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25th Vuelta a Burgos - 2.1
Spain, August 11-15, 2003
Stage 1 - August 11: Burgos - Miranda de Ebro, 175 km
Game, set... match?
Garcia Quesada leaves favourites far behind
By Chris Henry
The Vuelta a Burgos wasn't won during today's first stage, but for many it may well have been lost. Carlos Garcia Quesada (Kelme-Costa Blanca) emerged victorious in the 175km road stage ahead of 10 breakaway companions who together put 24 minutes into the peloton on the first day of racing. Most major teams were represented, if not by their designated leaders, with the notable absence of US Postal Service and Team Bianchi. With four stages to go, it remains to be seen just how much the pre-race favourites are willing to fight to regain this deficit, or which of the 11 riders in the break will take his early opportunism all the way to the bank.
Anyone could have guessed that a break would go clear in the opening day of racing, but without any major difficulties, a bunch sprint was a reasonably predictable conclusion as well. Not today, however, as the group of 11 had 23 minutes in hand with just 25km left to race. Even with Bianchi and US Postal out of the hunt for the stage win, there was no concerted chase from behind to close down such an important time gap.
With a fast average speed of 44 km/h for the day, the break rolled like a well-oiled machine and showed no sign of slowing down by the time it reached the outskirts of Miranda de Ebro. Cofidis' Daniel Atienza was the first to break the truce, and attacked alone inside the final 5 km. At first disorganised, the rest of the break eventually regrouped and with iBanesto.com's Pablo Lastras at the helm, clawed its way back to Atienza, who was beginning to fade under the hot sun.
The textbook counter attack was made by Garcia Quesada, who at first had two riders on his wheel but powered clear to make his bid for the stage win and the first leader's jersey. Into a roundabout just before the 1km to go banner, the Kelme rider kept his speed up and accelerated out of the turn with enough force to maintain his momentum all the way to the line. Italian Daniele Nardello (Telekom) took the sprint for second just four seconds back, followed by ONCE's Mikel Pradera.
Saulius Ruskys (Marlux-Wincor Nixdorf) eventually took the sprint, 24 minutes leader, at the head of the hapless peloton, which did nothing to limit its losses, and even conceded an additional minute to the break by the time it reached the line. Garcia Quesada's podium appearances for the overall leader's jersey and the points jersey were long finished by the time the remaining 127 riders came home.
Tomorrow's stage 2 will put the Garcia Quesada to the test immediately with a finish atop the Cat. 1 Altotero. Of those in the successful break, Phonak's Oscar Pereiro could be the strongest contender for final victory if he climbs as well as he did to take third overall in this year's Tour of Switzerland.
Results
1 Carlos García Quesada (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 3.56.40 (44.91 km/h) 2 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Team Telekom 0.04 3 Mikel Pradera Rodríguez (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 4 Pablo Lastras García (Spa) iBanesto.com 5 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Vini Caldirola-So.Di. 6 Iker Flores Galarza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7 Nico Sijmens (Bel) Vlaanderen-T. Interim 8 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 9 Domingo Sánchez Segado (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almería 10 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 11 Daniel Atienza Urendeze (Spa) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 12 Saulius Ruskys (Ltu) Marlux-Wincor Nixdorf 24.50 13 Carlos Torrent Tarres (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almería 14 David De La Fuente (Spa) Vini Caldirola-So.Di. 15 Gianpaolo Mondini (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 16 Allan Davis (Aus) ONCE-Eroski 17 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) US Postal Service-Berry Floor 18 David Navas Chica (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 19 Alberto Hierro (Spa) Labarca-2 Café Baqué 20 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 21 Santos González Capilla (Spa) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 22 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 23 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Vlaanderen-T. Interim 24 Joaquín Rodríguez Oliver (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 25 Lander Euba Ziarrusta (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 26 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 27 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 28 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 29 José Enrique Gutiérrez Cataluña (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 30 Nicola Gavazzi (Ita) Saeco 31 Jan Hruska (Cze) ONCE-Eroski 32 Dimitri Konyshev (Rus) Marlux-Wincor Nixdorf 33 Igor Pugaci (Mda) Saeco 34 Antonio Tauler Llul (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 35 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 36 Pedro Díaz Lobato (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almería 37 Jef Peeters (Bel) Vlaanderen-T. Interim 38 Rudolf Wentzel (Bel) Vlaanderen-T. Interim 39 Rafael Casero Moreno (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almería 40 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Fassa Bortolo 41 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Vini Caldirola-So.Di. 42 Miguel Ángel Martín Perdiguero (Spa) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 43 Óscar Sevilla Ribera (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 44 Alberto Martínez Trinidad (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 45 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 46 Peter Farazijn (Bel) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 47 Jürgen Vandewalle (Bel) Vlaanderen-T. Interim 48 Geoffrey Demeyere (Bel) Vlaanderen-T. Interim 49 Mauricio Ardila (Col) Marlux-Wincor Nixdorf 50 Jo Planckaert (Bel) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 51 Jorge Ferrío Luque (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almería 52 Setven Kleynen (Bel) Vlaanderen-T. Interim 53 Francisco Gutiérrez (Spa) Labarca-2 Café Baqué 54 David López García (Spa) Labarca-2 Café Baqué 55 Óscar Laguna García (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 56 Juan Carlos Domínguez Domínguez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 57 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) iBanesto.com 58 Marco Gili (Ita) Vini Caldirola-So.Di. 59 Matthew White (Aus) US Postal Service-Berry Floor 60 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 61 José Antonio Garrido Lima (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almería 62 Frederik Willems (Bel) Vlaanderen-T. Interim 63 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Fassa Bortolo 64 Gustavo Otero Gómez (Spa) Labarca-2 Café Baqué 65 Luis Pérez Rodríguez (Spa) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 66 Gorka González Larrañaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 67 Benjamín Noval González (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 68 Nacor Burgos Rojo (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 69 Juan José De Los Angeles Segui (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 70 Manuel Beltrán Martínez (Spa) US Postal Service-Berry Floor 71 Gorka Arrizabalaga Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 72 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Vini Caldirola-So.Di. 73 Alex Zuelle (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 74 Santiago Blanco Gil (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 75 Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 76 Rubén Lobato Elvira (Spa) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 77 Félix García Casas (Spa) Team Bianchi 78 Koldo Gil Pérez (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 79 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) Team Telekom 80 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) iBanesto.com 81 Francisco Cerezo Perales (Spa) Labarca-2 Café Baqué 82 Raphael Schweda (Ger) Team Bianchi 83 Roberto Heras Hernández (Spa) US Postal Service-Berry Floor 84 Aitor Garmendia Arbilla (Spa) Team Bianchi 85 Christophe Stevens (Bel) Marlux-Wincor Nixdorf 86 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 87 Florent Brard (Fra) Marlux-Wincor Nixdorf 88 David Plaza Romero (Spa) Team Bianchi 89 Iván Ramiro Parra Pinto (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 90 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 91 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 92 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) ONCE-Eroski 93 Massimo Apollonio (Ita) Vini Caldirola-So.Di. 94 Alberto López De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 95 Gonzalo Bayarri Esteve (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 96 Angelo Lopeboselli (Ita) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 97 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) iBanesto.com 98 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 99 Juan Fuentes Angullo (Spa) Saeco 100 David Latasa Lasa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 101 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 102 Denis Menchov (Rus) iBanesto.com 103 José Vicente García Acosta (Spa) iBanesto.com 104 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Saeco 105 Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Marlux-Wincor Nixdorf 106 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) US Postal Service-Berry Floor 107 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Marlux-Wincor Nixdorf 108 Aitor Kintana Zarate (Spa) Labarca-2 Café Baqué 109 Giosué Bonomi (Ita) Saeco 110 César García Calvo (Spa) Labarca-2 Café Baqué 111 Aitor Silloniz Aresti (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 112 Juan Miguel Mercado Martín (Spa) iBanesto.com 113 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 114 Iñigo Cuesta López (Spa) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 115 Bingen Fernández Bustinza (Spa) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 116 Bobby Julich (USA) Team Telekom 117 Thorsten Rund (Ger) Team Bianchi 118 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal Service-Berry Floor 119 Charles Guilbert (Fra) Marlux-Wincor Nixdorf 120 Francisco Mancebo Pérez (Spa) iBanesto.com 121 Francisco José Lara Ruiz (Spa) Team Bianchi 122 José A Pecharroman Fabian (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almería 123 José Manuel Maestre Rodríguez (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 124 Adolfo García Quesada (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 125 Matthias Kessler (Ger) Team Telekom 126 Aitor González Jiménez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 127 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Team Telekom 128 Joaquim Lopez Torrella (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almería 129 Timothy Jones (Zim) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 130 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-So.Di. 131 Angel Luis Casero Moreno (Spa) Team Bianchi 132 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Saeco 133 Oscar Mason (Ita) Vini Caldirola-So.Di. 134 Iñaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 135 Santiago Pérez Fernández (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 136 Mario Aerts (Bel) Team Telekom 137 Guiseppe Guerini (Ita) Team Telekom 138 Ricardo Serrano González (Spa) Labarca-2 Café Baqué DNS Alessio Galletti (Ita) Saeco DNS Christian Vandevelde (USA) US Postal Service-Berry Floor Points 1 Carlos García Quesada (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 25 pts 2 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Team Telekom 20 3 Mikel Pradera Rodríguez (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 16 4 Pablo Lastras García (Spa) iBanesto.com 14 5 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Vini Caldirola-So.Di. 12 6 Iker Flores Galarza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10 7 Nico Sijmens (Bel) Vlaanderen-T. Interim 9 8 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 8 9 Domingo Sánchez Segado (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almería 7 10 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 6 11 Daniel Atienza Urendeze (Spa) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 5 12 Saulius Ruskys (Ltu) Marlux-Wincor Nixdorf 4 13 Carlos Torrent Tarres (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almería 3 14 David De La Fuente (Spa) Vini Caldirola-So.Di. 2 15 Gianpaolo Mondini (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 1 Mountains Alto de Valdillas 1 Iker Flores Galarza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6 pts 2 Carlos García Quesada (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 4 3 Nico Sijmens (Bel) Vlaanderen-T. Interim 2 4 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Team Telekom 1 Metas volantes Burgos 1 Domingo Sánchez Segado (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almería 3 pts 2 Nico Sijmens (Bel) Vlaanderen-T. Interim 2 3 Mikel Pradera Rodríguez (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 1 Riocerezo 1 Domingo Sánchez Segado (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almería 3 pts 2 Nico Sijmens (Bel) Vlaanderen-T. Interim 2 3 Iker Flores Galarza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 Belorado 1 Domingo Sánchez Segado (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almería 3 pts 2 Nico Sijmens (Bel) Vlaanderen-T. Interim 2 3 Mikel Pradera Rodríguez (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 1 Teams 1 Kelme-Costa Blanca 12.39.40 2 O.N.C.E.-Eroski 0.04 3 Phonak Hearing Systems 4 Paternina-Costa de Almeria 5 Vini Caldirola-SO.DI 6 Vlaanderen-T Interim 7 Fassa Bortolo 8 Euskaltel-Euskadi 9 Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 10 iBanesto.com 11 Team Telekom 12 Domina Vacanze-Elitron 24.50 13 Marlux-Wincor Nixdorf 14 Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 15 Labarca-2-Café Baqué 16 US Postal presented by Berry Floor 17 Team Saeco 18 Team Bianchi General classification after stage 1 1 Carlos García Quesada (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 3.56.40 2 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Team Telekom 0.04 3 Mikel Pradera Rodríguez (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 4 Pablo Lastras García (Spa) iBanesto.com 5 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Vini Caldirola-So.Di. 6 Iker Flores Galarza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7 Nico Sijmens (Bel) Vlaanderen-T. Interim 8 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 9 Domingo Sánchez Segado (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almería 10 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 11 Daniel Atienza Urendeze (Spa) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 12 Saulius Ruskys (Ltu) Marlux-Wincor Nixdorf 24.50 13 Carlos Torrent Tarres (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almería 14 David De La Fuente (Spa) Vini Caldirola-So.Di. 15 Gianpaolo Mondini (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 16 Allan Davis (Aus) ONCE-Eroski 17 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) US Postal Service-Berry Floor 18 David Navas Chica (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 19 Alberto Hierro (Spa) Labarca-2 Café Baqué 20 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 21 Santos González Capilla (Spa) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 22 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 23 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Vlaanderen-T. Interim 24 Joaquín Rodríguez Oliver (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 25 Lander Euba Ziarrusta (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 26 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 27 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 28 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 29 José Enrique Gutiérrez Cataluña (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 30 Nicola Gavazzi (Ita) Saeco 31 Jan Hruska (Cze) ONCE-Eroski 32 Dimitri Konyshev (Rus) Marlux-Wincor Nixdorf 33 Igor Pugaci (Mda) Saeco 34 Antonio Tauler Llul (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 35 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 36 Pedro Díaz Lobato (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almería 37 Jef Peeters (Bel) Vlaanderen-T. Interim 38 Rudolf Wentzel (Bel) Vlaanderen-T. Interim 39 Rafael Casero Moreno (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almería 40 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Fassa Bortolo 41 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Vini Caldirola-So.Di. 42 Miguel Ángel Martín Perdiguero (Spa) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 43 Óscar Sevilla Ribera (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 44 Alberto Martínez Trinidad (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 45 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 46 Peter Farazijn (Bel) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 47 Jürgen Vandewalle (Bel) Vlaanderen-T. Interim 48 Geoffrey Demeyere (Bel) Vlaanderen-T. Interim 49 Mauricio Ardila (Col) Marlux-Wincor Nixdorf 50 Jo Planckaert (Bel) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 51 Jorge Ferrío Luque (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almería 52 Setven Kleynen (Bel) Vlaanderen-T. Interim 53 Francisco Gutiérrez (Spa) Labarca-2 Café Baqué 54 David López García (Spa) Labarca-2 Café Baqué 55 Óscar Laguna García (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 56 Juan Carlos Domínguez Domínguez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 57 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) iBanesto.com 58 Marco Gili (Ita) Vini Caldirola-So.Di. 59 Matthew White (Aus) US Postal Service-Berry Floor 60 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 61 José Antonio Garrido Lima (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almería 62 Frederik Willems (Bel) Vlaanderen-T. Interim 63 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Fassa Bortolo 64 Gustavo Otero Gómez (Spa) Labarca-2 Café Baqué 65 Luis Pérez Rodríguez (Spa) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 66 Gorka González Larrañaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 67 Benjamín Noval González (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 68 Nacor Burgos Rojo (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 69 Juan José De Los Angeles Segui (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 70 Manuel Beltrán Martínez (Spa) US Postal Service-Berry Floor 71 Gorka Arrizabalaga Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 72 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Vini Caldirola-So.Di. 73 Alex Zuelle (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 74 Santiago Blanco Gil (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 75 Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 76 Rubén Lobato Elvira (Spa) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 77 Félix García Casas (Spa) Team Bianchi 78 Koldo Gil Pérez (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 79 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) Team Telekom 80 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) iBanesto.com 81 Francisco Cerezo Perales (Spa) Labarca-2 Café Baqué 82 Raphael Schweda (Ger) Team Bianchi 83 Roberto Heras Hernández (Spa) US Postal Service-Berry Floor 84 Aitor Garmendia Arbilla (Spa) Team Bianchi 85 Christophe Stevens (Bel) Marlux-Wincor Nixdorf 86 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 87 Florent Brard (Fra) Marlux-Wincor Nixdorf 88 David Plaza Romero (Spa) Team Bianchi 89 Iván Ramiro Parra Pinto (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 90 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 91 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 92 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) ONCE-Eroski 93 Massimo Apollonio (Ita) Vini Caldirola-So.Di. 94 Alberto López De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 95 Gonzalo Bayarri Esteve (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 96 Angelo Lopeboselli (Ita) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 97 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) iBanesto.com 98 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 99 Juan Fuentes Angullo (Spa) Saeco 100 David Latasa Lasa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 101 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 102 Denis Menchov (Rus) iBanesto.com 103 José Vicente García Acosta (Spa) iBanesto.com 104 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Saeco 105 Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Marlux-Wincor Nixdorf 106 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) US Postal Service-Berry Floor 107 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Marlux-Wincor Nixdorf 108 Aitor Kintana Zarate (Spa) Labarca-2 Café Baqué 109 Giosué Bonomi (Ita) Saeco 110 César García Calvo (Spa) Labarca-2 Café Baqué 111 Aitor Silloniz Aresti (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 112 Juan Miguel Mercado Martín (Spa) iBanesto.com 113 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 114 Iñigo Cuesta López (Spa) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 115 Bingen Fernández Bustinza (Spa) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 116 Bobby Julich (USA) Team Telekom 117 Thorsten Rund (Ger) Team Bianchi 118 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal Service-Berry Floor 119 Charles Guilbert (Fra) Marlux-Wincor Nixdorf 120 Francisco Mancebo Pérez (Spa) iBanesto.com 121 Francisco José Lara Ruiz (Spa) Team Bianchi 122 José A Pecharroman Fabian (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almería 123 José Manuel Maestre Rodríguez (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 124 Adolfo García Quesada (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 125 Matthias Kessler (Ger) Team Telekom 126 Aitor González Jiménez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 127 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Team Telekom 128 Joaquim Lopez Torrella (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almería 129 Timothy Jones (Zim) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 130 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-So.Di. 131 Angel Luis Casero Moreno (Spa) Team Bianchi 132 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Saeco 133 Oscar Mason (Ita) Vini Caldirola-So.Di. 134 Iñaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 135 Santiago Pérez Fernández (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 136 Mario Aerts (Bel) Team Telekom 137 Guiseppe Guerini (Ita) Team Telekom 138 Ricardo Serrano González (Spa) Labarca-2 Café Baqué Points classification 1 Carlos García Quesada (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 25 pts 2 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Team Telekom 20 3 Mikel Pradera Rodríguez (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 16 4 Pablo Lastras García (Spa) iBanesto.com 14 5 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Vini Caldirola-So.Di. 12 6 Iker Flores Galarza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10 7 Nico Sijmens (Bel) Vlaanderen-T. Interim 9 8 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 8 9 Domingo Sánchez Segado (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almería 7 10 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 6 11 Daniel Atienza Urendeze (Spa) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 5 12 Saulius Ruskys (Ltu) Marlux-Wincor Nixdorf 4 13 Carlos Torrent Tarres (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almería 3 14 David De La Fuente (Spa) Vini Caldirola-So.Di. 2 15 Gianpaolo Mondini (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 1 Mountains classification 1 Iker Flores Galarza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6 pts 2 Carlos García Quesada (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 4 3 Nico Sijmens (Bel) Vlaanderen-T. Interim 2 4 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Team Telekom 1 Metas volantes classification 1 Domingo Sánchez Segado (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almería 9 pts 2 Nico Sijmens (Bel) Vlaanderen-T. Interim 6 3 Mikel Pradera Rodríguez (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 2 4 Iker Flores Galarza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 Teams classification 1 Kelme-Costa Blanca 12.39.40 2 O.N.C.E.-Eroski 0.04 3 Phonak Hearing Systems 4 Paternina-Costa de Almeria 5 Vini Caldirola-SO.DI 6 Vlaanderen-T Interim 7 Fassa Bortolo 8 Euskaltel-Euskadi 9 Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 10 iBanesto.com 11 Team Telekom 12 Domina Vacanze-Elitron 24.50 13 Marlux-Wincor Nixdorf 14 Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 15 Labarca-2-Café Baqué 16 US Postal presented by Berry Floor 17 Team Saeco 18 Team Bianchi
