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62nd Vuelta Ciclista a la Comunidad Valenciana - 2.3
Spain, February 24-29, 2004
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Stage 5 - February 28: Valencia - Valencia, 165.5 km
Strong finish for Valverde
Usov wins last stage in Valencia
Alejandro Valverde (Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme) capped off a great five days of racing in his team's home locale by taking third place in the final stage of the Vuelta Comunidad Valenciana. Valverde finished behind winner Alexandre Usov (Phonak) and Robert Bartko (Rabobank) in the fast 165 km stage starting and ending in Valencia. The four second time bonus meant that he increased his lead to 9 seconds over Antonio Colom (Illes Balears-Banesto), who finished second on GC.
The victory was acknowledged by Valverde as being an important one for him and his financially troubled team, which is seeking more funding to try and secure a place in the Tour de France. Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme controlled the Vuelta almost from the start, and ensured that Valverde remained protected when it counted. At the end of the day, it was Valverde's sprinting prowess that won the race, as he netted enough bonus seconds to eventually unseat Toni Colom from the top of the classification.
The final stage was again run in cold and windy conditions, with the main break of the day going at kilometre 20. The break consisted of Stéphane Goubert (Ag2r), Sylvain Chavanel (La Boulangère), José Alberto Martínez (Relax-Bodysol), Alberto Contador (Liberty Seguros) and David Millar (Cofidis). The group's lead was only allowed to reach three minutes before it was pulled back by the Kelme driven peloton after 120 km.
Valverde's team remained at the front until the finish, riding a high tempo to prevent any further escapes. Although Kelme wanted to lead out Valverde for the win, it was not to be as Usov and Bartko were both quicker. The team had to be content with the overall classification, the points jersey (Valverde) and the teams classification.
Results
1 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems 3.35.01 2 Robert Bartko (Ger) Rabobank 3 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 4 Mark Scanlon (Irl) Ag2r-Prevoyance 5 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 6 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 7 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 8 Ruben Plaza (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 9 Josu Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 11 Isaac Galvez (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 12 Massimo Strazzer (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 13 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Costa Almeria-Paternina 14 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 15 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis 16 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 17 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 18 Unai Yus (Spa) Brioches La Boulangere 19 Alberto Hierro (Spa) Cafes Baque 20 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros 21 David Blanco (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 22 Jose Cayetano Julia (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 23 Francisco Gutierrez (Spa) Cafes Baque 24 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto 25 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis 26 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 27 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 28 José Alberto Martinez (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 29 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) T-Mobile 30 Alex Zuelle (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 31 Jose Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 32 Antonio Colom (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 33 David Bernabeu (Spa) Milaneza-Maia 34 Angel Edo (Spa) Milaneza-Maia 35 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 36 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis 37 Christia Van De Velde (USA) Liberty Seguros 38 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Quick.Step-Davitamon 39 Pedro Cardoso (Por) Milaneza-Maia 40 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 41 David Lopez (Spa) Cafes Baque 42 Javier Ramirez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 43 Gustavo Cesar (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 44 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 45 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 46 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 47 José E. Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 48 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick.Step-Davitamon 49 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 50 Andrei Zintchenko (Rus) Milaneza-Maia 51 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step-Davitamon 52 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros 53 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2r-Prevoyance 54 Rafael Diaz (Spa) Liberty Seguros 55 Cadel Evans (Aus) T-Mobile 56 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 57 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 58 Aitor Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.10 59 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank 60 Javier Cherro (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 61 Gonzalo Bayarri (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 62 Bruno Castanheira (Por) Milaneza-Maia 63 Stephane Goubert (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 64 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile 65 Lizuarte Martins (Por) Milaneza-Maia 66 Txema Del Olmo (Spa) Milaneza-Maia 67 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 68 Christian Werner (Ger) T-Mobile 69 Daniel Becke (Ger) Illes Balears-Banesto 70 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 71 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis 72 Andreas Kloden (Ger) T-Mobile 73 Juan Gomis (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.19 74 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick.Step-Davitamon 1.04 75 Gilberto Martins (Por) Milaneza-Maia 6.29 76 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis 77 Pedro Arreitunandia (Spa) Cafes Baque 78 Ivan Mayoz (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 79 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 80 José Luis Rebollo (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 81 Gustavo Domingos (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 82 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 83 Gorka Arrizabalaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 84 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 85 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis 86 Adolfo Garcia (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 87 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 88 Santiago Botero (Col) T-Mobile 11.35 89 Anton Luengo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 90 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi Points 1 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems 25 pts 2 Robert Bartko (Ger) Rabobank 20 3 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 16 4 Mark Scanlon (Irl) Ag2r-Prevoyance 14 5 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 12 6 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 10 7 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 9 8 Ruben Plaza (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 8 9 Josu Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7 10 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 6 11 Isaac Galvez (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 5 12 Massimo Strazzer (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4 13 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Costa Almeria-Paternina 3 14 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 2 15 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis 1 Mountains Alto De Rio Juanes - Cat. 2, km 49,00 1 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros 10 pts 2 Stephane Goubert (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 7 3 José Alberto Martinez (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 5 4 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3 5 Adolfo Garcia (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 2 6 Antonio Colom (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 1 Sprints Real De Montroi, km 77,80 1 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros 3 pts 2 José Alberto Martinez (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 2 3 Stephane Goubert (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 1 Benifaio, km 100,50 1 José Alberto Martinez (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 3 pts 2 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros 2 3 Stephane Goubert (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 1 Teams 1 Rabobank 10.45.03 2 Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 3 Brioches La Boulangere 4 Ag2R Prevoyance 5 Saunier Duval-Prodir 6 Illes Balears-Banesto 7 Relax-Bodysol 8 Cofidis 9 Phonak Hearing Systems 10 Cafes Baque 11 Liberty Seguros 12 Euskaltel-Euskadi 13 Milaneza-Maia 14 Quick.Step-Davitamon 15 T-Mobile 0.10 Final general classification 1 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 20.04.45 2 Antonio Colom (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 0.09 3 David Blanco (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 0.22 4 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.25 5 Alex Zuelle (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.30 6 Ruben Plaza (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 0.32 7 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto 0.34 8 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros 0.36 9 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis 0.38 10 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis 0.42 11 David Bernabeu (Spa) Milaneza-Maia 0.44 12 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.48 13 José Alberto Martinez (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 0.52 14 Pedro Cardoso (Por) Milaneza-Maia 1.09 15 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros 1.13 16 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Costa Almeria-Paternina 1.17 17 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 1.21 18 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 1.37 19 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 2.01 20 Javier Ramirez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 2.41 21 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.42 22 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 2.53 23 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3.00 24 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick.Step-Davitamon 3.06 25 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) T-Mobile 3.09 26 Cadel Evans (Aus) T-Mobile 27 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 3.20 28 Bruno Castanheira (Por) Milaneza-Maia 3.24 29 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 3.26 30 Txema Del Olmo (Spa) Milaneza-Maia 3.37 31 Andrei Zintchenko (Rus) Milaneza-Maia 3.50 32 Gonzalo Bayarri (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 4.56 33 Rafael Diaz (Spa) Liberty Seguros 5.48 34 Francisco Gutierrez (Spa) Cafes Baque 5.53 35 Jose Cayetano Julia (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 6.06 36 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank 6.08 37 Christian Werner (Ger) T-Mobile 6.22 38 Josu Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6.34 39 Javier Cherro (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 6.37 40 Angel Edo (Spa) Milaneza-Maia 6.58 41 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile 6.59 42 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis 7.06 43 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick.Step-Davitamon 7.19 44 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Quick.Step-Davitamon 7.48 45 Aitor Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7.52 46 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 7.53 47 Alberto Hierro (Spa) Cafes Baque 7.58 48 Jose Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 8.34 49 Mark Scanlon (Irl) Ag2r-Prevoyance 8.46 50 Gorka Arrizabalaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 9.09 51 Adolfo Garcia (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 9.13 52 Unai Yus (Spa) Brioches La Boulangere 9.45 53 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 10.07 54 José E. Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 10.38 55 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 12.22 56 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 57 Gustavo Domingos (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 14.11 58 Santiago Botero (Col) T-Mobile 14.17 59 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2r-Prevoyance 14.25 60 Christia Van De Velde (USA) Liberty Seguros 15.13 61 Lizuarte Martins (Por) Milaneza-Maia 15.22 62 Robert Bartko (Ger) Rabobank 15.44 63 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 17.35 64 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis 19.48 65 Andreas Kloden (Ger) T-Mobile 21.24 66 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 22.36 67 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 22.39 68 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 22.43 69 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step-Davitamon 23.03 70 Ivan Mayoz (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 23.29 71 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 24.25 72 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems 24.38 73 Juan Gomis (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 26.08 74 Stephane Goubert (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 26.51 75 Gilberto Martins (Por) Milaneza-Maia 26.57 76 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis 27.59 77 David Lopez (Spa) Cafes Baque 28.53 78 Isaac Galvez (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 29.07 79 Anton Luengo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 33.16 80 José Luis Rebollo (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 34.12 81 Pedro Arreitunandia (Spa) Cafes Baque 35.38 82 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 35.58 83 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 36.44 84 Gustavo Cesar (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 43.46 85 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 43.50 86 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis 49.10 87 Massimo Strazzer (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 54.57 88 Daniel Becke (Ger) Illes Balears-Banesto 55.27 89 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 1.02.59 90 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.07.43 Points classification 1 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 89 pts 2 Antonio Colom (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 50 3 David Blanco (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 47 4 Josu Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 35 5 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems 32 6 Ruben Plaza (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 30 7 Isaac Galvez (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 26 8 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2r-Prevoyance 25 9 Angel Edo (Spa) Milaneza-Maia 24 10 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros 20 11 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 20 12 Robert Bartko (Ger) Rabobank 20 13 José Alberto Martinez (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 19 14 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 17 15 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 16 16 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis 16 17 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis 14 18 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 14 19 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 14 20 Mark Scanlon (Irl) Ag2r-Prevoyance 14 21 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 14 22 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Costa Almeria-Paternina 13 23 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 13 24 Alex Zuelle (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 12 25 Jose Cayetano Julia (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 10 Mountains classification 1 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 35 pts 2 Adolfo Garcia (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 32 3 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros 25 4 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2r-Prevoyance 16 5 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 16 6 Ruben Plaza (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 13 7 Jose Cayetano Julia (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 12 8 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 10 9 David Lopez (Spa) Cafes Baque 10 10 Antonio Colom (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 9 11 José Alberto Martinez (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 7 Combination classification 1 Antonio Colom (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 14 pts 2 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 17 3 Ruben Plaza (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 18 4 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 26 5 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 27 6 David Blanco (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 29 7 José Alberto Martinez (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 36 8 Alex Zuelle (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 47 9 Jose Cayetano Julia (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 53 10 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto 57 11 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros 64 Teams classification 1 Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 60.15.40 2 Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.03 3 Liberty Seguros 3.15 4 Milaneza-Maia 3.21 5 Cofidis 3.25 6 Rabobank 3.43 7 T-Mobile 3.45 8 Quick.Step-Davitamon 3.55 9 Relax-Bodysol 4.28 10 Cafes Baque 5.43 11 Phonak Hearing Systems 7.03 12 Euskaltel-Euskadi 7.20 13 Brioches La Boulangere 10.55 14 Illes Balears-Banesto 23.49 15 Ag2R Prevoyance 27.48
