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59th Vuelta a España - GT

Spain, September 4-26, 2004

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Stage 2 - September 5: León - Burgos, 207 km

Petacchi does it, but not without incident

By Martin Hardie in Burgos

Alessandro Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo)
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The longest of La Vuelta's 21 days, 207 kilometres which traced in reverse a part of the ancient pilgrim's trail of the Camino de Santiago, saw a familiar face cross the line first - Fassa's Alessandro Petacchi. In the end the threatening rain and storms held off and Petacchi was not challenged by either Zabel, Freire or O'Grady and took the win in Burgos with ease.

Although the stage was raced for much of its length at a seemingly leisurely pace, the win itself for Petacchi was not the easiest. He had suffered throughout and in the final he almost found himself stranded with out anyone to keep his face out of the wind as the deceptively long 1.4 km finishing straight chewed up his team mates. Guido Trenti took a long turn to stay with his sprinting captain and remained to pull left with less than 200 metres to go. Petacchi then took the initiative going down the right hand side close to the barriers and was assisted a little bit by Trenti coming back towards him and closing the door on Zabel for a fraction.

Petacchi was certainly happy with the win but he noted after the race that he had suffered a lot during the day to get there. He had been involved in a four man pile up that occurred very early on in the stage. He didn't seem to have any visible signs but his teammate Trenti, who crashed later, sported a largish graze clearly visible on his right through his torn knicks. The crash, the wind and then the long straight all took their toll, but in the end Petacchi still had enough to finish a bike and a half clear of Zabel.

Max van Heeswijk (USPS-Berry Floor)
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"Despite the victory, today was a very difficult day for me," said a tired Petacchi at the finish. "First the crashes where I was involved, without consequence, and then my teammates Trenti and Ongarato. Then because I suffered the whole day with the rhythm of the race. In Spain it always starts very hard and I have only three days of racing in my legs. I didn't think I'd succeed in the sprint. After the Giro d'Italia, I crashed at the Tour, then in Holland, and then today, even though I haven't done anything. I was demoralised.

"I should say thanks once more to all of my team because they often push me to do the sprints when I don't feel up to it. Clearly they are confident in me. Without taking away anything from the others, I want to underline the work done by Trenti to lead me out. Although he suffered an extensive injury to the right hand side of his body, including his elbow, he did such a strong lead out that I didn't think I'd get past him. I'm extremely happy that he has started again in this manner after the incident before the Giro that compelled him to a long period of rehabilitation."

How it unfolded

Bram Tankink (Quick.Step-Davitamon)
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Echelons served to liven up what was becoming a pretty slow old trot across the plains from Leon to Burgos. Only 31 kilometres were completed in the first hour with the second not being much better. But as the race entered its second half things got a bit exciting, or as Joseba Beloki said "scary". Ahead was version one of the day's break - Serrano of Cafes Baque and Tankink of Quick.Step; version two would see Serrano swap places with AGR2's Julien Laidoun later on.

Behind the break as the winds started to come into play, Beloki found himself without teammates and left behind in a second group that formed off the back. A third group formed behind that and Beloki was left to work without teammates to get his group back into play. "It was my fault," he said after the stage, "I got caught out and my team was ahead so it was my job to get myself back into the peloton". He did and in the end finished safe and sound in the main group led in by Petacchi.

The peloton split
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The most decisive attempt to split the race apart was when Liberty put it into the gutter towards the finish. In the end, Petacchi's 18th win of the year fell into place as a result of this move. On the run into the cathedral city of Burgos, Liberty Seguros tried to rip apart the peloton when Hruska, Gonzalez de Galdeano and others positioned themselves in the left hand gutter and really upped the pace. Fassa reacted quickly and followed through on Liberty's work pulling strongly at the front as a block for a good 6 kilometres into the finish. The combined Liberty-Fassa move which quickly became a Fassa event, split the bunch apart with two or three echelons forming at the rear.

The big losers in the wash up of Liberty putting it in the gutter were Leonardo Piepoli and Fabian Jeker of Saunier Duval and J. Antonio Pecharroman of Quick Step. The Saunier's lost themselves 1'52 each by finishing in the third group. Pecharroman lost himself 1'14 as he arrived in the second. Jeker and Piepoli really lost any chance of having a look in on the G.C. when they got dropped in the opening team time trial - they now stand at 5'06 and 7'22 back respectively. They will of course be content to support Beloki and search for the stages. Pecharroman as Quick.Step's leader came in with his team yesterday, but even that time was 2'14 behind Postal - he now stands 3'27 behind the new race leader Max Van Heeswijk.

Max van Heeswijk (USPS-Berry Floor)
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Van Heeswijk took the first meta volante at Moratinos and picked himself up 6 seconds which was enough for him to assume the virtual leadership from his teammate Landis. Van Heeswijk kept to the USPS line after the race. "I hope to win a stage...this year I have had 12 (wins) and hopefully I can make it 13 here," he said.

But although yesterday Landis said US Postal wouldn't defend the jersey and Bruyneel emphatically denied they have any interest in the general in Madrid, today's twist added by Max after the race was that, "We will try and keep the jersey in the team...it doesn't matter who."

So it seems the jersey will be defended by USPS, at least for now, in order to let them pass it around a little. But one wonders with Landis feeling good, whether all this talk of not being interested in the general is just some talk to relieve the pressure for now.

Photography

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Results

1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                      5.02.05 (41.11 km/h)
2 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                      
3 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank                                         
4 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone               
5 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon                           
6 Giosue Bonomi (Ita) Saeco                                           
7 Antonio Cruz (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor                
8 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie              
9 Erki Pütsep (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance                                   
10 Iñaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                
11 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                                
12 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre                                       
13 David Fernandez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                   
14 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                
15 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Rabobank                                      
16 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon                          
17 Guido Trenti (USA) Fassa Bortolo                                   
18 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                     
19 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre                                    
20 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                
21 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Saeco                                         
22 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                              
23 Tomas Konecny (Cze) T-Mobile Team                                  
24 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                    
25 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                              
26 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                 
27 Alberto Martinez (Spa) Relax-Bodysol                               
28 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems                        
29 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme          
30 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance                              
31 Robert Hunter (RSA) Rabobank                                       
32 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Saeco                                    
33 Frank Høj (Den) Team CSC                                           
34 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo                                 
35 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                         
36 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                
37 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank                                   
38 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor               
39 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Team CSC                                        
40 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                
41 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme             
42 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Relax-Bodysol                                
43 Klaus Möller (Den) Alessio-Bianchi                                 
44 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                          
45 Michael Barry (Can) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor              
46 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                   
47 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor             
48 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie          
49 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros                             
50 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Lampre                                         
51 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                      
52 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone               
53 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax-Bodysol                                    
54 Santiago Botero (Col) T-Mobile Team                                
55 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                  
56 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                       
57 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax-Bodysol                                   
58 Miguel A. M. Perdiguero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                 
59 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                              
60 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor             
61 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Bodysol                              
62 Thomas Bruun (Den) Team CSC                                        
63 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                       
64 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems                          
65 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Lampre                                      
66 Gonzalo Bayarri (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                       
67 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Relax-Bodysol                              
68 Patrick Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step-Davitamon                       
69 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone            
70 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                       
71 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto                          
72 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team                           
73 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                      
74 Peio Arreitunandia (Spa) Cafes Baque                               
75 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                          
76 José Julia (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                        
77 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor           
78 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                       
79 David Blanco (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                      
80 Roberto Sgambelluri (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie       
81 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco                                         
82 Iñigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance                              
83 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros                               
84 Cadel Evans (Aus) T-Mobile Team                                    
85 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank                                  
86 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros                           
87 Aitor Perez (Spa) Cafes Baque                                      
88 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC                                  
89 Steffan Wesemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                               
90 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                      
91 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie          
92 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC                                     
93 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank                                           
94 Felix Cardenas (Col) Cafes Baque                                   
95 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                            
96 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                      
97 Rubén Plaza (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                       
98 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems                      
99 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio-Bianchi                          
100 Angel Gomez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                      
101 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                 
102 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Lampre                                
103 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax-Bodysol                              
104 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                           
105 Martin Hvastija (Slo) Alessio-Bianchi                             
106 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                            
107 Francisco José Lara (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria              
108 Rene Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros                                 
109 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                              
110 David Herrero (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                    
111 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                           
112 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone              
113 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                          
114 Ivan Parra (Col) Cafes Baque                                      
115 David Plaza (Spa) Cafes Baque                                     
116 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie             
117 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                       
118 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone             
119 Aitor Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                            
120 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems                       
121 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                          
122 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                
123 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                              
124 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor          
125 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                            
126 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros                                  
127 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor        
128 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Saeco                                      
129 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo                              
130 Ronald Mutsaars (Ned) Rabobank                                    
131 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Quick.Step-Davitamon                         
132 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                     
133 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                   
134 Hebert Gutierrez (Col) Cafes Baque                                
135 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                    
136 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                   
137 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros                   
138 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone               
139 Joaquin Lopez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                    
140 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Relax-Bodysol                            
141 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team                               
142 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                     
143 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                           
144 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                          
145 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone             
146 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor           
147 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                    
148 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Saeco                            0.27
149 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                              0.33
150 Marco Milesi (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie         0.47
151 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie          
152 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                          1.08
153 Jose Antonio Pecharroman (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon           1.14
154 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Saeco                                       
155 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC                                     
156 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie             
157 Ion Del Rio (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                  1.16
158 Josu Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                         1.30
159 Michele Scotto (Ita) Lampre                                   1.33
160 Simone Bertoletti (Ita) Lampre                                    
161 Hernan Buenahora (Col) Cafes Baque                            1.52
162 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Alessio-Bianchi                               
163 Antonio Colom (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                         
164 Francisco Garcia (Spa) Cafes Baque                                
165 Bert Roesems (Bel) Relax-Bodysol                                  
166 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon                      
167 Stéphane Berges (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                             
168 Julien Laidoun (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                              
169 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                             
170 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon                           
171 Stephane Goubert (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                            
172 José Garrido (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon                           
173 Unai Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                              
174 Alberto Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                   
175 Julián Sanchez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo                                
176 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie           
177 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Saeco                                        
178 Luca Paolini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon                           
179 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC                                     
180 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Saeco                                          
181 Ellis Rastelli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                              
182 Joseba Albizu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                             
183 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                       
184 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir                           
185 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Alessio-Bianchi                            
186 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre                                        
187 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Cafes Baque                             5.33
 
Points
 
1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                           25 pts
2 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                    20
3 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank                                       16
4 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone             14
5 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon                         12
6 Giosue Bonomi (Ita) Saeco                                         10
7 Antonio Cruz (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor               9
8 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie             8
9 Erki Pütsep (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance                                  7
10 Iñaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                               6
11 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                               5
12 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre                                      4
13 David Fernandez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                  3
14 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme               2
15 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Rabobank                                     1
 
Sprints
 
Moratinos - km 72
1 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor           4 pts
2 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre                                       2
3 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor             1
 
Melgar - km 138.8
1 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon                            4 pts
2 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Cafes Baque                                  2
3 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                      1
 
Buniel - km 189
1 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon                       4 pts
2 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre                                       2
3 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor             1
 
Teams
 
1 Fassa Bortolo                                               15.06.15
2 Rabobank                                                            
3 Saeco                                                               
4 T-Mobile Team                                                       
5 Lampre                                                              
6 Phonak Hearing Systems                                              
7 Comunidad Valenciana - Kelme                                        
8 Costa de Almeria - Paternina                                        
9 Quick Step - Davitamon                                              
10 US Postal Service                                                  
11 Cofidis, le credit par telephone                                   
12 Liberty Seguros                                                    
13 Alessio - Bianchi                                                  
14 AG2R Prevoyance                                                    
15 Saunier Duval - Prodir                                             
16 Relax-Bodysol                                                      
17 Team CSC                                                           
18 Vini Caldirola -Nobili Rubinetterie                                
19 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                                
20 Illes Balears - Banesto                                            
21 Cafes Baque                                                        
 
General classification after stage 2
 
1 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor     5.32.44
2 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor          0.02
3 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor            0.06
4 Michael Barry (Can) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor               
5 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor              
6 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor            
7 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor             
8 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                  0.25
9 Tomas Konecny (Cze) T-Mobile Team                               0.37
10 Santiago Botero (Col) T-Mobile Team                                
11 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team                           
12 Cadel Evans (Aus) T-Mobile Team                                    
13 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                               
14 Steffan Wesemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                           0.48
15 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                
16 Antonio Cruz (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor           0.56
17 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                  1.00
18 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                      1.02
19 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto                          
20 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                          
21 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                      
22 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                           
23 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme            1.04
24 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme          
25 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme             
26 David Blanco (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                      
27 Rubén Plaza (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                       
28 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                 
29 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                    
30 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                      
31 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems            1.07
32 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems                        
33 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                         
34 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                       
35 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems                          
36 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems                      
37 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                        
38 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team                              1.08
39 Frank Høj (Den) Team CSC                                       1.30
40 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Team CSC                                        
41 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                       
42 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                       
43 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC                                  
44 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC                                     
45 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                          1.31
46 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo                                 
47 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo                               
48 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                     
49 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros                             1.34
50 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                
51 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros                             
52 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros                               
53 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                    
54 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros                    
55 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Saeco                                     1.44
56 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Saeco                                    
57 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco                                         
58 Alberto Martinez (Spa) Relax-Bodysol                           1.47
59 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Relax-Bodysol                                
60 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax-Bodysol                                    
61 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax-Bodysol                                   
62 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Relax-Bodysol                              
63 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax-Bodysol                               
64 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Relax-Bodysol                             
65 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre                                1.52
66 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Lampre                                      
67 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Lampre                                 
68 Erki Pütsep (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance                              1.55
69 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance                              
70 Iñigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance                              
71 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                               
72 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                             
73 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone              
74 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone               
75 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                  
76 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                
77 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone              
78 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                 1.56
79 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                   
80 Miguel A. M. Perdiguero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                 
81 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                       
82 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                            
83 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                           
84 Peio Arreitunandia (Spa) Cafes Baque                           2.00
85 Aitor Perez (Spa) Cafes Baque                                      
86 Felix Cardenas (Col) Cafes Baque                                   
87 Ivan Parra (Col) Cafes Baque                                       
88 David Plaza (Spa) Cafes Baque                                      
89 Hebert Gutierrez (Col) Cafes Baque                                 
90 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                               2.04
91 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                            2.06
92 Klaus Möller (Den) Alessio-Bianchi                                 
93 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                              
94 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio-Bianchi                          
95 Martin Hvastija (Slo) Alessio-Bianchi                              
96 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                            
97 David Fernandez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria               2.07
98 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                    
99 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                      
100 Angel Gomez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                      
101 Francisco José Lara (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria              
102 David Herrero (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                    
103 Joaquin Lopez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                    
104 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone          2.09
105 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Saeco                            2.11
106 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank                                   2.14
107 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie        2.18
108 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie         
109 Roberto Sgambelluri (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie      
110 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie         
111 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie             
112 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon                     2.19
113 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon                         
114 Patrick Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step-Davitamon                      
115 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Quick.Step-Davitamon                         
116 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems                   2.22
117 Robert Hunter (RSA) Rabobank                                      
118 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank                                 
119 Ronald Mutsaars (Ned) Rabobank                                    
120 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                     
121 Iñaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                           2.33
122 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                             
123 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                           
124 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                            
125 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                           
126 Aitor Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                            
127 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                          2.39
128 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC                                 2.44
129 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone       2.47
130 Antonio Colom (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                     2.54
131 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Saeco                                   2.58
132 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie      3.20
133 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                3.21
134 Julián Sanchez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo                            3.23
135 Ion Del Rio (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                      
136 Michele Scotto (Ita) Lampre                                   3.25
137 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie         3.32
138 Marco Milesi (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie         3.33
139 Jose Antonio Pecharroman (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon               
140 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Saeco                                    3.36
141 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Saeco                                          
142 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre                                    3.44
143 Stéphane Berges (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                         3.47
144 Stephane Goubert (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                            
145 Julien Laidoun (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                              
146 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                             
147 Hernan Buenahora (Col) Cafes Baque                            3.52
148 Francisco Garcia (Spa) Cafes Baque                                
149 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Alessio-Bianchi                           3.58
150 Ellis Rastelli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                              
151 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon                       4.05
152 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon                      
153 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie       4.10
154 José Garrido (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon                       4.11
155 Luca Paolini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon                           
156 Simone Bertoletti (Ita) Lampre                                4.18
157 Bert Roesems (Bel) Relax-Bodysol                              4.24
158 Alberto Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi               4.25
159 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                       4.33
160 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Alessio-Bianchi                            
161 Guido Trenti (USA) Fassa Bortolo                              4.53
162 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                   5.12
163 José Julia (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                   5.13
164 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor    5.19
165 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros                      5.26
166 Rene Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros                             5.31
167 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros                                  
168 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                      5.36
169 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Rabobank                                 5.37
170 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank                                  
171 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                     
172 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank                                          
173 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Bodysol                         5.57
174 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Lampre                                    6.26
175 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone           6.29
176 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone             
177 Gonzalo Bayarri (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                  6.33
178 Giosue Bonomi (Ita) Saeco                                         
179 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Saeco                                      
180 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre                                  6.45
181 Thomas Bruun (Den) Team CSC                                   7.04
182 Unai Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                          7.10
183 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir                       7.28
184 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Cafes Baque                             7.29
185 Josu Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                         8.37
186 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC                                 8.56
187 Joseba Albizu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                         8.59
 
Points classification
 
1 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                    28 pts
2 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor              25
3 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                           25
4 Michael Barry (Can) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor             20
5 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor          16
6 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank                                       16
7 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor            14
8 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone             14
9 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor          13
10 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor           12
11 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor          12
12 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon                        12
13 Giosue Bonomi (Ita) Saeco                                        10
14 Antonio Cruz (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor              9
15 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie            8
16 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre                                      8
17 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team                          7
18 Erki Pütsep (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance                                 7
19 Tomas Konecny (Cze) T-Mobile Team                                 6
20 Iñaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                               6
21 Santiago Botero (Col) T-Mobile Team                               5
22 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                               5
23 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon                           4
24 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon                      4
25 Cadel Evans (Aus) T-Mobile Team                                   4
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor               6 pts
2 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor            4
3 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor             2
4 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor             1
 
Combination classification
 
1 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor               6 pts
2 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor            15
3 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor            16
4 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor           20
 
Teams classification
 
1 US Postal Service                                           16.38.30
2 T-Mobile Team                                                   1.33
3 Illes Balears - Banesto                                         2.48
4 Comunidad Valenciana - Kelme                                    2.54
5 Phonak Hearing Systems                                          3.03
6 Team CSC                                                        4.12
7 Fassa Bortolo                                                   4.15
8 Liberty Seguros                                                 4.24
9 Saeco                                                           4.54
10 Relax-Bodysol                                                  5.03
11 Lampre                                                         5.18
12 Cofidis, le credit par telephone                               5.27
13 AG2R Prevoyance                                                    
14 Saunier Duval - Prodir                                         5.30
15 Cafes Baque                                                    5.42
16 Alessio - Bianchi                                              6.00
17 Costa de Almeria - Paternina                                   6.03
18 Vini Caldirola -Nobili Rubinetterie                            6.36
19 Quick Step - Davitamon                                         6.39
20 Rabobank                                                       6.48
21 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                            7.21


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