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57th Vuelta a España
Spain, September 7- 29, 2002
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Stage 1 - September 7: Valencia - TTT, 24.6 km
First blood to ONCE
Beloki in gold jersey
By Jeff Jones
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The 29 year old Basque Joseba Beloki, one of the big favourites for the Vuelta España, has taken the lead after the first stage courtesy of a blisteringly fast team time trial ridden by he and his ONCE-Eroski teammates. Not unexpectedly, ONCE was the fastest team at the first time check, and rode strongly in the final 12 km to secure victory over close rivals US Postal Service (at 14 seconds) and Kelme-Costa Blanca (at 15 seconds). ONCE clocked an unyielding 26'21 for the largely flat 24.6 kilometres around Valencia, averaging 56.01 km/h.
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The first stage of the 2002 Vuelta started in perfectly warm, sunny conditions, with temperatures hovering around the 30 degree mark. The first of 23 teams off the ranks was Relax Fuenlabrada, and they were followed at 4 minute intervals by the remaining teams. The early time checks saw Acqua e Sapone and Phonak at the top of the leaderboard, with a 27'04 and 27'08 respectively. These were fast times over the distance, but there was more to come.
Kelme-Costa Blanca, with its two time trial specialists Santiago Botero and Toni Tauler, was giving it everything to set a benchmark for the distance. After 12.5 km, they were an amazing 30 seconds up on Acqua e Sapone, but may have gone out too hard as their second 12 km was bettered by a few teams. By the finish, it was clear that they were the team to beat with a time of 26'36 (54.6 km/h).
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US Postal started slower than Kelme, crossing 12.5 km in 13'46, but obviously had enough in the tank to bring it home, knocking a second off Kelme's time and putting Antonio Cruz into the virtual leader's jersey. There was only one team that could realistically challenge the Posties, and that was ONCE, who also beat them in the Tour de France team time trial.
ONCE had 13'32 at halfway, but unlike Kelme they had enough horsepower to drive it home, finishing in an excellent time of 26'21. With Joseba Beloki and Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano as the first two men across the line, it seemed as though that Manolo Saiz wanted put his big guns at the top right from the outset. None of the remaining teams came close, and defending champion Angel Casero (Team Coast) has already conceded 39 seconds to Beloki and co.
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Saiz was more than satisfied, and pointed to the Saeco team's 16th place finish. "Above all, I’m very happy with the 1'13 advantage that we have over Gilberto Simoni's Saeco team", he said, while remaining more cautious about the advantages obtained over the other teams which were "more or less as expected".
Tomorrow's second stage is from Valencia to Alcoi, over 144 km with a first and a third category climb. ONCE will have the job of defending the jersey, but the sprinters teams should play a role tomorrow with Telekom (Zabel), Acqua e Sapone (Cipollini) and Mapei (Freire) all in the hunt for a stage win.
Photography
Photos by AFP
- The Postal train in flight - (from L to R) David Zabriskie, Matthew White, Steffen Kjaergaard, Christian Vandevelde and Victor Hugo Peña
- Joseba Beloki (ONCE-Eroski) enjoys the limelight, possibly a bit earlier he expected
Photos by Yuzuru Sunada
- The ONCE team, with Joseba Beloki in the centre, power towards the finish in Valencia.
- Joseba Beloki (ONCE-Eroski) salutes from the podium after being awarded the first gold jersey.
Photos by Graham Watson, courtesy of Unipublic
- Jazztel Costa del Almeria just after the start
- The ONCE squad at full flight in stage 1
- US Postal Service powering to a second place on the first stage
- Kelme-Costa Blanca rode well in stage 1 for the third best time
- The winning ONCE-Eroski team salute from the podium
- Joseba Beloki (ONCE-Eroski) salutes from the podium after being awarded the first gold jersey.
Photos courtesy of Unipublic
- The official starters. Only one per rider allowed.
- Relax Fuenlabrada, the first team to start in Valencia
- Team Coast set off for the first stage
- Kelme-Costa Blanca ride full gas during stage 1
- The US Postal team in formation during stage 1.
- Acqua e Sapone power along in the TTT
- The Phonak Hearing Systems squad finished in 11th place on the first stage
- Saeco-Longoni Sport lost a valuable 1'13 today
- Relax Fuenlabrada, the first team to start in Valencia
Results
1 ONCE-Eroski 26.21 (56.01 km/h) 2 US Postal 0.14 3 Kelme-Costa Blanca 0.15 4 Telekom 0.18 5 Fassa Bortolo 0.23 6 Cofidis 0.26 7 iBanesto.com 0.27 8 Team Coast 0.39 9 Mapei-Quick Step 0.42 10 Acqua e Sapone 0.43 11 Phonak Hearing Systems 0.47 12 Lampre-Daikin 0.54 13 Milaneza-MSS 14 Domo-Farm Frites 0.59 15 Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.03 16 Saeco Longoni Sport 1.13 17 Tacconi Sport 18 Big Mat-Auber 93 1.16 19 Jazztel-Costa del Almeria 1.21 20 Alessio 1.24 21 Ag2r-Prevoyance 1.26 22 Relax Fuenlabrada 1.31 23 Index Alexia 2.38 Individual classification 1 Joseba Beloki (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 26.21 (56.01 km/h) 2 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 3 José Azevedo (Por) ONCE-Eroski 4 Rafael Diaz Justo (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 5 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) ONCE-Eroski 6 Marcos Serrano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 7 Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 8 Antonio Cruz (USA) US Postal Service 0.14 9 Michael Barry (Can) US Postal Service 10 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) US Postal Service 11 Christian Vandevelde (USA) US Postal Service 12 Steffen Kjaergaard (Nor) US Postal Service 13 Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal Service 14 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal Service 15 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service 16 José Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 0.15 17 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 18 Juan José De Los Angeles (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 19 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 20 Jesus Maria Manzano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 21 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 22 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 23 Santiago Botero (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 24 Carlos Garcia (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 25 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Telekom 0.18 26 Rolf Aldag (Ger) Team Telekom 27 Robert Bartko (Ger) Team Telekom 28 Matthias Kessler (Ger) Team Telekom 29 Andreas Klier (Ger) Team Telekom 30 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Team Telekom 31 Jan Schaffrath (Ger) Team Telekom 32 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Team Telekom 33 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 0.23 34 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Fassa Bortolo 35 Nicola Loda (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 36 Denis Zanette (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 37 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 38 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 39 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 40 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 41 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Fassa Bortolo 42 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis 0.26 43 Dmitri Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis 44 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis 45 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis 46 Mederic Clain (Fra) Cofidis 47 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis 48 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis 49 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis 50 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Team Telekom 51 José Iván Gutierrez (Spa) iBanesto.com 0.27 52 Aitor Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 53 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) iBanesto.com 54 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) iBanesto.com 55 Santiago Blanco (Spa) iBanesto.com 56 J.Antonio Flecha (Spa) iBanesto.com 57 Pablo Lastras (Spa) iBanesto.com 58 Jon Odriozola (Spa) iBanesto.com 59 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) iBanesto.com 0.31 60 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Coast 0.39 61 Angel Casero (Spa) Team Coast 62 David Plaza (Spa) Team Coast 63 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Team Coast 64 Fernando Escartin (Spa) Team Coast 65 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Team Coast 66 Jaime Hernandez (Spa) Team Coast 67 Luis Perez (Spa) Team Coast 68 Aitor Garmendia (Spa) Team Coast 69 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 0.42 70 David Cañada (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 71 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 72 Oscar Freire (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 73 Davide Bramati (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 74 Andrea Noe (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 75 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 76 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Mapei-Quick Step 77 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 0.43 78 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 79 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 80 Martin Derganc (Slo) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 81 M.A. Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 82 Guido Trenti (USA) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 83 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.47 84 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 85 Gonzalo Bayarri (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 86 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 87 Oscar Camenzind (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 88 Sven Teutenberg (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 89 Benoit Salmon (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 90 Milan Kadlec (Cze) Lampre-Daikin 0.54 91 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Lampre-Daikin 92 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre-Daikin 93 Massimo Codol (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 94 Johan Verstrepen (Bel) Lampre-Daikin 95 Vitoriano Fernandez (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 96 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Milaneza-MSS 97 Rui Miguel Sousa (Por) Milaneza-MSS 98 Klaus Möller (Den) Milaneza-MSS 99 Rui Lavarinhas (Por) Milaneza-MSS 100 Melchor Mauri (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 101 Joan Horrach (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 102 Angel Edo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 103 Joao Silva (Por) Milaneza-MSS 104 Leif Hoste (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 0.59 105 Steven Kleynen (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 106 Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 107 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Domo-Farm Frites 108 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites 109 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.03 110 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 111 Alberto Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 112 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 113 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 114 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 115 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 116 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 1.05 117 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.07 118 Jan Hruska (Cze) ONCE-Eroski 1.12 119 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 1.13 120 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 121 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 122 Diego Ferrari (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 123 Andrej Hauptman (Slo) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 124 Sylvester Szymyd (Pol) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 125 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 126 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 127 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Saeco-Longoni Sport 128 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 129 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 130 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Saeco-Longoni Sport 131 Félix Garcia Casas (Spa) Bigmat.Auber 93 1.16 132 Alexei Sivakov (Rus) Bigmat.Auber 93 133 Stephane Heulot (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 134 Sebastien Talabardon (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 135 Guillaume Auger (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 136 Aitor Kintana (Spa) Bigmat.Auber 93 137 Cyril Saugrain (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 138 Xavier Jan (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 139 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Bigmat.Auber 93 140 Reto Bergmann (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.18 141 Rafael Casero (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 1.21 142 José Garrido (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 143 J.Antonio Pecharroman (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 144 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 145 Serguei Smetanine (Rus) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 146 Dario Gadeo (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 147 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 148 Juan Guillamon (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 149 Ricardo Valdez (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 150 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Saeco-Longoni Sport 151 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio 1.24 152 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio 153 Andrea Brognara (Ita) Alessio 154 Mauro Zanetti (Ita) Alessio 155 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio 156 Alberto Vinale (Ita) Alessio 157 Aleksandar Nikacevic (Yug) Alessio 158 Iñigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 1.26 159 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 160 Stéphane Berges (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 161 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 162 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 163 Thierry Loder (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 164 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2R Prevoyance 165 Lauri Aus (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 166 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 167 Bram Tankink (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites 1.29 168 Martín Garrido (Arg) Relax-Fuenlabrada 1.31 169 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 170 Antonio Colom (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 171 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 172 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 173 José Maestre (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 174 Benjamín Noval (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 175 Germán Nieto (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 176 J.Manuel Vazquez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 177 Matthew White (Aus) US Postal Service 2.01 178 Alessio Galletti (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 2.15 179 Steve De Wolf (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 2.25 180 Alberto Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.30 181 Mikel Pradera (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 2.35 182 Ivan Quaranta (Ita) Index Alexia 2.38 183 Giuseppe Di Grande (Ita) Index Alexia 184 Andris Reiss (Lat) Index Alexia 185 Daniele Galli (Ita) Index Alexia 186 Corrado Serina (Ita) Index Alexia 187 Marco Magnani (Ita) Index Alexia 188 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Index Alexia 189 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Index Alexia 190 Jeroen Blijevens (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites 2.45 191 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 192 Zoran Klemencic (Slo) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 2.47 193 Gabriele Balducci (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 194 Pietro Zucconi (Swi) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 195 Zbigniew Spruch (Pol) Lampre-Daikin 2.53 196 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 2.57 197 Robert Sassone (Fra) Cofidis 3.24 198 Simone Bertoletti (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 3.26 199 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 3.26 200 Gorka Gerrikagoitia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.37 201 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre-Daikin 3.42 202 Alessandro Guerra (Ita) Index Alexia 4.30 203 Mario Scirea (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 4.43 204 Raffaele Ferrara (Ita) Alessio 4.47 205 Dario Pieri (Ita) Alessio 4.56 206 Rubén Lobato Elvira (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 8.01 DNS Eddy Ratti (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step Points 1 Joseba Beloki (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 25 pts 2 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 20 3 José Azevedo (Por) ONCE-Eroski 16 4 Rafael Diaz Justo (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 14 5 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) ONCE-Eroski 12 6 Marcos Serrano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 10 7 Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 9 8 Antonio Cruz (USA) US Postal Service 8 9 Michael Barry (Can) US Postal Service 7 10 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) US Postal Service 6 11 Christian Vandevelde (USA) US Postal Service 5 12 Steffen Kjaergaard (Nor) US Postal Service 4 13 Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal Service 3 14 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal Service 2 15 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service 1 Teams 1 ONCE-Eroski 1.19.03 2 US Postal Service 0.42 3 Kelme-Costa Blanca 0.45 4 Team Telekom 0.54 5 Fassa Bortolo 1.09 6 Cofidis 1.18 7 iBanesto.com 1.21 8 Team Coast 1.57 9 Mapei-Quick Step 2.06 10 Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 2.09 11 Phonak Hearing Systems 2.21 12 Lampre-Daikin 2.42 13 Milaneza-MSS 14 Domo-Farm Frites 2.57 15 Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.09 16 Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 3.39 17 Saeco-Longoni Sport 18 Bigmat.Auber 93 3.48 19 Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 4.03 20 Alessio 4.12 21 Ag2R Prevoyance 4.18 22 Relax-Fuenlabrada 4.33 23 Index Alexia 7.54 General classification after stage 1 1 Joseba Beloki (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 26.21 2 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 3 José Azevedo (Por) ONCE-Eroski 4 Rafael Diaz Justo (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 5 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) ONCE-Eroski 6 Marcos Serrano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 7 Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 8 Antonio Cruz (USA) US Postal Service 0.14 9 Michael Barry (Can) US Postal Service 10 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) US Postal Service 11 Christian Vandevelde (USA) US Postal Service 12 Steffen Kjaergaard (Nor) US Postal Service 13 Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal Service 14 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal Service 15 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service 16 José Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 0.15 17 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 18 Juan José De Los Angeles (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 19 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 20 Jesus Maria Manzano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 21 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 22 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 23 Santiago Botero (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 24 Carlos Garcia (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 25 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Telekom 0.18 26 Rolf Aldag (Ger) Team Telekom 27 Robert Bartko (Ger) Team Telekom 28 Matthias Kessler (Ger) Team Telekom 29 Andreas Klier (Ger) Team Telekom 30 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Team Telekom 31 Jan Schaffrath (Ger) Team Telekom 32 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Team Telekom 33 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 0.23 34 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Fassa Bortolo 35 Nicola Loda (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 36 Denis Zanette (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 37 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 38 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 39 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 40 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 41 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Fassa Bortolo 42 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis 0.26 43 Dmitri Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis 44 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis 45 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis 46 Mederic Clain (Fra) Cofidis 47 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis 48 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis 49 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis 50 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Team Telekom 51 José Iván Gutierrez (Spa) iBanesto.com 0.27 52 Aitor Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 53 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) iBanesto.com 54 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) iBanesto.com 55 Santiago Blanco (Spa) iBanesto.com 56 J.Antonio Flecha (Spa) iBanesto.com 57 Pablo Lastras (Spa) iBanesto.com 58 Jon Odriozola (Spa) iBanesto.com 59 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) iBanesto.com 0.31 60 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Coast 0.39 61 Angel Casero (Spa) Team Coast 62 David Plaza (Spa) Team Coast 63 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Team Coast 64 Fernando Escartin (Spa) Team Coast 65 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Team Coast 66 Jaime Hernandez (Spa) Team Coast 67 Luis Perez (Spa) Team Coast 68 Aitor Garmendia (Spa) Team Coast 69 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 0.42 70 David Cañada (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 71 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 72 Oscar Freire (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 73 Davide Bramati (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 74 Andrea Noe (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 75 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 76 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Mapei-Quick Step 77 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 0.43 78 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 79 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 80 Martin Derganc (Slo) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 81 M.A. Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 82 Guido Trenti (USA) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 83 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.47 84 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 85 Gonzalo Bayarri (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 86 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 87 Oscar Camenzind (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 88 Sven Teutenberg (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 89 Benoit Salmon (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 90 Milan Kadlec (Cze) Lampre-Daikin 0.54 91 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Lampre-Daikin 92 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre-Daikin 93 Massimo Codol (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 94 Johan Verstrepen (Bel) Lampre-Daikin 95 Vitoriano Fernandez (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 96 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Milaneza-MSS 97 Rui Miguel Sousa (Por) Milaneza-MSS 98 Klaus Möller (Den) Milaneza-MSS 99 Rui Lavarinhas (Por) Milaneza-MSS 100 Melchor Mauri (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 101 Joan Horrach (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 102 Angel Edo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 103 Joao Silva (Por) Milaneza-MSS 104 Leif Hoste (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 0.59 105 Steven Kleynen (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 106 Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 107 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Domo-Farm Frites 108 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites 109 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.03 110 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 111 Alberto Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 112 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 113 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 114 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 115 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 116 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 1.05 117 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.07 118 Jan Hruska (Cze) ONCE-Eroski 1.12 119 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 1.13 120 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 121 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 122 Diego Ferrari (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 123 Andrej Hauptman (Slo) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 124 Sylvester Szymyd (Pol) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 125 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 126 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 127 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Saeco-Longoni Sport 128 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 129 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 130 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Saeco-Longoni Sport 131 Félix Garcia Casas (Spa) Bigmat.Auber 93 1.16 132 Alexei Sivakov (Rus) Bigmat.Auber 93 133 Stephane Heulot (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 134 Sebastien Talabardon (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 135 Guillaume Auger (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 136 Aitor Kintana (Spa) Bigmat.Auber 93 137 Cyril Saugrain (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 138 Xavier Jan (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 139 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Bigmat.Auber 93 140 Reto Bergmann (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.18 141 Rafael Casero (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 1.21 142 José Garrido (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 143 J.Antonio Pecharroman (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 144 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 145 Serguei Smetanine (Rus) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 146 Dario Gadeo (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 147 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 148 Juan Guillamon (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 149 Ricardo Valdez (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 150 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Saeco-Longoni Sport 151 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio 1.24 152 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio 153 Andrea Brognara (Ita) Alessio 154 Mauro Zanetti (Ita) Alessio 155 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio 156 Alberto Vinale (Ita) Alessio 157 Aleksandar Nikacevic (Yug) Alessio 158 Iñigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 1.26 159 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 160 Stéphane Berges (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 161 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 162 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 163 Thierry Loder (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 164 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2R Prevoyance 165 Lauri Aus (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 166 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 167 Bram Tankink (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites 1.29 168 Martín Garrido (Arg) Relax-Fuenlabrada 1.31 169 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 170 Antonio Colom (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 171 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 172 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 173 José Maestre (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 174 Benjamín Noval (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 175 Germán Nieto (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 176 J.Manuel Vazquez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 177 Matthew White (Aus) US Postal Service 2.01 178 Alessio Galletti (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 2.15 179 Steve De Wolf (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 2.25 180 Alberto Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.30 181 Mikel Pradera (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 2.35 182 Ivan Quaranta (Ita) Index Alexia 2.38 183 Giuseppe Di Grande (Ita) Index Alexia 184 Andris Reiss (Lat) Index Alexia 185 Daniele Galli (Ita) Index Alexia 186 Corrado Serina (Ita) Index Alexia 187 Marco Magnani (Ita) Index Alexia 188 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Index Alexia 189 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Index Alexia 190 Jeroen Blijevens (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites 2.45 191 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 192 Zoran Klemencic (Slo) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 2.47 193 Gabriele Balducci (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 194 Pietro Zucconi (Swi) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 195 Zbigniew Spruch (Pol) Lampre-Daikin 2.53 196 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 2.57 197 Robert Sassone (Fra) Cofidis 3.24 198 Simone Bertoletti (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 3.26 199 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 3.26 200 Gorka Gerrikagoitia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.37 201 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre-Daikin 3.42 202 Alessandro Guerra (Ita) Index Alexia 4.30 203 Mario Scirea (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 4.43 204 Raffaele Ferrara (Ita) Alessio 4.47 205 Dario Pieri (Ita) Alessio 4.56 206 Rubén Lobato Elvira (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 8.01 Points classification 1 Joseba Beloki (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 25 pts 2 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 20 3 José Azevedo (Por) ONCE-Eroski 16 4 Rafael Diaz Justo (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 14 5 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) ONCE-Eroski 12 6 Marcos Serrano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 10 7 Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 9 8 Antonio Cruz (USA) US Postal Service 8 9 Michael Barry (Can) US Postal Service 7 10 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) US Postal Service 6 11 Christian Vandevelde (USA) US Postal Service 5 12 Steffen Kjaergaard (Nor) US Postal Service 4 13 Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal Service 3 14 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal Service 2 15 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service 1 Regularity classification 1 Joseba Beloki (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 2 2 Igor Glez. Galdeano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 4 3 José Azevedo (Por) ONCE-Eroski 6 4 Rafael Diaz Justo (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 8 5 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) ONCE-Eroski 10 6 Marcos Serrano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 12 7 Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 14 8 Antonio Cruz (USA) US Postal Service 16 9 Michael Barry (Can) US Postal Service 18 10 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) US Postal Service 20 11 Christian Vandevelde (USA) US Postal Service 22 12 Steffen Kjaergaard (Nor) US Postal Service 24 13 Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal Service 26 14 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal Service 28 15 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service 30 Teams classification 1 ONCE-Eroski 1.19.03 2 US Postal Service 0.42 3 Kelme-Costa Blanca 0.45 4 Team Telekom 0.54 5 Fassa Bortolo 1.09 6 Cofidis 1.18 7 iBanesto.com 1.21 8 Team Coast 1.57 9 Mapei-Quick Step 2.06 10 Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 2.09 11 Phonak Hearing Systems 2.21 12 Lampre-Daikin 2.42 13 Milaneza-MSS 14 Domo-Farm Frites 2.57 15 Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.09 16 Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 3.39 17 Saeco-Longoni Sport 3.39 18 Bigmat.Auber 93 3.48 19 Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 4.03 20 Alessio 4.12 21 Ag2R Prevoyance 4.18 22 Relax-Fuenlabrada 4.33 23 Index Alexia 7.54
