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45th Vuelta al Pais Vasco - PT
Spain, April 4-8, 2005
Stage 1 - April 4: Zarautz - Zarautz, 133 km
Di Luca surfs the green wave
By Martin Hardie
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While all eyes were elsewhere, Danilo Di Luca of Liquigas benefited from the good work of his team and a great lead out by teammate Franco Pellizotti to take a fast and competitive first stage of the Vuelta al Pais Vasco in Zarautz, the surfing centre of Giupuzkoa, this afternoon. Pellizotti sat nicely behind Phonak's Oscar Pereiro, who obviously had a Perdiguero victory on his mind. But Pellizotti took over the sprint in the final metres of the short straight and provided the perfect launch pad for Di Luca.
Di Luca said after the race, "The final climb was very hard, but I had a very good stage, mainly because I have a great team that really worked well all day, firstly to bring back the break and then Pellizotti brought me beautifully to the line."
Di Luca took the sprint from the likely duo of Perdiguero and Alejandro Valverde, and it was all but impossible to find any space between the two. They were part of a selection made on the final nasty climb of the Garate which peaked 7 kilometres from the finish line. One spectator, Miguel Indurain, who cut the ribbon to start the race commented afterwards that he was glad he was not climbing it.
How it unfolded
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The day started out with a long break by Iban Mayoz (no relation to Iban Mayo) of Relax and Comunidad Valenciana's, Carlos Zarate. The two shared the metas volantes and the early climbs between them in such a way that Zarate now holds the mountains jersey and Mayoz the sprints. Leading local rider is Liberty's David Etxebarria.
The Garate took the toll that many thought it would. The first attack through the steep narrow first kilometre was Oscar Pereiro of Phonak. He was soon chased and passed by Kaiku's Ricardo Serrano, who despite having front derailleur trouble looked very strong. He had made himself a good gap across the steepest sections and was chased and eventually joined by Mick Rogers (Quick.Step). Behind, the favourites whose teams had jostled for position in the fast, 50+ km/h stretch before the climb, as if they where heading to fight it out in the Arenberg forest, started to fight it out and the race began to blow apart.
Vinokourov, David Etxebarria, and Rebellin pushed the front of the bunch to the point of distress. Aitor Osa had a go at blowing them away and was met by opposition from Cunego. As was expected, the Garate's intense two kilometres was going to be the start of the this year's Itzulia. The group picked up Serrano and Rogers and Rebellin, Osa and Cunego crested first before they went down the wild descent for the plunge into the finish. At first they seemed to be no more than ten or so, but a larger group was trying to bridge, and behind, the rest came over in single file wondering what had happened.
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On the descent and into town, the composition of the group started to become clearer and many of the likely suspects were present, but also some had just simply failed to have the right position on the climb or couldn't simply hack the pace. Perdiguero, Valverde, Rebellin, Vinokourov, Etxebarria, Vicioso, Di Luca, Cunego, Rogers and Aitor Osa were all present. Into the 300m finishing straight, the front was green, such that it was hard to tell the difference between Phonak and Liquigas. But it was the Italians who had the energy in the end to outwit Phonak and their man Miguel Martin Perdiguero. Rebellin and Valverde seemed boxed in behind, but somehow Valverde with that enormous kick like a track sprinter that he possesses, came from eight riders back nearly to take second, and if the race was a little longer, he could have taken the win.
Euskaltel's Haimar Zubeldia was one of many who just couldn't keep the pace on the Garate. He came in with the second group a little over 20 seconds down. Maybe tomorrow's finish on top of El Lejana might suit the Euskaltel leader's diesel style a little better. Di Luca recognised the job ahead when he said, "Tomorrow we have a very hard climb to the finish at La Lejana, and it's going to be hard to win here with all the Vascos along with riders like Rebellin and Valverde."
Photography
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- Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas-Bianchi) leads the charge for the line while team-mate Franco Pellizotti celebrates in the background
- Danilo Di Luca claims victory
- Danilo Di Luca salutes as he crosses the line
- Danilo Di Luca gets a congratulatory kiss and hat
- Danilo Di Luca celebrates in the traditional fizzy manner
Results
1 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 3.10.51 2 M.A. Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 3 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 4 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 6 David Etxebarria (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 7 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 8 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 9 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 10 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step 11 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole 12 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 13 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 14 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 15 Bradley Mcgee (Aus) Française Des Jeux 16 Aitor Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 17 Angel Vicioso (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 18 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 19 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 20 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 21 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Kaiku 22 Andrea Noe' (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 23 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 24 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 25 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 26 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 27 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 28 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 29 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 30 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 31 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 32 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 33 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 34 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 35 David Blanco (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 36 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 37 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 38 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 39 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 40 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 41 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 42 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 43 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Caffita 0.11 44 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 0.21 45 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 46 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 47 Unai Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 48 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 49 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 50 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 51 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 52 Jose Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 53 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 54 Francisco Javier Vila (Spa) Lampre-Caffita 55 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 56 José Adrian Bonilla (CRc) Comunidad Valenciana 57 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 58 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 59 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 60 Massimo Codol (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 61 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 62 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 63 Iker Camaño (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 64 Serhiy Honchar (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 65 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 66 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 67 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 68 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Kaiku 69 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 70 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 71 Axel Merckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 72 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC 73 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 74 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 75 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 76 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 77 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 78 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 79 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 80 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 81 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 82 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 83 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 84 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 85 Ruben Lobato (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 86 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 87 Ezequiel Mosquera (Spa) Kaiku 88 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 89 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick Step 90 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 91 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole 92 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 93 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 94 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 95 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 96 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 97 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 98 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 99 Ruben Oarbeascoa (Spa) Kaiku 100 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas-Bianchi 101 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 102 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step 103 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 104 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 105 Andoni Aranaga (Spa) Kaiku 106 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 107 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 108 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile Team 109 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 110 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 111 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Domina Vacanze 112 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC 113 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita 114 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 115 Adrian Palomares (Spa) Kaiku 116 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 117 Francisco José Lara (Spa) T-Mobile Team 118 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 119 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 120 Serge Baguet (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 121 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 122 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Fassa Bortolo 123 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 124 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 0.42 125 J.A Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.57 126 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 1.15 127 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Domina Vacanze 128 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française Des Jeux 129 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 130 Christian Werner (Ger) T-Mobile Team 131 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 132 Juan Manuel Fuentes (Spa) Lampre-Caffita 1.27 133 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.32 134 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 135 David Muñoz (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 136 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.47 137 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 138 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 139 Javier Ramirez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 140 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 141 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française Des Jeux 142 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 143 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.50 144 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 145 Maryan Hary (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 146 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick Step 147 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française Des Jeux 148 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 149 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 150 Antonio Colom (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 151 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 152 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Domina Vacanze 153 José Antonio Garrido (Spa) Quick Step 154 Jason Mccartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 155 Joseba Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 156 Yon Bru (Spa) Kaiku 157 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 3.18 158 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 4.00 159 Luis Perez (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 160 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Domina Vacanze 5.03 161 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC 162 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 163 Marc Lotz (Ned) Quick Step 164 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step 165 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 166 Fabien Sanchez (Fra) Française Des Jeux 167 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step 168 Michele Gobbi (Ita) Domina Vacanze 169 Ruggero Borghi (Ita) Domina Vacanze 170 Antonio Berasategui (Spa) Kaiku 171 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas-Bianchi 172 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 173 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 7.03 174 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 175 Carlos Zarate (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 176 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 177 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 178 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team 179 Ivan Mayoz (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 180 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 7.54 181 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 182 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole 183 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Caffita Points 1 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 25 pts 2 M.A. Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 20 3 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 16 4 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 14 5 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 12 6 David Etxebarria (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 10 7 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 9 8 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 8 9 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 7 10 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step 6 11 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole 5 12 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 4 13 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3 14 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2 15 Bradley Mcgee (Aus) Française Des Jeux 1 Mountains Alto De Meagas - Cat. 3 1 Carlos Zarate (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 3 pts 2 Ivan Mayoz (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 2 3 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 1 Alto De Meagas - Cat. 3 1 Carlos Zarate (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 3 pts 2 Ivan Mayoz (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 2 3 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1 Alto De Meagas - Cat. 3 1 Carlos Zarate (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 3 pts 2 Ivan Mayoz (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 2 3 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1 Alto De Garate - Cat. 2 1 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 6 pts 2 Aitor Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 4 3 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 2 4 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1 Metas Volantes Zarautz - Gran Camping, 40 km 1 Ivan Mayoz (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 3 pts 2 Carlos Zarate (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 2 3 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 1 Zarautz - Basa Lore, 72 km 1 Ivan Mayoz (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 3 pts 2 Carlos Zarate (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 2 3 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 1 Zarautz - Murkil, 104 km 1 Ivan Mayoz (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 3 pts 2 Carlos Zarate (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 2 3 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1 Teams 1 Liquigas - Bianchi 9.32.33 2 Saunier Duval - Prodir 3 Illes Balears - Caisse D'Epargne 4 Liberty Seguros - Würth Team 5 Rabobank 6 Fassa Bortolo 7 Discovery Chanel Pro Cycling Team 8 Phonak Hearing Systems 0.21 9 La Francaise Des Jeux 10 Comunidad Valenciana 11 T- Mobile Team 12 Lampre - Caffita 0.32 13 Credit Agricole 0.42 14 Cofidis, le credit par telephone 15 Team CSC 16 Bouygues Telecom 17 Team Gerolsteiner 18 Kaiku 19 Quick Step 20 Relax Fuenlabrada 1.03 21 Euskaltel - Euskadi 22 DOMINA VACANZE 23 Davitamon - Lotto General classification after stage 1 1 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 3.10.51 2 M.A. Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 3 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 4 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 6 David Etxebarria (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 7 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 8 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 9 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 10 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step 11 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole 12 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 13 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 14 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 15 Bradley Mcgee (Aus) Française Des Jeux 16 Aitor Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 17 Angel Vicioso (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 18 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 19 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 20 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 21 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Kaiku 22 Andrea Noe' (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 23 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 24 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 25 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 26 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 27 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 28 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 29 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 30 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 31 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 32 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 33 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 34 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 35 David Blanco (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 36 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 37 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 38 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 39 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 40 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 41 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 42 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 43 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Caffita 0.11 44 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 0.21 45 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 46 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 47 Unai Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 48 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 49 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 50 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 51 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 52 Jose Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 53 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 54 Francisco Javier Vila (Spa) Lampre-Caffita 55 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 56 José Adrian Bonilla (CRc) Comunidad Valenciana 57 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 58 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 59 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 60 Massimo Codol (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 61 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 62 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 63 Iker Camaño (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 64 Serhiy Honchar (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 65 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 66 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 67 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 68 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Kaiku 69 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 70 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 71 Axel Merckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 72 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC 73 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 74 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 75 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 76 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 77 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 78 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 79 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 80 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 81 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 82 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 83 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 84 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 85 Ruben Lobato (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 86 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 87 Ezequiel Mosquera (Spa) Kaiku 88 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 89 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick Step 90 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 91 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole 92 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 93 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 94 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 95 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 96 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 97 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 98 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 99 Ruben Oarbeascoa (Spa) Kaiku 100 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas-Bianchi 101 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 102 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step 103 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 104 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 105 Andoni Aranaga (Spa) Kaiku 106 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 107 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 108 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile Team 109 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 110 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 111 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Domina Vacanze 112 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC 113 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita 114 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 115 Adrian Palomares (Spa) Kaiku 116 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 117 Francisco José Lara (Spa) T-Mobile Team 118 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 119 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 120 Serge Baguet (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 121 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 122 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Fassa Bortolo 123 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 124 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 0.42 125 J.A Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.57 126 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 1.15 127 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Domina Vacanze 128 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française Des Jeux 129 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 130 Christian Werner (Ger) T-Mobile Team 131 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 132 Juan Manuel Fuentes (Spa) Lampre-Caffita 1.27 133 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.32 134 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 135 David Muñoz (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 136 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.47 137 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 138 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 139 Javier Ramirez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 140 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 141 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française Des Jeux 142 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 143 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.50 144 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 145 Maryan Hary (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 146 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick Step 147 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française Des Jeux 148 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 149 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 150 Antonio Colom (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 151 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 152 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Domina Vacanze 153 José Antonio Garrido (Spa) Quick Step 154 Jason Mccartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 155 Joseba Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 156 Yon Bru (Spa) Kaiku 157 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 3.18 158 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 4.00 159 Luis Perez (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 160 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Domina Vacanze 5.03 161 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC 162 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 163 Marc Lotz (Ned) Quick Step 164 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step 165 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 166 Fabien Sanchez (Fra) Française Des Jeux 167 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step 168 Michele Gobbi (Ita) Domina Vacanze 169 Ruggero Borghi (Ita) Domina Vacanze 170 Antonio Berasategui (Spa) Kaiku 171 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas-Bianchi 172 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 173 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 7.03 174 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 175 Carlos Zarate (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 176 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 177 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 178 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team 179 Ivan Mayoz (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 180 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 7.54 181 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 182 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole 183 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Caffita Points classification 1 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 25 pts 2 M.A. Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 20 3 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 16 4 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 14 5 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 12 6 David Etxebarria (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 10 7 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 9 8 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 8 9 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 7 10 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step 6 11 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole 5 12 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 4 13 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3 14 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2 15 Bradley Mcgee (Aus) Française Des Jeux 1 Mountains classification 1 Carlos Zarate (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 9 pts 2 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 6 3 Ivan Mayoz (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 6 4 Aitor Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 4 5 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 2 6 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2 7 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1 8 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 1 Metas volantes classification 1 Ivan Mayoz (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 9 pts 2 Carlos Zarate (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 6 3 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1 4 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 1 5 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 1 Teams classification 1 Liquigas - Bianchi 9.32.33 2 Saunier Duval - Prodir 3 Illes Balears - Caisse D'Epargne 4 Liberty Seguros - Würth Team 5 Rabobank 6 Fassa Bortolo 7 Discovery Chanel Pro Cycling Team 8 Phonak Hearing Systems 0.21 9 La Francaise Des Jeux 10 Comunidad Valenciana 11 T- Mobile Team 12 Lampre - Caffita 0.32 13 Credit Agricole 0.42 14 Cofidis, le credit par telephone 15 Team CSC 16 Bouygues Telecom 17 Team Gerolsteiner 18 Kaiku 19 Quick Step 20 Relax Fuenlabrada 1.03 21 Euskaltel - Euskadi 22 DOMINA VACANZE 23 Davitamon - Lotto
