.56 62 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 63 Gonzalo Bayarri Esteve (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 64 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 65 Jokin Ormaetxea (Spa) Costa de Almeria-Paternina 66 Isidro Nozal Vega (Spa) Liberty Seguros 4.19 67 Maxim Rudenko (Ukr) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 68 Francisco Palacios San (Spa) Cafes Baque 5.10 69 Iñaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 70 Samuel Sánchez González (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 71 Ricardo Serrano González (Spa) Cafes Baque 72 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Acqua e Sapone 5.20 73 Alexandr Arekeev (Rus) Acqua e Sapone 5.26 74 Carlos García Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 5.51 75 Francisco Mancebo Pérez (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 6.25 76 Aitor Hernández Gutiérrez (Spa) Team LPR 77 Pedro Horrillo Muñoz (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 78 Jef Peeters (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 79 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 80 Andoni Aranaga Azkune (Spa) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 81 Christophe Stevens (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 82 Josep Jufré Pou (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 83 Bert Roesems (Bel) Relax-Bodysol 84 Moisés Dueñas Nevado (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 85 Claudio Astolfi (Ita) Acqua e Sapone 86 Ivan Degasperi (Ita) Team LPR 87 Peter Wuyts (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 88 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua e Sapone 89 Tom Vannoppen (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 90 Javier Pérez Pereira (Spa) Costa de Almeria-Paternina 91 Roger Hammond (GBr) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 92 Francisco Cabello Luque (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 93 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 94 Wesley Van der Linden (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 95 Rafael Diaz Justo (Spa) Liberty Seguros 7.19 96 Luis León Sánchez Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros 97 Jorge García Marín (Spa) Cafes Baque 98 Javier Ramírez Abeja (Spa) Liberty Seguros 99 Mikel Gaztañaga (Spa) Cafes Baque 100 Gianluca Sironi (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 8.05 101 Jehudi Schoonacker (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 102 Paul Van Hyfte (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 103 Koen Barbe (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 104 José Vicente García (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 8.50 105 Carlos Torrent Tarres (Spa) Costa de Almeria-Paternina 106 Joseba Beloki Dorronsoro (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 107 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Quick.Step-Davitamon 108 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 109 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 110 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Team LPR 111 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Team LPR 112 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon 113 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems 114 Mikel Artetxe Gezuraga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 115 Lander Euba Ziarrusta (Spa) Costa de Almeria-Paternina 116 Gert Vanderaerden (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 117 Crescenzo D´Amore (Ita) Acqua e Sapone 118 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems 119 Mauro Zinetti (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 9.29 120 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Team LPR 10.03 121 Claudio Lucchini (Ita) Team LPR 122 David Navas Chica (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 12.06 123 Isaac Gálvez López (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 15.28 124 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 125 Jon Odriozola Mugarza (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme DNF Dermot Nally (Irl) Costa de Almeria-Paternina Points 1 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 25 pts 2 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto 20 3 Mauricio Albert Ardila (Col) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 16 4 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 14 5 Miguel Angel Martín Perdiguero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 12 6 Marcos A. Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 10 7 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros 9 8 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto 8 9 José Alberto Martínez (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 7 10 Juan Carlos Domínguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 6 11 Jonathan González Rios (Spa) Costa de Almeria-Paternina 5 12 Angel Castresana Del Val (Spa) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 4 13 Roberto Sgambelluri (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 3 14 Ondrej Sosenka (Cze) Acqua e Sapone 2 15 Geoffrey Demeyere (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 1 Mountains Alto de Bocos 1 Moisés Dueñas Nevado (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 6 pts 2 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems 4 3 Nacor Burgos Rojo (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 2 4 Rafael Diaz Justo (Spa) Liberty Seguros 1 Altotero 1 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 16 pts 2 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto 12 3 Mauricio Albert Ardila (Col) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 10 4 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 8 5 Marcos A. Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 6 6 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros 4 7 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto 3 8 José Alberto Martínez (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 2 9 Juan Carlos Domínguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1 Metas volantes Villarcayo 1 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems 3 pts 2 Moisés Dueñas Nevado (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 2 3 Mikel Gaztañaga (Spa) Cafes Baque 1 Medina de Pomar 1 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems 3 pts 2 Moisés Dueñas Nevado (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 2 3 Jon Odriozola Mugarza (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 1 Oña 1 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems 3 pts 2 Moisés Dueñas Nevado (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 2 3 Isaac Gálvez López (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 1 Teams 1 Saunier Duval - Prodir 10.44.00 2 Liberty Seguros 1.09 3 Illes Balears-Banesto 2.12 4 Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 2.13 5 Relax - Bodysol 2.55 6 Euskaltel - Euskadi 2.56 7 Costa De Almeria - Paternina 2.58 8 Vini Caldirola - Nobili Rubinetterie 3.18 9 Phonak Hearing Systems 4.04 10 Quick Step - Davitamon 4.07 11 Vlaanderen - T Interim 4.16 12 Mr. Bookmaker.Com - Palmans 4.33 13 Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 6.05 14 Chocolade Jacques Wincor - Nixdorf 6.48 15 Cafés Baqué 7.26 16 Team L.P.R. - Piacenza Management Srl 11.56 General classification after stage 1 1 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 3.34.35 2 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto 0.03 3 Mauricio Albert Ardila (Col) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 4 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5 Miguel Angel Martín Perdiguero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 6 Marcos A. Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 7 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros 8 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto 0.08 9 José Alberto Martínez (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 0.09 10 Juan Carlos Domínguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 11 Jonathan González Rios (Spa) Costa de Almeria-Paternina 0.11 12 Angel Castresana Del Val (Spa) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 0.31 13 Roberto Sgambelluri (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 0.32 14 Ondrej Sosenka (Cze) Acqua e Sapone 0.34 15 Geoffrey Demeyere (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 0.35 16 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 17 David Latasa Lasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 0.56 18 Joaquín Rodríguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.12 19 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 1.18 20 Patrick Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step-Davitamon 21 Alberto López De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 22 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 23 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 24 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 25 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 26 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 27 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros 28 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 29 Joseba Albizu Lizaso (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.24 30 Jon Del Rio (Spa) Costa de Almeria-Paternina 1.30 31 Javier Pascual Rodríguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 1.32 32 Joaquim Lopez Torrella (Spa) Costa de Almeria-Paternina 33 José A Pecharroman Fabian (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 34 José Antonio Garrido Lima (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 35 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 1.43 36 José Luis Rebollo Aguado (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 37 Nacor Burgos Rojo (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 38 Rafael Casero Moreno (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 39 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 40 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 41 Aitor Pérez Arrieta (Spa) Cafes Baque 42 Steven Kleynen (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 2.13 43 Aitor Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 2.16 44 Daniele Masolino (Ita) Team LPR 45 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Relax-Bodysol 46 Lorenzo Cordellini (Ita) Acqua e Sapone 47 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 2.28 48 Aitor Silloniz Aresti (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 49 David López García (Spa) Cafes Baque 50 Ben Day (Aus) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 2.59 51 Koldo Gil Pérez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 3.30 52 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 53 Luca Nardello (Ita) Team LPR 54 Zbigniew Piatek (Pol) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 55 Jens Renders (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 56 Kyrylo Pospyeyev (Ukr) Acqua e Sapone 57 Denys Kostyuk (Ukr) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 58 Pedro Arreitunandia (Spa) Cafes Baque 59 Fernando Torres Martín (Spa) Cafes Baque 60 Rubén Plaza Molina (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 61 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 3.56 62 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 63 Gonzalo Bayarri Esteve (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 64 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 65 Jokin Ormaetxea (Spa) Costa de Almeria-Paternina 66 Isidro Nozal Vega (Spa) Liberty Seguros 4.19 67 Maxim Rudenko (Ukr) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 68 Francisco Palacios San (Spa) Cafes Baque 5.10 69 Iñaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 70 Samuel Sánchez González (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 71 Ricardo Serrano González (Spa) Cafes Baque 72 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Acqua e Sapone 5.20 73 Alexandr Arekeev (Rus) Acqua e Sapone 5.26 74 Carlos García Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 5.51 75 Francisco Mancebo Pérez (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 6.25 76 Aitor Hernández Gutiérrez (Spa) Team LPR 77 Pedro Horrillo Muñoz (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 78 Jef Peeters (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 79 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 80 Andoni Aranaga Azkune (Spa) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 81 Christophe Stevens (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 82 Josep Jufré Pou (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 83 Bert Roesems (Bel) Relax-Bodysol 84 Moisés Dueñas Nevado (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 85 Claudio Astolfi (Ita) Acqua e Sapone 86 Ivan Degasperi (Ita) Team LPR 87 Peter Wuyts (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 88 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua e Sapone 89 Tom Vannoppen (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 90 Javier Pérez Pereira (Spa) Costa de Almeria-Paternina 91 Roger Hammond (GBr) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 92 Francisco Cabello Luque (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 93 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 94 Wesley Van der Linden (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 95 Rafael Diaz Justo (Spa) Liberty Seguros 7.19 96 Luis León Sánchez Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros 97 Jorge García Marín (Spa) Cafes Baque 98 Javier Ramírez Abeja (Spa) Liberty Seguros 99 Mikel Gaztañaga (Spa) Cafes Baque 100 Gianluca Sironi (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 8.05 101 Jehudi Schoonacker (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 102 Paul Van Hyfte (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 103 Koen Barbe (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 104 José Vicente García (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 8.50 105 Carlos Torrent Tarres (Spa) Costa de Almeria-Paternina 106 Joseba Beloki Dorronsoro (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 107 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Quick.Step-Davitamon 108 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 109 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 110 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Team LPR 111 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Team LPR 112 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon 113 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems 114 Mikel Artetxe Gezuraga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 115 Lander Euba Ziarrusta (Spa) Costa de Almeria-Paternina 116 Gert Vanderaerden (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 117 Crescenzo D´Amore (Ita) Acqua e Sapone 118 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems 119 Mauro Zinetti (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 9.29 120 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Team LPR 10.03 121 Claudio Lucchini (Ita) Team LPR 122 David Navas Chica (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 12.06 123 Isaac Gálvez López (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 15.28 124 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 125 Jon Odriozola Mugarza (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme Points classification 1 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 25 pts 2 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto 20 3 Mauricio Albert Ardila (Col) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 16 4 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 14 5 Miguel Angel Martín Perdiguero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 12 6 Marcos A. Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 10 7 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros 9 8 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto 8 9 José Alberto Martínez (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 7 10 Juan Carlos Domínguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 6 11 Jonathan González Rios (Spa) Costa de Almeria-Paternina 5 12 Angel Castresana Del Val (Spa) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 4 13 Roberto Sgambelluri (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 3 14 Ondrej Sosenka (Cze) Acqua e Sapone 2 15 Geoffrey Demeyere (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 1 Mountains classification 1 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 16 pts 2 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto 12 3 Mauricio Albert Ardila (Col) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 10 4 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 8 5 Moisés Dueñas Nevado (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 6 6 Marcos A. Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 6 7 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros 4 8 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems 4 9 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto 3 10 José Alberto Martínez (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 2 Metas volantes classification 1 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems 9 pts 2 Moisés Dueñas Nevado (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 6 3 Isaac Gálvez López (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 1 4 Jon Odriozola Mugarza (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 1 5 Mikel Gaztañaga (Spa) Cafes Baque 1 Teams classification 1 Saunier Duval - Prodir 10.44.00 2 Liberty Seguros 1.09 3 Illes Balears-Banesto 2.12 4 Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 2.13 5 Relax - Bodysol 2.55 6 Euskaltel - Euskadi 2.56 7 Costa De Almeria - Paternina 2.58 8 Vini Caldirola - Nobili Rubinetterie 3.18 9 Phonak Hearing Systems 4.04 10 Quick Step - Davitamon 4.07 11 Vlaanderen - T Interim 4.16 12 Mr. Bookmaker.Com - Palmans 4.33 13 Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 6.05 14 Chocolade Jacques Wincor - Nixdorf 6.48 15 Cafés Baqué 7.26 16 Team L.P.R. - Piacenza Management Srl 11.56
