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59th Vuelta a España - GT
Spain, September 4-26, 2004
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Stage 19 - September 24: Ávila - Collado Villalba, 142 km
Tino follows the yellow brick road
By Martin Hardie in Collado Villalba
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After 100 km solo, 117 km in total in a break, and 142 after leaving the pre-race meeting within the confines of Matxin's yellow bus, Saunier Duval's Tino Zaballa, from the green peaks of Cantabria, crossed the line in Collado Villalba a good 1'20 ahead of a 15 rider chase group. Zaballa had left the fold of the peloton on the day's first climb, the gradual Cat. 3 of the Alto de Valdelavia, which marked the route at km 16. First over the Alto and accompanying Zaballa was the Vuelta's climbing hero Felix Cardenas, continuing on his stated task of achieving Baque's Plan Colombia.
Zaballa's performance was a testimony to his strength and reward for the long days he spends, week in week out, making escapes for Saunier Duval. Any week in any race in Spain, you can rest assured that Tino Zaballa is one of the movers and shakers, on the hunt to break up the race for his team leader. Once he was away today of course, he was continually accompanied by his director Joxean Matxin, who never failed to provide sustenance, advice and his beaming moral support.
Zaballa was more than happy after crossing the line solo. He told Cyclingnews that, "I have won like I wanted, a stage in one of the grand tours. I spent a lot of energy, and because of this I had some doubts as to whether I would make it, but I did it."
How it unfolded
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Zaballa had originally been one of the 20 rider break that formed after the ascent of the Valdelavia. The break was not only big, it also had a lot of big names within it - big names, as the Warumpi Band album said, but with no blankets. Garate, Zubeldia, Laiseka, Garzelli, Cunego and Cioni, all riders who have failed to shine in this year's race were present. Along with them was one of yesterday's protagonists, Baque's Ivan Parra.
Zaballa flew the coop a little way before the sprint at Las Navas del Marqués (km 34), one of the many regal names we came across in today's journey, and started off on his long solo journey that would take him to the finish. He continued along over the Robledondo, named for the grove of robles or oaks that inhabit parts of its slopes, and onto the beautiful and brutal Abantos. As he had reached the first ramps of the pave through San Lorenzo del Escorial and the start of the Abantos, an interesting little move that formed part of Kelme's consolidation of the teams classification was beginning behind.
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Zaballa had nearly a minute and a half on the chasers behind him, they in turn had a gap of three minutes and rising on the peloton. With the race playing out in this fashion, Valverde's strongman Carlos Garcia Quesada jumped the peloton and started a long chase to the group ahead. Half an hour later he was with them as they climbed towards the top of the Abantos.
Today the Abantos, the scene of last year's destruction of Nozal and of the last win of Jose Maria Jimenez, fell a little after the middle of the race. With 60 kilometres left after its summit, a good group away might be able to make something out of it. It would also be conceivable that someone in the peloton ready to gamble a little might try to take advantage of its terrain.
Passing the monastery and the palace which was the centre of political activities of Fellipe II during the 1500s, Abantos starts in the cobbled streets of San Lorenzo del Escorial and quickly makes itself known with some tight corners and savage gradients. Thankfully just after the cobbles finish comes the worst part at 17% - which the Cyclingnews Vuelta vehicle found heavy going in first and second gears! The climb has its spots to rest, but you couldn't say relax, because although the rest of the climb doesn't have the heavy grades, what it does have is a really bad road. Corrugated, bumpy, undulating and pock marked where the potholes have been patched with bitumen, Abantos climbs through pine forests and granite outcrops. Here you expect to see Hemingway's Robert Jordan come running across the pine needles, with his backpack bouncing on his shoulders, intent on blowing up a fascist held bridge. And just like Jordan you need to be strong and focussed to simply keep the rhythm rolling across here. A gambler wanting to move up the GC might make a move through here. But today in the peloton nobody did and the heroics on the Abantos were provided by Zaballa and Garcia Quesada alone.
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A few moves were tried on the climb: Cardenas, shadowed by Zaballa's watchman in the chase group Joaquin Rodriguez. Cunego and Garzelli also became animated. But the chasers never made the best of their size and strength during the remainder of the day. They were a strong experienced group, but acted like a bunch of suspicious old sea dogs, distrustful of anyone but their own, and they passed their day eyeing each other too much and forgot about the prize that lay at the end of the day which could have been any one of theirs if they had worked together.
Well, to an extent. Some got prizes. Cardenas now has got his prize pretty nicely sown up. Only a disaster could stop him taking the mountains competition now, having a 60 point lead over Heras. And Garcia Quesada after days of driving along for Valverde, after dragging him up and down mountains, only to be told to slow down on Covatilla, today managed to ensconce himself in the break and jump over the luckless Carlos Sastre to move into 6th place, 8 seconds behind Isidro Nozal.
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The distrustful chase never managed to run down Zaballa, who was inspired no doubt, but the chasers with a bit of cooperation earlier on could have done better. The peloton didn't even worry, except maybe for CSC, but they never managed to wrestle control of the head on the main bunch from Liberty Seguros. The only action was Mancebo's failed attempt to take the bunch sprint. Today was a leg sapping stage even without the peloton becoming animated. Even though we could have hoped for a little more action within their ranks, maybe the stage's real significance will be felt tomorrow. Who can recover best to hang on or to try again.
There are two days left. Tomorrow's mountain goat fest to Navacerrada and Sunday's time trial in down town Madrid. The CN quick poll amongst the Spanish press in the press room is divided - some say Heras and Santi Perez will arrive together after the four cat. 1's (yes four) and a Cat. 3. Others think Santi will take 30 to 40 seconds out of Heras. This correspondent is too smart for that (that is why he asked the others for a prediction!). But either way the race will not be decided until Perez and Heras cross the line near Madrid's Prado art gallery in Sunday's time trial.
Even though he is now discounted for the general, Alejandro Valverde told Cyclingnews this afternoon that, "We are guerillas and we will continue to give battle up until the ultimate moment. We don't know what could happen but we will keep fighting. There is terrain still to do some damage. And if we find ourselves feeling good we are going to try to cause it." Isn't that what we all want to see?
Photography
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- The Vuelta leaves Avila on Friday morning
- It was on from the gun as many riders tried to get in the breaks
- The attacks continue
- Isidro Nozal (Liberty Seguros) keeps Heras out of trouble
- Alejandro Valverde (Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme) gets some adjustment to his radio
- Liberty Seguros had eight riders on the front of the peloton, and one in front
- Zaballa had already left the breakaway by this stage
- Constantino Zaballa (Saunier Duval) rides with teammate Joaquin Rodriguez for a while to establish a good gap
- Zaballa takes the first sprint
- Constantino Zaballa (Saunier Duval) went solo over all the climbs
- Liberty Seguros lead Heras on the Abantos
- Liberty Seguros kept control, and no-one could escape
- Benoit Joachim (USPS) having another good day in the mountains
- Constantino Zaballa (Saunier Duval) swallows a bidon of water
- Baranowski working with CSC to lead the peloton home
- Liberty Seguros turning the screws
- Constantino Zaballa (Saunier Duval) gives a weary victory salute
- Roberto Heras (Liberty Seguros) only has another two days, but they will be hard
- Felix Cardenas (Cafes Baque) looks like claiming the mountains jersey for the second time in a row
- Erik Zabel (T-Mobile) now looks to have the points jersey sewn up
Results
1 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3.33.32 2 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Alessio-Bianchi 1.23 3 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Saeco 4 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 5 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Saeco 6 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre 7 Felix Cardenas (Col) Cafes Baque 8 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 9 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 10 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 11 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 12 David Plaza (Spa) Cafes Baque 13 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 14 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 15 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 16 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 1.31 17 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6.25 18 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 19 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros 20 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 21 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 22 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 23 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 24 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 25 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 26 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros 27 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 28 Angel Gomez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 29 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 30 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon 31 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Relax-Bergasol 32 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 33 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 34 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 35 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros 36 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio-Bianchi 37 Unai Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 38 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 39 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 40 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 41 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 42 Jose Antonio Pecharroman (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 43 David Herrero (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 44 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 45 David Blanco (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 46 Francisco José Lara (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 47 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 48 Iñigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 49 Cadel Evans (Aus) T-Mobile Team 50 José Julia (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 51 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 52 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 53 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 54 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Relax-Bergasol 55 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax-Bergasol 56 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Bergasol 57 Roberto Sgambelluri (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 58 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 59 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC 60 Antonio Cruz (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 61 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Rabobank 62 Joaquin Lopez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 63 Hernan Buenahora (Col) Cafes Baque 64 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax-Bergasol 65 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 66 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 67 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 68 Klaus Möller (Den) Alessio-Bianchi 69 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 70 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 71 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 72 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 73 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 74 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Relax-Bergasol 75 Francisco Garcia (Spa) Cafes Baque 76 Aitor Perez (Spa) Cafes Baque 77 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 78 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 6.38 79 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank 6.40 80 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 81 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros 6.45 82 Ivan Parra (Col) Cafes Baque 83 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Saeco 84 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 85 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 86 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 6.56 87 Rene Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros 7.02 88 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 7.05 89 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 7.07 90 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 91 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros 7.11 92 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 7.18 93 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Lampre 7.37 94 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Lampre 7.39 95 Guido Trenti (USA) Fassa Bortolo 7.40 96 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 97 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Team CSC 7.53 98 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 7.55 99 Julián Sanchez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 8.09 100 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros 8.45 101 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC 12.00 102 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Saeco 12.02 103 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 104 José Garrido (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 105 Iñaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 106 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 16.12 107 Antonio Colom (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 108 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 109 Herbert Gutierrez (Col) Cafes Baque 16.39 110 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Saeco 111 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre 112 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Saeco 113 Frank Høj (Den) Team CSC 114 Aitor Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 115 Marco Milesi (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 116 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Saeco 117 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC 118 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 119 Alberto Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi DNS Luca Paolini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon DNF Rubén Plaza (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme DNF Ellis Rastelli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi DNF Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco DNF Miguel A. 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Perdiguero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir Points 1 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 25 pts 2 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Alessio-Bianchi 20 3 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Saeco 16 4 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 14 5 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Saeco 12 6 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre 10 7 Felix Cardenas (Col) Cafes Baque 9 8 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 8 9 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 7 10 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 6 11 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5 12 David Plaza (Spa) Cafes Baque 4 13 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3 14 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 2 15 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 1 Mountains Alto de Valdelavia (cat. 3) - km 16 1 Felix Cardenas (Col) Cafes Baque 6 pts 2 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Alessio-Bianchi 4 3 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 2 4 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1 Puerto de Santa María (cat. 2) - km 45 1 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 10 pts 2 Felix Cardenas (Col) Cafes Baque 7 3 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre 5 4 David Plaza (Spa) Cafes Baque 3 5 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2 6 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1 Alto de Robledondo (cat. 3) - km 55 1 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 6 pts 2 Felix Cardenas (Col) Cafes Baque 4 3 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Relax-Bergasol 2 4 Ivan Parra (Col) Cafes Baque 1 Alto de Abantos (cat. 1) - km 81 1 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 16 pts 2 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Saeco 12 3 Felix Cardenas (Col) Cafes Baque 10 4 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre 8 5 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 6 6 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 4 7 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 3 8 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 2 9 David Plaza (Spa) Cafes Baque 1 Alto de Robledondo (cat. 3) - km 105 1 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 6 pts 2 Felix Cardenas (Col) Cafes Baque 4 3 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2 4 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Saeco 1 Alto S. 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El Escorial (cat. 3) - km 119 1 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 6 pts 2 Felix Cardenas (Col) Cafes Baque 4 3 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Alessio-Bianchi 2 4 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 1 Sprints Las Navas del Marqués - km 34.6 1 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4 pts 2 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 2 3 Ivan Parra (Col) Cafes Baque 1 Peguerinos - km 90.7 1 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4 pts 2 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 2 3 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Saeco 1 Alpedrete - km 135.8 1 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4 pts 2 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 2 3 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 1 Teams 1 Saunier Duval - Prodir 10.48.24 2 Cafes Baque 1.23 3 Comunidad Valenciana - Kelme 1.31 4 Saeco 1.43 5 Liberty Seguros 6.25 6 Illes Balears - Banesto 7 US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 8 Euskaltel - Euskadi 9 Alessio - Bianchi 10 Vini Caldirola -Nobili Rubinetterie 11 Fassa Bortolo 7.07 12 Lampre 7.37 13 Phonak Hearing Systems 11.27 14 Quick Step - Davitamon 15 Costa de Almeria - Paternina 16 Team CSC 17 Relax-Bodysol 18 T-Mobile Team 19 Rabobank 20 Cofidis, le credit par telephone General classification after stage 19 1 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros 72.13.01 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 Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 6.16 7 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 7.56 8 Angel Gomez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 10.21 9 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 12.21 10 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 12.25 11 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 12.56 12 David Blanco (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 14.13 13 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 14.59 14 Francisco José Lara (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 20.07 15 David Plaza (Spa) Cafes Baque 26.27 16 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 26.38 17 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Saeco 27.56 18 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 28.29 19 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Relax-Bergasol 30.50 20 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 32.55 21 Unai Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 33.31 22 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 33.45 23 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre 36.15 24 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 42.31 25 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 42.47 26 Ivan Parra (Col) Cafes Baque 43.35 27 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 43.37 28 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 45.15 29 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 45.53 30 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC 46.14 31 Hernan Buenahora (Col) Cafes Baque 48.04 32 Felix Cardenas (Col) Cafes Baque 48.49 33 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 50.41 34 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros 52.43 35 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 59.36 36 Francisco Garcia (Spa) Cafes Baque 1.08.29 37 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Relax-Bergasol 1.08.46 38 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.10.57 39 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 1.11.24 40 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 1.12.02 41 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Bergasol 1.13.28 42 Iñigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 1.16.05 43 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.16.23 44 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Team CSC 1.17.13 45 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 1.19.24 46 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1.19.34 47 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.25.21 48 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.25.47 49 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 1.28.43 50 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Relax-Bergasol 1.29.36 51 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 1.30.59 52 Jose Antonio Pecharroman (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 1.31.09 53 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 1.31.12 54 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 1.31.59 55 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros 1.33.50 56 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 1.35.33 57 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.36.55 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 1.40.40 61 Cadel Evans (Aus) T-Mobile Team 1.40.46 62 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 1.40.52 63 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Saeco 1.42.24 64 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax-Bergasol 1.43.12 65 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 1.43.19 66 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 1.46.33 67 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon 1.50.06 68 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros 1.50.16 69 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 1.51.46 70 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Saeco 1.51.50 71 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Rabobank 1.53.01 72 Aitor Perez (Spa) Cafes Baque 1.58.57 73 Antonio Cruz (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 1.59.24 74 David Herrero (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 2.00.10 75 Roberto Sgambelluri (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 2.00.35 76 Klaus Möller (Den) Alessio-Bianchi 2.01.41 77 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 2.05.19 78 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.06.32 79 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio-Bianchi 2.08.23 80 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Lampre 2.12.41 81 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC 2.16.07 82 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Alessio-Bianchi 2.16.55 83 Iñaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.22.48 84 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Saeco 2.23.08 85 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Saeco 2.23.23 86 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 2.23.42 87 Alberto Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.24.10 88 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax-Bergasol 2.24.31 89 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 2.25.39 90 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.35.02 91 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank 2.37.32 92 José Garrido (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 2.42.42 93 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 2.43.15 94 Antonio Colom (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 2.45.45 95 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros 2.46.23 96 José Julia (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 2.46.27 97 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 2.48.02 98 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 2.49.53 99 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 2.50.22 100 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC 2.51.05 101 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Lampre 2.52.05 102 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 2.55.37 103 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 2.57.08 104 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 2.58.05 105 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.59.52 106 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 3.02.02 107 Marco Milesi (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 3.04.07 108 Rene Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros 3.09.49 109 Julián Sanchez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 3.13.25 110 Herbert Gutierrez (Col) Cafes Baque 3.15.36 111 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 3.20.17 112 Frank Høj (Den) Team CSC 3.22.12 113 Guido Trenti (USA) Fassa Bortolo 3.25.24 114 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre 3.26.56 115 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Saeco 3.26.58 116 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3.27.07 117 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Saeco 3.39.31 118 Aitor Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.45.04 119 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 3.48.35 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 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 53 9 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 52 10 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 51 11 Felix Cardenas (Col) Cafes Baque 50 12 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 44 13 Angel Gomez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 44 14 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 44 15 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 43 16 Antonio Cruz (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 42 17 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 40 18 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 40 19 Ivan Parra (Col) Cafes Baque 39 20 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Saeco 36 21 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 36 22 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Alessio-Bianchi 35 23 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 33 24 David Fernandez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 33 25 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 29 26 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 28 27 José Julia (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 27 28 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 27 29 Iñaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 24 30 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 23 31 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Saeco 21 32 Francisco José Lara (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 20 33 Hernan Buenahora (Col) Cafes Baque 20 34 Cadel Evans (Aus) T-Mobile Team 20 35 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 19 36 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 19 37 David Blanco (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 18 38 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 17 39 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon 15 40 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Saeco 14 41 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre 13 42 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Bergasol 13 43 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre 13 44 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 12 45 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Saeco 12 46 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 11 47 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Relax-Bergasol 9 48 Guido Trenti (USA) Fassa Bortolo 8 49 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7 50 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 7 51 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 7 52 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 6 53 Alberto Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6 54 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 6 55 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 6 56 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 6 57 Herbert Gutierrez (Col) Cafes Baque 6 58 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Rabobank 5 59 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5 60 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 5 61 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 5 62 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 4 63 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio-Bianchi 4 64 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Lampre 4 65 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax-Bergasol 4 66 David Plaza (Spa) Cafes Baque 4 67 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 4 68 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 4 69 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Lampre 4 70 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3 71 Roberto Sgambelluri (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 3 72 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros 2 73 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros 2 74 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 2 75 Aitor Perez (Spa) Cafes Baque 2 76 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2 77 Antonio Colom (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 2 78 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 2 79 Unai Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 1 80 Iñigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 1 81 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax-Bergasol 1 82 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 1 Mountains classification 1 Felix Cardenas (Col) Cafes Baque 167 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 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 80 6 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 67 7 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Bergasol 50 8 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Saeco 44 9 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 44 10 Francisco José Lara (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 42 11 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros 40 12 Ivan Parra (Col) Cafes Baque 37 13 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 36 14 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 36 15 David Fernandez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 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 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre 26 22 Hernan Buenahora (Col) Cafes Baque 24 23 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 23 24 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Lampre 20 25 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 20 26 Unai Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 20 27 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Alessio-Bianchi 20 28 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 19 29 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 17 30 Alberto Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 17 31 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Saeco 13 32 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 13 33 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 11 34 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 11 35 Herbert Gutierrez (Col) Cafes Baque 11 36 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 10 37 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 10 38 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 10 39 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 9 40 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon 9 41 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio-Bianchi 6 42 David Blanco (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 6 43 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 6 44 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros 6 45 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 5 46 David Plaza (Spa) Cafes Baque 4 47 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 4 48 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 4 49 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4 50 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 3 51 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 3 52 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 53 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Relax-Bergasol 2 54 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 2 55 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax-Bergasol 2 56 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 2 57 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 2 58 Rene Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros 2 59 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 1 60 Francisco Garcia (Spa) Cafes Baque 1 61 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1 62 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Saeco 1 63 Iñaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 64 Antonio Colom (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 1 65 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros 1 66 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 1 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 11 4 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 12 5 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros 22 6 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 37 7 Angel Gomez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 39 8 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 44 9 Felix Cardenas (Col) Cafes Baque 44 10 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 49 11 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 50 12 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 53 13 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 54 14 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 55 15 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 56 16 Francisco José Lara (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 56 17 Ivan Parra (Col) Cafes Baque 57 18 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 59 19 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Saeco 68 20 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 71 21 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 84 22 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre 85 23 Hernan Buenahora (Col) Cafes Baque 86 24 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Bergasol 90 25 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 90 26 David Blanco (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 91 27 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 91 28 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 95 29 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 102 30 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 113 31 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Relax-Bergasol 119 32 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 119 33 Unai Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 126 34 David Plaza (Spa) Cafes Baque 127 35 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 127 36 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Alessio-Bianchi 131 37 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 133 38 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 135 39 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Saeco 137 40 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 140 41 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon 146 42 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 149 43 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 153 44 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 155 45 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 163 46 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Saeco 163 47 Alberto Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 170 48 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros 172 49 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 172 50 Iñaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 175 51 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio-Bianchi 183 52 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 184 53 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Lampre 194 54 Herbert Gutierrez (Col) Cafes Baque 202 55 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax-Bergasol 208 56 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 215 57 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 217 58 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 219 59 Antonio Colom (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 235 60 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 243 Teams classification 1 Comunidad Valenciana - Kelme 216.35.15 2 Liberty Seguros 23.03 3 Illes Balears - Banesto 29.59 4 Costa de Almeria - Paternina 46.14 5 Cafes Baque 51.54 6 Phonak Hearing Systems 55.41 7 Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.24.51 8 US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 1.24.52 9 Cofidis, le credit par telephone 1.35.37 10 Team CSC 1.36.54 11 Saeco 2.30.52 12 Relax-Bodysol 2.32.35 13 Euskaltel - Euskadi 2.49.24 14 T-Mobile Team 3.12.02 15 Vini Caldirola -Nobili Rubinetterie 3.49.46 16 Quick Step - Davitamon 4.06.45 17 Rabobank 4.07.22 18 Fassa Bortolo 4.40.39 19 Lampre 5.11.29 20 Alessio - Bianchi 5.23.34
