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57th Vuelta a España
Spain, September 7- 29, 2002
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Stage 20 - September 28: Avila -Warner Bros Park (S. Martín de la Vega), 141.2 km
Furlan proves fastest in Vuelta's final road stage
By Chris Henry
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The peloton rolled across the roads of Spain for the last mass start race today, a generally flat stage of 141km finishing in the Warner Brothers Park in San Martin de la Vega. With only two small Cat. 3 climbs, the stage profile presented one more opportunity for the sprinters who managed to conquer the high mountains. Many expected a showdown between Erik Zabel and Alessandro Petacchi, but at the line the two were both burned by Alessio's Angelo Furlan, who scored his second stage win of this year's race.
Furlan described the sprint as follows: "Coming into the sprint up a slight rise, I knew I had an advantage because I'm a bit heavier. Also in this sprint I had more freedom to maneuver than in Salamanca."
"The fact that I've won two stages does not mean anything for the selection of the Italian team for the World's. I am in form, but I am not going to give advice to the selector. I'll respect his decision."
How it unfolded
The requisite early break of the day was initiated by Oscar Laguna (Relax-Fuenlabrada), who set off after only 3km, on the first climb of the day. Laguna has been in his share of breaks throughout the course of this year's Vuelta, and decided to go it alone today to give his sponsors some valuable exposure in their home region.
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It was no surprise that Laguna quickly increased his lead, eventually gaining over nine minutes on the smooth-rolling peloton. The leaders of the points and mountains classifications, Erik Zabel and Aitor Osa, were the only riders with any real ambitions behind the break. Race leader Roberto Heras took no points on the climb of the Paramera, allowing Aitor Osa to clinch the climber's jersey on the road. Meanwhile, at an intermediate sprint in El Tiemblo, Zabel consolidated his points lead over Alessandro Petacchi.
As Laguna crossed the final mountain of the Vuelta, the Alto Novas del Ray, the peloton began its steady pursuit, led by the sprinters' teams. With just under 75km to race, Phonak, Lampre, Fassa Bortolo, and Alessio took the initiative to reel in Laguna, working to set up a bunch sprint for riders such as Teutenberg, Svorada, Petacchi, or Furlan.
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Over the wide highways so typical of the Vuelta, the peloton steadily ate into Laguna's advantage, but the Relax rider succeeded in holding the bunch at bay and riding alone through the town of Fuenlabrada. By the 15km to go mark, Laguna's escape was over, but his job was done.
Into the final kilometers, Zabel's Telekom teammates took control of the peloton and kept the speed high before the inevitable bunch sprint. Sven Teutenberg's Phonak team was also present, as was Fassa Bortolo, who provided the final leadout before the sprint began. Zabel sat comfortably on Petacchi's wheel, but it was Alessio's Furlan who had the biggest kick in the slightly uphill sprint, taking his second win of the race. Zabel may have finished third, denied a stage win throughout the Vuelta, but he nonetheless secured the points jersey ahead of Petacchi.
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Tomorrow's time trial in Madrid will decide the Vuelta's overall winner for the second year in succession, with an exciting battle set to play out between current leader Roberto Heras and Kelme's Aitor Gonzalez, who sits 1'08" behind. Joseba Beloki remains in 4th place overall, 24" behind Oscar Sevilla, and still holds a chance of making the podium. However, Sevilla's time trialing has improved greatly since his own final stage defeat by Angel Casero last year. Come what may, Spain is poised to see an all Spanish podium at the end of its national tour.
Photography
Images by Lavuelta.com
- The peloton departs Avila for the start of stage 20
- The peloton crossing the kilometre 0 banner
- For once a slow start to the stage
- On the descent of the Parameda climb
- No hurry today we've got plenty of time to chase down Oscar Laguna
- Oscar Laguna (Relax-Fuenlabrada) rode a 125 km time trial today for the benefit of his sponsors
- Former teammates, now rivals Oscar Sevilla and Roberto Heras discuss the prognostics
- Taking time to appreciate the scenery at the Burguillo
- The US Postal team keeping Heras out of trouble
- An early attempt to bridge to Laguna was unsuccessful
- Oscar Laguna (Relax-Fuenlabrada) reaches the feed zone at km 84
- Oscar Laguna (Relax-Fuenlabrada) was today's main protagonist, riding ahead for 125 km
- Roberto Heras (USPS) in control, but still nervous
- Aitor Osa (iBanesto.com) secured his mountains jersey today
- Oscar Laguna (Relax-Fuenlabrada) on the Navas del Rey climb with 9 minutes lead
- Oscar Laguna (Relax-Fuenlabrada) wins the important sprint in Fuenlabrada
- Angelo Furlan (Alessio) recorded his second stage win
- Roberto Heras (USPS) smiles on the podium. Can he stay there tomorrow?
Images by AFP
- Angelo Furlan (Alessio) wins the stage in Warner Bros Park
- Angelo Furlan (Alessio) on the podium, delighted with his second win
- Roberto Heras (USPS) rides during the 20th stage of La Vuelta
Results
1 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio 3.00.08 (47.03 km/h) 2 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Telekom 4 Sven Teutenberg (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 5 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre-Daikin 6 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Saeco-Longoni Sport 7 Alexei Sivakov (Rus) Bigmat.Auber 93 8 Andrej Hauptman (Slo) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 9 Angel Edo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 10 Juan Guillamon (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 11 Robert Sassone (Fra) Cofidis 12 Antonio Cruz (USA) US Postal Service 13 Alessandro Guerra (Ita) Index Alexia 14 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 15 Serguei Smetanine (Rus) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 16 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 17 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 18 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 19 Alberto Vinale (Ita) Alessio 20 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 21 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 22 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 23 Germán Nieto (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 24 Dmitri Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis 25 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 26 Pablo Lastras (Spa) iBanesto.com 27 Zbigniew Spruch (Pol) Lampre-Daikin 28 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 29 Nicola Loda (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 30 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Team Coast 31 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Coast 32 Klaus Möller (Den) Milaneza-MSS 33 Davide Bramati (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 34 J.Antonio Flecha (Spa) iBanesto.com 35 Rui Miguel Sousa (Por) Milaneza-MSS 36 Rafael Casero (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 37 M.A. Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 38 Mederic Clain (Fra) Cofidis 39 Diego Ferrari (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 40 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 41 Rui Lavarinhas (Por) Milaneza-MSS 42 Gorka Gerrikagoitia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 43 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 44 Pietro Zucconi (Swi) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 45 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Saeco-Longoni Sport 46 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 47 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 48 Angel Casero (Spa) Team Coast 49 Félix Garcia Casas (Spa) Bigmat.Auber 93 50 Sebastien Talabardon (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 51 José Garrido (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 52 Jaime Hernandez (Spa) Team Coast 53 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 54 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 55 David Cańada (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 56 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 57 Joseba Beloki (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 58 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 59 Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal Service 60 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 61 Rolf Aldag (Ger) Team Telekom 62 Christian Vandevelde (USA) US Postal Service 63 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 64 José Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 65 Santos Gonzales (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 66 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal Service 67 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 68 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Milaneza-MSS 69 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis 70 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites 71 J.Antonio Pecharroman (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 72 Cyril Saugrain (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 73 Jan Schaffrath (Ger) Team Telekom 74 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 75 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis 76 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 77 José Azevedo (Por) ONCE-Eroski 78 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 79 Carlos Garcia (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 80 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio 81 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Fassa Bortolo 82 Sylvester Szymyd (Pol) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 83 Paolo Tiralungo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 84 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 85 José Iván Gutierrez (Spa) iBanesto.com 86 Rafael Diaz Justo (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 87 Alberto Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 88 David Plaza (Spa) Team Coast 89 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 90 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis 91 Andris Reiss (Lat) Index Alexia 92 Mikel Pradera (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 93 Massimo Codol (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 94 Joao Silva (Por) Milaneza-MSS 95 J.Manuel Vazquez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 96 Simone Bertoletti (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 97 Juan José De Los Angeles (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 98 Aitor Kintana (Spa) Bigmat.Auber 93 99 Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 100 Rubén Lobato Elvira (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 101 Mikel Zarrabietia (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 102 Aitor Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 103 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 104 Dario Gadeo (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 105 Matthias Kessler (Ger) Team Telekom 106 Robert Bartko (Ger) Team Telekom 107 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Fassa Bortolo 108 Aitor Garmendia (Spa) Team Coast 109 Marcos Serrano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 110 Denis Zanette (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 111 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 112 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 113 Alberto Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 114 Reto Bergmann (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 115 Joan Horrach (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 116 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Saeco-Longoni Sport 117 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio 118 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2R Prevoyance 119 Steven Kleynen (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 120 Peter Lutternberger (Aut) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 121 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 122 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Mapei-Quick Step 123 José Maestre (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 124 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service 125 Matthew White (Aus) US Postal Service 126 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Lampre-Daikin 127 Santiago Blanco (Spa) iBanesto.com 128 Luis Perez (Spa) Team Coast 129 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) iBanesto.com 130 Benoit Salmon (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 131 Santiago Botero (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 132 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi Points 1 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio 25 pts 2 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 20 3 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Telekom 16 4 Sven Teutenberg (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 14 5 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre-Daikin 12 6 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Saeco-Longoni Sport 10 7 Alexei Sivakov (Rus) Bigmat.Auber 93 9 8 Andrej Hauptman (Slo) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 8 9 Angel Edo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 7 10 Juan Guillamon (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 6 11 Robert Sasonne (Fra) Cofidis 5 12 Antonio Cruz (USA) US Postal Service 4 13 Alessandro Guerra (Ita) Index Alexia 3 14 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 2 15 Serguei Smetanine (Rus) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 1 Sprints El Tiemblo - km 41.6 1 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 4 pts 2 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Telekom 2 3 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1 S. Martin de Valdeiglesias - km 53 1 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 4 pts 2 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Telekom 2 3 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1 Fuenlabrada - km 115.5 1 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 4 pts 2 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 2 3 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio 1 Mountains Alto de la Paramera - Cat. 3, km 15 1 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 6 pts 2 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 4 3 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2 4 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 1 Alto Navas del Rey - Cat. 3, km 66 1 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 6 pts 2 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 4 3 Aitor Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 2 4 Santiago Blanco (Spa) iBanesto.com 1 Teams 1 Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 9.00.24 2 Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 3 Lampre-Daikin 4 Saeco-Longoni Sport 5 Cofidis 6 Milaneza-MSS 7 Fassa Bortolo 8 Alessio 9 Bigmat.Auber 93 10 Team Coast 11 Euskaltel-Euskadi 12 Phonak Hearing Systems 13 US Postal Service 14 Team Telekom 15 Mapei-Quick Step 16 iBanesto.com 17 Kelme-Costa Blanca 18 Relax-Fuenlabrada 19 Ag2R Prevoyance 20 Domo-Farm Frites 21 Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 22 ONCE-Eroski General classification after stage 20 1 Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal Service 74.24.50 2 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1.08 3 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1.45 4 Joseba Beloki (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 2.09 5 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.15 6 Félix Garcia Casas (Spa) Bigmat.Auber 93 4.43 7 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 4.48 8 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 6.12 9 Angel Casero (Spa) Team Coast 6.18 10 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Team Coast 7.08 11 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7.33 12 Klaus Möller (Den) Milaneza-MSS 8.00 13 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Milaneza-MSS 8.22 14 David Plaza (Spa) Team Coast 11.13 15 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis 12.29 16 Rui Miguel Sousa (Por) Milaneza-MSS 12.45 17 Pablo Lastras (Spa) iBanesto.com 15.04 18 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Fassa Bortolo 18.52 19 Carlos Garcia (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 19.12 20 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 24.42 21 Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 29.13 22 Luis Perez (Spa) Team Coast 37.06 23 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio 39.59 24 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio 46.11 25 Steven Kleynen (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 48.07 26 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis 49.24 27 J.Antonio Pecharroman (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 49.33 28 Sylvester Szymyd (Pol) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 49.45 29 Christian Vandevelde (USA) US Postal Service 50.18 30 Rui Lavarinhas (Por) Milaneza-MSS 53.58 31 Simone Bertoletti (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 54.12 32 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 54.18 33 Joan Horrach (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 55.06 34 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 56.45 35 José Garrido (Spa) Jazztel-Costa Del Almeria 56.56 36 José Azevedo (Por) ONCE-Eroski 58.21 37 Marcos Serrano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 59.59 38 José Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1.01.25 39 Rafael Casero (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 1.05.05 40 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1.05.27 41 M.A. Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 1.07.04 42 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Saeco-Longoni Sport 1.07.17 43 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.08.01 44 J.Antonio Flecha (Spa) iBanesto.com 1.08.12 45 Santiago Blanco (Spa) iBanesto.com 1.11.31 46 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 1.13.56 47 Matthias Kessler (Ger) Team Telekom 1.15.53 48 Massimo Codol (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 1.17.56 49 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 1.20.04 50 David Cańada (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 1.24.11 51 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal Service 1.26.31 52 Juan José De Los Angeles (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1.28.42 53 Aitor Kintana (Spa) Bigmat.Auber 93 1.31.37 54 Aitor Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 1.35.50 55 Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 1.36.01 56 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 1.39.15 57 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.39.30 58 Joao Silva (Por) Milaneza-MSS 1.41.46 59 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2R Prevoyance 1.45.32 60 Angel Edo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 1.45.34 61 Rafael Diaz Justo (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 1.47.24 62 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 1.47.59 63 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Saeco-Longoni Sport 1.51.01 64 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 1.55.19 65 Alberto Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.59.09 66 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Lampre-Daikin 2.02.01 67 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.03.37 68 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Telekom 2.03.59 69 Mederic Clain (Fra) Cofidis 2.05.46 70 Santiago Botero (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2.05.54 71 Ikor Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.10.39 72 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Fassa Bortolo 2.13.00 73 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 2.13.23 74 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites 2.14.37 75 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) iBanesto.com 2.15.56 76 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 2.19.05 77 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 2.19.11 78 Dmitri Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis 2.20.43 79 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Saeco-Longoni Sport 2.22.05 80 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 2.22.41 81 Benoit Salmon (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.24.21 82 Serguei Smetanine (Rus) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 2.25.16 83 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskatel-Euskadi 2.26.46 84 Rolf Aldag (Ger) Team Telekom 2.28.21 85 Aitor Garmendia (Spa) Team Coast 2.28.37 86 Nicola Loda (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2.29.22 87 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 2.29.29 88 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis 2.29.54 89 Jan Schaffrath (Ger) Team Telekom 2.33.29 90 Andrej Hauptman (Slo) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 2.34.39 91 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 2.34.41 92 Reto Bergmann (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.35.02 93 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.35.08 94 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2.35.25 95 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 2.37.52 96 Davide Bramati (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 2.38.37 97 Andris Reiss (Lat) Index Alexia 2.40.24 98 Mikel Pradera (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 2.46.45 99 J.Manuel Vazquez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 2.47.08 100 José Iván Gutierrez (Spa) iBanesto.com 2.48.36 101 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 2.50.30 102 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.52.43 103 Patrick Calcgani (Swi) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 2.53.30 104 Denis Zanette (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2.53.38 105 Gorka Gerrikagoitia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.55.14 106 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 2.55.57 107 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre-Daikin 2.57.05 108 Robert Bartko (Ger) Team Telekom 2.58.35 109 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Mapei-Quick Step 2.59.50 110 José Maestre (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 3.00.04 111 Sebastien Talabardon (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 3.00.28 112 Alberto Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.01.53 113 Cyril Saugrain (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 3.06.17 114 Dario Gadeo (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 3.07.31 115 Diego Ferrari (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 3.08.02 116 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 3.10.45 117 Antonio Cruz (USA) US Postal Service 3.11.59 118 Jaime Hernandez (Spa) Team Coast 3.14.18 119 Pietro Zucconi (Swi) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 3.15.44 120 Alessandro Guerra (Ita) Index Alexia 3.16.26 121 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio 3.16.45 122 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service 3.20.13 123 Rubén Lobato Elvira (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 3.20.26 124 Juan Guillamon (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 3.24.36 125 Robert Sassone (Fra) Cofidis 3.24.39 126 Alexei Sivakov (Rus) Bigmat.Auber 93 3.25.40 127 Alberto Vinale (Ita) Alessio 3.29.22 128 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Coast 3.29.25 129 Matthew White (Aus) US Postal Service 3.30.44 130 Zbigniew Spruch (Pol) Lampre-Daikin 3.31.26 131 Germán Nieto (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 3.31.57 132 Sven Teutenberg (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 3.37.05 Points classification 1 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Telekom 188 pts 2 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 163 3 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 126 4 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio 102 5 Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal Service 97 6 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 90 7 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Saeco-Longoni Sport 90 8 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 77 9 Joseba Beloki (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 74 10 Pablo Lastras (Spa) iBanesto.com 71 11 Angel Edo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 69 12 Luis Perez (Spa) Team Coast 64 13 Sven Teutenberg (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 64 14 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 63 15 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 60 16 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 54 17 Félix Garcia Casas (Spa) Bigmat.Auber 93 53 18 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 53 19 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Milaneza-MSS 51 20 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre-Daikin 48 21 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 44 22 Andrej Hauptman (Slo) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 44 23 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 42 24 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) iBanesto.com 41 25 Klaus Möller (Den) Milaneza-MSS 35 26 Davide Bramati (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 34 27 Serguei Smetanine (Rus) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 33 28 M.A. Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 33 29 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis 31 30 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 31 31 Santiago Blanco (Spa) iBanesto.com 30 32 Santiago Botero (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 29 33 José Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 28 34 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio 28 35 Aitor Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 27 36 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 24 37 David Plaza (Spa) Team Coast 23 38 Angel Casero (Spa) Team Coast 23 39 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 21 40 J.Antonio Flecha (Spa) iBanesto.com 21 41 Juan Guillamon (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 20 42 Germán Nieto (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 18 43 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 16 44 Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 14 45 Mederic Clain (Fra) Cofidis 14 46 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 13 47 Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 13 48 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 13 49 Dario Gadeo (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 12 50 Rui Miguel Sousa (Por) Milaneza-MSS 12 51 Christian Vandevelde (USA) US Postal Service 12 52 Alessandro Guerra (Ita) Index Alexia 12 53 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Team Coast 11 54 Nicola Loda (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 11 55 Denis Zanette (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 11 56 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 10 57 Robert Sassone (Fra) Cofidis 9 58 Alexei Sivakov (Rus) Bigmat.Auber 93 9 59 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8 60 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 7 61 Dmitri Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis 7 62 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites 6 63 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 6 64 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio 5 65 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 5 66 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 5 67 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 5 68 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis 4 69 Robert Bartko (Ger) Team Telekom 4 70 Sebastien Talabardon (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 4 71 Carlos Garcia (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 4 72 Rolf Aldag (Ger) Team Telekom 4 73 Antonio Cruz (USA) US Postal Service 4 74 Alberto Vinale (Ita) Alessio 4 75 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 3 76 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Fassa Bortolo 2 77 Steven Kleynen (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 2 78 Marcos Serrano 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