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57th Vuelta a España
Spain, September 7- 29, 2002
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Stage 9 - September 15: Córdoba - Córdoba, 130.2 km
Lastras wins alone on a day of decisive splits
By Chris Henry
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On what looked on paper to be a possible day for the sprinters, despite a second category climb 17km from the finish, iBanesto.com's Pablo Lastras won out front alone ahead of a shattered peloton. The pace of today's stage was blistering, and under the pressure of persistent aggressive riding, combined with occasionally strong cross-winds, several contenders for the GC in this year's Vuelta found themselves on the wrong end of a decisive split that occurred in the first hour of racing.
The decision on the part of the Vuelta organizers to reduce daily stage lengths to prompt more aggressive racing has without question been a success. Today's stage was completed (by Lastras) in 2 hours and 48 minutes, but despite the short duration it was marked by constant pressure at the front of the race, and big time losses for outside race favorites like Danilo Di Luca.
Before 30km were completed the attacks had begun, and the peloton had split into two distinct groups. Once it became apparent that riders like Saeco's Di Luca and iBanesto's Francisco Mancebo were in the second group, teams of the principal GC favorites mercilessly pushed the pace in the first group. By the 34km mark, the gap between the two pelotons was 1'07", increasing to almost 2'30" within the next 20km of racing.
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It was proving to be a dangerous day, and the favorites knew it. Race leader Sevilla, Roberto Heras, and Joseba Beloki all made the cut in the first group, and all had teammates working hard to press their advantage. Gilberto Simoni made the cut as well, but with teammates Astarloa and Di Luca behind, Saeco was less inclined to force the issue up front. With the speed as high as it was (49.2km were covered in the first hour) riders were not attacking the first group, preferring to wait for the climb, and likely feeling relieved to have made the cut.
World champion Oscar Freire, who had been suffering from knee pain for several days, was trapped in the second group and decided today was the day to end his Vuelta campaign. Like Cipollini, who clearly enjoyed his Vuelta with three stage wins, Freire opted to think ahead to the World's in Belgium rather than persist in Spain.
With Beloki's ONCE boys taking for Kelme and setting an infernal pace up front, the gap back to the second peloton widened to almost 5 minutes with under 60km to race. Jazztel's Ricardo Valdez, often seen on the attack in this year's race, became the race's latest crash victim with a suspected broken hip, after a touch of wheels sent him to the ground and into the ambulance.
As the peloton began its first passage through Córdoba, with a tailwind and a gentle descent, several opportunists profited from the first relaxing of the pace in the first group. Mikel Astarloza of Ag2R attacked, joined by Elio Aggiano (Mapei) and a group of four which included Dave Bruylandts (Domo), Johan Verstrepen (Lampre), Joseé Pecharroman (Jazztel), and Alberto Vinale (Alessio). At about the same time, Francisco Mancebo of iBanesto was overcome with the disappointment of being left in the second peloton, abandoned the race.
A series of attacks on the climb of the Alto de San Jerónimo ended the chances of this first breakaway, but did little to create any sparks among the heavy hitters. Over the summit and on the shallow but winding descent Fabian Jeker (Milaneza-MSS) attacked, soon joined by yesterday's almost-hero Luis Perez (Team Coast) and a flying Pablo Lastras.
Past the descent and into the city streets with 2km to go, Lastras distanced himself from his fellow escapees, powering under the 1km to go banner with 18 seconds in hand. Well clear of the two chasers, Lastras celebrated his victory, no doubt consolation for iBanesto after Mancebo's hasty abandon. Perez followed 13 seconds later for his second top three finish in two days, passing Jeker in a sprint to the line.
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- The mayoress of Córdoba, Rosa Aguilar cutting the starting line. Once again, the city of Córdoba welcomes cycling and Vuelta Ciclista a Espańa 2002.
- The peloton passes under the kilometre zero arch. The Vuelta 2002 survivors, start the ninth stage of La Vuelta in Córdoba.
- The peloton strings out. During the first kilometres of the route, predictions for the day already start to come true - it's going to be another fast day at the Vuelta.
- The first breakaway. There is a group of 11 riders leading the race after just two kilometres. Organisers are already revising the day's schedule.
- The intermediate sprint at Almodovar del Río The peloton is gaining on the break at this point. Elio Aggiano (Mapei-Quick Step) won the sprint
- Oscar Sevilla (Kelme-Costa Blanca) rides in the lead echelon, seeking protection from the fierce cross-wind coming from the right.
- Oscar Sevilla still in the lead group after the peloton split into two echelons
- iBanesto.com leads the second echelon. The Spanish squad had their work cut out to try and bridge the gap to the lead echelon that contained most of the race favourites
- Oscar Freire (Mapei-Quick Step) decided to abandon the race today after several days of knee pain; now he starts thinking about the world championship.
- Fassa-Bortolo riders bring their sprinter Petacchi back to the peloton after a puncture.
- Melchor Mauri (Maia-Milaneza-MSS) winner of the 1991 Vuelta, leads the peloton
- Pablo Lastras (ibanesto.com) solves his team's problems after Mancebo's abandon by taking the win
- Oscar Sevilla survived another stage as leader despite the trials of a very windy day
Images courtesy of Yuzuru Sunada
- The peloton passes by a Spanish hilltop castle
- Pablo Lastras relaxes as he rolls across the line
- Oscar Sevilla gives his trademark cheeky smile from the podium
- Gilberto Simoni (Saeco) shows off the bright orange of the mountains jersey
Image by AFP
- Pablo Lastras looks like he can hardly believe he's won the stage
Results
1 Pablo Lastras (Spa) iBanesto.com 2.48.52 (46.26 km/h) 2 Luis Perez (Spa) Team Coast 0.13 3 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Milaneza-MSS 4 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 0.21 5 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Telekom 6 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Saeco-Longoni Sport 7 Angel Edo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 8 Oscar Camenzind (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 9 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 10 Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 11 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio 12 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis 13 Félix Garcia Casas (Spa) Bigmat.Auber 93 14 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 15 Angel Casero (Spa) Team Coast 16 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Team Coast 17 José Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 18 Klaus Möller (Den) Milaneza-MSS 19 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) ONCE-Eroski 20 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 21 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Team Telekom 22 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 23 Rui Miguel Sousa (Por) Milaneza-MSS 24 Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 25 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 26 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 27 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis 28 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 29 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Fassa Bortolo 30 Christian Vandevelde (USA) US Postal Service 31 Carlos Garcia (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 32 Joseba Beloki (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 33 Fernando Escartin (Spa) Team Coast 34 Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal Service 35 David Plaza (Spa) Team Coast 36 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 37 Matthias Kessler (Ger) Team Telekom 38 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 1.01 39 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 2.35 40 Joao Silva (Por) Milaneza-MSS 3.05 41 Andris Reiss (Lat) Index Alexia 3.35 42 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 43 Serguei Smetanine (Rus) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 3.53 44 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 45 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 46 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 47 Nicola Loda (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 48 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 49 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 50 J.Antonio Pecharroman (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 51 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 52 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 53 Rolf Aldag (Ger) Team Telekom 54 Vitoriano Fernandez (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 55 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Domo-Farm Frites 56 Dmitri Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis 57 Gorka Gerrikagoitia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 58 Juan José De Los Angeles (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 59 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 60 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 61 Guido Trenti (USA) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 62 Benoit Salmon (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 63 Sven Teutenberg (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 64 Jesus Maria Manzano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 4.30 65 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio 66 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Mapei-Quick Step 67 Antonio Colom (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 4.50 68 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio 5.20 69 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 70 Alexei Sivakov (Rus) Bigmat.Auber 93 6.14 71 Johan Verstrepen (Bel) Lampre-Daikin 72 Rafael Casero (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 73 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre-Daikin 74 Sebastien Talabardon (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 75 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Fassa Bortolo 76 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 77 Andrej Hauptman (Slo) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 78 Martín Garrido (Arg) Relax-Fuenlabrada 9.04 79 Rafael Diaz Justo (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 9.33 80 Denis Zanette (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 10.32 81 Davide Bramati (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 82 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Team Telekom 83 Raffaele Ferrara (Ita) Alessio 84 Cyril Saugrain (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 12.41 85 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 86 Jan Schaffrath (Ger) Team Telekom 87 Mikel Pradera (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 88 Aitor Garmendia (Spa) Team Coast 89 Jaime Hernandez (Spa) Team Coast 90 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 91 Matthew White (Aus) US Postal Service 92 Jeroen Blijevens (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites 93 Robert Bartko (Ger) Team Telekom 94 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 95 Leif Hoste (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 96 Andreas Klier (Ger) Team Telekom 97 Alberto Vinale (Ita) Alessio 98 Melchor Mauri (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 99 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites 100 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service 101 Antonio Cruz (USA) US Postal Service 102 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 103 Victor Hugo Peńa (Col) US Postal Service 104 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal Service 105 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) iBanesto.com 18.05 106 Alberto Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 107 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Coast 108 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 109 Massimo Codol (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 110 David Cańada (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 111 Alessandro Guerra (Ita) Index Alexia 112 Zoran Klemencic (Slo) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 113 Steven Kleynen (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 114 Mederic Clain (Fra) Cofidis 115 Ińigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 116 Juan Guillamon (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 117 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Saeco-Longoni Sport 118 Jon Odriozola (Spa) iBanesto.com 119 José Iván Gutierrez (Spa) iBanesto.com 120 Santiago Blanco (Spa) iBanesto.com 121 Dario Gadeo (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 122 Guillaume Auger (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 123 José Garrido (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 124 Diego Ferrari (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 125 Aitor Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 126 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 127 Pietro Zucconi (Swi) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 128 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre-Daikin 129 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Index Alexia 130 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 131 J.Manuel Vazquez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 132 Simone Bertoletti (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 133 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 134 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Lampre-Daikin 135 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 136 Joan Horrach (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 137 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 138 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 139 Zbigniew Spruch (Pol) Lampre-Daikin 140 Milan Kadlec (Cze) Lampre-Daikin 141 Sylvester Szymyd (Pol) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 142 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis 143 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Saeco-Longoni Sport 144 J.Antonio Flecha (Spa) iBanesto.com 145 Steffen Kjaergaard (Nor) US Postal Service 146 M.A. Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Toll 147 Mauro Zanetti (Ita) Alessio 148 Alberto Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 149 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 150 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 151 Rubén Lobato Elvira (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 152 Rui Lavarinhas (Por) Milaneza-MSS 153 José Azevedo (Por) ONCE-Eroski 154 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) iBanesto.com 155 Marcos Serrano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 156 Gonzalo Bayarri (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 157 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis 158 Aitor Kintana (Spa) Bigmat.Auber 93 159 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 160 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 161 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis 162 Giuseppe Di Grande (Ita) Index Alexia 163 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Team Telekom 164 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Team Coast 165 Reto Bergmann (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 166 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 167 Marco Magnani (Ita) Index Alexia 168 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 169 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2R Prevoyance 170 Santiago Botero (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 171 José Maestre (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 172 Robert Sassone (Fra) Cofidis 173 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 174 Germán Nieto (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada DNS Jan Hruska (Cze) ONCE-Eroski DNS Michael Barry (Can) US Postal Service DNF Francisco Mancebo (Spa) iBanesto.com DNF Ricardo Valdez (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria DNF Oscar Freire (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step Points 1 Pablo Lastras (Spa) iBanesto.com 25 pts 2 Luis Perez (Spa) Team Coast 20 3 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Milaneza-MSS 16 4 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 14 5 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Telekom 12 6 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Saeco-Longoni Sport 10 7 Angel Edo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 9 8 Oscar Camenzind (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 8 9 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 7 10 Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 6 11 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio 5 12 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis 4 13 Félix Garcia Casas (Spa) Bigmat.Auber 93 3 14 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2 15 Angel Casero (Spa) Team Coast 1 Mountains Alto de San Jerónimo - Cat. 2, km 113 1 Antonio Colom (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 10 pts 2 Klaus Möller (Den) Milaneza-MSS 7 3 Félix Garcia Casas (Spa) Bigmat.Auber 93 5 4 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 3 5 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2 6 J.Manuel Vazquez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 1 Sprints Almodovar del rio - km 20.5 1 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 4 pts 2 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 2 3 Antonio Colom (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 1 Córdoba - km 99.7 1 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 4 pts 2 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 2 3 J.Antonio Pecharroman (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 1 H.Km 2 de la CV79 - km 119.5 1 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Milaneza-MSS 4 pts 2 Luis Perez (Spa) Team Coast 2 3 Carlos Garcia (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1 Teams 1 Milaneza-MSS 8.27.31 2 Team Coast 3 Kelme-Costa Blanca 0.08 4 Team Telekom 5 ONCE-Eroski 6 Saeco-Longoni Sport 3.40 7 Cofidis 8 Fassa Bortolo 9 Euskaltel-Euskadi 10 Phonak Hearing Systems 6.54 11 Relax-Fuenlabrada 7.31 12 Alessio 9.16 13 Bigmat.Auber 93 11.54 14 US Postal Service 12.28 15 Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 13.05 16 Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 15.26 17 Domo-Farm Frites 16.00 18 Lampre-Daikin 16.53 19 Mapei-Quick Step 18.00 20 Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 24.56 21 Ag2R Prevoyance 33.44 22 iBanesto.com 35.15 23 Index Alexia 38.50 General classification after stage 9 1 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 32.32.53 2 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Team Telekom 0.14 3 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 0.41 4 Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal Service 0.48 5 Félix Garcia Casas (Spa) Bigmat.Auber 93 1.01 6 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.09 7 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.14 8 Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 1.34 9 Joseba Beloki (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 1.43 10 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) ONCE-Eroski 1.44 11 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.45 12 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 1.49 13 Pablo Lastras (Spa) iBanesto.com 2.08 14 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis 2.13 15 Oscar Camenzind (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.22 16 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Team Coast 2.45 17 Klaus Möller (Den) Milaneza-MSS 2.57 18 Angel Casero (Spa) Team Coast 2.58 19 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis 3.16 20 Fernando Escartin (Spa) Team Coast 21 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Fassa Bortolo 3.44 22 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Milaneza-MSS 4.18 23 Carlos Garcia (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 7.40 24 Rui Miguel Sousa (Por) Milaneza-MSS 9.30 25 Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 9.44 26 David Plaza (Spa) Team Coast 11.06 27 Luis Perez (Spa) Team Coast 11.23 28 Christian Vandevelde (USA) US Postal Service 12.16 29 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Saeco-Longoni Sport 14.12 30 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 15.53 31 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio 18.10 32 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 19.32 33 J.Antonio Pecharroman (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 19.54 34 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 21.46 35 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 23.14 36 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio 23.53 37 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 25.02 38 J.Antonio Flecha (Spa) iBanesto.com 25.14 39 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis 26.43 40 José Azevedo (Por) ONCE-Eroski 27.14 41 Joan Horrach (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 27.26 42 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis 27.57 43 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 28.02 44 Santiago Blanco (Spa) iBanesto.com 28.26 45 José Garrido (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 29.25 46 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre-Daikin 29.51 47 Joao Silva (Por) Milaneza-MSS 30.16 48 Steven Kleynen (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 30.26 49 Matthias Kessler (Ger) Team Telekom 50 Rui Lavarinhas (Por) Milaneza-MSS 30.33 51 Sylvester Szymyd (Pol) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 31.22 52 Simone Bertoletti (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 53 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 31.56 54 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 32.56 55 Angel Edo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 33.46 56 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 34.52 57 Ińigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 36.47 58 Giuseppe Di Grande (Ita) Index Alexia 36.53 59 Marcos Serrano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 37.19 60 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 37.34 61 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 41.21 62 M.A. Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 42.13 63 Massimo Codol (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 42.56 64 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Fassa Bortolo 44.28 65 David Cańada (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 44.30 66 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 45.17 67 José Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 46.32 68 Rafael Casero (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 47.16 69 Alberto Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 48.48 70 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2R Prevoyance 48.56 71 Aitor Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 48.59 72 Aitor Kintana (Spa) Bigmat.Auber 93 49.11 73 Jesus Maria Manzano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 49.38 74 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) iBanesto.com 49.56 75 Benoit Salmon (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 50.36 76 Antonio Colom (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 50.43 77 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 54.46 78 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal Service 54.53 79 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 55.11 80 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 55.15 81 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Domo-Farm Frites 55.30 82 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 55.53 83 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 56.30 84 Vitoriano Fernandez (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 56.31 85 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Saeco-Longoni Sport 57.58 86 Juan José De Los Angeles (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 58.18 87 Rafael Diaz Justo (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 59.01 88 Nicola Loda (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 59.09 89 Serguei Smetanine (Rus) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 59.14 90 Rolf Aldag (Ger) Team Telekom 59.45 91 Sebastien Talabardon (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 59.53 92 Santiago Botero (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1.00.40 93 Mederic Clain (Fra) Cofidis 1.01.00 94 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Lampre-Daikin 1.01.06 95 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Telekom 1.01.32 96 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 1.01.55 97 Gonzalo Bayarri (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.05.22 98 Dmitri Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis 1.05.24 99 José Iván Gutierrez (Spa) iBanesto.com 1.05.26 100 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 1.06.09 101 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 1.06.44 102 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 1.07.50 103 Melchor Mauri (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 1.07.53 104 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 1.08.53 105 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 1.09.27 106 Reto Bergmann (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.10.01 107 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 1.10.11 108 Jan Schaffrath (Ger) Team Telekom 1.10.18 109 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 1.10.21 110 Aitor Garmendia (Spa) Team Coast 1.10.22 111 Victor Hugo Peńa (Col) US Postal Service 1.10.27 112 Steffen Kjaergaard (Nor) US Postal Service 1.10.39 113 Mauro Zanetti (Ita) Alessio 1.10.54 114 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis 1.11.32 115 J.Manuel Vazquez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 1.11.35 116 Raffaele Ferrara (Ita) Alessio 1.11.41 117 Guido Trenti (USA) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 1.12.14 118 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.12.23 119 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites 1.12.56 120 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.13.14 121 José Maestre (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 1.15.21 122 Davide Bramati (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 1.15.50 123 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 1.16.29 124 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.16.57 125 Johan Verstrepen (Bel) Lampre-Daikin 1.17.52 126 Andreas Klier (Ger) Team Telekom 1.18.51 127 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 1.19.06 128 Andrej Hauptman (Slo) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 1.19.08 129 Gorka Gerrikagoitia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.19.29 130 Jon Odriozola (Spa) iBanesto.com 1.19.31 131 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) iBanesto.com 1.19.35 132 Robert Bartko (Ger) Team Telekom 1.19.37 133 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre-Daikin 1.20.12 134 Diego Ferrari (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 1.20.17 135 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Mapei-Quick Step 1.20.37 136 Dario Gadeo (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 1.20.40 137 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Team Telekom 1.21.00 138 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Saeco-Longoni Sport 1.21.01 139 Mikel Pradera (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 1.21.26 140 Denis Zanette (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.22.45 141 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.23.31 142 Milan Kadlec (Cze) Lampre-Daikin 1.23.52 143 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 1.24.28 144 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 1.24.57 145 Jaime Hernandez (Spa) Team Coast 1.26.06 146 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service 1.26.17 147 Cyril Saugrain (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 1.26.53 148 Juan Guillamon (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 1.27.06 149 Andris Reiss (Lat) Index Alexia 1.27.12 150 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio 1.27.41 151 Sven Teutenberg (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.28.48 152 Germán Nieto (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 1.29.14 153 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Team Telekom 1.29.30 154 Pietro Zucconi (Swi) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 1.30.35 155 Robert Sassone (Fra) Cofidis 1.33.15 156 Marco Magnani (Ita) Index Alexia 1.33.48 157 Alexei Sivakov (Rus) Bigmat.Auber 93 1.33.50 158 Martín Garrido (Arg) Relax-Fuenlabrada 1.34.20 159 Alberto Vinale (Ita) Alessio 1.35.08 160 Alessandro Guerra (Ita) Index Alexia 1.35.59 161 Alberto Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.36.48 162 Antonio Cruz (USA) US Postal Service 1.36.51 163 Leif Hoste (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 1.37.28 164 Matthew White (Aus) US Postal Service 1.37.44 165 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 1.38.16 166 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 1.39.01 167 Jeroen Blijevens (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites 1.39.48 168 Zbigniew Spruch (Pol) Lampre-Daikin 1.41.56 169 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Coast 1.42.37 170 Guillaume Auger (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 1.45.39 171 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Team Coast 1.46.02 172 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Index Alexia 1.48.12 173 Zoran Klemencic (Slo) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 1.50.32 174 Rubén Lobato Elvira (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 2.00.12 Points classification 1 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Telekom 90 pts 2 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 59 3 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 57 4 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 50 5 Angel Edo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 47 6 Pablo Lastras (Spa) iBanesto.com 45 7 Luis Perez (Spa) Team Coast 42 8 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Saeco-Longoni Sport 38 9 Félix Garcia Casas (Spa) Bigmat.Auber 93 37 10 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 33 11 Oscar Camenzind (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 32 12 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Milaneza-MSS 30 13 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Team Telekom 30 14 Sven Teutenberg (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 28 15 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis 27 16 Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal Service 25 17 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 25 18 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 23 19 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 22 20 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 22 21 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 20 22 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio 20 23 Jeroen Blijevens (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites 20 24 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 19 25 Germán Nieto (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 18 26 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre-Daikin 18 27 Joseba Beloki (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 14 28 Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 14 29 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis 14 30 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 14 31 Juan Guillamon (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 14 32 Dario Gadeo (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 12 33 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 12 34 Mederic Clain (Fra) Cofidis 11 35 Martín Garrido (Arg) Relax-Fuenlabrada 11 36 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 10 37 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) ONCE-Eroski 10 38 Nicola Loda (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 10 39 Zoran Klemencic (Slo) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 10 40 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Team Coast 9 41 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 8 42 Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 8 43 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis 8 44 José Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 7 45 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) iBanesto.com 6 46 Rui Miguel Sousa (Por) Milaneza-MSS 6 47 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 5 48 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio 5 49 Aitor Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 5 50 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 5 51 Vitoriano Fernandez (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 5 52 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 4 53 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 4 54 Jesus Maria Manzano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 4 55 Raffaele Ferrara (Ita) Alessio 4 56 Robert Bartko (Ger) Team Telekom 4 57 Giuseppe Di Grande (Ita) Index Alexia 4 58 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 4 59 Robert Sassone (Fra) Cofidis 4 60 Klaus Möller (Den) Milaneza-MSS 3 61 Fernando Escartin (Spa) Team Coast 2 62 Steven Kleynen (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 2 63 Rolf Aldag (Ger) Team Telekom 2 64 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 2 65 Jan Schaffrath (Ger) Team Telekom 2 66 Davide Bramati (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 2 67 Andrej Hauptman (Slo) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 2 68 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 2 69 Angel Casero (Spa) Team Coast 1 70 Carlos Garcia (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1 71 J.Antonio Pecharroman (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 1 72 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 1 73 M.A. Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 1 74 Antonio Colom (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 1 75 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 1 76 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Domo-Farm Frites 1 77 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 1 78 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 79 Rubén Lobato Elvira (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 1 Mountains classification 1 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 51 pts 2 Félix Garcia Casas (Spa) Bigmat.Auber 93 50 3 Mederic Clain (Fra) Cofidis 38 4 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 36 5 Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal Service 32 6 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis 30 7 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Team Telekom 24 8 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 23 9 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 22 10 Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 17 11 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis 16 12 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Milaneza-MSS 16 13 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 15 14 Klaus Möller (Den) Milaneza-MSS 13 15 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 12 16 Germán Nieto (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 12 17 Aitor Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 11 18 Antonio Colom (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 10 19 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10 20 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) ONCE-Eroski 10 21 Jesus Maria Manzano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 9 22 Joseba Beloki (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 8 23 Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 8 24 Pablo Lastras (Spa) iBanesto.com 6 25 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio 6 26 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 5 27 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 5 28 Oscar Camenzind (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 4 29 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 4 30 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4 31 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 4 32 Vitoriano Fernandez (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 4 33 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3 34 Carlos Garcia (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 3 35 Rui Miguel Sousa (Por) Milaneza-MSS 3 36 Aitor Kintana (Spa) Bigmat.Auber 93 3 37 Rolf Aldag (Ger) Team Telekom 3 38 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Lampre-Daikin 3 39 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) iBanesto.com 3 40 José Azevedo (Por) ONCE-Eroski 2 41 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis 2 42 Melchor Mauri (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 2 43 José Garrido (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 1 44 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1 45 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Saeco-Longoni Sport 1 46 Victor Hugo Peńa (Col) US Postal Service 1 47 J.Manuel Vazquez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 1 Regularity classification 1 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 15 pts 2 Félix Garcia Casas (Spa) Bigmat.Auber 93 16 3 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 21 4 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Team Telekom 22 5 Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal Service 25 6 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 31 7 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 32 8 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 34 9 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis 35 10 Pablo Lastras (Spa) iBanesto.com 43 11 Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 46 12 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Milaneza-MSS 46 13 Oscar Camenzind (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 54 14 Joseba Beloki (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 58 15 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 62 16 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) ONCE-Eroski 67 17 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 68 18 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 85 19 Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 90 20 Klaus Möller (Den) Milaneza-MSS 91 21 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis 93 22 Rui Miguel Sousa (Por) Milaneza-MSS 105 23 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio 109 24 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 111 25 Carlos Garcia (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 127 26 Mederic Clain (Fra) Cofidis 130 27 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 136 28 Aitor Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 137 29 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 145 30 Jesus Maria Manzano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 148 31 Vitoriano Fernandez (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 167 32 Antonio Colom (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 168 33 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 168 34 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 181 35 Rolf Aldag (Ger) Team Telekom 190 36 Germán Nieto (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 192 37 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) iBanesto.com 215 Teams classification 1 ONCE-Eroski 97.43.40 2 Kelme-Costa Blanca 1.25 3 Team Coast 3.01 4 Milaneza-MSS 4.18 5 Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.56 6 Cofidis 10.41 7 Saeco-Longoni Sport 16.12 8 Fassa Bortolo 31.28 9 Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 31.34 10 iBanesto.com 40.24 11 Phonak Hearing Systems 54.19 12 US Postal Service 54.52 13 Lampre-Daikin 57.46 14 Relax-Fuenlabrada 1.17.38 15 Domo-Farm Frites 1.19.09 16 Team Telekom 1.19.29 17 Bigmat.Auber 93 1.27.42 18 Alessio 1.35.05 19 Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 1.41.22 20 Ag2R Prevoyance 1.58.01 21 Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 2.26.41 22 Mapei-Quick Step 2.28.50 23 Index Alexia 3.11.26
