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60th Vuelta a España - GT
Spain, August 27-September 18, 2005
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Stage 14 - Saturday, September 10: Nestlé La Penilla-Lagos de Covadonga, 172.3 km
Eladio Jimenez wins after a great strategy
Denis Menchov resists behind Heras’ wheel
By Hernan Alvarez Macias
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Eladio Jimenez (Comunidad Valenciana) displayed his climbing abilities to all when he won one of the most important stages of the Vuelta a España at Lagos de Covadonga. Iñigo Cuesta (Saunier Duval) was second, finishing 1’20 behind, with Gilberto Simoni (Lampre-Caffita) a further 12 seconds down in third. Carlos Sastre (CSC) was next, with Vuelta leader Denis Menchov (Rabobank) and Roberto Heras (Liberty) finishing together in fifth and sixth. The Russian retained the golden jersey after a very tough stage, perhaps the toughest of the whole race, while Heras (second on GC) couldn’t reduce the 47-second gap on his favorite terrain.
Jimenez went away with 14 others after 39 kilometres of racing. "I was able to get into the right breakaway," said the stage winner. "In the end, I was able to use my strengths to reach the finish line in first place". He dedicated his victory to his best friend, Santos, who got married today and also to his girlfriend, who was at that wedding. "This win is for them," said Eladio, who also asked in public for a ProTour opportunity for his team Comunidad Valenciana.
"I tried to do the best I could," a rather upset Carlos Sastre told the press. "I had good feelings; I saw that Roberto [Heras] could perhaps not keep his teammate’s pace and I tried my best. I didn’t look back, concentrating on trying to reach the best possible result in this Vuelta. We will take it day by day now and see what the future has for us". In finishing fourth today, the CSC rider moved up a place to third on GC.
Liberty-Würth team director Manolo Saiz was, understandibly, not happy with the result. "Roberto [Heras] was supported by the team throughout the whole stage until La Huesera [the toughest part of the stage] where he had to attack. Menchov was behind Heras’ wheel," told Saiz. "Although he tried it many times, Menchov was doing very well and we couldn’t leave him behind. At this point, we were not capable of getting rid of Menchov. But tomorrow will be another day," added the director.
How it unfolded
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Tom Boonen (Quick Step) and David De la Fuente (Saunier Duval) were non-starters at La Penilla today. The Belgian rider abandoned the race because he considered the next two tough mountainous stages wouldn’t be helpful to his preparation for the World’s. That left a total of 145 riders in the Vuelta.
At km 39, 15 riders led the race with the peloton 32 seconds behind: Eladio Jimenez (Comunidad Valenciana), Bart Dockx (Davitamon-Lotto), Marcus Burghardt (T-Mobile), Heinrich Haussler (Gerolsteiner), Angel Gomez (Saunier Duval), Guido Trenti (Quick Step), Unai Osa (Illes Balears), Anthony Charteau (Bouygues Telecom), Joaquin Rodriguez (Saunier Duval), Bram De Groot (Rabobank), Iñigo Cuesta (Saunier Duval), Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Liberty-Würth), Martin Elmiger (Phonak), David Cañada (Saunier Duval) and Aketza Peña (Euskaltel-Euskadi), followed by Constantino Zaballa (Saunier Duval), Jose Vicente Garcia Acosta (Illes Balears) and David Bernabeu (Comunidad Valenciana). Some kilometers later, Angel Gomez lost contact with the breakaways.
As the kilometers ticked by, the gap between the breakaways and the peloton increased. At km 74, the advantage was 5’38. At the summit of the third stage climb (Collada de la Hoz) the breakaway were a full 7’04 behind the big group.
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The race went through two of the most beautiful Spanish regions full of mountains and green sceneries: Cantabria and Asturias. The leaders were able to maintain a good gap on the peloton here. At km 106, the 14 riders were 7’40 ahead. Then, at the foot of the Alto del Ortigueiro, the break had their maximum advantage of 8 minutes and 12 seconds. From that moment on, the peloton accelerated their pace and it began to make inroads into the break’s lead. The bunch wanted to catch the breakaways before the climb of Lagos de Covandonga but those up front resisted, knowing they had to preserve a good advantage to stand a chance.
The 14 breakaways: Haussler, Cañada, Cuesta, Jimenez, Rodriguez, Dockx, Trento, Osa, Gonzalez de Galdeano, Peña, Burghardt, Elmiger, De Groot and Ardila maintained a strong pace, but the peloton was determined to swallow them up before Lagos. At km 142 (30 km to go) the gap was drastically reduced to 5’54. The big favorites were beginning to take control.
At the foot of Lagos de Covadonga, 12 km from the end, Eladio Jimenez attacked his breakaway companions. The peloton was 2’50 behind. This move ultimately proved to be the right one, with Unai Osa and Iñigo Cuesta the only two riders able to – initially - keep the pace that Jimenez set.
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Two kilometers later, there was a big selection in the front of the peloton. Joseba Beloki, Angel Vicioso and Michele Scarponi (Liberty-Würth) accelerated in order to help Roberto Heras. But the Liberty leader wasn’t as good as he wanted to be, following the crash in stage 12. Denis Menchov maintained what has been a very profitable strategy for him: staying glued to Heras’ wheel while tackling the mountains. And so today the results were the same as in the other stages of the race: namely, the Russian resisted the attacks of Heras.
Carlos Sastre (CSC) saw Heras wasn’t at his best and attacked the head of the peloton with 10 km to go. However, Sastre’s effort wasn’t enough to get a good gap over Roberto Heras, nor to win the stage.
Jimenez rode with a strong, relentless tempo. At La Huesera, the hardest part of Lagos de Covadonga where the slopes were 14%, the Comunidad Valenciana rider maintained his rhythm and didn’t lose time to the chasers. With 7 km to go, Jimenez was 1’50 ahead of Sastre and around 2 minutes ahead of Menchov and Heras.
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La Huesera showed Heras wasn’t at his 100% condition. He tried to get rid of Menchov, was unable to do so. In keeping pace, the Rabobank rider showed that he had a real chance of winning the Vuelta.
Despite the acceleration behind, Jimenez continued to hold a gap of 1’49 over Sastre and 1’58 over Menchov and Heras with six kilometers remaining.
Once the slopes eased, Simoni was able to reel in Menchov and Heras and jump away them. Much of the last three kilometers were downhill and appeared to be easy for Jimenez, who had time to do a torero move when crossing the line in first place. Next came Iñigo Cuesta and Simoni, with Sastre, Menchov and Heras following behind.
Stage 15 - September 11: Cangas de Onis-Pajares, 191 km
The climb of Pajares will be crucial for the Vuelta. This will be a key stage with five climbs: Alto de la Faya de Los Lobos (Category 3, 740 meters above sea level, km 55.6), Alto de la Colladona (Cat. 1, 850 m., km 79), Alto de San Emiliano (Cat. 3, 540 m., km 114.6), Alto de la Colladiella (Cat. 1, 900 m., km 137.6) and Puerto de Pajares (Cat. special, 1380 m., stage finish). Puerto de Pajares is 14.2 km long, has a maximum gradient of 17% and an average of 6.1%. It may represent the last chance for Roberto Heras to regain the maillot oro. Given the race circumstances, if Menchov holds on for another day in the high mountains, the final victory will be much, much closer for the Russian.
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- Eladio Jimenez (Comm. Valenciana) arrives to win stage 14
- Give me five! Eldio Jimenez (Comm. Valenciana) looks for a celebratory high-five at the finish
- Inigo Cuesta (Saunier Duval) arrives at the finish
- A nice ride from Gilberto Simoni (Lampre) as he finished in third today
- Carlos Sastre (CSC) finishes stage 14 looking pretty tired
- Denis Menchov (Rabobank) looks strong, and led home Heras
- Roberto Heras (Liberty Seguros) is spent after a tough day in the mountains with an injury
- Francisco Mancebo (Illes Balears) is still in the hunt for at least a podium place
- Dude, I love that hat! And Jimenez loves it too - because it means he's won stage 14 of the Vuelta
- Eladio Jiemenez (Comm. Valenciana) looks very pleased to be on the podium
- The lonely road... with many a rocky mountain
- You've gotta love the horses who are totally at home in the high country
- Eladio Jimenez (Comm. Valenciana) punishes himself on his way to winning stage 14
- Inigo Cuesta (Saunier Duval) rides alone
- Carlos Sastre (CSC) and Gilberto Simoni (Lampre)
- Gilberto Simoni (Lampre) rides alone during stage 14
- Denis Menchov and Roberto Heras aren't giving anything away to each other in this year's Vuelta
- Denis Menchov and Roberto Heras stalk each other like prize fighters
- Roberto Heras (Liberty Seguros) finished sixth on the stage today
- Oscar Sevilla (T-Mobile) leads Miguel Perdigero and Santos Gonzalez
- Miguel Perdiguero and Santos Gonzalez (Phonak) work together going over the higher ground
- The Illes Balears pair of Unai Osa and Francisco Mancebo cut a solitary swathe through the pass
- Unai Osa and Francisco Mancebo work together during the stage
- Francisco Mancebo (Illes Balears) pushes the tempo on his way to taking 10th on stage 14
- Francisco Mancebo (Illes Balears) has it all ahead of him during stage 14
- Plenty of mist on the mountain means there's plenty of climbing left
- Illes Balears has been prominent at the front of the pack this Vuelta
- Michele Scarponi (Liberty Seguros) has worked hard for Heras all Vuelta
- All the hard work lies ahead in these mountains
- Riders pass Lagos De Covagonda during stage 14
- Descending down to the lake during stage 14
- Erik Zabel (T-Mobile) rides one of his last races for the T-Mobile squad
- Constantino Zaballa (Saunier Duval)
- Pierrick Fedrigo (Bouygues Telecom) (left)
- Magnificent views are something riders can't afford to enjoy
- You have to go up...
- But you get to come down again
- Not a bad view at all as riders descend
- Heras and Menchov go blow for blow during stage 14
- Roberto Heras shows the strain as Denis Menchov maintains the poker face
- Sastre and Simoni ride together
Images by AFP Photo
- Roberto Heras (Liberty Seguros) seemed to be looking forward to another round with Menchov
- Denis Menchov (Rabobank) looking focused on defending his lead in stage 14
- The peloton climbs through the Spanish countryside
- The peloton speeds down a hill
- Oooh look a castle - the Vuelta peloton is probably not taking in the scenery
- The peloton fills a narrow country road
- Eladio Jimenez (Comunidad Valenciana) on his solo breakaway.
- Carlos Sastre (CSC) on the attack
- Heras and Menchov are joined by Gilberto Simoni (Lampre-caffita)
- Gilberto Simoni (Lampre-Caffita) powers away from Heras and Menchov
- Roberto Heras (Liberty Seguroa) and Denis Menchov (Rabobank) do battle in the 14th stage, arriving at the finish together.
- Eladio Jimenez (Comunidad Valenciana) waves from the podium
- Denis Menchov (Rabobank) is congratulated on staying in the leader jersey
Results
1 Eladio Jimenez Sanchez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 4.25.36 2 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.20 3 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 1.32 4 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 1.37 5 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 1.44 6 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 7 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.11 8 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 9 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.16 10 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 2.36 11 Unai Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 2.44 12 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.02 13 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.26 14 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 3.28 15 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 3.38 16 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 3.46 17 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 3.48 18 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 3.50 19 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon - Lotto 4.26 20 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic 4.27 21 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 22 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 4.29 23 Daniel Atienza Urendez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 24 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.31 25 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon - Lotto 4.33 26 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 4.37 27 Marcos Antonio Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 28 Moises Dueñas (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 4.42 29 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4.54 30 David Blanco Rodiguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 31 Francisco José Lara (Spa) T-Mobile Team 32 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 4.57 33 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel 5.31 34 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 5.34 35 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 5.38 36 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 37 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 38 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC 5.41 39 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 5.44 40 Juan Manuel Fuentes (Spa) Lampre - Caffita 5.45 41 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Caffita 5.50 42 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Crédit Agricole 5.51 43 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6.32 44 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 7.19 45 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 7.20 46 Julian Sanchez Pimienta (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 47 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas - Bianchi 48 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 49 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 7.28 50 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 7.39 51 Constantino Zaballa Gutierrez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 8.20 52 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel 53 Jose Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 8.25 54 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 8.33 55 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 56 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic 8.39 57 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick Step - Innergetic 8.40 58 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 59 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 60 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 9.26 61 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 9.27 62 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 63 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 9.29 64 Jorge Garcia (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 65 Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 9.36 66 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 67 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 10.04 68 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 10.19 69 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 10.23 70 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 71 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 10.46 72 David Bernabeu (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 10.47 73 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile Team 74 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas - Bianchi 10.49 75 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 10.57 76 Francisco Pérez (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 11.01 77 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 11.50 78 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 79 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 12.59 80 Joseba Beloki Dorronsoro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 81 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 82 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 83 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 84 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 85 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 13.02 86 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 14.44 87 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 15.35 88 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 17.16 89 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Domina Vacanze 90 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 91 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 92 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 93 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 94 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 95 Matej Jurco (Svk) Domina Vacanze 96 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 97 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner 98 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 99 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC 100 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Lampre - Caffita 101 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 102 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 103 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 104 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 105 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Liquigas - Bianchi 106 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 107 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team 108 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas - Bianchi 109 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 110 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 111 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 112 Ian McLeod (RSA) Française des Jeux 113 Devis Miorin (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 114 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 115 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel 116 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 117 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 118 Jukka Vastaranta (Fin) Rabobank 119 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 120 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas - Bianchi 121 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 122 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 123 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 124 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner 125 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Davitamon - Lotto 126 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 127 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 128 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 129 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team 130 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 131 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 132 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze 17.31 133 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team 134 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française des Jeux 135 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 136 Adolfo Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 17.37 137 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 17.39 138 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 18.42 139 Yohann Gène (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 18.53 140 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team CSC 19.12 141 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 19.13 142 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 19.18 143 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 19.20 144 Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon - Lotto 19.29 145 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 20.42 DNS Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick.Step DNS David de la Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir Sprints S.I. Barcenillas - km 42,4 1 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4 pts 2 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 2 3 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1 S.I. Mier - km 113,4 1 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4 pts 2 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 2 3 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1 S.I. Hospederia del Peregrino - km 159,6 1 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 4 pts 2 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 2 3 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1 Points 1 Eladio Jimenez Sanchez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 25 pts 2 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 20 3 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 16 4 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 14 5 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 12 6 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 10 7 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 9 8 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 8 9 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 7 10 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 6 11 Unai Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 5 12 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4 13 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3 14 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 2 15 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1 Mountains Alto de Carmona (Cat 2.) - km 49 1 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 10 pts 2 Eladio Jimenez Sanchez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 7 3 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 5 4 Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 3 5 Unai Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 2 6 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 Collada de Ozalba (Cat 2.) - km 66 1 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 10 pts 2 Eladio Jimenez Sanchez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 7 3 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 5 4 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 3 5 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 2 6 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1 Collada de la Hoz (Cat 2.) - km 80 1 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 10 pts 2 Eladio Jimenez Sanchez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 7 3 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 5 4 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 3 5 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 2 6 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1 Alto de Ortiguero (Cat 3.) - km 136 1 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 6 pts 2 Eladio Jimenez Sanchez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 4 3 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 2 4 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1 Lagos de Covadonga (HC) - km 172 1 Eladio Jimenez Sanchez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 30 pts 2 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 25 3 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 20 4 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 16 5 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 12 6 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 10 7 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 8 8 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 6 9 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 4 10 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 3 11 Unai Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 2 12 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 Teams 1 Comunidad Valenciana 13.24.06 2 Phonak Hearing Systems 0.57 3 Illes Balears - Caisse D'Epargne 2.31 4 T- Mobile Team 3.25 5 Euskaltel - Euskadi 3.41 6 Team CSC 5.34 7 Lampre - Caffita 5.49 8 Liberty Seguros - Würth Team 6.31 9 Relax Fuenlabrada 6.58 10 Davitamon - Lotto 7.19 11 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 10.19 12 Saunier Duval - Prodir 11.48 13 Rabobank 12.35 14 Bouygues Telecom 13.29 15 Credit Agricole 13.32 16 Quick Step - Innergetic 14.28 17 Cofidis, le credit par telephone 16.20 18 Team Gerolsteiner 25.03 19 Liquigas - Bianchi 28.07 20 Fassa Bortolo 34.34 21 Domina Vacanze 44.30 22 La Francaise Des Jeux 44.45 General classification after stage 14 1 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 56.53.00 2 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 0.47 3 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 1.50 4 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 2.45 5 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 5.37 6 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 7.18 7 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 7.19 8 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 7.44 9 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 7.49 10 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic 9.02 11 David Blanco Rodiguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 11.13 12 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 13.06 13 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 13.12 14 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon - Lotto 13.32 15 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 15.48 16 Unai Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 18.26 17 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 18.48 18 Francisco José Lara (Spa) T-Mobile Team 20.01 19 Marcos Antonio Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 22.09 20 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Caffita 23.02 21 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC 24.09 22 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 25.31 23 Daniel Atienza Urendez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 25.33 24 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 27.14 25 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 29.05 26 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 29.27 27 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon - Lotto 31.13 28 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 32.09 29 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 33.42 30 David Bernabeu (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 37.55 31 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 40.03 32 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 40.30 33 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 41.31 34 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 42.45 35 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel 43.00 36 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 44.42 37 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 45.17 38 Eladio Jimenez Sanchez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 46.35 39 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel 46.50 40 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 46.56 41 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 49.17 42 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 50.18 43 Joseba Beloki Dorronsoro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 50.26 44 Adolfo Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 50.30 45 Francisco Pérez (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 50.46 46 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Crédit Agricole 52.02 47 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 52.33 48 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 53.28 49 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 53.39 50 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 54.13 51 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic 56.11 52 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 57.11 53 Moises Dueñas (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 57.43 54 Jose Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 57.59 55 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 58.09 56 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas - Bianchi 59.49 57 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 59.55 58 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel 1.01.11 59 Julian Sanchez Pimienta (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 1.02.18 60 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.02.21 61 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 62 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1.02.53 63 Juan Manuel Fuentes (Spa) Lampre - Caffita 1.03.32 64 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 1.04.50 65 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.05.12 66 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 1.06.58 67 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 1.07.09 68 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 1.07.38 69 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 1.07.48 70 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas - Bianchi 1.08.03 71 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 1.09.25 72 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1.11.29 73 Constantino Zaballa Gutierrez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.12.46 74 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1.15.58 75 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 1.16.04 76 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.16.09 77 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.16.40 78 Jorge Garcia (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 1.19.13 79 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 1.20.35 80 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.20.53 81 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 1.21.22 82 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 1.22.43 83 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.23.40 84 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 1.25.05 85 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 1.26.16 86 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 1.28.05 87 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team CSC 1.28.45 88 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.29.57 89 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.30.53 90 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.31.22 91 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Domina Vacanze 1.33.51 92 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.34.21 93 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.34.50 94 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 1.35.01 95 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.37.31 96 Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 1.37.46 97 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.39.05 98 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Lampre - Caffita 1.40.46 99 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 1.41.56 100 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.43.10 101 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick Step - Innergetic 1.44.16 102 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 1.44.26 103 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 1.44.43 104 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 1.45.32 105 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 1.48.36 106 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 1.49.10 107 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas - Bianchi 1.50.04 108 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.53.07 109 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 1.53.13 110 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.53.54 111 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team 1.54.31 112 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.55.21 113 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.57.17 114 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 1.57.40 115 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.58.28 116 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Davitamon - Lotto 1.59.05 117 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 1.59.07 118 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team 2.01.11 119 Devis Miorin (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 2.01.19 120 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2.02.34 121 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner 2.03.22 122 Ian McLeod (RSA) Française des Jeux 2.05.09 123 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 2.05.30 124 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 2.07.23 125 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC 2.07.28 126 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 2.09.00 127 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Liquigas - Bianchi 2.11.15 128 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 2.12.12 129 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 2.12.40 130 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas - Bianchi 2.14.05 131 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze 2.17.05 132 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 2.19.26 133 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team 2.19.58 134 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.21.00 135 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 2.21.58 136 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 2.22.46 137 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2.23.39 138 Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon - Lotto 2.24.39 139 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française des Jeux 2.30.05 140 Matej Jurco (Svk) Domina Vacanze 2.36.40 141 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 2.38.58 142 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.42.35 143 Jukka Vastaranta (Fin) Rabobank 2.45.45 144 Yohann Gène (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.45.53 145 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 2.50.12 Points classification 1 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 117 pts 2 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 107 3 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 104 4 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 89 5 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 85 6 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 75 7 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 60 8 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 54 9 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 44 10 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 44 11 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 40 12 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 38 13 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 36 14 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 36 15 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 36 16 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 36 17 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon - Lotto 34 18 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 33 19 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 33 20 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic 29 21 David Blanco Rodiguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 29 22 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 28 23 Eladio Jimenez Sanchez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 27 24 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 27 25 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 26 Mountains classification 1 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 132 pts 2 Eladio Jimenez Sanchez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 109 3 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 76 4 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 66 5 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 54 6 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 53 7 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 52 8 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 43 9 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 37 10 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 34 11 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 32 12 Adolfo Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 32 13 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 27 14 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic 23 15 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 22 16 Constantino Zaballa Gutierrez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 21 17 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 20 18 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon - Lotto 19 19 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 13 20 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 13 21 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 12 22 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 12 23 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 12 24 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 11 25 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 11 Combination classification 1 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 6 pts 2 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 7 3 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 13 4 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 16 5 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 22 6 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 27 7 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 40 8 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 43 9 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic 44 10 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 45 11 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon - Lotto 49 12 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 53 13 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 56 14 David Blanco Rodiguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 58 15 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 61 16 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 61 17 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 61 18 Eladio Jimenez Sanchez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 63 19 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 74 20 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 78 21 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 80 22 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 86 23 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 94 24 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 95 25 Adolfo Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 98 Teams classification 1 Comunidad Valenciana 170.55.38 2 Phonak Hearing Systems 15.29 3 Team CSC 16.23 4 Liberty Seguros - Würth Team 17.24 5 Illes Balears - Caisse D'Epargne 20.55 6 Euskaltel - Euskadi 29.43 7 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 30.08 8 Lampre - Caffita 47.39 9 Davitamon - Lotto 51.24 10 T- Mobile Team 54.44 11 Quick Step - Innergetic 1.00.44 12 Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.15.28 13 Relax Fuenlabrada 1.25.08 14 Cofidis, le credit par telephone 1.35.51 15 Credit Agricole 1.36.03 16 Rabobank 1.41.30 17 Bouygues Telecom 2.10.35 18 Team Gerolsteiner 2.50.36 19 Fassa Bortolo 2.58.25 20 Liquigas - Bianchi 3.09.59 21 La Francaise Des Jeux 4.26.37 22 Domina Vacanze 4.53.23
