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60th Vuelta a España - GT
Spain, August 27-September 18, 2005
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Stage 12 - Thursday, September 8: Logroño-Burgos, 133 km
Petacchi getting better
Nasty crash for Heras
By Hernan Alvarez Macias
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Routine. Alessandro Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo) won his fourth stage win in the Vuelta a España in a bunch sprint in Burgos to no-one's surprise. Petacchi's victory, which looked to be his strongest yet, came at the expense of Erik Zabel (T-Mobile) and Marco Zanotti (Liquigas-Bianchi). But the big news of the day was the crash at km 95 that injured Roberto Heras (Liberty-Würth), who is second on the overall classification and Jakob Piil (CSC) who abandoned the race. Meanwhile, Denis Menchov (Rabobank) retained the golden jersey.
Heras suffered a cut on his left knee because of the crash, and as soon as he ended the stage, he went with his team staff to receive medical attention. Piil abandoned the Vuelta in an ambulance, suffering concussion, his terrible 2005 continuing.
Petacchi was also inside the group of riders who went down in the crash, which occurred near the front of the peloton. "I was able to come back and we got back to work," said the Italian. "I had a problem with my brakes, but I went behind the peloton for the mechanics to fix it and then I continued again."
About the finale, Petacchi commented, "I looked back in the sprint to see who was racing behind me. I felt good, even though I didn't take the last corner correctly. I was able to do a long sprint and win."
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Race leader Denis Menchov definitely didn't try to take any advantage from Heras' crash. "I agreed with slowing the pace when Heras crashed, of course", he said. "Everyone waited for Roberto and for all the fallen riders. I was in the front, but I was lucky. That's cycling. I hope Heras recovers from this. I've also experienced these kinds of crashes."
Saturday's stage will still be very difficult for the Russian: "Lagos [de Covadonga] is a very important stage. We'll see what happens," he concluded. Luis Pasamontes (Relax Fuenlabrada) made the breakaway of the day. But, as usual, the peloton snuffed it out. "It was tough to finish the breakaway because it was one of Petacchi's last options," said Pasamontes to Spanish radio. "Certainly the sprinters will quit the race to prepare themselves well for the World's. The race circumstances like the crash could have given me some bonus seconds. The riders got nervous because of Heras' crash and they decided to push harder. So, with ten kilometres to the finish line, my adventure was over."
How it unfolded
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On Tuesday, nine riders abandoned the race: Bradley McGee, Frederic Guesdon (La Française des Jeux), Santiago Botero (Phonak), Thor Hushovd, Benoît Poilvet (Credit Agricole), Christophe Edaleine, Luis Perez (Cofidis), Markel Irizar (Euskaltel-Euskadi) and Mathew Hayman (Rabobank). Today, Gerrit Glomser (Lampre-Caffita) decided not to start in Logroño, which meant 157 riders were left in the Vuelta. Due to technical reasons, the stage was shortened by approximately 15 kilometres. Therefore, the riders raced 133 kilometres instead of 148. Luis Pasamontes (Relax Fuenlabrada) was the brave rider who dared to make a lone breakaway. At km 8 the Spanish was 30 seconds ahead of the peloton and at km 56 the gap was 4'23. The peloton didn't want Pasamontes to escape on such a short stage. A four minute break would be more easily controlled than a larger gap.
At the second intermediate sprint in Pradoluengo, the lone leader was followed by Julian Sanchez Pimienta (Fassa Bortolo) and Rolf Aldag (T-Mobile), who were setting the tempo for the chase. The gap was 4'40 at this point, and did not get any bigger.
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A big crash at the head of the peloton happened at km 95 involving around 15 riders. Jakob Piil (CSC) and Roberto Heras (Liberty Seguros-Würth) had the worst of it, and the Dane was stretchered into an ambulance while Heras received help from the race doctors while coming back to the peloton. The Spaniard had a cut in his left knee and needed some stitches. But the bruising may affect him more in the coming days.
The peloton slowed the pace in order to wait for Heras. Alessandro Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo) was also behind the main group and after a few kilometres he joined the peloton again. T-Mobile, Quick Step and Fassa Bortolo teams upped the tempo and caught Pasamontes at km 121 (12 km to go). Benjamin Noval (Discovery Channel) countered immediately, but the peloton was determined to end it in a bunch sprint, and Noval was sucked back in.
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The Fassa Bortolo train started working with 3 km to go, despite being challenged by Liquigas (for Zanotti) and Davitamon-Lotto (for Steels). It was the latter who secured the prize position of Petacchi's wheel, but lost it to Zabel on the last corner with just over half a kilometre to go. Marco Velo performed a short lead out to get Petacchi up to speed, as Steels tried to come from behind to challenge for the win. But Ale-Jet didn't panic and started his sprint from around 200 metres out with Erik Zabel once again having no answer to the Italian's speed. Alessandro raised his arms once again, this time with his forefingers pointing the sky in recognition of his fourth victory at this race, and his grandfather, who passed away three years ago to this day.
Stage 13 - September 9: Burgos-Ampuero, 196 km
This will be a long stage with some mountainous difficulties. The stage has four climbs: Puerto de la Sia (Category 1, 1240m above sea level, km 121), Alto Cruz Usaño (Category 3, 360m, km 149.4), Alto Fuente Las Varas (Category 3, 450 m, km 159.3) and Santuario de la Bien Aparecida (Category 3, 270 m, stage finish). It may be a day for the breakaway riders to succeed, and the Puerto de la Sia will be crucial here. The big question tomorrow will be how Heras feels. If Heras is in good condition, he will fight for a stage win in Lagos de Covadonga and Pajares. If not, Menchov could start tasting the glory of winning the Vuelta.
Photography
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- Roberto Heras (Liberty Seguros) is attended to by the race doctor after a pile-up at the head of the peloton around 30 kilometres from the finish in Burgos.
- Roberto Heras (Liberty Seguros) grimaces in pain.
- Roberto Heras' leg has seen better days.
- Denis Menchov (Rabobank) is getting rather used to the maillot oro.
- Alessandro Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo) notches up his fourth stage win of the 2005 Vuelta in Burgos.
- Alessandro Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo) points to the heavens in memory of his late grandfather Angelo.
Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti
- Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano (Liberty Seguros) recently announced his retirement from cycling at the end of this year.
- Roberto Heras (Liberty Seguros) looking much happier at the start in Logroño than he did at the end of the day.
- Francisco Mancebo (Illes Balears) could now become Denis Menchov's biggest threat after the crash of Roberto Heras today.
- Alessandro Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo) doesn't appear to have any threat in this year's Vuelta.
- Paolo Bettini (Quick Step) is shaping himself up for a good ride at the World's.
- Gilberto Simoni (Lampre-Cafitta) has just heard Lance Armstrong is going to race next year's Giro d'Italia.
- Gilberto Simoni (Lampre-Cafitta) and Leonardo Bertagnolli (Cofidis) line up at the start in Logroño.
- Francisco Mancebo (Illes Balears) happy to sign a few autographs.
- Riders at the start in Logroño.
- Petacchi's final lead-out man, Marco Velo, already knows who's won.
- All too easy for Ale-Jet.
- Ale-Jet's a certain winner in Burgos.
- Alessandro Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo) slowly motions his arms towards the sky.
- The two arms come together, pointed.
- Petacchi dedicates his win to his late grandfather, Angelo, as well as wife Anna Chiara.
- Gilberto Simoni (Lampre-Cafitta) knows he's been watched...
- Grazie, Matteo! Alessandro Petacchi thanks his team-mate Matteo Tosatto.
- E grazie Fabio! Petacchi then thanks Fabio Baldato.
- Alessandro Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo) is running out of different victory salutes.
- Alessandro Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo) once again looks to the heavens.
- Alessandro Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo) on the podium.
- Denis Menchov's time in gold is becoming almost a casual affair.
- This will always bring a smile, even a little one.
Results
1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3.13.36 (41.22 km/h) 2 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 3 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 4 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 5 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 7 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 8 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 9 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 10 Tom Steels (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 11 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon - Lotto 12 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Liquigas - Bianchi 13 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 14 Constantino Zaballa Gutierrez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 15 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 16 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick Step - Innergetic 17 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 18 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze 19 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 20 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas - Bianchi 21 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 22 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 23 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 24 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 25 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 26 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 27 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 28 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 29 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 30 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel 31 Juan Manuel Fuentes (Spa) Lampre - Caffita 32 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 33 Matej Jurco (Svk) Domina Vacanze 34 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 35 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 36 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 37 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 38 Jukka Vastaranta (Fin) Rabobank 39 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 40 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 41 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 42 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel 43 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 44 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner 45 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC 46 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 47 Jorge Garcia (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 48 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 49 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon - Lotto 50 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 51 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team 52 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Crédit Agricole 53 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 54 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 55 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 56 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 57 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 58 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 59 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic 60 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 61 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel 62 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 63 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 64 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team 65 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 66 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 67 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 68 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas - Bianchi 69 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas - Bianchi 70 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel 71 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 72 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 73 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Caffita 74 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 75 Daniel Atienza Urendez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 76 Ian McLeod (RSA) Française des Jeux 77 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 78 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 79 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 80 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 81 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 82 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 83 Marcos Antonio Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 84 David Blanco Rodiguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 85 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 86 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 87 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 88 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 89 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Lampre - Caffita 90 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC 91 Francisco José Lara (Spa) T-Mobile Team 92 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team CSC 93 Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 94 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 95 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 96 Joseba Beloki Dorronsoro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 97 Francisco Pérez (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 98 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 99 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team 100 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas - Bianchi 101 Moises Dueñas (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 102 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 103 Eladio Jimenez Sanchez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 104 Freddy Gonzalez (Col) Relax Fuenlabrada 105 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 106 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 107 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Domina Vacanze 108 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 109 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Crédit Agricole 110 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 111 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 112 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 113 Jose Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 114 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 115 David Bernabeu (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 116 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 117 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 118 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 119 Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon - Lotto 120 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française des Jeux 121 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile Team 122 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner 123 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 124 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 125 Unai Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 126 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 127 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 128 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 129 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Caffita 130 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 131 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 132 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 133 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 134 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 135 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 136 Adolfo Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 137 Julian Sanchez Pimienta (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 138 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 139 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 140 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel 141 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 142 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 143 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 25.00 144 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 145 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic 146 Yohann Gène (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 31.00 147 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Davitamon - Lotto 35.00 148 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 50.00 149 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.10 150 Niels Scheuneman (Ned) Rabobank 1.12 151 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 1.24 152 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 2.12 153 Devis Miorin (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 2.29 154 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel 3.16 155 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3.29 Outside time limit TC José Antonio Pecharroman Fabian (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic 25.55 DNF Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC DNS Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Lampre - Caffita Points 1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 25 pts 2 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 20 3 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 16 4 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 14 5 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 12 6 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 10 7 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 9 8 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 8 9 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 7 10 Tom Steels (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 6 11 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon - Lotto 5 12 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Liquigas - Bianchi 4 13 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3 14 Constantino Zaballa Gutierrez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 2 15 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1 Mountains Alto de Pradilla - Cat. 3, km 71 1 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 6 pts 2 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 4 3 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic 2 4 Eladio Jimenez Sanchez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 1 Alto de Valmala - Cat. 3, km 97 1 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 6 pts 2 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 4 3 Constantino Zaballa Gutierrez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 2 4 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1 Sprints Sto Domingo de la Calzada, km 45,7 1 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 4 pts 2 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2 3 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1 Pradoluengo, km 86,8 1 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 4 pts 2 Julian Sanchez Pimienta (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 2 3 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1 Ibeas de Juarros, km 108 1 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 4 pts 2 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile Team 2 3 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 1 Teams 1 Liquigas - Bianchi 9.40.48 2 Saunier Duval - Prodir 3 Cofidis, le credit par telephone 4 Illes Balears - Caisse D'Epargne 5 Davitamon - Lotto 6 Quick Step - Innergetic 7 T- Mobile Team 8 Rabobank 9 Team Gerolsteiner 10 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 11 Phonak Hearing Systems 12 Credit Agricole 13 Relax Fuenlabrada 14 Euskaltel - Euskadi 15 Fassa Bortolo 16 Comunidad Valenciana 17 Team CSC 18 Domina Vacanze 19 La Francaise Des Jeux 20 Liberty Seguros - Würth Team 21 Bouygues Telecom 22 Lampre - Caffita General classification after stage 12 1 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 48.21.11 2 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 0.47 3 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 1.53 4 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 1.57 5 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 3.31 6 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 5.03 7 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel 5.09 8 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic 5.45 9 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 5.58 10 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 6.37 11 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 6.47 12 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 7.32 13 David Blanco Rodiguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 7.54 14 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon - Lotto 11.31 15 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 12.41 16 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 15.05 17 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 15.19 18 Francisco José Lara (Spa) T-Mobile Team 16.32 19 Unai Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 16.35 20 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Caffita 18.05 21 Marcos Antonio Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 18.59 22 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Caffita 19.11 23 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC 19.21 24 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 19.31 25 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 21.29 26 Daniel Atienza Urendez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 22.01 27 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 24.30 28 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 24.53 29 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon - Lotto 26.24 30 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 26.46 31 David Bernabeu (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 26.52 32 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 27.15 33 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 27.31 34 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 28.12 35 Adolfo Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 30.03 36 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 36.27 37 Francisco Pérez (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 37.14 38 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel 37.26 39 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 37.57 40 Joseba Beloki Dorronsoro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 38.37 41 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 38.41 42 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel 38.50 43 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 39.58 44 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 40.09 45 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 40.37 46 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel 40.39 47 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 41.08 48 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 42.17 49 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 43.30 50 Eladio Jimenez Sanchez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 43.47 51 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 43.58 52 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic 45.34 53 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 45.37 54 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Crédit Agricole 45.55 55 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel 47.02 56 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 47.48 57 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 48.22 58 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 48.57 59 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 49.26 60 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile Team 49.35 61 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 50.10 62 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 50.16 63 Jose Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 50.27 64 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 52.08 65 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 52.36 66 Moises Dueñas (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 52.45 67 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 53.06 68 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas - Bianchi 53.22 69 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 53.53 70 Julian Sanchez Pimienta (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 55.51 71 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 56.31 72 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 57.29 73 Juan Manuel Fuentes (Spa) Lampre - Caffita 57.58 74 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas - Bianchi 57.59 75 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 58.26 76 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 59.48 77 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.01.31 78 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel 1.01.34 79 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 1.02.28 80 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 1.04.24 81 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team CSC 1.04.58 82 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 1.05.01 83 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 1.05.07 84 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.05.22 85 Constantino Zaballa Gutierrez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.05.36 86 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 1.05.46 87 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.06.08 88 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1.09.49 89 Jorge Garcia (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 1.10.04 90 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.10.10 91 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Lampre - Caffita 1.10.46 92 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.11.30 93 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.12.19 94 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 1.12.36 95 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.13.34 96 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Domina Vacanze 1.15.40 97 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.16.39 98 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.17.08 99 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.17.18 100 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 1.17.45 101 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 1.18.28 102 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.18.33 103 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 1.18.40 104 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 1.21.51 105 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas - Bianchi 1.22.11 106 Freddy Gonzalez (Col) Relax Fuenlabrada 1.22.12 107 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.22.57 108 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.23.38 109 Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 1.23.44 110 Niels Scheuneman (Ned) Rabobank 1.24.06 111 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 1.24.40 112 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 1.25.20 113 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team 1.26.23 114 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 1.27.49 115 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.28.28 116 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Crédit Agricole 1.29.38 117 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick Step - Innergetic 1.31.10 118 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 1.31.14 119 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.32.20 120 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.33.39 121 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 1.34.33 122 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.34.37 123 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.36.00 124 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 1.37.08 125 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Davitamon - Lotto 1.37.23 126 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC 1.37.28 127 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 1.38.56 128 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 1.39.02 129 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 1.41.07 130 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Liquigas - Bianchi 1.41.15 131 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1.41.24 132 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.41.45 133 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 1.42.12 134 Devis Miorin (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 1.42.48 135 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 1.43.44 136 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas - Bianchi 1.44.05 137 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 1.44.47 138 Tom Steels (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 1.45.02 139 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner 1.45.50 140 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze 1.46.50 141 Ian McLeod (RSA) Française des Jeux 1.46.58 142 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 1.49.26 143 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 1.49.54 144 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1.49.58 145 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.50.37 146 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 1.50.49 147 Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon - Lotto 1.52.26 148 Matej Jurco (Svk) Domina Vacanze 1.59.27 149 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.59.50 150 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2.02.47 151 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 2.07.32 152 Jukka Vastaranta (Fin) Rabobank 2.08.32 153 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.09.09 154 Yohann Gène (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.14.16 155 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 2.27.19 Points classification 1 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 102 pts 2 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 100 3 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 92 4 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 89 5 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 65 6 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 65 7 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 54 8 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 47 9 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 44 10 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 43 11 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 41 12 Tom Steels (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 38 13 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 36 14 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 31 15 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 30 16 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic 29 17 David Blanco Rodiguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 29 18 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 27 19 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 27 20 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 26 21 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 25 22 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic 24 23 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel 22 24 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 20 25 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 19 Mountains classification 1 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 93 pts 2 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 66 3 Eladio Jimenez Sanchez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 54 4 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 54 5 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 50 6 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 38 7 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 37 8 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 35 9 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 34 10 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 32 11 Adolfo Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 32 12 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 27 13 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic 23 14 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel 14 15 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 13 16 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 13 17 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 12 18 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 12 19 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 12 20 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 12 21 David Blanco Rodiguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 11 22 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10 23 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 9 24 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 8 25 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 8 Combination classification 1 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 6 pts 2 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 7 3 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 13 4 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 16 5 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 20 6 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 33 7 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic 37 8 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 40 9 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 42 10 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel 44 11 David Blanco Rodiguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 51 12 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 52 13 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 58 14 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 64 15 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 74 16 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon - Lotto 86 17 Adolfo Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 86 18 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 90 19 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 90 20 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 94 21 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 96 22 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 96 23 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Caffita 100 24 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 101 25 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 105 Teams classification 1 Comunidad Valenciana 145.18.06 2 Team CSC 9.06 3 Liberty Seguros - Würth Team 10.01 4 Phonak Hearing Systems 15.18 5 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 15.53 6 Illes Balears - Caisse D'Epargne 19.05 7 Euskaltel - Euskadi 25.08 8 Lampre - Caffita 34.05 9 Quick Step - Innergetic 35.49 10 Davitamon - Lotto 42.28 11 T- Mobile Team 49.01 12 Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.00.48 13 Relax Fuenlabrada 1.15.37 14 Cofidis, le credit par telephone 1.15.52 15 Credit Agricole 1.17.39 16 Rabobank 1.21.54 17 Bouygues Telecom 1.49.59 18 Fassa Bortolo 2.16.07 19 Team Gerolsteiner 2.19.32 20 Liquigas - Bianchi 2.37.02 21 La Francaise Des Jeux 3.31.53 22 Domina Vacanze 3.46.45
