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59th Vuelta a España - GT
Spain, September 4-26, 2004
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Stage 10 - September 13: Alcoi - Xorret de Catí (Castalla-Alicante), 174.5 km
A Mountain named Jimenez - the Xorret shakes the field
By Martin Hardie in Xorret de Cati
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Comunidad Valenciana's Eladio Jimenez won the stage of La Vuelta to Xorret de Catì for the second time. In doing so continued the tradition commenced by the late Jose Maria "Chava" Jimenez who won here when La Vuelta first visited in 1998, and that Eladio continued when he won here in 2000. Thus it seems only riders by the name of Jimenez are victorious in Xorret de Cati.
The race today was a bonus for all of us who watched - three races in one panned out during the day. The first race that got under way for the battle between the sprinters, Freire, Zabel and O'Grady, as each searched for the points along the way. With three metas volantes and the final on offer, the trio were out for a day long battle to garner whatever advantage they could in a competition that is hotting up as a battle royale between three of the best fast men around.
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The second race was the one for G.C. It took place well behind the sprinters' break, at times as far back as 14 minutes and even at the foot of the final 4 km wall the peloton lagged four kilometres behind along the road. This race saw Valverde and Heras gain some precious seconds on Landis, but not enough in the end to depose the American, who kept the gold jersey by just eight seconds.
The third race was of course a personal one with only destiny and history the foes. That race saw Eladio Jimenez seeking to continue the tradition of maintaining as the name Jimenez as the synonym for Xorret de Catì. It is still a mountain called Jimenez.
How it unfolded
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Jimenez started his quest early on in the day when he and Oscar Freire left the fold of the peloton after a mere 14 kilometres. As Freire took the first sprint points in Mariola, Zabel took third place back in the peloton. But the German veteran knew that if he wanted to really counter Freire's move and keep his hold on the points jersey he would have to bridge the gap. Over the coming stretch Zabel was joined by O'Grady, who obviously couldn't let the German get away with Freire. The pair along with José Miguel Elias (Relax-Bergasol), Juan Fuentes (Saeco) and Ruslan Ivanov (Alessio-Bianchi) caught Freire and Jimenez after 40 km.
Steadily their advantage grew from 30 seconds to over 14'30 and only then started to fall as Liberty Seguros took control in the form of a marathon effort on the part of Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano. Igor pulled the Liberty train for a good 50 kilometres over the climbs of the Tibi and the Carrasqueta. His job was not to run down the breakaway, but to keep anybody who had an eye on their GC position struggling behind his teammate Nozal and captain Heras.
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On the final, evil ascent of the Xorret, Eladio Jimenez slipped away from his seven companions. Fuentes had tried to go first but was run down by a super O'Grady. The Aussie champ seems to be having the best season of his life and his crossing of the Xorret was a marvel to the eyes, if not complete pain to Stuey. All of the riders zig-zagged across the road during the steepest 20% sections - and they were repeated ramp after ramp. The rain and hail didn't help their cause and it seemed at times that although they were in their smallest gears that they could at any time just stop turning the pedals.
Jimenez eventually got away and although Freire challenged for a little while he couldn't bridge and started to fall back to the others. Jimenez crowned the Alto solo through a wildly enthusiastic throng of spectators, and slipped out of the rain on one side onto the somewhat drier roads and the three tricky kilometres down and around to the finish line.
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Behind as his break away companions fell by the wayside, the only one with the stamina to challenge was Stuey, crossing the summit in second place to the amazement of onlookers. He scaled the wall and came down the other side to claim a second place that for a sprinter was as glorious as any win could be. As he reached his team helpers, his head and arms just collapsed onto his handlebars as his body shook from the effort. The points he gained at the finish were enough for him to bunny hop Zabel and he now holds a tight four point advantage in what is growing into one of the classic points duels we have seen.
O'Grady was clearly in no condition to talk to anyone after his effort, but we did manage to speak to Jimenez shortly after he crossed the line. An ecstatic Jimenez told Cyclingnews that, "I thought it was almost impossible to win here again...my two wins have been completely different. Today I was in an escape from almost kilometre zero and I arrived here alone. It's pretty impossible to imagine that; it's a bit of dream really."
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The day's third race was really one between Liberty and the Valenciana boys. Although Landis held on to the golden jersey, for the last two days he has lost time to the climbers, Heras and to the all-round superhero Alejandro Valverde. How much longer Floyd can grit his teeth and hang on is not yet known, but if he can it will be a Herculean effort that deserves every ounce of praise. One thing is for certain, his efforts and his style are appreciated by all. His tenacity in the face of Heras and Valverde today was extraordinary. He hung in there and remains in gold by eight lonely seconds. It would not be beyond the realms of possibility to see Landis lose some time along the road to Madrid but still find himself within striking distance for the final race against the clock.
With Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano having set the pace in the peloton for an eternity as the final climb neared the green Valencianan gang took over to launch Valverde up the wall. But first it was the turn again for one of La Vuelta's tiny young emerging gems to show his wares again - Paternina's Jorge Ferrio, who has been climbing well in Spain's week long races all year, took advantage of the situation to attempt a brave solo bid to clear the bigger names he accompanied. He did so and managed to remain clear all the way to the line of the power packed trio - Heras, Valverde and Piepoli - two of whom who obviously have their own battle to fight out during the coming eleven stages.
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As the climb really got under way, Valverde attacked strongly from the tiny remaining group and created a nice hole between himself and Heras who with Piepoli eventually regained his wheel - but now without a big effort. Another amazing effort by Nozal saw him nearly make to the three as well. But a content Valverde spoke to Cyclingnews as he stood near the podium watching the giant TV and the finish line to see how much time he had gained on Landis: "I gave it everything on the climb, Roberto stayed on my wheel and I just kept going I am really happy with the way things are going," he said.
Valverde's team, excluded by the UCI Pro Tour, excluded from the Tour, is now setting itself up as being a real threat in La Vuelta. Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme gets people into the breaks, pulls the peloton when it matters and attacks at every opportune moment. It is going to be hard, but one thing is for sure it will not give in.
Valverde gained valuable time on Landis today, not the 57 seconds he needed, but enough to set himself up to possibly be the next race leader. Tomorrow's uphill grind to Caravaca de la Cruz, although not a classified mountain finish, could well end up providing another opportunity for him to move closer to the lead. It suits him much more than it does a climber like Heras, but on the other hand the way the power sprinters are performing the finish may be another ongoing prime time chapter in the O'Grady-Zabel-Freire match up.
Hamilton returned to have some form today and coming in with Landis was some orange light at the end of the tunnel in the form of Samuel Sanchez. The Euskadi boys have been having a tough time of late and today's effort by Sanchez deserves mention as it could hopefully be a signal of some significant form just around the corner.
In terms of the road to Madrid and with a G.C. that has a top six of Landis, Valverde, Mancebo, Nozal, Heras and Beltran, spread out over a mere 59 seconds, the fireworks will continue for some time yet.
Photography
Images by Lavuelta.com
- The peloton starts another stage
- As usual the attacks started immediately
- Oscar Freire (Rabobank) wins the first sprint at km 17
- Darius Baranowski (Liberty) towing Roberto Heras
- Jimenez and Freire were away until km 41, when they were caught by another five riders
- Freire desends as Jimenez looks back for support
- Joseba Beloki (Saunier) grabs a drink from the team car
- Stuart O'Grady (Cofidis) leads the break with Zabel and Jimenez following
- Erik Zabel (T-Mobile) wins the second sprint of the day in Fontanars
- Jose Miguel Elias (Relax) looks across at Eladio Jimenez
- The breakaway on the Puerto de Biar
- The peloton is drenched by a thunderstorm
- Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Liberty) starts to put the hurt on
- The peloton picks up speed on a descent
- Floyd Landis (USPS) follows Carlos Sastre in the rain
- Juan Fuentes (Saeco) at the head of affairs
- Eladio Jimenez (Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme) heads for the summit
- Eladio Jimenez (Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme) wins the stage in Xorret de Cati
- Floyd Landis (USPS) is looked after
- Floyd Landis (USPS) is still hangin' in there!
Images by AFP Photo
- Francisco Mancebo (Illes Balears) in the white combination jersey
- Oscar Freire (Rabobank) in full tuck
- Isidro Nozal (Liberty) consults the oracle
- Eladio Jimenez (Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme) celebrates his win
- Alejandro Valverde (Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme) moved up to second on GC today
Results
1 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 4.31.57 2 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 0.32 3 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank 0.48 4 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Alessio-Bianchi 5 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Saeco 1.04 6 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Bergasol 1.10 7 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1.50 8 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 4.06 9 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 4.18 10 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros 11 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 12 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 4.46 13 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros 4.47 14 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Saeco 4.48 15 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 16 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 4.57 17 Angel Gomez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 18 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 5.06 19 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 20 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 21 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 22 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 23 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 5.31 24 Miguel A. M. Perdiguero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 25 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 26 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 5.32 27 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 28 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto 5.56 29 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre 6.00 30 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 31 David Blanco (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 32 Francisco José Lara (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 33 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 34 Peio Arreitunandia (Spa) Cafes Baque 6.07 35 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 6.27 36 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Relax-Bergasol 37 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 6.31 38 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 39 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 40 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 41 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 42 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 43 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 44 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros 45 Rubén Plaza (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 6.45 46 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC 47 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Relax-Bergasol 6.48 48 Unai Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 6.54 49 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 7.00 50 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 7.03 51 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Relax-Bergasol 52 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Rabobank 53 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 54 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 55 Francisco Garcia (Spa) Cafes Baque 56 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 57 David Plaza (Spa) Cafes Baque 58 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Saeco 59 Joaquin Lopez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 7.35 60 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon 7.52 61 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 8.02 62 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax-Bergasol 63 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 8.04 64 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 8.07 65 David Fernandez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 8.19 66 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Lampre 67 Alberto Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 68 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 69 Aitor Perez (Spa) Cafes Baque 70 Antonio Colom (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 71 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros 72 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 73 Hernan Buenahora (Col) Cafes Baque 74 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 75 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 76 Jose Antonio Pecharroman (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 77 José Garrido (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 78 Felix Cardenas (Col) Cafes Baque 79 Stephane Goubert (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 80 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Team CSC 81 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 8.30 82 David Herrero (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 8.44 83 Iñigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 8.52 84 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 85 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 86 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Saeco 9.15 87 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 9.23 88 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 9.35 89 Iñaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 90 Marco Milesi (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 9.37 91 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio-Bianchi 9.42 92 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 93 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 94 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC 9.47 95 Ivan Parra (Col) Cafes Baque 9.48 96 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros 97 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 10.20 98 Roberto Sgambelluri (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 99 Michele Scotto (Ita) Lampre 10.43 100 Michael Barry (Can) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 11.01 101 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 102 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 11.26 103 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Lampre 11.47 104 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 11.51 105 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 11.55 106 Luca Paolini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 12.28 107 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 108 Antonio Cruz (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 14.26 109 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros 15.21 110 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 111 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 15.38 112 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 22.15 113 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 27.11 114 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Cafes Baque 115 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 116 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 117 Ion Del Rio (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 118 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax-Bergasol 119 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 120 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC 121 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 122 Ronald Mutsaars (Ned) Rabobank 123 Alberto Martinez (Spa) Relax-Bergasol 124 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 125 José Julia (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 126 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Saeco 127 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Lampre 128 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax-Bergasol 129 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 130 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 131 Gonzalo Bayarri (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 132 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 133 Cadel Evans (Aus) T-Mobile Team 134 Joseba Albizu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 135 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre 136 Klaus Möller (Den) Alessio-Bianchi 137 Guido Trenti (USA) Fassa Bortolo 138 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 139 Hebert Gutierrez (Col) Cafes Baque 140 Frank Høj (Den) Team CSC 141 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Saeco 142 Aitor Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 143 Rene Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros 144 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 145 Ellis Rastelli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 146 Bert Roesems (Bel) Relax-Bergasol 147 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 148 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank 149 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 150 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Saeco 151 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 152 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 153 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 154 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 155 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 156 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 157 Julián Sanchez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 158 Thomas Bruun (Den) Team CSC 159 Erki Pütsep (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 160 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco 161 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC 162 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 163 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 29.53 DNF Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems DNF Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Quick.Step-Davitamon DNF Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir Points 1 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 25 pts 2 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 20 3 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank 16 4 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Alessio-Bianchi 14 5 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Saeco 12 6 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 10 7 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 9 8 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 8 9 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 7 10 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros 6 11 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5 12 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 4 13 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros 3 14 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Saeco 2 15 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 1 Mountains Alto de Benixama - cat. 3, km 66 1 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 6 pts 2 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 4 3 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Alessio-Bianchi 2 4 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank 1 Puerto de Biar - cat. 3, km 88 1 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 6 pts 2 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 4 3 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Alessio-Bianchi 2 4 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Saeco 1 Alto de Tibi - cat. 3, km 118 1 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 6 pts 2 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 4 3 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank 2 4 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Alessio-Bianchi 1 Puerto de la Carrasqueta - cat. 2, km 137 1 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 10 pts 2 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 7 3 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Saeco 5 4 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 3 5 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 2 6 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Alessio-Bianchi 1 Alto Xorret de Catí - cat. 1,km 171 1 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 16 pts 2 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 12 3 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank 10 4 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Alessio-Bianchi 8 5 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Saeco 6 6 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 4 7 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 3 8 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 2 9 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 1 Sprints Banyeres - km 17,6 1 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank 4 pts 2 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 2 3 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1 Fontanars - km 59,6 1 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 4 pts 2 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 2 3 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank 1 Cruce CV-817 - km 163,8 1 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 4 pts 2 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 2 3 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 1 Teams 1 Comunidad Valenciana - Kelme 13.45.15 2 Saeco 3.31 3 Rabobank 3.58 4 Cofidis, le credit par telephone 4.08 5 Relax-Bodysol 5.01 6 Costa de Almeria - Paternina 5.39 7 Liberty Seguros 5.41 8 Saunier Duval - Prodir 5.57 9 Phonak Hearing Systems 7.01 10 US Postal Service presented by B. 7.45 11 Illes Balears - Banesto 8.00 12 Team CSC 8.38 13 T-Mobile Team 10.08 14 Cafes Baque 10.49 15 Euskaltel - Euskadi 12.20 16 Alessio - Bianchi 12.57 17 Quick Step - Davitamon 13.14 18 Vini Caldirola -Nobili Rubinetterie 13.23 19 Lampre 15.38 20 Fassa Bortolo 16.54 21 AG2R Prevoyance 34.58 General classification after stage 10 1 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 36.23.51 2 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 0.09 3 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 0.29 4 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros 0.32 5 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros 0.47 6 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 0.59 7 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 1.35 8 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto 2.42 9 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 2.50 10 Angel Gomez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 4.16 11 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 4.19 12 David Blanco (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 4.24 13 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 4.35 14 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Saeco 5.17 15 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre 6.12 16 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 6.33 17 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 7.00 18 Rubén Plaza (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 7.07 19 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 7.24 20 Miguel A. M. Perdiguero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 7.52 21 Francisco José Lara (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 8.04 22 Peio Arreitunandia (Spa) Cafes Baque 8.45 23 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 8.49 24 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 8.59 25 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 9.43 26 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 9.45 27 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 10.00 28 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 10.11 29 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Team CSC 30 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 10.53 31 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 11.34 32 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 12.07 33 David Plaza (Spa) Cafes Baque 12.15 34 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank 13.01 35 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 13.05 36 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 13.15 37 Felix Cardenas (Col) Cafes Baque 13.22 38 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC 39 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 13.26 40 Iñigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 13.55 41 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 14.03 42 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 15.20 43 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros 16.05 44 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 16.07 45 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 16.10 46 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 16.18 47 Unai Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 17.05 48 Francisco Garcia (Spa) Cafes Baque 18.35 49 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Relax-Bodysol 18.57 50 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 19.33 51 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 19.40 52 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 20.06 53 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 20.43 54 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Rabobank 22.56 55 Hernan Buenahora (Col) Cafes Baque 23.01 56 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 24.14 57 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 24.57 58 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros 26.33 59 Jose Antonio Pecharroman (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 26.43 60 Aitor Perez (Spa) Cafes Baque 27.24 61 Cadel Evans (Aus) T-Mobile Team 28.16 62 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 28.50 63 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 29.16 64 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 29.40 65 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 29.44 66 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 30.20 67 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros 31.08 68 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC 31.31 69 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 32.02 70 Joaquin Lopez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 32.14 71 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 32.27 72 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Lampre 32.38 73 Ivan Parra (Col) Cafes Baque 33.57 74 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 34.25 75 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Saeco 34.48 76 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 35.05 77 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 36.09 78 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 36.57 79 Roberto Sgambelluri (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 37.05 80 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 37.38 81 Antonio Cruz (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 38.54 82 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 40.00 83 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 40.12 84 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 40.31 85 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 41.03 86 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon 41.12 87 David Herrero (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 41.52 88 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio-Bianchi 42.01 89 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 42.15 90 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 42.33 91 Michael Barry (Can) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 42.42 92 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 44.49 93 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Saeco 45.19 94 Klaus Möller (Den) Alessio-Bianchi 45.31 95 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 46.01 96 Iñaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 46.12 97 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Saeco 46.31 98 Luca Paolini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 46.56 99 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 47.17 100 Michele Scotto (Ita) Lampre 48.42 101 David Fernandez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 50.14 102 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 51.22 103 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco 52.29 104 Stephane Goubert (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 54.07 105 Alberto Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 55.11 106 Antonio Colom (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 55.30 107 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 56.17 108 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 57.22 109 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Alessio-Bianchi 57.23 110 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 57.49 111 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 58.16 112 Gonzalo Bayarri (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 58.30 113 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.00.06 114 Marco Milesi (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 1.00.16 115 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Lampre 1.01.11 116 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 1.01.23 117 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 1.01.43 118 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Saeco 1.02.42 119 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros 1.04.56 120 Alberto Martinez (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 1.07.40 121 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 1.07.41 122 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 1.07.54 123 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 1.08.38 124 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 1.09.49 125 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 1.10.29 126 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 1.12.14 127 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Lampre 1.12.57 128 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank 1.13.32 129 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.14.02 130 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre 1.14.20 131 José Garrido (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 1.14.52 132 Rene Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros 1.16.09 133 Ronald Mutsaars (Ned) Rabobank 1.17.14 134 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.17.45 135 Hebert Gutierrez (Col) Cafes Baque 1.18.09 136 Joseba Albizu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.18.24 137 Ion Del Rio (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 1.18.34 138 José Julia (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 1.18.44 139 Bert Roesems (Bel) Relax-Bodysol 1.19.11 140 Frank Høj (Den) Team CSC 1.19.39 141 Julián Sanchez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 1.20.21 142 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Cafes Baque 1.21.48 143 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.22.03 144 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 1.22.28 145 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 1.23.35 146 Guido Trenti (USA) Fassa Bortolo 1.23.45 147 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 1.26.00 148 Erki Pütsep (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 1.26.01 149 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.26.53 150 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 1.28.07 151 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 1.28.40 152 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 1.29.06 153 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.29.51 154 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Saeco 1.31.09 155 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 1.31.11 156 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Saeco 1.31.26 157 Aitor Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.31.51 158 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC 1.32.01 159 Ellis Rastelli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 1.32.25 160 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 161 Thomas Bruun (Den) Team CSC 1.32.50 162 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC 1.33.43 163 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 1.40.33 Points classification 1 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 114 pts 2 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 110 3 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank 108 4 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 75 5 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 72 6 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 50 7 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto 50 8 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros 47 9 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 44 10 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 43 11 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros 43 12 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 38 13 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 38 14 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 36 15 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 35 16 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 32 17 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 28 18 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 28 19 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 27 20 Miguel A. M. Perdiguero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 27 21 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 21 22 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 20 23 Cadel Evans (Aus) T-Mobile Team 20 24 Michael Barry (Can) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 20 25 David Fernandez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 20 Mountains classification 1 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 48 pts 2 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 38 3 David Fernandez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 35 4 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 33 5 Felix Cardenas (Col) Cafes Baque 32 6 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 31 7 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros 27 8 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Lampre 20 9 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros 20 10 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 17 11 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto 14 12 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 14 13 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 14 14 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 14 15 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 14 16 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Alessio-Bianchi 14 17 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre 13 18 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank 13 19 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Saeco 12 20 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 11 21 Hebert Gutierrez (Col) Cafes Baque 11 22 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 10 23 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 10 24 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 9 25 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 8 Combined classification 1 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 17 pts 2 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 19 3 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros 20 4 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros 24 5 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto 26 6 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 29 7 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 42 8 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 44 9 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 48 10 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 48 11 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank 55 12 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 56 13 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 66 14 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre 75 15 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 77 16 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 78 17 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 80 18 Felix Cardenas (Col) Cafes Baque 83 19 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 85 20 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Saeco 86 21 Angel Gomez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 87 22 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 91 23 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 98 24 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 103 25 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 124 Teams classification 1 Comunidad Valenciana - Kelme 109.12.24 2 US Postal Service presented by B. 6.41 3 Liberty Seguros 8.36 4 Illes Balears - Banesto 10.16 5 Saunier Duval - Prodir 16.24 6 Team CSC 18.15 7 Costa de Almeria - Paternina 18.27 8 Phonak Hearing Systems 21.24 9 Cafes Baque 24.07 10 Relax-Bodysol 27.46 11 Cofidis, le credit par telephone 27.56 12 T-Mobile Team 35.13 13 Saeco 36.56 14 Quick Step - Davitamon 53.16 15 Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.00.11 16 Rabobank 1.00.19 17 Fassa Bortolo 1.03.16 18 Lampre 1.08.04 19 Vini Caldirola -Nobili Rubinetterie 1.08.23 20 Alessio - Bianchi 1.30.41 21 AG2R Prevoyance 1.34.50
