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26th Vuelta a Burgos - 2.1
Spain, August 2-5, 2004
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Stage 2 - August 3: Lerma - Aranda de Duero, 170.45 km
Valverde unchallengeable
By Martin Hardie
Alejandro Valverde imposed his dominance again today in the second stage of the Vuelta a Burgos, winning a bunch sprint up a 500 metre ramp in the wine centre of Aranda de Duero. Valverde didn't make the gap he did yesterday in the final metres but he was again decisive and unchallengeable in the finish.
Valverde led out the peloton as it swallowed the last of the day's escapees, Liberty's Luis Leon Sanchez, at the 300 metre to go mark. Sanchez was the lone survivor of a 14 man break that left the shelter of the peloton after the race had passed 40 km. The break initially consisted of Fertonani, Van Goolen, Zinetti, Zaballa, Zandio, Van de Walle, Latasa, Sanchez, Albizu, Nardello, Cordellini, Koldo Gil, Nocentini, Pascual and Torres. The difference was never huge, getting up to about 4'30, and a wary peloton did its best not to let such a large group stay away for too long. After some 85 km of being away, the peloton regained control of all of the escapees save for Jurgen Van Goolen, Jurgen Van de Walle and Luis Sanchez.
For the next 30 or so kilometres the three worked together keeping their gap up over two minutes. But as they passed through the famed and fabulous Ribiera de Duero vineyards and neared the finish in Aranda de Duero, their coordination and trust became a little suspect. Sanchez seemed to be sitting up or at least taking a look behind and trying to get in contact with his car. Behind, from the air, the peloton, with Txente Garcia Acosta marking the pace for Illes Baleares, was shaped like a giant tadpole, a fat head followed by a long thin, flowing tail.
As Saunier Duval and Illes Baleares shared the load at the front Van Goolen took the opportunity to attack his break away partners. He was chased down by Sanchez and the move spelled the end of any communal effort at the front. It didn't take long for Sanchez to return the favour and he jumped down the road as the peloton came within 40 seconds of him and his partners. The young Liberty rider who has picked up some impressive wins this season quickly got into a relaxed aero position with his hands resting, draped over the centre of the tops and moved away.
Meanwhile, as Sanchez consolidated his gap the peloton passed through a narrow curve between two houses in the village of Berlanga de Roa, at the rear was a conspicuous little crash that left a Vlaanderen rider and Paco Mancebo on the floor. Mancebo was worse for wear and sat in pain holding his left wrist as a couple of his teammates tried to assist. He managed to get back on his bike but finished late and with injuries to his wrist and elbow that would need to be x-rayed.
Sanchez looked good and relaxed as he held a steady 39 second gap on the peloton whilst Van Goolen and Van de Walle had been consumed. With 10 km to go, more teams were moving up to assist with the chase, Baque, LPR, Vlaanderen and Saunier most prominent with a few Libertys mixed in to mess things about.
Over the next 5 km, Sanchez only lost 8 seconds of his lead and when he passed under the five to go banner holding a 31 second gap, Paternina and Kelme, in the form of Valverde were prominent in the hunt by this stage. As the race entered the outskirts of the town, the gap was starting to fall, but not massively - with three to go it was still at 22 seconds. Under the two to go banner and a Euskaltel rider sought to bridge - Sanchez was holding 15 seconds. The peloton sucked in the orange attempt with one to go and Sanchez had a slender 9 seconds with which to try hold his ground - the run in had been flat but the last 500 metres kicked up to the finish. The peloton was agitated with riders moving around trying to get up and kick things along. As the ramp started the Baleares boys were pulling hard and then all of a sudden it was over for Sanchez. As he was caught Valverde started his sprint and none could hold his wheel, let alone come around him. Phonak's Alex Usov and Paternina's Jon del Rio had a good try but couldn't reach this week's jolly green giant.
With his current form Valverde should be in with a good shot this coming weekend in Donostia for the Classica San Sebastian and also looks like he has placed himself amongst the favourites for this month's complicated Olympic road race. Whether he can hang on to the GC in Burgos really only depends upon how well the rest of the field climb tomorrow in the queen stage up to the special category Lagunas de Niela.
Results
1 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 3.46.13 2 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems 3 Jon Del Rio (Spa) Costa de Almeria-Paternina 4 Miguel Angel Martín Perdiguero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Team LPR 6 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Quick.Step-Davitamon 7 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 8 Wesley Van der Linden (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 9 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros 10 José Alberto Martínez (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 11 Nacor Burgos Rojo (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 12 Mikel Gaztañaga (Spa) Cafes Baque 13 Denys Kostyuk (Ukr) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 14 Gert Vanderaerden (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 15 Christophe Stevens (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 16 Iñaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 17 Marcos A. Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 18 Roger Hammond (GBr) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 19 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto 20 Crescenzo D´Amore (Ita) Acqua e Sapone 21 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 22 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 23 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 24 Angel Castresana Del Val (Spa) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 25 Mauro Zinetti (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 26 Jens Renders (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 27 Mauricio Albert Ardila (Col) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 28 Maxim Rudenko (Ukr) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 29 Juan Carlos Domínguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 30 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros 31 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 32 Roberto Sgambelluri (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 33 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 34 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 35 Jonathan González Rios (Spa) Costa de Almeria-Paternina 36 Andoni Aranaga Azkune (Spa) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 37 Pedro Horrillo Muñoz (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 38 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 39 Gonzalo Bayarri Esteve (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 40 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 41 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto 42 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 43 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 44 David Latasa Lasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 45 Carlos Torrent Tarres (Spa) Costa de Almeria-Paternina 46 Geoffrey Demeyere (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 47 Josep Jufré Pou (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 48 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 49 Gianluca Sironi (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 50 Patrick Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step-Davitamon 51 José Luis Rebollo Aguado (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 52 Aitor Silloniz Aresti (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 53 Pedro Arreitunandia (Spa) Cafes Baque 54 Ben Day (Aus) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 55 Daniele Masolino (Ita) Team LPR 56 Ricardo Serrano González (Spa) Cafes Baque 57 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 58 Aitor Pérez Arrieta (Spa) Cafes Baque 59 Javier Pascual Rodríguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 60 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 61 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 62 Aitor Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 63 Jorge García Marín (Spa) Cafes Baque 64 Jon Odriozola Mugarza (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 65 Zbigniew Piatek (Pol) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 66 Joaquim Lopez Torrella (Spa) Costa de Almeria-Paternina 67 Jokin Ormaetxea (Spa) Costa de Almeria-Paternina 68 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 69 Francisco Cabello Luque (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 70 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 71 Rafael Casero Moreno (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 72 Ondrej Sosenka (Cze) Acqua e Sapone 73 Rubén Plaza Molina (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 74 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 75 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 76 José Antonio Garrido Lima (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 77 Koen Barbe (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 78 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon 79 Alberto López De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 80 Samuel Sánchez González (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 81 Isidro Nozal Vega (Spa) Liberty Seguros 82 Moisés Dueñas Nevado (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 83 Mikel Artetxe Gezuraga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 84 Joseba Albizu Lizaso (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 85 José A Pecharroman Fabian (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 86 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Relax-Bodysol 87 Alexandr Arekeev (Rus) Acqua e Sapone 88 Rafael Diaz Justo (Spa) Liberty Seguros 89 Aitor Hernández Gutiérrez (Spa) Team LPR 90 Lorenzo Cordellini (Ita) Acqua e Sapone 91 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 92 David López García (Spa) Cafes Baque 0.18 93 Steven Kleynen (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 94 Bert Roesems (Bel) Relax-Bodysol 95 Joaquín Rodríguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 96 Joseba Beloki Dorronsoro (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 97 Lander Euba Ziarrusta (Spa) Costa de Almeria-Paternina 98 Claudio Astolfi (Ita) Acqua e Sapone 99 Paul Van Hyfte (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 100 Francisco Palacios San (Spa) Cafes Baque 101 Javier Ramírez Abeja (Spa) Liberty Seguros 102 José Vicente García (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 0.29 103 Luca Nardello (Ita) Team LPR 0.33 104 Ivan Degasperi (Ita) Team LPR 105 Carlos García Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 0.34 106 Jef Peeters (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 107 Javier Pérez Pereira (Spa) Costa de Almeria-Paternina 0.38 108 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.39 109 Peter Wuyts (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 110 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua e Sapone 111 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 0.41 112 Luis León Sánchez Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros 113 Isaac Gálvez López (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 0.44 114 Koldo Gil Pérez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 0.45 115 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Team LPR 0.47 116 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Acqua e Sapone 0.49 117 Kyrylo Pospyeyev (Ukr) Acqua e Sapone 118 Jehudi Schoonacker (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 0.51 119 Fernando Torres Martín (Spa) Cafes Baque 7.32 120 David Navas Chica (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 10.22 121 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 122 Francisco Mancebo Pérez (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 123 Claudio Lucchini (Ita) Team LPR 18.00 DNF Tom Vannoppen (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans DNF Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Team LPR Points 1 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 25 pts 2 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems 20 3 Jon Del Rio (Spa) Costa de Almeria-Paternina 16 4 Miguel Angel Martín Perdiguero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 14 5 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Team LPR 12 6 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Quick.Step-Davitamon 10 7 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 9 8 Wesley Van der Linden (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 8 9 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros 7 10 José Alberto Martínez (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 6 11 Nacor Burgos Rojo (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 5 12 Mikel Gaztañaga (Spa) Cafes Baque 4 13 Denys Kostyuk (Ukr) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 3 14 Gert Vanderaerden (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 2 15 Christophe Stevens (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 1 Mountains Alto del Majadal 1 Mauricio Albert Ardila (Col) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 6 pts 2 Moisés Dueñas Nevado (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 4 3 Marcos A. Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 2 4 Javier Pascual Rodríguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 1 Alto de Sancuerno 1 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 6 pts 2 Joseba Albizu Lizaso (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4 3 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 2 4 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems 1 Metas volantes Huerta de Rey 1 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems 3 pts 2 Joseba Albizu Lizaso (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 3 Fernando Torres Martín (Spa) Cafes Baque 1 Peñaranda de Duero 1 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems 3 pts 2 Joseba Albizu Lizaso (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 3 Fernando Torres Martín (Spa) Cafes Baque 1 Roa 1 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 3 pts 2 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 2 3 Luis León Sánchez Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros 1 Teams 1 Chocolade Jacques Wincor - Nixdorf 11.18.39 2 Phonak Hearing Systems 3 Vini Caldirola - Nobili Rubinetterie 4 Liberty Seguros 5 Mr. Bookmaker.Com - Palmans 6 Relax - Bodysol 7 Saunier Duval - Prodir 8 Costa De Almeria - Paternina 9 Quick Step - Davitamon 10 Vlaanderen - T Interim 11 Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 12 Euskaltel - Euskadi 13 Cafés Baqué 14 Illes Balears-Banesto 15 Team L.P.R. - Piacenza Management Srl 16 Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo General classification after stage 2 1 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 7.20.48 2 Miguel Angel Martín Perdiguero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.03 3 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto 4 Marcos A. Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 5 Mauricio Albert Ardila (Col) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 6 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros 7 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 8 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto 0.08 9 José Alberto Martínez (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 0.09 10 Juan Carlos Domínguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 11 Jonathan González Rios (Spa) Costa de Almeria-Paternina 0.11 12 Angel Castresana Del Val (Spa) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 0.31 13 Roberto Sgambelluri (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 0.32 14 Ondrej Sosenka (Cze) Acqua e Sapone 0.34 15 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.35 16 Geoffrey Demeyere (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 17 David Latasa Lasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 0.56 18 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros 1.18 19 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 20 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 21 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 22 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 23 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 24 Patrick Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step-Davitamon 25 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 26 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 27 Alberto López De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 28 Joseba Albizu Lizaso (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.24 29 Jon Del Rio (Spa) Costa de Almeria-Paternina 1.30 30 Joaquín Rodríguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 31 Javier Pascual Rodríguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 1.32 32 Joaquim Lopez Torrella (Spa) Costa de Almeria-Paternina 33 José Antonio Garrido Lima (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 34 José A Pecharroman Fabian (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 35 Nacor Burgos Rojo (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 1.43 36 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 37 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 38 José Luis Rebollo Aguado (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 39 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 40 Aitor Pérez Arrieta (Spa) Cafes Baque 41 Rafael Casero Moreno (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 42 Daniele Masolino (Ita) Team LPR 2.16 43 Aitor Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 44 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Relax-Bodysol 45 Lorenzo Cordellini (Ita) Acqua e Sapone 46 Aitor Silloniz Aresti (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.28 47 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 48 Steven Kleynen (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 2.31 49 David López García (Spa) Cafes Baque 2.46 50 Ben Day (Aus) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 2.59 51 Denys Kostyuk (Ukr) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 3.30 52 Jens Renders (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 53 Pedro Arreitunandia (Spa) Cafes Baque 54 Zbigniew Piatek (Pol) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 55 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 56 Rubén Plaza Molina (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 57 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 3.56 58 Gonzalo Bayarri Esteve (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 59 Jokin Ormaetxea (Spa) Costa de Almeria-Paternina 60 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 61 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 62 Luca Nardello (Ita) Team LPR 4.03 63 Koldo Gil Pérez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 4.15 64 Maxim Rudenko (Ukr) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 4.19 65 Isidro Nozal Vega (Spa) Liberty Seguros 66 Kyrylo Pospyeyev (Ukr) Acqua e Sapone 67 Iñaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5.10 68 Ricardo Serrano González (Spa) Cafes Baque 69 Samuel Sánchez González (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 70 Alexandr Arekeev (Rus) Acqua e Sapone 5.26 71 Francisco Palacios San (Spa) Cafes Baque 5.28 72 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Acqua e Sapone 6.09 73 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 6.25 74 Christophe Stevens (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 75 Wesley Van der Linden (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 76 Roger Hammond (GBr) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 77 Pedro Horrillo Muñoz (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 78 Andoni Aranaga Azkune (Spa) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 79 Josep Jufré Pou (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 80 Francisco Cabello Luque (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 81 Aitor Hernández Gutiérrez (Spa) Team LPR 82 Moisés Dueñas Nevado (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 83 Carlos García Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 84 Bert Roesems (Bel) Relax-Bodysol 6.43 85 Claudio Astolfi (Ita) Acqua e Sapone 86 Ivan Degasperi (Ita) Team LPR 6.58 87 Jef Peeters (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 6.59 88 Javier Pérez Pereira (Spa) Costa de Almeria-Paternina 7.03 89 Peter Wuyts (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 7.04 90 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua e Sapone 91 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 7.06 92 Mikel Gaztañaga (Spa) Cafes Baque 7.19 93 Jorge García Marín (Spa) Cafes Baque 94 Rafael Diaz Justo (Spa) Liberty Seguros 95 Javier Ramírez Abeja (Spa) Liberty Seguros 7.37 96 Luis León Sánchez Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros 8.00 97 Gianluca Sironi (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 8.05 98 Koen Barbe (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 99 Paul Van Hyfte (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 8.23 100 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Quick.Step-Davitamon 8.50 101 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Team LPR 102 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems 103 Gert Vanderaerden (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 104 Crescenzo D´Amore (Ita) Acqua e Sapone 105 Carlos Torrent Tarres (Spa) Costa de Almeria-Paternina 106 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 107 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 108 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon 109 Mikel Artetxe Gezuraga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 110 Joseba Beloki Dorronsoro (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 9.08 111 Lander Euba Ziarrusta (Spa) Costa de Almeria-Paternina 112 Jehudi Schoonacker (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 9.16 113 José Vicente García (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 9.19 114 Mauro Zinetti (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 9.29 115 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems 116 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Team LPR 9.37 117 Fernando Torres Martín (Spa) Cafes Baque 11.02 118 Jon Odriozola Mugarza (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 15.28 119 Isaac Gálvez López (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 16.12 120 Francisco Mancebo Pérez (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 16.47 121 David Navas Chica (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 22.28 122 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 25.50 123 Claudio Lucchini (Ita) Team LPR 28.03 Points classification 1 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 50 pts 2 Miguel Angel Martín Perdiguero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 26 3 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto 20 4 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems 20 5 Mauricio Albert Ardila (Col) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 16 6 Jon Del Rio (Spa) Costa de Almeria-Paternina 16 7 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 14 8 José Alberto Martínez (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 13 9 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Team LPR 12 10 Marcos A. Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 10 11 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Quick.Step-Davitamon 10 12 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros 9 13 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 9 14 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto 8 15 Wesley Van der Linden (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 8 16 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros 7 17 Juan Carlos Domínguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 6 18 Jonathan González Rios (Spa) Costa de Almeria-Paternina 5 19 Nacor Burgos Rojo (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 5 20 Angel Castresana Del Val (Spa) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 4 21 Mikel Gaztañaga (Spa) Cafes Baque 4 22 Roberto Sgambelluri (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 3 23 Denys Kostyuk (Ukr) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 3 24 Ondrej Sosenka (Cze) Acqua e Sapone 2 25 Gert Vanderaerden (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 2 26 Geoffrey Demeyere (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 1 27 Christophe Stevens (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 1 Mountains classification 1 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 16 pts 2 Mauricio Albert Ardila (Col) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 16 3 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto 12 4 Moisés Dueñas Nevado (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 10 5 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 8 6 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 6 7 Miguel Angel Martín Perdiguero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 6 8 Marcos A. Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 6 9 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems 5 10 Joseba Albizu Lizaso (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4 Metas volantes classification 1 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems 15 pts 2 Moisés Dueñas Nevado (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 6 3 Joseba Albizu Lizaso (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4 4 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 3 5 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 2 6 Fernando Torres Martín (Spa) Cafes Baque 2 7 Luis León Sánchez Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros 1 8 Isaac Gálvez López (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 1 9 Jon Odriozola Mugarza (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 1 10 Mikel Gaztañaga (Spa) Cafes Baque 1 Teams classification 1 Saunier Duval - Prodir 22.02.39 2 Liberty Seguros 1.09 3 Illes Balears-Banesto 2.12 4 Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 2.13 5 Relax - Bodysol 2.55 6 Euskaltel - Euskadi 2.56 7 Costa De Almeria - Paternina 2.58 8 Vini Caldirola - Nobili Rubinetterie 3.18 9 Phonak Hearing Systems 4.04 10 Quick Step - Davitamon 4.07 11 Vlaanderen - T Interim 4.16 12 Mr. Bookmaker.Com - Palmans 4.33 13 Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 6.05 14 Chocolade Jacques Wincor - Nixdorf 6.48 15 Cafés Baqué 7.26 16 Team L.P.R. - Piacenza Management Srl 11.56
