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57th Vuelta a España
Spain, September 7- 29, 2002
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Stage 3 - September 9: San Vicente de Raspeig - Murcia, 134.2 km
The King is back: Cipollini roars in Murcia
By Jeff Jones
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What was missing from the Giro d'Italia and the Tour de France has finally come to pass in the Vuelta España: A showdown between two of the World's greatest sprinters, Mario Cipollini and Erik Zabel. The pair have rarely competed against each other in a grand tour in recent years, with Cipollini choosing to focus on the Giro and Zabel the Tour, where Cipollini hasn't been allowed to compete. However today they met on common ground, as the Vuelta's third stage finished in Murcia, and it was Cipollini who came out on top, demonstrating his tremendous power as he led from a long way out to claim the stage over Alessandro Petacchi and Erik Zabel.
"It was a really nice sprint - the team was perfect," said Cipollini at the post race press conference. "This victory in Spain was missing from my palmares, but tomorrow I have another opportunity. It was a close sprint for sure, but then which sprints aren't?"
With his first ever Vuelta victory, Cipollini now has stage wins in all three grand tours. The Acqua e Sapone rider also showed that he will be one of the big favourites for the World Championships in Zolder, as the other sprinters were forced to eat his dust today. For race leader Joseba Beloki (ONCE), it was a fairly routine stage and his team kept the pace high enough to ensure that he remained in gold for a third day.
How it unfolded
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The racing started in earnest after only 5 kilometres of today's 134 km leg from San Vicente del Raspeig to Murcia, when a group of five readers escaped: Jurgen Van Goolen (Domo), Juan Carlos Guillamon (Jazztel), Antonio Tauler (Kelme), Elio Aggiano (Mapei), and Mikel Zarrabeitia (ONCE). With Zarrabeitia there to protect Beloki's lead on GC, it wasn't long before the group stopped cooperating, and Van Goolen decided to go it alone.
The young Belgian was left to his own devices as the peloton was content to ride steady tempo, and Van Goolen achieved a maximum lead of over seven minutes, accompanied by a strong headwind. However with 80 km to go, the sprinters' teams started riding and Van Goolen's freedom was pegged back. It only took another 40 km for Index-Alexia, Mapei and Telekom to reel him in, and his 82 km breakaway came to an end.
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Mario Cipollini sent some of his Acqua e Sapone teammates up to help set the tempo with Telekom and Mapei, which effectively discouraged any further breakaways. ONCE did their bit too, protecting Beloki near the front until quite close to the finish. With the flat, non-technical run in to Murcia, everyone knew it was going to be a bunch sprint.
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At 5 kilometres to go, the zebra train clicked into top gear, with all their leadout men including Mario Scirea powering on the front. Behind him were Giovanni Lombardi and Mario Cipollini, as the other sprinters Zabel, Freire, and Petacchi also moved up. On the last corner it was all Acqua e Sapone, keeping up the momentum while the others struggled in their wake. Lombardi led out from what seemed like to be too far, forcing Cipollini to come round him with a couple of hundred metres to go. Cipollini looked almost casual as he dared Zabel and Petacchi to overhaul him. They couldn't, with an annoyed Petacchi just getting his wheel in front of Zabel for second place.
Both today's and tomorrow's stages are copybook sprinters' stages, with tomorrow's 149 km between Aguilas and Roquetas De Mar unlikely to cause a great deal of havoc in the peloton. Maybe Zabel can extract his revenge, or perhaps Freire and Petacchi can do the job. However, stages 5 and 6 will introduce the riders to the real mountains of this year's Vuelta, and the racing will take a completely different shape.
Photography
Photos by Yuzuru Sunada
- Mario Cipollini (Acqua e Sapone, L) rolls across the line for the stage win, as Alessandro Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo, R) tries in vain to beat him in the bike throw
- Mario Cipollini (Acqua e Sapone) with his winner's trophy
Photos by AFP
- Mario Cipollini (Acqua e Sapone) edges out Alessandro Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo, R), Erik Zabel (Telekom, L) and Oscar Freire (Mapei, Far R) to win Stage 3
Photos by Graham Watson, courtesy of Unipublic
- Jose Luis Rebollo (Relax) sorts himself out after a crash
- The ONCE, Telekom and Phonak trains set the pace during stage 3
- Mario Cipollini (Acqua e Sapone, L) and Alessandro Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo, R) go head to head in the sprint
- Mario Cipollini (Acqua e Sapone) lets loose with the bubbly
- A happy Joseba Beloki (ONCE-Eroski) kept the gold jersey after stage 3
Photos courtesy of Unipublic
- Joseba Beloki (ONCE) chats with director Manolo Saiz before stage 3
- The peloton roll out of the start in San Vicente de Raspeig
- Nicolas Portal (Ag2r) assisted by the doctors after a crash
- Oscar Sevilla (Kelme) rides during stage 3
- Jurgen Van Goolen (Domo-Farm Frites) during his Stage 3 solo effort
- Jurgen Van Goolen (Domo-Farm Frites) about to be caught by the peloton after 80 km of freedom
- The peloton go past the intermediate sprint in La Mata
- The arrowhead of the peloton looking menacing during stage 3 from San Vicente de Raspeig to Murcia
- Mario Cipollini (Acqua e Sapone) salutes from the podium with his prizes
- Joseba Beloki (ONCE) salutes from the podium
- Erik Zabel (Telekom) in the points jersey
- Mederic Clain (Cofidis) kept his mountains jersey, as there were no climbs during stage 3
Results
1 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 3.07.37 (42.92 km/h) 2 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Telekom 4 Oscar Freire (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 5 Sven Teutenberg (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 6 Zoran Klemencic (Slo) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 7 Angel Edo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 8 Martín Garrido (Arg) Relax-Fuenlabrada 9 Juan Guillamon (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 10 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre-Daikin 11 Ivan Quaranta (Ita) Index Alexia 12 Robert Sassone (Fra) Cofidis 13 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Saeco-Longoni Sport 14 Jeroen Blijevens (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites 15 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Team Coast 16 José Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 17 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 18 Gabriele Balducci (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 19 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio 20 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 21 José Iván Gutierrez (Spa) iBanesto.com 0.06 22 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 23 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 24 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 25 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Domo-Farm Frites 26 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Saeco-Longoni Sport 27 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio 28 Lauri Aus (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 29 Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 30 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis 31 Joseba Beloki (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 32 Giuseppe Di Grande (Ita) Index Alexia 33 Pablo Lastras (Spa) iBanesto.com 34 Alexei Sivakov (Rus) Bigmat.Auber 93 35 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 36 Rolf Aldag (Ger) Team Telekom 37 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites 38 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 39 Matthias Kessler (Ger) Team Telekom 40 Oscar Camenzind (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 41 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Bigmat.Auber 93 42 Rui Lavarinhas (Por) Milaneza-MSS 43 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 44 Santiago Botero (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 45 Nicola Loda (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 46 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Coast 47 Benjamín Noval (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 48 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis 49 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 50 Alberto Vinale (Ita) Alessio 51 Luis Perez (Spa) Team Coast 52 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 53 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis 54 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Team Telekom 55 Félix Garcia Casas (Spa) Bigmat.Auber 93 56 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 57 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 58 Milan Kadlec (Cze) Lampre-Daikin 59 Jesus Maria Manzano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 60 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 61 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Milaneza-MSS 62 Aitor Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 63 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Team Coast 64 Fernando Escartin (Spa) Team Coast 65 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis 66 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Saeco-Longoni Sport 67 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 68 Johan Verstrepen (Bel) Lampre-Daikin 69 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 70 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 71 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 72 Serguei Smetanine (Rus) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 73 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 74 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Fassa Bortolo 75 Klaus Möller (Den) Milaneza-MSS 76 Rafael Diaz Justo (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 77 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 78 Angel Casero (Spa) Team Coast 79 Jaime Hernandez (Spa) Team Coast 80 Juan José De Los Angeles (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 81 Michael Barry (Can) US Postal Service 82 Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal Service 83 José Azevedo (Por) ONCE-Eroski 84 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 85 Robert Bartko (Ger) Team Telekom 86 Mario Scirea (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 87 Andreas Klier (Ger) Team Telekom 88 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 89 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 90 Germán Nieto (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 91 Alessio Galletti (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 92 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 93 Jon Odriozola (Spa) iBanesto.com 94 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) iBanesto.com 95 J.Antonio Pecharroman (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 96 Mikel Pradera (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 97 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) iBanesto.com 98 Gorka Gerrikagoitia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 99 Carlos Garcia (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 100 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 101 Zbigniew Spruch (Pol) Lampre-Daikin 102 Andrej Hauptman (Slo) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 103 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) US Postal Service 104 Corrado Serina (Ita) Index Alexia 105 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2R Prevoyance 106 Jan Schaffrath (Ger) Team Telekom 107 Christian Vandevelde (USA) US Postal Service 108 Vitoriano Fernandez (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 109 David Cañada (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 110 Rui Miguel Sousa (Por) Milaneza-MSS 111 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio 112 José Garrido (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 113 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 114 Aitor Kintana (Spa) Bigmat.Auber 93 115 Mederic Clain (Fra) Cofidis 116 Marcos Serrano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 117 Diego Ferrari (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 118 Antonio Colom (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 119 Steffen Kjaergaard (Nor) US Postal Service 120 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 121 Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 122 Rafael Casero (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 123 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 124 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 125 David Plaza (Spa) Team Coast 126 Benoit Salmon (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 127 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis 128 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 129 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 130 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre-Daikin 131 Dmitri Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis 132 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Team Telekom 133 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal Service 134 Antonio Cruz (USA) US Postal Service 135 Stephane Heulot (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 136 Alberto Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 137 Denis Zanette (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 138 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis 139 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 140 Santiago Blanco (Spa) iBanesto.com 141 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 142 Sylvester Szymyd (Pol) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 143 Mauro Zanetti (Ita) Alessio 144 Aitor Garmendia (Spa) Team Coast 145 J.Antonio Flecha (Spa) iBanesto.com 146 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) ONCE-Eroski 147 Guido Trenti (USA) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 148 Joao Silva (Por) Milaneza-MSS 149 Joan Horrach (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 150 Jan Hruska (Cze) ONCE-Eroski 151 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 152 Cyril Saugrain (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 153 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 154 Guillaume Auger (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 155 J.Manuel Vazquez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 156 Steve De Wolf (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 157 M.A. Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina 158 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 159 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 160 Pietro Zucconi (Swi) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 161 Andrea Noe (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 162 Gonzalo Bayarri (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 163 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Team Telekom 164 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 165 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 166 Sebastien Talabardon (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 167 José Maestre (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 168 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 169 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 170 Iñigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 171 Stéphane Berges (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 172 Matthew White (Aus) US Postal Service 173 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 174 Ricardo Valdez (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 175 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Lampre-Daikin 176 Raffaele Ferrara (Ita) Alessio 177 Simone Bertoletti (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 178 Massimo Codol (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 179 Alberto Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 180 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 181 Daniele Galli (Ita) Index Alexia 182 Andrea Brognara (Ita) Alessio 183 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Index Alexia 184 Andris Reiss (Lat) Index Alexia 185 Steven Kleynen (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 186 Reto Bergmann (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 187 Melchor Mauri (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 188 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Index Alexia 189 Leif Hoste (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 190 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Fassa Bortolo 191 Davide Bramati (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 192 Alessandro Guerra (Ita) Index Alexia 193 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) iBanesto.com 194 Marco Magnani (Ita) Index Alexia 195 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service 196 Thierry Loder (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 197 Dario Gadeo (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 200 Martin Derganc (Slo) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 2.30 201 Xavier Jan (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 2.32 202 Rubén Lobato Elvira (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 5.29 203 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Mapei-Quick Step Points 1 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 25 pts 2 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 20 3 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Telekom 16 4 Oscar Freire (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 14 5 Sven Teutenberg (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 12 6 Zoran Klemencic (Slo) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 10 7 Angel Edo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 9 8 Martín Garrido (Arg) Relax-Fuenlabrada 8 9 Juan Guillamon (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 7 10 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre-Daikin 6 11 Ivan Quaranta (Ita) Index Alexia 5 12 Robert Sassone (Fra) Cofidis 4 13 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Saeco-Longoni Sport 3 14 Jeroen Blijevens (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites 2 15 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Team Coast 1 Metas volantes La Mata - km 48.8 1 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 4 pts 2 Jan Schaffrath (Ger) Team Telekom 2 3 Rubén Lobato Elvira (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 1 El Raal - km 114.6 1 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 4 pts 2 Vitoriano Fernandez (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 2 3 Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 1 Monteagudo - km 125.6 1 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 4 pts 2 Davide Bramati (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 2 3 Andrea Noe (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 1 Teams 1 Tacconi - Sport 9.22.51 2 Acqua & Sapone - Cantina Tollo 0.06 3 Jazztel - Costa Almeria 0.12 4 DOMO - Farm Frites 5 Team Telekom 6 Kelme - Costa Blanca 7 Cofidis, le credit par telephone 8 Alessio 9 Phonak Hearing Systems 10 Saeco - Longoni Sport 11 Milaneza - MSS 12 Team Coast 13 Fassa Bortolo 14 Lampre - Daikin 15 Relax - Fuenlabrada 16 Index - Alexia 17 Mapei-Quick Step 18 IBanesto.com 0.18 19 Once - Eroski 20 Bigmat Auber 93 21 Euskaltel - Euskadi 22 AG2R Prevoyance 23 US Postal Service General classification after stage 3 1 Joseba Beloki (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 7.33.39 2 Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 3 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 4 José Azevedo (Por) ONCE-Eroski 5 Marcos Serrano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 6 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) ONCE-Eroski 7 José Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 0.09 8 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Telekom 0.12 9 Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal Service 0.14 10 Christian Vandevelde (USA) US Postal Service 11 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal Service 12 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 0.15 13 Santiago Botero (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 14 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 15 Juan José De Los Angeles (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 16 Jesus Maria Manzano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 17 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 18 Carlos Garcia (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 19 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Team Telekom 0.18 20 Matthias Kessler (Ger) Team Telekom 21 Nicola Loda (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 0.23 22 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 23 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 24 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Fassa Bortolo 25 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 26 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis 0.26 27 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis 28 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis 29 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis 30 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis 31 Pablo Lastras (Spa) iBanesto.com 0.27 32 Aitor Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 33 José Iván Gutierrez (Spa) iBanesto.com 34 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) iBanesto.com 35 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) iBanesto.com 36 Jon Odriozola (Spa) iBanesto.com 37 Santiago Blanco (Spa) iBanesto.com 38 J.Antonio Flecha (Spa) iBanesto.com 39 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) iBanesto.com 0.31 40 Oscar Freire (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 0.36 41 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 0.37 42 Angel Casero (Spa) Team Coast 0.39 43 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Team Coast 44 Fernando Escartin (Spa) Team Coast 45 Luis Perez (Spa) Team Coast 46 David Plaza (Spa) Team Coast 47 Aitor Garmendia (Spa) Team Coast 48 David Cañada (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 0.42 49 Andrea Noe (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 50 Davide Bramati (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 51 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 0.43 52 Guido Trenti (USA) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 53 M.A. Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tol 54 Oscar Camenzind (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.47 55 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 56 Benoit Salmon (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 57 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 58 Gonzalo Bayarri (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 59 Angel Edo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 0.48 60 Milan Kadlec (Cze) Lampre-Daikin 0.54 61 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre-Daikin 62 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Lampre-Daikin 63 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Milaneza-MSS 64 Rui Lavarinhas (Por) Milaneza-MSS 65 Klaus Möller (Den) Milaneza-MSS 66 Vitoriano Fernandez (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 67 Joan Horrach (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 68 Joao Silva (Por) Milaneza-MSS 69 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Domo-Farm Frites 0.59 70 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites 71 Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 72 Steven Kleynen (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 73 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.03 74 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 75 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 76 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 77 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 1.07 78 Mederic Clain (Fra) Cofidis 1.09 79 Michael Barry (Can) US Postal Service 1.10 80 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 1.13 81 Diego Ferrari (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 82 Sylvester Szymyd (Pol) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 83 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 84 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 85 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Saeco-Longoni Sport 86 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 87 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 88 Juan Guillamon (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 1.15 89 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Saeco-Longoni Sport 90 Félix Garcia Casas (Spa) Bigmat.Auber 93 1.16 91 Aitor Kintana (Spa) Bigmat.Auber 93 92 Stephane Heulot (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 93 Sebastien Talabardon (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 94 Andreas Klier (Ger) Team Telekom 1.17 95 Reto Bergmann (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.18 96 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 1.21 97 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 98 Rafael Casero (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 99 J.Antonio Pecharroman (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 100 José Garrido (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 101 Dario Gadeo (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 102 Ricardo Valdez (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 103 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 1.22 104 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio 1.24 105 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio 106 Mauro Zanetti (Ita) Alessio 107 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 1.26 108 Iñigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 109 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 110 Benjamín Noval (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 1.31 111 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 112 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 113 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 114 Antonio Colom (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 115 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 1.49 116 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 1.52 117 Rafael Diaz Justo (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 2.17 118 Steve De Wolf (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 2.25 119 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) US Postal Service 2.31 120 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2.32 121 Rolf Aldag (Ger) Team Telekom 2.35 122 Jan Schaffrath (Ger) Team Telekom 123 Giuseppe Di Grande (Ita) Index Alexia 2.38 124 Marco Magnani (Ita) Index Alexia 125 Melchor Mauri (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 2.39 126 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Team Telekom 2.43 127 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 2.57 128 Rui Miguel Sousa (Por) Milaneza-MSS 2.59 129 Massimo Codol (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 3.11 130 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.20 131 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 132 J.Manuel Vazquez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 3.24 133 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 134 Simone Bertoletti (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 3.26 135 Jan Hruska (Cze) ONCE-Eroski 3.29 136 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Saeco-Longoni Sport 3.30 137 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2R Prevoyance 3.43 138 Bram Tankink (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites 3.46 139 José Maestre (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 3.48 140 Mario Scirea (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 4.43 141 Raffaele Ferrara (Ita) Alessio 4.47 142 Alberto Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 143 Mikel Pradera (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 4.52 144 Pietro Zucconi (Swi) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 5.04 145 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis 5.39 146 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 5.43 147 Robert Bartko (Ger) Team Telekom 5.53 148 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 5.58 149 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Fassa Bortolo 150 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service 6.00 151 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 6.17 152 Jaime Hernandez (Spa) Team Coast 6.30 153 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 6.38 154 Johan Verstrepen (Bel) Lampre-Daikin 6.45 155 Alessandro Guerra (Ita) Index Alexia 6.47 156 Cyril Saugrain (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 6.51 157 Martín Garrido (Arg) Relax-Fuenlabrada 7.16 158 Germán Nieto (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 7.22 159 Steffen Kjaergaard (Nor) US Postal Service 7.28 160 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 7.31 161 Denis Zanette (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 7.37 162 Alessio Galletti (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 7.50 163 Sven Teutenberg (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 7.55 164 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Team Telekom 8.23 165 Andrej Hauptman (Slo) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 8.27 166 Dmitri Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis 8.31 167 Robert Sassone (Fra) Cofidis 168 Martin Derganc (Slo) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 8.42 169 Serguei Smetanine (Rus) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 9.26 170 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre-Daikin 9.27 171 Gabriele Balducci (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 9.55 172 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Mapei-Quick Step 13.19 173 Antonio Cruz (USA) US Postal Service 16.41 174 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Team Coast 17.00 175 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Coast 17.06 176 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 17.09 177 Leif Hoste (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 17.26 178 Alberto Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 17.30 179 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 17.40 180 Alexei Sivakov (Rus) Bigmat.Auber 93 17.43 181 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Bigmat.Auber 93 182 Guillaume Auger (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 183 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio 17.45 184 Alberto Vinale (Ita) Alessio 17.51 185 Andrea Brognara (Ita) Alessio 186 Lauri Aus (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 17.53 187 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 188 Stéphane Berges (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 189 Thierry Loder (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 190 Matthew White (Aus) US Postal Service 18.28 191 Corrado Serina (Ita) Index Alexia 19.05 192 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Index Alexia 193 Andris Reiss (Lat) Index Alexia 194 Jeroen Blijevens (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites 19.06 195 Zoran Klemencic (Slo) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 19.08 196 Ivan Quaranta (Ita) Index Alexia 19.09 197 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 19.12 198 Daniele Galli (Ita) Index Alexia 19.15 199 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Index Alexia 200 Zbigniew Spruch (Pol) Lampre-Daikin 19.20 201 Gorka Gerrikagoitia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 20.04 202 Xavier Jan (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 20.09 203 Rubén Lobato Elvira (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 29.51 Points classification 1 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Telekom 36 pts 2 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 25 3 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 25 4 Angel Edo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 23 5 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 20 6 Oscar Camenzind (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 16 7 Oscar Freire (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 14 8 Juan Guillamon (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 14 9 Germán Nieto (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 12 10 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 12 11 Sven Teutenberg (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 12 12 Nicola Loda (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 10 13 Zoran Klemencic (Slo) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 10 14 Joseba Beloki (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 9 15 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 8 16 Martín Garrido (Arg) Relax-Fuenlabrada 8 17 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis 6 18 Mederic Clain (Fra) Cofidis 6 19 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre-Daikin 6 20 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 5 21 Ivan Quaranta (Ita) Index Alexia 5 22 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 4 23 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 4 24 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 4 25 Giuseppe Di Grande (Ita) Index Alexia 4 Mountains classification 1 Mederic Clain (Fra) Cofidis 16 pts 2 Germán Nieto (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 12 3 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 10 4 Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 8 5 Benjamín Noval (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 6 6 Klaus Möller (Den) Milaneza-MSS 6 7 Vitoriano Fernandez (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 4 8 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4 9 Aitor Kintana (Spa) Bigmat.Auber 93 3 10 José Azevedo (Por) ONCE-Eroski 2 11 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis 2 12 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Saeco-Longoni Sport 1 13 José Garrido (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 1 Regularity classification 1 Mederic Clain (Fra) Cofidis 97 2 Vitoriano Fernandez (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 101 3 Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 107 4 Germán Nieto (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 169 Teams classification 1 Once - Eroski 22.40.57 2 Kelme - Costa Blanca 0.39 3 US Postal Service 0.42 4 Team Telekom 0.48 5 Fassa Bortolo 1.03 6 Cofidis, le credit par telephone 1.12 7 IBanesto.com 1.21 8 Team Coast 1.51 9 Acqua & Sapone - Cantina Tollo 1.57 10 Mapei-Quick Step 2.00 11 Phonak Hearing Systems 2.15 12 Milaneza - MSS 2.36 13 Lampre - Daikin 14 DOMO - Farm Frites 2.51 15 Euskaltel - Euskadi 3.09 16 Tacconi - Sport 3.21 17 Saeco - Longoni Sport 3.33 18 Bigmat Auber 93 3.48 19 Jazztel - Costa Almeria 3.57 20 Alessio 4.06 21 AG2R Prevoyance 4.18 22 Relax - Fuenlabrada 4.27 23 Index - Alexia 10.05
