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58th Vuelta a España - Spain, September 6-28, 2003
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Stage 21 - Sunday, September 28: Madrid - Madrid, 145.8km
Heras comfortable in gold on final day
Petacchi obtains his fifth stage win
By Hernán Alvarez Macías in Madrid
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Roberto Heras (US Postal Service-Berry Floor) is the champion of the 2003 Vuelta a España after the 21st and final stage was ridden in Madrid and its surroundings. This is Heras' second Vuelta win after his success in 2000. Isidro Nozal (ONCE-Eroski), who led the Vuelta for 16 stages, finally finished second overall, 28 seconds behind Heras. Another young Spanish revelation, Alejandro Valverde (Kelme-Costa Blanca), ended as third overall, 2'25 behind the winner.
Heras rode the last stage without any problems, seeming very happy with his sensational and unexpected victory. "It was a very hard final victory, but we did it little by little," said Heras, who was third overall just three days ago. "This sport is like this, you never know what to expect".
Heras had some words for Nozal, who lost the race in almost the same way as he did in 2002. "I would tell him that what he is living now is the same as we lived last year, but the most important thing that I would tell Nozal is that he must see the positive side of these things. Nozal had the victory on his legs, he has a lot of quality. He must think of the future and not on what happened yesterday."
The overall victory means that US Postal-Berry Floor riders have won two of the three grand tours this season (USPS didn't contest the Giro d'Italia). A remarkable achievement, and no team has accomplished it with two different riders for 20 years. Following his Vuelta victory in 2000, Heras left Kelme to join US Postal in 2001, a move that has perhaps cost him more chances at grand tour victories. But Heras is adamant that he is happy there: "I have no regrets at all in moving to my current team," said the Spaniard.
Different place, same winner: Petacchi
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Fassa Bortolo's super sprinter Alessandro Petacchi won the final stage in Madrid today, beating his rival Erik Zabel (Telekom) and Fred Rodríguez (Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola) comfortably. The Italian put his Fassa Bortolo machine on the front at full strength and prevailed over the rest of the sprinters. This is Petacchi's 5th Vuelta stage victory and his 15th stage win in Grand Tours this year.
"This is my greatest victory in this Vuelta because winning in Madrid, as well as Turin, as well as Paris is really good. It will be very difficult to repeat such a feat of winning 24 races in a year," said Petacchi, who added by way of assurance, "I wont compete in the three Grand Tours in 2004, so I wont be able to repeat what I've done this year."
How it unfolded
The tempo of the peloton was slow today for the first time. Everybody - some more than others - was relaxed and enjoying the last day of the race. The men on the podium, Roberto Heras, Isidro Nozal and Alejandro Valverde had the opportunity to celebrate their success with "cava" (Spanish champagne).
Valverde also had the points jersey and Erik Zabel (Telekom) wanted to recover it. The young Spanish rider had 152 points and Zabel 151 before the stage start. The Telekom rider won the first two intermediate sprints and Valverde was no match for him. In the end, Zabel won the points jersey even though Petacchi was the undisputed king of the sprint.
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The surprise of the day was Nozal's solo "attack". The ONCE man broke clear of the peloton at km 52, but a kilometre later he decided to stop, apparently for a nature break. It was a really unexpected moment and briefly caused some jitters in the peloton, but it didn't last long.
The first serious attacks came in the seven laps (the organization decided that the riders would race one lap less) around the centre of Madrid. First it was César García Calvo (Labarca2-Café Baqué) with some 45 kilometres to go to the finish line, and then Carlos Golbano (Paternina-Costa de Almería), Jurgen Van Goolen (Quick Step-Davitamon), Alessandro Bertolini (Alessio), Pedro Cardoso (Milaneza) and Gianpaolo Mondini (Domina Vacanze) gave it a try. But Telekom together with Fassa Bortolo led the bunch at a furious pace and didn't allow any breakaways. With 8 km to go the last break was caught and the peloton stayed together for the sprint.
Alessandro Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo) received a strong leadout by his teammates and had a great sprint to beat Erik Zabel (Telekom). Petacchi showed for the fifth time in this Vuelta, he is the best sprinter in the world at the moment.
Photography
Images by AFP Photo
- Isidro Nozal (ONCE) congratulates Roberto Heras (USPS-Berry Floor) at the start
- Jorge Ferrio (Paternina) hitches a ride with Jose Enrique Gutierrez (Kelme)
- Isidro Nozal, Roberto Heras and Alejandro Valverde toast each other with cava during the stage
- Roberto Heras (USPS-Berry Floor) congratulated by a teammate after the finish
Images by Unipublic
- Roberto Heras (USPS-Berry Floor) and child
- Roberto Heras (USPS-Berry Floor) waits to go
- Isidro Nozal (ONCE) and Roberto Heras (USPS-Berry Floor) shake hands at the start
- Alessandro Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo) wins the final stage in Madrid, his fifth in this year's Vuelta
- Five wins, count 'em
- Alessandro Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo) raises his fifth victory bouquet on the podium in Madrid
- iBanesto.com won the teams classification
- Alejandro Valverde (Kelme) was the best all round rider
- Erik Zabel (Telekom) claimed the points jersey in the end
- Felix Cardenas (Labarca) was king of the mountains
- Roberto Heras (USPS-Berry Floor) was a happy final winner
- The final podium (L to R): Isidro Nozal (2nd), Roberto Heras (1st) and Alejandro Valverde (3rd)
Results
1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3.51.19 2 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Telekom 3 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 4 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems 5 Angel Edo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 6 Miguel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 7 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 8 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 9 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 10 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio 11 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 12 Iñaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 13 Francisco Gutierrez (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 14 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Team Bianchi 15 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 16 Patrick Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step-Davitamon 17 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 18 Pablo Lastras (Spa) iBanesto.com 19 Thomas Bruun (Den) Team CSC 20 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Fassa Bortolo 21 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 22 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 23 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 24 Igor Pugaci (Mda) Team Saeco 25 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank 26 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre 27 Unai Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 28 Pedro Diaz Lobato (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 29 José Jufre (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 30 Ivan Herrero (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 31 Christian Pepoli (Ita) Team Saeco 32 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 33 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 34 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 35 Max van Heeswijk (Ned) US Postal-Berry Floor 36 Dmitri Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 37 Renato Silva (Por) Milaneza-MSS 38 Txema Del Olmo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 39 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre 40 Carlos Golbano (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 41 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 42 Angel Vicioso (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 43 Kyryl Pospyeyev (Ukr) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 44 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 45 Félix Garcia Casas (Spa) Team Bianchi 46 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 47 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 48 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 49 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 50 David Lopez (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 51 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon 52 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 53 Simone Masciarelli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 54 José Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 55 Christian Werner (Ger) Team Telekom 56 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 57 Felix Cardenas (Col) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 58 Pietro Zucconi (Swi) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 59 Steffan Wesemann (Ger) Team Telekom 60 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 61 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 62 Mikel Pradera (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 63 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 64 Gianluca Sironi (Ita) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 65 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 66 Alberto Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 67 David Latasa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 68 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 69 Francisco Vila (Spa) Lampre 70 Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 71 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 72 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Milaneza-MSS 73 Francisco Cerezo (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 74 Claus Møller (Den) Milaneza-MSS 75 Marcos Serrano (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 76 David Cañada (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 77 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 78 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) iBanesto.com 79 Gustavo Otero (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 80 Pedro Cardoso (Por) Milaneza-MSS 81 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) iBanesto.com 82 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 83 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 84 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 85 Matthew White (Aus) US Postal-Berry Floor 86 Bobby Julich (USA) Team Telekom 87 Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 88 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 89 Michael Barry (Can) US Postal-Berry Floor 90 Isidro Nozal (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 91 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 92 Aitor Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 93 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 94 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio 95 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal-Berry Floor 96 Gonçalo Amorim (Por) Milaneza-MSS 97 Jan Hruska (Cze) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 98 Alberto Vinale (Ita) Alessio 99 Mario Aerts (Bel) Team Telekom 100 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 101 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal-Berry Floor 102 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 103 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) iBanesto.com 104 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 105 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC 106 Ronald Mutsaars (Ned) Rabobank 107 Gianpaolo Mondini (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 108 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Team Telekom 109 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) iBanesto.com 110 Francisco José Lara (Spa) Team Bianchi 111 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC 112 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 113 Rafael Casero (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 114 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 115 Juan José De Los Angeles (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 116 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 117 Joan Horrach (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 118 Aitor Garmendia (Spa) Team Bianchi 119 Simone Bertoletti (Ita) Lampre 120 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 121 Guido Trenti (USA) Fassa Bortolo 122 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Lampre 123 Benjamín Noval (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 124 José Luis Martinez (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 125 Gonzalo Bayarri (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 126 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 127 Raphael Schweda (Ger) Team Bianchi 128 Beat Zberg (Swi) Rabobank 129 David Navas (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 130 Germán Nieto (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 131 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 132 Santiago Blanco (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 133 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 134 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 135 Bekim Christensen (Den) Team CSC 136 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank 137 Michael Sandstod (Den) Team CSC 138 Angelo Lopeboselli (Ita) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 139 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 140 Denis Lunghi (Ita) Alessio 141 Addy Engels (Ned) Rabobank 142 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) iBanesto.com 143 Paulo Barroso (Por) Milaneza-MSS 144 Gorka Arrizabalaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 145 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 146 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 147 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 148 Cesar Garcia Calvo (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 149 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Team Saeco 150 José Maestre (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 151 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) iBanesto.com 152 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio 153 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 0.23 154 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Team Telekom 0.37 155 Stefano Casagranda (Ita) Alessio 156 Joaquin Lopez (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 0.44 157 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 158 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 0.53 159 Thorsten Rund (Ger) Team Bianchi 1.22 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 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems 14 5 Angel Edo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 12 6 Miguel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 10 7 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 9 8 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 8 9 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 7 10 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio 6 11 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 5 12 Iñaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4 13 Francisco Gutierrez (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 3 14 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Team Bianchi 2 15 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 1 Sprints Arganda del Rey - km 25 1 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Telekom 4 pts 2 Steffan Wesemann (Ger) Team Telekom 2 3 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1 Morata de Tajuña - km 35.8 1 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Telekom 4 pts 2 Steffan Wesemann (Ger) Team Telekom 2 3 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Team Telekom 1 Mostoles - km 79 1 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 4 pts 2 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Telekom 2 3 Steffan Wesemann (Ger) Team Telekom 1 Teams 1 Paternina - Costa de Almeria 11.33.57 2 Saunier Duval - Vini Caldirola 3 Domina Vacanze-Elitron-RDZ 4 Quick Step - Davitamon 5 Phonak Hearing Systems 6 Milaneza - MSS 7 Euskaltel - Euskadi 8 Lampre 9 Rabobank 10 Labarca-2 Cafe Baque 11 Kelme - Costa Blanca 12 Team Telekom 13 IBanesto.com 14 Colchon Relax - Fuenlabrada 15 Fassa Bortolo 16 US Postal Service Berry Floor 17 Cofidis, le credit par telephone 18 Team Bianchi 19 Once - Eroski 20 Team CSC 21 Alessio 22 Team Saeco Final general classification 1 Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 69.31.52 2 Isidro Nozal (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 0.28 3 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2.25 4 Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 3.27 5 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) iBanesto.com 4.47 6 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 5.51 7 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 5.56 8 Felix Cardenas (Col) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 6.33 9 Unai Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 6.51 10 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 7.56 11 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 9.08 12 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 9.52 13 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 10.13 14 Marcos Serrano (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 12.51 15 Félix Garcia Casas (Spa) Team Bianchi 14.18 16 Txema Del Olmo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 14.38 17 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 17.05 18 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 18.31 19 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 29.34 20 José Jufre (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 33.30 21 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 40.19 22 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 41.18 23 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) iBanesto.com 46.45 24 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC 47.54 25 Aitor Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 49.39 26 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 56.51 27 Christian Werner (Ger) Team Telekom 1.00.48 28 Joan Horrach (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 1.02.00 29 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.04.47 30 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1.06.52 31 Alberto Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.07.29 32 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.09.41 33 Claus Møller (Den) Milaneza-MSS 1.10.24 34 José Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1.11.09 35 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 1.12.21 36 Miguel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 1.13.44 37 Kyryl Pospyeyev (Ukr) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 1.17.42 38 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.18.28 39 Gonçalo Amorim (Por) Milaneza-MSS 1.19.54 40 Pedro Cardoso (Por) Milaneza-MSS 1.30.39 41 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 1.35.10 42 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 1.37.32 43 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 1.41.57 44 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.45.58 45 Benjamín Noval (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 1.47.13 46 David Latasa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1.49.39 47 David Lopez (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 1.50.59 48 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) iBanesto.com 1.54.06 49 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio 1.54.56 50 Denis Lunghi (Ita) Alessio 1.55.10 51 Mario Aerts (Bel) Team Telekom 2.00.48 52 Francisco Vila (Spa) Lampre 2.00.53 53 David Cañada (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 54 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.01.29 55 Pablo Lastras (Spa) iBanesto.com 2.01.48 56 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) iBanesto.com 2.01.59 57 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 2.03.57 58 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank 2.04.12 59 Francisco José Lara (Spa) Team Bianchi 2.08.29 60 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.08.55 61 Santiago Blanco (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 2.09.40 62 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC 2.09.42 63 José Luis Martinez (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 2.10.21 64 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 2.10.37 65 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Milaneza-MSS 2.12.02 66 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 2.12.58 67 Angel Vicioso (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 2.13.44 68 Renato Silva (Por) Milaneza-MSS 2.13.56 69 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre 2.14.41 70 Angel Edo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 2.15.18 71 David Navas (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 2.16.30 72 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Telekom 2.19.28 73 Patrick Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step-Davitamon 2.21.36 74 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2.22.18 75 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Team Telekom 2.24.32 76 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal-Berry Floor 2.25.01 77 Beat Zberg (Swi) Rabobank 2.29.30 78 Michael Barry (Can) US Postal-Berry Floor 2.30.26 79 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 2.31.10 80 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 2.33.26 81 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal-Berry Floor 2.34.04 82 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Team Bianchi 2.34.56 83 Juan José De Los Angeles (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 2.37.34 84 Carlos Golbano (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 2.38.46 85 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 2.39.38 86 Rafael Casero (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 2.39.44 87 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 2.40.33 88 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.40.40 89 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 2.41.50 90 Angelo Lopeboselli (Ita) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 2.43.13 91 Iñaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.47.02 92 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 2.47.06 93 Joaquin Lopez (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 2.47.13 94 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon 2.47.41 95 Bobby Julich (USA) Team Telekom 2.47.48 96 Francisco Cerezo (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 2.47.55 97 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2.49.45 98 Gorka Arrizabalaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.50.04 99 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre 2.52.37 100 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 2.52.41 101 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Team Telekom 2.54.35 102 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 2.55.06 103 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Fassa Bortolo 2.55.19 104 Raphael Schweda (Ger) Team Bianchi 2.55.57 105 Dmitri Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 2.56.34 106 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) iBanesto.com 3.00.22 107 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 3.02.14 108 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) iBanesto.com 3.02.58 109 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 3.03.31 110 Steffan Wesemann (Ger) Team Telekom 3.04.28 111 Cesar Garcia Calvo (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 3.05.11 112 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio 3.05.46 113 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 3.08.42 114 Addy Engels (Ned) Rabobank 3.08.55 115 Gustavo Otero (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 3.11.24 116 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 3.12.42 117 Pedro Diaz Lobato (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 3.15.26 118 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 3.16.54 119 Mikel Pradera (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 3.16.59 120 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3.18.22 121 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Team Saeco 3.18.54 122 Aitor Garmendia (Spa) Team Bianchi 3.19.03 123 Jan Hruska (Cze) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 3.19.33 124 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 3.20.22 125 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 3.21.28 126 Simone Masciarelli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 3.22.33 127 Matthew White (Aus) US Postal-Berry Floor 3.22.38 128 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 3.23.31 129 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 3.24.13 130 Ivan Herrero (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 3.24.33 131 Gianpaolo Mondini (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 3.28.24 132 Paulo Barroso (Por) Milaneza-MSS 3.28.57 133 Pietro Zucconi (Swi) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 3.29.05 134 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3.30.06 135 Stefano Casagranda (Ita) Alessio 3.30.51 136 Bekim Christensen (Den) Team CSC 3.31.00 137 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 3.31.55 138 Ronald Mutsaars (Ned) Rabobank 3.33.12 139 Max van Heeswijk (Ned) US Postal-Berry Floor 3.33.15 140 Gianluca Sironi (Ita) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 3.33.27 141 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 3.35.42 142 Thorsten Rund (Ger) Team Bianchi 3.35.43 143 Simone Bertoletti (Ita) Lampre 3.36.44 144 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 3.38.58 145 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems 3.38.59 146 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank 3.39.16 147 Igor Pugaci (Mda) Team Saeco 3.40.03 148 Christian Pepoli (Ita) Team Saeco 3.40.11 149 Thomas Bruun (Den) Team CSC 3.44.56 150 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio 3.47.30 151 Alberto Vinale (Ita) Alessio 3.48.16 152 Michael Sandstod (Den) Team CSC 3.50.06 153 Guido Trenti (USA) Fassa Bortolo 3.50.07 154 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Lampre 3.50.29 155 Germán Nieto (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 3.51.51 156 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 3.53.23 157 Gonzalo Bayarri (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 3.55.35 158 Francisco Gutierrez (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 3.57.44 159 José Maestre (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 4.26.12 Points classification 1 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Telekom 181 pts 2 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 161 3 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 160 4 Felix Cardenas (Col) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 123 5 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 99 6 Isidro Nozal (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 92 7 Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 83 8 Angel Edo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 82 9 Unai Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 81 10 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 80 11 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 73 12 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 69 13 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 67 14 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 65 15 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 65 16 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 64 17 Miguel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 62 18 Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 61 19 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 57 20 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) iBanesto.com 56 21 Claus Møller (Den) Milaneza-MSS 55 22 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 53 23 Pedro Diaz Lobato (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 52 24 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 47 25 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 42 26 José Jufre (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 34 27 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 33 28 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 33 29 Jan Hruska (Cze) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 32 30 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems 32 31 Joan Horrach (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 31 32 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) iBanesto.com 29 33 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Team Bianchi 29 34 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) iBanesto.com 28 35 Raphael Schweda (Ger) Team Bianchi 28 36 Angel Vicioso (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 27 37 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Milaneza-MSS 26 38 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 26 39 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 26 40 Aitor Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 26 41 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 25 42 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 25 43 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 25 44 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio 25 45 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio 24 46 Iñaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 24 47 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 23 48 Alberto Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 22 49 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 20 50 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 19 51 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 19 52 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 18 53 José Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 18 54 Txema Del Olmo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 18 55 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) iBanesto.com 18 56 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) iBanesto.com 17 57 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 17 58 Beat Zberg (Swi) Rabobank 16 59 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Fassa Bortolo 16 60 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank 15 61 Thomas Bruun (Den) Team CSC 15 62 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio 14 63 Stefano Casagranda (Ita) Alessio 13 64 Francisco Gutierrez (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 13 65 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 12 66 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 12 67 Marcos Serrano (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 11 68 Félix Garcia Casas (Spa) Team Bianchi 11 69 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank 11 70 Denis Lunghi (Ita) Alessio 10 71 Michael Barry (Can) US Postal-Berry Floor 10 72 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) iBanesto.com 9 73 Patrick Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step-Davitamon 9 74 David Navas (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 8 75 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 8 76 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 8 77 Renato Silva (Por) Milaneza-MSS 7 78 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal-Berry Floor 7 79 Gianpaolo Mondini (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 7 80 Max van Heeswijk (Ned) US Postal-Berry Floor 7 81 Francisco Cerezo (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 6 82 Pablo Lastras (Spa) iBanesto.com 6 83 Alberto Vinale (Ita) Alessio 6 84 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 5 85 Steffan Wesemann (Ger) Team Telekom 5 86 Cesar Garcia Calvo (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 5 87 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 4 88 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 4 89 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 4 90 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 4 91 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 3 92 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Team Telekom 3 93 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre 3 94 Germán Nieto (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 3 95 Francisco José Lara (Spa) Team Bianchi 2 96 Dmitri Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 2 97 Simone Masciarelli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 2 98 Paulo Barroso (Por) Milaneza-MSS 2 99 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 2 100 Kyryl Pospyeyev (Ukr) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 1 101 Benjamín Noval (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 1 102 Mario Aerts (Bel) Team Telekom 1 103 Juan José De Los Angeles (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 1 104 Bobby Julich (USA) Team Telekom 1 105 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Team Telekom 1 106 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1 107 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Team Saeco 1 108 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 1 109 Ivan Herrero (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 1 110 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Lampre 1 Mountains classification 1 Felix Cardenas (Col) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 204 pts 2 Aitor Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 112 3 Joan Horrach (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 101 4 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 100 5 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 72 6 Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 64 7 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 58 8 José Jufre (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 57 9 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 56 10 Unai Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 52 11 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 50 12 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 49 13 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) iBanesto.com 39 14 Claus Møller (Den) Milaneza-MSS 38 15 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Milaneza-MSS 38 16 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 33 17 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 32 18 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 31 19 Isidro Nozal (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 31 20 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) iBanesto.com 31 21 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 23 22 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) iBanesto.com 23 23 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) iBanesto.com 22 24 Francisco José Lara (Spa) Team Bianchi 20 25 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 18 26 Denis Lunghi (Ita) Alessio 17 27 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 16 28 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 15 29 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 14 30 Miguel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 14 31 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal-Berry Floor 14 32 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 12 33 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio 12 34 Txema Del Olmo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 12 35 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 12 36 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 12 37 Cesar Garcia Calvo (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 10 38 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre 10 39 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 10 40 Angel Vicioso (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 9 41 David Navas (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 8 42 Beat Zberg (Swi) Rabobank 8 43 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 8 44 Christian Pepoli (Ita) Team Saeco 7 45 Jan Hruska (Cze) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 6 46 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 6 47 Juan José De Los Angeles (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 6 48 Pedro Diaz Lobato (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 6 49 Marcos Serrano (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 5 50 Félix Garcia Casas (Spa) Team Bianchi 4 51 David Lopez (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 4 52 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Team Bianchi 4 53 Mikel Pradera (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 4 54 Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 3 55 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3 56 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 3 57 Alberto Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 58 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank 2 59 Joaquin Lopez (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 2 60 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2 61 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 1 62 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 1 63 Patrick Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step-Davitamon 1 64 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 1 65 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) iBanesto.com 1 66 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 1 67 Paulo Barroso (Por) Milaneza-MSS 1 Combination classification 1 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 9 pts 2 Felix Cardenas (Col) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 13 3 Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 14 4 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 21 5 Isidro Nozal (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 27 6 Unai Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 28 7 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 29 8 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 38 9 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) iBanesto.com 47 10 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 53 11 José Jufre (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 54 12 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 57 13 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 57 14 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 60 15 Joan Horrach (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 62 16 Aitor Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 67 17 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) iBanesto.com 68 18 Claus Møller (Den) Milaneza-MSS 68 19 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 75 20 Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 76 21 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 78 22 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 80 23 Miguel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 83 24 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 85 25 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 92 26 Txema Del Olmo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 104 27 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) iBanesto.com 110 28 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 112 29 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Milaneza-MSS 117 30 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 120 31 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio 127 32 Marcos Serrano (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 130 33 Félix Garcia Casas (Spa) Team Bianchi 133 34 Alberto Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 136 35 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) iBanesto.com 143 36 Angel Vicioso (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 143 37 Denis Lunghi (Ita) Alessio 146 38 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 146 39 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 155 40 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Team Bianchi 167 41 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank 176 42 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 177 43 Beat Zberg (Swi) Rabobank 177 44 Francisco José Lara (Spa) Team Bianchi 178 45 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 184 46 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal-Berry Floor 185 47 David Navas (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 186 48 Pedro Diaz Lobato (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 188 49 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 192 50 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 195 51 Jan Hruska (Cze) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 197 52 Patrick Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step-Davitamon 209 53 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 214 54 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) iBanesto.com 229 55 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre 230 56 Juan José De Los Angeles (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 233 57 Cesar Garcia Calvo (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 234 58 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 279 59 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 285 60 Paulo Barroso (Por) Milaneza-MSS 297 Teams classification 1 IBanesto.com 208.43.05 2 Once - Eroski 1.03 3 Kelme - Costa Blanca 17.07 4 Cofidis, le credit par telephone 30.22 5 Milaneza - MSS 37.38 6 Euskaltel - Euskadi 38.11 7 Domina Vacanze-Elitron-RDZ 56.54 8 US Postal Service Berry Floor 1.31.45 9 Fassa Bortolo 2.02.51 10 Colchon Relax - Fuenlabrada 2.36.14 11 Team CSC 2.58.46 12 Rabobank 3.09.00 13 Labarca-2 Cafe Baque 3.21.30 14 Paternina - Costa de Almeria 3.21.33 15 Quick Step - Davitamon 3.27.23 16 Team Bianchi 3.35.58 17 Phonak Hearing Systems 4.12.41 18 Team Telekom 4.13.45 19 Lampre 5.22.57 20 Alessio 6.12.37 21 Saunier Duval - Vini Caldirola 7.47.15 22 Team Saeco 8.51.34
