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60th Vuelta a España - GT

Spain, August 27-September 18, 2005

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Stage 3 - Monday, August 29: Cordoba-Puertollano, 153.3 km

Petacchi and his team show their quality

McGee keeps the golden jersey

By Hernan Alvarez Macías

Alessandro Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo)
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The top candidate did it again. Alessandro Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo) won his first stage at the 2005 Vuelta a España today in Puertollano in a time of 3 hours, 48 minutes and 41 seconds. He beat Erik Zabel (T-Mobile) and Tom Boonen (Quick Step) in the expected bunch sprint. Bradley McGee (Française des Jeux) keeps the golden leader's jersey, even increasing his lead over his nearest rivals thanks to time bonuses garnered en route.

After another scorchingly hot day, the Fassa Bortolo team did a remarkable job in the last four kilometres to make things easy for their big star Alessandro Petacchi. The Italian outfit pushed hard and they got their prize by watching Ale-Jet crossing the line in first place.

"To win a sprint doesn't mean one is at his best condition," Petacchi told Spanish TV post-stage. "I feel better than last year, but I raced less than last year. I have to ride to get fit". His greatest goal for the near future is the World Championships in Madrid. "I trained very well, but I need time. I think I have a lot of time to do a good sprint on the World's. There's still one month ahead."

Santiago Botero (Phonak) commented to Spanish radio, "The heat was impressive. Fortunately there were no crashes, let's see how things go tomorrow. I'm taking the race day by day. The first day, you're at the start with strength, then you get tired. Let's see if we have that little push we need for Valdelinares [Stage 6], if not, we will fight for the time trial."

How it unfolded

The hostilities are opened
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196 riders took the start of the stage in Cordoba. Once again, the extreme heat was an important factor all day long. The thermometer marked around 40° C in some parts of the stage. There were many breakaway attempts but none could succeed in the first kilometres.

Finnish rider Jussi Veikkanen (Française des Jeux) got off the bike at km 55, likely because of back problems that have hampered him recently. 13 kilometres later, another rider stopped the race: Italy's Angelo Furlan (Domina Vacanze).

The sprinters' teams were determined not to let a breakaway go. Every time a group or riders wanted to get clear, the peloton chased hard and caught them. This was to be a day for the sprinters. The peloton eventually allowed Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Comunidad Valenciana) to make a lone breakaway at km 70. His chances of success were very scarce, as he was by himself and Fassa Bortolo and Quick Step were very strong behind.

Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Comunidad Valenciana)
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Meanwhile, Française des Jeux commanded the peloton and protected the Vuelta leader Bradley McGee, who took third in the first bonus sprint at Fuencaliente (km 91) behind Javier Pascual Rodriguez and Joaquin Rodriguez. That gave the Australian two bonus seconds for his general classification time. After 100 km, Pascual Rodriguez had a gap of 3'45 to the peloton.

The big group caught Pascual Rodriguez just after the sprint at Puerto del Pulido (km 126.3), where McGee took second place and four more bonus seconds. Pascual Rodriguez knew his chances of victory were very small as he laboured against the heat.

Brad McGee (Francaise des Jeux)
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The peloton rode together for some kilometres until Thomas Ziegler (Gerolsteiner) took his chances and attacked solo with 17 km to go. But the German endeavour was fruitless as Credit Agricole and Fassa were determined to force a bunch sprint. Ziegler was swallowed by the peloton with 4 km to go. From then on, it was a Fassa Bortolo show with its riders showing how good and committed to the team cause they were. They made the tempo and did not once relinquish the lead, with Marco Velo performing the final leadout with 400m to go to give Petacchi a clean run to victory.

Stage 4 - August 30: Ciudad Real-Argamasilla de Alba, 232.3 km

The riders will race the longest stage of the current Vuelta in Stage 4. They will ride 232.3 km from Ciudad Real to Argamasilla de Alba in the heart of Castilla-La Mancha. There are three intermediate sprints: Almagro, Daimiel and La Solana. The highest point will be Ossa de Montiel, at 900 meters above sea level. It's a special route for sprinters: the riders who dare to make a breakaway should consider the great length of the stage, and the likely heat. It seems Boonen, Zabel, Thor Hushovd (Credit Agricole) and other specialists will have another chance.

Photography

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Results

1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                            3.48.41 (40.22 km/h)
2 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                            
3 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic                                  
4 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole                                        
5 Giosuè Bonomi (Ita) Lampre - Caffita                                      
6 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel                                  
7 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems               
8 Tom Steels (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto                                        
9 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                            
10 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas - Bianchi                                
11 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                      
12 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                      
13 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone                      
14 Adolfo Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                         
15 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                          
16 Unai Yus Kerejeta (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                                 
17 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                    
18 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick Step - Innergetic                               
19 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Caffita                  
20 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par telephone                        
21 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone                      
22 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                
23 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic                        
24 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada                        
25 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Lampre - Caffita                                    
26 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                     
27 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank                                      
28 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                      
29 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze                                   
30 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                 
31 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC                                         
32 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                     
33 Francisco José Lara (Spa) T-Mobile Team                                  
34 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre - Caffita                                   
35 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                             
36 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC                                      
37 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Domina Vacanze                               
38 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                   
39 Freddy Gonzalez (Col) Relax Fuenlabrada                                  
40 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne        
41 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par telephone                  
42 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Fassa Bortolo                         
43 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                                
44 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel                                   
45 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                       
46 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel                                   
47 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                             
48 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par telephone              
49 Matej Jurco (Svk) Domina Vacanze                                         
50 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                           
51 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                         
52 Santiago Botero Echeverry (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems                   
53 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Davitamon - Lotto                                     
54 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic                             
55 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                     
56 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi                                   
57 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel                                    
58 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team                                        
59 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel                                     
60 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française des Jeux                                   
61 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                             
62 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel                                    
63 David Bernabeu (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                                
64 Leif Hoste (Bel) Discovery Channel                                       
65 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon - Lotto                     
66 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada                                      
67 José Antonio Pecharroman Fabian (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic            
68 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                    
69 Aitor Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                
70 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                                
71 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems                                
72 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                   
73 Constantino Zaballa Gutierrez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir               
74 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada                                     
75 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                       
76 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                        
77 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                           
78 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                        
79 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                                 
80 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                        
81 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi                                    
82 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                     
83 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française des Jeux                                  
84 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                   
85 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                   
86 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic                              
87 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                                      
88 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                              
89 Marcos Antonio Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team        
90 Unai Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                 
91 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                     
92 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto                                      
93 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                               
94 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel                                   
95 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                    
96 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                           
97 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada                                 
98 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                         
99 Angel Luis Casero (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                             
100 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                      
101 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                      
102 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                  
103 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team                                       
104 Francisco Pérez (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                    
105 Isidro Nozal Vega (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                      
106 Devis Miorin (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi                                   
107 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC                                          
108 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                   
109 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole                                       
110 Ian McLeod (RSA) Française des Jeux                                     
111 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                       
112 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon - Lotto                                 
113 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                    
114 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                            
115 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank                                            
116 José Enrique Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems            
117 Jose Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada                               
118 Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team              
119 Daniel Atienza Urendez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par telephone           
120 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel                                  
121 Eladio Jimenez Sanchez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                       
122 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                    
123 Moises Dueñas (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada                                   
124 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne         
125 David Blanco Rodiguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                        
126 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank                                        
127 Joseba Beloki Dorronsoro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team               
128 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                    
129 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Caffita                                  
130 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                           
131 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Lampre - Caffita                               
132 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team CSC                                          
133 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC                                           
134 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole                               
135 Juan Manuel Fuentes (Spa) Lampre - Caffita                              
136 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems                           
137 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                         
138 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                       
139 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                    
140 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                    
141 Jorge Garcia (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada                                    
142 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC                                             
143 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC                                               
144 Yohann Gène (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                      
145 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                       
146 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank                                        
147 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone            
148 Iban Mayo Diez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                  
149 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                        
150 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                          
151 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto                                      
152 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                   
153 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                           
154 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Caffita                                    
155 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                          
156 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Crédit Agricole                                
157 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic                         
158 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                                 
159 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 
160 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 
161 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                               
162 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, le credit par telephone                
163 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas - Bianchi                                  
164 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank                                            
165 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Domina Vacanze                               0.34
166 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                      
167 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Liquigas - Bianchi                          0.55
168 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto                              1.07
169 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank                                            1.37
170 Jukka Vastaranta (Fin) Rabobank                                         
171 José Antonio Garrido (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic                      
172 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                     
173 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                              
174 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas - Bianchi                               
175 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto                            1.49
176 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic                            
177 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                      
178 Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon - Lotto                                      
179 Luca Solari (Ita) Domina Vacanze                                    2.30
180 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française des Jeux                               
181 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Domina Vacanze                                 
182 Julian Sanchez Pimienta (Spa) Fassa Bortolo                             
183 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Domina Vacanze                                2.36
184 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Domina Vacanze                                      
185 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone              
186 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française des Jeux                                 
187 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                     
188 Niels Scheuneman (Ned) Rabobank                                     3.40
189 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux                          3.46
190 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                   4.04
191 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas - Bianchi                           5.30
192 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC                                       8.32
193 Oscar Mason (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi                                    
194 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Française des Jeux                             14.10
DNF Angelo Furlan (Ita) Domina Vacanze                                      
DNF Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux                                
 
Points
 
1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                 25 pts
2 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                          20
3 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic                                16
4 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole                                      14
5 Giosuè Bonomi (Ita) Lampre - Caffita                                    12
6 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel                                10
7 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems              9
8 Tom Steels (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto                                       8
9 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                           7
10 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas - Bianchi                               6
11 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                     5
12 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                     4
13 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone                     3
14 Adolfo Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                        2
15 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                         1
 
Mountains
 
Alto de la Sierra de Cardeña - Cat. 3, km 62
1 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                    6 pts
2 Freddy Gonzalez (Col) Relax Fuenlabrada                                  4
3 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par telephone              2
4 Aitor Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                1
 
Sprints
 
Fuencaliente, km 91,8
1 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                      4 pts
2 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                    2
3 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française des Jeux                                   1
 
Puerto del Pulido, km 126,5
1 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                      4 pts
2 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française des Jeux                                   2
3 ? Française des Jeux                                                     1

Almodóvar del Campo, km 143
1 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                        4 pts
2 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française des Jeux                                   2
3 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Fassa Bortolo                         1
 
Teams
 
1 Quick Step - Innergetic                                           11.26.03
2 Lampre - Caffita                                                          
3 T- Mobile Team                                                            
4 Fassa Bortolo                                                             
5 Cofidis, le credit par telephone                                          
6 Bouygues Telecom                                                          
7 Credit Agricole                                                           
8 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                                        
9 Team CSC                                                                  
10 Team Gerolsteiner                                                        
11 Liberty Seguros - Würth Team                                             
12 Domina Vacanze                                                           
13 Phonak Hearing Systems                                                   
14 Illes Balears - Caisse D'Epargne                                         
15 Davitamon - Lotto                                                        
16 Comunidad Valenciana                                                     
17 Relax Fuenlabrada                                                        
18 Liquigas - Bianchi                                                       
19 Saunier Duval - Prodir                                                   
20 Rabobank                                                                 
21 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                                      
22 La Francaise Des Jeux                                                    
 
General classification after stage 3
 
1 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française des Jeux                             8.50.32
2 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par telephone           0.32
3 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Fassa Bortolo                      0.39
4 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                 0.41
5 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                      
6 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Caffita               0.42
7 Unai Yus Kerejeta (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                              0.53
8 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic                          1.02
9 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                          1.05
10 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                         1.12
11 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel                                1.17
12 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team             1.20
13 David Bernabeu (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                                
14 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                         1.21
15 Santiago Botero Echeverry (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems               1.23
16 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre - Caffita                               1.25
17 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC                                      
18 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                         1.28
19 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems          1.29
20 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                       1.31
21 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                   
22 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel                               1.32
23 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                1.33
24 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                   
25 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel                                1.34
26 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                       
27 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                    1.37
28 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic                          1.38
29 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                       1.39
30 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par telephone                        
31 Adolfo Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                         
32 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par telephone              1.41
33 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team                                        
34 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems                                
35 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada                                      
36 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon - Lotto                 1.42
37 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne      1.44
38 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic                        
39 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada                        
40 David Blanco Rodiguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                     1.45
41 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel                                   
42 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon - Lotto                                  
43 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                 1.46
44 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                           
45 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                            
46 Constantino Zaballa Gutierrez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir               
47 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                            1.47
48 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                     1.51
49 José Antonio Pecharroman Fabian (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic        1.52
50 Moises Dueñas (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada                                1.53
51 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               1.54
52 Eladio Jimenez Sanchez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                    1.55
53 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick Step - Innergetic                               
54 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                   1.57
55 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                        
56 Angel Luis Casero (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                         1.59
57 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                 2.03
58 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Lampre - Caffita                                2.04
59 Francisco José Lara (Spa) T-Mobile Team                                  
60 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                    2.08
61 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC                                       2.09
62 Daniel Atienza Urendez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par telephone        2.10
63 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada                             2.11
64 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC                                            2.14
65 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                     
66 Unai Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne             2.15
67 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole                                   2.21
68 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                       
69 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                     2.29
70 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                 2.30
71 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              2.35
72 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                  2.39
73 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                            2.42
74 Jose Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada                            2.47
75 Joseba Beloki Dorronsoro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team            2.49
76 Marcos Antonio Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team    2.52
77 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                  2.59
78 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                        3.28
79 Francisco Pérez (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                 3.35
80 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Caffita                               3.48
81 Aitor Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne            3.55
82 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                 4.19
83 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel                                 4.26
84 Luca Solari (Ita) Domina Vacanze                                     4.36
85 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                           4.46
86 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                 4.54
87 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne    5.55
88 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              6.01
89 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto                                  6.11
90 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems                        6.13
91 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                  6.15
92 Leif Hoste (Bel) Discovery Channel                                   6.16
93 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas - Bianchi                            6.19
94 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel                             6.21
95 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               6.22
96 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel                                   
97 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                              6.31
98 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                              
99 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze                                   
100 Juan Manuel Fuentes (Spa) Lampre - Caffita                          6.35
101 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                      6.44
102 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                  6.48
103 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole                           7.33
104 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               7.47
105 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank                                    7.59
106 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                           8.18
107 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                8.19
108 Iban Mayo Diez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                              8.26
109 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel                              8.32
110 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Domina Vacanze                                  8.39
111 José Enrique Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems        8.44
112 Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team          8.47
113 Freddy Gonzalez (Col) Relax Fuenlabrada                             8.55
114 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                      8.56
115 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Crédit Agricole                            9.28
116 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                             9.42
117 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                   9.45
118 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                      9.47
119 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                   9.49
120 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                      9.50
121 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Crédit Agricole                               9.54
122 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                               9.56
123 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank                                 9.59
124 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, le credit par telephone           10.02
125 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                               10.04
126 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                  
127 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole                                  10.08
128 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Lampre - Caffita                          10.10
129 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada                               10.11
130 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Domina Vacanze                         10.13
131 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto                                      
132 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole                               10.17
133 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC                                   10.19
134 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone                10.22
135 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                                10.25
136 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                       
137 Ian McLeod (RSA) Française des Jeux                                10.26
138 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                 10.28
139 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank                                       10.29
140 Matej Jurco (Svk) Domina Vacanze                                   10.30
141 Isidro Nozal Vega (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                 10.34
142 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                           10.38
143 Devis Miorin (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi                              10.48
144 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank                                        
145 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto                             11.09
146 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas - Bianchi                          11.19
147 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic                           11.41
148 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team CSC                                     11.42
149 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                         11.45
150 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC                                             
151 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Caffita                               11.48
152 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC                                           
153 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team                                  11.49
154 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto                           11.50
155 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                    11.53
156 Jorge Garcia (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada                               11.56
157 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi                              11.58
158 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                    12.02
159 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française des Jeux                            12.06
160 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi                             12.07
161 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                          12.13
162 Tom Steels (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto                                 12.14
163 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française des Jeux                            12.16
164 Giosuè Bonomi (Ita) Lampre - Caffita                               12.19
165 Yohann Gène (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 12.20
166 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank                                       12.21
167 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                   12.27
168 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas - Bianchi                                  
169 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                12.29
170 Julian Sanchez Pimienta (Spa) Fassa Bortolo                        12.32
171 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Davitamon - Lotto                               12.33
172 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Domina Vacanze                              12.46
173 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Liquigas - Bianchi                         12.59
174 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Domina Vacanze                               13.12
175 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank                                           13.45
176 Jukka Vastaranta (Fin) Rabobank                                    13.46
177 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                14.01
178 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                  14.03
179 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                 14.22
180 Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon - Lotto                                 14.28
181 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française des Jeux                          14.31
182 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Domina Vacanze                            14.42
183 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone                14.44
184 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone         14.56
185 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic                    14.57
186 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone       15.02
187 Niels Scheuneman (Ned) Rabobank                                    15.27
188 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux                         15.35
189 José Antonio Garrido (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic                 16.43
190 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic                       16.45
191 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas - Bianchi                          17.43
192 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC                                      21.00
193 Oscar Mason (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi                               21.10
194 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Française des Jeux                             26.38
 
Points classification
 
1 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française des Jeux                                  42 pts
2 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par telephone             25
3 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                            25
4 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                 25
5 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                          24
6 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic                            22
7 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic                                20
8 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole                                      19
9 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Fassa Bortolo                        17
10 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Caffita                16
11 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                   15
12 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                           14
13 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel                                  12
14 Giosuè Bonomi (Ita) Lampre - Caffita                                   12
15 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                  11
16 Unai Yus Kerejeta (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                               10
17 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                          10
18 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel                               10
19 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                9
20 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems             9
21 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                         8
22 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                     8
23 David Bernabeu (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                               8
24 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                            8
25 Tom Steels (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto                                      8
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                   13 pts
2 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par telephone             12
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 Freddy Gonzalez (Col) Relax Fuenlabrada                                  4
8 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                             2
9 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Caffita                  1
10 Aitor Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne               1
 
Combination classification
 
1 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par telephone              6 pts
2 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française des Jeux                                   7
3 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic                            18
4 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                            18
5 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                   20
6 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Caffita                 25
7 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                            46
8 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                      59
 
Teams classification
 
1 Liberty Seguros - Würth Team                                      26.35.14
2 Lampre - Caffita                                                      0.07
3 Saunier Duval - Prodir                                                0.28
4 Comunidad Valenciana                                                      
5 Cofidis, le credit par telephone                                      0.34
6 Illes Balears - Caisse D'Epargne                                          
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


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