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58th Vuelta a España - Spain, September 6-28, 2003
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Stage 7 - Friday, September 12: Huesca - Cauterets (France), 190km
Rasmussen wins great stage
Nozal keeps the leader's jersey
By Hernán Alvarez Macías
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Michael Rasmussen (Rabobank) has won the seventh stage of the Vuelta España 2003, beating Félix Cárdenas (Labarca-Café Baqué) by 54 seconds and Manuel Beltrán (US Postal-Berry Floor) by 59 seconds. ONCE-Eroski's Isidro Nozal (24th today) maintained the golden leader's jersey for the fourth consecutive day after struggling hard not to lose much time to the front riders. Beltrán is now second in the general classification (55" behind Nozal) and ONCE's nominal leader Igor González de Galdeano, who finished 15th this afternoon, stayed in third on GC at 1'21.
Rasmussen's victory came about after he attacked on the descent of the Aubisque with Aitor Osa (iBanesto). Osa couldn't follow him on the last climb to Cauterets, and Rasmussen kept his one minute advantage over the rest right until the end. "Of course, I'm very happy because winning here is a dream come true, but it was a hard and difficult race because of the climbs and the fog," Rasmussen told Spanish TV. "I love to race in Spain, I like the routes very much."
Nozal seemed absolutely exhausted after the great effort he made today. He could hardly stand on his feet after getting off the bike. He rode a great tempo and surprised everyone once again, as he didn't lose much time to the climbing specialists. "We lost some time in the end," said the ONCE man. "We will try to recover some lost time in the next days. I suffered some; I'm not a good climber, that's a fact. However, we will try to attack tomorrow."
Nozal still denied his chances of overall victory: "The team leader is still Igor and I had to pull hard today because it was my turn. We still have two more Pyrenean stages and we must pass them the best we can."
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Manuel Beltrán rode a great stage and confirmed his brilliant time trial stage was nothing unusual. The Spaniard said, "This confirms I have a lot of hope to succeed here and yesterday wasn't an isolated day. It's time that I showed my abilities."
Just like Nozal, Beltrán respects his team number 1. "(Roberto) Heras is our leader, I've come just to fight and to see how far I can go. I have to thank my team for all its support. I want to congratulate Nozal, he rode a great stage and he keeps the leadership."
How it unfolded
Three riders abandoned in the first kilometres of this stage: Cyril Dessel (Phonak), Frank Vandenbroucke (Quick.Step) and Jan Svorada (Lampre). In the first minutes of the stage there were many attacks, but no-one could get a good gap. Just before climbing the Alto del Portalet, nine riders were able to get clear: Fabrizio Guidi (Team Bianchi), Giampaolo Cheula (Saunier Duval), José Jufré (Relax-Fuenlabrada), José García Acosta (Ibanesto.com), Francisco Cabello (Kelme-Costa Blanca), Levi Leipheimer (Rabobank), Joan Horrach (Milaneza-MSS), Oscar Pereiro (Phonak) and Eladio Jiménez (Ibanesto.com). At the summit of this climb the gap was 2'19.
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However, on the Col d'Aubisque there was a lot of action in the peloton. Luis Pérez (Cofidis) followed by Roberto Heras (US Postal-Berry Floor) attacked, and ONCE could not follow them. Félix Cárdenas (Labarca-Café Baqué), Michele Scarponi (Domina Vacanze), Alejandro Valverde (Kelme), Aitor Osa (IBanesto.com) and Michael Rasmussen (Rabobank) joined Heras and Pérez in the front line as the eight initial leaders started losing strength. At the summit of the Col d'Aubisque the difference to the peloton was 1'04.
The leader Isidro Nozal and his group limited the gap to a handful of seconds after the Col de Soulor (40 km to go). Although Roberto Heras was between the front riders, the peloton caught them with 25 km to Cauterets. Only Aitor Osa and Rasmussen could escape to become the new leaders. They had six chasers: Santos González, Gorka González, Piepoli, Carlos García Quesada, Félix Cárdenas and Iñigo Cuesta. The two new leaders were 1'10 ahead of the chasers and 1'31 ahead of the peloton led by Nozal at the last intermediate sprint in Pierrefitte-Nestalas (17 km to go).
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As Rasmussen finally escaped alone, the six chasers were caught by the peloton five kilometres later. And then the last climb started for the riders. The Danish rider kept going in the front, with Luis Pérez, Félix Cárdenas once again and Manuel Beltrán riding very fast in order to catch him. Nozal tried to reach them but he couldn't. The great effort of this extremely tiring stage was beginning to tell on the current GC leader. With 3 km to go Rasmussen had 1'31 on the peloton and 51" on the three chasers. Finally the Dane crossed the line 54" ahead of Cárdenas and 59" ahead of Beltrán.
Stage 8 - September 13: Cauterets (France)-Plá de Beret (France), 166.2 km
The eighth stage is the second Pyrenean mountain stage of this edition. There are four climbs in it: Cat. 1 Col d'Aspin (1,490 m), Cat. 1 Col d'Peyresourde (1,570 m), Cat. 1 Col del Portillón (1,290 m) and the special category Alto Plá de Beret (1,900 m). There are also three intermediate sprints in Bagneres de Bigorre, Luchon and Salardú. If Nozal keeps his pace it will very difficult to steal the leader jersey from him, but there are some excellent riders in the field who will attack the ONCE rider. It may be Beltrán's day if he is able to get a good gap and limit Nozal's advantage in these favourable stages for him.
Photography
Images by AFP Photo
- ONCE lead the peloton during stage 7
- The peloton rides during the seventh stage in the Pyrenees
- The pack ascends into the mist
- The peloton navigates through the fog during stage 7
- A spectacular Pyrenean backdrop for the riders during stage 7
- Roberto Heras (USPS-Berry Floor) and Luis Perez (Cofidis) on the Aubisque
- Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (ONCE) concentrates hard during stage 7
- Roberto Heras (USPS-Berry Floor) leads Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (ONCE) on the climb to Cauterets
- Manuel Beltran (USPS-Berry Floor) and Luis Perez (Cofidis) ride together on the final climb
Images by Unipublic
- Riders were starting to suffer early on in the stage
- What a view! At least we can appreciate it
- ONCE-Eroski controlling the tempo
- Isidro Nozal (ONCE) takes a corner on a descent
- A good looking break went on the Aubisque with Perez and Heras in it
- Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (ONCE) and Manuel Beltran (USPS) locked in battle
- Isidro Nozal (ONCE) had a great day to hold onto the lead
- Michael Rasmussen (Rabobank) climbs with Unai Osa (iBanesto) up towards Cauterets
- Michael Rasmussen (Rabobank) salutes as he crosses the finish line in triumph
- Michael Rasmussen (Rabobank) shows the strain, shortly after crossing the line
- Isidro Nozal (ONCE) gets another kiss on the podium with his fourth day in the leader's jersey
Results
1 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 5.01.14 (37.84 km/h) 2 Felix Cardenas (Col) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 0.55 3 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 0.59 4 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.08 5 Unai Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 1.10 6 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.17 7 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) iBanesto.com 1.24 8 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1.26 9 Félix Garcia Casas (Spa) Team Bianchi 10 Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 1.29 11 Txema Del Olmo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 1.31 12 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 13 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 14 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 15 Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 1.40 16 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Lampre 1.50 17 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) iBanesto.com 1.53 18 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.58 19 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.12 20 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.16 21 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2.30 22 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 23 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 24 Isidro Nozal (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 2.46 25 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 26 José Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 3.17 27 Klaus Möller (Den) Milaneza-MSS 4.24 28 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 4.39 29 Marcos Serrano (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 4.45 30 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC 5.27 31 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 5.45 32 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 5.58 33 José Jufre (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 34 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 6.27 35 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) iBanesto.com 9.05 36 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 10.54 37 Christian Werner (Ger) Team Telekom 38 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC 39 Patrick Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step-Davitamon 40 Gonçalo Amorim (Por) Milaneza-MSS 41 José Luis Martinez (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 42 José Azevedo (Por) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 12.02 43 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 12.14 44 Joan Horrach (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 12.46 45 David Lopez (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 46 Aitor Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 13.14 47 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 13.47 48 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick.Step-Davitamon 18.17 49 Joaquin Lopez (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 50 Cesar Garcia Calvo (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 51 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 52 Miguel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 53 Pedro Cardoso (Por) Milaneza-MSS 54 Mario Aerts (Bel) Team Telekom 55 Gorka Gerrikagoitia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 56 Benjamín Noval (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 57 David Latasa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 58 Kyryl Pospyeyev (Ukr) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 59 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 60 Pablo Lastras (Spa) iBanesto.com 61 Francisco Vila (Spa) Lampre 62 David Navas (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 63 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 64 Beat Zberg (Swi) Rabobank 65 Alberto Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 66 Juan José De Los Angeles (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 67 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 68 Pedro Diaz Lobato (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 69 Carlos Golbano (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 70 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio 18.22 71 Santiago Blanco (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 72 Dmitri Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 20.03 73 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Team Saeco 25.48 74 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre 27.27 75 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) iBanesto.com 76 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Telekom 77 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) iBanesto.com 78 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 79 Renato Silva (Por) Milaneza-MSS 80 Denis Lunghi (Ita) Alessio 81 Domingo Sanchez (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 82 Gustavo Otero (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 83 Simone Bertoletti (Ita) Lampre 84 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 85 Angel Edo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 86 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 87 Rafael Casero (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 88 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Team Saeco 89 Michael Barry (Can) US Postal-Berry Floor 90 Francisco Cerezo (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 91 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 92 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Team Telekom 93 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal-Berry Floor 94 Peter Farazjin (Bel) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 95 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 96 Aitor Garmendia (Spa) Team Bianchi 97 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 98 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) iBanesto.com 99 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal-Berry Floor 100 Gonzalo Bayarri (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 101 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 102 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 103 Jesus Maria Manzano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 104 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Milaneza-MSS 105 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 106 Jan Hruska (Cze) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 107 Francisco José Lara (Spa) Team Bianchi 108 Iñaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 109 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 110 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank 111 Raphael Schweda (Ger) Team Bianchi 112 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 113 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal-Berry Floor 114 Addy Engels (Ned) Rabobank 115 Angel Vicioso (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 116 Igor Pugaci (Mda) Team Saeco 117 Angelo Lopeboselli (Ita) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 27.39 118 Angel Casero (Spa) Team Bianchi 29.54 119 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 29.55 120 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Team Bianchi 121 Ivan Herrero (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 33.35 122 Christian Pepoli (Ita) Team Saeco 123 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre 124 Paulo Barroso (Por) Milaneza-MSS 125 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 126 Michael Sandstod (Den) Team CSC 127 Andrea Brognara (Ita) Alessio 128 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 129 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 130 Gianpaolo Mondini (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 131 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank 132 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 133 Ronald Mutsaars (Ned) Rabobank 134 Mikel Pradera (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 135 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 136 Sergio Perez (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 137 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 138 Max van Heeswijk (Ned) US Postal-Berry Floor 139 David Cañada (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 140 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 141 José Javier Gomez Gozalo (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 142 Pietro Zucconi (Swi) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 143 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 144 Bobby Julich (USA) Team Telekom 145 Guido Trenti (USA) Fassa Bortolo 146 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon 147 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 148 Germán Nieto (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 149 Stefano Casagranda (Ita) Alessio 150 Jaime Hernandez (Spa) Team Bianchi 151 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Alessio 152 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio 153 Thorsten Rund (Ger) Team Bianchi 154 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 155 Steffan Wesemann (Ger) Team Telekom 156 Gianluca Sironi (Ita) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 157 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 158 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 159 Thomas Bruun (Den) Team CSC 160 José Maestre (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 161 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 162 Gorka Arrizabalaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 163 Simone Masciarelli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 164 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 165 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Fassa Bortolo 166 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio 167 Matthew White (Aus) US Postal-Berry Floor 168 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Team Telekom 169 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Lampre 170 Alberto Vinale (Ita) Alessio 33.45 171 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 172 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 173 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 174 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 33.47 175 Bekim Christensen (Den) Team CSC 176 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems 33.49 177 Alex Zuelle (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 178 Francisco Gutierrez (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 37.50 179 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 40.22 180 Antonio Bucciero (Ita) Team Saeco TC Julian Dean (NZl) Team CSC 45.10 DSQ Davide Frattini (Ita) Alessio DSQ Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Team Saeco DNF Francesco Secchiari (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron DNF Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre DNF Cyril Dessel (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems DNF Frank Vandenbroucke (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon DNF Massimo Apollonio (Ita) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola Points 1 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 25 pts 2 Felix Cardenas (Col) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 20 3 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 16 4 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 14 5 Unai Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 12 6 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 10 7 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) iBanesto.com 9 8 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 8 9 Félix Garcia Casas (Spa) Team Bianchi 7 10 Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 6 11 Txema Del Olmo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 5 12 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4 13 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 3 14 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 2 15 Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 1 Mountains Alto de Monrepós - Cat. 2, km 26 1 Felix Cardenas (Col) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 10 pts 2 Joan Horrach (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 7 3 Unai Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 5 4 Marcos Serrano (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 3 5 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 2 6 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 1 Alto de Portalet - Cat. 2, km 94 1 Joan Horrach (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 10 pts 2 José Jufre (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 7 3 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 5 4 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) iBanesto.com 3 5 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2 6 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) iBanesto.com 1 Col D'Aubisque - Cat. E, km 139 1 Felix Cardenas (Col) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 30 pts 2 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 25 3 Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 20 4 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 16 5 Aitor Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 12 6 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 10 7 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 8 8 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 6 Cauterets Cam Basque - Cat. 1, km 190 1 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 16 pts 2 Felix Cardenas (Col) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 12 3 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 10 4 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 8 5 Unai Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 6 6 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 4 7 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) iBanesto.com 3 8 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2 9 Félix Garcia Casas (Spa) Team Bianchi 1 Sprints Escarrilla - km 79.3 1 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 4 pts 2 Joan Horrach (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 2 3 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Team Bianchi 1 Pierrefitte - Nestalas - km 173 1 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 4 pts 2 Aitor Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 2 3 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 Cauterets - km 182.9 1 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 4 pts 2 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 2 3 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 1 Teams 1 IBanesto.com 15.08.09 2 Cofidis, le credit par telephone 1.09 3 Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.32 4 Kelme - Costa Blanca 2.56 5 Once - Eroski 4.44 6 Milaneza - MSS 12.22 7 Team CSC 14.24 8 Fassa Bortolo 16.38 9 Domina Vacanze-Elitron-RDZ 20.00 10 Paternina - Costa de Almeria 23.48 11 US Postal Service Berry Floor 25.28 12 Quick Step - Davitamon 27.30 13 Labarca-2 Cafe Baque 27.31 14 Colchon Relax - Fuenlabrada 38.05 15 Rabobank 41.17 16 Lampre 43.07 17 Team Bianchi 51.53 18 Team Telekom 52.21 19 Phonak Hearing Systems 56.25 20 Alessio 1.14.57 21 Saeco - Longoni Sport 1.16.15 22 Saunier Duval - Vini Caldirola 1.21.00 General classification after stage 7 1 Isidro Nozal (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 20.08.37 2 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 0.55 3 Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 1.21 4 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3.07 5 Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 3.18 6 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) iBanesto.com 3.40 7 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 4.00 8 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 4.03 9 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 4.24 10 Unai Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 4.34 11 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 4.35 12 Félix Garcia Casas (Spa) Team Bianchi 5.14 13 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 5.52 14 Klaus Möller (Den) Milaneza-MSS 5.54 15 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 16 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5.55 17 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 6.31 18 Felix Cardenas (Col) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 6.41 19 Marcos Serrano (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 6.48 20 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 7.10 21 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7.17 22 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 8.07 23 Txema Del Olmo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 8.51 24 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 9.01 25 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 9.45 26 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Lampre 10.32 27 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 11.13 28 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 11.16 29 José Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 12.18 30 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 14.38 31 Patrick Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step-Davitamon 15.22 32 José Azevedo (Por) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 15.41 33 Aitor Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 16.23 34 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) iBanesto.com 16.32 35 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 16.36 36 Christian Werner (Ger) Team Telekom 18.12 37 Joan Horrach (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 18.48 38 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC 19.52 39 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC 20.14 40 José Jufre (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 21.02 41 Alberto Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 22.28 42 David Latasa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 23.00 43 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) iBanesto.com 23.17 44 Benjamín Noval (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 23.45 45 Pablo Lastras (Spa) iBanesto.com 24.04 46 Francisco Vila (Spa) Lampre 24.33 47 Kyryl Pospyeyev (Ukr) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 24.49 48 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 25.12 49 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio 27.03 50 Gorka Gerrikagoitia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 28.17 51 Gonçalo Amorim (Por) Milaneza-MSS 29.58 52 Carlos Golbano (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 30.00 53 Pedro Cardoso (Por) Milaneza-MSS 30.10 54 Mario Aerts (Bel) Team Telekom 30.45 55 Jan Hruska (Cze) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 30.55 56 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) iBanesto.com 30.58 57 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal-Berry Floor 31.29 58 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 31.32 59 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 32.37 60 Angel Casero (Spa) Team Bianchi 32.43 61 Angel Vicioso (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 32.57 62 Michael Barry (Can) US Postal-Berry Floor 33.25 63 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 33.29 64 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick.Step-Davitamon 33.56 65 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 33.59 66 Miguel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 34.15 67 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre 34.23 68 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 34.51 69 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal-Berry Floor 35.06 70 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 35.16 71 Rafael Casero (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 35.37 72 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal-Berry Floor 35.42 73 Peter Farazjin (Bel) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 35.44 74 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Team Saeco 36.31 75 Cesar Garcia Calvo (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 36.45 76 Renato Silva (Por) Milaneza-MSS 36.53 77 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 37.31 78 David Navas (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 37.43 79 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Telekom 37.46 80 Domingo Sanchez (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 37.47 81 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 38.04 82 Francisco Cerezo (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 39.02 83 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 39.09 84 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 39.35 85 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 40.14 86 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 40.47 87 Addy Engels (Ned) Rabobank 41.11 88 Angelo Lopeboselli (Ita) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 41.16 89 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) iBanesto.com 41.18 90 David Lopez (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 41.26 91 José Luis Martinez (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 42.08 92 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 42.30 93 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) iBanesto.com 43.05 94 Raphael Schweda (Ger) Team Bianchi 95 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 43.24 96 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre 45.07 97 Francisco José Lara (Spa) Team Bianchi 45.40 98 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 45.48 99 Denis Lunghi (Ita) Alessio 45.52 100 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 45.54 101 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Team Telekom 46.03 102 Aitor Garmendia (Spa) Team Bianchi 46.13 103 Iñaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 104 Angel Edo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 105 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 47.07 106 Jesus Maria Manzano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 47.09 107 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 47.33 108 Beat Zberg (Swi) Rabobank 47.41 109 Alex Zuelle (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 47.52 110 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 48.16 111 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Team Bianchi 48.49 112 Gustavo Otero (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 49.15 113 Bobby Julich (USA) Team Telekom 114 Gorka Arrizabalaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 49.16 115 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Milaneza-MSS 49.21 116 Thorsten Rund (Ger) Team Bianchi 50.10 117 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon 50.15 118 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 50.19 119 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 51.03 120 Jaime Hernandez (Spa) Team Bianchi 51.14 121 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Team Telekom 51.16 122 Bekim Christensen (Den) Team CSC 51.30 123 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems 51.33 124 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 52.00 125 Steffan Wesemann (Ger) Team Telekom 126 Mikel Pradera (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 52.16 127 Gianpaolo Mondini (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 128 Joaquin Lopez (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 52.39 129 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 52.46 130 Simone Masciarelli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 52.50 131 Max van Heeswijk (Ned) US Postal-Berry Floor 52.57 132 Pedro Diaz Lobato (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 53.15 133 Paulo Barroso (Por) Milaneza-MSS 53.21 134 Matthew White (Aus) US Postal-Berry Floor 53.28 135 Dmitri Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 54.04 136 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Fassa Bortolo 54.19 137 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank 54.26 138 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Team Saeco 54.29 139 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 54.35 140 Juan José De Los Angeles (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 55.07 141 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio 55.09 142 David Cañada (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 55.22 143 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 55.45 144 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 55.51 145 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 56.01 146 Ivan Herrero (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 56.02 147 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 56.13 148 Andrea Brognara (Ita) Alessio 57.08 149 Gianluca Sironi (Ita) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 58.09 150 Guido Trenti (USA) Fassa Bortolo 58.44 151 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 58.59 152 Simone Bertoletti (Ita) Lampre 59.16 153 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 59.45 154 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.00.12 155 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank 1.00.14 156 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 1.00.44 157 Francisco Gutierrez (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 1.00.50 158 Germán Nieto (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 1.01.33 159 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.03.09 160 Alberto Vinale (Ita) Alessio 1.03.10 161 Ronald Mutsaars (Ned) Rabobank 1.03.20 162 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Alessio 1.03.23 163 Pietro Zucconi (Swi) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 1.03.39 164 José Javier Gomez Gozalo (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 1.03.56 165 Stefano Casagranda (Ita) Alessio 1.04.59 166 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio 1.05.00 167 Thomas Bruun (Den) Team CSC 1.05.16 168 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 1.05.45 169 Michael Sandstod (Den) Team CSC 1.07.02 170 Igor Pugaci (Mda) Team Saeco 1.08.05 171 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Lampre 1.08.15 172 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Vini Caldirola 1.09.19 173 Santiago Blanco (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 1.11.12 174 Gonzalo Bayarri (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.11.42 175 Sergio Perez (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 1.12.57 176 Antonio Bucciero (Ita) Team Saeco 1.14.06 177 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 1.14.31 178 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.15.04 179 Christian Pepoli (Ita) Team Saeco 1.28.23 180 José Maestre (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 1.33.52 Points classification 1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 50 pts 2 Isidro Nozal (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 47 3 Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 45 4 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 44 5 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Telekom 42 6 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 40 7 Felix Cardenas (Col) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 37 8 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 33 9 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 33 10 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 32 11 Jan Hruska (Cze) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 32 12 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 31 13 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 31 14 Angel Edo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 30 15 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 24 16 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 20 17 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 20 18 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 19 19 Angel Vicioso (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 17 20 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 17 21 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 17 22 José Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 15 23 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 15 24 Miguel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 14 25 Unai Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 12 Mountains classification 1 Felix Cardenas (Col) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 86 pts 2 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 58 3 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 33 4 Joan Horrach (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 23 5 Isidro Nozal (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 23 6 Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 20 7 Aitor Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 18 8 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Milaneza-MSS 16 9 Unai Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 13 10 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 12 11 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 12 12 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 11 13 José Jufre (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 11 14 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) iBanesto.com 11 15 Cesar Garcia Calvo (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 10 16 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10 17 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 10 18 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 8 19 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 8 20 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7 21 Christian Pepoli (Ita) Team Saeco 7 22 Jan Hruska (Cze) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 6 23 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Team Saeco 6 24 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) iBanesto.com 6 25 Marcos Serrano (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 5 Combination classification 1 Isidro Nozal (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 8 pts 2 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 17 3 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 20 4 Felix Cardenas (Col) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 26 5 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 28 6 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 31 7 Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 38 8 Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 40 9 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 42 10 Unai Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 44 11 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 44 12 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 45 13 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) iBanesto.com 66 14 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 71 15 Marcos Serrano (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 81 16 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 82 17 Félix Garcia Casas (Spa) Team Bianchi 88 18 Jan Hruska (Cze) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 88 19 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 89 20 Joan Horrach (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 90 21 Aitor Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 100 22 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 100 23 Txema Del Olmo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 111 24 Angel Vicioso (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 123 25 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 123 Teams classification 1 Once - Eroski 60.31.27 2 IBanesto.com 7.07 3 Euskaltel - Euskadi 7.16 4 Kelme - Costa Blanca 11.07 5 Cofidis, le credit par telephone 11.37 6 Milaneza - MSS 24.11 7 US Postal Service Berry Floor 29.19 8 Team CSC 32.06 9 Domina Vacanze-Elitron-RDZ 33.12 10 Fassa Bortolo 34.01 11 Quick Step - Davitamon 39.41 12 Paternina - Costa de Almeria 44.44 13 Labarca-2 Cafe Baque 52.56 14 Lampre 1.00.43 15 Rabobank 1.05.23 16 Team Bianchi 1.05.57 17 Colchon Relax - Fuenlabrada 1.07.16 18 Phonak Hearing Systems 1.08.59 19 Team Telekom 1.11.13 20 Alessio 1.50.16 21 Saunier Duval - Vini Caldirola 2.03.45 22 Saeco - Longoni Sport 2.08.59
