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58th Vuelta a España - Spain, September 6-28, 2003
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Stage 16 - Tuesday, September 23: Jaen - Sierra Nevada, 162km
Félix Cardenas gets his revenge
Heras takes 54 seconds from Nozal
By Hernán Alvarez Macías
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Félix Cardenas (Labarca 2-Café Baqué) found revenge today on the Sierra Nevada. After failing atop the Sierra de la Pandera Sunday, where he was surprised at the line by Kelme's Alejandro Valverde, Cardenas won the 16th stage between Jaén and Sierra Nevada. Juan Miguel Mercado (iBanesto.com) was second 5 seconds behind and Oscar Sevilla (Kelme-Costa Blanca) was third 18 seconds behind. Roberto Heras (US Postal Service-Berry Floor) climbed the Sierra Nevada quickly but could only reduce overall leader Isidro Nozal's (ONCE-Eroski) advantage by 54 seconds.
Cardenas was chasing the lone leader Mercado in the final 2 kilometres and passed him in the final kilometre to win for the first time in this Vuelta. The Labarca 2 rider was thrilled with his win.
"I have been looking for a victory in all of the mountain stages and I finally achieved it," he told Spanish television. "I think I rode very well. I couldn't win before, but this was the day. I attacked at the right moment and that gave me the victory. It's very important for me to win a stage since it gives me much prestige. I have to thank my team for supporting to me, I'm very grateful. I have fought for my team and today they fought for me."
Roberto Heras was neither angry nor very content after his race. "I think I rode a good stage," Heras told Spanish radio. "We were aggressive today because it was our only choice. We will continue attacking in the next days."
"The very experienced Marcos (Serrano) did a great job helping Nozal who was very good today," Heras added. "We have fewer chances the closer we get to Madrid, but we will try in Abantos and also in Navacerrada. My team was very good, but it's very difficult to reduce the gap against ONCE."
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One rider enjoying a resurgence is Oscar Sevilla. He was truly suffering after his crash in the third stage in Santander, but he did more than survive today and finished third. The Kelme rider said "I'm very pleased even if I'm not 100 percent physically. We had to work hard, we tried to win today, but we couldn't. Felix is very intelligent and got the most of our effort and prevailed at the finish line."
About his recovery he said "the Vuelta started this week for me. I'm the only one who knows how bad I felt the first two weeks. I was about to abandon, I cried on the bike, but I recovered thanks to my friends and the people that care for me."
How it unfolded
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George Hincapie (US Postal) and Wladimir Belli (Lampre) didn't take the start today, the American having left the race to prepare for the World Championships in Hamilton. Fourteen riders made an early breakaway today; they lead by more than a minute at the first intermediate sprint (km 45). At Guadahortuna (km 60.5) the gap hadn't changed much, but soon after the town four riders from the break attacked: Pablo Lastras (iBanesto.com), Unai Etxebarria (Euskaltel-Euskadi), Antonio Tauler (Kelme-Costa Blanca) and Pedro Diaz Lobato (Paternina-Costa de Almeria). These last two attacked and produced a little gap to the others. The pair rode a good tempo and increased their lead to more than five minutes with 60 km to go.
The peloton didn't care much about the breakaway as most of the riders seemed very relaxed in the middle of the stage. As the field enjoyed a respite, Diaz Lobato and "Toni" Tauler extended the gap to 7'20 a few short kilometres later.
At the second intermediate sprint in Granada (45 km to go) the two riders were 7'06 ahead of the peloton, which had already caught the other 12 of the early break. The peloton limited the damage and was more within six minutes of the two leaders after Cenes de la Vega, where the climb of Sierra Nevada begins. At the foot of the mountain the attacks started. First the US Postal riders increased the tempo thanks largely to Floyd Landis. Enrique Gutiérrez (Kelme) also tried to break the 35-man front part of the peloton.
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Oscar Sevilla attacked repeatedly, followed by Cardenas and Daniel Atienza (Cofidis), breaking clear of the dwindling the peloton with 12 km to the summit. Alejandro Valverde, Txema del Olmo (Milaneza-MSS), Juan Miguel Mercado and Leonardo Piepoli (iBanesto.com) followed the three (who were still chasing Diaz Lobato) after Tauler drifted back from the break. With 10 km to go Diaz Lobato was caught by what was now a group of seven chasers.
Mercado attacked his companions went clear of the other six, who caught and passed the fading Diaz Lobato. Roberto Heras finally decided to attack race leader Nozal with 5 km to go. He increased the tempo several times, followed closely by a very combative Michael Rasmussen (Rabobank). The gap between the third and the first in the GC began to grow, but not by enough to take the overall lead. At the end Heras could subtract 54 seconds from Nozal and the US Postal rider is now just 6 seconds behind the second in the overall Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (ONCE).
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In the leading group Cárdenas knew it was now or never and he chased the race leader Mercado with 2 km to go. The Colombian caught him and continued alone to the final line, pumping his fists in the air, satisfied with the stage win he has sought for so long in this year's Vuelta.
Stage 17 September 24: Granada-Cordoba, 188.4 km
The seventeenth stage is not very tough for most of the peloton and it goes from the beautiful city of Granada to Cordoba. The route is very flat and the highest point of the day is the town of Alcala la Real, just 920 metres high. The three intermediate sprints are in Venta de Algarra, Ventas del Carrizal and Cordoba. It should be an easy stage for Isidro Nozal and the rest of the riders in the top 10 positions. It may be the time for some hidden rider to emerge and win in a breakaway or surrender to the power of Fassa Bortolo and Telekom that will try to put their riders Alessandro Petacchi and Erik Zabel in position to win in a bunch sprint.
Photography
Images by AFP Photo
- The peloton cruise along the barren Spanish landscape during stage 16
- Isidro Nozal (ONCE) well positioned near the front of the peloton during stage 16
- Roberto Heras (USPS-Berry Floor) and Isidro Nozal (ONCE) together during stage 16
- Manuel Beltran (USPS-Berry Floor) checks behind to see how Roberto Heras and Isidro Nozal are faring
- Isidro Nozal (ONCE) suffered a lot, again, but he limited his losses to less than a minute to Heras
- Oscar Sevilla (Kelme) goes on the attack on Sierra Nevada with Piepoli and Cardenas on his wheel
- Felix Cardenas (Labarca) punches the air as he wins the stage
Images by Unipublic
- The peloton making its way towards Sierra Nevada
- Whaddya mean this thing is 30 km long?
- Roberto Heras (USPS-Berry Floor) and Fabian Jeker (Milaneza) concoct a cunning plan
- Oscar Sevilla (Kelme) checks to see how Cardenas is looking. Cardenas is looking good.
- Cardenas, Sevilla and Piepoli battling with each other on Sierra Nevada
- Marcos Serrano (ONCE) leads Heras, Rasmussen and Nozal
- Isidro Nozal (ONCE) has that look in his eyes...only five more stages after this one
- Juan Miguel Mercado (ibanesto) came close to the stage win, but was caught by Cardenas
- Felix Cardenas (Labarca) crosses the line in triumph
- Sevilla and Valverde finish third and fourth
- Oscar Sevilla (Kelme) moments after crossing the line
Results
1 Felix Cardenas (Col) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 4.09.35 2 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) iBanesto.com 0.05 3 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 0.18 4 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca* 5 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) iBanesto.com 0.21 6 Txema Del Olmo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 0.31 7 Unai Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 0.58 8 Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 1.02 9 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 10 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) iBanesto.com 1.11 11 José Jufre (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 1.32 12 Félix Garcia Casas (Spa) Team Bianchi 13 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 14 José Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1.35 15 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 16 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 1.37 17 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank 1.38 18 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.46 19 Marcos Serrano (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 1.49 20 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 21 Claus M–ller (Den) Milaneza-MSS 22 Santiago Blanco (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 1.55 23 Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 24 Isidro Nozal (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 25 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.01 26 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.03 27 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 2.14 28 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 29 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 30 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Milaneza-MSS 2.29 31 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC 2.48 32 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.54 33 Joan Horrach (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 3.44 34 Aitor Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 3.58 35 Alberto Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.12 36 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.44 37 Pedro Diaz Lobato (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 5.14 38 David Cañada (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 5.23 39 Miguel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 40 Christian Werner (Ger) Team Telekom 41 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 42 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 43 José Luis Martinez (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 5.38 44 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 6.01 45 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 6.18 46 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6.29 47 BenjamÌn Noval (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 7.53 48 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 49 David Navas (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 50 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 51 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 52 Angelo Lopeboselli (Ita) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 53 Gonçalo Amorim (Por) Milaneza-MSS 54 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Team Telekom 55 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC 56 Kyryl Pospyeyev (Ukr) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 57 David Latasa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 58 Pedro Cardoso (Por) Milaneza-MSS 59 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 7.58 60 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 61 David Lopez (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 10.27 62 Steffan Wesemann (Ger) Team Telekom 12.04 63 Patrick Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step-Davitamon 64 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon 65 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 66 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 67 Francisco José Lara (Spa) Team Bianchi 68 Mario Aerts (Bel) Team Telekom 69 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 70 Renato Silva (Por) Milaneza-MSS 12.23 71 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 13.39 72 Simone Masciarelli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 16.26 73 Beat Zberg (Swi) Rabobank 17.56 74 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 17.57 75 Denis Lunghi (Ita) Alessio 20.54 76 Francisco Vila (Spa) Lampre 77 Christian Pepoli (Ita) Team Saeco 78 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre 79 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre 80 Angel Edo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 81 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Telekom 82 Carlos Golbano (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 83 Jan Hruska (Cze) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 84 Gorka Gerrikagoitia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 85 Simone Bertoletti (Ita) Lampre 86 Bekim Christensen (Den) Team CSC 87 Domingo Sanchez (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 88 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 89 Joaquin Lopez (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 90 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 91 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Team Telekom 92 Michael Barry (Can) US Postal-Berry Floor 93 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio 94 Thomas Bruun (Den) Team CSC 95 Gorka Arrizabalaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 96 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) iBanesto.com 97 Rafael Casero (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 98 Juan José De Los Angeles (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 99 Dmitri Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 100 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 101 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 102 Iñaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 103 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 104 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 105 Aitor Garmendia (Spa) Team Bianchi 106 Addy Engels (Ned) Rabobank 107 Francisco Cerezo (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 108 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Fassa Bortolo 109 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio 110 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 111 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal-Berry Floor 112 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Team Saeco 113 Gianluca Sironi (Ita) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 114 Mikel Pradera (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 21.48 115 Angel Vicioso (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 116 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 22.07 117 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 25.34 118 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 119 Stefano Casagranda (Ita) Alessio 120 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 121 Igor Pugaci (Mda) Team Saeco 122 Bobby Julich (USA) Team Telekom 123 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 124 Germ·n Nieto (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 125 Paulo Barroso (Por) Milaneza-MSS 126 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio 127 Gonzalo Bayarri (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 128 Ronald Mutsaars (Ned) Rabobank 129 Pietro Zucconi (Swi) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 130 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank 131 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 132 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal-Berry Floor 133 Alberto Vinale (Ita) Alessio 134 Ivan Herrero (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 135 Gustavo Otero (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 136 Francisco Gutierrez (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 137 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 138 Thorsten Rund (Ger) Team Bianchi 139 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Lampre 140 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 141 Michael Sandstod (Den) Team CSC 142 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) iBanesto.com 143 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 144 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 145 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 146 Matthew White (Aus) US Postal-Berry Floor 147 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Team Bianchi 148 Max van Heeswijk (Ned) US Postal-Berry Floor 149 Raphael Schweda (Ger) Team Bianchi 150 Pablo Lastras (Spa) iBanesto.com 151 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 152 José Maestre (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 153 Guido Trenti (USA) Fassa Bortolo 154 Jesus Maria Manzano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 155 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 156 Gianpaolo Mondini (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 157 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 158 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 159 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 160 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) iBanesto.com 161 Cesar Garcia Calvo (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 162 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 163 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems 26.00 *Valverde was later penalised 20 seconds by the race jury for taking an illegal feed in the last 10 km Points 1 Felix Cardenas (Col) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 25 pts 2 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) iBanesto.com 20 3 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 16 4 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 14 5 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) iBanesto.com 12 6 Txema Del Olmo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 10 7 Unai Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 9 8 Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 8 9 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 7 10 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) iBanesto.com 6 11 José Jufre (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 5 12 Félix Garcia Casas (Spa) Team Bianchi 4 13 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 3 14 José Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2 15 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 1 Sprints Huelma - km 46 1 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4 pts 2 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 3 Mario Aerts (Bel) Team Telekom 1 Granada - km 117 1 Pedro Diaz Lobato (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 4 pts 2 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2 3 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Telekom 1 Pradollano - km 155 1 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) iBanesto.com 4 pts 2 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2 3 Felix Cardenas (Col) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 1 Mountains Alto de la Fuensanta - km 40 1 Aitor Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 6 pts 2 Joan Horrach (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 4 3 Pedro Diaz Lobato (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 2 4 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 1 Sierra Nevada - km 162 1 Felix Cardenas (Col) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 30 pts 2 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) iBanesto.com 25 3 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 20 4 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 16 5 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) iBanesto.com 12 6 Txema Del Olmo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 10 7 Unai Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 8 8 Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 6 9 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 4 10 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) iBanesto.com 3 11 José Jufre (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 2 12 Félix Garcia Casas (Spa) Team Bianchi 1 Teams 1 IBanesto.com 12.30.09 2 Kelme - Costa Blanca 1.07 3 Colchon Relax - Fuenlabrada 3.38 4 Milaneza - MSS 3.45 5 Once - Eroski 4.15 6 Cofidis, le credit par telephone 5.18 7 Euskaltel - Euskadi 6.52 8 Domina Vacanze-Elitron-RDZ 7.08 9 Team CSC 15.18 10 Paternina - Costa de Almeria 17.21 11 Rabobank 19.12 12 US Postal Service Berry Floor 22.21 13 Quick Step - Davitamon 14 Team Telekom 23.56 15 Phonak Hearing Systems 24.10 16 Labarca-2 Cafe Baque 29.57 17 Fassa Bortolo 32.24 18 Team Bianchi 33.06 19 Saunier Duval - Vini Caldirola 48.00 20 Lampre 1.01.18 21 Alessio 22 Team Saeco 1.05.58 General classification after stage 16 1 Isidro Nozal (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 54.13.10 2 Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 3.03 3 Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 3.09 4 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 5.16 5 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 5.20 6 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) iBanesto.com 6.27 7 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 7.34 8 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 8.51 9 Unai Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 9.02 10 Felix Cardenas (Col) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 9.28 11 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 10.41 12 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 11.25 13 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 12.08 14 Marcos Serrano (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 13.30 15 Félix Garcia Casas (Spa) Team Bianchi 14.57 16 Txema Del Olmo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 15.08 17 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 17.44 18 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 18.13 19 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 24.30 20 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 29.15 21 José Jufre (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 33.07 22 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 40.59 23 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) iBanesto.com 45.56 24 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC 48.01 25 Aitor Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 51.38 26 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 55.07 27 Gonçalo Amorim (Por) Milaneza-MSS 55.09 28 José Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 57.47 29 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 59.40 30 Christian Werner (Ger) Team Telekom 59.53 31 Joan Horrach (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 1.01.55 32 Alberto Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.03.09 33 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.04.56 34 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1.08.13 35 Claus M–ller (Den) Milaneza-MSS 1.08.21 36 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.09.38 37 Pedro Cardoso (Por) Milaneza-MSS 1.09.57 38 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.12.39 39 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 1.13.14 40 Kyryl Pospyeyev (Ukr) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 1.13.18 41 Miguel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 1.15.16 42 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 1.24.19 43 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) iBanesto.com 1.26.15 44 David Latasa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1.29.12 45 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 1.38.33 46 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) iBanesto.com 1.42.21 47 BenjamÌn Noval (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 1.43.17 48 Renato Silva (Por) Milaneza-MSS 1.43.46 49 David Cañada (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 1.44.46 50 José Luis Martinez (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 1.45.12 51 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.45.28 52 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank 1.45.54 53 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 1.46.27 54 Denis Lunghi (Ita) Alessio 1.47.23 55 David Lopez (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 1.47.30 56 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC 1.49.03 57 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre 1.49.24 58 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 1.50.54 59 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 1.52.32 60 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio 1.52.43 61 Gorka Gerrikagoitia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.52.46 62 Francisco Vila (Spa) Lampre 1.52.51 63 Patrick Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step-Davitamon 1.53.01 64 Mario Aerts (Bel) Team Telekom 1.53.23 65 Pablo Lastras (Spa) iBanesto.com 1.53.29 66 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.57.40 67 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Milaneza-MSS 1.58.37 68 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1.59.07 69 Domingo Sanchez (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 2.01.46 70 Michael Barry (Can) US Postal-Berry Floor 2.03.07 71 Santiago Blanco (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 2.04.24 72 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal-Berry Floor 2.04.30 73 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Team Telekom 2.05.12 74 David Navas (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 2.07.20 75 Carlos Golbano (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 2.08.20 76 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.08.43 77 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 2.08.45 78 Francisco José Lara (Spa) Team Bianchi 2.08.47 79 Angelo Lopeboselli (Ita) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 2.08.58 80 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 2.10.08 81 Rafael Casero (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 2.10.46 82 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.10.52 83 Angel Edo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 2.11.07 84 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Telekom 85 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal-Berry Floor 2.12.27 86 Angel Vicioso (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 2.13.12 87 Joaquin Lopez (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 2.15.57 88 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 2.16.20 89 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Team Bianchi 2.21.15 90 Francisco Cerezo (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 2.21.34 91 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 2.21.47 92 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon 2.22.22 93 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre 2.24.03 94 Beat Zberg (Swi) Rabobank 2.24.50 95 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 2.25.46 96 Iñaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.26.21 97 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) iBanesto.com 2.27.32 98 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Team Telekom 2.28.36 99 Gorka Arrizabalaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.29.03 100 Raphael Schweda (Ger) Team Bianchi 2.29.07 101 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) iBanesto.com 2.29.08 102 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2.30.12 103 Cesar Garcia Calvo (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 2.31.11 104 Jesus Maria Manzano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2.32.46 105 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 2.33.04 106 Juan José De Los Angeles (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 2.33.13 107 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2.33.47 108 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio 2.35.30 109 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 2.36.19 110 Addy Engels (Ned) Rabobank 2.36.25 111 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 2.36.45 112 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Fassa Bortolo 2.36.57 113 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 2.38.03 114 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 2.38.06 115 Steffan Wesemann (Ger) Team Telekom 2.38.12 116 Bobby Julich (USA) Team Telekom 2.39.34 117 Dmitri Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 2.39.36 118 Gustavo Otero (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 2.41.44 119 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 2.42.14 120 Jan Hruska (Cze) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 2.44.02 121 Pedro Diaz Lobato (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 2.44.11 122 Aitor Garmendia (Spa) Team Bianchi 2.44.33 123 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 2.44.48 124 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2.45.24 125 Mikel Pradera (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 2.46.03 126 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 2.47.12 127 Ivan Herrero (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 2.48.29 128 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 2.49.28 129 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 2.50.31 130 Gianpaolo Mondini (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 2.52.01 131 Thorsten Rund (Ger) Team Bianchi 2.52.10 132 Matthew White (Aus) US Postal-Berry Floor 2.52.19 133 Pietro Zucconi (Swi) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 2.53.04 134 Simone Masciarelli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 2.53.27 135 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 2.53.33 136 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 2.53.53 137 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Team Saeco 2.54.01 138 Gianluca Sironi (Ita) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 2.57.50 139 Paulo Barroso (Por) Milaneza-MSS 2.58.50 140 Simone Bertoletti (Ita) Lampre 2.59.10 141 Bekim Christensen (Den) Team CSC 3.00.05 142 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 3.00.18 143 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank 3.02.11 144 Max van Heeswijk (Ned) US Postal-Berry Floor 3.03.02 145 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 3.03.29 146 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3.03.57 147 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 3.04.01 148 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems 3.05.44 149 Ronald Mutsaars (Ned) Rabobank 3.08.06 150 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio 3.10.09 151 Christian Pepoli (Ita) Team Saeco 3.10.16 152 Thomas Bruun (Den) Team CSC 3.12.19 153 Germ·n Nieto (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 3.13.29 154 Guido Trenti (USA) Fassa Bortolo 3.14.26 155 Michael Sandstod (Den) Team CSC 3.16.27 156 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 3.16.34 157 Alberto Vinale (Ita) Alessio 3.17.32 158 Gonzalo Bayarri (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 3.19.50 159 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Lampre 3.21.18 160 Francisco Gutierrez (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 3.22.22 161 Igor Pugaci (Mda) Team Saeco 3.25.52 162 José Maestre (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 3.57.13 Points classification 1 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Telekom 135 pts 2 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 130 3 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 125 4 Felix Cardenas (Col) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 97 5 Isidro Nozal (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 92 6 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 79 7 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 65 8 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 65 9 Angel Edo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 62 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 Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 53 14 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) iBanesto.com 53 15 Unai Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 52 16 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 51 17 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 47 18 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 44 19 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 42 20 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 40 21 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 40 22 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 36 23 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 33 24 Miguel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 33 25 Jan Hruska (Cze) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 32 Mountains classification 1 Felix Cardenas (Col) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 194 pts 2 Aitor Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 112 3 Joan Horrach (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 101 4 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 88 5 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 72 6 José Jufre (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 57 7 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 49 8 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 49 9 Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 47 10 Unai Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 47 11 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 46 12 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 40 13 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) iBanesto.com 39 14 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 31 15 Isidro Nozal (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 31 16 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) iBanesto.com 30 17 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Milaneza-MSS 30 18 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 29 19 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 23 20 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) iBanesto.com 23 21 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) iBanesto.com 22 22 Denis Lunghi (Ita) Alessio 17 23 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 16 24 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 15 25 Miguel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 14 Combination classification 1 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 12 pts 2 Felix Cardenas (Col) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 15 3 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 20 4 Isidro Nozal (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 21 5 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 21 6 Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 25 7 Unai Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 34 8 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) iBanesto.com 40 9 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 44 10 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 46 11 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 46 12 José Jufre (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 54 13 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 55 14 Aitor Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 59 15 Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 61 16 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) iBanesto.com 66 17 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 66 18 Joan Horrach (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 71 19 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 71 20 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 74 21 Txema Del Olmo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 85 22 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 87 23 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 87 24 Miguel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 90 25 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) iBanesto.com 90 Teams classification 1 Once - Eroski 162.47.51 2 IBanesto.com 5.00 3 Kelme - Costa Blanca 22.00 4 Cofidis, le credit par telephone 31.49 5 Euskaltel - Euskadi 39.52 6 Milaneza - MSS 42.39 7 Domina Vacanze-Elitron-RDZ 1.01.49 8 US Postal Service Berry Floor 1.30.30 9 Fassa Bortolo 1.48.13 10 Colchon Relax - Fuenlabrada 2.34.43 11 Team CSC 2.42.18 12 Quick Step - Davitamon 2.44.44 13 Paternina - Costa de Almeria 2.45.38 14 Labarca-2 Cafe Baque 2.55.46 15 Rabobank 3.03.07 16 Team Bianchi 3.28.27 17 Phonak Hearing Systems 3.46.02 18 Team Telekom 4.00.11 19 Lampre 4.28.44 20 Alessio 5.31.29 21 Saunier Duval - Vini Caldirola 6.37.51 22 Team Saeco 7.41.43
