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58th Vuelta a España - Spain, September 6-28, 2003
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Stage 17 - Wednesday, September 24: Granada - Cordoba, 188.4km
Millar wins thanks to strength and good strategy
No difficulties for Nozal in gold
By Hernán Alvarez Macías
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Time trial specialist David Millar (Cofidis) showed his versatility today winning the 17th stage between Granada and Córdoba. Alberto Martínez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) was second, 36 seconds behind, and Oscar Sevilla (Kelme Costa Blanca) third in the same time. The wearer of the golden leader's jersey, Isidro Nozal (ONCE-Eroski), had a comfortable day without any problems, as did the rest of the top riders in the general classification. Nozal has led the Vuelta for 14 consecutive days now.
David Millar found the perfect place to attack on the climb of Alto de San Jerónimo with 25 km to go, and got a good gap to the field to win his first stage in this year's Vuelta. "I'm very, very happy," the Scot told Spanish TV. "I had plans to win a stage in the last week of the race. I told my team early this morning that I wanted to attack and I didn't know whether to attack at the top, in the middle or at the bottom of the climb."
Race leader Isidro Nozal doesn't like to talk much, but he did have some words after the stage. "I'm a little bit tired", he said. "What will happen in Abantos [Stage 20]? It's very likely that an ONCE rider wins there, we will try to do that. If I win the Vuelta, I will congratulate myself; but we will see in Madrid."
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Nozal's teammate Marcos Serrano was one of the best riders of yesterday's stage [Stage 16], helping the leader on the Sierra Nevada climb. About today, Serrano commented that, "It was a very dangerous and nervous stage. Our team is going the right way, we are very focused, and it's very different from the situation we faced in the Tour de France when we lost our number 1 Joseba Beloki, when we were completely lost".
Pablo Lastras from iBanesto.com gave his opinion about the Vuelta: "Tomorrow will be a difficult day in Las Rozas, I call it 'The Trap of Las Rozas' (because of the crosswinds and the high speed the peloton is able to ride at)".
How it unfolded
At the beginning of the stage, 19 riders escaped in a breakaway. It was too big for perfect cooperation, but they managed to lead the race for some kilometres. With 100 km to go to Córdoba, the leaders had 2'30 to the peloton. But Phonak and Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola hadn't put any riders in the break, so they rode at a strong tempo to catch the leaders. 15 kilometres later, the breakaway was reduced to five men: Miguel Martín Perdiguero (Domina Vacanze), Patrick Sinkewitz (Quick Step-Davitamon), Fabrizio Guidi (Team Bianchi), Volodymir Gustov (Fassa Bortolo) and Fabian Jeker (Milaneza-MSS). Jeker has been one of the most combative riders in the Vuelta, and most days he has made it into the breakaway.
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The five leaders had a small lead of 30 seconds at km 122. The peloton kept riding fast and caught the break five kilometres later. But the field didn't last together for very long as another four riders broke clear: Germán Nieto (Relax-Fuenlabrada), Renato Silva (Milaneza-MSS), Jorge Ferrio (Paternina-Costa de Almería) and Stefano Casagranda (Alessio).
The gap to the four leaders was never very big and at the last intermediate sprint in Córdoba (35 km to go) they led by just 24 seconds. Nieto and Silva attacked the other two and Ferrio and Casagranda were easily caught by the field. The race tempo was still very high (48 km/h), and therefore it was impossible for the leaders to stay clear, and Silva and Nieto were neutralised by the field soon afterwards.
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The defining moment of the stage came on the only climb, Alto de San Jerónimo. David Millar (Cofidis) followed by Juan Miguel Mercado (iBanesto.com) attacked at the foot of the Cat. 2 climb, with Alberto Martinez (Euskaltel) bridging up. But the Scot upped the tempo and escaped alone, creating a gap of 36 seconds to the peloton with 15 km to go. Millar also had a group of chasers in Oscar Sevilla (Kelme), Unai Osa and Juan Miguel Mercado (iBanesto.com), Alberto Martínez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) and Michael Rasmussen (Rabobank) who were hanging at 10 seconds behind him on the climb, but could not close the gap.
Once Millar reached the top he turned on the afterburners and flew down the descent into Cordoba, opening up a 40 second gap to the nearest chasers. The Cofidis rider maintained his advantage to cross the finish line delighted with his first place, while Sevilla's group was led home by Martinez 36 seconds later.
Stage 18 - September 25: Las Rozas-Las Rozas, 143.8 km
The eighteenth stage is another transition one between the roads of Avila and Madrid. The route is flat and it has no categorised climbs. The three intermediate sprints are in San Martín de Valdeiglesias, Cebreros and Valdemorillo. This is the one of the last chances for the riders not fighting for the top positions in the overall standings, and the opportunity for any of the teams that don't have any stage wins in the race. However, the sprinters will play their strategies to finish in a bunch sprint. Isidro Nozal (ONCE-Eroski) and his rivals should be careful of the crashes and crosswinds, but it shouldn't be a complicated day on their way to the city of Madrid.
Photography
Images by AFP Photo
- Roberto Heras and Manuel Beltran (USPS-Berry Floor) ride in the peloton during stage 17
- The pack approaches Cordoba during stage 17
- ONCE-Eroski leading the peloton towards Cordoba
- David Millar (Cofidis) celebrates as he crosses the line in Cordoba
Images by Unipublic
- Michael Barry (USPS-Berry Floor) protects team leader Roberto Heras during stage 17
- Isidro Nozal (ONCE) looking slightly more comfortable in the gold jersey
- Renato Silva (Milaneza) leads Jorge Ferrio (Paternina), German Nieto (Relax) and Stefano Casagranda (Alessio) in their breakaway
- David Millar (Cofidis) used his enormous power to ride away from everyone on the final climb of the day to win the stage in Cordoba
- David Millar (Cofidis) salutes from the podium after his victory
- Isidro Nozal (ONCE) "I could get used to this"
Results
1 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 3.58.02 (47.49 km/h) 2 Alberto Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.36 3 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 4 Unai Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 5 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 6 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Telekom 0.41 7 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 8 Angel Edo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 9 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 10 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 11 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio 12 José Jufre (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 13 Miguel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 14 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 15 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 16 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Fassa Bortolo 17 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 18 Angel Vicioso (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 19 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 20 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC 21 Francisco José Lara (Spa) Team Bianchi 22 Benjamín Noval (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 23 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 24 Isidro Nozal (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 25 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 26 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) iBanesto.com 27 Christian Werner (Ger) Team Telekom 28 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 29 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 30 Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 31 Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 32 Felix Cardenas (Col) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 33 Txema Del Olmo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 34 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 35 Aitor Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 36 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 37 David Lopez (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 38 Félix Garcia Casas (Spa) Team Bianchi 39 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 40 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC 41 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 42 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 43 Marcos Serrano (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 44 Denis Lunghi (Ita) Alessio 45 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) iBanesto.com 46 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 47 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 48 Santiago Blanco (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 49 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) iBanesto.com 50 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 51 Kyryl Pospyeyev (Ukr) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 52 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 53 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 54 Joan Horrach (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 55 Iñaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.37 56 Claus Møller (Den) Milaneza-MSS 1.41 57 Beat Zberg (Swi) Rabobank 2.42 58 Pedro Cardoso (Por) Milaneza-MSS 2.44 59 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 60 David Navas (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 61 Gorka Arrizabalaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 62 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 63 Juan José De Los Angeles (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 64 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 4.29 65 Mario Aerts (Bel) Team Telekom 66 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 67 Rafael Casero (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 68 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre 69 Pablo Lastras (Spa) iBanesto.com 70 Domingo Sanchez (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 71 Francisco Vila (Spa) Lampre 72 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 73 Igor Pugaci (Mda) Team Saeco 74 Bobby Julich (USA) Team Telekom 75 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon 76 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Team Telekom 77 Bekim Christensen (Den) Team CSC 78 Gorka Gerrikagoitia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 79 Ronald Mutsaars (Ned) Rabobank 80 Gonçalo Amorim (Por) Milaneza-MSS 81 Francisco Cerezo (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 82 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 4.34 83 José Luis Martinez (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 84 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 85 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Team Saeco 86 Simone Masciarelli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 6.06 87 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Team Telekom 8.11 88 Alberto Vinale (Ita) Alessio 89 Christian Pepoli (Ita) Team Saeco 90 Steffan Wesemann (Ger) Team Telekom 91 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio 92 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Lampre 93 Renato Silva (Por) Milaneza-MSS 8.30 94 David Cañada (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 95 Paulo Barroso (Por) Milaneza-MSS 96 Joaquin Lopez (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 8.32 97 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 98 Gustavo Otero (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 99 Raphael Schweda (Ger) Team Bianchi 100 Patrick Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step-Davitamon 101 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 102 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal-Berry Floor 103 Michael Barry (Can) US Postal-Berry Floor 104 Max van Heeswijk (Ned) US Postal-Berry Floor 105 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 106 Matthew White (Aus) US Postal-Berry Floor 107 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 108 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 109 Carlos Golbano (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 110 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank 14.11 111 Angelo Lopeboselli (Ita) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 112 Michael Sandstod (Den) Team CSC 113 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Milaneza-MSS 114 Simone Bertoletti (Ita) Lampre 115 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 116 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre 117 Pedro Diaz Lobato (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 118 Thomas Bruun (Den) Team CSC 119 Gianluca Sironi (Ita) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 120 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 121 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) iBanesto.com 122 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 123 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) iBanesto.com 124 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Team Bianchi 125 David Latasa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 126 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) iBanesto.com 127 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 128 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 129 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 130 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank 131 Jan Hruska (Cze) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 132 Gonzalo Bayarri (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 133 Pietro Zucconi (Swi) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 134 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 135 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal-Berry Floor 136 Thorsten Rund (Ger) Team Bianchi 137 Gianpaolo Mondini (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 138 Aitor Garmendia (Spa) Team Bianchi 139 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 140 José Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 141 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 142 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 143 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 144 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 145 Ivan Herrero (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 146 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 147 Jesus Maria Manzano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 148 Mikel Pradera (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 149 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio 150 Stefano Casagranda (Ita) Alessio 151 Cesar Garcia Calvo (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 152 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems 153 Addy Engels (Ned) Rabobank 154 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 155 Guido Trenti (USA) Fassa Bortolo 156 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 157 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 158 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 159 Dmitri Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 160 Francisco Gutierrez (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 161 José Maestre (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 162 Germán Nieto (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 16.14 163 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 16.41 Points 1 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 25 pts 2 Alberto Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 20 3 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 16 4 Unai Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 14 5 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 12 6 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Telekom 10 7 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 9 8 Angel Edo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 8 9 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 7 10 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 6 11 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio 5 12 José Jufre (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 4 13 Miguel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 3 14 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 2 15 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 1 Mountains Alto de San Jeronimo - Cat. 2, km 177 1 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 10 pts 2 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 7 3 Unai Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 5 4 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 3 5 Alberto Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 6 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) iBanesto.com 1 Sprints Venta de Algarra - km 20 1 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 4 pts 2 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 2 3 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) iBanesto.com 1 Ventas del Carrizal - km 58.5 1 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Milaneza-MSS 4 pts 2 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 3 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) iBanesto.com 1 Córdoba - km 153.5 1 Stefano Casagranda (Ita) Alessio 4 pts 2 Germán Nieto (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 2 3 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 1 Teams 1 Cofidis, le credit par telephone 11.55.28 2 Kelme - Costa Blanca 0.36 3 IBanesto.com 4 Euskaltel - Euskadi 5 Domina Vacanze-Elitron-RDZ 0.41 6 Once - Eroski 7 Colchon Relax - Fuenlabrada 8 Milaneza - MSS 9 Rabobank 2.37 10 Team CSC 2.44 11 Team Telekom 4.29 12 Labarca-2 Cafe Baque 13 US Postal Service Berry Floor 4.34 14 Fassa Bortolo 6.37 15 Alessio 8.11 16 Quick Step - Davitamon 8.17 17 Paternina - Costa de Almeria 18 Team Bianchi 8.32 19 Phonak Hearing Systems 20 Lampre 15.47 21 Team Saeco 15.52 22 Saunier Duval - Vini Caldirola 19.36 General classification after stage 17 1 Isidro Nozal (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 58.11.53 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 7.29 8 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 8.51 9 Unai Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 8.57 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 12.03 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 15.28 17 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 17.44 18 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 18.13 19 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 29.15 20 José Jufre (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 33.07 21 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 38.00 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 58.57 28 Christian Werner (Ger) Team Telekom 59.53 29 Joan Horrach (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 1.01.55 30 Alberto Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.03.04 31 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.04.56 32 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1.08.13 33 Claus Møller (Den) Milaneza-MSS 1.09.21 34 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.09.38 35 José Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1.11.17 36 Pedro Cardoso (Por) Milaneza-MSS 1.12.00 37 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 1.13.10 38 Kyryl Pospyeyev (Ukr) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 1.13.18 39 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.14.42 40 Miguel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 1.15.16 41 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 1.17.02 42 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 1.24.19 43 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) iBanesto.com 1.39.45 44 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) iBanesto.com 1.42.21 45 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 46 David Latasa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1.42.42 47 Benjamín Noval (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 1.43.17 48 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.45.28 49 Denis Lunghi (Ita) Alessio 1.47.23 50 David Lopez (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 1.47.30 51 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC 1.49.03 52 José Luis Martinez (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 1.49.05 53 Renato Silva (Por) Milaneza-MSS 1.51.35 54 David Cañada (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 1.52.35 55 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio 1.52.43 56 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre 1.53.12 57 Gorka Gerrikagoitia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.56.34 58 Francisco Vila (Spa) Lampre 1.56.39 59 Mario Aerts (Bel) Team Telekom 1.57.11 60 Pablo Lastras (Spa) iBanesto.com 1.57.17 61 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.57.40 62 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank 1.59.24 63 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 1.59.57 64 Patrick Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step-Davitamon 2.00.52 65 Santiago Blanco (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 2.04.24 66 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 67 Domingo Sanchez (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 2.05.34 68 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 2.06.02 69 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.08.43 70 Francisco José Lara (Spa) Team Bianchi 2.08.47 71 David Navas (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 2.09.23 72 Michael Barry (Can) US Postal-Berry Floor 2.10.58 73 Angel Edo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 2.11.07 74 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Telekom 75 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Milaneza-MSS 2.12.07 76 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal-Berry Floor 2.12.21 77 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2.12.37 78 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 2.12.38 79 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Team Telekom 2.12.42 80 Angel Vicioso (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 2.13.12 81 Rafael Casero (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 2.14.34 82 Carlos Golbano (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 2.16.11 83 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 2.17.59 84 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 2.18.23 85 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.18.43 86 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 2.21.47 87 Angelo Lopeboselli (Ita) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 2.22.28 88 Joaquin Lopez (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 2.23.48 89 Francisco Cerezo (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 2.25.22 90 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 2.25.46 91 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal-Berry Floor 2.25.57 92 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon 2.26.10 93 Beat Zberg (Swi) Rabobank 2.26.51 94 Iñaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.27.17 95 Gorka Arrizabalaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.31.06 96 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Team Telekom 2.32.24 97 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Team Bianchi 2.34.45 98 Juan José De Los Angeles (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 2.35.16 99 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 2.35.38 100 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 2.36.52 101 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Fassa Bortolo 2.36.57 102 Raphael Schweda (Ger) Team Bianchi 2.36.58 103 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre 2.37.33 104 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) iBanesto.com 2.41.02 105 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) iBanesto.com 2.42.38 106 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio 2.43.00 107 Bobby Julich (USA) Team Telekom 2.43.22 108 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2.43.42 109 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 2.44.36 110 Cesar Garcia Calvo (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 2.44.41 111 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 2.44.48 112 Steffan Wesemann (Ger) Team Telekom 2.45.42 113 Jesus Maria Manzano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2.46.16 114 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2.47.17 115 Gustavo Otero (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 2.49.35 116 Addy Engels (Ned) Rabobank 2.49.55 117 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 2.51.33 118 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 2.51.36 119 Dmitri Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 2.53.06 120 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 2.53.33 121 Jan Hruska (Cze) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 2.57.32 122 Pedro Diaz Lobato (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 2.57.41 123 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Team Saeco 2.57.54 124 Aitor Garmendia (Spa) Team Bianchi 2.58.03 125 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 2.58.14 126 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 2.58.22 127 Simone Masciarelli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 2.58.52 128 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2.58.54 129 Mikel Pradera (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 2.59.33 130 Matthew White (Aus) US Postal-Berry Floor 3.00.10 131 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 3.00.42 132 Ivan Herrero (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 3.01.59 133 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 3.02.58 134 Bekim Christensen (Den) Team CSC 3.03.53 135 Gianpaolo Mondini (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 3.05.31 136 Thorsten Rund (Ger) Team Bianchi 3.05.40 137 Pietro Zucconi (Swi) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 3.06.34 138 Paulo Barroso (Por) Milaneza-MSS 3.06.39 139 Stefano Casagranda (Ita) Alessio 3.07.20 140 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 3.07.43 141 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3.07.50 142 Max van Heeswijk (Ned) US Postal-Berry Floor 3.10.53 143 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 3.11.20 144 Gianluca Sironi (Ita) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 145 Ronald Mutsaars (Ned) Rabobank 3.11.54 146 Simone Bertoletti (Ita) Lampre 3.12.40 147 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 3.13.48 148 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank 3.15.41 149 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 3.17.31 150 Christian Pepoli (Ita) Team Saeco 3.17.46 151 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems 3.19.34 152 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio 3.23.39 153 Alberto Vinale (Ita) Alessio 3.25.02 154 Thomas Bruun (Den) Team CSC 3.25.49 155 Guido Trenti (USA) Fassa Bortolo 3.27.56 156 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Lampre 3.28.48 157 Germán Nieto (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 3.29.02 158 Igor Pugaci (Mda) Team Saeco 3.29.40 159 Michael Sandstod (Den) Team CSC 3.29.57 160 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 3.30.04 161 Gonzalo Bayarri (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 3.33.20 162 Francisco Gutierrez (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 3.35.52 163 José Maestre (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 4.10.43 Points classification 1 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Telekom 145 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 91 7 Angel Edo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 70 8 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 68 9 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 67 10 Unai Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 66 11 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 65 12 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 65 13 Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 61 14 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 60 15 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 57 16 Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 53 17 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) iBanesto.com 53 18 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 52 19 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 47 20 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 44 21 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 42 22 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 40 23 Miguel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 36 24 José Jufre (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 34 25 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 33 26 Jan Hruska (Cze) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 32 27 Claus Møller (Den) Milaneza-MSS 31 28 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) iBanesto.com 28 29 Angel Vicioso (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 27 30 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) iBanesto.com 26 31 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Team Bianchi 25 32 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 25 33 Aitor Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 24 34 Pedro Diaz Lobato (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 23 35 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 22 36 Alberto Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 22 37 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 21 38 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 20 39 Joan Horrach (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 20 40 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 19 41 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio 19 42 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 19 43 José Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 18 44 Txema Del Olmo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 18 45 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 16 46 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Fassa Bortolo 16 47 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 15 48 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems 15 49 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 14 50 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio 14 51 Thomas Bruun (Den) Team CSC 14 52 Stefano Casagranda (Ita) Alessio 13 53 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 12 54 Raphael Schweda (Ger) Team Bianchi 12 55 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 12 56 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank 11 57 Félix Garcia Casas (Spa) Team Bianchi 11 58 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Milaneza-MSS 10 59 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio 10 60 Michael Barry (Can) US Postal-Berry Floor 10 61 Francisco Gutierrez (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 10 62 Marcos Serrano (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 10 63 Denis Lunghi (Ita) Alessio 10 64 Iñaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10 65 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) iBanesto.com 9 66 Patrick Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step-Davitamon 9 67 David Navas (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 8 68 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 8 69 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 8 70 Renato Silva (Por) Milaneza-MSS 7 71 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal-Berry Floor 7 72 Max van Heeswijk (Ned) US Postal-Berry Floor 7 73 Gianpaolo Mondini (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 7 74 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank 7 75 Alberto Vinale (Ita) Alessio 6 76 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) iBanesto.com 5 77 Cesar Garcia Calvo (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 5 78 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 5 79 Gorka Gerrikagoitia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5 80 Pablo Lastras (Spa) iBanesto.com 5 81 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 4 82 Francisco Cerezo (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 4 83 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 4 84 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 4 85 Beat Zberg (Swi) Rabobank 4 86 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre 3 87 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 3 88 Dmitri Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 2 89 Germán Nieto (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 2 90 Paulo Barroso (Por) Milaneza-MSS 2 91 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 2 92 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Team Telekom 2 93 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 94 Simone Masciarelli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 2 95 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) iBanesto.com 1 96 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1 97 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1 98 Ivan Herrero (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 1 99 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Lampre 1 100 Kyryl Pospyeyev (Ukr) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 1 101 Benjamín Noval (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 1 102 Mario Aerts (Bel) Team Telekom 1 103 Francisco José Lara (Spa) Team Bianchi 1 104 Juan José De Los Angeles (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 1 105 Bobby Julich (USA) Team Telekom 1 106 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Team Saeco 1 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 56 8 Unai Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 52 9 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 49 10 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 49 11 Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 47 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 31 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 26 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 12 27 Txema Del Olmo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 12 28 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 12 29 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 12 30 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 11 31 Francisco José Lara (Spa) Team Bianchi 11 32 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10 33 Cesar Garcia Calvo (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 10 34 David Navas (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 8 35 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 8 36 Christian Pepoli (Ita) Team Saeco 7 37 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio 6 38 Jan Hruska (Cze) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 6 39 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 6 40 Pedro Diaz Lobato (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 6 41 Marcos Serrano (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 5 42 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 4 43 Félix Garcia Casas (Spa) Team Bianchi 4 44 Claus Møller (Den) Milaneza-MSS 4 45 David Lopez (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 4 46 Beat Zberg (Swi) Rabobank 4 47 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Team Bianchi 4 48 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre 4 49 Mikel Pradera (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 4 50 Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 3 51 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3 52 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 3 53 Alberto Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 54 Joaquin Lopez (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 2 55 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2 56 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 1 57 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 1 58 Angel Vicioso (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 1 59 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 1 60 Patrick Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step-Davitamon 1 61 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) iBanesto.com 1 62 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 1 63 Paulo Barroso (Por) Milaneza-MSS 1 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 24 6 Unai Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 27 7 Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 30 8 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 40 9 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) iBanesto.com 43 10 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 46 11 José Jufre (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 50 12 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 50 13 Aitor Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 59 14 Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 65 15 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) iBanesto.com 65 16 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 65 17 Joan Horrach (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 70 18 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 70 19 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 77 20 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 78 21 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) iBanesto.com 84 22 Miguel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 85 23 Txema Del Olmo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 87 24 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 90 25 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 93 26 Claus Møller (Den) Milaneza-MSS 103 27 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 112 28 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 113 29 Félix Garcia Casas (Spa) Team Bianchi 115 30 Marcos Serrano (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 117 31 Alberto Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 118 32 Denis Lunghi (Ita) Alessio 129 33 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio 144 34 Angel Vicioso (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 150 35 David Navas (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 160 36 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 182 37 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 184 38 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 185 39 Francisco José Lara (Spa) Team Bianchi 192 40 Beat Zberg (Swi) Rabobank 201 Teams classification 1 Once - Eroski 174.44.00 2 IBanesto.com 5.49 3 Kelme - Costa Blanca 22.48 4 Cofidis, le credit par telephone 31.08 5 Euskaltel - Euskadi 39.47 6 Milaneza - MSS 42.39 7 Domina Vacanze-Elitron-RDZ 1.01.49 8 US Postal Service Berry Floor 1.34.23 9 Fassa Bortolo 1.54.09 10 Colchon Relax - Fuenlabrada 2.34.43 11 Team CSC 2.44.21 12 Quick Step - Davitamon 2.52.20 13 Paternina - Costa de Almeria 2.53.14 14 Labarca-2 Cafe Baque 2.59.34 15 Rabobank 3.05.03 16 Team Bianchi 3.36.18 17 Phonak Hearing Systems 3.53.53 18 Team Telekom 4.03.59 19 Lampre 4.43.50 20 Alessio 5.38.59 21 Saunier Duval - Vini Caldirola 6.56.46 22 Team Saeco 7.56.54
