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59th Vuelta a España - GT

Spain, September 4-26, 2004

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Stage 12 - September 16: Almería - Observatorio Meteorológico de Calar Alto, 145 km

Heras soars to the stars

By Martin Hardie in Calar Alto

Roberto Heras (Liberty Seguros)
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Roberto Heras has taken the stage win and the overall lead in the Vuelta a España as Liberty Seguros continued its charge in the mountains in today's brutal 12th stage from Almería to Observatorio Meteorológico de Calar Alto. After his team had shredded most of the peloton to pieces on the final climb, Heras attacked with just over 7 km to go to pass early breakaway Paco Lara (Paternina) and solo away to victory. In second place, showing a lot of resilience was Santi Perez (Phonak), who conceded just 34 seconds to Heras in the end, while Paco Mancebo (Illes Balears) took third at 0'53, followed by Valverde and Nozal at 2'17. And after finishing 15th at 3'06, race leader Floyd Landis finally lost the gold jersey to the defending champion of the Vuelta.

"Everything came out real good today," Heras told Cyclingnews after the stage. "We are here to try and win the Vuelta a España but with guys in the category of Valverde and Mancebo it is not easy. Both of them are equally dangerous. Valverde seems to be recovering from the fall, he is dangerous and very brave...Mancebo is also very dangerous."

In gold too
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Heras doesn't think he has yet won the race. "The Vuelta is not over, there is still a great part of it in the mountains so we have to take it little by little...the hardest stage for me will be the time trial in Madrid so we will see what happens there, but it isn't that long and it doesn't have long flat straights. The mountain time trial is in my favour as should be the stage in Bejar, so we will see what happens. Cycling is not mathematics." All he could add was that, "From the start today the whole team worked incredibly hard and Isidro like all the team are great professionals."

Today's stage headed out through Sergio Leone territory, and you could almost imaging the sounds of Ennio Morricone ringing in your head, past wild west towns especially built for the director's films, expecting to see Clint Eastwood appear on the horizon rather than witness one of the great climbing stages of this year's Vuelta. When you first enter the valley, with its stone and shale ruins, you slowly start to rise to the foot of the Alto de Alto de Velefique, and it was through here that the Liberty Seguros squad decided to turn on the pace and see who could stick around with them.

Francisco Jose Lara (Paternina)
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The Velefique, a monster, was the first of three mountains that have never been climbed in the Vuelta before. Velefique and the two faces of the Calar Alto traversed today covered in excess of 60 kilometres. Each climb averaged over six percent but at times, the grades reached 16 percent. They are each monsters that rise out of the Andulacian desert to form the bulk of this particular Sierra and over each, the legs struggle to turn the pedals. Despite all of this within a fairly short 145 kilometre stage, one never expected to see the differences to emerge in the way they did. Roberto Heras soared to the summit of the northeast face of the Calar Alto to take the stage win. A couple of Saturday's back his team were a disaster in the opening team time trial, a discipline in which the squads of Manolo Saiz excel. That day they lost over just 28 kilometres 1'28 to the USPS team. It seems like an eternity ago but the losses have kept Roberto Heras a long way off the pace for the stages that followed.

In 13 kilometres today, the tiny Roberto Heras got his own back and a lot more when he robbed Floyd Landis of his golden jersey by an astounding margin of 3'06. Landis, who has been the majority leader for the first half of the race now finds himself in 5th place 2'19 back. Maybe not a great surprise, but Floyd has been hanging in with the strongest. Maybe a surprise to Heras who inferred afterwards that today's stage went much better than the result that they had set themselves. "Our idea today was to try and lessen the gap to those above us on G.C. we weren't thinking about the stage or the lead, simply to lessen the differences, nothing more," he told Cyclingnews.

Liberty Seguros
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Heras attacked the tiny group that survived the first 14 kilometres of the final climb and roared up the slopes solo never looking back, never slowing down and always increasing his advantage over those that tried to follow him. Out of the saddle for the majority of the time, his tiny body turned the pedals with what seemed like ease and calm, but equally with force. Heras maintained a stellar pace in his personal race to the top, only sitting down when the grade allowed it and no doubt he suffered, always at the limit, all of the way, to the finish buried in a hollow, fog bound, just below the astronomical observatory that gives this peak its man-made purpose.

Paternina-Costa Almeria's Paco Lara was one of the day's brave but unsuccessful protagonists. Lara was one of a number who escaped the main bunch as the Velefique got under way, but he was the only one who continued with it, staying away on his own. He continued on alone, up and down the slopes of the Sierra until he was finally joined and immediately passed by the attacking Heras under the seven kilometre to go banner. Behind Lara, Felix Cardenas continued Cafes Baque's Plan Colombia picking up the second place mountain points on both the Velefique and the south face of Calar Alto. But Cardenas and those caught in between Lara and the bunch of race leader's were run down after the summit.

Paco Mancebo
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Heras was of course one of the 40 strong group that was created with the merging of the Cardenas group and what was still then the Landis group. But if they arrived at the bottom of the final ascent in number, it was as soon as the climb got under way they started to shed riders. Some of them fought and fought to stay in contact, some of them even regained contact. But often enough they did so only to be shed again by the mighty pace set by Baranowski, Serrano and Nozal. That’s how the day panned out for most all the way from the coastal heat of Almeria and over the succession of climbs where the weather was found to be a good 12 or more degrees cooler.

On the final climb Landis was the first of the leaders to crack. Valverde attacked to increase the gap to and damage as the American was left behind to suffer. After Liberty had set the almighty pace Heras took over and left all the others behind. He caught Lara and passed him and his gap increased all the way to the top. Valverde then himself cracked after fighting to stay with Mancebo. Then it was Mancebo's turn after he had caught Santi Perez, who had tried to chase Heras.

Heras also told us that he was, "A little surprised by the attack of Valverde I didn't expect it...in the condition he is in just now it was pretty incredible."

Tomorrow is one of the two remaining flat stages. Let's wait and see who survived today and might be around to contest the sprints tomorrow before we make any predictions.

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Results

1 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros                              4.19.30 (33.52 km/h)
2 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                         0.34
3 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                       0.53
4 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                 1.27
5 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                      
6 Angel Gomez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                        1.38
7 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                       
8 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie           2.02
9 Peio Arreitunandia (Spa) Cafes Baque                                2.17
10 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                       2.28
11 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor                 
12 Francisco José Lara (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                   
13 David Blanco (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                      2.35
14 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Saeco                                         3.06
15 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor                   
16 Miguel A. M. Perdiguero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                 3.36
17 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                   
18 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme             3.54
19 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                      5.37
20 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Relax-Bergasol                               6.30
21 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                        
22 Unai Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                                   
23 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                         8.10
24 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                         
25 David Plaza (Spa) Cafes Baque                                          
26 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC                                         
27 Hernan Buenahora (Col) Cafes Baque                                     
28 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                           
29 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Team CSC                                            
30 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                             8.53
31 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank                                   9.15
32 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo                                     
33 Ivan Parra (Col) Cafes Baque                                       9.57
34 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor               
35 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax-Bergasol                                       
36 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                               
37 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Relax-Bergasol                           10.07
38 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems                       10.09
39 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Relax-Bergasol                            10.43
40 Cadel Evans (Aus) T-Mobile Team                                   12.27
41 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                    
42 Rubén Plaza (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                           
43 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                  
44 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team                          13.02
45 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                       13.48
46 José Garrido (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon                           14.16
47 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                     15.11
48 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto                              
49 Felix Cardenas (Col) Cafes Baque                                       
50 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros                          15.33
51 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                          
52 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                
53 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor        16.32
54 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Saeco                                       17.08
55 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                  
56 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                               
57 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                
58 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Saeco                                             
59 Alberto Martinez (Spa) Relax-Bergasol                             18.24
60 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre                                   19.43
61 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Bergasol                                 
62 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC                                     24.12
63 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros                            24.33
64 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                               
65 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                
66 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor                 
67 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                          
68 Julián Sanchez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo                                     
69 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme              
70 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                   24.49
71 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros                        
72 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank                                 26.42
73 Joaquin Lopez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                    31.51
74 Iñigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance                                  
75 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                                
76 Luca Paolini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon                                
77 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                         
78 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros                                       
79 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                    
80 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon                              
81 Klaus Möller (Den) Alessio-Bianchi                                     
82 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio-Bianchi                              
83 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                       
84 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Lampre                                     
85 Michael Barry (Can) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor                  
86 Francisco Garcia (Spa) Cafes Baque                                     
87 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                           
88 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                          
89 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems                              
90 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                     
91 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                           
92 Antonio Colom (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                              
93 Frank Høj (Den) Team CSC                                               
94 José Julia (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                            
95 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax-Bergasol                                      
96 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems                            
97 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Saeco                                     
98 Alberto Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                        
99 Guido Trenti (USA) Fassa Bortolo                                       
100 Jose Antonio Pecharroman (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon                   
101 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax-Bergasol                                 
102 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Saeco                                          
103 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC                                     
104 Erki Pütsep (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance                                     
105 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                               
106 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie                 
107 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                             
108 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon                             
109 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon                          
110 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie                
111 Marco Milesi (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie                 
112 Roberto Sgambelluri (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie          
113 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Saeco                                              
114 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie              
115 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                             
116 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon                               
117 David Herrero (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                        
118 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Rabobank                                         
119 Bert Roesems (Bel) Relax-Bergasol                                     
120 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie             
121 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                               
122 David Fernandez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                      
123 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                        
124 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                 
125 Iñaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                   
126 Antonio Cruz (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor                  
127 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre                                          
128 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Saeco                                       
129 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                 
130 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank                                              
131 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance                                 
132 Aitor Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                
133 Aitor Perez (Spa) Cafes Baque                                         
134 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Lampre                                         
135 Hebert Gutierrez (Col) Cafes Baque                                    
136 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                  
137 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC                                         
138 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                 
139 Rene Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros                                     
140 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo                                  
141 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor               
142 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco                                            
143 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                  
144 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                  
145 Ellis Rastelli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                                  
146 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                        
147 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                                 
148 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Alessio-Bianchi                                   
149 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre                                            

Outside time limit

TC Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Cafes Baque                                 47.49

DNF Stephane Goubert (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                                
DNF Christophe Oriol (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                                
DNF Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                   
DNF Joseba Albizu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                 
DNF Michele Scotto (Ita) Lampre                                           
DNF Ion Del Rio (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                          
DNF Gonzalo Bayarri (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                          
DNF Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank                                           
DNF Ronald Mutsaars (Ned) Rabobank                                        
DNF Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                      
DNF Thomas Bruun (Den) Team CSC                                           
DNF Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie                 
DNS Igor Astarloa (Spa) Lampre                                            
 
Points
 
1 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                   25 pts
2 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                           20
3 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                         16
4 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                   14
5 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                    12
6 Angel Gomez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                          10
7 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                      9
8 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie              8
9 Peio Arreitunandia (Spa) Cafes Baque                                   7
10 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                          6
11 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor                5
12 Francisco José Lara (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                  4
13 David Blanco (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                         3
14 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Saeco                                            2
15 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor                  1
16 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance                               -10
17 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre                                     -10
18 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Lampre                                       -10
19 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie            -5
20 Aitor Perez (Spa) Cafes Baque                                        -5
21 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                       -5
22 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                        -5
23 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                            -5
24 Alberto Martinez (Spa) Relax-Bergasol                                -5
25 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC                                    -5
 
Mountains
 
Alto de Velefique - Cat. 1, km 56
1 Francisco José Lara (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                  16 pts
2 Felix Cardenas (Col) Cafes Baque                                      12
3 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                  10
4 Unai Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                                   8
5 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme              6
6 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                4
7 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team                               3
8 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                        2
9 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                        1
 
Alto de Calar Alto - Cat. 1, km 88
1 Francisco José Lara (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                  16 pts
2 Felix Cardenas (Col) Cafes Baque                                      12
3 Unai Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                                  10
4 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme              8
5 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                   6
6 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                        4
7 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                           3
8 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team                               2
9 Angel Gomez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                           1
 
Obs. Calar Alto - Cat. E, km 145
1 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                   30 pts
2 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                           25
3 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                         20
4 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                   16
5 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                    12
6 Angel Gomez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                          10
7 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                      8
8 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie              6
9 Peio Arreitunandia (Spa) Cafes Baque                                   4
10 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                          3
11 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor                2
12 Francisco José Lara (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                  1
 
Sprints
 
Tabernas - km 25.8
1 Miguel A. M. Perdiguero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                     4 pts
2 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                    2
3 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros                               1
 
Bacares - km 70.3
1 Francisco José Lara (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                   4 pts
2 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                2
3 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme              1
 
Gérgal - km 124
1 Francisco José Lara (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                   4 pts
2 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                        2
3 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros                               1
 
Teams
 
1 Liberty Seguros                                                 13.03.33
2 Comunidad Valenciana - Kelme                                        2.53
3 Costa de Almeria - Paternina                                        4.40
4 US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor                                  10.28
5 Illes Balears - Banesto                                            12.17
6 Cafes Baque                                                        13.34
7 Team CSC                                                           13.45
8 Phonak Hearing Systems                                             13.50
9 Saunier Duval - Prodir                                             14.53
10 Relax-Bodysol                                                     21.31
11 Cofidis, le credit par telephone                                  26.10
12 Saeco                                                             32.19
13 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                               43.56
14 Fassa Bortolo                                                     45.53
15 T-Mobile Team                                                     52.17
16 Rabobank                                                          55.27
17 Vini Caldirola -Nobili Rubinetterie                             1.00.41
18 Quick Step - Davitamon                                          1.12.55
19 Lampre                                                          1.18.42
20 Alessio - Bianchi                                               1.30.30
21 AG2R Prevoyance                                                 1.30.50
 
General classification after stage 12
 
1 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros                             44.50.50
2 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                       0.35
3 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                 0.49
4 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                  1.12
5 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor                2.19
6 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor              2.40
7 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                        3.16
8 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                         4.22
9 Angel Gomez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                        5.07
10 David Blanco (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                      6.12
11 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme             7.26
12 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Saeco                                         7.36
13 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                  7.51
14 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie          8.39
15 Francisco José Lara (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria               9.45
16 Peio Arreitunandia (Spa) Cafes Baque                              10.15
17 Miguel A. M. Perdiguero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                10.41
18 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo                                11.18
19 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros                              12.49
20 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Relax-Bergasol                              14.42
21 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                   15.26
22 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor          15.43
23 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto                         17.06
24 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Team CSC                                       17.34
25 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                            17.51
26 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                        18.16
27 Rubén Plaza (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                      18.47
28 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                      18.57
29 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                    19.30
30 David Plaza (Spa) Cafes Baque                                     19.38
31 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                     20.10
32 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC                                    20.45
33 Unai Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                              22.48
34 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                          25.17
35 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre                                   25.28
36 Felix Cardenas (Col) Cafes Baque                                  27.46
37 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone             27.50
38 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Relax-Bergasol                           28.17
39 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                       29.49
40 Hernan Buenahora (Col) Cafes Baque                                30.24
41 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros                          30.51
42 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                     30.52
43 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Bergasol                            32.22
44 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems                       34.19
45 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Relax-Bergasol                            39.40
46 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor            39.44
47 Cadel Evans (Aus) T-Mobile Team                                   39.56
48 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                         40.03
49 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems                       41.15
50 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems               41.20
51 Ivan Parra (Col) Cafes Baque                                      43.07
52 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                    44.09
53 Iñigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance                             44.59
54 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                           45.06
55 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                             48.48
56 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax-Bergasol                                  49.10
57 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank                                  49.31
58 Francisco Garcia (Spa) Cafes Baque                                49.39
59 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros                            50.19
60 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                      50.37
61 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                           50.44
62 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Saeco                                       51.09
63 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone              51.10
64 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon                      51.47
65 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Rabobank                                     54.00
66 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                   55.10
67 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone             55.18
68 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor        55.57
69 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone           56.52
70 Jose Antonio Pecharroman (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon               57.47
71 Aitor Perez (Spa) Cafes Baque                                     58.38
72 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                     59.35
73 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone             59.54
74 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                           59.55
75 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team                             1.00.20
76 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                   1.01.24
77 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC                               1.02.45
78 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Saeco                                      1.02.52
79 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                           1.03.06
80 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team                        1.03.37
81 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Lampre                              1.03.42
82 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon                       1.05.29
83 Joaquin Lopez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                  1.06.03
84 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie       1.06.19
85 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme              
86 Roberto Sgambelluri (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie    1.08.09
87 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                        1.09.47
88 Antonio Cruz (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor            1.09.58
89 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon                         1.12.16
90 David Herrero (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                  1.12.56
91 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax-Bergasol                           1.13.19
92 Michael Barry (Can) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor           1.13.46
93 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio-Bianchi                       1.14.45
94 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Saeco                                        1.16.23
95 Klaus Möller (Den) Alessio-Bianchi                              1.16.35
96 Iñaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                             1.17.16
97 Luca Paolini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon                         1.18.00
98 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                1.18.21
99 David Fernandez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                1.24.03
100 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros                1.25.25
101 Alberto Martinez (Spa) Relax-Bergasol                          1.25.27
102 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor        1.26.10
103 Alberto Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                1.26.15
104 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco                                     1.26.18
105 Antonio Colom (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                      1.26.34
106 José Garrido (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon                        1.28.21
107 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                      1.28.26
108 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Alessio-Bianchi                            1.28.27
109 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                   1.29.20
110 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                       1.30.23
111 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems                      1.31.10
112 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo                           1.31.38
113 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon                      1.32.47
114 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Lampre                                  1.33.06
115 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Saeco                                1.33.46
116 Marco Milesi (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie          1.34.05
117 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros                               1.36.00
118 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme             1.38.45
119 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                  1.38.58
120 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank                              1.39.27
121 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie          1.39.42
122 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance                          1.41.13
123 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie       1.41.33
124 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                        1.43.18
125 Julián Sanchez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo                             1.46.52
126 Rene Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros                              1.47.13
127 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre                                   1.48.07
128 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                          1.48.49
129 Hebert Gutierrez (Col) Cafes Baque                             1.49.13
130 José Julia (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                    1.49.48
131 Bert Roesems (Bel) Relax-Bergasol                              1.50.15
132 Frank Høj (Den) Team CSC                                       1.50.43
133 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax-Bergasol                              1.53.32
134 Guido Trenti (USA) Fassa Bortolo                               1.54.49
135 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                 1.57.04
136 Erki Pütsep (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance                              1.57.05
137 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC                                  1.57.08
138 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                 1.58.07
139 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre                                     1.59.44
140 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank                                       2.00.10
141 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                        2.00.55
142 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie         2.02.15
143 Aitor Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                         2.02.55
144 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC                                  2.03.05
145 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                           2.04.53
146 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Saeco                             2.04.56
147 Ellis Rastelli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                           2.05.09
148 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Saeco                                   2.05.13
149 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Cafes Baque                              2.11.33
150 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone           2.13.17
 
Points classification
 
1 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                130 pts
2 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                       128
3 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                               95
4 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                   86
5 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                   72
6 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                         59
7 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                    57
8 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor                  51
9 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto                             50
10 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor              49
11 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                          44
12 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor               43
13 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                         38
14 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo                                   38
15 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie            37
16 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor             36
17 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon                            35
18 Miguel A. M. Perdiguero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                   31
19 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                        29
20 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                      28
21 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor               28
22 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems                          27
23 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie               27
24 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                          22
25 Antonio Cruz (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor                 22
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                   57 pts
2 Felix Cardenas (Col) Cafes Baque                                      56
3 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                         53
4 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Bergasol                                48
5 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                       39
6 Francisco José Lara (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                  36
7 David Fernandez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                      35
8 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                    32
9 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                           31
10 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                  30
11 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                          25
12 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Lampre                                        20
13 Unai Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                                 19
14 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                            17
15 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                 16
16 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto                            14
17 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                        14
18 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems                          14
19 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                14
20 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme            14
21 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Alessio-Bianchi                                  14
22 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre                                      13
23 Angel Gomez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                         13
24 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                    13
25 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Saeco                                             12
 
Combination classification
 
1 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                    7 pts
2 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                         11
3 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                   17
4 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                    19
5 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor                  43
6 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                           43
7 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor                44
8 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                       46
9 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                          47
10 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto                            48
11 Francisco José Lara (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                 57
12 Angel Gomez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                         58
13 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                          59
14 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie            64
15 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo                                   64
16 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                        67
17 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                    72
18 Felix Cardenas (Col) Cafes Baque                                     81
19 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Bergasol                               89
20 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                       90
21 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme               92
22 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                93
23 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Saeco                                           95
24 Peio Arreitunandia (Spa) Cafes Baque                                104
25 Unai Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                                119
 
Teams classification
 
1 Comunidad Valenciana - Kelme                                   134.38.56
2 Liberty Seguros                                                     5.43
3 US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor                                  13.05
4 Illes Balears - Banesto                                            19.40
5 Costa de Almeria - Paternina                                       20.14
6 Saunier Duval - Prodir                                             28.24
7 Team CSC                                                           29.07
8 Phonak Hearing Systems                                             32.21
9 Cafes Baque                                                        34.48
10 Relax-Bodysol                                                     46.24
11 Cofidis, le credit par telephone                                  51.13
12 Saeco                                                           1.06.22
13 T-Mobile Team                                                   1.24.37
14 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                             1.41.14
15 Fassa Bortolo                                                   1.46.16
16 Rabobank                                                        1.52.53
17 Quick Step - Davitamon                                          2.03.18
18 Vini Caldirola -Nobili Rubinetterie                             2.06.11
19 Lampre                                                          2.23.53
20 Alessio - Bianchi                                               2.58.18
21 AG2R Prevoyance                                                 3.02.47


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