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59th Vuelta a Espańa - GT
Spain, September 4-26, 2004
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Stage 7 - September 10: Castellón de la Plana - Valencia, 165 km
Petacchi "feeling better"
By Martin Hardie in Valencia
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"Today, for the first time this week, I found myself feeling a little better. My team as always had done some great work and I spoke to Guido (Trenti) to lead me out and pull off with 200 meters to go because I found myself feeling good and I wanted to do a strong sprint. I have been a little nervous and this was the first day that I found myself feeling better during the stage. I had won twice this week. But I hadn't felt well."
Those were the words of Fassa Bortolo's super sprinter Alessandro Petacchi after taking his third victory in the opening week of La Vuelta. The three stages where Petacchi should have won, he did, and it's not because of a lack of competition - Zabel, Freire and O'Grady are, as Petacchi says himself, "great champions"; it is simply that the world's best sprinter has at his disposal the world's best lead out train and no matter what the others try, they just don't seem to be able to come around him. But even though Petacchi appears to be unstoppable when he arrives in the front, group he remains humble and his prowess doesn't in any way seem to have gone to his head. He acknowledges the standard of his opposition and he always makes sure that people know that he wouldn't be there without his team.
"Today my team as always worked extremely well, very professionally. You have to remember in this regard that Guido suffered a very bad crash before the Giro - I think he has seven fractures; but my wins are as much due to the team as they are me."
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Freire yesterday expressed his wish that he too could have a team built around him like Petacchi. Zabel at times does, but this week he is out on his own as the T-Mobile squad are a very depleted force having only five riders remaining in La Vuelta. And whenever possible, their main task will be to support Cadel Evans in the days to come. As for Stuart O'Grady, he told Cyclingnews this morning that he was "very happy with the way the team is working for him in the sprints" but on the other hand he has had a "very long season" and he really doesn't know what is keeping him going at the moment.
Yesterday, the three contenders got to fight it out for themselves but today in the heat of the Valencian coast, with two mountains smack bang in the middle of the stage and a long run down into the capital, putting your money on Petacchi was always going to be a very good bet. Even if the bookies were not going to pay you much in return.
Petacchi spoke to Cyclingnews after the stage and told us that following yesterday he was a little bit concerned about the other three. "They are great champions - Freire, Zabel and O'Grady; but the climb yesterday affected me and I was a little worried that I might not be sufficiently recovered today," he said. "So initially I thought about following their wheels to the finish and going late. But before we arrived I was feeling. That is why I spoke to Guido on the way in and I went early and by myself.
"I am not sure if I can surpass my five wins of last year, in any event I have won three times in the first week and that in itself is pretty significant. Along with my twenty wins this year I think I can say that I have had an incredible season," he continued.
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Petacchi admitted that the next week is going to be hard for him. "From now on there are many very hard stages, tomorrow in the time trial I hope I can rest a little. My preparation hasn't been that intense for La Vuelta, mainly training at home by myself and because of that I have lacked a little rhythm on the road. Added to that today here in Valencia it was very hot, I suffered a lot from the heat, I don't like it at all. But if I find myself getting through the next week without too many problems there are some stages in the final week were I can try and add to these three wins. So I hope I will get through the week intact and well."
How it unfolded
Although today's stage contained the rather long (15 km) climb of Puerto de Montemayor, the fact that it was 90 km to the finish discouraged most of the GC riders from attacking on the climb. There was also the heat and tomorrow's important individual time trial consider, so many riders were trying to save as much as possible today.
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The day's main escape happened after 16 km when José Miguel Elias (Relax-Bodysol), Patrick Calcagni (Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie), Hebert Gutierrez (Cafes Baque), Ruslan Ivanov (Alessio-Bianchi), Erki Pütsep (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance), Carlos Torrent (Paternina-Costa De Almeria) and Daniele Righi (Lampre) broke clear of the peloton and were allowed to go free. But they were only given a maximum lead of five minutes by the bunch, which rode a steady, controlling tempo all day under the guidance of Rabobank, Fassa Bortolo and eventually Cofidis.
The break crossed the Montemayor with 3'49 to the peloton, and managed to hang on until 17 km to go when they were finally swallowed up by the determined bunch. From then on it was always going to be a bunch sprint, although when the big group hit the beachfront with 10 km to go, Phonak tried to put everyone in the gutter to force a split. That didn't work and Cofidis and Fassa Bortolo shared the pace making as the peloton thundered into Valencia.
The fight was on for Petacchi's wheel, and at first it was Freire and O'Grady duelling for it, with Freire eventually winning the battle. But with 1.5 km to go, Erik Zabel slid up the outside and took the coveted wheel away from Freire, holding it until the finish line. The Fassa train did its job and Guido Trenti delivered Petacchi to the 200m to go mark, when the Italian took matters into his own hands and launched a strong sprint slightly to the left of the centre of the road. Zabel still had his wheel, but when the German tried to come round at 100m out he could only pull back one wheel. Then Petacchi faded to the right and Zabel fell back, eventually finishing a length behind with Freire another length back for third.
Tomorrow is the first of La Vuelta's individual time trials. We can expect a major shake up on the leader board. Landis is favourite to resume the leader's gold jersey but eyes have to be kept on a number of others. Beloki for his part is starting to look like he is fit and it will be interesting to see how the Guipuzcoan makes it through the 40 kilometre flat, and probably very hot test. Of course Hamilton is expected to do well and interest is also being expressed in the performances of Aitor Gonzalez and the dark horse of Lampre, Juanma Garate.
Photography
Images by Lavuelta.com
- Tyler Hamilton (Phonak) looks concerned at the start as he nurses a sore wrist
- Carlos Torrent (Paternina) with his bronze medal that he won in the team pursuit in Athens
- Cutting the ribbon to start stage 7
- Jose Miguel Elias (Relax) drives the break with Ivanov following
- Jose Miguel Elias (Relax) crosses the Coll de Marianet (km 45) in first place
- Daniele Righi (L) with Herbert Gutierrez (C) and Jose Miguel Elias (R) in the breakaway group
- Patrick Calcagni (Vini Caldirola) takes the sprint at Azuébar
- Calcagni was also in front at the Altura sprint
- All the breakaway riders suffered in the heat today
- Should we chase? Yeah, why not.
- The peloton rode at a controlled pace on the climb
- Triki Beltran kept the gold jersey
- Calcagni won the third and final sprint at Lliria
- Alessandro Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo) celebrates his third stage win
- Paco Mancebo (Illes Balears) still in the mountains jersey
- Manuel Beltran (USPS) enjoying life as leader
- Erik Zabel (T-Mobile) took back the points jersey from O'Grady
- Denis Menchov (Illes Balears) in the white combination jersey
Images by AFP Photo
- Yeah, right
- Race leader Manuel Beltran gets a push from his teammate Victor Peña
- Alessandro Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo) beats Erik Zabel to win stage 7 of the Vuelta
Results
1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3.53.04 (42.48 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 Luca Paolini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 6 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 7 Giosue Bonomi (Ita) Saeco 8 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 9 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 10 Miguel A. M. Perdiguero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 11 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 12 Antonio Cruz (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 13 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 14 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 15 Julien Laidoun (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 16 Ion Del Rio (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 17 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre 18 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Cafes Baque 19 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon 20 Erki Pütsep (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 21 Marco Milesi (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 22 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 23 David Herrero (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 24 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 25 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Saeco 26 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 27 Michael Barry (Can) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 28 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 29 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 30 Guido Trenti (USA) Fassa Bortolo 31 Peio Arreitunandia (Spa) Cafes Baque 32 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax-Bergasol 33 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 34 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 35 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 36 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 37 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros 38 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros 39 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Lampre 40 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre 41 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 42 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto 43 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 44 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 45 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 46 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 47 Ińaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 48 José Julia (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 49 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Saeco 50 Klaus Möller (Den) Alessio-Bianchi 51 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 52 Alberto Martinez (Spa) Relax-Bergasol 53 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 54 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 55 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 56 Aitor Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 57 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 58 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 59 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 60 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 61 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio-Bianchi 62 Ińigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 63 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 64 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Relax-Bergasol 65 Cadel Evans (Aus) T-Mobile Team 66 Ivan Parra (Col) Cafes Baque 67 Victor Hugo Peńa (Col) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 68 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 69 Gonzalo Bayarri (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 70 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 71 Angel Gomez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 72 Thomas Bruun (Den) Team CSC 73 Roberto Sgambelluri (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 74 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 75 David Cańada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 76 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros 77 Ronald Mutsaars (Ned) Rabobank 78 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Team CSC 79 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 80 Antonio Colom (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 81 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 82 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 83 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros 84 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 85 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 86 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 87 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros 88 Bert Roesems (Bel) Relax-Bergasol 89 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Rabobank 90 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 91 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 92 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 93 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 94 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax-Bergasol 95 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 96 Rene Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros 97 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Lampre 98 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 99 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 100 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 101 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 102 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Relax-Bergasol 103 David Plaza (Spa) Cafes Baque 104 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 105 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Saeco 106 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 107 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 108 David Blanco (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 109 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC 110 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 111 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco 112 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC 113 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 114 Aitor Perez (Spa) Cafes Baque 115 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 116 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 117 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 118 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Bergasol 119 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Saeco 120 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 121 Unai Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 122 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 123 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 124 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 125 Francisco José Lara (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 126 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Quick.Step-Davitamon 127 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 128 Felix Cardenas (Col) Cafes Baque 129 Michele Scotto (Ita) Lampre 130 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax-Bergasol 131 Hernan Buenahora (Col) Cafes Baque 132 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 133 Rubén Plaza (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 134 Patrick Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step-Davitamon 135 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Relax-Bergasol 136 Joaquin Lopez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 137 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 138 Stephane Goubert (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 139 Jose Antonio Pecharroman (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 140 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 141 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 142 Stéphane Berges (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 143 Francisco Garcia (Spa) Cafes Baque 144 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 145 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 146 Tomas Konecny (Cze) T-Mobile Team 147 Ińigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 148 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 149 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Lampre 150 David Fernandez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 0.21 151 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 152 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Saeco 153 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Saeco 0.45 154 Hebert Gutierrez (Col) Cafes Baque 155 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC 156 Robert Hunter (RSA) Rabobank 157 Frank Hřj (Den) Team CSC 158 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 159 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros 160 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 161 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 0.53 162 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 0.55 163 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.58 164 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.02 165 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank 1.34 166 Alberto Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.46 167 Joseba Albizu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 168 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 169 Ellis Rastelli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 170 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Saeco 171 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 172 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 173 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Alessio-Bianchi 174 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 175 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 176 José Garrido (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 177 Julián Sanchez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 178 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 21.49 179 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC 180 Martin Hvastija (Slo) Alessio-Bianchi DNF Josu Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 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 Luca Paolini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 12 6 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 10 7 Giosue Bonomi (Ita) Saeco 9 8 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 8 9 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 7 10 Miguel A. M. Perdiguero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 6 11 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 5 12 Antonio Cruz (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 4 13 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 3 14 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 2 15 Julien Laidoun (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 1 16 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance -5 17 Julien Laidoun (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance -5 18 Robert Hunter (RSA) Rabobank -5 19 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC -5 Mountains Coll de Marianet - Cat. 3, km 45 1 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Bergasol 6 pts 2 Hebert Gutierrez (Col) Cafes Baque 4 3 Erki Pütsep (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 2 4 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 1 Puerto de Montemayor - Cat. 2, km 80 1 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Bergasol 10 pts 2 Hebert Gutierrez (Col) Cafes Baque 7 3 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 5 4 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 3 5 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 2 6 Erki Pütsep (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 1 Sprints Azuébar - km 50.5 1 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 4 pts 2 Hebert Gutierrez (Col) Cafes Baque 2 3 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Bergasol 1 Altura - km 65.8 1 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 4 pts 2 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 2 3 Hebert Gutierrez (Col) Cafes Baque 1 Lliria - km 114.7 1 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 4 pts 2 Erki Pütsep (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 2 3 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Alessio-Bianchi 1 Teams 1 Quick Step - Davitamon 11.39.12 2 Cofidis, le credit par telephone 3 Vini Caldirola -Nobili Rubinetterie 4 Fassa Bortolo 5 US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 6 Saeco 7 Costa de Almeria - Paternina 8 Lampre 9 Cafes Baque 10 Comunidad Valenciana - Kelme 11 Alessio - Bianchi 12 Saunier Duval - Prodir 13 Euskaltel - Euskadi 14 Liberty Seguros 15 Relax-Bodysol 16 Phonak Hearing Systems 17 Team CSC 18 Rabobank 19 Illes Balears - Banesto 20 T-Mobile Team 21 AG2R Prevoyance 0.20 General classification after stage 7 1 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 26.28.43 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 Peńa (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 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1.27 19 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros 1.28 20 Rubén Plaza (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 1.32 21 David Blanco (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 1.34 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-Bergasol 2.22 41 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Relax-Bergasol 2.28 42 Ińigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 2.36 43 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 44 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 45 David Cańada (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 4.12 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 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 7.10 61 Michele Scotto (Ita) Lampre 7.45 62 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax-Bergasol 7.46 63 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 7.51 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-Bergasol 8.44 71 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Relax-Bergasol 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 Ińaki 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 14.33 93 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco 15.35 94 Ińigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 15.46 95 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon 16.15 96 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Quick.Step-Davitamon 16.33 97 Alberto Martinez (Spa) Relax-Bergasol 17.15 98 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 17.23 99 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 17.36 100 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 17.37 101 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 102 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 17.39 103 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Relax-Bergasol 18.22 104 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 105 Joaquin Lopez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 18.42 106 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 18.56 107 David Fernandez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 19.05 108 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 19.38 109 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 20.09 110 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 20.50 111 Stephane Goubert (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 21.10 112 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 21.22 113 Antonio Colom (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 21.31 114 Michael Barry (Can) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 21.38 115 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 21.50 116 Ivan Parra (Col) Cafes Baque 22.06 117 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax-Bergasol 22.10 118 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre 22.29 119 Julián Sanchez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 22.39 120 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 23.11 121 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Cafes Baque 23.16 122 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 23.22 123 Julien Laidoun (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 23.33 124 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 24.32 125 Hebert Gutierrez (Col) Cafes Baque 24.50 126 Ronald Mutsaars (Ned) Rabobank 24.54 127 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 25.04 128 Marco Milesi (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 25.08 129 Ion Del Rio (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 25.11 130 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 26.03 131 Joseba Albizu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 26.04 132 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Lampre 26.40 133 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 26.47 134 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Lampre 26.48 135 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 26.52 136 Frank Hřj (Den) Team CSC 27.35 137 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Saeco 27.36 138 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 27.39 139 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros 27.48 140 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Saeco 28.16 141 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 29.13 142 Guido Trenti (USA) Fassa Bortolo 30.13 143 Bert Roesems (Bel) Relax-Bergasol 30.14 144 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 30.28 145 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 30.31 146 José Julia (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 30.33 147 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 30.36 148 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 31.25 149 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Alessio-Bianchi 32.07 150 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 32.13 151 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 32.18 152 Erki Pütsep (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 32.23 153 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 32.27 154 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 32.33 155 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 156 Aitor Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 33.03 157 Robert Hunter (RSA) Rabobank 33.32 158 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 33.52 159 Stéphane Berges (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 34.02 160 Rene Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros 161 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank 34.28 162 Alberto Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 34.31 163 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 35.17 164 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 35.23 165 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 36.14 166 Giosue Bonomi (Ita) Saeco 36.18 167 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 36.28 168 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 37.04 169 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Saeco 37.05 170 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 37.21 171 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 38.00 172 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Saeco 38.59 173 Ellis Rastelli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 39.16 174 José Garrido (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 39.29 175 Thomas Bruun (Den) Team CSC 40.11 176 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC 43.22 177 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC 43.23 178 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 46.55 179 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 54.10 180 Martin Hvastija (Slo) Alessio-Bianchi Points classification 1 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 92 pts 2 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 90 3 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank 87 4 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 75 5 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 51 6 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto 41 7 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 35 8 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 30 9 Giosue Bonomi (Ita) Saeco 29 10 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 27 11 Miguel A. M. Perdiguero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 27 12 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 25 13 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 21 14 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 21 15 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros 20 16 Cadel Evans (Aus) T-Mobile Team 20 17 David Fernandez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 20 18 Michael Barry (Can) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 20 19 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 19 20 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 19 21 Luca Paolini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 18 22 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 17 23 Victor Hugo Peńa (Col) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 16 24 Antonio Cruz (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 16 25 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 15 26 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 14 27 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Saeco 13 28 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 13 29 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 12 30 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 12 31 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros 12 32 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre 12 33 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 12 34 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 12 35 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 11 36 Ińaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10 37 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre 9 38 Erki Pütsep (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 9 39 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 9 40 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 7 41 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon 6 42 Angel Gomez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 6 43 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Relax-Bergasol 6 44 Tomas Konecny (Cze) T-Mobile Team 6 45 Ion Del Rio (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 5 46 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax-Bergasol 4 47 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 4 48 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 4 49 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Lampre 4 50 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 4 51 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 3 52 Rubén Plaza (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 3 53 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3 54 Roberto Sgambelluri (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 3 55 Hebert Gutierrez (Col) Cafes Baque 3 56 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 2 57 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 2 58 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Cafes Baque 2 59 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2 60 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 2 61 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 1 62 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 1 63 Unai Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 1 64 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Bergasol 1 65 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Rabobank 1 66 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 1 67 Antonio Colom (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 1 68 Ronald Mutsaars (Ned) Rabobank 1 69 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 1 70 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Alessio-Bianchi 1 Mountains classification 1 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 17 pts 2 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Bergasol 16 3 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Lampre 16 4 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre 13 5 Hebert Gutierrez (Col) Cafes Baque 11 6 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 11 7 David Fernandez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 9 8 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 9 9 Martin Hvastija (Slo) Alessio-Bianchi 7 10 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 6 11 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto 6 12 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 5 13 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 5 14 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 5 15 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 4 16 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 4 17 Julien Laidoun (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 4 18 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 4 19 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 3 20 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 3 21 Francisco José Lara (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 3 22 Erki Pütsep (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 3 23 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros 2 24 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 2 25 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax-Bergasol 2 26 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 2 27 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 1 28 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Saeco 1 29 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1 30 Unai Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 1 31 Ińaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 Combination classification 1 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto 20 pts 2 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 22 3 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 22 4 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 27 5 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 28 6 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 34 7 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 45 8 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros 51 9 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 68 10 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 71 11 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Saeco 72 12 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre 74 13 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 89 14 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax-Bergasol 111 15 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 118 16 David Fernandez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 131 17 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Bergasol 136 18 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 137 19 Ińaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 149 20 Unai Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 161 21 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 179 22 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 181 23 Hebert Gutierrez (Col) Cafes Baque 185 24 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Lampre 186 25 Erki Pütsep (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 212 26 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 256 Teams classification 1 US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 79.26.56 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 Alessio - Bianchi 18.51 20 AG2R Prevoyance 18.59 21 Rabobank 29.06
