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42nd Setmana-Catalana - 2.HC
Spain, March 21-25, 2005
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Stage 3 - March 23: Castelló d'Empúries - Coll De Pal, 157 km
Contador best on Pal
Alberto Contador (Liberty Seguros) is the new leader of the Setmana Catalana after winning the third and hardest stage to the 2080m high Coll de Pal. Contador crossed the line seven seconds clear of Peio Arreitunandia (Barloworld), with his Liberty teammate Koldo Gil coming in at 13 seconds. The new general classification is identical to today's finishing order.
"With the team I had, I was very calm, because my teammates controlled the race from the start, preventing any breakaway that we didn't like," said Contador after the stage. "As the stage went on, we set a harder pace to catch the break, and then on the climbs, all my teammates did a great job. I only had to finish it off."
Contador made up for his near miss in the final stage of Paris-Nice, where he and Alexandre Vinokourov were caught by the peloton with 300m to go. But the young Spaniard said, "I don't actually think about Paris-Nice any more. I had bad luck and that always comes around. To have won today is a great satisfaction because it confirms all the work I did over winter. With the difficulty you have getting into form, it seems that if you don't win, you are not rewarded for the effort."
How it unfolded
Today's stage was expected to be the decider, with 157 km and three fairly serious climbs on the menu. A break with Alexandre Moos (Phonak), Alberto López de Munain (Euskaltel Euskadi), David de la Fuente (Saunier Duval) and Antonio Olmo (Comunidad Valenciana) managed to gain 3'45 by the summit of the first climb of the day, the Cat. 2 Coll de Canes after 70 km.
The group was caught on the wet Cat. 1 Castellar de N'Hug (km 113), and a counter attacking group of 16 riders formed before the final climb. Liberty was well represented with Contador, Gil and Roberto Heras, who worked hard for Contador. The group was reduced to 12 riders on the climb, and despite attacks by Angel Gómez (Saunier Duval) and Jorge Ferrio (Spiuk), it was Contador who proved to be the best on the steep slopes of the Coll de Pal and crossed the line with a small gap to Peio Arreitunandia, which he should be able to defend over the next two days.
Tomorrow's fourth stage will be 162 km from Bagá and Palau-Solitá i Plegamans, containing just two Cat. 3 climbs. The Setmana Catalana will finish with a 16.4 km time trial on the final day.
Results
1 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 4.30.31 2 Peio Arreitunandia (Spa) Team Barloworld-Valsir 0.07 3 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 0.13 4 Jose Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.17 5 David Bernabeu (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 0.24 6 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Spiuk 0.28 7 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 0.42 8 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.53 9 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 10 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.05 11 Julián Sanchez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 1.08 12 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 2.04 13 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 14 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 2.08 15 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3.03 16 Adrian Palomares (Spa) Kaiku 3.18 17 Chris Horner (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3.31 18 Javier Pascual Llorente (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 3.41 19 Sergio Dominguez (Spa) Spiuk 20 Francisco Vila (Spa) Lampre-Caffita 3.55 21 Alberto Benitez (Spa) Spiuk 4.01 22 Sylvester Szymyd (Pol) Lampre-Caffita 5.10 23 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 24 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 6.21 25 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 6.51 26 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 7.13 27 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 7.34 28 Angel Vallejo (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 29 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 7.42 30 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 8.00 31 Aitor Perez Arrieta (Spa) Spiuk 32 Benjamín Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 8.50 33 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 34 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 35 Moises Dueñas (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 36 Raul Garcia De Mateos (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 37 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 38 Luis Perez Romero (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 39 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 9.29 40 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Team Barloworld-Valsir 9.44 41 Felix Cardenas (Col) Team Barloworld-Valsir 42 Rodrigo Garcia (Spa) Kaiku 10.10 43 Fernando Serrano (Spa) Kaiku 44 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10.39 45 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 11.16 46 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Lampre-Caffita 11.37 47 José Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 12.14 48 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 49 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Fassa Bortolo 50 Antonio Olmo (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 51 Israel Perez (Spa) Spiuk 52 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 13.01 53 David Plaza (Spa) Team Barloworld-Valsir 14.58 54 José Julia (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 17.54 55 Israel Nuñez (Spa) Kaiku 56 Antonio Colom (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 57 Joseba Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 58 David Arroyo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 17.56 59 Volodomyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 18.31 60 David Navas (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 19.18 61 Angel Edo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 62 Enrique Salgueiro (Spa) Spiuk 63 Javier Cherro (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 64 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 65 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 66 Juan Gomis (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 19.49 67 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 68 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak Hearing Systems 69 Rodney Green (RSA) Team Barloworld-Valsir 70 René Joergensen (Den) Team Barloworld-Valsir 71 Aitor Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 72 Andrea Tafi (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 73 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 74 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 75 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 76 José Iván Gutierrez (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 77 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 78 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Lampre-Caffita 79 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 80 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 81 Michele Scotto (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 82 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 83 David George (RSA) Team Barloworld-Valsir 84 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 85 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 86 Nuno Ribeiro (Por) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 87 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 88 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Lampre-Caffita 89 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 90 Jose Antonio Lopez Gil (Spa) Kaiku 91 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 92 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 93 Fernando Torres (Spa) Spiuk 21.22 94 Pedro Romero (Spa) Spiuk 23.02 95 Alberto Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 23.08 96 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 97 Pablo Urtasun (Spa) Kaiku 23.50 98 Gustavo Cesar (Spa) Kaiku 27.13 DNS Pat Mccarty (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team DNS Angel Casero (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana DNS Jorge Azanza (Spa) Kaiku Points 1 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 25 pts 2 Peio Arreitunandia (Spa) Team Barloworld-Valsir 20 3 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 16 4 Jose Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 14 5 David Bernabeu (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 12 6 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Spiuk 10 7 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 9 8 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 8 9 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 7 10 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 6 11 Julián Sanchez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 5 12 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 4 13 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 3 14 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 2 15 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1 Mountains Coll de Canes - Cat. 2, km 70 1 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 10 pts 2 Alberto Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7 3 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 5 4 Antonio Olmo (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 3 5 René Joergensen (Den) Team Barloworld-Valsir 2 6 Luis Perez Romero (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 1 Alto de Castellar - Cat. 1, km 113 1 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 16 pts 2 Antonio Olmo (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 12 3 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 10 4 Alberto Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8 5 Javier Pascual Llorente (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 5 6 Luis Perez Romero (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 4 7 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3 8 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 2 9 Benjamín Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1 Coll de Pal - Cat. 1, km 157 1 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 16 pts 2 Peio Arreitunandia (Spa) Team Barloworld-Valsir 12 3 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 10 4 Jose Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 8 5 David Bernabeu (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 5 6 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Spiuk 4 7 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 3 8 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2 9 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 1 Sprints Figueres - km 10 1 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Team Barloworld-Valsir 4 pts 2 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Lampre-Caffita 2 3 Enrique Salgueiro (Spa) Spiuk 1 Bagà - km 137.5 1 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4 pts 2 Antonio Olmo (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 2 3 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1 Teams 1 Liberty Seguros - Würth Team 13.32.39 2 Discovery Chanel Pro Cycling 2.56 3 Comunidad Valenciana 3.41 4 Spiuk 7.04 5 Saunier Duval - Prodir 9.33 6 Lampre - Caffita 10.07 7 Fassa Bortolo 11.55 8 Relax Fuenlabrada 16.06 9 Team Barloworld - Valsir 18.29 10 Kaiku 22.32 11 Phonak Hearing Systems 26.50 12 Illes Balears - Caisse D'Epargne 41.55 13 Euskaltel - Euskadi 47.16 General classification after stage 3 1 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 12.58.03 2 Peio Arreitunandia (Spa) Team Barloworld-Valsir 0.07 3 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 0.13 4 Jose Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.17 5 David Bernabeu (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 0.24 6 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Spiuk 0.28 7 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 0.42 8 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 0.53 9 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 10 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.05 11 Julián Sanchez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 1.08 12 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 2.04 13 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 14 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 2.08 15 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3.03 16 Adrian Palomares (Spa) Kaiku 3.18 17 Chris Horner (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3.31 18 Javier Pascual Llorente (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 3.41 19 Sergio Dominguez (Spa) Spiuk 20 Francisco Vila (Spa) Lampre-Caffita 3.55 21 Alberto Benitez (Spa) Spiuk 4.01 22 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 5.10 23 Sylvester Szymyd (Pol) Lampre-Caffita 24 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 6.21 25 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 7.13 26 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 7.34 27 Aitor Perez Arrieta (Spa) Spiuk 8.00 28 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 8.50 29 Benjamín Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 30 Moises Dueñas (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 31 Luis Perez Romero (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 32 Angel Vallejo (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 9.27 33 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 9.29 34 Felix Cardenas (Col) Team Barloworld-Valsir 9.44 35 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 11.16 36 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 11.24 37 Fernando Serrano (Spa) Kaiku 11.30 38 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 11.42 39 Raul Garcia De Mateos (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 11.43 40 Rodrigo Garcia (Spa) Kaiku 12.03 41 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 12.14 42 Antonio Olmo (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 15.56 43 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 16.43 44 David Plaza (Spa) Team Barloworld-Valsir 16.51 45 Joseba Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 17.54 46 Antonio Colom (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 47 Volodomyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 18.31 48 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 19.17 49 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 19.18 50 Javier Cherro (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 51 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Lampre-Caffita 19.30 52 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 19.49 53 José Iván Gutierrez (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 54 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 55 Nuno Ribeiro (Por) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 56 Enrique Salgueiro (Spa) Spiuk 20.39 57 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 21.06 58 Angel Edo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 21.11 59 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 21.42 60 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 23.08 61 José Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 24.02 62 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 24.39 63 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Lampre-Caffita 26.56 64 David Navas (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 27.11 65 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 27.42 66 Israel Nuñez (Spa) Kaiku 28.21 67 Israel Perez (Spa) Spiuk 28.35 68 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 28.49 69 Aitor Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 29.03 70 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Team Barloworld-Valsir 29.08 71 René Joergensen (Den) Team Barloworld-Valsir 30.16 72 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 73 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 74 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 75 David George (RSA) Team Barloworld-Valsir 76 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak Hearing Systems 30.50 77 Alberto Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 31.01 78 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 31.20 79 Juan Gomis (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 31.36 80 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 31.37 81 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Lampre-Caffita 33.13 82 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Fassa Bortolo 34.12 83 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 34.31 84 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 34.59 85 Michele Scotto (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 36.10 86 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 39.13 87 José Julia (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 39.52 88 Andrea Tafi (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 40.07 89 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 41.47 90 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 91 Rodney Green (RSA) Team Barloworld-Valsir 92 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 93 Jose Antonio Lopez Gil (Spa) Kaiku 94 Pedro Romero (Spa) Spiuk 42.18 95 Fernando Torres (Spa) Spiuk 43.20 96 Pablo Urtasun (Spa) Kaiku 45.48 97 Gustavo Cesar (Spa) Kaiku 49.11 98 David Arroyo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 50.33 Points classification 1 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 45 pts 2 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 35 3 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 30 4 Volodomyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 28 5 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 23 6 Peio Arreitunandia (Spa) Team Barloworld-Valsir 20 7 Aitor Perez Arrieta (Spa) Spiuk 20 8 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 16 9 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 16 10 Jose Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 14 11 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 14 12 David Bernabeu (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 12 13 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Spiuk 12 14 Javier Pascual Llorente (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 12 15 José Iván Gutierrez (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 12 16 Angel Edo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 12 17 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 11 18 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 10 19 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 10 20 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 9 21 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 9 22 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 9 23 Javier Cherro (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 9 24 Luis Perez Romero (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 8 25 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 8 26 Chris Horner (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir 8 27 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 6 28 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 6 29 Rodrigo Garcia (Spa) Kaiku 6 30 Julián Sanchez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 5 31 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Team Barloworld-Valsir 4 32 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4 33 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 4 34 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 3 35 Alberto Benitez (Spa) Spiuk 2 36 Antonio Olmo (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 2 37 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Lampre-Caffita 2 38 José Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 2 39 Israel Nuñez (Spa) Kaiku 2 40 René Joergensen (Den) Team Barloworld-Valsir 2 41 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 1 42 Enrique Salgueiro (Spa) Spiuk 1 43 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Lampre-Caffita 1 44 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1 Mountains classification 1 Luis Perez Romero (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 34 pts 2 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 34 3 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 31 4 René Joergensen (Den) Team Barloworld-Valsir 27 5 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 26 6 Andrea Tafi (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 17 7 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 17 8 Antonio Colom (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 16 9 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 16 10 Antonio Olmo (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 15 11 Alberto Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 15 12 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 15 13 Peio Arreitunandia (Spa) Team Barloworld-Valsir 12 14 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 12 15 David Bernabeu (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 10 16 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 9 17 Jose Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 8 18 Javier Pascual Llorente (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 8 19 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 7 20 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 6 21 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Spiuk 5 22 Israel Nuñez (Spa) Kaiku 5 23 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 4 24 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 4 25 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 3 26 Alberto Benitez (Spa) Spiuk 3 27 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3 28 José Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 2 29 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1 30 Benjamín Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1 31 Michele Scotto (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 1 Combination classification 1 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 7 pts 2 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 16 3 Peio Arreitunandia (Spa) Team Barloworld-Valsir 21 4 Jose Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 31 5 David Bernabeu (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 32 6 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Spiuk 40 7 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 40 8 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 43 9 Javier Pascual Llorente (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 50 10 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 53 11 Luis Perez Romero (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 56 12 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 57 13 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 69 14 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 76 15 Alberto Benitez (Spa) Spiuk 82 16 Antonio Olmo (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 88 17 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 102 18 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 106 19 René Joergensen (Den) Team Barloworld-Valsir 115 20 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 118 21 José Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 127 22 Israel Nuñez (Spa) Kaiku 127 23 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 136 Teams classification 1 Liberty Seguros - Würth Team 38.55.15 2 Discovery Chanel Pro Cycling 2.56 3 Comunidad Valenciana 3.41 4 Spiuk 7.04 5 Saunier Duval - Prodir 9.33 6 Lampre - Caffita 10.07 7 Fassa Bortolo 11.55 8 Relax Fuenlabrada 16.06 9 Team Barloworld - Valsir 20.22 10 Kaiku 24.25 11 Phonak Hearing Systems 34.14 12 Illes Balears - Caisse D'Epargne 41.55 13 Euskaltel - Euskadi 59.59
