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44th Vuelta al Pais Vasco - 2.HC
Spain, April 5-9, 2004
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Stage 3 - April 7: Zalla - Vitoria, 169 km
Confirmation for neo-pro Zarate
Victory in Vitoria with Kelme in command
By Chris Henry
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Victory was never a certainty, and in the end the advantage was a mere 21 seconds, but all that mattered for young neo-professional Carlos Zarate (Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme) was crossing the finish line first in the third stage of the Vuelta al Pais Vasco. Zarate displayed the arc of emotion and physical determination as he set off on a 35km solo effort, exuding confidence, showing weakness, then rallying to hold off the charging peloton behind. Zarate's teammate Alejandro Valverde won another convincing sprint, this time for second place, and took over the race lead once more.
"It's really incredible to win," Zarate said, still shocked after the podium ceremony. "I was shocked that I could come up to Jens Voigt... and it's strange to get such a big victory on my own. I was away for a long time, and I wasn't sure I could stay out front for so long."
Zarate dedicated the win to his grandfather, and also to Kelme boss Vicente Belda, who gave him his first chance in the professional ranks. "It's a dream come true to win at home in the Basque Country," he said.
Unlike the previous stage, Wednesday's stage 3 was a far less animated affair, perhaps due to the difficulties which lie ahead in stage 4. The stage profile nonetheless offered an opening Cat. 1 climb of the Alto de Orduña, followed by the Cat. 2 Alto de Salinas de Añana and two ascents of the Alto de Zaldiaran, a gentle but stubborn rise whose summit came just 10km before the finish. The stage was perfect for an opportunist attack but unlikely to provoke any great changes in the general classification.
Critérium International winner Jens Voigt (Team CSC) was back in action and eager to make a selection, perhaps paving the way for Ivan Basso down the road. Voigt figured in a break in the early part of the race, a move which went clear after 26 kilometres and prompted little reaction from a peloton more concerned with staying warm and riding defensively.
Voigt eventually helped pull clear just two riders with another attack as he powered his big frame over the Alto de Salinas de Añana with Constantino Zaballa (Saunier Duval) and another neo-pro, Michele Scotto (Lampre) in tow. These three established a gap on the main field, but Voigt was eager to press on and soon dropped his companions and set off on his own solo venture.
Distanced initially, Zarate wasn't to be deterred by Voigt's power and the young Spaniard began to claw his way back to the German, with Zaballa in a similar position further back. With 40km to race Voigt had 37" over Zarate but the Kelme rider was closing in. Zaballa languished another minute and a half behind while the peloton was at over five minutes. Voigt took more mountain points over the first climb up the Alto de Zaldiaran, but on the heavy, lumpy roads between climbs he found his power fading as Zarate charged to the front.
As Zarate caught Voigt 32km from Vitoria, he briefly rode at the front but soon looked to the experienced CSC rider to pull through. Voigt shook his head no and clung to Zarate's wheel, hoping for a bit of respite before picking up the pace once more. Overcome with youthful enthusiasm, Zarate decided to leave his partner behind, attacking Voigt and moving clear without difficulty.
Dropping Voigt may have provided a boost to Zarate's confidence, but the young first-year pro would soon enough find his own legs growing heavy on the approach to the final climb of the Zaldiaran. Facing a stiff wind, long false flats and the occasional rise before the categorised climb, Zarate's pace dropped noticeable as he began to labour, rocking his upper body in a search for power. He was gaining time on Voigt and Zaballa, but the peloton was now beginning its steady chase, led mostly by yellow jersey Danilo Di Luca's Saeco team.
As Zarate hit the lower slopes of the Zaldiaran, the main field was pulling back time in huge chunks. In the space of one kilometre Zarate saw his lead drop 20 seconds, and even as he appeared to have a second wind on the climb, the peloton continued to churn toward the finish, putting his solo escape in serious doubt. The Zaldiaran summit sat just 10km from the finish, but Zarate would still need time in hand as the descent was gradual enough, and ridden on wide roads, to allow a fast moving bunch to rapidly pull back more time. Australian Michael Rogers had taken over the pace-setting in the peloton, along with Quick.Step-Davitamon teammate Patrik Sinkewitz, and it was the big power of Rogers that brought the main field back into contention.
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Crossing the top with 1'45, Zarate began his final pursuit to the finish, constantly looking over his shoulder nervously, seemingly expecting that his own capture was imminent. With 7km to go his lead was 1'33, by the 5km mark it was down to 1'05, but at this point he was back in control and in with a chance at his first-ever professional victory.
As Zarate neared the finish, Voigt's teammate Bobby Julich, sitting within striking distance of the leader's jersey, launched a strong attack from the head of the field. Julich rode well and built a small gap, but he was too an important a rider for the field to let fly, and he was soon back in the fold, setting up a bunch sprint for second place. Zarate crossed the line alone in disbelief, raising his hands and shaking his head, while the field roared in just 21 seconds later. Valverde repeated his blistering sprint from stage 1, handily taking second place and regaining the race lead even if he still sits on equal time with 19 other riders.
The heaviest day of climbing awaits the peloton on Thursday, 182km between Vitoria and Lekunberri. With a final summit just 3km before the finish, the queen stage of this year's tour could once more create substantial splits in the top-heavy general classification, before the often decisive final time trial on Friday afternoon.
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- Kelme's Carlos Zarate can't believe he's won the third stage
- Alejandro Valverde (Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme) on the podium again after stage 3
Results
1 Carlos Zarate (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 4.30.52 2 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 0.21 3 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 4 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 5 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 6 Jorge Ferrio Luque (Spa) Costa De Almeria-Paternina 7 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Cafes Baque 8 Angel Vicioso (Spa) Liberty Seguros 9 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 10 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 11 José Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 12 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 13 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 14 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 15 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco 16 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 17 Michael Barry (Can) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 18 J.Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 19 Aitor Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 20 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 21 Mauricio Ardila (Col) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 22 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 23 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 24 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 25 Marco Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 26 Dimitri Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 27 Francisco Gutierrez (Spa) Cafes Baque 28 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 29 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 30 Dario Cioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 31 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 32 Peio Arreitunandia (Spa) Cafes Baque 33 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 34 Zbigniew Piatek (Pol) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 35 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto 36 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre 37 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre 38 Jose Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 39 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step-Davitamon 40 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 41 Jerome Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 42 Francisco Lara (Spa) Costa De Almeria-Paternina 43 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank 44 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 45 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Saeco 46 Jurgen Van De Waqlle (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 47 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 48 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 49 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Saeco 50 Javier Pascual (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 51 Sebastien Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 52 Andreas Kloden (Ger) T-Mobile Team 53 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 54 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 55 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 56 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Saeco 57 Massimo Codol (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 58 Niels Scheuneman (Ned) Relax-Bodysol 59 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 60 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 61 Victor Hugo Pena (Col) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 62 José Azevedo (Por) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 63 Christian Werner (Ger) T-Mobile Team 64 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC 65 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick.Step-Davitamon 66 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Rabobank 67 Inigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 68 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 69 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 70 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros 71 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 72 David Lopez (Spa) Cafes Baque 73 Frederic Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 74 Gonzalo Bayarri (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 75 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 76 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros 77 Gianni Faresin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 78 Koldo Gil Perez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 79 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank 80 Jose Julia (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 81 Francisco Palacio (Spa) Cafes Baque 82 Alberto Martinez (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 83 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 84 Carlos Garcia (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 85 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC 86 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC 87 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 88 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 89 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner 90 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 91 Jokin Ormaetxea (Spa) Costa De Almeria-Paternina 92 Efrain Gutierrez (Spa) Cafes Baque 93 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon 94 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Quick.Step-Davitamon 95 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Lampre 96 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick.Step-Davitamon 97 Unai Yus Kerejeta (Spa) Brioches La Boulangere 98 Jon Odriozola (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 99 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 100 Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 101 Igor Glz. De Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 102 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 103 Gorka Beloki (Spa) Brioches La Boulangere 104 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4.08 105 Cadel Evans (Aus) T-Mobile Team 106 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Lampre 107 J.Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 108 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 109 Alex Zuelle (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 110 Benjamin Noval (Spa) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 111 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5.57 112 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 113 Isidro Nozal Vega (Spa) Liberty Seguros 6.14 114 Adolfo Garcia (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 115 Evgueni Petrov (Rus) Saeco 116 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 117 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 118 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Saeco 8.05 119 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Saeco 120 Julian Sanchez Pimienta (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 121 Michele Scotto (Ita) Lampre 9.34 122 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 123 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 124 Ivan Mayoz (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 125 Felix Cardenas (Col) Cafes Baque 13.51 126 David Navas Chica (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 17.32 127 Jon Del Rio (Spa) Costa De Almeria-Paternina 128 Denys Kostyuk (Ukr) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 129 Jonathan Gonzalez (Spa) Costa De Almeria-Paternina 130 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre 131 Simone Bertoletti (Ita) Lampre 132 Ronald Mutsaars (Ned) Rabobank 133 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 134 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 135 Luis Perez (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 136 David Herrero (Spa) Costa De Almeria-Paternina 137 Alvaro Glz. De Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 138 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco 139 Florent Brard (Fra) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 140 Cezary Zamana (Pol) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf Mountains Alto De Orduña - Cat. 1 1 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10 pts 2 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 8 3 Michele Scotto (Ita) Lampre 6 4 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Saeco 4 5 Angel Vicioso (Spa) Liberty Seguros 2 6 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 1 Alto De Salinas De Añana - Cat. 2 1 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 6 pts 2 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4 3 Michele Scotto (Ita) Lampre 2 4 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 Alto De Zaldiaran - Cat. 3 1 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 3 pts 2 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2 3 Carlos Zarate (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 1 Alto De Zaldiaran - Cat. 3 1 Carlos Zarate (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 3 pts 2 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick.Step-Davitamon 2 3 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step-Davitamon 1 Metas Volantes Menagarai, 26 km 1 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 3 pts 2 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 3 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1 Vitoria, 105 km 1 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 3 pts 2 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2 3 Carlos Zarate (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 1 Treviño, 148 km 1 Carlos Zarate (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 3 pts 2 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 2 3 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1 Teams 1 Kelme - Costa Blanca 13.33.18 2 Illes Balears - Banesto 0.21 3 Cafes Baque 4 US Postal Service Berry Flor 5 Gerolsteiner 6 T- Mobile 7 Phonak Hearing Systems 8 Team CSC 9 Lampre 10 Euskaltel - Euskadi 11 Chocolade Jacques Wincor 12 Liberty Seguros 13 Quick Step - Davitamon 14 Fassa Bortolo 15 Saeco 16 Rabobank 17 Costa de Almeria - Paternina 18 Relax - Bodysol 19 Cofidis, le credit par telephone 20 Brioches La Boulangere 21 Saunier Duval - Prodir 4.08 General classification after stage 3 1 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 12.43.50 2 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco 3 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 4 Jorge Ferrio Luque (Spa) Costa De Almeria-Paternina 5 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6 Aitor Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 7 Angel Vicioso (Spa) Liberty Seguros 8 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 9 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto 10 Marco Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 11 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Saeco 12 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 13 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank 14 José Azevedo (Por) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 15 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 16 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 17 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 18 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros 19 Inigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 20 Koldo Gil Perez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 21 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.08 22 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 23 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 24 Mauricio Ardila (Col) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 25 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 26 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step-Davitamon 27 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 28 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre 29 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 30 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre 31 Francisco Lara (Spa) Costa De Almeria-Paternina 32 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 33 Javier Pascual (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 34 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 35 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC 36 Andreas Kloden (Ger) T-Mobile Team 37 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Saeco 38 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 39 David Lopez (Spa) Cafes Baque 0.10 40 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 1.06 41 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner 1.08 42 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 1.11 43 Sebastien Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 44 Peio Arreitunandia (Spa) Cafes Baque 45 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 46 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC 1.37 47 Massimo Codol (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.41 48 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 2.17 49 Frederic Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 2.19 50 J.Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 2.35 51 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Cafes Baque 2.40 52 Michael Barry (Can) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 53 Jose Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 54 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 55 Jurgen Van De Waqlle (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 56 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Quick.Step-Davitamon 57 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon 58 Gianni Faresin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 2.49 59 José Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 2.56 60 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 3.10 61 Unai Yus Kerejeta (Spa) Brioches La Boulangere 3.21 62 Zbigniew Piatek (Pol) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 3.51 63 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 64 Christian Werner (Ger) T-Mobile Team 65 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick.Step-Davitamon 66 Niels Scheuneman (Ned) Relax-Bodysol 67 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 5.06 68 Cadel Evans (Aus) T-Mobile Team 5.24 69 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 6.32 70 Dario Cioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 6.35 71 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank 72 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 73 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 7.08 74 Benjamin Noval (Spa) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 75 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 7.11 76 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 7.16 77 Dimitri Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 78 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 79 Evgueni Petrov (Rus) Saeco 7.50 80 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Saeco 9.57 81 Jokin Ormaetxea (Spa) Costa De Almeria-Paternina 82 Gonzalo Bayarri (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 10.23 83 Jerome Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 10.58 84 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 85 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 11.03 86 Carlos Garcia (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 11.44 87 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 12.25 88 Alberto Martinez (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 12.50 89 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros 13.25 90 Igor Glz. De Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 91 Francisco Palacio (Spa) Cafes Baque 13.54 92 Victor Hugo Pena (Col) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 14.23 93 Carlos Zarate (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 14.42 94 Alex Zuelle (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 14.45 95 Francisco Gutierrez (Spa) Cafes Baque 15.16 96 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Rabobank 16.45 97 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC 16.50 98 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 99 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 100 Jon Odriozola (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 101 Jose Julia (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 102 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick.Step-Davitamon 103 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 17.06 104 J.Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 17.12 105 Jonathan Gonzalez (Spa) Costa De Almeria-Paternina 18.19 106 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 19.01 107 Isidro Nozal Vega (Spa) Liberty Seguros 19.18 108 Florent Brard (Fra) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 19.51 109 Efrain Gutierrez (Spa) Cafes Baque 19.57 110 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Saeco 20.01 111 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 20.32 112 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 21.28 113 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Lampre 114 Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 115 David Herrero (Spa) Costa De Almeria-Paternina 21.31 116 Michele Scotto (Ita) Lampre 22.08 117 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 118 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco 22.10 119 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 23.04 120 Julian Sanchez Pimienta (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 23.06 121 Felix Cardenas (Col) Cafes Baque 23.58 122 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 24.14 123 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Saeco 24.34 124 Luis Perez (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 24.57 125 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Lampre 25.15 126 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 25.31 127 Adolfo Garcia (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 25.50 128 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 26.03 129 Gorka Beloki (Spa) Brioches La Boulangere 26.11 130 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 27.21 131 Ivan Mayoz (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 30.41 132 Jon Del Rio (Spa) Costa De Almeria-Paternina 34.01 133 David Navas Chica (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 134 Simone Bertoletti (Ita) Lampre 135 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre 34.06 136 Ronald Mutsaars (Ned) Rabobank 35.49 137 Alvaro Glz. De Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 37.08 138 Denys Kostyuk (Ukr) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 42.42 139 Cezary Zamana (Pol) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 140 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 47.42 Mountains classification †††† ???C 1 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 35 pts 2 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 27 3 Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 17 4 Jerome Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 14 5 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto 8 6 Michele Scotto (Ita) Lampre 8 7 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 6 8 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 6 9 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Saeco 6 10 Carlos Zarate (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 4 11 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 4 12 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 4 13 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3 14 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Saeco 3 15 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Cafes Baque 3 16 Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 3 17 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco 2 18 Angel Vicioso (Spa) Liberty Seguros 2 19 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 20 Alberto Martinez (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 2 21 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick.Step-Davitamon 2 Metas volantes classification 1 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 11 pts 2 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 9 3 Jerome Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 8 4 Carlos Zarate (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 4 5 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre 4 6 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4 7 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre 2 8 Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 2 9 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 10 Alberto Martinez (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 1 11 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Saeco 1 12 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 Teams classification 1 Liberty Seguros 38.11.30 2 Euskaltel - Euskadi 3 US Postal Service Berry Flor 4 Gerolsteiner 0.08 5 Saeco 6 Cofidis, le credit par telephone 0.15 7 Team CSC 0.16 8 Phonak Hearing Systems 0.24 9 T- Mobile 10 Costa de Almeria - Paternina 1.16 11 Lampre 1.22 12 Illes Balears - Banesto 2.15 13 Quick Step - Davitamon 2.56 14 Cafes Baque 4.01 15 Chocolade Jacques Wincor 5.28 16; Fassa Bortolo 6.02 17 Brioches La Boulangere 7.42 18 Saunier Duval - Prodir 10.00 19 Rabobank 10.21 20 Kelme - Costa Blanca 11.31 21 Relax - Bodysol 13.07
