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59th Vuelta a España - GT
Spain, September 4-26, 2004
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Stage 20 - September 25: La Vega de Alcobendas - Puerto de Navacerrada, 178 km
Houston we have a race!
By Martin Hardie in Navacerrada
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The coolest day so far in la Vuelta, weather-wise at least, and it didn't disappoint both on and off the road. In a sentence or so we can sum up proceedings in order of occurrence as thus: the UCI Pro Tour appears dead, Phonak's Quique Gutierrez soloed to the heights of Navacerrada to win, Santi Perez sacked some meaningful seconds out of the Heras treasure trove, Cardenas took the mountains competition, and Zabel took the points competition.
"I am very happy. To win a stage in such a difficult race, and in Navacerrada, is fantastic," said Gutierrez after the stage. "Furthermore, Santi was able to pull back time on the leader. I am absolutely exhausted, the last three kilometres seemed never to finish. I felt strong and I knew that Eladio was some way behind, but even so it was hard. My parents, who are the most important people in the world for me, came to watch today and saw my win."
We had riders in the break and riders helping Santi on the climbs. I knew that I would have to drop back to help him if it was necessary. At 10 kilometres from the finish, Pino told me not to let anyone escape and we were able to win the stage. I knew how Santi was getting on because I was listening to the radio. He has only a slim chance of beating Heras, but he his strong enough to give everyone a final surprise. This is a very important victory for me because Navacerrada is one of the most important climbs in the Vuelta".
How it unfolded
Phonak's strapping Valenciano, Quique Gutierrez had orders today to get himself into the day's escape and stay up the road until needed by his teammate Santi Perez. Quique politely obeyed and entered into today's long escape which formed at kilometre 10. He was accompanied by a few usual suspects and some others who we haven't seen a lot of to date and were off looking for their last chance this September. The break included Kelme guerillas Eladio Jimenez and David Latasa, Joan Horrach (Illes Balears-Banesto), Cedric Vasseur (Cofidis), Aitor Perez (Cafes Baque), Antonio Cruz (US Postal Service), Rafael Casero (Saunier Duval-Prodir), Maarten Den Bakker (Rabobank), Mauro Gerosa (Vini Caldirola), Manuel Quinziato and Daniele Righi (Lampre).
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It wasn't until the final 20 kilometres that the escapees became animated with a series of attacks that finally saw Eladio Jimenez get away with 16 km to go. Quique and Maarten Den Bakker followed one after the other and by the 10 to go banner, the three were working their way together to the foot of the climb. They were going strongly and looked like they wanted to stay away, work together, but at the same time test each others nerves.
As the climb kicked in for real at the 7 km banner Cedric Vasseur arrived, but at what seemed to be the exact same moment Quique decided he had had enough of the company. The first kilometre of the climb to Navacerrada, a summit enclosed on its slopes by tall stands of pines, averages about 10 percent. Quique struggled to keep his large frame going but he had his task and he stuck to it, his shoulders rolling into every pedal stroke. Quique hardly ever looked back and as Phonak's second move of the day took its form, he was given the liberty by his director, Alvaro Pino to go alone to the end.
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Behind, down on the slopes, the peloton was now in tatters, numbering no more than 15. Santi Perez was there, so was Heras, Mancebo, Ferrio, Valverde, Garcia Quesada, Piepoli, Sastre, Luis Perez, Cardenas, Cunego, Laiseka and Sammy Sanchez. The first to have a go was Ferrio. He went but was drawn back by Nozal. Garcia Quesada had a dig, the one probably planned to set up Valverde. And then the show began in earnest. Santi Pérez jumped, a bit over 4 km to go, Heras was immediately stuck to him. Santi looked at ease, keeping the pace high and fluid. Heras had to stand to keep his wheel where he wanted it. Santi sat for the most part, just turning the pedals at a constant rhythm. Behind, Valverde, Mancebo and co. gave chase but the other two were just no longer in sight. Eyes were focussed upon the gap between Valverde and Mancebo: +16, +20, +22...it grew.
Santi Perez continued, his top row of teeth protruding from under his lips, total Rominger, the gap to Valverde and Mancebo topping 25 seconds. With nearly two kilometres to go and he changed his position and lifted himself out of the saddle, standing up to test Heras. Heras hung there for a moment as time stood still but once it started rolling again he found that the wheel of Perez was gone. Just like that, the test was over in a flash. Perez just stood up, climbed out of the saddle, and a hole appeared behind him and the elastic band that stretched behind him to Heras just stretched and stretched and stretched and then it was no more.
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In a matter of metres he had metres advantage, he passed his Asturian fans, with their blue and gold flag, they went berserk. Heras passed them and nearly got himself entangled in the flag. Santi was at ease as he flew through the pines. Heras was becoming Roberto el nervioso again. Santi one the other hand just kept rolling it up the slope, the teeth there, doing Rominger proud, with ease he went up and up. Soon enough the gap started to be recorded, +11 to Heras, + 12 as the GPS on the motos bipped away.
Santi was amongst the remains of the break, he passed Baque's Aitor Perez, who turned to look at his namesake with a smile. Plus 16 seconds and growing was the gap, and by the top only his mate Quique and the two Belda-led guerillas, Eladio Jimenez and David Latasa, remained ahead of him. He managed in the end to sack 29 seconds from the trove of Heras. All valuable seconds going into a 28.2 kilometre time trial. Perez now sits 43 seconds behind Heras. The race is to be decided by a match up between two climbers over a relatively short, flattish time trail through the streets of Madrid.
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Two years back Heras had a 1'08 on Aitor Gonzalez and lost the race by 2'14 after 41 kilometres of time trialling. Santi isn't Aitor against the clock, but he is fresher, younger, has stars in his eyes and appears, unlike Roberto, not to have a worry in the world. You can do the calculations. Santi's Valencia time trial can't give us a guide as he then wasn't even thinking of being where he is now, not in his wildest dreams, but with desire anything is possible. Houston we have a race!
Of course the day's other events are of great import - the stillbirth of the Pro Tour, the life of Baque and Cardenas taking the mountains competition for the second time in two years, and Zabel hanging in to take the points. More of this later, in its place. For now however all eyes must be on the race against the clock, tomorrow in Madrid. Hasta mañana.
Photography
Images by Unipublic
- Nani Roma, winner of Paris-Dakar greets Heras at the start
- The ribbon cutters about to be assaulted by a large, fluffy animal
- Some happy faces at the start of the Vuelta's last mountain stage
- Straight away the pace is driven up
- Manebo and Valverde discuss how they can knock each other out of third place
- The early break was formed at km 10
- The Liberty boyz kept Heras out of the wind, as usual
- Santi Perez (Phonak) feeling thirsty
- Cafes Baque actually did most of the work today to try to set up Cardenas for another stage win
- Jimenez and Latasa worked hard to keep the break going
- Mancebo had a go on the second last climb, but failed
- Jimenez leads the break over the Puerto de Cotos
- Santi Perez (Phonak) attacks with 4km to go, with Heras on his wheel
- Perez keeps it going
- Jose Enrique Gutierrez (Phonak) crosses the line to win in Navacerrada
- Roberto Heras (Liberty Seguros) is presented with the gold jersey
- One more for Heras but can he keep it tomorrow?
Results
1 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 4.52.20 2 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 0.38 3 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 1.25 4 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.37 5 Aitor Perez (Spa) Cafes Baque 2.03 6 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros 2.07 7 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 8 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 2.10 9 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 2.18 10 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 11 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 2.24 12 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.27 13 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 14 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 15 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank 2.39 16 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Saeco 2.48 17 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 2.49 18 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.56 19 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.57 20 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3.01 21 David Blanco (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 3.04 22 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 3.15 23 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros 24 Antonio Cruz (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 3.21 25 Angel Gomez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 3.57 26 Unai Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 27 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 4.11 28 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4.13 29 Felix Cardenas (Col) Cafes Baque 30 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 4.15 31 Jose Antonio Pecharroman (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 4.21 32 Francisco José Lara (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 33 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 34 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Relax-Bergasol 35 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Alessio-Bianchi 36 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 4.24 37 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 38 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre 39 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 4.30 40 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 4.50 41 David Plaza (Spa) Cafes Baque 4.55 42 David Herrero (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 5.13 43 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 5.19 44 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Bergasol 5.21 45 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon 46 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 5.41 47 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 48 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Lampre 6.05 49 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros 6.18 50 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 51 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax-Bergasol 6.26 52 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Relax-Bergasol 53 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Relax-Bergasol 54 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 6.47 55 Julián Sanchez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 6.55 56 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC 7.37 57 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 8.36 58 Cadel Evans (Aus) T-Mobile Team 59 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 60 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Saeco 9.38 61 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 62 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Saeco 63 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 64 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 65 Hernan Buenahora (Col) Cafes Baque 66 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 67 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 68 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 11.19 69 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio-Bianchi 70 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 71 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 72 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 73 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 74 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Rabobank 75 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 76 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 77 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 78 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 12.44 79 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros 80 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros 13.34 81 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 82 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 83 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Team CSC 84 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 85 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 86 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 14.46 87 Francisco Garcia (Spa) Cafes Baque 16.00 88 Ivan Parra (Col) Cafes Baque 89 Iñigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 24.57 90 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 91 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Saeco 92 Antonio Colom (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 93 Joaquin Lopez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 94 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros 95 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 96 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax-Bergasol 97 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 98 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre 99 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Lampre 100 José Julia (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 101 Alberto Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 102 Klaus Möller (Den) Alessio-Bianchi 103 Roberto Sgambelluri (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 104 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Saeco 105 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC 106 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Saeco 107 Iñaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 108 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC 109 Herbert Gutierrez (Col) Cafes Baque 110 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Saeco 111 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 112 Frank Høj (Den) Team CSC 113 Aitor Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 114 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 115 José Garrido (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 116 Guido Trenti (USA) Fassa Bortolo 117 Rene Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros 118 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 119 Marco Milesi (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie Points 1 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 25 pts 2 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 20 3 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 16 4 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 14 5 Aitor Perez (Spa) Cafes Baque 12 6 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros 10 7 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 9 8 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 8 9 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 7 10 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 6 11 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 5 12 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4 13 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 3 14 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 2 15 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank 1 Mountains Puerto de la Morcuera (cat. 1) - km 48 1 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 16 pts 2 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 12 3 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank 10 4 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Lampre 8 5 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 6 6 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 4 7 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 3 8 Aitor Perez (Spa) Cafes Baque 2 9 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 1 Puerto de Cotos (cat. 1) - km 79 1 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 16 pts 2 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Lampre 12 3 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 10 4 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank 8 5 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 6 6 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 4 7 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 3 8 Aitor Perez (Spa) Cafes Baque 2 9 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 1 Alto del León (cat. 1) - km 121 1 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 16 pts 2 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 12 3 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Lampre 10 4 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 8 5 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 6 6 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 4 7 Aitor Perez (Spa) Cafes Baque 3 8 Antonio Cruz (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 2 9 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank 1 Alto de Los Angeles de S. Rafael (cat. 3) - km 135 1 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 6 pts 2 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Lampre 4 3 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 2 4 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 1 Puerto de Navacerrada (cat. 1) - km 178 1 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 16 pts 2 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 12 3 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 10 4 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 8 5 Aitor Perez (Spa) Cafes Baque 6 6 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros 4 7 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 3 8 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 2 9 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 1 Sprints Rascafría - km 62.3 1 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4 pts 2 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 2 3 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 1 Alpedrete - km 105.5 1 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 4 pts 2 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Lampre 2 3 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 1 La Pradera - km 163.8 1 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 4 pts 2 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 2 3 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank 1 Teams 1 Comunidad Valenciana - Kelme 14.41.21 2 Phonak Hearing Systems 2.57 3 Liberty Seguros 4.16 4 Cofidis, le credit par telephone 4.28 5 Illes Balears - Banesto 4.35 6 Saunier Duval - Prodir 5.20 7 Costa de Almeria - Paternina 6.15 8 Cafes Baque 6.50 9 Rabobank 7.12 10 Quick Step - Davitamon 9.32 11 Lampre 10.32 12 Euskaltel - Euskadi 11.10 13 Relax-Bodysol 11.47 14 Team CSC 12.30 15 US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 15.38 16 Saeco 17.43 17 Vini Caldirola -Nobili Rubinetterie 20.57 18 T-Mobile Team 21.27 19 Fassa Bortolo 25.12 20 Alessio - Bianchi 36.16 General classification after stage 20 1 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros 77.07.28 2 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.43 3 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 2.19 4 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 2.26 5 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 6.33 6 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros 7.16 7 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 8.16 8 Angel Gomez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 12.11 9 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 12.45 10 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 14.35 11 David Blanco (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 15.10 12 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 16.07 13 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 16.08 14 Francisco José Lara (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 22.21 15 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 27.28 16 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Saeco 28.37 17 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 28.40 18 David Plaza (Spa) Cafes Baque 29.15 19 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 31.26 20 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Relax-Bergasol 35.09 21 Unai Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 35.21 22 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 37.19 23 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre 38.32 24 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 43.29 25 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 44.39 26 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 45.35 27 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 47.11 28 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 48.36 29 Felix Cardenas (Col) Cafes Baque 50.55 30 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 52.47 31 Hernan Buenahora (Col) Cafes Baque 55.35 32 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros 56.54 33 Ivan Parra (Col) Cafes Baque 57.28 34 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 57.29 35 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC 1.09.04 36 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Relax-Bergasol 1.11.00 37 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 1.11.24 38 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 1.16.13 39 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Bergasol 1.16.42 40 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.21.34 41 Francisco Garcia (Spa) Cafes Baque 1.22.22 42 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.23.54 43 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1.26.03 44 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Team CSC 1.28.40 45 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 1.30.51 46 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.33.18 47 Jose Antonio Pecharroman (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 1.33.23 48 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 49 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 1.33.29 50 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Relax-Bergasol 1.33.55 51 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.34.33 52 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 1.34.51 53 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.37.44 54 Iñigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 1.38.55 55 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 1.39.30 56 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 1.42.56 57 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 1.43.38 58 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros 1.44.27 59 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1.45.13 60 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 1.45.42 61 Cadel Evans (Aus) T-Mobile Team 1.47.15 62 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax-Bergasol 1.47.31 63 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 1.49.52 64 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon 1.53.20 65 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 1.55.45 66 Aitor Perez (Spa) Cafes Baque 1.58.53 67 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 1.59.17 68 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Saeco 1.59.21 69 Joaquin Lopez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 1.59.50 70 Antonio Cruz (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 2.00.38 71 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros 2.01.43 72 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Rabobank 2.02.13 73 David Herrero (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 2.03.16 74 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Saeco 2.05.14 75 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.07.26 76 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 2.16.46 77 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio-Bianchi 2.17.35 78 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Alessio-Bianchi 2.19.09 79 Roberto Sgambelluri (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 2.23.25 80 Klaus Möller (Den) Alessio-Bianchi 2.24.31 81 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Saeco 2.30.39 82 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 2.34.51 83 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Lampre 2.35.31 84 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank 2.38.04 85 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC 2.38.57 86 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.44.14 87 Iñaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.45.38 88 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Saeco 2.46.13 89 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 2.46.32 90 Alberto Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.47.00 91 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax-Bergasol 2.47.21 92 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 2.52.27 93 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Lampre 2.56.03 94 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC 2.56.35 95 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 2.57.24 96 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 2.59.29 97 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 2.59.34 98 José Garrido (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 3.05.32 99 Antonio Colom (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 3.08.35 100 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros 3.09.13 101 José Julia (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 3.09.17 102 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 3.09.32 103 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 3.11.14 104 Julián Sanchez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 3.18.13 105 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 3.18.27 106 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 3.19.58 107 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 3.22.34 108 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.22.42 109 Marco Milesi (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 3.26.57 110 Rene Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros 3.32.39 111 Herbert Gutierrez (Col) Cafes Baque 3.38.26 112 Frank Høj (Den) Team CSC 3.45.02 113 Guido Trenti (USA) Fassa Bortolo 3.48.14 114 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre 3.49.46 115 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Saeco 3.49.48 116 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3.49.57 117 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Saeco 4.02.21 118 Aitor Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.07.54 119 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 4.11.25 Points classification 1 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 152 pts 2 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 142 3 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros 128 4 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 114 5 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 110 6 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros 76 7 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 62 8 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 56 9 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 53 10 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 52 11 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 51 12 Felix Cardenas (Col) Cafes Baque 50 13 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 47 14 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 46 15 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 44 16 Angel Gomez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 44 17 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 43 18 Antonio Cruz (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 42 19 Ivan Parra (Col) Cafes Baque 40 20 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 39 21 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Saeco 36 22 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 36 23 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Alessio-Bianchi 35 24 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 34 25 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 33 26 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 31 27 José Julia (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 27 28 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 27 29 Iñaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 24 30 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 23 31 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Saeco 21 32 Francisco José Lara (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 20 33 Hernan Buenahora (Col) Cafes Baque 20 34 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 20 35 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 20 36 Cadel Evans (Aus) T-Mobile Team 20 37 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 19 38 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 19 39 David Blanco (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 18 40 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 17 41 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon 15 42 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Saeco 14 43 Aitor Perez (Spa) Cafes Baque 14 44 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre 13 45 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Bergasol 13 46 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre 13 47 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 12 48 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Saeco 12 49 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 9 50 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Relax-Bergasol 9 51 Guido Trenti (USA) Fassa Bortolo 8 52 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7 53 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 7 54 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 7 55 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 6 56 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 6 57 Alberto Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6 58 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 6 59 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 6 60 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 6 61 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Lampre 6 62 Herbert Gutierrez (Col) Cafes Baque 6 63 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Rabobank 5 64 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5 65 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 5 66 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 4 67 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio-Bianchi 4 68 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Lampre 4 69 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax-Bergasol 4 70 David Plaza (Spa) Cafes Baque 4 71 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 4 72 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3 73 Roberto Sgambelluri (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 3 74 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros 2 75 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros 2 76 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank 2 77 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 2 78 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 2 79 Antonio Colom (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 2 80 Unai Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 1 81 Iñigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 1 82 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax-Bergasol 1 83 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 1 Mountains classification 1 Felix Cardenas (Col) Cafes Baque 167 pts 2 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros 111 3 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 110 4 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 110 5 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 92 6 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 80 7 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 67 8 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Lampre 54 9 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Bergasol 50 10 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Saeco 44 11 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 44 12 Francisco José Lara (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 42 13 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros 40 14 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 37 15 Ivan Parra (Col) Cafes Baque 37 16 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 36 17 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 34 18 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 32 19 Angel Gomez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 31 20 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 30 21 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 29 22 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 28 23 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre 26 24 Hernan Buenahora (Col) Cafes Baque 24 25 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 23 26 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 20 27 Unai Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 20 28 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 20 29 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Alessio-Bianchi 20 30 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 19 31 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank 19 32 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 17 33 Alberto Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 17 34 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 17 35 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 14 36 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Saeco 13 37 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 13 38 Aitor Perez (Spa) Cafes Baque 13 39 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 11 40 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 11 41 Herbert Gutierrez (Col) Cafes Baque 11 42 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 10 43 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 10 44 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 10 45 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon 9 46 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 7 47 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio-Bianchi 6 48 David Blanco (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 6 49 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 6 50 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros 6 51 David Plaza (Spa) Cafes Baque 4 52 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 4 53 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4 54 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 3 55 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 3 56 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 57 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Relax-Bergasol 2 58 Antonio Cruz (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 2 59 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 2 60 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax-Bergasol 2 61 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 2 62 Rene Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros 2 63 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 1 64 Francisco Garcia (Spa) Cafes Baque 1 65 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1 66 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Saeco 1 67 Iñaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 68 Antonio Colom (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 1 69 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros 1 70 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 1 Combined classification 1 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros 6 pts 2 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 10 3 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 12 4 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 13 5 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros 25 6 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 33 7 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 39 8 Felix Cardenas (Col) Cafes Baque 42 9 Angel Gomez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 43 10 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 44 11 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 45 12 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 51 13 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 52 14 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 55 15 Francisco José Lara (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 58 16 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 61 17 Ivan Parra (Col) Cafes Baque 67 18 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 69 19 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 71 20 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 72 21 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Saeco 73 22 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 87 23 Hernan Buenahora (Col) Cafes Baque 88 24 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre 90 25 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Bergasol 93 26 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 93 27 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 96 28 David Blanco (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 98 29 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 99 30 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 100 31 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 115 32 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 117 33 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 117 34 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Relax-Bergasol 127 35 Unai Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 128 36 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Alessio-Bianchi 130 37 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 131 38 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 135 39 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 138 40 David Plaza (Spa) Cafes Baque 139 41 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Saeco 139 42 Antonio Cruz (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 146 43 Aitor Perez (Spa) Cafes Baque 147 44 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 149 45 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon 150 46 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 151 47 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 156 48 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 158 49 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Lampre 162 50 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Saeco 165 51 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 175 52 Alberto Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 180 53 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros 183 54 Iñaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 183 55 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 183 56 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 190 57 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio-Bianchi 191 58 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank 191 59 Herbert Gutierrez (Col) Cafes Baque 214 60 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 219 61 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax-Bergasol 220 62 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 229 63 Antonio Colom (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 246 64 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 246 Teams classification 1 Comunidad Valenciana - Kelme 231.16.36 2 Liberty Seguros 27.19 3 Illes Balears - Banesto 34.34 4 Costa de Almeria - Paternina 52.29 5 Phonak Hearing Systems 58.38 6 Cafes Baque 58.44 7 Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.30.11 8 Cofidis, le credit par telephone 1.40.05 9 US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 1.40.30 10 Team CSC 1.49.24 11 Relax-Bodysol 2.44.22 12 Saeco 2.48.35 13 Euskaltel - Euskadi 3.00.34 14 T-Mobile Team 3.33.29 15 Vini Caldirola -Nobili Rubinetterie 4.10.43 16 Rabobank 4.14.34 17 Quick Step - Davitamon 4.16.17 18 Fassa Bortolo 5.05.51 19 Lampre 5.22.01 20 Alessio - Bianchi 5.59.50
