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58th Vuelta a España - Spain, September 6-28, 2003
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Stage 18 - Thursday, September 25: Las Rozas - Las Rozas, 143.8km
Solo win for Díaz Lobato
Only the second time a break has succeeded
By Hernán Alvarez Macías in Las Rozas
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Pedro Díaz Lobato (Paternina-Costa de Almería) soloed to victory in the 18th stage of the Vuelta España, beating Constantino Zaballa (Kelme-Costa Blanca) and José Luis Arrieta (iBanesto.com) by 44 seconds at the finish in Las Rozas. Race leader Isidro Nozal (ONCE-Eroski) remained in the gold jersey with just three stages to go.
Díaz Lobato attacked what was left of an earlier break with just over 20 kilometres to go and rode into the finish alone for the first win for his modest team. In 18 stages, this was only the second time a break has been able to finish in front without being caught. "It was a hard day and difficult stage," said Díaz Lobato. "The right time to attack was when we were just five riders leading and at that time the strongest would prevail. I want to dedicate this triumph to my family and also to a friend of mine that gave me an amulet that helped me a lot".
It is a big step for his team, Paternina-Costa de Almería, and Díaz Lobato said "This victory will certainly help the continuity of our team. Costa de Almería is putting in a great effort."
Unai Osa (iBanesto.com) also spoke with the media post-stage. "It is a very difficult race. Our team is always looking for breaks in the Vuelta, this time was Arrieta and García Acosta. The tempo we are riding is not normal, but that's the way of the race".
How it unfolded
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At the beginning of the stage, 16 riders broke clear of the peloton and another four chased them: Constantino Zaballa (Kelme-Costa Blanca), Simone Masciarelli (Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola), Karsten Kroon (Rabobank) and Cristian Pepoli (Saeco). At the first intermediate sprint in San Martín de Valdeiglesias (km 60), the 16 leaders were 2'29 ahead of the peloton, with Zaballa remaining alone in between.
The leaders kept up a good tempo and they maintained the gap in the middle of the stage. The peloton was pulled along by Domina Vacanze and Quick.Step that were interested in a stage win for their sprinters. The gap was reducing little by little as the attacks began within the break which split into pieces.
At km 104 with almost 40 km to go, David Etxebarria (Euskaltel-Euskadi) broke clear from the field and joined Guido Trenti (Fassa Bortolo) and Francisco Cerezo (Labarca2-Café Baqué) and Stefan Schreck (Telekom). These four were chasing another eight with José Luis Arrieta and José Vicente Garcia Acosta (iBanesto), Iñaki Isasi (Euskaltel-Euskadi), Oscar Laguna (Relax), Rafael Schweda (Team Bianchi), Carlos Garcia Quesada (Kelme) and Pedro Diaz Lobato (Paternina).
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Diaz Lobato took the last intermediate sprint at Valdemorillo with 22 km to go and broke clear of the leading group. The peloton was 3'06 behind at that point, and had no chance of catching the leaders. The Paternina rider was 26 seconds ahead of the chasers and 2'03 in front of the peloton with 10 km to go, and kept increasing his lead all the way to the finish. Díaz Lobato knew the route very well from training and that helped him pace himself in the finale. He crossed the line in joy after his first win and the first win of his team.
The only GC rider to have problems today was Alejandro Valverde (Kelme, 5th), who suffered a puncture near the end and lost nearly 40 seconds to the gold jersey group.
Stage 19 - September 26: La Vega de Alcobendas-Collado Villalba, 164 km
The nineteenth stage is the last mountain stage of this year's Vuelta. It has four climbs, but none very tough: Alto San Lorenzo del Escorial (Cat. 3, 1,050 m), Alto de los Leones (Cat. 1, 1,510 m), Alto Los Angeles de San Rafael (Cat. 3, 1,300 m) and the hardest climb, the Alto de Navacerrada (Cat. 1, 1,880 m) with 23 km to go. The three intermediate sprints are in Hoyo de Manzanares, Galapagar and La Pradera.
We will see what strategy Roberto Heras and his US Postal team will use to take back time on Nozal. It should be difficult for Heras to make a break at the front of the field, but it will depend on how he attacks and how Isidro Nozal responds. It should not be a problem for the leader, but anything can happen in Navacerrada.
Photography
Images by AFP Photo
- Isidro Nozal and Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (ONCE) in the front line during stage 18
- The peloton masses on the horizon
- Michael Rasmussen (Rabobank) rides in the peloton during stage 18
- Roberto Heras (USPS-Berry Floor) in the middle of the pack during stage 18
Images by Unipublic
- The breakaways buckle down to work during stage 18
- Simone Masciarelli (Vini Caldirola) and Cristian Pepoli (Saeco) try to catch the 16 man break
- The peloton early in the stage
- Constantino Zaballa (Kelme) follows Karsten Kroon (Rabobank) in pursuit of the break
- The ONCE train staying on the rails
- Roberto Heras (USPS-Berry Floor) faces his toughest test in the next two stages to see whether he can unseat Nozal
- Isidro Nozal (ONCE) and Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano protected by the ONCE train
- David Etxebarria (R, Euskaltel) mounted a fruitless chase of the breakaways along with Schreck, Cerezo and Trenti
- Pedro Diaz Lobato (Paternina) solos to victory in stage 18
- Pedro Diaz Lobato (Paternina) finally gets his stage win
- Isidro Nozal (ONCE) look more like a champion each day
Images by Hernán Alvarez Macías/Cyclingnews.com
- Riders line up to sign on before the stage
Results
1 Pedro Diaz Lobato (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 3.07.47 (45.94 km/h) 2 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 0.44 3 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) iBanesto.com 4 Raphael Schweda (Ger) Team Bianchi 5 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) iBanesto.com 6 Iñaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7 Joan Horrach (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 0.47 8 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 0.52 9 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 0.56 10 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Telekom 0.58 11 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 12 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 13 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems 14 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Team Bianchi 15 Thomas Bruun (Den) Team CSC 16 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Fassa Bortolo 17 Angel Edo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 18 Miguel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 19 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 20 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 21 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 22 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 23 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 1.02 24 José Jufre (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 25 Unai Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 26 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 27 Aitor Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 28 Alberto Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 29 Francisco José Lara (Spa) Team Bianchi 30 David Lopez (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 31 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 32 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 33 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal-Berry Floor 34 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 35 Isidro Nozal (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 36 Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 37 Addy Engels (Ned) Rabobank 38 Felix Cardenas (Col) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 39 Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 40 Juan José De Los Angeles (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 41 Christian Werner (Ger) Team Telekom 42 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC 43 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) iBanesto.com 44 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 45 Pablo Lastras (Spa) iBanesto.com 46 Benjamín Noval (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 47 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 48 Angel Vicioso (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 49 Mikel Pradera (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 50 Txema Del Olmo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 51 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 52 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 53 Félix Garcia Casas (Spa) Team Bianchi 54 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 55 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 56 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 57 Marcos Serrano (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 58 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 59 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 60 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 61 Francisco Vila (Spa) Lampre 62 Steffan Wesemann (Ger) Team Telekom 63 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 64 Mario Aerts (Bel) Team Telekom 65 Pedro Cardoso (Por) Milaneza-MSS 66 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 67 Bobby Julich (USA) Team Telekom 68 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 69 Gorka Arrizabalaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.13 70 Kyryl Pospyeyev (Ukr) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 71 José Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 72 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1.02 73 Michael Barry (Can) US Postal-Berry Floor 2.21 74 Gonçalo Amorim (Por) Milaneza-MSS 75 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC 76 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Team Saeco 2.50 77 Domingo Sanchez (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 3.51 78 José Luis Martinez (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 79 Jan Hruska (Cze) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 80 Rafael Casero (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 81 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 82 Renato Silva (Por) Milaneza-MSS 83 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio 84 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 85 Igor Pugaci (Mda) Team Saeco 86 David Navas (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 87 Joaquin Lopez (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 88 Claus Møller (Den) Milaneza-MSS 89 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Milaneza-MSS 90 Carlos Golbano (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 91 Gustavo Otero (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 92 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 93 Dmitri Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 94 Jesus Maria Manzano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 95 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre 96 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre 97 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 98 Paulo Barroso (Por) Milaneza-MSS 99 Beat Zberg (Swi) Rabobank 100 Guido Trenti (USA) Fassa Bortolo 101 Christian Pepoli (Ita) Team Saeco 102 Gianluca Sironi (Ita) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 103 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 104 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 105 Alberto Vinale (Ita) Alessio 106 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 107 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal-Berry Floor 108 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 109 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 110 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon 111 Denis Lunghi (Ita) Alessio 112 Max van Heeswijk (Ned) US Postal-Berry Floor 113 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) iBanesto.com 114 Gianpaolo Mondini (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 115 Santiago Blanco (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 116 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 117 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 118 Stefano Casagranda (Ita) Alessio 119 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 120 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio 121 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Team Telekom 122 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Team Telekom 123 Angelo Lopeboselli (Ita) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 124 Patrick Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step-Davitamon 125 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 126 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 127 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 128 David Cañada (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 129 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank 130 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) iBanesto.com 131 David Latasa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 132 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Lampre 133 Aitor Garmendia (Spa) Team Bianchi 134 Simone Masciarelli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 135 Gonzalo Bayarri (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 136 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) iBanesto.com 137 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 138 Ronald Mutsaars (Ned) Rabobank 139 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank 140 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 141 Ivan Herrero (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 142 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio 143 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 144 Francisco Gutierrez (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 145 Germán Nieto (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 146 Francisco Cerezo (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 147 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 148 Cesar Garcia Calvo (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 149 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 150 Michael Sandstod (Den) Team CSC 151 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 152 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 153 Matthew White (Aus) US Postal-Berry Floor 154 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 155 José Maestre (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 156 Pietro Zucconi (Swi) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 157 Simone Bertoletti (Ita) Lampre 6.11 158 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 159 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 160 Bekim Christensen (Den) Team CSC 7.45 161 Thorsten Rund (Ger) Team Bianchi 8.11 DNS Sven Montgomery (Swi) Fassa Bortolo DNS Gorka Gerrikagoitia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi Points 1 Pedro Diaz Lobato (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 25 pts 2 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 20 3 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) iBanesto.com 16 4 Raphael Schweda (Ger) Team Bianchi 14 5 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) iBanesto.com 12 6 Iñaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10 7 Joan Horrach (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 9 8 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 8 9 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 7 10 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Telekom 6 11 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 5 12 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 4 13 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems 3 14 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Team Bianchi 2 15 Thomas Bruun (Den) Team CSC 1 Sprints San Martin de Valdeiglesias - km 60.4 1 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 4 pts 2 Francisco Cerezo (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 2 3 Germán Nieto (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 1 Cebreros - km 75.1 1 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 4 pts 2 Raphael Schweda (Ger) Team Bianchi 2 3 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Team Telekom 1 Valdemorillo - km 122 1 Pedro Diaz Lobato (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 4 pts 2 Joan Horrach (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 2 3 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) iBanesto.com 1 Teams 1 Paternina - Costa de Almeria 9.25.21 2 IBanesto.com 0.30 3 Euskaltel - Euskadi 0.40 4 Kelme - Costa Blanca 0.42 5 Team Bianchi 0.44 6 Milaneza - MSS 0.47 7 Colchon Relax - Fuenlabrada 0.56 8 Fassa Bortolo 0.58 9 Team CSC 1.02 10 Domina Vacanze-Elitron-RDZ 11 Phonak Hearing Systems 12 Team Telekom 13 US Postal Service Berry Floor 1.06 14 Once - Eroski 15 Cofidis, le credit par telephone 16 Rabobank 3.51 17 Labarca-2 Cafe Baque 3.55 18 Saunier Duval - Vini Caldirola 6.40 19 Lampre 6.44 20 Team Saeco 8.32 21 Alessio 9.33 22 Quick Step - Davitamon General classification after stage 18 1 Isidro Nozal (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 61.20.42 2 Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 3.03 3 Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 3.09 4 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 5.16 5 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 5.20 6 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) iBanesto.com 6.27 7 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 7.25 8 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 8.51 9 Unai Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 8.57 10 Felix Cardenas (Col) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 9.28 11 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 10.41 12 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 11.25 13 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 12.03 14 Marcos Serrano (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 13.30 15 Félix Garcia Casas (Spa) Team Bianchi 14.57 16 Txema Del Olmo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 15.28 17 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 17.44 18 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 18.13 19 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 29.15 20 José Jufre (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 33.07 21 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 40.49 22 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 40.59 23 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC 48.01 24 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) iBanesto.com 48.45 25 Aitor Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 51.38 26 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 55.07 27 Christian Werner (Ger) Team Telekom 59.53 28 Gonçalo Amorim (Por) Milaneza-MSS 1.00.16 29 Joan Horrach (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 1.01.40 30 Alberto Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.03.04 31 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.04.56 32 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1.07.55 33 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.09.38 34 José Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1.11.28 35 Pedro Cardoso (Por) Milaneza-MSS 1.12.00 36 Claus Møller (Den) Milaneza-MSS 1.12.10 37 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 1.13.10 38 Kyryl Pospyeyev (Ukr) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 1.13.29 39 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.14.38 40 Miguel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 1.15.12 41 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 1.19.51 42 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 1.24.15 43 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 1.42.21 44 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) iBanesto.com 1.42.34 45 Benjamín Noval (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 1.43.17 46 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) iBanesto.com 1.45.10 47 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.45.28 48 David Latasa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1.45.31 49 David Lopez (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 1.47.30 50 Denis Lunghi (Ita) Alessio 1.50.12 51 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC 1.50.22 52 José Luis Martinez (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 1.51.54 53 Renato Silva (Por) Milaneza-MSS 1.54.24 54 David Cañada (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 1.55.24 55 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio 1.55.32 56 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre 1.56.01 57 Francisco Vila (Spa) Lampre 1.56.39 58 Mario Aerts (Bel) Team Telekom 1.57.11 59 Pablo Lastras (Spa) iBanesto.com 1.57.17 60 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.57.36 61 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank 2.02.13 62 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 2.02.46 63 Patrick Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step-Davitamon 2.03.41 64 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 2.04.24 65 Santiago Blanco (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 2.07.13 66 Domingo Sanchez (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 2.08.23 67 Francisco José Lara (Spa) Team Bianchi 2.08.47 68 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 2.08.51 69 Angel Edo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 2.11.03 70 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Telekom 71 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.11.32 72 David Navas (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 2.12.12 73 Michael Barry (Can) US Postal-Berry Floor 2.12.17 74 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2.12.31 75 Angel Vicioso (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 2.13.12 76 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Milaneza-MSS 2.14.56 77 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal-Berry Floor 2.15.10 78 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 2.15.27 79 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Team Telekom 2.15.31 80 Rafael Casero (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 2.17.23 81 Carlos Golbano (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 2.19.00 82 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 2.20.48 83 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 2.21.12 84 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.21.32 85 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 2.21.47 86 Angelo Lopeboselli (Ita) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 2.25.17 87 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal-Berry Floor 2.25.57 88 Joaquin Lopez (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 2.26.37 89 Iñaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.26.59 90 Francisco Cerezo (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 2.28.11 91 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 2.28.35 92 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon 2.28.59 93 Beat Zberg (Swi) Rabobank 2.29.40 94 Gorka Arrizabalaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.31.17 95 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Team Bianchi 2.34.41 96 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Team Telekom 2.35.13 97 Juan José De Los Angeles (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 2.35.16 98 Raphael Schweda (Ger) Team Bianchi 2.36.40 99 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 2.36.52 100 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Fassa Bortolo 2.36.53 101 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 2.38.27 102 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre 2.40.22 103 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) iBanesto.com 2.40.44 104 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) iBanesto.com 2.42.20 105 Bobby Julich (USA) Team Telekom 2.43.22 106 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 2.44.26 107 Steffan Wesemann (Ger) Team Telekom 2.45.42 108 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio 2.45.49 109 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2.46.31 110 Cesar Garcia Calvo (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 2.47.30 111 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 2.47.37 112 Jesus Maria Manzano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2.49.05 113 Addy Engels (Ned) Rabobank 2.49.55 114 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2.50.06 115 Gustavo Otero (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 2.52.24 116 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 2.53.29 117 Dmitri Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 2.55.55 118 Pedro Diaz Lobato (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 2.56.39 119 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 2.56.42 120 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2.58.50 121 Mikel Pradera (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 2.59.33 122 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Team Saeco 2.59.42 123 Jan Hruska (Cze) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 3.00.21 124 Aitor Garmendia (Spa) Team Bianchi 3.00.52 125 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 3.01.03 126 Simone Masciarelli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 3.01.41 127 Matthew White (Aus) US Postal-Berry Floor 3.02.59 128 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 3.03.31 129 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 130 Ivan Herrero (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 3.04.48 131 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 3.05.47 132 Gianpaolo Mondini (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 3.08.20 133 Pietro Zucconi (Swi) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 3.09.23 134 Paulo Barroso (Por) Milaneza-MSS 3.09.28 135 Stefano Casagranda (Ita) Alessio 3.10.09 136 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 3.10.32 137 Bekim Christensen (Den) Team CSC 3.10.36 138 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3.10.39 139 Thorsten Rund (Ger) Team Bianchi 3.12.49 140 Max van Heeswijk (Ned) US Postal-Berry Floor 3.13.42 141 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 3.14.09 142 Gianluca Sironi (Ita) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 143 Ronald Mutsaars (Ned) Rabobank 3.14.43 144 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 3.16.37 145 Simone Bertoletti (Ita) Lampre 3.17.49 146 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank 3.18.30 147 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems 3.19.30 148 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 3.20.20 149 Christian Pepoli (Ita) Team Saeco 3.20.35 150 Thomas Bruun (Den) Team CSC 3.25.45 151 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio 3.26.28 152 Alberto Vinale (Ita) Alessio 3.27.51 153 Guido Trenti (USA) Fassa Bortolo 3.30.45 154 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Lampre 3.31.37 155 Germán Nieto (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 3.31.51 156 Igor Pugaci (Mda) Team Saeco 3.32.29 157 Michael Sandstod (Den) Team CSC 3.32.46 158 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 3.32.53 159 Gonzalo Bayarri (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 3.36.09 160 Francisco Gutierrez (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 3.38.41 161 José Maestre (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 4.13.32 Points classification 1 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Telekom 151 pts 2 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 135 3 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 125 4 Felix Cardenas (Col) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 97 5 Isidro Nozal (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 92 6 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 91 7 Angel Edo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 70 8 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 68 9 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 67 10 Unai Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 66 11 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 65 12 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 65 13 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 64 14 Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 61 15 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 60 16 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 57 17 Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 53 18 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) iBanesto.com 53 19 Pedro Diaz Lobato (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 52 20 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 52 21 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 47 22 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 44 23 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 42 24 Miguel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 36 25 José Jufre (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 34 26 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 33 27 Jan Hruska (Cze) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 32 28 Joan Horrach (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 31 29 Claus Møller (Den) Milaneza-MSS 31 30 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) iBanesto.com 28 31 Raphael Schweda (Ger) Team Bianchi 28 32 Angel Vicioso (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 27 33 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Team Bianchi 27 34 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 26 35 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) iBanesto.com 26 36 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 25 37 Aitor Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 24 38 Alberto Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 22 39 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 21 40 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 20 41 Iñaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 20 42 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 20 43 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 19 44 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio 19 45 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 19 46 José Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 18 47 Txema Del Olmo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 18 48 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) iBanesto.com 18 49 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems 18 50 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) iBanesto.com 17 51 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 16 52 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Fassa Bortolo 16 53 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 15 54 Thomas Bruun (Den) Team CSC 15 55 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 14 56 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio 14 57 Stefano Casagranda (Ita) Alessio 13 58 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 12 59 Félix Garcia Casas (Spa) Team Bianchi 11 60 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank 11 61 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Milaneza-MSS 10 62 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio 10 63 Marcos Serrano (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 10 64 Denis Lunghi (Ita) Alessio 10 65 Michael Barry (Can) US Postal-Berry Floor 10 66 Francisco Gutierrez (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 10 67 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) iBanesto.com 9 68 Patrick Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step-Davitamon 9 69 David Navas (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 8 70 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 8 71 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 8 72 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 8 73 Renato Silva (Por) Milaneza-MSS 7 74 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank 7 75 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal-Berry Floor 7 76 Gianpaolo Mondini (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 7 77 Max van Heeswijk (Ned) US Postal-Berry Floor 7 78 Francisco Cerezo (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 6 79 Alberto Vinale (Ita) Alessio 6 80 Gorka Gerrikagoitia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5 81 Pablo Lastras (Spa) iBanesto.com 5 82 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 5 83 Cesar Garcia Calvo (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 5 84 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 4 85 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 4 86 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 4 87 Beat Zberg (Swi) Rabobank 4 88 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 4 89 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 3 90 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre 3 91 Germán Nieto (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 3 92 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 93 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Team Telekom 2 94 Dmitri Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 2 95 Simone Masciarelli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 2 96 Paulo Barroso (Por) Milaneza-MSS 2 97 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 2 98 Kyryl Pospyeyev (Ukr) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 1 99 Benjamín Noval (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 1 100 Mario Aerts (Bel) Team Telekom 1 101 Francisco José Lara (Spa) Team Bianchi 1 102 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Team Telekom 1 103 Juan José De Los Angeles (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 1 104 Bobby Julich (USA) Team Telekom 1 105 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1 106 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Team Saeco 1 107 Ivan Herrero (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 1 108 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Lampre 1 Mounains classification 1 Felix Cardenas (Col) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 194 pts 2 Aitor Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 112 3 Joan Horrach (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 101 4 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 88 5 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 72 6 José Jufre (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 57 7 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 56 8 Unai Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 52 9 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 49 10 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 49 11 Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 47 12 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 40 13 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) iBanesto.com 39 14 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 31 15 Isidro Nozal (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 31 16 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) iBanesto.com 31 17 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Milaneza-MSS 30 18 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 29 19 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 23 20 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) iBanesto.com 23 21 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) iBanesto.com 22 22 Denis Lunghi (Ita) Alessio 17 23 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 16 24 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 15 25 Miguel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 14 26 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 12 27 Txema Del Olmo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 12 28 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 12 29 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 12 30 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 11 31 Francisco José Lara (Spa) Team Bianchi 11 32 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10 33 Cesar Garcia Calvo (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 10 34 David Navas (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 8 35 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 8 36 Christian Pepoli (Ita) Team Saeco 7 37 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio 6 38 Jan Hruska (Cze) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 6 39 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 6 40 Pedro Diaz Lobato (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 6 41 Marcos Serrano (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 5 42 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 4 43 Félix Garcia Casas (Spa) Team Bianchi 4 44 Claus Møller (Den) Milaneza-MSS 4 45 David Lopez (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 4 46 Beat Zberg (Swi) Rabobank 4 47 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Team Bianchi 4 48 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre 4 49 Mikel Pradera (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 4 50 Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 3 51 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3 52 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 3 53 Alberto Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 54 Joaquin Lopez (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 2 55 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2 56 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 1 57 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 1 58 Patrick Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step-Davitamon 1 59 Angel Vicioso (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 1 60 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) iBanesto.com 1 61 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 1 62 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 1 63 Paulo Barroso (Por) Milaneza-MSS 1 Combination classification 1 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 12 pts 2 Felix Cardenas (Col) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 15 3 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 20 4 Isidro Nozal (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 21 5 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 24 6 Unai Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 27 7 Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 31 8 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 42 9 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) iBanesto.com 44 10 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 48 11 José Jufre (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 51 12 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 52 13 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 59 14 Joan Horrach (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 60 15 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 61 16 Aitor Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 64 17 Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 66 18 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) iBanesto.com 72 19 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 73 20 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 81 21 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 83 22 Miguel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 89 23 Txema Del Olmo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 90 24 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 92 25 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) iBanesto.com 92 26 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 99 27 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 105 28 Claus Møller (Den) Milaneza-MSS 109 29 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 116 30 Félix Garcia Casas (Spa) Team Bianchi 117 31 Marcos Serrano (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 118 32 Alberto Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 121 33 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) iBanesto.com 132 34 Denis Lunghi (Ita) Alessio 136 35 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 139 36 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio 154 37 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Milaneza-MSS 154 38 Angel Vicioso (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 166 39 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 175 40 David Navas (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 175 41 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Team Bianchi 175 42 Pedro Diaz Lobato (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 177 43 Jan Hruska (Cze) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 188 44 Patrick Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step-Davitamon 189 45 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 190 46 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 195 47 Francisco José Lara (Spa) Team Bianchi 199 48 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 199 49 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) iBanesto.com 214 50 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 225 51 Beat Zberg (Swi) Rabobank 226 52 Cesar Garcia Calvo (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 226 53 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre 240 54 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 274 55 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 281 56 Paulo Barroso (Por) Milaneza-MSS 293 Teams classification 1 Once - Eroski 184.10.27 2 IBanesto.com 5.13 3 Kelme - Costa Blanca 22.24 4 Cofidis, le credit par telephone 31.08 5 Euskaltel - Euskadi 39.21 6 Milaneza - MSS 42.20 7 Domina Vacanze-Elitron-RDZ 1.01.45 8 US Postal Service Berry Floor 1.34.23 9 Fassa Bortolo 1.54.01 10 Colchon Relax - Fuenlabrada 2.34.33 11 Team CSC 2.44.17 12 Paternina - Costa de Almeria 2.52.08 13 Quick Step - Davitamon 3.00.47 14 Labarca-2 Cafe Baque 3.02.23 15 Rabobank 3.07.48 16 Team Bianchi 3.35.56 17 Phonak Hearing Systems 3.53.49 18 Team Telekom 4.03.55 19 Lampre 4.49.28 20 Alessio 5.47.26 21 Saunier Duval - Vini Caldirola 7.02.20 22 Team Saeco 8.04.20
