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59th Vuelta a España - GT
Spain, September 4-26, 2004
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Stage 16 - September 21: Olivenza - Cáceres, 190.1 km
Julia takes final transition stage
Vuelta overshadowed by Hamilton positive
By Martin Hardie in Caceres
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Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme's Jose Julia won the rather nondescript 16th stage when he took advantage of a momentary lull in proceedings to attack his remaining breakaway companions with 3 kilometres to go. Julia had no-one in sight behind him as he crossed the line to take Kelme's third win of the race following those of Valverde and Jimenez. He said afterwards that, "It is always difficult to get into a break on a day like this and then difficult also to win from it. I followed and then when there was a change of pace, I took my opportunity". As he thanked people for his win, the caravan sat back to wait for the other news of the day, the news that broke before the start.
No one really seemed interested in the stage as such. A boring stage across plains inhabited by sheep, cows, pigs, fields of wheat and corn and gnarly trees that are reminiscent of the iron woods of outback Australia. Everyone was more interested in the news regarding Tyler Hamilton.
A blood test, after the Valencia time trial which Hamilton wanted so much to win in order to wave the stars and stripes on September 11, revealed a positive result for a homologous blood transfusion (blood from another person). It was also reported that another test taken during the Athens Olympics was also positive. As yet, the results of the B sample analyses have not been confirmed. Blood manipulation of any type is banned under UCI rules, and it wasn't until recently that homologous transfusions were able to be detected by normal blood testing.
Hamilton has denied the result, and his Phonak team called a press conference on Tuesday evening in Zurich, Switzerland. At the Vuelta his director Alvaro Pino said that Hamilton was "taking things calmly", that "Tyler would talk later in Zurich," but specified that the team's rules meant a rider found positive would be fired.
People were doing their utmost not to mix the Hamilton case with any other matter. Cycling thrives on the spectacle of super human efforts, taxing the body and mind to the limits. The endurance of the grand tours are the pinnacle of this. Cycling is of course not just about sport, the race organisers, the television stations, the sponsors, the fans all demand results. The riders want to gain contracts, keep them, renew them and win. It is part and parcel of the contemporary age where the commodities are information and spectacles.
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So what falls over cycling on days like this is a grand cone of silence lowered in order to stave off any threat to what is most important - not the riders, their health or the purity of the sport; but to stave off any threats to the investments and returns that the make the spectacle go around. Those labelled "drug cheats", alleged or not, are cast into the same barrel of people who are "against the system". Either excuses and explanations will be accepted, or Hamilton will become another one of the so-called rotten apples - the all-American boy will be discarded or sent off to serve penance. For a while, outside of public view.
Drugs, medicine and supplements are sold to us everyday. We are effectively told that there exists a drug or medical process for everything. But this wide-yed myth of cyclists being able perform superhuman feats solely with the aid of a sports drink and energy gel is continued. Whatever happens in Hamilton's case, it is just another chapter in the long story that draws attention to the gap between image and reality that is a daily part of contemporary life. At some point something will have to give.
How it unfolded
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La Vuelta passed through Extremadura today, a province of Spain to the north of Andalucia and bordering Portugal. From here the rivers flow west the Atlantic, unlike those of most of the past two weeks that flowed to the Mediterranean. Extremadura - the name comes from the tough extremes of climate that visit the region. Extremely cold in winter and extremely hot in summer. Here we are in autumn the first stage of La Vuelta's last week, if the UCI get its way and cuts down the length of the race to 18 days as it has proposed, this might be the last third week of the race.
It was hot in Extremadura today. Well over 30 degrees and hitting 40 for most of it. The peloton took the opportunity to amble along without much of a care in the world, chatting among themselves, maybe looking forward to a day without any nasty events before the four coming stages in the mountains. Attacks were on from the start.Maybe it was one of those days when some riders sit in the bunch, thinking 'just go away will you', just waiting for one of them to get away so they can get back to not wasting energy and simply resting.
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Shortly before the 40 km mark, a break of 13 riders got clear: Spezialetti, Di Luca (Saeco), Txente Garcia Costa, Lastras (Illes Balears), Valjavec (Phonak), Isasi (Euskaltel), Moreni (Alessio), Parra (Cafes Baque), Boven (Rabobank), Cruz (USPS), Fernandez (Paternina), Putsep (Ag2r) and Jose Julia (Com. Valenciana-Kelme). The break also contained Jose Enrique Gutierrez for a while, before the Phonak rider went back to the peloton after 66 km.
The gap steadily increased to peak at over 17'30. With 50 kilometres to go, Saunier Duval decided to organise the front of the peloton. They didn't chase, but did enough to bring the time down. The gap came down to about 12'30 when the peloton passed 20 km to go, but the break was long gone by then.
With 12 km to go, the 13 man break decided finally to get animated over the little rises on the road into Caceres. Txente was the first to try, then Lastras, a bit of this, then a bit of chasing. David Fernandez wasn't up to it at all and was the first to go backwards. The group split in half with 10 km to go into two lots of six men each. The front one had Cruz, Valjavec, Isasi, Di Luca, Julia and Lastras. Behind them, Parra and Moreni tried to bridge up, but without luck. The front group quickly got themselves 20, then 30 seconds.
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The final kilometres had their fair share of turns and roundabouts. Holes appeared, disappeared and reappeared amongst the six. Lastras went on a rise up to the main shopping district, chased by Di Luca who followed with the others behind. There was a concertina moment when the attacker was reeled in, and the free wheeling occurred. It was only a moment, a fraction, with 3 kms to go, and Jose Julia went down the left. No-one reacted. He gained 12 seconds in a kilometre and with one kilometre to go he had 14 seconds. The other five realised they were not in it any more, but tried to look like they wanted to chase.
It was one of those "transition days" today. They happen, and we all sit back and wait for the next - it continues like that.
Tomorrow's stage will finish on the Covatilla ski station (1960m), high above Bejar, the town of Roberto Heras. Before we get there and its special category ascent of 18 kms, the race faces two Cat. 1's and a Cat. 3. The Cat. 1's Piornal and Honduras are both long with heavy, regular grades - the Puerto de Honduras, the second of the two averages 8% over its 17 kilometres. Let's hope Heras, Valverde and co resume battle and perhaps somewhere else, someone will decide that it's time to be realistic and lift the cone of silence.
Photography
Images by Unipublic
- Cutting the ribbon to start stage 16
- The bunch gets moving early in stage 16
- Francisco Cabello (Com.Valenciana-Kelme) is not trying to get the party started. He crashed into this rocky ditch early in the stage and needed medical treatment.
- The peloton watches as the break rides away
- Moreni (R) and Fernandez (L) driving the break
- The peloton split in pursuit of the break
- Fernandez takes the first intermediate sprint at km 41.2
- Cedric Vasseur and Daniel Atienza help Luis Perez (C) back to the peloton
- Liberty Seguros keeping Heras enclosed in a protective shell
- Tony Cruz (L) does a turn while Jose Julia watches
- Alejandro Valverde (Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme) grabs a feed bag
- Paco Mancebo chats with Oscar Sevilla
- The peloton didn't show a lot of interest once the break got 17 minutes
- The break struggles in the intense heat
- Jose Julia (Com.Valenciana-Kelme) wins the 16th stage
- Erik Zabel (T-Mobile) on the podium in the points jersey
- Roberto Heras (Liberty Seguros) in white as the combination leader
- Roberto Heras (Liberty Seguros) in maroon as the mountains leader
- Roberto Heras (Liberty Seguros) in yellow as the race leader
Images by AFP Photo
- Cadel Evans (T-Mobile) gets ready for the start
- Santiago Perez (Phonak) rides in the mountains jersey during stage 16
- Alejandro Valverde (Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme) rides during stage 16
- The peloton picks up speed in the final 50 km
- Saunier Duval lead the peloton in the final phases of stage 16
- Spanish Francisco Cabello (Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme) shows his dissapointment after a fall
- Take that you lousy bike!
Results
1 José Julia (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 4.19.23 (43.97 km/h) 2 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.12 3 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco 0.35 4 Antonio Cruz (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 5 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 6 Iñaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7 Ivan Parra (Col) Cafes Baque 1.20 8 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Saeco 1.25 9 Erki Pütsep (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 1.33 10 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 11 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 1.35 12 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 13 David Fernandez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 3.44 14 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 11.44 15 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre 16 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 17 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 18 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 19 Marco Milesi (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 20 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros 21 Miguel A. M. Perdiguero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 22 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Saeco 23 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 24 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Saeco 25 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 26 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 27 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Relax-Bergasol 28 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 29 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 30 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 31 David Blanco (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 32 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros 33 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros 34 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros 35 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 36 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 37 Unai Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 38 Angel Gomez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 39 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 40 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 41 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 42 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Saeco 43 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 44 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 45 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 46 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax-Bergasol 47 José Garrido (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 48 Iñigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 49 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 50 Peio Arreitunandia (Spa) Cafes Baque 11.53 51 Alberto Martinez (Spa) Relax-Bergasol 52 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio-Bianchi 53 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 54 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC 55 Frank Høj (Den) Team CSC 56 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 57 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros 58 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 59 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 60 Roberto Sgambelluri (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 61 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 62 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 63 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 64 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 65 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Lampre 66 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 67 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 68 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 69 David Herrero (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 70 Hernan Buenahora (Col) Cafes Baque 71 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 72 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC 73 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 74 Jose Antonio Pecharroman (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 75 Guido Trenti (USA) Fassa Bortolo 76 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 77 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Relax-Bergasol 78 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 79 Michael Barry (Can) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 80 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 81 Francisco José Lara (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 82 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 83 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Relax-Bergasol 84 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 85 Cadel Evans (Aus) T-Mobile Team 86 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 87 Rubén Plaza (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 88 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Rabobank 89 David Plaza (Spa) Cafes Baque 90 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 91 Antonio Colom (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 92 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 93 Aitor Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 94 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 95 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC 96 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 97 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 98 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 99 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 100 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre 101 Francisco Garcia (Spa) Cafes Baque 102 Julián Sanchez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 103 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 104 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax-Bergasol 105 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 106 Joaquin Lopez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 107 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC 108 Alberto Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 109 Rene Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros 110 Klaus Möller (Den) Alessio-Bianchi 111 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Saeco 112 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros 113 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax-Bergasol 114 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 115 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Lampre 116 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Saeco 117 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Bergasol 118 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 119 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 12.11 120 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 121 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon 122 Aitor Perez (Spa) Cafes Baque 123 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 124 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank 125 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 126 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Alessio-Bianchi 127 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 128 Ellis Rastelli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 129 Herbert Gutierrez (Col) Cafes Baque 130 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Team CSC 131 Felix Cardenas (Col) Cafes Baque 132 Luca Paolini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 133 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 134 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Saeco 135 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 136 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 137 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 138 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 12.58 DNF Joseba Beloki (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir Points 1 José Julia (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 25 pts 2 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 20 3 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco 16 4 Antonio Cruz (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 14 5 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 12 6 Iñaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10 7 Ivan Parra (Col) Cafes Baque 9 8 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Saeco 8 9 Erki Pütsep (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 7 10 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 6 11 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 5 12 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 4 13 David Fernandez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 3 14 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 2 15 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre 1 Sprints 1st intermediate sprint Barcarrota - km 41.2 1 David Fernandez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 4 pts 2 José Julia (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 2 3 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 1 2nd intermediate sprint Montijo - km 108 1 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 4 pts 2 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Saeco 2 3 Ivan Parra (Col) Cafes Baque 1 3rd intermediate sprint Puebla de Obando - km 142 1 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Saeco 4 pts 2 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco 2 3 Iñaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 Teams 1 Saeco 3.11.53 2 Illes Balears - Banesto 0.10 3 Comunidad Valenciana - Kelme 9.44 4 Phonak Hearing Systems 9.56 5 US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 10.28 6 Euskaltel - Euskadi 10.37 7 Cafes Baque 11.22 8 Rabobank 11.28 9 Alessio - Bianchi 11.35 10 Costa de Almeria - Paternina 13.37 11 Liberty Seguros 21.28 12 Quick Step - Davitamon 13 Vini Caldirola -Nobili Rubinetterie 21.37 14 Relax-Bodysol 15 Team CSC 21.46 16 Fassa Bortolo 17 Cofidis, le credit par telephone 18 Saunier Duval - Prodir 19 Lampre 20 T-Mobile Team General classification after stage 16 1 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros 58.35.32 2 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 0.05 3 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.45 4 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 2.02 5 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros 3.45 6 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 6.12 7 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 8.30 8 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 8.44 9 Angel Gomez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 8.51 10 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 8.59 11 David Blanco (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 9.43 12 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 11.21 13 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 13.58 14 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Saeco 14.06 15 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 16.35 16 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 17.43 17 Francisco José Lara (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 18.37 18 Miguel A. M. Perdiguero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 19.48 19 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 23.33 20 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Relax-Bergasol 24.30 21 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 25.39 22 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 26.59 23 Peio Arreitunandia (Spa) Cafes Baque 28.00 24 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 28.05 25 David Plaza (Spa) Cafes Baque 28.11 26 Unai Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 29.12 27 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC 29.13 28 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 31.05 29 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 32.56 30 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre 33.46 31 Rubén Plaza (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 34.58 32 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 36.07 33 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 36.40 34 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 36.54 35 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 37.23 36 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 38.22 37 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Team CSC 39.34 38 Ivan Parra (Col) Cafes Baque 41.34 39 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Relax-Bergasol 42.25 40 Hernan Buenahora (Col) Cafes Baque 42.36 41 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros 44.32 42 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 45.59 43 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 47.40 44 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Bergasol 48.48 45 Felix Cardenas (Col) Cafes Baque 49.27 46 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 52.05 47 Cadel Evans (Aus) T-Mobile Team 56.04 48 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.00.43 49 Francisco Garcia (Spa) Cafes Baque 1.00.51 50 Iñigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 1.01.10 51 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Relax-Bergasol 1.01.42 52 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 1.02.41 53 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.03.05 54 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 1.03.44 55 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1.04.39 56 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.05.52 57 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 1.06.01 58 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Saeco 1.08.57 59 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 1.09.06 60 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros 1.10.53 61 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 1.11.31 62 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax-Bergasol 1.12.54 63 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 1.13.29 64 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros 1.14.26 65 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 1.14.49 66 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.15.10 67 Jose Antonio Pecharroman (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 1.15.29 68 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 1.15.39 69 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 1.16.34 70 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 1.18.20 71 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 1.18.28 72 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1.18.49 73 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Rabobank 1.19.55 74 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 1.21.28 75 Antonio Cruz (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 1.23.13 76 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 1.23.57 77 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC 1.25.32 78 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon 1.25.55 79 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 1.26.34 80 Iñaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.26.36 81 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Lampre 1.26.47 82 Aitor Perez (Spa) Cafes Baque 1.27.01 83 Joaquin Lopez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 1.30.25 84 Roberto Sgambelluri (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 1.31.37 85 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Saeco 1.32.33 86 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 1.33.07 87 David Herrero (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 1.36.37 88 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio-Bianchi 1.38.05 89 Michael Barry (Can) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 1.38.56 90 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax-Bergasol 1.39.49 91 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Saeco 1.41.12 92 Klaus Möller (Den) Alessio-Bianchi 1.41.46 93 David Fernandez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 1.42.40 94 Luca Paolini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 1.44.21 95 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco 1.44.35 96 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.46.37 97 Alberto Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.47.09 98 José Garrido (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 1.49.34 99 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Saeco 1.49.52 100 Antonio Colom (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 1.51.16 101 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Alessio-Bianchi 1.51.39 102 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 1.51.40 103 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 1.52.38 104 José Julia (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 1.55.52 105 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 1.57.16 106 Alberto Martinez (Spa) Relax-Bergasol 1.57.50 107 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 1.58.21 108 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Lampre 2.00.16 109 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 2.00.56 110 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank 2.01.06 111 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros 2.03.45 112 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 2.04.16 113 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.04.44 114 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 2.04.56 115 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 2.04.58 116 Marco Milesi (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 2.06.23 117 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 2.10.34 118 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 2.13.23 119 Herbert Gutierrez (Col) Cafes Baque 2.14.47 120 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.14.50 121 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC 2.15.12 122 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 2.15.33 123 Rene Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros 2.18.37 124 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax-Bergasol 2.20.47 125 Erki Pütsep (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 2.20.56 126 Frank Høj (Den) Team CSC 2.21.23 127 Julián Sanchez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 2.24.10 128 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre 2.26.07 129 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Saeco 2.26.09 130 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC 2.28.13 131 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 2.29.12 132 Guido Trenti (USA) Fassa Bortolo 2.33.34 133 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2.36.32 134 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Saeco 2.38.42 135 Ellis Rastelli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 2.39.11 136 Aitor Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.43.35 137 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2.47.27 138 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 2.48.13 Points classification 1 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 148 pts 2 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 126 3 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros 97 4 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 85 5 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros 76 6 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 72 7 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 52 8 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 51 9 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 51 10 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 50 11 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 49 12 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 43 13 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 43 14 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 43 15 Antonio Cruz (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 42 16 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 38 17 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 36 18 Angel Gomez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 34 19 Erki Pütsep (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 34 20 David Fernandez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 33 21 Miguel A. M. Perdiguero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 31 22 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 31 23 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 30 24 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 29 25 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 29 Mountains classification 1 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros 87 pts 2 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 72 3 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 71 4 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 67 5 Felix Cardenas (Col) Cafes Baque 58 6 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Bergasol 50 7 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 42 8 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros 40 9 Francisco José Lara (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 36 10 David Fernandez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 35 11 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 32 12 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 28 13 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 24 14 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 21 15 Angel Gomez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 21 16 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Lampre 20 17 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 19 18 Unai Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 19 19 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 18 20 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 17 21 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 17 22 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 16 23 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 16 24 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 14 25 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Alessio-Bianchi 14 Combined classification 1 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros 5 pts 2 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 8 3 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 10 4 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 12 5 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros 18 6 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 33 7 Angel Gomez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 42 8 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 46 9 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 49 10 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 53 11 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 57 12 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 57 13 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 58 14 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 59 15 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 61 16 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 64 17 Francisco José Lara (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 69 18 David Blanco (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 82 19 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 87 20 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Bergasol 91 21 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 92 22 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 94 23 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 96 24 Felix Cardenas (Col) Cafes Baque 97 25 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Saeco 101 Teams classification 1 Comunidad Valenciana - Kelme 175.45.38 2 Liberty Seguros 20.34 3 Illes Balears - Banesto 26.33 4 US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 38.36 5 Costa de Almeria - Paternina 38.54 6 Phonak Hearing Systems 42.09 7 Cafes Baque 56.15 8 Team CSC 59.31 9 Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.02.52 10 Cofidis, le credit par telephone 1.23.48 11 Relax-Bodysol 1.32.24 12 Saeco 1.32.25 13 T-Mobile Team 2.12.28 14 Euskaltel - Euskadi 2.13.36 15 Fassa Bortolo 2.42.38 16 Rabobank 2.43.00 17 Quick Step - Davitamon 2.58.01 18 Vini Caldirola -Nobili Rubinetterie 2.59.36 19 Lampre 3.29.41 20 Alessio - Bianchi 4.06.47
