Home

Recently on Cyclingnews.com


Dauphiné Libéré
Photo ©: Sirotti

60th Vuelta a España - GT

Spain, August 27-September 18, 2005

Main Page    Results   Overall standings    Stage Details       Live report    Previous Stage  Next Stage

Stage 6 - Thursday, September 1: Cuenca-Valdelinares, 217 km

Heras comes out on top

GC takes shape as Menchov hangs tough

By Hernan Alvarez Macias

Roberto Heras (Liberty Seguros)
Photo ©: AFP
Click for larger image

The top candidate showed he is ready to win again today: Roberto Heras (Liberty Seguros-Würth) took the first mountain stage of the Vuelta a España in Valdelinares, beating Denis Menchov (Rabobank) by 13 seconds and David Blanco (Comunidad Valenciana) by 28. Bradley McGee (Française des Jeux) lost the golden jersey to triple Vuelta winner and climbing genius Heras.

Together with his team, Heras showed his spectacular condition on the last climb, the Alto de Valdelinares, and won alone at the ski station. Menchov could hold his pace until the last kilometre, where the Spanish rider made his last surge to ride clear of the Russian.

"Indeed the Vuelta is not over; It has just begun," said Heras post-stage. "This was the first mountain stage and the show is guaranteed, that's for sure. It was a very tough stage, ridden at a fast tempo. My team was sensational and I was able to finish the work they did during the stage".

Comparing this performance and his bad results in the last Tours de France, he said, "I don't know why that is. If only I knew it. There have been Tours where I did well and others where I did badly."

Carlos Sastre (Team CSC), now third on GC
Photo ©: AFP
Click for larger image

Sixth placed Francisco Mancebo (Illes Balears) suffered today, and commented after the stage, "I'll defend myself the best I can. My feelings weren't good today; I didn't have a good day. I lost time, but I didn't lose anything in my goal which is to win the Vuelta".

Luis Perez (Cofidis, 20th) seemed to be in denial about what Heras did to everyone on a comparatively easy climb. "Heras did pretty well, but it's not that he was superior to all of us", he said. "The Vuelta starts in Andorra, the Vuelta hasn't started yet. From kilometre 0 the tempo was very fast, so very fast and that's why there were big differences at the finish, because it wasn't a very hard climb."

Meanwhile, Euskaltel leader Aitor Gonzalez lost 4'01 to Heras, four minutes that will be very difficult to recover during the race. The 2002 winner is not at that level at the moment.

How it unfolded

The peloton
Photo ©: AFP
Click for larger image

190 riders took the start in Cuenca today. There were numerous moves early in the race as Pablo Lastras (Illes Balears), Guido Trenti (Quick Step), Koos Moerenhout (Davitamon), Thomas Voeckler (Bouygues Telecom) and Stijn Devolder (Discovery Channel) tried to make a gap. At the first intermediate sprint in Villalba de la Sierra (km 19), Lastras was first, ahead of Voeckler and Moerenhout. Later on, Angel Vicioso and Dariusz Baranowski (Liberty Seguros-Würth), Egoi Martinez (Euskaltel) and Charly Wegelius (Liquigas-Bianchi) joined the group. However, at km 43 the breakaway was swallowed. Three kilometres previously Simone Cadamuro (Domina Vacanze) abandoned the race.

Five riders escape
Photo ©: Unipublic
Click for larger image

At km 50, 16 riders made a big breakaway: Michele Scarponi, Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Liberty-Würth) and Daniele Nardello (T-Mobile) were among the 16 leaders. Five other riders including Santiago Botero (Phonak) joined the break some 15 kilometres later. Meanwhile the peloton split in two groups, with leader Brad McGee (FDJ) caught in the second group. At km 87, the breakaways and the front of the peloton combined to make a big group, and the difference between the two main groups was 53 seconds at km 95. At km 103 both big groups joined together. At the same time, 13 riders including yesterday's winner Thor Hushovd (Credit Agricole) made another attack. 16 kilometres later Bernhard Eisel (La Française des Jeux) quit the race, as did Auger, leaving McGee with just five other teammates. Then the biggest surprise of the day, Floyd Landis (Phonak) abandoned the race at km 138. The Phonak rider lost a lot of time yesterday and with it, any hope of riding a good GC.

Bradley McGee (Française des Jeux)
Photo ©: Unipublic
Click for larger image

The race regrouped at km 136 but the pace was still seriously hard, with an average speed of around 45 km/h. After Teruel at km 152, the peloton stayed together, but Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Comunidad Valenciana) tried a lone breakaway. There was wind today and the dangerous echelons formed again.

Another big breakaway was made at km 154 when 22 riders joined Pascual Rodriguez. Five kilometres later, the peloton caught 17 riders and let go other six: Koos Moerenhout, Jakob Piil (CSC), Devis Miorin (Liquigas), Nacor Burgos (Relax Fuenlabrada), Benoît Joachim (Discovery Channel) and Eric Leblacher (Credit Agricole). This proved to be the right breakaway of the day. At the last intermediate sprint km 171, Miorin was first, followed by Piil and Burgos.

With 33 km to go (km 184) the gap between these six and the big group was around 3'40. The advantage kept growing and the foot of Cat. 2 Alto de San Rafael with 25 km to go, the difference was 5'45.

The peloton
Photo ©: Unipublic
Click for larger image

Piil, Joachim and Leblacher attacked the other three and made a gap on the climb, but gradually the peloton cut the difference and with 15 km to go, it was only 3'46. On the descent of the San Rafael, Leblacher missed a corner and crashed, forcing Joachim off the road too. Piil took over the race lead by himself as McGee was struggling to hold onto the peloton.

This was the first time the Vuelta went to Valdelinares, and at the foot of the climb with 9 km to go, Liberty Seguros turned on the engines with Dariusz Baranowski, Angel Vicioso, Joseba Beloki, Marcos Serrano and Michele SCarponi helping Roberto Heras. Liberty kept a tremendous pace that could be followed by very few riders. With 6 km to go Piil was still 2'25 ahead of his chasers.

Roberto Heras (Liberty Seguros)
Photo ©: Unipublic
Click for larger image

The constant Liberty tempo changes and attacks on the climb were too much for most of the riders. So, only eight were left trying to catch Piil: Heras and Michele Scarponi (Liberty), Denis Menchov (Rabobank), Paco Mancebo (Illes Balears), Juan Miguel Mercado (Quick Step), Carlos Sastre (CSC) and David Blanco and Carlos Garcia Quesada (Comunidad Valenciana).

In the final three kilometres, Heras made another huge change of pace that only Menchov and Garcia Quesada could follow. It didn't take long before the Russian was the only one who was on Heras' wheel. The last surge came with 1.2 km to go. Roberto went once again, causing Menchov to lose contact. The Liberty rider ended up crossing the line alone in first place and taking the leaders jersey from Australian Bradley McGee.

Stage 7 - September 2: Teruel-Vinaros, 212.5 km

The seventh stage between Teruel and Vinaros distinguishes itself for its downhill profile. Teruel is 1000 meters above sea level and the road goes straight to the sea to Vinaros, at 10 metres above seal level. There are four Category 3 climbs: Puerto de Carigordo (1600 m), Puerto de Sollavientos (1510 m), Puerto de Villarroya (1700 m) and Puerto de Cuarto Pelado (1660 m). The three intermediate sprints are at: Monteagudo (km 36), Cantavieja (km 91) and Montero Golf (km 180). It's a good chance for a breakaway to go on the small climbs early in the day, and it will certainly be a battle between the breakaways and the teams interested in bunch sprints, as the last 70 kilometres are fairly flat or downhill, and the finish line is by the sea. There should be no problems for Roberto Heras tomorrow.

Photography

For a thumbnail gallery of these images, click here

Images by AFP

Images by Unipublic

Results

1 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team            5.27.20 (39.78 km/h)
2 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                           0.13
3 David Blanco Rodiguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                       0.28
4 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                       0.42
5 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic                      0.49
6 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                     
7 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                               
8 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC                                              0.52
9 Marcos Antonio Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team      1.15
10 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                         
11 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                 1.22
12 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel                                    
13 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre - Caffita                                1.40
14 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                             
15 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada                                       
16 Unai Yus Kerejeta (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                                  
17 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel                                     
18 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                              
19 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team                                     1.45
20 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par telephone                         
21 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole                             1.59
22 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                2.06
23 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems               
24 Joseba Beloki Dorronsoro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                 
25 David Bernabeu (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                                 
26 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon - Lotto                  2.15
27 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Caffita                                2.20
28 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Caffita                   
29 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC                                   2.29
30 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                  2.45
31 Unai Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne              2.48
32 Daniel Atienza Urendez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par telephone             
33 Adolfo Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                          
34 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                                 
35 Aitor Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne             3.11
36 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems                         3.25
37 Moises Dueñas (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada                                     
38 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                             3.34
39 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel                                3.54
40 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                        4.01
41 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par telephone               
42 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                      
43 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                  4.05
44 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                             
45 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC                                            
46 Francisco José Lara (Spa) T-Mobile Team                               4.17
47 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto                                   4.27
48 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                        4.53
49 José Antonio Pecharroman Fabian (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic             
50 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel                                     
51 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Lampre - Caffita                                     
52 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic                       4.55
53 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel                                    
54 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                    
55 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                         
56 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                     
57 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                     
58 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                         
59 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                      
60 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                       
61 Jose Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada                             5.08
62 Francisco Pérez (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                      
63 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada                     5.54
64 Angel Luis Casero (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                              
65 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                  6.21
66 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank                                      6.42
67 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto                              7.02
68 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 7.14
69 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                            
70 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team                                     7.36
71 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                            
72 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                            
73 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                    7.58
74 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne         
75 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel                                      
76 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas - Bianchi                             8.50
77 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC                                           9.20
78 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel                                9.48
79 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par telephone               9.59
80 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                                 
81 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                   10.22
82 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank                                         10.30
83 Eladio Jimenez Sanchez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                    10.44
84 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                 11.11
85 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic                          11.12
86 Juan Manuel Fuentes (Spa) Lampre - Caffita                                
87 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française des Jeux                               11.45
88 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic                              
89 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                                
90 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                      
91 Freddy Gonzalez (Col) Relax Fuenlabrada                                   
92 Julian Sanchez Pimienta (Spa) Fassa Bortolo                          12.15
93 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                           13.14
94 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                          
95 Constantino Zaballa Gutierrez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                
96 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                       
97 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                   
98 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team CSC                                            
99 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Domina Vacanze                                        
100 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC                                            
101 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada                                14.24
102 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon - Lotto                             15.29
103 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                                 15.33
104 Jorge Garcia (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada                                     
105 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank                                         
106 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                              
107 Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team               
108 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Domina Vacanze                               
109 Niels Scheuneman (Ned) Rabobank                                          
110 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Lampre - Caffita                                
111 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne          
112 Santiago Botero Echeverry (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems                   
113 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank                                      
114 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Crédit Agricole                                 
115 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                        
116 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas - Bianchi                                   
117 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Fassa Bortolo                         
118 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                           
119 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                  
120 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                  
121 Devis Miorin (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi                               16.09
122 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                 16.53
123 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                                  
124 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                                 
125 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Caffita                                17.43
126 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas - Bianchi                           18.24
127 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic                            18.31
128 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick Step - Innergetic                               
129 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC                                         
130 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                      
131 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi                                    
132 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Domina Vacanze                                  
133 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                          
134 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                        
135 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                     
136 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone             
137 Leif Hoste (Bel) Discovery Channel                                       
138 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel                                 
139 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, le credit par telephone                 
140 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                       
141 Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon - Lotto                                       
142 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone                      
143 Ian McLeod (RSA) Française des Jeux                                      
144 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                       
145 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi                                   
146 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas - Bianchi                                
147 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                           
148 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Liquigas - Bianchi                               
149 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank                                             
150 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto                                   
151 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC                                            
152 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada                                 
153 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic                             
154 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole                                        
155 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                     
156 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française des Jeux                                
157 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole                                       
158 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                        
159 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                       
160 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                         
161 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                   
162 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto                                       
163 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                
164 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Davitamon - Lotto                                     
165 Tom Steels (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto                                       
166 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                          
167 Isidro Nozal Vega (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                  18.57
168 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                 22.13
169 Jukka Vastaranta (Fin) Rabobank                                     27.04
170 Matej Jurco (Svk) Domina Vacanze                                         
171 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                        
172 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone                      
173 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                   
174 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                             
175 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone               
176 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                    
177 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze                                   
178 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française des Jeux                             43.41
179 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux                          44.20
180 José Antonio Garrido (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic                  44.59
181 Yohann Gène (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                  45.33
 
Outside time limit
 
TC Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                      
 
DNF Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems                                
DNF Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Domina Vacanze                                     
DNF Luca Solari (Ita) Domina Vacanze                                         
DNF Ludovic Auger (Fra) Française des Jeux                                   
DNF Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française des Jeux                                  
DNF Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                       
DNF Giosuè Bonomi (Ita) Lampre - Caffita                                     
DNF Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank                                                 
 
Points
 
1 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                 25 pts
2 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                             20
3 David Blanco Rodiguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                         16
4 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                         14
5 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic                        12
6 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                   10
7 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                              9
8 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC                                                 8
9 Marcos Antonio Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team         7
10 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                        6
11 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                    5
12 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel                                   4
13 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre - Caffita                                   3
14 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                            2
15 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada                                      1
 
Mountains
 
Alto de la Ciudad Encantada - Cat. 3, km 28
1 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                        6 pts
2 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon - Lotto                                   4
3 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel                                    2
4 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick Step - Innergetic                                1
 
Puerto El Cubillo - Cat. 2, km 66
1 Eladio Jimenez Sanchez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                        10 pts
2 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                                 7
3 Jose Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada                                 5
4 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC                                                 3
5 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                   2
6 David Blanco Rodiguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                          1
 
Alto de San Rafael - Cat. 2, km 203
1 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC                                                10 pts
2 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel                                    7
3 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                      5
4 Devis Miorin (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi                                     3
5 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon - Lotto                                   2
6 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                     1
 
E.Esqui Aramón Valdelinares - Cat. 1, km 217
1 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                 16 pts
2 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                             12
3 David Blanco Rodiguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                         10
4 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                          8
5 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic                         6
6 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                    4
7 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                              3
8 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC                                                 2
9 Marcos Antonio Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team         1
 
Sprints
 
Villalba de la Sierra, km 19,3
1 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                        4 pts
2 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                    2
3 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon - Lotto                                   1
 
Puebla de Valverde, km 171,8
1 Devis Miorin (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi                                     4 pts
2 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC                                                 2
3 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada                                      1
 
Virgen de la Vega, km 206
1 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC                                                 4 pts
2 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel                                    2
3 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                      1
 
Teams
 
1 Liberty Seguros - Würth Team                                       16.24.30
2 Comunidad Valenciana                                                   0.20
3 Team CSC                                                               1.40
4 Lampre - Caffita                                                       3.50
5 Illes Balears - Caisse D'Epargne                                       4.18
6 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                                     4.26
7 Phonak Hearing Systems                                                 4.41
8 Cofidis, le credit par telephone                                       6.04
9 T- Mobile Team                                                         6.17
10 Credit Agricole                                                       6.22
11 Saunier Duval - Prodir                                                6.31
12 Relax Fuenlabrada                                                     7.43
13 Quick Step - Innergetic                                               8.07
14 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                                   8.32
15 Davitamon - Lotto                                                    11.14
16 Bouygues Telecom                                                     11.19
17 Rabobank                                                             14.55
18 Fassa Bortolo                                                        36.13
19 Team Gerolsteiner                                                    36.29
20 Liquigas - Bianchi                                                   38.02
21 La Francaise Des Jeux                                                43.19
22 Domina Vacanze                                                       44.48
 
General classification after stage 6
 
1 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team           23.42.13
2 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                           0.06
3 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                           1.01
4 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                  1.03
5 David Blanco Rodiguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                       1.05
6 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                 1.20
7 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                       1.33
8 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic                          
9 Unai Yus Kerejeta (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                                   
10 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                     1.52
11 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel                                 1.57
12 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                          2.01
13 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Caffita               2.02
14 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre - Caffita                                2.05
15 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel                                2.07
16 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada                                   2.13
17 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems           2.23
18 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par telephone                     2.24
19 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team                                     2.26
20 David Bernabeu (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                                 
21 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                2.39
22 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC                                             2.43
23 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC                                   2.54
24 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon - Lotto                  2.57
25 Marcos Antonio Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team     3.07
26 Adolfo Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                      3.27
27 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par telephone           3.33
28 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                         4.08
29 Joseba Beloki Dorronsoro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team             4.46
30 Daniel Atienza Urendez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par telephone         4.49
31 Unai Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne              4.54
32 Moises Dueñas (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada                                 5.09
33 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                             5.21
34 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                        5.23
35 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                      
36 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                 5.28
37 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Caffita                                5.59
38 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                     6.03
39 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC                                        6.05
40 Aitor Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne             6.06
41 Francisco José Lara (Spa) T-Mobile Team                               6.12
42 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                         6.15
43 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel                                6.18
44 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                     6.43
45 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel                                 6.45
46 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Lampre - Caffita                                 6.48
47 José Antonio Pecharroman Fabian (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic         7.09
48 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                  7.20
49 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada                     7.29
50 Angel Luis Casero (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                          7.44
51 Jose Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada                             7.46
52 Francisco Pérez (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                  8.34
53 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                        8.58
54 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                  9.11
55 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                    9.17
56 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole                             9.23
57 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems                         9.29
58 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                        9.46
59 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto                                  10.29
60 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française des Jeux                               10.45
61 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                  11.01
62 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                            11.37
63 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               11.41
64 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                            11.43
65 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic                          11.50
66 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel                                 12.15
67 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                   12.34
68 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel                               12.50
69 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne    12.53
70 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                       13.40
71 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par telephone              14.18
72 Constantino Zaballa Gutierrez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir           14.49
73 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                 14.50
74 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                14.52
75 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                15.13
76 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic                         15.25
77 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                 15.53
78 Santiago Botero Echeverry (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems               15.56
79 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Fassa Bortolo                     15.59
80 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                     16.05
81 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                 16.29
82 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                           16.55
83 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                 17.02
84 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon - Lotto                              17.03
85 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank                                     17.21
86 Juan Manuel Fuentes (Spa) Lampre - Caffita                           17.38
87 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole                                   19.20
88 Eladio Jimenez Sanchez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                    19.31
89 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne      19.55
90 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas - Bianchi                            20.00
91 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                 20.25
92 Freddy Gonzalez (Col) Relax Fuenlabrada                              20.31
93 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada                             20.33
94 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                       20.50
95 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel                               20.58
96 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                 21.36
97 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team                                    22.03
98 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto                             22.11
99 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                              22.27
100 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic                     22.30
101 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick Step - Innergetic                          23.04
102 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC                                         23.43
103 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                 23.48
104 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             24.12
105 Leif Hoste (Bel) Discovery Channel                                  24.38
106 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team CSC                                      24.47
107 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                          24.50
108 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada                                24.57
109 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             25.00
110 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                 25.03
111 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                      25.14
112 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank                                 25.23
113 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank                                        25.29
114 Julian Sanchez Pimienta (Spa) Fassa Bortolo                         25.31
115 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Domina Vacanze                          25.37
116 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                   25.42
117 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank                                    26.08
118 Devis Miorin (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi                               26.42
119 Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team          26.58
120 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              27.13
121 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                            27.22
122 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel                            27.30
123 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Crédit Agricole                            27.39
124 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC                                       27.40
125 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Lampre - Caffita                           28.21
126 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                        28.23
127 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole                                   28.30
128 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                                 28.36
129 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                      28.42
130 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                         28.56
131 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Domina Vacanze                                  29.18
132 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic                            29.34
133 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                 29.53
134 Jorge Garcia (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada                                30.07
135 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                             30.16
136 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas - Bianchi                              30.38
137 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                   30.58
138 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Davitamon - Lotto                                31.27
139 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC                                    31.28
140 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone                 31.31
141 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas - Bianchi                           31.35
142 Ian McLeod (RSA) Française des Jeux                                      
143 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                  31.37
144 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank                                        31.38
145 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Caffita                                32.09
146 Isidro Nozal Vega (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                       
147 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto                              32.18
148 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                  32.34
149 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi                              33.16
150 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi                               33.27
151 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Liquigas - Bianchi                          34.08
152 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, le credit par telephone            35.25
153 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                  35.27
154 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto                                  35.36
155 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze                              36.13
156 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                 36.14
157 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                              36.59
158 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                     37.16
159 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                   37.20
160 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                           37.36
161 Tom Steels (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto                                  37.37
162 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    37.50
163 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic                        37.54
164 Niels Scheuneman (Ned) Rabobank                                     38.32
165 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas - Bianchi                           38.52
166 Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon - Lotto                                  39.51
167 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française des Jeux                           39.54
168 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                   39.58
169 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone        40.25
170 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Domina Vacanze                             40.38
171 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                     41.40
172 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC                                       42.09
173 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                               43.52
174 Jukka Vastaranta (Fin) Rabobank                                     47.42
175 Matej Jurco (Svk) Domina Vacanze                                    49.39
176 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone          53.53
177 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone                 53.59
178 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française des Jeux                           1.02.41
179 Yohann Gène (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                1.04.45
180 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux                        1.09.55
181 José Antonio Garrido (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic                1.13.53
 
Points classification
 
1 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole                                       64 pts
2 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                  50
3 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                             45
4 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française des Jeux                                   42
5 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                           40
6 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                 39
7 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems              29
8 David Blanco Rodiguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                         28
9 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic                                 28
10 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par telephone             26
11 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                   24
12 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                            23
13 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic                            22
14 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                        21
15 Unai Yus Kerejeta (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                                20
16 Tom Steels (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto                                      20
17 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Fassa Bortolo                        19
18 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada                                     17
19 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC                                               16
20 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Caffita                 16
21 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                    15
22 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne       15
23 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi                                  14
24 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone              12
25 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic                       12
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                 20 pts
2 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                    20
3 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                             16
4 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC                                                15
5 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                       13
6 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par telephone              12
7 David Blanco Rodiguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                         11
8 Eladio Jimenez Sanchez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                        10
9 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                          8
10 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic                        7
11 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                                7
12 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel                                   7
13 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic                             6
14 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon - Lotto                                  6
15 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                             5
16 Jose Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada                                5
17 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                     5
18 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                   4
19 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française des Jeux                                   4
20 Freddy Gonzalez (Col) Relax Fuenlabrada                                  4
21 Devis Miorin (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi                                    3
22 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                             2
23 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel                                   2
24 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                  2
25 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Caffita                  1
 
Combination classification
 
1 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                  8 pts
2 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                              8
3 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                    17
4 David Blanco Rodiguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                         20
5 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                             30
6 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                         30
7 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic                        43
8 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par telephone              43
9 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC                                                45
10 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                  55
11 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Caffita                 58
12 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                            62
13 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française des Jeux                                  83
14 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                      90
15 Marcos Antonio Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team       92
16 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic                           102
17 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                   138
18 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel                                 142
19 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon - Lotto                                169
20 Devis Miorin (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi                                  191
 
Teams classification
 
1 Liberty Seguros - Würth Team                                       71.09.47
2 Comunidad Valenciana                                                   0.48
3 Team CSC                                                               3.09
4 Lampre - Caffita                                                       4.48
5 Illes Balears - Caisse D'Epargne                                       4.52
6 Phonak Hearing Systems                                                 5.16
7 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                                     5.57
8 Cofidis, le credit par telephone                                       7.29
9 Saunier Duval - Prodir                                                 8.41
10 Quick Step - Innergetic                                               9.19
11 T- Mobile Team                                                        9.31
12 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                                  10.17
13 Credit Agricole                                                      10.43
14 Relax Fuenlabrada                                                    11.05
15 Bouygues Telecom                                                     14.16
16 Davitamon - Lotto                                                    18.56
17 Rabobank                                                             31.29
18 Fassa Bortolo                                                        39.27
19 Team Gerolsteiner                                                    48.53
20 Liquigas - Bianchi                                                 1.06.07
21 La Francaise Des Jeux                                              1.06.54
22 Domina Vacanze                                                     1.08.11


Back to top