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84th Volta a Catalunya - 2.HC
Spain, June 14-20, 2004
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Stage 5 - 18 June: Llívia - Blanes, 180.6 Km
Hondo wins after Galvez moved to the bottom of the list
By Martin Hardie
The fifth stage of the Volta a Catalunya finished in a bunch sprint and the first rider to the line was Illes Baleares' Isaac Galvez, who was also first across the line on Day 1 in the team time trial. However, Galvez was not awarded the win as the jury saw that he had touched the rear of another rider in the finishing straight in order to clear some space to sprint. Instead it was the second placed rider on the day, Danilo Hondo (Gerolsteiner), who was given the victory bouquet.
Race leader Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero was warned off sprinting today by his director Joxean Matxin, so the Saunier Duval rider stayed out of the mix to keep the green and white leader's jersey safe.
How it unfolded
Over the closing stages of the stage, USPS, Gerolsteiner and Liberty Seguros (with victories for Heeswijk, Hondo and Davis in mind) all made the pace at the head of the peloton in order to draw back into their fold the day's two escapees, Carlos Torrent (Paternina) and Xavier Florencio (Relax). At one point the pair had managed a 8 minute advantage but with 20 km to go it was falling pretty fast.
As Torrent and Florencio agonised over a long leg sapping repecho, the peloton came into sight but seemed to hang in the distance as the two continually exchanged looks, pedaled in slow motion and looked behind waiting for the inevitable train to arrive. It soon did, sweeping past their right and up the road.
Immediately the opportunists let fly, a rapid spate of attacks that went nowhere were launched by riders from Cofidis, Cafe Baque and Saunier Duval. The front splintered, the peloton was strung out single file but soon enough the panic was over. soon enough indeed for the tricky entry into the finish at Blanes with its 6 roundabouts over the last 1300 metres. Prior to the peloton hitting the roundabouts, Acqua e Sapone, Fassa Bortolo and Baleares-Banesto all started to mix it at the front with the teams that regarded themselves as being up there for the sprinters.
There were two roundabouts, then the 1 kilometre to go banner, another roundabout, a fourth and a fifth, one more and onto the finishing straight of a few hundred metres. Into the sixth roundabout, Fassa controlled the front and were close to the left hand edge of the road as the barriers commenced on the entry into the straight. Isaac Galvez was more or less boxed in to the left of the two Fassa riders that were at the front, so he moved up, put his hand on the rear of the leader, moved him to the right and made a space wide enough to fit through. And he accelerated. Galvez' only other option would have been to slow right down and go back around the long way.
As Galvez cleared out of the space he had made, Gerolsteiner's René Haselbacher made chase, coming through the same opening and got himself to a position where he hung onto the inside right of the wheel of Galvez, challenging him all the way to the line. Late to the scene was Hondo, who set off after his lead out partner. Hondo had to make ground to catch the pair and almost succeeded in pipping Galvez at the post - it wasn't clear without a second look.
But after all the formalities, the champagne and such, it was Hondo who was awarded the win. The Commissaire Martin Bruin decided that the gentle touching of Galvez was an irregular manoeuvre. The bum touched Fassa rider did indeed appear shocked and probably lost some speed as a result. But in the scheme of things it didn't appear that grave. And to be fair (and to tell the whole story), as Galvez, Hondo and Haselbacher reached the line, there was a crash back in the bunch - but not one that seemed in any way related to the deemed irregular manoeuvre.
Tomorrow, Perdi continues on his way to Barcelona splendid in green, white, yellow and red and whatever other colours he can fit in there. The day will be a bouncy three times Cat. 3 with an uphill finish. It sounds a bit like another good day for a small group to fight it out.
Results
1 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4.14.43 2 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 3 Crescenzo D'amore (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo 4 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 5 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) De Nardi 6 Mikel Gaztanaga (Spa) Cafes Baque 7 Fco.José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 8 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre 9 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) U.S. Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 10 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Costa Almeria-Paternina 11 David Herrero (Spa) Costa Almeria-Paternina 12 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 13 Graziano Gasparre (Ita) De Nardi 14 Enrico Grigoli (Ita) De Nardi 15 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis 16 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto 17 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros 18 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Illes Balears-Banesto 19 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 20 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 21 Michael Barry (Can) U.S. Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 22 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre 23 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 24 Matej Jurco (Svk) De Nardi 25 José Alberto Martinez (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 26 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 27 Christia Vandevelde (USA) Liberty Seguros 28 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis 29 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) De Nardi 30 Carlos R. Golbano (Spa) Costa Almeria-Paternina 31 Itor Gonzalez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 32 Francisco José Lara (Spa) Costa Almeria-Paternina 33 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 34 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis 35 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 36 Fernando Torres (Spa) Cafes Baque 37 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 38 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros 39 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 40 Valery Kobzarenko (Ukr) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo 41 Ivan Ramiro Parra (Col) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 42 Michele Gobbi (Ita) De Nardi 43 Francisco Palacio (Spa) Cafes Baque 44 Michele Scotto (Ita) Lampre 45 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 46 Pedro Arreitunandia (Spa) Cafes Baque 47 Alberto Lopez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 48 Devis Miorin (Ita) De Nardi 49 José Luis Rebollo (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 50 Benoît Joachim (Lux) U.S. Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 51 David Fernandez (Spa) Costa Almeria-Paternina 52 Moises Duenas (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 53 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 54 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 55 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 56 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 57 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 58 Aitor Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 59 Aitor Perez (Spa) Cafes Baque 60 Julen Urbano (Spa) Cafes Baque 61 Aitor Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 62 Daniel Rincon (Col) U.S. Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 63 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) U.S. Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 64 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre 65 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 66 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis 67 Javier Perez (Spa) Costa Almeria-Paternina 68 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 69 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Fassa Bortolo 70 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 71 Gorka Arrizabalaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 72 René Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros 73 Jon Odriozola (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 74 Uwe Hardter (Ger) Gerolsteiner 75 Hernan Buenahora (Col) Cafes Baque 76 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 77 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 78 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis 79 Stijn Devolder (Bel) U.S. Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 80 Julian Sanchez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 81 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Costa Almeria-Paternina 82 Jose Cayetano Julia (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 83 Félix Rafael Cardenas (Col) Cafes Baque 84 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 85 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis 86 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 87 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 88 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 89 Joseba Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 90 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros 91 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 92 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 93 Charly Wegelius (GBr) De Nardi 94 Lander Euba (Spa) Costa Almeria-Paternina 95 Javier P.Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 96 Carlos Garcia (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 97 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner 98 Alessandro Donati (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo 99 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo 100 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo 101 Andrea Ferrigato (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo 102 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 103 Jesus Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 104 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) U.S. Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 105 Lorenzo Cardellini (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo 106 Juan C. Dominguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 107 Denis Bertolini (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo 108 Roberto Petito (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 109 Isaac Galvez (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 110 Romans Vainsteins (Lat) Lampre 0.50 111 Jose Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Bodysol Points 1 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Gerolsteiner 25 pts 2 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 20 3 Crescenzo D'amore (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo 16 4 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 14 5 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) De Nardi 12 6 Mikel Gaztanaga (Spa) Cafes Baque 10 7 Fco.José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 9 8 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre 8 9 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) U.S. Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 7 10 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Costa Almeria-Paternina 6 11 David Herrero (Spa) Costa Almeria-Paternina 5 12 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 4 13 Graziano Gasparre (Ita) De Nardi 3 14 Enrico Grigoli (Ita) De Nardi 2 15 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis 1 Mountains Collada De Toses - Cat. 1, km 28,10 1 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 16 pts 2 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 12 3 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) De Nardi 10 4 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 8 5 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 6 6 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4 7 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis 3 8 Lander Euba (Spa) Costa Almeria-Paternina 2 9 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1 Alt De Canes - Cat. 2, km 86,60 1 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 10 pts 2 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Costa Almeria-Paternina 7 3 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 5 4 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3 5 Alberto Lopez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 6 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1 Metas Volantes Ripoll, km 68,70 1 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Costa Almeria-Paternina 3 pts 2 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 2 3 Lander Euba (Spa) Costa Almeria-Paternina 1 Olot, km 103,00 1 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Costa Almeria-Paternina 3 pts 2 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 2 3 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 1 Teams 1 De Nardi 12.44.09 2 Costa Almeria-Paternina 3 Illes Balears-Banesto 4 Gerolsteiner 5 Lampre 6 Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 7 Cofidis 8 U.S. Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 9 Liberty Seguros 10 Saunier Duval-Prodir 11 Cafes Baque 12 Relax-Bodysol 13 Fassa Bortolo 14 Euskaltel-Euskadi 15 Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo General classification after stage 5 1 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 14.35.55 2 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto 0.24 3 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.37 4 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 0.56 5 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 1.15 6 Ivan Ramiro Parra (Col) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 1.24 7 Alberto Lopez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.13 8 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 9 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 2.48 10 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis 3.03 11 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis 3.05 12 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3.10 13 Félix Rafael Cardenas (Col) Cafes Baque 3.45 14 Pedro Arreitunandia (Spa) Cafes Baque 3.47 15 Francisco José Lara (Spa) Costa Almeria-Paternina 3.54 16 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros 17 José Alberto Martinez (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 4.03 18 Michele Scotto (Ita) Lampre 4.06 19 Hernan Buenahora (Col) Cafes Baque 4.23 20 Moises Duenas (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 4.38 21 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros 4.59 22 Julian Sanchez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 5.05 23 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 5.57 24 Jose Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 6.20 25 Itor Gonzalez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 6.25 26 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 27 Michael Barry (Can) U.S. Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 6.40 28 Benoît Joachim (Lux) U.S. Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 6.46 29 Daniel Rincon (Col) U.S. Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 6.58 30 Valery Kobzarenko (Ukr) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo 7.11 31 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 7.27 32 Aitor Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 8.24 33 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 8.38 34 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 35 Aitor Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 9.07 36 David Herrero (Spa) Costa Almeria-Paternina 9.21 37 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) U.S. Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 9.30 38 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis 9.38 39 José Luis Rebollo (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 9.53 40 Francisco Palacio (Spa) Cafes Baque 9.59 41 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo 10.10 42 René Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros 10.29 43 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis 10.51 44 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre 11.02 45 Aitor Perez (Spa) Cafes Baque 11.06 46 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre 11.34 47 Christia Vandevelde (USA) Liberty Seguros 11.36 48 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros 11.43 49 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 12.07 50 Joseba Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 12.20 51 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 13.42 52 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) De Nardi 13.56 53 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 14.51 54 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Gerolsteiner 17.48 55 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Costa Almeria-Paternina 19.01 56 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 19.14 57 Devis Miorin (Ita) De Nardi 19.21 58 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo 19.23 59 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 20.13 60 Carlos R. Golbano (Spa) Costa Almeria-Paternina 20.21 61 Jesus Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 20.57 62 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) U.S. Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 21.03 63 Michele Gobbi (Ita) De Nardi 21.06 64 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner 21.10 65 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Fassa Bortolo 21.13 66 Uwe Hardter (Ger) Gerolsteiner 21.14 67 Lander Euba (Spa) Costa Almeria-Paternina 21.29 68 Stijn Devolder (Bel) U.S. Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 21.49 69 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) U.S. Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 22.08 70 Lorenzo Cardellini (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo 71 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 22.27 72 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 23.42 73 Alessandro Donati (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo 24.10 74 Gorka Arrizabalaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 24.28 75 Matej Jurco (Svk) De Nardi 24.32 76 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 25.35 77 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre 28.49 78 Graziano Gasparre (Ita) De Nardi 29.17 79 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 29.21 80 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis 29.34 81 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Costa Almeria-Paternina 30.35 82 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 32.30 83 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 32.45 84 Charly Wegelius (GBr) De Nardi 32.56 85 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 33.22 86 Jon Odriozola (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 33.38 87 Roberto Petito (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 33.41 88 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 34.36 89 David Fernandez (Spa) Costa Almeria-Paternina 36.15 90 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 36.21 91 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 37.00 92 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis 38.22 93 Fco.José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 38.27 94 Andrea Ferrigato (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo 38.42 95 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 39.34 96 Carlos Garcia (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 39.36 97 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) De Nardi 39.40 98 Crescenzo D'amore (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo 40.47 99 Isaac Galvez (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 41.42 100 Javier Perez (Spa) Costa Almeria-Paternina 42.08 101 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 44.09 102 Jose Cayetano Julia (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 44.27 103 Javier P.Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 44.54 104 Romans Vainsteins (Lat) Lampre 45.41 105 Juan C. Dominguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 47.54 106 Denis Bertolini (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo 48.25 107 Mikel Gaztanaga (Spa) Cafes Baque 48.34 108 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Illes Balears-Banesto 48.48 109 Fernando Torres (Spa) Cafes Baque 53.10 110 Enrico Grigoli (Ita) De Nardi 53.17 111 Julen Urbano (Spa) Cafes Baque 53.46 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 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Gerolsteiner 33 6 Ivan Ramiro Parra (Col) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 29 7 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 28 8 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) U.S. Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 23 9 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 20 10 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 18 11 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis 17 12 Crescenzo D'amore (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo 16 13 Alberto Lopez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 14 14 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 14 15 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) De Nardi 12 16 Félix Rafael Cardenas (Col) Cafes Baque 10 17 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 10 18 Mikel Gaztanaga (Spa) Cafes Baque 10 19 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 9 20 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre 9 21 Fco.José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 9 22 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre 8 23 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 7 24 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis 7 25 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis 7 Mountains classification 1 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 53 pts 2 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 42 3 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 39 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 18 8 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 16 9 Félix Rafael Cardenas (Col) Cafes Baque 16 10 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis 15 11 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 12 Metas Volantes classification 1 Lander Euba (Spa) Costa Almeria-Paternina 7 pts 2 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Costa Almeria-Paternina 6 3 David Fernandez (Spa) Costa Almeria-Paternina 5 4 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 4 5 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 4 6 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3 7 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3 8 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) De Nardi 2 9 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 1 10 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 43.51.26 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
