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84th Volta a Catalunya - 2.HC
Spain, June 14-20, 2004
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Stage 4 - 17 June: Llorts - Ordino-Arcalís ITT, 12.4 Km
On the road to Arcalís, Perdi Karpets the field
By Martin Hardie
Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Saunier Duval) has won his third stage in a row in the Volta a Catalunya, taking the 12.4 km mountain time trial between Llorts and Arcalís. Perdiguero impressed everyone again with his time of 30'46 to beat Roberto Laiseka (Euskaltel-Euskadi) and David Latasa (Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme) by 16 and 19 seconds respectively. Race leader Vladimir Karpets (Illes Balears-Banesto) finished fifth at 28 seconds, and now trails Perdiguero by 22 seconds on GC.
A tortuous climb
The mountain road to Arcalís holds a special significance - it was here back in 1997 that we saw Jan Ullrich leave the field for dead when he powered away to take the stage and the yellow jersey on his way to his Tour de France victory. The road switches back and forth continuously, as if it will never reach the top. Like something out of one of those fantasy golf course calendars with the world's hardest imaginary golf holes, the road to Arcalís is like some cruel parcours designer's joke as it zig zags its way up the mountain face. Today snow still heavily covers much of the slopes and on either side the melting snow streams down the sides of the mountain, smothering the road in places.
The image of Ullrich burning through those curves is one that is firmly embedded in my cycling memory. Today a new image and a new cyclist have been burnt into that memory. Over 12.4 kilometres, the small bunch sprint expert Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero, of Joxean Fernandez Matxin's squad Saunier Duval-Prodir, produced an amazing performance on the road to Arcalís. One that was not expected at all but marks not the coming out of a new champion as Ullrich's ride did, but the emergence of a confident and transformed rider who now really cannot be discounted on any sort of terrain. Perdi is not the new Ullrich, but this was a performance of pure desire and guts, cooked up in the inner bowels of the bright yellow magic bus of Matxin's.
Perdi came in 16 seconds ahead of the veteran Basque climber Roberto Laiseka, who many touted as the favourite for today's stage. Laiseka climbed steadily, with his ribs visible through the orange skin that encases them, he carved time off his immediate predecessor with the best time, Kelme's David Latasa and all those that came before. Laiseka looked like a winner. Then came Perdi and then Karpets. Race leader Vladimir Karpets was ahead of Laiseka and Perdi over the early time checks, but as Perdi increased speed towards the end of the climb, Karpets went the other way, starting strongly but gradually fading towards the finish.
Over the successive switchbacks and ramps, Perdi was up and out of the saddle. When he sat he ground a gear to make your heart sing. And as the final metres seemed like an eternity, Perdi was sprinting, the same way he does out of a bunch, to his third victory in a row in the Volta. His sixth in three tours.
The image of Perdi today, small, strong, green jersey, red glasses, open mouth and yellow shorts - pure colour, pure class. As Matxin would say "pure marketing". But marketing with a big wallop of heart and strength capable of delivering the results and rocking the opposition's boat. Watching the effort, Pedro Delgado could only say, "sensational, brilliant, a champion..."
What a difference a day makes, as yesterday Perdi freely admitted that even after taking two consecutive stages in the Volta and lying second overall, he didn't see himself as a GC contender. The very simple reason was that he doesn't see himself as a time trial specialist, let alone in a cronoescalada - an uphill mountain time trial.
Perdi remembered yesterday that he had never "finished within the top thirty in a uphill time trial" and that he could quite easily lose a "minute at least" admitting that his "strength was not in the mountains even though I have won at the summit of Pal".
Perdi did believe that today's stage would cause the vital selection and fairly well settle the race, as from here, although it is by no means a flat course, it is all downhill to Barcelona. The main worry for Perdi was that his teammates who were in the hunt for GC - Piepoli and Joaquim Rodriguez - had lost time on the way up to Pal.
Asked after today's stage whether he was a sprinter or a climber, all Perdi could answer, as he swung his arm around team Director Matxin's shoulder, was "I was a sprinter, but Matxin won't let me sit down!".
Having made that vital selection himself, Perdiguero now stands a good chance of taking out the Volta. With Matxin at the helm, it would be a deserved victory for Perdi and for the exciting Saunier Duval team. With three days to go anything can still happen, but Perdi looks better for it than he did yesterday.
Tomorrow is the downhill ride from Llívia to Blanes, and may see some escapes over the first half, but the run on down to the finish should see Saunier capable of neutralising any long range attempts to steal their march.
Results
1 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 30.46 2 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.16 3 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 0.19 4 Ivan Ramiro Parra (Col) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 0.22 5 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto 0.28 6 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 0.47 7 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.57 8 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 1.00 9 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis 1.06 10 Alberto Lopez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.23 11 Hernan Buenahora (Col) Cafes Baque 1.25 12 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 1.29 13 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros 1.41 14 Francisco José Lara (Spa) Costa Almeria-Paternina 1.51 15 Pedro Arreitunandia (Spa) Cafes Baque 2.00 16 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis 17 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.02 18 Félix Rafael Cardenas (Col) Cafes Baque 19 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) U.S. Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 20 Julian Sanchez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 2.03 21 Moises Duenas (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 2.05 22 José Luis Rebollo (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 2.10 23 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis 24 Itor Gonzalez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 25 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) U.S. Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 26 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 2.11 27 David Herrero (Spa) Costa Almeria-Paternina 28 Charly Wegelius (GBr) De Nardi 2.18 29 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.21 30 Michele Scotto (Ita) Lampre 2.24 31 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.27 32 Jose Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 2.30 33 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Costa Almeria-Paternina 2.45 34 Benoît Joachim (Lux) U.S. Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 2.49 35 José Alberto Martinez (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 36 Aitor Perez (Spa) Cafes Baque 2.51 37 Valery Kobzarenko (Ukr) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo 2.53 38 Michael Barry (Can) U.S. Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 2.54 39 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.57 40 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 2.59 41 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros 3.02 42 René Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros 3.07 43 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 3.10 44 Daniel Rincon (Col) U.S. Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 45 Jesus Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 3.26 46 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 3.27 47 Francisco Palacio (Spa) Cafes Baque 3.28 48 Jon Odriozola (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 3.29 49 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Fassa Bortolo 3.30 50 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) U.S. Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 51 Aitor Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.32 52 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3.36 53 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo 3.39 54 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis 3.40 55 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 56 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 3.44 57 Lander Euba (Spa) Costa Almeria-Paternina 58 Aitor Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 3.46 59 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 3.49 60 Uwe Hardter (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3.57 61 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 4.00 62 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis 63 Michele Gobbi (Ita) De Nardi 4.08 64 David Fernandez (Spa) Costa Almeria-Paternina 4.09 65 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 66 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre 4.17 67 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4.24 68 Stijn Devolder (Bel) U.S. Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 4.31 69 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre 4.38 70 Christia Vandevelde (USA) Liberty Seguros 4.39 71 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo 4.40 72 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros 4.46 73 Devis Miorin (Ita) De Nardi 4.48 74 Matej Jurco (Svk) De Nardi 4.50 75 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 4.51 76 Graziano Gasparre (Ita) De Nardi 5.00 77 Joseba Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5.01 78 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) De Nardi 5.04 79 Isaac Galvez (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 80 Gorka Arrizabalaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5.05 81 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis 5.07 82 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 5.10 83 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre 5.12 84 Jose Cayetano Julia (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 5.17 85 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) De Nardi 5.20 86 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 5.26 87 Julen Urbano (Spa) Cafes Baque 5.34 88 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5.41 89 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5.42 90 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Costa Almeria-Paternina 5.46 91 Carlos R. Golbano (Spa) Costa Almeria-Paternina 5.48 92 Roberto Petito (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 5.59 93 Javier Perez (Spa) Costa Almeria-Paternina 6.00 94 Fernando Torres (Spa) Cafes Baque 6.11 95 Crescenzo D'amore (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo 6.13 96 Javier P.Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 6.15 97 Fco.José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 98 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 6.22 99 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 100 Juan C. Dominguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 6.23 101 Mikel Gaztanaga (Spa) Cafes Baque 6.35 102 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) U.S. Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 6.37 103 Lorenzo Cardellini (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo 6.48 104 Carlos Garcia (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 105 Alessandro Donati (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo 6.54 106 Andrea Ferrigato (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo 7.00 107 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7.10 108 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 7.17 109 Enrico Grigoli (Ita) De Nardi 7.23 110 Romans Vainsteins (Lat) Lampre 7.30 111 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Illes Balears-Banesto 8.48 112 Denis Bertolini (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo 8.50 Points 1 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 25 pts 2 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 20 3 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 16 4 Ivan Ramiro Parra (Col) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 14 5 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto 12 6 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 10 7 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 9 8 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 8 9 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis 7 10 Alberto Lopez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6 11 Hernan Buenahora (Col) Cafes Baque 5 12 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 4 13 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros 3 14 Francisco José Lara (Spa) Costa Almeria-Paternina 2 15 Pedro Arreitunandia (Spa) Cafes Baque 1 Mountains Ordino Arcalis - Cat. E, km 12,40 1 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 30 pts 2 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 25 3 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 20 4 Ivan Ramiro Parra (Col) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 16 5 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto 12 6 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 10 7 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 8 8 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 6 9 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis 4 10 Alberto Lopez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3 11 Hernan Buenahora (Col) Cafes Baque 2 12 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 1 Teams 1 Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 1.33.46 2 Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.56 3 Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.32 4 Relax-Bodysol 3.47 5 Cofidis 3.48 6 Cafes Baque 3.59 7 Illes Balears-Banesto 4.21 8 Costa Almeria-Paternina 5.19 9 U.S. Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 5.33 10 Fassa Bortolo 6.15 11 Liberty Seguros 6.22 12 Gerolsteiner 7.59 13 Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo 9.44 14 De Nardi 9.46 15 Lampre 9.51 General classification after stage 4 1 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 10.21.14 2 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto 0.22 3 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.35 4 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 0.54 5 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 1.13 6 Ivan Ramiro Parra (Col) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 1.22 7 Alberto Lopez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.11 8 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 2.12 9 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 2.46 10 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis 3.01 11 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis 3.03 12 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3.08 13 Félix Rafael Cardenas (Col) Cafes Baque 3.43 14 Pedro Arreitunandia (Spa) Cafes Baque 3.45 15 Francisco José Lara (Spa) Costa Almeria-Paternina 3.52 16 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros 17 José Alberto Martinez (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 4.01 18 Michele Scotto (Ita) Lampre 4.04 19 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) U.S. Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 20 Hernan Buenahora (Col) Cafes Baque 4.21 21 Moises Duenas (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 4.36 22 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros 4.57 23 Julian Sanchez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 5.03 24 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 5.55 25 Jose Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 6.18 26 Itor Gonzalez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 6.23 27 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 28 Michael Barry (Can) U.S. Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 6.38 29 Benoît Joachim (Lux) U.S. Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 6.44 30 Daniel Rincon (Col) U.S. Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 6.56 31 Valery Kobzarenko (Ukr) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo 7.09 32 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 7.25 33 Aitor Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 8.22 34 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 8.36 35 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 36 Aitor Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 9.05 37 David Herrero (Spa) Costa Almeria-Paternina 9.19 38 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) U.S. Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 9.28 39 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis 9.36 40 José Luis Rebollo (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 9.51 41 Francisco Palacio (Spa) Cafes Baque 9.57 42 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo 10.08 43 René Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros 10.27 44 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis 10.49 45 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre 11.00 46 Aitor Perez (Spa) Cafes Baque 11.04 47 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre 11.32 48 Christia Vandevelde (USA) Liberty Seguros 11.34 49 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros 11.41 50 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 12.09 51 Joseba Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 12.18 52 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 13.40 53 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) De Nardi 13.54 54 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 14.49 55 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Gerolsteiner 17.56 56 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Costa Almeria-Paternina 18.59 57 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 19.12 58 Devis Miorin (Ita) De Nardi 19.19 59 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo 19.21 60 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 20.11 61 Carlos R. Golbano (Spa) Costa Almeria-Paternina 20.19 62 Jesus Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 20.55 63 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) U.S. Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 21.01 64 Michele Gobbi (Ita) De Nardi 21.04 65 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner 21.08 66 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Fassa Bortolo 21.11 67 Uwe Hardter (Ger) Gerolsteiner 21.12 68 Lander Euba (Spa) Costa Almeria-Paternina 21.28 69 Stijn Devolder (Bel) U.S. Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 21.47 70 Lorenzo Cardellini (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo 22.06 71 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 22.25 72 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 23.40 73 Alessandro Donati (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo 24.08 74 Gorka Arrizabalaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 24.26 75 Matej Jurco (Svk) De Nardi 24.30 76 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 25.33 77 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre 28.47 78 Graziano Gasparre (Ita) De Nardi 29.15 79 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 29.19 80 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis 29.32 81 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Costa Almeria-Paternina 30.39 82 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 32.34 83 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 32.43 84 Charly Wegelius (GBr) De Nardi 32.54 85 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 33.20 86 Jon Odriozola (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 33.36 87 Roberto Petito (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 33.39 88 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 34.34 89 David Fernandez (Spa) Costa Almeria-Paternina 36.13 90 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 36.19 91 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 36.58 92 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis 38.20 93 Fco.José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 38.23 94 Andrea Ferrigato (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo 38.40 95 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 39.32 96 Carlos Garcia (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 39.34 97 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) De Nardi 39.38 98 Crescenzo D'amore (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo 40.49 99 Isaac Galvez (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 41.40 100 Javier Perez (Spa) Costa Almeria-Paternina 42.06 101 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 44.07 102 Jose Cayetano Julia (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 44.25 103 Romans Vainsteins (Lat) Lampre 44.49 104 Javier P.Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 44.52 105 Juan C. Dominguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 47.52 106 Denis Bertolini (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo 48.23 107 Mikel Gaztanaga (Spa) Cafes Baque 48.32 108 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Illes Balears-Banesto 48.46 109 Fernando Torres (Spa) Cafes Baque 53.08 110 Enrico Grigoli (Ita) De Nardi 53.15 111 Julen Urbano (Spa) Cafes Baque 53.44 Points classification 1 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 75 pts 2 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto 46 3 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 40 4 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 36 5 Ivan Ramiro Parra (Col) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 29 6 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 28 7 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis 17 8 Alberto Lopez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 14 9 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 14 10 Félix Rafael Cardenas (Col) Cafes Baque 10 11 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 10 12 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 9 13 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre 9 14 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Gerolsteiner 8 15 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 7 16 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis 7 17 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis 7 18 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre 7 19 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros 6 20 Hernan Buenahora (Col) Cafes Baque 5 21 Julian Sanchez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 5 22 Pedro Arreitunandia (Spa) Cafes Baque 4 23 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 4 24 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo 4 25 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros 3 Mountains classification 1 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 46 pts 2 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 35 3 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 26 4 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto 22 5 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 22 6 Ivan Ramiro Parra (Col) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 19 7 Lander Euba (Spa) Costa Almeria-Paternina 16 8 Félix Rafael Cardenas (Col) Cafes Baque 16 9 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis 12 10 Francisco José Lara (Spa) Costa Almeria-Paternina 11 11 José Luis Rebollo (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 10 Metas Volantes classification 1 Lander Euba (Spa) Costa Almeria-Paternina 6 pts 2 David Fernandez (Spa) Costa Almeria-Paternina 5 3 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 4 4 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3 5 Fco.José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2 6 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) De Nardi 2 7 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1 8 Mikel Gaztanaga (Spa) Cafes Baque 1 Catalan rider classification 1 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 2 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 3 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 5 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Costa Almeria-Paternina Teams classification 1 Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 31.07.17 2 Illes Balears-Banesto 5.49 3 Relax-Bodysol 5.56 4 Euskaltel-Euskadi 7.04 5 Cafes Baque 7.47 6 Cofidis 9.31 7 U.S. Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 10.56 8 Liberty Seguros 14.01 9 Saunier Duval-Prodir 19.02 10 Lampre 22.06 11 Fassa Bortolo 22.26 12 Gerolsteiner 24.09 13 Costa Almeria-Paternina 25.19 14 Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo 31.08 15 De Nardi 46.22
