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60th Vuelta a España - GT
Spain, August 27-September 18, 2005
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Stage 2 - Sunday, August 28: Granada-Córdoba, 189.3 km
McGee descends to take gold
Superb tactical win by Bertagnolli
By Hernan Alvarez Macías
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Italy's Leonardo Bertagnolli (Cofidis) won the second stage of the Vuelta a España (Granada-Cordoba) in a strange sprint, beating Bradley McGee (La Française des Jeux), who became the new leader. Both clocked a time of 4:52:27. Juan Antonio Flecha (Fassa Bortolo) ended third with the same time, just in front of other four chasing riders.
"This is my first great joy after having many health problems during the season," said Bertagnolli, who won the Trofeo dell'Etna, Coppa Agostoni and Coppa Placci last year, but hasn't been able to get going this season. "I hadn't felt good [during the last few days], even though I saw myself better after achieving a stage victory in the Tour de Limousin. My condition was a real surprise to me".
"After testing myself on the climb, I cooperated with McGee who wanted the leadership and I was able to beat him at the finish". His goal was to win one day in Spain, and he didn't want to waste the chance that appeared when climbing San Jeronimo. "Now we'll see how the race goes up to Lloret de Mar, and then we'll see."
The Cat. 2 Alto de San Jeronimo, which had its summit at 12 km to go, broke the race completely. Early breakaway David De la Fuente (Saunier Duval) lost his advantage in double quick time at start of this climb, the only one of the stage, when another eight riders including Bertagnolli and McGee counter-attacked. McGee was the best placed on GC in the group, and he was able to secure the gold jersey with a second place at the finish.
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"I'm absolutely delighted to get this jersey," said the Australian, who couldn't stand up at the finish. "This completes my collection because I have leaders jerseys from the Giro and the Tour. I now have the leadership of the Tour of Spain and I came to this race to do that." With it, he becomes the first Australian to have worn all three Grand Tour leader's jerseys.
"The climb was very hard, especially in the last two kilometres. I'm glad that I didn't know the climb because I wouldn't have gone as early as I did. I had very bad cramps during the last two kilometres and couldn't really work at the end," McGee finished.
How it unfolded
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All the 197 riders who started the race yesterday signed on today for the second stage. At the first intermediate sprint, Bernhard Eisel (La Française des Jeux) was first, Rik Verbrugghe (Quick Step) second and Tom Boonen (Quick Step) third. The bonus gave Verbrugghe the virtual lead over Denis Menchov. The race tempo was slow and allowed a couple of riders to make a breakaway, the first of the 2005 Vuelta. David de la Fuente (Saunier Duval) together with Herve Duclos-Lassalle (Cofidis) began their escape at km 24. The gap grew very fast as the peloton let them go. The maximum difference was 10 minutes and 58 seconds at km 57.
The first rider who abandoned the race was Giuliano Figueras (Lampre-Caffita). He put his feet to earth at km 67. Gradually, the big peloton started reducing the gap with the Quick Step-Innergetic team at the head. The Belgian team was interested in helping its star Tom Boonen, but more importantly, it wanted to take Rik Verbrugghe to the overall leadership, considering his bonus seconds in the first sprint.
At km 112, the gap between De la Fuente and Duclos-Lassalle to the rest was greatly reduced to 6'17. The heat was a factor for all the cyclists throughout the day with temperatures around 39° C. At the second intermediate sprint in Espejo (km 120) De la Fuente passed first and Duclos-Lassalle second, 2'25 behind. The peloton caught the exhausted Cofidis rider few kilometres later (km 130 with 59.3 to go).
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The Cat. 2 Alto de San Jeronimo which started at 25 km to go looked like it would be decisive and it proved to be right. David De la Fuente were caught by the peloton at the bottom of the climb. and soon after, the attacks started. Aitor Osa (Illes Balears) together with Gorka Gonzalez (Euskaltel Euskadi) and Bernhard Kohl (T-Mobile) took the lead at the beginning of the climb. But Bertagnolli, Unai Yus (Bouygues Telecom), Pablo Lastras (Illes Balears), Bradley McGee, Francisco Vila (Lampre-Caffita), Joaquin Rodriguez (Saunier Duval), Angel Vicioso (Liberty), Juan Antonio Flecha (Fassa Bortolo), Carlos Garcia Quesada (Comunidad Valenciana) and Luis Perez (Cofidis) began the chase.
The chasers caught the leaders and then the only Italian in the group took the lead with a few kilometres from the summit. Bertagnolli crossed the top with a 20 second gap to Lastras, with the rest of the chasers just behind and the peloton at 40 seconds. But Lastras wasn't going to repeat his win of 2002, as he crashed on the tricky descent and wound up at the wrong end of the group. McGee, who like Bertagnolli, didn't know the descent, dropped like a stone to catch the Italian with 6 km to go. The pair had a 10 second lead on Vila, Flecha, Rodriguez, Vicioso and Yus, which they extended to 13 seconds in the closing kilometres.
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The cat and mouse tactics began in the final kilometre, and McGee had no choice but to lead out the sprint and take as much time as possible. Bertagnolli knew this and executed a well timed jump to win the stage comfortably from McGee and a fast finishing Flecha, who brought the chasing five back. The peloton sprint for 11th was won by Thor Hushovd (Credit Agricole) ahead of Erik Zabel (T-Mobile).
The day wasn't so good for Jose Azevedo (Discovery), Andreas Klier (T-Mobile), and Jose Enrique Gutierrez (Phonak), who were all caught up in a crash on one of the flatter parts of the climb and lost considerable time to the leaders. Oscar Pereiro and Iban Mayo also lost time to the rest of the GC riders.
Stage 3 - August 29: Cordoba-Puertollano, 153.3 km
The third day is another one for the sprinters to shine. It has a category 3 climb, Alto de la Sierra de Cardeña, at km 61.5 and three intermediate sprints: Fuencaliente, Puerto del Pulido (no points) and Almodovar del Campo. The finish is flat in Puertollano (690 meters above the sea). After today's results Quick Step, Fassa Bortolo and other teams with good sprinters will go for revenge.
Photography
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- Are we early?
- Domina Vacanze signs on
- Denis Menchov (Rabobank) exits sign on
- Ale-Jet is here
- Thomas Voeckler (Bouygues) in his 400th race of the season
- Roberto Heras (Liberty Seguros) arrives
- Alessandro Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo) rolls up
- Denis Menchov (Rabobank) prepares to start
- Denis Menchov (Rabobank) Rabobank leader and gold jersey wearer
- Sacchi and Petacchi strap the battle gear on
- Brad McGee (Francaise des Jeux, L) chats to a teammate
- Leonardo Piepoli (Saunier Duval) waiting for the climbs
- Joseba Beloki (Liberty Seguros) surprisingly upbeat
- Roberto Heras (Liberty Seguros) nervous
- Iban Mayo (Euskaltel) looking hopeful
- Once more big smile
- Gilberto Simoni (Lampre) must be happy with his stage 1 time trial
- Tom Boonen (Quick.Step) warms up
- Tom Boonen (Quick.Step) happy to be here
- Denis Menchov (Rabobank) pre-hydrates
- Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step) wonders how it will go
- Tom Boonen (Quick.Step) serious
- Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step) adjusts things
- The peloton leaves
- Alessandro Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo) gets ready
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- Denis Menchov (Rabobank) interviewed at the start
- Tom Boonen (Quick.Step) gets ready
- Thor Hushovd (CA) fronts up
- T-Mobile's Spaniards Oscar Sevilla and Paco Lara
- The peloton in the neutral zone
- The peloton leaves Granada
- The start of stage 2
- Luis Perez gives Beloki some tips
- The peloton begins to pick it up
- Sevilla and Mancebo ride together
- Bernhard Eisel (FDJ, R) takes the first sprint at km 20 ahead of Verbrugghe (C) and Boonen (out of shot)
- Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step) gets his knee seen to
- The Casero bros: Angel (L) and Rafael (R)
- Denis Menchov (Rabobank) chats with former teammate Pablo Lastras (lles Balears)
- Erik Zabel (T-Mobile) as water carrier
- Angel Vicioso (Liberty Seguros) and Dariusz Baranowski look out for Roberto Heras
- The Liberty team take Heras back up
- Benoit Joachim (Discovery Channel) deduces the reason for his loss of power
- David de la Fuente (Saunier Duval) with Duclos-Lassalle in tow
- David de la Fuente (Saunier Duval) with Herve Duclos-Lassalle (Cofidis) on his wheel
- De la Fuente goes for it alone
- Quick.Step's Kevin De Weert and Jurgen Van Goolen lead the peloton
- Leonardo Bertagnolli (Cofidis) beats McGee to win in Cordoba
- Leonardo Bertagnolli (Cofidis) trying to blend in with the locals
- Brad McGee (Francaise des Jeux) now in gold
- Brad McGee (Francaise des Jeux) is the points leader as well
- Leonardo Bertagnolli (Cofidis) also has the mountains jersey
Results
1 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 4.52.27 (38.84 km/h) 2 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française des Jeux 3 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 4 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Caffita 5 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 6 Unai Yus Kerejeta (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 7 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 8 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.33 9 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 10 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 11 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 0.44 12 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 13 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 14 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 15 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 16 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 17 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 18 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel 19 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Gerolsteiner 20 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 21 Constantino Zaballa Gutierrez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 22 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon - Lotto 23 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 24 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 25 Luca Solari (Ita) Domina Vacanze 26 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 27 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 28 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 29 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon - Lotto 30 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 31 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 32 Unai Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 33 Francisco José Lara (Spa) T-Mobile Team 34 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 35 Santiago Botero Echeverry (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 36 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 37 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel 38 José Antonio Pecharroman Fabian (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic 39 Angel Luis Casero (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 40 David Blanco Rodiguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 41 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 42 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Crédit Agricole 43 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 44 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic 45 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 46 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 47 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic 48 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 49 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 50 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 51 Adolfo Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 52 David Bernabeu (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 53 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile Team 54 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick Step - Innergetic 55 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel 56 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 57 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 58 Moises Dueñas (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 59 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 60 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 61 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC 62 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 63 Daniel Atienza Urendez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 64 Joseba Beloki Dorronsoro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 65 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Lampre - Caffita 66 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 67 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 68 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 69 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 70 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 71 Eladio Jimenez Sanchez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 72 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 73 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.19 74 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC 75 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 76 Jose Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 77 Marcos Antonio Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 78 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 79 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2.54 80 Aitor Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 81 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Caffita 82 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 83 Francisco Pérez (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 84 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 85 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 3.41 86 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel 87 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5.12 88 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas - Bianchi 89 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 90 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 91 Juan Manuel Fuentes (Spa) Lampre - Caffita 92 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze 93 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 94 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel 95 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Domina Vacanze 96 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 97 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 98 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel 99 Leif Hoste (Bel) Discovery Channel 100 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 101 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 102 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 103 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 104 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 6.25 105 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 106 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 6.36 107 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 108 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel 7.27 109 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Crédit Agricole 110 Freddy Gonzalez (Col) Relax Fuenlabrada 111 Iban Mayo Diez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 112 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 113 Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 114 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 7.56 115 José Enrique Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 116 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Domina Vacanze 8.50 117 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 118 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 119 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 120 Matej Jurco (Svk) Domina Vacanze 121 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Lampre - Caffita 122 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 123 Ian McLeod (RSA) Française des Jeux 124 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 125 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Domina Vacanze 126 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 127 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 128 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 129 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 130 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 131 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 132 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner 133 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Crédit Agricole 134 Isidro Nozal Vega (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 135 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française des Jeux 136 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 137 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 138 Devis Miorin (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 139 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas - Bianchi 140 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 141 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 142 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 143 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 144 Julian Sanchez Pimienta (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 145 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 146 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 147 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC 148 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 149 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team 150 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 151 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 152 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 153 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 154 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 10.46 155 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas - Bianchi 156 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 157 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française des Jeux 158 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Liquigas - Bianchi 159 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas - Bianchi 160 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Domina Vacanze 161 Jorge Garcia (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 162 Oscar Mason (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 163 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 164 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française des Jeux 165 Yohann Gène (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 166 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team CSC 167 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 168 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 169 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 170 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 171 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 172 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 173 Giosuè Bonomi (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 174 Niels Scheuneman (Ned) Rabobank 175 Jukka Vastaranta (Fin) Rabobank 176 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 177 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 178 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 179 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner 180 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team 181 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 182 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 183 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team 184 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux 185 Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon - Lotto 186 Tom Steels (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 187 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Française des Jeux 188 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 189 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 190 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Davitamon - Lotto 191 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 13.11 192 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 13.43 193 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 194 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 195 José Antonio Garrido (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic 196 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Domina Vacanze DNF Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Lampre - Caffita Points 1 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 25 pts 2 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française des Jeux 20 3 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 16 4 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Caffita 14 5 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 12 6 Unai Yus Kerejeta (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 10 7 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 9 8 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 8 9 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 7 10 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 6 11 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 5 12 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 4 13 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 3 14 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2 15 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 1 Mountains Alto de San Jerónimo - Cat. 2, km 177 1 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 10 pts 2 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 7 3 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 5 4 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française des Jeux 3 5 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 2 6 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Caffita 1 Sprints Venta de Algarra, km 20 1 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française des Jeux 4 pts 2 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 2 3 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 1 Espejo, km 120 1 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 4 pts 2 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 2 3 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 1 Córdoba, km 153,5 1 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 4 pts 2 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 2 3 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française des Jeux 1 Teams 1 Saunier Duval - Prodir 14.38.49 2 Bouygues Telecom 3 Liberty Seguros - Würth Team 4 Fassa Bortolo 5 Cofidis, le credit par telephone 6 Lampre - Caffita 7 Phonak Hearing Systems 0.33 8 Illes Balears - Caisse D'Epargne 9 Comunidad Valenciana 10 T- Mobile Team 0.44 11 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 12 Relax Fuenlabrada 13 Quick Step - Innergetic 14 Team CSC 15 Euskaltel - Euskadi 16 Credit Agricole 1.19 17 Davitamon - Lotto 5.12 18 Team Gerolsteiner 8.50 19 Domina Vacanze 9.40 20 Rabobank 14.31 21 La Francaise Des Jeux 16.12 22 Liquigas - Bianchi 21.24 General classification after stage 2 1 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française des Jeux 5.02.01 2 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 0.22 3 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 0.31 4 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 5 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Caffita 0.32 6 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 0.35 7 Unai Yus Kerejeta (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 0.43 8 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 0.52 9 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 0.55 10 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 1.02 11 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 1.07 12 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 1.10 13 David Bernabeu (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 14 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.11 15 Santiago Botero Echeverry (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.13 16 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 1.15 17 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 18 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.18 19 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.19 20 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.21 21 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 22 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel 1.22 23 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.23 24 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 25 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel 1.24 26 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 27 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 1.27 28 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic 1.28 29 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 1.29 30 Adolfo Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 31 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 1.31 32 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 33 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 34 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 35 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon - Lotto 1.32 36 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 1.34 37 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic 38 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 39 David Blanco Rodiguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 1.35 40 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel 41 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon - Lotto 42 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.36 43 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile Team 44 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 45 Constantino Zaballa Gutierrez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 46 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.37 47 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1.41 48 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 49 José Antonio Pecharroman Fabian (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic 1.42 50 Moises Dueñas (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 1.43 51 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.44 52 Eladio Jimenez Sanchez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 1.45 53 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick Step - Innergetic 54 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.47 55 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 56 Angel Luis Casero (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 1.49 57 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.53 58 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Lampre - Caffita 1.54 59 Francisco José Lara (Spa) T-Mobile Team 60 Luca Solari (Ita) Domina Vacanze 1.56 61 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 1.58 62 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC 1.59 63 Daniel Atienza Urendez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 2.00 64 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 2.01 65 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC 2.04 66 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 67 Unai Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 2.05 68 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 2.11 69 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 70 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2.19 71 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2.20 72 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.25 73 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 2.29 74 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 2.32 75 Jose Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 2.37 76 Joseba Beloki Dorronsoro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 2.39 77 Marcos Antonio Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 2.42 78 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 2.49 79 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 3.18 80 Francisco Pérez (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 3.25 81 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Caffita 3.38 82 Aitor Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 3.45 83 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Crédit Agricole 4.09 84 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel 4.16 85 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 4.36 86 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 4.44 87 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 5.45 88 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5.51 89 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Domina Vacanze 5.53 90 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 6.01 91 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 6.03 92 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 6.04 93 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 6.05 94 Leif Hoste (Bel) Discovery Channel 6.06 95 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas - Bianchi 6.09 96 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel 6.11 97 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 6.12 98 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel 99 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 6.21 100 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 101 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze 102 Juan Manuel Fuentes (Spa) Lampre - Caffita 6.25 103 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 6.34 104 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 7.23 105 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 7.37 106 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 7.49 107 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 8.08 108 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 8.09 109 Iban Mayo Diez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8.16 110 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel 8.22 111 José Enrique Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 8.34 112 Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 8.37 113 Freddy Gonzalez (Col) Relax Fuenlabrada 8.45 114 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 8.46 115 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Crédit Agricole 9.18 116 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française des Jeux 9.30 117 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas - Bianchi 9.32 118 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner 9.37 119 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team 9.39 120 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 9.40 121 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 9.41 122 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Crédit Agricole 9.44 123 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 9.46 124 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 9.49 125 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 126 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 9.51 127 Julian Sanchez Pimienta (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 9.52 128 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 129 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 130 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 131 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 9.54 132 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 133 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 9.55 134 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 9.58 135 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 136 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Lampre - Caffita 10.00 137 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 10.01 138 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Domina Vacanze 10.03 139 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 140 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 10.07 141 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC 10.09 142 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 10.12 143 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 10.15 144 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 145 Ian McLeod (RSA) Française des Jeux 10.16 146 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 10.18 147 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 10.19 148 Matej Jurco (Svk) Domina Vacanze 10.20 149 Isidro Nozal Vega (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 10.24 150 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Domina Vacanze 10.26 151 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 10.28 152 Devis Miorin (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 10.38 153 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 154 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team CSC 11.32 155 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 11.35 156 Niels Scheuneman (Ned) Rabobank 11.37 157 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 11.38 158 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 159 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 11.39 160 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team 161 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 162 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 11.43 163 Jorge Garcia (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 11.46 164 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 11.48 165 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team 11.52 166 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française des Jeux 11.53 167 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Liquigas - Bianchi 11.54 168 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française des Jeux 11.56 169 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 11.57 170 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 11.58 171 Jukka Vastaranta (Fin) Rabobank 11.59 172 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 12.02 173 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Domina Vacanze 174 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 12.03 175 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas - Bianchi 176 Tom Steels (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 12.04 177 Giosuè Bonomi (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 12.09 178 Yohann Gène (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 12.10 179 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 180 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 12.11 181 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 12.14 182 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 12.17 183 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas - Bianchi 184 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 12.18 185 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Française des Jeux 186 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux 12.19 187 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner 12.23 188 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Davitamon - Lotto 189 Oscar Mason (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 12.28 190 Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon - Lotto 12.29 191 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 14.34 192 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 14.46 193 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 14.47 194 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 14.52 195 José Antonio Garrido (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic 14.56 196 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Domina Vacanze 15.39 Points classification 1 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française des Jeux 37 pts 2 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 25 3 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 25 4 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 22 5 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 16 6 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Caffita 16 7 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 15 8 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 14 9 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 12 10 Unai Yus Kerejeta (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 10 11 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 10 12 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 9 13 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 9 14 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 8 15 David Bernabeu (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 8 16 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 8 17 Santiago Botero Echeverry (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 7 18 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 7 19 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 6 20 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 6 21 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 5 22 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 5 23 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française des Jeux 4 24 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 4 25 Francisco Pérez (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 4 Mountains classification 1 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 10 pts 2 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 7 3 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 7 4 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 6 5 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française des Jeux 4 6 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 4 7 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 2 8 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Caffita 1 Combination classification 1 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 5 pts 2 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française des Jeux 7 3 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 16 4 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 18 5 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Caffita 19 6 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 20 7 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 37 8 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 49 Teams classification 1 Liberty Seguros - Würth Team 15.09.11 2 Lampre - Caffita 0.07 3 Saunier Duval - Prodir 0.28 4 Comunidad Valenciana 5 Illes Balears - Caisse D'Epargne 0.34 6 Cofidis, le credit par telephone 7 Phonak Hearing Systems 0.35 8 Team CSC 0.38 9 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.40 10 Fassa Bortolo 0.41 11 Bouygues Telecom 0.42 12 Quick Step - Innergetic 0.50 13 Euskaltel - Euskadi 0.54 14 T- Mobile Team 1.32 15 Relax Fuenlabrada 1.40 16 Credit Agricole 2.39 17 Davitamon - Lotto 6.00 18 Team Gerolsteiner 9.51 19 Domina Vacanze 11.02 20 Rabobank 14.52 21 La Francaise Des Jeux 16.19 22 Liquigas - Bianchi 22.25
