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82nd Volta a Catalunya - 2.HC
Spain, June 17-23, 2002
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Stage 7 - June 23: Montcada i Reixac-Barcelone, 115.9 km
Heras wins final Catalunya GC in Barcelona
By Tim Maloney, European editor
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With today's win by Roberto Heras (USPS) in the 82nd edition of the hors categorie Volta a Catalunya, the two most important stage races leading up to the Tour De France have been won by riders from the United States Postal Service Team. Heras rode solidly throughout la Volta and was well supported by a strong USPS squad that withstood attacks by Team Coast and ONCE throughout the race.
Heras has thus earned his biggest win since the 2000 Vuelta d'Espana, which should give the diminutive 28 year old from Bejar a solid morale boost going into the Tour in two weeks time. Team Coast had two riders in the top three and with their powerful performance in Catalunya, showed why they, and not a second-rate French team like Jean Delatour, deserved to be selected for the upcoming Tour De France.
As a heat wave continued to bake southern Europe, the hot, sun-soaked final stage of the Volta was a short and not too sweet ride over the brown hills behind the littoral of Barcelona, capital of the Catalunya region. After 11 km, a group of 4 got away before the first climb of the day. Climbers Lara (Coast), Parra (ONCE), powerhouse iBanesto rider Flecha and passenger Valverde (Kelme) were on the attack on the short stage.
With ONCE and Coast away, the intent was clear: toast the Posties by making them chase all day so ONCE and Coast could try to attack Heras on the last climb. With Heras 31 seconds ahead of Coast rider Garmendia and 44 seconds on his teammate Luis Perez, cagy Coast DS Juan Fernandez had nothing to lose by adopting a devil take the hindmost strategy on the final stage of the Volta.
But Fernandez and ONCE DS Manolo Saiz didn't reckon with one thing; the strength of the USPS team. Up and down, all day long, Postal powered away up front and kept the break close in a display of team power and strength that few squads can match. Plus, USPS had the home field advantage in the Volta a Catalunya; although Heras is from near Madrid, many of the USPS riders make Girona, 80km north of Barcelona their European base and are used to the roads and the heat of Catalunya.
At the base of the final climb up to Tibidabo, the mountain that overlooks Barca, the quartet had just under a minute on the peloton, led by USPS's Christian Vandevelde. The chase was reeling in the break and halfway up the back side of Tibidabo, Coast's Lara made his move and attacked the break. The 25 year old blew the break apart, with only Flecha able to keep pace 15" back, but USPS had upped the pace and was pulling back Lara quickly. Zarrabeitia and Perez both attacked Heras during the chase up Tibidabo, but the race leader easily covered both moves.
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Over the summit of Tibidabo with 10km to race, just past Parco Guell amusement park, a group of 17 caught Lara and it was anybody's stage, although Heras was clearly the boss.
Heras had teammate George Hincapie leading the charge down the mountain into Barcelona, with Garmendia, Perez, Escartin, Plaza and Lara from Team Coast, Mancebo, Pascual Rodriguez and Leonardo Piepoli from iBanesto.com, Fofonov and Atienza from Cofidis as well as Karpets (Itera), Rumsas (Lampre-Daikin), Noval (Relax-Fuenlabrada), Garrido (Jazztel-Costa De Almeria) and Landaluze (Euskaltel-Euskadi) to keep contained. Despite a move by Pascual Rodriguez that Hincapie smothered, Fofonov took the sprint and a delighted Heras took the overall GC.
Photography
Images by AFP
- Dimitri Fofonov (Cofidis) wins the final stage of the Volta a Catalunya
- Roberto Heras (USPS) on the podium in the white jersey as the winner of the Volta a Catalunya
Results
1 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis 2.44.12 2 Jav Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) iBanesto.com 3 Raimondas Rumsas (Ltu) Lampre-Daikin 4 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 5 Fernando Escartin (Spa) Team Coast 6 Jose Antonio Garrido (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 7 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) iBanesto.com 9 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) iBanesto.com 10 Roberto Heras (Spa) U.S. Postal Service 11 Luis Perez (Spa) Team Coast 12 David Plaza (Spa) Team Coast 13 Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 14 Aitor Garmendia (Spa) Team Coast 15 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Itera 16 Francisco Jose Lara (Spa) Team Coast 17 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis 18 George Hincapie (USA) U.S. Postal Service 0.19 19 Jordi Riera (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 0.38 20 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 21 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 22 Jose Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) iBanesto.com 23 Mikel Pradera (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 24 Juan Carlos Guillamon (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 25 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 26 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 27 Christian Vandevelde (USA) U.S. Postal Service 28 Jose Manuel Vazquez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 29 Oscar Freire (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 0.42 30 Alvaro Gonzalez (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 31 Raphael Schweda (Ger) Team Coast 32 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bartolo 33 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis 34 Udo Bolts (Ger) Telekom 35 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bartolo 36 Rafael Diaz (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 37 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 38 David Caņada (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 1.15 39 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Telekom 1.55 40 Matthew White (Aus) U.S. Postal Service 1.56 41 Mario Aerts (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 1.57 42 René Andrle (Cze) ONCE-Eroski 43 Jose Manuel Maestre (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 44 Gustavo M. Toledo (Arg) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 45 Maxim Smirnov (Rus) Itera 46 Jan Hruska (Cze) ONCE-Eroski 47 Dmitri Konyshev (Rus) Fassa Bartolo 48 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 49 Xavier Florencio (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 3.10 50 Pietro Cauchioli (Ita) Alessio 3.30 51 Peter Farazijn (Bel) Cofidis 52 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) iBanesto.com 53 Alberto Vinale (Ita) Alessio 54 Ivan Ramiro Parra (Col) ONCE-Eroski 55 Jose Vicente Garcia (Spa) iBanesto.com 56 Serguei Smetanine (Rus) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 5.13 57 Edouard Gritsoun (Rus) Itera 58 Ludo Dierckxsens (Bel) Lampre-Daikin 5.56 59 Rafael Casero (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 60 Iņigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis 61 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 6.12 62 Andrea Tafi (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 63 Jaime Hernandez (Spa) Team Coast 64 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Fassa Bartolo 65 Roberto Lozano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 66 Jose Angel Vidal (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 67 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 68 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Team Coast 69 Kai Hundertmarck (Ger) Telekom 70 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 71 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 72 Igor Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 73 Nicola Loda (Ita) Fassa Bartolo 74 Davide Frattini (Ita) Alessio 75 Andrea Brognara (Ita) Alessio 76 Julian Usano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 77 Jon Odriozola (Spa) iBanesto.com 78 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 79 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 80 Chris Peers (Bel) Cofidis 81 Roberto Petito (Ita) Fassa Bartolo 82 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bartolo 83 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Itera 84 Luca Paolini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 85 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 10.14 86 Serguei Klimov (Rus) Itera 87 Michael Barry (Can) U.S. Postal Service 12.20 88 Tom Boonen (Bel) U.S. Postal Service 89 Chann Mcrae (USA) U.S. Postal Service 90 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Telekom 91 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 14.15 92 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 93 Hans De Clercq (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 94 Tom Steels (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step 95 Andreas Klier (Ger) Telekom 96 Xabier Zandio (Spa) iBanesto.com 97 Lander Euba (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 98 German Nieto (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 18.43 99 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Adecco 20.04 100 Glenn D'hollander (Bel) Lotto-Adecco Points 1 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis 25 pts 2 Jav Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) iBanesto.com 20 3 Raimondas Rumsas (Ltu) Lampre-Daikin 16 4 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 14 5 Fernando Escartin (Spa) Team Coast 12 6 Jose Antonio Garrido (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 10 7 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 9 8 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) iBanesto.com 8 9 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) iBanesto.com 7 10 Roberto Heras (Spa) U.S. Postal Service 6 11 Luis Perez (Spa) Team Coast 5 12 David Plaza (Spa) Team Coast 4 13 Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 3 14 Aitor Garmendia (Spa) Team Coast 2 15 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Itera 1 Mountains Font De La Cera - Cat. 3 1 Francisco Jose Lara (Spa) Team Coast 6 pts 2 Ivan Ramiro Parra (Col) ONCE-Eroski 4 3 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2 4 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) iBanesto.com 1 La Conreria - Cat. 2 1 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) iBanesto.com 10 pts 2 Francisco Jose Lara (Spa) Team Coast 7 3 Ivan Ramiro Parra (Col) ONCE-Eroski 5 4 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 3 5 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bartolo 2 6 Mikel Pradera (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 1 Forat Del Vent - Cat. 3 1 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) iBanesto.com 6 pts 2 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 4 3 Ivan Ramiro Parra (Col) ONCE-Eroski 2 4 Francisco Jose Lara (Spa) Team Coast 1 El Tibidabo - Cat. 2 1 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis 10 pts 2 Fernando Escartin (Spa) Team Coast 7 3 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 5 4 Roberto Heras (Spa) U.S. Postal Service 3 5 Jose Antonio Garrido (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 2 6 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) iBanesto.com 1 Metas Volantes Montornes - km 10.2 1 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 3 pts 2 Nicola Loda (Ita) Fassa Bartolo 2 3 Gustavo M. Toledo (Arg) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 1 Barcelona - km 54.4 1 Ivan Ramiro Parra (Col) ONCE-Eroski 3 pts 2 Francisco Jose Lara (Spa) Team Coast 2 3 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1 Sprints Montgat - km 26.2 1 Francisco Jose Lara (Spa) Team Coast 3 pts 2 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2 3 Ivan Ramiro Parra (Col) ONCE-Eroski 1 Sant Fos De Capsentelles - km 38.6 1 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) iBanesto.com 3 pts 2 Francisco Jose Lara (Spa) Team Coast 2 3 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1 Teams 1 iBanesto.com 8.12.36 2 Team Coast 3 Cofidis 0.42 4 U.S. Postal Service 0.57 5 Relax-Fuenlabrada 1.16 6 Once-Eroski 1.20 7 Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 2.35 8 Euskaltel-Euskadi 9 Mapei-Quick Step 10 Fassa Bartolo 3.21 11 Lampre-Daikin 6.34 12 Itera 7.10 13 Kelme-Costa Blanca 7.32 14 Telekom 8.49 15 Alessio 13.12 16 Lotto-Adecco 30.27 Final general classification 1 Roberto Heras (Spa) U.S. Postal Service 17.27.20 2 Aitor Garmendia (Spa) Team Coast 0.31 3 Luis Perez (Spa) Team Coast 0.44 4 Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 0.51 5 Fernando Escartin (Spa) Team Coast 1.00 6 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) iBanesto.com 1.04 7 David Plaza (Spa) Team Coast 1.38 8 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) iBanesto.com 1.47 9 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 1.48 10 Jose Antonio Garrido (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 1.51 11 Raimondas Rumsas (Ltu) Lampre-Daikin 1.56 12 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Itera 1.58 13 Jav Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) iBanesto.com 2.28 14 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis 2.38 15 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis 2.57 16 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 3.05 17 Alvaro Gonzalez (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 3.35 18 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bartolo 4.03 19 Jose Manuel Vazquez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 4.14 20 Jose Manuel Maestre (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 5.16 21 Raphael Schweda (Ger) Team Coast 7.04 22 Juan Carlos Guillamon (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 7.11 23 Christian Vandevelde (USA) U.S. Postal Service 7.28 24 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) iBanesto.com 8.01 25 Mario Aerts (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 8.08 26 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 8.54 27 Francisco Jose Lara (Spa) Team Coast 9.17 28 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis 10.00 29 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bartolo 10.15 30 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 10.41 31 Udo Bolts (Ger) Telekom 11.00 32 Iņigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis 11.07 33 Ivan Ramiro Parra (Col) ONCE-Eroski 11.33 34 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 12.26 35 David Caņada (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 13.52 36 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 13.59 37 Jordi Riera (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 15.26 38 Mikel Pradera (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 16.14 39 Maxim Smirnov (Rus) Itera 16.41 40 Pietro Cauchioli (Ita) Alessio 16.43 41 Gustavo M. Toledo (Arg) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 18.41 42 Rafael Diaz (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 18.48 43 Rafael Casero (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 19.16 44 George Hincapie (USA) U.S. Postal Service 20.43 45 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 20.47 46 Edouard Gritsoun (Rus) Itera 21.00 47 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 21.04 48 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 21.55 49 Jose Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) iBanesto.com 22.25 50 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Fassa Bartolo 24.29 51 Dmitri Konyshev (Rus) Fassa Bartolo 26.27 52 René Andrle (Cze) ONCE-Eroski 26.53 53 Jose Vicente Garcia (Spa) iBanesto.com 27.29 54 Xavier Florencio (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 28.30 55 Ludo Dierckxsens (Bel) Lampre-Daikin 28.53 56 Jon Odriozola (Spa) iBanesto.com 29.09 57 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 29.28 58 Jan Hruska (Cze) ONCE-Eroski 29.53 59 Davide Frattini (Ita) Alessio 30.17 60 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 30.56 61 Oscar Freire (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 31.04 62 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 31.27 63 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bartolo 32.29 64 Andrea Tafi (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 32.46 65 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Telekom 32.55 66 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Itera 33.13 67 Matthew White (Aus) U.S. Postal Service 33.46 68 Roberto Petito (Ita) Fassa Bartolo 34.26 69 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 35.34 70 Roberto Lozano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 36.20 71 Luca Paolini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 36.41 72 Michael Barry (Can) U.S. Postal Service 37.20 73 Andrea Brognara (Ita) Alessio 37.53 74 Jose Angel Vidal (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 38.07 75 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Team Coast 38.28 76 Jaime Hernandez (Spa) Team Coast 38.38 77 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 38.44 78 Serguei Smetanine (Rus) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 40.43 79 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 40.50 80 Alberto Vinale (Ita) Alessio 41.06 81 Kai Hundertmarck (Ger) Telekom 42.21 82 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 43.19 83 Peter Farazijn (Bel) Cofidis 43.44 84 Julian Usano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 47.39 85 Serguei Klimov (Rus) Itera 49.16 86 Chris Peers (Bel) Cofidis 49.30 87 Igor Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 50.09 88 Chann Mcrae (USA) U.S. Postal Service 50.31 89 Nicola Loda (Ita) Fassa Bartolo 50.45 90 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 54.13 91 Andreas Klier (Ger) Telekom 58.25 92 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Telekom 59.06 93 Hans De Clercq (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 59.39 94 Lander Euba (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.00.23 95 Tom Boonen (Bel) U.S. Postal Service 1.01.27 96 Tom Steels (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step 1.03.23 97 Xabier Zandio (Spa) iBanesto.com 1.18.23 Points classification 1 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 54 pts 2 Fernando Escartin (Spa) Team Coast 53 3 Jose Antonio Garrido (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 48 4 Raimondas Rumsas (Ltu) Lampre-Daikin 40 5 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Telekom 39 6 Roberto Heras (Spa) U.S. Postal Service 38 7 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis 37 8 Aitor Garmendia (Spa) Team Coast 33 9 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) iBanesto.com 32 10 Luis Perez (Spa) Team Coast 30 11 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 28 12 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) iBanesto.com 28 13 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 26 14 Jose Manuel Maestre (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 25 15 Tom Steels (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step 25 16 Oscar Freire (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 23 17 Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 23 18 Jav Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) iBanesto.com 21 19 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 20 20 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 19 21 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Itera 18 22 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bartolo 17 23 Andrea Tafi (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 16 24 David Plaza (Spa) Team Coast 15 25 Dmitri Konyshev (Rus) Fassa Bartolo 14 26 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10 27 Alberto Vinale (Ita) Alessio 9 28 Kai Hundertmarck (Ger) Telekom 9 29 Ludo Dierckxsens (Bel) Lampre-Daikin 9 30 Roberto Lozano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 8 31 Rafael Casero (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 7 32 Iņigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis 6 33 George Hincapie (USA) U.S. Postal Service 5 34 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis 4 35 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 4 36 Pietro Cauchioli (Ita) Alessio 2 37 Serguei Smetanine (Rus) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 2 Mountains classification 1 Jose Antonio Garrido (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 78 pts 2 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) iBanesto.com 39 3 Roberto Heras (Spa) U.S. Postal Service 39 4 Luis Perez (Spa) Team Coast 34 5 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 32 6 Fernando Escartin (Spa) Team Coast 31 7 Aitor Garmendia (Spa) Team Coast 30 8 Ivan Ramiro Parra (Col) ONCE-Eroski 29 9 Jose Manuel Maestre (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 23 10 Iņigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis 21 11 Raimondas Rumsas (Ltu) Lampre-Daikin 20 12 Francisco Jose Lara (Spa) Team Coast 18 13 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 17 14 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 17 15 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) iBanesto.com 16 16 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) iBanesto.com 14 17 Mikel Pradera (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 13 18 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis 12 19 Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 12 20 Juan Carlos Guillamon (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeri 11 21 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 10 22 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Team Coast 10 23 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 9 24 Udo Bolts (Ger) Telekom 8 25 Xabier Zandio (Spa) iBanesto.com 6 26 David Plaza (Spa) Team Coast 6 27 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Itera 6 28 Jose Vicente Garcia (Spa) iBanesto.com 4 29 Michael Barry (Can) U.S. Postal Service 4 30 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 4 31 Christian Vandevelde (USA) U.S. Postal Service 3 32 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bartolo 2 33 Jordi Riera (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2 34 George Hincapie (USA) U.S. Postal Service 2 35 Dmitri Konyshev (Rus) Fassa Bartolo 2 36 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 Metas volantes classification 1 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 10 pts 2 Nicola Loda (Ita) Fassa Bartolo 10 3 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 6 4 Xabier Zandio (Spa) iBanesto.com 4 5 Ivan Ramiro Parra (Col) ONCE-Eroski 3 6 Pietro Cauchioli (Ita) Alessio 3 7 Francisco Jose Lara (Spa) Team Coast 2 8 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 2 9 Julian Usano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2 10 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) iBanesto.com 2 11 Alvaro Gonzalez (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 2 12 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1 13 Gustavo M. Toledo (Arg) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 1 14 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 1 15 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 1 16 Jose Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) iBanesto.com 1 Sprints classification 1 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 12 pts 2 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 7 3 Francisco Jose Lara (Spa) Team Coast 5 4 Xabier Zandio (Spa) iBanesto.com 5 5 Pietro Cauchioli (Ita) Alessio 4 6 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) iBanesto.com 3 7 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) iBanesto.com 3 8 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 3 9 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 3 10 Iņigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis 3 11 Juan Carlos Guillamon (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeri 2 12 Jose Antonio Garrido (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 2 13 Ivan Ramiro Parra (Col) ONCE-Eroski 1 14 Jose Manuel Maestre (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 1 Teams classification 1 Team Coast 52.24.11 2 iBanesto.com 3.08 3 Relax-Fuenlabrada 6.30 4 Cofidis 9.17 5 Once-Eroski 10.07 6 Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 20.01 7 U.S. Postal Service 20.29 8 Mapei-Quick Step 29.50 9 Fassa Bartolo 29.52 10 Itera 30.29 11 Kelme-Costa Blanca 31.23 12 Lampre-Daikin 34.46 13 Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.10.07 14 Alessio 1.10.09 15 Telekom 1.18.19 16 Lotto-Adecco 1.34.54
