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59th Vuelta a España - GT

Spain, September 4-26, 2004

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Stage 9 - September 12: Xátiva - Alto de Aitana (Alicante), 170 km

Piepoli victorious and Tyler cracks as Liberty returns to the peloton

By Martin Hardie in Alicante

Leonardo Piepoli (Saunier Duval)
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With the fading of the American dominance in la Vuelta, Liberty Seguros today returned to the international peloton as Roberto Heras and Isidro Nozal stamped their mark on the race and perhaps gave us a taste of what is to come. But all was not lost for the star spangled contingent as although Floyd Landis lost time to the likes of Heras, Nozal, Mancebo, Valverde, Menchov and Sastre, he did enough to hang in there to remain in the golden jersey. He now stands 33 seconds ahead of his teammate Triki Beltran, but more importantly 38 ahead of Mancebo, 51 on Nozal, 57 on Valverde and 1'35 on Heras.

Landis lost 48 seconds today on the race favourite Roberto Heras and he will have to dig deep to be able to limit his losses day after day over the next two weeks - two weeks in which there will be very little respite at all. Although the day in the longer term belonged to Liberty with Nozal performing a mammoth task in dragging Roberto Heras within striking distance of the finish, the stage belonged to the bald Italian rider of Joxean Matxin's Saunier Duval squad, Leonardo Piepoli.

Roberto Heras (Liberty Seguros)
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Following Joseba Beloki's mediocre performance yesterday in the flat hot Valencian time trial, the Saunier squad decided it was time to change the chip. Overall victory probably was not going to come to Beloki, who lacks the race fitness to be there at the end. The decision made within Matxin's magic yellow bus was to now aim at lighting up the roads in pursuit of stage wins. And that is exactly what they did.

Piepoli, a superb climber, known for his years with Banesto, followed Heras all the way up the final climb to the Alto de Aitana, a barren sheer wall that rises to more than 1500 metres reaching its summit in a fog bound military radar installation. Piepoli left Heras behind with 400 metres to the finish line and never looked back and went on solo to cross the line with a broad smile, polishing his soggy Saunier jersey.

Floyd Landis (USPS)
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It was Piepoli's second win of the season, his other of course being his fourth victory in Durango's Subida Urkiola. But even though it was close to his 30th professional win it was his first in any Grand Tour.

"I followed Roberto Heras on the climb he was riding very hard to try and take time out of his adversaries in the general," said Piepoli post-stage. "He was behind Nozal who rode extremely strongly..."

Asked by us why he wasn't thinking about the general when he is known as such a good climber, he responded "I knew that I would always lose about four minutes in a time trial like the one yesterday in Valencia, and I think that when we get to Madrid I will lose another two minutes. The chronos are pretty hard for me but I think I am a good climber, so I decided to take it easier yesterday and save myself for the mountains and to try and get my first win in a Grand Tour.

"I have won nearly thirty races now and I have always hoped I could win one in one of the Grand Tours. I think I have been going pretty well and this is my first. Next year I am going to try and continue to do the same thing in the Giro and the Tour. For me this is a very good climb, I couldn't see much of the scenery on the bike and in the fog, maybe I will get to see some on the way down in the car...but sure it's a very hard climb, it's not steep but very hard."

Tyler Hamilton (Phonak)
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Tyler Hamilton was the major GC loser today as he came in 10'52 behind Piepoli. But he was not the only rider to fail as Joseba Beloki lost time yesterday and today. Speaking of this and the change in tactics of Saunier Piepoli, Piepoli said, "This year I have a grand leader but I am sorry for Joseba because he simply lacks a bit of competition. But it has given me a chance to do what I did today."

The other change that today brought about was the start of the real fight for the mountains competition and the launching of Cafes Baque's Plan Colombia. And it started right from the gun when last year's mountains winner, Colombian veteran Felix Cardenas got himself into the 14 man break that formed at the fifty kilometre mark. Cardenas spoke to Cyclingnews afterwards and told us that the mountains jersey was his and Baque's principal objective of La Vuelta.

Felix Cardenas (Baque)
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On the descent of the day's third climb, the Cat. 2 Alto de Tollas, the ever friendly Colombian escaped from the lead group with Tadej Valjavec and Pablo Lastras. Cardenas rode in that valiant Colombian style all day but unfortunately was finally dragged back into the Heras group with three kilometres left to race. His capture was due to the incredible job done by Isidro Nozal and earlier, Darius Baranowski. But Cardenas managed to pick up a tidy few mountain points in his 109 km escape - enough to see him jump into third position in the competition and only two points behind the new leader, Paternina's David Fernandez. The Baque camp is obviously overjoyed as not only has Cardenas now given himself a solid foundation from which to launch his fight for the jersey, but it is just the sort of tonic the Basque-Colombian outfit need in their search for a new sponsor to come on board in their quest to keep the team alive in 2005.

Baranowski
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So as the race heads further and further south, the mountains have begun and with that the day took its toll in terms of time losses and riders who didn't make it to the end. We saw two riders not take the start (Sinkewitz and Furlan) and a total of 12 victims get off their bikes en route. Four of these were from AGR2 - the reason for their withdrawal is not yet known. Amongst the others to get off were Robbie Hunter, Max Van Heeswijk, and yet another T-Mobile rider Tomas Konecny.

Tomorrow the fun continues with what is called a stage of "medium mountains" - three Cat. 3's and two cat. 2's should also be enough to once again make another telling selection in La Vuelta.

Photography

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Results

1 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                    4.29.36
2 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros                               0.04
3 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                0.10
4 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                     0.15
5 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                     0.25
6 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme               0.29
7 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto                         0.41
8 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                      0.52
9 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor              0.55
10 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo                               1.09
11 Angel Gomez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                         
12 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme           1.14
13 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor           1.18
14 Felix Cardenas (Col) Cafes Baque                                     
15 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                          
16 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Saeco                                       1.27
17 David Blanco (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                        
18 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                        1.51
19 Peio Arreitunandia (Spa) Cafes Baque                             2.02
20 Miguel A. M. Perdiguero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir               2.08
21 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie            
22 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre                                      
23 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                     2.10
24 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                2.12
25 Unai Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                                 
26 Francisco José Lara (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria             2.24
27 Hernan Buenahora (Col) Cafes Baque                               2.47
28 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                   2.59
29 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Relax-Bodysol                                  
30 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                           3.16
31 Rubén Plaza (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                     4.04
32 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Team CSC                                      4.06
33 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                
34 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros                             4.43
35 David Plaza (Spa) Cafes Baque                                    4.51
36 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon                         
37 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC                                       
38 Cadel Evans (Aus) T-Mobile Team                                  5.19
39 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor             
40 Ivan Parra (Col) Cafes Baque                                         
41 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros                             
42 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Relax-Bodysol                            5.54
43 Iñigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance                            6.10
44 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                           
45 Jose Antonio Pecharroman (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon                  
46 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Relax-Bodysol                               
47 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Bodysol                                
48 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Rabobank                                        
49 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                               
50 Francisco Garcia (Spa) Cafes Baque                                   
51 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor               
52 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team                              6.23
53 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                         7.02
54 Joaquin Lopez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                   7.10
55 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank                                     10.43
56 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                        
57 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                      
58 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems                     10.52
59 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems                          
60 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie            
61 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone           12.00
62 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros                               
63 Michael Barry (Can) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor                
64 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Saeco                                           
65 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                       
66 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                              
67 Alberto Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                      
68 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone              
69 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                              
70 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Lampre                                   
71 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                        
72 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC                                    
73 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                                
74 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                 
75 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo                                 
76 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team                             
77 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                
78 Aitor Perez (Spa) Cafes Baque                                        
79 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco                                           
80 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                    13.28
81 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor      13.56
82 Antonio Cruz (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor                 
83 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank                                     
84 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax-Bodysol                                 
85 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                            
86 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor         14.02
87 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme              14.47
88 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems                            
89 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank                               15.00
90 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon                         17.30
91 Rene Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros                               18.11
92 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Saeco                                        18.36
93 Klaus Möller (Den) Alessio-Bianchi                                   
94 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                           18.38
95 Gonzalo Bayarri (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                    19.53
96 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                             
97 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Lampre                                           
98 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                   22.06
99 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme            
100 José Julia (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                         
101 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                               25.56
102 Alberto Martinez (Spa) Relax-Bodysol                                
103 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon                           
104 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                      
105 Frank Høj (Den) Team CSC                                            
106 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie               
107 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio-Bianchi                           
108 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros                                    
109 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax-Bodysol                                     
110 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                             
111 Ronald Mutsaars (Ned) Rabobank                                      
112 Ion Del Rio (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                        
113 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie            
114 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                            
115 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                        
116 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                               
117 Roberto Sgambelluri (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie        
118 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Saeco                                         
119 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                       
120 Joseba Albizu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                               
121 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie               
122 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC                                       
123 David Herrero (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                      
124 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros                     
125 Hebert Gutierrez (Col) Cafes Baque                                  
126 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance                               
127 Antonio Colom (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                           
128 Iñaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                 
129 Erki Pütsep (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance                                   
130 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Saeco                                     
131 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Saeco                                  
132 José Garrido (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon                             
133 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon                           
134 Thomas Bruun (Den) Team CSC                                         
135 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre                                        
136 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Saeco                                        
137 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Lampre                                       
138 Stephane Goubert (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                              
139 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank                                            
140 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                 
141 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                
142 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                    
143 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                             
144 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Alessio-Bianchi                                 
145 David Fernandez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                    
146 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Quick.Step-Davitamon                           
147 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                 
148 Luca Paolini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon                             
149 Marco Milesi (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie               
150 Ellis Rastelli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                                
151 Bert Roesems (Bel) Relax-Bodysol                                    
152 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                     
153 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC                                       
154 Guido Trenti (USA) Fassa Bortolo                                    
155 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre                                          
156 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir                        28.41
157 Julián Sanchez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo                             29.40
158 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie         31.12
159 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Cafes Baque                              31.24
160 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems                  31.31
161 Michele Scotto (Ita) Lampre                                    31.59
162 Aitor Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                         32.10
163 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                           34.04
164 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                      
165 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                             
166 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax-Bodysol                               34.55
 
DNS Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                                 
DNS Patrick Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step-Davitamon                        
DNF Stéphane Berges (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                               
DNF Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                               
DNF Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                                
DNF Julien Laidoun (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                                
DNF Martin Hvastija (Slo) Alessio-Bianchi                               
DNF Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                 
DNF Carlos Torrent (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                     
DNF Robert Hunter (RSA) Rabobank                                        
DNF Giosue Bonomi (Ita) Saeco                                           
DNF Tomas Konecny (Cze) T-Mobile Team                                   
DNF Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor            
DNF Steve Zampieri (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie             
 
Points
 
1 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                         25 pts
2 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                 20
3 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                  16
4 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                       14
5 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                       12
6 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                 10
7 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto                            9
8 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                         8
9 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor                 7
10 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo                                  6
11 Angel Gomez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                        5
12 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme              4
13 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor              3
14 Felix Cardenas (Col) Cafes Baque                                    2
15 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                         1
 
Mountains
 
Puerto de Albaida - cat. 3, km 34
1 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio-Bianchi                            6 pts
2 Michele Scotto (Ita) Lampre                                          4
3 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                2
4 Francisco Garcia (Spa) Cafes Baque                                   1
 
Alto de la Margarida - cat. 3, km 55 
1 David Fernandez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                     6 pts
2 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Lampre                                        4
3 Felix Cardenas (Col) Cafes Baque                                     2
4 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                       1
 
Alto de Tollos - cat. 2, km 63
1 David Fernandez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                    10 pts
2 Felix Cardenas (Col) Cafes Baque                                     7
3 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                       5
4 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                            3
5 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems                          2
6 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                   1
 
Puerto de Tudons - cat. 2, km 93
1 David Fernandez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                    10 pts
2 Felix Cardenas (Col) Cafes Baque                                     7
3 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                            5
4 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems                          3
5 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                        2
6 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                   1
 
Alto de Torremanzanas - cat. 2, km 126 
1 Felix Cardenas (Col) Cafes Baque                                    10 pts
2 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems                          7
3 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                            5
4 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                       3
5 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                            2
6 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                        1
 
Puerto de Benifallim - cat. 3, km 134
1 Felix Cardenas (Col) Cafes Baque                                     6 pts
2 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                            4
3 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems                          2
4 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                       1
 
Alto de Aitana cat. E, km 162
1 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                         30 pts
2 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                 25
3 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                  20
4 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                       16
5 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                       12
6 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                 10
7 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto                            8
8 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                         6
9 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor                 4
10 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo                                  3
11 Angel Gomez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                        2
12 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme              1
 
Sprints
 
El Palomar - km 23                                                      
1 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio-Bianchi                            4 pts
2 Michele Scotto (Ita) Lampre                                          2
3 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                1
 
Relleu - km 115,2
1 Felix Cardenas (Col) Cafes Baque                                     4 pts
2 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems                          2
3 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                            1
 
Penágula - km 145
1 Felix Cardenas (Col) Cafes Baque                                     4 pts
2 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                            2
3 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                       1
 
Teams
 
1 Illes Balears - Banesto                                       13.31.35
2 Comunidad Valenciana - Kelme                                      0.23
3 Costa de Almeria - Paternina                                      1.11
4 Saunier Duval - Prodir                                            1.31
5 Liberty Seguros                                                   2.10
6 Cafes Baque                                                       3.20
7 US Postal Service presented by B.                                 4.45
8 Team CSC                                                          7.02
9 Relax-Bodysol                                                    12.16
10 Cofidis, le credit par telephone                                15.31
11 Phonak Hearing Systems                                          15.33
12 T-Mobile Team                                                   20.55
13 Saeco                                                           22.40
14 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                             24.29
15 Quick Step - Davitamon                                          25.44
16 Rabobank                                                        26.06
17 Lampre                                                          31.14
18 AG2R Prevoyance                                                 35.29
19 Vini Caldirola -Nobili Rubinetterie                             36.09
20 Fassa Bortolo                                                   36.28
21 Alessio - Bianchi                                               53.45
 
General classification after stage 9
 
1 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor          31.46.48
2 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor            0.33
3 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                     0.38
4 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                0.51
5 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme               0.57
6 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros                               1.35
7 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto                         1.52
8 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                      1.55
9 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo                                2.25
10 David Blanco (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                    3.30
11 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme           4.19
12 Angel Gomez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                     4.25
13 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                      4.35
14 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                5.06
15 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor         5.08
16 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre                                  5.18
17 Rubén Plaza (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                     5.28
18 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Saeco                                       5.35
19 Cadel Evans (Aus) T-Mobile Team                                  6.11
20 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Team CSC                                      6.48
21 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                        6.52
22 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor           6.55
23 Francisco José Lara (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria             7.10
24 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie        7.24
25 Miguel A. M. Perdiguero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir               7.27
26 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Relax-Bodysol                              7.38
27 Peio Arreitunandia (Spa) Cafes Baque                             7.44
28 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros                             9.06
29 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                       9.28
30 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                           9.45
31 Felix Cardenas (Col) Cafes Baque                                10.09
32 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                         
33 Iñigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance                                
34 David Plaza (Spa) Cafes Baque                                   10.18
35 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems                     10.29
36 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                  11.41
37 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC                                  11.43
38 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                          12.10
39 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros                        12.52
40 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                        13.11
41 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                 14.49
42 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                     14.51
43 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                   14.53
44 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone           15.16
45 Unai Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                            15.17
46 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                   16.20
47 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                  16.21
48 Francisco Garcia (Spa) Cafes Baque                              16.38
49 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone            16.53
50 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Relax-Bodysol                          17.15
51 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank                                     17.19
52 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Bodysol                           17.22
53 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                         17.43
54 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                    18.08
55 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon                    19.22
56 Hernan Buenahora (Col) Cafes Baque                              19.48
57 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax-Bodysol                            20.10
58 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Rabobank                                   20.59
59 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros                          21.51
60 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems                     21.56
61 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone           22.17
62 Klaus Möller (Den) Alessio-Bianchi                              23.26
63 Jose Antonio Pecharroman (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon             23.30
64 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                        24.06
65 Aitor Perez (Spa) Cafes Baque                                   24.11
66 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Saeco                                      24.26
67 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                           25.17
68 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                         25.51
69 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team                             26.03
70 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC                               26.50
71 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Relax-Bodysol                           27.47
72 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems             28.15
73 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                           28.41
74 Ivan Parra (Col) Cafes Baque                                    29.15
75 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Lampre                              29.25
76 Antonio Cruz (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor            29.34
77 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                 29.43
78 Joaquin Lopez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                  29.45
79 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco                                      30.24
80 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon                       30.39
81 Roberto Sgambelluri (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie    31.51
82 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie       32.07
83 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Saeco                                     32.51
84 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                         32.56
85 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone           33.24
86 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor      34.17
87 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                       35.17
88 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo                            35.44
89 Gonzalo Bayarri (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                    36.25
90 Michael Barry (Can) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor           36.47
91 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax-Bodysol                                 37.04
92 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                   37.13
93 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone         37.18
94 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio-Bianchi                       37.25
95 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme       37.57
96 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems                       38.01
97 David Herrero (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                  38.14
98 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon                         38.26
99 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank                                39.06
100 Luca Paolini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon                        39.34
101 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                  40.13
102 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                               40.28
103 Iñaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                            41.43
104 Michele Scotto (Ita) Lampre                                    43.05
105 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Quick.Step-Davitamon                      43.31
106 Alberto Martinez (Spa) Relax-Bodysol                           45.35
107 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme             45.36
108 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor        45.45
109 David Fernandez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria               47.01
110 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team                       47.05
111 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance                          47.44
112 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Saeco                                       49.21
113 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                        50.09
114 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                  50.45
115 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Lampre                                     50.52
116 Stephane Goubert (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                         50.54
117 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros                51.08
118 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank                              51.27
119 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems                  51.28
120 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                       51.57
121 Alberto Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                51.58
122 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre                                   52.15
123 Antonio Colom (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                      52.17
124 Rene Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros                              54.04
125 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Lampre                                  54.30
126 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros                               54.41
127 Ronald Mutsaars (Ned) Rabobank                                 55.09
128 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                          55.40
129 Marco Milesi (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie          55.45
130 Hebert Gutierrez (Col) Cafes Baque                             56.04
131 Joseba Albizu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                          56.19
132 Ion Del Rio (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                   56.29
133 José Julia (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                    56.39
134 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                   56.51
135 Bert Roesems (Bel) Relax-Bodysol                               57.06
136 Frank Høj (Den) Team CSC                                       57.34
137 Julián Sanchez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo                             58.16
138 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon                      58.19
139 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Saeco                                58.33
140 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Cafes Baque                              59.43
141 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir               59.58
142 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax-Bodysol                             1.00.23
143 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie        1.01.30
144 Guido Trenti (USA) Fassa Bortolo                             1.01.40
145 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Alessio-Bianchi                          1.01.41
146 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie     1.03.07
147 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie        1.03.24
148 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto               1.03.55
149 Erki Pütsep (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance                            1.03.56
150 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                               1.04.48
151 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone          1.06.02
152 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre                                   1.06.35
153 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank                                     1.07.01
154 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                      1.07.46
155 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Saeco                           1.09.04
156 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie       1.09.06
157 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Saeco                                 1.09.21
158 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir                             
159 Aitor Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                       1.09.46
160 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC                                1.09.56
161 Ellis Rastelli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                         1.10.20
162 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                
163 Thomas Bruun (Den) Team CSC                                  1.10.45
164 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC                                1.11.38
165 José Garrido (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon                      1.11.39
166 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone         1.18.28
 
Points classification
 
1 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                      92 pts
2 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone               90
3 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank                                         87
4 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                             75
5 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                 65
6 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor                50
7 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto                           50
8 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                       43
9 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                 41
10 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                 40
11 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                        39
12 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor             38
13 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo                                 38
14 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor           36
15 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon                          35
16 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor             28
17 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                       28
18 Miguel A. M. Perdiguero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                 27
19 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems                        26
20 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                              21
21 Cadel Evans (Aus) T-Mobile Team                                    20
22 Michael Barry (Can) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor              20
23 David Fernandez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                   20
24 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie          19
25 Luca Paolini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon                            18
 
Mountains classification
 
1 David Fernandez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                    35 pts
2 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                       33
3 Felix Cardenas (Col) Cafes Baque                                    32
4 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                         31
5 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                 27
6 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Lampre                                       20
7 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                  20
8 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                           17
9 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Bodysol                               16
10 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto                          14
11 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems                        14
12 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre                                    13
13 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                13
14 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                      12
15 Hebert Gutierrez (Col) Cafes Baque                                 11
16 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon                          11
17 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor               10
18 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                     10
19 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor              9
20 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                        8
21 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo                                  7
22 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio-Bianchi                           6
23 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme              6
24 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                   5
25 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre                                          5
 
Combined classification
 
1 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                       13 pts
2 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                 20
3 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                  21
4 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                 23
5 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor                24
6 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto                           24
7 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor              33
8 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo                                  43
9 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                        45
10 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                        57
11 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre                                    67
12 Felix Cardenas (Col) Cafes Baque                                   71
13 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme             76
14 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor             77
15 Angel Gomez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                       81
16 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Saeco                                         83
17 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                          83
18 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                  90
19 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                      91
20 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                    118
21 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Bodysol                             127
22 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems                       129
23 David Fernandez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                  133
24 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie         137
25 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax-Bodysol                              141
 
Teams classification
 
1 US Postal Service presented by B.                             95.26.05
2 Comunidad Valenciana - Kelme                                      1.04
3 Illes Balears - Banesto                                           3.20
4 Liberty Seguros                                                   3.59
5 Team CSC                                                         10.41
6 Saunier Duval - Prodir                                           11.31
7 Costa de Almeria - Paternina                                     13.52
8 Cafes Baque                                                      14.22
9 Phonak Hearing Systems                                           15.27
10 Relax-Bodysol                                                   23.49
11 Cofidis, le credit par telephone                                24.52
12 T-Mobile Team                                                   26.09
13 Saeco                                                           34.29
14 Quick Step - Davitamon                                          41.06
15 Fassa Bortolo                                                   47.26
16 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                             48.55
17 Lampre                                                          53.30
18 Vini Caldirola -Nobili Rubinetterie                             56.04
19 Rabobank                                                        57.25
20 AG2R Prevoyance                                               1.00.56
21 Alessio - Bianchi                                             1.18.48
 

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