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58th Vuelta a España - Spain, September 6-28, 2003
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Stage 14 - Saturday, September 20: Albacete - Valdepeñas, 167.4km
Petacchi wins for the fourth time
14 Grand Tour stage victories this year
By Hernán Alvarez Macías
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Alessandro Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo) has won the 14th stage of the Vuelta España between Albacete and Valdepeñas in a time of 3 hours, 43 minutes and 15 seconds. This is also the 14th grand tour stage victory by the Italian this year. Vuelta leader Isidro Nozal (ONCE-Eroski) passed the day without any problems and maintained his 3'03 difference over his teammate Igor González de Galdeano, and 5'13 to Roberto Heras (US Postal Service-Berry Floor).
After several small breakaways were caught, the peloton was all together with 8 km to go, and the sprinters could enjoy a long bunch kick where Petacchi prevailed after coming from a long way behind. "It was the hardest stage to win because it was too long a sprint with Lombardi, Guidi and Moreni starting to sprint too early," said Petacchi, who took the points jersey from Zabel although they are now on equal points. "It's difficult to keep the points jersey because Erik Zabel is a very strong rider, but I'll try to maintain it until Madrid. It's been an incredible year for me and very difficult to repeat with 23 stage victories".
Francisco Mancebo (iBanesto.com) also spoke about his riding so far. "I didn't start very well," he told Spanish TV. "I was not in the spotlight these days, but I hope to be there in the coming stages. Today we did the most relaxed stage of the Vuelta, although we had some problems with the wind as usual. I'm not pleased with fifth position and we will see how we do in La Pandera tomorrow".
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About his season, Mancebo commented, "I am doing a very long season, we rode the Tour de France together with other races and I'm noticing that in this final part of the season."
Roberto Heras is maybe the only one who is able to steal the leader's jersey from Nozal. "Today I felt very good," he told Spanish radio. "Nozal must fail for me to have chances to win the Vuelta, if he doesn't fail I have no possibilities. We'd better try to attack every day that we can, tomorrow is a good day, maybe better than the Sierra Nevada stage. But the climbs of Madrid are also good for my way of riding."
Aitor Gonzalez out
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The 2002 Vuelta España winner Aitor González (Fassa Bortolo) abandoned the competition at km 91 due to a throat problem combined with fever. The health problem was perhaps an excuse after his bad performance in this Vuelta. "I was feeling bad because of a problem in my throat and I awoke today with fever and I hardly slept these past few nights," said Gonzalez. "But I thought I could do some nice stages. It was very hard to go on and it doesn't make sense either. It wasn't a good race for me and I have to retire once again from the Vuelta because of bad health".
His teammate Alessandro Petacchi said, "I was very worried about him, he felt bad today and I hope our team finishes the Vuelta well."
Aitor Gonzalez didn't start the race very well. In the Alto del Mirador del Fito (2nd stage) he lost time. His best moment was in Saragossa where he rode a very good time trial, finishing fifth. He also showed himself at the front in the mountain stages that followed, but after the rest day he began to lose more time. He lost more than a minute on Thursday (Stage 12) and he had big hopes for the Stage 13 time trial, but lost nearly six minutes to finish 65th. Today he preferred to abandon rather than continue and suffer.
How it unfolded
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There were numerous breakaways in the early parts of the stage, but all were neutralised until five riders escaped: Benoît Joachim (US Postal Service-Berry Floor), Fabrizio Guidi (Team Bianchi), Giovanni Lombardi (Domina Vacanze), Carlos García Quesada (Kelme-Costa Blanca) and Cristian Moreni (Alessio). At the feed zone (km 81.5) the front riders were 2'50 ahead of the peloton. But at km 102 the peloton caught the five leaders, who couldn't keep up their high speed.
With 46 km to go Pedro Díaz Lobato (Paternina-Costa de Almería) and Oscar Laguna (Relax Fuenlabrada) broke away from the peloton. 16 kilometres later the pair was able to extend their gap to 40 seconds. Shortly afterwards, Juan Fuentes (Saeco) also attacked and tried to join the two leaders. The breakaway was still alive, but it seemed the peloton would ride to finish in a bunch sprint, and everything was back together with 8 km to go to Valdepeñas. Telekom and Fassa Bortolo positioned Zabel and Petacchi well, although Petacchi was down to just one leadout man with 1 km to go. That wasn't enough, as Lombardi started the sprint from behind, and Petacchi had to regather his forces before bursting through on the right hand side to take the win.
Stage 15 - September 21: Valdepeñas-Sierra de la Pandera, 172.1 km
The fifteenth stage is a crucial one between Valdepeñas and the hard climb of Sierra de la Pandera. The route is fairly flat until they reach the two climbs at Alto de los Villares (Cat. 2) and the special category Sierra de la Pandera. The three intermediate sprints are in Torrenueva, Jaén and Los Villares. The US Postal climbers Roberto Heras and Manuel Beltrán have perhaps one of their last chances to end the dominance of both ONCE time trial specialists Isidro Nozal and Igor González de Galdeano.
Photography
Images by AFP Photo
- Matthew White (USPS-Berry Floor) doing his job for the team
- Tom Boonen (Quick.Step-Davitamon) looking for that elusive victory
- Riders traverse the mostly flat countryside from Albacete to Valdepeñas before tomorrow's markedly different route finishing atop of Sierra de la Pandera.
- David Canada and Pedro Horrillo (Quick.Step) helped the Fassa Bortolo and ONCE chase
- Erik Zabel (Telekom) enjoys a snack along the road
- The peloton rolls along between Albacete and Valdepeñas during stage 14
- Alessandro Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo) smiles with his fourth Vuelta stage win
Images by Unipublic
- Benoit Joachim (USPS) drives the break with Lombardi on his wheel
- Fabrizio Guidi (Team Bianchi) leads Benoit Joachim (USPS) in the early breakaway
- ONCE-Eroski assumes the position
- The peloton through the feed zone
- Aitor Gonzalez (Fassa Bortolo) gets into the team car at kilometre 91
- Aitor Gonzalez (Fassa Bortolo) says goodbye to the Vuelta, claiming to be suffering from health problems
- The peloton did break into a couple of echelons at one point, but it came back together
- Isidro Nozal (ONCE) gets a bottle from his teammate Jorg Jaksche during the stage
- Pedro Diaz Lobato (L, Paternina) and Oscar Laguna (R, Relax) try to stay clear in the last 40 km
- The ONCE and US Postal men working hard to stay near the front
- Four riders try to stay clear with 9 km to go
- Alessandro Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo) was head and shoulders above everyone again
- Isidro Nozal (ONCE) looking happier day by day on the podium
Results
1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3.43.16 (44.98 km/h) 2 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 3 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Telekom 4 Thomas Bruun (Den) Team CSC 5 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 6 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio 7 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank 8 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 9 Angel Edo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 10 Alberto Vinale (Ita) Alessio 11 Iñaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 12 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal-Berry Floor 13 Francisco Gutierrez (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 14 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 15 Simone Masciarelli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 16 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems 17 Miguel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 18 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Team Bianchi 19 Txema Del Olmo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 20 Carlos Golbano (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 21 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 22 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 23 Addy Engels (Ned) Rabobank 24 Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 25 José Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 26 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 27 Isidro Nozal (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 28 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 29 Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 30 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio 31 Max van Heeswijk (Ned) US Postal-Berry Floor 32 Pablo Lastras (Spa) iBanesto.com 33 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 34 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 35 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 36 José Jufre (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 37 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 38 David Cañada (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 39 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre 40 Joan Horrach (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 41 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 42 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 43 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre 44 Angelo Lopeboselli (Ita) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 45 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 46 Unai Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 47 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 48 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 49 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 50 Angel Vicioso (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 51 Gianluca Sironi (Ita) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 52 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 53 Kyryl Pospyeyev (Ukr) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 54 Christian Pepoli (Ita) Team Saeco 55 Matthew White (Aus) US Postal-Berry Floor 56 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) iBanesto.com 57 Ivan Herrero (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 58 Gianpaolo Mondini (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 59 David Latasa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 60 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 61 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 62 Felix Cardenas (Col) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 63 Christian Werner (Ger) Team Telekom 64 Steffan Wesemann (Ger) Team Telekom 65 Alberto Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 66 Pietro Zucconi (Swi) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 67 Guido Trenti (USA) Fassa Bortolo 68 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) iBanesto.com 69 Benjamín Noval (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 70 Félix Garcia Casas (Spa) Team Bianchi 71 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC 72 Beat Zberg (Swi) Rabobank 73 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 74 Denis Lunghi (Ita) Alessio 75 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 76 Stefano Casagranda (Ita) Alessio 77 Mario Aerts (Bel) Team Telekom 78 David Navas (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 79 Rafael Casero (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 80 Michael Barry (Can) US Postal-Berry Floor 81 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 82 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 83 Marcos Serrano (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 84 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 85 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 86 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon 87 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio 88 Francisco Vila (Spa) Lampre 89 Gorka Gerrikagoitia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 90 Jesus Maria Manzano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 91 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 92 Gorka Arrizabalaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 93 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 94 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 95 Bekim Christensen (Den) Team CSC 96 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 97 Pedro Cardoso (Por) Milaneza-MSS 98 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 99 Aitor Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 100 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 101 Renato Silva (Por) Milaneza-MSS 102 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 103 Thorsten Rund (Ger) Team Bianchi 104 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 105 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Team Saeco 106 Gonçalo Amorim (Por) Milaneza-MSS 107 Patrick Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step-Davitamon 108 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) iBanesto.com 109 Domingo Sanchez (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 110 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Team Telekom 0.15 111 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 0.22 112 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC 113 Paulo Barroso (Por) Milaneza-MSS 0.26 114 Bobby Julich (USA) Team Telekom 115 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Team Telekom 116 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 117 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Fassa Bortolo 118 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 0.30 119 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 0.33 120 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 121 David Lopez (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 0.42 122 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 123 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 124 Claus Møller (Den) Milaneza-MSS 125 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 126 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 127 Gustavo Otero (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 128 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 129 Francisco Cerezo (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 130 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 131 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 132 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Milaneza-MSS 133 Juan José De Los Angeles (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 134 Simone Bertoletti (Ita) Lampre 135 Germán Nieto (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 136 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) iBanesto.com 137 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 138 Ronald Mutsaars (Ned) Rabobank 139 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Lampre 140 Mikel Pradera (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 141 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 142 Santiago Blanco (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 143 Dmitri Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 144 Raphael Schweda (Ger) Team Bianchi 145 Jan Hruska (Cze) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 146 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Lampre 147 Aitor Garmendia (Spa) Team Bianchi 148 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) iBanesto.com 149 Gonzalo Bayarri (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 150 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 151 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 152 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) iBanesto.com 153 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 154 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal-Berry Floor 155 Cesar Garcia Calvo (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 156 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank 157 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal-Berry Floor 158 José Luis Martinez (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 159 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 160 Igor Pugaci (Mda) Team Saeco 161 José Maestre (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 162 Pedro Diaz Lobato (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 1.06 163 Joaquin Lopez (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 164 Francisco José Lara (Spa) Team Bianchi 165 Michael Sandstod (Den) Team CSC DNF Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo DNS Peter Farazjin (Bel) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone Points 1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 25 pts 2 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 20 3 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Telekom 16 4 Thomas Bruun (Den) Team CSC 14 5 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 12 6 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio 10 7 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank 9 8 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8 9 Angel Edo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 7 10 Alberto Vinale (Ita) Alessio 6 11 Iñaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5 12 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal-Berry Floor 4 13 Francisco Gutierrez (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 3 14 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 2 15 Simone Masciarelli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 1 Sprints Ruidera - km 95 1 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio 4 pts 2 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Team Bianchi 2 3 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1 Carrizosa - km 117.5 1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 4 pts 2 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Telekom 2 3 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 1 Pozo de Serna - km 148.5 1 Pedro Diaz Lobato (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 4 pts 2 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 2 3 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Team Saeco 1 Teams 1 Saunier Duval - Vini Caldirola 11.09.48 2 Alessio 3 Rabobank 4 Euskaltel - Euskadi 5 US Postal Service Berry Floor 6 Milaneza - MSS 7 Domina Vacanze-Elitron-RDZ 8 Kelme - Costa Blanca 9 Paternina - Costa de Almeria 10 Once - Eroski 11 Phonak Hearing Systems 12 Team CSC 13 Quick Step - Davitamon 14 Team Telekom 15 Labarca-2 Cafe Baque 16 IBanesto.com 17 Fassa Bortolo 18 Cofidis, le credit par telephone 19 Lampre 20 Colchon Relax - Fuenlabrada 21 Team Bianchi 22 Team Saeco 0.42 General classification after stage 14 1 Isidro Nozal (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 45.39.48 2 Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 3.03 3 Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 5.13 4 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 5.39 5 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) iBanesto.com 7.12 6 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 7.50 7 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 8.44 8 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 8.49 9 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 8.50 10 Unai Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 10.10 11 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 10.59 12 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 11.48 13 Felix Cardenas (Col) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 12.36 14 Marcos Serrano (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 13.28 15 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 14.48 16 Félix Garcia Casas (Spa) Team Bianchi 15.20 17 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 16.09 18 Txema Del Olmo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 16.32 19 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 17.32 20 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 20.53 21 José Jufre (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 28.24 22 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 40.40 23 Gonçalo Amorim (Por) Milaneza-MSS 45.46 24 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC 45.57 25 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 46.38 26 Christian Werner (Ger) Team Telekom 46.56 27 José Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 47.05 28 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) iBanesto.com 47.30 29 Aitor Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 49.35 30 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 49.54 31 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 53.06 32 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 54.34 33 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 54.39 34 Joan Horrach (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 56.41 35 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) iBanesto.com 57.47 36 Alberto Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 58.13 37 Pedro Cardoso (Por) Milaneza-MSS 59.05 38 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 59.22 39 Kyryl Pospyeyev (Ukr) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 1.03.30 40 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 1.07.33 41 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.08.42 42 Claus Møller (Den) Milaneza-MSS 1.08.44 43 David Latasa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1.09.48 44 Miguel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 1.12.05 45 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Lampre 1.15.10 46 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.16.35 47 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC 48 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre 1.16.59 49 Pablo Lastras (Spa) iBanesto.com 1.20.21 50 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal-Berry Floor 1.23.15 51 Renato Silva (Por) Milaneza-MSS 1.23.49 52 Denis Lunghi (Ita) Alessio 1.23.50 53 Gorka Gerrikagoitia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.24.18 54 Francisco Vila (Spa) Lampre 1.24.23 55 Michael Barry (Can) US Postal-Berry Floor 1.25.55 56 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal-Berry Floor 1.26.15 57 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 1.30.09 58 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal-Berry Floor 1.30.33 59 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 1.30.52 60 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio 1.30.56 61 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 1.31.40 62 Domingo Sanchez (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 1.32.51 63 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 1.32.54 64 Patrick Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step-Davitamon 1.33.23 65 Mario Aerts (Bel) Team Telekom 1.33.45 66 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1.34.11 67 Benjamín Noval (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 1.34.19 68 David Lopez (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 1.34.53 69 Angel Vicioso (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 1.35.56 70 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 1.36.14 71 José Luis Martinez (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 1.37.04 72 David Cañada (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 1.37.32 73 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.37.43 74 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Team Bianchi 1.37.58 75 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.38.27 76 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Telekom 1.38.42 77 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 1.39.51 78 Carlos Golbano (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 1.39.52 79 Rafael Casero (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 1.40.30 80 Angel Edo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 1.42.39 81 Raphael Schweda (Ger) Team Bianchi 1.43.06 82 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) iBanesto.com 1.43.10 83 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) iBanesto.com 1.43.13 84 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.43.39 85 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank 1.43.43 86 Cesar Garcia Calvo (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 1.45.10 87 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) iBanesto.com 1.46.30 88 Jesus Maria Manzano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1.46.51 89 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 1.48.39 90 Francisco José Lara (Spa) Team Bianchi 1.49.09 91 Joaquin Lopez (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 1.49.21 92 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 1.50.47 93 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre 1.51.38 94 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1.52.45 95 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Team Telekom 1.53.05 96 David Navas (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 1.53.49 97 Iñaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.53.56 98 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.55.15 99 Francisco Cerezo (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 1.56.01 100 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Team Telekom 1.56.11 101 Angelo Lopeboselli (Ita) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.56.26 102 Gorka Arrizabalaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.56.38 103 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Milaneza-MSS 1.57.20 104 Addy Engels (Ned) Rabobank 1.57.55 105 Jan Hruska (Cze) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 1.58.33 106 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon 1.58.47 107 Beat Zberg (Swi) Rabobank 1.59.20 108 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 2.01.17 109 Steffan Wesemann (Ger) Team Telekom 2.01.33 110 Matthew White (Aus) US Postal-Berry Floor 2.02.10 111 Ivan Herrero (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 2.02.28 112 Bobby Julich (USA) Team Telekom 2.02.29 113 Santiago Blanco (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 2.03.05 114 Aitor Garmendia (Spa) Team Bianchi 2.03.12 115 Dmitri Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 2.03.14 116 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 2.03.18 117 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 2.03.24 118 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 2.03.33 119 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 2.03.37 120 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Fassa Bortolo 2.04.32 121 Juan José De Los Angeles (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 2.04.45 122 Thorsten Rund (Ger) Team Bianchi 2.04.57 123 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 2.05.09 124 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio 2.05.12 125 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 2.05.38 126 Gianpaolo Mondini (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 2.06.06 127 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 2.06.46 128 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2.07.09 129 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.07.10 130 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 2.07.52 131 Gustavo Otero (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 2.08.36 132 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 2.08.38 133 Mikel Pradera (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 2.08.47 134 Stefano Casagranda (Ita) Alessio 2.11.33 135 Max van Heeswijk (Ned) US Postal-Berry Floor 2.12.53 136 Paulo Barroso (Por) Milaneza-MSS 2.12.55 137 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 2.13.40 138 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2.13.48 139 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.15.09 140 Pietro Zucconi (Swi) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 2.15.59 141 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank 2.16.16 142 Gianluca Sironi (Ita) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 2.16.35 143 Simone Bertoletti (Ita) Lampre 2.17.55 144 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Team Saeco 2.17.58 145 Pedro Diaz Lobato (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 2.18.36 146 Bekim Christensen (Den) Team CSC 2.18.44 147 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 2.19.16 148 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio 2.20.00 149 Ronald Mutsaars (Ned) Rabobank 2.22.11 150 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 2.22.30 151 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.22.46 152 Germán Nieto (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 2.23.20 153 Guido Trenti (USA) Fassa Bortolo 2.24.17 154 Alberto Vinale (Ita) Alessio 2.27.23 155 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 2.28.24 156 Michael Sandstod (Den) Team CSC 2.30.32 157 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Lampre 2.31.02 158 Thomas Bruun (Den) Team CSC 2.31.04 159 Simone Masciarelli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 2.31.25 160 Francisco Gutierrez (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 2.32.13 161 Gonzalo Bayarri (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.33.55 162 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 2.35.39 163 Igor Pugaci (Mda) Team Saeco 2.39.57 164 Christian Pepoli (Ita) Team Saeco 2.40.00 165 José Maestre (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 3.07.04 Points classification 1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 130 pts 2 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Telekom 130 3 Isidro Nozal (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 91 4 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 84 5 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 63 6 Angel Edo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 62 7 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 61 8 Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 59 9 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 57 10 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 57 11 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 55 12 Felix Cardenas (Col) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 51 13 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 51 14 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 44 15 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) iBanesto.com 42 16 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 40 17 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 40 18 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 40 19 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 39 20 Unai Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 37 21 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 32 22 Jan Hruska (Cze) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 32 23 Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 29 24 Angel Vicioso (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 27 25 José Jufre (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 25 26 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Team Bianchi 25 27 Aitor Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 24 28 Claus Møller (Den) Milaneza-MSS 24 29 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 22 30 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 21 31 Miguel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 21 32 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 20 33 Joan Horrach (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 20 34 Pedro Diaz Lobato (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 19 35 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 19 36 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio 19 37 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 16 38 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Fassa Bortolo 16 39 José Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 15 40 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal-Berry Floor 15 41 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems 15 42 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) iBanesto.com 14 43 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 14 44 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio 14 45 Thomas Bruun (Den) Team CSC 14 46 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 13 47 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 12 48 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 12 49 Raphael Schweda (Ger) Team Bianchi 12 50 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 12 51 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank 11 52 Marcos Serrano (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 10 53 Denis Lunghi (Ita) Alessio 10 54 Michael Barry (Can) US Postal-Berry Floor 10 55 Iñaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10 56 Francisco Gutierrez (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 10 57 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) iBanesto.com 9 58 Patrick Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step-Davitamon 9 59 Stefano Casagranda (Ita) Alessio 9 60 David Navas (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 8 61 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 8 62 Renato Silva (Por) Milaneza-MSS 7 63 Félix Garcia Casas (Spa) Team Bianchi 7 64 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal-Berry Floor 7 65 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank 7 66 Gianpaolo Mondini (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 7 67 Max van Heeswijk (Ned) US Postal-Berry Floor 7 68 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Milaneza-MSS 6 69 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 6 70 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 6 71 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 6 72 Alberto Vinale (Ita) Alessio 6 73 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio 5 74 Txema Del Olmo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 5 75 Pablo Lastras (Spa) iBanesto.com 5 76 Gorka Gerrikagoitia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5 77 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) iBanesto.com 4 78 Francisco Cerezo (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 4 79 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 4 80 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 4 81 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 4 82 Beat Zberg (Swi) Rabobank 4 83 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 4 84 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) iBanesto.com 3 85 Cesar Garcia Calvo (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 3 86 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre 3 87 Alberto Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 88 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Lampre 2 89 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Team Telekom 2 90 Dmitri Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 2 91 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 92 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 2 93 Simone Masciarelli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 2 94 Kyryl Pospyeyev (Ukr) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 1 95 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1 96 Benjamín Noval (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 1 97 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) iBanesto.com 1 98 Francisco José Lara (Spa) Team Bianchi 1 99 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1 100 Ivan Herrero (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 1 101 Bobby Julich (USA) Team Telekom 1 102 Juan José De Los Angeles (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 1 103 Paulo Barroso (Por) Milaneza-MSS 1 104 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Team Saeco 1 105 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Lampre 1 Mountains classification 1 Felix Cardenas (Col) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 132 pts 2 Aitor Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 106 3 Joan Horrach (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 97 4 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 62 5 José Jufre (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 55 6 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 49 7 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 42 8 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 40 9 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 37 10 Unai Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 36 11 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 31 12 Isidro Nozal (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 31 13 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Milaneza-MSS 30 14 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 29 15 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) iBanesto.com 27 16 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 23 17 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) iBanesto.com 22 18 Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 21 19 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) iBanesto.com 18 20 Denis Lunghi (Ita) Alessio 17 21 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 14 22 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 12 23 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 12 24 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 11 25 Francisco José Lara (Spa) Team Bianchi 11 26 Cesar Garcia Calvo (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 10 27 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 10 28 David Navas (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 8 29 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 8 30 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 7 31 Christian Pepoli (Ita) Team Saeco 7 32 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio 6 33 Jan Hruska (Cze) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 6 34 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Lampre 6 35 Marcos Serrano (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 5 36 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 4 37 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 4 38 David Lopez (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 4 39 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Team Bianchi 4 40 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre 4 41 Beat Zberg (Swi) Rabobank 4 42 Mikel Pradera (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 4 43 Pedro Diaz Lobato (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 4 44 Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 3 45 Félix Garcia Casas (Spa) Team Bianchi 3 46 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3 47 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 3 48 Txema Del Olmo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 2 49 Miguel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 2 50 Joaquin Lopez (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 2 51 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2 52 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 2 53 Patrick Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step-Davitamon 1 54 Angel Vicioso (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 1 55 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) iBanesto.com 1 56 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 1 57 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 1 58 Paulo Barroso (Por) Milaneza-MSS 1 Combination classification 1 Isidro Nozal (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 16 pts 2 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 17 3 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 21 4 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 23 5 Felix Cardenas (Col) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 26 6 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 37 7 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) iBanesto.com 39 8 Unai Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 40 9 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 41 10 Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 44 11 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 50 12 José Jufre (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 51 13 Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 54 14 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 54 15 Aitor Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 58 16 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 65 17 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 66 18 Joan Horrach (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 70 19 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 77 20 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 80 21 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 80 22 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) iBanesto.com 85 23 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 85 24 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 100 25 Marcos Serrano (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 101 26 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) iBanesto.com 109 27 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 114 28 Félix Garcia Casas (Spa) Team Bianchi 124 29 Miguel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 124 30 Denis Lunghi (Ita) Alessio 125 31 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Team Bianchi 139 32 Txema Del Olmo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 140 33 Angel Vicioso (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 147 34 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 160 35 Jan Hruska (Cze) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 160 36 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio 165 37 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Lampre 167 38 Patrick Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step-Davitamon 175 39 David Navas (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 184 40 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Milaneza-MSS 184 41 Cesar Garcia Calvo (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 197 42 Francisco José Lara (Spa) Team Bianchi 213 43 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre 219 44 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 220 45 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) iBanesto.com 222 46 Pedro Diaz Lobato (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 222 47 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 228 48 Beat Zberg (Swi) Rabobank 230 49 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 230 50 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 244 51 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 257 52 Paulo Barroso (Por) Milaneza-MSS 297 Teams classification 1 Once - Eroski 137.07.43 2 IBanesto.com 10.29 3 Kelme - Costa Blanca 22.28 4 Cofidis, le credit par telephone 30.34 5 Euskaltel - Euskadi 31.50 6 Milaneza - MSS 42.51 7 Fassa Bortolo 51.29 8 Domina Vacanze-Elitron-RDZ 59.21 9 US Postal Service Berry Floor 1.04.31 10 Quick Step - Davitamon 2.04.02 11 Paternina - Costa de Almeria 2.18.52 12 Labarca-2 Cafe Baque 2.20.46 13 Team CSC 2.21.10 14 Colchon Relax - Fuenlabrada 2.28.30 15 Team Bianchi 2.30.37 16 Rabobank 2.36.38 17 Lampre 3.07.58 18 Phonak Hearing Systems 3.11.09 19 Team Telekom 3.15.31 20 Alessio 4.15.53 21 Saunier Duval - Vini Caldirola 5.16.01 22 Team Saeco 5.49.31
