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24th Vuelta a Murcia - 2.3
Spain, March 3-7, 2004
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Stage 3 - March 5: Yecla - Catlike (Yecla), 156.4 km
Mad Max strikes again
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Dutch sprinter Max van Heeswijk (US Postal-Berry Floor) continues to reap the benefits of his winter training program, winning his fourth race of the season and his second stage in the Vuelta a Murcia. Van Heeswijk was piloted to the finish by teammate Lance Armstrong as he won a 76 man bunch sprint outside the headquarters of Catlike helmets in Yecla, beating Erik Zabel (T-Mobile) and Peter Wrolich (Gerolsteiner). The race lead stayed with José Ivan Gutierrez (Illes Balears-Banesto), who has a 29 second advantage over Lance Armstrong.
How it unfolded
It was 21 degrees at the start as 110 riders set off from Yecla. After only 7.3 km, the riders reached the first of three climbs, the Puerto De Jumilla. Juan Miguel Cuenca (Com.Valenciana-Kelme) was first over, followed by David Lopez (Cafes Baque) and Juan Fuentes (Saeco). 18 km later, Fuentes took the sprint at Jumilla, followed by Jose Antonio Lopez (Illes Balears) and Eric Baumann (T-Mobile).
The peloton covered 44.5 kilometres in the first hour, and it was difficult for any attacks to stay clear. After 72 km, an attack by Jose Miguel Elias (Relax-Bodysol) and Inaki Isasi (Euskaltel-Euskadi) succeeded in forming a group of 18 riders in front of the race, also including Haimar Zubeldia (Euskaltel) and Marco Pinotti (Lampre). The group could only build up a 25 second lead before it was recaptured, however.
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After 90 km, a new attack went with Danilo Di Luca (Saeco), Daniel Rincon (U.S. Postal Service-Berry Floor), Miguel Perdiguero and Constantino Zaballa (Saunier Duval-Prodir). At the Alto Fuente Blanca (km 95), Perdiguero crossed first, followed by Rincon and Di Luca. The situation changed when Alejandro Valverde (Com.Valenciana-Kelme) and Gorka Verdugo (Euskaltel) bridged up a few kilometres later. On the final climb, the Alto de Peña de Zafra, Perdiguero again was first followed by Valverde and Verdugo.
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The group was too dangerous to let go, and all but Di Luca and Anthony Charteau (Brioches La Boulangère) were caught after 111 km. The two leaders built up an advantage of 1'50 over the bunch, but the combined efforts of Illes Balears, Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme and U.S. Postal brought them back with less than 20 km to go.
For the second time in three days, Max van Heeswijk had the measure of Erik Zabel in the bunch sprint, after Lance Armstrong personally led him out for the sprint.
Tomorrow's fourth stage from Totana to Alto Collado Bermejo ends with a tough Category 1 climb, ascending some 900 metres in the final 18 kilometres. All eyes will be on José Ivan Gutierrez to see whether he can withstand the attacks from the other favourites in the Vuelta a Murcia.
Photography
Images by AFP Photo
- Race leader Jose Ivan Gutierrez (Illes Balears) rides during stage 3
- Lance Armstrong (US Postal-Berry Floor) is second overall in the Tour of Murcia
- Lance Armstrong (US Postal-Berry Floor) at the head of affairs
- Lance Armstrong (US Postal-Berry Floor) rides next to Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) in stage 3
- Lance Armstrong (US Postal-Berry Floor) in front of Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile)
- Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) in the pack during the third stage
- The US Postal train in action during stage 3
- Iban Mayo (Euskaltel) enjoying his first race of the season
- Lance Armstrong (US Postal-Berry Floor) leads race leader Jose Ivan Gutierrez (Illes Balears) during stage 3
- Lance Armstrong (US Postal-Berry Floor) rides behind Alejandro Valverde (Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme)
- Alejandro Valverde (Comunidad Valenciana) bridged up to the leaders late in the race
- Danilo Di Luca (Saeco) leads Anthony Charteau (Brioches) in their late escape
- Max van Heeswijk (US Postal-Berry Floor) beats Erik Zabel to win stage 3
- Van Heeswijk celebrates his win
Results
1 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) U.S. Postal Service-Berry Floor 3.32.23 2 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile 3 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 0.01 4 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5 Miguel A M.Perdiguero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 6 José Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 7 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Com.Valenciana-Kelme 8 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 9 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Costa Almeria-Paternina 10 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Mrbookmaker.com-Palmans 11 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre 12 Unai Yus (Spa) Brioches La Boulangere 13 Jens Renders (Bel) Mrbookmaker.com-Palmans 14 Unai Elorriaga (Spa) Cafes Baque 15 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 16 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 17 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 18 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 19 Luciano A. Pagliarini (Bra) Lampre 20 José Alberto Martinez (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 21 Ruben Plaza (Spa) Com.Valenciana-Kelme 22 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 23 Lance Armstrong (USA) U.S. Postal Service-Berry Floor 24 David Navas (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 25 Jose Cayetano Julia (Spa) Com.Valenciana-Kelme 26 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre 27 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Saeco 28 Jose Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 29 Frédéric Gabriel (Fra) Mrbookmaker.com-Palmans 30 Antonio Colom (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 31 Cadel Evans (Aus) T-Mobile 32 Joaquim Lopez (Spa) Costa Almeria-Paternina 33 Francisco J. Vila (Spa) Lampre 34 Hector Guerra (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 35 Pedro Arreitunandia (Spa) Cafes Baque 36 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Saeco 37 Mickael Pichon (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 38 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 39 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 40 Tomas Konecny (Cze) T-Mobile 41 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 42 Michael Barry (Can) U.S. Postal Service-Berry Floor 43 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 44 Marcus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 45 David Lopez (Spa) Cafes Baque 46 David Blanco (Spa) Com.Valenciana-Kelme 47 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Mrbookmaker.com-Palmans 48 Javier Rodriguez (Spa) Com.Valenciana-Kelme 49 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Lampre 50 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Saeco 51 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 52 Michele Scotto (Ita) Lampre 53 Efrain Gutierrez (Spa) Cafes Baque 54 Uwe Hardter (Ger) Gerolsteiner 55 José Angel Gomez (Spa) Costa Almeria-Paternina 56 Manuel Beltran (Spa) U.S. Postal Service-Berry Floor 57 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Saeco 58 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 59 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile 60 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 61 Jo Planckaert (Bel) Mrbookmaker.com-Palmans 62 Alessandr Spezialetti (Ita) Saeco 63 Tobias Steinhauser (Ger) T-Mobile 64 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 65 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Lampre 66 Daniel Rincon (Col) U.S. Postal Service-Berry Floor 67 Gianni Faresin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 68 Michael Rich (Ger) Gerolsteiner 69 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Saeco 70 Juan Miguel Cuenca (Spa) Com.Valenciana-Kelme 71 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Com.Valenciana-Kelme 72 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile 73 Juan Gomis (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 74 Javier Perez (Spa) Costa Almeria-Paternina 75 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) U.S. Postal Service-Berry Floor 76 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Gerolsteiner 77 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Mrbookmaker.com-Palmans 0.21 78 Julio Lopez (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 0.23 79 Lander Euba (Spa) Costa Almeria-Paternina 80 Santiago Blanco (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 0.28 81 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 82 Jurgen V.Den Broeck (Bel) U.S. Postal Service-Berry Floor 0.30 83 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) U.S. Postal Service-Berry Floor 84 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco 1.25 85 Joseba Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.08 86 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre 13.18 87 Jose Luis Martinez (Spa) Com.Valenciana-Kelme 88 Isaac Galvez (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 89 Fernando Torres (Spa) Cafes Baque 16.29 90 Moises Duenas (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 91 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 92 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile 93 Maryan Hary (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 94 Mikel Elgezabal (Spa) Costa Almeria-Paternina 95 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 96 José Antonio Lopez (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 97 Ion Del Rio (Spa) Costa Almeria-Paternina 98 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner 99 Aitor Perez (Spa) Cafes Baque 100 Rony Martias (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 101 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile 102 Francisco Gutierrez (Spa) Cafes Baque 103 Alexandre Naulleau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 104 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Saeco 105 Fco.José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 106 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 107 Dermot Nally (Irl) Costa Almeria-Paternina 108 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi Points 1 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) U.S. Postal Service-Berry Floor 25 pts 2 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile 20 3 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 16 4 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 14 5 Miguel A M.Perdiguero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 12 6 José Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 10 7 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Com.Valenciana-Kelme 9 8 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 8 9 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Costa Almeria-Paternina 7 10 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Mrbookmaker.com-Palmans 6 11 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre 5 12 Unai Yus (Spa) Brioches La Boulangere 4 13 Jens Renders (Bel) Mrbookmaker.com-Palmans 3 14 Unai Elorriaga (Spa) Cafes Baque 2 15 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 1 Mountains Puerto De Jumilla - Cat. 3, km 7,30 1 Juan Miguel Cuenca (Spa) Com.Valenciana-Kelme 3 pts 2 David Lopez (Spa) Cafes Baque 2 3 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Saeco 1 Alto Fuente Blanca - Cat. 3, km 95,30 1 Miguel A M.Perdiguero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3 pts 2 Daniel Rincon (Col) U.S. Postal Service-Berry Floor 2 3 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco 1 Alto Peña Zafra - Cat. 3, km 102,70 1 Miguel A M.Perdiguero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3 pts 2 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Com.Valenciana-Kelme 2 3 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 Sprints Jumilla, km 25,30 1 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Saeco 3 pts 2 José Antonio Lopez (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 2 3 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile 1 Zieza, km 60,40 1 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Com.Valenciana-Kelme 3 pts 2 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 3 Alberto Hierro (Spa) Cafes Baque 1 Teams 1 U.S. Postal Service-Berry Floor 10.37.11 2 T-Mobile 3 Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.01 4 Euskaltel-Euskadi 5 Illes Balears-Banesto 6 MrBookmaker-Palmans 7 Comundidad Valenciana-Kelme 8 Relax-Bodysol 9 Lampre 10 Cafes Baque 11 Costa Almeria-Paternina 12 Gerolsteiner 13 Brioches La Boulangere 14 Saeco General classification after stage 3 1 José Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 8.18.54 2 Lance Armstrong (USA) U.S. Postal Service-Berry Floor 0.29 3 Ruben Plaza (Spa) Com.Valenciana-Kelme 0.35 4 Hector Guerra (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 0.37 5 David Blanco (Spa) Com.Valenciana-Kelme 0.38 6 José Alberto Martinez (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 0.42 7 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Com.Valenciana-Kelme 0.47 8 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.48 9 Michael Barry (Can) U.S. Postal Service-Berry Floor 0.50 10 Javier Rodriguez (Spa) Com.Valenciana-Kelme 0.51 11 David Navas (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 0.52 12 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Saeco 13 Antonio Colom (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 0.53 14 Cadel Evans (Aus) T-Mobile 0.56 15 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 0.58 16 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.03 17 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.04 18 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) U.S. Postal Service-Berry Floor 1.13 19 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.15 20 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Mrbookmaker.com-Palmans 1.18 21 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 1.26 22 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Lampre 1.29 23 Jurgen V.Den Broeck (Bel) U.S. Postal Service-Berry Floor 24 Tomas Konecny (Cze) T-Mobile 1.37 25 Mickael Pichon (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 26 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.38 27 Daniel Rincon (Col) U.S. Postal Service-Berry Floor 1.44 28 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) U.S. Postal Service-Berry Floor 1.46 29 Efrain Gutierrez (Spa) Cafes Baque 1.50 30 Jose Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 1.55 31 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) U.S. Postal Service-Berry Floor 32 Miguel A M.Perdiguero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.57 33 Marcus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.58 34 David Lopez (Spa) Cafes Baque 2.02 35 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile 36 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.04 37 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Com.Valenciana-Kelme 38 Unai Yus (Spa) Brioches La Boulangere 2.07 39 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Costa Almeria-Paternina 2.11 40 Jose Cayetano Julia (Spa) Com.Valenciana-Kelme 2.13 41 Francisco J. Vila (Spa) Lampre 42 Manuel Beltran (Spa) U.S. Postal Service-Berry Floor 2.14 43 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 44 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre 45 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.16 46 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Saeco 2.17 47 José Angel Gomez (Spa) Costa Almeria-Paternina 2.19 48 Julio Lopez (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 2.35 49 Pedro Arreitunandia (Spa) Cafes Baque 2.46 50 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.55 51 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.00 52 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3.03 53 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Mrbookmaker.com-Palmans 3.08 54 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre 3.14 55 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Saeco 3.15 56 Joseba Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6.16 57 Michael Rich (Ger) Gerolsteiner 7.38 58 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Lampre 8.02 59 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Gerolsteiner 8.03 60 Juan Gomis (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 9.00 61 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile 9.10 62 Tobias Steinhauser (Ger) T-Mobile 9.17 63 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 64 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Saeco 9.19 65 Gianni Faresin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 9.42 66 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile 9.56 67 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 9.58 68 Luciano A. Pagliarini (Bra) Lampre 10.03 69 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 10.08 70 Alessandr Spezialetti (Ita) Saeco 10.19 71 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 10.22 72 Unai Elorriaga (Spa) Cafes Baque 10.27 73 Uwe Hardter (Ger) Gerolsteiner 10.33 74 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Saeco 10.41 75 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Mrbookmaker.com-Palmans 10.44 76 Juan Miguel Cuenca (Spa) Com.Valenciana-Kelme 77 Javier Perez (Spa) Costa Almeria-Paternina 10.48 78 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco 10.51 79 Michele Scotto (Ita) Lampre 10.52 80 Jo Planckaert (Bel) Mrbookmaker.com-Palmans 10.56 81 Frédéric Gabriel (Fra) Mrbookmaker.com-Palmans 11.11 82 Joaquim Lopez (Spa) Costa Almeria-Paternina 11.13 83 Jens Renders (Bel) Mrbookmaker.com-Palmans 11.22 84 Santiago Blanco (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 11.31 85 Lander Euba (Spa) Costa Almeria-Paternina 12.05 86 Jose Luis Martinez (Spa) Com.Valenciana-Kelme 15.05 87 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre 15.07 88 Isaac Galvez (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 15.34 89 Francisco Gutierrez (Spa) Cafes Baque 18.25 90 Maryan Hary (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 18.31 91 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 18.55 92 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 19.02 93 Alexandre Naulleau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 19.15 94 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile 19.28 95 Ion Del Rio (Spa) Costa Almeria-Paternina 21.13 96 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner 25.25 97 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Saeco 25.34 98 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 25.48 99 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 26.02 100 José Antonio Lopez (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 26.09 101 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile 26.24 102 Moises Duenas (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 26.25 103 Rony Martias (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 26.27 104 Fernando Torres (Spa) Cafes Baque 26.33 105 Aitor Perez (Spa) Cafes Baque 26.38 106 Fco.José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 27.10 107 Dermot Nally (Irl) Costa Almeria-Paternina 27.18 108 Mikel Elgezabal (Spa) Costa Almeria-Paternina 27.28 Points classification 1 José Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 55 pts 2 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) U.S. Postal Service-Berry Floor 50 3 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile 36 4 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Com.Valenciana-Kelme 28 5 Miguel A M.Perdiguero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 24 6 Michael Rich (Ger) Gerolsteiner 20 7 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Lampre 16 8 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 16 9 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 15 10 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre 15 11 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 14 12 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Gerolsteiner 14 13 Lance Armstrong (USA) U.S. Postal Service-Berry Floor 12 14 Isaac Galvez (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 12 15 Ruben Plaza (Spa) Com.Valenciana-Kelme 10 16 David Navas (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 10 17 Hector Guerra (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 9 18 David Blanco (Spa) Com.Valenciana-Kelme 8 19 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Mrbookmaker.com-Palmans 8 20 José Alberto Martinez (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 7 21 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Costa Almeria-Paternina 7 22 Ion Del Rio (Spa) Costa Almeria-Paternina 6 23 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile 5 24 José Antonio Lopez (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 5 25 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5 Mountains classification 1 Miguel A M.Perdiguero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 6 pts 2 Juan Miguel Cuenca (Spa) Com.Valenciana-Kelme 5 3 José Antonio Lopez (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 3 4 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Com.Valenciana-Kelme 2 5 Daniel Rincon (Col) U.S. Postal Service-Berry Floor 2 6 David Lopez (Spa) Cafes Baque 2 7 Jose Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 1 8 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 9 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco 1 10 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Saeco 1 Combination classification 1 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Com.Valenciana-Kelme 15 pts 2 Miguel A M.Perdiguero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 38 3 José Antonio Lopez (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 127 4 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Saeco 140 5 José Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 2 6 Lance Armstrong (USA) U.S. Postal Service-Berry Floor 15 7 Ruben Plaza (Spa) Com.Valenciana-Kelme 18 8 Hector Guerra (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 21 9 David Blanco (Spa) Com.Valenciana-Kelme 23 10 José Alberto Martinez (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 26 11 David Navas (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 27 Teams classification 1 Illes Balears-Banesto 24.58.27 2 Comundidad Valenciana-Kelme 0.15 3 U.S. Postal Service-Berry Floor 0.33 4 Relax-Bodysol 1.00 5 Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.47 6 Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.57 7 Lampre 2.01 8 T-Mobile 2.22 9 Saeco 10 Brioches La Boulangere 3.37 11 Cafes Baque 4.04 12 Costa Almeria-Paternina 5.58 13 Gerolsteiner 7.43 14 MrBookmaker-Palmans 13.05
