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60th Vuelta a España - GT
Spain, August 27-September 18, 2005
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Stage 18 - Thursday, September 15: Avila-Avila, 197.5 km
Sorensen wins an emotional stage
Mancebo tries to gain more time
By Hernan Alvarez Macias
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Denmark's Nicki Sorensen (CSC) gave his team its first Vuelta a España stage win today in the historical walled city of Avila, beating Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Comunidad Valenciana) on a two-man sprint. Jose Vicente Garcia Acosta (Illes Balears), who fought for the victory with the duo, ended third. Roberto Heras (Liberty-Würth) kept the leader's golden jersey for another day.
"I had a good day," said Nicki Sorensen at the press conference post-stage. "From the start I felt good and I was able to get in the breakaway, and then to catch Javier Pascual and to resist at the end the attacks from Garcia Acosta and Pascual."
Sorensen added that in the beginning, he got into the leader's group just in case Carlos Sastre needed help, but then he realized he could win in Avila. "I didn't know Avila's pavé was so hard in a very hard and complicated finale. This is my first victory in my career in a race like the Vuelta that I've always liked. I feel happy."
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Javier Pascual Rodriguez wasn't very content after the sprint. "The stage was very similar to the one we raced last year here," said Pascual post-stage. "It had almost 200 kilometres, many climbs and it was very hot on the road. I didn't have much strength at the end. We were all tired, me, Chente [Garcia Acosta], Sorensen, everyone." Referring to his Vuelta, he said, "I start working for my teammates thinking of the overall classification. But as days go by, I marked two stages: Pajares [stage 15] and here. I wanted to dedicate this stage to a rider who left a great memory: 'Chava' Jimenez."
"We all like to win in Avila," explained third placed Garcia Acosta. "In order to win here, for a rider like me, I had to attack early in the stage, but I was very tired when we arrived on the pavé. I had very little strength at the last meters."
How it unfolded
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The city of Avila is a classic place for the Vuelta a España. Like the Pyrenees or the mountainous stages in Cantabria and Asturias, Avila is always among the cities where the Spanish tour passes. The big absence today was Paolo Bettini (Quick Step) who quit the race, but also Santos Gonzalez (Phonak) who finished third yesterday but was pulled out by his team after an internal health control, Guido Trenti (Quick Step), Matteo Tosatto (Fassa Bortolo) and Anthony Geslin (Bouygues Telecom) also abandoned the Vuelta. Therefore, there were 133 survivors of the 197 who began in Granada in stage 1.
The attacks didn't take long and at km 12, 16 men broke clear of the peloton. Among them: Oscar Pereiro (Phonak), mountains leader Joaquin Rodriguez (Saunier Duval), Eladio Jimenez (Comunidad Valenciana) and Miguel Martin Perdiguero (Phonak). The breakaway went quickly and at the second intermediate sprint in Navaluenga (km 41) the gap was more than seven minutes to the peloton. The breakaways' advantage kept growing and at km 55 it was 10'03.
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The peloton increased the tempo and at km 100, the gap was reduced up to 6'02. 13 kilometres later, three riders attacked the break: Pablo Lastras (Illes Balears), Eladio Jimenez (Comunidad Valenciana) and Gorka Gonzalez (Euskaltel). The trio led the race for some kilometres until the rest of the breakaways caught them.
It seemed to be very hard to stay in front group. At km 121, the leaders were down to 11: Oscar Pereiro (Phonak), Jose Vicente Garcia Acosta (Illes Balears), Pablo Lastras (Illes Balears), David Blanco (Comunidad Valenciana), Eladio Jimenez (Comunidad Valenciana), Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Comunidad Valenciana), Mario Aerts (Davitamon-Lotto), Gorka Gonzalez (Euskaltel), Moises Dueñas (Relax Fuenlabrada), Nicki Sorensen (CSC) and Daniele Nardello (T-Mobile). Meanwhile, the competition lost a fighting rider in Miguel Martin Perdiguero, who got off his bike at km 128. "Perdi" might be thinking of the World's that he will race in ten days in Madrid.
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On the Puerto de Serranillos (km 135) there were many attacks. Roberto Heras and the top riders on GC: Denis Menchov (Rabobank), Carlos Sastre (CSC), Francisco Mancebo (Illes Balears), Carlos Garcia Quesada (Comunidad Valenciana) and others separated from the peloton and reduced the advantage the 11 breakaways had (more than 3 minutes). Meanwhile, "Chente" Garcia Acosta attacked the break alone and get a little gap over the others.
The chasers of Garcia Acosta at km 165 (32.5 km to go) were seven, as the other four couldn't keep up: Pascual Rodriguez, Pereiro, Nardello, Aerts, Lastras, Sorensen and Gorka Gonzalez. The Comunidad Valenciana rider led by almost a minute over his chasers and four minutes over the favourites' group. Some kilometres later, the seven became just four as Pascual Rodriguez, Sorensen, Aerts and Gorka Gonzalez got rid of Pereiro, Nardello and Lastras. The last challenge for Garcia Acosta was to climb the last mountain, Puerto de Navalmoral, with its summit at 23 km to go, at a good speed. Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Comunidad Valenciana) found the perfect occasion to go after "Chente" in Navalmoral. Pascual passed Garcia Acosta easily while Nicki Sorensen (CSC) was third. Behind, Francisco Mancebo wanted to win in his native province, and tried to get rid of Heras, Menchov, Sastre and Carlos Garcia Quesada (Comunidad Valenciana), without success.
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The stage was very aggressive right until the end. In the last kilometres, Sorensen was able to catch Pascual Rodriguez, and both led with 10 km to go. Behind them followed a combative Garcia Acosta, who didn't give up. With 7 km to go, Pascual and the CSC rider led by 18 seconds over "Chente" and 1'17 ahead of the survivors from the original breakaway.
Surprises kept coming as Garcia Acosta caught Sorensen and Pascual Rodriguez with less than 2 km to the end. The three kept together for some meters until "Chente" attacked, but his surge wasn't good enough as the Danish rider was faster, and won the sprint in Avila ahead of Pascual Rodriguez. In the end, after an emotional sprint, Nicki Sorensen laughed at last and achieved the stage win.
In the favourites' group, Paco Mancebo managed to attack on the pavé in the final kilometres to take a handful of seconds out of Heras, Menchov, Sastre, and Garcia Quesada, but not enough to make any major difference on GC.
Stage 19 - September 16: San Martin de Valdeiglesias-Alcobendas, 142.9 km
This is a short stage that certainly won't change the positions in the final standings. It will be an opportunity for some brave rider to go for glory. The stage has two climbs: Alto de Santa Maria (Category 2, 1450 m, km 51.7) and Alto de Robledondo (Cat. 3, 1400 m, km 62). The three intermediate sprints will be located in: El Hoyo de Pinares (km 13.8), Las Navas del Marques (km 41.3) and Colmenar Viejo (km 114.7).
Photography
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- Avila the start/finish town of the 18th stage
- Menchov and Mancebo close to each other
- Liberty Seguros in command
- Bridges were a feature of today's stage
- Nicki Sorensen (CSC) and Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Comunidad Valenciana) racing for the stage win
- Nicki Sorensen (CSC) on the podium as stage winner
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- Roberto Heras (Liberty Seguros) is ready for the battle
- Heras lines up for the start in Avila
- The bunch rides during the early part of stage 18
- Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Comunidad Valenciana) distracted by a possible bovine element?
- The peloton crosses a bridge near Avila
- The pressure is on in the break
- Jimenez and Sorensen driving the break
- Working on the tan
- Illes Balears stirring things up
- Riding hard in the peloton
- Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano (Liberty Seguros) leads the bunch
- Roberto Heras (Liberty Seguros) goes downhill fast
- Denis Menchov (Rabobank) in the combination jersey
- Jimmy Casper (Cofidis) looks for the bunch on a descent
- Illes Balears keeping the pressure on for Mancebo
- A breakaway rider is pursued by the peloton on a climb
- The peloton on a descent
- Roberto Heras (Liberty Seguros) receives the points jersey
- Ascending in stage 18
- Roberto Heras (Liberty Seguros) ringed by teammates
- I think we outnumber them: The Liberty boys have the upper hand.
- The best seat in the house to watch the race
- Jose Vicente Garcia Acosta (Illes Balears) on his own in front
- The peloton races up the cobbles into the walled city of Avila
- Nicki Sorensen (CSC) wins the 18th stage in Avila from a nonplussed Javier Pascual Rodriguez
- Roberto Heras (Liberty Seguros) golden jersey wearer
- Roberto Heras (Liberty Seguros) gets some help with his combination jersey
Results
1 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 5.05.34 2 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 3 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 0.22 4 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 1.06 5 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 6 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 1.10 7 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 8 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.25 9 Moises Dueñas (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 2.32 10 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 3.55 11 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 3.58 12 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 13 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 14 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 15 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 16 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 17 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 18 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon - Lotto 19 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas - Bianchi 4.07 20 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic 21 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 4.09 22 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 23 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel 4.15 24 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 4.16 25 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 26 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 27 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 28 Jorge Garcia (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 29 Joseba Beloki Dorronsoro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 30 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 31 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 32 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 33 Marcos Antonio Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 34 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 35 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 36 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC 37 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 38 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 39 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 40 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile Team 41 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 42 Daniel Atienza Urendez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 43 Unai Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 44 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 45 Jose Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 46 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon - Lotto 47 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 4.35 48 David Blanco Rodiguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 4.59 49 Julian Sanchez Pimienta (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 5.04 50 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 5.11 51 Eladio Jimenez Sanchez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 5.35 52 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 53 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 5.45 54 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 6.06 55 Adolfo Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 7.00 56 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 12.23 57 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 58 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 59 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Caffita 60 Constantino Zaballa Gutierrez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 20.27 61 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 62 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 63 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Lampre - Caffita 64 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 65 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team 66 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 67 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 68 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 69 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 70 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 71 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team 72 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team CSC 73 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 74 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 75 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 76 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 77 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 78 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner 79 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas - Bianchi 80 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 81 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Domina Vacanze 82 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Liquigas - Bianchi 83 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 84 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 85 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 86 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 87 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 88 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas - Bianchi 89 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel 90 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel 91 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 92 Ian McLeod (RSA) Française des Jeux 93 Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 94 David Bernabeu (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 95 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 96 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner 97 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Davitamon - Lotto 98 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 99 Francisco Pérez (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 100 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 101 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 102 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 103 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 104 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 105 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Crédit Agricole 106 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 107 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze 108 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française des Jeux 109 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 110 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 111 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC 23.03 112 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 113 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 114 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 115 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas - Bianchi 116 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 117 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 118 Devis Miorin (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 119 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team 120 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 121 Juan Manuel Fuentes (Spa) Lampre - Caffita 122 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 123 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 124 Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon - Lotto 125 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 126 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 127 Yohann Gène (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 128 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 23.11 129 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 23.50 DNF Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems DNF Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom DNF Matej Jurco (Svk) Domina Vacanze DNF Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi DNS Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems DNS Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom DNS Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo DNS Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic DNS Guido Trenti (USA) Quick Step - Innergetic Points 1 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 25 pts 2 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 20 3 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 16 4 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 14 5 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 12 6 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 10 7 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 9 8 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8 9 Moises Dueñas (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 7 10 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 6 11 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 5 12 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 4 13 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 3 14 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 2 15 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 16 Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon - Lotto -10 17 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon - Lotto -10 18 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze -10 19 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner -10 20 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas - Bianchi -10 21 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi -10 Mountains Puerto de la Panamera - Cat. 3, km 14 1 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 6 pts 2 Eladio Jimenez Sanchez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 4 3 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 2 4 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 Puerto de Mijares - Cat. 1, km 66 1 Eladio Jimenez Sanchez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 16 pts 2 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 12 3 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 10 4 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 8 5 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6 6 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 4 7 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 3 8 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 2 9 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 1 Alto de Pedro Bernardo - Cat. 2, km 123 1 Eladio Jimenez Sanchez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 10 pts 2 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 7 3 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 5 4 Moises Dueñas (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 3 5 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 2 6 David Blanco Rodiguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 1 Puerto de Serranillos - Cat. 2, km 135 1 Eladio Jimenez Sanchez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 10 pts 2 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 7 3 David Blanco Rodiguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 5 4 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 3 5 Moises Dueñas (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 2 6 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 1 Puerto de Navalmoral - Cat. 2, km 175 1 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 10 pts 2 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 7 3 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 5 4 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 3 5 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 2 6 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 1 Sprints El Barraco, km 22 1 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 4 pts 2 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 2 3 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 1 Navaluenga, km 41 1 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 4 pts 2 David Blanco Rodiguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 2 3 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 1 Navalmoral de la Sierra, km 166 1 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 4 pts 2 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 2 3 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 1 Teams 1 Illes Balears - Caisse D'Epargne 15.22.09 2 Comunidad Valenciana 2.29 3 Team CSC 2.47 4 T- Mobile Team 3.53 5 Euskaltel - Euskadi 4.12 6 Davitamon - Lotto 4.17 7 Relax Fuenlabrada 5.37 8 Liberty Seguros - Würth Team 6.56 9 Saunier Duval - Prodir 7.21 10 Rabobank 15.10 11 Phonak Hearing Systems 20.22 12 Quick Step - Innergetic 23.23 13 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 23.24 14 Cofidis, le credit par telephone 23.32 15 Liquigas - Bianchi 39.54 16 Credit Agricole 40.02 17 Fassa Bortolo 40.31 18 Lampre - Caffita 47.50 19 Team Gerolsteiner 55.54 20 La Francaise Des Jeux 21 Domina Vacanze 56.34 22 Bouygues Telecom 58.30 General classification after stage 18 1 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 74.30.48 2 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 4.30 3 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 4.50 4 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 5.48 5 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 6.22 6 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 11.13 7 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 11.36 8 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic 15.28 9 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 15.50 10 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon - Lotto 15.53 11 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 17.20 12 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 29.32 13 Daniel Atienza Urendez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 32.32 14 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 32.46 15 David Blanco Rodiguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 32.55 16 Unai Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 32.57 17 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 34.11 18 Marcos Antonio Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 36.26 19 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 38.58 20 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon - Lotto 46.31 21 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC 46.45 22 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 47.31 23 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Caffita 48.35 24 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 49.59 25 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel 50.20 26 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 51.21 27 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 53.15 28 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 56.51 29 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 58.28 30 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.03.33 31 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 1.10.30 32 Julian Sanchez Pimienta (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 1.11.44 33 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.12.56 34 Eladio Jimenez Sanchez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 1.20.09 35 Adolfo Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 1.20.20 36 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.20.21 37 Jose Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 1.20.48 38 Joseba Beloki Dorronsoro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 1.24.34 39 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 1.24.46 40 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas - Bianchi 1.25.06 41 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 1.26.06 42 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.27.10 43 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1.28.46 44 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.29.27 45 Moises Dueñas (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 1.30.51 46 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.31.18 47 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 1.32.04 48 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 1.33.56 49 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 1.36.39 50 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.37.53 51 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 1.37.58 52 David Bernabeu (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 1.39.10 53 Francisco Pérez (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 1.40.40 54 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 1.42.20 55 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 1.43.51 56 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel 1.47.24 57 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel 1.47.36 58 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas - Bianchi 1.50.00 59 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 1.50.13 60 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.57.30 61 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1.58.23 62 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.59.12 63 Juan Manuel Fuentes (Spa) Lampre - Caffita 2.00.05 64 Constantino Zaballa Gutierrez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 2.00.46 65 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.03.59 66 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2.04.09 67 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 2.05.48 68 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 2.08.39 69 Jorge Garcia (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 2.08.46 70 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 2.09.02 71 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 2.18.26 72 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.20.45 73 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 2.22.01 74 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 2.23.21 75 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.23.41 76 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.24.06 77 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 2.24.58 78 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 2.25.22 79 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 2.30.24 80 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 2.32.30 81 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 2.33.28 82 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team CSC 2.33.44 83 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 2.34.15 84 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Domina Vacanze 2.36.13 85 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2.38.26 86 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2.38.45 87 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 2.39.53 88 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner 2.40.49 89 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Lampre - Caffita 2.42.17 90 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2.44.09 91 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 2.44.19 92 Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 2.45.39 93 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 2.47.57 94 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 2.48.40 95 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 2.51.25 96 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 2.51.43 97 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.52.58 98 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.55.02 99 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 2.58.53 100 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas - Bianchi 3.00.11 101 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3.00.15 102 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 3.00.25 103 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3.01.39 104 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3.03.02 105 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Davitamon - Lotto 3.04.22 106 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team 3.05.14 107 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3.08.16 108 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team 3.08.23 109 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 3.08.55 110 Devis Miorin (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 3.11.28 111 Ian McLeod (RSA) Française des Jeux 3.12.21 112 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 3.16.57 113 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 3.19.18 114 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas - Bianchi 3.21.58 115 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 3.22.15 116 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team 117 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC 3.22.22 118 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Liquigas - Bianchi 3.22.42 119 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 3.22.49 120 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 3.26.38 121 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze 3.29.00 122 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3.33.20 123 Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon - Lotto 3.35.52 124 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 3.40.12 125 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 3.48.09 126 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française des Jeux 3.49.35 127 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 3.54.33 128 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 3.58.15 129 Yohann Gène (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4.09.27 Points classification 1 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 149 pts 2 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 132 3 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 128 4 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 108 5 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 105 6 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 98 7 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 89 8 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 76 9 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon - Lotto 74 10 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 66 11 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 56 12 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 50 13 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 48 14 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 39 15 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 38 16 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 38 17 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 36 18 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 35 19 David Blanco Rodiguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 35 20 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 34 21 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 34 22 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic 33 23 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 32 24 Eladio Jimenez Sanchez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 29 25 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 28 Mountains classification 1 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 200 pts 2 Eladio Jimenez Sanchez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 166 3 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 110 4 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 72 5 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 65 6 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 65 7 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 63 8 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 52 9 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 43 10 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 42 11 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon - Lotto 41 12 David Blanco Rodiguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 41 13 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 38 14 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 36 15 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 34 16 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 34 17 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 32 18 Adolfo Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 32 19 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 27 20 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 26 21 Joseba Beloki Dorronsoro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 26 22 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 24 23 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic 23 24 Constantino Zaballa Gutierrez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 22 25 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 21 Combination classification 1 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 5 pts 2 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 9 3 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 14 4 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 14 5 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 18 6 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon - Lotto 30 7 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 35 8 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 44 9 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 46 10 David Blanco Rodiguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 46 11 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 47 12 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 50 13 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 52 14 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic 53 15 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 55 16 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 59 17 Eladio Jimenez Sanchez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 60 18 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 60 19 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 66 20 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 67 21 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 78 22 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 85 23 Adolfo Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 95 24 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 100 25 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 102 Teams classification 1 Comunidad Valenciana 223.51.58 2 Liberty Seguros - Würth Team 38.46 3 Team CSC 39.11 4 Illes Balears - Caisse D'Epargne 44.31 5 Phonak Hearing Systems 53.47 6 Euskaltel - Euskadi 54.21 7 Davitamon - Lotto 1.07.47 8 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.27.10 9 T- Mobile Team 1.30.30 10 Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.58.43 11 Quick Step - Innergetic 2.04.06 12 Relax Fuenlabrada 2.10.55 13 Lampre - Caffita 2.52.30 14 Cofidis, le credit par telephone 2.56.20 15 Rabobank 3.17.04 16 Credit Agricole 3.49.07 17 Bouygues Telecom 4.48.10 18 Fassa Bortolo 5.15.12 19 Liquigas - Bianchi 5.21.39 20 Team Gerolsteiner 5.38.38 21 La Francaise Des Jeux 7.45.46 22 Domina Vacanze 7.54.32
