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57th Vuelta a España
Spain, September 7- 29, 2002
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Stage 16 - September 24: Avilés - León, 154.7 km
Botero finds his form in León
By Chris Henry
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Today's 16th stage presented another ideal race of transition between the high mountains of the Angliru on Sunday and tomorrow's flat sprinters' stage. Covering 154km between Avilés and León, the race encountered two climbs, but only one difficulty of note, the short but steep first category climb of the Puerto de Pajares. In another day of fast racing, a group of five emerged and left the peloton far behind, with Santiago Botero (Kelme) claiming a victory for the dominant team of this year's Vuelta.
""I am very happy, you would not believe how I've suffered in this Vuelta. I dedicate this victory to my wife, and to my team, and especially to Quique Gutiérrez since it's the fourth time I've won a stage at the Vuelta," said Botero, who was clearly elated with his win.
Overall leader Roberto Heras (US Postal) began his first day in gold in this year's Vuelta with confidence, however he would find himself in a precarious situation for a short period in today's race. Today's stage posed no major threats near the finish, though Heras did lose his third teammate after Sunday, when Victor Hugo Pena was disqualified for holding onto the second team car on the climb. As a result, the race jury also removed the second Postal car from the caravan.
How it unfolded
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After 55km of racing, the seeds of the day's winning move were sewn, with six riders escaping, soon joined by a second group of six. Among the leading twelve two riders each from Kelme (Botero and Gutierrez), ONCE (Diaz Justo and Pradera), and Team Cost (Perez and Plaza). By the time the break hit the slopes of the Cat. 1 Puerto de Pajares, it had a five minute advantage over the peloton.
The climb proved to be a challenge, with its gradient reaching 17% at some points, thinning out the ranks of both the breakaway and the peloton. Kelme took over the pace-making from US Postal, and created a selection of around 20 riders on the steep climb. All of the race favorites were present, however Heras had lost his Postal teammates, finding himself isolated amongst five remaining Kelme riders- not to mention Botero and Gutierrez ahead on the road.
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Cresting the summit of the climb with 66km to race, Aitor Osa (iBanesto.com) took the mountain points ahead of Plaza and Botero. After consistent riding in the high mountains, Osa now had enough points in hand to take the orange climber's jersey off the shoulders off Gilberto Simoni.
On the descent the strong men of the original break had shaped the winning move. With an advantage still in excess of four minutes over the diminished peloton, Botero, Gutierrez, Perez, Plaza, and Osa put pedal to the metal and pressed on full force to the finish. By the end of the descent, the five escapees had increased their lead to 5'30", and looked set to fight it out to the line.
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As the leaders flew towards León, the peloton relaxed its pace enough for a number of riders to rejoin from behind. Although Kelme briefly had Heras on the ropes and isolated in the first split, there was no clear tactic to attack the race leader, particularly without any climbs remaining in the stage. As a result, Heras was soon joined by Christian Vandevelde and Chechu Rubiera, and the brief showdown was done for the day.
The breakaway never faltered, and only widened its advantage as the peloton steadily lost interest in the chase. By the time they reached the outskirts of León, the leaders had nearly 10 minutes in hand, and a distance of almost 7 km separating them from the peloton. At this point the tactics shifted amongst the leaders, as Coast's Luis Perez began to opt out of a few turns at the front of the group. With two Coast riders and two from Kelme, iBanesto's Aitor Osa knew his chances would be slim.
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Perez's teammate Plaza was the first to jump, marked immediately by Botero. In a classic one-two, Perez was next to jump, moving all the way to the right side of the road to prevent anyone from getting his wheel. Botero again went in pursuit, with a little more work to do to chase down this second move. Behind, Gutierrez and Plaza sat on either side of the hapless Osa, glancing at the iBanesto rider to indicate that he would have to be the one to chase. He didn't, leaving Botero and Perez clear to the line.
Botero moved Perez into first position entering the final straight, forcing Perez to nervously drift from side to side, continually looking back in anticipation of Botero's jump. Leaving it to the last 150 meters, Perez launched his sprint, but was no match for the powerful Botero, who timed his move to perfection, winning by a half a bike length. Just under nine minutes later, Erik Zabel comfortably took the field sprint for sixth place, further solidifying his lead in the points competition.
Photography
Images by Lavuelta.com
- Roberto Heras (USPS) lines up at the start in his gold leader's jersey
- Aitor Gonzalez (Kelme) second overall and still with a very good chance of winning the Vuelta
- Oscar Sevilla (Kelme) still hopeful about his chances in Madrid
- Zabel and Petacchi fight it out for the first sprint in Posada de Llanera
- The peloton was very active in the first hour, with many attempts to break away
- Roberto Heras (USPS) riding strongly during the 16th stage
- Gilberto Simoni (Saeco) lost his mountains jersey today
- The rear of the peloton cruises along in the sunshine
- US Postal working hard during the stage
- Aitor Osa (iBanesto) leads the breakaway on the Puerto de Pajares
- Luis Perez (Team Coast) made the right break again, but couldn't quite win the stage
- Iban Mayo (Euskaltel) riding hard during stage 16
- Roberto Heras (USPS) found himself isolated during stage 16 against the Kelme team, but there were no real attempts to attack him.
- Roberto Heras (USPS) was cool, calm and collected in his first day in gold
- Aitor Gonzalez (Kelme) rides during stage 16
- Luis Perez (Team Coast) was a key part of the break again
- Gilberto Simoni (Saeco) leads the peloton on the Puerto de Pajares
- Roberto Heras (USPS) at the top of the Puerto de Pajares
Images by AFP
- Santiago Botero (Kelme) beast Luis Perez (Team Coast) on the line
- Santiago Botero (Kelme) hefts his winner's trophy
- Points leader Erik Zabel is congratulated by Miguel Indurain, one of the world's greatest cyclists
Results
1 Santiago Botero (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 3.32.07 (43.76 km/h) 2 Luis Perez (Spa) Team Coast 3 José Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 0.05 4 Aitor Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 5 David Plaza (Spa) Team Coast 6 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Telekom 8.58 7 M.A. Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 8 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Saeco-Longoni Sport 9 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 10 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 11 Christian Vandevelde (USA) US Postal Service 12 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 13 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 14 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites 15 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 16 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 17 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 18 Rolf Aldag (Ger) Team Telekom 19 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 20 J.Antonio Flecha (Spa) iBanesto.com 21 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis 22 Joseba Beloki (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 23 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio 24 Klaus Möller (Den) Milaneza-MSS 25 Carlos Garcia (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 26 José Garrido (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 27 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Team Coast 28 Rafael Casero (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 29 Pablo Lastras (Spa) iBanesto.com 30 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 31 Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal Service 32 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) ONCE-Eroski 33 Rui Miguel Sousa (Por) Milaneza-MSS 34 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 35 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 36 Angel Casero (Spa) Team Coast 37 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 38 Joao Silva (Por) Milaneza-MSS 39 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 40 Nacor Buros (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 41 Félix Garcia Casas (Spa) Bigmat.Auber 93 42 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal Service 43 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Milaneza-MSS 44 Mikel Pradera (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 45 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 46 Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 47 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Saeco-Longoni Sport 48 J.Antonio Pecharroman (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 49 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 50 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 51 Pablo Tiralongo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 52 Rafael Diaz Justo (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 53 Massimo Codol (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 54 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio 55 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Saeco-Longoni Sport 56 José Azevedo (Por) ONCE-Eroski 57 Rui Lavarinhas (Por) Milaneza-MSS 58 Matthias Kessler (Ger) Team Telekom 59 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 60 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Fassa Bortolo 61 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 62 Jesus Maria Manzano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 63 Marcos Serrano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 64 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis 65 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis 66 Simone Bertoletti (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 67 Aitor Kintana (Spa) Bigmat.Auber 93 68 Sylvester Szymyd (Pol) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 69 Steven Kleynen (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 70 Joan Horrach (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 71 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Mapei-Quick Step 72 Alberto Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 73 Juan José De Los Angeles (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 74 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 75 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) iBanesto.com 76 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Lampre-Daikin 77 Santiago Blanco (Spa) iBanesto.com 78 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 17.19 79 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Coast 80 Alexei Sivakov (Rus) Bigmat.Auber 93 81 Nicola Loda (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 82 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 83 David Cańada (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 84 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 85 Andrej Hauptman (Slo) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 86 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 87 Germán Nieto (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 88 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 89 Sebastien Talabardon (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 90 J.Manuel Vazquez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 91 Diego Ferrari (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 92 Cyril Saugrain (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 93 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 94 Pietro Zucconi (Swi) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 95 Alessandro Guerra (Ita) Index Alexia 96 Reto Bergmann (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 97 Mederic Clain (Fra) Cofidis 98 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre-Daikin 99 Davide Bramati (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 100 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 101 José Iván Gutierrez (Spa) iBanesto.com 102 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 103 Benoit Salmon (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 104 Alberto Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 105 Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 106 Andris Reiss (Lat) Index Alexia 107 Aitor Garmendia (Spa) Team Coast 108 Gorka Gerrikagoitia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 109 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 110 Sven Teutenberg (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 111 Bert Grabcsh (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 112 Zbigniew Spruch (Pol) Lampre-Daikin 113 Rubén Lobato Elvira (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 114 Alberto Vinale (Ita) Alessio 115 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio 116 Antonio Cruz (USA) US Postal Service 117 Matthew White (Aus) US Postal Service 118 Dario Gadeo (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 119 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 120 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 121 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 122 Angel Edo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 123 Denis Zanette (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 124 Juan Guillamon (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 125 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Fassa Bortolo 126 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 127 Jaime Hernandez (Spa) Team Coast 128 Jan Schaffrath (Ger) Team Telekom 129 Serguei Smetanine (Rus) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 130 Dmitri Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis 131 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service 132 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2R Prevoyance 133 Robert Bartko (Ger) Team Telekom 134 Robert Sassone (Fra) Cofidis 135 José Maestre (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada Points 1 Santiago Botero (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 25 pts 2 Luis Perez (Spa) Team Coast 20 3 José Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 16 4 Aitor Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 14 5 David Plaza (Spa) Team Coast 12 6 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Telekom 10 7 M.A. Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 9 8 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Saeco-Longoni Sport 8 9 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 7 10 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6 11 Christian Vandevelde (USA) US Postal Service 5 12 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 4 13 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 3 14 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites 2 15 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 1 Mountains Alto de San Tirso - Cat. 3, km 43 1 Aitor Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 6 pts 2 Joan Horrach (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 4 3 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2 4 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 1 Puerto de Pajares - Cat. 1, km 89 1 Aitor Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 16 pts 2 David Plaza (Spa) Team Coast 12 3 Santiago Botero (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 10 4 José Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 8 5 Luis Perez (Spa) Team Coast 6 6 Rui Lavarinhas (Por) Milaneza-MSS 4 7 Joan Horrach (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 3 8 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 2 9 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites 1 Sprints Posada de Llanera - km 15 1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 4 pts 2 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Telekom 2 3 M.A. Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 1 Campomanes - km 68.6 1 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites 4 pts 2 David Plaza (Spa) Team Coast 2 3 José Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1 Alto del Rabizo - km 128 1 Santiago Botero (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 4 pts 2 Aitor Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 2 3 José Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1 Teams 1 Kelme-Costa Blanca 10.45.24 2 Team Coast 3 iBanesto.com 8.58 4 Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 17.51 5 Euskaltel-Euskadi 6 Team Telekom 7 US Postal Service 8 Saeco-Longoni Sport 9 Milaneza-MSS 10 ONCE-Eroski 11 Fassa Bortolo 12 Cofidis 13 Lampre-Daikin 14 Ag2R Prevoyance 26.12 15 Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 16 Mapei-Quick Step 17 Domo-Farm Frites 18 Relax-Fuenlabrada 19 Bigmat.Auber 93 20 Alessio 21 Phonak Hearing Systems 34.33 22 Tacconi Sport-Emmegi General classification after stage 16 1 Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal Service 58.55.13 2 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 0.35 3 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1.08 4 Joseba Beloki (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 1.57 5 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.16 6 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3.56 7 Félix Garcia Casas (Spa) Bigmat.Auber 93 4.05 8 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 4.55 9 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Team Coast 5.20 10 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5.26 11 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) ONCE-Eroski 5.27 12 Angel Casero (Spa) Team Coast 5.31 13 Klaus Möller (Den) Milaneza-MSS 6.18 14 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Milaneza-MSS 6.43 15 Rui Miguel Sousa (Por) Milaneza-MSS 9.29 16 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis 9.55 17 David Plaza (Spa) Team Coast 10.13 18 Pablo Lastas (Spa) iBanesto.com 12.57 19 Carlos Garcia (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 15.20 20 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Fassa Bortolo 15.33 21 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 23.20 22 Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 25.57 23 Luis Perez (Spa) Team Coast 33.30 24 Christian Vandevelde (USA) US Postal Service 33.59 25 Gerrit Glosmer (Aut) Saeco-Longoni Sport 37.45 26 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio 39.04 27 J.Antonio Pecharroman (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 39.43 28 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio 41.09 29 Steven Kleynen (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 42.38 30 Sylvester Szymyd (Pol) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 44.43 31 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis 46.30 32 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 48.39 33 J.Antonio Flecha (Spa) iBanesto.com 48.40 34 Simone Bertoletti (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 49.43 35 Rui Lavarinhas (Por) Milaneza-MSS 50.13 36 Joan Horrach (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 50.44 37 Marcos Serrano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 50.49 38 Oscar Pererio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 50.59 39 Santiago Blanco (Spa) iBanesto.com 52.06 40 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 52.46 41 José Garrido (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 53.20 42 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 53.40 43 José Azevedo (Por) ONCE-Eroski 53.43 44 Jesus Maria Manzano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 54.18 45 Matthias Kessler (Ger) Team Telekom 55.20 46 Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 57.32 47 Joao Silva (Por) Milaneza-MSS 58.15 48 José Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 59.27 49 Rafael Casero (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 1.01.20 50 M.A. Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 1.01.22 51 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.01.50 52 Massimo Codol (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 1.06.23 53 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal Service 1.09.25 54 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 1.10.01 55 Aitor Kintana (Spa) Bigmat.Auber 93 1.12.04 56 David Cańada (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 1.13.00 57 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Saeco-Longoni Sport 1.15.18 58 Aitor Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 1.16.01 59 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.19.57 60 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 1.20.02 61 Juan José De Los Angeles (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1.21.57 62 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2R Prevoyance 1.22.27 63 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 1.23.42 64 Angel Edo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 1.26.21 65 Alberto Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.26.45 66 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.32.10 67 Gorazd Stangeli (Slo) Fassa Bortolo 1.33.38 68 Santiago Botero (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1.34.43 69 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 1.35.26 70 Rafael Diaz Justo (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 1.36.16 71 Dmitri Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis 1.37.12 72 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Telekom 1.37.39 73 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Saeco-Longoni Sport 1.38.14 74 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 1.38.50 75 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Lampre-Daikin 1.39.06 76 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 1.39.38 77 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.40.52 78 Mederic Clain (Fra) Cofidis 1.41.16 79 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 1.43.28 80 Benoit Salmon (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.45.32 81 Serguei Smetanine (Rus) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 1.47.26 82 Nicola Loda (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.50.53 83 Andrej Hauptman (Slo) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 1.51.08 84 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites 1.51.52 85 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 1.54.10 86 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 1.54.21 87 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 1.54.35 88 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.55.36 89 Reto Bergmann (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.56.13 90 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.56.39 91 Rolf Aldag (Ger) Team Telekom 1.57.40 92 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) iBanesto.com 1.58.57 93 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis 1.59.13 94 Davide Bramati (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 2.00.08 95 Mikel Pradera (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 2.03.14 96 José Iván Gutierrez (Spa) iBanesto.com 2.05.05 97 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 2.06.52 98 Jan Schaffrath (Ger) Team Telekom 2.07.09 99 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.07.33 100 J.Manuel Vazquez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 2.08.39 101 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.09.12 102 Aitor Garmendia (Spa) Team Coast 2.09.16 103 Denis Zanette (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2.10.07 104 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 2.10.18 105 Gorka Gerrikagoitia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.11.43 106 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 2.12.06 107 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 2.12.40 108 Sebastien Talabardon (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 2.15.04 109 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Mapei-Quick Step 2.15.59 110 Andris Reiss (Lat) Index Alexia 2.20.15 111 Cyril Saugrain (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 2.22.26 112 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 2.22.49 113 Robert Bartko (Ger) Team Telekom 2.22.52 114 Dario Gadeo (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 2.23.40 115 Alberto Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.24.03 116 Diego Ferrari (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 2.24.31 117 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre-Daikin 2.24.50 118 José Maestre (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 2.24.55 119 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio 2.25.09 120 Antonio Cruz (USA) US Postal Service 2.28.28 121 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service 2.29.02 122 Pietro Zucconi (Swi) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 2.32.13 123 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 2.32.16 124 Alessandro Guerra (Ita) Index Alexia 2.35.25 125 Jaime Hernandez (Spa) Team Coast 2.35.49 126 Alberto Vinale (Ita) Alessio 2.37.46 127 Juan Guilamon (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 2.41.05 128 Alexei Sivakov (Rus) Bigmat.Auber 93 2.41.07 129 Germán Nieto (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 2.41.43 130 Sven Teutenberg (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.47.35 131 Zbigniew Spruch (Pol) Lampre-Daikin 2.47.55 132 Matthew White (Aus) US Postal Service 2.48.18 133 Robert Sassone (Fra) Cofidis 2.55.09 134 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Coast 2.58.44 135 Rubén Lobato Elvira (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 3.00.53 Points classification 1 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Telekom 142 pts 2 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 113 3 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 98 4 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 74 5 Pablo Lastras (Spa) iBanesto.com 70 6 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Saeco-Longoni Sport 68 7 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 67 8 Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal Service 65 9 Luis Perez (Spa) Team Coast 64 10 Angel Edo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 55 11 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 54 12 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio 52 13 Joseba Beloki (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 50 14 Francisco Casagrande (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 47 15 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Milaneza-MSS 45 16 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 44 17 Félix Garcia Casas (Spa) Bigmat.Auber 93 43 18 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 42 19 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 42 20 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 40 21 Sven Teutenberg (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 36 22 Davide Bramati (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 33 23 Serguei Smetanine (Rus) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 32 24 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis 31 25 Santiago Botero (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 29 26 Klaus Möller (Den) Milaneza-MSS 27 27 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 26 28 Andrej Hauptman (Slo) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 26 29 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre-Daikin 26 30 José Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 25 31 Aitor Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 25 32 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 22 33 Germán Nieto (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 18 34 David Plaza (Spa) Team Coast 18 35 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 16 36 M.A. Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 16 37 Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 14 38 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 14 39 Mederic Clain (Fra) Cofidis 14 40 Juan Guillamon (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 14 41 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) ONCE-Eroski 13 42 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio 13 43 Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 13 44 Dario Gadeo (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 12 45 Rui Miguel Sousa (Por) Milaneza-MSS 12 46 Christian Vandevelde (USA) US Postal Service 12 47 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Team Coast 11 48 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 10 49 Angel Casero (Spa) Team Coast 10 50 Nicola Loda (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 10 51 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 9 52 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 9 53 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) iBanesto.com 8 54 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8 55 Dmitri Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis 7 56 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 7 57 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites 6 58 Alessandro Guerra (Ita) Index Alexia 6 59 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio 5 60 J.Antonio Flecha (Spa) iBanesto.com 5 61 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 5 62 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 5 63 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 5 64 Jesus Maria Manzano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 4 65 Sebastien Talabardon (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 4 66 Robert Bartko (Ger) Team Telekom 4 67 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 4 68 Alberto Vinale (Ita) Alessio 4 69 Robert Sassone (Fra) Cofidis 4 70 Carlos Garcia (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 3 71 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 3 72 Steven Kleynen (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 2 73 Joao Silva (Por) Milaneza-MSS 2 74 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 2 75 Rolf Aldag (Ger) Team Telekom 2 76 Jan Schaffrath (Ger) Team Telekom 2 77 Andris Reiss (Lat) Index Alexia 2 78 J.Antonio Pecharroman (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 1 79 Santiago Blanco (Spa) iBanesto.com 1 80 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 1 81 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 1 82 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 83 Denis Zanette (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1 84 Rubén Lobato Elvira (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 1 Mountains classification 1 Aitor Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 78 pts 2 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 75 3 Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal Service 74 4 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 62 5 Félix Garcia Casas (Spa) Bigmat.Auber 93 57 6 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 49 7 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 43 8 Mederic Clain (Fra) Cofidis 42 9 J.Antonio Flecha (Spa) iBanesto.com 40 10 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 37 11 M.A. Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 35 12 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 33 13 Joseba Beloki (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 33 14 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis 30 15 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Milaneza-MSS 26 16 Rui Miguel Sousa (Por) Milaneza-MSS 26 17 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 25 18 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 22 19 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 20 20 Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 20 21 Santiago Blanco (Spa) iBanesto.com 18 22 Luis Perez (Spa) Team Coast 18 23 Jesus Maria Manzano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 18 24 Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 17 25 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio 16 26 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 16 27 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) ONCE-Eroski 14 28 Klaus Möller (Den) Milaneza-MSS 13 29 David Plaza (Spa) Team Coast 12 30 Joan Horrach (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 12 31 Germán Nieto (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 12 32 Serguei Smetanine (Rus) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 10 33 Santiago Botero (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 10 34 José Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 8 35 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 7 36 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 7 37 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7 38 Angel Casero (Spa) Team Coast 6 39 Pablo Lastras (Spa) iBanesto.com 6 40 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio 6 41 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 5 42 Simone Bertoletti (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 4 43 Rui Lavarinhas (Por) Milaneza-MSS 4 44 Aitor Kintana (Spa) Bigmat.Auber 93 4 45 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 4 46 Carlos Garcia (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 3 47 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 3 48 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Lampre-Daikin 3 49 Rolf Aldag (Ger) Team Telekom 3 50 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) iBanesto.com 3 51 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis 2 52 José Azevedo (Por) ONCE-Eroski 2 53 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2 54 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 2 55 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2 56 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 2 57 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Team Coast 1 58 José Garrido (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 1 59 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Saeco-Longoni Sport 1 60 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 1 61 Alberto Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 62 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites 1 63 Davide Bramati (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 1 64 J.Manuel Vazquez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 1 65 Denis Zanette (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1 Regularity classification 1 Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal Service 12 pts 2 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 17 3 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 17 4 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 22 5 Félix Garcia Casas (Spa) Bigmat.Auber 93 29 6 Joseba Beloki (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 30 7 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 30 8 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 37 9 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Milaneza-MSS 44 10 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 47 11 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 51 12 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis 54 13 Luis Perez (Spa) Team Coast 54 14 Pablo Lastras (Spa) iBanesto.com 62 15 Klaus Möller (Den) Milaneza-MSS 67 16 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 69 17 Rui Miguel Sousa (Por) Milaneza-MSS 76 18 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) ONCE-Eroski 79 19 David Plaza (Spa) Team Coast 80 20 Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 83 21 Aitor Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 90 22 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 91 23 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio 93 24 M.A. Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 97 25 Angel Casero (Spa) Team Coast 99 26 J.Antonio Flecha (Spa) iBanesto.com 102 27 Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 109 28 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 110 29 José Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 112 30 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Team Coast 113 31 Mederic Clain (Fra) Cofidis 125 32 Santiago Botero (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 126 33 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio 127 34 Jesus Maria Manzano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 131 35 Carlos Garcia (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 135 36 Serguei Smetanine (Rus) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 136 37 Santiago Blanco (Spa) iBanesto.com 139 38 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 142 39 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 145 40 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 156 41 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 163 42 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 167 43 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 177 44 Davide Bramati (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 179 45 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 180 46 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 190 47 Germán Nieto (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 193 48 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) iBanesto.com 195 49 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 201 50 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites 203 51 Rolf Aldag (Ger) Team Telekom 215 52 Denis Zanette (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 251 Teams classification 1 Kelme-Costa Blanca 176.37.48 2 Team Coast 0.31 3 Milaneza-MSS 22.55 4 ONCE-Eroski 25.16 5 Euskaltel-Euskadi 38.28 6 Saeco-Longoni Sport 48.48 7 Cofidis 52.55 8 Fassa Bortolo 1.11.02 9 iBanesto.com 1.17.11 10 Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 1.28.43 11 US Postal Service 1.30.22 12 Phonak Hearing Systems 2.12.51 13 Lampre-Daikin 2.14.10 14 Relax-Fuenlabrada 2.39.41 15 Bigmat.Auber 93 2.57.24 16 Domo-Farm Frites 3.03.13 17 Team Telekom 3.04.22 18 Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 3.12.34 19 Alessio 3.15.57 20 Ag2R Prevoyance 3.57.46 21 Mapei-Quick Step 4.00.44 22 Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 4.15.08
