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82nd Volta a Catalunya - 2.HC
Spain, June 17-23, 2002
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Stage 4 - June 20: Barruera-Station de Pal, 52 km
Garrido strikes up a victory
By Martin Hardie, cyclingnews.com correspondent
Jose Garrido, the Jazztel rider from Barakaldo in Bizkaia, slipped through the control of the leader's group on the ascent to Pal today to take the victory in the short "strike" stage of the Volta. Team Coast's Luis Perez accompanied Garrido and together they came in 28 seconds ahead of Perez's compatriot, Fernando Escartin, Banesto's Paco Mancebo and the rejuvenated ONCE race captain, Mikel Zarrabeitia. Arriving two seconds behind this group were race leader, Heras (USPS) and the climber who has dominated the slopes in the early part of the Spanish season, Leonardo Piepoli (Banesto).
The win today was the second in the four year career for the twenty six year old Basque, who before Jazztel spent two years with the Portuguese outfit Sport Lisboa e Benfica. It was when he rode for the Portuguese squad that Garrido took out the 8th stage of the 2000 Volta a Portugal.
What was intended to be the showcase of the Volta ended up being run over a course of 52 kilometres totally within the borders of the tiny principality of Andorra, whose official head of state is the local bishop. The stage was shortened after extensive negotiations between the Spanish cyclists organisation and the organisers to allow the riders to take part in the nationwide general strike called to protest the government of Jose Maria Aznar, the Spanish and current President of the European Union.
Other than the disruption it has caused to the race, the drama of the strike has been in a way a welcome change to the usual run of the mill external forces that affect pro cycling - there have been no police raids, no non-negative test results, no strange excuses; just plain and simply a worker's right to withdraw their labour in the face of something they don't like.
In the context of the race the compromise reached allowed the riders to keep their options open for tomorrow's second mountain stage while at the same time registering their solidarity with the majority of other workers in Spain by not racing within Spain today. Unfortunately for those who did not go to work they couldn't watch the mini stage on TV because the national broadcaster TVE was unable to transmit the race.
The compromised stage ended up in the style of a stop work meeting called in circumstances that were becoming more and more complex. Firstly, there were some who did not fully support the industrial action, especially those riding for the foreign teams such as Roberto Heras.
Secondly, there were stories that some of the teams were placing riders under strong pressure to race, not only those in the foreign teams but also it was said for example Jazztel and Relax who receive sponsorship from the Spanish Government. It was inferred if these teams supported the strike they might lose future support.
Thirdly, there was the position of the Basque riders and the Basque team, Euskaltel. The national strike in the Basque country took place on the 19th of June, not the 20th as in Spain, what is more yesterday they were under no obligation to stop work as they were not working in the Basque country.
This situation may have been what Zarra meant earlier in the week when he referred to the decision of the Spanish cyclists association as being "their affairs". The other complications for the organisers were the lack of TV coverage and the desire of the Andorran Government to renegotiate their sponsorship for the race. Whichever way you look at it, the riders, like the rest of Spain managed to have their point of view heard today.
Once the race got underway it was surprisingly not with a lot of vigour until Garrido, Perez and Jose Antonio Flecha (Relax) attacked on the first climb of the Montaup with its 9% grade. Others also started to leave the comfort of the peloton and it was Garrido and Perez who crossed the summit first, followed by Flecha and Udo Bolts (Telekom) at a minute and a half and the principal group with Heras at two minutes.
On the lower slopes of the Alto de la Estacion de Pal the rush to make an impression started. Piepoli, Zarrabeitia and Garmendia all stalked Heras and tried to surprise him with moves away but none were with success. Ahead Perez and Garrido understood each other perfectly on the hard ramps of Pal that rise to gradients of 10% over its 8 kilometre length. Their understanding allowed them to compete between themselves for the stage victory while ensuring that the pursuers didn't reach them before their arrival at the summit.
In the end, Zarrabeitia picked up two seconds on Heras and Perez managed to leapfrog from 7th to 3rd, yesterday's winner Garmendia sits between them and Heras in second position and it would appear that the final winner may come from one of these four and may be decided during tomorrow's stage, crossing as it does the Altos Masella (Cat. 1), Eyne (Cat. 2.) and Egat (Cat. 1), the last of which peaks four kilometres from the finish.
Results
1 Jose Antonio Garrido (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 1.39.23 2 Luis Perez (Spa) Team Coast 3 Fernando Escartin (Spa) Team Coast 0.28 4 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) iBanesto.com 5 Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 6 Roberto Heras (Spa) U.S. Postal Service 0.30 7 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) iBanesto.com 8 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis 0.36 9 David Plaza (Spa) Team Coast 0.42 10 Aitor Garmendia (Spa) Team Coast 0.46 11 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 0.51 12 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis 0.53 13 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Itera 1.00 14 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 1.14 15 Jav Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) iBanesto.com 16 Jose Manuel Vazquez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 17 Jose Manuel Maestre (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 1.20 18 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bartolo 1.49 19 Pietro Cauchioli (Ita) Alessio 20 Raimondas Rumsas (Ltu) Lampre-Daikin 21 Alvaro Gonzalez (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 22 Eddy Ratti (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 2.10 23 Raphael Schweda (Ger) Team Coast 24 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) iBanesto.com 2.15 25 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 26 Maxim Smirnov (Rus) Itera 2.17 27 Mario Aerts (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 2.49 28 Edouard Gritsoun (Rus) Itera 3.03 29 Juan Carlos Guillamon (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 30 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 31 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 3.30 32 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 33 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 34 Jose Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) iBanesto.com 35 Iņigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis 36 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis 37 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 3.59 38 Udo Bolts (Ger) Telekom 39 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bartolo 40 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Mapei-Quick Step 4.10 41 Jordi Riera (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 42 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Fassa Bartolo 4.40 43 Christian Vandevelde (USA) U.S. Postal Service 4.43 44 Angelo Lopeboselli (Ita) Cofidis 5.04 45 Davide Frattini (Ita) Alessio 5.13 46 Rafael Casero (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 6.08 47 Mikel Pradera (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 48 Francisco Jose Lara (Spa) Team Coast 49 David Caņada (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 50 Ivan Ramiro Parra (Col) ONCE-Eroski 51 Gustavo M. Toledo (Arg) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 8.38 52 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Itera 10.00 53 Matthew White (Aus) U.S. Postal Service 10.22 54 Sergio Barbero (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 55 George Hincapie (USA) U.S. Postal Service 56 Ludo Dierckxsens (Bel) Lampre-Daikin 11.32 57 Dmitri Konyshev (Rus) Fassa Bartolo 11.58 58 Jan Hruska (Cze) ONCE-Eroski 59 Chann Mcrae (USA) U.S. Postal Service 12.10 60 Michael Barry (Can) U.S. Postal Service 61 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 13.07 62 Andrea Tafi (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 63 Serguei Smetanine (Rus) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 64 Roberto Petito (Ita) Fassa Bartolo 65 German Nieto (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 66 Juan Manuel Cuenca (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 67 Jose Vicente Garcia (Spa) iBanesto.com 68 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 69 Serguei Klimov (Rus) Itera 70 Julian Usano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 71 Xavier Florencio (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 72 Rafael Diaz (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 73 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bartolo 74 Peter Farazijn (Bel) Cofidis 75 Jose Angel Vidal (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 76 Denis Smyslov (Rus) Itera 77 Alberto Vinale (Ita) Alessio 78 René Andrle (Cze) ONCE-Eroski 79 Jon Odriozola (Spa) iBanesto.com 80 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio 13.23 81 Nicola Loda (Ita) Fassa Bartolo 17.29 82 Hans De Clercq (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 83 Jaime Hernandez (Spa) Team Coast 84 Roberto Lozano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 85 Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 86 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Adecco 87 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 88 Kai Hundertmarck (Ger) Telekom 89 Andrea Brognara (Ita) Alessio 90 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre-Daikin 91 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Telekom 92 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Telekom 93 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 94 Tom Boonen (Bel) U.S. Postal Service 95 Chris Peers (Bel) Cofidis 96 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Alessio 97 Mauro Zanetti (Ita) Alessio 98 Andreas Klier (Ger) Telekom 99 Xabier Zandio (Spa) iBanesto.com 100 Luca Paolini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 101 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Team Coast 102 Tom Steels (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step 103 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 104 Glenn D'hollander (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 105 Oscar Freire (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 17.49 106 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 17.50 107 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 108 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 109 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 110 Igor Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 111 Gonzalo Bayarri (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 112 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 113 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 114 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 115 Gorka Gerrikagoitia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 116 Lander Euba (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 117 Alexei Markov (Rus) Itera 21.33 118 Alexander Serov (Rus) Itera Points 1 Jose Antonio Garrido (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 25 pts 2 Luis Perez (Spa) Team Coast 20 3 Fernando Escartin (Spa) Team Coast 16 4 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) iBanesto.com 14 5 Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 12 6 Roberto Heras (Spa) U.S. Postal Service 10 7 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) iBanesto.com 9 8 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis 8 9 David Plaza (Spa) Team Coast 7 10 Aitor Garmendia (Spa) Team Coast 6 11 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 5 12 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis 4 13 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Itera 3 14 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 2 15 Jav Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) iBanesto.com 1 Mountains Coll De Montaup - Cat. 1 1 Jose Antonio Garrido (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 16 pts 2 Luis Perez (Spa) Team Coast 12 3 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) iBanesto.com 10 4 Udo Bolts (Ger) Telekom 8 5 Mikel Pradera (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 6 6 Michael Barry (Can) U.S. Postal Service 4 7 Christian Vandevelde (USA) U.S. Postal Service 3 8 Roberto Heras (Spa) U.S. Postal Service 2 9 David Plaza (Spa) Team Coast 1 Estacio De Pal - Cat. 1 1 Jose Antonio Garrido (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 16 pts 2 Luis Perez (Spa) Team Coast 12 3 Fernando Escartin (Spa) Team Coast 10 4 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) iBanesto.com 8 5 Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 6 6 Roberto Heras (Spa) U.S. Postal Service 4 7 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) iBanesto.com 3 8 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis 2 9 David Plaza (Spa) Team Coast 1 Metas Volantes Sant Julia De Loria - km 145.9 1 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 3 pts 2 Nicola Loda (Ita) Fassa Bartolo 2 3 Alexei Markov (Rus) Itera 1 Sprints Andorra La Vella - km 153.3 1 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) iBanesto.com 3 pts 2 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 2 3 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 1 Teams 1 Team Coast 4.59.19 2 iBanesto.com 1.02 3 Relax-Fuenlabrada 2.09 4 Cofidis 3.49 5 Itera 5.10 6 Once-Eroski 7.15 7 Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 8.01 8 Fassa Bartolo 9.18 9 Kelme-Costa Blanca 9.49 10 Mapei-Quick Step 11.18 11 Lampre-Daikin 14.04 12 U.S. Postal Service 14.25 13 Alessio 18.59 14 Lotto-Adecco 36.37 15 Telekom 37.47 16 Euskaltel-Euskadi 52.20 General classification after stage 4 1 Roberto Heras (Spa) U.S. Postal Service 7.11.56 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 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 2.27 14 Jav Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) iBanesto.com 2.28 15 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis 2.38 16 Alvaro Gonzalez (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 2.53 17 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis 2.57 18 Eddy Ratti (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 3.19 19 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bartolo 3.21 20 Raphael Schweda (Ger) Team Coast 3.31 21 Jose Manuel Vazquez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 3.36 22 Jose Manuel Maestre (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 3.45 23 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) iBanesto.com 4.12 24 Pietro Cauchioli (Ita) Alessio 4.18 25 Mario Aerts (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 4.55 26 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 4.56 27 Edouard Gritsoun (Rus) Itera 5.04 28 Iņigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis 5.11 29 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 5.25 30 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 5.57 31 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Mapei-Quick Step 6.08 32 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 6.14 33 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis 6.27 34 Juan Carlos Guillamon (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 6.33 35 Christian Vandevelde (USA) U.S. Postal Service 6.50 36 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 7.08 37 Mikel Pradera (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 7.14 38 Udo Bolts (Ger) Telekom 7.27 39 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Fassa Bartolo 7.34 40 Francisco Jose Lara (Spa) Team Coast 8.01 41 Ivan Ramiro Parra (Col) ONCE-Eroski 8.03 42 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bartolo 8.17 43 Jordi Riera (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 8.25 44 David Caņada (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 9.46 45 Davide Frattini (Ita) Alessio 9.57 46 Rafael Casero (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 10.29 47 Maxim Smirnov (Rus) Itera 11.53 48 George Hincapie (USA) U.S. Postal Service 12.02 49 Gustavo M. Toledo (Arg) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 13.27 50 Jan Hruska (Cze) ONCE-Eroski 13.48 51 Michael Barry (Can) U.S. Postal Service 14.17 52 Jon Odriozola (Spa) iBanesto.com 14.35 53 Ludo Dierckxsens (Bel) Lampre-Daikin 14.35 54 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 15.14 55 Rafael Diaz (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 15.15 56 Jose Vicente Garcia (Spa) iBanesto.com 15.37 57 Dmitri Konyshev (Rus) Fassa Bartolo 16.08 58 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Itera 16.18 59 René Andrle (Cze) ONCE-Eroski 16.34 60 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 16.53 61 German Nieto (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 16.57 62 Xavier Florencio (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 16.58 63 Roberto Petito (Ita) Fassa Bartolo 17.31 64 Jose Angel Vidal (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 17.47 65 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bartolo 17.55 66 Andrea Tafi (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 18.12 67 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio 18.48 68 Jose Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) iBanesto.com 18.56 69 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 19.58 70 Sergio Barbero (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 20.06 71 Gonzalo Bayarri (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 20.10 72 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 20.28 73 Glenn D'hollander (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 20.40 74 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 20.42 75 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 20.47 76 Jaime Hernandez (Spa) Team Coast 21.43 77 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Alessio 21.48 78 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 21.49 79 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 21.51 80 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 21.56 81 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 21.56 82 Oscar Freire (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 22.00 83 Kai Hundertmarck (Ger) Telekom 22.01 84 Luca Paolini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 22.07 85 Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 22.09 86 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 22.14 87 Gorka Gerrikagoitia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 22.26 88 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Telekom 22.38 89 Andrea Brognara (Ita) Alessio 23.19 90 Roberto Lozano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 23.22 91 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Team Coast 23.44 92 Angelo Lopeboselli (Ita) Cofidis 23.46 93 Serguei Smetanine (Rus) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 24.47 94 Serguei Klimov (Rus) Itera 24.54 95 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 25.43 96 Alberto Vinale (Ita) Alessio 26.53 97 Chann Mcrae (USA) U.S. Postal Service 27.28 98 Alexei Markov (Rus) Itera 28.57 99 Matthew White (Aus) U.S. Postal Service 28.59 100 Chris Peers (Bel) Cofidis 29.10 101 Lander Euba (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 29.19 102 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre-Daikin 29.37 103 Juan Manuel Cuenca (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 30.14 104 Nicola Loda (Ita) Fassa Bartolo 30.25 105 Julian Usano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 30.44 106 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 31.03 107 Hans De Clercq (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 31.16 108 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Telekom 31.46 109 Peter Farazijn (Bel) Cofidis 31.52 110 Denis Smyslov (Rus) Itera 33.49 111 Tom Boonen (Bel) U.S. Postal Service 34.42 112 Tom Steels (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step 35.00 113 Igor Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 35.35 114 Andreas Klier (Ger) Telekom 35.48 115 Mauro Zanetti (Ita) Alessio 36.21 116 Xabier Zandio (Spa) iBanesto.com 38.17 117 Alexander Serov (Rus) Itera 39.33 118 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Adecco 43.51 Points classification 1 Aitor Garmendia (Spa) Team Coast 31 pts 2 Roberto Heras (Spa) U.S. Postal Service 30 3 Jose Antonio Garrido (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 29 4 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Telekom 25 5 Luis Perez (Spa) Team Coast 25 6 Fernando Escartin (Spa) Team Coast 25 7 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) iBanesto.com 21 8 Oscar Freire (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 20 9 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 19 10 Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 19 11 Raimondas Rumsas (Ltu) Lampre-Daikin 16 12 Andrea Tafi (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 16 13 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) iBanesto.com 14 14 Dmitri Konyshev (Rus) Fassa Bartolo 14 15 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 12 16 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Itera 11 17 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio 10 18 Kai Hundertmarck (Ger) Telekom 9 19 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis 8 20 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 8 21 David Plaza (Spa) Team Coast 8 22 Rafael Casero (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 7 23 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 7 24 Iņigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis 6 25 Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 6 26 George Hincapie (USA) U.S. Postal Service 5 27 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis 4 28 Ludo Dierckxsens (Bel) Lampre-Daikin 3 29 Pietro Cauchioli (Ita) Alessio 2 30 German Nieto (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 2 31 Jav Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) iBanesto.com 1 32 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bartolo 1 Mountains classification 1 Jose Antonio Garrido (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 51 pts 2 Luis Perez (Spa) Team Coast 34 3 Roberto Heras (Spa) U.S. Postal Service 32 4 Aitor Garmendia (Spa) Team Coast 30 5 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 28 6 Raimondas Rumsas (Ltu) Lampre-Daikin 20 7 Fernando Escartin (Spa) Team Coast 18 8 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 16 9 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) iBanesto.com 15 10 Mikel Pradera (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 12 11 Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 10 12 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 10 13 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) iBanesto.com 10 14 Gonzalo Bayarri (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 10 15 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) iBanesto.com 8 16 Udo Bolts (Ger) Telekom 8 17 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Itera 6 18 Juan Carlos Guillamon (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 4 19 Francisco Jose Lara (Spa) Team Coast 4 20 Michael Barry (Can) U.S. Postal Service 4 21 David Plaza (Spa) Team Coast 3 22 Iņigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis 3 23 Christian Vandevelde (USA) U.S. Postal Service 3 24 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 3 25 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis 2 26 Jordi Riera (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2 27 George Hincapie (USA) U.S. Postal Service 2 Metas volantes classification 1 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 6 pts 2 Nicola Loda (Ita) Fassa Bartolo 6 3 Alexei Markov (Rus) Itera 3 4 Alvaro Gonzalez (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 2 5 Jose Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) iBanesto.com 1 Sprints classification 1 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 7 pts 2 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 6 3 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) iBanesto.com 3 4 Jose Antonio Garrido (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 2 Teams classification 1 Team Coast 21.37.59 2 iBanesto.com 3.08 3 Relax-Fuenlabrada 5.40 4 Cofidis 8.35 5 Once-Eroski 8.47 6 Itera 9.45 7 Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 14.35 8 Mapei-Quick Step 16.02 9 U.S. Postal Service 16.41 10 Fassa Bartolo 16.53 11 Kelme-Costa Blanca 18.09 12 Lampre-Daikin 18.35 13 Alessio 29.30 14 Lotto-Adecco 44.06 15 Telekom 49.55 16 Euskaltel-Euskadi 59.10 *Stage was shortened due to a strike
