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60th Vuelta a España - GT
Spain, August 27-September 18, 2005
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Stage 1 - Saturday, August 27: Granada-Granada TT, 7 km
Denis Menchov first in gold
Defending champion Heras rides well for seventh
By Hernan Alvarez Macias in Granada
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Russia's Denis Menchov (Rabobank) won the first stage 7 km time trial in a time of 9 minutes and 45 seconds, and becomes the first overall leader of the 2005 Vuelta a España. Defending champion Roberto Heras (Liberty Seguros) ended up seventh, while Rik Verbrugghe (Quick Step-Innergetic) was second in 9'46 and Bradley McGee (Française des Jeux) third, just three seconds behind Menchov.
"I actually didn't expect to win today," said Menchov. I knew I could do well, but I failed a lot in the last time trials. This year I felt better in the time trials, but I hadn't clocked good times up until now." About his current form, Menchov said, "after the Tour de France, I spent a rest week in Russia and I think that helped me a lot".
The Russian isn't thinking about the final overall victory though: "I'm far from it. I'll go day by day. To lose the leader jersey doesn't mean much for us, but I trust in my team", he added.
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Second-placed Rik Verbrugghe knew he would obtain a good result today: "My morale was high as I was warming up: I felt my legs were good. I used a 44 and 55 chainring in front: 44 to climb the hill strongly and 55 to be fast enough downhill and on the flat." Looking back on his preparation for the Vuelta, he added, "Except for my weak day at the lat time trial, I rode a good Eneco Tour. Since then I have more self-confidence. The weeks after it I worked hard and I knew that I was ready for a strong Vuelta."
Roberto Heras told to the media "the first part of the stage was very complicated. I had good feelings today. Despite my disastrous Tour de France, I think I came here with all the chances of winning the Vuelta".
Another GC favourite, Francisco Mancebo (Illes Balears), finished 21st, and told Spanish TV, "The important thing was not to lose time and I think I made it. My intention is to leave the team [he moves to AG2R next year] in the biggest way. I'm somehow in a worse condition than in the Tour, but I hope to give my best at the end of the race."
How it unfolded
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It was a typical summer's day in Granada: hot and very dry. The temperature was around 35 degrees celsius during the hours the riders were racing. Today the Vuelta did a lap around one of the most important buildings in Spanish history: the Alhambra.
Luca Solari (Domina Vacanze) was the first cyclist to face the road and he rode the course in 10'46. 23 minutes later, Rik Verbrugghe (Quick Step-Innergetic) started, and he set the first good time exactly one minute faster than Solari, with 9 minutes and 46 seconds. USA's Tom Danielson (Discovery Channel) rode at 9'57, just 11 seconds behind Verbrugghe. But the Belgian showed that he's a specialist in short time trials. His 9'46 was the best for most of the afternoon. It seemed nobody could beat him.
Dennis Menchov (Rabobank) was just 3 seconds slower than Verbrugghe at the only intermediate time check at the 2.3 km mark on the Alto de la Alhambra (Cat. 3). Verbrugghe was the best until Menchov appeared. The Russian clocked 10'45, just one second faster.
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On the other hand, Spanish TT champ Jose Ivan Gutierrez (Illes Balears) crashed on the second corner. However, Gutierrez still rode a good stage in 10'07. Another cyclist who suffered was Joseba Beloki (Liberty-Würth), who had a crash just 20 seconds after he began. The Basque lost nearly one minute with this problem and he ended in 11'29, his morale shaken by another race crash. Phonak's Floyd Landis, who crashed in training a couple of days ago, clocked a decent time of 10'21 for 46th, but probably not what he was hoping for.
Prologue specialist Bradley McGee (Française des Jeux) performed well as he finished in 9'48. His time was third overall, showing just how good he is in this discipline, considering that he has only raced once since the Tour de France. Carlos Sastre (CSC) was the best Spaniard in fourth position in 9'52.
Stage 2 - August 28: Granada-Cordoba, 189.3 km
The second stage is a 189.3 km flat stage between Granada and Cordoba. It's on big roads with just one climb, the category 2 Alto de San Jeronimo 13 kilometres before the end of the stage. This is an almost perfect place for the great sprinters like Alessandro Petacchi, Thor Hushovd or Erik Zabel. It is very probable that Holland's Rabobank and Menchov keep the golden maillot for another day.
Photography
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- Denis Menchov (Rabobank) driving
- Denis Menchov (Rabobank) en route to victory
- Denis Menchov (Rabobank) rolls past
- Rik Verbrugghe (Quick.Step) full gas
- Brad McGee (Francaise des Jeux) comes up the climb
- Brad McGee (Francaise des Jeux) concentrating
- Brad McGee (Francaise des Jeux) goes past
- Carlos Sastre (CSC) was the best Spaniard in fourth
- Tom Danielson (Discovery Channel) powers up the hill
- Tom Danielson (Discovery Channel) had a great ride for fifth
- Ruben Plaza (Comunidad Valenciana) comes up the climb
- Ruben Plaza (Comunidad Valenciana) reaches for another gear
- Ruben Plaza (Comunidad Valenciana) rode well for 6th
- Roberto Heras (Liberty Seguros) comes up the climb
- Roberto Heras (Liberty Seguros) not leaving anything in the tank
- Roberto Heras (Liberty Seguros) defended his number well
- David Bernabeu (Comunidad Valenciana) comes up the climb
- David Bernabeu (Comunidad Valenciana) finished 8th today
- Gilberto Simoni (Lampre) made his ambitions clear
- Gilberto Simoni (Lampre) was good enough for a top 10
- Santi Botero (Phonak) on the climb
- Santi Botero (Phonak) looks ahead
- Paco Mancebo (Illes Balears) keeping his composure
- Paco Mancebo (Illes Balears) goes by
- Aitor Gonzalez (Euskaltel) was OK, but not at his best
- Oscar Sevilla (T-Mobile) grimaces in pain
- Magnus Backstedt (Liquigas-Bianchi) suffers
- Alessandro Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo) didn't go too hard today
- Alessandro Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo) on his way
- Here comes Tom Boonen
- There goes Tom Boonen
- Thor Hushovd (CA) was well off the pace
- Erik Zabel (T-Mobile) riding solidly
- Erik Zabel (T-Mobile) looking smooth
- Floyd Landis (Phonak) was not at his best today
- Oscar Pereiro (Phonak) hammers it
- Oscar Pereiro (Phonak) was off the pace today in 59th
- Iban Mayo (Euskaltel) working hard
- Iban Mayo (Euskaltel) on his way to the top
- Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step) punches his way up the climb
- Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step) ploughs ahead
- Thomas Voeckler (Bouygues) in action
- Joseba Beloki (Liberty Seguros) did not have a good day, as he crashed on the second corner
- Denis Menchov (Rabobank) in gold
Images by Shane Stokes/Cyclingnews.com
- Rik Verbrugghe (Quick.Step) hammers up the hill
- Rik Verbrugghe (Quick.Step) en route to setting the day's early best time
- Charly Wegelius (Liquigas-Bianchi) during his ride
- Charly Wegelius (Liquigas-Bianchi) going hard
- Alessandro Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo) warms up
- Alessandro Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo) and iPod
- Thor Hushovd (Credit Agricole) warms up
- Floyd landis (Phonak) still showing the road rash from a training crash a couple of days ago
- Aitor Gonzales (Euskaltel-Euskadi) bathed in orange under the team cabana.
- Gilberto Simoni (Lampre-Caffita) happy to be in Spain for the Vuelta.
- Gilberto Simoni (Lampre-Caffita) gets on his game face and eyewear.
- Angel Vicioso (Liberty Seguras)
- Rafael Nuritdinov (Domina Vacanze)
- David Canada (Saunier Duval)
- Rik Verbrugghe (QuickStep) was fastest at the halfway point
- Rik Verbrugghe (QuickStep) - his early dash was rewarded with second place
- Charly Wegelius (Liquigas)
- Ruslan Ivanov (Domina Vacanze)
- Denis Miorin (Liquigas)
- Giuliano Figueras (Lampre-Caffita
- Julian Dean (Credit Agricole)
- Eladio Jiminez (Communidad Valenciana)
- Aitor Osa (Illes Baleares)
- J.E.Gutierrez (Phonak)
- Giampaolo Caruso (Liberty Seguros)
- Angelo Furlan (Domina Vacanze)
- David de la Fuente (Saunier Dival)
- Juan Miguel Mercado (QuickStep)
- Sebastein Chavanel (Bouygues Telecom)
- Santos Gonzalez (Phonak)
- Dariusz Baranowski (Liberty Seguros) goes hard
- Daniel Atienza (Cofidis)
- Benjamin Noval (Discovery Channel)
- Bram de Groot (Rabobank)
- Tom Steels (Davitamon-Lotto)
- Erik Zabel (T-Mobile) starts out on his last grand tour in magenta.
- Francisco Pérez (Illes Balears) made a good start with a 12th place in the prologue
- Santiago Botero (Phonak) - would finish in the top ten
- Tom Boonen (Quick.Step) gets going
- Tom Boonen (Quick.Step) looks done in after his ride
- Tom Boonen (Quick.Step) talks to reporters after his ride to 97th place
- Gilberto Simoni (Lampre-Caffita) looks a bit disappointed with tenth place
- Gilberto Simoni (Lampre-Caffita) gets cleaned up
Images by Unipublic
- Hey it's Miguel Indurain
- Big Mig is still popular
- Not sure which team she rides for
- The Phonaks warm up
- Santos Gonzalez (Phonak) gets some helmet adjustment
- Paco Mancebo (Illes Balears) warming up
- Jose Azevedo (Discovery Channel): what, me worry?
- Angel Vicioso (Liberty Seguros) sets off
- Aitor Osa (Illes Balears) during his ride
- Miguel Perdiguero (Phonak) winds it up
- Marcos Serrano (Liberty Seguros) with the look
- Leonardo Piepoli (Saunier Duval) gives it gas
- Daniele Nardello (T-Mobile) cruises past
- Gonzalez and Mayo warm up
- Denis Menchov (Rabobank) on the podium
- Rik Verbrugghe (Quick.Step) has the mountains jersey
Results
1 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 9.45 (43.01 km/h) 2 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 0.01 3 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française des Jeux 0.03 4 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 0.07 5 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 0.12 6 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 0.13 7 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 0.15 8 David Bernabeu (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 9 Santiago Botero Echeverry (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.18 10 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 0.20 11 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 12 Francisco Pérez (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 13 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 14 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Caffita 0.21 15 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 0.22 16 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.23 17 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 18 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 0.24 19 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel 20 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.26 21 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 22 José Enrique Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.27 23 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 24 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel 25 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.28 26 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 27 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 28 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 29 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel 0.29 30 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française des Jeux 31 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Domina Vacanze 0.30 32 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 33 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 0.31 34 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas - Bianchi 35 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 0.32 36 Unai Yus Kerejeta (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 37 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Caffita 0.33 38 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic 39 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC 0.34 40 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 41 Adolfo Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 42 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team CSC 0.35 43 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 0.36 44 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 45 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner 46 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 47 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 48 Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 49 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon - Lotto 0.37 50 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team 0.38 51 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 52 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 53 Iban Mayo Diez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 54 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 0.39 55 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic 56 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 57 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 58 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 59 Aitor Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 0.40 60 David Blanco Rodiguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 61 Niels Scheuneman (Ned) Rabobank 62 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 63 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel 64 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 65 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 66 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon - Lotto 67 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 0.41 68 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 69 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile Team 70 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 71 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 72 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 73 Constantino Zaballa Gutierrez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 74 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 0.42 75 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 76 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 77 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team 78 Leif Hoste (Bel) Discovery Channel 0.43 79 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Crédit Agricole 80 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel 0.44 81 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.45 82 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 0.46 83 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas - Bianchi 84 José Antonio Pecharroman Fabian (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic 0.47 85 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 86 Moises Dueñas (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 0.48 87 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 88 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 89 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel 90 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.49 91 Jorge Garcia (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 92 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 93 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 94 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel 95 Eladio Jimenez Sanchez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 0.50 96 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 97 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 98 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 99 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick Step - Innergetic 100 Julian Sanchez Pimienta (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 0.51 101 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 102 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 103 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 104 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 105 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.52 106 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 107 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 108 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 109 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.53 110 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 111 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 112 Angel Luis Casero (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 0.54 113 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 114 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team 0.55 115 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française des Jeux 0.56 116 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 0.57 117 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 118 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Liquigas - Bianchi 119 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 120 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 0.58 121 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 122 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 123 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 124 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze 125 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Lampre - Caffita 0.59 126 Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 127 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Lampre - Caffita 128 Francisco José Lara (Spa) T-Mobile Team 129 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 130 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 1.00 131 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 132 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 1.01 133 Luca Solari (Ita) Domina Vacanze 134 Juan Manuel Fuentes (Spa) Lampre - Caffita 1.02 135 Jukka Vastaranta (Fin) Rabobank 136 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Domina Vacanze 137 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 138 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 139 José Antonio Garrido (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic 140 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 141 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 1.03 142 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.04 143 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC 144 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 1.05 145 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Domina Vacanze 146 Daniel Atienza Urendez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 147 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française des Jeux 148 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 1.06 149 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 150 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 151 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas - Bianchi 152 Tom Steels (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 1.07 153 Freddy Gonzalez (Col) Relax Fuenlabrada 154 Jose Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 155 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC 1.08 156 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1.09 157 Unai Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 1.10 158 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.11 159 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 160 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 1.12 161 Giosuè Bonomi (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 162 Marcos Antonio Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 163 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 1.13 164 Yohann Gène (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 165 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 166 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.14 167 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 168 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 169 Ian McLeod (RSA) Française des Jeux 1.15 170 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 1.16 171 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 172 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.17 173 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 174 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 1.18 175 Matej Jurco (Svk) Domina Vacanze 1.19 176 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.20 177 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas - Bianchi 178 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 1.21 179 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Française des Jeux 180 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux 1.22 181 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 182 Isidro Nozal Vega (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 1.23 183 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Domina Vacanze 1.25 184 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Crédit Agricole 185 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner 1.26 186 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Davitamon - Lotto 187 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.27 188 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.30 189 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.31 190 Oscar Mason (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 191 Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon - Lotto 1.32 192 Devis Miorin (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 1.37 193 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 194 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Crédit Agricole 1.40 195 Joseba Beloki Dorronsoro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 1.44 196 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Domina Vacanze 1.45 197 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 1.54 Points 1 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 25 pts 2 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 20 3 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française des Jeux 16 4 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 14 5 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 12 6 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 10 7 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 9 8 David Bernabeu (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 8 9 Santiago Botero Echeverry (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 7 10 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 6 11 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 5 12 Francisco Pérez (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 4 13 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 3 14 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Caffita 2 15 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 1 Mountains Alto de la Alhambra - Cat. 3, km 2.3 1 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 6 pts 2 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 4 3 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 2 4 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française des Jeux 1 Teams 1 Team CSC 30.16.00 2 Comunidad Valenciana 0.01 3 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.02 4 Liberty Seguros - Würth Team 0.06 5 Illes Balears - Caisse D'Epargne 0.07 6 Phonak Hearing Systems 0.08 7 Quick Step - Innergetic 0.12 8 Lampre - Caffita 0.13 9 La Francaise Des Jeux 10 Euskaltel - Euskadi 0.16 11 Rabobank 0.27 12 Saunier Duval - Prodir 0.34 13 Cofidis, le credit par telephone 0.40 14 Fassa Bortolo 0.47 15 Bouygues Telecom 0.48 16 T- Mobile Team 0.54 17 Davitamon - Lotto 18 Relax Fuenlabrada 1.02 19 Team Gerolsteiner 1.07 20 Liquigas - Bianchi 21 Credit Agricole 1.26 22 Domina Vacanze 1.28 General classification after stage 1 1 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 9.45 2 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 0.01 3 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française des Jeux 0.03 4 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 0.07 5 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 0.12 6 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 0.13 7 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 0.15 8 David Bernabeu (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 9 Santiago Botero Echeverry (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.18 10 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 0.20 11 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 12 Francisco Pérez (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 13 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 14 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Caffita 0.21 15 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 0.22 16 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.23 17 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.24 18 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 19 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel 20 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.26 21 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 22 José Enrique Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.27 23 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 24 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel 25 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.28 26 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 27 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 28 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 29 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel 0.29 30 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française des Jeux 31 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Domina Vacanze 0.30 32 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 33 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 0.31 34 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas - Bianchi 35 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 0.32 36 Unai Yus Kerejeta (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 37 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Caffita 0.33 38 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic 39 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC 0.34 40 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 41 Adolfo Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 42 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team CSC 0.35 43 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 0.36 44 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 45 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner 46 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 47 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 48 Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 49 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon - Lotto 0.37 50 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team 0.38 51 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 52 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 53 Iban Mayo Diez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 54 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 0.39 55 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic 56 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 57 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 58 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 59 Aitor Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 0.40 60 David Blanco Rodiguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 61 Niels Scheuneman (Ned) Rabobank 62 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 63 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel 64 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 65 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 66 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon - Lotto 67 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 0.41 68 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 69 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile Team 70 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 71 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 72 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 73 Constantino Zaballa Gutierrez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 74 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 0.42 75 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 76 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 77 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team 78 Leif Hoste (Bel) Discovery Channel 0.43 79 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Crédit Agricole 80 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel 0.44 81 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.45 82 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 0.46 83 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas - Bianchi 84 José Antonio Pecharroman Fabian (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic 0.47 85 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 86 Moises Dueñas (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 0.48 87 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 88 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 89 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel 90 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.49 91 Jorge Garcia (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 92 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 93 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 94 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel 95 Eladio Jimenez Sanchez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 0.50 96 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 97 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 98 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 99 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick Step - Innergetic 100 Julian Sanchez Pimienta (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 0.51 101 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 102 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 103 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 104 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 105 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.52 106 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 107 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 108 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 109 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.53 110 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 111 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 112 Angel Luis Casero (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 0.54 113 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 114 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team 0.55 115 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française des Jeux 0.56 116 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 0.57 117 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 118 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Liquigas - Bianchi 119 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 120 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 0.58 121 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 122 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 123 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 124 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze 125 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Lampre - Caffita 0.59 126 Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 127 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Lampre - Caffita 128 Francisco José Lara (Spa) T-Mobile Team 129 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 130 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 1.00 131 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 132 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 1.01 133 Luca Solari (Ita) Domina Vacanze 134 Juan Manuel Fuentes (Spa) Lampre - Caffita 1.02 135 Jukka Vastaranta (Fin) Rabobank 136 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Domina Vacanze 137 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 138 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 139 José Antonio Garrido (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic 140 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 141 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 1.03 142 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.04 143 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC 144 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 1.05 145 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Domina Vacanze 146 Daniel Atienza Urendez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 147 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française des Jeux 148 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 1.06 149 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 150 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 151 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas - Bianchi 152 Tom Steels (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 1.07 153 Freddy Gonzalez (Col) Relax Fuenlabrada 154 Jose Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 155 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC 1.08 156 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1.09 157 Unai Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 1.10 158 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.11 159 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 160 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 1.12 161 Giosuè Bonomi (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 162 Marcos Antonio Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 163 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 1.13 164 Yohann Gène (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 165 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 166 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.14 167 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 168 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 169 Ian McLeod (RSA) Française des Jeux 1.15 170 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 1.16 171 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 172 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.17 173 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 174 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 1.18 175 Matej Jurco (Svk) Domina Vacanze 1.19 176 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.20 177 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas - Bianchi 178 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 1.21 179 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Française des Jeux 180 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux 1.22 181 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 182 Isidro Nozal Vega (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 1.23 183 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Domina Vacanze 1.25 184 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Crédit Agricole 185 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner 1.26 186 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Davitamon - Lotto 187 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.27 188 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.30 189 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.31 190 Oscar Mason (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 191 Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon - Lotto 1.32 192 Devis Miorin (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 1.37 193 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 194 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Crédit Agricole 1.40 195 Joseba Beloki Dorronsoro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 1.44 196 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Domina Vacanze 1.45 197 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 1.54 Points classification 1 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 25 pts 2 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 20 3 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française des Jeux 16 4 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 14 5 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 12 6 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 10 7 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 9 8 David Bernabeu (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 8 9 Santiago Botero Echeverry (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 7 10 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 6 11 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 5 12 Francisco Pérez (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 4 13 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 3 14 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Caffita 2 15 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 1 Mountains classification 1 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 6 pts 2 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 4 3 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 2 4 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française des Jeux 1 Combination classification 1 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 4 pts 2 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 5 3 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française des Jeux 10 Teams classification 1 Team CSC 30.16.00 2 Comunidad Valenciana 0.01 3 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.02 4 Liberty Seguros - Würth Team 0.06 5 Illes Balears - Caisse D'Epargne 0.07 6 Phonak Hearing Systems 0.08 7 Quick Step - Innergetic 0.12 8 Lampre - Caffita 0.13 9 La Francaise Des Jeux 10 Euskaltel - Euskadi 0.16 11 Rabobank 0.27 12 Saunier Duval - Prodir 0.34 13 Cofidis, le credit par telephone 0.40 14 Fassa Bortolo 0.47 15 Bouygues Telecom 0.48 16 T- Mobile Team 0.54 17 Davitamon - Lotto 18 Relax Fuenlabrada 1.02 19 Team Gerolsteiner 1.07 20 Liquigas - Bianchi 21 Credit Agricole 1.26 22 Domina Vacanze 1.28 Intermediate timing km 2.3 1 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 4.40 2 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 0.03 3 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 0.07 4 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française des Jeux 5 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 6 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 7 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.08 8 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 9 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 10 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 0.09 11 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 0.10 12 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 0.12 13 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 14 Aitor Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 0.13 15 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 16 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Caffita 17 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel 0.14 18 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 19 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic 20 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 21 Francisco Pérez (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 22 David Bernabeu (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 0.15 23 David Blanco Rodiguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 24 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Caffita 25 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 26 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 0.16 27 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 28 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon - Lotto 0.17 29 Adolfo Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 30 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas - Bianchi 0.18 31 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 32 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 33 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team 34 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 35 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 36 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 37 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.19 38 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 39 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 40 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel 41 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 0.20 42 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 43 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française des Jeux 44 Moises Dueñas (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 45 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 46 Eladio Jimenez Sanchez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 47 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Domina Vacanze 0.21 48 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 49 Constantino Zaballa Gutierrez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 50 José Enrique Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.22 51 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 52 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 53 Santiago Botero Echeverry (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 54 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 55 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 56 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel 57 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 0.23 58 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 59 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas - Bianchi 60 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 0.24 61 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 62 Unai Yus Kerejeta (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 63 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile Team 64 Julian Sanchez Pimienta (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 65 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel 66 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team CSC 0.25 67 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 68 Iban Mayo Diez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 69 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon - Lotto 70 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel 71 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.26 72 Juan Manuel Fuentes (Spa) Lampre - Caffita 73 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 74 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 75 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 76 Niels Scheuneman (Ned) Rabobank 77 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC 0.27 78 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic 79 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 80 Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 81 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 82 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 83 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 84 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Lampre - Caffita 0.28 85 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 86 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 87 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 88 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 89 Daniel Atienza Urendez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 0.29 90 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 91 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 92 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 93 Leif Hoste (Bel) Discovery Channel 94 José Antonio Garrido (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic 95 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 96 Freddy Gonzalez (Col) Relax Fuenlabrada 0.30 97 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 98 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 99 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 100 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team 101 José Antonio Pecharroman Fabian (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic 102 Jorge Garcia (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 103 Francisco José Lara (Spa) T-Mobile Team 104 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Crédit Agricole 0.31 105 Jukka Vastaranta (Fin) Rabobank 106 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 107 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC 108 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 109 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 110 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Crédit Agricole 111 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 112 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel 0.32 113 Jose Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 114 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Crédit Agricole 115 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 116 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 117 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 118 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 0.33 119 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner 120 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 121 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 0.34 122 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 0.35 123 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 124 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick Step - Innergetic 125 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 126 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.36 127 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 128 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 129 Angel Luis Casero (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 130 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Gerolsteiner 131 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 132 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 133 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 0.37 134 Unai Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 135 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Lampre - Caffita 136 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 137 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française des Jeux 138 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Domina Vacanze 139 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team 140 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.38 141 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 142 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 143 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 0.39 144 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze 145 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 146 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 0.40 147 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 148 Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 149 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 150 Oscar Mason (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 151 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 152 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel 0.41 153 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 154 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 155 Marcos Antonio Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 156 Luca Solari (Ita) Domina Vacanze 0.43 157 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC 158 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 159 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas - Bianchi 0.44 160 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Liquigas - Bianchi 161 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 162 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française des Jeux 0.45 163 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 164 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.46 165 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner 166 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 167 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 0.47 168 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 169 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 170 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 0.48 171 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 172 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.49 173 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 0.50 174 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Domina Vacanze 0.51 175 Ian McLeod (RSA) Française des Jeux 176 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux 177 Yohann Gène (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.52 178 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 179 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 180 Giosuè Bonomi (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 0.53 181 Matej Jurco (Svk) Domina Vacanze 0.54 182 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Davitamon - Lotto 0.56 183 Tom Steels (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 0.57 184 Devis Miorin (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 185 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 186 Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon - Lotto 0.59 187 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Crédit Agricole 188 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 189 Isidro Nozal Vega (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 1.00 190 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.01 191 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 1.02 192 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas - Bianchi 193 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 1.04 194 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Domina Vacanze 1.06 195 Joseba Beloki Dorronsoro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 1.08 196 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 1.17 197 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Domina Vacanze 1.18
