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24th Vuelta a Murcia - 2.3
Spain, March 3-7, 2004
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Stage 5 - March 7: Murcia - Murcia, 133 km
No luck for Zabel as Pagliarini wins final
Valverde wins overall
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The final stage of the Vuelta a Murcia finished in an expected bunch sprint, with Brazilian Luciano Pagliarini (Lampre) taking the stage ahead of the luckless Erik Zabel (T-Mobile) and Miguel Angel Perdiguero (Domina Vacanze). The overall honours went to Kelme's Alejandro Valverde, who followed on from his Vuelta Valenciana victory and became the first Murcian rider to win the Vuelta a Murcia.
The 133 km stage around Murcia was not a difficult one, with the Cat. 3 Alto Cabezo de la Plata (km 69) the only real difficulty. The Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme team controlled the stage throughout, allowing a break of three riders to get clear after 26 km. Mariano Piccoli (Lampre), Mikel Pradera (Illes Balears) and Xavier Florencio (Relax-Bodysol) combined to put 4'40 into the peloton by the summit of the climb, but were neutralised shortly before the finish.
The bunch sprint saw Pagliarini take his third victory of the year, with Zabel and Perdiguero claiming the minor placings.
Photography
Images by AFP Photo
- Alejandro Valverde (Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme) became the first Murcian rider to win the Tour of Murcia
- Lance Armstrong (USPS-Berry Floor) chats with race leader Alejandro Valverde
- Cadel Evans (T-Mobile, 3rd overall) rides in front of Jan Ullrich
- Lance Armstrong (USPS-Berry Floor) chats with Erik Zabel (T-Mobile)
- Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme maintained control in the final stage
- The peloton during the final stage of the Tour of Murcia
- Luciano Pagliarini (Lampre) wins the final stage
- Luciano Pagliarini (Lampre) with his winner's trophy
- The final podium (L to R): Cadel Evans (3rd), Alejandro Valverde (1st) and Jose Ivan Gutierrez (2nd)
- The Kelme boys have a bit of fun with team director Vicente Belda
Results
1 Luciano A. Pagliarini (Bra) Lampre 3.03.56 2 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile 3 Miguel A M.Perdiguero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 6 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Saeco 7 Ion Del Rio (Spa) Costa Almeria-Paternina 8 Jose Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 9 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) U.S. Postal Service-Berry Floor 10 Fco.José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 11 Marcus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 12 Julio Lopez (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 13 Michael Barry (Can) U.S. Postal Service-Berry Floor 14 Francisco Gutierrez (Spa) Cafes Baque 15 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre 16 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 17 Frédéric Gabriel (Fra) Mrbookmaker.com-Palmans 18 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 19 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 20 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Saeco 21 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Costa Almeria-Paternina 22 Jens Renders (Bel) Mrbookmaker.com-Palmans 23 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile 24 José Alberto Martinez (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 25 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 26 Ruben Plaza (Spa) Com.Valenciana-Kelme 27 Pedro Arreitunandia (Spa) Cafes Baque 28 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 29 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 30 Lander Euba (Spa) Costa Almeria-Paternina 31 Joseba Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.07 32 Hector Guerra (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 33 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 34 Antonio Colom (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 35 José Angel Gomez (Spa) Costa Almeria-Paternina 36 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 37 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Lampre 38 Francisco J. Vila (Spa) Lampre 39 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 40 Lance Armstrong (USA) U.S. Postal Service-Berry Floor 41 Daniel Rincon (Col) U.S. Postal Service-Berry Floor 42 Moises Duenas (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 43 Tomas Konecny (Cze) T-Mobile 44 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) U.S. Postal Service-Berry Floor 45 Jo Planckaert (Bel) Mrbookmaker.com-Palmans 46 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Saeco 47 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 48 David Blanco (Spa) Com.Valenciana-Kelme 0.20 49 Cadel Evans (Aus) T-Mobile 50 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Com.Valenciana-Kelme 51 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Mrbookmaker.com-Palmans 52 Manuel Beltran (Spa) U.S. Postal Service-Berry Floor 53 Michele Scotto (Ita) Lampre 54 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 55 Unai Yus (Spa) Brioches La Boulangere 56 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile 57 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 58 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre 59 David Lopez (Spa) Cafes Baque 60 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 61 Jose Cayetano Julia (Spa) Com.Valenciana-Kelme 62 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Saeco 63 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Lampre 64 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Saeco 65 Mickael Pichon (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 66 Efrain Gutierrez (Spa) Cafes Baque 67 José Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 68 Aitor Perez (Spa) Cafes Baque 69 Javier Rodriguez (Spa) Com.Valenciana-Kelme 0.25 70 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre 0.34 71 David Navas (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 0.36 72 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Gerolsteiner 73 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile 0.50 74 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile 75 Michael Rich (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.07 76 Tobias Steinhauser (Ger) T-Mobile 77 Maryan Hary (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 78 Juan Miguel Cuenca (Spa) Com.Valenciana-Kelme 79 Santiago Blanco (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 80 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Com.Valenciana-Kelme 81 Jose Luis Martinez (Spa) Com.Valenciana-Kelme 82 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 83 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 84 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner 85 Dermot Nally (Irl) Costa Almeria-Paternina 86 Jurgen V.Den Broeck (Bel) U.S. Postal Service-Berry Floor 87 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Saeco 88 Javier Perez (Spa) Costa Almeria-Paternina 1.22 89 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 90 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 91 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) U.S. Postal Service-Berry Floor 1.25 92 Juan Gomis (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.43 93 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco 94 Alessandr Spezialetti (Ita) Saeco 95 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.04 96 Joaquim Lopez (Spa) Costa Almeria-Paternina 97 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Mrbookmaker.com-Palmans 2.07 98 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Mrbookmaker.com-Palmans 2.31 99 José Antonio Lopez (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 3.05 100 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3.09 Points 1 Luciano A. Pagliarini (Bra) Lampre 25 pts 2 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile 20 3 Miguel A M.Perdiguero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 16 4 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 14 5 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 12 6 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Saeco 10 7 Ion Del Rio (Spa) Costa Almeria-Paternina 9 8 Jose Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 8 9 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) U.S. Postal Service-Berry Floor 7 10 Fco.José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 6 11 Marcus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 5 12 Julio Lopez (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 4 13 Michael Barry (Can) U.S. Postal Service-Berry Floor 3 14 Francisco Gutierrez (Spa) Cafes Baque 2 15 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre 1 Mountains Alto Cabezo De La Plata - Cat. 3, km 69,00 1 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 3 pts 2 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 2 3 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre 1 Sprints Fortuna, km 23,00 1 Miguel A M.Perdiguero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3 pts 2 Juan Miguel Cuenca (Spa) Com.Valenciana-Kelme 2 3 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Com.Valenciana-Kelme 1 La Alberca, km 115,00 1 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre 3 pts 2 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 2 3 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 1 Teams 1 Saunier Duval-Prodir 9.11.48 2 Gerolsteiner 3 Relax-Bodysol 4 Costa Almeria-Paternina 5 Lampre 0.07 6 U.S. Postal Service-Berry Floor 7 Euskaltel-Euskadi 8 T-Mobile 9 Saeco 10 Mrbookmaker.com-Palmans 11 Cafes Baque 0.20 12 Illes Balears-Banesto 0.34 13 Comundidad Valenciana-Kelme 0.40 14 Brioches La Boulangere Final general classification 1 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Com.Valenciana-Kelme 15.49.31 2 José Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 0.05 3 Cadel Evans (Aus) T-Mobile 0.09 4 Ruben Plaza (Spa) Com.Valenciana-Kelme 0.20 5 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Saeco 0.37 6 Antonio Colom (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 1.10 7 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.13 8 Jose Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 1.40 9 Miguel A M.Perdiguero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.41 10 Javier Rodriguez (Spa) Com.Valenciana-Kelme 1.44 11 Daniel Rincon (Col) U.S. Postal Service-Berry Floor 2.01 12 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.08 13 José Angel Gomez (Spa) Costa Almeria-Paternina 2.11 14 José Alberto Martinez (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 2.41 15 Unai Yus (Spa) Brioches La Boulangere 2.53 16 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.21 17 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 3.32 18 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile 4.01 19 David Lopez (Spa) Cafes Baque 4.21 20 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Mrbookmaker.com-Palmans 4.28 21 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4.42 22 Michael Barry (Can) U.S. Postal Service-Berry Floor 4.55 23 Lance Armstrong (USA) U.S. Postal Service-Berry Floor 5.41 24 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Saeco 5.43 25 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6.13 26 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Lampre 6.30 27 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre 6.39 28 Pedro Arreitunandia (Spa) Cafes Baque 6.44 29 Mickael Pichon (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 6.51 30 Efrain Gutierrez (Spa) Cafes Baque 6.55 31 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7.10 32 Francisco J. Vila (Spa) Lampre 7.14 33 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8.12 34 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 8.23 35 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco 11.27 36 Julio Lopez (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 11.59 37 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) U.S. Postal Service-Berry Floor 12.02 38 David Navas (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 13.56 39 Frédéric Gabriel (Fra) Mrbookmaker.com-Palmans 15.16 40 Hector Guerra (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 15.32 41 David Blanco (Spa) Com.Valenciana-Kelme 15.46 42 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 15.52 43 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Costa Almeria-Paternina 16.07 44 Jens Renders (Bel) Mrbookmaker.com-Palmans 16.16 45 Tomas Konecny (Cze) T-Mobile 16.32 46 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) U.S. Postal Service-Berry Floor 16.41 47 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) U.S. Postal Service-Berry Floor 16.43 48 Jose Cayetano Julia (Spa) Com.Valenciana-Kelme 17.21 49 Manuel Beltran (Spa) U.S. Postal Service-Berry Floor 17.22 50 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 51 Jurgen V.Den Broeck (Bel) U.S. Postal Service-Berry Floor 17.24 52 Santiago Blanco (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 17.36 53 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Com.Valenciana-Kelme 17.59 54 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Saeco 18.12 55 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre 18.36 56 Michele Scotto (Ita) Lampre 18.48 57 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Saeco 19.01 58 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile 20.08 59 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 20.09 60 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Mrbookmaker.com-Palmans 20.27 61 Marcus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 20.29 62 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 21.00 63 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 21.06 64 Joseba Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 21.11 65 Lander Euba (Spa) Costa Almeria-Paternina 22.55 66 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Lampre 23.10 67 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Gerolsteiner 23.27 68 Michael Rich (Ger) Gerolsteiner 23.33 69 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 24.05 70 Alessandr Spezialetti (Ita) Saeco 24.12 71 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile 24.18 72 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 24.56 73 Maryan Hary (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 24.57 74 Tobias Steinhauser (Ger) T-Mobile 25.12 75 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Saeco 25.29 76 Juan Gomis (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 25.31 77 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 26.08 78 Juan Miguel Cuenca (Spa) Com.Valenciana-Kelme 26.39 79 Javier Perez (Spa) Costa Almeria-Paternina 26.58 80 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Mrbookmaker.com-Palmans 27.39 81 Joaquim Lopez (Spa) Costa Almeria-Paternina 28.05 82 Jo Planckaert (Bel) Mrbookmaker.com-Palmans 28.28 83 Luciano A. Pagliarini (Bra) Lampre 28.34 84 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre 29.55 85 Francisco Gutierrez (Spa) Cafes Baque 33.13 86 Jose Luis Martinez (Spa) Com.Valenciana-Kelme 34.43 87 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile 35.06 88 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 35.54 89 Ion Del Rio (Spa) Costa Almeria-Paternina 36.01 90 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 38.33 91 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Saeco 39.37 92 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 40.50 93 Aitor Perez (Spa) Cafes Baque 41.46 94 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile 43.22 95 Dermot Nally (Irl) Costa Almeria-Paternina 43.24 96 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner 45.03 97 Moises Duenas (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 98 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 45.26 99 Fco.José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 45.41 100 José Antonio Lopez (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 48.17 Points classification 1 José Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 63 pts 2 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) U.S. Postal Service-Berry Floor 57 3 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile 56 4 Miguel A M.Perdiguero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 55 5 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Com.Valenciana-Kelme 48 6 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 28 7 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco 25 8 Luciano A. Pagliarini (Bra) Lampre 25 9 Michael Rich (Ger) Gerolsteiner 20 10 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 18 11 Jose Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 18 12 Ruben Plaza (Spa) Com.Valenciana-Kelme 17 13 Cadel Evans (Aus) T-Mobile 16 14 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Lampre 16 15 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre 16 16 Ion Del Rio (Spa) Costa Almeria-Paternina 15 17 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 14 18 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 14 19 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Gerolsteiner 14 20 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 14 21 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Costa Almeria-Paternina 13 22 Lance Armstrong (USA) U.S. Postal Service-Berry Floor 12 23 David Navas (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 10 24 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Saeco 10 25 José Angel Gomez (Spa) Costa Almeria-Paternina 9 Mountains classification 1 Miguel A M.Perdiguero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 18 pts 2 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 12 3 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco 11 4 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Com.Valenciana-Kelme 10 5 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 10 6 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Saeco 8 7 Cadel Evans (Aus) T-Mobile 6 8 Juan Miguel Cuenca (Spa) Com.Valenciana-Kelme 5 9 Jose Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 4 10 José Angel Gomez (Spa) Costa Almeria-Paternina 4 11 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 3 Combination classification 1 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Com.Valenciana-Kelme 10 pts 2 Miguel A M.Perdiguero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 14 3 Cadel Evans (Aus) T-Mobile 23 4 Jose Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 28 5 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 34 6 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 38 7 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Saeco 42 8 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco 45 9 José Angel Gomez (Spa) Costa Almeria-Paternina 48 10 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 53 11 Unai Yus (Spa) Brioches La Boulangere 69 Teams classification 1 Comundidad Valenciana-Kelme 47.30.19 2 Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.33 3 Saeco 3.14 4 Relax-Bodysol 4.42 5 Illes Balears-Banesto 7.46 6 U.S. Postal Service-Berry Floor 9.59 7 T-Mobile 12.42 8 Euskaltel-Euskadi 14.01 9 Brioches La Boulangere 14.55 10 Cafes Baque 15.05 11 Lampre 16.00 12 Mrbookmaker.com-Palmans 25.00 13 Costa Almeria-Paternina 30.28 14 Gerolsteiner 52.06
