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59th Vuelta a España - GT
Spain, September 4-26, 2004
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Stage 18 - September 23: Béjar - Ávila, 196 km
Kelme score another
Mancebo fires up the GC riders
By Martin Hardie in Avila
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The everlasting Kelme domestique Javier Pascual Rodriguez managed to hold of Baque's Ivan Parra in the closing metres of La Vuelta as it arrived in Avila this afternoon. Pascual and Parra had ridden together to the line from the top of the final climb of the day, the Cat. 2 Puerto de Navalmoral, and maintained their steady gap over most of the final twenty kilometres.
Rodriguez was built like the favourite for the match up, with his heavier build, he seemed the more likely to be able to power over the cobbled climb along the castle walls of Avila. But Parra, younger brother of one of Colombia's most famed, Fabio Parra, stuck with him over the rough and undulating cobbles.
The final stretch is one of the most picturesque urban finishes around, cresting the cobbled rise as it turns right around one of the wall's fortified towers and under the one km to go banner, then taking a left hander that leads to another couple of hundred metres of cobbles, before a slight dip and a right hander into a 300 metre uphill finishing straight.
Parra remained stuck to the wheel of Rodriguez throughout the cobbled section and they passed over the asphalt to the final turn at a steady pace, one behind the other. As they started the last 300 metres Pascual Rodriguez glanced back a number of times to see where Parra was. Parra tried to come around him but just couldn't find that extra half wheel he needed to get in front.
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Pascual Rodriguez told Cyclingnews post-stage that, "I was convinced I would win the stage as I know I am much faster in a sprint. I thought that he would have a go from the bottom because if we arrived in the final straight together I would be faster."
Pascual confirmed Belda's plan that following the stage to Covatilla, "We would go and try to maintain our position in the teams classification and look for more stage wins, but if we can do more for Valverde we wouldn't lag".
Pascual went on to say that, "I have cold blood. I saw Parra hadn't moved when we only had 200 metres left. He knows I am faster - we were teammates before. When we were 100 metres from the line I went and I won. This win, after what happened to us on Covatilla, gives us some cause to give it some more stick on the way to Madrid. For someone like myself, a professional for ten years, a victory like this in Avila in La Vuelta means a lot. It is a good recompense for my work and for the people that have supported me: We are going to continue until Navacerrada. This is still not over and we haven't finished putting on a spectacular."
Ivan Parra spoke to Cyclingnews immediately after the finish at the Cafes Baque bus and told us almost apologetically that, "I just couldn't do it...I felt good on the climb and I wanted to go alone to the finish but then Rodriguez caught me, but it just couldn't be today. But you have to keep fighting".
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Parra had been the strongest of the escapees on the climbs. He attacked twice on the final climb to get rid of his breakaway companions and was only rejoined by Pascual in the latter stages of the climb. In the end Pascual was able to take the stage and fulfil his director's plans of hunting for stage wins for the rest of La Vuelta.
Cafes Baque went off in the hunt today with two intentions, protect the lead of Cardenas in the mountains competition and if possible, to secure Baque's second win in two days. They ended up achieving the first objective with Cardenas taking the points on the day's first climb and before the departure of the day's break. Regarding the second, with the grandfather of Colombian cycling, Hernan Buenahora coming in a little further back, the modest outfit managed to take second and fourth place. In fact today was Baque's tenth break of La Vuelta - they surely must be up their as one of the most combative teams, having only missed two escapes over the course of the race's three weeks.
How it unfolded
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The non-starters today included 2002 Avila winner Aitor Gonzalez (Fassa Bortolo), Michael Barry (USPS) and Alexandre Vinokourov (T-Mobile). Although Gonzalez claimed he was suffering from the stomach virus, Vinokourov was in good health and said that he had planned to pull out in order to concentrate on the World's.
After 31 km, a group of 10 men formed in front. Pascual Rodriguez and Parra were there along with Joan Horrach and José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Illes Balears-Banesto), Hernan Buenahora (Cafes Baque), Rubén Plaza (Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme), Thorwald Veneberg (Rabobank), Patrick Calcagni (Vini Caldirola), Bram Tankink (Quick.Step-Davitamon) and Juan Fuentes (Saeco). None of the break were particularly threatening on GC, and Liberty allowed them up to seven minutes grace at times. Early on, both David Llorente and Roberto Laiseka tried and failed to get across, then later Cedric Vasseur and Mikel Pradera went. The former almost made it across to the leaders before the final climb, while the latter was called back to help his teammate Mancebo in the finale.
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Fourth placed overall, Mancebo certainly tried to upset proceedings behind the break. On both the Puerto de Serranillo (Cat. 1), and the Cat. 2 Puerto de Navalmoral, Mancebo tried to leave the grip of the Liberty-controlled peloton. On the latter climb he managed to stay away for a while, but was caught again. However, the damage he caused was significant. Only 11 or so riders survived the attack when they neutralised Mancebo. The next to go was Santi Perez. He jumped and was followed by Heras and Valverde leaving Mancebo, Sastre and co. to chase over the top. They rejoined on the descent, helped by Pradera and Garcia Acosta who had dropped back from in front.
Mancebo told Cyclingnews afterwards that, "It is my country here and I had to try. There remain three difficult days and we will continue to fight until the last moment. Tomorrow is another hard mountain stage of climbing and descending and we intend to attack".
Mancebo of course is in fourth place separated by 1 second from Valverde, who today felt a lot better. Valverde told us that, "The finish at Avila was very good for me but my teammate has won and that makes me very happy."
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Tomorrow is day three in this stretch of Sierra as we head towards Madrid. The stage is a relatively short leg breaker of just 142km but it is crowded with four Cat. 3 climbs, one Cat. 2 and one Cat. 1. The biggest climb is the beautiful Alto de Abantos, the scene of many a famous ride including Chava Jimenez's last Vuelta win and the site of last year's destruction of Nozal by Heras. It's 15 km, only averaging 5.5%, but its ramps are evil as they commence in the narrow town streets - early on the ramps peak at 17%. After Abantos the race still needs to cover a roller coaster 60 kilometres over two cat. 3's. The day without a mountain top finish favours the likes of Valverde more than a pure climber like Heras, but in this race who knows.
Photography
Images by Unipublic
- Roberto Heras (Liberty Seguros) surrounded by local dignitaries at the start
- Setting off from kilometre zero
- Stephan Schreck takes second behind Zabel in the first sprint
- Fuentes and Tankink initiate the break
- The Baque brigade driving the break
- Thorwald Veneberg (Rabobank) leads through the intermediate sprint at Navarredondade Gredos (km 86)
- Roberto Laiseka (Euskaltel) went off in pursuit of the break, but never made it
- Pradera and Vasseur tried to get across to the break
- Descending during stage 18
- Roberto Heras (Liberty Seguros) grabs a musette
- Rodriguez and Garcia Acosta lead the break
- Ruben Plaza (Kelme) sets the tempo
- Liberty Seguros kept control for long enough to keep Heras out of trouble
- The peloton on one of the many climbs today
- Serrano works while his leader refuels
- Paco Mancebo gives it some stick
- Francisco Mancebo (Illes Balears) tried to split the group several times, and succeeded
- Francisco Mancebo (Illes Balears) puts the pressure on
- Santi Perez (Phonak) rides hard on the final climb with Heras and Valverde in tow
- Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Kelme) looking strong
- The peloton enters the walled city of Avila
- Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Kelme) leads Ivan Parra (Cafes Baque)
- Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Kelme) beats Ivan Parra to win the stage
- Roberto Heras (Liberty Seguros) survived another day
Results
1 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 5.02.59 (38.93 km/h) 2 Ivan Parra (Col) Cafes Baque 3 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 0.19 4 Hernan Buenahora (Col) Cafes Baque 5 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 0.24 6 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 0.35 7 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon 0.37 8 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 1.24 9 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 10 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 11 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros 12 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 13 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 14 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 15 David Blanco (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 1.28 16 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 1.32 17 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 1.33 18 David Plaza (Spa) Cafes Baque 1.37 19 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 20 Angel Gomez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 21 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 22 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros 23 Unai Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 24 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 25 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 26 Francisco José Lara (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 27 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Saeco 1.51 28 Rubén Plaza (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 2.03 29 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Saeco 2.15 30 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.24 31 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 32 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre 33 Miguel A. M. Perdiguero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 34 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Saeco 35 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Relax-Bergasol 2.28 36 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 37 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 2.29 38 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 39 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC 40 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 41 Jose Antonio Pecharroman (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 42 Aitor Perez (Spa) Cafes Baque 43 Joaquin Lopez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 44 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 45 Francisco Garcia (Spa) Cafes Baque 46 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 47 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros 48 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 49 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 50 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.37 51 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 52 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 3.00 53 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros 3.03 54 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 3.34 55 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 6.44 56 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Alessio-Bianchi 57 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Relax-Bergasol 58 Iñigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 59 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Relax-Bergasol 60 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank 61 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 62 Luca Paolini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 63 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax-Bergasol 64 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio-Bianchi 65 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 66 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC 67 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 68 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 69 Klaus Möller (Den) Alessio-Bianchi 70 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 71 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 72 Roberto Sgambelluri (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 73 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Bergasol 74 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Team CSC 75 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 76 Antonio Cruz (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 77 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 78 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 79 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Saeco 80 Felix Cardenas (Col) Cafes Baque 6.49 81 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Saeco 7.59 82 David Herrero (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 9.32 83 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 84 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Rabobank 85 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 12.50 86 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 13.17 87 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros 18.44 88 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros 89 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 90 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 21.08 91 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre 92 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Lampre 93 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 94 Guido Trenti (USA) Fassa Bortolo 95 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 96 Cadel Evans (Aus) T-Mobile Team 97 José Julia (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 98 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 99 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Saeco 100 Marco Milesi (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 101 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Lampre 102 Antonio Colom (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 103 Julián Sanchez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 104 David Fernandez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 105 Herbert Gutierrez (Col) Cafes Baque 106 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax-Bergasol 107 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 108 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Saeco 109 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC 110 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 111 Ellis Rastelli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 112 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 113 Aitor Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 114 Alberto Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 115 Iñaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 116 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 117 Frank Høj (Den) Team CSC 118 Rene Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros 119 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 120 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 121 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 122 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 123 José Garrido (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 124 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco 125 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre DNS Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo DNS Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team DNS Michael Barry (Can) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor DNF Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi DNF Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor Points 1 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 25 pts 2 Ivan Parra (Col) Cafes Baque 20 3 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 16 4 Hernan Buenahora (Col) Cafes Baque 14 5 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 12 6 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 10 7 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon 9 8 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 8 9 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 7 10 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 6 11 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros 5 12 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 4 13 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 3 14 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 2 15 David Blanco (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 1 16 Aitor Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi -20 Mountains 1st climb Alto de Vallejera (cat. 3) - km 5 1 Felix Cardenas (Col) Cafes Baque 6 pts 2 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 4 3 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 2 4 Unai Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 1 2nd climb Puerto de la Peña Negra (cat. 1) - km 59 1 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Saeco 16 pts 2 Ivan Parra (Col) Cafes Baque 12 3 Hernan Buenahora (Col) Cafes Baque 10 4 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 8 5 Rubén Plaza (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 6 6 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 4 7 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon 3 8 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 2 9 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 1 3rd climb Puerto de Serranillos (cat. 1) - km 133 1 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Saeco 16 pts 2 Ivan Parra (Col) Cafes Baque 12 3 Hernan Buenahora (Col) Cafes Baque 10 4 Rubén Plaza (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 8 5 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon 6 6 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 4 7 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 3 8 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 2 9 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 1 4th climb Puerto de Navalmoral (cat. 2) - km 174 1 Ivan Parra (Col) Cafes Baque 10 pts 2 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 7 3 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 5 4 Hernan Buenahora (Col) Cafes Baque 3 5 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 2 6 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 1 Sprints 1st intermediate sprint at Puente del Congosto - km 25.7 1 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 4 pts 2 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 2 3 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 1 2nd intermediate sprint at Navarredondade Gredos - km 86 1 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 4 pts 2 Hernan Buenahora (Col) Cafes Baque 2 3 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 1 3rd intermediate sprint at Navalmoral de la Sierra - km 165.3 1 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 4 pts 2 Ivan Parra (Col) Cafes Baque 2 3 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 1 Teams 1 Cafes Baque 15.10.53 2 Comunidad Valenciana - Kelme 0.56 3 Illes Balears - Banesto 1.24 4 Liberty Seguros 2.37 5 Cofidis, le credit par telephone 2.40 6 Costa de Almeria - Paternina 2.55 7 Quick Step - Davitamon 3.39 8 Team CSC 4.25 9 Phonak Hearing Systems 4.29 10 Saeco 4.34 11 Vini Caldirola -Nobili Rubinetterie 6.36 12 Saunier Duval - Prodir 8.49 13 Rabobank 8.54 14 Relax-Bodysol 14.00 15 US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 14.01 16 Alessio - Bianchi 18.16 17 Euskaltel - Euskadi 24.05 18 T-Mobile Team 32.40 19 Lampre 42.44 20 Fassa Bortolo 53.10 General classification after stage 18 1 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros 68.33.04 2 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.13 3 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 2.15 4 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 2.16 5 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros 6.08 6 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 7.56 7 Angel Gomez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 10.21 8 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 11.18 9 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 12.25 10 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 12.56 11 David Blanco (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 14.13 12 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 17.23 13 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 20.01 14 Francisco José Lara (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 20.07 15 Miguel A. M. Perdiguero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 22.50 16 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 26.38 17 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 28.29 18 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Relax-Bergasol 30.50 19 David Plaza (Spa) Cafes Baque 31.29 20 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 32.24 21 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Saeco 32.58 22 Unai Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 33.31 23 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 33.45 24 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC 36.00 25 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre 41.17 26 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 42.31 27 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 42.47 28 Ivan Parra (Col) Cafes Baque 43.15 29 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 43.37 30 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 45.02 31 Hernan Buenahora (Col) Cafes Baque 48.04 32 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 50.55 33 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros 52.43 34 Felix Cardenas (Col) Cafes Baque 53.51 35 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 57.06 36 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 59.36 37 Rubén Plaza (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 1.06.28 38 Francisco Garcia (Spa) Cafes Baque 1.08.29 39 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Relax-Bergasol 1.08.46 40 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 1.11.24 41 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 1.12.02 42 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Bergasol 1.13.28 43 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Team CSC 1.15.45 44 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.15.59 45 Iñigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 1.16.05 46 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.16.23 47 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 1.19.24 48 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1.19.34 49 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.25.47 50 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 1.28.43 51 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Relax-Bergasol 1.29.36 52 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.30.23 53 Jose Antonio Pecharroman (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 1.31.09 54 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 1.31.12 55 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros 1.31.30 56 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 1.31.39 57 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 1.36.01 58 Joaquin Lopez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 1.37.00 59 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1.38.44 60 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 1.40.00 61 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 1.40.27 62 Cadel Evans (Aus) T-Mobile Team 1.40.46 63 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 1.40.52 64 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.41.57 65 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Saeco 1.42.04 66 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 1.42.37 67 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax-Bergasol 1.43.12 68 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 1.46.33 69 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros 1.49.30 70 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon 1.50.06 71 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 1.51.46 72 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Rabobank 1.53.01 73 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Saeco 1.56.52 74 Aitor Perez (Spa) Cafes Baque 1.58.57 75 Antonio Cruz (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 1.59.24 76 David Herrero (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 2.00.10 77 Roberto Sgambelluri (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 2.00.35 78 Klaus Möller (Den) Alessio-Bianchi 2.01.41 79 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 2.04.04 80 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.06.32 81 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio-Bianchi 2.08.23 82 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Lampre 2.11.29 83 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Saeco 2.12.54 84 Alberto Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.13.56 85 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC 2.16.07 86 Luca Paolini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 2.17.06 87 Iñaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.17.11 88 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Saeco 2.17.46 89 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Alessio-Bianchi 2.21.57 90 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 2.23.42 91 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax-Bergasol 2.24.31 92 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 2.25.39 93 David Fernandez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 2.33.15 94 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.35.02 95 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco 2.35.10 96 Antonio Colom (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 2.35.58 97 José Garrido (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 2.37.05 98 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank 2.37.17 99 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 2.43.15 100 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC 2.45.30 101 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 2.45.50 102 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros 2.46.03 103 José Julia (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 2.46.27 104 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 2.46.32 105 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 2.47.51 106 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 2.49.38 107 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 2.49.40 108 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Lampre 2.50.51 109 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 2.51.31 110 Marco Milesi (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 2.53.53 111 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.59.32 112 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 3.01.09 113 Herbert Gutierrez (Col) Cafes Baque 3.05.22 114 Rene Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros 3.09.12 115 Julián Sanchez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 3.11.41 116 Frank Høj (Den) Team CSC 3.11.58 117 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre 3.16.42 118 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Saeco 3.16.44 119 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 3.20.17 120 Guido Trenti (USA) Fassa Bortolo 3.24.09 121 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3.27.07 122 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Saeco 3.29.17 123 Ellis Rastelli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 3.29.46 124 Aitor Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.34.50 125 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 3.38.48 Points classification 1 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 152 pts 2 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 136 3 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros 118 4 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 106 5 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 96 6 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros 76 7 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 59 8 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 52 9 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 51 10 Angel Gomez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 44 11 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 44 12 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 44 13 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 43 14 Antonio Cruz (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 42 15 Felix Cardenas (Col) Cafes Baque 41 16 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 40 17 Ivan Parra (Col) Cafes Baque 38 18 Miguel A. M. Perdiguero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 37 19 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 36 20 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 33 21 David Fernandez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 33 22 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 29 23 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 28 24 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 28 25 José Julia (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 27 Mountains classification 1 Felix Cardenas (Col) Cafes Baque 132 pts 2 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros 107 3 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 102 4 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 90 5 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 67 6 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Bergasol 50 7 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Saeco 44 8 Francisco José Lara (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 42 9 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 42 10 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros 40 11 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 36 12 Ivan Parra (Col) Cafes Baque 36 13 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 36 14 David Fernandez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 35 15 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 35 16 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 34 17 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 32 18 Angel Gomez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 31 19 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 29 20 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 28 21 Hernan Buenahora (Col) Cafes Baque 24 22 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 23 23 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Lampre 20 24 Unai Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 20 25 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 19 Combined classification 1 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros 6 pts 2 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 10 3 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 10 4 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 12 5 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros 21 6 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 35 7 Angel Gomez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 35 8 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 40 9 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 44 10 Felix Cardenas (Col) Cafes Baque 50 11 Francisco José Lara (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 52 12 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 52 13 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 55 14 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 55 15 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 57 16 Ivan Parra (Col) Cafes Baque 57 17 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 65 18 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 71 19 Miguel A. M. Perdiguero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 81 20 Hernan Buenahora (Col) Cafes Baque 83 21 David Blanco (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 86 22 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Bergasol 89 23 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 89 24 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 91 25 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 100 Teams classification 1 Comunidad Valenciana - Kelme 205.45.20 2 Liberty Seguros 18.09 3 Illes Balears - Banesto 25.05 4 Costa de Almeria - Paternina 36.18 5 Phonak Hearing Systems 45.45 6 Cafes Baque 52.02 7 US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 1.19.58 8 Cofidis, le credit par telephone 1.25.41 9 Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.26.22 10 Team CSC 1.26.58 11 Relax-Bodysol 2.22.39 12 Saeco 2.30.40 13 Euskaltel - Euskadi 2.44.30 14 T-Mobile Team 3.02.06 15 Vini Caldirola -Nobili Rubinetterie 3.44.52 16 Quick Step - Davitamon 3.56.49 17 Rabobank 3.57.26 18 Fassa Bortolo 4.35.03 19 Lampre 5.05.23 20 Alessio - Bianchi 5.18.40
