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60th Vuelta a España - GT

Spain, August 27-September 18, 2005

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

Van Heeswijk wins by the sea

Heras increases advantage over the rest

By Hernan Alvarez Macias

Max van Heeswijk (Discovery Channel)
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Max Van Heeswijk (Discovery Channel) added another victory to his team's great collection this year, winning the seventh stage of the Vuelta in a bunch sprint in Vinaros. The Dutch beat Erik Zabel (T-Mobile) and Alberto Ongarato (Fassa Bortolo) in a time of 5:21:21. Meanwhile, the race leader Roberto Heras (Liberty-Würth) increased his advantage over his nearest rival Denis Menchov (Rabobank) by 6 seconds. The Spaniard has a gap of 12 seconds over the Russian.

"I love Spanish roads," said Van Heeswijk post-stage. "Because they are wide and you can ride with ease." He said so even though the last kilometres were ridden over narrow roads. The Dutchman commented that he had learned from his former team leader Lance Armstrong that you should never give up, and that it is necessary to always have motivation.

"I don't know how I found myself with nobody in front at 500 meters to go," added Van Heeswijk. "So, I pushed hard and I won." He told the press that he thinks that his win was based on the bad organization of the sprint had, which had enabled him to be in good position in the final metres.

How it unfolded

Cruising out of town
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Yesterday's stage was really demanding for all the riders. Nine of them abandoned the race: Floyd Landis (Phonak), Luca Solari, Simone Cadamuro (Domina Vacanze), Ludovic Auger, Bernhard Eisel (La Française des Jeux), Torsten Schmidt (Gerolsteiner), Giosue Bonomi (Lampre), Jan Boven (Rabobank) and Franck Renier (Bouygues Telecom). Renier had reached Valdelinares, but he had finished outside the race deadline. So, 181 riders took the start at Teruel today.

Early on in the stage (km 7), five riders made a breakaway: Rik Verbrugghe (Quick Step), Eladio Jimenez (Comunidad Valenciana), Alexandre Botcharov (Credit Agricole), Egoi Martinez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) and Mauricio Ardila (Davitamon-Lotto). A few kilometres later, Ardila and Botcharov couldn't keep the pace of the other three, and they were caught by the peloton.

The break starts to form
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At km 20, Iñigo Cuesta and Joaquin Rodríguez (Saunier Duval) began chasing the three breakaways and caught them later on. On the climb of Puerto de Cabigordo (km 24), Cuesta led the break ahead of Verbrugghe, Jimenez and Martinez. The gap was of four minutes at km 34 while two riders, Ignacio Gutierrez (Phonak) and Benoît Poilvet (Credit Agricole), chased the leaders. The couple were 33 seconds behind at this point.

Gutierrez and Poilvet reached the four leaders (Rodriguez dropped off) at km 43 and the group had a gap of 4'05 to the peloton. The break now contained Poilvet, Cuesta, Verbrugghe, Jimenez, Egoi Martinez and Ignacio Gutierrez, and at km 81 the difference was 2'43. 10 kilometres later, at the Cantavieja intermediate sprint Cuesta won ahead of Martinez and Poilvet. At that point, Sebastian Joly (Credit Agricole) has already abandoned the race.

The boys in blue
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Liberty Seguros-Würth and Fassa Bortolo knew how to control the breakaways. At km 112, Heras and Petacchi's teams led the peloton and controlled the gap that was around 3'30. They reduced the difference by more than a minute at km 125 to 2'17. The breakaway didn't have much chance as the peloton was eating up its advantage kilometre after kilometre, and at km 145, the difference was 1'55. Sooner or later, the breakaway would fade.

The tempo was slower than yesterday; it seemed that the tremendous stage that finished in Valdelinares was hurting most of the riders. Fassa Bortolo and other teams inside the peloton worked hard and got the most of the downhill roads, catching the six breakaways at km 23.5 km to go. The 182km long break was over and a new race started at this point.

Ignacio Gutierrez (Phonak)
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The big group rode together until Paolo Bettini (Quick Step) attacked on a small climb at 9km to go. The Italian went solo for more than four kilometres until the peloton caught him. The road was very narrow and with dangerous corners all the way down, but fortunately, there were no crashes.

From then on, T-Mobile led the peloton with Credit Agricole ready to lead out Thor Hushovd for another stage win. Meanwhile, sprint favourite Alessandro Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo) had a puncture and couldn't regain the front of the race. That was the end of Fassa Bortolo's chances.

The bunch sprint was very fast with Tom Steels (Davitamon) leading out. But from the right came Max Van Heeswijk, with Erik Zabel (T-Mobile) coming past on the left. Van Heeswijk was strongest and rode a long sprint to win the stage, leaving Zabel with another second place.

Stage 8 - September 3: Tarragona-Lloret de Mar, 189 km

The eighth stage will be ridden very close to the Catalonian coast. From Tarragona to Lloret de Mar, the riders will pass very near Barcelona and its surrounds. The stage has three intermediate sprints: La Gornal (km 32.9), El Ordal (km 62.9) and the city of Sabadell on the surroundings of Barcelona (km 101.2). There is just one climb: Category 3 Puerto del Ordal (490 m). It is another stage marked on the sprinters' calendar. Their teams should control the many breakaways that the peloton will certainly produce. Roberto Heras should have another rather easy stage before the big time trial on Sunday.

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Results

1 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel                            5.21.21 (39.68 km/h)
2 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                             
3 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                       
4 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi                                     
5 Tom Steels (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto                                         
6 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole                                         
7 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne          
8 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                      
9 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                     
10 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                               
11 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                      
12 Constantino Zaballa Gutierrez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                
13 Yohann Gène (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                        
14 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                        
15 Unai Yus Kerejeta (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                                  
16 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone                       
17 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                        
18 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                                 
19 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank                                       
20 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada                                       
21 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel                                     
22 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone              
23 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                          
24 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Caffita                   
25 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze                                    
26 Leif Hoste (Bel) Discovery Channel                                        
27 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas - Bianchi                                 
28 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par telephone                         
29 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par telephone                   
30 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Lampre - Caffita                                     
31 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic                         
32 Francisco José Lara (Spa) T-Mobile Team                                   
33 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                  
34 Freddy Gonzalez (Col) Relax Fuenlabrada                                   
35 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                         
36 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                    
37 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto                                       
38 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team                                         
39 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto                                  
40 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC                                          
41 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                              
42 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                              
43 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems               
44 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                        
45 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                 
46 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel                                    
47 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada                         
48 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic                                  
49 Juan Manuel Fuentes (Spa) Lampre - Caffita                                
50 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                      
51 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel                                     
52 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                              
53 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank                                              
54 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic                              
55 Aitor Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                 
56 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                    
57 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                                 
58 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                         
59 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick Step - Innergetic                                
60 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                            
61 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel                                    
62 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole                                         
63 José Antonio Pecharroman Fabian (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic             
64 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon - Lotto                      
65 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada                                      
66 Jose Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada                                 
67 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi                                     
68 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                     
69 David Bernabeu (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                                 
70 Angel Luis Casero (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                              
71 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                         
72 Daniel Atienza Urendez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par telephone             
73 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC                                       
74 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                            
75 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada                                  
76 David Blanco Rodiguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                          
77 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas - Bianchi                                    
78 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto                                        
79 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                      
80 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Davitamon - Lotto                                      
81 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                             
82 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                                
83 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                                  
84 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank                                          
85 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                       
86 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel                                    
87 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic                           
88 Marcos Antonio Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team         
89 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                       
90 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Liquigas - Bianchi                                
91 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                            
92 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas - Bianchi                                 
93 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon - Lotto                                   
94 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Domina Vacanze                                
95 Unai Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                  
96 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par telephone               
97 Francisco Pérez (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                      
98 Adolfo Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                          
99 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                          
100 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC                                                
101 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC                                            
102 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                   
103 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                     
104 Moises Dueñas (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada                                    
105 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC                                           
106 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                   
107 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre - Caffita                                   
108 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Lampre - Caffita                                
109 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                      
110 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems                            
111 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                           
112 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank                                             
113 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                               
114 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                             
115 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                    
116 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Caffita                                   
117 Santiago Botero Echeverry (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems                   
118 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank                                         
119 Eladio Jimenez Sanchez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                        
120 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                     
121 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                            
122 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française des Jeux                                   
123 Joseba Beloki Dorronsoro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                
124 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel                                   
125 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team                                        
126 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC                                            
127 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel                                     
128 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                      
129 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                        
130 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                     
131 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                                  
132 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Caffita                                     
133 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                          
134 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                    
135 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                  
136 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                   0.35
137 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                          
138 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone                  0.44
139 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                    0.56
140 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Crédit Agricole                             1.04
141 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC                                          1.13
142 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic                          1.32
143 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                 3.10
144 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Domina Vacanze                                       
145 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                                      
146 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française des Jeux                                
147 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, le credit par telephone                 
148 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                        
149 Matej Jurco (Svk) Domina Vacanze                                         
150 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                    
151 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                       
152 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                  
153 Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon - Lotto                                       
154 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française des Jeux                                  
155 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team CSC                                           
156 Ian McLeod (RSA) Française des Jeux                                      
157 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Domina Vacanze                                  
158 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                         
159 Jorge Garcia (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada                                     
160 Niels Scheuneman (Ned) Rabobank                                          
161 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas - Bianchi                                
162 Devis Miorin (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi                                    
163 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                       3.56
164 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                           
165 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne      6.18
166 Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team               
167 José Antonio Garrido (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic                       
168 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux                               
169 Isidro Nozal Vega (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                       
170 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone               
171 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                                
172 Jukka Vastaranta (Fin) Rabobank                                          
173 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                
174 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic                             
175 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                  
176 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                    7.45
177 Julian Sanchez Pimienta (Spa) Fassa Bortolo                              
178 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto                                   
179 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                 15.22
180 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Fassa Bortolo                    31.20
DNF Sébastien Joly (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                     
 
Points
 
1 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel                                 25 pts
2 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                           20
3 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                     16
4 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi                                   14
5 Tom Steels (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto                                       12
6 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole                                       10
7 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne         9
8 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                     8
9 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                    7
10 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                              6
11 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                     5
12 Constantino Zaballa Gutierrez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir               4
13 Yohann Gène (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                       3
14 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                       2
15 Unai Yus Kerejeta (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                                 1
16 Francisco Pérez (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                    -5
17 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Davitamon - Lotto                                    -5
18 Jukka Vastaranta (Fin) Rabobank                                         -5
 
Mountains
 
Puerto de Cabigordo - Cat. 3, km 20
1 Eladio Jimenez Sanchez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                         6 pts
2 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic                              4
3 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                     2
4 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                     1
 
Puerto de Sollavientos - Cat. 3, km 48
1 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                                 6 pts
2 Eladio Jimenez Sanchez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                         4
3 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                     2
4 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                      1
 
Puerto de Villaroya - Cat. 3, km 64
1 Eladio Jimenez Sanchez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                         6 pts
2 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                                 4
3 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                     2
4 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                            1
 
Puerto de Cuarto Pelado - Cat. 3, km 81
1 Eladio Jimenez Sanchez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                         6 pts
2 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                     4
3 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                            2
4 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                                 1
 
Sprints
 
Monteagudo, km 36
1 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                                 4 pts
2 Eladio Jimenez Sanchez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                         2
3 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic                              1
 
Cantavieja, km 91
1 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                                 4 pts
2 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                     2
3 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                      1
 
Montero Golf, km 196
1 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                  4 pts
2 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                        2
3 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                          1
 
Teams
 
1 Bouygues Telecom                                                   16.04.03
2 Illes Balears - Caisse D'Epargne                                           
3 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                                         
4 Cofidis, le credit par telephone                                           
5 Credit Agricole                                                            
6 T- Mobile Team                                                             
7 Davitamon - Lotto                                                          
8 Liquigas - Bianchi                                                         
9 Relax Fuenlabrada                                                          
10 Lampre - Caffita                                                          
11 Phonak Hearing Systems                                                    
12 Rabobank                                                                  
13 Team Gerolsteiner                                                         
14 Liberty Seguros - Würth Team                                              
15 Quick Step - Innergetic                                                   
16 Saunier Duval - Prodir                                                    
17 Team CSC                                                                  
18 Comunidad Valenciana                                                      
19 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                                       
20 Fassa Bortolo                                                             
21 Domina Vacanze                                                        3.10
22 La Francaise Des Jeux                                                 6.20
 
General classification after stage 7
 
1 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team           29.03.28
2 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                           0.12
3 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                           1.07
4 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                  1.09
5 David Blanco Rodiguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                       1.11
6 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                 1.26
7 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                       1.39
8 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic                          
9 Unai Yus Kerejeta (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                                   
10 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                     1.58
11 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel                                 2.03
12 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                          2.07
13 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Caffita               2.08
14 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre - Caffita                                2.11
15 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel                                2.13
16 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada                                   2.19
17 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems           2.29
18 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par telephone                     2.30
19 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team                                     2.32
20 David Bernabeu (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                                 
21 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                2.45
22 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC                                             2.49
23 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC                                   3.00
24 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon - Lotto                  3.03
25 Marcos Antonio Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team     3.13
26 Adolfo Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                      3.33
27 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par telephone           3.39
28 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                         4.14
29 Joseba Beloki Dorronsoro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team             4.52
30 Daniel Atienza Urendez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par telephone         4.55
31 Unai Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne              5.00
32 Moises Dueñas (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada                                 5.15
33 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                             5.27
34 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                        5.29
35 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                      
36 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                 5.30
37 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Caffita                                6.05
38 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                     6.09
39 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC                                        6.11
40 Aitor Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne             6.12
41 Francisco José Lara (Spa) T-Mobile Team                               6.18
42 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                         6.21
43 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel                                6.24
44 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                     6.49
45 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel                                 6.51
46 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Lampre - Caffita                                 6.54
47 José Antonio Pecharroman Fabian (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic         7.15
48 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                  7.26
49 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada                     7.35
50 Angel Luis Casero (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                          7.50
51 Jose Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada                             7.52
52 Francisco Pérez (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                  8.50
53 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                        8.52
54 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                  9.17
55 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                    9.19
56 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole                             9.29
57 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems                         9.35
58 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                        9.52
59 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto                                  10.35
60 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française des Jeux                               10.51
61 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                  11.07
62 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                            11.43
63 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               11.47
64 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel                                 12.21
65 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                   12.40
66 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel                               12.56
67 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne    12.59
68 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic                          13.28
69 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                       13.46
70 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par telephone              14.24
71 Constantino Zaballa Gutierrez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir           14.55
72 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                 14.56
73 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                14.58
74 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                15.19
75 Santiago Botero Echeverry (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems               16.02
76 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                     16.09
77 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                 16.35
78 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                           17.01
79 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon - Lotto                              17.09
80 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank                                     17.27
81 Juan Manuel Fuentes (Spa) Lampre - Caffita                           17.44
82 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                            17.55
83 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole                                   19.26
84 Eladio Jimenez Sanchez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                    19.33
85 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                 20.16
86 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                 20.23
87 Freddy Gonzalez (Col) Relax Fuenlabrada                              20.37
88 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada                             20.39
89 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel                               21.04
90 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                 21.42
91 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic                         21.47
92 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team                                    22.09
93 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto                             22.17
94 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic                      22.36
95 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick Step - Innergetic                           23.10
96 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas - Bianchi                            23.16
97 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                  23.54
98 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              24.18
99 Leif Hoste (Bel) Discovery Channel                                   24.44
100 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                      24.52
101 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                          24.56
102 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC                                         25.02
103 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada                                25.03
104 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                      25.20
105 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank                                 25.29
106 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank                                        25.35
107 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                             25.43
108 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Domina Vacanze                               
109 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                   25.48
110 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank                                    26.14
111 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne     26.19
112 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel                            27.16
113 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              27.19
114 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                            27.28
115 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC                                       27.46
116 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team CSC                                      28.03
117 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Lampre - Caffita                           28.27
118 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                        28.29
119 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole                                   28.36
120 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Crédit Agricole                            28.49
121 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                         29.02
122 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic                            29.40
123 Devis Miorin (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi                               29.58
124 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                 29.59
125 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                             30.22
126 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas - Bianchi                              30.44
127 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             31.24
128 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC                                    31.34
129 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone                 31.37
130 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas - Bianchi                           31.41
131 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                  31.43
132 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Davitamon - Lotto                                     
133 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank                                        31.44
134 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                                 31.52
135 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                   32.00
136 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Caffita                                32.15
137 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Domina Vacanze                                  32.34
138 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                      32.44
139 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                  33.15
140 Julian Sanchez Pimienta (Spa) Fassa Bortolo                         33.22
141 Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team               
142 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi                                   
143 Jorge Garcia (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada                                33.23
144 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi                               33.33
145 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Liquigas - Bianchi                          34.14
146 Ian McLeod (RSA) Française des Jeux                                 34.51
147 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto                                  35.42
148 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze                              36.19
149 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                 36.20
150 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                              37.05
151 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                     37.22
152 Tom Steels (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto                                  37.43
153 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic                        38.00
154 Isidro Nozal Vega (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                  38.33
155 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, le credit par telephone            38.41
156 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                  38.43
157 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas - Bianchi                           38.58
158 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto                              40.09
159 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                 40.31
160 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone             
161 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                   40.36
162 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    41.06
163 Niels Scheuneman (Ned) Rabobank                                     41.48
164 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC                                       42.15
165 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                     42.21
166 Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon - Lotto                                  43.07
167 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française des Jeux                           43.10
168 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Domina Vacanze                             43.54
169 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                           44.00
170 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                               47.08
171 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Fassa Bortolo                    47.25
172 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                   47.49
173 Matej Jurco (Svk) Domina Vacanze                                    52.55
174 Jukka Vastaranta (Fin) Rabobank                                     54.16
175 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone                 54.49
176 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone        1.00.17
177 Yohann Gène (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                1.04.51
178 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française des Jeux                           1.05.57
179 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux                        1.16.19
180 José Antonio Garrido (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic                1.20.17
 
Points classification
 
1 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole                                       74 pts
2 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                           60
3 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                  50
4 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                             45
5 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                 43
6 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française des Jeux                                   42
7 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel                                 35
8 Tom Steels (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto                                       32
9 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems              29
10 David Blanco Rodiguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                        28
11 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic                                28
12 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi                                  28
13 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par telephone             26
14 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                   24
15 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne       24
16 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                            23
17 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic                            23
18 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                        21
19 Unai Yus Kerejeta (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                                21
20 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Fassa Bortolo                        19
21 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                    18
22 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada                                     17
23 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC                                               16
24 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Caffita                 16
25 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                    15
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Eladio Jimenez Sanchez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                        32 pts
2 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                    21
3 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                 20
4 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                             16
5 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC                                                15
6 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                       13
7 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par telephone              12
8 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                                11
9 David Blanco Rodiguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                         11
10 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic                            10
11 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                   10
12 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                         8
13 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic                        7
14 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                                7
15 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel                                   7
16 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon - Lotto                                  6
17 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                             5
18 Jose Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada                                5
19 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                     5
20 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                   4
21 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française des Jeux                                   4
22 Freddy Gonzalez (Col) Relax Fuenlabrada                                  4
23 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                           3
24 Devis Miorin (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi                                    3
25 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                             2
 
Combination classification
 
1 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                  9 pts
2 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                             10
3 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                    20
4 David Blanco Rodiguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                         24
5 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                             36
6 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                         37
7 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par telephone              47
8 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic                        50
9 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC                                                50
10 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                  60
11 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Caffita                 65
12 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                            69
13 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                      87
14 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française des Jeux                                  87
15 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                   89
16 Marcos Antonio Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team       99
17 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic                           118
18 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                              128
19 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                   146
20 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel                                 148
21 Eladio Jimenez Sanchez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                      154
22 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon - Lotto                                169
23 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                   191
24 Devis Miorin (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi                                  205
 
Teams classification
 
1 Liberty Seguros - Würth Team                                       87.13.50
2 Comunidad Valenciana                                                   0.48
3 Team CSC                                                               3.09
4 Lampre - Caffita                                                       4.48
5 Illes Balears - Caisse D'Epargne                                       4.52
6 Phonak Hearing Systems                                                 5.16
7 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                                     5.57
8 Cofidis, le credit par telephone                                       7.29
9 Saunier Duval - Prodir                                                 8.41
10 Quick Step - Innergetic                                               9.19
11 T- Mobile Team                                                        9.31
12 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                                  10.17
13 Credit Agricole                                                      10.43
14 Relax Fuenlabrada                                                    11.05
15 Bouygues Telecom                                                     14.16
16 Davitamon - Lotto                                                    18.56
17 Rabobank                                                             31.29
18 Fassa Bortolo                                                        39.27
19 Team Gerolsteiner                                                    48.53
20 Liquigas - Bianchi                                                 1.06.07
21 Domina Vacanze                                                     1.11.21
22 La Francaise Des Jeux                                              1.13.14

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