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59th Vuelta a España - GT
Spain, September 4-26, 2004
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Stage 2 - September 5: León - Burgos, 207 km
Petacchi does it, but not without incident
By Martin Hardie in Burgos
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The longest of La Vuelta's 21 days, 207 kilometres which traced in reverse a part of the ancient pilgrim's trail of the Camino de Santiago, saw a familiar face cross the line first - Fassa's Alessandro Petacchi. In the end the threatening rain and storms held off and Petacchi was not challenged by either Zabel, Freire or O'Grady and took the win in Burgos with ease.
Although the stage was raced for much of its length at a seemingly leisurely pace, the win itself for Petacchi was not the easiest. He had suffered throughout and in the final he almost found himself stranded with out anyone to keep his face out of the wind as the deceptively long 1.4 km finishing straight chewed up his team mates. Guido Trenti took a long turn to stay with his sprinting captain and remained to pull left with less than 200 metres to go. Petacchi then took the initiative going down the right hand side close to the barriers and was assisted a little bit by Trenti coming back towards him and closing the door on Zabel for a fraction.
Petacchi was certainly happy with the win but he noted after the race that he had suffered a lot during the day to get there. He had been involved in a four man pile up that occurred very early on in the stage. He didn't seem to have any visible signs but his teammate Trenti, who crashed later, sported a largish graze clearly visible on his right through his torn knicks. The crash, the wind and then the long straight all took their toll, but in the end Petacchi still had enough to finish a bike and a half clear of Zabel.
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"Despite the victory, today was a very difficult day for me," said a tired Petacchi at the finish. "First the crashes where I was involved, without consequence, and then my teammates Trenti and Ongarato. Then because I suffered the whole day with the rhythm of the race. In Spain it always starts very hard and I have only three days of racing in my legs. I didn't think I'd succeed in the sprint. After the Giro d'Italia, I crashed at the Tour, then in Holland, and then today, even though I haven't done anything. I was demoralised.
"I should say thanks once more to all of my team because they often push me to do the sprints when I don't feel up to it. Clearly they are confident in me. Without taking away anything from the others, I want to underline the work done by Trenti to lead me out. Although he suffered an extensive injury to the right hand side of his body, including his elbow, he did such a strong lead out that I didn't think I'd get past him. I'm extremely happy that he has started again in this manner after the incident before the Giro that compelled him to a long period of rehabilitation."
How it unfolded
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Echelons served to liven up what was becoming a pretty slow old trot across the plains from Leon to Burgos. Only 31 kilometres were completed in the first hour with the second not being much better. But as the race entered its second half things got a bit exciting, or as Joseba Beloki said "scary". Ahead was version one of the day's break - Serrano of Cafes Baque and Tankink of Quick.Step; version two would see Serrano swap places with AGR2's Julien Laidoun later on.
Behind the break as the winds started to come into play, Beloki found himself without teammates and left behind in a second group that formed off the back. A third group formed behind that and Beloki was left to work without teammates to get his group back into play. "It was my fault," he said after the stage, "I got caught out and my team was ahead so it was my job to get myself back into the peloton". He did and in the end finished safe and sound in the main group led in by Petacchi.
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The most decisive attempt to split the race apart was when Liberty put it into the gutter towards the finish. In the end, Petacchi's 18th win of the year fell into place as a result of this move. On the run into the cathedral city of Burgos, Liberty Seguros tried to rip apart the peloton when Hruska, Gonzalez de Galdeano and others positioned themselves in the left hand gutter and really upped the pace. Fassa reacted quickly and followed through on Liberty's work pulling strongly at the front as a block for a good 6 kilometres into the finish. The combined Liberty-Fassa move which quickly became a Fassa event, split the bunch apart with two or three echelons forming at the rear.
The big losers in the wash up of Liberty putting it in the gutter were Leonardo Piepoli and Fabian Jeker of Saunier Duval and J. Antonio Pecharroman of Quick Step. The Saunier's lost themselves 1'52 each by finishing in the third group. Pecharroman lost himself 1'14 as he arrived in the second. Jeker and Piepoli really lost any chance of having a look in on the G.C. when they got dropped in the opening team time trial - they now stand at 5'06 and 7'22 back respectively. They will of course be content to support Beloki and search for the stages. Pecharroman as Quick.Step's leader came in with his team yesterday, but even that time was 2'14 behind Postal - he now stands 3'27 behind the new race leader Max Van Heeswijk.
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Van Heeswijk took the first meta volante at Moratinos and picked himself up 6 seconds which was enough for him to assume the virtual leadership from his teammate Landis. Van Heeswijk kept to the USPS line after the race. "I hope to win a stage...this year I have had 12 (wins) and hopefully I can make it 13 here," he said.
But although yesterday Landis said US Postal wouldn't defend the jersey and Bruyneel emphatically denied they have any interest in the general in Madrid, today's twist added by Max after the race was that, "We will try and keep the jersey in the team...it doesn't matter who."
So it seems the jersey will be defended by USPS, at least for now, in order to let them pass it around a little. But one wonders with Landis feeling good, whether all this talk of not being interested in the general is just some talk to relieve the pressure for now.
Photography
Images by Unipublic
- Alejandro Valverde (Com.Valenciana-Kelme) looks happy
- Alexandre Vinokouorov (T-Mobile) is one of the candidates to win the Vuelta
- Phonak's Oscar Sevilla at the start
- Cutting the ribbon in Leon to signify the start
- Plenty of flags to accompany the Vuelta peloton
- Floyd Landis (USPS) chats during the stage with Moreni and Flecha
- The peloton in no hurry
- Max van Heeswijk (USPS-Berry Floor) takes the first sprint, and thus the virtual leader's jersey
- Bram Tankink (Quick.Step-Davitamon) leads Ricardo Serrano (Cafes Baque) during their escape
- The peloton split into four echelons at one point, due to the wind
- Daniele Righi (Lampre, L) and Guido Trenti (Fassa, R) crash in the middle of stage 2. Both were able to regain the peloton.
- A CSC rider is treated by the race doctor after a crash
- Alessandro Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo) triumphs in the second stage ahead of Erik Zabel (L) and Oscar Freire (R)
- Max van Heeswijk (USPS-Berry Floor) is the new leader
Images by AFP
- Alexandre Vinokourov (T-Mobile) at the start in León.
- That's got to hurt - Guido Trenti (Fassa Bortolo) shows the war wounds from an earlier crash.
- Floyd Landis (USPS-Berry Floor) talks to his director Johan Bruyneel.
- No time for horsing around.
- Alessandro Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo) wins the second stage, beating Erik Zabel and Oscar Freire.
- Stage winner Alessandro Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo) pops the bubbly, big time.
- Max van Heeswijk (USPS-Berry Floor) tries on the golden jersey for size.
Results
1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 5.02.05 (41.11 km/h) 2 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 3 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank 4 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 5 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 6 Giosue Bonomi (Ita) Saeco 7 Antonio Cruz (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 8 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 9 Erki Pütsep (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 10 Iñaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 11 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 12 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre 13 David Fernandez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 14 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 15 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Rabobank 16 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 17 Guido Trenti (USA) Fassa Bortolo 18 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 19 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre 20 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 21 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Saeco 22 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 23 Tomas Konecny (Cze) T-Mobile Team 24 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 25 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 26 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros 27 Alberto Martinez (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 28 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 29 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 30 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 31 Robert Hunter (RSA) Rabobank 32 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Saeco 33 Frank Høj (Den) Team CSC 34 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 35 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 36 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros 37 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 38 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 39 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Team CSC 40 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 41 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 42 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 43 Klaus Möller (Den) Alessio-Bianchi 44 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 45 Michael Barry (Can) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 46 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 47 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 48 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 49 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros 50 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Lampre 51 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 52 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 53 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 54 Santiago Botero (Col) T-Mobile Team 55 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team 56 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 57 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 58 Miguel A. M. Perdiguero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 59 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 60 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 61 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 62 Thomas Bruun (Den) Team CSC 63 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 64 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 65 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Lampre 66 Gonzalo Bayarri (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 67 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 68 Patrick Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step-Davitamon 69 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 70 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 71 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto 72 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 73 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 74 Peio Arreitunandia (Spa) Cafes Baque 75 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 76 José Julia (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 77 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 78 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 79 David Blanco (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 80 Roberto Sgambelluri (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 81 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco 82 Iñigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 83 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 84 Cadel Evans (Aus) T-Mobile Team 85 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank 86 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros 87 Aitor Perez (Spa) Cafes Baque 88 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC 89 Steffan Wesemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 90 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 91 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 92 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC 93 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 94 Felix Cardenas (Col) Cafes Baque 95 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 96 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 97 Rubén Plaza (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 98 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 99 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio-Bianchi 100 Angel Gomez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 101 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 102 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Lampre 103 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 104 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 105 Martin Hvastija (Slo) Alessio-Bianchi 106 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 107 Francisco José Lara (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 108 Rene Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros 109 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 110 David Herrero (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 111 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 112 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 113 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 114 Ivan Parra (Col) Cafes Baque 115 David Plaza (Spa) Cafes Baque 116 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 117 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 118 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 119 Aitor Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 120 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 121 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 122 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 123 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 124 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 125 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 126 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros 127 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 128 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Saeco 129 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 130 Ronald Mutsaars (Ned) Rabobank 131 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Quick.Step-Davitamon 132 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 133 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 134 Hebert Gutierrez (Col) Cafes Baque 135 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 136 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros 137 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 138 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 139 Joaquin Lopez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 140 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Relax-Bodysol 141 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 142 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 143 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 144 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 145 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 146 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 147 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 148 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Saeco 0.27 149 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 0.33 150 Marco Milesi (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 0.47 151 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 152 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.08 153 Jose Antonio Pecharroman (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 1.14 154 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Saeco 155 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC 156 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 157 Ion Del Rio (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 1.16 158 Josu Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.30 159 Michele Scotto (Ita) Lampre 1.33 160 Simone Bertoletti (Ita) Lampre 161 Hernan Buenahora (Col) Cafes Baque 1.52 162 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Alessio-Bianchi 163 Antonio Colom (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 164 Francisco Garcia (Spa) Cafes Baque 165 Bert Roesems (Bel) Relax-Bodysol 166 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 167 Stéphane Berges (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 168 Julien Laidoun (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 169 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 170 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon 171 Stephane Goubert (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 172 José Garrido (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 173 Unai Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 174 Alberto Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 175 Julián Sanchez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 176 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 177 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Saeco 178 Luca Paolini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 179 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC 180 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Saeco 181 Ellis Rastelli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 182 Joseba Albizu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 183 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 184 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 185 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Alessio-Bianchi 186 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 187 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Cafes Baque 5.33 Points 1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 25 pts 2 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 20 3 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank 16 4 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 14 5 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 12 6 Giosue Bonomi (Ita) Saeco 10 7 Antonio Cruz (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 9 8 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 8 9 Erki Pütsep (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 7 10 Iñaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6 11 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 5 12 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre 4 13 David Fernandez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 3 14 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 2 15 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Rabobank 1 Sprints Moratinos - km 72 1 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 4 pts 2 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre 2 3 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 1 Melgar - km 138.8 1 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon 4 pts 2 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Cafes Baque 2 3 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 1 Buniel - km 189 1 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 4 pts 2 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre 2 3 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 1 Teams 1 Fassa Bortolo 15.06.15 2 Rabobank 3 Saeco 4 T-Mobile Team 5 Lampre 6 Phonak Hearing Systems 7 Comunidad Valenciana - Kelme 8 Costa de Almeria - Paternina 9 Quick Step - Davitamon 10 US Postal Service 11 Cofidis, le credit par telephone 12 Liberty Seguros 13 Alessio - Bianchi 14 AG2R Prevoyance 15 Saunier Duval - Prodir 16 Relax-Bodysol 17 Team CSC 18 Vini Caldirola -Nobili Rubinetterie 19 Euskaltel - Euskadi 20 Illes Balears - Banesto 21 Cafes Baque General classification after stage 2 1 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 5.32.44 2 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 0.02 3 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 0.06 4 Michael Barry (Can) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 5 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 6 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 7 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 8 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 0.25 9 Tomas Konecny (Cze) T-Mobile Team 0.37 10 Santiago Botero (Col) T-Mobile Team 11 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 12 Cadel Evans (Aus) T-Mobile Team 13 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 14 Steffan Wesemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 0.48 15 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 16 Antonio Cruz (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 0.56 17 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 1.00 18 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 1.02 19 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto 20 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 21 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 22 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 23 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 1.04 24 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 25 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 26 David Blanco (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 27 Rubén Plaza (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 28 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 29 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 30 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 31 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.07 32 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 33 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 34 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 35 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 36 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 37 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 38 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1.08 39 Frank Høj (Den) Team CSC 1.30 40 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Team CSC 41 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 42 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 43 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC 44 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC 45 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.31 46 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 47 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 48 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 49 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros 1.34 50 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros 51 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros 52 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 53 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros 54 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 55 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Saeco 1.44 56 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Saeco 57 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco 58 Alberto Martinez (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 1.47 59 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 60 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 61 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 62 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 63 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 64 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Relax-Bodysol 65 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre 1.52 66 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Lampre 67 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Lampre 68 Erki Pütsep (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 1.55 69 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 70 Iñigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 71 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 72 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 73 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 74 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 75 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 76 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 77 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 78 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.56 79 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 80 Miguel A. 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Perdiguero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 81 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 82 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 83 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 84 Peio Arreitunandia (Spa) Cafes Baque 2.00 85 Aitor Perez (Spa) Cafes Baque 86 Felix Cardenas (Col) Cafes Baque 87 Ivan Parra (Col) Cafes Baque 88 David Plaza (Spa) Cafes Baque 89 Hebert Gutierrez (Col) Cafes Baque 90 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2.04 91 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 2.06 92 Klaus Möller (Den) Alessio-Bianchi 93 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 94 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio-Bianchi 95 Martin Hvastija (Slo) Alessio-Bianchi 96 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 97 David Fernandez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 2.07 98 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 99 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 100 Angel Gomez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 101 Francisco José Lara (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 102 David Herrero (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 103 Joaquin Lopez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 104 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 2.09 105 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Saeco 2.11 106 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank 2.14 107 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 2.18 108 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 109 Roberto Sgambelluri (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 110 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 111 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 112 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 2.19 113 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 114 Patrick Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step-Davitamon 115 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Quick.Step-Davitamon 116 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.22 117 Robert Hunter (RSA) Rabobank 118 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank 119 Ronald Mutsaars (Ned) Rabobank 120 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 121 Iñaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.33 122 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 123 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 124 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 125 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 126 Aitor Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 127 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2.39 128 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC 2.44 129 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 2.47 130 Antonio Colom (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 2.54 131 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Saeco 2.58 132 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 3.20 133 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 3.21 134 Julián Sanchez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 3.23 135 Ion Del Rio (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 136 Michele Scotto (Ita) Lampre 3.25 137 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 3.32 138 Marco Milesi (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 3.33 139 Jose Antonio Pecharroman (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 140 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Saeco 3.36 141 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Saeco 142 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 3.44 143 Stéphane Berges (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 3.47 144 Stephane Goubert (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 145 Julien Laidoun (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 146 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 147 Hernan Buenahora (Col) Cafes Baque 3.52 148 Francisco Garcia (Spa) Cafes Baque 149 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Alessio-Bianchi 3.58 150 Ellis Rastelli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 151 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon 4.05 152 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 153 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 4.10 154 José Garrido (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 4.11 155 Luca Paolini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 156 Simone Bertoletti (Ita) Lampre 4.18 157 Bert Roesems (Bel) Relax-Bodysol 4.24 158 Alberto Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.25 159 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 4.33 160 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Alessio-Bianchi 161 Guido Trenti (USA) Fassa Bortolo 4.53 162 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5.12 163 José Julia (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 5.13 164 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 5.19 165 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros 5.26 166 Rene Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros 5.31 167 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros 168 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5.36 169 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Rabobank 5.37 170 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 171 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 172 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 173 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 5.57 174 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Lampre 6.26 175 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 6.29 176 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 177 Gonzalo Bayarri (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 6.33 178 Giosue Bonomi (Ita) Saeco 179 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Saeco 180 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre 6.45 181 Thomas Bruun (Den) Team CSC 7.04 182 Unai Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 7.10 183 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 7.28 184 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Cafes Baque 7.29 185 Josu Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8.37 186 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC 8.56 187 Joseba Albizu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8.59 Points classification 1 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 28 pts 2 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 25 3 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 25 4 Michael Barry (Can) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 20 5 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 16 6 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank 16 7 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 14 8 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 14 9 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 13 10 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 12 11 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 12 12 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 12 13 Giosue Bonomi (Ita) Saeco 10 14 Antonio Cruz (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 9 15 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 8 16 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre 8 17 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 7 18 Erki Pütsep (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 7 19 Tomas Konecny (Cze) T-Mobile Team 6 20 Iñaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6 21 Santiago Botero (Col) T-Mobile Team 5 22 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 5 23 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon 4 24 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 4 25 Cadel Evans (Aus) T-Mobile Team 4 Mountains classification 1 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 6 pts 2 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 4 3 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 2 4 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 1 Combination classification 1 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 6 pts 2 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 15 3 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 16 4 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 20 Teams classification 1 US Postal Service 16.38.30 2 T-Mobile Team 1.33 3 Illes Balears - Banesto 2.48 4 Comunidad Valenciana - Kelme 2.54 5 Phonak Hearing Systems 3.03 6 Team CSC 4.12 7 Fassa Bortolo 4.15 8 Liberty Seguros 4.24 9 Saeco 4.54 10 Relax-Bodysol 5.03 11 Lampre 5.18 12 Cofidis, le credit par telephone 5.27 13 AG2R Prevoyance 14 Saunier Duval - Prodir 5.30 15 Cafes Baque 5.42 16 Alessio - Bianchi 6.00 17 Costa de Almeria - Paternina 6.03 18 Vini Caldirola -Nobili Rubinetterie 6.36 19 Quick Step - Davitamon 6.39 20 Rabobank 6.48 21 Euskaltel - Euskadi 7.21
