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59th Vuelta a España - GT
Spain, September 4-26, 2004
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Stage 5 - September 8: Zaragoza - Morella, 186.5 km
Menchov nears lead, but US Postal keep gold
By Martin Hardie in Morella
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Enter the mountains, and although we have yet to reach the big climbs, things really livened up in La Vuelta with this afternoon's finish in Morella. The final climb was short - a bit over 2 kilometres - but sharp enough to really start the process of sorting out the contenders from the pretenders. And today after the winds across from Aragon and through the ravines and pines of Valencia, the bells tolled for Russian Denis Menchov (Illes Balears) as he surged through the steepest section of the finish, leaving his chasers behind to sort out the minor places. A happy and surprised Menchov told Cyclingnews afterwards that, "I thought that I could be close, like in the day at Soria, but I didn't think I would stand out and that I would be amongst the primeros..."
Menchov's move was enough to move him to third place on the general classification, just four seconds behind new leader Manuel Beltran (US Postal-Berry Floor) who finished nine seconds down today in ninth place. Beltran's teammate Floyd Landis is tied with him on time but as Landis finished behind Beltran in 14th today, Beltran took the jersey. It's the fifth day in a row that US Postal has kept the gold jersey in its ranks, incredibly being worn by four different riders (Landis, Van Heeswijk, Joachim and Beltran).
"I have never seen anything like this," said USPS team director Johan Bruyneel. "The only time we did something close to this was last year (at the Tour de France) when Victor (Hugo Pena) took the jersey following the team time trial. However, it's quite logical it happens because if you win the team time trial stage with a margin like we had, it's quite possible the jersey goes around in the team. Plus, our tactics make it easier by putting riders in breaks and taking advantage. It's a great opportunity for some guys who are never get in the spotlight, and it motivates them even more."
How it unfolded
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There was an expectation that today's stage was going to continue the process started in Soria's wet finish, and those expectations were met. The day started with plenty of attacking, but it wasn't until km 55 when a big group of 17 riders managed to get away. After building up a modest lead of 3'00, the group split with 65 km to go to leave five strong men in front who had their minds set on staying away until the finish. The five were Stuart O'Grady (Cofidis), Unai Osa (Illes Balears), Bram Tankink (Quick.Step-Davitamon), Thorwald Veneberg (Rabobank) and Nicolas Jalabert (Phonak).
The main obstacle in their way was the long ascent of the Cat. 2 Puerto de Torremiró which commenced with 22 km to go. With Kelme driving the peloton at a savage pace behind them, their advantage disappeared as the climb commenced, with Osa and Jalabert the last men to resist the chasers. But O'Grady also profited from the move, taking all three intermediate sprints to give him the lead in the points classification.
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Even before the fiesta started on the Torremiró, Alexandre Vinokourov was behind and in trouble. He and the rest of his T-Mobile were apparently suffering from a bout of food poisoning, which forced Santi Botero, Torsten Hiekmann and Steffen Wesemann to abandon. Before the climb really got under way, Vinokourov had already lost time and would continue to do so rapidly, eventually finishing over 17 minutes down in the last group.
Then the party started, and for sure it wasn't to the liking of all. Liberty assumed the head of affairs in the place of Kelme/Postal and the peloton started to thin down. All seemed under Liberty's control save for Aitor Gonzalez who was hanging off to one side. Not content with that, he jumped hard along the left hand edge of the road and got a gap. Initially only Di Luca and Perdi reacted and that was enough to bring La Vuelta to life - not that it hasn't been alive with all the difficulties provided by the wind in recent days.
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Landis did the work of dragging the depleted group back to their wheels. Aitor pulled over and left Di Luca with the task of leading, with Perdi glued behind. Luis Perez was making himself prominent and soon took over the job of driving the action. The peloton behind was suffering (not as much as Vino) but nonetheless not feeling invited as the strongmen were causing untold damage ahead. Soon it was the task of Saunier Duval to light the fire. Piepoli went hard and was chased by Cunego - the road had a line of climbers and power men lined across it. It was then Dario Cioni's turn - Piepoli and Cunego reacted again and the group was starting to become a who's who of who has legs for la Vuelta: Landis, Cunego, Valverde, Beloki, Heras, Evans, Mancebo, Menchov, Gonzalez and Garzelli. Take your pick, the fight club has begun.
After all this havoc had been meted out, 24 riders were left at the head of affairs, and there were still five kilometres of the Torremiró left to climb. At this point, Kelme took charge setting a striking pace to the summit - Garcia Quesada took a long, long, turn as two groups struggled to regain contact, the second and larger of those containing race leader, Benoît Joachim. At the summit the Joachim group had managed to hold a 56 second gap, while a smaller group in between was 44 seconds down. It seemed that Landis, who was safe in the head group, was riding himself back into gold. Accompanying him was his teammate Triki Beltran, who was also a candidate for the jersey as he started the day on the same time as Landis.
On the descent the two chasing groups started to peg back some time, even with Kelme setting a pace in excess of 65 km/h at the front. As they neared the start of the short but biting ascent to the medieval walled town of Morella, perched upon a outcrop of stone that rises out of the Mediterranean terrain of the Communidad Valencia, for a moment it seemed the chasers might actually make it back. But even if they did they would surely suffer as the carnage was about to start all over again.
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A right hand turn and the climb really started with 2.5 km to the top. Kelme drove it around the first bend and then Saunier's young Catalan, Joaquim Rodriguez jumped strongly and appeared to create a big gap as he took each turn. Then the guy who started it all came at him - Aitor Gonzalez - who told Cyclingnews after the finish that if he had to prove anything to anyone, that person was himself. He was and is justifiably content with what he had shown himself today.
Through the gate into the start of the town, Aitor was leading Rodriguez, but lo and behold they were chased down by Isidrio Nozal, who was one of the three Liberty's ensconced at the front. Nozal brought with him all the day's usual suspects including Luis Perez, Mancebo, Valverde, Perdi and Cunego.
At 500 metres to go the ascent dipped down for maybe 50 metres and then started a steep, paved section that rose sharply for 150 metres before flattening to the finish. Denis Menchov moved just before the dip started and then used it as a launching pad to really surge up and over the steep bank. Aitor, Valverde, Piepoli all gave chase but the Russian used this section well to his advantage and was not to be stopped as he powered to the line.
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So ended a spectacular stage - and so the route had shaken up La Vuelta. The contenders list is starting to smell of a few familiar faces, some of them who were in the hunt in Soria - Landis, Cunego, Valverde, Beloki, Heras, Evans, Mancebo, Menchov, Gonzalez and Garzelli to mention them all again. With Vino losing over 17 minutes and rolling in in 180th place, the T-Mobile camp obviously has a new leader: Cadel Evans sits comfortably in 5th place overall behind the new race leader, Manuel 'Triki' Beltran. The problem for Cadel is that it is on the cards that his team will desert him - three have already pulled out and it wouldn't be a surprise if Vino also took a flight home. In fact there is some doubt as to whether T-Mobile will turn up at all tomorrow leaving Evans once again out of luck and high and dry.
Tomorrow's run down parallel to the Valencian coast includes some more climbing - the Cat. 3 Puerto de la Mirona, and the Cat. 2's of the Coll de la Banderet and Alto del Desierto de las Palmas. However, the Desierto de las Palmas peaks 25 km from the finish and the run into Castellon is more or less flat. Unless someone steals a march we should expect the top of the GC: to remain stable until the rouleurs' day out on Saturday when we have the flat 40 kilometre time trial.
Photography
Images by Lavuelta.com
- Klaus Michael Moller (Alessio-Bianchi) at the start
- Roberto Heras (Liberty Seguros) discusses his options
- Cutting the ribbon in Zaragoza
- The peloton rolls out for the neutral start
- And they're off!
- Stefano Garzelli talks with his Vini Caldirola teammates
- Liberty Seguros set a hard tempo early on
- One of the early breakaways working well together
- The peloton catches an early break
- Alexandre Vinokourov (T-Mobile) not feeling too hot
- Team Saeco riding hard
- Unai Osa (Illes Balears) leads the day's main break
- Stuart O'Grady (Cofidis) takes the intermediate sprint in Alcañiz.
- Berges and Vandborg try to stay clear of the peloton
- O'Grady wins the third sprint in Valderrobles
Images by AFP Photo
- Steffen Wesemann (T-Mobile) was the first of his team to abandon today
- Ooooooohhhh dear... Torsten Hiekmann (T-Mobile) suffering from what is believed to be food poisoning. He abandoned the stage, together with two of his teammates.
- Hiekmann and Wesemann in the T-Mobile team car after pulling out
- The peloton rolls along during stage 5
- The peloton rides through a village during stage 5
- Roberto Heras (Liberty Seguros) looks worried
- Denis Menchov (Illes Balears) wins the 5th stage in Morella
- Denis Menchov (Illes Balears) with his winner's trophy
- Manuel Beltran is the fourth US Postal rider to wear the gold jersey
Results
1 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto 5.07.44 (36.4 km/h) 2 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 0.03 3 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 4 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 6 Cadel Evans (Aus) T-Mobile Team 0.09 7 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 8 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros 9 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 10 Angel Gomez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 11 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Saeco 12 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros 13 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 14 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 15 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 16 Miguel A. M. Perdiguero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 17 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 18 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 19 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 20 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 21 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros 22 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.18 23 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 0.21 24 Peio Arreitunandia (Spa) Cafes Baque 0.35 25 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre 26 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 0.53 27 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 0.56 28 Tomas Konecny (Cze) T-Mobile Team 29 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 30 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco 31 Michele Scotto (Ita) Lampre 32 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 33 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 34 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 35 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 36 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 37 Francisco José Lara (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 38 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC 39 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 40 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 41 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 42 Felix Cardenas (Col) Cafes Baque 43 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 44 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 45 Iñigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 46 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 47 Klaus Möller (Den) Alessio-Bianchi 48 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 49 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 50 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 51 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 52 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 53 Roberto Sgambelluri (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 54 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 55 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 56 Rubén Plaza (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 57 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 58 David Plaza (Spa) Cafes Baque 59 David Blanco (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 60 Luca Paolini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 61 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros 62 Unai Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 63 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Team CSC 64 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Saeco 1.25 65 Francisco Garcia (Spa) Cafes Baque 2.07 66 Aitor Perez (Spa) Cafes Baque 2.14 67 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 2.54 68 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 69 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Rabobank 70 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio-Bianchi 3.03 71 Gonzalo Bayarri (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 72 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank 3.04 73 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 74 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4.07 75 David Herrero (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 76 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Relax-Bodysol 4.15 77 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros 4.32 78 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC 4.54 79 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Quick.Step-Davitamon 6.00 80 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC 81 Julien Laidoun (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 82 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Lampre 83 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 84 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 85 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 86 Joseba Albizu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 87 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 88 Patrick Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step-Davitamon 89 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Saeco 90 Antonio Colom (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 91 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 92 Julián Sanchez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 93 Jose Antonio Pecharroman (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 94 Hernan Buenahora (Col) Cafes Baque 95 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 96 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 97 Iñaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 98 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 99 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 6.06 100 Ivan Parra (Col) Cafes Baque 7.27 101 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 7.44 102 Simone Bertoletti (Ita) Lampre 9.09 103 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre 104 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Alessio-Bianchi 105 Ion Del Rio (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 106 Stephane Goubert (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 107 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 108 Hebert Gutierrez (Col) Cafes Baque 109 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 110 Ronald Mutsaars (Ned) Rabobank 111 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 112 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 113 Alberto Martinez (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 114 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 115 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 116 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 117 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon 118 Antonio Cruz (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 119 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 120 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 121 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 122 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 123 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Cafes Baque 12.26 124 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Saeco 12.52 125 Michael Barry (Can) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 13.18 126 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros 127 Rene Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros 13.19 128 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 16.50 129 Guido Trenti (USA) Fassa Bortolo 130 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 131 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 132 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank 133 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 134 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 135 Bert Roesems (Bel) Relax-Bodysol 136 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 137 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 138 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 139 Marco Milesi (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 140 David Fernandez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 141 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 142 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Lampre 143 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 144 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Lampre 145 Robert Hunter (RSA) Rabobank 146 José Julia (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 147 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 148 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 149 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 150 José Garrido (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 151 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 152 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 153 Frank Høj (Den) Team CSC 154 Aitor Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 155 Erki Pütsep (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 156 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 157 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 158 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 159 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 160 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 161 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 162 Alberto Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 163 Joaquin Lopez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 164 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Saeco 165 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Saeco 166 Giosue Bonomi (Ita) Saeco 167 Stéphane Berges (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 168 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 169 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 170 Martin Hvastija (Slo) Alessio-Bianchi 171 Ellis Rastelli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 172 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 173 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 174 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Saeco 175 Thomas Bruun (Den) Team CSC 176 Josu Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 177 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 178 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 17.06 179 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team 180 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 181 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 182 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC 20.25 183 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 24.48 DNF Scott Sunderland (Aus) Alessio-Bianchi DNF Santiago Botero (Col) T-Mobile Team DNF Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) T-Mobile Team DNF Steffen Wesemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team Points 1 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto 25 pts 2 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 20 3 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 16 4 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 14 5 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 12 6 Cadel Evans (Aus) T-Mobile Team 10 7 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 9 8 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros 8 9 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 7 10 Angel Gomez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 6 11 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Saeco 5 12 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros 4 13 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3 14 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 2 15 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 1 Mountains Puerto de Torremiró - Cat. 2, km 176 1 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre 10 pts 2 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 7 3 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 5 4 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 3 5 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 2 6 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 1 Morella - Cat. 3, km 186.5 1 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto 6 pts 2 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 4 3 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 2 4 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1 Sprints Alcañiz - km 98 1 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 4 pts 2 David Fernandez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 2 3 Unai Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 1 Valdealgorfa - km 112.5 1 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 4 pts 2 David Fernandez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 2 3 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 1 Valderrobres - km 135.5 1 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 4 pts 2 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon 2 3 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 1 Teams 1 Saunier Duval - Prodir 15.23.33 2 Liberty Seguros 0.06 3 Illes Balears - Banesto 0.44 4 Comunidad Valenciana - Kelme 5 US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 0.53 6 Phonak Hearing Systems 7 Team CSC 1.34 8 T-Mobile Team 1.40 9 Cofidis, le credit par telephone 10 Cafes Baque 2.06 11 Saeco 2.09 12 Quick Step - Davitamon 2.27 13 Relax-Bodysol 4.25 14 Costa de Almeria - Paternina 4.51 15 Fassa Bortolo 5.51 16 Vini Caldirola -Nobili Rubinetterie 6.56 17 Lampre 7.10 18 AG2R Prevoyance 7.31 19 Euskaltel - Euskadi 20 Alessio - Bianchi 9.38 21 Rabobank 11.37 General classification after stage 5 1 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 18.47.16 2 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 3 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto 0.04 4 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 0.09 5 Cadel Evans (Aus) T-Mobile Team 0.16 6 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 0.23 7 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 0.39 8 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 0.47 9 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 10 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.50 11 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 0.52 12 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.01 13 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 1.07 14 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros 1.13 15 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros 16 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.14 17 Tomas Konecny (Cze) T-Mobile Team 1.18 18 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Saeco 1.23 19 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros 1.28 20 Rubén Plaza (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 1.34 21 David Blanco (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 22 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 1.42 23 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 1.43 24 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 25 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 26 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.48 27 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 28 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 1.49 29 Miguel A. M. Perdiguero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.50 30 Angel Gomez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 31 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 32 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1.51 33 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.59 34 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 2.09 35 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 2.11 36 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Team CSC 37 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC 38 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre 2.12 39 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 2.15 40 Peio Arreitunandia (Spa) Cafes Baque 2.20 41 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 2.22 42 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 2.28 43 Iñigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 2.36 44 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 45 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 46 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.37 47 Felix Cardenas (Col) Cafes Baque 2.41 48 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco 49 David Plaza (Spa) Cafes Baque 50 Klaus Möller (Den) Alessio-Bianchi 2.47 51 Francisco José Lara (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 2.48 52 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 2.52 53 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 2.55 54 Roberto Sgambelluri (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 2.59 55 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.14 56 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 57 Aitor Perez (Spa) Cafes Baque 3.59 58 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Saeco 4.08 59 Michele Scotto (Ita) Lampre 4.22 60 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 4.26 61 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank 4.40 62 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 4.46 63 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 4.50 64 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio-Bianchi 4.54 65 Luca Paolini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 5.19 66 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Relax-Bodysol 5.47 67 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5.48 68 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros 5.51 69 David Herrero (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 5.59 70 Francisco Garcia (Spa) Cafes Baque 6.00 71 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros 6.07 72 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC 6.09 73 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 7.06 74 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 7.10 75 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Lampre 7.37 76 Patrick Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step-Davitamon 8.04 77 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Quick.Step-Davitamon 78 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 8.07 79 Iñaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8.12 80 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Rabobank 8.16 81 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8.18 82 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 8.23 83 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC 8.29 84 Unai Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 8.35 85 Antonio Colom (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 8.39 86 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 8.46 87 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 8.52 88 Ivan Parra (Col) Cafes Baque 9.12 89 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 9.16 90 Jose Antonio Pecharroman (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 9.18 91 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Saeco 9.21 92 Julián Sanchez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 9.24 93 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 9.28 94 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 9.31 95 Antonio Cruz (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 9.50 96 Hernan Buenahora (Col) Cafes Baque 9.53 97 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 9.58 98 Gonzalo Bayarri (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 10.07 99 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 10.17 100 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 10.28 101 Julien Laidoun (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 10.29 102 Alberto Martinez (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 10.41 103 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 10.49 104 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 10.58 105 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 11.01 106 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 107 Hebert Gutierrez (Col) Cafes Baque 11.17 108 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 11.28 109 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 11.38 110 Ronald Mutsaars (Ned) Rabobank 12.02 111 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 12.03 112 Ion Del Rio (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 12.17 113 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 12.21 114 Stephane Goubert (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 12.41 115 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon 12.59 116 Michael Barry (Can) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 13.09 117 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 14.13 118 Simone Bertoletti (Ita) Lampre 14.15 119 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Saeco 14.21 120 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Alessio-Bianchi 14.29 121 Joseba Albizu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 14.44 122 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 14.57 123 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 15.16 124 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre 15.55 125 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 16.35 126 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 16.41 127 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 17.13 128 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 17.37 129 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 17.39 130 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 17.42 131 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 17.45 132 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 18.18 133 Frank Høj (Den) Team CSC 18.21 134 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 18.22 135 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 136 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 18.23 137 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Lampre 18.27 138 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 18.31 139 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros 18.34 140 Joaquin Lopez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 18.42 141 David Fernandez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 18.48 142 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 19.24 143 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 19.27 144 Martin Hvastija (Slo) Alessio-Bianchi 145 Erki Pütsep (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 19.33 146 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 147 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 19.38 148 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 19.39 149 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 150 Robert Hunter (RSA) Rabobank 19.43 151 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 19.45 152 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Cafes Baque 19.56 153 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank 20.00 154 Aitor Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 20.09 155 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team 20.32 156 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 20.53 157 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Saeco 20.57 158 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 20.58 159 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 21.00 160 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 21.04 161 Stéphane Berges (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 162 Rene Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros 21.08 163 Alberto Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 21.16 164 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Saeco 21.19 165 Ellis Rastelli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 21.36 166 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 21.38 167 Guido Trenti (USA) Fassa Bortolo 21.44 168 Marco Milesi (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 21.45 169 Bert Roesems (Bel) Relax-Bodysol 170 José Garrido (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 21.49 171 José Julia (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 22.04 172 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 22.29 173 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 23.15 174 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Lampre 23.17 175 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 23.20 176 Giosue Bonomi (Ita) Saeco 23.24 177 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 178 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Saeco 24.11 179 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 25.06 180 Josu Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 26.15 181 Thomas Bruun (Den) Team CSC 27.17 182 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 29.15 183 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC 29.42 Points classification 1 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 60 pts 2 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 52 3 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 50 4 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank 46 5 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 43 6 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto 41 7 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 28 8 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 27 9 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 25 10 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 21 11 Cadel Evans (Aus) T-Mobile Team 20 12 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 20 13 Michael Barry (Can) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 20 14 Giosue Bonomi (Ita) Saeco 20 15 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 19 16 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 17 17 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 16 18 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros 16 19 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 15 20 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 14 21 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 12 22 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros 12 23 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Saeco 12 24 Antonio Cruz (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 12 25 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre 12 Mountains classification 1 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre 10 pts 2 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 7 3 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 6 4 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto 6 5 David Fernandez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 6 6 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 5 7 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 4 8 Julien Laidoun (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 4 9 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 4 10 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 3 11 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 3 12 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 2 13 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 2 14 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 2 15 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 1 16 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1 17 Iñaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 Combination classification 1 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 13 pts 2 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto 13 3 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 19 4 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 23 5 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 24 6 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 25 7 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 30 8 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 47 9 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 57 10 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 95 11 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 109 12 Iñaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 124 13 Julien Laidoun (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 154 14 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 161 15 David Fernandez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 176 Teams classification 1 US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 56.22.35 2 T-Mobile Team 1.50 3 Comunidad Valenciana - Kelme 2.08 4 Illes Balears - Banesto 2.09 5 Phonak Hearing Systems 2.52 6 Liberty Seguros 3.11 7 Saunier Duval - Prodir 4.37 8 Team CSC 4.42 9 Saeco 5.55 10 Cofidis, le credit par telephone 5.59 11 Cafes Baque 6.55 12 Quick Step - Davitamon 8.08 13 Relax-Bodysol 8.35 14 Fassa Bortolo 9.03 15 Costa de Almeria - Paternina 9.50 16 Lampre 11.35 17 AG2R Prevoyance 12.05 18 Vini Caldirola -Nobili Rubinetterie 12.40 19 Euskaltel - Euskadi 13.59 20 Alessio - Bianchi 15.31 21 Rabobank 17.17
