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60th Vuelta a España - GT
Spain, August 27-September 18, 2005
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Stage 20 - Saturday, September 17: Guadalajara-Alcala de Henares TT, 38.9 km
Remarkable time trial by Heras to clinch Vuelta
...But Ruben Plaza takes it in record time
By Hernan Alvarez Macias in Alcala de Henares
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Roberto Heras (Liberty-Würth) showed he is in outstanding condition as he finished second in today's individual time trial with a time of 41'31.939 at the stage 20 of the Vuelta a España. Ruben Plaza (Comunidad Valenciana) performed just a little bit better, winning the stage in 41'31.362. Heras showed he is without doubt the best rider of the Vuelta a España, and he is almost home for an unprecedented fourth Vuelta victory.
It was a superb, fast time trial, and the fastest of the history of the Vuelta, as most of the riders received the help of a strong tailwind for much of the course. The stage average was a phenomenal 56.218 km/h, faster in fact than any long individual time trial in any Grand Tour.
Winner Ruben Plaza said at the press conference that the race against the clock was very close. "Winning always feels good and especially in a such an important time trial like this one in the Vuelta a España," he commented. "I was watching the finale on the TV and when Roberto [Heras] crossed I didn't know if I won or not. It was a heart-stopping finale."
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"I expected to be there in the top, and in the end the best on the general classification ended at the top," said Roberto Heras to Cyclingnews seconds after finishing his amazing TT. He added he felt very good, but didn't want to talk about his fourth win. Instead he said, "The truth is that I'm very proud of my team."
Carlos Sastre (CSC) was third today and kept his third on the overall classification. He could hardly breath when we spoke to him: "I think it was a very hard time trial, everyone went at his best. For me it was important to maintain this position [3rd on GC]. I rode at my best; I couldn't go faster...You should be satisfied when you do your best and you cannot achieve more."
On the other hand, Francisco Mancebo was fifth today, "I gave it all in this Vuelta, so I have no regrets," said the Illes Balears to Cyclingnews at the finish. "If you give all, and you do what you've got to do, in the end people recognize it."
How it unfolded
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The penultimate stage finished in Alcala de Henares, a beautiful small city some kilometres northeast of Madrid. In this town in 1547, Miguel de Cervantes was born. Cervantes's greatest book was El Quijote de la Mancha, which is the most famous book written in Spanish in history, like Hamlet is to English. El Quijote was published for the first time in 1605. The Vuelta organization wanted to honour Cervantes' memory and celebrates the 400th anniversary of this prestigious publication in the history of literature.
Early in the day, the race authorities took 13 blood controls from the best placed riders on GC from the following nine outfits: Quick Step, Liberty, Discovery Channel, T-Mobile, Comunidad Valenciana, Euskaltel, Davitamon, Rabobank and CSC. All of them were declared fit to continue the race. At 14:02 local time, the first to start in Guadalajara from the 127 riders was Yohann Gene (Bouygues Telecom), who was the last on the overall classification. But the first big reference on the day was Sweden's Magnus Bäckstedt (Liquigas-Bianchi) who rode the 38.9 kilometres in 43'33. Germany's Uwe Peschel (Gerolsteiner) did a good time trial, but not good enough to be faster than Bäckstedt, as he finished in 43'35.
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Rik Verbrugghe (Quick Step), who was second in the first time trial in Granada, also showed he performs well in long time trials and he beat Bäckstedt's time by 17 seconds (43'17). All the riders were travelling very fast because the wind conditions were very favourable, with a tailwind that increased especially in the last part of the route. The times were improving minute after minute. Angel Vicioso (Liberty) clocked 43'06, and soon after Christian Vandevelde (CSC) performed better with 42'38.
The wind was essential for those times. The best on the GC were arriving and the best times lasted just a few minutes. Oscar Pereiro (Phonak) came home in 42'04, Stijn Devolder (Discovery Channel) in 42'01 and Victor Hugo Peña bettered all the riders in 41'54. The speed average was amazing: more than 55 km/h.
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Ruben Plaza (Comunidad Valenciana) began at 16:15 and his time proved to be the best of the afternoon. At the first intermediate point (km 15.8), he was fifth, but he improved a lot at the second intermediate check (km 26) and he was third. His last sector was incredible, and he finished first, destroying Peña's performance with 41'31.
At 16:28, the leader Roberto Heras started. He needed a decent time to make sure he would wear the golden jersey on the last day. He didn't do a decent performance, but a remarkable one, finishing second by 57 hundredths of a second. The winner of the first two time trials, Denis Menchov, was a little off the pace today and finished fourth, but only 6 seconds slower than Plaza.
Stage 21 - September 18: Madrid-Madrid, 136.5 km
This will be the last day of the Vuelta. This will be a chance for many riders like Italy's Alessandro Petacchi to see Madrid's roads in preparation for the World's race on September 25. The stage has three intermediate sprints: Morata de Tajuña (km 32.8), Fuenlabrada (km 69.7) and Madrid (km 101.7). Roberto Heras will certainly enjoy the day wearing the golden jersey and obtaining his record fourth overall win in the Vuelta.
Photography
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- Ruben Plaza (Comunidad Valenciana) going fast
- Roberto Heras (Liberty Seguros) may be a lightweight, but today he rode faster than anyone in any grand tour long TT, save for Ruben Plaza.
- Roberto Heras (Liberty Seguros) cheered on by a future Heras?
- Denis Menchov (Rabobank) at full tilt
- Paco Mancebo (Illes Balears) has developed into a good time trialist
- Victor Pena (Phonak) showing good form en route to setting the quickest time
- Stijn Devolder (Discovery Channel) was even quicker than his teammate Tom Danielson today
- Tom Danielson (Discovery Channel) did another solid ride to finish top 10
- Stage winner Ruben Plaza (Comunidad Valenciana) on the podium
- Roberto Heras (Liberty Seguros) has Madrid in his sights now
Images by Unipublic
- A minute's silence at the start in memory of the 11 people who died in the recent forest fires in Spain
- Marcus Ljungqvist and Devis Miorin stretch before the start
- Saunier Duval's Joaquin Rodriguez warming up
- Agent Pereiro signing autographs
- Igor González de Galdeano (Liberty Seguros) rolls up for his last time trial
- Alessandro Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo) looks good in the fishes of the points jersey, but won't win it overall
- Ruben Plaza (Comunidad Valenciana) was the best today
- Roberto Heras (Liberty Seguros) flying
- Carlos Sastre (CSC) had all the aero equipment
- Carlos Sastre (CSC) rode well to defend his third place on GC
- Denis Menchov (Rabobank) rode well, but couldn't win today
- Francisco Mancebo (Illes Balears) getting up to speed
- Francisco Mancebo (Illes Balears) gets going
- Francisco Mancebo (Illes Balears) in action
- Tom Danielson (Discovery Channel) moved up to eighth overall
- Mauricio Ardila (Davitamon-Lotto) moved up to ninth
- Juan Miguel Mercado (Quick.Step) lost two positions today
- Oscar Sevilla (T-Mobile) with a hard start
- Samuel Sánchez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) a Vuelta stage winner this year
- David Blanco (Comunidad Valenciana) cranks it up
Images by Hernan Alvarez/Cyclingnews.com
- Francisco Mancebo (Illes Balears) had to be content with fifth
- Carlos Sastre (CSC) speaks post-stage
- Ruben Plaza (Comunidad Valenciana) salutes from the podium
- Roberto Heras (Liberty Seguros) with team manger Manolo Saiz at the press conference
Results
1 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 41.31 (56.22 km/h) 2 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 3 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 0.04 4 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 0.06 5 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 0.10 6 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.23 7 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel 0.30 8 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.33 9 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 0.48 10 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 1.07 11 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.32 12 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 1.35 13 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon - Lotto 1.41 14 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 1.44 15 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 1.45 16 Marcos Antonio Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 1.47 17 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas - Bianchi 2.02 18 David Blanco Rodiguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 19 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 2.07 20 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 2.09 21 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 22 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 23 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 2.12 24 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.15 25 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Caffita 26 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 2.16 27 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 2.17 28 Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 2.21 29 Francisco Pérez (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 2.26 30 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon - Lotto 31 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 32 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team CSC 2.30 33 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel 2.39 34 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 2.45 35 Joseba Beloki Dorronsoro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 36 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Davitamon - Lotto 37 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 2.47 38 David Bernabeu (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 2.48 39 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel 2.54 40 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.56 41 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic 3.03 42 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Domina Vacanze 3.12 43 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile Team 3.14 44 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 3.16 45 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 3.20 46 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 3.22 47 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 3.36 48 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 3.38 49 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 50 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 51 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 3.41 52 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas - Bianchi 3.47 53 Eladio Jimenez Sanchez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 3.49 54 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 55 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 56 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC 3.50 57 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 58 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 59 Daniel Atienza Urendez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 3.51 60 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas - Bianchi 3.56 61 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas - Bianchi 4.00 62 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Liquigas - Bianchi 4.02 63 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 4.05 64 Juan Manuel Fuentes (Spa) Lampre - Caffita 4.09 65 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 4.10 66 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 4.12 67 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 4.14 68 Unai Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 4.17 69 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 70 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 71 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze 4.18 72 Jose Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 4.19 73 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.22 74 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner 4.23 75 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 4.24 76 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française des Jeux 4.26 77 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 4.27 78 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.28 79 Moises Dueñas (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 4.29 80 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC 4.30 81 Julian Sanchez Pimienta (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 4.35 82 Constantino Zaballa Gutierrez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 4.36 83 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 84 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 4.37 85 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4.39 86 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 4.46 87 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 4.47 88 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 4.48 89 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4.50 90 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 4.51 91 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.55 92 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 4.58 93 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 5.01 94 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 5.04 95 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 5.07 96 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 97 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 5.08 98 Jorge Garcia (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 5.10 99 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team 5.13 100 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 101 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 5.14 102 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 5.20 103 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Crédit Agricole 5.21 104 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 5.27 105 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5.32 106 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 107 Adolfo Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 5.36 108 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 5.50 109 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 5.52 110 Yohann Gène (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 111 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 5.56 112 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 5.57 113 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 5.58 114 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6.00 115 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team 6.06 116 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 6.07 117 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Lampre - Caffita 6.14 118 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 6.15 119 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 6.16 120 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 6.17 121 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 6.23 122 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 6.44 123 Ian McLeod (RSA) Française des Jeux 6.50 124 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team 6.55 125 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 7.04 126 Devis Miorin (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 7.15 127 Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon - Lotto 7.31 DNS Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo Points 1 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 25 pts 2 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 20 3 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 16 4 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 14 5 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 12 6 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 10 7 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel 9 8 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 8 9 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 7 10 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 6 11 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 5 12 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 4 13 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon - Lotto 3 14 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 2 15 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 1 Teams 1 Team CSC 2.07.53 2 Liberty Seguros - Würth Team 0.02 3 Comunidad Valenciana 0.26 4 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.37 5 Illes Balears - Caisse D'Epargne 1.32 6 Phonak Hearing Systems 2.00 7 Davitamon - Lotto 2.54 8 Rabobank 3.42 9 Quick Step - Innergetic 5.06 10 T- Mobile Team 5.52 11 Relax Fuenlabrada 6.03 12 Liquigas - Bianchi 6.25 13 Team Gerolsteiner 7.35 14 Saunier Duval - Prodir 15 Euskaltel - Euskadi 7.47 16 Domina Vacanze 7.48 17 Cofidis, le credit par telephone 8.03 18 Lampre - Caffita 8.11 19 La Francaise Des Jeux 8.18 20 Fassa Bortolo 9.32 21 Credit Agricole 10.24 22 Bouygues Telecom 12.43 General classification after stage 20 1 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 78.48.10 2 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 4.36 3 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 4.54 4 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 5.58 5 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 8.06 6 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 11.36 7 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 13.22 8 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 16.38 9 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon - Lotto 18.19 10 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic 18.31 11 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 20.16 12 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 31.44 13 David Blanco Rodiguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 34.57 14 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon - Lotto 35.07 15 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 35.33 16 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 36.18 17 Daniel Atienza Urendez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 36.23 18 Unai Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 37.14 19 Marcos Antonio Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 38.13 20 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 40.49 21 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 42.14 22 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 47.46 23 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 47.54 24 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC 50.35 25 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Caffita 50.50 26 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel 27 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 51.54 28 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 52.44 29 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 59.08 30 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.05.05 31 Jose Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 1.10.27 32 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 1.12.11 33 Julian Sanchez Pimienta (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 1.16.19 34 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 1.17.07 35 Adolfo Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 1.18.10 36 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.19.40 37 Eladio Jimenez Sanchez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 1.23.58 38 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.25.35 39 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 1.26.55 40 Joseba Beloki Dorronsoro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 1.27.19 41 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas - Bianchi 1.29.02 42 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 1.29.53 43 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.31.32 44 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1.32.00 45 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 1.33.00 46 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.33.55 47 Moises Dueñas (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 1.35.20 48 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 1.35.31 49 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 1.36.18 50 David Bernabeu (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 1.41.58 51 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 1.42.11 52 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.42.40 53 Francisco Pérez (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 1.43.06 54 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.46.55 55 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 1.48.27 56 Juan Manuel Fuentes (Spa) Lampre - Caffita 1.48.59 57 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel 1.50.15 58 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel 1.50.18 59 Constantino Zaballa Gutierrez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.50.27 60 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas - Bianchi 1.53.47 61 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 1.54.50 62 Jorge Garcia (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 2.00.47 63 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 2.03.11 64 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2.04.33 65 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 2.07.57 66 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.08.16 67 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2.09.16 68 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 2.12.15 69 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 2.14.42 70 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 2.15.24 71 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 2.15.25 72 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 2.15.30 73 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team CSC 2.21.39 74 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 2.22.04 75 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.25.24 76 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 2.28.12 77 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.29.41 78 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.30.22 79 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2.30.45 80 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 2.34.15 81 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 2.34.51 82 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 2.38.14 83 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 2.39.16 84 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Domina Vacanze 2.39.25 85 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2.42.57 86 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 2.43.15 87 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.44.01 88 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner 2.45.12 89 Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 2.48.00 90 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2.48.14 91 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Lampre - Caffita 2.48.31 92 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 2.50.15 93 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 2.51.35 94 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 2.54.37 95 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 2.55.03 96 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 2.55.33 97 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.57.53 98 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Davitamon - Lotto 3.02.13 99 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 3.04.01 100 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas - Bianchi 3.04.11 101 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3.05.17 102 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 3.05.32 103 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3.07.11 104 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 3.08.46 105 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 3.10.09 106 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team 3.12.09 107 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 3.12.15 108 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3.14.14 109 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team 3.14.29 110 Devis Miorin (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 3.18.43 111 Ian McLeod (RSA) Française des Jeux 3.19.11 112 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas - Bianchi 3.24.00 113 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3.25.31 114 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 3.26.32 115 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Liquigas - Bianchi 3.26.44 116 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC 3.26.52 117 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team 3.27.28 118 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 3.29.06 119 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 3.32.30 120 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze 3.33.18 121 Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon - Lotto 3.44.53 122 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 3.47.14 123 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française des Jeux 3.49.07 124 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 3.55.12 125 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 4.00.41 126 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 4.00.46 127 Yohann Gène (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4.15.19 Points classification 1 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 169 pts 2 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 142 3 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 132 4 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 124 5 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 117 6 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 98 7 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 91 8 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 91 9 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 76 10 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon - Lotto 74 11 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 64 12 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 61 13 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 58 14 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 52 15 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 50 16 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 45 17 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 44 18 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 43 19 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 35 20 David Blanco Rodiguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 35 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 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 29 26 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 28 27 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 28 28 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 25 29 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 25 30 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 24 31 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 23 32 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 21 33 Constantino Zaballa Gutierrez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 21 34 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 20 35 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 20 36 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 19 37 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 19 38 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 18 39 Adolfo Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 16 40 Marcos Antonio Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 15 41 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel 15 42 Juan Manuel Fuentes (Spa) Lampre - Caffita 15 43 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 15 44 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 14 45 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 14 46 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 13 47 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 13 48 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 12 49 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 10 50 Jose Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 9 51 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas - Bianchi 8 52 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8 53 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8 54 David Bernabeu (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 8 55 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 8 56 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team CSC 8 57 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner 8 58 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 8 59 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel 7 60 Moises Dueñas (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 7 61 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6 62 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 6 63 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 5 64 Unai Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 5 65 Julian Sanchez Pimienta (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 5 66 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 5 67 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 5 68 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 4 69 Devis Miorin (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 4 70 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile Team 4 71 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Liquigas - Bianchi 4 72 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française des Jeux 4 73 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon - Lotto 3 74 Daniel Atienza Urendez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 3 75 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 3 76 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 3 77 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team 3 78 Yohann Gène (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3 79 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 2 80 Jorge Garcia (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 2 81 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner 2 82 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2 83 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 2 84 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 1 85 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 86 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 1 87 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 1 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 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 49 10 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 43 11 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 42 12 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 41 13 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon - Lotto 41 14 David Blanco Rodiguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 41 15 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 36 16 Constantino Zaballa Gutierrez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 35 17 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 34 18 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 34 19 Adolfo Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 34 20 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 27 21 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 26 22 Joseba Beloki Dorronsoro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 26 23 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 24 24 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic 23 25 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 21 26 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 19 27 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel 16 28 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 15 29 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 14 30 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 12 31 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 12 32 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10 33 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 9 34 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon - Lotto 9 35 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 9 36 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 8 37 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 8 38 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 8 39 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team 8 40 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 7 41 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7 42 David Bernabeu (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 7 43 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 6 44 Unai Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 6 45 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC 6 46 Jose Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 6 47 Moises Dueñas (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 5 48 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team CSC 5 49 Daniel Atienza Urendez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 4 50 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 4 51 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4 52 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 3 53 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 3 54 Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 3 55 Devis Miorin (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 3 56 Marcos Antonio Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 2 57 Julian Sanchez Pimienta (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 2 58 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2 59 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 60 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 1 61 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1 62 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 Combination classification 1 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 5 pts 2 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 8 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 32 7 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 38 8 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 42 9 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 43 10 David Blanco Rodiguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 47 11 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 48 12 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 49 13 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 52 14 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 52 15 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 55 16 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic 56 17 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 57 18 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 62 19 Eladio Jimenez Sanchez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 63 20 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 70 21 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 71 22 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 89 23 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 93 24 Adolfo Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 93 25 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel 94 26 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 105 27 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 105 28 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 107 29 Constantino Zaballa Gutierrez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 108 30 Marcos Antonio Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 115 31 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 120 32 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon - Lotto 121 33 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 122 34 Unai Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 126 35 Jose Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 127 36 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 130 37 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 131 38 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 134 39 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 136 40 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 137 41 Daniel Atienza Urendez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 140 42 David Bernabeu (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 146 43 Moises Dueñas (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 154 44 Julian Sanchez Pimienta (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 155 45 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 173 46 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 174 47 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 175 48 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team CSC 177 49 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 182 50 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 190 51 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 204 52 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 221 53 Devis Miorin (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 234 Teams classification 1 Comunidad Valenciana 236.11.30 2 Illes Balears - Caisse D'Epargne 54.06 3 Team CSC 1.00.30 4 Liberty Seguros - Würth Team 1.14.42 5 Davitamon - Lotto 1.15.37 6 Phonak Hearing Systems 1.16.16 7 Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.23.31 8 T- Mobile Team 1.59.07 9 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2.03.41 10 Saunier Duval - Prodir 2.14.08 11 Relax Fuenlabrada 2.25.03 12 Quick Step - Innergetic 2.45.06 13 Lampre - Caffita 3.21.20 14 Cofidis, le credit par telephone 3.27.06 15 Rabobank 3.56.40 16 Credit Agricole 4.35.25 17 Fassa Bortolo 5.34.35 18 Bouygues Telecom 5.36.47 19 Liquigas - Bianchi 5.50.49 20 Team Gerolsteiner 6.06.40 21 La Francaise Des Jeux 8.25.04 22 Domina Vacanze 8.38.14 Intermediate timing km 15.8 1 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 19.13 2 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 0.06 3 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 0.07 4 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 0.14 5 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 0.23 6 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 0.25 7 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.26 8 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel 0.27 9 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.30 10 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 0.36 11 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 0.37 12 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 0.47 13 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 0.49 14 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 0.51 15 Marcos Antonio Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 0.57 16 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon - Lotto 0.59 17 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 18 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.00 19 David Blanco Rodiguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 1.03 20 Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 1.04 21 Joseba Beloki Dorronsoro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 1.06 22 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas - Bianchi 1.07 23 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 1.08 24 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 1.09 25 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 1.12 26 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 27 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Caffita 1.13 28 David Bernabeu (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 29 Francisco Pérez (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 1.19 30 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team CSC 1.23 31 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 1.24 32 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 1.27 33 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 1.29 34 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 35 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1.30 36 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel 37 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.31 38 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 1.33 39 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 1.35 40 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon - Lotto 1.36 41 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel 42 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Domina Vacanze 1.37 43 Eladio Jimenez Sanchez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 1.39 44 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 1.41 45 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas - Bianchi 1.42 46 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 1.43 47 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 1.45 48 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Davitamon - Lotto 1.46 49 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.47 50 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC 1.48 51 Constantino Zaballa Gutierrez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 52 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 1.49 53 Juan Manuel Fuentes (Spa) Lampre - Caffita 1.53 54 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 1.54 55 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.56 56 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic 1.57 57 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 1.58 58 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.59 59 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 60 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 61 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas - Bianchi 62 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 2.02 63 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 2.04 64 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 65 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.05 66 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 2.06 67 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 2.07 68 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 69 Julian Sanchez Pimienta (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 70 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 2.08 71 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française des Jeux 72 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 73 Daniel Atienza Urendez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 2.13 74 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 75 Moises Dueñas (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 2.14 76 Jose Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 2.15 77 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 78 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC 2.16 79 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 2.17 80 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 81 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 82 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Liquigas - Bianchi 2.18 83 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 84 Unai Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 2.19 85 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 86 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.20 87 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 88 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 89 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 2.23 90 Jorge Garcia (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 91 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 92 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 93 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze 2.28 94 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 95 Yohann Gène (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.30 96 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team 2.31 97 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2.32 98 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.33 99 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.36 100 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 101 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.37 102 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas - Bianchi 2.38 103 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 2.40 104 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 2.41 105 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 106 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 2.50 107 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner 108 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2.53 109 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 2.54 110 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 2.57 111 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 3.01 112 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 3.04 113 Adolfo Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 3.08 114 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 115 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 3.12 116 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 117 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.15 118 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team 3.17 119 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team 3.21 120 Ian McLeod (RSA) Française des Jeux 121 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 3.22 122 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 3.26 123 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Lampre - Caffita 3.32 124 Devis Miorin (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 3.39 125 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 3.40 126 Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon - Lotto 3.50 127 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 4.02 km 26 1 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 28.56 2 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 0.01 3 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 0.06 4 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 5 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 0.07 6 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.10 7 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel 8 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.16 9 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 0.29 10 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 0.31 11 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 0.48 12 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 0.49 13 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon - Lotto 0.50 14 Marcos Antonio Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 0.55 15 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 0.59 16 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas - Bianchi 1.07 17 Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 18 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.09 19 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 1.10 20 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 1.12 21 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 1.13 22 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Caffita 23 David Blanco Rodiguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 1.15 24 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 1.16 25 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 26 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 1.18 27 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.27 28 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 1.30 29 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team CSC 1.31 30 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 1.32 31 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 1.36 32 David Bernabeu (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 1.37 33 Francisco Pérez (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 1.38 34 Joseba Beloki Dorronsoro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 1.47 35 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Davitamon - Lotto 1.49 36 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel 1.51 37 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Domina Vacanze 38 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel 1.53 39 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon - Lotto 40 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile Team 41 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 1.56 42 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 1.59 43 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.00 44 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.07 45 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 2.08 46 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 2.11 47 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic 48 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 2.15 49 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 2.19 50 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 51 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas - Bianchi 2.20 52 Eladio Jimenez Sanchez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 2.25 53 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 2.27 54 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC 2.28 55 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 2.31 56 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 57 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 58 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 59 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 60 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.35 61 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 2.38 62 Juan Manuel Fuentes (Spa) Lampre - Caffita 2.39 63 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 64 Daniel Atienza Urendez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 2.41 65 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 2.43 66 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 2.44 67 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 68 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 2.45 69 Constantino Zaballa Gutierrez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 2.49 70 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas - Bianchi 71 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 72 Jose Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 73 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas - Bianchi 74 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 75 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 2.51 76 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française des Jeux 2.54 77 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.55 78 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 79 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner 2.56 80 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Liquigas - Bianchi 81 Moises Dueñas (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 82 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze 2.58 83 Unai Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 3.00 84 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 3.01 85 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC 3.02 86 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3.04 87 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 3.06 88 Julian Sanchez Pimienta (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 3.12 89 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 3.13 90 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 3.14 91 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 3.15 92 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 93 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.16 94 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team 3.18 95 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3.19 96 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 3.21 97 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 3.22 98 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 3.24 99 Jorge Garcia (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 3.26 100 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Crédit Agricole 101 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3.29 102 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 3.31 103 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 3.32 104 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 3.33 105 Yohann Gène (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3.36 106 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 3.41 107 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 3.43 108 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 3.45 109 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 110 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3.46 111 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 3.52 112 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 3.55 113 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Lampre - Caffita 3.57 114 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team 4.05 115 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 4.08 116 Adolfo Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 4.11 117 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 4.18 118 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team 4.27 119 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 120 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 4.31 121 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.33 122 Ian McLeod (RSA) Française des Jeux 4.35 123 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 4.39 124 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 4.43 125 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 4.59 126 Devis Miorin (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 5.04 127 Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon - Lotto 5.21 Intermediate timing km 15.8 1 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 19.13 2 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 0.06 3 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 0.07 4 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 0.14 5 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 0.23 6 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 0.25 7 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.26 8 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel 0.27 9 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.30 10 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 0.36 km 26 1 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 28.56 2 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 0.01 3 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 0.06 4 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 5 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 0.07 6 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.10 7 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel 8 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.16 9 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 0.29 10 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 0.31
