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58th Vuelta a España - Spain, September 6-28, 2003
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Stage 6 - Thursday, September 11: Zaragoza - Zaragoza, 43.8km ITT
Nozal surprises and extends lead
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By Hernán Alvarez Macías
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Isidro Nozal (ONCE-Eroski) won the sixth stage individual time trial in the streets and surroundings of Zaragoza in a time of 53'34 (49.06 km/h), extending his advantage in the general classification to 2'27 over teammate Igor González de Galdeano. Early leader David Millar (Cofidis) was second (1'20 slower than Nozal) and Jan Hruska (ONCE-Eroski) finished third at 1'26 behind. ONCE's nominal team leader Igor González de Galdeano was fourth at 1'36, while defending champion Aitor González (Fassa Bortolo) was fifth at 1'41.
"El Guri" (Nozal's nickname) rode an amazing tempo during the stage, prevailing against the strong winds and beating all his competitors to become the surprise of this Vuelta a España. The ONCE rider said post-stage, "I thought I could do a good time trial, but I've never thought I could win. I really surprised myself. Our team has many days to obtain the final victory in this Vuelta".
Many think now he is a real chance for the final triumph, but it's not his plan. "I work for my team," he said. "We will win the Vuelta and I will fight hard to help Igor win the race."
Mixed performances from Sevilla, Heras and Casero
Oscar Sevilla is still having problems. The Kelme rider suffered to make a good stage, but it wasn't good enough, losing 7'25 to the current leader in the overall. Kelme-Costa Blanca's Vicente Belda gave his opinion about Kelme's number 1: "He told me he is not 100 percent good physically. He won't abandon the race, but it's clear it's very likely that he won't have time to recover and fight for the first places. He now has a problem in the adductor and in this condition is almost impossible to succeed."
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Roberto Heras (US Postal-Berry Floor) needed not to lose too much time against the specialists and he is now 4'35 behind Nozal in the general classification. He will have six chances to win with the six uphill finishes. "We'll see how my rivals work out in the climbs," said Heras. "We must be prudent, we'll go little by little. I'm not disappointed with my performance today".
Finally Angel Casero (Team Bianchi) didn't seem to feel comfortable, especially in the first half of the time trial, and didn't ride a good race even though he is a specialist against the clock. His finishing time was 55'59, 2'25 slower than Nozal.
How it unfolded
At 12.51pm David Millar started, one of the first riders out of the starting house. His eventually time of 54'54 was the best for most of the stage as he demonstrated that he is one of the best in the world at this discipline. His finishing time was the key reference for the whole stage. The minutes passed and nobody was able to establish a better time than the Cofidis rider. Until the ONCE men appeared.
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Igor González de Galdeano confirmed his excellent form, passing the first check point (10 km) in first place with 14'12. It seemed Igor was going to recover the "maillot oro". However, Nozal was the last one to ride and nothing is over until the leader rides.
"El Guri" is not a small rider. His powerful build helped him fly over Zaragoza. He was the bets at the first check point (km 10) with 14'04, 8 seconds faster than Igor. He was riding an amazing tempo as he established the best time in the second check with 28'02 (0'45 faster than Millar and 1'01 faster than Igor). Nozal continued to build his advantage, finishing 1'20 ahead of Millar after a great ride.
Overall it was a glorious day for ONCE-Eroski, as the team had three of the top five riders with Nozal, Hruska and González de Galdeano. Like in the first stage, the yellow men showed themselves to be when fighting against the clock.
Aitor González, another outstanding rider against the clock performed very well and he is still in the fight for the top positions finishing fifth. As did Manuel Beltran (USPS) who ended as sixth and is now better placed on GC than his teammate Heras at 2'42 behind the leader.
Stage 7 - September 12: Huesca-Cauterets (France), 190 km
The seventh stage is the first real mountain stage of this edition as the Vuelta heads to the Pyrenees. There are four tough climbs in it: the Cat. 2 Alto de Monrepós (1,280 m), Cat. 2 Alto del Portalet (1,790 m), Special category Col d'Aubisque (1,700 m) and the Cat. 1 uphill finish in Cauterets-Cam Basque (1,350 m). There are also three intermediate sprints in Escarrilla, Pierrefitte-Nestalas and Cauterets.
This stage is the first opportunity for the climbers to start setting the pace in the peloton. Maybe it will be the chance for Roberto Heras to begin his assault on the lead. Or maybe another specialist in the mountains is able to get a gap and win. Here begins the main and decisive part of the race. After the Pyrenees, many favourites will probably fall by the wayside in the running for the golden jersey.
Photography
Images by AFP Photo
- Isidro Nozal (ONCE) shows the form that won him the time trial
- Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (ONCE) in action during the TT, where he finished 4th
- Oscar Sevilla (Kelme) suffered today to finish 63rd
- Stage winner and gold jersey wearer Isidro Nozal (ONCE) smiles on the podium
Images by AFP Photo
- Isidro Nozal (ONCE) shows the effort of his ride
- David Millar (Cofidis) was the early leader, but he had no answer for Nozal
- Aitor Gonzalez (Fassa Bortolo) did well to finish fifth today
- Manuel Beltran (USPS-Berry Floor) rode very well for 6th, to move into 3rd overall
- Roberto Heras (USPS-Berry Floor) had a solid ride to move up to 5th overall
- Klaus Moller (Milaneza) rode respectably to finish seventh and move up in GC
- Angel Casero (Bianchi) flying along to an eventual 11th place
- Alex Zulle (Phonak) rides in the Stage 6 time trial of the Vuelta, where he finished 13th
- Carlos Sastre (CSC) powers along during the time trial
Results
1 Isidro Nozal (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 53.34 (49.06 km/h) 2 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.20 3 Jan Hruska (Cze) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 1.26 4 Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 1.37 5 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 1.41 6 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 1.42 7 Klaus Möller (Den) Milaneza-MSS 1.56 8 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.57 9 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2.21 10 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 2.23 11 Angel Casero (Spa) Team Bianchi 2.25 12 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 3.01 13 Alex Zuelle (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 14 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 3.16 15 Bobby Julich (USA) Team Telekom 3.18 16 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Lampre 3.25 17 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 3.26 18 Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 3.35 19 Michael Barry (Can) US Postal-Berry Floor 3.46 20 Alberto Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.48 21 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) iBanesto.com 22 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 23 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Team Telekom 3.56 24 Marcos Serrano (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 3.59 25 Gorka Arrizabalaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.03 26 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 4.13 27 José Azevedo (Por) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 4.16 28 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) iBanesto.com 4.23 29 José Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 4.29 30 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal-Berry Floor 4.33 31 Aitor Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 4.41 32 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 33 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 4.42 34 Félix Garcia Casas (Spa) Team Bianchi 4.43 35 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 4.44 36 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 37 David Cañada (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 38 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 4.45 39 Rafael Casero (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 4.48 40 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 4.49 41 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank 4.50 42 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 4.51 43 Benjamín Noval (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 4.54 44 Steffan Wesemann (Ger) Team Telekom 4.55 45 Unai Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 4.56 46 Michael Sandstod (Den) Team CSC 5.02 47 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 48 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) iBanesto.com 5.03 49 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio 5.06 50 Mikel Pradera (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 5.07 51 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC 5.22 52 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Team Telekom 53 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 5.23 54 Jesus Maria Manzano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 5.26 55 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal-Berry Floor 5.27 56 Kyryl Pospyeyev (Ukr) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 57 Bekim Christensen (Den) Team CSC 5.28 58 Felix Cardenas (Col) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 5.32 59 Raphael Schweda (Ger) Team Bianchi 5.33 60 Patrick Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step-Davitamon 5.36 61 Denis Lunghi (Ita) Alessio 5.37 62 Ronald Mutsaars (Ned) Rabobank 5.47 63 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 5.51 64 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems 5.52 65 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 66 Francisco Vila (Spa) Lampre 5.54 67 Renato Silva (Por) Milaneza-MSS 68 David Latasa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 69 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Lampre 70 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre 5.56 71 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 5.57 72 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6.00 73 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal-Berry Floor 6.03 74 Pablo Lastras (Spa) iBanesto.com 6.04 75 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 6.06 76 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 77 Dmitri Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 6.07 78 Angel Vicioso (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 79 David Navas (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 6.08 80 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 6.09 81 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) iBanesto.com 6.10 82 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6.11 83 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Team Saeco 84 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Team Saeco 85 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 6.12 86 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 6.13 87 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 6.18 88 Gianluca Sironi (Ita) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 6.19 89 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6.20 90 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio 6.21 91 Cesar Garcia Calvo (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 6.24 92 Joan Horrach (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 6.28 93 Christian Werner (Ger) Team Telekom 6.29 94 Germán Nieto (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 95 Thorsten Rund (Ger) Team Bianchi 6.30 96 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Alessio 6.33 97 Francesco Secchiari (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 98 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre 6.34 99 Pedro Cardoso (Por) Milaneza-MSS 100 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 6.36 101 Gianpaolo Mondini (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 102 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 6.39 103 Max van Heeswijk (Ned) US Postal-Berry Floor 6.40 104 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre 105 Juan José De Los Angeles (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 6.41 106 José Jufre (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 6.42 107 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 6.45 108 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Milaneza-MSS 109 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon 6.48 110 Angelo Lopeboselli (Ita) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 6.49 111 Pedro Diaz Lobato (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 112 José Luis Martinez (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 113 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Telekom 6.51 114 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Team Bianchi 6.57 115 Domingo Sanchez (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 6.58 116 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 7.00 117 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 118 Mario Aerts (Bel) Team Telekom 7.01 119 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 120 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 7.03 121 Paulo Barroso (Por) Milaneza-MSS 7.08 122 Iñaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 123 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Fassa Bortolo 7.09 124 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 7.10 125 Simone Bertoletti (Ita) Lampre 7.12 126 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 7.14 127 Ivan Herrero (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 7.16 128 Frank Vandenbroucke (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 7.18 129 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 7.27 130 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC 7.32 131 Jaime Hernandez (Spa) Team Bianchi 7.34 132 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 7.40 133 Massimo Apollonio (Ita) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 7.42 134 Addy Engels (Ned) Rabobank 7.43 135 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) iBanesto.com 7.44 136 Alberto Vinale (Ita) Alessio 7.46 137 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank 138 Thomas Bruun (Den) Team CSC 139 Txema Del Olmo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 140 Aitor Garmendia (Spa) Team Bianchi 7.47 141 Matthew White (Aus) US Postal-Berry Floor 7.50 142 Gonzalo Bayarri (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 7.53 143 Guido Trenti (USA) Fassa Bortolo 7.54 144 Sergio Perez (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 145 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 7.57 146 Peter Farazjin (Bel) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 7.58 147 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Team Saeco 8.01 148 Stefano Casagranda (Ita) Alessio 8.04 149 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 8.06 150 Simone Masciarelli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 8.07 151 Antonio Bucciero (Ita) Team Saeco 8.08 152 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 8.10 153 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 8.11 154 Angel Edo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 8.14 155 Carlos Golbano (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 156 Julian Dean (NZl) Team CSC 8.16 157 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 158 David Lopez (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 8.27 159 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 8.28 160 Miguel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 161 Beat Zberg (Swi) Rabobank 8.31 162 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 8.36 163 Francisco José Lara (Spa) Team Bianchi 8.38 164 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 8.39 165 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick.Step-Davitamon 8.43 166 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 8.50 167 Davide Frattini (Ita) Alessio 8.54 168 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 8.59 169 Gonçalo Amorim (Por) Milaneza-MSS 9.07 170 Francisco Cerezo (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 9.12 171 Francisco Gutierrez (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 172 Igor Pugaci (Mda) Team Saeco 9.13 173 Andrea Brognara (Ita) Alessio 9.16 174 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) iBanesto.com 9.18 175 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 9.19 176 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio 9.20 177 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 9.21 178 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 9.42 179 Gorka Gerrikagoitia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 9.47 180 Pietro Zucconi (Swi) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 9.51 181 Christian Pepoli (Ita) Team Saeco 10.10 182 Gustavo Otero (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 10.14 183 José Javier Gomez Gozalo (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 10.16 184 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 10.23 185 Joaquin Lopez (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 10.36 186 Santiago Blanco (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 10.57 187 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 11.22 188 José Maestre (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 14.33 DNS Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Lampre Points 1 Isidro Nozal (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 25 pts 2 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 20 3 Jan Hruska (Cze) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 16 4 Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 14 5 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 12 6 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 10 7 Klaus Möller (Den) Milaneza-MSS 9 8 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 8 9 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 7 10 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 6 11 Angel Casero (Spa) Team Bianchi 5 12 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 4 13 Alex Zuelle (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 3 14 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 2 15 Bobby Julich (USA) Team Telekom 1 Teams 1 Once - Eroski 2.43.45 2 US Postal Service Berry Floor 6.00 3 Cofidis, le credit par telephone 6.24 4 Phonak Hearing Systems 6.40 5 Fassa Bortolo 7.40 6 Domina Vacanze-Elitron-RDZ 8.03 7 Team Telekom 9.06 8 Euskaltel - Euskadi 9.32 9 Team Bianchi 9.38 10 IBanesto.com 9.49 11 Kelme - Costa Blanca 10.40 12 Milaneza - MSS 11.15 13 Paternina - Costa de Almeria 11.35 14 Quick Step - Davitamon 11.53 15 Team CSC 12.05 16 Lampre 12.10 17 Rabobank 12.36 18 Alessio 14.01 19 Colchon Relax - Fuenlabrada 14.11 20 Labarca-2 Cafe Baque 16.09 21 Saeco - Longoni Sport 17.20 22 Saunier Duval - Vini Caldirola 17.34 General classification after stage 6 1 Isidro Nozal (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 15.04.37 2 Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 2.27 3 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 2.42 4 Klaus Möller (Den) Milaneza-MSS 4.16 5 Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 4.35 6 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 4.36 7 Marcos Serrano (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 4.49 8 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) iBanesto.com 5.02 9 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 5.15 10 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 5.23 11 Angel Casero (Spa) Team Bianchi 5.35 12 Aitor Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 5.55 13 Unai Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 6.10 14 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 6.13 15 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 6.14 16 Jan Hruska (Cze) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 17 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) iBanesto.com 6.17 18 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6.24 19 José Azevedo (Por) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 6.25 20 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 6.30 21 Félix Garcia Casas (Spa) Team Bianchi 6.34 22 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 6.47 23 Alberto Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 24 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal-Berry Floor 6.48 25 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 7.07 26 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 7.08 27 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7.10 28 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 29 Patrick Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step-Davitamon 7.14 30 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 7.26 31 David Latasa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 7.29 32 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7.51 33 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 7.56 34 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 8.04 35 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 8.14 36 Benjamín Noval (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 37 Angel Vicioso (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 8.16 38 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 8.20 39 Felix Cardenas (Col) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 8.32 40 Pablo Lastras (Spa) iBanesto.com 8.33 41 Michael Barry (Can) US Postal-Berry Floor 8.44 42 Joan Horrach (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 8.48 43 Francisco Vila (Spa) Lampre 9.02 44 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 9.17 45 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 9.18 46 Kyryl Pospyeyev (Ukr) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 47 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre 9.42 48 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 9.58 49 Christian Werner (Ger) Team Telekom 10.04 50 Txema Del Olmo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 10.06 51 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) iBanesto.com 10.13 52 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal-Berry Floor 10.25 53 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 10.33 54 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 10.35 55 Rafael Casero (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 10.56 56 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal-Berry Floor 11.01 57 Peter Farazjin (Bel) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 11.03 58 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio 11.27 59 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Lampre 11.28 60 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 11.31 61 José Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 11.37 62 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC 11.44 63 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Team Saeco 11.50 64 Renato Silva (Por) Milaneza-MSS 12.12 65 Gorka Gerrikagoitia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 12.46 66 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 12.50 67 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Telekom 13.05 68 Domingo Sanchez (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 13.06 69 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 13.23 70 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre 14.18 71 Francisco Cerezo (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 14.21 72 Carlos Golbano (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 14.29 73 Pedro Cardoso (Por) Milaneza-MSS 14.39 74 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 14.59 75 Mario Aerts (Bel) Team Telekom 15.04 76 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 15.05 77 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 16.01 78 Angelo Lopeboselli (Ita) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 16.23 79 Addy Engels (Ned) Rabobank 16.30 80 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) iBanesto.com 16.37 81 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 16.44 82 Alex Zuelle (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 16.49 83 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 17.27 84 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC 17.33 85 José Jufre (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 17.50 86 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 17.58 87 Raphael Schweda (Ger) Team Bianchi 18.24 88 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) iBanesto.com 89 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick.Step-Davitamon 18.25 90 Bobby Julich (USA) Team Telekom 18.26 91 Gorka Arrizabalaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 18.27 92 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 18.43 93 Miguel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 18.44 94 Thorsten Rund (Ger) Team Bianchi 19.21 95 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon 19.26 96 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 19.30 97 Jaime Hernandez (Spa) Team Bianchi 20.25 98 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Team Telekom 20.27 99 Bekim Christensen (Den) Team CSC 20.29 100 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems 20.30 101 Steffan Wesemann (Ger) Team Telekom 20.51 102 Francisco José Lara (Spa) Team Bianchi 20.59 103 Denis Lunghi (Ita) Alessio 21.11 104 Cesar Garcia Calvo (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 21.14 105 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Team Telekom 21.22 106 Gianpaolo Mondini (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 21.27 107 Mikel Pradera (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 108 Iñaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 21.32 109 Angel Edo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 110 Aitor Garmendia (Spa) Team Bianchi 111 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Team Bianchi 21.40 112 Gonçalo Amorim (Por) Milaneza-MSS 21.50 113 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 21.57 114 Simone Masciarelli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 22.01 115 Max van Heeswijk (Ned) US Postal-Berry Floor 22.08 116 David Navas (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 22.12 117 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 22.26 118 Jesus Maria Manzano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 22.28 119 Paulo Barroso (Por) Milaneza-MSS 22.32 120 Matthew White (Aus) US Postal-Berry Floor 22.39 121 Frank Vandenbroucke (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 22.47 122 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank 22.57 123 Julian Dean (NZl) Team CSC 23.27 124 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Fassa Bortolo 23.30 125 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 23.46 126 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 23.50 127 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) iBanesto.com 24.10 128 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio 24.20 129 David Cañada (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 24.33 130 Gustavo Otero (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 24.34 131 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Milaneza-MSS 24.40 132 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 24.43 133 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 24.56 134 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 25.02 135 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 25.12 136 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 137 Ivan Herrero (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 25.13 138 Francisco Gutierrez (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 25.46 139 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre 25.51 140 Andrea Brognara (Ita) Alessio 26.19 141 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 26.22 142 Gianluca Sironi (Ita) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 27.20 143 Guido Trenti (USA) Fassa Bortolo 27.55 144 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 28.00 145 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 28.09 146 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 28.46 147 Germán Nieto (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 30.44 148 David Lopez (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 31.26 149 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Team Saeco 31.27 150 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 31.32 151 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 31.48 152 Beat Zberg (Swi) Rabobank 32.10 153 Alberto Vinale (Ita) Alessio 32.11 154 Ronald Mutsaars (Ned) Rabobank 32.31 155 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Alessio 32.34 156 Pietro Zucconi (Swi) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 32.50 157 José Javier Gomez Gozalo (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 33.07 158 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 33.35 159 José Luis Martinez (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 34.00 160 Stefano Casagranda (Ita) Alessio 34.10 161 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio 34.11 162 Thomas Bruun (Den) Team CSC 34.27 163 Simone Bertoletti (Ita) Lampre 34.35 164 Massimo Apollonio (Ita) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 35.07 165 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 35.31 166 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank 35.33 167 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 35.48 168 Michael Sandstod (Den) Team CSC 36.13 169 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 36.29 170 Antonio Bucciero (Ita) Team Saeco 36.30 171 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Team Saeco 36.38 172 Dmitri Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 36.47 173 Joaquin Lopez (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 37.08 174 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Lampre 37.26 175 Pedro Diaz Lobato (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 37.44 176 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 38.24 177 Juan José De Los Angeles (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 39.19 178 Sergio Perez (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 42.08 179 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 42.30 180 Igor Pugaci (Mda) Team Saeco 43.24 181 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 44.15 182 Francesco Secchiari (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 45.50 183 Davide Frattini (Ita) Alessio 45.53 184 Gonzalo Bayarri (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 47.01 185 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 49.50 186 Santiago Blanco (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 55.36 187 Christian Pepoli (Ita) Team Saeco 57.34 188 José Maestre (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 1.03.03 Points classification 1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 50 pts 2 Isidro Nozal (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 47 3 Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 44 4 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Telekom 42 5 Julian Dean (NZl) Team CSC 37 6 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 36 7 Jan Hruska (Cze) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 32 8 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 32 9 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 31 10 Angel Edo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 30 11 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 28 12 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 23 13 José Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 20 14 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 20 15 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 20 16 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 19 17 Angel Vicioso (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 17 18 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 17 19 Felix Cardenas (Col) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 17 20 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 17 21 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre 17 22 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 16 23 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 14 24 Miguel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 14 25 Klaus Möller (Den) Milaneza-MSS 12 26 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 12 27 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 12 28 Antonio Bucciero (Ita) Team Saeco 12 29 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Team Saeco 11 30 José Azevedo (Por) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 10 31 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank 10 32 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 10 33 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 10 34 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 9 35 Marcos Serrano (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 9 36 Patrick Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step-Davitamon 9 37 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio 9 38 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 8 39 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 8 40 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems 8 41 Max van Heeswijk (Ned) US Postal-Berry Floor 7 42 Francisco Gutierrez (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 7 43 David Navas (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 6 44 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 6 45 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6 46 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 6 47 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 6 48 Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 5 49 Angel Casero (Spa) Team Bianchi 5 50 Iñaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5 51 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Team Bianchi 5 52 Renato Silva (Por) Milaneza-MSS 4 53 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Milaneza-MSS 4 54 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 4 55 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 4 56 Joan Horrach (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 4 57 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 4 58 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal-Berry Floor 4 59 Gianpaolo Mondini (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 4 60 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 4 61 Beat Zberg (Swi) Rabobank 4 62 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal-Berry Floor 3 63 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre 3 64 Alex Zuelle (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 3 65 Cesar Garcia Calvo (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 3 66 Aitor Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 2 67 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 2 68 Michael Barry (Can) US Postal-Berry Floor 2 69 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal-Berry Floor 2 70 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Lampre 2 71 Pedro Cardoso (Por) Milaneza-MSS 2 72 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 73 Kyryl Pospyeyev (Ukr) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 1 74 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio 1 75 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1 76 Bobby Julich (USA) Team Telekom 1 77 Simone Masciarelli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 1 78 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Lampre 1 79 Christian Pepoli (Ita) Team Saeco 1 Mountains classification 1 Felix Cardenas (Col) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 34 pts 2 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 25 3 Isidro Nozal (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 20 4 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Milaneza-MSS 16 5 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 12 6 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) iBanesto.com 11 7 Cesar Garcia Calvo (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 10 8 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10 9 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 8 10 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7 11 Christian Pepoli (Ita) Team Saeco 7 12 Jan Hruska (Cze) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 6 13 Joan Horrach (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 6 14 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Team Saeco 6 15 Aitor Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 6 16 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 4 17 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre 4 18 Mikel Pradera (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 4 19 David Lopez (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 4 20 Beat Zberg (Swi) Rabobank 4 21 Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 3 22 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) iBanesto.com 3 23 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 3 24 Marcos Serrano (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 2 25 Félix Garcia Casas (Spa) Team Bianchi 2 26 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 2 27 David Navas (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 2 28 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 2 29 Joaquin Lopez (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 2 30 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 1 31 Angel Vicioso (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 1 32 Txema Del Olmo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 1 33 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 1 34 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 1 Combination classification 1 Isidro Nozal (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 6 pts 2 Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 26 3 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 27 4 Jan Hruska (Cze) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 35 5 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 41 6 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 43 7 Felix Cardenas (Col) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 59 8 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 60 9 Marcos Serrano (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 66 10 Angel Vicioso (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 85 11 Aitor Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 93 12 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Team Saeco 106 13 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 109 14 Joan Horrach (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 111 15 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 111 16 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre 150 17 Cesar Garcia Calvo (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 176 18 David Navas (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 186 19 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Milaneza-MSS 188 20 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 194 21 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 210 22 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 212 23 Beat Zberg (Swi) Rabobank 233 24 Christian Pepoli (Ita) Team Saeco 277 Teams classification 1 Once - Eroski 45.18.34 2 US Postal Service Berry Floor 8.35 3 Euskaltel - Euskadi 10.28 4 IBanesto.com 11.51 5 Kelme - Costa Blanca 12.55 6 Cofidis, le credit par telephone 15.12 7 Milaneza - MSS 16.33 8 Quick Step - Davitamon 16.55 9 Phonak Hearing Systems 17.18 10 Domina Vacanze-Elitron-RDZ 17.56 11 Team Bianchi 18.48 12 Fassa Bortolo 21.50 13 Lampre 22.20 14 Team CSC 22.26 15 Team Telekom 23.36 16 Paternina - Costa de Almeria 25.40 17 Rabobank 28.50 18 Labarca-2 Cafe Baque 30.09 19 Colchon Relax - Fuenlabrada 33.55 20 Alessio 40.03 21 Saunier Duval - Vini Caldirola 47.29 22 Saeco - Longoni Sport 57.22
