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Euskal Bizikleta - 2.HC
Spain, June 1-5, 2005
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Stage 3 - June 3: Tolosa - Strio. de Oro , 135.8km
Finally, success for Barloworld
By Gabriella Ekström
The third stage between Tolosa and Santuario de Oro saw yesterday's winner and race leader Eladio Jimenez (Comunidad Valenciana) defend his blue leader's jersey with bravado. The stage was surprisingly won by Team Barloworld's Peio Arreitunandia who was, if not the strongest, at least the smartest at the end.
How it unfolded
With an eager Comunidad Valenciana team defending the leader's jersey, and a whole lot of riders willing to make up for yesterday's less successful stage, today's stage was predicted to be hard from the start, and the predictions proved right. Jimenez' team hit the front from the gun, but could not and would not control the stage enough to prevent breaks from going away. Iñigo Cuesta (Saunier Duval) and Jure Golcer (Acqua & Sapone) formed the first real attack, and were soon followed by Iñaki Isasi (Euskaltel). Other interesting names who tried to bridge to the duo before it was brought back were Liberty Seguros' Angel Vicioso, Euskaltel's Mikel Artetxe, with teammate and pre-race favourite David Herrero, and Dionisio Galparsoro (Kaiku).
After 27 kilometres, David Herrero managed to get away, and with him followed Saunier Duval's Juan Jose Cobo, LPR's Aitor Hernandez, and former world champion Igor Astarloa (Team Barloworld). They were followed by a group of riders containing Jose Mario Almagro (Relax), Massimiliano Gentili (Naturino), Ruben Perez Moreno and Gustavo Dominguez (Orbea), Felix Cardenas (Team Barloworld), Aitor Gonzalez (Euskaltel), Jesus Hernandez (Liberty Seguros) and Javier Ruiz de Larrinaga (Kaiku).
The peloton was determined not to repeat yesterday's mistakes, and never allowed the first group more than three minutes. At the top of third category Arettio, Gonzalez, Herrero, Astarloa, Cardenas and Hernandez remained of the original break, and Euskaltel's Joseba Albizu had caught up with them together with Ezequiel Mosquera (Kaiku), and Iñigo Cuesta, who once again gave it a go. This group gained a maximum lead of 1'45, and Herrero, Mosquera and Cardenas were the stronger riders over the flats approaching the climb to Bikotz.
In the higher regions of Bikotz, with a little more than 100 kilometres behind them, the break was neutralized by the nervous peloton, just to see a new break take off. This time it was Acqua&Sapone's Jure Golcer who had another try, and Saunier Duval's old man Fabian Jeker. Pavel Tonkov (LPR) liked what he saw and bridged across to the duo before it was too late, and the three of them were keeping a high pace, and Euskaltel who hit the front in the peloton could not easily pull them back.
The orange clad Basque team worked hard at the front until only ten kilometres remained of the stage. As the fuel ran out of the team, Aitor Gonzalez had no option but to attack early in the climb, probably earlier than what he had planned. He kept a good pace until he reached the group, but when Golcer saw him coming, he jumped clear of the group and rode on alone.
Liberty Seguros' neo-pro Daniel Navarro followed Gonzalez at a distance, and eventually joined the group that now chased Golcer. Despite the pace in the peloton being high, it looked like the Valenciana team would focus on keeping the leader's jersey, and that the winner of the stage would come from the front group, and more riders were therefore eager to join them. David de la Fuente (Saunier Duval) and Peio Arreitunandia (Team Barloworld) were the last riders to bridge, and Jeker seemed to sacrifice himself for de la Fuente at first.
De la Fuente however was not biding his time in the front group, he was suffering, and Jeker's efforts would have been in vain if he hadn't been so strong and stubborn himself. Jeker closed most of the gaps in the front group, and could match all the small attacks made by Gonzalez. Golcer was still ahead, and over the last steep section of the final climb, Jeker rode away from the group and chased Golcer alone.
Golcer, in his turn, was chasing the biggest victory of his career, and was the first rider under the red flag. Jeker, as strong as ever, fought to catch him when he was suddenly caught by Peio Arreitunandia, who had passed almost unmarked in the little group, and then attacked very close to the top. Arreitunandia quickly passed Jeker and Golcer, and then reached into the air to salute his victory.
Arreitunandia's ride also saw him climb to eighth place in the GC, although still a massive 7'55 behind Eladio Jimenez. Jimenez himself finished tenth in the stage and increased his total lead over Adrian Palomares (Kaiku) to 3.01.
Results
1 Peio Arreitunandia (Spa) Team Barloworld-Valsir 3.34.33 2 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.05 3 Jure Golcer (Slo) Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil 0.11 4 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 0.19 5 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Team L.P.R. 7 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.29 8 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.34 9 Jesus Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 0.37 10 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 11 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Team L.P.R. 0.42 12 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Kaiku 13 David George (RSA) Team Barloworld-Valsir 14 Angel Vicioso (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 15 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences 0.47 16 Gustavo Dominguez (Spa) Orbea 17 Daniele De Paoli (Ita) Team L.P.R. 18 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 19 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 20 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 21 Carlos Zarate (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 0.57 22 Dailos Diaz (Spa) Orbea 23 Adrian Palomares (Spa) Kaiku 0.58 24 Mario De Sarraga (Spa) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 1.02 25 Yon Bru (Spa) Kaiku 1.03 26 Raul Garcia De Mateo (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 1.06 27 Massimiliano Gentili (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 1.18 28 Ruben Oarbeascoa (Spa) Kaiku 2.08 29 Jorge Azanza (Spa) Kaiku 2.16 30 Javier Ruiz De Larrinaga (Spa) Kaiku 2.22 31 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 2.34 32 Ludovic Martin (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences 2.55 33 Ryan Cox (RSA) Team Barloworld-Valsir 3.12 34 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Team Barloworld-Valsir 3.18 35 Cristian Gasperoni (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 4.24 36 Ruben Perez (Spa) Orbea 5.37 37 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 5.39 38 Joseba Albizu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8.39 39 David Herrero (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 40 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 41 Antton Luengo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 42 David Etxebarria (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 43 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Team Barloworld-Valsir 44 Félix Cardenas (Col) Team Barloworld-Valsir 8.59 45 Ezequiel Mosquera (Spa) Kaiku 9.29 46 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 11.13 47 Adolfo Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 48 Stefano Cavallari (Ita) Team Barloworld-Valsir 12.33 49 David Plaza (Spa) Team Barloworld-Valsir 50 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 51 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Agritubel 52 Jose Almagro (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 53 José Adrian Bonilla (CRc) Comunidad Valenciana 54 Aaron Villegas (Spa) Orbea 55 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 56 Jorge Garcia (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 57 Nicolas Reynaud (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences 58 Hubert Dupont (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences 59 Luis Perez (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 60 Christophe Rinero (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences 61 Eric Berthou (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences 62 René Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 63 Gilles Canouet (Fra) Agritubel 64 Alessio Galletti (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 65 Alessandro Bertuola (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 66 Alexandr Arekeev (Rus) Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil 67 Julio Lopez (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 68 Juan Jose Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 12.45 69 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 70 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel 71 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil 13.01 72 Cedric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel 73 Alessandro Donati (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil 13.08 74 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil 15.34 75 Santo Anza (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil 76 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 16.42 77 Luca Nardello (Ita) Team L.P.R. 16.48 78 Giuseppe Muraglia (Ita) Team L.P.R. 79 Daniele Masolino (Ita) Team L.P.R. 17.04 80 Arkaitz Duran (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 81 Jesus Del Nero (Spa) Orbea 17.24 82 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Team L.P.R. 83 Xabat Ochotorena (Spa) Orbea 84 Gorka Arrizabalaga (Spa) Orbea 85 Gustavo Cesar (Spa) Kaiku 17.28 86 David Muñoz (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 87 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 17.36 88 Alessandro D'andrea (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil 17.46 DNF Angel Luis Casero (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana DNF Lubos Pelanek (Cze) Relax Fuenlabrada DNF Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Agritubel DNF Benjamin Jhonson (Aus) Agritubel DNF José Alberto Martinez (Spa) Agritubel DNF Renaud Dion (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences DNF Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Team L.P.R. DNF Bo Hamburger (Den) Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil DNF Sergio Barbero (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare DNF Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare Points 1 Peio Arreitunandia (Spa) Team Barloworld-Valsir 25 pts 2 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 20 3 Jure Golcer (Slo) Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil 16 4 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 14 5 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 12 6 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Team L.P.R. 10 7 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 9 8 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 8 9 Jesus Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 7 10 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 6 11 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Team L.P.R. 5 12 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Kaiku 4 13 David George (RSA) Team Barloworld-Valsir 3 14 Angel Vicioso (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 2 15 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences 1 Mountains Urraki - Cat. 2, km 13 1 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 6 pts 2 Jure Golcer (Slo) Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil 4 3 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 Azkarate - Cat. 3, km 32 1 David Herrero (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3 pts 2 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Team Barloworld-Valsir 1 Areitio - Cat. 3, km 52 1 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3 pts 2 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Team L.P.R. 1 Bikotz - Cat. 2, km 100 1 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 6 pts 2 Jure Golcer (Slo) Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil 4 3 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Team L.P.R. 2 Altube - Cat. 2, km 128 1 Jure Golcer (Slo) Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil 6 pts 2 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 4 3 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 Strio. Virgen de Oro - Cat. 2, km 136 1 Peio Arreitunandia (Spa) Team Barloworld-Valsir 6 pts 2 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4 3 Jure Golcer (Slo) Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil 2 Metas volantes Eibar, km 46,3 1 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Team Barloworld-Valsir 3 pts 2 David Herrero (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 3 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Team L.P.R. 1 Artea, km 100,4 1 Ezequiel Mosquera (Spa) Kaiku 3 pts 2 Félix Cardenas (Col) Team Barloworld-Valsir 2 3 David Herrero (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 Teams 1 Saunier Duval-Prodir 10.44.47 2 Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 0.30 3 Team L.P.R. 0.40 4 Comunidad Valenciana 1.13 5 Kaiku 1.35 6 Team Barloworld-Valsir 2.46 7 Naturino-Sapore di Mare 3.46 8 Orbea 6.13 9 Euskaltel-Euskadi 8.37 10 R.A.G.T. Semences 15.07 11 Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil 24.37 12 Relax Fuenlabrada 25.04 13 Agritubel 36.43 General classification after stage 3 1 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 12.09.28 2 Adrian Palomares (Spa) Kaiku 3.01 3 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5.48 4 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 7.26 5 Jure Golcer (Slo) Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil 7.38 6 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Team L.P.R. 7.42 7 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 7.44 8 Peio Arreitunandia (Spa) Team Barloworld-Valsir 7.55 9 Yon Bru (Spa) Kaiku 8.00 10 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8.02 11 David George (RSA) Team Barloworld-Valsir 8.05 12 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 8.45 13 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Kaiku 8.55 14 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 9.00 15 Angel Vicioso (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 10.22 16 Javier Ruiz De Larrinaga (Spa) Kaiku 10.35 17 Jesus Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 10.43 18 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Team L.P.R. 10.48 19 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences 10.53 20 Dailos Diaz (Spa) Orbea 11.03 21 Massimiliano Gentili (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 11.24 22 Ruben Oarbeascoa (Spa) Kaiku 11.57 23 Gustavo Dominguez (Spa) Orbea 13.18 24 Daniele De Paoli (Ita) Team L.P.R. 25 Ryan Cox (RSA) Team Barloworld-Valsir 26 Cristian Gasperoni (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 14.30 27 Stefano Cavallari (Ita) Team Barloworld-Valsir 14.40 28 Joseba Albizu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 16.02 29 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 16.26 30 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 16.55 31 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 17.25 32 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Team Barloworld-Valsir 18.19 33 David Herrero (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 18.45 34 Ezequiel Mosquera (Spa) Kaiku 19.35 35 José Adrian Bonilla (CRc) Comunidad Valenciana 20.46 36 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 21.19 37 Félix Cardenas (Col) Team Barloworld-Valsir 21.30 38 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Team Barloworld-Valsir 22.15 39 Christophe Rinero (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences 22.33 40 Jorge Garcia (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 25.04 41 Luis Perez (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 42 Raul Garcia De Mateo (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 25.35 43 Jorge Azanza (Spa) Kaiku 26.45 44 Mario De Sarraga (Spa) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 27.56 45 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 29.33 46 Adolfo Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 30.18 47 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 30.22 48 Alessandro Bertuola (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 49 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 31.50 50 Jose Almagro (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 32.36 51 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 33.12 52 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 34.02 53 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil 34.40 54 Carlos Zarate (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 34.47 55 Ruben Perez (Spa) Orbea 34.51 56 Hubert Dupont (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences 34.58 57 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel 35.40 58 Daniele Masolino (Ita) Team L.P.R. 36.05 59 David Plaza (Spa) Team Barloworld-Valsir 37.02 60 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 61 Santo Anza (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil 37.38 62 Luca Nardello (Ita) Team L.P.R. 39.13 63 Alessio Galletti (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 39.27 64 Aaron Villegas (Spa) Orbea 65 Eric Berthou (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences 66 Ludovic Martin (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences 39.58 67 Nicolas Reynaud (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences 40.33 68 Gilles Canouet (Fra) Agritubel 41.47 69 René Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 70 Antton Luengo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 42.29 71 David Etxebarria (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 72 Juan Jose Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 43.38 73 Giuseppe Muraglia (Ita) Team L.P.R. 43.40 74 Jesus Del Nero (Spa) Orbea 45.21 75 Alexandr Arekeev (Rus) Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil 46.23 76 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Agritubel 77 Xabat Ochotorena (Spa) Orbea 46.38 78 Cedric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel 46.51 79 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil 80 Alessandro Donati (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil 46.58 81 Julio Lopez (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 49.49 82 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Team L.P.R. 51.14 83 Gustavo Cesar (Spa) Kaiku 51.18 84 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 51.26 85 Arkaitz Duran (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 54.20 86 Gorka Arrizabalaga (Spa) Orbea 54.40 87 David Muñoz (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 54.44 88 Alessandro D'andrea (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil 55.02 Points classification 1 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 33 pts 2 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 31 3 Angel Vicioso (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 27 4 Yon Bru (Spa) Kaiku 27 5 Peio Arreitunandia (Spa) Team Barloworld-Valsir 25 6 Stefano Cavallari (Ita) Team Barloworld-Valsir 22 7 Adrian Palomares (Spa) Kaiku 21 8 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 20 9 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 20 10 Jure Golcer (Slo) Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil 18 11 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Team L.P.R. 16 12 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Team Barloworld-Valsir 14 13 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 14 14 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 13 15 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Team Barloworld-Valsir 12 16 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 11 17 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10 18 Jose Almagro (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 10 19 Daniele Masolino (Ita) Team L.P.R. 9 20 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 8 21 David George (RSA) Team Barloworld-Valsir 7 22 Jesus Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 7 23 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Team L.P.R. 5 24 Cristian Gasperoni (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 5 25 Joseba Albizu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5 26 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Kaiku 4 27 Jorge Garcia (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 4 28 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences 3 29 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil 3 30 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 1 Mountains classification 1 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 37 pts 2 Jure Golcer (Slo) Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil 16 3 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 15 4 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 12 5 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 10 6 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 9 7 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Team Barloworld-Valsir 9 8 Peio Arreitunandia (Spa) Team Barloworld-Valsir 6 9 Stefano Cavallari (Ita) Team Barloworld-Valsir 6 10 Adrian Palomares (Spa) Kaiku 4 11 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4 12 Ruben Oarbeascoa (Spa) Kaiku 4 13 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 4 14 David Herrero (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3 15 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3 16 Ryan Cox (RSA) Team Barloworld-Valsir 3 17 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Team L.P.R. 2 18 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Team L.P.R. 1 19 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Team Barloworld-Valsir 1 20 Jose Almagro (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 1 Metas volantes classification 1 Luis Perez (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 5 pts 2 Jose Almagro (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 4 3 Ezequiel Mosquera (Spa) Kaiku 3 4 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Team Barloworld-Valsir 3 5 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 3 6 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3 7 David Herrero (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3 8 Félix Cardenas (Col) Team Barloworld-Valsir 2 9 Hubert Dupont (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences 2 10 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Team L.P.R. 1 11 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Team Barloworld-Valsir 1 12 Stefano Cavallari (Ita) Team Barloworld-Valsir 1 13 Ryan Cox (RSA) Team Barloworld-Valsir 1 14 Alessandro Bertuola (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 1 Teams classification 1 Comunidad Valenciana 36.45.18 2 Team Barloworld-Valsir 0.38 3 Kaiku 3.02 4 Team L.P.R. 8.36 5 Euskaltel-Euskadi 9.34 6 Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 12.43 7 Saunier Duval-Prodir 16.21 8 Naturino-Sapore di Mare 20.43 9 Orbea 28.33 10 R.A.G.T. Semences 34.56 11 Relax Fuenlabrada 51.58 12 Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil 53.13 13 Agritubel 1.22.25
