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57th Vuelta a España
Spain, September 7- 29, 2002
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Stage 15 - September 22: Gijón - Angliru, 176.7 km
Heras conquers l'Angliru, taking stage and race lead
By Chris Henry
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Today's stage from Gijón to Angliru was expected to represent a defining moment in this year's Vuelta, and that's just what it did. With steadily deteriorating weather conditions, and a finish on top of one of the toughest climbs in cycling, leaders and stragglers alike were subjected to a brute of a stage. Emerging on top of the Angliru, with over a minute and a half separating him from his closest challenger, US Postal's Roberto Heras took his second stage win of this year's race and solidified his reputation as one of the finest climbers in the international peloton.
"I felt very good, I'm extremely happy with the result of this stage," said Heras immediately afterwards. "We were lucky because it didn't rain until the last climb. It was a very hard stage."
How it unfolded
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Early in the day, three riders took the initiative from a larger group of 24, and gained at one stage over 7 minutes on the nervous peloton. Iker Flores (Euskaltel), Juan Antonio Flecha (iBanesto.com), and Oscar Pereiro (Phonak) tackled the day's first categorized climb together, the Puerto Marabio, with Pereiro making the mountain points his day's objective. On the descent, Iker Flores missed a turn, leaving two leaders to continue on their own.
Behind these two was a chase group of 21 riders, which contained a number of non-climbers, including sprinters Erik Zabel and Alessandro Petacchi. The chase group never succeeded in catching the two leaders, but did manage to arrive (for the most part) in good position to at least start the final climb with the race favorites. It was a wise tactic for a number of riders who were destined to suffer great time losses on the Angliru, to begin the climb in equal terms with the pure climbers rather than at a deficit.
Phonak's Pereiro captured the mountain points on the successive climbs of the Tenebredo and Cordal, ahead of his companion Flecha. The duo maintained their advantage as long as could be expected, before being caught and passed by Flecha's iBanesto teammate Aitor Osa just past the summit of the Cordal.
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Osa descended the increasingly slippery roads with finesse, and opened his own gap ahead of Pereiro and Flecha. Behind these three, the original chase group of 21 was splintering on the penultimate climb as the peloton closed in quickly, led by Kelme and Saeco. Danilo Di Luca (Saeco) tried his own attack on the climb of the Cordal, but to no great effect. In the peloton behind, by this point reduced to some 30 select riders, Di Luca's teammate Simoni waited and watched along with race leader Sevilla, Aitor Gonzalez, Roberto Heras, and Joseba Beloki. As the group crested the summit and began the dangerous descent, the stage was set for an all out assault on the Angliru.
Conditions were worsening by the minute, however, and several riders saw their chances (and their bikes) slip away, crashing on the slick, narrow roads. Among the least fortunate were the Cofidis duo of Guido Trentin and David Millar, lying in 9th and 10th places in the general classification. Millar crashed twice on the descent within five minutes, the second time after being hit by the BigMat team car, and although he remounted, his discomfort was evident. Millar made it up the Angliru climb, but stopped a metre from the finish line in protest at the extreme conditions of the stage. The organisers treated this as an abandon.
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At last, the moment of truth had arrived, as the favorites' group reached the lower slopes of the Angliru, with only Osa up the road. Osa's gap reached 1'08", but it was soon enough evident that he would not be able to fend off the group behind. Kelme once again showed its strength and set the pace, with Toni Tauler largely in command. Behind him, however, team leader Sevilla was drifting steadily backwards in the group, and did not look confident for the climb. In fact, Sevilla was put in his first real spot of difficulty as teammate and second placed Aitor Gonzalez began to force the pace, much to the annoyance of Sevilla who was not happy at the end of the stage.
This was the move that the other favorites had waited for, as Heras and Beloki moved to the front of the group, along with Francesco Casagrande, who briefly took over the pace-setting from Gonzalez. Within moments, however, US Postal's Heras accelerated with 6km to left to climb, including some of the steepest portions of the climb. Only Gonzalez could muster the strength to try to follow, and he himself was put in difficulty in no time.
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At that moment, Heras had spread his wings and never looked back, leaving the others to suffer behind him in the pouring rain. Steadily opening a gap which by the finish exceeded a minute and a half, the 2000 Vuelta winner maintained a fluid pedal stroke and never faltered, while behind the battle for second place on the stage- and more important time gains in the GC- played out between Beloki, Casagrande, and Euskaltel's Iban Mayo.
Heras crested the summit and negotiated the narrow dips and false flats into the finish, clenching his fist in a modest gesture which belied his dominant performance of the day. Beloki showed sparks of his form from the first week of racing, finishing second and climbing back into 4th place overall. Casagrande produced his best ride yet to take third place. Behind, Kelme's Sevilla and Gonzalez each did what they could to remain within the top three overall, with Gonzalez moving ahead of the former gold jersey.
With more climbing to come, and a final time trial in Madrid, Heras has not yet won the Vuelta. But once again he has confirmed that when it matters, his climbing form can't be matched in this year's Vuelta.
Photography
Images by Lavuelta.com
- Gilberto Simoni (Saeco) dressed for action
- Roberto Heras (USPS) talks to a fan before the stage
- Julian Gorospe and Iban Mayo (Euskaltel) looking relaxed before the start
- Oscar Sevilla (Kelme) looking nervous about today's stage
- The peloton roll out at kilometre 0
- Erik Zabel (Telekom) beats Alessandro Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo) in the first intermediate sprint
- The early breakaway contained 24 riders
- Oscar Pereiro (Phonak) leads his two break companions at Grado, after they had attacked the larger break.
- Oscar Pereiro (Phonak) Juan Antonio Flecha (iBanesto) and Iker Flores (Euskaltel) on the Alto del Tenebredo
- The chasing group behind the three leaders
- Kelme in control of the peloton during stage 15
- Flecha and Pereiro the two remaining leaders after Iker Flores' fall
- Saeco-Longoni Sport organise the chase in the peloton during stage 15
- Aitor Gonzalez (Kelme) leading the peloton to their doom
- Roberto Heras (USPS) driving through the rain on the Angliru
- Oscar Sevilla (Kelme) trying to limit the damage on the Alto de l'Angliru
- Joseba Beloki (ONCE) with Aitor Gonzalez on his wheel, in pursuit of Heras
- Roberto Heras (USPS) emerges from the fog to win the Angliru stage
Images by AFP
- Roberto Heras (USPS) leaves Aitor Gonzalez (Kelme) behind on the rain soaked slopes of the Alto de l'Angliru
Results
1 Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal Service 5.01.02 (35.2 km/h) 2 Joseba Beloki (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 1.35 3 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.41 4 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.54 5 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2.16 6 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 7 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 8 Angel Casero (Spa) Team Coast 2.22 9 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Milaneza-MSS 2.34 10 Félix Garcia Casas (Spa) Bigmat.Auber 93 2.42 11 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2.50 12 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Team Coast 13 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) ONCE-Eroski 3.18 14 Carlos Garcia (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 3.30 15 Rui Miguel Sousa (Por) Milaneza-MSS 3.48 16 Jesus Maria Manzano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 4.01 17 Klaus Möller (Den) Milaneza-MSS 4.08 18 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.21 19 David Plaza (Spa) Team Coast 4.32 20 Christian Vandevelde (USA) US Postal Service 6.12 21 Marcos Serrano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 6.24 22 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Fassa Bortolo 6.27 23 Aitor Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 7.28 24 Massimo Codol (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 7.30 25 Steven Kleynen (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 7.47 26 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis 8.03 27 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis 28 J.Antonio Flecha (Spa) iBanesto.com 8.18 29 Joan Horrach (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 8.53 30 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Lampre-Daikin 8.59 31 Sylvester Szymyd (Pol) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 9.05 32 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Saeco-Longoni Sport 9.08 33 Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 9.42 34 Rafael Casero (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 9.43 35 Pablo Lastras (Spa) iBanesto.com 10.09 36 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 37 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal Service 10.16 38 José Garrido (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 10.25 39 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 10.33 40 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 41 Alberto Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10.40 42 Oscar Camenzind (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 11.47 43 Simone Bertoletti (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 12.03 44 M.A. Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 12.05 45 Mikel Pradera (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 12.16 46 José Azevedo (Por) ONCE-Eroski 47 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Saeco-Longoni Sport 48 Juan José De Los Angeles (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 49 Aitor Kintana (Spa) Bigmat.Auber 93 12.26 50 David Cańada (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 12.57 51 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 12.59 52 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 13.13 53 Rui Lavarinhas (Por) Milaneza-MSS 54 Vladimir Miholevic (Cro) Alessio 13.31 55 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 13.35 56 J.Antonio Pecharroman (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 57 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 14.58 58 Luis Perez (Spa) Team Coast 15.53 59 Matthias Kessler (Ger) Team Telekom 16.17 60 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2R Prevoyance 16.20 61 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 17.26 62 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 17.51 63 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 18.21 64 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 18.46 65 José Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 66 Joao Silva (Por) Milaneza-MSS 18.52 67 Santiago Blanco (Spa) iBanesto.com 19.01 68 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 19.36 69 Fabio Sachi (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 19.41 70 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Saeco-Longoni Sport 71 Rafael Diaz Justo (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 19.54 72 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 20.03 73 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Telekom 20.04 74 Alberto Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 75 Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 20.09 76 Pietro Cauchioli (Ita) Alessio 20.12 77 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 20.18 78 Nicola Loda (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 79 Diego Ferrari (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 20.24 80 Andris Reiss (Lat) Index Alexia 81 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) iBanesto.com 20.42 82 Rubén Lobato Elvira (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 20.43 83 Dmitri Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis 20.48 84 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis 20.57 85 Robert Sassone (Fra) Cofidis 20.59 86 Mederic Clain (Fra) Cofidis 21.01 87 Benoit Salmon (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 88 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 21.12 89 Andrej Hauptman (Slo) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 21.15 90 Aitor Garmendia (Spa) Team Coast 21.44 91 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 22.05 92 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 22.38 93 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 22.46 94 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 23.16 95 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 23.17 96 Jan Schaffrath (Ger) Team Telekom 97 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 23.20 98 Rolf Aldag (Ger) Team Telekom 23.31 99 Antonio Colom (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 23.36 100 Pietro Zucconi (Swi) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 23.38 101 Santiago Botero (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 102 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites 23.59 103 Gorka Gerrikagoitia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 24.01 104 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 24.05 105 José Iván Gutierrez (Spa) iBanesto.com 106 Leif Hoste (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 24.08 107 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Fassa Bortolo 108 Zbigniew Spruch (Pol) Lampre-Daikin 24.25 109 Serguei Smetanine (Rus) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 24.39 110 Antonio Cruz (USA) US Postal Service 24.50 111 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 24.53 112 Germán Nieto (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 24.56 113 Robert Bartko (Ger) Team Telekom 25.00 114 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 25.03 115 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 116 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Mapei-Quick Step 117 Denis Zanette (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 25.14 118 Dario Gadeo (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 25.20 119 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio 25.24 120 J.Manuel Vazquez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 25.40 121 José Maestre (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 25.56 122 Alexei Sivakov (Rus) Bigmat.Auber 93 26.09 123 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 26.19 124 Raffaele Ferrara (Ita) Alessio 26.22 125 Alberto Vinale (Ita) Alessio 26.24 126 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 26.30 127 Alessandro Guerra (Ita) Index Alexia 26.36 128 Reto Bergmann (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 26.45 129 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Coast 26.49 130 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 27.12 131 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre-Daikin 132 Cyril Saugrain (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 27.34 133 Angel Edo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 28.07 134 Melchor Mauri (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 135 Juan Guillamon (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 28.45 136 Sebastien Talabardon (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 29.09 137 Davide Bramati (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 29.49 138 Jaime Hernandez (Spa) Team Coast 29.58 139 Matthew White (Aus) US Postal Service 31.00 140 Sven Teutenberg (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 141 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service 31.07 DNS Fernando Escartin (Spa) Team Coast DNS Daniele Bennati (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo DNS Guillaume Auger (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 DNS Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre-Daikin DNF Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Team Coast DNF David Millar (GBr) Cofidis DNF Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis DNF Giuseppe Di Grande (Ita) Index Alexia DNF Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca DNF Zoran Klemencic (Slo) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi DNF Andreas Klöden (Ger) Team Telekom DNF Victor Hugo Peńa (Col) US Postal Service Points 1 Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal Service 25 pts 2 Joseba Beloki (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 20 3 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 16 4 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 14 5 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 12 6 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 10 7 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 9 8 Angel Casero (Spa) Team Coast 8 9 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Milaneza-MSS 7 10 Félix Gracia Casas (Spa) Bigmat.Auber 93 6 11 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 5 12 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Team Coast 4 13 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) ONCE-Eroski 3 14 Carlos Garcia (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2 15 Rui Miguel Sousa (Por) Milaneza-MSS 1 Mountains Puerto Marabio - Cat. 1, km 80 1 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 16 pts 2 J.Antonio Flecha (Spa) iBanesto.com 12 3 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10 4 Aitor Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 8 5 M.A. Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 6 6 Simone Bertoletti (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 4 7 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 3 8 Jesus Maria Manzano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2 9 Aitor Kintana (Spa) Bigmat.Auber 93 1 Alto de Tenebredo - Cat. 2, kn 113 1 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 10 pts 2 J.Antonio Flecha (Spa) iBanesto.com 7 3 Aitor Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 5 4 M.A. Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 3 5 Rui Miguel Sousa (Por) Milaneza-MSS 2 6 Jesus Maria Manzano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1 Alto del Cordal - Cat. 1, km 155 1 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 16 pts 2 J.Antonio Flecha (Spa) iBanesto.com 12 3 Aitor Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 10 4 Rui Miguel Sousa (Por) Milaneza-MSS 8 5 Jesus Maria Manzano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 6 6 Félix Garcia Casas (Spa) Bigmat.Auber 93 4 7 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 3 8 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2 9 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1 Alto de L'Angliru - Cat. Special, km 176 1 Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal Service 30 pts 2 Joseba Beloki (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 25 3 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 20 4 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 16 5 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 12 6 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 10 7 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 8 8 Angel Casero (Spa) Team Coast 6 9 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Milaneza-MSS 4 10 Félix Garcia Casas (Spa) Bigmat.Auber 93 3 11 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2 12 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Team Coast 1 Sprints Posada de Llanera - km 20.4 1 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Telekom 4 pts 2 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2 3 Mederic Clain (Fra) Cofidis 1 Grado - km 51 1 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 4 pts 2 J.Antonio Flecha (Spa) iBanesto.com 2 3 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 La Vega - km 163.4 1 Aitor Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 4 pts 2 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 2 3 J.Antonio Flecha (Spa) iBanesto.com 1 Teams 1 Kelme-Costa Blanca 15.11.42 2 Team Coast 1.08 3 Milaneza-MSS 1.54 4 ONCE-Eroski 2.41 5 Saeco-Longoni Sport 5.04 6 US Postal Service 7.52 7 Euskaltel-Euskadi 8.19 8 iBanesto.com 17.19 9 Fassa Bortolo 17.23 10 Lampre-Daikin 19.56 11 Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 22.05 12 Cofidis 28.18 13 Bigmat.Auber 93 32.41 14 Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 37.11 15 Phonak Hearing Systems 37.47 16 Relax-Fuenlabrada 38.27 17 Domo-Farm Frites 41.58 18 Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 42.08 19 Mapei-Quick Step 42.59 20 Ag2R Prevoyance 46.08 21 Alessio 50.31 22 Team Telekom 51.02 General classification after stage 15 1 Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal Service 55.14.08 2 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 0.35 3 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1.08 4 Joseba Beloki (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 1.57 5 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.16 6 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3.56 7 Félix Garcia Casas (Spa) Bigmat.Auber 93 4.05 8 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 4.55 9 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Team Coast 5.20 10 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5.26 11 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) ONCE-Eroski 5.27 12 Angel Casero (Spa) Team Coast 5.31 13 Klaus Möller (Den) Milaneza-MSS 6.18 14 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Milaneza-MSS 6.43 15 Rui Miguel Sousa (Por) Milaneza-MSS 9.29 16 Guido Tentin (Ita) Cofidis 9.55 17 Pablo Lastras (Spa) iBanesto.com 12.57 18 Carlos Garcia (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 15.20 19 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Fassa Bortolo 15.33 20 Oscar Camenzind (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 18.00 21 David Plaza (Spa) Team Coast 19.06 22 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 23.20 23 Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 25.57 24 Christian Vandevelde (USA) US Postal Service 33.59 25 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Saeco-Longoni Sport 37.35 26 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio 39.04 27 J.Antonio Pecharroman (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 39.43 28 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio 41.09 29 Luis Perez (Spa) Team Coast 42.28 30 Steven Kleynen (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 42.38 31 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 32 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 44.43 33 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis 46.30 34 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 48.39 35 J.Antonio Flecha (Spa) iBanesto.com 48.40 36 Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 49.11 37 Simone Bertoletti (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 49.43 38 Rui Lavarinhas (Por) Milaneza-MSS 50.13 39 Joan Horrach (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 50.44 40 Marcos Serrano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 50.49 41 Santiago Blanco (Spa) iBanesto.com 52.06 42 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 52.46 43 José Garrido (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 53.20 44 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 53.40 45 José Azevedo (Por) ONCE-Eroski 53.43 46 Jesus Maria Manzano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 54.18 47 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 54.33 48 Matthias Kessler (Ger) Team Telekom 55.20 49 Joao Silva (Por) Milaneza-MSS 58.15 50 M.A. Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 1.01.02 51 Rafael Casero (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 1.01.20 52 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.01.50 53 David Cańada (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 1.04.39 54 Massimo Codol (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 1.06.23 55 José Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1.08.20 56 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal Service 1.09.25 57 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 1.10.01 58 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.11.36 59 Aitor Kintana (Spa) Bigmat.Auber 93 1.12.04 60 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2R Prevoyance 1.14.06 61 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Saeco-Longoni Sport 1.15.18 62 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 1.15.21 63 Angel Edo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 1.18.00 64 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 1.20.02 65 Juan José De Los Angeles (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1.21.57 66 Aitor Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 1.24.54 67 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Fassa Bortolo 1.25.17 68 Alberto Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.26.45 69 Dmitri Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis 1.28.51 70 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 1.30.29 71 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.32.10 72 Mederic Clain (Fra) Cofidis 1.32.55 73 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 1.35.26 74 Rafael Diaz Justo (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 1.36.16 75 Antonio Colom (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 1.36.59 76 Benoit Salmon (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.37.11 77 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Telekom 1.37.39 78 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Saeco-Longoni Sport 1.38.14 79 Serguei Smetanine (Rus) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 1.39.05 80 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Lampre-Daikin 1.39.06 81 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 1.39.38 82 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.40.52 83 Nicola Loda (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.42.12 84 Andrej Hauptman (Slo) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 1.42.47 85 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 1.43.28 86 Santiago Botero (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1.43.41 87 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 1.46.00 88 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.47.15 89 Reto Bergmann (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.47.52 90 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.48.18 91 Davide Bramati (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 1.51.47 92 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites 1.51.52 93 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 1.54.10 94 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 1.54.35 95 José Iván Gutierrez (Spa) iBanesto.com 1.56.44 96 Rolf Aldag (Ger) Team Telekom 1.57.40 97 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 1.58.31 98 Jan Schaffrath (Ger) Team Telekom 1.58.48 99 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) iBanesto.com 1.58.57 100 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis 1.59.13 101 J.Manuel Vazquez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 2.00.18 102 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.00.51 103 Aitor Garmendia (Spa) Team Coast 2.00.55 104 Denis Zanette (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2.01.46 105 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 2.01.57 106 Mikel Pradera (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 2.03.14 107 Gorka Gerrikagoitia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.03.22 108 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 2.03.45 109 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 2.04.19 110 Sebastien Talabardon (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 2.06.43 111 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.07.33 112 Melchor Mauri (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 2.09.20 113 Andris Reiss (Lat) Index Alexia 2.11.54 114 Cyril Saugrain (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 2.14.05 115 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 2.14.28 116 Robert Bartko (Ger) Team Telekom 2.14.31 117 Dario Gadeo (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 2.15.19 118 Alberto Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.15.42 119 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Mapei-Quick Step 2.15.59 120 Diego Ferrari (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 2.16.10 121 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre-Daikin 2.16.29 122 José Maestre (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 2.16.34 123 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio 2.16.48 124 Raffaele Ferrara (Ita) Alessio 2.18.36 125 Antonio Cruz (USA) US Postal Service 2.20.07 126 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service 2.20.41 127 Pietro Zucconi (Swi) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 2.23.52 128 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 2.23.55 129 Alessandro Guerra (Ita) Index Alexia 2.27.04 130 Jaime Hernandez (Spa) Team Coast 2.27.28 131 Alberto Vinale (Ita) Alessio 2.29.25 132 Juan Guillamon (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 2.32.34 133 Alexei Sivakov (Rus) Bigmat.Auber 93 2.32.46 134 Germán Nieto (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 2.33.22 135 Sven Teutenberg (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.39.14 136 Zbigniew Spruch (Pol) Lampre-Daikin 2.39.34 137 Matthew White (Aus) US Postal Service 2.39.57 138 Leif Hoste (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 2.42.06 139 Robert Sassone (Fra) Cofidis 2.46.48 140 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Coast 2.50.23 141 Rubén Lobato Elvira (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 2.52.32 Points classification 1 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Telekom 130 pts 2 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 109 3 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 98 4 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 74 5 Pablo Lastras (Spa) iBanesto.com 70 6 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 67 7 Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal Service 65 8 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Saeco-Longoni Sport 60 9 Angel Edo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 55 10 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 54 11 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio 52 12 Joseba Beloki (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 50 13 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 47 14 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Milaneza-MSS 45 15 Luis Perez (Spa) Team Coast 44 16 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 44 17 Félix Garcia Casas (Spa) Bigmat.Auber 93 43 18 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 42 19 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 42 20 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 40 21 Sven Teutenberg (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 36 22 Davide Bramati (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 33 23 Serguei Smetanine (Rus) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 32 24 Oscar Camenzind (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 32 25 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis 31 26 Klaus Möller (Den) Milaneza-MSS 27 27 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 26 28 Andrej Hauptman (Slo) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 26 29 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre-Daikin 26 30 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 22 31 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 21 32 Germán Nieto (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 18 33 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 16 34 Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 14 35 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 14 36 Mederic Clain (Fra) Cofidis 14 37 Juan Guillamon (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 14 38 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) ONCE-Eroski 13 39 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio 13 40 Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 13 41 Dario Gadeo (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 12 42 Rui Miguel Sousa (Por) Milaneza-MSS 12 43 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Team Coast 11 44 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 10 45 Angel Casero (Spa) Team Coast 10 46 Nicola Loda (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 10 47 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 9 48 Aitor Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 9 49 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 9 50 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) iBanesto.com 8 51 José Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 7 52 Christian Vandevelde (USA) US Postal Service 7 53 Dmitri Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis 7 54 M.A. Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 6 55 Alessandro Guerra (Ita) Index Alexia 6 56 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio 5 57 J.Antonio Flecha (Spa) iBanesto.com 5 58 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 5 59 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 5 60 David Plaza (Spa) Team Coast 4 61 Jesus Maria Manzano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 4 62 Sebastien Talabardon (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 4 63 Robert Bartko (Ger) Team Telekom 4 64 Raffaele Ferrara (Ita) Alessio 4 65 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 4 66 Alberto Vinale (Ita) Alessio 4 67 Robert Sassone (Fra) Cofidis 4 68 Carlos Garcia (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 3 69 Steven Kleynen (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 2 70 Joao Silva (Por) Milaneza-MSS 2 71 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 2 72 Rolf Aldag (Ger) Team Telekom 2 73 Jan Schaffrath (Ger) Team Telekom 2 74 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 75 Melchor Mauri (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 2 76 Andris Reiss (Lat) Index Alexia 2 77 J.Antonio Pecharroman (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 1 78 Santiago Blanco (Spa) iBanesto.com 1 79 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 1 80 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 81 Antonio Colom (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 1 82 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 1 83 Denis Zanette (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1 84 Rubén Lobato Elvira (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 1 Mountains classification 1 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 75 pts 2 Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal Service 74 3 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 62 4 Félix Garcia Casas (Spa) Bigmat.Auber 93 57 5 Aitor Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 56 6 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 49 7 Mederic Clain (Fra) Cofidis 42 8 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 41 9 J.Antonio Flecha (Spa) iBanesto.com 40 10 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 37 11 M.A. Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 35 12 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 33 13 Joseba Beloki (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 33 14 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis 30 15 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Milaneza-MSS 26 16 Rui Miguel Sousa (Por) Milaneza-MSS 26 17 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 25 18 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 22 19 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 20 20 Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 20 21 Santiago Blanco (Spa) iBanesto.com 18 22 Jesus Maria Manzano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 18 23 Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 17 24 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio 16 25 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 16 26 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) ONCE-Eroski 14 27 Klaus Möller (Den) Milaneza-MSS 13 28 Luis Perez (Spa) Team Coast 12 29 Germán Nieto (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 12 30 Antonio Colom (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 10 31 Serguei Smetanine (Rus) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 10 32 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 7 33 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7 34 Angel Casero (Spa) Team Coast 6 35 Pablo Lastras (Spa) iBanesto.com 6 36 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio 6 37 Joan Horrach (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 5 38 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 5 39 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 5 40 Oscar Camenzind (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 4 41 Simone Bertoletti (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 4 42 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4 43 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 4 44 Aitor Kintana (Spa) Bigmat.Auber 93 4 45 Carlos Garcia (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 3 46 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 3 47 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Lampre-Daikin 3 48 Rolf Aldag (Ger) Team Telekom 3 49 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) iBanesto.com 3 50 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis 2 51 José Azevedo (Por) ONCE-Eroski 2 52 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2 53 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 2 54 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2 55 Melchor Mauri (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 2 56 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 2 57 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Team Coast 1 58 José Garrido (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 1 59 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Saeco-Longoni Sport 1 60 Alberto Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 61 Davide Bramati (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 1 62 J.Manuel Vazquez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 1 63 Denis Zanette (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1 Regularity classification 1 Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal Service 10 pts 2 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 17 3 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 17 4 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 21 5 Félix Garcia Casas (Spa) Bigmat.Auber 93 28 6 Joseba Beloki (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 29 7 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 29 8 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 36 9 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Milaneza-MSS 43 10 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 47 11 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 51 12 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis 55 13 Pablo Lastras (Spa) iBanesto.com 57 14 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 61 15 Klaus Möller (Den) Milaneza-MSS 66 16 Luis Perez (Spa) Team Coast 72 17 Rui Miguel Sousa (Por) Milaneza-MSS 73 18 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) ONCE-Eroski 75 19 Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 80 20 Oscar Camenzind (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 84 21 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio 89 22 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 90 23 Angel Casero (Spa) Team Coast 91 24 Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 96 25 J.Antonio Flecha (Spa) iBanesto.com 101 26 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 107 27 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Team Coast 109 28 M.A. Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 115 29 Mederic Clain (Fra) Cofidis 115 30 Aitor Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 119 31 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio 120 32 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 120 33 Jesus Maria Manzano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 129 34 Carlos Garcia (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 131 35 Serguei Smetanine (Rus) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 133 36 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 136 37 Santiago Blanco (Spa) iBanesto.com 140 38 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 144 39 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 156 40 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 161 41 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 170 42 Davide Bramati (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 174 43 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 177 44 Antonio Colom (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 186 45 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 186 46 Germán Nieto (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 195 47 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) iBanesto.com 198 48 Rolf Aldag (Ger) Team Telekom 216 49 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 218 50 Melchor Mauri (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 242 51 Denis Zanette (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 250 Teams classification 1 Kelme-Costa Blanca 165.52.24 2 Team Coast 0.31 3 Milaneza-MSS 5.04 4 ONCE-Eroski 7.25 5 Euskaltel-Euskadi 20.37 6 Saeco-Longoni Sport 30.57 7 Cofidis 35.04 8 Fassa Bortolo 53.11 9 iBanesto.com 1.08.13 10 Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 1.10.52 11 US Postal Service 1.12.31 12 Phonak Hearing Systems 1.38.18 13 Lampre-Daikin 1.56.19 14 Relax-Fuenlabrada 2.13.29 15 Bigmat.Auber 93 2.31.12 16 Domo-Farm Frites 2.37.01 17 Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 2.38.01 18 Team Telekom 2.46.31 19 Alessio 2.49.45 20 Ag2R Prevoyance 3.31.34 21 Mapei-Quick Step 3.34.32 22 Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 3.48.56
