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60th Vuelta a España - GT
Spain, August 27-September 18, 2005
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Stage 11 - Tuesday, September 6: Andorra-Cerler, 192.6 km
Laiseka wins after a brilliant last climb
No changes to GC top
By Hernan Alvarez Macias
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Roberto Laiseka (Euskaltel-Euskadi) showed his excellent climbing skills and experience to win the 11th stage of the Vuelta a España in the ski station Aramon Cerler. Carlos Sastre (CSC) was second and Roberto Heras (Liberty-Würth) third, both 15 seconds behind. Francisco Mancebo (Illes Balears), race leader Denis Menchov (Rabobank), and Carlos Garcia Quesada (Comunidad Valenciana) finished in the same team, meaning that the top five GC positions stayed exactly the same as yesterday, with the Russian continuing in the golden jersey.
After the early breakaway had been brought back through the efforts of Liberty Seguros, Rabobank and Euskaltel, Laiseka found the best time to attack on the last climb and scored a great victory in the mountains. "I had my moment of crisis, but I recovered myself," said the Basque rider to Spanish TV post-stage. "I gave everything I could. I attacked with 3 kilometres to go. I knew the last kilometre was downhill and I knew I could reach the finish line in first place. It's very important for me and also for my team. It's good for all of us."
Roberto Heras didn't have enough in the tank to gap Menchov on the final climb, and the triple Vuelta winner had to be content with third on the stage, but no bonus seconds. "The team has done a great job today; it was very, very good," said Heras. "We started very fast in the last climb, but Menchov hasn't shown any weakness so far. We tried, but on these roads it was rather difficult to get rid of him. Today, it happened the same as yesterday because these finishes aren't extremely hard, and even though we tried to change the pace, it was very tough to get rid of him.
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"I'm still feeling very good, that's true, but as Menchov didn't fail, it seems as if I didn't do anything. Lagos is still left; a crucial day because it's a hard climb and being on a wheel will not count. We will see how Menchov reacts, because fatigue comes to all of us and I'm still having good days. I feel good, and although I wanted to reduce the gap here, I came to the Vuelta to win and I will keep on trying."
Carlos Garcia Quesada told the press post-stage that being among the first on the overall classification stopped him from going for a stage win, because he was very marked. "When you are up front, they don't let you go. I had a bad day in Andorra [yesterday] and in Cerler they watched me, and besides, I didn't go well. I waited for Mancebo at a bad moment and that was good for me to catch the group."
How it unfolded
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During yesterday's stage there were 11 riders who abandoned the race: Isidro Nozal (Liberty-Würth), Aitor Osa (Illes Balears), Pierrick Fedrigo (Bouygues Telecom), Angel Casero (Comunidad Valenciana), Eric Leblacher (Credit Agricole), Leif Hoste, Max Van Heeswijk (Discovery Channel), Ruslan Ivanov (Domina Vacanze), Juan Antonio Flecha (Fassa Bortolo), Marcel Strauss (Gerolsteiner) and Jose Antonio Garrido (Quick Step). Although Benoît Poilvet (Credit Agricole) reached Ordino-Arcalis after crashing during the stage, he didn't take the start today. Therefore, 166 riders began today's stage in Andorra.
The race organization decided to change the parcours because of the danger of a landslide on the Coll de Bretui, the second climb of the day. The stage was thus extended by 6 kilometres, meaning the riders had to travel 192.6 km.
Staf Scheirlinckx (Cofidis) and Bernhard Kohl (T-Mobile) attacked in the first kilometre and were joined by another 11 riders after six kilometres: Thomas Voeckler (Bouygues Telecom), Rene Haselbacher (Gerolsteiner), Rafael Casero (Saunier Duval), Ignacio Gutierrez (Phonak), David Bernabeu (Comunidad Valenciana), Pedro Horrillo (Rabobank), Jose Vicente Garcia Acosta (Illes Balears), Xavier Florencio (Relax Fuenlabrada), Frederic Finot (La Française des Jeux), Paolo Bettini (Quick Step) and Giovanni Lombardi (CSC).
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But once the break hit the first climb of the day, Port del Canto, after 15 km, it reshaped itself. At km 23, the lead group had "Chente" Garcia Acosta, Bernabeu, Adolfo Garcia Quesada (Comunidad Valenciana), Scheirlinckx, Bettini, Joaquin Rodriguez (Saunier Duval) and Kohl in it. Oscar Pereiro (Phonak) and Egoi Martinez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) chased them while the peloton was 34 seconds behind. 12 kilometres later, former race leader Bradley McGee (Française des Jeux) decided to quit the Vuelta, one of eight riders to do so on the road today.
Pereiro was already with the leaders at the summit of the climb at km 40, where Rodriguez took the maximum points and put himself back into the mountains jersey. Victor Peña (Phonak) and Bingen Fernandez (Cofidis) had also joined the break, which was now composed of 10 riders: Peña, Fernandez, Pereiro, Garcia Acosta, Bernabeu, Garcia Quesada, Scheirlinckx, Bettini, Rodriguez and Kohl. Bernabeu was the best placed on GC, sitting in 19th at 12'38 down. Thus, there was no real panic in the peloton.
On the descent of Port del Canto (around km 50) the gap of the break was 2'26. When the breakaways passed the first intermediate sprint in Sort (km 61), the difference increased up to 3 minutes. At km 79, it was almost 4 minutes, the biggest it got. The abandons continued, with Santiago Botero (Phonak), Luis Perez (Cofidis) and points leader Thor Hushovd (Credit Agricole) all leaving the race.
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At km 108 the advantage of the breakaways was around 3'30. Heavy rain started to fall on the descent of the Coll de la Creu de Perves (km 120), which made things a little more interesting. When the break hit the Coll de la Espina (km 143), Bernhard Kohl couldn't keep up and made his way back to the peloton. It seemed as though the last climb would decide the stage destiny, and so it was.
The nine remaining riders persevered, but their gap was being cut. At km 160 (32 km to go) it was just 2'00, as Rabobank and Liberty took control, with Euskaltel's Egoi Martinez also helping out. 10 kilometres later, the gap was 1'30. The breakaway was about to end.
With 15 km to go, the final climb started, and 3 km later, the breakaway was swallowed by the peloton as the road steepened. With 12 km to go, Angel Vicioso (Liberty) made a big surge followed by Michele Scarponi, Marcos Serrano, Roberto Heras (Liberty), Denis Menchov, Carlos Sastre, Francisco Mancebo, Tom Danielson and Manuel Beltran (Discovery Channel), among others.
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With 8 km to the summit Roberto Laiseka appeared from behind and attacked the leader's group. Carlos Sastre chased him with Heras, Menchov on Heras' wheel as usual, Mancebo and Carlos Garcia Quesada were tailed off, but fought their way back and the group of six came together at 6 km to go.
The stage was poised for an exciting finish: the top five on the general classification together with Laiseka were riding at the front. Mancebo was doing most of the tempo work, more to keep it high enough to prevent the others from attacking. Sastre and Laiseka wanted the stage victory, but only one could get it. The Euskaltel rider attacked again with less than 3 km to go, creating a small gap that he opened up to 15 seconds at the finish.
The other five marked each other and ended up finishing together, with Sastre leading Heras home for second place. Thus, the main positions on GC stayed exactly the same as yesterday, with Menchov on top followed by the main Spanish riders.
September 7: Rest day
The first rest day of the this Vuelta. Time to take some air for the riders after the first half of the race is completed. Denis Menchov will enjoy the day off wearing the golden jersey. Roberto Heras will have to wait to the Asturias mountains in order to try to recover the leader's jersey.
Photography
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- Roberto Laiseka (Euskaltel) wins the stage
- Carlos Sastre (CSC) wins the sprint for second
- Roberto Laiseka (Euskaltel) stage winner
- Denis Menchov (Rabobank) likes the feel of it
- Denis Menchov (Rabobank) still in gold, and feeling more confident
- Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step) after a long day
- Roberto Laiseka (Euskaltel) going for gold!
- I must break them
- Roberto Heras (Liberty Seguros) couldn't get rid of the Others today
- Denis Menchov (Rabobank) did not budge
- Carlos Garcia Quesada (Comunidad Valenciana) chasing
- Manuel Beltran (Discovery Channel) limiting the damage
- Oscar Sevilla (T-Mobile) fights hard
- Is that the finish up there?!?
- Relax we're almost there
- Leonardo Piepoli (Saunier Duval) not at the front today
- Are we there yet? Asks Paolo Bettini
- Bits and pieces of the bunch
- Gilberto Simoni (Lampre) in Zabel's group
- A bit of climbing in today's stage
- A good vantage point
- A sprinters' bus comes up the final climb
- It's a long way to the top if you're alone
- Not far to go for these boys
- A group comes up the final climb
- A group ascends
- Riding in the afternoon sun
Images by Unipublic
- Paco Mancebo (Illes Balears) jokes at the start
- Cutting the ribbon to start stage 11
- Let's get it on!
- Crossing the border between Andorra and Spain
- The peloton rolls along early in the stage
- How to capture a cow's interest
- Phonak went on the attack early
- Points leader Thor Hushovd gets into the car
- Adolfo Garcia Quesada (Comunidad Valenciana) leads Pereiro on a climb
- David Bernabeu (Comunidad Valenciana) leads Joaquin Rodriguez in the break
- Oscar Pereiro (Phonak) on the front of the break
- Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step) hammering on the front of the break
- Denis Menchov (Rabobank) puts on a jacket at the top of a climb
- Descending in stage 11
- Francisco Mancebo (Illes Balears) grabs his feedbag
- On the Coll de la Creu de Perves it rained a bit
- Joaquin Rodriguez (Saunier Duval) scored a lot of mountain points today
- Marcos Serrano (Liberty Seguros) leads Heras and Beloki
- The Liberty train with a bit of help from Rabobank
- The pursuit is on in earnest
- Thorwald Veneberg (Rabobank) helping out the Liberty boys
- Joseba Beloki (Liberty) makes it hard
- Roberto Laiseka (Euskaltel, L) keeps an eye on things
- Mauricio Ardila (Davitamon-Lotto) ahead of Menchov
- Denis Menchov (Rabobank) staying ultra-cool
- Michele Scarponi (Liberty Seguros) breaks the front group
- Michele Scarponi (Liberty Seguros) piles the pressure on
- Michele Scarponi (Liberty Seguros) still on the front
- Paco Mancebo (Illes Balears) chases on to the four leaders with Carlos Garcia Quesada
Images by AFP Photo
- The peloton passes over a bridge during stage 11
- Unnatural light for riders while passing through a tunnel during stage 11
- Another day, another tunnel as riders make their way around the mountainous countryside
- Roberto Heras in second wheel as his team works hard to keep him secure
- Roberto Heras (Liberty Seguros) takes in some fluids during stage 11
- Roberto Laiseka (Euskatel) working hard on his way to winning stage 11
- Don't look so happy... Roberto Laiseka (Euskatel) doesn't appreciate the benefits of receiving two kisses at once
- Denis Menchov (Rabobank) looks relaxed before the start of stage 11
- More gold for Denis Menchov after stage 11
- Heras (l) and Mechov (c) ride together during stage 11 - they have been inseparable
- Carlos Sastre (CSC) rides to second on stage 11. He's still in touch with the leaders, almost two minutes back
- Oscar Sevilla (T-Mobile) has a look at the day's stage route
- Roberto Laiseka (Euskatel) wins stage 11 into Cerler
Results
1 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5.09.38 (37.32 km/h) 2 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 0.15 3 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 4 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 5 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 6 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 7 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.55 8 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 9 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel 10 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 11 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic 12 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon - Lotto 1.36 13 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 1.38 14 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 15 David Blanco Rodiguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 1.46 16 Eladio Jimenez Sanchez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 17 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 18 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 19 Daniel Atienza Urendez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 20 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC 2.00 21 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon - Lotto 22 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.11 23 Unai Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 2.25 24 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC 2.44 25 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel 2.51 26 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Caffita 3.11 27 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 3.21 28 Francisco José Lara (Spa) T-Mobile Team 29 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 30 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Lampre - Caffita 3.31 31 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4.05 32 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 33 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 34 Julian Sanchez Pimienta (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 35 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Crédit Agricole 36 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas - Bianchi 4.15 37 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 4.29 38 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 39 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 40 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 41 Jose Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 5.45 42 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 6.20 43 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Caffita 44 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 6.48 45 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 6.59 46 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 47 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic 48 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 49 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 50 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 51 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 52 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel 7.40 53 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 54 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 8.57 55 Francisco Pérez (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 56 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 10.26 57 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 58 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 59 Moises Dueñas (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 60 Jorge Garcia (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 61 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 62 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10.55 63 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 64 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 10.56 65 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 66 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel 67 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel 68 Marcos Antonio Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 69 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 70 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 71 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 72 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 13.03 73 Constantino Zaballa Gutierrez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 74 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Lampre - Caffita 75 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 76 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 77 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 78 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 13.33 79 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 80 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 81 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 82 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 83 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 84 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel 85 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 86 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 87 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas - Bianchi 88 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile Team 89 José Antonio Pecharroman Fabian (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic 90 Juan Manuel Fuentes (Spa) Lampre - Caffita 14.06 91 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Domina Vacanze 14.24 92 Niels Scheuneman (Ned) Rabobank 93 Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 94 Joseba Beloki Dorronsoro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 95 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 96 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 97 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 98 Adolfo Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 99 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 100 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 101 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 102 David Bernabeu (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 103 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Crédit Agricole 17.23 104 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas - Bianchi 105 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 17.27 106 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team CSC 18.07 107 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 18.53 108 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française des Jeux 109 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 110 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 111 Freddy Gonzalez (Col) Relax Fuenlabrada 21.03 112 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team 26.45 113 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick Step - Innergetic 28.50 114 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC 115 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Liquigas - Bianchi 116 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas - Bianchi 117 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 118 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 119 Matej Jurco (Svk) Domina Vacanze 120 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team 121 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 122 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 123 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 124 Ian McLeod (RSA) Française des Jeux 125 Devis Miorin (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 126 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 127 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 128 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 129 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 130 Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon - Lotto 131 Jukka Vastaranta (Fin) Rabobank 132 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 133 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner 134 Tom Steels (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 135 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 136 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 137 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 138 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 139 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 140 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 141 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner 142 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 143 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 144 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 145 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 146 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 147 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 148 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 149 Yohann Gène (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 150 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team 151 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 152 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 153 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze 154 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 155 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 28.58 156 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 157 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Davitamon - Lotto 29.15 158 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 36.11 DNF Santiago Botero Echeverry (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems DNF Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone DNF Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par telephone DNF Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole DNF Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi DNF Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française des Jeux DNF Bradley McGee (Aus) Française des Jeux DNF Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank DNS Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole Points 1 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 25 pts 2 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 20 3 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 16 4 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 14 5 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 12 6 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 10 7 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 9 8 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 8 9 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel 7 10 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 6 11 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic 5 12 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon - Lotto 4 13 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 3 14 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 2 15 David Blanco Rodiguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 1 Mountains Port del Cantó - Cat. 1, km 41 1 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 16 pts 2 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 12 3 Adolfo Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 10 4 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team 8 5 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 6 6 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 4 7 David Bernabeu (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 3 8 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 2 9 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 1 Coll de la Creu de Perves - Cat. 2, km 107 1 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 10 pts 2 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 7 3 Adolfo Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 5 4 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 3 5 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 2 6 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 1 Coll de la Espina - Cat. 2, km 140 1 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 10 pts 2 Adolfo Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 7 3 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 5 4 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 3 5 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 2 6 David Bernabeu (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 1 E.Esquí Aramón Cerler - Cat. E, km 187 1 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 30 pts 2 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 25 3 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 20 4 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 16 5 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 12 6 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 10 7 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 8 8 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 6 9 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel 4 10 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 3 11 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic 2 12 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon - Lotto 1 Sprints Sort, km 61 1 Adolfo Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 4 pts 2 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 2 3 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 1 Castejón de Sos, km 158,8 1 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic 4 pts 2 Adolfo Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 2 3 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 1 Cerler, km 178 1 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 4 pts 2 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 2 3 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 1 Teams 1 Comunidad Valenciana 15.32.41 2 Euskaltel - Euskadi 0.10 3 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.54 4 Team CSC 1.12 5 Phonak Hearing Systems 2.32 6 Davitamon - Lotto 3.10 7 Illes Balears - Caisse D'Epargne 3.22 8 Quick Step - Innergetic 8.12 9 Liberty Seguros - Würth Team 9.02 10 Lampre - Caffita 9.15 11 Rabobank 10.26 12 Saunier Duval - Prodir 11.02 13 T- Mobile Team 12.08 14 Relax Fuenlabrada 12.23 15 Cofidis, le credit par telephone 19.59 16 Credit Agricole 21.41 17 Fassa Bortolo 22.20 18 Liquigas - Bianchi 31.24 19 Team Gerolsteiner 36.31 20 Bouygues Telecom 48.01 21 La Francaise Des Jeux 50.44 22 Domina Vacanze 53.00 General classification after stage 11 1 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 45.07.35 2 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 0.47 3 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 1.53 4 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 1.57 5 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 3.31 6 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 5.03 7 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel 5.09 8 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic 5.45 9 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 5.58 10 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 6.37 11 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 6.47 12 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 7.32 13 David Blanco Rodiguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 7.54 14 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC 10.35 15 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon - Lotto 11.31 16 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 12.41 17 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 15.05 18 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 15.19 19 Francisco José Lara (Spa) T-Mobile Team 16.32 20 Unai Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 16.35 21 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Caffita 18.05 22 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Lampre - Caffita 18.32 23 Marcos Antonio Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 18.59 24 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Caffita 19.11 25 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC 19.21 26 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 19.31 27 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 21.29 28 Daniel Atienza Urendez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 22.01 29 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 24.30 30 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 24.53 31 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon - Lotto 26.24 32 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 26.46 33 David Bernabeu (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 26.52 34 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 27.15 35 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 27.31 36 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 28.12 37 Adolfo Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 30.03 38 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 36.27 39 Francisco Pérez (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 37.14 40 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel 37.26 41 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 37.57 42 Joseba Beloki Dorronsoro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 38.37 43 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 38.41 44 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel 38.50 45 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 39.58 46 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 40.09 47 José Antonio Pecharroman Fabian (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic 40.20 48 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 40.37 49 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel 40.39 50 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 41.08 51 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 42.17 52 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 43.30 53 Eladio Jimenez Sanchez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 43.47 54 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 43.58 55 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic 45.09 56 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 45.37 57 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Crédit Agricole 45.55 58 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel 47.02 59 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 47.48 60 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 48.22 61 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 48.57 62 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 49.26 63 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile Team 49.35 64 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 50.10 65 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 50.16 66 Jose Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 50.27 67 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 52.08 68 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 52.36 69 Moises Dueñas (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 52.45 70 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 53.06 71 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas - Bianchi 53.22 72 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 53.53 73 Julian Sanchez Pimienta (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 55.51 74 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 56.31 75 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 57.29 76 Juan Manuel Fuentes (Spa) Lampre - Caffita 57.58 77 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas - Bianchi 57.59 78 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel 58.18 79 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 58.26 80 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 59.48 81 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.01.31 82 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 1.02.28 83 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 1.03.34 84 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 1.04.24 85 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team CSC 1.04.58 86 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 1.05.01 87 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 1.05.07 88 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.05.22 89 Constantino Zaballa Gutierrez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.05.36 90 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.06.08 91 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1.09.49 92 Jorge Garcia (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 1.10.04 93 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.10.10 94 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Lampre - Caffita 1.10.46 95 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.11.30 96 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.12.19 97 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.12.24 98 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 1.12.36 99 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Domina Vacanze 1.15.40 100 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.16.39 101 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.17.08 102 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.17.18 103 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 1.17.45 104 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 1.18.28 105 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.18.33 106 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 1.18.40 107 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 1.21.51 108 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas - Bianchi 1.22.11 109 Freddy Gonzalez (Col) Relax Fuenlabrada 1.22.12 110 Niels Scheuneman (Ned) Rabobank 1.22.54 111 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.22.57 112 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.23.38 113 Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 1.23.44 114 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 1.24.40 115 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 1.25.20 116 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team 1.26.23 117 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 1.27.49 118 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.28.28 119 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Crédit Agricole 1.29.38 120 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick Step - Innergetic 1.31.10 121 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 1.31.14 122 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.32.20 123 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.33.39 124 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 1.34.33 125 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.34.37 126 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.36.00 127 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 1.36.43 128 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Davitamon - Lotto 1.36.48 129 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC 1.37.28 130 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 1.38.56 131 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 1.39.02 132 Devis Miorin (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 1.40.19 133 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 1.41.07 134 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Liquigas - Bianchi 1.41.15 135 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.41.20 136 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1.41.24 137 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 1.42.12 138 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 1.43.44 139 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas - Bianchi 1.44.05 140 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 1.44.47 141 Tom Steels (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 1.45.02 142 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner 1.45.50 143 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze 1.46.50 144 Ian McLeod (RSA) Française des Jeux 1.46.58 145 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 1.48.30 146 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 1.49.26 147 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1.49.58 148 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.50.37 149 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 1.50.49 150 Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon - Lotto 1.52.26 151 Matej Jurco (Svk) Domina Vacanze 1.59.27 152 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.59.50 153 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2.01.57 154 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.05.40 155 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 2.07.32 156 Jukka Vastaranta (Fin) Rabobank 2.08.32 157 Yohann Gène (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.13.45 158 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 2.27.19 Points classification 1 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 102 pts 2 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 92 3 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 75 4 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 69 5 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 65 6 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 65 7 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 47 8 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 43 9 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 41 10 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 40 11 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 36 12 Tom Steels (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 32 13 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 31 14 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 30 15 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic 29 16 David Blanco Rodiguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 29 17 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 28 18 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 27 19 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 26 20 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 25 21 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic 24 22 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel 22 23 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC 20 24 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 19 25 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 18 Mountains classification 1 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 85 pts 2 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 66 3 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 54 4 Eladio Jimenez Sanchez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 53 5 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 50 6 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 38 7 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 37 8 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 35 9 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 34 10 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 32 11 Adolfo Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 32 12 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 27 13 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic 23 14 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC 15 15 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel 14 16 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 13 17 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 13 18 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 12 19 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 12 20 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 12 21 David Blanco Rodiguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 11 22 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10 23 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 9 24 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 8 25 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 8 Combination classification 1 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 5 pts 2 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 6 3 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 13 4 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 16 5 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 19 6 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 32 7 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic 36 8 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 38 9 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 40 10 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel 44 11 David Blanco Rodiguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 50 12 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC 51 13 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 53 14 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 57 15 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 65 16 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 72 17 Adolfo Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 85 18 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 87 19 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 89 20 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon - Lotto 90 21 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 96 22 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Caffita 98 23 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 99 24 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 99 25 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 107 Teams classification 1 Comunidad Valenciana 135.37.18 2 Team CSC 9.06 3 Liberty Seguros - Würth Team 10.01 4 Phonak Hearing Systems 15.18 5 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 15.53 6 Illes Balears - Caisse D'Epargne 19.05 7 Euskaltel - Euskadi 25.08 8 Lampre - Caffita 34.05 9 Quick Step - Innergetic 35.49 10 Davitamon - Lotto 42.28 11 T- Mobile Team 49.01 12 Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.00.48 13 Relax Fuenlabrada 1.15.37 14 Cofidis, le credit par telephone 1.15.52 15 Credit Agricole 1.17.39 16 Rabobank 1.21.54 17 Bouygues Telecom 1.49.59 18 Fassa Bortolo 2.16.07 19 Team Gerolsteiner 2.19.32 20 Liquigas - Bianchi 2.37.02 21 La Francaise Des Jeux 3.31.53 22 Domina Vacanze 3.46.45
