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24th Vuelta a Burgos - 2.1
Spain, August 12-16, 2002
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Stage 4 - August 15: Huerta del Rey - Lagunas de Neila, 165km
CSC's ex MTBer Rasmussen is first to find the Black Lagoon
Banesto reminds the punters just who it is that owns this Spanish season
By Martin ‘Cervantes’ Hardie, Cyclingnews correspondent
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The former mountain biker, Michael Rasmussen (Den) built upon his fine Giro form when he was the first to reach the summit of the magically named Alto de las Lagunas Negra de Niela, high in the Sierra de la Demanda of Burgos today. With less than 5 kilometres to go in the 165 kilometre stage, Rasmussen split the peloton when he attacked on the demanding climb, he quickly passed the lone survivor of an earlier break, Oscar Camenzind (Phonak) and never looked back to take the stage 20 seconds ahead of Roberto Heras (USPS) and new race leader Banesto's Paco Mancebo. Mancebo assumes the race lead and Rasmussen has climbed to fourth place behind yesterday's leader, Mikel Zarrabeitia (ONCE).
Earlier as the race reached the foot of the final special category puerto Angel Vicioso (Kelme) was at the head of the race, with a pursuing group of Torrent (Jazztel), Camenzind (Phonak), Hruska (ONCE) and Garcia Costa (Banesto) not too far behind. Closing in and preparing for the climb, behind, was the peloton, with all the major challengers within its cover, save for Hruska ahead.
Camenzind attacked his partners and on the first ramps of the puerto was soon riding with the tiring Vicioso. Behind, Mercado got a confusing wheel change and had to chase to regain his position. It was not long before all escapees were neutralised, save for the eager former world champ, Camenzind, who intended on staying away for as long as possible.
ONCE And Euskaltel were the early commanders of the peloton, allowing Iker Flores (Euskaltel Euskadi) a short flurry and piece of the limelight. Shortly after the gathering of the young Navarran Euskaltel rider and not long after they went under the 5 km banner Rasmussen let forth with a strong surge. The peloton was immediately damaged and as the road steepened a group emerged. Within it were Simoni (Saeco), Heras, Rubiera (USPS), Garcia (Kelme), Juan Carlos Dominguez (Phonak), Ferrara (Alessio), Rebello, Perez (Relax), Van de Wouwer (Lotto), Mancebo and Mercado (Banesto).
Heras and Simoni were the drivers as the settled in behind the flying Dane. The pace was too much for Rubiera, Zarrabeitia and the rest and initially only Simoni, Heras and Garcia could keep the set rhythm. Mercado was an early victim, not being able to stay with the Zarrabeitia group that had been left behind by the pace of Heras and Simoni. Seven seconds ahead of Heras and Simoni was Rasmussen and it seemed that if Heras could have his way he would mow him down in no time.
Alas, like on other days not so long ago the former Vuelta a Espańa winner had to ease off to rescue his more highly positioned teammate, Heras was continually looking over his shoulder to see where Rubiera was - stranded between Heras and the Zarrabeitia group. Meanwhile Mancebo was starting to put the hurts on the Zarrabeitia group and he was joined by the pace of Dominguez.
Chechu Rubiera made it on to Heras's wheel, or more correctly Heras slowed down enough for Rubiera to stay there. Simoni sat behind the struggling USPS rider. Behind, Mancebo continued with Dominguez in chase, then a little further back was Rebollo, Zarrabeitia and Van de Wouwer. At the front, Garcia had gone away and Simoni was the first to falter, a powering Mancebo, who was within reach of Heras and his trailer near the 2km banner, soon passed the Italian. You could almost hear the USPS conversation: "Venga Chechu" ("come on Chechu") said Roberto, "mas despacio" ("slower") replied Rubiera! The last two kilometres were no easier than the first long seven; to the contrary they were harder.
Into the last kilometre and a half Mancebo who had tucked in behind Rubiera and his nurse attacked and Heras followed. If it had happened any earlier it might have been a disastrous move by USPS for there was no sign of response by Rubiera. But Mancebo was too close to the top of the classification to be let go. Under the final kilometre banner they had 4 seconds on the struggling Chechu. Chechu in turn had around 30 seconds on Zarrabeitia.
Mancebo with Heras on his wheel caught Garcia. Ahead Rasmussen took the honours unchallenged. Twenty seconds later Heras came around Mancebo with no time to spare to take away from the Banesto rider any bonus time in order to lessen his advantage over Rubiera. But with tomorrow containing only one Cat. 3 climb on the run in to Burgos it will take a distaster from stopping what has become the way of the Spanish season - another Vuelta won by Banesto.
Yesterday I mentioned depth in respect to ONCE, well for that quality one thing must be sure - Banesto sure show a lot of that. They lost the 2000 Burgos winner Piepoli in Tuesday's crash. The 2001 winner, Mercado lost time in that crash and was then more or less out of the running to defend his crown. When all eyes are on the USPS/ONCE battle today the Banesto lads give all concerned a little reminder, they are a team of tour winners and they own this season. Banesto are shaping themselves up for a grand Vuelta a Espańa, but if Heras is allowed to ride his race he may prove unbeatable in the mountains. The question will be in September are there enough of those to make up for any time trialling deficiency he might have.
Photography
Images by AFP
- Michael Rasmussen (CSC Tiscali) on his way to winning stage 4
- Francisco Mancebo (iBanesto.com) poses on the podium as new overall leader of the Vuelta a Burgos
Results
1 Michael Rasmussen (Den) CSC-Tiscali 4.11.04 (39.43 km/h) 2 Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal Service 0.20 3 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) iBanesto.com 4 Carlos Garcia (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 0.30 5 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal Service 0.31 6 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Phonak Hearing System 1.02 7 Raffaele Ferrara (Ita) Alessio 1.12 8 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 1.15 9 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 1.26 10 Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 1.39 11 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 12 Sergio Perez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 1.47 13 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) iBanesto.com 1.50 14 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio 2.06 15 Isidro Nozal (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 2.21 16 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 17 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 18 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Fassa Bortolo 2.24 19 Ricardo Valdez (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 2.26 20 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Fassa Bortolo 2.28 21 Christian Vandevelde (USA) US Postal Service 2.38 22 Juan José De Los Angeles (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanc 2.45 23 Mauro Zanetti (Ita) Alessio 2.59 24 J.Antonio Pecharroman (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Alm 3.02 25 J.Manuel Vazquez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 26 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3.15 27 David Fernandez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 3.19 28 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 29 Fabio Testi (Ita) De Nardi-Pasta Montegrappa 4.01 30 Davide Frattini (Ita) Alessio 4.07 31 Jan Hruska (Cze) ONCE-Eroski 4.16 32 José Iván Gutierrez (Spa) iBanesto.com 33 Francisco Cerezo (Spa) CSC-Tiscali 34 Alberto Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 35 Josu Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 36 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 4.32 37 Jorge Capitan Peregrina (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 4.37 38 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 4.46 39 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 4.50 40 Rubén Diaz De Cerio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.53 41 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.58 42 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Saeco-Longoni Sport 5.17 43 Michele Bartoli (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 5.33 44 Oscar Pozzi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 45 Tom Stremersch (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 5.36 46 Rafael Casero (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 5.46 47 Dario Gadeo (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 5.51 48 Gorka Gerrikagoitia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6.07 49 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Alessio 6.11 50 Oscar Camenzind (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 51 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) iBanesto.com 6.32 52 Angel Vicioso (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 6.38 53 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 7.01 54 James Vanlandschoot (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 55 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) iBanesto.com 7.35 56 Rudolf Wentzel (RSA) Vlaanderen-T Interim 7.48 57 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8.29 58 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) CSC-Tiscali 59 Rafael Diaz Justo (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 8.34 60 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 8.43 61 Juan Guillamon (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 8.53 62 Gonzalo Bayarri (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 63 Serguei Smetanine (Rus) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 64 Serge Baguet (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 11.01 65 Mario Aerts (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 66 Alberto Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 67 Jesus Maria Manzano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 68 Seweryn Kohut (Pol) De Nardi-Pasta Montegrappa 69 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 70 Santiago Blanco (Spa) iBanesto.com 71 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 72 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) iBanesto.com 73 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 74 Vitali Kokorine (Rus) De Nardi-Pasta Montegrappa 75 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 11.05 76 Reto Bergmann (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 77 Michael Barry (Can) US Postal Service 11.10 78 Oscar Mason (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 11.17 79 Carlos Sastre (Spa) CSC-Tiscali 80 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 81 Jan Valach (Svk) De Nardi-Pasta Montegrappa 82 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems 83 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio 11.38 84 Marcelino Garcia (Spa) CSC-Tiscali 85 David Arroyo (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 11.45 86 Jehudi Schoonacher (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 11.47 87 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 11.55 88 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 11.57 89 Nico Sijmens (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 12.27 90 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 91 Geoffrey Demeyere (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 12.32 92 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Saeco-Longoni Sport 12.43 93 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) De Nardi-Pasta Montegrapp 12.47 94 Michele Gobbi (Ita) De Nardi-Pasta Montegrappa 12.47 95 Kurt Van Lancker (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 12.53 96 Angel Castresana (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 12.58 97 Steffen Kjaergaard (Nor) US Postal Service 13.34 98 Rene Andrle (Cze) ONCE-Eroski 99 Raphael Jeune (Fra) CSC-Tiscali 100 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service 15.59 101 David Clinger (USA) US Postal Service 16.11 102 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) De Nardi-Pasta Montegrapp 25.58 DNS Igor Astarloa (Spa) Saeco-Longoni Sport DNF William Chann Mcrae (USA) US Postal Service DNF Ief Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Adecco DNF Isaac Galvez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca DNF Manuel Calvente (Spa) CSC-Tiscali DNF Nicki Sorensen (Den) CSC-Tiscali DNF Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim DNF Remmert Wielinga (Ned) De Nardi-Pasta Montegrappa Points 1 Michael Rasmussen (Den) CSC-Tiscali 25 pts 2 Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal Service 20 3 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) iBanesto.com 16 4 Carlos Garcia (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 14 5 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal Service 12 6 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Phonak Hearing System 10 7 Raffaele Ferrara (Ita) Alessio 9 8 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 8 9 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 7 10 Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 6 11 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 5 12 Sergio Perez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 4 13 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) iBanesto.com 3 14 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio 2 15 Isidro Nozal (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 1 Mountains Alto del Cerro, - Cat. 3, km 7 1 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio 6 pts 2 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4 3 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 2 4 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) iBanesto.com 1 Alto de Arroyo - Cat. 3, km 32 1 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio 6 pts 2 Jesus Maria Manzano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 4 3 Isidro Nozal (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 2 4 Carlos Sastre (Spa) CSC-Tiscali 1 Puerto del Collado - Cat. 1, km 71 1 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio 16 pts 2 Dario Gadeo (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 12 3 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 10 4 Carlos Sastre (Spa) CSC-Tiscali 8 5 Santiago Blanco (Spa) iBanesto.com 6 6 Isidro Nozal (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 4 7 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) iBanesto.com 3 8 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 9 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 1 Alto de Arroyo - Cat. 3, km 112 1 Michele Gobbi (Ita) De Nardi-Pasta Montegrappa 6 pts 2 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) iBanesto.com 4 3 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 2 4 Carlos Sastre (Spa) CSC-Tiscali 1 Lagunas de Neila - Cat. E, km 165 1 Michael Rasmussen (Den) CSC-Tiscali 30 pts 2 Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal Service 25 3 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) iBanesto.com 20 4 Carlos Garcia (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 16 5 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal Service 12 6 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Phonak Hearing System 10 7 Raffaele Ferrara (Ita) Alessio 8 8 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 6 9 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 4 10 Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 3 11 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 2 12 Sergio Perez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 1 Metas volantes Salas de los Infantes, km 23 1 Manuel Calvente (Spa) CSC-Tiscali 3 pts 2 Rafael Casero (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 2 3 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) CSC-Tiscali 1 Huerta de Abajo, km 46 1 Rafael Casero (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 3 pts 2 Manuel Calvente (Spa) CSC-Tiscali 2 3 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) CSC-Tiscali 1 Quintanar de la Sierra, km 78 1 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio 3 pts 2 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 3 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) iBanesto.com 1 Teams 1 US Postal Service 12.36.41 2 Relax-Fuenlabrada 1.54 3 Kelme-Costa Blanca 2.07 4 Alessio 2.48 5 iBanesto.com 2.57 6 Fassa Bortolo 4.38 7 ONCE-Eroski 4.47 8 Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 6.45 9 Phonak Hearing Systems 7.03 10 Lotto-Adecco 8.18 11 Team CSC Tiscali 9.16 12 Euskaltel-Euskadi 9.56 13 Saeco-Longoni Sport 14.31 14 Vlaanderen-T Interim 18.21 15 De Nardi-Pasta Montegrappa 22.34 General classification after stage 4 1 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) iBanesto.com 12.33.58 2 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal Service 0.12 3 Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 0.31 4 Michael Rasmussen (Den) CSC-Tiscali 0.36 5 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Phonak Hearing System 0.41 6 Carlos Garcia (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 0.49 7 Isidro Nozal (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 1.27 8 Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal Service 1.41 9 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) iBanesto.com 1.42 10 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 2.04 11 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 2.12 12 Sergio Perez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 2.14 13 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Fassa Bortolo 2.37 14 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 2.41 15 Raffaele Ferrara (Ita) Alessio 2.44 16 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 2.48 17 Juan José De Los Angeles (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanc 2.53 18 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3.04 19 Jan Hruska (Cze) ONCE-Eroski 3.08 20 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 3.09 21 Christian Vandevelde (USA) US Postal Service 3.16 22 J.Manuel Vazquez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 3.18 23 J.Antonio Pecharroman (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Alm 3.26 24 Ricardo Valdez (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 3.31 25 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 3.36 26 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio 3.38 27 David Fernandez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 3.45 28 José Iván Gutierrez (Spa) iBanesto.com 3.45 29 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Fassa Bortolo 4.13 30 Alberto Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.24 31 Davide Frattini (Ita) Alessio 4.38 32 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 5.06 33 Michele Bartoli (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 5.12 34 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 5.21 35 Francisco Cerezo (Spa) CSC-Tiscali 5.27 36 Mauro Zanetti (Ita) Alessio 5.33 37 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5.47 38 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 6.04 39 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Saeco-Longoni Sport 6.14 40 Rafael Casero (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 6.21 41 Tom Stremersch (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 6.38 42 Dario Gadeo (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 6.56 43 Gorka Gerrikagoitia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6.56 44 James Vanlandschoot (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 7.42 45 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) iBanesto.com 7.56 46 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 8.12 47 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 8.39 48 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) iBanesto.com 9.04 49 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 9.28 50 Rafael Diaz Justo (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 9.28 51 Juan Guillamon (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 9.58 52 Angel Vicioso (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 10.38 53 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Alessio 10.40 54 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) iBanesto.com 10.40 55 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) CSC-Tiscali 10.42 56 Oscar Camenzind (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 10.45 57 Oscar Pozzi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 11.10 58 Jesus Maria Manzano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 11.20 59 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 11.37 60 Michael Barry (Can) US Postal Service 11.48 61 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems 11.53 62 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 12.06 63 Oscar Mason (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 12.14 64 Angel Castresana (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 12.20 65 Jan Valach (Svk) De Nardi-Pasta Montegrappa 12.26 66 Carlos Sastre (Spa) CSC-Tiscali 12.28 67 Mario Aerts (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 12.33 68 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 12.48 69 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 12.54 70 Seweryn Kohut (Pol) De Nardi-Pasta Montegrappa 12.56 71 Rene Andrle (Cze) ONCE-Eroski 13.10 72 Santiago Blanco (Spa) iBanesto.com 13.35 73 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Saeco-Longoni Sport 13.38 74 Vitali Kokorine (Rus) De Nardi-Pasta Montegrappa 13.42 75 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 14.22 76 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 14.34 77 David Arroyo (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 14.42 78 Michele Gobbi (Ita) De Nardi-Pasta Montegrappa 14.51 79 Steffen Kjaergaard (Nor) US Postal Service 14.58 80 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio 15.14 81 Serge Baguet (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 15.44 82 David Clinger (USA) US Postal Service 16.10 83 Josu Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 16.12 84 Fabio Testi (Ita) De Nardi-Pasta Montegrappa 16.47 85 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 16.56 86 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service 17.23 87 Reto Bergmann (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 17.26 88 Jorge Capitan Peregrina (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 17.27 89 Rubén Diaz De Cerio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 17.35 90 Rudolf Wentzel (RSA) Vlaanderen-T Interim 20.36 91 Gonzalo Bayarri (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 22.37 92 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 23.27 93 Alberto Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 23.43 94 Serguei Smetanine (Rus) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 24.41 95 Nico Sijmens (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 25.15 96 Marcelino Garcia (Spa) CSC-Tiscali 25.16 97 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) De Nardi-Pasta Montegrapp 26.03 98 Kurt Van Lancker (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 27.04 99 Geoffrey Demeyere (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 27.40 100 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) De Nardi-Pasta Montegrapp 33.20 101 Jehudi Schoonacher (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 39.23 102 Raphael Jeune (Fra) CSC-Tiscali 41.23 Points classification 1 Michele Bartoli (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 36 pts 2 Davide Frattini (Ita) Alessio 28 3 Michael Rasmussen (Den) CSC-Tiscali 25 4 José Iván Gutierrez (Spa) iBanesto.com 25 5 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 25 6 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 23 7 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal Service 21 8 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 21 9 Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 20 10 Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal Service 20 11 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) iBanesto.com 19 12 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 19 13 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Syste 14 14 Carlos Garcia (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 14 15 Alberto Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10 16 Oscar Camenzind (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 10 17 Raffaele Ferrara (Ita) Alessio 9 18 Jan Hruska (Cze) ONCE-Eroski 9 19 Isidro Nozal (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 8 20 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 8 21 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) iBanesto.com 8 22 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 8 23 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 7 24 Juan José De Los Angeles (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanc 6 25 Rene Andrle (Cze) ONCE-Eroski 6 26 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 5 27 J.Antonio Pecharroman (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Alm 5 28 Sergio Perez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 4 29 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) De Nardi-Pasta Montegrappa 4 30 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) iBanesto.com 3 31 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio 2 32 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio 2 33 J.Manuel Vazquez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 1 34 James Vanlandschoot (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 1 Mountains classification 1 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio 54 pts 2 Michael Rasmussen (Den) CSC-Tiscali 30 3 Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal Service 25 4 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 20 5 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) iBanesto.com 20 6 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Saeco-Longoni Sport 19 7 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal Service 17 8 Carlos Garcia (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 16 9 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 15 10 Dario Gadeo (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 14 11 Carlos Sastre (Spa) CSC-Tiscali 13 12 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Syste 10 13 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 10 14 Raffaele Ferrara (Ita) Alessio 8 15 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) iBanesto.com 8 16 Angel Castresana (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 8 17 Michele Gobbi (Ita) De Nardi-Pasta Montegrappa 6 18 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 6 19 Santiago Blanco (Spa) iBanesto.com 6 20 Isidro Nozal (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 6 21 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6 22 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 4 23 Jesus Maria Manzano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 4 24 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 4 25 José Iván Gutierrez (Spa) iBanesto.com 4 26 Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 3 27 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 3 28 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) CSC-Tiscali 3 29 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 2 30 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 2 31 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) iBanesto.com 2 32 David Fernandez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 2 33 Sergio Perez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 1 34 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1 35 Serguei Smetanine (Rus) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 1 36 Rafael Diaz Justo (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 1 Metas volantes classification 1 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Saeco-Longoni Sport 11 pts 2 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio 10 3 Rafael Casero (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 5 4 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Saeco-Longoni Sport 3 5 José Iván Gutierrez (Spa) iBanesto.com 3 6 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 7 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal Service 2 8 Jan Hruska (Cze) ONCE-Eroski 2 9 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 2 10 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) CSC-Tiscali 2 11 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) iBanesto.com 1 12 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1 13 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1 14 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 1 15 Santiago Blanco (Spa) iBanesto.com 1 16 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1 17 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service 1 Teams classification 1 US Postal Service 37.45.34 2 ONCE-Eroski 1.26 3 iBanesto.com 1.44 4 Relax-Fuenlabrada 2.42 5 Kelme-Costa Blanca 6 Fassa Bortolo 4.12 7 Alessio 6.13 8 Phonak Hearing Systems 6.33 9 Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 8.08 10 Euskaltel-Euskadi 11.01 11 Lotto-Adecco 11.43 12 Team CSC Tiscali 12.08 13 Saeco-Longoni Sport 16.41 14 Vlaanderen-T Interim 20.24 15 De Nardi-Pasta Montegrappa 26.20
