Recently on Cyclingnews.com |
 Mont Ventoux Photo ©: Sirotti |
59th Vuelta a España - GT
Spain, September 4-26, 2004
Main Page Live report Results Stage Details Previous Stage Next Stage
Stage 3 - September 6: Burgos - Soria, 157 km
Valverde confirms his class
By Martin Hardie in Soria
|
Today in Soria, Alejandro Valverde showed the world his class when he won a gruelling wet uphill sprint to take Stage 3 of La Vuelta. For Valverde, the year has been interrupted by the ongoing Kelme debacle which has kept him off the roads for various periods of time, out of the Tour and so far out of next year's Pro Tour. But nevertheless he has - when able to race - managed fifteen victories in all.
Like Perdiguero's, those wins have all been in the home vueltas: Majorca, Valencia, Murcia, Pais Vasco, Castilla Léon, and most recently when he totally dominated the Vuelta a Burgos. And like Perdiguero, maybe his victories haven't been given the attention they deserve outside of Spain. Perdi matched it with the best in San Sebastian and today Alejandro Valverde showed the international peloton that there is no keeping him down.
Valverde is one of those riders who has seemed all year to be able to win on any terrain - he has taken both bunch or small group sprints and he has won in the high mountains, and today he cast away any shadow of a doubt about his international status.
After the race, Valverde said that he had, "A meeting this morning with Vicente Belda and they talked about the hard repecho at the end". Both Valverde and Belda seem to have had a good hunch when they considered this stage one marked in red.
Valverde's win also puts back on the agenda Kelme's (or whatever they might be next year) entry/lack of acceptance into the Pro Tour. Both Kelme and Euskaltel-Euskadi haven't yet gained entry and the "unofficial" quota for Spain is already full. With Valverde having signed for two more years with the Kelme management, he seems to like it where he is. That means no Classics, but for the time being his objectives seem clearly focused on the Vuelta and the World's (in which he finished second in 2003). "I think I can fight for the general here...both (La Vuelta and the World's) are super important for me," he said.
Valverde's win which came about over the last two or three kilometres dominated the day's stage in one way. But of course the day also saw a long breakaway which for while seemed to be safe without any threat from behind. Hulsmans, Veneberg, Joachim and Flickinger got away with 110 kilometres to go. At one point along the way with 48 km to go, the quartet had nearly a 10 minutes gap.
|
USPS's Benoît Joachim managed to secure all of the bonus time from the sprints en route, and with those was anointed the man to succeed Max van Heeswijk as the race's new leader. He thus the gold jersey not only in the USPS camp but within Benelux as well, and Joachim is the first Luxembourger ever to wear the Vuelta leader's jersey.
Joachim confirmed that the plan for the day was, "To get someone into a good escape and to try and hold on to the jersey that way". Consistent with the USPS relaxed outlook, he added, "We will keep thinking about things day by day ... we don't have any plans for the general."
With the day's break neutralised only seven and a bit kilometres from the finish, it was time for the Vuelta to get down to its business end. And again today we saw how a complete peloton can be torn apart in La Vuelta in a matter of a few kilometres. The result was in the end a sprint victory to Valverde and in the longer view, the start of a real sorting out at the top with a number of the strongest contenders all finishing in the eleven man lead group.
Of course it is a long way to go in La Vuelta but the fact that Valverde, Mancebo, Menchov, Heras, Garzelli, Aitor Gonzalez, Damiano Cunego, Cadel Evans and Alexandre Vinokourov all arrived together with Freire and O'Grady, marks the start of the real race. Admittedly a small start but one that might set the tone for some tricky days to come. Amongst this group are some of the real challengers - riders who have not come here to relax or see how it pans out.
There are also some challengers that finished not too far behind today: Hamilton, Beloki, Zubeldia, Sanchez, and Sevilla are amongst the large group that came in at 15 seconds. But more than often, La Vuelta is about being there in those tight, almost surprise encounters that are so often combined with the effects of the weather and terrain.
The final kilometres
|
Today's finish was a case in point. Kelme shared the work in pulling back the break of the day sharing the load notably with Cofidis, amongst others, they obviously thought the arrival would suit O'Grady. When Hulsmans, Veneberg, Joachim and Flickinger were caught with just over 7.5 km to go, the peloton was strung out in one long, long line as it looped around the back of the finishing city of Soria, in the heavy rain. As they rolled down into the valley of the Rio Duero, Vini Caldirola was really driving it along. At the same time, but unrelated, Erik Zabel was off the back with a flat.
On the entry into the city itself Paolini had a determined go obtaining himself a solo victory - as from here it was more or less uphill to the finish. The road wound up and around apartment blocks and Paolini was holding a nice but not comfortable gap. Behind, the peloton seemed to be strung out for a kilometre around outcrops of buildings as it snaked its way into the city. Past stone walled houses Paolini continued to climb. As he entered the second last kilometre, a group of six or so seemed to be detaching itself from the front of the chasing bunch - Freire, Vinokourov, Garzelli and Valverde were all present at this point. The road then dipped a little before the kick up to the finish - a repecho as they call them here in this part of the world.
|
The front runners had made themselves a gap as they went under the kilometre to go banner. Coming into the final stretch, Valverde was in fourth wheel, with O'Grady sitting comfortably behind him. As the line neared Valverde jumped across and down the right hand side. He was followed by O'Grady. A look back, a change of pace - an increase of course - and that was it. O'Grady was left behind and Valverde came across the line with enough time to lay right back, lift both arms and celebrate in style.
Tomorrow is the 167 km "downhill" run to Zaragoza. Already people are recalling Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano's grand stage victory there a few years back. Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano set the Vuelta fastest stage record here in 2001 which stands at a respectable 55.176 kilometres per hour. The stage is also marked by the first real mountain, the Cat. 3 Puerto de Lanzas Agudas which peaks at the 74 km mark.
Photography
Images by Unipublic
- Erik Zabel (T-Mobile) rolls up for the start of stage 3, clad in the points jersey
- Tyler Hamilton (Phonak) enjoying the start in Burgos
- Tyler Hamilton (Phonak) discusses his chances
- Hey! I won Burgos
- The peloton rolls along, led by no-one in particular
- The break passes through the feed zone, where Benoit Joachim grabs a musette
- Joachim wins the first sprint and takes the virtual leader's jersey
- Kevin Hulsmans (Quick.Step-Davitamon) leads the quartet, with Andy Flickinger (Ag2r, L) close behind
- Benoit Joachim (USPS-Berry Floor) hammers on the front of the break with Veneberg in tow
- The Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme team drives the peloton in pursuit of the break
- The peloton rolls along between Burgos and Soria during stage 3
- Thorwald Veneberg (Rabobank) drives the breakaway with Joachim on his wheel
- Alejandro Valverde (Com.Valenciana-Kelme) wins a wet sprint in Soria
- Alejandro Valverde (Com.Valenciana-Kelme) celebrates
- Floyd Landis (USPS) in the mountains jersey
- Benoit Joachim (USPS-Berry Floor) became the first Luxembourger to wear the Vuelta's leader's jersey
Images by Lluis Gene/AFP Photo
- Max Van Heeswijk (US Postal) gets ready for the start
- Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Liberty Seguros) says goodbye to his daughter Nahia before he goes off to work for the day
- Benoit Joachim (US Postal) leads the break on a very grotty afternoon in Spain
- The peloton passes a spectator on its way through the Spanish countryside
- Alejandro Valverde (Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme) gives a victory salute as he wins the third stage
- Alejandro Valverde celebrates on the podium in the traditional fizzy manner
Results
1 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 3.43.17 (42.19 km/h) 2 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 3 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto 4 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank 5 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros 6 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 7 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 8 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 9 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Saeco 10 Cadel Evans (Aus) T-Mobile Team 11 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 12 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros 0.04 13 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 0.05 14 Rubén Plaza (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 15 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 16 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 17 Angel Gomez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 18 David Blanco (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 19 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 0.08 20 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 0.10 21 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 0.15 22 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 23 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 24 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 25 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Saeco 26 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 27 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Saeco 28 Antonio Colom (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 29 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 30 Alberto Martinez (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 31 Francisco José Lara (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 32 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 33 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 34 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 35 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 36 Antonio Cruz (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 37 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC 38 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC 39 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 40 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 41 Santiago Botero (Col) T-Mobile Team 42 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 43 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 44 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 45 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 46 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 47 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 48 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 49 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Relax-Bodysol 50 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 51 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 52 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre 53 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 54 Klaus Möller (Den) Alessio-Bianchi 55 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 56 Iñigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 57 Michael Barry (Can) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 58 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros 59 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 60 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 61 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Rabobank 62 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC 63 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 64 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 65 Peio Arreitunandia (Spa) Cafes Baque 66 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 67 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 68 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 69 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio-Bianchi 70 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Lampre 71 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 72 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Quick.Step-Davitamon 73 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon 74 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 75 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Team CSC 76 Jose Antonio Pecharroman (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 77 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 78 Patrick Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step-Davitamon 79 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros 80 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 81 Joseba Albizu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 82 Stephane Goubert (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 83 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 84 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 85 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 86 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros 87 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 88 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 89 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Saeco 90 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 91 Ion Del Rio (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 92 Iñaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 93 David Herrero (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 94 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros 95 Miguel A. M. Perdiguero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 96 Roberto Sgambelluri (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 97 Aitor Perez (Spa) Cafes Baque 98 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 99 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 100 Joaquin Lopez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 101 Felix Cardenas (Col) Cafes Baque 102 Tomas Konecny (Cze) T-Mobile Team 103 David Plaza (Spa) Cafes Baque 104 Ivan Parra (Col) Cafes Baque 105 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Lampre 106 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 0.31 107 Guido Trenti (USA) Fassa Bortolo 108 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 109 Giosue Bonomi (Ita) Saeco 110 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre 111 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 112 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 113 Michele Scotto (Ita) Lampre 114 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 115 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 116 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 117 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 118 Alberto Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 119 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Lampre 120 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 121 David Fernandez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 122 José Julia (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 123 Francisco Garcia (Spa) Cafes Baque 124 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 125 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 126 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 127 Julián Sanchez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 128 Frank Høj (Den) Team CSC 129 Hernan Buenahora (Col) Cafes Baque 130 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco 131 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Cafes Baque 132 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 133 Hebert Gutierrez (Col) Cafes Baque 0.38 134 Luca Paolini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 0.42 135 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC 0.53 136 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Saeco 1.01 137 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 138 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 139 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 140 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 141 Ronald Mutsaars (Ned) Rabobank 142 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 143 Bert Roesems (Bel) Relax-Bodysol 144 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 145 Stéphane Berges (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 146 Martin Hvastija (Slo) Alessio-Bianchi 147 Gonzalo Bayarri (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 148 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 149 Robert Hunter (RSA) Rabobank 150 Unai Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 151 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 1.14 152 Aitor Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.16 153 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.18 154 Simone Bertoletti (Ita) Lampre 155 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 156 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 157 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 158 Josu Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 159 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Alessio-Bianchi 160 Ellis Rastelli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 161 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 162 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 163 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank 164 José Garrido (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 165 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 166 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 167 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Saeco 168 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 169 Erki Pütsep (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 170 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 171 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 172 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 173 Julien Laidoun (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 174 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Alessio-Bianchi 1.52 175 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 176 Marco Milesi (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 177 Steffan Wesemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 178 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.21 179 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 2.48 180 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team 181 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Saeco 182 Rene Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros 183 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 184 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 185 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 3.25 186 Thomas Bruun (Den) Team CSC 3.53 187 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 4.05 Points 1 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 25 pts 2 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 20 3 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto 16 4 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank 14 5 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros 12 6 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 10 7 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 9 8 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 8 9 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Saeco 7 10 Cadel Evans (Aus) T-Mobile Team 6 11 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 5 12 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros 4 13 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 3 14 Rubén Plaza (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 2 15 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 1 Intermediate sprints Duruelo de la Sierra - km 93.6 1 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 4 pts 2 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 2 3 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 1 Vinuesa - km 111.8 1 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 4 pts 2 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 2 3 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 1 Toledillo - km 135.5 1 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 4 pts 2 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 2 3 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 1 Teams 1 Comunidad Valenciana - Kelme 11.10.01 2 Illes Balears - Banesto 0.05 3 T-Mobile Team 4 Liberty Seguros 0.09 5 Saeco 0.20 6 Cofidis, le credit par telephone 7 Rabobank 8 Costa de Almeria - Paternina 0.25 9 Team CSC 10 Phonak Hearing Systems 11 Fassa Bortolo 0.29 12 Quick Step - Davitamon 0.30 13 Relax-Bodysol 0.35 14 Euskaltel - Euskadi 15 US Postal Service 16 Saunier Duval - Prodir 17 AG2R Prevoyance 18 Lampre 19 Cafes Baque 20 Vini Caldirola -Nobili Rubinetterie 0.36 21 Alessio - Bianchi 1.21 General classification after stage 3 1 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 9.16.00 2 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 0.16 3 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 0.22 4 Michael Barry (Can) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 5 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 6 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 7 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 8 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 0.38 9 Cadel Evans (Aus) T-Mobile Team 10 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 0.45 11 Santiago Botero (Col) T-Mobile Team 0.53 12 Tomas Konecny (Cze) T-Mobile Team 13 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto 0.55 14 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 1.01 15 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 1.10 16 David Blanco (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 17 Rubén Plaza (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 18 Antonio Cruz (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 1.12 19 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.13 20 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 1.18 21 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 22 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 23 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 24 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 1.20 25 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 26 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 27 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.23 28 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 29 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 30 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 31 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 1.32 32 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros 1.35 33 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 1.36 34 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.39 35 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 36 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros 37 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.40 38 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1.44 39 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 40 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Saeco 1.45 41 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 1.46 42 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Team CSC 43 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC 44 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC 45 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros 1.50 46 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 47 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 48 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros 49 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Saeco 2.00 50 Frank Høj (Den) Team CSC 2.02 51 Alberto Martinez (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 2.03 52 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 53 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 54 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 55 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 56 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Relax-Bodysol 57 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 58 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 59 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 2.06 60 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre 2.08 61 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Lampre 62 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Lampre 63 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 2.11 64 Iñigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 65 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 66 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 67 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 68 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.12 69 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 70 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 71 Miguel A. M. Perdiguero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 72 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 73 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 74 Angel Gomez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 2.13 75 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank 2.15 76 Peio Arreitunandia (Spa) Cafes Baque 2.16 77 Aitor Perez (Spa) Cafes Baque 78 Felix Cardenas (Col) Cafes Baque 79 Ivan Parra (Col) Cafes Baque 80 David Plaza (Spa) Cafes Baque 81 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco 82 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 2.19 83 Klaus Möller (Den) Alessio-Bianchi 2.22 84 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio-Bianchi 85 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 2.23 86 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 87 Francisco José Lara (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 88 David Herrero (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 89 Joaquin Lopez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 90 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 2.27 91 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 92 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 2.30 93 Roberto Sgambelluri (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 2.34 94 Patrick Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step-Davitamon 2.35 95 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Quick.Step-Davitamon 96 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 2.38 97 Hebert Gutierrez (Col) Cafes Baque 2.39 98 David Fernandez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 99 Steffan Wesemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 2.41 100 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.49 101 Iñaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 102 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 103 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 104 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 105 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 2.50 106 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.54 107 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC 3.00 108 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 3.02 109 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 3.08 110 Martin Hvastija (Slo) Alessio-Bianchi 111 Antonio Colom (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 3.10 112 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3.11 113 Erki Pütsep (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 3.14 114 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 115 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Saeco 116 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 3.19 117 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 3.20 118 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 119 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3.23 120 Robert Hunter (RSA) Rabobank 3.24 121 Ronald Mutsaars (Ned) Rabobank 122 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 3.25 123 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 3.26 124 Ion Del Rio (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 3.39 125 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank 3.41 126 Jose Antonio Pecharroman (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 3.49 127 Aitor Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.50 128 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Saeco 3.52 129 Julián Sanchez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 3.55 130 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 3.56 131 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team 3.57 132 Michele Scotto (Ita) Lampre 133 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 3.59 134 Stephane Goubert (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 4.03 135 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon 4.21 136 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 137 Francisco Garcia (Spa) Cafes Baque 4.24 138 Hernan Buenahora (Col) Cafes Baque 139 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 4.34 140 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Saeco 4.38 141 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 4.39 142 Stéphane Berges (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 4.49 143 Luca Paolini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 4.54 144 Alberto Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.57 145 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 4.58 146 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Saeco 5.00 147 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 5.03 148 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 5.05 149 Julien Laidoun (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 5.06 150 Ellis Rastelli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 5.17 151 Guido Trenti (USA) Fassa Bortolo 5.25 152 Marco Milesi (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 5.26 153 Bert Roesems (Bel) Relax-Bodysol 154 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 5.29 155 José Garrido (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 5.30 156 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 5.35 157 Simone Bertoletti (Ita) Lampre 5.37 158 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros 5.42 159 José Julia (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 5.45 160 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros 5.47 161 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Alessio-Bianchi 5.51 162 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Alessio-Bianchi 5.52 163 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Rabobank 5.53 164 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 6.09 165 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 6.10 166 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 6.13 167 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 6.21 168 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 6.38 169 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 6.45 170 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 6.50 171 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 6.56 172 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Lampre 6.58 173 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 7.01 174 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 7.05 175 Giosue Bonomi (Ita) Saeco 176 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre 7.17 177 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 7.34 178 Gonzalo Bayarri (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 7.35 179 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Saeco 7.52 180 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Cafes Baque 8.01 181 Unai Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 8.12 182 Rene Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros 8.20 183 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 8.47 184 Joseba Albizu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 9.15 185 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC 9.50 186 Josu Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 9.56 187 Thomas Bruun (Den) Team CSC 10.58 Points classification 1 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 34 pts 2 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank 30 3 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 28 4 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 27 5 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 25 6 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 25 7 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 24 8 Michael Barry (Can) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 20 9 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 16 10 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto 16 11 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 14 12 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 13 13 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 12 14 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 12 15 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros 12 16 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 12 17 Cadel Evans (Aus) T-Mobile Team 10 18 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 10 19 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 10 20 Giosue Bonomi (Ita) Saeco 10 21 Antonio Cruz (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 9 22 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 8 23 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 8 24 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre 8 25 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Saeco 7 26 Erki Pütsep (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 7 27 Tomas Konecny (Cze) T-Mobile Team 6 28 Iñaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6 29 Santiago Botero (Col) T-Mobile Team 5 30 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 5 31 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon 4 32 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 4 33 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros 4 34 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 4 35 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 3 36 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 3 37 David Fernandez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 3 38 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 3 39 Rubén Plaza (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 2 40 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 2 41 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 2 42 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Cafes Baque 2 43 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 1 44 Steffan Wesemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1 45 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Rabobank 1 Mountains classification 1 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 6 pts 2 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 4 3 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 2 4 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 1 Comination classification 1 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 9 pts 2 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 12 3 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 19 4 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 22 Teams classification 1 US Postal Service 27.49.06 2 T-Mobile Team 1.03 3 Illes Balears - Banesto 2.18 4 Comunidad Valenciana - Kelme 2.19 5 Phonak Hearing Systems 2.53 6 Liberty Seguros 3.58 7 Team CSC 4.02 8 Fassa Bortolo 4.09 9 Saeco 4.39 10 Relax-Bodysol 5.03 11 Cofidis, le credit par telephone 5.12 12 Lampre 5.18 13 AG2R Prevoyance 5.27 14 Saunier Duval - Prodir 5.30 15 Cafes Baque 5.42 16 Costa de Almeria - Paternina 5.53 17 Rabobank 6.33 18 Quick Step - Davitamon 6.34 19 Vini Caldirola -Nobili Rubinetterie 6.37 20 Alessio - Bianchi 6.46 21 Euskaltel - Euskadi 7.21
