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57th Vuelta a España
Spain, September 7- 29, 2002
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Stage 7 - September 13: Jaen - Malaga, 196.8 km
Easy as 1-2-3 for Cipo
By Jeff Jones
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After Sunday, Mario Cipollini will no longer be riding the Vuelta, already having indicated that he will pull out of the Spanish tour to concentrate on his preparation for the World Championships in Zolder. That will of course be a shame for the fans of the Vuelta, but Cipollini has now shown what he can do here on three occasions when the stage has finished in a mass sprint. He has one more goal for this season, and that is to win the World Championships. His third stage victory today proved that he will be one of the biggest favourites in Zolder.
"In the first one my teammates set the fastest tempo and it was difficult for me to follow them. The second was a sprint of force and power, whereas in the third I was a little worried because I thought that the team had done too much work too soon," commented Cipo after the stage.
Despite the loss of one of the members of his 'zebra train' a couple of days ago (Martin Derganc due to intestinal problems), Cipollini had the perfect leadout again as Acqua e Sapone clicked into top gear with just 2 km to go. When Mario Scirea wound it up to 65 km/h with 1.5 km to go, none of the other teams could match him and they were forced to follow in Cipollini's wake. Bennati took over right at 1 km to go, then Lombardi led out with 500m to go, leaving Cipollini a comfortable 200m to sprint to victory.
It was like clockwork and nothing disturbed the precision of the train. Giovanni Lombardi seems to be giving his victory salute earlier than ever - certainly well before Cipollini has crossed the line! Cipo now has 180 career victories, this season including Milan-San Remo, Gent-Wevelgem, and nine stage wins in the Giro and Vuelta.
How it unfolded
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After the past two days in mountain goat territory (at least at the end of the stage), today saw a return to the flats as the riders made their way from Jaen to Malaga, 197 km via the vast Spanish olive growing districts. It was a perfect sprinters stage, with no categorised climbs and a downhill run to the finish. Temperatures were once again on the warm side at 33 degrees Celsius.
After 23 km of fast racing, the elastic broke and five riders rode away from the field: German Nieto (Relax Fuenlabrada), Elio Aggiano (Mapei-Quick Step), Jurgen Van Goolen (Domo-Farm Frites), Nicolas Portal (Ag2r-Prevoyance) and Mariano Piccoli (Lampre-Daikin).
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After covering over 45 km in the first hour, the break's lead got up to 4'15 before it stabilised over the next 30 km. Aggiano was dropped after 76 km and went back to the bunch, which wasn't in a hurry to catch the leaders as none of them were a threat on GC. After 112 km, the lead had increased to 5'28 and that was the most they got, as Acqua e Sapone and Telekom put a few men on the front of the peloton to reel them in.
The break was caught at 33 km to go as the peloton descended along the long wide highway leading into Malaga. There was a slightly better than zero chance that another break would succeed after this, and Antonio Colom (Relax) and Dario Gadeo (Jazztel) decided to test the odds. They lasted perhaps 3 km before the combined forces of Telekom and Domo (working for Blijlevens) swallowed them.
Telekom looked to have it right today, and obviously Zabel was feeling good. But their magenta train was derailed with 2 km to go as Guido Trenti, Mario Scirea, Daniele Bennati, and Giovanni Lombardi stormed to the front with Cipollini right on their wheels. Zbigniew Spruch (Lampre) tried to get Jan Svorada in a good position at the front but he could not match the powerful strokes of Mario Scirea.
One by one they peeled off in order for Cipollini to take another clear stage win, his third in the Vuelta but possibly not his last. He got it on the dot once again. Erik Zabel (Telekom). took second, with Sven Teutenberg (Phonak) finishing in third ahead of Alessandro Petacchi.
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For new race leader Oscar Sevilla (Kelme), today was a very quiet day in the bunch. Sevilla rode comfortably near the front, not suffering any mechanical problems as he did yesterday, which could have cost him a few precious seconds on the final climb. Sevilla should stay in front until Monday's time trial, when there's a fair chance that Alexandre Vinokourov could take over the lead. Vino is currently second on GC at 14 seconds and is an accomplished time trialist, although this is definitely one aspect that Sevilla has worked on.
Tomorrow's stage from Málaga to Ubrique is harder to predict, with the Cat. 1 climb of Puerto de las Palomas coming at 33 km to go. This might be enough to lose Cipollini, depending on how the climbers decide to treat the mountain.
Photography
Photos by Yuzuru Sunada
- Mario Cipollini (Acqua e Sapone) wins the seventh stage in front of Erik Zabel (Telekom).
- Make mine a triple. Mario Cipollini's (Acqua e Sapone) stage win count in the Vuelta.
Photos courtesy of AFP
- Mario Cipollini (Acqua e Sapone) on the podium with his third winners bouquet
Photos courtesy of Lavuelta.com
- The Italian delegation sit around before the start of the seventh stage
- Oscar Freire (Mapei) contemplates his future (or catches up on siesta time).
- The attacks started early in stage 7
- A Jazztel rider gets some mechanical attention during the stage
- Felix Garcia Casas (BigMat) rides in the white jersey of the most consistent rider (Regularidad classification)
- Race leader Oscar Sevilla (Kelme) chats to his team director Vicente Belda during the seventh stage
- Kelme controlled the pace in the early part of the stage
- It was 33 degrees today and everyone was feeling it.
- Jurgen Van Goolen (Domo) leads German Nieto (Relax), Mariano Piccoli (Lampre) and Nicolas Portal (Ag2r) in the stage 7 breakaway
- The breakaways pass the intermediate sprint in Cabra
- The second intermediate sprint of the day in Lucena
- German Nieto (Relax Fuenlabrada) descends at speed during the seventh stage
- The solid figure of Robert Bartko (Telekom) leads the arrowhead of the peloton as it descends towards the finish in Malaga during Stage 7.
- El Rey León raises his arms as he wins his third stage
- Oscar Sevilla (Kelme) in gold again after stage 7
Results
1 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 4.33.47 (43.13 km/h) 2 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Telekom 3 Sven Teutenberg (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 4 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 5 Jeroen Blijevens (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites 6 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio 7 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Saeco-Longoni Sport 8 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 9 Oscar Freire (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 10 Angel Edo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 11 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 12 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Team Coast 13 Martín Garrido (Arg) Relax-Fuenlabrada 14 Andrej Hauptman (Slo) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 15 José Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 16 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites 17 Alessandro Guerra (Ita) Index Alexia 18 Juan Guillamon (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 19 José Iván Gutierrez (Spa) iBanesto.com 20 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 21 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis 22 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 23 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio 24 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 25 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 26 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Team Telekom 27 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 28 Pablo Lastras (Spa) iBanesto.com 29 J.Antonio Flecha (Spa) iBanesto.com 30 Michael Barry (Can) US Postal Service 31 Rui Lavarinhas (Por) Milaneza-MSS 32 Serguei Smetanine (Rus) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 33 David Cańada (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 34 Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 35 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 36 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 37 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 38 Rolf Aldag (Ger) Team Telekom 39 José Garrido (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 40 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) iBanesto.com 41 Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal Service 42 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Domo-Farm Frites 43 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Team Coast 44 Gorka Gerrikagoitia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 45 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Saeco-Longoni Sport 46 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 47 Mederic Clain (Fra) Cofidis 48 Andreas Klier (Ger) Team Telekom 49 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 50 Carlos Garcia (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 51 Robert Sassone (Fra) Cofidis 52 Klaus Möller (Den) Milaneza-MSS 53 Jan Schaffrath (Ger) Team Telekom 54 Mario Scirea (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 55 Christian Vandevelde (USA) US Postal Service 56 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 57 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 58 Félix Garcia Casas (Spa) Bigmat.Auber 93 59 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Fassa Bortolo 60 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 61 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 62 Zbigniew Spruch (Pol) Lampre-Daikin 63 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) ONCE-Eroski 64 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis 65 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Coast 66 Cyril Saugrain (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 67 Matthias Kessler (Ger) Team Telekom 68 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 69 Alberto Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 70 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre-Daikin 71 Oscar Camenzind (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 72 Steffen Kjaergaard (Nor) US Postal Service 73 Rui Miguel Sousa (Por) Milaneza-MSS 74 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 75 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis 76 Steven Kleynen (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 77 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Milaneza-MSS 78 J.Antonio Pecharroman (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 79 Angel Casero (Spa) Team Coast 80 Guillaume Auger (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 81 Milan Kadlec (Cze) Lampre-Daikin 82 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 83 Fernando Escartin (Spa) Team Coast 84 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Fassa Bortolo 85 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 86 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 87 David Plaza (Spa) Team Coast 88 Diego Ferrari (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 89 Jaime Hernandez (Spa) Team Coast 90 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal Service 91 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis 92 Alberto Vinale (Ita) Alessio 93 Rafael Diaz Justo (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 94 Massimo Codol (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 95 Mikel Pradera (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 96 Joseba Beloki (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 97 Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 98 Antonio Colom (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 99 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 100 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 101 José Azevedo (Por) ONCE-Eroski 102 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis 103 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 104 Joao Silva (Por) Milaneza-MSS 105 Denis Zanette (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 106 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 107 Melchor Mauri (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 108 Sylvester Szymyd (Pol) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 109 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 110 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2R Prevoyance 111 Antonio Cruz (USA) US Postal Service 112 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 113 Marcos Serrano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 114 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 115 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio 116 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 117 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 118 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 119 Pietro Zucconi (Swi) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 120 Luis Perez (Spa) Team Coast 121 Jon Odriozola (Spa) iBanesto.com 122 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Team Telekom 123 Robert Bartko (Ger) Team Telekom 124 Aitor Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 125 M.A. Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Toll 126 Dmitri Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis 127 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 128 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre-Daikin 129 Dario Gadeo (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 0.21 130 Joan Horrach (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 131 Aitor Kintana (Spa) Bigmat.Auber 93 132 Benoit Salmon (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 133 Andris Reiss (Lat) Index Alexia 134 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 135 Nicola Loda (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 136 Davide Bramati (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 137 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 138 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 139 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Saeco-Longoni Sport 140 Jan Hruska (Cze) ONCE-Eroski 141 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) iBanesto.com 142 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 143 Juan José De Los Angeles (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 144 Victor Hugo Peńa (Col) US Postal Service 145 Santiago Blanco (Spa) iBanesto.com 146 Simone Bertoletti (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 147 Giuseppe Di Grande (Ita) Index Alexia 148 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 149 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 150 Matthew White (Aus) US Postal Service 151 Jesus Maria Manzano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 152 Andrea Brognara (Ita) Alessio 153 Steve De Wolf (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 154 Mauro Zanetti (Ita) Alessio 155 Leif Hoste (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 156 Aitor Garmendia (Spa) Team Coast 157 Andrea Noe (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 158 J.Manuel Vazquez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 159 Raffaele Ferrara (Ita) Alessio 160 Gonzalo Bayarri (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 161 Ińigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 162 Alberto Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 163 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) iBanesto.com 164 Reto Bergmann (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 165 Thierry Loder (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 166 Rafael Casero (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 167 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 168 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Lampre-Daikin 169 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Team Telekom 170 Ricardo Valdez (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 171 Ińigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis 172 Vitoriano Fernandez (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 173 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 174 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 175 Germán Nieto (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 176 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Index Alexia 177 Guido Trenti (USA) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 1.14 178 Sebastien Talabardon (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 1.45 179 Rubén Lobato Elvira (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 180 Santiago Botero (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 181 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service 182 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Mapei-Quick Step 183 Alessio Galletti (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 184 José Maestre (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 1.51 185 Zoran Klemencic (Slo) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 0.00 186 Alexei Sivakov (Rus) Bigmat.Auber 93 2.07 187 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre-Daikin 0.00 188 Marco Magnani (Ita) Index Alexia 3.12 189 Stéphane Berges (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 6.54 190 Lauri Aus (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 8.00 191 Corrado Serina (Ita) Index Alexia 17.14 DNF Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Bigmat.Auber 93 DNF Daniele Galli (Ita) Index-Alexia DNF Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport Points 1 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 25 pts 2 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Telekom 20 3 Sven Teutenberg (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 16 4 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 14 5 Jeroen Blijevens (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites 12 6 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio 10 7 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Saeco-Longoni Sport 9 8 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 8 9 Oscar Freire (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 7 10 Angel Edo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 6 11 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 5 12 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Team Coast 4 13 Martín Garrido (Arg) Relax-Fuenlabrada 3 14 Andrej Hauptman (Slo) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 2 15 José Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1 Sprints Cabra - km 79.9 1 Germán Nieto (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 4 pts 2 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 2 3 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 1 Lucena - km 90.5 1 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 4 pts 2 Germán Nieto (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 2 3 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 1 Málaga - km 192.2 1 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 4 pts 2 Steven Kleynen (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 2 3 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Domo-Farm Frites 1 Teams 1 Saeco-Longoni Sport 13.41.21 2 Domo-Farm Frites 3 Team Telekom 4 Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 5 Kelme-Costa Blanca 6 iBanesto.com 7 Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 8 Milaneza-MSS 9 Euskaltel-Euskadi 10 Fassa Bortolo 11 Mapei-Quick Step 12 Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 13 Cofidis 14 Team Coast 15 Alessio 16 Phonak Hearing Systems 17 US Postal Service 18 Relax-Fuenlabrada 19 ONCE-Eroski 20 Bigmat.Auber 93 21 Lampre-Daikin 22 Ag2R Prevoyance 23 Index Alexia 0.42 General classification after stage 7 1 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 5.25.04 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 Ińigo 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 Giuseppe Di Grande (Ita) Index Alexia 14.51 60 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 14.57 61 Rafael Casero (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 15.05 62 M.A. Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tol 15.28 63 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 17.27 64 David Cańada (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 17.28 65 Joao Silva (Por) Milaneza-MSS 18.07 66 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 19.22 67 Santiago Botero (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 19.28 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 Reto Bergmann (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 25.59 85 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 26.07 86 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 26.38 87 J.Manuel Vazquez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 27.33 88 Sebastien Talabardon (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 27.42 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 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 32.22 103 Rafael Diaz Justo (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 32.29 104 Rolf Aldag (Ger) Team Telekom 32.45 105 Angel Edo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 33.22 106 Jan Hruska (Cze) ONCE-Eroski 33.39 107 José Maestre (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 34.09 108 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 Ińigo 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 Peńa (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 Steve De Wolf (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 44.05 143 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 44.53 144 Guido Trenti (USA) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 45.14 145 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 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 47.55 150 Germán Nieto (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 48.02 151 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 152 Cyril Saugrain (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 48.15 153 Johan Verstrepen (Bel) Lampre-Daikin 48.31 154 Denis Zanette (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 49.06 155 Robert Sassone (Fra) Cofidis 49.13 156 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service 49.37 157 Andrej Hauptman (Slo) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 49.47 158 Jaime Hernandez (Spa) Team Coast 50.18 159 Alessio Galletti (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 50.32 160 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre-Daikin 50.51 161 Gorka Gerrikagoitia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 52.29 162 Marco Magnani (Ita) Index Alexia 52.36 163 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Mapei-Quick Step 53.00 164 Alessandro Guerra (Ita) Index Alexia 54.47 165 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 55.36 166 Alberto Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 167 Thierry Loder (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 55.49 168 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Team Telekom 55.51 169 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 57.04 170 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 57.49 171 Antonio Cruz (USA) US Postal Service 58.13 172 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Coast 58.35 173 Leif Hoste (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 58.50 174 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio 59.14 175 Andrea Brognara (Ita) Alessio 59.15 176 Martín Garrido (Arg) Relax-Fuenlabrada 59.19 177 Alberto Vinale (Ita) Alessio 59.20 178 Andris Reiss (Lat) Index Alexia 1.00.30 179 Zbigniew Spruch (Pol) Lampre-Daikin 1.00.44 180 Jeroen Blijevens (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites 1.01.10 181 Guillaume Auger (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 1.01.37 182 Alexei Sivakov (Rus) Bigmat.Auber 93 1.01.39 183 Sven Teutenberg (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.01.48 184 Matthew White (Aus) US Postal Service 1.01.56 185 Stéphane Berges (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 1.03.42 186 Zoran Klemencic (Slo) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 1.06.30 187 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Index Alexia 1.07.00 188 Lauri Aus (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 1.07.17 189 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Team Coast 1.10.42 190 Rubén Lobato Elvira (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 1.19.00 191 Corrado Serina (Ita) Index Alexia 1.30.21 Points classification 1 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Telekom 76 pts 2 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 75 3 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 55 4 Angel Edo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 38 5 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 36 6 Félix Garcia Casas (Spa) Bigmat.Auber 93 33 7 Oscar Freire (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 29 8 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Saeco-Longoni Sport 28 9 Sven Teutenberg (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 28 10 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis 27 11 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 26 12 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 26 13 Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal Service 25 14 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Team Telekom 24 15 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 23 16 Oscar Camenzind (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 23 17 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 22 18 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 20 19 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio 20 20 Jeroen Blijevens (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites 20 21 Germán Nieto (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 18 22 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 18 23 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre-Daikin 18 24 Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 14 25 Juan Guillamon (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 14 26 Dario Gadeo (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 12 27 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 12 28 Mederic Clain (Fra) Cofidis 11 29 Martín Garrido (Arg) Relax-Fuenlabrada 11 30 Joseba Beloki (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 10 31 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 10 32 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) ONCE-Eroski 10 33 Pablo Lastras (Spa) iBanesto.com 10 34 Nicola Loda (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 10 35 Zoran Klemencic (Slo) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 10 36 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Team Coast 9 37 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Milaneza-MSS 8 38 José Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 7 39 Lauri Aus (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 7 40 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 7 41 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) iBanesto.com 6 42 Rui Miguel Sousa (Por) Milaneza-MSS 6 43 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis 6 44 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 5 45 Vitoriano Fernandez (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 5 46 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 5 47 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 4 48 Jesus Maria Manzano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 4 49 Raffaele Ferrara (Ita) Alessio 4 50 Giuseppe Di Grande (Ita) Index Alexia 4 51 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 4 52 Robert Sassone (Fra) Cofidis 4 53 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) iBanesto.com 3 54 Klaus Möller (Den) Milaneza-MSS 3 55 Aitor Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 3 56 Fernando Escartin (Spa) Team Coast 2 57 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis 2 58 Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 2 59 Steven Kleynen (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 2 60 Rolf Aldag (Ger) Team Telekom 2 61 Jan Schaffrath (Ger) Team Telekom 2 62 Davide Bramati (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 2 63 Andrej Hauptman (Slo) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 2 64 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 1 65 M.A. Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 1 66 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Domo-Farm Frites 1 67 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 1 68 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 69 Andrea Noe (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 1 70 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 1 71 Rubén Lobato Elvira (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 1 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 Peńa (Col) US Postal Service 1 Regularity classification 1 Félix Garcia Casas (Spa) Bigmat.Auber 93 13 pts 2 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 19 3 Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal Service 20 4 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Team Telekom 23 5 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis 29 6 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 31 7 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 31 8 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 34 9 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 38 10 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 39 11 Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 42 12 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) ONCE-Eroski 56 13 Oscar Camenzind (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 56 14 Pablo Lastras (Spa) iBanesto.com 71 15 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 79 16 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Milaneza-MSS 84 17 Klaus Möller (Den) Milaneza-MSS 90 18 Rui Miguel Sousa (Por) Milaneza-MSS 99 19 Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 107 20 Mederic Clain (Fra) Cofidis 137 21 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 146 22 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 153 23 Jesus Maria Manzano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 154 24 Vitoriano Fernandez (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 165 25 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 170 26 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 177 27 Germán Nieto (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 186 28 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) iBanesto.com 193 Teams classification 1 ONCE-Eroski 76.19.52 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 1.42.33
