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59th Vuelta a España - GT
Spain, September 4-26, 2004
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Stage 13 - September 17: El Ejido - Málaga, 172 km
Chalk up four for the Petacchi train
By Martin Hardie in Malaga
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After yesterday's monster, today's roll along the Andulacian coast from El Ejido to Malaga was always going to be a little less exciting. Leaving the mountains behind the riders were greeted again by the heat with temperatures all day exceeding 30 degrees as they rolled up and down the cliffs, past white washed villages and through tunnels with the inviting sight of the Mediterranean always out of reach on the left hand side.
Victorious was Fassa's Alessandro Petacchi who racked up win number four for La Vuelta with yet another strong sprint which couldn't be matched by Zabel, Horrillo or O'Grady. Although Petacchi is without doubt the fastest of the sprinters here, it wasn't a done deal that he would win here today, having suffered as he did through the countless kilometres of yesterday's climbs. Following his win last Friday in Valencia, Petacchi remarked that he wasn't sure how he would go that day as the climb near the finish of the previous stage had cost him a fair bit of energy.
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Petacchi's main rival once again was Erik Zabel, who, being a better climber, would have suffered less than the Italian in yesterday's stage. Petacchi explained to Cyclingnews that, "Yes for sure Erik always comes out of the mountains better than me, here in La Vuelta and always, but even if that is the norm here I have found myself feeling good. It is clear that I am the fastest at the moment, and I think that everybody is tired but today I just had a good sprint...and to me it signifies that in the end I am very strong."
Last year, Petacchi managed to achieve five stage wins in La Vuelta, to date here he has four, missing out as he did on a good opportunity the day Zabriskie escaped for his epic solo win. Petacchi doesn't think he can better last year's number of wins. "You have the book of the Vuelta don't you?" he said, implying that a quick look at the route handbook was evidence that to better five would be impossible.
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"There is only the stage to Caceres to come and that is it - so it is pretty difficult for me to get more than five. I had an opportunity the other day but everybody in the group thought that we should wait for Valverde and sure David Zabriskie was very strong to stay away. But taking into account how difficult this years's Vuelta route is, as I said before it is a very hard Vuelta and I think that whether I make it to Madrid or not, four victories this year are as good or better than five last year."
He added that he thought that it was "important to get to Madrid. With the season I have had it would be good to finish the Vuelta. Some people have said I won't make it to Madrid, but I tell you if I don't it is not because I don't want to. After the stage to Caceres it is all mountains and I am very tired and I want to do well in Paris-Tours as well."
Given the nature of the stage, the race lead didn't shift with Roberto Heras continuing to wear the gold jersey he picked up yesterday after what Floyd Landis described to us as his "good run in gold". The points jersey came down to the finish and Erik Zabel (2nd) earned enough points to overtake (again) Stuart O'Grady, who finished fourth behind Pedro Horrillo. Whilst Petacchi talks of trying to get to Madrid, there is talk around that some of the other sprinters might be going home shortly. Erik Zabel told us at the start that many people are "lucky to still be here" given the toughness of the race.
How it unfolded
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After finishing in the autobus in yesterday's 12th stage, Tyler Hamilton (Phonak) didn't take the start of Stage 13 and became yet another rider to succumb to the stress of La Vuelta. Hamilton was reportedly suffering from stomach problems for the last two days, and was clearly nowhere near his best. Ricardo Serrano (Cafes Baque) was another non-starter, having failed to make the time cutoff yesterday.
It was a fast start to the stage, with 46.2 km covered in the first hour as the riders swept along the coastline between El Ejido and Málaga. Finally Kevin Hulsmans (Quick.Step), Herbert Gutierrez (Cafés Baque), Josep Jufre (Relax) and Kevin De Weert (Rabobank) managed to get clear and built up a one minute gap by the 50 kilometre mark. But Fassa Bortolo was not in the mood for a hard chase today, and kept the tempo high enough so that the leaders only managed a maximum gap of 2'30 or so - nothing like what they needed to stay away.
Cofidis began working with Fassa and with 10 km to go, the breakaway was erased. Cofidis kept at the head of the peloton, driving it at close to 60 km/h before Fassa took over with a few kilometres to go. Petacchi's train worked like clockwork again and his powerful legs took over in the last 200m to once again hold off Erik Zabel for the win. Pedro Horrillo snuck ahead of a tired O'Grady for fourth.
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In other news, Alejandro Valverde survived another day and despite his injuries and needing the attention of race doctors today, he is still intent on taking the fight to Roberto Heras.
Tomorrow the mountains return! First the crossing of the Cat. 2 Alto ventas de Zafarraya, then the Cat. 3 Alto de Los Bermeales before the final Cat. 1 Alto de Monachil and the plunge down into the historic Moorish capital of Granada reconquered by King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella in 1492.
Photography
Images by Lavuelta.com
- Members of Unipublic cut the ribbon to start stage 13
- The peloton rolls out for stage 13
- David Fernandez (Paternina) takes the first sprint
- Alejandro Valverde (Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme) gets more treatment on his knee
- There were plenty of attacks in the first hour
- The peloton enjoys the coastline en route to Malaga
- Josep Jufre (Relax) leads the four man break
- Tunnels were frequent along today's route
- Mikel Artetxe (Euskaltel-Euskadi) does his job as water carrier
- Fassa Bortolo rode tempo for most of the day, never letting the break get far ahead
- Hulsmans takes the sprint at Carchuna
- Herbert Gutierrez (Cafes Baque) looking tired
- Alessandro Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo) wins his fourth stage
- Erik Zabel (T-Mobile) took the points jersey back from O'Grady
- Roberto Heras (Liberty Seguros) in the mountains jersey
- Roberto Heras (Liberty Seguros) looking good in gold
Images by AFP Photo
- Roberto Heras (Liberty Seguros) rides in the company of his teammates
- Floyd Landis (USPS) during stage 13
- Floyd Landis (USPS) rides with Jorg Jaksche (CSC)
- Cadel Evans (T-Mobile) consults his team car
- A US Postal mechanic looks after Benoit Joachim's bike
- The peloton en route between El Ejido and Malaga
Results
1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 4.01.55 (42.66 km/h) 2 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 3 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 4 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 5 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 6 Erki Pütsep (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 7 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Saeco 8 Guido Trenti (USA) Fassa Bortolo 9 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 10 Antonio Cruz (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 11 Luca Paolini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 12 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Lampre 13 Iñaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 14 David Fernandez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 15 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 16 David Herrero (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 17 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 18 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre 19 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon 20 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 21 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 22 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Saeco 23 Aitor Perez (Spa) Cafes Baque 24 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 25 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 26 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 27 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco 28 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Saeco 29 Marco Milesi (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 30 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 31 Aitor Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 32 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 33 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax-Bergasol 34 Miguel A. M. Perdiguero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 35 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros 36 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 37 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros 38 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 39 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 40 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 41 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio-Bianchi 42 Roberto Sgambelluri (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 43 Frank Høj (Den) Team CSC 44 Alberto Martinez (Spa) Relax-Bergasol 45 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Relax-Bergasol 46 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 47 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 48 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 49 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 50 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC 51 Bert Roesems (Bel) Relax-Bergasol 52 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 53 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 54 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Relax-Bergasol 55 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 56 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Bergasol 57 Rubén Plaza (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 58 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 59 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 60 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 61 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 62 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 63 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 64 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 65 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 66 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 67 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC 68 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Saeco 69 David Plaza (Spa) Cafes Baque 70 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 71 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre 72 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC 73 David Blanco (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 74 Michael Barry (Can) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 75 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 76 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 77 Peio Arreitunandia (Spa) Cafes Baque 78 José Julia (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 79 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros 80 Angel Gomez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 81 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Relax-Bergasol 82 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 83 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax-Bergasol 84 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 85 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 86 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 87 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 88 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Saeco 89 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 90 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Rabobank 91 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Saeco 92 Unai Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 93 Francisco José Lara (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 94 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 95 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 96 Iñigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 97 Ivan Parra (Col) Cafes Baque 98 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 99 Rene Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros 100 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 101 Antonio Colom (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 102 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 103 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 104 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 105 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 106 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros 107 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 108 Jose Antonio Pecharroman (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 109 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 110 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 111 Cadel Evans (Aus) T-Mobile Team 112 José Garrido (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 113 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros 114 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax-Bergasol 115 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Lampre 116 Hernan Buenahora (Col) Cafes Baque 117 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 118 Klaus Möller (Den) Alessio-Bianchi 119 Alberto Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 120 Francisco Garcia (Spa) Cafes Baque 121 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Team CSC 122 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC 123 Joaquin Lopez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 124 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 125 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Alessio-Bianchi 126 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 127 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Saeco 128 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 129 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros 130 Felix Cardenas (Col) Cafes Baque 131 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 132 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank 133 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 134 Ellis Rastelli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 135 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 136 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 137 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 138 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 139 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 140 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 141 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto 142 Herbert Gutierrez (Col) Cafes Baque 143 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.29 144 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 0.35 145 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 0.56 146 Julián Sanchez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 147 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 148 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 1.11 DNS Tyler Hamilton (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems Points 1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 25 pts 2 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 20 3 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 16 4 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 14 5 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 12 6 Erki Pütsep (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 10 7 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Saeco 9 8 Guido Trenti (USA) Fassa Bortolo 8 9 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 7 10 Antonio Cruz (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 6 11 Luca Paolini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 5 12 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Lampre 4 13 Iñaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3 14 David Fernandez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 2 15 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 1 16 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco -5 Sprints Adra - km 16.5 1 David Fernandez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 4 pts 2 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2 3 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1 Carchuna - km 63 1 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 4 pts 2 Herbert Gutierrez (Col) Cafes Baque 2 3 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax-Bergasol 1 Rincón de la Victoria - km 159 1 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Rabobank 4 pts 2 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 2 3 Herbert Gutierrez (Col) Cafes Baque 1 Teams 1 Quick Step - Davitamon 12.05.45 2 Lampre 3 US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 4 Fassa Bortolo 5 Vini Caldirola -Nobili Rubinetterie 6 Euskaltel - Euskadi 7 Saunier Duval - Prodir 8 Phonak Hearing Systems 9 Costa de Almeria - Paternina 10 T-Mobile Team 11 Relax-Bodysol 12 Illes Balears - Banesto 13 Team CSC 14 Liberty Seguros 15 Alessio - Bianchi 16 Cafes Baque 17 Cofidis, le credit par telephone 18 Comunidad Valenciana - Kelme 19 Rabobank 20 AG2R Prevoyance 21 Saeco 0.10 General classification after stage 13 1 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros 48.52.45 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 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Relax-Bergasol 28.17 38 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 29.01 39 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 30.18 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 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 41.20 50 Ivan Parra (Col) Cafes Baque 43.07 51 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 44.09 52 Iñigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 44.59 53 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 45.06 54 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax-Bergasol 49.10 55 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 49.31 56 Francisco Garcia (Spa) Cafes Baque 49.39 57 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 49.44 58 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros 50.19 59 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 50.37 60 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 50.44 61 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Saeco 51.09 62 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 51.10 63 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 51.47 64 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Rabobank 54.00 65 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros 55.10 66 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 55.18 67 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 55.57 68 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 56.52 69 Jose Antonio Pecharroman (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 57.47 70 Aitor Perez (Spa) Cafes Baque 58.38 71 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 59.35 72 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 59.54 73 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 59.55 74 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1.00.20 75 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 1.01.24 76 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC 1.02.45 77 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Saeco 1.02.52 78 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 1.03.06 79 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 1.03.37 80 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Lampre 1.03.42 81 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 1.05.29 82 Joaquin Lopez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 1.06.03 83 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 1.06.19 84 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 85 Roberto Sgambelluri (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 1.08.09 86 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.09.47 87 Antonio Cruz (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 1.09.58 88 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon 1.12.16 89 David Herrero (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 1.12.56 90 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax-Bergasol 1.13.19 91 Michael Barry (Can) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 1.13.46 92 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio-Bianchi 1.14.45 93 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Saeco 1.16.23 94 Klaus Möller (Den) Alessio-Bianchi 1.16.35 95 Iñaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.17.16 96 Luca Paolini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 1.18.00 97 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.18.21 98 David Fernandez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 1.24.03 99 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 1.25.25 100 Alberto Martinez (Spa) Relax-Bergasol 1.25.27 101 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 1.26.10 102 Alberto Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.26.15 103 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco 1.26.28 104 Antonio Colom (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 1.26.34 105 José Garrido (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 1.28.21 106 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 1.28.26 107 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Alessio-Bianchi 1.28.27 108 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.29.20 109 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.30.23 110 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.31.10 111 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 1.32.34 112 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 1.32.47 113 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Lampre 1.33.06 114 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Saeco 1.33.46 115 Marco Milesi (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 1.34.05 116 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros 1.36.00 117 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 1.38.45 118 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 1.38.58 119 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank 1.39.27 120 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 1.39.42 121 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 1.41.13 122 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 1.41.33 123 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 1.43.18 124 Rene Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros 1.47.13 125 Julián Sanchez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 1.47.48 126 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre 1.48.07 127 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.48.49 128 Herbert Gutierrez (Col) Cafes Baque 1.49.13 129 José Julia (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 1.49.48 130 Bert Roesems (Bel) Relax-Bergasol 1.50.15 131 Frank Høj (Den) Team CSC 1.50.43 132 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax-Bergasol 1.53.32 133 Guido Trenti (USA) Fassa Bortolo 1.54.49 134 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 1.57.04 135 Erki Pütsep (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 1.57.05 136 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC 1.57.08 137 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.58.07 138 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 1.59.44 139 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 2.00.10 140 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2.00.55 141 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 2.02.15 142 Aitor Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.02.55 143 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC 2.03.05 144 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Saeco 2.04.56 145 Ellis Rastelli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 2.05.09 146 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Saeco 2.05.13 147 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2.05.28 148 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 2.13.17 Points classification 1 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 148 pts 2 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 144 3 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 120 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 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 51 10 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto 50 11 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 49 12 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 44 13 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 43 14 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 38 15 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 38 16 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 37 17 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 36 18 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 34 19 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 33 20 Miguel A. M. Perdiguero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 31 21 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 29 22 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 28 23 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 28 24 Antonio Cruz (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 28 25 Erki Pütsep (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 27 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 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 45 7 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 47 8 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 48 9 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 48 10 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto 49 11 Francisco José Lara (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 58 12 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 60 13 Angel Gomez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 61 14 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 65 15 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 65 16 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 69 17 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 73 18 Felix Cardenas (Col) Cafes Baque 81 19 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 88 20 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Bergasol 89 21 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 93 22 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 93 23 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Saeco 96 24 Peio Arreitunandia (Spa) Cafes Baque 105 25 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 121 Teams classification 1 Comunidad Valenciana - Kelme 146.44.41 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 1.06.32 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
