Recently on Cyclingnews.com |
 Mt Hood Classic Photo ©: Swift |
59th Vuelta a España - GT
Spain, September 4-26, 2004
Main Page Live report Results Stage Details Previous Stage Next Stage
Stage 6 - September 9: Benicarló - Castellón de la Plana, 157 km
Freire victorious whilst Petacchi gets lost in the desert
By Martin Hardie in Castellón
|
Whilst Rabobank ensured that Petacchi got well and truly lost in the Desierto de las Palmas, an elite group of the remaining Vuelta sprinters go to show off their wares in the flat run into hot and sticky Castellón this afternoon, and most if not all of them were intent on taking advantage of the missing Italian.
The Rabobank team set an stifling pace along the rolling Mediterranean coast. Their aim, it seemed, was to dislodge Petacchi and bring in the day's two man escape before the final crest and plunge. Rabobank managed to lay the groundwork for both of these and left their two-time World Champion, Oscar Freire to fend for himself over the final climb and on the run into Castellón.
Despite Cofidis, and to a much lesser extent T-Mobile, commandeering the head of affairs across the flat coastal plain that followed the climb and led into the city, it was the Cantabrian sprinter who came out of tops, just pipping Erik Zabel (T-Mobile) on the line, again.
How it unfolded
|
The peloton rolled out of Benicarló in the early afternoon under warm, hazy skies with 157 km of undulating terrain ahead of them. The first sprint at Cervera del Maestre (km 14.6) saw, somewhat surprisingly, Roberto Heras (Liberty) take the points ahead of Juan Manuel Garate (Lampre) and Rubén Plaza (Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme). At km 37, Manuel Quinziato (Lampre) attacked and was chased by Martin Hvastija (Alessio) and Kevin Hulsmans (Quick.Step). Hvastija fell off the pace at the foot of the Puerto de la Mirona, leaving Quinziato and Hulsmans with a 1'26 lead.
The two leaders extended their advantage over the peloton to over 11 minutes at one stage, but when Rabobank started riding before the halfway mark, the gap came down quickly. It was seven minutes at 77 km to go and steadily came down until the pair were within striking distance at the foot of the Alto del Desierto de las Palmas with 35 km to go. Illes Balears and Liberty Seguros helped to mop up the leaders on the climb and the race began anew.
|
Some of the real damage was caused by Isidro Nozal (Liberty Seguros), whose strong surge resulted in the fracture of the bunch. The Alto was not too long and not too steep, but it was significant enough to cause damage, and it did. The likes of Pecharroman, Zubeldia, Astarloza, Astarloa, Cardenas and Di Luca all fell off the pace on the climb, the latter losing well over 12 minutes in the end.
Over the top it was Mancebo taking the points and adding to his mountains tally, with some 30 riders in the lead group and another 50 or so chasing back on. The two groups did come together at the foot of the descent and Cofidis rode hard for the rest of the way into Castellón.
|
Into the last four kilometres with the wind at their backs Cofidis drove those who had got over the Alto del Desierto de las Palmas in an attempt to place Stuart O'Grady in the best possible position. Behind O'Grady was Quick Step's Horrillo and then Zabel. Well placed behind were a few who can at times hold their position in a rapid finish, such as Perdiguero, Valverde and Moreni.
A couple of Paternina riders, Fernandez and Ferrio, tried to mess things up for the sprinters as they entered the final two kilometres and if anything gave, Cofidis some respite for the final surge. Through the large roundabout near the end of the long flat straight, the bunch was becoming unruly, the course took a sharp right and then through another smaller roundabout. From there it was an open run to the line.
O'Grady got his lead out from a long way. Pedro Horrillo (Quick.Step-Davitamon) was the first to initiate the final surge and was followed by the freckled Aussie. But from behind and to his left came the familiar bulldog style of T-Mobile's Erik Zabel. Zabel went and O'Grady had to react to his burst. Swinging wider and challenging Zabel came Freire, who for the second time this year had the German's measure. The last of course was Milan-San Remo.
|
Funnily enough the stage podium positions ended up being identical to those at San Remo: Freire, Zabel, O'Grady; and possibly this was not pure chance. The finishing group was reasonably large, 78 riders in all and contained a mixture of what you might call classicists, climbers and strong power sprinters. The group was selected by the Alto del Desierto de las Palmas, which with its stony pine covered ridges that rise out of the Mediterranean landscape, brings to mind the finishing climbs of La Primavera.
An interesting thing about the bunch finish was the number of non sprinters who were placed high in the end - for example Garzelli was 7th, Juan Manuel Garate was 9th, Aitor Gonzalez was 14th and Cunego was 15th. These sorts of positions are not achieved in the kind of sprint we saw today by simply hanging in with the bunch to the end with the aim of keeping out of trouble.
Coming up
La Vuelta doesn't stop. Tomorrow we have a similar sort of day in some ways to today. A rolling coastal and hinterland route peppered with a couple of climbs - a Cat. 2 and Cat. 3 which fall close together smack bang in the middle of the day. Then on Saturday comes the big day out, 40 kilometres flat stick across the coastal plain. You might think after all of that a rest day might be on the agenda soon. But before we get there we have three days of solid back to back climbing. Each day with a summit for a finish.
As things stand, the top of the general classification is already starting to take on a solid shape. And these next few days' encounters will surely cause some real meaningful selections. By Tuesday of next week, we will know who is who in La Vuelta for 2004. The flat time trial will give us some indication, but then the real climbers will have a chance to try and recover their losses over the three following stages.
Some names are starting to stand out: Landis, Hamilton and Aitor Gonzalez might do some damage on the flat time trial. But then these riders will have to turn around and match it with Garzelli, Evans, Cunego, Heras, Beloki, Menchov, Mancebo, Sastre, Garate and Valverde immediately thereafter.
Triki Beltran continues the USPS hold on the gold jersey despite them "not being here to win". Francisco Mancebo took the final climb today and now wears the mountains jersey. O'Grady's third was surely a disappointment for the Australian but his day out in the wind yesterday and today's third place give him a slender lead in the points jersey.
All we can say is stay tuned to La Vuelta. It won't get boring.
Photography
Images by Lavuelta.com
- Miguel Poblet interviewed at the sign on
- Cutting the ribbon in Benicarló
- The peloton rolls out past kilometre 0
- Roberto Heras (Liberty Seguros) wins the first intermediate sprint at km 14
- Maarten den Bakker (Rabobank) drives a group of 30 that split off the front of the peloton
- Manuel Quinziato (Lampre) leads Kevin Hulsmans (Quick.Step) in their long breakaway
- The peloton on the ascent of the Coll de la Bandereta
- David Fernandez (Paternina) ahead of mountains leader Juan Manuel Garate (Lampre) on the Coll de la Bandereta
- Rabobank set a hard tempo to catch the break
- Kevin Hulsmans (Quick.Step-Davitamon) leads Quinziato across the line for the Benicassim sprint
- Isidro Nozal (Liberty) leads Luis Perez (Cofidis) on the Alto del desierto de las Palmas
- Oscar Freire (Rabobank) wins the 6th stage into Castellon
- Paco Mancebo (Illes Balears) is the new mountains leader after stage 6
- Manuel Beltran (USPS) looking happy in the golden leader's jersey
Images by AFP Photo
- Manuel Beltran (US Postal) discusses the day to come at the start of the stage
- The Phonak team takes a turn on the front
- The peloton makes its way through the Spanish countryside
- Isidro Nozal (Liberty Seguros) piles on the power
- Oscar Freire (Rabobank) takes the stage win ahead of Erik Zabel (T-Mobile)
Results
1 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank 3.48.23 2 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 3 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 4 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 5 Miguel A. M. Perdiguero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 6 David Fernandez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 7 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 8 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 9 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre 10 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 11 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 12 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 13 Roberto Sgambelluri (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 14 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 15 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Saeco 16 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 17 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 18 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 19 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 20 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 21 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 22 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 23 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 24 Unai Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 25 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 26 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros 27 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 28 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 29 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 30 Peio Arreitunandia (Spa) Cafes Baque 31 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 32 Gonzalo Bayarri (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 33 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 34 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros 35 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 36 David Blanco (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 37 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Saeco 38 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 39 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 40 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 41 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 42 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto 43 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros 44 Patrick Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step-Davitamon 45 Francisco José Lara (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 46 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 47 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 48 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 49 Cadel Evans (Aus) T-Mobile Team 50 Iñigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 51 Rubén Plaza (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 52 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 53 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 54 Klaus Möller (Den) Alessio-Bianchi 55 Angel Gomez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 56 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 57 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 58 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 59 David Plaza (Spa) Cafes Baque 60 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros 61 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Saeco 62 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 63 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 64 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 65 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 66 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 67 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 68 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 69 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 70 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC 71 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros 72 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 73 Francisco Garcia (Spa) Cafes Baque 74 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Team CSC 75 Joaquin Lopez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 76 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 77 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 78 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 79 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Cafes Baque 3.20 80 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Rabobank 81 Hernan Buenahora (Col) Cafes Baque 82 Jose Antonio Pecharroman (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 83 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon 84 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 85 Felix Cardenas (Col) Cafes Baque 86 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 87 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Relax-Bodysol 88 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 89 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio-Bianchi 90 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Lampre 3.23 91 Michele Scotto (Ita) Lampre 92 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC 93 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 94 Marco Milesi (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 95 Iñaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 96 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 97 David Herrero (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 98 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 99 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 100 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 101 Antonio Cruz (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 102 Luca Paolini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 103 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Lampre 6.34 104 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Saeco 105 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre 106 Aitor Perez (Spa) Cafes Baque 107 Alberto Martinez (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 108 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 109 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 110 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 111 Joseba Albizu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 112 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 113 Guido Trenti (USA) Fassa Bortolo 8.29 114 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 115 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros 116 José Julia (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 117 Julián Sanchez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 118 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Quick.Step-Davitamon 119 Bert Roesems (Bel) Relax-Bodysol 120 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 121 Michael Barry (Can) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 122 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 123 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 124 Alberto Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 125 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 126 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Lampre 127 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 128 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 129 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 130 Stephane Goubert (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 131 Frank Høj (Den) Team CSC 132 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 133 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 12.54 134 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank 135 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 136 Julien Laidoun (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 137 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 138 Ronald Mutsaars (Ned) Rabobank 139 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Saeco 140 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 141 Martin Hvastija (Slo) Alessio-Bianchi 142 Aitor Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 143 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 144 Ion Del Rio (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 145 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 146 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC 147 Ivan Parra (Col) Cafes Baque 148 Hebert Gutierrez (Col) Cafes Baque 149 Antonio Colom (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 150 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 151 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Alessio-Bianchi 152 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Saeco 153 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 154 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 155 Ellis Rastelli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 156 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 157 Stéphane Berges (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 158 Robert Hunter (RSA) Rabobank 159 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 160 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 161 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 162 Erki Pütsep (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 163 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 164 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 165 Giosue Bonomi (Ita) Saeco 166 Thomas Bruun (Den) Team CSC 167 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC 168 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 169 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 170 Rene Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros 171 Tomas Konecny (Cze) T-Mobile Team 172 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Saeco 173 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 174 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 175 José Garrido (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 176 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 177 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco 178 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 179 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 180 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 181 Josu Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 21.42 DNF Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team DNF Simone Bertoletti (Ita) Lampre Points 1 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank 25 pts 2 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 20 3 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 16 4 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 14 5 Miguel A. M. Perdiguero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 12 6 David Fernandez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 10 7 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 9 8 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 8 9 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre 7 10 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 6 11 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 5 12 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 4 13 Roberto Sgambelluri (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 3 14 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 2 15 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Saeco 1 Mountains Puerto de la Mirona - Cat. 3 km 49 1 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Lampre 6 pts 2 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 4 3 Martin Hvastija (Slo) Alessio-Bianchi 2 4 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre 1 Coll de la Bandereta - Cat. 2 km 68 1 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Lampre 10 pts 2 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 7 3 Martin Hvastija (Slo) Alessio-Bianchi 5 4 David Fernandez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 3 5 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre 2 6 Unai Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 1 Alto del desierto de las Palmas - Cat. 2 km 132 1 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 10 pts 2 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 7 3 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 5 4 Francisco José Lara (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 3 5 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros 2 6 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Saeco 1 Intermediate Sprints Cervera del Maestre - km 14.6 1 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros 4 pts 2 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre 2 3 Rubén Plaza (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 1 Vall d'Álba - km 87.7 1 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 4 pts 2 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Lampre 2 3 Ronald Mutsaars (Ned) Rabobank 1 Benicassim - km 122 1 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 4 pts 2 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Lampre 2 3 Antonio Colom (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 1 Teams 1 Cofidis, le credit par telephone 11.25.09 2 Relax-Bodysol 3 Comunidad Valenciana - Kelme 4 Illes Balears - Banesto 5 Saunier Duval - Prodir 6 Costa de Almeria - Paternina 7 Vini Caldirola -Nobili Rubinetterie 8 Fassa Bortolo 9 US Postal Service presented by B. 10 Phonak Hearing Systems 11 Liberty Seguros 12 Saeco 13 T-Mobile Team 14 Cafes Baque 15 Team CSC 16 Quick Step - Davitamon 3.20 17 Alessio - Bianchi 18 Euskaltel - Euskadi 3.23 19 AG2R Prevoyance 6.34 20 Lampre 6.46 21 Rabobank 11.49 General classification after stage 6 1 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 22.35.39 2 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 3 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto 0.04 4 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 0.09 5 Cadel Evans (Aus) T-Mobile Team 0.16 6 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 0.23 7 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 0.39 8 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 0.47 9 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 10 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.50 11 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 0.52 12 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.01 13 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros 1.07 14 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 15 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.14 16 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros 1.17 17 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Saeco 1.23 18 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros 1.28 19 Rubén Plaza (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 1.32 20 David Blanco (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 1.34 21 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1.39 22 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 1.42 23 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 1.43 24 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 25 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 26 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.48 27 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 28 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 1.49 29 Miguel A. M. Perdiguero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.50 30 Angel Gomez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 31 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 32 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.59 33 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre 2.08 34 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 2.09 35 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 2.11 36 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Team CSC 37 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC 38 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 2.15 39 Peio Arreitunandia (Spa) Cafes Baque 2.20 40 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 2.22 41 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 2.28 42 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 2.36 43 Iñigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 44 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 45 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.37 46 David Plaza (Spa) Cafes Baque 2.41 47 Klaus Möller (Den) Alessio-Bianchi 2.47 48 Francisco José Lara (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 2.48 49 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 2.55 50 Roberto Sgambelluri (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 2.59 51 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.14 52 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 53 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Saeco 4.08 54 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank 4.20 55 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5.48 56 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros 5.51 57 Francisco Garcia (Spa) Cafes Baque 6.00 58 Felix Cardenas (Col) Cafes Baque 6.01 59 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros 6.07 60 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 7.06 61 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 7.10 62 Michele Scotto (Ita) Lampre 7.45 63 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 7.46 64 Patrick Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step-Davitamon 8.04 65 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 8.10 66 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio-Bianchi 8.14 67 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 8.23 68 Unai Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 8.35 69 Luca Paolini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 8.42 70 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 8.46 71 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Relax-Bodysol 9.07 72 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Saeco 9.21 73 David Herrero (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 9.22 74 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 9.28 75 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC 9.32 76 Gonzalo Bayarri (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 10.07 77 Aitor Perez (Spa) Cafes Baque 10.33 78 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 10.58 79 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 11.01 80 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 81 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 11.20 82 Iñaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 11.35 83 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Rabobank 11.36 84 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 11.41 85 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 12.15 86 Jose Antonio Pecharroman (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 12.38 87 Antonio Cruz (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 13.13 88 Hernan Buenahora (Col) Cafes Baque 89 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 13.21 90 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Lampre 14.11 91 Tomas Konecny (Cze) T-Mobile Team 14.12 92 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 14.51 93 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 15.23 94 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco 15.35 95 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 15.46 96 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon 16.15 97 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Quick.Step-Davitamon 16.33 98 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 16.36 99 Alberto Martinez (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 17.15 100 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 17.23 101 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 17.36 102 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 17.37 103 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 104 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 17.39 105 Julián Sanchez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 17.53 106 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 17.58 107 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 18.22 108 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 109 Joaquin Lopez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 18.42 110 David Fernandez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 18.44 111 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 19.38 112 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 20.50 113 Stephane Goubert (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 21.10 114 Joseba Albizu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 21.18 115 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC 21.23 116 Antonio Colom (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 21.31 117 Michael Barry (Can) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 21.38 118 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 21.50 119 Ivan Parra (Col) Cafes Baque 22.06 120 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 22.10 121 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre 22.29 122 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 23.11 123 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Cafes Baque 23.16 124 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 23.22 125 Julien Laidoun (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 23.23 126 Hebert Gutierrez (Col) Cafes Baque 24.11 127 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 24.32 128 Ronald Mutsaars (Ned) Rabobank 24.54 129 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 25.04 130 Marco Milesi (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 25.08 131 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 25.10 132 Ion Del Rio (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 25.11 133 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Lampre 26.40 134 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 26.47 135 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Lampre 26.48 136 Frank Høj (Den) Team CSC 26.50 137 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 26.52 138 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros 27.03 139 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Saeco 27.15 140 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Alessio-Bianchi 27.23 141 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 27.27 142 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Saeco 27.31 143 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 27.39 144 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 29.29 145 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 29.33 146 Alberto Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 29.45 147 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 30.07 148 Guido Trenti (USA) Fassa Bortolo 30.13 149 Bert Roesems (Bel) Relax-Bodysol 30.14 150 José Julia (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 30.33 151 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 30.36 152 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 31.25 153 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 32.18 154 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 32.21 155 Martin Hvastija (Slo) Alessio-Bianchi 156 Erki Pütsep (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 32.27 157 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 158 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 32.33 159 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 160 Robert Hunter (RSA) Rabobank 32.37 161 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 32.39 162 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank 32.54 163 Aitor Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 33.03 164 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 33.52 165 Stéphane Berges (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 34.02 166 Rene Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros 167 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Saeco 34.13 168 Ellis Rastelli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 34.30 169 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 34.32 170 José Garrido (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 34.43 171 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 35.23 172 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 36.09 173 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 36.14 174 Giosue Bonomi (Ita) Saeco 36.18 175 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 176 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Saeco 37.05 177 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 38.00 178 Thomas Bruun (Den) Team CSC 40.11 179 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 42.09 180 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC 42.38 181 Josu Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 47.57 Points classification 1 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 76 pts 2 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 72 3 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank 71 4 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 51 5 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 50 6 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto 41 7 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 30 8 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 27 9 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 25 10 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 25 11 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 21 12 Miguel A. M. Perdiguero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 21 13 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros 20 14 Cadel Evans (Aus) T-Mobile Team 20 15 David Fernandez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 20 16 Michael Barry (Can) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 20 17 Giosue Bonomi (Ita) Saeco 20 18 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 19 19 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 19 20 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 17 21 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 16 22 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 15 23 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 14 24 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 14 25 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Saeco 13 Mountains classification 1 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 17 pts 2 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Lampre 16 3 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre 13 4 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 11 5 David Fernandez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 9 6 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 9 7 Martin Hvastija (Slo) Alessio-Bianchi 7 8 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 6 9 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto 6 10 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 5 11 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 5 12 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 4 13 Julien Laidoun (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 4 14 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 4 15 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 3 16 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 3 17 Francisco José Lara (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 3 18 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros 2 19 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 2 20 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 2 21 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 1 22 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Saeco 1 23 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1 24 Unai Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 1 25 Iñaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 Combined classification 1 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 18 pts 2 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 18 3 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto 18 4 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 23 5 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 26 6 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 30 7 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 36 8 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros 44 9 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 59 10 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Saeco 64 11 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 67 12 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre 70 13 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 85 14 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 104 15 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 106 16 David Fernandez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 130 17 Iñaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 140 18 Unai Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 152 19 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 175 20 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 179 21 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Lampre 184 22 Julien Laidoun (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 191 Teams classification 1 US Postal Service presented by B. 67.47.44 2 T-Mobile Team 1.50 3 Comunidad Valenciana - Kelme 2.08 4 Illes Balears - Banesto 2.09 5 Phonak Hearing Systems 2.52 6 Liberty Seguros 3.11 7 Saunier Duval - Prodir 4.37 8 Team CSC 4.42 9 Saeco 5.55 10 Cofidis, le credit par telephone 5.59 11 Cafes Baque 6.55 12 Relax-Bodysol 8.35 13 Fassa Bortolo 9.03 14 Costa de Almeria - Paternina 9.50 15 Quick Step - Davitamon 11.28 16 Vini Caldirola -Nobili Rubinetterie 12.40 17 Euskaltel - Euskadi 17.22 18 Lampre 18.21 19 AG2R Prevoyance 18.39 20 Alessio - Bianchi 18.51 21 Rabobank 29.06
