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58th Vuelta a España - Spain, September 6-28, 2003
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Stage 5 - Wednesday, September 10: Soria - Zaragoza, 166.7km
Petacchi achieves 12th grand tour victory 2003
Isidro Nozal retains leader's jersey
By Hernán Alvarez Macías
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Alessandro Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo) has won again. The Italian obtained his 12th stage victory in Grand Tours in 2003. Today he took the fifth stage of Vuelta España between Soria Natural and Zaragoza in a time of 3:19:26 (50.15 km/h) just ahead of Angel Edo (Milaneza-MSS). Julian Dean (CSC) finished third and Erik Zabel (Telekom) fourth, both 2 seconds behind. Spain's Isidro Nozal (ONCE-Eroski) retained the golden leader's jersey for the second consecutive day.
After the stage, Miguel Martín Perdiguero (Domina Vacanze) echoed the thoughts of many when he said about Petacchi, "Every sprint he has, every sprint he wins. There's no doubt he is unbeatable this year".
Some riders did not find it so easy today, as the peloton flew over the 167 kilometres at an average of over 50 km/h. Oscar Sevilla (Kelme) is still suffering from his crash in Monday's stage in Santander, and although he hasn't lost much time, he is doubtful whether he'll be able to fight for the leader's jersey.
"I could recover a lot from that crash," Sevilla told Spanish radio. "However, I had a bad moment in the first kilometres today because of the pain. I'm making a great effort to keep racing. I have to thank my team for all its support. My problems in my hip and my elbow are diminishing."
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About the upcoming hard stages in the next few days, Sevilla said, "I don't know how I will feel. I will give it everything and I hope we all can watch the normal Oscar Sevilla."
Aitor González (Fassa Bortolo) is not having a spectacular Vuelta so far. The defending champion is some way off the top riders in the general classification. "If I have some problems in the next key stages, I will think about next year's season. It's not that I'll give up, but this year things are not going as well as in 2002. I remain in a positive frame of mind, but in this Vuelta it's more difficult to get an outstanding result."
How it unfolded
The 190 riders that finished yesterday in Burgos started in Soria Natural today. It was a sunny day, but the strong wind caused problems for the riders in most parts of the stage. A breakaway went at kilometre 8 with four riders in it: Spain's Igor Astarloa (Saeco) and David Navas (Relax-Fuenlabrada), Italy's Mariano Piccoli (Lampre), and The Netherlands' Karsten Kroon (Rabobank). Little by little the gap grew: at Matalebreras (km 52) the leaders were 3'37 in front of the peloton and at Agreda (km 62.2) they were 4'08.
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Just before Agreda, José Luis Martínez (Paternina-Costa de Almería) attacked in pursuit of the four leaders, but it was a futile effort and he could not make any inroads on the four minute gap. His teammate José Antonio Pecharromán decided to abandon the race at the feed zone (km 81.3). Pecharromán started the Vuelta not in good condition. Besides, the young rider was thinking of next year in his new team Quick Step-Davitamon more than the current competition.
Paternina director Juan Martínez Oliver told Spanish radio "we can't pay Pecharromán as much money as Quick Step. He was thinking of his new team since he reached an agreement with them and he wasn't doing his best. I've helped him, especially when his father died this year, but he wanted a team change. His exit is not a surprise."
Twenty kilometres later the gap was 6'20, but this was the beginning of the end for the break. The peloton started to reduce the difference, with the leader's team ONCE-Eroski as well as Fassa Bortolo riding a strong tempo. The gap between the leaders and the peloton was diminishing little by little. In Borja (km 104) the front riders were 4'36 in front of the field, while the lone Jose Luis Martínez was caught at km 105.
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After Borja the peloton split in three big groups as the crosswind caused some problems, but most riders were able to get back into the main group. 45 km from Zaragoza and the gap was 2'35, and the break was finally caught with 16 km to go. There was a crash in the final kilometre where Alessandro Cortinovis (Lampre) and David Latasa (Kelme) came down on a corner. The Italian went to a hospital with a neck bone injury.
The corner created a small gap at the front of the peloton, and Alessandro Petacchi made it look easy as he led Angel Edo to the line, a little way in front of Dean and Zabel.
Stage 6 - September 10: Zaragoza-Zaragoza, individual time trial 43.8 km
The sixth stage is a 43.8 km individual time trial in the streets of Zaragoza. The route is completely flat- perfect for the time trial specialists. Isidro Nozal has a chance to retain the golden leader's jersey if he is able to demonstrate he is not bad against the clock. But it won't be easy with his teammate Igor González de Galdeano just 50" behind in the general classification.
Photography
Images by AFP Photo
- The peloton race during stage 5 of the Vuelta
- US Postal's Manuel Beltran has a word to race leader Isidro Nozal (ONCE)
- Roberto Heras (USPS) next to race leader Isidro Nozal (ONCE)
- Igor Astarloa (Saeco) drives the four man break towards Zaragoza
- ONCE-Eroski riding hard during stage 5
- Alessandro Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo) crosses the line in front of Angel Edo (Milaneza) to win stage 5
- Alessandro Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo) has won six Giro stages, four Tour stages, and two Vuelta stages so far this year
- As he has done so many times this year Alessandro Petacchi salutes the crowd from the podium
Images by Unipublic
- Oscar Sevilla and Jose Rubiera catch up at the start of stage 5
- Erik Zabel (Telekom) swears that his brakes are rubbing, but the 50 km/h+ tempo may also have something to do with it
- The peloton ride during stage 5
- Fassa Bortolo working hard for Petacchi
- Alessandro Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo) is simply too strong for the rest
- Isidro Nozal (ONCE) on the podium as race leader
Results
1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3.19.26 (50.15 km/h) 2 Angel Edo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 3 Julian Dean (NZl) Team CSC 0.02 4 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Telekom 5 Antonio Bucciero (Ita) Team Saeco 6 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 7 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio 8 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre 9 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 10 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank 11 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 12 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 13 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 14 Gianpaolo Mondini (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 15 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio 16 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 17 Ivan Herrero (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 18 Max van Heeswijk (Ned) US Postal-Berry Floor 19 Angel Vicioso (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 20 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 21 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 22 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems 23 Raphael Schweda (Ger) Team Bianchi 24 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 25 Isidro Nozal (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 26 Gorka Gerrikagoitia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 27 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 28 Guido Trenti (USA) Fassa Bortolo 29 Iñaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 30 Klaus Möller (Den) Milaneza-MSS 31 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon 32 Michael Barry (Can) US Postal-Berry Floor 33 Aitor Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 34 Carlos Golbano (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 35 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 36 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre 37 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 38 José Jufre (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 39 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 40 Francisco Vila (Spa) Lampre 41 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 42 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC 43 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 44 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 45 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal-Berry Floor 46 Angelo Lopeboselli (Ita) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 47 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 48 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 49 Unai Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 50 Peter Farazjin (Bel) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 51 Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 52 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 53 Thomas Bruun (Den) Team CSC 54 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 55 Bekim Christensen (Den) Team CSC 56 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Lampre 57 Kyryl Pospyeyev (Ukr) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 58 Angel Casero (Spa) Team Bianchi 59 Addy Engels (Ned) Rabobank 60 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 61 Rafael Casero (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 62 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 63 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre 64 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 65 Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 66 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 67 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 68 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 69 Félix Garcia Casas (Spa) Team Bianchi 70 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 71 Alberto Vinale (Ita) Alessio 72 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 73 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 74 Jaime Hernandez (Spa) Team Bianchi 75 Cesar Garcia Calvo (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 76 Francisco Cerezo (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 77 Simone Masciarelli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 78 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 79 Francisco Gutierrez (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 80 Dmitri Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 81 José Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 82 Marcos Serrano (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 83 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) iBanesto.com 84 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 85 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) iBanesto.com 86 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) iBanesto.com 87 Mario Aerts (Bel) Team Telekom 88 José Azevedo (Por) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 89 Pablo Lastras (Spa) iBanesto.com 90 Benjamín Noval (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 91 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 92 Mikel Pradera (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 93 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 94 Patrick Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step-Davitamon 95 Txema Del Olmo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 96 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal-Berry Floor 97 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 98 Pedro Cardoso (Por) Milaneza-MSS 99 Gianluca Sironi (Ita) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 100 Stefano Casagranda (Ita) Alessio 101 Christian Werner (Ger) Team Telekom 102 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 103 Bobby Julich (USA) Team Telekom 104 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 105 Felix Cardenas (Col) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 106 Domingo Sanchez (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 107 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 108 Steffan Wesemann (Ger) Team Telekom 109 Joan Horrach (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 110 Jan Hruska (Cze) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 111 Thorsten Rund (Ger) Team Bianchi 112 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Team Telekom 113 Andrea Brognara (Ita) Alessio 114 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Team Saeco 115 Aitor Garmendia (Spa) Team Bianchi 116 David Cañada (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 117 Germán Nieto (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 118 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio 119 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 120 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) iBanesto.com 121 Beat Zberg (Swi) Rabobank 122 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal-Berry Floor 123 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 124 Renato Silva (Por) Milaneza-MSS 125 Pietro Zucconi (Swi) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 126 Alex Zuelle (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 127 Michael Sandstod (Den) Team CSC 128 Gorka Arrizabalaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 129 David Navas (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 130 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) iBanesto.com 131 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 132 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) iBanesto.com 133 Matthew White (Aus) US Postal-Berry Floor 134 Massimo Apollonio (Ita) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 0.25 135 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Team Saeco 0.27 136 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Fassa Bortolo 0.30 137 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 138 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Alessio 0.36 139 Denis Lunghi (Ita) Alessio 140 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 0.52 141 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 0.58 142 Alberto Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.02 143 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.25 144 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.02 145 David Latasa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 146 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick.Step-Davitamon 6.27 147 Simone Bertoletti (Ita) Lampre 148 Jesus Maria Manzano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 149 Miguel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 150 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 151 Paulo Barroso (Por) Milaneza-MSS 152 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 153 Gonçalo Amorim (Por) Milaneza-MSS 154 Igor Pugaci (Mda) Team Saeco 155 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Team Telekom 156 Francisco José Lara (Spa) Team Bianchi 157 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 158 Gonzalo Bayarri (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 159 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC 160 Gustavo Otero (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 161 Ronald Mutsaars (Ned) Rabobank 162 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Milaneza-MSS 163 David Lopez (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 164 Juan José De Los Angeles (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 165 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 166 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 167 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Team Bianchi 168 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 169 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 170 Sergio Perez (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 9.55 171 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Lampre 172 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 173 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 174 Francesco Secchiari (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 175 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 176 Pedro Diaz Lobato (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 177 José Luis Martinez (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 178 Davide Frattini (Ita) Alessio 179 Santiago Blanco (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 180 Frank Vandenbroucke (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 181 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank 182 José Javier Gomez Gozalo (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 183 Christian Pepoli (Ita) Team Saeco 184 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 185 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 186 Joaquin Lopez (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 187 José Maestre (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 188 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Team Saeco 189 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Lampre 0.02 DNF J.Antonio Pecharroman (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria Points 1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 25 pts 2 Angel Edo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 20 3 Julian Dean (NZl) Team CSC 16 4 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Telekom 14 5 Antonio Bucciero (Ita) Team Saeco 12 6 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 10 7 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio 9 8 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre 8 9 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 7 10 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank 6 11 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 5 12 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4 13 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 3 14 Gianpaolo Mondini (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 2 15 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio 1 Mountains Alto de Lanzas Agudas - Cat. 3, km 89 1 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Team Saeco 6 pts 2 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre 4 3 David Navas (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 2 4 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 1 Sprints Soria - km 11 1 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 4 pts 2 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre 2 3 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Team Saeco 1 Aldealpozo - km 36 1 David Navas (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 4 pts 2 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Team Saeco 2 3 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 1 Maleján - km 102.5 1 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 4 pts 2 David Navas (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 2 3 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre 1 Teams 1 Fassa Bortolo 9.58.22 2 Milaneza - MSS 3 Domina Vacanze-Elitron-RDZ 0.02 4 Euskaltel - Euskadi 5 Rabobank 6 Cofidis, le credit par telephone 7 Lampre 8 Team CSC 9 Alessio 10 US Postal Service Berry Floor 11 Once - Eroski 12 Phonak Hearing Systems 13 Kelme - Costa Blanca 14 Paternina - Costa de Almeria 15 Quick Step - Davitamon 16 Team Bianchi 17 IBanesto.com 18 Labarca-2 Cafe Baque 19 Saunier Duval - Vini Caldirola 20 Team Telekom 21 Colchon Relax - Fuenlabrada 22 Saeco - Longoni Sport 0.27 General classification after stage 5 1 Isidro Nozal (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 14.11.03 2 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.50 3 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 4 Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 5 Marcos Serrano (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 6 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 1.00 7 Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 8 Aitor Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 1.14 9 Unai Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 10 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) iBanesto.com 11 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) iBanesto.com 12 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.32 13 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1.35 14 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 15 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 16 David Latasa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 17 Patrick Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step-Davitamon 1.38 18 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.40 19 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 20 Félix Garcia Casas (Spa) Team Bianchi 1.51 21 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 2.03 22 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 2.08 23 Angel Vicioso (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 2.09 24 José Azevedo (Por) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 25 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2.15 26 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal-Berry Floor 27 Klaus Möller (Den) Milaneza-MSS 2.20 28 Joan Horrach (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 29 Txema Del Olmo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 30 Pablo Lastras (Spa) iBanesto.com 2.29 31 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) iBanesto.com 32 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 2.57 33 Gorka Gerrikagoitia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.59 34 Alberto Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 35 Felix Cardenas (Col) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 3.00 36 Peter Farazjin (Bel) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 3.05 37 Francisco Vila (Spa) Lampre 3.08 38 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre 39 Angel Casero (Spa) Team Bianchi 3.10 40 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 3.13 41 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 42 Benjamín Noval (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 3.20 43 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 3.29 44 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 3.34 45 Christian Werner (Ger) Team Telekom 3.35 46 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 3.51 47 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 48 Kyryl Pospyeyev (Ukr) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 49 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 4.29 50 Jan Hruska (Cze) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 4.48 51 Michael Barry (Can) US Postal-Berry Floor 4.58 52 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal-Berry Floor 53 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal-Berry Floor 54 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 5.05 55 Francisco Cerezo (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 5.09 56 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Lampre 5.34 57 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Team Saeco 5.39 58 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 5.40 59 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 5.51 60 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 61 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Lampre 5.58 62 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 5.59 63 Rafael Casero (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 6.08 64 Domingo Sanchez (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 65 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Telekom 6.14 66 Carlos Golbano (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 6.15 67 Renato Silva (Por) Milaneza-MSS 6.18 68 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio 6.21 69 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 6.22 70 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC 71 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 6.46 72 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 7.02 73 José Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 7.08 74 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 7.25 75 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre 7.38 76 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 8.02 77 Mario Aerts (Bel) Team Telekom 8.03 78 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 8.05 79 Pedro Cardoso (Por) Milaneza-MSS 80 Addy Engels (Ned) Rabobank 8.47 81 Angelo Lopeboselli (Ita) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 9.34 82 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick.Step-Davitamon 9.42 83 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC 10.01 84 Miguel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 10.16 85 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 10.31 86 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 10.44 87 José Jufre (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 11.08 88 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) iBanesto.com 12.14 89 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) iBanesto.com 90 Francisco José Lara (Spa) Team Bianchi 12.21 91 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon 12.38 92 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 93 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 12.43 94 Gonçalo Amorim (Por) Milaneza-MSS 95 Raphael Schweda (Ger) Team Bianchi 12.51 96 Thorsten Rund (Ger) Team Bianchi 97 Jaime Hernandez (Spa) Team Bianchi 98 Angel Edo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 13.18 99 Aitor Garmendia (Spa) Team Bianchi 13.45 100 Alex Zuelle (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 13.48 101 Simone Masciarelli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 13.54 102 Gustavo Otero (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 14.20 103 Iñaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 14.24 104 Gorka Arrizabalaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 105 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems 14.38 106 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Team Bianchi 14.43 107 Matthew White (Aus) US Postal-Berry Floor 14.49 108 Cesar Garcia Calvo (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 14.50 109 Gianpaolo Mondini (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 14.51 110 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) iBanesto.com 14.52 111 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 14.57 112 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio 15.00 113 Bekim Christensen (Den) Team CSC 15.01 114 Bobby Julich (USA) Team Telekom 15.08 115 Julian Dean (NZl) Team CSC 15.11 116 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank 117 Paulo Barroso (Por) Milaneza-MSS 15.24 118 Max van Heeswijk (Ned) US Postal-Berry Floor 15.28 119 Frank Vandenbroucke (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 15.29 120 Denis Lunghi (Ita) Alessio 15.34 121 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 15.44 122 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 15.53 123 Steffan Wesemann (Ger) Team Telekom 15.56 124 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Team Telekom 16.00 125 David Navas (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 16.04 126 Mikel Pradera (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 16.20 127 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 128 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Fassa Bortolo 16.21 129 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Team Telekom 16.31 130 Francisco Gutierrez (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 16.34 131 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 16.46 132 Jesus Maria Manzano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 17.02 133 Andrea Brognara (Ita) Alessio 17.03 134 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 17.29 135 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 17.49 136 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Milaneza-MSS 17.55 137 Ivan Herrero (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 17.57 138 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 18.27 139 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 18.42 140 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 19.03 141 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 19.20 142 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 19.49 143 David Cañada (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 144 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre 19.55 145 Guido Trenti (USA) Fassa Bortolo 20.01 146 Gianluca Sironi (Ita) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 21.01 147 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 22.10 148 José Javier Gomez Gozalo (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 22.51 149 David Lopez (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 22.59 150 Pietro Zucconi (Swi) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 151 Beat Zberg (Swi) Rabobank 23.39 152 Germán Nieto (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 24.15 153 Alberto Vinale (Ita) Alessio 24.25 154 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 24.26 155 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Team Saeco 25.16 156 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 25.20 157 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Alessio 26.01 158 Stefano Casagranda (Ita) Alessio 26.06 159 Joaquin Lopez (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 26.32 160 Thomas Bruun (Den) Team CSC 26.41 161 Ronald Mutsaars (Ned) Rabobank 26.44 162 José Luis Martinez (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 27.11 163 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 27.22 164 Simone Bertoletti (Ita) Lampre 27.23 165 Massimo Apollonio (Ita) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 27.25 166 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio 27.50 167 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 28.01 168 Antonio Bucciero (Ita) Team Saeco 28.22 169 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 28.31 170 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Team Saeco 28.37 171 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 29.05 172 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 30.28 173 Dmitri Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 30.40 174 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank 30.43 175 Pedro Diaz Lobato (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 30.55 176 Michael Sandstod (Den) Team CSC 31.11 177 Juan José De Los Angeles (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 32.38 178 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 33.09 179 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Lampre 34.01 180 Igor Pugaci (Mda) Team Saeco 34.11 181 Sergio Perez (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 34.14 182 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 36.05 183 Davide Frattini (Ita) Alessio 36.59 184 Gonzalo Bayarri (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 39.08 185 Francesco Secchiari (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 39.17 186 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 39.27 187 Santiago Blanco (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 44.39 188 Christian Pepoli (Ita) Team Saeco 47.24 189 José Maestre (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 48.30 Points classification 1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 50 pts 2 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Telekom 42 3 Julian Dean (NZl) Team CSC 37 4 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 36 5 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 32 6 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 31 7 Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 30 8 Angel Edo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 30 9 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 28 10 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 23 11 Isidro Nozal (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 22 12 José Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 20 13 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 20 14 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 19 15 Angel Vicioso (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 17 16 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 17 17 Felix Cardenas (Col) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 17 18 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 17 19 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre 17 20 Jan Hruska (Cze) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 16 21 Miguel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 14 22 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 12 23 Antonio Bucciero (Ita) Team Saeco 12 24 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Team Saeco 11 25 José Azevedo (Por) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 10 26 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank 10 27 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 10 28 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 10 29 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 9 30 Marcos Serrano (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 9 31 Patrick Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step-Davitamon 9 32 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio 9 33 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 8 34 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems 8 35 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 7 36 Max van Heeswijk (Ned) US Postal-Berry Floor 7 37 Francisco Gutierrez (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 7 38 David Navas (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 6 39 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 6 40 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6 41 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 6 42 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 6 43 Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 5 44 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Team Bianchi 5 45 Iñaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5 46 Renato Silva (Por) Milaneza-MSS 4 47 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Milaneza-MSS 4 48 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 4 49 Joan Horrach (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 4 50 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 4 51 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal-Berry Floor 4 52 Gianpaolo Mondini (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 4 53 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 4 54 Beat Zberg (Swi) Rabobank 4 55 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal-Berry Floor 3 56 Klaus Möller (Den) Milaneza-MSS 3 57 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre 3 58 Cesar Garcia Calvo (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 3 59 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 60 Aitor Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 2 61 Michael Barry (Can) US Postal-Berry Floor 2 62 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal-Berry Floor 2 63 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Lampre 2 64 Pedro Cardoso (Por) Milaneza-MSS 2 65 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Lampre 1 66 Christian Pepoli (Ita) Team Saeco 1 67 Kyryl Pospyeyev (Ukr) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 1 68 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1 69 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio 1 70 Simone Masciarelli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 1 Mountains classification 1 Felix Cardenas (Col) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 34 pts 2 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 25 3 Isidro Nozal (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 20 4 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Milaneza-MSS 16 5 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 12 6 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) iBanesto.com 11 7 Cesar Garcia Calvo (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 10 8 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10 9 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 8 10 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7 11 Christian Pepoli (Ita) Team Saeco 7 12 Joan Horrach (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 6 13 Jan Hruska (Cze) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 6 14 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Team Saeco 6 15 Aitor Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 6 16 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 4 17 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre 4 18 Mikel Pradera (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 4 19 David Lopez (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 4 20 Beat Zberg (Swi) Rabobank 4 21 Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 3 22 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) iBanesto.com 3 23 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 3 24 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 2 25 Marcos Serrano (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 2 26 Félix Garcia Casas (Spa) Team Bianchi 2 27 David Navas (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 2 28 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 2 29 Joaquin Lopez (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 2 30 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 1 31 Angel Vicioso (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 1 32 Txema Del Olmo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 1 33 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 1 34 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 1 Combination classification 1 Isidro Nozal (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 15 pts 2 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 16 3 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 23 4 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 32 5 Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 32 6 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 38 7 Felix Cardenas (Col) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 51 8 Marcos Serrano (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 60 9 Angel Vicioso (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 68 10 Aitor Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 83 11 Jan Hruska (Cze) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 83 12 Joan Horrach (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 88 13 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Team Saeco 95 14 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 108 15 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 114 16 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre 148 17 Cesar Garcia Calvo (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 172 18 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Milaneza-MSS 184 19 David Navas (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 187 20 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 202 21 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 210 22 Beat Zberg (Swi) Rabobank 221 Teams classification 1 Once - Eroski 42.34.49 2 Euskaltel - Euskadi 0.56 3 IBanesto.com 2.02 4 Kelme - Costa Blanca 2.15 5 US Postal Service Berry Floor 2.35 6 Quick Step - Davitamon 5.02 7 Milaneza - MSS 5.18 8 Cofidis, le credit par telephone 8.48 9 Team Bianchi 9.10 10 Domina Vacanze-Elitron-RDZ 9.53 11 Lampre 10.10 12 Team CSC 10.21 13 Phonak Hearing Systems 10.38 14 Labarca-2 Cafe Baque 14.00 15 Paternina - Costa de Almeria 14.05 16 Fassa Bortolo 14.10 17 Team Telekom 14.30 18 Rabobank 16.14 19 Colchon Relax - Fuenlabrada 19.44 20 Alessio 26.02 21 Saunier Duval - Vini Caldirola 29.55 22 Saeco - Longoni Sport 40.02
