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59th Vuelta a España - GT

Spain, September 4-26, 2004

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Stage 20 - September 25: La Vega de Alcobendas - Puerto de Navacerrada, 178 km

Houston we have a race!

By Martin Hardie in Navacerrada

Jose Enrique Gutierrez (Phonak)
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The coolest day so far in la Vuelta, weather-wise at least, and it didn't disappoint both on and off the road. In a sentence or so we can sum up proceedings in order of occurrence as thus: the UCI Pro Tour appears dead, Phonak's Quique Gutierrez soloed to the heights of Navacerrada to win, Santi Perez sacked some meaningful seconds out of the Heras treasure trove, Cardenas took the mountains competition, and Zabel took the points competition.

"I am very happy. To win a stage in such a difficult race, and in Navacerrada, is fantastic," said Gutierrez after the stage. "Furthermore, Santi was able to pull back time on the leader. I am absolutely exhausted, the last three kilometres seemed never to finish. I felt strong and I knew that Eladio was some way behind, but even so it was hard. My parents, who are the most important people in the world for me, came to watch today and saw my win."

We had riders in the break and riders helping Santi on the climbs. I knew that I would have to drop back to help him if it was necessary. At 10 kilometres from the finish, Pino told me not to let anyone escape and we were able to win the stage. I knew how Santi was getting on because I was listening to the radio. He has only a slim chance of beating Heras, but he his strong enough to give everyone a final surprise. This is a very important victory for me because Navacerrada is one of the most important climbs in the Vuelta".

How it unfolded

Phonak's strapping Valenciano, Quique Gutierrez had orders today to get himself into the day's escape and stay up the road until needed by his teammate Santi Perez. Quique politely obeyed and entered into today's long escape which formed at kilometre 10. He was accompanied by a few usual suspects and some others who we haven't seen a lot of to date and were off looking for their last chance this September. The break included Kelme guerillas Eladio Jimenez and David Latasa, Joan Horrach (Illes Balears-Banesto), Cedric Vasseur (Cofidis), Aitor Perez (Cafes Baque), Antonio Cruz (US Postal Service), Rafael Casero (Saunier Duval-Prodir), Maarten Den Bakker (Rabobank), Mauro Gerosa (Vini Caldirola), Manuel Quinziato and Daniele Righi (Lampre).

The early break
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It wasn't until the final 20 kilometres that the escapees became animated with a series of attacks that finally saw Eladio Jimenez get away with 16 km to go. Quique and Maarten Den Bakker followed one after the other and by the 10 to go banner, the three were working their way together to the foot of the climb. They were going strongly and looked like they wanted to stay away, work together, but at the same time test each others nerves.

As the climb kicked in for real at the 7 km banner Cedric Vasseur arrived, but at what seemed to be the exact same moment Quique decided he had had enough of the company. The first kilometre of the climb to Navacerrada, a summit enclosed on its slopes by tall stands of pines, averages about 10 percent. Quique struggled to keep his large frame going but he had his task and he stuck to it, his shoulders rolling into every pedal stroke. Quique hardly ever looked back and as Phonak's second move of the day took its form, he was given the liberty by his director, Alvaro Pino to go alone to the end.

Mancebo
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Behind, down on the slopes, the peloton was now in tatters, numbering no more than 15. Santi Perez was there, so was Heras, Mancebo, Ferrio, Valverde, Garcia Quesada, Piepoli, Sastre, Luis Perez, Cardenas, Cunego, Laiseka and Sammy Sanchez. The first to have a go was Ferrio. He went but was drawn back by Nozal. Garcia Quesada had a dig, the one probably planned to set up Valverde. And then the show began in earnest. Santi Pérez jumped, a bit over 4 km to go, Heras was immediately stuck to him. Santi looked at ease, keeping the pace high and fluid. Heras had to stand to keep his wheel where he wanted it. Santi sat for the most part, just turning the pedals at a constant rhythm. Behind, Valverde, Mancebo and co. gave chase but the other two were just no longer in sight. Eyes were focussed upon the gap between Valverde and Mancebo: +16, +20, +22...it grew.

Santi Perez continued, his top row of teeth protruding from under his lips, total Rominger, the gap to Valverde and Mancebo topping 25 seconds. With nearly two kilometres to go and he changed his position and lifted himself out of the saddle, standing up to test Heras. Heras hung there for a moment as time stood still but once it started rolling again he found that the wheel of Perez was gone. Just like that, the test was over in a flash. Perez just stood up, climbed out of the saddle, and a hole appeared behind him and the elastic band that stretched behind him to Heras just stretched and stretched and stretched and then it was no more.

Santi Perez (Phonak)
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In a matter of metres he had metres advantage, he passed his Asturian fans, with their blue and gold flag, they went berserk. Heras passed them and nearly got himself entangled in the flag. Santi was at ease as he flew through the pines. Heras was becoming Roberto el nervioso again. Santi one the other hand just kept rolling it up the slope, the teeth there, doing Rominger proud, with ease he went up and up. Soon enough the gap started to be recorded, +11 to Heras, + 12 as the GPS on the motos bipped away.

Santi was amongst the remains of the break, he passed Baque's Aitor Perez, who turned to look at his namesake with a smile. Plus 16 seconds and growing was the gap, and by the top only his mate Quique and the two Belda-led guerillas, Eladio Jimenez and David Latasa, remained ahead of him. He managed in the end to sack 29 seconds from the trove of Heras. All valuable seconds going into a 28.2 kilometre time trial. Perez now sits 43 seconds behind Heras. The race is to be decided by a match up between two climbers over a relatively short, flattish time trail through the streets of Madrid.

Roberto Heras (Liberty Seguros)
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Two years back Heras had a 1'08 on Aitor Gonzalez and lost the race by 2'14 after 41 kilometres of time trialling. Santi isn't Aitor against the clock, but he is fresher, younger, has stars in his eyes and appears, unlike Roberto, not to have a worry in the world. You can do the calculations. Santi's Valencia time trial can't give us a guide as he then wasn't even thinking of being where he is now, not in his wildest dreams, but with desire anything is possible. Houston we have a race!

Of course the day's other events are of great import - the stillbirth of the Pro Tour, the life of Baque and Cardenas taking the mountains competition for the second time in two years, and Zabel hanging in to take the points. More of this later, in its place. For now however all eyes must be on the race against the clock, tomorrow in Madrid. Hasta mañana.

Photography

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Results

1 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems              4.52.20
2 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                     0.38
3 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                       1.25
4 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                         1.37
5 Aitor Perez (Spa) Cafes Baque                                       2.03
6 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                 2.07
7 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                   
8 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                       2.10
9 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                       2.18
10 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                    
11 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme             2.24
12 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                        2.27
13 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                           
14 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                      
15 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank                                  2.39
16 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Saeco                                         2.48
17 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                           2.49
18 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                            2.56
19 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                             2.57
20 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                           3.01
21 David Blanco (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                      3.04
22 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros                               3.15
23 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                     
24 Antonio Cruz (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor               3.21
25 Angel Gomez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                       3.57
26 Unai Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                                   
27 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon                       4.11
28 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                     4.13
29 Felix Cardenas (Col) Cafes Baque                                       
30 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone              4.15
31 Jose Antonio Pecharroman (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon                4.21
32 Francisco José Lara (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                   
33 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie              
34 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Relax-Bergasol                                
35 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Alessio-Bianchi                                    
36 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank                                   4.24
37 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre                                             
38 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre                                        
39 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                      4.30
40 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                      4.50
41 David Plaza (Spa) Cafes Baque                                      4.55
42 David Herrero (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                     5.13
43 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor             5.19
44 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Bergasol                             5.21
45 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon                                
46 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                         5.41
47 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems                            
48 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Lampre                                      6.05
49 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros                           6.18
50 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                              
51 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax-Bergasol                                   6.26
52 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Relax-Bergasol                                 
53 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Relax-Bergasol                                   
54 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                       6.47
55 Julián Sanchez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo                                 6.55
56 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC                                      7.37
57 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                     8.36
58 Cadel Evans (Aus) T-Mobile Team                                        
59 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                    
60 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Saeco                                           9.38
61 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                
62 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Saeco                                             
63 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                
64 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                                
65 Hernan Buenahora (Col) Cafes Baque                                     
66 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme              
67 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie                  
68 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie          11.19
69 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio-Bianchi                              
70 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                  
71 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                              
72 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie              
73 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                          
74 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Rabobank                                          
75 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo                                   
76 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor             
77 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems                              
78 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                      12.44
79 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                        
80 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros                            13.34
81 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros                        
82 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                     
83 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Team CSC                                            
84 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor               
85 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                   
86 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor            14.46
87 Francisco Garcia (Spa) Cafes Baque                                16.00
88 Ivan Parra (Col) Cafes Baque                                           
89 Iñigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance                             24.57
90 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                         
91 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Saeco                                           
92 Antonio Colom (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                              
93 Joaquin Lopez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                         
94 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros                                       
95 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                         
96 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax-Bergasol                                  
97 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon                              
98 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre                                           
99 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Lampre                                     
100 José Julia (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                           
101 Alberto Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                       
102 Klaus Möller (Den) Alessio-Bianchi                                    
103 Roberto Sgambelluri (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie          
104 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Saeco                                    
105 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC                                     
106 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Saeco                                           
107 Iñaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                   
108 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC                                        
109 Herbert Gutierrez (Col) Cafes Baque                                   
110 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Saeco                                       
111 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                  
112 Frank Høj (Den) Team CSC                                              
113 Aitor Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                
114 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                 
115 José Garrido (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon                               
116 Guido Trenti (USA) Fassa Bortolo                                      
117 Rene Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros                                     
118 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon                             
119 Marco Milesi (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie                 
 
Points
 
1 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                   25 pts
2 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                       20
3 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                         16
4 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                           14
5 Aitor Perez (Spa) Cafes Baque                                         12
6 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                   10
7 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                  9
8 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                          8
9 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                          7
10 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                   6
11 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                5
12 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                           4
13 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                          3
14 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                     2
15 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank                                     1
 
Mountains
 
Puerto de la Morcuera (cat. 1) - km 48
1 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                       16 pts
2 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                              12
3 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank                                     10
4 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Lampre                                          8
5 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                    6
6 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                          4
7 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                               3
8 Aitor Perez (Spa) Cafes Baque                                          2
9 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                  1
 
Puerto de Cotos (cat. 1) - km 79
1 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                       16 pts
2 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Lampre                                         12
3 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                              10
4 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank                                      8
5 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre                                             6
6 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                    4
7 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                   3
8 Aitor Perez (Spa) Cafes Baque                                          2
9 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                               1
 
Alto del León (cat. 1) - km 121
1 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                       16 pts
2 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                   12
3 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Lampre                                         10
4 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                               8
5 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre                                             6
6 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                          4
7 Aitor Perez (Spa) Cafes Baque                                          3
8 Antonio Cruz (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor                   2
9 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank                                      1
 
Alto de Los Angeles de S. Rafael (cat. 3) - km 135
1 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                        6 pts
2 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Lampre                                          4
3 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                    2
4 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                               1
 
Puerto de Navacerrada (cat. 1) - km 178
1 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                   16 pts
2 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                       12
3 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                         10
4 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                            8
5 Aitor Perez (Spa) Cafes Baque                                          6
6 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                    4
7 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                  3
8 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                          2
9 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                          1
 
Sprints
 
Rascafría - km 62.3
1 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                               4 pts
2 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                          2
3 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie                  1
 
 
Alpedrete - km 105.5
1 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre                                             4 pts
2 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Lampre                                          2
3 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie                  1
 
 
La Pradera - km 163.8
1 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                        4 pts
2 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                    2
3 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank                                      1
 
Teams
 
1 Comunidad Valenciana - Kelme                                    14.41.21
2 Phonak Hearing Systems                                              2.57
3 Liberty Seguros                                                     4.16
4 Cofidis, le credit par telephone                                    4.28
5 Illes Balears - Banesto                                             4.35
6 Saunier Duval - Prodir                                              5.20
7 Costa de Almeria - Paternina                                        6.15
8 Cafes Baque                                                         6.50
9 Rabobank                                                            7.12
10 Quick Step - Davitamon                                             9.32
11 Lampre                                                            10.32
12 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                               11.10
13 Relax-Bodysol                                                     11.47
14 Team CSC                                                          12.30
15 US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor                                 15.38
16 Saeco                                                             17.43
17 Vini Caldirola -Nobili Rubinetterie                               20.57
18 T-Mobile Team                                                     21.27
19 Fassa Bortolo                                                     25.12
20 Alessio - Bianchi                                                 36.16
 
General classification after stage 20
 
1 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros                             77.07.28
2 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                         0.43
3 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                       2.19
4 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                 2.26
5 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme              6.33
6 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                  7.16
7 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                        8.16
8 Angel Gomez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                       12.11
9 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                  12.45
10 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie         14.35
11 David Blanco (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                     15.10
12 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros                              16.07
13 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor            16.08
14 Francisco José Lara (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria              22.21
15 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                            27.28
16 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Saeco                                        28.37
17 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                     28.40
18 David Plaza (Spa) Cafes Baque                                     29.15
19 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                   31.26
20 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Relax-Bergasol                              35.09
21 Unai Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                              35.21
22 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                        37.19
23 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre                                   38.32
24 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                          43.29
25 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone             44.39
26 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                       45.35
27 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems                       47.11
28 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                     48.36
29 Felix Cardenas (Col) Cafes Baque                                  50.55
30 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                    52.47
31 Hernan Buenahora (Col) Cafes Baque                                55.35
32 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros                          56.54
33 Ivan Parra (Col) Cafes Baque                                      57.28
34 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems               57.29
35 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC                                  1.09.04
36 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Relax-Bergasol                         1.11.00
37 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone           1.11.24
38 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                       1.16.13
39 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Bergasol                          1.16.42
40 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                    1.21.34
41 Francisco Garcia (Spa) Cafes Baque                              1.22.22
42 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                         1.23.54
43 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                  1.26.03
44 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Team CSC                                     1.28.40
45 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor        1.30.51
46 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                         1.33.18
47 Jose Antonio Pecharroman (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon             1.33.23
48 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                           
49 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank                                1.33.29
50 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Relax-Bergasol                          1.33.55
51 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                           1.34.33
52 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                   1.34.51
53 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                         1.37.44
54 Iñigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance                           1.38.55
55 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme       1.39.30
56 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon                    1.42.56
57 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor          1.43.38
58 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                 1.44.27
59 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team                             1.45.13
60 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                   1.45.42
61 Cadel Evans (Aus) T-Mobile Team                                 1.47.15
62 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax-Bergasol                                1.47.31
63 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor      1.49.52
64 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon                         1.53.20
65 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie       1.55.45
66 Aitor Perez (Spa) Cafes Baque                                   1.58.53
67 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone         1.59.17
68 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Saeco                                      1.59.21
69 Joaquin Lopez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                  1.59.50
70 Antonio Cruz (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor            2.00.38
71 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros                          2.01.43
72 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Rabobank                                   2.02.13
73 David Herrero (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                  2.03.16
74 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Saeco                                     2.05.14
75 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                        2.07.26
76 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone            2.16.46
77 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio-Bianchi                       2.17.35
78 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Alessio-Bianchi                             2.19.09
79 Roberto Sgambelluri (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie    2.23.25
80 Klaus Möller (Den) Alessio-Bianchi                              2.24.31
81 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Saeco                                        2.30.39
82 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                       2.34.51
83 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Lampre                              2.35.31
84 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank                               2.38.04
85 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC                               2.38.57
86 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems                       2.44.14
87 Iñaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                             2.45.38
88 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Saeco                                 2.46.13
89 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon                       2.46.32
90 Alberto Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                 2.47.00
91 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax-Bergasol                           2.47.21
92 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                   2.52.27
93 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Lampre                                   2.56.03
94 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC                                   2.56.35
95 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie           2.57.24
96 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros                 2.59.29
97 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo                            2.59.34
98 José Garrido (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon                         3.05.32
99 Antonio Colom (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                       3.08.35
100 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros                               3.09.13
101 José Julia (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                    3.09.17
102 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme             3.09.32
103 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie       3.11.14
104 Julián Sanchez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo                             3.18.13
105 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                 3.18.27
106 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon                      3.19.58
107 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre                                     3.22.34
108 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                          3.22.42
109 Marco Milesi (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie          3.26.57
110 Rene Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros                              3.32.39
111 Herbert Gutierrez (Col) Cafes Baque                            3.38.26
112 Frank Høj (Den) Team CSC                                       3.45.02
113 Guido Trenti (USA) Fassa Bortolo                               3.48.14
114 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre                                   3.49.46
115 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Saeco                             3.49.48
116 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                 3.49.57
117 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Saeco                                   4.02.21
118 Aitor Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                         4.07.54
119 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone           4.11.25
 
Points classification
 
1 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                       152 pts
2 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                  142
3 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                  128
4 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                        114
5 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                          110
6 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                    76
7 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                          62
8 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                           56
9 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie             53
10 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                      52
11 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon                            51
12 Felix Cardenas (Col) Cafes Baque                                     50
13 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                        47
14 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                    46
15 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                       44
16 Angel Gomez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                         44
17 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor               43
18 Antonio Cruz (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor                 42
19 Ivan Parra (Col) Cafes Baque                                         40
20 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor               39
21 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Saeco                                           36
22 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor             36
23 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Alessio-Bianchi                                  35
24 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme               34
25 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme            33
26 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                  31
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 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                20
35 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                        20
36 Cadel Evans (Aus) T-Mobile Team                                      20
37 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon                            19
38 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                        19
39 David Blanco (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                        18
40 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                             17
41 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon                              15
42 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Saeco                                   14
43 Aitor Perez (Spa) Cafes Baque                                        14
44 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre                                      13
45 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Bergasol                               13
46 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre                                         13
47 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                            12
48 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Saeco                                             12
49 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre                                            9
50 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Relax-Bergasol                                  9
51 Guido Trenti (USA) Fassa Bortolo                                      8
52 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                               7
53 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems                             7
54 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                        7
55 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank                                      6
56 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                              6
57 Alberto Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                       6
58 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                  6
59 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                 6
60 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                         6
61 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Lampre                                         6
62 Herbert Gutierrez (Col) Cafes Baque                                   6
63 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Rabobank                                         5
64 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                5
65 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                          5
66 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon                          4
67 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio-Bianchi                             4
68 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Lampre                                    4
69 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax-Bergasol                                 4
70 David Plaza (Spa) Cafes Baque                                         4
71 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                   4
72 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                          3
73 Roberto Sgambelluri (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie          3
74 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros                              2
75 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                       2
76 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank                                     2
77 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie                 2
78 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo                                  2
79 Antonio Colom (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                             2
80 Unai Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                                  1
81 Iñigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance                                 1
82 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax-Bergasol                                      1
83 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                    1
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Felix Cardenas (Col) Cafes Baque                                     167 pts
2 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                  111
3 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                          110
4 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                      110
5 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                         92
6 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                        80
7 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                   67
8 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Lampre                                         54
9 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Bergasol                                50
10 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Saeco                                             44
11 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                  44
12 Francisco José Lara (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                 42
13 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                   40
14 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                        37
15 Ivan Parra (Col) Cafes Baque                                         37
16 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme            36
17 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems                          34
18 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                          32
19 Angel Gomez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                         31
20 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                             30
21 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                        29
22 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                    28
23 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre                                      26
24 Hernan Buenahora (Col) Cafes Baque                                   24
25 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                         23
26 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme               20
27 Unai Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                                 20
28 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                        20
29 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Alessio-Bianchi                                  20
30 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                 19
31 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank                                    19
32 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                            17
33 Alberto Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                      17
34 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre                                           17
35 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                             14
36 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Saeco                                           13
37 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                         13
38 Aitor Perez (Spa) Cafes Baque                                        13
39 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor               11
40 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon                            11
41 Herbert Gutierrez (Col) Cafes Baque                                  11
42 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie            10
43 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie            10
44 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo                                 10
45 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon                               9
46 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                 7
47 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio-Bianchi                             6
48 David Blanco (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                         6
49 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                        6
50 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                       6
51 David Plaza (Spa) Cafes Baque                                         4
52 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank                                      4
53 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                               4
54 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor                3
55 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                  3
56 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                2
57 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Relax-Bergasol                                  2
58 Antonio Cruz (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor                  2
59 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                             2
60 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax-Bergasol                                 2
61 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                    2
62 Rene Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros                                     2
63 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                            1
64 Francisco Garcia (Spa) Cafes Baque                                    1
65 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                 1
66 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Saeco                                            1
67 Iñaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                   1
68 Antonio Colom (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                             1
69 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros                                      1
70 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 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                         12
4 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                   13
5 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                    25
6 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                       33
7 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                          39
8 Felix Cardenas (Col) Cafes Baque                                      42
9 Angel Gomez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                          43
10 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                        44
11 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                    45
12 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                       51
13 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                          52
14 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme               55
15 Francisco José Lara (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                 58
16 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie            61
17 Ivan Parra (Col) Cafes Baque                                         67
18 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor               69
19 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                  71
20 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems                          72
21 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Saeco                                           73
22 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                        87
23 Hernan Buenahora (Col) Cafes Baque                                   88
24 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre                                      90
25 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Bergasol                               93
26 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                       93
27 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme            96
28 David Blanco (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                        98
29 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                             99
30 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                100
31 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                       115
32 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone               117
33 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                           117
34 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Relax-Bergasol                                127
35 Unai Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                                128
36 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Alessio-Bianchi                                 130
37 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor              131
38 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                              135
39 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie           138
40 David Plaza (Spa) Cafes Baque                                       139
41 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Saeco                                            139
42 Antonio Cruz (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor                146
43 Aitor Perez (Spa) Cafes Baque                                       147
44 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                        149
45 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon                             150
46 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                            151
47 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank                                    156
48 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                             158
49 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Lampre                                       162
50 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Saeco                                          165
51 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                               175
52 Alberto Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                     180
53 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                     183
54 Iñaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                 183
55 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon                           183
56 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre                                          190
57 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio-Bianchi                           191
58 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank                                   191
59 Herbert Gutierrez (Col) Cafes Baque                                 214
60 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo                                219
61 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax-Bergasol                               220
62 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                      229
63 Antonio Colom (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                           246
64 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                  246
 
Teams classification
 
1 Comunidad Valenciana - Kelme                                   231.16.36
2 Liberty Seguros                                                    27.19
3 Illes Balears - Banesto                                            34.34
4 Costa de Almeria - Paternina                                       52.29
5 Phonak Hearing Systems                                             58.38
6 Cafes Baque                                                        58.44
7 Saunier Duval - Prodir                                           1.30.11
8 Cofidis, le credit par telephone                                 1.40.05
9 US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor                                1.40.30
10 Team CSC                                                        1.49.24
11 Relax-Bodysol                                                   2.44.22
12 Saeco                                                           2.48.35
13 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                             3.00.34
14 T-Mobile Team                                                   3.33.29
15 Vini Caldirola -Nobili Rubinetterie                             4.10.43
16 Rabobank                                                        4.14.34
17 Quick Step - Davitamon                                          4.16.17
18 Fassa Bortolo                                                   5.05.51
19 Lampre                                                          5.22.01
20 Alessio - Bianchi                                               5.59.50

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