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58th Vuelta a España - Spain, September 6-28, 2003
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Stage 15 - Sunday, September 21: Valdepeñas - Sierra de la Pandera, 172.1km
Valverde steals the win from Cárdenas and Heras
Heras reduces gap to Nozal by over a minute
By Hernán Alvarez Macías
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Alejandro Valverde (Kelme-Costa Blanca) has won his second stage of the Vuelta, beating mountain leader Félix Cárdenas (Labarca2-Café Baqué) and Roberto Heras (US Postal Service-Berry Floor) at the top of Sierra de la Pandera. In finishing third, Heras reduced the gap to leader Isidro Nozal (ONCE-Eroski) by 1'11 in the overall standings, although Nozal still maintains a 4'02 lead over the USPS captain.
Valverde was chasing Cárdenas and Heras to the summit of La Pandera (the toughest mountain in this year's Vuelta), passing them in the final metres to win the stage. The Kelme man told Spanish TV, "We rode so very fast all day long, it was really hard today. I want to thank my teammate Oscar Sevilla for helping me. He behaved like a great champion and a great teammate as he is."
About "stealing" the stage from Cárdenas, Valverde replied, "Well, a race is a race; Cárdenas must be very upset with me, but we all try to win." Valverde also had some words for the leader Nozal: "He has resisted like he is, a great leader, I think he will win the race".
Kelme's team director Vicente Belda put emphasis on Valverde's good attitude. "He has that killer instinct that gave him the victory. I would have preferred that Sevilla won today, but Valverde was in better shape."
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Heras, as always very shy, gave his version of the day: "We climbed very quickly. There were four kilometres that were very tough, but that's all, this is not a full mountain stage. I have to keep fighting and not give up, we still have some days to give it a try."
An exhausted Nozal clearly suffered on La Pandera, but didn't crack. "What happened was predictable. Marcos (Serrano) and Igor (González de Galdeano) helped me a lot. This is a mountain just for climbers. I'm very happy after getting through this climb."
How it unfolded
Four riders attacked very early in the 15th stage from Valdepeñas to Sierra de la Pandera: Carlos Torrent (Paternina-Costa de Almería), Germán Nieto (Relax-Fuenlabrada), César García Calvo (Labarca2-Café Baqué) and Paulo Barroso (Milaneza-MSS). The front riders were 3'07 ahead at km 42 and increased their advantage up to 4'52 at km 63. The US Postal team was at the front of the peloton and rode a very strong tempo, trying to limit the gap to the men in the break and also take the sting out of the legs of the ONCE riders. US Postal team director Johan Bruyneel and his riders have already said that they wanted to attack and win here, like Heras did last year in La Pandera.
By kilometre 90, the gap had been reduced somewhat to 4'34, and little by little the American postal team drove the peloton at a faster tempo to catch the breakaway. With 40 km to the finish the difference was 3'13 and it seemed the peloton was waiting for the exact moment to catch the front riders. After a first hour at 46.8 km/h, the next two hours weren't ridden as quickly because the peloton was perhaps waiting for the two climbs to impose a better rhythm.
At the city of Jaén where the second intermediate sprint was situated, the front riders were just 2'11 in front of the field. The US Postal team gave way at the front to the Kelme-Costa Blanca squad. Nieto and Barroso were caught first, and Torrent and García Calvo followed.
Erik Zabel (Telekom) attacked the group at the last intermediate sprint at Los Villares to win some points for the points jersey in his personal fight against Alessandro Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo). Following that José Jufré (Relax-Fuenlabrada) and David Millar (Cofidis) attacked the group and rode ahead of the peloton soon after Los Villares.
The pure climbers started attacking on the first big climb of the day, the Cat. 2 Alto de los Villares. Roberto Laiseka (Euskaltel-Euskadi) together with teammate David Etxebarria and a group of five riders or so caught Millar. Laiseka attacked the group alone, looking for a little advantage to climb the last mountain. But Laiseka wasn't the only one moving the field because Oscar Sevilla (Kelme), Juan Miguel Mercado (iBanesto.com), Félix Cárdenas (Labarca2), Iñigo Cuesta and Daniel Atienza (Cofidis) moved off the front.
Laiseka had a 40 second gap to the front riders of the peloton at the summit of the Alto de los Villares. The peloton reduced the gap to 19 seconds at the beginning of the Sierra de la Pandera, and they caught the Basque rider a few hundred metres later.
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Félix Cárdenas was the first to attack on the last climb, opening up a 30 second lead to the rapidly dwindling peloton. With 5 km to go on a steep 15% ramp of La Pandera, Roberto Heras, as well as Unai Osa (iBanesto.com), Txema del Olmo (Milaneza-MSS), Alejandro Valverde and Oscar Sevilla (Kelme-Costa Blanca) followed the Colombian, distancing the gold jersey Nozal immediately.
Heras caught the Labarca man with 3 km to go, as Sevilla and Valverde chased at 10 seconds and Nozal was beginning to lose more time. Nozal received support from teammates Marcos Serrano and Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano, and this helped him reduce the damage. With 2 km to the summit, Heras was 59 seconds ahead of Nozal. At the finish on a short descent, Valverde caught the leaders Cárdenas and Heras and defeated them in the final sprint.
September 22 - Second Rest Day
After the exhausting stage of today, the peloton will have the second and last rest day of the race. It will be a day off in the middle of both Andalusian mountain stages. Isidro Nozal needs this day very much after the enormous effort he made in the time trial in Albacete and also today in the climbs of Jaén. Roberto Heras will also have a day to recover to continue in his pursuit of "El Guri" as the Vuelta became a two man battled for the final victory.
Photography
Images by AFP Photo
- Isidro Nozal (ONCE) prepares for a tough day
- ONCE take the third rank in the peloton, led by USPS for much of the day
- Roberto Heras (USPS) leads Felix Cardenas (Labarca) on La Pandera. Sevilla and Valverde follow in the distance
- Alejandro Valverde (Kelme) sprints past Felix Cardenas (Labarca) to take the stage
- Alejandro Valverde (Kelme) wins the stage atop La Pandera
- Isidro Nozal and Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano finish the 15th stage, 1'11 behind Heras
Images by Unipublic
- Erik Zabel (Telekom) drinks like a fish. But water only before today's stage.
- Baby-faced Oscar Sevilla (Kelme) is ever-popular with his fans, both young and old.
- US Postal riders lead the charge to bring back the break and soften the legs of ONCE front-runners Nozal and Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano.
- Manuél Beltrán (US Postal) receives advice from his team manager Johan Bruyneel.
- Bingen Fernández (Cofidis) sports extensive bandaging, but like many cyclists, puts the pain in the back of his mind.
- Isidro Nozal (ONCE-Eroski) fought hard and well to defend his lead on the overall classification.
- The peloton ride along the Andalucían highway.
- Renato Silva (Milaneza) takes drinks from his team car to give to his team-mates on the hottest day of the Vuelta at 32 degrees C.
- The lead group's advantage slowly comes down after a US Postal-led peloton reduces the gap to 3'40" by km 122.
- The lead quartet cross the city of Jaén at the third intermediate sprint of the day, with Carlos Torrent (Paternina - Costa de Almería) taking maximum points.
- As the peloton head into the Jaén, Vicente Belda's Team Kelme sqaud take control, reducing the break's advantage to 50 seconds by km 140.
- Isidro Nozal (ONCE-Eroski) kept the race leadership by limiting his losses to his closest rivals.
- Alejandro Valverde (Kelme-Costa Blanca) conquers the climb of Sierra de la Pandera, beating Félix Cárdenas (Labarca2-Café Baqué) and Roberto Heras (US Postal) to the line.
Results
1 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 4.20.39 (39.61 km/h) 2 Felix Cardenas (Col) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 3 Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 0.02 4 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 0.10 5 Miguel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 0.56 6 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 0.57 7 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 8 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 9 Claus Møller (Den) Milaneza-MSS 0.58 10 Unai Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 1.02 11 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) iBanesto.com 1.12 12 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 1.13 13 Txema Del Olmo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 14 Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 15 Isidro Nozal (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 16 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 17 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 18 Aitor Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 19 Félix Garcia Casas (Spa) Team Bianchi 20 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) iBanesto.com 21 Marcos Serrano (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 1.21 22 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.50 23 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Milaneza-MSS 1.56 24 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.03 25 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 26 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Lampre 2.09 27 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) iBanesto.com 2.14 28 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC 2.24 29 Santiago Blanco (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 2.32 30 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.40 31 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 32 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 2.59 33 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 3.41 34 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank 35 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 3.52 36 Alberto Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 37 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio 4.01 38 Benjamín Noval (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 4.13 39 Gonçalo Amorim (Por) Milaneza-MSS 4.38 40 Joan Horrach (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 41 David Cañada (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 4.59 42 Kyryl Pospyeyev (Ukr) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 5.03 43 David Lopez (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 5.18 44 José Luis Martinez (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 5.38 45 Denis Lunghi (Ita) Alessio 5.47 46 Pedro Cardoso (Por) Milaneza-MSS 6.07 47 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 48 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 6.14 49 José Jufre (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 6.19 50 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 7.10 51 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Team Telekom 7.22 52 Angelo Lopeboselli (Ita) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 7.47 53 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 54 Francisco Cerezo (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 55 Simone Masciarelli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 8.44 56 David Navas (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 8.46 57 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 58 Joaquin Lopez (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 8.50 59 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 8.59 60 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 9.23 61 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 10.42 62 Mario Aerts (Bel) Team Telekom 63 Gustavo Otero (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 64 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 65 Francisco Vila (Spa) Lampre 66 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 67 Renato Silva (Por) Milaneza-MSS 68 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal-Berry Floor 69 Christian Werner (Ger) Team Telekom 70 Gorka Gerrikagoitia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 71 Patrick Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step-Davitamon 72 Beat Zberg (Swi) Rabobank 73 Francisco José Lara (Spa) Team Bianchi 74 Pablo Lastras (Spa) iBanesto.com 75 Juan José De Los Angeles (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 76 Carlos Golbano (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 77 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 78 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) iBanesto.com 79 Angel Edo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 80 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 10.50 81 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 10.51 82 Domingo Sanchez (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 11.09 83 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 12.01 84 José Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 12.15 85 Rafael Casero (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 12.30 86 Christian Pepoli (Ita) Team Saeco 87 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 12.32 88 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio 89 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre 14.39 90 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Telekom 91 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre 92 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 93 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 94 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 95 Bobby Julich (USA) Team Telekom 96 Pietro Zucconi (Swi) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 97 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 98 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Team Telekom 99 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 100 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 101 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon 102 Iñaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 103 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 104 David Latasa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 105 Gorka Arrizabalaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 106 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Fassa Bortolo 14.45 107 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 16.06 108 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Team Saeco 18.17 109 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 18.29 110 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 18.36 111 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) iBanesto.com 112 Dmitri Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 113 Mikel Pradera (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 114 Angel Vicioso (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 115 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 116 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 18.39 117 Michael Barry (Can) US Postal-Berry Floor 19.26 118 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal-Berry Floor 19.28 119 Stefano Casagranda (Ita) Alessio 19.51 120 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 20.16 121 Addy Engels (Ned) Rabobank 20.44 122 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Team Bianchi 20.51 123 Paulo Barroso (Por) Milaneza-MSS 23.29 124 Igor Pugaci (Mda) Team Saeco 125 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) iBanesto.com 126 Jesus Maria Manzano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 127 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank 128 Pedro Diaz Lobato (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 129 Ronald Mutsaars (Ned) Rabobank 130 Gonzalo Bayarri (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 131 Simone Bertoletti (Ita) Lampre 132 Gianpaolo Mondini (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 133 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 134 Michael Sandstod (Den) Team CSC 135 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 136 Thomas Bruun (Den) Team CSC 137 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 138 Gianluca Sironi (Ita) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 139 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal-Berry Floor 140 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 141 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 142 Aitor Garmendia (Spa) Team Bianchi 23.35 143 Raphael Schweda (Ger) Team Bianchi 144 Ivan Herrero (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 145 Bekim Christensen (Den) Team CSC 146 Cesar Garcia Calvo (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 147 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 148 Thorsten Rund (Ger) Team Bianchi 24.47 149 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 150 Steffan Wesemann (Ger) Team Telekom 27.43 151 Guido Trenti (USA) Fassa Bortolo 152 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 153 Max van Heeswijk (Ned) US Postal-Berry Floor 154 Jan Hruska (Cze) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 155 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 156 Francisco Gutierrez (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 157 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 158 Alberto Vinale (Ita) Alessio 159 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio 160 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC 161 Matthew White (Aus) US Postal-Berry Floor 162 Germán Nieto (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 163 José Maestre (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 164 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems 165 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Lampre 27.50 Points 1 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 25 pts 2 Felix Cardenas (Col) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 20 3 Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 16 4 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 14 5 Miguel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 12 6 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 10 7 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 9 8 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 8 9 Claus Møller (Den) Milaneza-MSS 7 10 Unai Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 6 11 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) iBanesto.com 5 12 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 4 13 Txema Del Olmo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 3 14 Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 2 15 Isidro Nozal (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 1 Mountains Alto de Los Villares - Cat. 2, km 160 1 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10 pts 2 Felix Cardenas (Col) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 7 3 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) iBanesto.com 5 4 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 3 5 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 2 6 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 1 Sierra de la Pandera - Cat. E, km 172 1 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 30 pts 2 Felix Cardenas (Col) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 25 3 Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 20 4 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 16 5 Miguel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 12 6 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 10 7 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 8 8 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 6 9 Claus Møller (Den) Milaneza-MSS 4 10 Unai Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 3 11 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) iBanesto.com 2 12 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 1 Sprints Torrenueva - km 11 1 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4 pts 2 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 2 3 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 Jaén - km 137.4 1 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 4 pts 2 Cesar Garcia Calvo (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 2 3 Paulo Barroso (Por) Milaneza-MSS 1 Los Villares - km 148 1 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Telekom 4 pts 2 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2 3 José Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1 Teams 1 Domina Vacanze-Elitron-RDZ 13.05.19 2 IBanesto.com 0.05 3 Once - Eroski 0.25 4 Cofidis, le credit par telephone 0.38 5 Milaneza - MSS 0.45 6 Kelme - Costa Blanca 3.58 7 Euskaltel - Euskadi 5.50 8 Colchon Relax - Fuenlabrada 7.15 9 US Postal Service Berry Floor 8.19 10 Labarca-2 Cafe Baque 9.43 11 Team CSC 10.30 12 Rabobank 11.58 13 Paternina - Costa de Almeria 14.05 14 Phonak Hearing Systems 15.23 15 Alessio 18.58 16 Quick Step - Davitamon 23.01 17 Lampre 24.08 18 Team Telekom 25.24 19 Fassa Bortolo 29.01 20 Team Bianchi 29.24 21 Saunier Duval - Vini Caldirola 38.30 22 Team Saeco 50.54 General classification after stage 15 1 Isidro Nozal (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 50.01.40 2 Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 3.03 3 Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 4.02 4 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 5.23 5 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 6.37 6 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) iBanesto.com 7.11 7 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 8.28 8 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 8.33 9 Unai Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 9.59 10 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 10.59 11 Felix Cardenas (Col) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 11.23 12 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 11.48 13 Marcos Serrano (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 13.36 14 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 13.45 15 Félix Garcia Casas (Spa) Team Bianchi 15.20 16 Txema Del Olmo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 16.32 17 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 17.36 18 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 18.22 19 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 18.28 20 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 25.47 21 José Jufre (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 33.30 22 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 40.40 23 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC 47.08 24 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) iBanesto.com 47.30 25 Gonçalo Amorim (Por) Milaneza-MSS 49.11 26 Aitor Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 49.35 27 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 51.39 28 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 55.34 29 Christian Werner (Ger) Team Telekom 56.25 30 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 58.04 31 José Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 58.07 32 Joan Horrach (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 1.00.06 33 Alberto Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.00.52 34 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.02.07 35 Pedro Cardoso (Por) Milaneza-MSS 1.03.59 36 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) iBanesto.com 1.07.16 37 Kyryl Pospyeyev (Ukr) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 1.07.20 38 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.08.05 39 Claus Møller (Den) Milaneza-MSS 1.08.29 40 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 1.08.51 41 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.09.19 42 Miguel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 1.11.48 43 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Lampre 1.16.06 44 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 1.18.21 45 David Latasa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1.23.14 46 Denis Lunghi (Ita) Alessio 1.28.24 47 Pablo Lastras (Spa) iBanesto.com 1.29.50 48 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre 1.30.25 49 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 1.31.55 50 Renato Silva (Por) Milaneza-MSS 1.33.18 51 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio 1.33.44 52 Gorka Gerrikagoitia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.33.47 53 Francisco Vila (Spa) Lampre 1.33.52 54 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.34.01 55 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal-Berry Floor 1.35.44 56 Benjamín Noval (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 1.37.19 57 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 1.38.53 58 David Lopez (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 1.38.58 59 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1.40.08 60 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 1.40.29 61 David Cañada (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 1.41.18 62 José Luis Martinez (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 1.41.29 63 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 1.42.23 64 Domingo Sanchez (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 1.42.47 65 Patrick Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step-Davitamon 1.42.52 66 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC 1.43.05 67 Mario Aerts (Bel) Team Telekom 1.43.14 68 Michael Barry (Can) US Postal-Berry Floor 1.44.08 69 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) iBanesto.com 1.44.11 70 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.44.29 71 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 1.45.06 72 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal-Berry Floor 1.45.31 73 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank 1.46.11 74 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal-Berry Floor 1.48.48 75 Carlos Golbano (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 1.49.21 76 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.51.09 77 Rafael Casero (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 1.51.47 78 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.51.53 79 Angel Edo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 1.52.08 80 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Telekom 81 Angel Vicioso (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 1.53.19 82 Joaquin Lopez (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 1.56.58 83 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 1.57.21 84 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Team Bianchi 1.57.36 85 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Milaneza-MSS 1.58.03 86 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 1.58.08 87 Francisco José Lara (Spa) Team Bianchi 1.58.38 88 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Team Telekom 1.59.14 89 David Navas (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 2.01.22 90 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 2.02.07 91 Francisco Cerezo (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 2.02.35 92 Angelo Lopeboselli (Ita) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 2.03.00 93 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) iBanesto.com 2.03.53 94 Santiago Blanco (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 2.04.24 95 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre 2.05.04 96 Raphael Schweda (Ger) Team Bianchi 2.05.28 97 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) iBanesto.com 2.05.29 98 Iñaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.07.22 99 Cesar Garcia Calvo (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 2.07.32 100 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.08.37 101 Beat Zberg (Swi) Rabobank 2.08.49 102 Jesus Maria Manzano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2.09.07 103 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Team Telekom 2.09.37 104 Gorka Arrizabalaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.10.04 105 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2.10.08 106 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon 2.12.13 107 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 2.13.06 108 Juan José De Los Angeles (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 2.14.14 109 Bobby Julich (USA) Team Telekom 2.15.55 110 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio 2.16.31 111 Addy Engels (Ned) Rabobank 2.17.26 112 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Fassa Bortolo 2.18.04 113 Gustavo Otero (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 2.18.05 114 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2.18.28 115 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 2.18.35 116 Dmitri Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 2.20.37 117 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2.21.45 118 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 2.22.04 119 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 2.23.33 120 Ivan Herrero (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 2.24.50 121 Jan Hruska (Cze) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 2.25.03 122 Aitor Garmendia (Spa) Team Bianchi 2.25.34 123 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 2.25.49 124 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 125 Mikel Pradera (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 2.26.10 126 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 2.26.52 127 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 2.27.06 128 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 2.27.54 129 Steffan Wesemann (Ger) Team Telekom 2.28.03 130 Gianpaolo Mondini (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 2.28.22 131 Thorsten Rund (Ger) Team Bianchi 2.28.31 132 Matthew White (Aus) US Postal-Berry Floor 2.28.40 133 Pietro Zucconi (Swi) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 2.29.25 134 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 2.29.54 135 Stefano Casagranda (Ita) Alessio 2.30.11 136 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 2.30.14 137 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 2.30.16 138 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Team Saeco 2.35.02 139 Paulo Barroso (Por) Milaneza-MSS 2.35.11 140 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 2.36.39 141 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank 2.38.32 142 Gianluca Sironi (Ita) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 2.38.51 143 Simone Masciarelli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 2.38.56 144 Max van Heeswijk (Ned) US Postal-Berry Floor 2.39.23 145 Simone Bertoletti (Ita) Lampre 2.40.11 146 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2.40.18 147 Pedro Diaz Lobato (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 2.40.52 148 Bekim Christensen (Den) Team CSC 2.41.06 149 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.41.39 150 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 2.43.17 151 Ronald Mutsaars (Ned) Rabobank 2.44.27 152 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.45.02 153 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio 2.46.30 154 Germán Nieto (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 2.49.50 155 Guido Trenti (USA) Fassa Bortolo 2.50.47 156 Christian Pepoli (Ita) Team Saeco 2.51.17 157 Michael Sandstod (Den) Team CSC 2.52.48 158 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 2.52.55 159 Thomas Bruun (Den) Team CSC 2.53.20 160 Alberto Vinale (Ita) Alessio 2.53.53 161 Gonzalo Bayarri (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.56.11 162 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Lampre 2.57.39 163 Francisco Gutierrez (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 2.58.43 164 Igor Pugaci (Mda) Team Saeco 3.02.13 165 José Maestre (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 3.33.34 Points classification 1 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Telekom 134 pts 2 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 130 3 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 109 4 Isidro Nozal (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 92 5 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 72 6 Felix Cardenas (Col) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 71 7 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 65 8 Angel Edo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 62 9 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 61 10 Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 61 11 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 61 12 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 57 13 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 51 14 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 47 15 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) iBanesto.com 47 16 Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 45 17 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 44 18 Unai Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 43 19 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 40 20 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 40 21 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 40 22 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 33 23 Miguel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 33 24 Jan Hruska (Cze) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 32 25 Claus Møller (Den) Milaneza-MSS 31 26 Angel Vicioso (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 27 27 José Jufre (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 25 28 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Team Bianchi 25 29 Aitor Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 24 30 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 22 31 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 21 32 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 20 33 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 20 34 Joan Horrach (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 20 35 Pedro Diaz Lobato (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 19 36 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 19 37 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio 19 38 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 18 39 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 16 40 José Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 16 41 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 16 42 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Fassa Bortolo 16 43 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal-Berry Floor 15 44 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems 15 45 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) iBanesto.com 14 46 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio 14 47 Thomas Bruun (Den) Team CSC 14 48 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 13 49 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 12 50 Raphael Schweda (Ger) Team Bianchi 12 51 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 12 52 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank 11 53 Marcos Serrano (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 10 54 Denis Lunghi (Ita) Alessio 10 55 Michael Barry (Can) US Postal-Berry Floor 10 56 Iñaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10 57 Francisco Gutierrez (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 10 58 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) iBanesto.com 9 59 Patrick Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step-Davitamon 9 60 Stefano Casagranda (Ita) Alessio 9 61 David Navas (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 8 62 Txema Del Olmo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 8 63 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 8 64 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 8 65 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 8 66 Renato Silva (Por) Milaneza-MSS 7 67 Félix Garcia Casas (Spa) Team Bianchi 7 68 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank 7 69 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal-Berry Floor 7 70 Gianpaolo Mondini (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 7 71 Max van Heeswijk (Ned) US Postal-Berry Floor 7 72 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Milaneza-MSS 6 73 Alberto Vinale (Ita) Alessio 6 74 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio 5 75 Pablo Lastras (Spa) iBanesto.com 5 76 Gorka Gerrikagoitia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5 77 Cesar Garcia Calvo (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 5 78 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) iBanesto.com 4 79 Francisco Cerezo (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 4 80 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 4 81 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 4 82 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 4 83 Beat Zberg (Swi) Rabobank 4 84 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 4 85 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre 3 86 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) iBanesto.com 3 87 Alberto Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 88 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Lampre 2 89 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Team Telekom 2 90 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 91 Dmitri Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 2 92 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 2 93 Paulo Barroso (Por) Milaneza-MSS 2 94 Simone Masciarelli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 2 95 Kyryl Pospyeyev (Ukr) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 1 96 Benjamín Noval (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 1 97 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1 98 Francisco José Lara (Spa) Team Bianchi 1 99 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) iBanesto.com 1 100 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1 101 Juan José De Los Angeles (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 1 102 Bobby Julich (USA) Team Telekom 1 103 Ivan Herrero (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 1 104 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Team Saeco 1 105 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Lampre 1 Mountains classification 1 Felix Cardenas (Col) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 164 pts 2 Aitor Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 106 3 Joan Horrach (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 97 4 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 72 5 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 72 6 José Jufre (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 55 7 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 49 8 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 45 9 Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 41 10 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 40 11 Unai Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 39 12 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 31 13 Isidro Nozal (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 31 14 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Milaneza-MSS 30 15 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 29 16 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) iBanesto.com 27 17 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 26 18 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 23 19 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) iBanesto.com 22 20 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) iBanesto.com 20 21 Denis Lunghi (Ita) Alessio 17 22 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 16 23 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 15 24 Miguel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 14 25 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 12 26 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 12 27 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 11 28 Francisco José Lara (Spa) Team Bianchi 11 29 Cesar Garcia Calvo (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 10 30 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10 31 David Navas (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 8 32 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 8 33 Christian Pepoli (Ita) Team Saeco 7 34 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio 6 35 Jan Hruska (Cze) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 6 36 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 6 37 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Lampre 6 38 Marcos Serrano (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 5 39 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) iBanesto.com 5 40 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 4 41 Claus Møller (Den) Milaneza-MSS 4 42 David Lopez (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 4 43 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Team Bianchi 4 44 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre 4 45 Beat Zberg (Swi) Rabobank 4 46 Mikel Pradera (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 4 47 Pedro Diaz Lobato (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 4 48 Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 3 49 Félix Garcia Casas (Spa) Team Bianchi 3 50 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3 51 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 3 52 Txema Del Olmo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 2 53 Joaquin Lopez (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 2 54 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2 55 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 2 56 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 1 57 Patrick Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step-Davitamon 1 58 Angel Vicioso (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 1 59 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) iBanesto.com 1 60 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 1 61 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 1 62 Paulo Barroso (Por) Milaneza-MSS 1 Combination classification 1 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 12 pts 2 Isidro Nozal (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 18 3 Felix Cardenas (Col) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 18 4 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 20 5 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 20 6 Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 28 7 Unai Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 38 8 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 40 9 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) iBanesto.com 41 10 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 46 11 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 51 12 José Jufre (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 54 13 Aitor Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 57 14 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 59 15 Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 60 16 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 63 17 Joan Horrach (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 69 18 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 72 19 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 75 20 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 76 21 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 81 22 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 84 23 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) iBanesto.com 85 24 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 86 25 Miguel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 89 26 Marcos Serrano (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 104 27 Claus Møller (Den) Milaneza-MSS 105 28 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 110 29 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) iBanesto.com 113 30 Denis Lunghi (Ita) Alessio 121 31 Txema Del Olmo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 130 32 Félix Garcia Casas (Spa) Team Bianchi 131 33 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Team Bianchi 155 34 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 156 35 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio 159 36 Angel Vicioso (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 165 37 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Lampre 168 38 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Milaneza-MSS 171 39 Jan Hruska (Cze) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 180 40 Patrick Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step-Davitamon 181 41 David Navas (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 181 42 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) iBanesto.com 186 43 Cesar Garcia Calvo (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 205 44 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 210 45 Francisco José Lara (Spa) Team Bianchi 213 46 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 213 47 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 220 48 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre 224 49 Beat Zberg (Swi) Rabobank 229 50 Pedro Diaz Lobato (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 229 51 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 231 52 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) iBanesto.com 242 53 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 259 54 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 269 55 Paulo Barroso (Por) Milaneza-MSS 294 Teams classification 1 Once - Eroski 150.13.27 2 IBanesto.com 10.09 3 Kelme - Costa Blanca 26.01 4 Cofidis, le credit par telephone 30.47 5 Euskaltel - Euskadi 37.15 6 Milaneza - MSS 43.11 7 Domina Vacanze-Elitron-RDZ 58.56 8 US Postal Service Berry Floor 1.12.25 9 Fassa Bortolo 1.20.05 10 Quick Step - Davitamon 2.26.38 11 Labarca-2 Cafe Baque 2.30.04 12 Team CSC 2.31.15 13 Paternina - Costa de Almeria 2.32.32 14 Colchon Relax - Fuenlabrada 2.35.20 15 Rabobank 2.48.11 16 Team Bianchi 2.59.36 17 Phonak Hearing Systems 3.26.07 18 Lampre 3.31.41 19 Team Telekom 3.40.30 20 Alessio 4.34.26 21 Saunier Duval - Vini Caldirola 5.54.06 22 Team Saeco 6.40.00
