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58th Vuelta a España - Spain, September 6-28, 2003
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Stage 3 - Monday, September 8: Cangas de Onis - Santander, 154.3km
Petacchi makes history in the rain
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By Hernán Alvarez Macías
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Italian Alessandro Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo) made history today by winning the third 154.3 km stage of the Vuelta España 2003 between Cangas de Onís and Santander. Petacchi won a wet and dangerous bunch sprint in a time of 3 hours, 24 minutes and 13 seconds, beating Erik Zabel (Telekom) and Tom Boonen (Quick.Step) across the line. Petacchi has now achieved 11 stage victories in the three Grand Tours (six in the Giro, four in the Tour and one in the Vuelta) this year, making him the most successful of three riders who have won stages in all three grand tours in a single year, the other two being Miguel Poblet and Pierino Baffi.
Petacchi defeated his German rival Erik Zabel with ease, showing his excellent condition and that he is probably the best sprinter in the world at the moment. The Italian told the media post-stage that, "It was a very good for me because of getting the record. It was a very difficult day, the roads were very dangerous and we tried to avoid falls. I almost crashed on the last corner, however I had a good sprint".
About the Vuelta, Petacchi said "This year's race is very hard. Next weekend will be very tough in the Pyrenees. I must say I have a very good team that supported me today and helped so much in obtaining the victory."
The golden leader's jersey remained in the possession of Joaquín Rodríguez (ONCE-Eroski). However he didn't seem particularly charmed with his "maillot oro" as he commented to Spanish TV, "There was an order from our director [Manolo Saíz] that we must leave Isidro Nozal up front to get the leader's jersey, but we couldn't. Nozal fell back in the peloton in the final meters and I couldn't help keep my momentum. I didn't like it that Isidro isn't the first in the general classification right now. My moment of glory was yesterday, not today."
Oscar Sevilla (Kelme) was one of the victims of the rain and the wet roads. He fell in the last two km, but without any consequences. For the rest of the candidates for the final victory, the day wasn't bad as they didn't lose time to the leader.
How it unfolded
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The rain was a key factor in the development of today's stage, falling for most of the ride. At the start of the stage, Angel Vicioso (ONCE-Eroski), Unai Etxebarria (Euskaltel-Euskadi), Constantino Zaballa (Kelme-Costa Blanca) and Beat Zberg (Rabobank) established a breakaway. After the Alto de la Rebollada (km 19) they had a good lead, and the difference to the peloton kept growing up to 3'11 with 90 km to go to Santander.
At the second intermediate sprint in San Vicente de la Barquera (km 74.6) the gap between the front riders and the peloton was 3'18. But Fassa Bortolo took to the front and increased the tempo, preparing for Alessandro Petacchi's sprint. At km 102 the gap was 2'42, and the break's chances were diminishing.
The peloton finally had caught the four riders with 25 km to go, after Fassa Bortolo rode a strong tempo. Spanish rider David De la Fuente (Saunier Duval) tried to escape with 14 km to go, but his attempt was easily negated by the peloton. In the sprint, Fassa's teamwork was rewarded as Petacchi comfortably crossed the line in front of Zabel and Boonen.
David Plaza abandons, Evans breaks collarbone
David Plaza (Bianchi) left the Vuelta today due to a mouth infection he had since the first day. Australian Cadel Evans (Telekom) crashed at the 84 kilometre mark, falling on his shoulder, but continuing on to finish the stage. He was taken to hospital afterwards for x-rays, and his Telekom team confirmed that he had broken his left collarbone. It's the third such break this year for the unlucky Evans. Another rider who is no longer on the race is Italian Nicola Gavazzi (Saeco), as he didn't take the start.
Stage 4 - September 9: Santander-Burgos, 151 km
The fourth stage is a 151 km ride between Santander and Burgos. There are two climbs in it: Puerto del Escudo (1st category, 1,011 m) and Puerto de Carrales (3rd category, 1,020 m). The flat finish is in the city of Burgos. There are three intermediate sprints in Vargas, Cilleruelo de Bezana and Quintanaortuño. Another day for the sprinters to show their abilities in a flat finish. Maybe it's Petacchi time again, or maybe Zabel will get his revenge.
Photography
Images by Unipublic
- Santi Blanco (Relax) at the start, with injured cheek
- Richard Virenque (Quick.Step) looks enthused at the prospect of racing 154 km in the rain
- ONCE does its job while the others follow
- A brief moment of sun for the riders
- Alesandro Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo) beat Erik Zabel (Telekom, L) and Tom Boonen (Quick.Step, R) to win stage 3
Images by AFP Photo
- Roberto Heras (USPS) relishing the conditions of stage 3
- David Millar (Cofidis) looking about as comfortable as the rest of the bunch
- Oscar Sevilla (C) chats to a teammate during stage 3
- Richard Virenque (Quick.Step) looking very enthusiastic now
- The peloton flying along in the rain during stage 3
- Alesandro Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo) nestled in the comfort of the Fassa Bortolo lead out train
- Alesandro Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo) had time to check. "Yep, I've won."
- Alesandro Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo) holds his arms up after winning
- Alesandro Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo) on the podium after winning stage 3
Results
1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3.24.13 (45.33 km/h) 2 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Telekom 3 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 4 Julian Dean (NZl) Team CSC 5 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 6 Angel Edo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 7 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre 8 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems 9 Francisco Gutierrez (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 10 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 11 Iñaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 12 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 13 Angel Vicioso (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 14 Gianpaolo Mondini (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 15 Simone Masciarelli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 16 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal-Berry Floor 17 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 18 Isidro Nozal (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 19 Michael Barry (Can) US Postal-Berry Floor 20 Guido Trenti (USA) Fassa Bortolo 21 Unai Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 22 Patrick Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step-Davitamon 23 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) iBanesto.com 24 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 25 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 26 Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 27 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 28 Mikel Pradera (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 29 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 30 Aitor Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 31 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon 32 Francisco Cerezo (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 33 Pablo Lastras (Spa) iBanesto.com 34 Benjamín Noval (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 35 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 36 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 37 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 38 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 39 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 40 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 41 Marcos Serrano (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 42 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 43 José Azevedo (Por) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 44 Mario Aerts (Bel) Team Telekom 45 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 46 Klaus Möller (Den) Milaneza-MSS 47 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 48 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 49 Joan Horrach (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 50 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 51 Gustavo Otero (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 52 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 53 Carlos Golbano (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 54 Kyryl Pospyeyev (Ukr) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 55 Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 56 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Lampre 57 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Lampre 58 Félix Garcia Casas (Spa) Team Bianchi 59 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 60 Thorsten Rund (Ger) Team Bianchi 61 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 62 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 63 David Lopez (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 64 Peter Farazjin (Bel) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 65 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 66 Miguel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 67 Angelo Lopeboselli (Ita) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 68 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 69 Angel Casero (Spa) Team Bianchi 70 Gorka Gerrikagoitia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 71 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 72 Txema Del Olmo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 73 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 74 José Jufre (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 75 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC 76 Christian Werner (Ger) Team Telekom 77 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal-Berry Floor 78 Thomas Bruun (Den) Team CSC 79 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal-Berry Floor 80 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 81 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) iBanesto.com 82 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 83 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 84 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 85 Gonçalo Amorim (Por) Milaneza-MSS 86 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 87 Rafael Casero (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 88 David Latasa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 89 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) iBanesto.com 90 Pedro Cardoso (Por) Milaneza-MSS 91 Jaime Hernandez (Spa) Team Bianchi 92 Stefano Casagranda (Ita) Alessio 93 Francisco Vila (Spa) Lampre 94 Steffan Wesemann (Ger) Team Telekom 95 David Navas (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 96 Germán Nieto (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 97 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Team Saeco 98 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Team Telekom 99 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 100 Jan Hruska (Cze) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 101 Renato Silva (Por) Milaneza-MSS 102 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio 103 Raphael Schweda (Ger) Team Bianchi 104 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 105 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC 106 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Fassa Bortolo 107 Denis Lunghi (Ita) Alessio 108 Aitor Garmendia (Spa) Team Bianchi 109 Felix Cardenas (Col) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 110 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 111 Francisco José Lara (Spa) Team Bianchi 112 Domingo Sanchez (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 113 Jesus Maria Manzano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 114 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio 115 Ronald Mutsaars (Ned) Rabobank 116 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 117 Oscar Mason (Ita) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 118 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Milaneza-MSS 119 José Javier Gomez Gozalo (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 120 Alex Zuelle (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 121 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Team Telekom 122 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) iBanesto.com 123 Frank Vandenbroucke (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 124 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 125 Jan Schaffrath (Ger) Team Telekom 126 Gorka Arrizabalaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 127 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 128 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 129 Bekim Christensen (Den) Team CSC 130 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 131 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre 132 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 133 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick.Step-Davitamon 134 David Cañada (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 135 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) iBanesto.com 136 Matthew White (Aus) US Postal-Berry Floor 137 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Lampre 138 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 139 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre 140 Addy Engels (Ned) Rabobank 141 Gianluca Sironi (Ita) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 142 Pietro Zucconi (Swi) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 143 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) iBanesto.com 144 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 145 Paulo Barroso (Por) Milaneza-MSS 146 Cesar Garcia Calvo (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 147 Ivan Herrero (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 1.23 148 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 149 Alberto Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 150 Massimo Apollonio (Ita) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 1.37 151 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 152 Max van Heeswijk (Ned) US Postal-Berry Floor 1.44 153 Alberto Vinale (Ita) Alessio 154 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio 155 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank 2.03 156 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 157 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 158 Andrea Brognara (Ita) Alessio 159 Antonio Bucciero (Ita) Team Saeco 160 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Team Bianchi 2.09 161 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 2.45 162 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Team Saeco 163 Francesco Secchiari (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 3.22 164 Giosue Bonomi (Ita) Team Saeco 3.49 165 Simone Bertoletti (Ita) Lampre 4.20 166 Michael Sandstod (Den) Team CSC 5.04 167 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 168 José Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 169 Igor Pugaci (Mda) Team Saeco 170 Dmitri Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 171 Juan José De Los Angeles (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 172 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Alessio 173 Pedro Diaz Lobato (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 174 Sergio Perez (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 175 Davide Frattini (Ita) Alessio 176 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 177 José Luis Martinez (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 178 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 179 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 180 Bobby Julich (USA) Team Telekom 181 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 182 Cadel Evans (Aus) Team Telekom 183 Santiago Blanco (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 184 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank 185 Gonzalo Bayarri (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 186 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 187 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 188 Beat Zberg (Swi) Rabobank 189 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 190 J.Antonio Pecharroman (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 191 Joaquin Lopez (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 192 José Maestre (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 7.54 193 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Team Saeco 8.06 194 Christian Pepoli (Ita) Team Saeco 8.41 DNF Nicola Gavazzi (Ita) Team Saeco DNF David Plaza (Spa) Team Bianchi 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 Rebolleda - Cat. 3, km 19 1 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 6 pts 2 Felix Cardenas (Col) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 4 3 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 2 4 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) iBanesto.com 1 Alto de la Montaña - Cat. 3, km 116 1 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6 pts 2 Beat Zberg (Swi) Rabobank 4 3 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2 4 Angel Vicioso (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 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 Phonak Hearing Systems 10.12.39 2 Fassa Bortolo 3 Quick Step - Davitamon 4 Once - Eroski 5 Domina Vacanze-Elitron-RDZ 6 US Postal Service Berry Floor 7 IBanesto.com 8 Euskaltel - Euskadi 9 Labarca-2 Cafe Baque 10 Milaneza - MSS 11 Team Telekom 0.15 12 Kelme - Costa Blanca 13 Colchon Relax - Fuenlabrada 14 Lampre 15 Saunier Duval - Vini Caldirola 16 Cofidis, le credit par telephone 17 Paternina - Costa de Almeria 18 Team CSC 0.30 19 Rabobank 20 Team Bianchi 0.44 21 Alessio 0.45 General classification after stage 3 1 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 7.24.00 2 Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 3 Isidro Nozal (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 4 Marcos Serrano (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 5 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 0.10 6 Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 7 Unai Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 0.24 8 Aitor 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 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 14 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 15 David Latasa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 16 Patrick Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step-Davitamon 0.48 17 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.50 18 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 19 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 20 Félix Garcia Casas (Spa) Team Bianchi 1.01 21 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 1.13 22 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 1.18 23 Angel Vicioso (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 1.19 24 José Azevedo (Por) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 25 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.25 26 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal-Berry Floor 27 Klaus Möller (Den) Milaneza-MSS 1.30 28 Joan Horrach (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 29 Txema Del Olmo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 30 Pablo Lastras (Spa) iBanesto.com 1.39 31 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) iBanesto.com 32 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 2.07 33 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick.Step-Davitamon 34 Gorka Gerrikagoitia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.09 35 Alberto Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 36 Peter Farazjin (Bel) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 2.15 37 Francisco Vila (Spa) Lampre 2.18 38 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre 39 Angel Casero (Spa) Team Bianchi 2.20 40 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.23 41 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 42 Benjamín Noval (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 2.30 43 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 2.39 44 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 2.44 45 Christian Werner (Ger) Team Telekom 2.45 46 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC 2.46 47 Felix Cardenas (Col) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 3.00 48 Miguel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 3.01 49 Kyryl Pospyeyev (Ukr) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 50 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 51 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 52 Jan Hruska (Cze) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 3.58 53 Michael Barry (Can) US Postal-Berry Floor 4.08 54 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal-Berry Floor 55 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal-Berry Floor 56 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 4.15 57 Francisco Cerezo (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 4.19 58 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Team Saeco 4.24 59 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 4.29 60 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Lampre 4.44 61 Frank Vandenbroucke (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 4.46 62 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 4.50 63 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 5.01 64 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 65 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 66 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 5.02 67 Francisco José Lara (Spa) Team Bianchi 5.06 68 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Lampre 5.08 69 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 5.09 70 Rafael Casero (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 5.18 71 Domingo Sanchez (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 72 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 73 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Telekom 5.24 74 Carlos Golbano (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 5.25 75 Gonçalo Amorim (Por) Milaneza-MSS 5.28 76 Renato Silva (Por) Milaneza-MSS 77 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Team Telekom 5.31 78 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio 79 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC 5.32 80 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 81 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Milaneza-MSS 5.35 82 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 6.09 83 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 6.35 84 José Javier Gomez Gozalo (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 6.41 85 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre 6.48 86 Addy Engels (Ned) Rabobank 7.03 87 Gustavo Otero (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 7.05 88 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Team Bianchi 7.08 89 José Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 90 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 7.12 91 Mario Aerts (Bel) Team Telekom 7.13 92 Pedro Cardoso (Por) Milaneza-MSS 7.15 93 Paulo Barroso (Por) Milaneza-MSS 94 Angelo Lopeboselli (Ita) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 8.44 95 Andrea Brognara (Ita) Alessio 9.11 96 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 9.41 97 Jesus Maria Manzano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 9.47 98 Oscar Mason (Ita) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 9.52 99 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 9.54 100 José Jufre (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 10.18 101 Joaquin Lopez (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 10.22 102 Cadel Evans (Aus) Team Telekom 10.35 103 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) iBanesto.com 11.24 104 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) iBanesto.com 105 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 11.45 106 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon 11.48 107 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 108 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 109 Thorsten Rund (Ger) Team Bianchi 12.01 110 Jaime Hernandez (Spa) Team Bianchi 111 Raphael Schweda (Ger) Team Bianchi 112 Aitor Garmendia (Spa) Team Bianchi 113 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre 12.03 114 Alex Zuelle (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 12.04 115 Angel Edo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 12.30 116 Simone Masciarelli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 13.04 117 Matthew White (Aus) US Postal-Berry Floor 13.05 118 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) iBanesto.com 13.08 119 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 13.27 120 David Cañada (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 13.32 121 Iñaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 13.34 122 Gorka Arrizabalaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 123 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 13.43 124 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems 13.48 125 Cesar Garcia Calvo (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 14.00 126 Gianpaolo Mondini (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 14.01 127 Ronald Mutsaars (Ned) Rabobank 14.02 128 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 14.09 129 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Fassa Bortolo 130 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 131 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio 14.10 132 Denis Lunghi (Ita) Alessio 133 Bekim Christensen (Den) Team CSC 14.11 134 Steffan Wesemann (Ger) Team Telekom 14.12 135 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Team Telekom 14.16 136 Bobby Julich (USA) Team Telekom 14.18 137 Julian Dean (NZl) Team CSC 14.21 138 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank 139 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Team Saeco 14.23 140 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 14.34 141 Max van Heeswijk (Ned) US Postal-Berry Floor 14.38 142 Gianluca Sironi (Ita) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 14.48 143 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 144 Pietro Zucconi (Swi) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 15.07 145 David Navas (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 15.14 146 Mikel Pradera (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 15.30 147 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 148 José Luis Martinez (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 15.34 149 Francisco Gutierrez (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 15.44 150 David Lopez (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 151 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 15.45 152 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 153 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 16.05 154 Simone Bertoletti (Ita) Lampre 16.23 155 Giosue Bonomi (Ita) Team Saeco 16.28 156 Sergio Perez (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 16.29 157 Alberto Vinale (Ita) Alessio 16.33 158 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 16.54 159 Ivan Herrero (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 17.07 160 Beat Zberg (Swi) Rabobank 17.22 161 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 17.37 162 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Lampre 17.51 163 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 17.52 164 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 18.09 165 Stefano Casagranda (Ita) Alessio 18.14 166 Juan José De Los Angeles (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 18.21 167 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 18.34 168 Thomas Bruun (Den) Team CSC 18.49 169 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 18.52 170 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank 19.06 171 Pedro Diaz Lobato (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 19.08 172 Massimo Apollonio (Ita) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 19.10 173 Guido Trenti (USA) Fassa Bortolo 19.11 174 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Alessio 19.14 175 Davide Frattini (Ita) Alessio 176 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 19.52 177 Igor Pugaci (Mda) Team Saeco 19.54 178 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio 19.58 179 Antonio Bucciero (Ita) Team Saeco 20.30 180 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Team Saeco 20.45 181 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 21.20 182 Dmitri Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 22.48 183 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 184 Francesco Secchiari (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 23.11 185 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 23.17 186 Michael Sandstod (Den) Team CSC 23.19 187 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 23.23 188 Germán Nieto (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 23.25 189 J.Antonio Pecharroman (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 23.56 190 Gonzalo Bayarri (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 24.51 191 Jan Schaffrath (Ger) Team Telekom 25.10 192 Christian Pepoli (Ita) Team Saeco 26.51 193 Santiago Blanco (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 28.29 194 José Maestre (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 32.20 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 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 25 5 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 20 6 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Telekom 20 7 Angel Vicioso (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 17 8 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 16 9 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 16 10 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 16 11 Jan Hruska (Cze) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 16 12 Miguel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 14 13 Julian Dean (NZl) Team CSC 14 14 Isidro Nozal (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 12 15 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 12 16 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10 17 José Azevedo (Por) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 10 18 Angel Edo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 10 19 Marcos Serrano (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 9 20 Patrick Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step-Davitamon 9 21 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre 9 22 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Team Saeco 8 23 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 8 24 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems 8 25 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 7 26 Max van Heeswijk (Ned) US Postal-Berry Floor 7 27 Francisco Gutierrez (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 7 28 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 6 29 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6 30 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 6 31 Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 5 32 Iñaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5 33 José Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 4 34 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 4 35 Beat Zberg (Swi) Rabobank 4 36 Joan Horrach (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 4 37 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 4 38 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal-Berry Floor 4 39 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal-Berry Floor 3 40 Klaus Möller (Den) Milaneza-MSS 3 41 Cesar Garcia Calvo (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 3 42 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 2 43 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 44 Aitor Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 2 45 Michael Barry (Can) US Postal-Berry Floor 2 46 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal-Berry Floor 2 47 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Lampre 2 48 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 49 Gianpaolo Mondini (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 2 50 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1 51 Christian Pepoli (Ita) Team Saeco 1 52 Kyryl Pospyeyev (Ukr) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 1 53 Simone Masciarelli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 1 Mountains classification 1 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 22 pts 2 Felix Cardenas (Col) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 12 3 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 12 4 Cesar Garcia Calvo (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 10 5 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10 6 Isidro Nozal (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 10 7 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 8 8 Christian Pepoli (Ita) Team Saeco 7 9 Joan Horrach (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 6 10 Jan Hruska (Cze) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 6 11 Aitor Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 6 12 Mikel Pradera (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 4 13 Beat Zberg (Swi) Rabobank 4 14 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 4 15 Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 3 16 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) iBanesto.com 3 17 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 3 18 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 2 19 Marcos Serrano (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 2 20 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 2 21 Joaquin Lopez (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 2 22 Angel Vicioso (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 1 23 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) iBanesto.com 1 24 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 1 25 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 1 Combination classification 1 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 15 pts 2 Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 19 3 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 20 4 Isidro Nozal (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 23 5 Marcos Serrano (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 42 6 Angel Vicioso (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 48 7 Aitor Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 63 8 Jan Hruska (Cze) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 64 9 Joan Horrach (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 67 10 Cesar Garcia Calvo (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 137 11 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 139 Teams classification 1 Once - Eroski 22.12.00 2 IBanesto.com 1.12 3 US Postal Service Berry Floor 1.45 4 Euskaltel - Euskadi 2.30 5 Kelme - Costa Blanca 6 Milaneza - MSS 4.30 7 Quick Step - Davitamon 5.02 8 Cofidis, le credit par telephone 8.13 9 Domina Vacanze-Elitron-RDZ 9.03 10 Team Bianchi 9.04 11 Lampre 9.35 12 Phonak Hearing Systems 9.48 13 Team CSC 10.01 14 Fassa Bortolo 13.22 15 Paternina - Costa de Almeria 13.30 16 Team Telekom 13.55 17 Labarca-2 Cafe Baque 14.00 18 Rabobank 15.54 19 Colchon Relax - Fuenlabrada 19.38 20 Alessio 25.57 21 Saunier Duval - Vini Caldirola 29.20
