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82nd Volta a Catalunya - 2.HC
Spain, June 17-23, 2002
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Stage 3 - June 19: Sant Climent de Taull-Boi Taull ITT, 10.8 km
Aitor Garmendia soars in the cronoescalda
Heras moves up to the lead and maybe tomorrow never comes
By Martin Hardie, Cyclingnews correspondent
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The veteran Basque rider Aitor Garmendia (Coast) today won the "cronoescalada" of 10.8km from Sant Climent de Tall y Boí Tall. The win moved the former Banesto rider into second place overall behind the new race leader Roberto Heras (USPS) who finished six seconds behind Garmendia.
Garmendia rose up the open, green slopes passing through the switchbacks in an admirable 22 minutes and 16 seconds. Heras had covered the first 5.4km 10 seconds faster than the veteran but lost his lead over the second half. The same was the case for Mikel Zarrabeitia who - looking trim and fit with his Basque country boy locks - covered the first 5.4km seven seconds behind Heras. Although he fought to the end he lost time to the diminutive Spaniard of USPS over the second half finishing ninth, 56 seconds behind his countryman, Garmendia.
The general classification now stands poised to be resolved over the next two days in one or both of the proposed mountain stages. Although the USPS team maintained control of the GC by again passing the baton between them, the cronoescalada changed the feature of the GC considerably and has selected the candidates for the final standings, Heras, Rumsas, Piepoli, Zarrabeitia and Escartin. Heras may be difficult to overtake; he looked good on the mountain today and the strain only really set in towards the end on the steeper sections.
The USPS tactics were for the team to take a rest today, let Heras do his job and be ready to support him in the coming days in the mountains. "At this point of the race, the right rider is in the jersey for our team," said Dirk Demol, the USPS team's assistant director sportif. "Going into the stage with Roberto in a key position (tied on time with Hincapie), I instructed the rest of the team to think about the next few days and how much it will take to keep the jersey with the team. It was better for them to save themselves for what's ahead and focus on helping just one rider win the race." Demol continued, "Roberto looks very comfortable and is very strong, both mentally and physically... He really wants to go for it and win this race."
The unresolved problem for Heras and the race is what happens next? Stage four is still up in the air with the Spanish riders maintaining their position of solidarity with tomorrow's general strike.
After the race Oscar Pitarch, the Director General of the Volta said that he is confident that the Spanish riders will dispute the 4th stage set for tomorrow after his meeting today with the cyclists association President, José Rodriguez.
Pitarch said "the last offer that we made is that they can stop where and at what time they want and that they can transmit any news that they consider opportune to show their solidarity with the general strike scheduled for tomorrow." He agreed that the last encounters with the representatives of the cyclists' collective, José Rodríguez and Eleuterio Anguita "have been positive and have given me optimism that we will have a favourable solution for both parties and especially for cycling."
For their part, Rodríguez and Anguita, returned to meet between tonight and tomorrow morning with the riders to discuss the offer of the organisers. In the last few hours some Spanish riders, especially those riding for foreign teams have seemed to be experiencing a change of mind.
We will have to wait till Thursday morning for an answer.
Results
1 Aitor Garmendia (Spa) Team Coast 22.16 (29.10 km/h) 2 Roberto Heras (Spa) U.S. Postal Service 0.06 3 Raimondas Rumsas (Ltu) Lampre-Daikin 0.18 4 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 0.24 5 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) iBanesto.com 0.36 6 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 0.40 7 Fernando Escartin (Spa) Team Coast 0.47 8 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Itera 0.52 9 Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 0.56 10 Iņigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis 11 Luis Perez (Spa) Team Coast 0.59 12 Jose Antonio Garrido (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almer 1.05 13 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1.06 14 Pietro Cauchioli (Ita) Alessio 1.08 15 David Plaza (Spa) Team Coast 1.11 16 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bartolo 17 Jav Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) iBanesto.com 1.16 18 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis 1.17 19 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis 1.19 20 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.20 21 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) iBanesto.com 1.21 22 Jon Odriozola (Spa) iBanesto.com 1.30 23 Gonzalo Bayarri (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 1.34 24 Eddy Ratti (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 1.35 25 Raphael Schweda (Ger) Team Coast 1.36 26 Alvaro Gonzalez (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 1.37 27 Mikel Pradera (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 1.39 28 Jose Manuel Vazquez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 1.49 29 Jose Manuel Maestre (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 1.52 30 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 1.54 31 Edouard Gritsoun (Rus) Itera 1.55 32 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.58 33 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) iBanesto.com 1.59 34 Mario Aerts (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 2.06 35 Francisco Jose Lara (Spa) Team Coast 2.08 36 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 37 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.09 38 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis 2.12 39 George Hincapie (USA) U.S. Postal Service 2.16 40 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2.19 41 Jose Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) iBanesto.com 2.22 42 Jan Hruska (Cze) ONCE-Eroski 2.23 43 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Mapei-Quick Step 2.24 44 Lander Euba (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.25 45 Udo Bolts (Ger) Telekom 2.26 46 Ivan Ramiro Parra (Col) ONCE-Eroski 2.28 47 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2.29 48 Maxim Smirnov (Rus) Itera 2.31 49 Jose Vicente Garcia (Spa) iBanesto.com 2.32 50 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Fassa Bartolo 2.33 51 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 52 Serguei Smetanine (Rus) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 2.38 53 Rafael Diaz (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 2.41 54 Christian Vandevelde (USA) U.S. Postal Service 2.43 55 Michael Barry (Can) U.S. Postal Service 2.43 56 Juan Carlos Guillamon (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Alme 2.44 57 Chann Mcrae (USA) U.S. Postal Service 2.48 58 Juan Manuel Cuenca (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2.52 59 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Alessio 2.58 60 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Team Coast 3.03 61 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 3.04 62 Jordi Riera (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 3.06 63 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.11 64 Glenn D'hollander (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 65 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 3.13 66 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 67 Ludo Dierckxsens (Bel) Lampre-Daikin 3.14 68 German Nieto (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 3.17 69 Xabier Zandio (Spa) iBanesto.com 3.19 70 Julian Usano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 3.22 71 Davide Frattini (Ita) Alessio 3.23 72 Serguei Klimov (Rus) Itera 3.25 73 Peter Farazijn (Bel) Cofidis 3.27 74 Kai Hundertmarck (Ger) Telekom 3.30 75 Jose Angel Vidal (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 3.31 76 Rafael Casero (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 3.35 77 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 3.38 78 Tom Steels (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step 3.48 79 Gorka Gerrikagoitia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 80 Dmitri Konyshev (Rus) Fassa Bartolo 3.49 81 Igor Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.51 82 Mauro Zanetti (Ita) Alessio 3.52 83 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Itera 3.55 84 René Andrle (Cze) ONCE-Eroski 85 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 3.56 86 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bartolo 3.57 87 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 3.57 88 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre-Daikin 4.03 89 Sergio Barbero (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 90 Roberto Petito (Ita) Fassa Bartolo 91 Gustavo M. Toledo (Arg) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 92 Luca Paolini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 93 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio 4.04 94 David Caņada (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 95 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Telekom 4.07 96 Alberto Vinale (Ita) Alessio 4.09 97 Andreas Klier (Ger) Telekom 4.11 98 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 4.12 99 Andrea Brognara (Ita) Alessio 4.15 100 Nicola Loda (Ita) Fassa Bartolo 4.19 101 Xavier Florencio (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 4.24 102 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bartolo 4.27 103 Jaime Hernandez (Spa) Team Coast 4.29 104 Matthew White (Aus) U.S. Postal Service 4.35 105 Oscar Freire (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 4.37 106 Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 4.40 107 Tom Boonen (Bel) U.S. Postal Service 4.43 108 Roberto Lozano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 4.44 109 Alexei Markov (Rus) Itera 4.45 110 Alexander Serov (Rus) Itera 4.48 111 Angelo Lopeboselli (Ita) Cofidis 4.51 112 Chris Peers (Bel) Cofidis 4.56 113 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Telekom 4.59 114 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 5.03 115 Hans De Clercq (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 5.13 116 Denis Smyslov (Rus) Itera 117 Jean-Michel Tessier (Fra) Cofidis 5.16 118 Andrea Tafi (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 5.22 119 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Adecco 5.55 Points 1 Aitor Garmendia (Spa) Team Coast 25 pts 2 Roberto Heras (Spa) U.S. Postal Service 20 3 Raimondas Rumsas (Ltu) Lampre-Daikin 16 4 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 14 5 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) iBanesto.com 12 6 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 10 7 Fernando Escartin (Spa) Team Coast 9 8 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Itera 8 9 Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 7 10 Iņigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis 6 11 Luis Perez (Spa) Team Coast 5 12 Jose Antonio Garrido (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almer 4 13 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 3 14 Pietro Cauchioli (Ita) Alessio 2 15 David Plaza (Spa) Team Coast 1 Mountains Boi Taull - Cat. E 1 Aitor Garmendia (Spa) Team Coast 30 pts 2 Roberto Heras (Spa) U.S. Postal Service 25 3 Raimondas Rumsas (Ltu) Lampre-Daikin 20 4 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 16 5 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) iBanesto.com 12 6 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 10 7 Fernando Escartin (Spa) Team Coast 8 8 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Itera 6 9 Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 4 10 Iņigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis 3 11 Luis Perez (Spa) Team Coast 2 12 Jose Antonio Garrido (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 1 Teams 1 Team Coast 1.08.34 2 Relax-Fuenlabrada 1.07 3 iBanesto.com 1.27 4 Cofidis 1.46 5 Once-Eroski 2.26 6 U.S. Postal Service 3.19 7 Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 3.31 8 Itera 3.32 9 Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.41 10 Kelme-Costa Blanca 4.08 11 Lampre-Daikin 4.19 12 Mapei-Quick Step 5.17 13 Alessio 5.43 14 Fassa Bartolo 5.47 15 Lotto-Adecco 6.44 16 Telekom 8.17 General classification after stage 3 1 Roberto Heras (Spa) U.S. Postal Service 5.32.03 2 Aitor Garmendia (Spa) Team Coast 0.15 3 Raimondas Rumsas (Ltu) Lampre-Daikin 0.37 4 Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 0.53 5 Fernando Escartin (Spa) Team Coast 1.02 6 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) iBanesto.com 1.04 7 Luis Perez (Spa) Team Coast 1.14 8 David Plaza (Spa) Team Coast 1.26 9 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 1.27 10 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Itera 1.28 11 Alvaro Gonzalez (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 1.34 12 Mikel Pradera (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 1.36 13 Eddy Ratti (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 1.39 14 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 1.43 15 Jav Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) iBanesto.com 1.44 16 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) iBanesto.com 1.49 17 Raphael Schweda (Ger) Team Coast 1.51 18 Jon Odriozola (Spa) iBanesto.com 1.58 19 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bartolo 2.02 20 George Hincapie (USA) U.S. Postal Service 2.10 21 Iņigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis 2.11 22 Jan Hruska (Cze) ONCE-Eroski 2.20 23 Jose Antonio Garrido (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almer 2.21 24 Francisco Jose Lara (Spa) Team Coast 2.23 25 Ivan Ramiro Parra (Col) ONCE-Eroski 2.25 26 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) iBanesto.com 2.27 27 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Mapei-Quick Step 2.28 28 Edouard Gritsoun (Rus) Itera 2.31 29 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis 2.32 30 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis 2.34 31 Mario Aerts (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 2.36 32 Christian Vandevelde (USA) U.S. Postal Service 2.37 33 Michael Barry (Can) U.S. Postal Service 2.37 34 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.38 35 Rafael Diaz (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 2.38 36 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2.45 37 Gonzalo Bayarri (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 2.50 38 Jose Manuel Vazquez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 2.52 39 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 40 Jose Manuel Maestre (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 2.55 41 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 2.57 42 Pietro Cauchioli (Ita) Alessio 2.59 43 Jose Vicente Garcia (Spa) iBanesto.com 3.00 44 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 3.08 45 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 3.11 46 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Fassa Bartolo 3.24 47 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis 3.27 48 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.27 49 Ludo Dierckxsens (Bel) Lampre-Daikin 3.33 50 Glenn D'hollander (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 3.41 51 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 3.43 52 René Andrle (Cze) ONCE-Eroski 3.57 53 Udo Bolts (Ger) Telekom 3.58 54 Juan Carlos Guillamon (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Alme 4.00 55 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 4.08 56 David Caņada (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 57 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 4.16 58 German Nieto (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 4.20 59 Xavier Florencio (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 4.21 60 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.29 61 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.31 62 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.36 63 Dmitri Konyshev (Rus) Fassa Bartolo 4.40 64 Oscar Freire (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 4.41 65 Jaime Hernandez (Spa) Team Coast 4.44 66 Jordi Riera (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 4.45 67 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bartolo 4.48 68 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Alessio 4.49 69 Rafael Casero (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 4.51 70 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 4.54 71 Roberto Petito (Ita) Fassa Bartolo 72 Kai Hundertmarck (Ger) Telekom 5.02 73 Gorka Gerrikagoitia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5.06 74 Luca Paolini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 5.08 75 Jose Angel Vidal (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 5.10 76 Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 77 Davide Frattini (Ita) Alessio 5.14 78 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bartolo 5.18 79 Gustavo M. Toledo (Arg) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 5.19 80 Andrea Tafi (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 5.35 81 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Telekom 5.39 82 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio 5.55 83 Andrea Brognara (Ita) Alessio 6.20 84 Roberto Lozano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 6.23 85 Jean-Michel Tessier (Fra) Cofidis 6.31 86 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Team Coast 6.45 87 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Itera 6.48 88 Alexei Markov (Rus) Itera 7.54 89 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 8.44 90 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 9.19 91 Maxim Smirnov (Rus) Itera 10.06 92 Sergio Barbero (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 10.14 93 Lander Euba (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 11.59 94 Serguei Smetanine (Rus) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 12.10 95 Chris Peers (Bel) Cofidis 12.11 96 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 12.14 97 Serguei Klimov (Rus) Itera 12.17 98 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre-Daikin 12.38 99 Nicola Loda (Ita) Fassa Bartolo 13.26 100 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 14.04 101 Alberto Vinale (Ita) Alessio 14.16 102 Hans De Clercq (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 14.17 103 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Telekom 14.47 104 Chann Mcrae (USA) U.S. Postal Service 15.48 105 Jose Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) iBanesto.com 15.56 106 Juan Manuel Cuenca (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 17.37 107 Tom Boonen (Bel) U.S. Postal Service 17.43 108 Tom Steels (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step 18.01 109 Julian Usano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 18.07 110 Igor Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 18.15 111 Alexander Serov (Rus) Itera 18.30 112 Andreas Klier (Ger) Telekom 18.49 113 Matthew White (Aus) U.S. Postal Service 19.07 114 Angelo Lopeboselli (Ita) Cofidis 19.12 115 Peter Farazijn (Bel) Cofidis 19.15 116 Mauro Zanetti (Ita) Alessio 19.22 117 Denis Smyslov (Rus) Itera 21.12 118 Xabier Zandio (Spa) iBanesto.com 21.18 119 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Adecco 26.52 Points classification 1 Aitor Garmendia (Spa) Team Coast 25 pts 2 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Telekom 25 3 Roberto Heras (Spa) U.S. Postal Service 20 4 Oscar Freire (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 20 5 Raimondas Rumsas (Ltu) Lampre-Daikin 16 6 Andrea Tafi (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 16 7 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 14 8 Dmitri Konyshev (Rus) Fassa Bartolo 14 9 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) iBanesto.com 12 10 Jean-Michel Tessier (Fra) Cofidis 12 11 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 10 12 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio 10 13 Fernando Escartin (Spa) Team Coast 9 14 Kai Hundertmarck (Ger) Telekom 9 15 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Itera 8 16 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 8 17 Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 7 18 Rafael Casero (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 7 19 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 7 20 Iņigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis 6 21 Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 6 22 Luis Perez (Spa) Team Coast 5 23 George Hincapie (USA) U.S. Postal Service 5 24 Jose Antonio Garrido (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almer 4 25 Ludo Dierckxsens (Bel) Lampre-Daikin 3 26 Pietro Cauchioli (Ita) Alessio 2 27 German Nieto (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 2 28 David Plaza (Spa) Team Coast 1 29 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bartolo 1 Mountains classification 1 Aitor Garmendia (Spa) Team Coast 30 pts 2 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 28 3 Roberto Heras (Spa) U.S. Postal Service 26 4 Raimondas Rumsas (Ltu) Lampre-Daikin 20 5 Jose Antonio Garrido (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeri 19 6 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 16 7 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) iBanesto.com 12 8 Luis Perez (Spa) Team Coast 10 9 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 10 10 Gonzalo Bayarri (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 10 11 Fernando Escartin (Spa) Team Coast 8 12 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Itera 6 13 Mikel Pradera (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 6 14 Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 4 15 Francisco Jose Lara (Spa) Team Coast 4 16 Juan Carlos Guillamon (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Alme 4 17 Iņigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis 3 18 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 3 19 George Hincapie (USA) U.S. Postal Service 2 20 Jordi Riera (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2 21 David Plaza (Spa) Team Coast 1 Metas volantes classification 1 Nicola Loda (Ita) Fassa Bartolo 4 pts 2 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 3 3 Alexei Markov (Rus) Itera 2 4 Alvaro Gonzalez (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 2 5 Jose Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) iBanesto.com 1 Teams classification 1 Team Coast 16.38.40 2 Once-Eroski 1.32 3 iBanesto.com 2.06 4 U.S. Postal Service 2.16 5 Relax-Fuenlabrada 3.31 6 Lampre-Daikin 4.31 7 Itera 4.35 8 Mapei-Quick Step 4.44 9 Cofidis 4.46 10 Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 6.34 11 Euskaltel-Euskadi 6.50 12 Lotto-Adecco 7.29 13 Fassa Bartolo 7.35 14 Kelme-Costa Blanca 8.20 15 Alessio 10.31 16 Telekom 12.08
