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59th Vuelta a España - GT
Spain, September 4-26, 2004
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Stage 4 - September 7: Soria - Zaragoza, 167 km
Petacchi keeps his nose in front
Joachim maintains the leadership
By Martin Hardie in Zaragoza
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Fassa's sprint machine Alessandro Petacchi blew his challengers away in a tightly fought and unorthodox sprint to the line in the windy city of Zaragoza. The day was marked again by wind, echelons and punctures as the field traversed the 167 kilometres from the high country of Soria down and across the spaghetti western lands of Aragón.
Petacchi said that the sprint victory was achieved in an unorthodox fashion for the Fassa train as a result of the wind. "It was a very difficult sprint because there was a lot of wind in our face...so I spoke to my teammates and we started the train with about three kilometres to go because three kilometres into a head wind is a very long way . My team mates worked a lot with T-Mobile. I had spoken a little with Erik [Zabel] because when there is wind it is always very dangerous."
The finishing straight had a slight uphill grade and was also into a strong wind. As the peloton, strung out, turned right into the straight, three Fassas and Zabel detached themselves from the front. Closing in and looking strong was Alessio's Angelo Furlan, who was mixing it up with the big guns at the front, while O'Grady and Freire also looked good. Guido Trenti gave the first kick with Petacchi glued behind him. With 150 metres to go Petacchi jumped down the left hand barriers, and for a moment it seemed Zabel and Freire might challenge him for the win but once again the Italian was too strong.
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Petacchi had suffered two days ago when he obtained his first win in this year's Vuelta, but today, although the wind blew forcefully into the riders' faces for most of the day, he acknowledged that felt better, but "more tired" at the same time.
As almost all 187 riders finished in the same time today, the overall lead remained unchanged with Luxembourger Benoit Joachim keeping the gold jersey. The US Postal-Berry Floor rider even took another 2 bonus seconds at the first sprint to extend his advantage over teammate Max van Heeswijk to 18 seconds. Seven US Postal riders still occupy the first seven positions on GC, a legacy of their strong ride in the team time trial on Day 1.
How it unfolded
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The day was no doubt marked by that ever present factor, the wind. A wet, grey morning at the start gradually cleared, but the wind was still present across the spaghetti western landscape. When it wasn't a headwind (which it was for much of the day) it tended to wreak havoc from the side. During the final third of the stage as the hunt for the day's four escapees slowly got under way, the peloton suffered as it crawled at snail's pace into the wind.
Iñaki Isasi (Euskaltel-Euskadi), Julien Laidoun (Ag2R Prevoyance), Xavier Florencio (Relax-Bodysol) and David Fernandez (Paternina-Costa De Almeria) came together to form the break of the day just under 100km from Zaragoza. As they progressed through the low lands of Aragon they managed to eke out and hold a steady gap of about 2'50. Maybe Iñaki Isasi's lack of smile this morning was caused by a premonition that he had a hard fight ahead.
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Behind the break on the stretch after the day's second meta volante at Pozuelo de Aragón (km 103) there were a number of crashes that split the riders apart. The contributing factor along with the wind was the very narrow back road that the route followed. The pattern continued even after the roads widened and the latter parts of the stage were marked by a number of groups being dislodged off the back. At various times riders found themselves solo or in small groups, seemingly marooned and having to battle the elements in order to make their way back to the relative shelter of the bunch.
At the front of the peloton it was a continual fight for position as the front was by far the safest place. Into the last 40 kilometres the road switched to the left, and although a range of ochre hills created some shelter, the peloton became more animated as the speed lifted and the need to hold the head of the race become even more vital. The wind was gusting to the right hand shoulder of the riders and at one moment a team seemed to be safe at the front then in a moment they appeared all together in an effort to drag a lost team leader back to the peloton's care.
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Illes Baleares Denis Menchov, Saunier's Joseba Beloki, Cafes Baque's Felix Cardenas and Saeco's Damiano Cunego were all examples. For whatever reasons, punctures, falls or the loss of a good position, these four leaders found themselves out the back and needing the assistance of their teammates to salvage the operation.
Cunego's rescue operation was a little suspect. He fell near the back of the bunch and got up facing the wrong direction and in need of a new front wheel. He got a new bike soon enough but with the speed now slightly more respectable he was high and dry alone and well behind. He got under way and soon he had teammates with him. As the team got its train under way one of the team cars positioned itself at the front and to the right of their echelon, perfect for breaking the wind. If that wasn't enough, the Saeco caravan was soon joined by the second team car. The show didn't carry on for too long and there was no retribution dished out by the jury.
In the end, all made it back into the fold and with a few suicide breaks on the run into Zaragoza and the speed beginning to kick in even with the headwind, all was being prepared for a bunch sprint. And as we saw, it was every other fast man's nemesis that once gain stole the show.
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In the wake of the falls and wind, a number of riders have added injury to their tired bodies. Notable amongst them are Trentin (a contusion to the left calf), Hamilton (grazes to his gluteo, right knee and arm), Spezialetti (cranial and lumbar contusions) and Artetxe, who had been left on the side of the road for quite a while after his crash (contusions to right wrist and elbow). Artetxe was later taken to hospital for x-rays.
Tomorrow's stage should provide some fireworks at the end. Having two classified climbs in the last 11 kilometres. The Cat. 2 Puerto de Torremiró comes first and climbs over 13 km. The sting in the tail is the Cat. 3 to the medieval city of Morella. The road winds up three kilometres into the ancient walled city with its castle perched atop. Not only spectacular scenery but more than likely the site of a real cycling spectacular tomorrow afternoon.
Photography
Images by Unipublic
- Damiano Cunego (Saeco) happy at the start
- Benoit Joachim (USPS-Berry Floor) signs on in Burgos
- Race leader Benoit Joachim (USPS-Berry Floor) looking fine in gold
- Spanish champion Francisco Mancebo (Illes Balears) puts on his protective gear
- Cutting the ribbon to signify the start of stage 4 in Burgos
- The official stage start
- World Champion Igor Astarloa (Lampre) rides with Oscar Freire and others
- Erik Zabel (T-Mobile) wins the first sprint at km 21 ahead of Marco Velo and race leader Benoit Joachim
- Mikel Astarloza (Ag2R Prevoyance) makes a move
- David Fernandez (Paternina-Costa De Almeria) launches the day's main breakaway
- A horse tries to keep up with the peloton
- Tyler Hamilton (Phonak) gets treatment to his knee after a crash during stage 4
- David Fernandez (Paternina) leads the four man break with Inaki Isasi (Euskaltel) about to come through for a turn
- Alessandro Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo) just kept his nose in front of Zabel (C) and Freire (L) to win Stage 4
- Benoit Joachim (USPS-Berry Floor) stands tall in the golden leader's jersey
- Floyd Landis (USPS) in the mountains jersey after stage 4
- Floyd Landis (USPS) also wears the white combination jersey
- Erik Zabel (T-Mobile) maintained his grip on the points jersey
Images by AFP Photo
- Alejandro Valverde (Com.Valenciana-Kelme) looks nervous at the start
- Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Liberty) rides next to his team director
- Alessandro Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo) sprays the podium for a second time
Results
1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 4.23.01 (38.1 km/h) 2 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 3 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank 4 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 5 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 6 Giosue Bonomi (Ita) Saeco 7 Miguel A. M. Perdiguero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 8 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 9 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 10 Luca Paolini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 11 Ion Del Rio (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 12 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre 13 Antonio Cruz (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 14 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 15 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 16 Erki Pütsep (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 17 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 18 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre 19 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 20 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Saeco 21 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 22 Guido Trenti (USA) Fassa Bortolo 23 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 24 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 25 Thomas Bruun (Den) Team CSC 26 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 27 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 28 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 29 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC 30 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 31 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 32 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 33 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 34 Robert Hunter (RSA) Rabobank 35 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 36 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 37 Alberto Martinez (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 38 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 39 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Lampre 40 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Rabobank 41 Rubén Plaza (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 42 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Cafes Baque 43 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 44 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 45 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 46 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 47 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros 48 David Herrero (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 49 Frank Høj (Den) Team CSC 50 Aitor Perez (Spa) Cafes Baque 51 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 52 Marco Milesi (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 53 David Blanco (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 54 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 55 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 56 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Quick.Step-Davitamon 57 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Saeco 58 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio-Bianchi 59 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon 60 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 61 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Lampre 62 Gonzalo Bayarri (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 63 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 64 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 65 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Lampre 66 Joseba Albizu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 67 Michael Barry (Can) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 68 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 69 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Team CSC 70 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 71 Klaus Möller (Den) Alessio-Bianchi 72 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 73 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 74 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 75 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 76 Patrick Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step-Davitamon 77 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 78 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 79 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 80 Roberto Sgambelluri (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 81 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 82 Ronald Mutsaars (Ned) Rabobank 83 Cadel Evans (Aus) T-Mobile Team 84 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 85 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 86 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 87 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto 88 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team 89 Angel Gomez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 90 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros 91 José Julia (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 92 Bert Roesems (Bel) Relax-Bodysol 93 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 94 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 95 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 96 Steffan Wesemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 97 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 98 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 99 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 100 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros 101 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 102 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros 103 Felix Cardenas (Col) Cafes Baque 104 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Relax-Bodysol 105 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 106 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 107 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 108 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 109 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 110 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros 111 Stéphane Berges (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 112 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 113 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC 114 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 115 Tomas Konecny (Cze) T-Mobile Team 116 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 117 Jose Antonio Pecharroman (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 118 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 119 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC 120 Michele Scotto (Ita) Lampre 121 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 122 Aitor Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 123 José Garrido (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 124 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Saeco 125 Josu Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 126 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC 127 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 128 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Saeco 129 Hebert Gutierrez (Col) Cafes Baque 130 Unai Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 131 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 132 Peio Arreitunandia (Spa) Cafes Baque 133 Ivan Parra (Col) Cafes Baque 134 Iñigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 135 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 136 Alberto Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 137 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 138 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 139 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 140 Santiago Botero (Col) T-Mobile Team 141 Francisco José Lara (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 142 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Saeco 143 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank 144 David Plaza (Spa) Cafes Baque 145 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 146 Hernan Buenahora (Col) Cafes Baque 147 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros 148 Rene Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros 149 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 150 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 151 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 152 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 153 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 154 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 155 Iñaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 156 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 157 Antonio Colom (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 158 Joaquin Lopez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 159 Simone Bertoletti (Ita) Lampre 160 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 161 Martin Hvastija (Slo) Alessio-Bianchi 162 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 163 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 164 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 165 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco 166 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 167 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 168 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 169 Stephane Goubert (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 170 Julien Laidoun (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 171 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 172 Julián Sanchez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 173 Francisco Garcia (Spa) Cafes Baque 174 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 175 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 176 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 177 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Saeco 178 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 179 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 180 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 181 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 182 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Saeco 183 Ellis Rastelli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 184 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Alessio-Bianchi 185 David Fernandez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 186 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Alessio-Bianchi 0.48 187 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.30 Points 1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 25 pts 2 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 20 3 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank 16 4 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 14 5 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 12 6 Giosue Bonomi (Ita) Saeco 10 7 Miguel A. M. Perdiguero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 9 8 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 8 9 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 7 10 Luca Paolini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 6 11 Ion Del Rio (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 5 12 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre 4 13 Antonio Cruz (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 3 14 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 2 15 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 1 Mountains Puerto de Lanzas Agudas - Cat. 3, km 75 1 David Fernandez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 6 pts 2 Julien Laidoun (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 4 3 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 2 4 Iñaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 Sprints Aldealpozo - km 21 1 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 4 pts 2 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2 3 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 1 Pozuelo de Aragón - km 103 1 Iñaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4 pts 2 David Fernandez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 2 3 Julien Laidoun (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 1 Bardallur - km 130.4 1 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 4 pts 2 Julien Laidoun (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 2 3 David Fernandez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 1 Teams 1 Cofidis, le credit par telephone 13.09.03 2 US Postal Service presented by B. 3 Fassa Bortolo 4 Quick Step - Davitamon 5 Rabobank 6 Lampre 7 Vini Caldirola -Nobili Rubinetterie 8 Saunier Duval - Prodir 9 Saeco 10 Team CSC 11 Relax-Bodysol 12 Illes Balears - Banesto 13 Costa de Almeria - Paternina 14 T-Mobile Team 15 AG2R Prevoyance 16 Alessio - Bianchi 17 Comunidad Valenciana - Kelme 18 Phonak Hearing Systems 19 Cafes Baque 20 Liberty Seguros 21 Euskaltel - Euskadi General classification after stage 4 1 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 13.38.59 2 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 0.18 3 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 0.24 4 Michael Barry (Can) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 5 Floyd Landis (USA) 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 0.40 9 Cadel Evans (Aus) T-Mobile Team 10 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 0.47 11 Santiago Botero (Col) T-Mobile Team 0.55 12 Tomas Konecny (Cze) T-Mobile Team 13 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto 0.57 14 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 1.03 15 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 1.11 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 1.14 19 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 20 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 1.20 21 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 22 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 23 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 24 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 1.22 25 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 26 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 27 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.25 28 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 29 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 30 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 31 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1.28 32 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 1.34 33 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 1.37 34 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros 35 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.38 36 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros 1.41 37 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 38 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 39 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 1.46 40 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Saeco 1.47 41 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 1.48 42 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Team CSC 43 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC 44 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC 45 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros 1.52 46 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 47 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 48 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros 49 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 1.59 50 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2.01 51 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Saeco 2.02 52 Frank Høj (Den) Team CSC 2.04 53 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 2.05 54 Alberto Martinez (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 55 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 56 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 57 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 58 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Relax-Bodysol 59 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 60 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 2.08 61 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank 2.09 62 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre 2.10 63 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Lampre 64 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Lampre 65 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 2.13 66 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 67 Iñigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 68 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 69 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 70 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.14 71 Miguel A. M. Perdiguero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 72 Angel Gomez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 73 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 74 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 75 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 76 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 77 Aitor Perez (Spa) Cafes Baque 2.18 78 Peio Arreitunandia (Spa) Cafes Baque 79 Felix Cardenas (Col) Cafes Baque 80 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco 81 Ivan Parra (Col) Cafes Baque 82 David Plaza (Spa) Cafes Baque 83 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 2.21 84 Klaus Möller (Den) Alessio-Bianchi 2.24 85 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio-Bianchi 86 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 2.25 87 David Herrero (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 88 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 89 Francisco José Lara (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 90 Joaquin Lopez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 91 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 2.29 92 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 93 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 2.32 94 David Fernandez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 2.35 95 Roberto Sgambelluri (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 2.36 96 Patrick Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step-Davitamon 2.37 97 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Quick.Step-Davitamon 98 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 2.40 99 Hebert Gutierrez (Col) Cafes Baque 2.41 100 Steffan Wesemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 2.43 101 Iñaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.45 102 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.51 103 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 104 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 105 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 106 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 2.52 107 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.56 108 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC 3.02 109 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 3.10 110 Martin Hvastija (Slo) Alessio-Bianchi 111 Antonio Colom (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 3.12 112 Erki Pütsep (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 3.16 113 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 114 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Saeco 115 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 3.21 116 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 3.22 117 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 118 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3.25 119 Robert Hunter (RSA) Rabobank 3.26 120 Ronald Mutsaars (Ned) Rabobank 121 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 3.27 122 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 3.28 123 Ion Del Rio (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 3.41 124 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank 3.43 125 Jose Antonio Pecharroman (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 3.51 126 Aitor Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.52 127 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Saeco 3.54 128 Julián Sanchez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 3.57 129 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 3.58 130 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team 3.59 131 Michele Scotto (Ita) Lampre 132 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 4.01 133 Stephane Goubert (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 4.05 134 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon 4.23 135 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 136 Hernan Buenahora (Col) Cafes Baque 4.26 137 Francisco Garcia (Spa) Cafes Baque 138 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 4.36 139 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Saeco 4.40 140 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 4.41 141 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 4.43 142 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 4.47 143 Stéphane Berges (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 4.51 144 Luca Paolini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 4.56 145 Alberto Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.59 146 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 5.00 147 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Saeco 5.02 148 Julien Laidoun (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 149 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 5.05 150 Ellis Rastelli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 5.19 151 Guido Trenti (USA) Fassa Bortolo 5.27 152 Marco Milesi (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 5.28 153 Bert Roesems (Bel) Relax-Bodysol 154 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 5.31 155 José Garrido (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 5.32 156 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 5.37 157 Simone Bertoletti (Ita) Lampre 5.39 158 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros 5.44 159 José Julia (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 5.47 160 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros 5.49 161 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Alessio-Bianchi 5.53 162 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Rabobank 5.55 163 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 6.11 164 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 6.12 165 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 6.15 166 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 6.21 167 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 6.40 168 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Alessio-Bianchi 6.42 169 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 6.47 170 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 6.54 171 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 6.58 172 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Lampre 7.00 173 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 7.03 174 Giosue Bonomi (Ita) Saeco 7.07 175 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 176 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre 7.19 177 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 7.36 178 Gonzalo Bayarri (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 7.37 179 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Saeco 7.54 180 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Cafes Baque 8.03 181 Unai Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 8.14 182 Rene Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros 8.22 183 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 8.49 184 Joseba Albizu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 9.17 185 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC 9.52 186 Josu Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 9.58 187 Thomas Bruun (Den) Team CSC 11.00 Points classification 1 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 52 pts 2 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 50 3 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 48 4 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank 46 5 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 27 6 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 25 7 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 25 8 Michael Barry (Can) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 20 9 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 20 10 Giosue Bonomi (Ita) Saeco 20 11 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 17 12 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 16 13 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto 16 14 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 15 15 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 14 16 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 12 17 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 12 18 Antonio Cruz (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 12 19 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros 12 20 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre 12 21 Iñaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10 22 Cadel Evans (Aus) T-Mobile Team 10 23 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 10 24 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 10 25 Miguel A. M. Perdiguero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 9 Mountains classification 1 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 6 pts 2 David Fernandez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 6 3 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 4 4 Julien Laidoun (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 4 5 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 2 6 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 2 7 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 1 8 Iñaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 Combination classification 1 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 12 pts 2 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 15 3 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 23 4 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 26 5 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 91 6 David Fernandez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 128 7 Iñaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 130 8 Julien Laidoun (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 195 Teams classification 1 US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 40.58.09 2 T-Mobile Team 1.03 3 Comunidad Valenciana - Kelme 2.17 4 Illes Balears - Banesto 2.18 5 Phonak Hearing Systems 2.52 6 Liberty Seguros 3.58 7 Team CSC 4.01 8 Fassa Bortolo 4.05 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 5.52 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
