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48th Vuelta Asturias - 2.2
Spain, May 12-16, 2004
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Stage 4 - May 15: Cafés Toscaf - Santuario del Acebo, 180,2 km
Cardenas into the lead
By Martin Hardie
It was another day and another a win for one of the Basque members of the Paternina Costa Almeria squad today when Jonathon Gonzalez logged his second high mountain victory of the year (after his win at altitude a few weeks back in Rioja) on what was probably the toughest stage on paper so far this Spanish road season. Gonzalez had managed to get away with Paco Mancebo (Illes Baleares) on the final descent before the last climb, but dropped Mancebo on his way to the stage victory. Gonzalez crossed the line at the top Alto de Acebo with a comfortable advantage of twenty seconds over Iban Mayo. But it was Felix Cardenas (Cafes Baque) who took over the leader's jersey after finishing fourth in the stage.
The day's main tactical drama was played out in the group behind Gonzalez on the final climb. Once Mancebo was brought back into the fold following a mighty attack by Samuel Sanchez at the foot of the Acebo, the whereabouts of Gonzalez didn't carry with it a great deal of significance for the GC. The question for the big guns concerned who was gonna get rid of whom, and how and when.
In the group of 18 or so that commenced the ascent together were two riders who sat 54 seconds ahead of most of their counterparts on G.C. - Haimar Zubeldia (Euskaltel Euskadi) and Felix Cardenas (Cafes Baque). Hence the climb became a matter of tactics and doing what you had to do to maintain or improve your overall position. It wasn't spectacular like the motor paced ascent we saw at the same time in the Giro, in contrast it was slow motion, but if anything it was gritty.
With Sanchez up the road making a nice gap for himself which steadied at about ten seconds then seemed to fall and then grew again for a while, Euskaltel could sit back and watch Nozal (in the name of his teammate Heras) conduct affairs at the front of the group. At times Nozal got a little relief from Saunier Duval, but mostly he was left alone with the job at hand. With less than four kilometres to go, which seemed to be a lifetime as time passed very slowly on this tough ascent, Sanchez was within sight, and as the grade increased even more, Heras changed the pace to try and take the advantage. Gonzalez was still up the road 1'18 ahead. Piepoli, Jeker and Zubeldia took the wheel of Heras and that was that - end of Liberty show.
In the wake of the Heras effort, Iban Mayo stepped on the pedals and at first and with a bit of effort, only Jeker (Saunier Duval) and Cardenas could follow. Jeker's teammate Piepoli crossed shortly after, so the group that mattered now included the two teammates who were also the two previous winners of this Vuelta, as well as Mayo and Cardenas, the latter who didn't need to work, but only had to be carried to the line by the others to take the overall lead.
Thus it was left to Mayo to do the work, while Cardenas just sat on being dragged along and Jeker and Piepoli bided their time before they would do a one-two in order to get the better of the Euskaltel leader. Sanchez was still in front of them, as was Gonzalez.
There were two kilometres to go when they reached Sanchez and he stood up and drove the group as hard as he could with Mayo sitting in for some respite. As Sanchez pulled off the inevitable happened and one of the Saunier's made their move: Jeker. Mayo was left to respond on his own, spinning what seemed to be an extremely high cadence.
For a while it didn't look like Mayo would bring Jeker back, but he did and then, just before the one kilometre banner, Mayo dropped Piepoli. Cardenas was still there sitting nicely on Mayo's wheel. Piepoli was off the back by twenty metres and then he was back on, and with his return Mayo as if to say "stuff this" pulled over on the climb like a trackie on the embankment and forced the other two to come through.
Meanwhile Gonzalez was into the last 500 metres which had an insufferably steep ramp up to the 100 metres flatter finishing straight - for him this section seemed to go on and on and on. In the end he made it and it was on this same ramp that Mayo decided to leave the other two behind, turning on the speed and heading off to a solo second place. Piepoli chased him down at 23 seconds and Cardenas, preserving his advantage on G.C. at 32 seconds.
Tomorrow's finale is an easier stage with a Cat. 3 early on, but the profile hints at some damage maybe coming in the latter stages. Whether it is enough for anyone to pass Cardenas will have to be seen, but Zubeldia's relatively strong climbing today has kept him in touch of Cardenas. Was Heras a big loser today or is he riding to some secret plan of Manolo in preparation for the Tour? It's hard to know, but in each encounter over the past week when the road has really pointed skywards, Mayo has had the better of him, and each time by over a minute.
Results
1 Jonathan González Rios (Spa) Costa De Almeria-Paternina 4.47.26 2 Iban Mayo Diez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.20 3 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.23 4 Félix R Cárdenas Ravalo (Col) Cafes Baque 0.32 5 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.55 6 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) L.A.-Pecol 0.57 7 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.01 8 Iván Ramiro Parra Pinto (Col) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 1.18 9 José Angel Gómez Marchante (Spa) Costa De Almeria-Paternina 1.42 10 Samuel Sánchez González (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.56 11 Eladio Jiménez Sánchez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 1.57 12 Dailos Diaz Armas (Spa) Spanish National Team 13 Roberto Heras Hernández (Spa) Liberty Seguros 2.04 14 Nuno Ribeiro (Por) L.A.-Pecol 2.48 15 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 2.51 16 Isidro Nozal Vega (Spa) Liberty Seguros 2.58 17 Hernani Broco (Por) L.A.-Pecol 3.01 18 Adolfo García Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 3.11 19 Aitor Hernández Gutiérrez (Spa) Team L.P.R.-Piacenza Management SRL 3.14 20 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 21 Hugo Sabido (Por) Milaneza Maia 3.18 22 Moisés Dueñas Nevado (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 3.19 23 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 3.46 24 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros 4.00 25 Francisco José Lara Ruiz (Spa) Costa De Almeria-Paternina 4.09 26 Carlos Ramón Golbano García (Spa) Costa De Almeria-Paternina 4.11 27 David Navas Chica (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 4.30 28 Pedro M Andrade Oliveira (Por) L.A.-Pecol 4.51 29 Francisco Mancebo Pérez (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 5.15 30 Joaquim López Torrella (Spa) Costa De Almeria-Paternina 5.16 31 Pedro Arreitunandia Quintero (Spa) Cafes Baque 5.32 32 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 6.16 33 Dimitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Credit Agricole 6.17 34 Gonçalo José Amorim Valada (Por) Milaneza Maia 6.27 35 Francisco Palacios (Spa) Cafes Baque 6.32 36 José M Elias Galindo (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 37 Andrei Zintchenko (Rus) Milaneza Maia 7.28 38 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 39 Hernán Buenahora Gutiérrez (Col) Cafes Baque 9.10 40 Miguel Martín Perdiguero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 13.15 41 Mikel Pradera Rodríguez (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 42 Alberto López De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 13.17 43 René Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros 44 Efraín Gutierrez Sánchez (Spa) Cafes Baque 13.41 45 Gorka González Larrañaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 16.51 46 Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 47 Pablo Lastras García (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 19.53 48 Mario De Sarraga Orviz (Spa) Spanish National Team 19.54 49 Óscar Laguna García (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 21.03 50 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole 21.14 51 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 52 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Credit Agricole 53 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 22.13 54 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Liberty Seguros 22.16 55 Angelo Lopeboselli (Ita) Team L.P.R.-Piacenza Management SRL 56 Luis León Sánchez Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros 23.38 57 Jon Odriozola Mugarza (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 23.46 58 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Costa De Almeria-Paternina 24.42 59 Jorge Torre (Por) L.A.-Pecol 26.54 60 David Latasa Lasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 26.57 61 Mikel Elqezabal Fernández (Spa) Costa De Almeria-Paternina 62 Rubén Ispizua Oarbeascoa (Spa) L.A.-Pecol 63 Iñigo Chaurreau Bernárdez (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 29.55 64 Lizuarte Manuel Martins (Por) Milaneza Maia 65 David Bernabeu Armengol (Spa) Milaneza Maia 66 Rodrigo García Rena (Spa) Spanish National Team 67 Fernando Torres (Spa) Cafes Baque 68 Mario Sánchez Fernández (Spa) Spanish National Team 69 Rafael Casero Moreno (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 70 Joseba Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 71 Tim Johnson (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir 72 Francisco Cabello Luque (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 73 Andrei Karpatchev (Rus) Team L.P.R.-Piacenza Management SRL 74 Gustavo Cesar Veloso (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 75 David García Dapena (Spa) L.A.-Pecol 76 Javier González Barrera (Col) Saunier Duval-Prodir 77 Pedro Marichalar Fernández (Spa) Spanish National Team 78 Markel Irizar Aramburu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 79 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Credit Agricole 80 Angel Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 81 Samuel Soto Vidal (Spa) Spanish National Team 82 Jesús Hernández Blazquez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 83 Aitor Pérez Arrieta (Spa) Cafes Baque 84 Daniel Moreno Fernández (Spa) Spanish National Team 85 Luca Nardello (Ita) Team L.P.R.-Piacenza Management SRL 86 Ivan Degasperi (Ita) Team L.P.R.-Piacenza Management SRL 87 José Antonio López Gil (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 88 Luis Pérez Romero (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 89 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Liberty Seguros 33.52 90 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Team L.P.R.-Piacenza Management SRL 34.36 DNF José Luis Rebollo Aguado (Spa) Relax-Bodysol DNF Candido Barbosa (Por) L.A.-Pecol DNF Dimitri Konyshev (Rus) Team L.P.R.-Piacenza Management SRL DNF Pedro Cardoso (Por) Milaneza Maia DNF Christophe Oriol (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance DNF David López García (Spa) Cafes Baque DNF Bruno Castanheira Gomes (Por) Milaneza Maia DNF Francisco Gutiérrez (Spa) Cafes Baque Points 1 Jonathan González Rios (Spa) Costa De Almeria-Paternina 25 pts 2 Iban Mayo Diez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 20 3 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 16 4 Félix R Cárdenas Ravalo (Col) Cafes Baque 14 5 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 12 6 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) L.A.-Pecol 10 7 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 9 8 Iván Ramiro Parra Pinto (Col) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 8 9 José Angel Gómez Marchante (Spa) Costa De Almeria-Paternina 7 10 Samuel Sánchez González (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6 11 Eladio Jiménez Sánchez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 5 12 Dailos Diaz Armas (Spa) Spanish National Team 4 13 Roberto Heras Hernández (Spa) Liberty Seguros 3 14 Nuno Ribeiro (Por) L.A.-Pecol 2 15 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 1 Mountains Pozo De Las Mujeres - Cat. 1, km 97,900 1 Efraín Gutierrez Sánchez (Spa) Cafes Baque 16 pts 2 Hugo Sabido (Por) Milaneza Maia 12 3 Dailos Diaz Armas (Spa) Spanish National Team 10 4 Mikel Pradera Rodríguez (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 8 5 José M Elias Galindo (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 6 6 Joaquim López Torrella (Spa) Costa De Almeria-Paternina 4 7 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Liberty Seguros 3 8 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Liberty Seguros 2 9 Óscar Laguna García (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 1 Puerto Del Connio - Cat. E, km 139,700 1 Efraín Gutierrez Sánchez (Spa) Cafes Baque 30 pts 2 Hernán Buenahora Gutiérrez (Col) Cafes Baque 25 3 Francisco Mancebo Pérez (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 20 4 Jonathan González Rios (Spa) Costa De Almeria-Paternina 16 5 Gonçalo José Amorim Valada (Por) Milaneza Maia 12 6 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 10 7 Félix R Cárdenas Ravalo (Col) Cafes Baque 8 8 Samuel Sánchez González (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6 9 Alberto López De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4 10 Iban Mayo Diez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3 11 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2 12 Roberto Heras Hernández (Spa) Liberty Seguros 1 Alto Del Acebo - Cat. E, km 180,200 1 Jonathan González Rios (Spa) Costa De Almeria-Paternina 30 pts 2 Iban Mayo Diez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 25 3 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 20 4 Félix R Cárdenas Ravalo (Col) Cafes Baque 16 5 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 12 6 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) L.A.-Pecol 10 7 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8 8 Iván Ramiro Parra Pinto (Col) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 6 9 José Angel Gómez Marchante (Spa) Costa De Almeria-Paternina 4 10 Samuel Sánchez González (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3 11 Eladio Jiménez Sánchez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 2 12 Dailos Diaz Armas (Spa) Spanish National Team 1 Metas volantes Soto De La Barca km 44,500 1 Mario De Sarraga Orviz (Spa) Spanish National Team 3 pts 2 Pedro M Andrade Oliveira (Por) L.A.-Pecol 2 3 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole 1 Cangas Del Narcea km 169,600 1 Francisco Mancebo Pérez (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 3 pts 2 Jonathan González Rios (Spa) Costa De Almeria-Paternina 2 3 René Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros 1 Teams 1 Euskaltel - Euskadi 14.25.35 2 Costa De Almeria - Paternina 2.34 3 Com. Valenciana - Kelme 3.09 4 L.A. - Pecol 3.29 5 Liberty Seguros 5.45 6 Cafes Baque 9.19 7 Relax - Bodysol 9.48 8 Saunier Duval - Prodir 11.16 9 Credit Agricole 12.07 10 Milaneza Maia 13.56 11 Illes Balears - Banesto 19.43 12 Ag2R Prevoyance 43.56 13 Selección Española 48.29 14 Team L.P.R. - Piacenza Management 52.08 General classification after stage 4 1 Félix R Cárdenas Ravalo (Col) Cafes Baque 16.42.51 2 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.29 3 Iban Mayo Diez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.46 4 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.51 5 José Angel Gómez Marchante (Spa) Costa De Almeria-Paternina 1.10 6 Eladio Jiménez Sánchez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 1.17 7 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.27 8 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) L.A.-Pecol 1.28 9 Iván Ramiro Parra Pinto (Col) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 1.47 10 Isidro Nozal Vega (Spa) Liberty Seguros 2.26 11 Samuel Sánchez González (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.28 12 Dailos Diaz Armas (Spa) Spanish National Team 2.29 13 Roberto Heras Hernández (Spa) Liberty Seguros 2.36 14 Nuno Ribeiro (Por) L.A.-Pecol 3.20 15 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 3.23 16 Hernani Broco (Por) L.A.-Pecol 3.32 17 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 3.42 18 Adolfo García Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 3.43 19 David Navas Chica (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 3.46 20 Hugo Sabido (Por) Milaneza Maia 3.50 21 Moisés Dueñas Nevado (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 3.51 22 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 4.18 23 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros 4.30 24 Jonathan González Rios (Spa) Costa De Almeria-Paternina 4.37 25 Francisco José Lara Ruiz (Spa) Costa De Almeria-Paternina 4.41 26 Pedro M Andrade Oliveira (Por) L.A.-Pecol 5.19 27 Francisco Mancebo Pérez (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 5.44 28 Joaquim López Torrella (Spa) Costa De Almeria-Paternina 5.48 29 Gonçalo José Amorim Valada (Por) Milaneza Maia 6.59 30 Carlos Ramón Golbano García (Spa) Costa De Almeria-Paternina 7.57 31 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8.00 32 José M Elias Galindo (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 11.28 33 Dimitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Credit Agricole 11.30 34 Alberto López De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 12.45 35 Miguel Martín Perdiguero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 13.37 36 Hernán Buenahora Gutiérrez (Col) Cafes Baque 14.35 37 Pablo Lastras García (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 20.25 38 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Credit Agricole 21.30 39 Pedro Arreitunandia Quintero (Spa) Cafes Baque 21.42 40 René Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros 21.46 41 Gorka González Larrañaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 21.49 42 Francisco Palacios (Spa) Cafes Baque 22.42 43 Luis León Sánchez Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros 22.50 44 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Liberty Seguros 23.57 45 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Costa De Almeria-Paternina 24.58 46 Andrei Zintchenko (Rus) Milaneza Maia 27.55 47 Angelo Lopeboselli (Ita) Team L.P.R.-Piacenza Management SRL 28.15 48 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 31.20 49 Aitor Hernández Gutiérrez (Spa) Team L.P.R.-Piacenza Management SRL 32.39 50 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 33.00 51 Mikel Pradera Rodríguez (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 33.41 52 Efraín Gutierrez Sánchez (Spa) Cafes Baque 34.06 53 Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 34.10 54 Aitor Pérez Arrieta (Spa) Cafes Baque 35.20 55 Rodrigo García Rena (Spa) Spanish National Team 39.13 56 Pedro Marichalar Fernández (Spa) Spanish National Team 39.25 57 Mario De Sarraga Orviz (Spa) Spanish National Team 40.19 58 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Liberty Seguros 41.24 59 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole 46.09 60 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 46.22 61 David Latasa Lasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 47.13 62 Rafael Casero Moreno (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 47.40 63 Markel Irizar Aramburu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 49.01 64 Óscar Laguna García (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 49.29 65 Lizuarte Manuel Martins (Por) Milaneza Maia 50.23 66 Iñigo Chaurreau Bernárdez (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 54.40 67 Luca Nardello (Ita) Team L.P.R.-Piacenza Management SRL 68 Gustavo Cesar Veloso (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 55.03 69 Jorge Torre (Por) L.A.-Pecol 55.35 70 José Antonio López Gil (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 55.58 71 Rubén Ispizua Oarbeascoa (Spa) L.A.-Pecol 56.22 72 Mikel Elqezabal Fernández (Spa) Costa De Almeria-Paternina 73 Jon Odriozola Mugarza (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 56.51 74 Joseba Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 58.36 75 Angel Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 58.43 76 Mario Sánchez Fernández (Spa) Spanish National Team 59.20 77 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Team L.P.R.-Piacenza Management SRL 59.32 78 Samuel Soto Vidal (Spa) Spanish National Team 1.00.00 79 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Credit Agricole 80 David Bernabeu Armengol (Spa) Milaneza Maia 81 Tim Johnson (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir 82 Andrei Karpatchev (Rus) Team L.P.R.-Piacenza Management SRL 83 David García Dapena (Spa) L.A.-Pecol 84 Javier González Barrera (Col) Saunier Duval-Prodir 85 Francisco Cabello Luque (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 86 Jesús Hernández Blazquez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 87 Daniel Moreno Fernández (Spa) Spanish National Team 88 Luis Pérez Romero (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 89 Ivan Degasperi (Ita) Team L.P.R.-Piacenza Management SRL 90 Fernando Torres (Spa) Cafes Baque Points classification 1 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Costa De Almeria-Paternina 41 pts 2 Iban Mayo Diez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 40 3 Félix R Cárdenas Ravalo (Col) Cafes Baque 26 4 Jonathan González Rios (Spa) Costa De Almeria-Paternina 25 5 Luis León Sánchez Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros 25 6 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Liberty Seguros 25 7 Samuel Sánchez González (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 24 8 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 22 9 Eladio Jiménez Sánchez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 22 10 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 20 11 David Navas Chica (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 20 12 Miguel Martín Perdiguero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 20 13 Dimitri Konyshev (Rus) Team L.P.R.-Piacenza Management SRL 20 14 Pedro M Andrade Oliveira (Por) L.A.-Pecol 19 15 Pablo Lastras García (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 18 16 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 16 17 Carlos Ramón Golbano García (Spa) Costa De Almeria-Paternina 16 18 Pedro Cardoso (Por) Milaneza Maia 16 19 José Angel Gómez Marchante (Spa) Costa De Almeria-Paternina 15 20 Isidro Nozal Vega (Spa) Liberty Seguros 14 21 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 13 22 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Credit Agricole 12 23 Pedro Marichalar Fernández (Spa) Spanish National Team 12 24 Nuno Ribeiro (Por) L.A.-Pecol 11 25 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 11 26 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) L.A.-Pecol 10 27 Iván Ramiro Parra Pinto (Col) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 8 28 Alberto López De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7 29 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros 6 30 Gorka González Larrañaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6 31 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Team L.P.R.-Piacenza Management SRL 6 32 Markel Irizar Aramburu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5 33 Dailos Diaz Armas (Spa) Spanish National Team 4 34 Roberto Heras Hernández (Spa) Liberty Seguros 3 35 David Latasa Lasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 3 36 Francisco José Lara Ruiz (Spa) Costa De Almeria-Paternina 2 37 Joaquim López Torrella (Spa) Costa De Almeria-Paternina 2 38 Joseba Albizu Lizaso (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 39 José M Elias Galindo (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 1 Mountains classification 1 Jonathan González Rios (Spa) Costa De Almeria-Paternina 53 pts 2 Félix R Cárdenas Ravalo (Col) Cafes Baque 49 3 Efraín Gutierrez Sánchez (Spa) Cafes Baque 46 4 Gonçalo José Amorim Valada (Por) Milaneza Maia 38 5 Iban Mayo Diez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 38 6 Hernán Buenahora Gutiérrez (Col) Cafes Baque 37 7 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 28 8 Francisco Mancebo Pérez (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 26 9 Iván Ramiro Parra Pinto (Col) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 22 10 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 22 11 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) L.A.-Pecol 21 12 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Credit Agricole 16 13 Dailos Diaz Armas (Spa) Spanish National Team 14 14 Alberto López De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 14 15 Rodrigo García Rena (Spa) Spanish National Team 13 16 Hugo Sabido (Por) Milaneza Maia 12 17 Samuel Sánchez González (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 11 18 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10 19 Roberto Heras Hernández (Spa) Liberty Seguros 8 20 Hernani Broco (Por) L.A.-Pecol 8 21 Pedro M Andrade Oliveira (Por) L.A.-Pecol 8 22 Mikel Pradera Rodríguez (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 8 23 Miguel Martín Perdiguero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 7 24 José M Elias Galindo (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 6 25 José Angel Gómez Marchante (Spa) Costa De Almeria-Paternina 5 26 Gorka González Larrañaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5 27 Eladio Jiménez Sánchez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 4 28 Joaquim López Torrella (Spa) Costa De Almeria-Paternina 4 29 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Liberty Seguros 3 30 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros 2 31 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Liberty Seguros 2 32 Adolfo García Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 1 33 Carlos Ramón Golbano García (Spa) Costa De Almeria-Paternina 1 34 Andrei Zintchenko (Rus) Milaneza Maia 1 35 Óscar Laguna García (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 1 Metas volantes classification 1 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Credit Agricole 8 pts 2 Miguel Martín Perdiguero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4 3 Pedro M Andrade Oliveira (Por) L.A.-Pecol 4 4 Francisco Mancebo Pérez (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 3 5 Mario De Sarraga Orviz (Spa) Spanish National Team 3 6 Iván Ramiro Parra Pinto (Col) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 3 7 Eladio Jiménez Sánchez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 3 8 Rodrigo García Rena (Spa) Spanish National Team 3 9 Jonathan González Rios (Spa) Costa De Almeria-Paternina 3 10 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Credit Agricole 2 11 René Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros 1 12 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole 1 13 Hernani Broco (Por) L.A.-Pecol 1 14 Jon Odriozola Mugarza (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 1 15 Mikel Pradera Rodríguez (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 1 Teams classification 1 Euskaltel - Euskadi 50.11.06 2 Costa De Almeria - Paternina 2.44 3 Com. Valenciana - Kelme 4.13 4 Liberty Seguros 5.03 5 L.A. - Pecol 5.49 6 Cafes Baque 11.10 7 Saunier Duval - Prodir 13.36 8 Milaneza Maia 16.16 9 Relax - Bodysol 16.34 10 Credit Agricole 18.44 11 Illes Balears - Banesto 20.53 12 Ag2R Prevoyance 59.09 13 Selección Española 1.04.05 14 Team L.P.R. - Piacenza Management 1.28.55
