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60th Vuelta a España - GT
Spain, August 27-September 18, 2005
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Stage 17 - Wednesday, September 14: El Espinar-La Granja de San Ildefonso, 165.6 km
Garcia Quesada kisses glory
Big solo win for Comunidad Valenciana
By Hernan Alvarez Macias in La Granja de San Ildefonso
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Carlos Garcia Quesada (Comunidad Valenciana) achieved a great win today in La Granja in stage 17 of the Vuelta a España, crossing the line alone 46 seconds ahead of Francisco Mancebo (Illes Balears) and Santos Gonzalez (Phonak). Roberto Heras (Liberty-Würth) retained the golden jersey, finishing in ninth place at 1'40, with Denis Menchov (2nd on GC, Rabobank) finishing in the same time.
The stage winner was very pleased with his victory. "I wanted so much to win," said the rider from Granada. "And in the end I had my reward. The medal I wear is one my grandmother gave to my little son. I took it from him and it gave me good luck and confidence." This is not his first win of the year: "This is my sixth," he explained. "And I want to dedicate it to my brother Fito [Adolfo] who always supported me and gave me hope in cycling."
Santos Gonzalez had chances to win, but he couldn't follow Quesada's wheel on Navacerrada. "I had to push hard on the last climb [Navacerrada]," said a tired Gonzalez after the stage. "It was silly to stay quiet after being part of the breakaway. If I caught Carlos [Garcia Quesada], I could have won the stage."
Juan Miguel Mercado (Quick Step) wasn't very happy after finishing 12th. "Garcia Quesada has attacked and also [Carlos] Sastre," said Mercado. "They attacked and I couldn't keep their pace. The truth is that everyone is finishing the Vuelta in good condition. Let's see if we can do something tomorrow."
How it unfolded
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At the start in El Espinar, 139 riders signed on for the stage to La Granja, a little village around 70 km northwest from Madrid. La Granja has a beautiful royal palace with a gorgeous garden built by the Spanish king Philip V in 1724 and ended by Charles III in 1761. Despite this, Fabio Sacchi (Fassa Bortolo) decided not to take part today.
After some attacks that were neutralized by the peloton, 15 riders made a breakaway including Eladio Jimenez (Comunidad Valenciana), Gilberto Simoni (Lampre-Caffita) and Alessandro Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo) after 38 km. At km 55 the breakaways numbered 13: Eladio Jimenez (Comunidad Valenciana), Gilberto Simoni (Lampre-Caffita), Joan Horrach (Illes Balears), Pablo Lastras (Illes Balears), David Blanco (Comunidad Valenciana), Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Comunidad Valenciana), Koos Moerenhout (Davitamon-Lotto), Stijn Devolder (Discovery Channel), Aitor Gonzalez (Euskaltel), David Lopez (Euskaltel), Rik Verbrugghe (Quick Step), Constantino Zaballa (Saunier Duval) and Manuel Calvente (CSC). The leaders were 2'10 ahead of the peloton at km 84.
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There were more changes on the Puerto de Morcuera (km 93) and 19 riders led the race at km 105, with Francisco Mancebo (Illes Balears), Eladio Jimenez, Miguel Martin Perdiguero (Phonak), Constantino Zaballa and Gilberto Simoni among them. The break was too big and the peloton didn't want such a massive breakaway.
Carlos Garcia Quesada (Comunidad Valenciana) was in the break and attacked when the leaders climbed Navacerrada for the second time. Mancebo and Santos Gonzalez (Phonak) chased him. At the summit of Puerto de Navacerrada with 22 km to go, Garcia Quesada was the solo leader, 1'40 ahead of Gonzalez and Paco Mancebo, and 2'18 ahead of Denis Menchov (Rabobank), Roberto Heras (Liberty) and Carlos Sastre (CSC).
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On the descent of Navacerrada, Garcia Quesada didn't want to risk anything. So, his chasers reduced his advantage by some seconds. With 7 km to go, the leader was 1'09 ahead of the duo of chasers and 1'47 ahead of the Heras, Menchov and Sastre group. The Comunidad Valenciana rider maintained the good tempo and was the first to across the finish line. In his celebration, he kissed the medal and clenched his left fist.
Stage 18 - September 15: Avila-Avila, 197.5 km
This will be a good stage for the riders looking for breakaways, especially for the ones who climb well. It's a long stage with four climbs: Puerto de la Paramera (Category 3, 1395 m, km 13.9), Puerto de Mijares (Cat. 1, 1570 m, km 66.4), Alto de Pedro Bernardo (Cat. 2, 1260 m, km 123.2) and Puerto de Serranillos (Cat. 2, 1575 m, km 135). Roberto Heras shouldn't have any problems with this stage, as his team will certainly help him pass the mountainous zones.
Photography
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- What a load of bull
- The pace is on
- Passing over a bridge during stage 17
- Heras and Baranowski descending
- Denis Menchov (Rabobank) descends
- Tom Danielson (Discovery Channel) hurting a little in the final week
- Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Comunidad Valenciana) helps his teammate Carlos Garcia Quesada get away
- Carlos Sastre (CSC) forces the pace
- Francisco Mancebo (Illes Balears) not wanting to let Garcia Quesada go
- Carlos Garcia Quesada (Comunidad Valenciana) gets his photo taken
- Francisco Mancebo (Illes Balears) finishing a strong second
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- The organisers of the World's in Madrid
- Roberto Heras (Liberty Seguros) looking happy to be here
- The peloton was always active
- The bunch catches an early break after the first descent
- The peloton under the impulse of Liberty Seguros
- Liberty Seguros strings 'em out
- Heras and Menchov riding together
- Joaquin Rodriguez (Saunier Duval) climbing towards more points for the red jersey
- Roberto Heras (Liberty Seguros) follows the wheel of Scarponi
- Concentrating in the gold jersey group
- Joseba Beloki drives the Heras group
- Roberto Heras (Liberty Seguros) keeping his composure
- Carlos Sastre (CSC) on track for a podium place
- Pain
- The various teams protecting their leaders in the peloton
- Menchov leads Sastre and Heras
- Heras and Menchov in the peloton
- Perdiguero and Gonzalez leading the chase group behind the big break
- Roberto Heras (Liberty Seguros) stayed attentive
- Lastras and Rodriguez drive the pace in the break
- Paco Mancebo (Illes Balears) starts to split the chase group behind Garcia Quesada
- Paco Mancebo (Illes Balears) was very active today
- Mancebo's group chasing on the Navacerrada
- Carlos Garcia Quesada (Comunidad Valenciana) powering along alone
- Carlos Garcia Quesada (Comunidad Valenciana) on his way to winning
- Carlos Garcia Quesada (Comunidad Valenciana) wins the 17th stage
- Roberto Heras (Liberty Seguros) king for another day
- Roberto Heras (Liberty Seguros) is still the points leader
- And Heras is still the best all-round rider
- Joaquin Rodriguez (Saunier Duval) is awarded the mountains jersey by Abraham Olano
Results
1 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 3.51.00 (43.01 km/h) 2 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 0.46 3 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.48 4 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon - Lotto 1.37 5 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 6 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 7 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 1.40 8 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 9 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 10 Marcos Antonio Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 1.42 11 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.27 12 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic 13 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 14 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 3.48 15 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 16 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon - Lotto 17 Unai Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 18 Daniel Atienza Urendez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 19 Eladio Jimenez Sanchez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 20 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 4.54 21 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 22 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 23 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5.00 24 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 5.04 25 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 26 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC 27 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel 28 Julian Sanchez Pimienta (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 29 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 30 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 31 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 32 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas - Bianchi 33 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 7.05 34 Jose Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 35 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 36 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 37 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 38 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 39 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Caffita 7.08 40 Juan Manuel Fuentes (Spa) Lampre - Caffita 9.23 41 Moises Dueñas (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 9.25 42 Constantino Zaballa Gutierrez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 43 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner 44 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 45 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas - Bianchi 46 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile Team 47 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 48 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 49 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 10.54 50 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 51 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 52 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 10.56 53 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 54 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 10.58 55 Joseba Beloki Dorronsoro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 56 Francisco Pérez (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 11.02 57 David Blanco Rodiguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 11.03 58 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 16.08 59 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel 60 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Lampre - Caffita 61 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 62 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 63 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 64 David Bernabeu (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 65 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 66 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 67 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 68 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 16.18 69 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 17.10 70 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 71 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team 72 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 17.44 73 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Domina Vacanze 74 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 75 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel 76 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 17.46 77 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 78 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 79 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 80 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 81 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 82 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 21.06 83 Jorge Garcia (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 84 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 85 Adolfo Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 21.29 86 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 22.34 87 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 88 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 89 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 90 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas - Bianchi 91 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 92 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 93 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 94 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 95 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 96 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas - Bianchi 97 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 98 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team CSC 99 Devis Miorin (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 100 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team 101 Ian McLeod (RSA) Française des Jeux 102 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 103 Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 104 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 105 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 106 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 107 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Davitamon - Lotto 108 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 109 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 110 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 111 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Crédit Agricole 112 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 113 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner 114 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 115 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 116 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 117 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 118 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 119 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 120 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team 121 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 122 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 123 Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon - Lotto 124 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française des Jeux 125 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 126 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic 127 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick Step - Innergetic 26.49 128 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC 129 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 130 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 131 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Liquigas - Bianchi 132 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 133 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze 134 Matej Jurco (Svk) Domina Vacanze 135 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 136 Yohann Gène (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 137 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 138 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone DNF Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom DNS Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo Points 1 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 25 pts 2 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 20 3 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 16 4 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon - Lotto 14 5 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 12 6 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 10 7 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 9 8 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 8 9 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 7 10 Marcos Antonio Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 6 11 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5 12 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic 4 13 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 3 14 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 2 15 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 1 16 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone -10 17 Matej Jurco (Svk) Domina Vacanze -10 18 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner -5 19 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team -5 Mountains Alto de los Angeles de San Rafaél - Cat. 3, km 12 1 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 6 pts 2 David Blanco Rodiguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 4 3 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 2 4 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 1 Puerto de Navacerrada - Cat. 1, km 55 1 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 16 pts 2 Eladio Jimenez Sanchez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 12 3 David Blanco Rodiguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 10 4 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 8 5 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC 6 6 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4 7 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel 3 8 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 9 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 1 Puerto de Morcuera - Cat. 2, km 93 1 David Blanco Rodiguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 10 pts 2 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 7 3 Eladio Jimenez Sanchez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 5 4 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon - Lotto 3 5 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2 6 Constantino Zaballa Gutierrez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1 Puerto de Navacerrada - Cat. 1, km 143 1 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 16 pts 2 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 12 3 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 10 4 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 8 5 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 6 6 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 4 7 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 3 8 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 2 9 Marcos Antonio Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 1 Sprints Revenga, km 28 1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 4 pts 2 Eladio Jimenez Sanchez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 2 3 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 1 La Pradera, km 41 1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 4 pts 2 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 2 3 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 1 Manzanares El Real, km 119 1 David Blanco Rodiguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 4 pts 2 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 2 3 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 1 Teams 1 Comunidad Valenciana 11.38.25 2 Davitamon - Lotto 3.48 3 Phonak Hearing Systems 5.11 4 Illes Balears - Caisse D'Epargne 6.14 5 Team CSC 6.23 6 Euskaltel - Euskadi 7.56 7 Liberty Seguros - Würth Team 8.55 8 Saunier Duval - Prodir 10.11 9 Relax Fuenlabrada 12.33 10 T- Mobile Team 15.02 11 Cofidis, le credit par telephone 20.15 12 Lampre - Caffita 20.31 13 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 20.51 14 Credit Agricole 27.17 15 Quick Step - Innergetic 31.20 16 Liquigas - Bianchi 31.38 17 Rabobank 36.35 18 Bouygues Telecom 41.01 19 Fassa Bortolo 44.47 20 Team Gerolsteiner 49.18 21 Domina Vacanze 50.04 22 La Francaise Des Jeux 1.02.17 General classification after stage 17 1 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 69.21.16 2 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 4.30 3 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 4.50 4 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 5.51 5 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 6.22 6 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 11.13 7 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 11.36 8 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 13.28 9 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic 15.19 10 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 15.39 11 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon - Lotto 15.53 12 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 17.20 13 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 27.28 14 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 29.21 15 David Blanco Rodiguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 31.54 16 Daniel Atienza Urendez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 32.14 17 Unai Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 32.19 18 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 32.28 19 Marcos Antonio Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 36.08 20 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 36.59 21 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 38.21 22 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Caffita 40.10 23 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon - Lotto 45.53 24 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC 46.27 25 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 47.13 26 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 48.46 27 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 49.35 28 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 49.50 29 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel 50.03 30 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 54.13 31 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 56.03 32 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 56.33 33 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 58.10 34 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.03.15 35 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.03.52 36 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 1.10.12 37 Julian Sanchez Pimienta (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 1.10.38 38 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.12.38 39 Adolfo Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 1.17.18 40 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 1.17.34 41 Eladio Jimenez Sanchez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 1.18.32 42 Jose Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 1.20.30 43 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.21.02 44 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic 1.21.41 45 David Bernabeu (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 1.22.41 46 Francisco Pérez (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 1.24.11 47 Joseba Beloki Dorronsoro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 1.24.16 48 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas - Bianchi 1.24.57 49 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 1.25.48 50 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1.28.28 51 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 1.28.44 52 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.29.43 53 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel 1.30.55 54 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.31.00 55 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel 1.31.07 56 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 1.31.46 57 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 1.31.48 58 Moises Dueñas (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 1.32.17 59 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas - Bianchi 1.33.31 60 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.37.35 61 Juan Manuel Fuentes (Spa) Lampre - Caffita 1.41.00 62 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.41.01 63 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 1.41.56 64 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.42.43 65 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 1.43.33 66 Constantino Zaballa Gutierrez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.44.17 67 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 1.45.12 68 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.47.30 69 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.47.40 70 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 1.48.26 71 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1.49.58 72 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 1.52.10 73 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 1.52.33 74 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 2.01.57 75 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.04.16 76 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 2.05.30 77 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 2.06.52 78 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.07.37 79 Jorge Garcia (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 2.08.28 80 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 2.08.53 81 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 2.13.55 82 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 2.14.23 83 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 2.16.01 84 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team CSC 2.17.15 85 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 2.17.46 86 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Domina Vacanze 2.19.44 87 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 2.21.43 88 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2.21.57 89 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.22.04 90 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2.22.16 91 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 2.23.24 92 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner 2.24.20 93 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.24.55 94 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Lampre - Caffita 2.25.48 95 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2.27.40 96 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 2.28.34 97 Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 2.29.10 98 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 2.29.35 99 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 2.31.28 100 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.33.53 101 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 2.34.56 102 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 2.35.14 103 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 2.35.54 104 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.38.33 105 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick Step - Innergetic 2.39.43 106 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 2.39.48 107 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas - Bianchi 2.41.06 108 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2.43.46 109 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 2.43.56 110 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.45.10 111 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team 2.46.09 112 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.46.33 113 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Davitamon - Lotto 2.47.53 114 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.49.11 115 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 2.49.50 116 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team 2.51.54 117 Devis Miorin (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 2.52.23 118 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2.53.54 119 Ian McLeod (RSA) Française des Jeux 2.55.52 120 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 3.00.28 121 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 3.02.49 122 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 3.03.10 123 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC 3.03.17 124 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 3.03.24 125 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas - Bianchi 3.05.09 126 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team 3.05.46 127 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Liquigas - Bianchi 3.06.13 128 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 3.10.09 129 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze 3.11.51 130 Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon - Lotto 3.16.27 131 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3.16.51 132 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 3.20.47 133 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 3.28.56 134 Matej Jurco (Svk) Domina Vacanze 3.31.58 135 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française des Jeux 3.33.06 136 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 3.34.41 137 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 3.41.46 138 Yohann Gène (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3.50.22 Points classification 1 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 145 pts 2 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 132 3 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 126 4 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 105 5 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 99 6 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 98 7 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 89 8 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 76 9 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 75 10 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon - Lotto 74 11 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 61 12 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 60 13 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic 50 14 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 50 15 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 44 16 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 42 17 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 41 18 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 39 19 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 38 20 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 36 21 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 35 22 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 34 23 David Blanco Rodiguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 33 24 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic 33 25 Eladio Jimenez Sanchez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 29 26 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 29 27 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 28 28 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 25 29 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 24 30 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 20 31 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 19 32 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 18 33 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 17 34 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 16 35 Marcos Antonio Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 15 36 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 15 37 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 15 38 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 14 39 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 14 40 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 13 41 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 12 42 Adolfo Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 10 43 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 10 44 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 10 45 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 10 46 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 9 47 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8 48 David Bernabeu (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 8 49 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas - Bianchi 8 50 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 8 51 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 8 52 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner 8 53 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel 7 54 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 7 55 Constantino Zaballa Gutierrez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 7 56 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6 57 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 6 58 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel 6 59 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 5 60 Unai Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 5 61 Julian Sanchez Pimienta (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 5 62 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 5 63 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 5 64 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 4 65 Devis Miorin (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 4 66 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile Team 4 67 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Liquigas - Bianchi 4 68 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française des Jeux 4 69 Daniel Atienza Urendez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 3 70 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 3 71 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 3 72 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team 3 73 Yohann Gène (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3 74 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 2 75 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 2 76 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 2 77 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner 2 78 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2 79 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 2 80 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2 81 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon - Lotto 1 82 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 1 83 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 84 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 1 85 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 1 86 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1 Mountains classification 1 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 182 pts 2 Eladio Jimenez Sanchez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 126 3 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 110 4 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 72 5 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 65 6 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 65 7 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 63 8 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 52 9 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 45 10 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 43 11 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon - Lotto 41 12 David Blanco Rodiguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 35 13 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 34 14 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 34 15 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 32 16 Adolfo Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 32 17 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 27 18 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 26 19 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 26 20 Joseba Beloki Dorronsoro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 26 21 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic 23 22 Constantino Zaballa Gutierrez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 22 23 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 22 24 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 22 25 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 21 26 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 21 27 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 19 28 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 18 29 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel 16 30 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 14 31 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 13 32 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 12 33 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 12 34 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10 35 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 9 36 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon - Lotto 9 37 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 9 38 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 8 39 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 8 40 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 8 41 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team 8 42 David Bernabeu (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 7 43 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 6 44 Unai Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 6 45 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC 6 46 Jose Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 5 47 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 5 48 Daniel Atienza Urendez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 4 49 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4 50 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4 51 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 4 52 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 3 53 Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 3 54 Devis Miorin (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 3 55 Marcos Antonio Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 2 56 Julian Sanchez Pimienta (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 2 57 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic 2 58 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2 59 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 60 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 1 61 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1 62 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 63 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick Step - Innergetic 1 Combination classification 1 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 5 pts 2 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 9 3 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 14 4 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 14 5 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 18 6 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 30 7 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon - Lotto 32 8 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 35 9 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 43 10 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 47 11 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 48 12 David Blanco Rodiguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 50 13 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 52 14 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 53 15 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic 54 16 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 60 17 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 64 18 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 66 19 Eladio Jimenez Sanchez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 68 20 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 70 21 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 78 22 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 82 23 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 91 24 Adolfo Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 97 25 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 105 26 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 107 27 Marcos Antonio Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 109 28 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic 114 29 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel 116 30 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 116 31 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 116 32 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 118 33 Unai Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 121 34 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 123 35 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 124 36 Daniel Atienza Urendez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 133 37 David Bernabeu (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 135 38 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon - Lotto 140 39 Constantino Zaballa Gutierrez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 143 40 Julian Sanchez Pimienta (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 154 41 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 161 42 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 166 43 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 177 44 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 183 45 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 188 46 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 189 47 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 191 48 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 206 49 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 227 50 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 231 51 Devis Miorin (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 236 Teams classification 1 Comunidad Valenciana 208.27.20 2 Liberty Seguros - Würth Team 34.19 3 Phonak Hearing Systems 35.54 4 Team CSC 38.53 5 Illes Balears - Caisse D'Epargne 47.00 6 Euskaltel - Euskadi 52.38 7 Davitamon - Lotto 1.05.59 8 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.06.15 9 T- Mobile Team 1.29.06 10 Quick Step - Innergetic 1.43.12 11 Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.53.51 12 Lampre - Caffita 2.07.09 13 Relax Fuenlabrada 2.07.47 14 Cofidis, le credit par telephone 2.35.17 15 Rabobank 3.04.23 16 Credit Agricole 3.11.34 17 Bouygues Telecom 3.52.09 18 Fassa Bortolo 4.37.10 19 Liquigas - Bianchi 4.44.14 20 Team Gerolsteiner 4.45.13 21 La Francaise Des Jeux 6.52.21 22 Domina Vacanze 7.00.27
