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58th Vuelta a España - Spain, September 6-28, 2003
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Stage 2 - Sunday, September 7: Gijon - Cangas de Onis, 148 km
A climb to the top for Luis Pérez
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Cipollini goes home, to no-one's surprise
By Hernán Alvarez Macías
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Luis Pérez (Cofidis) won the second 148 km stage of the Vuelta España 2003 between Gijón and Cangas de Onís, finishing in 3 hours, 27 minutes and 32 seconds just ahead of Carlos Sastre (CSC). In fifth place was Joaquín Rodríguez (ONCE-Eroski), who took over the golden leader's jersey from Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano after finishing in front of his teammate in the bunch sprint.
An emotional Perez said of his first pro win, "I trained very hard in Navacerrada and over other climbs in winter and in spring and here is my prize. We made a good breakaway with Sastre, and I could prevail in the finish."
Pérez and Sastre rode excellently up the Cat. 1 Alto Mirador del Fito. They created a good gap at a favourable moment, and maintained their advantage until the end. They descended very fast and had 30 seconds to the peloton at the foot of the climb, and that was more than enough to hold off the bunch over the last 8 km.
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After finishing fifth in the stage, new leader Joaquín Rodríguez (ONCE) commented that "The Mirador del Fito is a really tough climb. It's good to be the leader in order to avoid falls. This is a very good start; but it's that, just a start. We must be very prudent because we have more than two weeks of racing".
Aitor González (Fassa Bortolo) and Angel Casero (Bianchi) lost 1'30 to the leaders today and both are almost out of contention for the golden jersey. Apart from Igor González de Galdeano (ONCE-Eroski), the candidates for overall victory are looking like Roberto Heras (US Postal) and Oscar Sevilla (Kelme).
"It was a hard day, but I am pleased with my performance," said Sevilla post-stage. "This is just the beginning, there's a lot of racing yet and we will see how things go."
Where's Cipollini?
There were two absences on the start line in Gijón: Ivan Quaranta (Saeco) and Mario Cipollini (Domina Vacanze). Quaranta had already abandoned yesterday after riding just 3 kilometres in the team time trial, and the "Bello" Mario decided not to race the second stage. Cipollini had been pressured to come to the Vuelta by his team, who needed his presence to assure their invitation. It was clear that "Super Mario" came just to do a favour for his teammates who wanted to ride here, as Cipollini certainly didn't show any desire to compete.
Vuelta director Enrique Franco told a Spanish radio station, "It was a retirement that we knew was going to happen. He came just to let his team ride. He already said he wasn't in good condition". Franco also commented about Quaranta, "His case is incredible. We will account for that in the coming Vueltas".
How it unfolded
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After an aggressive start, a breakaway went at km 26 with four riders in it: Pedro Horrillo (Quick Step), Constantino Zaballa (Kelme-Costa Blanca), César García Calvo (Labarca) and Cristian Pepoli (Saeco). At the first intermediate sprint at Sama de Langreo they had 1'16 lead to the peloton. In the Alto de la Faya de los Lobos, the second climb of the stage, Horrillo couldn't follow the wheels of the other three.
Zaballa, García Calvo and Pepoli extended their gap over the rest to 2'08 with 80 kilometres to go. At that point, Zaballa was the virtual leader because he was only 45 seconds down on González de Galdeano at the start. The gap was cut to 1'15 with 65 kilometres to Cangas de Onís, with ONCE-Eroski's Mikel Pradera and Jörg Jaksche working hard to limit the gap.
In Villaviciosa (kilometre 98.5) the peloton captured Pepoli, García Calvo and Zaballa. The ONCE-Eroski squad had prevailed over the rebel trio, and the yellow men pulled so hard that the peloton split into two. Some good riders, like Alex Zülle (Phonak), José Luis Rubiera (US Postal) and Levi Leipheimer (Rabobank) remained in the second group, losing precious minutes to the first group, with Rabobank chasing hard to limit the damage.
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The gap became bigger as the front riders began riding very fast. At the last intermediate sprint in Gobiendes, the difference between both groups was 2'26. The lead group hit the Alto del Mirador del Fito with Kelme in front, but it was the time for Luis Pérez and Carlos Sastre to take their chances and they did. The pair took a few riders with them, including Isidro Nozal (ONCE), but they were too strong and crested the summit with 15" lead over Nozal and 30" to the peloton. On the descent into Cangas de Onís, they maintained their advantage and finished up with 14" still intact. Perez rode perfectly to come off Sastre's wheel with 200m to go to take his first ever professional win.
Stage 3 - September 8: Cangas de Onís-Santander, 154.3 km
The third stage is a 154.3 km ride between Cangas de Onís and Santander. There are two climbs in it: Alto de la Rebollada (3rd category, 390 m) and Alto de la Montaña (3rd category, 200 m). The finish is in Santander, a city by the sea. There are three intermediate sprints in Balmori, San Vicente de la Barquera and Muriedas. This is the day for the sprinters to obtain a victory over the rest of the peloton, as two of the world's top, Erik Zabel and Alessandro Petacchi, have a chance to win a stage.
Photography
Images by AFP Photo
- Oscar Sevilla (Kelme) and Roberto Heras (USPS) ride during stage 2
- Roberto Heras (USPS) leads Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (ONCE) in stage 2
- Francisco Mancebo and Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano suffer a little during stage 2
- Race leader Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (ONCE) rides in front of Jorg Jaksche during stage 2
- Luis Perez (Cofidis) comfortably beat Sastre in the sprint
- A delighted Luis Perez (Cofidis) crosses the line in triumph
- An Asturian hat for Luis Perez as the winner of the stage
- Carlos Sastre (CSC) leads Luis Perez (Cofidis) on the Alto Mirador, as they drop their breakaway companions
- Joaquin Rodriguez (ONCE) the new leader of the Vuelta
- Luis Perez (Cofidis) and Carlos Sastre (CSC) ride away from their breakaway companions on the final climb
- Luis Perez (Cofidis) crosses the line to win
- Luis Perez (Cofidis) on the podium after winning stage 2
- Joaquin Rodriguez (ONCE) happy to be on top of the standings
Results
1 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 3.27.32 (42.79 km/h) 2 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 3 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 0.14 4 Miguel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 5 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 6 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7 Patrick Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step-Davitamon 8 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Team Saeco 9 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 10 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 11 Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 12 Joan Horrach (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 13 Klaus Möller (Den) Milaneza-MSS 14 Aitor Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 0.15 15 Kyryl Pospyeyev (Ukr) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 16 Txema Del Olmo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 17 Isidro Nozal (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 18 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 19 Benjamín Noval (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 20 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 21 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 22 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 23 Félix Garcia Casas (Spa) Team Bianchi 24 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 25 Unai Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 26 Marcos Serrano (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 27 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 28 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) iBanesto.com 29 Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 30 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 31 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) iBanesto.com 32 Felix Cardenas (Col) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 33 David Latasa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 34 Pablo Lastras (Spa) iBanesto.com 1.29 35 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre 36 Francisco Vila (Spa) Lampre 37 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) iBanesto.com 38 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal-Berry Floor 39 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 1.33 40 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 41 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.35 42 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 43 José Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 44 Gorka Gerrikagoitia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 45 Christian Werner (Ger) Team Telekom 46 Angel Casero (Spa) Team Bianchi 47 Alberto Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 48 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 49 José Azevedo (Por) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 50 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick.Step-Davitamon 51 Francisco Cerezo (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 52 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC 53 Angel Vicioso (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 54 Peter Farazjin (Bel) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 55 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 3.55 56 José Javier Gomez Gozalo (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 57 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Lampre 58 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Telekom 4.12 59 Michael Barry (Can) US Postal-Berry Floor 60 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 61 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal-Berry Floor 62 Domingo Sanchez (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 63 Rafael Casero (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 64 Gonçalo Amorim (Por) Milaneza-MSS 65 Renato Silva (Por) Milaneza-MSS 66 Frank Vandenbroucke (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 67 Joaquin Lopez (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 68 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal-Berry Floor 69 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Team Bianchi 70 Jan Hruska (Cze) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 71 Jesus Maria Manzano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 4.19 72 Cadel Evans (Aus) Team Telekom 73 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 74 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC 75 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Team Telekom 76 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 77 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Lampre 78 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 79 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 80 Andrea Brognara (Ita) Alessio 81 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 82 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 83 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 84 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 85 Francisco José Lara (Spa) Team Bianchi 86 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Milaneza-MSS 87 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 88 Gustavo Otero (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 89 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 90 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 91 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio 92 Carlos Golbano (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 93 Mario Aerts (Bel) Team Telekom 5.59 94 Addy Engels (Ned) Rabobank 95 Sergio Perez (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 96 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 97 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 98 Pedro Cardoso (Por) Milaneza-MSS 99 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre 100 Paulo Barroso (Por) Milaneza-MSS 101 José Jufre (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 8.02 102 Juan José De Los Angeles (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 103 Bobby Julich (USA) Team Telekom 104 Angelo Lopeboselli (Ita) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 105 Oscar Mason (Ita) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 106 José Luis Martinez (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 9.24 107 Giosue Bonomi (Ita) Team Saeco 11.14 108 Gianpaolo Mondini (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 109 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 110 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 111 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre 112 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 113 Steffan Wesemann (Ger) Team Telekom 114 Aitor Garmendia (Spa) Team Bianchi 115 Angel Edo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 116 Simone Bertoletti (Ita) Lampre 117 Thorsten Rund (Ger) Team Bianchi 118 Raphael Schweda (Ger) Team Bianchi 119 Jaime Hernandez (Spa) Team Bianchi 120 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 121 Mikel Pradera (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 122 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 123 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon 124 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank 125 Beat Zberg (Swi) Rabobank 126 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 127 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) iBanesto.com 128 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 129 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Team Saeco 130 Alex Zuelle (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 131 Simone Masciarelli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 132 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 133 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) iBanesto.com 134 Cesar Garcia Calvo (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 135 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 136 Ronald Mutsaars (Ned) Rabobank 12.58 137 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio 138 Pedro Diaz Lobato (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 139 Igor Pugaci (Mda) Team Saeco 140 J.Antonio Pecharroman (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 141 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Alessio 142 David Navas (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 143 Denis Lunghi (Ita) Alessio 144 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 145 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems 146 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Fassa Bortolo 147 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 148 Pietro Zucconi (Swi) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 149 Gonzalo Bayarri (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 150 Ivan Herrero (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 151 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 152 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank 153 Bekim Christensen (Den) Team CSC 154 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 155 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 156 Guido Trenti (USA) Fassa Bortolo 157 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 158 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 159 Davide Frattini (Ita) Alessio 160 Gorka Arrizabalaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 161 Gianluca Sironi (Ita) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 162 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 163 Iñaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 164 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Team Saeco 165 David Cañada (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 166 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Team Telekom 167 Max van Heeswijk (Ned) US Postal-Berry Floor 168 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 169 Alberto Vinale (Ita) Alessio 170 Francisco Gutierrez (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 171 Matthew White (Aus) US Postal-Berry Floor 172 Julian Dean (NZl) Team CSC 173 Thomas Bruun (Den) Team CSC 174 David Lopez (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 175 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 176 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) iBanesto.com 13.09 177 Massimo Apollonio (Ita) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 15.43 178 Christian Pepoli (Ita) Team Saeco 16.45 179 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 180 Francesco Secchiari (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 17.02 181 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 182 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Lampre 17.04 183 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio 184 Dmitri Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 185 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 186 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 187 Antonio Bucciero (Ita) Team Saeco 188 Nicola Gavazzi (Ita) Team Saeco 189 Michael Sandstod (Den) Team CSC 190 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 17.07 191 Santiago Blanco (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 192 Stefano Casagranda (Ita) Alessio 17.08 193 José Maestre (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 194 Germán Nieto (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 195 Jan Schaffrath (Ger) Team Telekom 17.53 196 David Plaza (Spa) Team Bianchi 29.18 DNS Mario Cipollini (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron Points 1 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 25 pts 2 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 20 3 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 16 4 Miguel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 14 5 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 12 6 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10 7 Patrick Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step-Davitamon 9 8 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Team Saeco 8 9 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 7 10 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6 11 Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 5 12 Joan Horrach (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 4 13 Klaus Möller (Den) Milaneza-MSS 3 14 Aitor Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 2 15 Kyryl Pospyeyev (Ukr) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 1 Mountains Alto de la Madera - Cat. 3, km 9 1 Joan Horrach (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 6 pts 2 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4 3 Marcos Serrano (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 2 4 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1 Alto de la faya de los Lobos - Cat. 2, km 54 1 Cesar Garcia Calvo (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 10 pts 2 Christian Pepoli (Ita) Team Saeco 7 3 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 5 4 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 3 5 Joaquin Lopez (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 2 6 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 1 Alto Mirador del Fito - Cat. 1, km 131 1 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 16 pts 2 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 12 3 Isidro Nozal (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 10 4 Felix Cardenas (Col) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 8 5 Aitor Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 6 6 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 4 7 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) iBanesto.com 3 8 Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 2 9 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 1 Metas volantes Sama de Langreo, km 35.7 1 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 4 pts 2 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 3 Cesar Garcia Calvo (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 1 Pedrosa, km 85 1 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 4 pts 2 Cesar Garcia Calvo (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 2 3 Christian Pepoli (Ita) Team Saeco 1 Gobiendes, km 120 1 José Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 4 pts 2 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 2 3 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1 Teams 1 Once - Eroski 10.23.19 2 Euskaltel - Euskadi 3 Milaneza - MSS 4 Domina Vacanze-Elitron-RDZ 0.01 5 Kelme - Costa Blanca 6 IBanesto.com 0.02 7 US Postal Service Berry Floor 1.16 8 Quick Step - Davitamon 2.39 9 Labarca-2 Cafe Baque 5.02 10 Team CSC 5.11 11 Cofidis, le credit par telephone 12 Team Bianchi 5.19 13 Lampre 6.10 14 Phonak Hearing Systems 6.39 15 Fassa Bortolo 9.08 16 Paternina - Costa de Almeria 9.14 17 Team Telekom 9.23 18 Rabobank 11.30 19 Colchon Relax - Fuenlabrada 11.53 20 Alessio 20.53 21 Saeco - Longoni Sport 21.59 22 Saunier Duval - Vini Caldirola 22.52 General classification after stage 2 1 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 3.59.47 2 Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 3 Isidro Nozal (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 0.01 4 Marcos Serrano (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 5 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 0.11 6 Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 7 Aitor Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 0.25 8 Unai Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 9 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) iBanesto.com 10 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) iBanesto.com 11 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 0.42 12 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 0.45 13 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 0.46 14 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 15 David Latasa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 16 Patrick Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step-Davitamon 0.48 17 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.50 18 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 19 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.51 20 Félix Garcia Casas (Spa) Team Bianchi 1.02 21 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 1.13 22 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 1.19 23 José Azevedo (Por) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 1.21 24 Angel Vicioso (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 25 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.25 26 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal-Berry Floor 27 Joan Horrach (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 1.30 28 Klaus Möller (Den) Milaneza-MSS 29 Txema Del Olmo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 1.31 30 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Team Saeco 1.39 31 Pablo Lastras (Spa) iBanesto.com 32 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) iBanesto.com 33 José Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2.06 34 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 2.07 35 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick.Step-Davitamon 2.09 36 Alberto Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.11 37 Gorka Gerrikagoitia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 38 Peter Farazjin (Bel) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 2.17 39 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre 2.18 40 Francisco Vila (Spa) Lampre 41 Angel Casero (Spa) Team Bianchi 2.22 42 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.25 43 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 44 Benjamín Noval (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 2.31 45 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 2.39 46 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 2.46 47 Christian Werner (Ger) Team Telekom 2.47 48 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC 2.48 49 Felix Cardenas (Col) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 3.01 50 Miguel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 51 Kyryl Pospyeyev (Ukr) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 3.02 52 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 53 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 54 Jan Hruska (Cze) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 3.58 55 Michael Barry (Can) US Postal-Berry Floor 4.08 56 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal-Berry Floor 57 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal-Berry Floor 58 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 4.15 59 Francisco Cerezo (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 4.21 60 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 4.29 61 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Lampre 4.44 62 Frank Vandenbroucke (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 4.46 63 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 4.50 64 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 65 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Team Bianchi 4.59 66 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 5.01 67 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 68 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 69 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 5.02 70 Francisco José Lara (Spa) Team Bianchi 5.06 71 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Lampre 5.08 72 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 5.09 73 Domingo Sanchez (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 5.18 74 Rafael Casero (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 75 Joaquin Lopez (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 76 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 77 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Telekom 5.24 78 Carlos Golbano (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 5.25 79 Renato Silva (Por) Milaneza-MSS 5.28 80 Gonçalo Amorim (Por) Milaneza-MSS 81 Cadel Evans (Aus) Team Telekom 5.31 82 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Team Telekom 83 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio 84 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC 5.32 85 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 86 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Milaneza-MSS 5.35 87 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 6.09 88 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 6.35 89 José Javier Gomez Gozalo (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 6.41 90 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre 6.48 91 Addy Engels (Ned) Rabobank 7.03 92 Gustavo Otero (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 7.05 93 Andrea Brognara (Ita) Alessio 7.08 94 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 7.12 95 Mario Aerts (Bel) Team Telekom 7.13 96 Pedro Cardoso (Por) Milaneza-MSS 7.15 97 Paulo Barroso (Por) Milaneza-MSS 98 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 7.38 99 Angelo Lopeboselli (Ita) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 8.44 100 Bobby Julich (USA) Team Telekom 9.14 101 Jesus Maria Manzano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 9.47 102 Oscar Mason (Ita) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 9.52 103 José Jufre (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 10.18 104 José Luis Martinez (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 10.30 105 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) iBanesto.com 11.24 106 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) iBanesto.com 107 Sergio Perez (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 11.25 108 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 11.45 109 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 11.48 110 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 111 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon 112 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 11.50 113 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 114 Thorsten Rund (Ger) Team Bianchi 12.01 115 Raphael Schweda (Ger) Team Bianchi 116 Aitor Garmendia (Spa) Team Bianchi 117 Jaime Hernandez (Spa) Team Bianchi 118 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre 12.03 119 Simone Bertoletti (Ita) Lampre 120 Alex Zuelle (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 12.04 121 Beat Zberg (Swi) Rabobank 12.18 122 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank 123 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 12.20 124 Angel Edo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 12.30 125 Giosue Bonomi (Ita) Team Saeco 12.39 126 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Team Saeco 127 Max van Heeswijk (Ned) US Postal-Berry Floor 12.54 128 Simone Masciarelli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 13.04 129 Matthew White (Aus) US Postal-Berry Floor 13.05 130 Juan José De Los Angeles (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 13.17 131 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) iBanesto.com 13.19 132 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 13.30 133 David Cañada (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 13.32 134 Gorka Arrizabalaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 13.34 135 Iñaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 136 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 13.48 137 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems 138 Cesar Garcia Calvo (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 14.00 139 Gianpaolo Mondini (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 14.01 140 Ronald Mutsaars (Ned) Rabobank 14.02 141 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank 142 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 143 Pedro Diaz Lobato (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 14.04 144 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Fassa Bortolo 14.09 145 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 146 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 147 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio 14.10 148 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Alessio 149 Denis Lunghi (Ita) Alessio 150 Davide Frattini (Ita) Alessio 151 Bekim Christensen (Den) Team CSC 14.11 152 Steffan Wesemann (Ger) Team Telekom 14.12 153 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Team Telekom 14.16 154 Julian Dean (NZl) Team CSC 14.21 155 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Team Saeco 14.23 156 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 14.34 157 Gianluca Sironi (Ita) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 14.48 158 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 159 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 160 Alberto Vinale (Ita) Alessio 14.49 161 Igor Pugaci (Mda) Team Saeco 14.50 162 Pietro Zucconi (Swi) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 15.07 163 David Navas (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 15.14 164 Mikel Pradera (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 15.30 165 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 166 Ivan Herrero (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 15.44 167 Francisco Gutierrez (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 168 David Lopez (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 169 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 15.45 170 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 171 Massimo Apollonio (Ita) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 17.33 172 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 17.37 173 Dmitri Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 17.46 174 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 17.49 175 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 17.52 176 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Lampre 17.53 177 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 18.09 178 Christian Pepoli (Ita) Team Saeco 18.10 179 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 18.15 180 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio 18.16 181 Michael Sandstod (Den) Team CSC 18.17 182 Stefano Casagranda (Ita) Alessio 18.20 183 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 18.21 184 Antonio Bucciero (Ita) Team Saeco 18.29 185 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 18.35 186 Thomas Bruun (Den) Team CSC 18.49 187 J.Antonio Pecharroman (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 18.52 188 Guido Trenti (USA) Fassa Bortolo 19.11 189 Gonzalo Bayarri (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 19.47 190 Francesco Secchiari (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 19.49 191 Santiago Blanco (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 23.30 192 Germán Nieto (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 23.31 193 José Maestre (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 24.32 194 Jan Schaffrath (Ger) Team Telekom 25.10 195 Nicola Gavazzi (Ita) Team Saeco 28.01 196 David Plaza (Spa) Team Bianchi 30.05 Points classification 1 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 32 pts 2 Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 30 3 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 25 4 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 20 5 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 16 6 Jan Hruska (Cze) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 16 7 Angel Vicioso (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 14 8 Miguel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 14 9 Isidro Nozal (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 12 10 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10 11 José Azevedo (Por) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 10 12 Marcos Serrano (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 9 13 Patrick Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step-Davitamon 9 14 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 8 15 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Team Saeco 8 16 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 8 17 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 7 18 Max van Heeswijk (Ned) US Postal-Berry Floor 7 19 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 6 20 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6 21 Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 5 22 José Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 4 23 Joan Horrach (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 4 24 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal-Berry Floor 4 25 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal-Berry Floor 3 26 Klaus Möller (Den) Milaneza-MSS 3 27 Cesar Garcia Calvo (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 3 28 Aitor Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 2 29 Michael Barry (Can) US Postal-Berry Floor 2 30 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 31 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 2 32 Kyryl Pospyeyev (Ukr) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 1 33 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal-Berry Floor 1 34 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1 35 Christian Pepoli (Ita) Team Saeco 1 Mountains classification 1 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 16 pts 2 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 12 3 Cesar Garcia Calvo (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 10 4 Isidro Nozal (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 10 5 Felix Cardenas (Col) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 8 6 Christian Pepoli (Ita) Team Saeco 7 7 Joan Horrach (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 6 8 Jan Hruska (Cze) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 6 9 Aitor Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 6 10 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 6 11 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 4 12 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4 13 Mikel Pradera (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 4 14 Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 3 15 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) iBanesto.com 3 16 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 3 17 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 2 18 Marcos Serrano (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 2 19 Joaquin Lopez (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 2 20 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 1 21 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 1 Combination classification 1 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 15 pts 2 Isidro Nozal (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 16 3 Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 18 4 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 19 5 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 27 6 Marcos Serrano (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 34 7 Aitor Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 44 8 Joan Horrach (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 57 9 Jan Hruska (Cze) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 68 10 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 87 11 Cesar Garcia Calvo (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 168 12 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 217 13 Christian Pepoli (Ita) Team Saeco 219 Teams classification 1 Once - Eroski 11.59.22 2 IBanesto.com 1.14 3 US Postal Service Berry Floor 1.46 4 Kelme - Costa Blanca 2.16 5 Euskaltel - Euskadi 2.30 6 Milaneza - MSS 4.30 7 Quick Step - Davitamon 5.03 8 Cofidis, le credit par telephone 7.59 9 Team Bianchi 8.22 10 Domina Vacanze-Elitron-RDZ 9.04 11 Lampre 9.19 12 Team CSC 9.32 13 Phonak Hearing Systems 9.51 14 Paternina - Costa de Almeria 13.14 15 Fassa Bortolo 13.23 16 Team Telekom 13.41 17 Labarca-2 Cafe Baque 14.02 18 Rabobank 15.24 19 Colchon Relax - Fuenlabrada 19.23 20 Alessio 25.11 21 Saeco - Longoni Sport 26.56 22 Saunier Duval - Vini Caldirola 29.04
