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57th Vuelta a España
Spain, September 7- 29, 2002
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Stage 6 - September 12: Granada - La Pandera (Jaen), 153.1 km
Heras mounts Vuelta challenge, Sevilla leads overall
By Chris Henry
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Roberto Heras, leader of the US Postal Service team and winner of the 2000 Vuelta, soloed to victory at the summit of La Pandera today. After US Postal's impressive second place in the opening team time trial, Heras has sent the first clear signal that he himself is ready to challenge for this year's overall title, climbing with the same speed that impressed many in the mountains of this year's Tour de France. Kelme's Oscar Sevilla also followed up on his strong performance of yesterday, taking third place in today's stage and assuming the overall lead, ahead of Alexandre Vinokourov (Telekom) and Heras.
The stage started in what is becoming typical Vuelta fashion, with an early break sparked by young Cofidis rider Médéric Clain, who still wears the orange jersey as leader of the mountains classification. Today's breakaway, which again went after only 5km of racing, was larger than previous days and contained representatives from most of the major teams. With the day's climbing coming at the end of the stage, no major threats to the overall were present in the break, although former Vuelta winner Melchor Mauri (Milaneza-MSS) was along for the ride. Jan Hruska was ONCE's watch dog for the group.
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At the top of the first climb, the Alto de las Ecebras, Médéric Clain fulfilled his daily mission and took the mountain points, allowing him to keep his orange jersey for yet another day. Today's stage began at a higher pace than yesterday, with riders covering 88.1km in the first two hours of racing. Though the peloton was content to let the break ride for the first half of the race, today's escape never gained much more than 4 minutes, led on a steady chase of the lead group by ONCE's Jörg Jaksche and Rafael Diaz Justo, and Saeco's Gerrit Glomser.
The leading group was still around 3'30" ahead as it passed through the city of Jaen and the intermediate points sprint. Alessio's Raffaele Ferrara took the sprint, ahead of Médéric Clain, who seems determined to get into the mix at every opportunity. But as the group headed into the final 35km of the stage, which included two major climbs, the peloton was growing increasingly anxious behind. Climbing out of Jaen, the lead group began to splinter and the leaders' advantage began to crumble. Over the next 10km the peloton succeeded in cutting over one minute off the break's advantage, in advance of the 11km climb of the Puerto de los Villares.
Kelme's Antonio Tauler attacked to take the next intermediate sprint, and carried on with his move, followed briefly by Jazztel's Serguei Smetanine, who soon enough fell by the wayside. Tauler pressed on, the lone leader at this point, powering up the climb in his big chainring. But behind the real race was about to take shape, as Gilberto Simoni (Saeco) decided to test the waters with a move off the front of the peloton.
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Simoni succeeded in creating a split at the head of the peloton, taking with him several strong riders, including Vinokourov, Oscar Camenzind (Phonak), Pietro Caucchioli (Alessio), Felix Garcia Casas (Big Mat), and iBanesto's Aitor Osa. This group forced the pace, largely under the pressure of Simoni, and proceeded to pick up (and pass) the remnants of the original 16 man break. By this point Euskaltel's Iker Flores had replaced Tauler at the head of the race, riding strongly on his own and keeping the hard-charging Simoni group at bay with 1'30" advantage and 16km left to race.
Today's stage was expected to cause more fireworks amongst the leaders, as the climbs- particularly the final ascent to Pandera, were steeper and more varied than the previous day's interminable 37km ramp to Sierra Nevada. The pure climbers were finally expected to come to the fore, and on the penultimate climb, it was Saeco's Simoni, the lowest-placed favorite on GC, looking to make his mark on the 2nd category Puerto de los Villares.
Simoni's chase group steadily reduced Flores' advantage up front, with help from former world champion Oscar Camenzind, who happened to be celebrating his birthday today. Flores crossed the top of the climb with 37 seconds in hand over the chasers, and began the 5km descent before the final difficulty of the day. Simoni's efforts in the chase group helped create a further selection, and eight riders crossed the summit together in search of Flores, and with a 1'21" advantage over the peloton, which contained the remainder of the pre-race favorites. Both Simoni and Vinokourov worked relentlessly, as by this point either of the two had the opportunity to take not only the stage, but also the overall lead.
As the race his the slopes of final climb to Pandera, Flores lead Simoni's group by only 45 seconds, and the peloton was charging from behind. Simoni, Vinokourov and company caught Flores with 7km remaining to the summit, and the battle the for stage victory began anew. In the peloton behind Simoni's group, US Postal finally made its appearance at the head of affairs, and in a repeat of yesterday's performance it was strongman Christian Vandevelde taking up the pacemaking with Roberto Heras tucked in behind. Vandevelde rode himself into the ground in an effort to reduce the gap to Simoni's group, and largely succeeded by the time he reached his limit, leaving the remainder of the work to Heras.
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Dancing off the front of the group and not missing a beat, Heras showed quickly that he was up to the task, as the race hit the steepest portions of the climb. Only Sevilla could come close to matching the Postal rider's pace, and the two quickly began to pass the remnants of Simoni's group, searching for defiant the Saeco rider up ahead. With 4km to go, Heras caught Vinokourov, Fabian Jeker, and Iban Mayo, attacking immediately to pass the small but select group. As he did, Oscar Camenzind had a run-in with a spectator, and although he remained upright, his momentum was lost at the critical moment of the race.
Soon enough Heras was on Simoni's wheel, wasting no time and accelerating once more as only pure climbers can, setting off alone now in search of the stage victory. Sevilla dug deep to chase Heras, but there was no catching the former Vuelta winner. Nonetheless, Sevilla had the motivation of assuming the overall lead at the finish, and fought out the finish with Simoni and Mayo, as Vinokourov worked at his limits a behind, making great gains himself.
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Heras crossed the line in full flight, sparing the victory salute and thinking more of his important time gains than a flashy victory. His riding said enough, and besides his time on the winner's podium, a jump to third place overall offered plenty of reward. Seventeen seconds later, Simoni rallied to win the sprint for second place, ahead of new race leader Sevilla and Euskaltel's Iban Mayo. Vinokourov followed at 48 seconds, along with Aitor Gonzalez and Felix Garcia Casas, who gave Big Mat two strong performances in two days of climbing. Race favorite and early leader Joseba Beloki suffered on the final climb, losing nearly a minute and a half and digging himself a bit of a hole behind Sevilla and Heras, who each look set to do battle as the race unfolds.
The Vuelta returns to the plains tomorrow, offering another chance for the sprinters and permitting Oscar Sevilla to enjoy some time in the leader's jersey before the next serious test. Mario Cipollini has already announced that he will say adios to the Vuelta on Sunday, but given his performance so far, tomorrow might be another day for the Lion King to stamp his authority on the sprint finish.
Photography
Photos by Yuzuru Sunada
- Gilberto Simoni (Saeco) on the attack during stage 6 da
Photos courtesy of AFP
- Roberto Heras (USPS) attacks Gilberto Simoni on one of the steepest parts of La Pandera
- Roberto Heras (USPS) crosses the line victorious
Photos courtesy of Lavuelta.com
- Manuel Beltran (Team Coast) is from Jaen, where stage 6 passed through
- The riders roll out from the start of the sixth stage
- A Spanish gendarme.
- The early breakaway working smoothly
- The ONCE team control the tempo during the stage
- Mikel Zarrabeitia (ONCE) rides in the gold jersey during stage 6
- Oscar Sevilla (Kelme) during the early part of the sixth stage, where he experienced a few mechanical problems
- The peloton approaching the feed zone during stage 6 of the Vuelta.
- The peloton pass through the feed zone.
- Oscar Freire (Mapei) just had to bide his time today, in preparation for tomorrow's sprint stage.
- Angel Casero (Team Coast) had an average day to finish 19th at 1'36
- A select group of riders climb La Pandera: Klaus Moller (Maia), Oscar Sevilla (Kelme), Danilo Di Luca (Saeco) and Roberto Heras (USPS)
- Roberto Heras (USPS) dispensed with the victory salute atop La Pandera, as he was eager to gain as much time as possible on Sevilla and co.
- Oscar Sevilla (Kelme) crosses the line in third place but took over the overall leadership from Mikel Zarrabeitia
- Oscar Sevilla (Kelme) on the podium in the gold leader's jersey
Results
1 Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal Service 3.56.47 (38.79 km/h) 2 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 0.18 3 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 4 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Team Telekom 0.48 6 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 7 Félix Garcia Casas (Spa) Bigmat.Auber 93 8 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Milaneza-MSS 9 Oscar Camenzind (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.04 10 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 11 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 12 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 13 Klaus Möller (Den) Milaneza-MSS 14 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis 1.16 15 Joseba Beloki (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 1.25 16 Luis Perez (Spa) Team Coast 1.36 17 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) iBanesto.com 18 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Team Coast 19 Angel Casero (Spa) Team Coast 1.38 20 Ricardo Valdez (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 21 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) ONCE-Eroski 2.07 22 Fernando Escartin (Spa) Team Coast 23 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Fassa Bortolo 24 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio 2.12 25 Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 2.25 26 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 27 Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 2.35 28 M.A. Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 29 Pablo Lastras (Spa) iBanesto.com 30 David Plaza (Spa) Team Coast 31 Christian Vandevelde (USA) US Postal Service 32 Rui Miguel Sousa (Por) Milaneza-MSS 33 Carlos Garcia (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2.39 34 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 2.44 35 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis 36 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis 2.55 37 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) iBanesto.com 2.57 38 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 39 Joan Horrach (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 40 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis 3.22 41 J.Antonio Pecharroman (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 3.31 42 J.Antonio Flecha (Spa) iBanesto.com 3.52 43 Iñigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 3.54 44 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre-Daikin 4.00 45 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 46 José Garrido (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 47 Steven Kleynen (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 4.16 48 Aitor Kintana (Spa) Bigmat.Auber 93 4.25 49 Santiago Blanco (Spa) iBanesto.com 4.26 50 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Saeco-Longoni Sport 51 Giuseppe Di Grande (Ita) Index Alexia 52 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 53 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio 4.42 54 Rui Lavarinhas (Por) Milaneza-MSS 55 Joao Silva (Por) Milaneza-MSS 5.03 56 Rafael Casero (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 5.09 57 Aitor Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 5.26 58 Simone Bertoletti (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 5.28 59 Alberto Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5.32 60 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 5.40 61 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 5.51 62 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 5.59 63 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 6.37 64 Sylvester Szymyd (Pol) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 6.57 65 Massimo Codol (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 7.03 66 Dario Gadeo (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 8.09 67 Marcos Serrano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 8.23 68 José Azevedo (Por) ONCE-Eroski 69 Matthias Kessler (Ger) Team Telekom 70 David Cañada (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 71 Gonzalo Bayarri (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 72 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Lampre-Daikin 8.25 73 José Maestre (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 8.36 74 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Saeco-Longoni Sport 9.32 75 Melchor Mauri (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 76 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 9.41 77 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 78 Dmitri Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis 9.59 79 Rolf Aldag (Ger) Team Telekom 10.16 80 Jan Hruska (Cze) ONCE-Eroski 81 Benoit Salmon (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 10.39 82 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 11.12 83 José Iván Gutierrez (Spa) iBanesto.com 11.37 84 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 85 Nicola Loda (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 11.52 86 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 87 J.Manuel Vazquez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 11.59 88 Jan Schaffrath (Ger) Team Telekom 12.01 89 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 12.27 90 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Fassa Bortolo 91 Serguei Smetanine (Rus) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 12.29 92 Gorka Gerrikagoitia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 12.31 93 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 94 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 95 Reto Bergmann (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 96 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 97 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis 98 Sebastien Talabardon (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 99 Mauro Zanetti (Ita) Alessio 100 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2R Prevoyance 101 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Domo-Farm Frites 102 Santiago Botero (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 12.40 103 Angel Edo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 104 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal Service 105 Steffen Kjaergaard (Nor) US Postal Service 106 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites 12.42 107 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 13.18 108 Raffaele Ferrara (Ita) Alessio 13.21 109 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Team Telekom 13.38 110 Aitor Garmendia (Spa) Team Coast 14.01 111 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Telekom 17.58 112 Mederic Clain (Fra) Cofidis 113 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 114 Steve De Wolf (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 115 Andrej Hauptman (Slo) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 116 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 117 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 118 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) iBanesto.com 119 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 120 Diego Ferrari (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 121 Andris Reiss (Lat) Index Alexia 122 Jon Odriozola (Spa) iBanesto.com 123 Zoran Klemencic (Slo) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 124 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Saeco-Longoni Sport 18.02 125 Andrea Noe (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 126 Robert Bartko (Ger) Team Telekom 127 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 128 Jesus Maria Manzano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 129 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre-Daikin 130 José Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 131 Antonio Colom (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 132 Leif Hoste (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 133 Mikel Pradera (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 134 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 135 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 136 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 137 Alberto Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 138 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Mapei-Quick Step 139 Thierry Loder (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 140 Rubén Lobato Elvira (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 141 Pietro Zucconi (Swi) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 142 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 143 Vitoriano Fernandez (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 144 Rafael Diaz Justo (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 145 Jaime Hernandez (Spa) Team Coast 146 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Index Alexia 147 Michael Barry (Can) US Postal Service 148 Guido Trenti (USA) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 149 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 150 Jeroen Blijevens (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites 151 Zbigniew Spruch (Pol) Lampre-Daikin 152 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio 153 Juan José De Los Angeles (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 154 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 155 Robert Sassone (Fra) Cofidis 156 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis 157 Denis Zanette (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 158 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 159 Andrea Brognara (Ita) Alessio 160 Mario Scirea (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 161 Alessio Galletti (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 162 Marco Magnani (Ita) Index Alexia 163 Alessandro Guerra (Ita) Index Alexia 164 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 165 Alberto Vinale (Ita) Alessio 166 Oscar Freire (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 167 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Coast 168 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Team Coast 169 Cyril Saugrain (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 170 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 171 Germán Nieto (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 172 Davide Bramati (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 173 Lauri Aus (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 174 Milan Kadlec (Cze) Lampre-Daikin 18.19 175 Andreas Klier (Ger) Team Telekom 176 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 177 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 178 Johan Verstrepen (Bel) Lampre-Daikin 179 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Team Telekom 180 Matthew White (Aus) US Postal Service 181 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 182 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) US Postal Service 18.22 183 Alexei Sivakov (Rus) Bigmat.Auber 93 184 Juan Guillamon (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 185 Antonio Cruz (USA) US Postal Service 18.24 186 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 187 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service 18.25 188 Martín Garrido (Arg) Relax-Fuenlabrada 18.44 189 Sven Teutenberg (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 18.47 190 Stéphane Berges (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 19.01 191 Daniele Galli (Ita) Index Alexia 19.45 192 Corrado Serina (Ita) Index Alexia 193 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Bigmat.Auber 93 19.55 194 Guillaume Auger (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 20.06 Points 1 Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal Service 25 pts 2 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 20 3 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 16 4 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 14 5 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Team Telekom 12 6 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 10 7 Félix Garcia Casas (Spa) Bigmat.Auber 93 9 8 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Milaneza-MSS 8 9 Oscar Camenzind (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 7 10 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 6 11 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5 12 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 4 13 Klaus Möller (Den) Milaneza-MSS 3 14 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis 2 15 Joseba Beloki (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 1 Mountains Alto de las Encebras - Cat. 3, km 46 1 Mederic Clain (Fra) Cofidis 6 pts 2 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 4 3 Melchor Mauri (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 2 4 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1 Puerto de los Villares - Cat. 2. km 141 1 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10 pts 2 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 7 3 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 5 4 Carlos Garcia (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 3 5 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 6 Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 1 Sierra de la Pandera - Cat. E, km 153 1 Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal Service 30 pts 2 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 25 3 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 20 4 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 16 5 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Team Telekom 12 6 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 10 7 Félix Garcia Casas (Spa) Bigmat.Auber 93 8 8 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Milaneza-MSS 6 9 Oscar Camenzind (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 4 10 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3 11 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 12 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 1 Sprints Huelma - km 68.5 1 José Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 4 pts 2 Rolf Aldag (Ger) Team Telekom 2 3 Mederic Clain (Fra) Cofidis 1 Jaén - km 117.5 1 Raffaele Ferrara (Ita) Alessio 4 pts 2 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 2 3 Mederic Clain (Fra) Cofidis 1 Los Villares - km 129.5 1 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 4 pts 2 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 2 3 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 1 Teams 1 Kelme-Costa Blanca 11.54.06 2 Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.02 3 Milaneza-MSS 0.42 4 Team Coast 1.05 5 Saeco-Longoni Sport 2.03 6 ONCE-Eroski 2.22 7 Cofidis 3.10 8 iBanesto.com 3.23 9 Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 5.24 10 Phonak Hearing Systems 8.39 11 Fassa Bortolo 11.18 12 US Postal Service 11.30 13 Lampre-Daikin 12.46 14 Bigmat.Auber 93 13.59 15 Relax-Fuenlabrada 14.50 16 Domo-Farm Frites 15.27 17 Alessio 15.40 18 Team Telekom 15.42 19 Ag2R Prevoyance 22.21 20 Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 23.54 21 Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 29.23 22 Mapei-Quick Step 33.52 23 Index Alexia 36.41 General classification after stage 6 1 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 20.51.17 2 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Team Telekom 0.14 3 Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal Service 0.39 4 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 0.41 5 Félix Garcia Casas (Spa) Bigmat.Auber 93 0.52 6 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.57 7 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.14 8 Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 1.25 9 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) ONCE-Eroski 1.32 10 Joseba Beloki (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 1.43 11 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.45 12 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 1.48 13 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 1.49 14 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis 2.01 15 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) iBanesto.com 2.18 16 Oscar Camenzind (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.22 17 Klaus Möller (Den) Milaneza-MSS 2.29 18 Pablo Lastras (Spa) iBanesto.com 19 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Team Coast 2.33 20 Angel Casero (Spa) Team Coast 2.46 21 Fernando Escartin (Spa) Team Coast 3.04 22 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis 3.16 23 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Fassa Bortolo 3.35 24 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.02 25 Ricardo Valdez (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 4.04 26 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Milaneza-MSS 4.26 27 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio 4.36 28 Rui Miguel Sousa (Por) Milaneza-MSS 5.07 29 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 5.18 30 Joan Horrach (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 5.19 31 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 5.37 32 Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 5.50 33 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) iBanesto.com 5.54 34 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 6.09 35 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis 6.19 36 Santiago Blanco (Spa) iBanesto.com 37 Carlos Garcia (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 6.46 38 J.Antonio Flecha (Spa) iBanesto.com 6.49 39 J.Antonio Pecharroman (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 6.57 40 José Garrido (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 7.18 41 Aitor Kintana (Spa) Bigmat.Auber 93 7.21 42 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre-Daikin 7.44 43 Christian Vandevelde (USA) US Postal Service 8.12 44 Rui Lavarinhas (Por) Milaneza-MSS 8.26 45 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis 8.31 46 José Azevedo (Por) ONCE-Eroski 8.41 47 Steven Kleynen (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 8.48 48 Iñigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 9.38 49 Sylvester Szymyd (Pol) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 9.44 50 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 9.49 51 Marcos Serrano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 9.51 52 David Plaza (Spa) Team Coast 10.32 53 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 10.42 54 Luis Perez (Spa) Team Coast 11.31 55 Simone Bertoletti (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 12.44 56 Alberto Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 13.44 57 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Saeco-Longoni Sport 13.56 58 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio 14.21 59 Rafael Casero (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 14.45 60 Giuseppe Di Grande (Ita) Index Alexia 14.51 61 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 14.57 62 M.A. Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 15.28 63 David Cañada (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 17.18 64 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 17.27 65 Santiago Botero (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 17.43 66 Joao Silva (Por) Milaneza-MSS 18.07 67 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 19.22 68 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Lampre-Daikin 19.54 69 José Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 20.14 70 Massimo Codol (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 20.49 71 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 72 Matthias Kessler (Ger) Team Telekom 20.51 73 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Fassa Bortolo 21.15 74 Gonzalo Bayarri (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 21.20 75 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2R Prevoyance 21.37 76 Aitor Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 21.40 77 Antonio Colom (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 22.46 78 Benoit Salmon (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 23.36 79 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 24.01 80 José Iván Gutierrez (Spa) iBanesto.com 24.14 81 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 24.25 82 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal Service 25.04 83 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Domo-Farm Frites 25.40 84 Sebastien Talabardon (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 25.57 85 Reto Bergmann (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 25.59 86 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 26.07 87 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 26.38 88 J.Manuel Vazquez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 27.33 89 Jesus Maria Manzano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 28.09 90 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 28.29 91 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 29.30 92 Vitoriano Fernandez (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 29.31 93 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 29.33 94 Mauro Zanetti (Ita) Alessio 29.42 95 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis 30.20 96 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Saeco-Longoni Sport 30.39 97 Juan José De Los Angeles (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 31.18 98 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 31.33 99 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 32.02 100 Melchor Mauri (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 32.05 101 Nicola Loda (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 32.09 102 José Maestre (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 32.18 103 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 32.22 104 Rafael Diaz Justo (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 32.29 105 Rolf Aldag (Ger) Team Telekom 32.45 106 Angel Edo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 33.22 107 Jan Hruska (Cze) ONCE-Eroski 33.39 108 Mederic Clain (Fra) Cofidis 34.15 109 Jan Schaffrath (Ger) Team Telekom 34.30 110 Aitor Garmendia (Spa) Team Coast 34.34 111 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 35.45 112 Dario Gadeo (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 36.38 113 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites 37.08 114 Raffaele Ferrara (Ita) Alessio 38.02 115 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Telekom 38.04 116 Jon Odriozola (Spa) iBanesto.com 38.19 117 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis 38.22 118 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) iBanesto.com 38.23 119 Dmitri Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis 38.24 120 Oscar Freire (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 38.32 121 Andrea Noe (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 38.38 122 Diego Ferrari (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 39.05 123 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 39.09 124 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 39.44 125 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Team Telekom 39.48 126 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) US Postal Service 40.47 127 Serguei Smetanine (Rus) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 41.49 128 Michael Barry (Can) US Postal Service 41.50 129 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 41.53 130 Davide Bramati (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 42.11 131 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 42.27 132 Milan Kadlec (Cze) Lampre-Daikin 42.40 133 Mikel Pradera (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 42.48 134 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 43.01 135 Andreas Klier (Ger) Team Telekom 43.03 136 Juan Guillamon (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 43.04 137 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 43.16 138 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 43.18 139 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 43.21 140 Steffen Kjaergaard (Nor) US Postal Service 43.30 141 Robert Bartko (Ger) Team Telekom 43.49 142 Guido Trenti (USA) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 44.00 143 Steve De Wolf (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 44.05 144 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 44.53 145 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 45.23 146 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Saeco-Longoni Sport 45.57 147 Mario Scirea (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 46.07 148 Pietro Zucconi (Swi) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 46.33 149 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service 47.52 150 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 47.55 151 Germán Nieto (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 48.02 152 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 153 Cyril Saugrain (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 48.15 154 Johan Verstrepen (Bel) Lampre-Daikin 48.31 155 Alessio Galletti (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 48.47 156 Denis Zanette (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 49.06 157 Robert Sassone (Fra) Cofidis 49.13 158 Marco Magnani (Ita) Index Alexia 49.24 159 Andrej Hauptman (Slo) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 49.47 160 Jaime Hernandez (Spa) Team Coast 50.18 161 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre-Daikin 50.51 162 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Mapei-Quick Step 51.15 163 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 51.57 164 Gorka Gerrikagoitia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 52.29 165 Alessandro Guerra (Ita) Index Alexia 54.47 166 Alberto Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 55.26 167 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 55.36 168 Thierry Loder (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 55.49 169 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Team Telekom 55.51 170 Stéphane Berges (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 56.48 171 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 57.04 172 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 57.49 173 Antonio Cruz (USA) US Postal Service 58.13 174 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Coast 58.35 175 Leif Hoste (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 58.50 176 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio 59.14 177 Andrea Brognara (Ita) Alessio 59.15 178 Lauri Aus (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 59.17 179 Martín Garrido (Arg) Relax-Fuenlabrada 59.19 180 Alberto Vinale (Ita) Alessio 59.20 181 Alexei Sivakov (Rus) Bigmat.Auber 93 59.32 182 Andris Reiss (Lat) Index Alexia 1.00.30 183 Zbigniew Spruch (Pol) Lampre-Daikin 1.00.44 184 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Bigmat.Auber 93 1.01.05 185 Jeroen Blijevens (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites 1.01.10 186 Guillaume Auger (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 1.01.27 187 Sven Teutenberg (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.01.48 188 Matthew White (Aus) US Postal Service 1.01.56 189 Zoran Klemencic (Slo) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 1.06.30 190 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Index Alexia 1.07.00 191 Daniele Galli (Ita) Index Alexia 1.10.34 192 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Team Coast 1.10.42 193 Corrado Serina (Ita) Index Alexia 1.13.07 194 Rubén Lobato Elvira (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 1.17.15 Points classification 1 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Telekom 56 pts 2 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 50 3 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 41 4 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 36 5 Félix Garcia Casas (Spa) Bigmat.Auber 93 33 6 Angel Edo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 32 7 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis 27 8 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 26 9 Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal Service 25 10 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Team Telekom 24 11 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 23 12 Oscar Camenzind (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 23 13 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 22 14 Oscar Freire (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 22 15 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 20 16 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Saeco-Longoni Sport 19 17 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 18 18 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre-Daikin 18 19 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 17 20 Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 14 21 Juan Guillamon (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 14 22 Dario Gadeo (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 12 23 Germán Nieto (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 12 24 Sven Teutenberg (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 12 25 Mederic Clain (Fra) Cofidis 11 26 Joseba Beloki (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 10 27 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) ONCE-Eroski 10 28 Pablo Lastras (Spa) iBanesto.com 10 29 Nicola Loda (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 10 30 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio 10 31 Zoran Klemencic (Slo) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 10 Mountains classification 1 Mederic Clain (Fra) Cofidis 38 pts 2 Félix Garcia Casas (Spa) Bigmat.Auber 93 33 3 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 32 4 Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal Service 30 5 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis 30 6 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 28 7 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Team Telekom 24 8 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 22 9 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 19 10 Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 17 11 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 15 12 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 12 13 Germán Nieto (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 12 14 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10 15 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) ONCE-Eroski 10 16 Jesus Maria Manzano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 9 17 Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 8 18 Stéphane Berges (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 7 19 Klaus Möller (Den) Milaneza-MSS 6 20 Pablo Lastras (Spa) iBanesto.com 6 21 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Milaneza-MSS 6 22 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 5 23 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 5 24 Oscar Camenzind (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 4 25 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4 26 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 4 27 Vitoriano Fernandez (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 4 28 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3 29 Rui Miguel Sousa (Por) Milaneza-MSS 3 30 Carlos Garcia (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 3 31 Aitor Kintana (Spa) Bigmat.Auber 93 3 32 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) iBanesto.com 3 33 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis 2 34 José Azevedo (Por) ONCE-Eroski 2 35 Melchor Mauri (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 2 36 José Garrido (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 1 37 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1 38 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Saeco-Longoni Sport 1 39 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) US Postal Service 1 Regularity classification 1 Félix Garcia Casas (Spa) Bigmat.Auber 93 12 pts 2 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 15 3 Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal Service 16 4 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Team Telekom 19 5 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis 26 6 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 27 7 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 27 8 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 31 9 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 33 10 Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 38 11 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 38 12 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) ONCE-Eroski 51 13 Oscar Camenzind (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 52 14 Pablo Lastras (Spa) iBanesto.com 66 15 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 74 16 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Milaneza-MSS 79 17 Klaus Möller (Den) Milaneza-MSS 90 18 Rui Miguel Sousa (Por) Milaneza-MSS 96 19 Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 107 20 Mederic Clain (Fra) Cofidis 134 21 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 146 22 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 149 23 Jesus Maria Manzano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 150 24 Vitoriano Fernandez (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 160 25 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 168 26 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 178 27 Germán Nieto (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 187 28 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) iBanesto.com 188 Teams classification 1 ONCE-Eroski 62.38.31 2 Kelme-Costa Blanca 0.52 3 Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.33 4 Team Coast 3.06 5 Milaneza-MSS 3.55 6 iBanesto.com 4.57 7 Cofidis 6.50 8 Saeco-Longoni Sport 12.45 9 Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 13.33 10 Fassa Bortolo 14.15 11 Phonak Hearing Systems 24.14 12 Bigmat.Auber 93 25.44 13 US Postal Service 29.15 14 Lampre-Daikin 31.42 15 Domo-Farm Frites 32.22 16 Relax-Fuenlabrada 33.20 17 Ag2R Prevoyance 42.18 18 Alessio 43.53 19 Team Telekom 46.47 20 Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 49.28 21 Mapei-Quick Step 1.15.05 22 Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 1.25.05 23 Index Alexia 1.41.51
