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59th Vuelta a España - GT
Spain, September 4-26, 2004
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Stage 15 - September 19: Granada - Sierra Nevada (I.T.T.), 29.6 km
A nightmare for Heras and the dreams of Generation X
By Martin Hardie in Sierra Nevada
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The revelation of the last four days of La Vuelta has been without a doubt Phonak's Santi Pérez. As he explained yesterday he has gained a huge lift in his morale as a result of being able to climb to Calar Alto with Heras, Valverde, Mancebo and co. He did it whilst many other bigger names simply fell by the wayside. Coming here to support his better known superiors, Hamilton, Sevilla and Gutierrez, nobody talked of Santi before La Vuelta as a contender for anything. Even after his second place in Calar Alto, where he got criticised by some senior members of the Spanish press for wheel sucking, he wasn't expected to do anything more. But as soon as the road went up again, the reborn Pérez has not looked back one inch.
Today he confirmed his class and power. There was no chance today of following wheels in what was probably one of the toughest cronoescaladas seen in recent times - 29.6 kms, 22.9 of them classified climbing, and the first 6.5 km out of town were not themselves flat at all. Our pre-race calculations were that the winners would come in with a time around 1:05 or so. But that was about the time that early leader Alexandre Vinokourov (T-Mobile) set. Although Vino has had a rough time of it, he is surely no slouch - his time was good, but in the end only enough to finish in fourth place.
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27 year old Generation X-er Santi Pérez ripped 3'06 out of Vino, and from the time he passed the Cat. 1 peak of the Alto de Monachil it never looked like anyone was going to catch him. He probably gained even more confidence after yesterday's attack on the same mountain, enough it seemed to carry him up that and over the next - the ascent to the ski station at Sierra Nevada. The further Santi went up the mountain, the further behind him fell the rest of the field. Santi's week has been more than any rider with his recent history could even consider in their wildest imagination. "I am in the middle of a dream," he told Cyclingnews after the stage. "I will always remember this day."
Santi's dream just seems to get bigger and bigger, day by day. "If I continue along this line, I will be fighting for the stages in Covatilla nd aNavacerrada, but now they are going to be careful with me. I am at a good level and I believe that I could do well in the Madrid time trial, even though I am a climber."
The young Asturian rider now stands in third position overall. In two days he has jumped from eighth and now cannot be discounted to be on the podium a week from today in Madrid. Remember between now and Madrid we still have four days of solid climbing out of the six to come.
Santi of course was not the only one to cause some changes in the GC today. You could have been forgiven for thinking that a few days ago when Roberto Heras soared to the Observatory at Calar Alto that La Vuelta was all wrapped up. Some people say that what La Vuelta lacks is a patron, Heras is the closest La Vuelta gets to having one. Some say what is needed is the attendance of an Indurain or an Armstrong to reinforce the race's stature. However what makes La Vuelta what it is - a race with competition and life - is that it is exciting. It is not the formula event of the Tour of recent years were no one is able to lay a hand on the favourite.
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Heras was the favourite for today, as he has been for the general. No-one dreamed that he would finish nearly two minutes behind Santi Pérez today, that he might be on the edge of a precipice staring his worst nightmares in the face? But the nightmare of Heras is not yet Santi Pérez. It takes another form, but it is another young rider. This one you couldn't label a pure climber like Heras or Pérez. This one, as Stuart O'Grady told us over a week ago, has "a kick on him like a track sprinter". Touted as the new Jalabert and more, 24 year old Alejandro Valverde might just be The One. The one to rob everything from under the nose of Heras and his director Manolo Saiz.
When USPS held the lead in this race, Manolo Saiz was reported as saying that Floyd Landis would be this year's Isidro Nozal. He would hold the jersey until the mountain time trial and then lose it on the Sierra Nevada and from there on Heras would be triumphant. All that was fine if Landis was putting his hand up to win in Madrid. As it was, a tired Landis lost the jersey on that mammoth day to Calar Alto. But after Valverde's ride to finish second today, 1'07 behind Pérez and 44 seconds ahead of Heras, the question is now: Is Heras the Isidro Nozal of La Vuelta 2004? Has he lost the race on the very climb on which he was meant to seal his victory?
Today Heras looked laboured. He lacked rhythm for all but a few kilometres towards the end. He struggled to find anything like his stellar mountain time trial of 2003. His body hung over the bars in a manner that lacked strength. He looked plain worried and nervous. Manolo Saiz didn't chase any motor bikes off the road in frustration, there were no incidents between him and the police, but Saiz didn't sound too chipper when he spoke to Iñaki Cano who reports from the Spanish TV motor bike in the final kilometres.
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Another director, the one that more or less accuses Saiz of excluding him from the UCI Pro Tour, Vicente Belda, portrayed no such emotion. Belda was on top of the world, with Alejandro Valverde's girlfriend beside him, he honked the car horn while she yelled support to her boyfriend. Today Valverde was also living a dream - a dream that could turn into the worst nightmare of Roberto Heras. Valverde climbed in a manner totally different to Heras, a cap on his head turned backwards, the image of a classical cyclist, churning a gear that looked comfortable. Even when he was struggling in the final kilometres he looked like he was intent on bringing life back into cycling.
Valverde appears to be intent on knocking Heras off his throne. Yesterday he tried to slip away on both sides of the Monachil. Whenever he gets a chance to test the opposition he does it. There is no machine-like performance, just exhilaration, hope and desire. "Everyone keeps talking about the crash I had the other day," said Valverde, refusing to dwell on the past. "I don't think about when I fell or my injuries, I only think about what is to come, what is ahead. I am convinced that I can take the jersey. I know I will be faster on the final time trial in Madrid. I am convinced."
Five seconds now stands between Valverde and Heras as we enter La Vuelta's second rest day and the long transfer from Andalucia to Extremadura. The day after sees a flat road stage in which Fassa won't have Petacchi to work for nor Cofidis, O'Grady. T Mobile hasn't got enough players left to control the race for Zabel so it could end up being a day in which we see a long break of those who are not in the running for the GC. Or it could be a day when the fireworks continue. Kelme has the passion and the reason to try something out. Another move to test the nerve of Liberty, Heras and Saiz just a little bit more. If not, the following stage sees us enter four days of continual climbing. Morale, nerves and courage are going to be needed a plenty. Madrid still seems a long way away.
Photography
Images by Unipublic
- Francisco Cabello swapping his jersey with the basketball players of C.Baloncesto Granada, Dani Romero, the captain and Nacho Ordin, the base of the team.
- Marco Velo (Fassa Bortolo) gets ready for the time trial
- The Euskaltel team gets ready
- Aitor Silloniz (Euskaltel) gets his bike weighed
- Taking care to cut the ribbon in the right place
- Matthew White (Cofidis) was the first rider to start
- Alexandre Vinokourov (T-Mobile) had a great ride to finish fourth overall
- Alejandro Valverde (Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme) looking relaxed as he chats to the Minister of Education, Science and Technology, María Jesús San Segundo
- The Minister of Education, Science and Technology, María Jesús San Segundo talks to Manolo Saiz
- The Minister of Education, Science and Technology, María Jesús San Segundo chats to Heras and Nozal
- Roberto Heras (Liberty Seguros) and Isidro Nozal look nervous
- Dario Cioni makes his way up through the crowds
- Santi Perez (Phonak) en route to his second win in two days
- Carlos Sastre (CSC) hurting
- Alejandro Valverde (Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme) took time out of Heras today
- Isidro Nozal (Liberty) lost a chunk of time, but is still in fifth overall
- Roberto Heras (Liberty Seguros) looked a little uncomfortable, and did not produce one of his best rides
- Roberto Heras (Liberty Seguros) fights with it
- Santiago Perez (Phonak) on top of the podium for the second time in two days
- Roberto Heras (Liberty Seguros) has the gold jersey...but only by five seconds
Images by AFP Photo
- Erik Zabel (T-Mobile) in warm up mode
- Erik Zabel (T-Mobile) braves the bulls
- Damiano Cunego (Saeco) lost another 6'21, finishing 28th
- Floyd Landis (USPS) suffered some more today
- Francisco Mancebo (Illes Balears) kept his chances alive by finishing fifth, but lost ground to Heras, Valverde and Perez
- Alexandre Vinokourov (T-Mobile) en route to fourth place
Images by Ed Tarwinski
- Klaus Möller (Den) of Alessio-Bianchi
- Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) also of Alessio-Bianchi
- The crowds cheer the riders as they pass by
- Mum, dad, and even the kids made it out
- Downhill, so you can pedal your heart out
- A day out for everyone
- They may not know the riders names, but they will cheer them on anyway
- A bit of France in the middle of Spain
- Cameramen eye each other off
- Stefano Garzelli looking rather tanned
- David Blanco (Spa) of Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme
- Mashing the pedals up the hill
- Go! Go! Go!
Results
1 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.02.29 (28.42 km/h) 2 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 1.07 3 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros 1.51 4 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 3.06 5 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 3.18 6 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 3.24 7 Angel Gomez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 3.59 8 David Blanco (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 4.00 9 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros 4.24 10 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 4.28 11 Ivan Parra (Col) Cafes Baque 4.30 12 Hernan Buenahora (Col) Cafes Baque 4.31 13 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 4.45 14 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 4.47 15 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 5.05 16 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 5.07 17 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 5.10 18 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 5.21 19 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 5.23 20 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5.24 21 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 5.40 22 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 5.48 23 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 5.53 24 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 5.55 25 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 6.15 26 Unai Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 27 Peio Arreitunandia (Spa) Cafes Baque 6.17 28 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Saeco 6.21 29 Francisco Garcia (Spa) Cafes Baque 6.42 30 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 7.05 31 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 7.14 32 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7.16 33 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 7.29 34 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 7.34 35 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 7.35 36 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Team CSC 7.42 37 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7.56 38 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre 8.00 39 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Relax-Bergasol 8.02 40 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC 8.10 41 Francisco José Lara (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 8.14 42 David Plaza (Spa) Cafes Baque 8.15 43 Cadel Evans (Aus) T-Mobile Team 8.27 44 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 8.29 45 Rubén Plaza (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 8.30 46 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 8.33 47 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Saeco 8.34 48 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 8.35 49 Iñigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 8.39 50 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 8.48 51 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon 8.51 52 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Alessio-Bianchi 8.54 53 Miguel A. M. Perdiguero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 8.58 54 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 55 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 9.02 56 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros 9.06 57 Iñaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 9.10 58 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 9.11 59 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 60 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Bergasol 9.15 61 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 9.16 62 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 9.18 63 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros 9.20 64 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio-Bianchi 65 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros 9.21 66 Alberto Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 9.26 67 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 9.29 68 Aitor Perez (Spa) Cafes Baque 9.32 69 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 9.33 70 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Relax-Bergasol 9.38 71 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Relax-Bergasol 9.39 72 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Saeco 9.49 73 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank 9.53 74 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax-Bergasol 75 Felix Cardenas (Col) Cafes Baque 9.55 76 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 10.00 77 Jose Antonio Pecharroman (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 10.01 78 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 10.12 79 Alberto Martinez (Spa) Relax-Bergasol 10.14 80 José Julia (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 10.16 81 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 10.22 82 Joaquin Lopez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 83 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC 10.23 84 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 10.28 85 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 10.33 86 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10.35 87 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 10.36 88 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 10.38 89 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 10.39 90 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 10.48 91 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Saeco 10.49 92 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 10.50 93 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco 10.52 94 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC 11.08 95 Michael Barry (Can) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 11.10 96 Klaus Möller (Den) Alessio-Bianchi 11.11 97 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 11.12 98 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 11.14 99 Herbert Gutierrez (Col) Cafes Baque 11.16 100 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Saeco 11.17 101 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 102 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 11.18 103 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC 11.19 104 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 11.34 105 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros 11.35 106 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Lampre 11.37 107 David Fernandez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 11.38 108 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 11.41 109 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Rabobank 11.55 110 Julián Sanchez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 11.56 111 Roberto Sgambelluri (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 12.00 112 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 12.01 113 Luca Paolini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 12.03 114 Frank Høj (Den) Team CSC 12.07 115 David Herrero (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 12.13 116 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax-Bergasol 12.30 117 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 12.34 118 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 12.37 119 Rene Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros 12.51 120 Antonio Cruz (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 13.05 121 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Saeco 13.08 122 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Lampre 13.10 123 Antonio Colom (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 13.14 124 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax-Bergasol 13.15 125 José Garrido (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 13.41 126 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 13.47 127 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 13.51 128 Marco Milesi (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 13.54 129 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 14.08 130 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 14.18 131 Guido Trenti (USA) Fassa Bortolo 14.19 132 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Saeco 14.56 133 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 15.10 134 Ellis Rastelli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 15.11 135 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre 15.43 136 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 16.05 137 Aitor Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 16.14 138 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 16.28 139 Erki Pütsep (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 16.46 DNS Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo Points 1 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 25 pts 2 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 20 3 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros 16 4 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 14 5 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 12 6 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 10 7 Angel Gomez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 9 8 David Blanco (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 8 9 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros 7 10 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 6 11 Ivan Parra (Col) Cafes Baque 5 12 Hernan Buenahora (Col) Cafes Baque 4 13 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 3 14 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 2 15 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 1 Mountains 1 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 30 pts 2 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 25 3 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros 20 4 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 16 5 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 12 6 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 10 7 Angel Gomez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 8 8 David Blanco (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 6 9 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros 4 10 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 3 11 Ivan Parra (Col) Cafes Baque 2 12 Hernan Buenahora (Col) Cafes Baque 1 Teams 1 Comunidad Valenciana - Kelme 3.15.58 2 Liberty Seguros 2.29 3 Phonak Hearing Systems 3.32 4 Cafes Baque 6.47 5 Costa de Almeria - Paternina 9.07 6 Illes Balears - Banesto 9.37 7 Team CSC 11.32 8 Euskaltel - Euskadi 12.05 9 T-Mobile Team 12.13 10 US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 12.46 11 Cofidis, le credit par telephone 13.43 12 Fassa Bortolo 14.28 13 Saunier Duval - Prodir 15.36 14 Saeco 16.13 15 Rabobank 17.49 16 Vini Caldirola -Nobili Rubinetterie 18.21 17 Relax-Bodysol 18.24 18 Quick Step - Davitamon 19.23 19 Alessio - Bianchi 20.54 20 Lampre 24.16 General classification after stage 15 1 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros 54.04.25 2 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 0.05 3 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.45 4 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 2.02 5 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros 3.45 6 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 6.12 7 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 8.21 8 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 8.44 9 Angel Gomez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 8.51 10 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 8.59 11 David Blanco (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 9.43 12 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 11.21 13 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 13.58 14 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Saeco 14.06 15 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 16.26 16 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 17.43 17 Francisco José Lara (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 18.28 18 Miguel A. M. Perdiguero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 19.48 19 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 23.24 20 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Relax-Bergasol 24.30 21 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 25.39 22 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 26.50 23 Peio Arreitunandia (Spa) Cafes Baque 27.51 24 David Plaza (Spa) Cafes Baque 28.02 25 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 28.05 26 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC 29.04 27 Unai Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 29.12 28 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 30.56 29 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 32.29 30 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre 33.37 31 Rubén Plaza (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 34.49 32 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 36.31 33 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 36.45 34 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 36.56 35 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 38.13 36 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Team CSC 39.07 37 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Relax-Bergasol 42.16 38 Hernan Buenahora (Col) Cafes Baque 42.27 39 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros 44.32 40 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 47.39 41 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 47.40 42 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Bergasol 48.39 43 Felix Cardenas (Col) Cafes Baque 49.00 44 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 51.56 45 Ivan Parra (Col) Cafes Baque 51.58 46 Cadel Evans (Aus) T-Mobile Team 55.55 47 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 57.08 48 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.00.34 49 Francisco Garcia (Spa) Cafes Baque 1.00.42 50 Iñigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 1.01.10 51 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Relax-Bergasol 1.01.33 52 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 1.02.32 53 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.02.56 54 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 1.03.35 55 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1.04.39 56 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.05.43 57 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 1.06.01 58 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Saeco 1.08.30 59 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 1.08.57 60 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros 1.10.44 61 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 1.11.04 62 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax-Bergasol 1.12.54 63 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 1.13.02 64 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros 1.14.17 65 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 1.14.40 66 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.14.43 67 Jose Antonio Pecharroman (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 1.15.20 68 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 1.15.30 69 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 1.16.25 70 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 1.18.19 71 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1.18.40 72 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Rabobank 1.19.46 73 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 1.21.19 74 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 1.23.48 75 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC 1.25.23 76 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon 1.25.28 77 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 1.26.25 78 Aitor Perez (Spa) Cafes Baque 1.26.34 79 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Lampre 1.26.38 80 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 1.28.31 81 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.29.54 82 Joaquin Lopez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 1.30.16 83 Roberto Sgambelluri (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 1.31.28 84 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Saeco 1.32.33 85 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 1.33.07 86 Antonio Cruz (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 1.34.22 87 David Herrero (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 1.36.28 88 Iñaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.37.45 89 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio-Bianchi 1.37.56 90 Michael Barry (Can) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 1.38.47 91 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax-Bergasol 1.39.40 92 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Saeco 1.41.03 93 Klaus Möller (Den) Alessio-Bianchi 1.41.37 94 Luca Paolini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 1.43.54 95 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.46.28 96 Alberto Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.47.00 97 José Garrido (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 1.49.34 98 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Saeco 1.49.52 99 David Fernandez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 1.50.40 100 Antonio Colom (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 1.51.07 101 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Alessio-Bianchi 1.51.12 102 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 1.51.13 103 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 1.52.29 104 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco 1.55.44 105 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 1.57.07 106 Alberto Martinez (Spa) Relax-Bergasol 1.57.41 107 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 1.58.21 108 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Lampre 2.00.07 109 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank 2.00.39 110 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 2.00.56 111 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros 2.03.45 112 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 2.04.07 113 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.04.44 114 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 2.04.47 115 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 2.04.49 116 Marco Milesi (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 2.06.23 117 José Julia (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 2.07.36 118 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 2.10.25 119 Herbert Gutierrez (Col) Cafes Baque 2.14.20 120 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.14.23 121 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC 2.15.03 122 Rene Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros 2.18.28 123 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax-Bergasol 2.20.38 124 Frank Høj (Den) Team CSC 2.21.14 125 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 2.23.32 126 Julián Sanchez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 2.24.01 127 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 2.25.42 128 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre 2.26.07 129 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC 2.28.04 130 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 2.28.45 131 Erki Pütsep (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 2.31.07 132 Guido Trenti (USA) Fassa Bortolo 2.33.25 133 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Saeco 2.36.28 134 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2.36.32 135 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Saeco 2.38.33 136 Ellis Rastelli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 2.38.44 137 Aitor Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.43.26 138 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2.46.13 139 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 2.47.46 Points classification 1 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 148 pts 2 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 126 3 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros 97 4 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 85 5 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros 76 6 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 72 7 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 52 8 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 51 9 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 51 10 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 50 11 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 49 12 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 43 13 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 43 14 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 38 15 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 36 16 Angel Gomez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 34 17 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 33 18 Miguel A. M. Perdiguero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 31 19 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 31 20 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 30 21 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 29 22 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 29 23 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 28 24 Antonio Cruz (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 28 25 Erki Pütsep (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 27 Mountains classification 1 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros 87 pts 2 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 72 3 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 71 4 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 67 5 Felix Cardenas (Col) Cafes Baque 58 6 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Bergasol 50 7 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 42 8 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros 40 9 Francisco José Lara (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 36 10 David Fernandez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 35 11 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 32 12 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 28 13 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 24 14 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 21 15 Angel Gomez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 21 16 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Lampre 20 17 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 19 18 Unai Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 19 19 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 18 20 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 17 21 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 17 22 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 16 23 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 16 24 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 14 25 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Alessio-Bianchi 14 Combined classification 1 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros 5 pts 2 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 8 3 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 10 4 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 12 5 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros 18 6 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 33 7 Angel Gomez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 40 8 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 46 9 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 48 10 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 52 11 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 54 12 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 55 13 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 56 14 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 56 15 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 60 16 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 62 17 Francisco José Lara (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 63 18 David Blanco (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 78 19 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Bergasol 84 20 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 88 21 Felix Cardenas (Col) Cafes Baque 89 22 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 92 23 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 93 24 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Saeco 97 25 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 103 Teams classification 1 Comunidad Valenciana - Kelme 162.24.01 2 Liberty Seguros 8.50 3 Costa de Almeria - Paternina 35.01 4 Illes Balears - Banesto 36.07 5 US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 37.52 6 Phonak Hearing Systems 41.57 7 Team CSC 47.29 8 Saunier Duval - Prodir 50.50 9 Cafes Baque 54.37 10 Cofidis, le credit par telephone 1.11.46 11 Relax-Bodysol 1.20.31 12 Saeco 1.42.09 13 T-Mobile Team 2.00.26 14 Euskaltel - Euskadi 2.12.43 15 Fassa Bortolo 2.30.36 16 Rabobank 2.41.16 17 Quick Step - Davitamon 2.46.17 18 Vini Caldirola -Nobili Rubinetterie 2.47.43 19 Lampre 3.17.39 20 Alessio - Bianchi 4.04.56
Intermediate timing
km 13 1 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 30.02 2 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 0.05 3 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros 0.22 4 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 1.00 5 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 1.14 6 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 1.18 7 Angel Gomez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 1.23 8 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.26 9 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 1.35 10 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros 1.40 11 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 1.48 12 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 1.51 13 David Blanco (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 1.52 14 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.01 15 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 2.03 16 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 2.09 17 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 2.13 18 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 2.16 19 Peio Arreitunandia (Spa) Cafes Baque 20 Unai Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 21 Ivan Parra (Col) Cafes Baque 2.19 22 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.20 23 Hernan Buenahora (Col) Cafes Baque 24 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Saeco 2.25 25 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.31 26 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 2.32 27 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 28 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.41 29 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2.42 30 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 2.45 31 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 32 Felix Cardenas (Col) Cafes Baque 2.51 33 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 2.52 34 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 3.01 35 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Relax-Bergasol 3.03 36 Francisco Garcia (Spa) Cafes Baque 37 Francisco José Lara (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 3.06 38 Iñigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 3.11 39 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 3.17 40 Cadel Evans (Aus) T-Mobile Team 41 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.18 42 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Relax-Bergasol 3.19 43 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 3.20 44 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Saeco 45 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros 3.23 46 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre 47 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3.25 48 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 3.35 49 David Plaza (Spa) Cafes Baque 3.36 50 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 3.37 51 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon 3.40 52 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 3.43 53 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC 3.44 54 Miguel A. M. Perdiguero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3.50 55 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Bergasol 3.51 56 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 3.56 57 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 58 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Alessio-Bianchi 59 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Saeco 3.59 60 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Team CSC 4.00 61 Alberto Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.02 62 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros 4.04 63 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 4.05 64 Rubén Plaza (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 4.07 65 Iñaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.11 66 Joaquin Lopez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 4.12 67 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 4.13 68 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 4.14 69 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio-Bianchi 4.16 70 Jose Antonio Pecharroman (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 4.17 71 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 4.22 72 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Relax-Bergasol 4.23 73 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 4.24 74 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 4.25 75 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 4.28 76 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 77 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros 4.31 78 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco 4.32 79 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4.33 80 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 4.34 81 Aitor Perez (Spa) Cafes Baque 4.36 82 José Julia (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 4.37 83 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 4.39 84 Herbert Gutierrez (Col) Cafes Baque 4.40 85 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 4.42 86 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 87 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank 4.45 88 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC 4.46 89 Klaus Möller (Den) Alessio-Bianchi 90 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Saeco 4.47 91 Michael Barry (Can) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 4.48 92 Alberto Martinez (Spa) Relax-Bergasol 4.51 93 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 4.52 94 David Fernandez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 4.54 95 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax-Bergasol 4.56 96 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 4.57 97 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC 4.58 98 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 99 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 4.59 100 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros 5.08 101 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Saeco 5.09 102 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC 5.10 103 Antonio Colom (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 5.11 104 Luca Paolini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 105 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 5.13 106 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5.14 107 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax-Bergasol 5.15 108 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Lampre 5.16 109 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 5.19 110 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 5.23 111 Roberto Sgambelluri (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 5.24 112 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 5.25 113 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 5.26 114 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Lampre 5.28 115 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5.33 116 David Herrero (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 5.36 117 Julián Sanchez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 5.39 118 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Saeco 5.41 119 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax-Bergasol 5.45 120 Antonio Cruz (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 5.48 121 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 5.52 122 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 5.54 123 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Rabobank 124 Rene Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros 6.04 125 Frank Høj (Den) Team CSC 6.11 126 Marco Milesi (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 6.15 127 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 6.23 128 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 6.24 129 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 6.33 130 Guido Trenti (USA) Fassa Bortolo 6.36 131 Ellis Rastelli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 6.39 132 José Garrido (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 6.47 133 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Saeco 6.59 134 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 7.21 135 Aitor Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7.27 136 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 7.30 137 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 7.35 138 Erki Pütsep (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 7.36 139 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre 8.07 km 20 1 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 42.01 2 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 0.27 3 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros 0.57 4 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 1.52 5 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 1.58 6 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 1.59 7 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.17 8 Angel Gomez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 2.23 9 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros 2.26 10 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 2.44 11 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 2.51 12 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 2.53 13 David Blanco (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 2.56 14 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 2.59 15 Hernan Buenahora (Col) Cafes Baque 3.12 16 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.17 17 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 3.18 18 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 19 Ivan Parra (Col) Cafes Baque 3.19 20 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 3.20 21 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 3.32 22 Unai Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 3.33 23 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 3.35 24 Peio Arreitunandia (Spa) Cafes Baque 3.37 25 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 3.40 26 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Saeco 3.43 27 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3.51 28 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 4.06 29 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 4.09 30 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4.10 31 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4.17 32 Francisco Garcia (Spa) Cafes Baque 33 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.20 34 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 4.34 35 Francisco José Lara (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 4.38 36 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 4.40 37 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Relax-Bergasol 38 Felix Cardenas (Col) Cafes Baque 4.47 39 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 40 Cadel Evans (Aus) T-Mobile Team 4.57 41 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.58 42 Iñigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 4.59 43 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre 44 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 5.04 45 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Saeco 5.05 46 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC 5.07 47 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon 5.11 48 David Plaza (Spa) Cafes Baque 5.16 49 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Relax-Bergasol 50 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 5.17 51 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros 5.18 52 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Team CSC 53 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 5.22 54 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5.23 55 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Alessio-Bianchi 5.28 56 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Bergasol 5.47 57 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 5.51 58 Rubén Plaza (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 5.53 59 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros 5.54 60 Miguel A. M. Perdiguero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5.55 61 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 5.56 62 Alberto Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5.57 63 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio-Bianchi 64 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Saeco 5.58 65 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 66 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 5.59 67 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 6.01 68 Iñaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 69 Joaquin Lopez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 6.03 70 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros 6.10 71 Jose Antonio Pecharroman (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 6.15 72 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Relax-Bergasol 6.18 73 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 6.21 74 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 6.22 75 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 6.23 76 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 6.25 77 José Julia (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 6.31 78 Aitor Perez (Spa) Cafes Baque 6.33 79 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 80 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC 6.35 81 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco 6.36 82 Alberto Martinez (Spa) Relax-Bergasol 6.41 83 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 6.43 84 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank 85 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 6.45 86 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 87 Herbert Gutierrez (Col) Cafes Baque 6.46 88 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 89 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax-Bergasol 6.50 90 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 6.52 91 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 6.54 92 David Fernandez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 7.03 93 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 94 Klaus Möller (Den) Alessio-Bianchi 7.04 95 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 96 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 7.11 97 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 7.14 98 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC 99 Luca Paolini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 7.16 100 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros 7.17 101 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC 7.18 102 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Saeco 103 Michael Barry (Can) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 7.19 104 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Lampre 105 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 7.29 106 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 7.31 107 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Saeco 7.34 108 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 7.35 109 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 7.40 110 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7.41 111 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 112 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax-Bergasol 7.49 113 Julián Sanchez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 7.56 114 Antonio Colom (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 7.57 115 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Rabobank 116 David Herrero (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 7.59 117 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Lampre 8.01 118 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax-Bergasol 8.04 119 Roberto Sgambelluri (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 8.05 120 Frank Høj (Den) Team CSC 121 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Saeco 8.06 122 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 8.08 123 Antonio Cruz (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 8.16 124 Rene Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros 8.31 125 Guido Trenti (USA) Fassa Bortolo 8.38 126 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 8.45 127 Marco Milesi (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 8.48 128 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 9.04 129 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 9.07 130 José Garrido (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 9.16 131 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 9.29 132 Ellis Rastelli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 9.38 133 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Saeco 9.56 134 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 10.09 135 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 10.28 136 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 10.33 137 Erki Pütsep (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 10.34 138 Aitor Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10.41 139 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre 10.49
