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59th Vuelta a España - GT

Spain, September 4-26, 2004

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Stage 16 - September 21: Olivenza - Cáceres, 190.1 km

Julia takes final transition stage

Vuelta overshadowed by Hamilton positive

By Martin Hardie in Caceres

Jose Julia (Com.Valenciana-Kelme)
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Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme's Jose Julia won the rather nondescript 16th stage when he took advantage of a momentary lull in proceedings to attack his remaining breakaway companions with 3 kilometres to go. Julia had no-one in sight behind him as he crossed the line to take Kelme's third win of the race following those of Valverde and Jimenez. He said afterwards that, "It is always difficult to get into a break on a day like this and then difficult also to win from it. I followed and then when there was a change of pace, I took my opportunity". As he thanked people for his win, the caravan sat back to wait for the other news of the day, the news that broke before the start.

No one really seemed interested in the stage as such. A boring stage across plains inhabited by sheep, cows, pigs, fields of wheat and corn and gnarly trees that are reminiscent of the iron woods of outback Australia. Everyone was more interested in the news regarding Tyler Hamilton.

A blood test, after the Valencia time trial which Hamilton wanted so much to win in order to wave the stars and stripes on September 11, revealed a positive result for a homologous blood transfusion (blood from another person). It was also reported that another test taken during the Athens Olympics was also positive. As yet, the results of the B sample analyses have not been confirmed. Blood manipulation of any type is banned under UCI rules, and it wasn't until recently that homologous transfusions were able to be detected by normal blood testing.

Hamilton has denied the result, and his Phonak team called a press conference on Tuesday evening in Zurich, Switzerland. At the Vuelta his director Alvaro Pino said that Hamilton was "taking things calmly", that "Tyler would talk later in Zurich," but specified that the team's rules meant a rider found positive would be fired.

People were doing their utmost not to mix the Hamilton case with any other matter. Cycling thrives on the spectacle of super human efforts, taxing the body and mind to the limits. The endurance of the grand tours are the pinnacle of this. Cycling is of course not just about sport, the race organisers, the television stations, the sponsors, the fans all demand results. The riders want to gain contracts, keep them, renew them and win. It is part and parcel of the contemporary age where the commodities are information and spectacles.

Roberto Heras (Liberty Seguros)
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So what falls over cycling on days like this is a grand cone of silence lowered in order to stave off any threat to what is most important - not the riders, their health or the purity of the sport; but to stave off any threats to the investments and returns that the make the spectacle go around. Those labelled "drug cheats", alleged or not, are cast into the same barrel of people who are "against the system". Either excuses and explanations will be accepted, or Hamilton will become another one of the so-called rotten apples - the all-American boy will be discarded or sent off to serve penance. For a while, outside of public view.

Drugs, medicine and supplements are sold to us everyday. We are effectively told that there exists a drug or medical process for everything. But this wide-yed myth of cyclists being able perform superhuman feats solely with the aid of a sports drink and energy gel is continued. Whatever happens in Hamilton's case, it is just another chapter in the long story that draws attention to the gap between image and reality that is a daily part of contemporary life. At some point something will have to give.

How it unfolded

The peloton watches
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La Vuelta passed through Extremadura today, a province of Spain to the north of Andalucia and bordering Portugal. From here the rivers flow west the Atlantic, unlike those of most of the past two weeks that flowed to the Mediterranean. Extremadura - the name comes from the tough extremes of climate that visit the region. Extremely cold in winter and extremely hot in summer. Here we are in autumn the first stage of La Vuelta's last week, if the UCI get its way and cuts down the length of the race to 18 days as it has proposed, this might be the last third week of the race.

It was hot in Extremadura today. Well over 30 degrees and hitting 40 for most of it. The peloton took the opportunity to amble along without much of a care in the world, chatting among themselves, maybe looking forward to a day without any nasty events before the four coming stages in the mountains. Attacks were on from the start.Maybe it was one of those days when some riders sit in the bunch, thinking 'just go away will you', just waiting for one of them to get away so they can get back to not wasting energy and simply resting.

Moreni (R) and Fernandez (L)
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Shortly before the 40 km mark, a break of 13 riders got clear: Spezialetti, Di Luca (Saeco), Txente Garcia Costa, Lastras (Illes Balears), Valjavec (Phonak), Isasi (Euskaltel), Moreni (Alessio), Parra (Cafes Baque), Boven (Rabobank), Cruz (USPS), Fernandez (Paternina), Putsep (Ag2r) and Jose Julia (Com. Valenciana-Kelme). The break also contained Jose Enrique Gutierrez for a while, before the Phonak rider went back to the peloton after 66 km.

The gap steadily increased to peak at over 17'30. With 50 kilometres to go, Saunier Duval decided to organise the front of the peloton. They didn't chase, but did enough to bring the time down. The gap came down to about 12'30 when the peloton passed 20 km to go, but the break was long gone by then.

With 12 km to go, the 13 man break decided finally to get animated over the little rises on the road into Caceres. Txente was the first to try, then Lastras, a bit of this, then a bit of chasing. David Fernandez wasn't up to it at all and was the first to go backwards. The group split in half with 10 km to go into two lots of six men each. The front one had Cruz, Valjavec, Isasi, Di Luca, Julia and Lastras. Behind them, Parra and Moreni tried to bridge up, but without luck. The front group quickly got themselves 20, then 30 seconds.

The peloton
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The final kilometres had their fair share of turns and roundabouts. Holes appeared, disappeared and reappeared amongst the six. Lastras went on a rise up to the main shopping district, chased by Di Luca who followed with the others behind. There was a concertina moment when the attacker was reeled in, and the free wheeling occurred. It was only a moment, a fraction, with 3 kms to go, and Jose Julia went down the left. No-one reacted. He gained 12 seconds in a kilometre and with one kilometre to go he had 14 seconds. The other five realised they were not in it any more, but tried to look like they wanted to chase.

It was one of those "transition days" today. They happen, and we all sit back and wait for the next - it continues like that.

Tomorrow's stage will finish on the Covatilla ski station (1960m), high above Bejar, the town of Roberto Heras. Before we get there and its special category ascent of 18 kms, the race faces two Cat. 1's and a Cat. 3. The Cat. 1's Piornal and Honduras are both long with heavy, regular grades - the Puerto de Honduras, the second of the two averages 8% over its 17 kilometres. Let's hope Heras, Valverde and co resume battle and perhaps somewhere else, someone will decide that it's time to be realistic and lift the cone of silence.

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Results

1 José Julia (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                   4.19.23 (43.97 km/h)
2 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems                      0.12
3 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco                                       0.35
4 Antonio Cruz (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor                 
5 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                            
6 Iñaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                  
7 Ivan Parra (Col) Cafes Baque                                     1.20
8 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Saeco                               1.25
9 Erki Pütsep (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance                                1.33
10 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                               
11 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                  1.35
12 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank                                            
13 David Fernandez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                3.44
14 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon                      11.44
15 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre                                        
16 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                      
17 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank                                    
18 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                       
19 Marco Milesi (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie               
20 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                 
21 Miguel A. M. Perdiguero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                  
22 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Saeco                                          
23 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                       
24 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Saeco                                          
25 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                      
26 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie           
27 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Relax-Bergasol                                
28 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                          
29 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                         
30 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                        
31 David Blanco (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                       
32 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                  
33 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros                            
34 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros                                    
35 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                 
36 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                     
37 Unai Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                                
38 Angel Gomez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                        
39 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme              
40 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor              
41 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems                           
42 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Saeco                                     
43 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon                           
44 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                   
45 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros                     
46 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax-Bergasol                                    
47 José Garrido (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon                             
48 Iñigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance                               
49 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                
50 Peio Arreitunandia (Spa) Cafes Baque                           11.53
51 Alberto Martinez (Spa) Relax-Bergasol                               
52 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio-Bianchi                           
53 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone               
54 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC                                      
55 Frank Høj (Den) Team CSC                                            
56 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone             
57 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros                              
58 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme           
59 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                               
60 Roberto Sgambelluri (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie        
61 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie            
62 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie               
63 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                      
64 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                       
65 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Lampre                                  
66 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                              
67 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                           
68 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                        
69 David Herrero (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                      
70 Hernan Buenahora (Col) Cafes Baque                                  
71 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                       
72 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC                                       
73 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor              
74 Jose Antonio Pecharroman (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon                 
75 Guido Trenti (USA) Fassa Bortolo                                    
76 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo                                
77 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Relax-Bergasol                              
78 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor          
79 Michael Barry (Can) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor               
80 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor                
81 Francisco José Lara (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                
82 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                            
83 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Relax-Bergasol                             
84 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                             
85 Cadel Evans (Aus) T-Mobile Team                                     
86 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                             
87 Rubén Plaza (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                        
88 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Rabobank                                       
89 David Plaza (Spa) Cafes Baque                                       
90 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                 
91 Antonio Colom (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                           
92 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon                        
93 Aitor Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                              
94 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone               
95 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC                                       
96 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                  
97 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie           
98 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                 
99 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                       
100 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre                                    
101 Francisco Garcia (Spa) Cafes Baque                                 
102 Julián Sanchez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo                                 
103 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor           
104 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax-Bergasol                              
105 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo                                 
106 Joaquin Lopez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                     
107 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC                                  
108 Alberto Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                    
109 Rene Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros                                  
110 Klaus Möller (Den) Alessio-Bianchi                                 
111 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Saeco                                           
112 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                    
113 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax-Bergasol                                  
114 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                      
115 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Lampre                                      
116 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Saeco                                       
117 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Bergasol                             
118 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                           
119 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor       12.11
120 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone               
121 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon                            
122 Aitor Perez (Spa) Cafes Baque                                      
123 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone               
124 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank                                  
125 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                        
126 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Alessio-Bianchi                                
127 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team                           
128 Ellis Rastelli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                               
129 Herbert Gutierrez (Col) Cafes Baque                                
130 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Team CSC                                        
131 Felix Cardenas (Col) Cafes Baque                                   
132 Luca Paolini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon                            
133 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                              
134 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Saeco                                        
135 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                       
136 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre                                         
137 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                            
138 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                          12.58
 
DNF Joseba Beloki (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                           
 
Points
 
1 José Julia (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                        25 pts
2 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems                        20
3 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco                                         16
4 Antonio Cruz (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor               14
5 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                          12
6 Iñaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                10
7 Ivan Parra (Col) Cafes Baque                                        9
8 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Saeco                                  8
9 Erki Pütsep (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance                                   7
10 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                              6
11 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                     5
12 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank                                           4
13 David Fernandez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                   3
14 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon                          2
15 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre                                       1
 
Sprints
 
1st intermediate sprint Barcarrota - km 41.2
1 David Fernandez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                    4 pts
2 José Julia (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                         2
3 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                      1
 
 
2nd intermediate sprint Montijo - km 108
1 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                               4 pts
2 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Saeco                                  2
3 Ivan Parra (Col) Cafes Baque                                        1
 
 
3rd intermediate sprint Puebla de Obando - km 142
1 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Saeco                                  4 pts
2 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco                                          2
3 Iñaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                 1
 
Teams
 
1 Saeco                                                         3.11.53
2 Illes Balears - Banesto                                          0.10
3 Comunidad Valenciana - Kelme                                     9.44
4 Phonak Hearing Systems                                           9.56
5 US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor                               10.28
6 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                             10.37
7 Cafes Baque                                                     11.22
8 Rabobank                                                        11.28
9 Alessio - Bianchi                                               11.35
10 Costa de Almeria - Paternina                                   13.37
11 Liberty Seguros                                                21.28
12 Quick Step - Davitamon                                              
13 Vini Caldirola -Nobili Rubinetterie                            21.37
14 Relax-Bodysol                                                       
15 Team CSC                                                       21.46
16 Fassa Bortolo                                                       
17 Cofidis, le credit par telephone                                    
18 Saunier Duval - Prodir                                              
19 Lampre                                                              
20 T-Mobile Team                                                       
 
General classification after stage 16
 
1 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros                          58.35.32
2 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme              0.05
3 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                      1.45
4 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                    2.02
5 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros                               3.45
6 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                     6.12
7 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor             8.30
8 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor           8.44
9 Angel Gomez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                     8.51
10 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme          8.59
11 David Blanco (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                   9.43
12 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone              11.21
13 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie      13.58
14 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Saeco                                     14.06
15 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo                             16.35
16 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros                           17.43
17 Francisco José Lara (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria           18.37
18 Miguel A. M. Perdiguero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir             19.48
19 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                         23.33
20 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Relax-Bergasol                           24.30
21 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                     25.39
22 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                  26.59
23 Peio Arreitunandia (Spa) Cafes Baque                           28.00
24 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                28.05
25 David Plaza (Spa) Cafes Baque                                  28.11
26 Unai Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                           29.12
27 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC                                 29.13
28 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                 31.05
29 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                   32.56
30 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre                                33.46
31 Rubén Plaza (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                   34.58
32 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems                    36.07
33 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor       36.40
34 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone          36.54
35 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                    37.23
36 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                       38.22
37 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Team CSC                                    39.34
38 Ivan Parra (Col) Cafes Baque                                   41.34
39 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Relax-Bergasol                        42.25
40 Hernan Buenahora (Col) Cafes Baque                             42.36
41 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros                       44.32
42 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                      45.59
43 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                  47.40
44 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Bergasol                         48.48
45 Felix Cardenas (Col) Cafes Baque                               49.27
46 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems            52.05
47 Cadel Evans (Aus) T-Mobile Team                                56.04
48 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                      1.00.43
49 Francisco Garcia (Spa) Cafes Baque                           1.00.51
50 Iñigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance                        1.01.10
51 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Relax-Bergasol                       1.01.42
52 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                 1.02.41
53 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                        1.03.05
54 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor       1.03.44
55 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team                               1.04.39
56 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                      1.05.52
57 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank                             1.06.01
58 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Saeco                                  1.08.57
59 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone        1.09.06
60 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros                       1.10.53
61 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team                     1.11.31
62 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax-Bergasol                             1.12.54
63 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone         1.13.29
64 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros                              1.14.26
65 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon                 1.14.49
66 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                      1.15.10
67 Jose Antonio Pecharroman (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon          1.15.29
68 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor   1.15.39
69 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                1.16.34
70 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                        1.18.20
71 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme    1.18.28
72 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team                          1.18.49
73 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Rabobank                                1.19.55
74 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone      1.21.28
75 Antonio Cruz (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor         1.23.13
76 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                1.23.57
77 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC                            1.25.32
78 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon                      1.25.55
79 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie    1.26.34
80 Iñaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                          1.26.36
81 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Lampre                           1.26.47
82 Aitor Perez (Spa) Cafes Baque                                1.27.01
83 Joaquin Lopez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria               1.30.25
84 Roberto Sgambelluri (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 1.31.37
85 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Saeco                                   1.32.33
86 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon                    1.33.07
87 David Herrero (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria               1.36.37
88 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio-Bianchi                    1.38.05
89 Michael Barry (Can) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor        1.38.56
90 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax-Bergasol                        1.39.49
91 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Saeco                                     1.41.12
92 Klaus Möller (Den) Alessio-Bianchi                           1.41.46
93 David Fernandez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria             1.42.40
94 Luca Paolini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon                      1.44.21
95 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco                                   1.44.35
96 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                     1.46.37
97 Alberto Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi              1.47.09
98 José Garrido (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon                      1.49.34
99 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Saeco                              1.49.52
100 Antonio Colom (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                   1.51.16
101 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Alessio-Bianchi                         1.51.39
102 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor     1.51.40
103 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                   1.52.38
104 José Julia (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                 1.55.52
105 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme          1.57.16
106 Alberto Martinez (Spa) Relax-Bergasol                       1.57.50
107 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros             1.58.21
108 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Lampre                               2.00.16
109 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon                   2.00.56
110 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank                           2.01.06
111 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros                            2.03.45
112 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                               2.04.16
113 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems                   2.04.44
114 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie       2.04.56
115 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo                        2.04.58
116 Marco Milesi (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie       2.06.23
117 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie    2.10.34
118 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto              2.13.23
119 Herbert Gutierrez (Col) Cafes Baque                         2.14.47
120 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                       2.14.50
121 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC                               2.15.12
122 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank                                    2.15.33
123 Rene Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros                           2.18.37
124 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax-Bergasol                           2.20.47
125 Erki Pütsep (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance                           2.20.56
126 Frank Høj (Den) Team CSC                                    2.21.23
127 Julián Sanchez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo                          2.24.10
128 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre                                2.26.07
129 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Saeco                          2.26.09
130 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC                               2.28.13
131 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre                                  2.29.12
132 Guido Trenti (USA) Fassa Bortolo                            2.33.34
133 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                              2.36.32
134 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Saeco                                2.38.42
135 Ellis Rastelli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                        2.39.11
136 Aitor Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                      2.43.35
137 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                        2.47.27
138 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone        2.48.13
 
Points classification
 
1 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                    148 pts
2 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme               126
3 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                97
4 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                      85
5 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                 76
6 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                        72
7 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                        52
8 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor               51
9 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon                          51
10 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                      50
11 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor           49
12 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                             43
13 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor            43
14 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo                                43
15 Antonio Cruz (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor              42
16 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie         38
17 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor          36
18 Angel Gomez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                      34
19 Erki Pütsep (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance                                 34
20 David Fernandez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                  33
21 Miguel A. M. Perdiguero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                31
22 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                     31
23 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team                          30
24 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor            29
25 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                 29
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                87 pts
2 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                      72
3 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                        71
4 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                67
5 Felix Cardenas (Col) Cafes Baque                                   58
6 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Bergasol                             50
7 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                    42
8 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                 40
9 Francisco José Lara (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria               36
10 David Fernandez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                  35
11 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                       32
12 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team                          28
13 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                     24
14 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                    21
15 Angel Gomez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                      21
16 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Lampre                                     20
17 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                      19
18 Unai Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                              19
19 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme            18
20 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                         17
21 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme         17
22 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                 16
23 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros                              16
24 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems                       14
25 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Alessio-Bianchi                               14
 
Combined classification
 
1 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                 5 pts
2 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                 8
3 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                      10
4 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                        12
5 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                 18
6 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                       33
7 Angel Gomez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                       42
8 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor               46
9 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor             49
10 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                       53
11 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                     57
12 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                   57
13 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme            58
14 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                 59
15 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo                                61
16 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie         64
17 Francisco José Lara (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria              69
18 David Blanco (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                     82
19 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems                       87
20 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Bergasol                            91
21 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                    92
22 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                    94
23 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team                          96
24 Felix Cardenas (Col) Cafes Baque                                  97
25 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Saeco                                       101
 
Teams classification
 
1 Comunidad Valenciana - Kelme                                175.45.38
2 Liberty Seguros                                                 20.34
3 Illes Balears - Banesto                                         26.33
4 US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor                               38.36
5 Costa de Almeria - Paternina                                    38.54
6 Phonak Hearing Systems                                          42.09
7 Cafes Baque                                                     56.15
8 Team CSC                                                        59.31
9 Saunier Duval - Prodir                                        1.02.52
10 Cofidis, le credit par telephone                             1.23.48
11 Relax-Bodysol                                                1.32.24
12 Saeco                                                        1.32.25
13 T-Mobile Team                                                2.12.28
14 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                          2.13.36
15 Fassa Bortolo                                                2.42.38
16 Rabobank                                                     2.43.00
17 Quick Step - Davitamon                                       2.58.01
18 Vini Caldirola -Nobili Rubinetterie                          2.59.36
19 Lampre                                                       3.29.41
20 Alessio - Bianchi                                            4.06.47

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