| Vuelta home |
| Photos |
| Start List |
| Stages & results |
| News |
| Features |
| Floyd Landis diary |
| Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano diary |
| Cadel Evans diary |
| Dr Ferrari diary |
| Map |
| 2002 Vuelta |
Recently on Cyclingnews.com |
 Giro finale Photo ©: Bettini |
58th Vuelta a España - Spain, September 6-28, 2003
Stages listing Stage profile Live report Results Previous stage Next stage
Stage 12 - Thursday, September 18: Cuenca - Albacete, 168.8km
Petacchi beats Zabel in another close finish
Aitor González and Frigo lose over a minute
By Hernán Alvarez Macías
 |
Alessandro Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo) has won the 12th stage of the Vuelta España between Cuenca and Albacete, beating his rival Erik Zabel by an inch in a time of 3 hours, 41 minutes and 49 seconds. Fred Rodríguez (Saunier Duval) finished third in the same time. In the general classification, Isidro Nozal (ONCE-Eroski) retained the golden leader's jersey while Aitor González and Dario Frigo (Fassa Bortolo) lost 1'09 in the overall after being caught in the wrong third of the peloton when it split.
Petacchi as well as Zabel got themselves in the front group of 27, and fought it out against each other in the bunch sprint. Petacchi told Spanish TV, "I had a good, big sprint. Zabel was on my wheel, but I could prevail. Yesterday I lost some time in the last climb near Cuenca. I don't know what happened, but I did a good race today".
About his teammates González and Frigo, Petacchi commented, "It wasn't a good day for the team. I hope both are able to have a very good time trial tomorrow and recover time."
Frigo and González were caught in the key split of the peloton some 50 km before the finish. The Italian is now seventh in the overall standings and the Spaniard is tenth. Aitor told Spanish radio post-stage "They caught us unaware, it was a hard stage. I went to the back of the peloton and it was impossible to recover afterwards. We didn't want to explode because tomorrow we need to have a good time trial. We lost time, but we will see how we do tomorrow."
 |
The US Postal-Berry Floor squad was the team that caused the break in the field. Team director Johan Bruyneel was pleased with his men. "The team has been sensational," he said. "They did a good job. We already said we were going to attack if there was a chance and we did. We improved our positions in the overall and we have a larger margin for tomorrow. The time we win today is going to be very useful at the end of the race."
How it unfolded
Four riders broke clear of the peloton very early in the stage: Constantino Zaballa (Kelme-Costa Blanca), Martín Miguel Perdiguero (Domina Vacanze), Pedro Díaz Lobato (Paternina-Costa de Almería) and Paulo Barroso (Milaneza-MSS). They made the break after 3 km and increased their lead as the stage continued. Zaballa was in a breakaway for the third time in this Vuelta, showing that he is a very combative rider.
 |
By kilometre 35, the leaders had extended their advantage to 4'50, while at the first intermediate sprint in Motilla del Palancar (km 63) they led by 5'32. Then the men of Fassa Bortolo, US Postal and ONCE-Eroski rode at a high tempo to catch the break. Little by little they were reducing the gap. At km 105, the gap was cut back to just 1'22. The leaders knew that their efforts weren't going anywhere and the peloton finally caught the front riders with 57.8 km to go to Albacete. For the third time "Tino" Zaballa couldn't reach the finish in front of the peloton.
A few kilometres later two "brave" riders José Luis Martínez (Paternina-Costa de Almería) and Michael Sandstød (Team CSC) dared to attack, but the peloton easily neutralized their small gap. But the strong crosswinds caused problems in the field which split into three big groups as US Postal increased the tempo. Nozal and most of the top 10 were in the front group but Fassa Bortolo's riders Aitor González and Dario Frigo, along with Kelme's Alejandro Valverde, were caught in the second and third part of the peloton.
 |
At the last intermediate sprint in Barrax (30 km to Albacete) the gap between the first group and the second was 33 seconds and as the stage continued, the leaders rode at a strong tempo to prevent the chasers getting back on. With 10 km to the finish the lead of the first fraction was ahead by 46 seconds. Finally, the lead group crossed the finish line with 1'09 over the second group as Petacchi got his wheel in front of Zabel by mere inches.
Stage 13 - September 19: Albacete-Albacete, individual time trial 53.3 km
The thirteenth stage is maybe the most important stage of the race. It's the longest individual time trial since the company Unipublic began organizing the Vuelta in 1979. The route is absolutely flat; there's not a single climb, just two very small hills. This is the key day for Isidro Nozal and his rivals. If the leader repeats the fantastic time trial he had in Saragossa where he defeated everyone, then the race should be over. Aitor González and Frigo must have excellent days in order to limit the lost time they have with the ONCE men. We must add Igor and David Millar to the list of candidates for the triumph tomorrow.
Photography
Images by AFP Photo
- Trees were scarce during stage 12, and some riders were wishing for more shelter from the crosswinds
- The peloton rides across the barren Spanish landscape during stage 12
- US Postal-Berry Floor put the hammer down with 50 km to go to split the race open
- Both Erik Zabel and Oscar Sevilla made the crucial 27 man split
- Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (ONCE) rides next to Roberto Heras (USPS) during stage 12
- Roberto Heras (USPS-Berry Floor) and Isidro Nozal (ONCE) working hard
- Petacchi beats Zabel with his bike throw to win stage 12
Images by Unipublic
- The peloton nervous at the beginning of the stage
- The early break (R to L): Constantino Zaballa, Miguel Martin Perdiguero, Pedro Diaz Lobato and Paulo Barroso
- Dario Frigo (Fassa Bortolo) before the going got tough
- Aitor Gonzalez (Fassa Bortolo) chats to a colleague during the early part of the stage
- Michael Rasmussen (Rabobank) smiles during one of the quieter moments of the stage
- Manuel Beltran (USPS) had a better day today, and didn't miss the split
- Isidro Nozal (ONCE) and Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano ride in the peloton
- The ONCE team up front before the crosswinds hit the peloton
- Isidro Nozal (ONCE) had to work hard to stay in front
- The peloton broke into several echelons in the final 50 km
- Alessandro Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo) narrowly beats Erik Zabel (R) to win stage 12. Aitor Gonzalez (2nd L) found himself in the third group, along with his teamamte Dario Frigo and Kelme's Alejandro Valverde
- Alessandro Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo) can't believe how close that sprint was
- Alessandro Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo) smiles on the podium after his victory in stage 12
Results
1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3.41.49 (45.66 km/h) 2 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Telekom 3 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 4 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio 5 Raphael Schweda (Ger) Team Bianchi 6 Angel Vicioso (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 7 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) iBanesto.com 8 Michael Barry (Can) US Postal-Berry Floor 9 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 10 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 11 Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 12 Isidro Nozal (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 13 Pablo Lastras (Spa) iBanesto.com 14 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 15 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) iBanesto.com 16 Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 17 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 18 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 19 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 20 Thorsten Rund (Ger) Team Bianchi 21 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal-Berry Floor 22 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 23 Mikel Pradera (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 24 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 0.16 25 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal-Berry Floor 0.22 26 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 0.41 27 Matthew White (Aus) US Postal-Berry Floor 1.01 28 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 1.09 29 Angelo Lopeboselli (Ita) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 30 David Cañada (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 31 Ivan Herrero (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 32 Christian Pepoli (Ita) Team Saeco 33 Gianpaolo Mondini (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 34 Txema Del Olmo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 35 Domingo Sanchez (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 36 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 37 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 38 Gonçalo Amorim (Por) Milaneza-MSS 39 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 40 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 41 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 42 David Latasa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 43 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio 44 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 45 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 46 Renato Silva (Por) Milaneza-MSS 47 José Jufre (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 48 Unai Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 49 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 50 Aitor Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 51 Pietro Zucconi (Swi) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 52 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 53 Mario Aerts (Bel) Team Telekom 54 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 55 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 56 Alberto Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 57 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 58 Angel Edo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 59 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 60 Félix Garcia Casas (Spa) Team Bianchi 61 Stefano Casagranda (Ita) Alessio 62 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 63 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 64 Felix Cardenas (Col) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 65 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre 66 Steffan Wesemann (Ger) Team Telekom 67 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC 68 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Team Bianchi 69 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Team Telekom 70 Aitor Garmendia (Spa) Team Bianchi 71 Carlos Golbano (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 72 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 73 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 74 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 75 Iñaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 76 Denis Lunghi (Ita) Alessio 77 David Lopez (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 78 Marcos Serrano (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 79 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) iBanesto.com 80 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank 81 Addy Engels (Ned) Rabobank 82 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal-Berry Floor 83 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) iBanesto.com 84 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 8.30 85 Benjamín Noval (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 10.30 86 Germán Nieto (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 87 Paulo Barroso (Por) Milaneza-MSS 88 Gonzalo Bayarri (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 89 Joan Horrach (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 90 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 91 Pedro Cardoso (Por) Milaneza-MSS 92 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 93 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 94 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 95 Bobby Julich (USA) Team Telekom 96 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 97 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 98 Rafael Casero (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 99 Kyryl Pospyeyev (Ukr) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 100 David Navas (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 101 Peter Farazjin (Bel) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 102 Simone Bertoletti (Ita) Lampre 103 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 104 Christian Werner (Ger) Team Telekom 105 Gustavo Otero (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 106 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 107 Dmitri Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 108 Francisco Cerezo (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 109 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 110 Max van Heeswijk (Ned) US Postal-Berry Floor 111 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 112 Igor Pugaci (Mda) Team Saeco 113 Gorka Arrizabalaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 114 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 115 Ronald Mutsaars (Ned) Rabobank 116 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 117 Michael Sandstod (Den) Team CSC 118 Juan José De Los Angeles (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 119 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 120 Patrick Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step-Davitamon 121 Jesus Maria Manzano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 122 Alberto Vinale (Ita) Alessio 123 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 124 Gianluca Sironi (Ita) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 125 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon 126 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 127 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 128 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 129 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 130 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) iBanesto.com 131 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank 132 Beat Zberg (Swi) Rabobank 133 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre 134 Jan Hruska (Cze) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 135 Santiago Blanco (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 136 José Luis Martinez (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 137 Klaus Möller (Den) Milaneza-MSS 138 Pedro Diaz Lobato (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 139 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Milaneza-MSS 140 Joaquin Lopez (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 141 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems 142 Francisco Vila (Spa) Lampre 143 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) iBanesto.com 144 Miguel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 145 José Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 146 Gorka Gerrikagoitia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 147 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 148 Simone Masciarelli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 149 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 150 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Lampre 151 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 152 José Maestre (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 153 Francisco José Lara (Spa) Team Bianchi 154 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC 155 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 156 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Team Telekom 157 Guido Trenti (USA) Fassa Bortolo 158 Bekim Christensen (Den) Team CSC 159 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 160 Angel Casero (Spa) Team Bianchi 161 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 162 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Lampre 163 Thomas Bruun (Den) Team CSC 164 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Fassa Bortolo 165 Francisco Gutierrez (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 166 Cesar Garcia Calvo (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 167 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio 168 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Team Saeco Points 1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 25 pts 2 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Telekom 20 3 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 16 4 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio 14 5 Raphael Schweda (Ger) Team Bianchi 12 6 Angel Vicioso (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 10 7 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) iBanesto.com 9 8 Michael Barry (Can) US Postal-Berry Floor 8 9 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 7 10 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 6 11 Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 5 12 Isidro Nozal (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 4 13 Pablo Lastras (Spa) iBanesto.com 3 14 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 2 15 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) iBanesto.com 1 Mountains Puerto de Tórdiga - Cat. 3, km 16 1 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 6 pts 2 Pedro Diaz Lobato (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 4 3 Miguel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 2 4 Paulo Barroso (Por) Milaneza-MSS 1 Sprints Motilla del Palncar - km 63 1 Pedro Diaz Lobato (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 4 pts 2 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2 3 Miguel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 1 Quintanar del Rey - km 90 1 Miguel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 4 pts 2 Pedro Diaz Lobato (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 2 3 Paulo Barroso (Por) Milaneza-MSS 1 Barrax - km 138 1 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 4 pts 2 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 2 3 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal-Berry Floor 1 Teams 1 Once - Eroski 11.05.27 2 IBanesto.com 3 US Postal Service Berry Floor 4 Domina Vacanze-Elitron-RDZ 1.09 5 Team Bianchi 6 Rabobank 1.25 7 Fassa Bortolo 2.18 8 Kelme - Costa Blanca 9 Cofidis, le credit par telephone 10 Alessio 11 Team Telekom 12 Saunier Duval - Vini Caldirola 13 Euskaltel - Euskadi 14 Milaneza - MSS 3.27 15 Colchon Relax - Fuenlabrada 16 Paternina - Costa de Almeria 17 Labarca-2 Cafe Baque 18 Quick Step - Davitamon 12.48 19 Phonak Hearing Systems 20 Lampre 21 Team CSC 22 Team Saeco 22.09 General classification after stage 12 1 Isidro Nozal (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 40.54.29 2 Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 1.48 3 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 3.03 4 Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 3.28 5 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) iBanesto.com 3.40 6 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 4.04 7 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 4.14 8 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 5.06 9 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 5.09 10 Unai Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 5.23 11 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 5.27 12 Felix Cardenas (Col) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 7.30 13 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 8.03 14 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 8.56 15 Marcos Serrano (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 10.19 16 Txema Del Olmo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 10.27 17 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 10.40 18 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 11.11 19 Félix Garcia Casas (Spa) Team Bianchi 11.29 20 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 14.09 21 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 15.31 22 José Jufre (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 21.19 23 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) iBanesto.com 36.24 24 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC 36.48 25 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 36.58 26 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 37.22 27 Gonçalo Amorim (Por) Milaneza-MSS 37.53 28 Christian Werner (Ger) Team Telekom 41.03 29 Aitor Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 41.52 30 José Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 43.52 31 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 44.09 32 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 44.59 33 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 46.36 34 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 48.34 35 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) iBanesto.com 48.52 36 Joan Horrach (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 49.47 37 Pedro Cardoso (Por) Milaneza-MSS 53.01 38 Alberto Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 55.15 39 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 56.02 40 Kyryl Pospyeyev (Ukr) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 57.11 41 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.01.18 42 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Lampre 1.03.44 43 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 1.03.59 44 David Latasa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1.04.35 45 Miguel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 1.06.23 46 Klaus Möller (Den) Milaneza-MSS 1.07.17 47 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC 1.09.17 48 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.10.32 49 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre 1.10.38 50 Pablo Lastras (Spa) iBanesto.com 1.12.20 51 Gorka Gerrikagoitia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.14.52 52 Francisco Vila (Spa) Lampre 1.17.21 53 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal-Berry Floor 1.18.04 54 Renato Silva (Por) Milaneza-MSS 1.18.19 55 Denis Lunghi (Ita) Alessio 1.18.44 56 Michael Barry (Can) US Postal-Berry Floor 1.21.41 57 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 1.21.54 58 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal-Berry Floor 1.22.42 59 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1.23.49 60 Peter Farazjin (Bel) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.24.03 61 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio 1.24.26 62 David Lopez (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 1.24.47 63 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 1.25.07 64 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 1.25.29 65 Mario Aerts (Bel) Team Telekom 1.26.30 66 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 1.26.35 67 Patrick Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step-Davitamon 1.26.46 68 Domingo Sanchez (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 1.27.12 69 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal-Berry Floor 1.27.14 70 Angel Vicioso (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 1.28.49 71 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.28.57 72 Benjamín Noval (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 1.29.53 73 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 1.30.00 74 Carlos Golbano (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 1.30.14 75 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Team Bianchi 1.30.55 76 José Luis Martinez (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 1.31.02 77 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Telekom 1.32.19 78 Rafael Casero (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 1.32.23 79 David Cañada (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 1.33.01 80 Raphael Schweda (Ger) Team Bianchi 1.34.07 81 Angel Edo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 1.34.33 82 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 1.34.51 83 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) iBanesto.com 1.36.13 84 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.36.28 85 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.37.43 86 Joaquin Lopez (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 1.37.57 87 Cesar Garcia Calvo (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 1.38.08 88 Francisco José Lara (Spa) Team Bianchi 1.38.56 89 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) iBanesto.com 1.39.40 90 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) iBanesto.com 1.39.56 91 Jesus Maria Manzano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1.40.23 92 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank 1.40.47 93 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 1.40.56 94 Angel Casero (Spa) Team Bianchi 1.44.07 95 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre 1.44.33 96 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 1.45.30 97 Iñaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.45.37 98 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1.46.16 99 Francisco Cerezo (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 1.47.47 100 Angelo Lopeboselli (Ita) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.47.52 101 David Navas (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 1.48.08 102 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.48.21 103 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Team Telekom 1.48.53 104 Addy Engels (Ned) Rabobank 1.49.37 105 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Team Telekom 1.49.56 106 Gorka Arrizabalaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.50.39 107 Jan Hruska (Cze) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 1.50.44 108 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon 1.51.29 109 Santiago Blanco (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 1.52.25 110 Matthew White (Aus) US Postal-Berry Floor 1.52.46 111 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Milaneza-MSS 1.53.23 112 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 1.53.46 113 Aitor Garmendia (Spa) Team Bianchi 1.54.12 114 Ivan Herrero (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 1.55.28 115 Beat Zberg (Swi) Rabobank 1.55.33 116 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 1.55.37 117 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 1.55.40 118 Steffan Wesemann (Ger) Team Telekom 1.55.53 119 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 1.56.20 120 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 1.56.25 121 Juan José De Los Angeles (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 1.56.30 122 Thorsten Rund (Ger) Team Bianchi 1.57.00 123 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 1.57.01 124 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 1.57.15 125 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 1.57.21 126 Bobby Julich (USA) Team Telekom 1.58.00 127 Dmitri Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.58.13 128 Gianpaolo Mondini (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 1.58.18 129 Gustavo Otero (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 1.58.34 130 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 1.58.59 131 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio 1.59.26 132 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.59.49 133 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 2.00.17 134 Mikel Pradera (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 2.02.01 135 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Fassa Bortolo 2.03.26 136 Stefano Casagranda (Ita) Alessio 2.04.01 137 Paulo Barroso (Por) Milaneza-MSS 2.04.45 138 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2.04.46 139 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2.05.00 140 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 2.05.11 141 Pietro Zucconi (Swi) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 2.05.42 142 Pedro Diaz Lobato (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 2.06.58 143 Max van Heeswijk (Ned) US Postal-Berry Floor 2.07.40 144 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.08.39 145 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank 2.09.02 146 Gianluca Sironi (Ita) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 2.09.33 147 Simone Bertoletti (Ita) Lampre 2.10.40 148 Bekim Christensen (Den) Team CSC 2.11.16 149 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 2.11.55 150 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Team Saeco 2.12.10 151 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio 2.12.58 152 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.13.34 153 Ronald Mutsaars (Ned) Rabobank 2.15.57 154 Guido Trenti (USA) Fassa Bortolo 2.16.07 155 Germán Nieto (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 2.17.28 156 Alberto Vinale (Ita) Alessio 2.18.59 157 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 2.20.30 158 Simone Masciarelli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 2.21.32 159 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 2.21.44 160 Francisco Gutierrez (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 2.22.12 161 Thomas Bruun (Den) Team CSC 2.22.36 162 Gonzalo Bayarri (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.23.06 163 Michael Sandstod (Den) Team CSC 2.24.22 164 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Lampre 2.25.35 165 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 2.27.20 166 Igor Pugaci (Mda) Team Saeco 2.30.27 167 Christian Pepoli (Ita) Team Saeco 2.30.36 168 José Maestre (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 2.59.38 Points classification 1 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Telekom 112 pts 2 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 101 3 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 81 4 Isidro Nozal (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 66 5 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 63 6 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 57 7 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 57 8 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 55 9 Angel Edo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 55 10 Felix Cardenas (Col) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 51 11 Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 49 12 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 49 13 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 44 14 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) iBanesto.com 42 15 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 40 16 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 40 17 Unai Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 37 18 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 34 19 Jan Hruska (Cze) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 32 20 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 30 21 Angel Vicioso (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 27 22 José Jufre (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 25 23 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 24 24 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 24 25 Aitor Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 24 26 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Team Bianchi 23 27 Miguel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 21 28 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 20 29 Joan Horrach (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 20 30 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 20 31 Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 20 32 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 19 33 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 16 34 Pedro Diaz Lobato (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 15 35 José Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 15 36 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems 15 37 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) iBanesto.com 14 38 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio 14 39 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 13 40 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 13 41 Klaus Möller (Den) Milaneza-MSS 12 42 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 12 43 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 12 44 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 12 45 Raphael Schweda (Ger) Team Bianchi 12 46 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal-Berry Floor 11 47 Denis Lunghi (Ita) Alessio 10 48 Michael Barry (Can) US Postal-Berry Floor 10 49 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 10 50 Marcos Serrano (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 9 51 Stefano Casagranda (Ita) Alessio 9 52 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) iBanesto.com 9 53 Patrick Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step-Davitamon 9 54 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio 9 55 David Navas (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 8 56 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 8 57 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 8 58 Renato Silva (Por) Milaneza-MSS 7 59 Max van Heeswijk (Ned) US Postal-Berry Floor 7 60 Francisco Gutierrez (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 7 61 Félix Garcia Casas (Spa) Team Bianchi 7 62 Gianpaolo Mondini (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 7 63 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Milaneza-MSS 6 64 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 6 65 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 6 66 Iñaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5 67 Gorka Gerrikagoitia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5 68 Angel Casero (Spa) Team Bianchi 5 69 Txema Del Olmo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 5 70 Pablo Lastras (Spa) iBanesto.com 5 71 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) iBanesto.com 4 72 Francisco Cerezo (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 4 73 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 4 74 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 4 75 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 4 76 Beat Zberg (Swi) Rabobank 4 77 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 4 78 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal-Berry Floor 3 79 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) iBanesto.com 3 80 Cesar Garcia Calvo (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 3 81 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre 3 82 Dmitri Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 2 83 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 84 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Lampre 2 85 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank 2 86 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Team Telekom 2 87 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 2 88 Juan José De Los Angeles (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 1 89 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio 1 90 Benjamín Noval (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 1 91 Kyryl Pospyeyev (Ukr) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 1 92 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1 93 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Lampre 1 94 Paulo Barroso (Por) Milaneza-MSS 1 95 Francisco José Lara (Spa) Team Bianchi 1 96 Bobby Julich (USA) Team Telekom 1 97 Simone Masciarelli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 1 98 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) iBanesto.com 1 99 Ivan Herrero (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 1 Mountains classification 1 Felix Cardenas (Col) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 132 pts 2 Aitor Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 106 3 Joan Horrach (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 97 4 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 62 5 José Jufre (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 55 6 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 49 7 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 42 8 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 40 9 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 37 10 Unai Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 36 11 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 31 12 Isidro Nozal (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 31 13 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Milaneza-MSS 30 14 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 29 15 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) iBanesto.com 27 16 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 23 17 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) iBanesto.com 22 18 Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 21 19 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) iBanesto.com 18 20 Denis Lunghi (Ita) Alessio 17 21 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 14 22 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 12 23 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 12 24 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 11 25 Francisco José Lara (Spa) Team Bianchi 11 26 Cesar Garcia Calvo (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 10 27 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 10 28 David Navas (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 8 29 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 8 30 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 7 31 Christian Pepoli (Ita) Team Saeco 7 32 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio 6 33 Jan Hruska (Cze) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 6 34 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Lampre 6 35 Marcos Serrano (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 5 36 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 4 37 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 4 38 Mikel Pradera (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 4 39 Pedro Diaz Lobato (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 4 40 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 4 41 David Lopez (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 4 42 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Team Bianchi 4 43 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre 4 44 Beat Zberg (Swi) Rabobank 4 45 Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 3 46 Félix Garcia Casas (Spa) Team Bianchi 3 47 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3 48 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 3 49 Txema Del Olmo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 2 50 Miguel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 2 51 Joaquin Lopez (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 2 52 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2 53 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 2 54 Angel Vicioso (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 1 55 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 1 56 Paulo Barroso (Por) Milaneza-MSS 1 57 Patrick Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step-Davitamon 1 58 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) iBanesto.com 1 59 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 1 Combination classification 1 Isidro Nozal (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 17 pts 2 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 18 3 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 20 4 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 23 5 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 34 6 Unai Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 37 7 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) iBanesto.com 38 8 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 43 9 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 45 10 José Jufre (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 46 11 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 48 12 Aitor Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 48 13 Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 53 14 Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 58 15 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 69 16 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 74 17 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 77 18 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 90 19 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 93 20 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 110 21 Angel Vicioso (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 111 22 Félix Garcia Casas (Spa) Team Bianchi 123 23 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 130 24 Txema Del Olmo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 132 25 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 146 Teams classification 1 Once - Eroski 122.47.22 2 IBanesto.com 3.01 3 Kelme - Costa Blanca 18.32 4 Euskaltel - Euskadi 22.57 5 Cofidis, le credit par telephone 27.41 6 Milaneza - MSS 37.45 7 Fassa Bortolo 45.56 8 Domina Vacanze-Elitron-RDZ 52.15 9 US Postal Service Berry Floor 1.01.57 10 Quick Step - Davitamon 1.55.35 11 Labarca-2 Cafe Baque 2.06.44 12 Team CSC 2.08.17 13 Paternina - Costa de Almeria 2.08.43 14 Team Bianchi 2.16.10 15 Colchon Relax - Fuenlabrada 2.17.37 16 Rabobank 2.30.21 17 Lampre 2.54.43 18 Phonak Hearing Systems 3.04.56 19 Team Telekom 3.06.15 20 Alessio 4.02.55 21 Saunier Duval - Vini Caldirola 5.00.45 22 Team Saeco 5.29.13
