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60th Vuelta a España - GT
Spain, August 27-September 18, 2005
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Stage 3 - Monday, August 29: Cordoba-Puertollano, 153.3 km
Petacchi and his team show their quality
McGee keeps the golden jersey
By Hernan Alvarez Macías
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The top candidate did it again. Alessandro Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo) won his first stage at the 2005 Vuelta a España today in Puertollano in a time of 3 hours, 48 minutes and 41 seconds. He beat Erik Zabel (T-Mobile) and Tom Boonen (Quick Step) in the expected bunch sprint. Bradley McGee (Française des Jeux) keeps the golden leader's jersey, even increasing his lead over his nearest rivals thanks to time bonuses garnered en route.
After another scorchingly hot day, the Fassa Bortolo team did a remarkable job in the last four kilometres to make things easy for their big star Alessandro Petacchi. The Italian outfit pushed hard and they got their prize by watching Ale-Jet crossing the line in first place.
"To win a sprint doesn't mean one is at his best condition," Petacchi told Spanish TV post-stage. "I feel better than last year, but I raced less than last year. I have to ride to get fit". His greatest goal for the near future is the World Championships in Madrid. "I trained very well, but I need time. I think I have a lot of time to do a good sprint on the World's. There's still one month ahead."
Santiago Botero (Phonak) commented to Spanish radio, "The heat was impressive. Fortunately there were no crashes, let's see how things go tomorrow. I'm taking the race day by day. The first day, you're at the start with strength, then you get tired. Let's see if we have that little push we need for Valdelinares [Stage 6], if not, we will fight for the time trial."
How it unfolded
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196 riders took the start of the stage in Cordoba. Once again, the extreme heat was an important factor all day long. The thermometer marked around 40° C in some parts of the stage. There were many breakaway attempts but none could succeed in the first kilometres.
Finnish rider Jussi Veikkanen (Française des Jeux) got off the bike at km 55, likely because of back problems that have hampered him recently. 13 kilometres later, another rider stopped the race: Italy's Angelo Furlan (Domina Vacanze).
The sprinters' teams were determined not to let a breakaway go. Every time a group or riders wanted to get clear, the peloton chased hard and caught them. This was to be a day for the sprinters. The peloton eventually allowed Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Comunidad Valenciana) to make a lone breakaway at km 70. His chances of success were very scarce, as he was by himself and Fassa Bortolo and Quick Step were very strong behind.
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Meanwhile, Française des Jeux commanded the peloton and protected the Vuelta leader Bradley McGee, who took third in the first bonus sprint at Fuencaliente (km 91) behind Javier Pascual Rodriguez and Joaquin Rodriguez. That gave the Australian two bonus seconds for his general classification time. After 100 km, Pascual Rodriguez had a gap of 3'45 to the peloton.
The big group caught Pascual Rodriguez just after the sprint at Puerto del Pulido (km 126.3), where McGee took second place and four more bonus seconds. Pascual Rodriguez knew his chances of victory were very small as he laboured against the heat.
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The peloton rode together for some kilometres until Thomas Ziegler (Gerolsteiner) took his chances and attacked solo with 17 km to go. But the German endeavour was fruitless as Credit Agricole and Fassa were determined to force a bunch sprint. Ziegler was swallowed by the peloton with 4 km to go. From then on, it was a Fassa Bortolo show with its riders showing how good and committed to the team cause they were. They made the tempo and did not once relinquish the lead, with Marco Velo performing the final leadout with 400m to go to give Petacchi a clean run to victory.
Stage 4 - August 30: Ciudad Real-Argamasilla de Alba, 232.3 km
The riders will race the longest stage of the current Vuelta in Stage 4. They will ride 232.3 km from Ciudad Real to Argamasilla de Alba in the heart of Castilla-La Mancha. There are three intermediate sprints: Almagro, Daimiel and La Solana. The highest point will be Ossa de Montiel, at 900 meters above sea level. It's a special route for sprinters: the riders who dare to make a breakaway should consider the great length of the stage, and the likely heat. It seems Boonen, Zabel, Thor Hushovd (Credit Agricole) and other specialists will have another chance.
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- Floyd Landis (Phonak) the team captain
- Leonardo Bertagnolli (Cofidis) is congratulated by Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano and the Liberty Seguros team
- Leonardo Bertagnolli (Cofidis) had a pink helmet to go with his mountains jersey
- Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step) rocks up
- Joseba Beloki (Liberty Seguros) even more upbeat today
- The hostilities are opened in the first kilometres
- The pace was on in the opening kilometres
- Joaquin Rodriguez (Saunier Duval) wins the day's only mountain sprint, and takes the jersey as a result
- Brad McGee (Francaise des Jeux) rides in gold
- Spanish ad billboards are fairly easy to spot
- José Ivan Gutierrez (Illes Balears) gets some assistance from the team car
- Rolf Aldag (T-Mobile) crashed today
- Francaise des Jeux controls the peloton
- Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Comunidad Valenciana) was the main breakaway of the day
- Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Comunidad Valenciana) suffers in the heat
- Alessandro Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo) wins the third stage
- Brad McGee (Francaise des Jeux) enjoying the leadership
- Brad McGee (Francaise des Jeux) has the points jersey
- Joaquin Rodriguez (Saunier Duval) is the new mounains leader
Results
1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3.48.41 (40.22 km/h) 2 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 3 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 4 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 5 Giosuè Bonomi (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 6 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel 7 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 8 Tom Steels (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 9 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 10 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas - Bianchi 11 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 12 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 13 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 14 Adolfo Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 15 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team 16 Unai Yus Kerejeta (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 17 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 18 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick Step - Innergetic 19 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Caffita 20 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 21 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 22 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 23 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic 24 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 25 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Lampre - Caffita 26 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 27 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 28 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 29 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze 30 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 31 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC 32 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Crédit Agricole 33 Francisco José Lara (Spa) T-Mobile Team 34 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 35 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 36 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 37 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Domina Vacanze 38 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 39 Freddy Gonzalez (Col) Relax Fuenlabrada 40 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 41 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 42 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 43 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 44 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel 45 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 46 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel 47 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 48 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 49 Matej Jurco (Svk) Domina Vacanze 50 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 51 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 52 Santiago Botero Echeverry (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 53 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Davitamon - Lotto 54 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 55 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 56 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 57 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel 58 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 59 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel 60 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française des Jeux 61 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 62 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 63 David Bernabeu (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 64 Leif Hoste (Bel) Discovery Channel 65 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon - Lotto 66 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 67 José Antonio Pecharroman Fabian (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic 68 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 69 Aitor Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 70 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 71 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 72 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 73 Constantino Zaballa Gutierrez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 74 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 75 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Gerolsteiner 76 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 77 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 78 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team 79 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 80 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 81 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 82 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 83 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française des Jeux 84 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 85 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 86 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic 87 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 88 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 89 Marcos Antonio Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 90 Unai Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 91 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 92 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 93 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 94 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel 95 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 96 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile Team 97 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 98 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 99 Angel Luis Casero (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 100 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 101 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 102 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 103 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team 104 Francisco Pérez (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 105 Isidro Nozal Vega (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 106 Devis Miorin (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 107 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC 108 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 109 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 110 Ian McLeod (RSA) Française des Jeux 111 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 112 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon - Lotto 113 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 114 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 115 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 116 José Enrique Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 117 Jose Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 118 Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 119 Daniel Atienza Urendez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 120 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel 121 Eladio Jimenez Sanchez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 122 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 123 Moises Dueñas (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 124 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 125 David Blanco Rodiguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 126 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 127 Joseba Beloki Dorronsoro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 128 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 129 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Caffita 130 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 131 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Lampre - Caffita 132 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team CSC 133 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 134 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 135 Juan Manuel Fuentes (Spa) Lampre - Caffita 136 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 137 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 138 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 139 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 140 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Crédit Agricole 141 Jorge Garcia (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 142 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 143 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC 144 Yohann Gène (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 145 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 146 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 147 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 148 Iban Mayo Diez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 149 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 150 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 151 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 152 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Crédit Agricole 153 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 154 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 155 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner 156 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Crédit Agricole 157 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 158 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 159 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 160 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 161 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 162 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 163 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas - Bianchi 164 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 165 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Domina Vacanze 0.34 166 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 167 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Liquigas - Bianchi 0.55 168 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 1.07 169 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 1.37 170 Jukka Vastaranta (Fin) Rabobank 171 José Antonio Garrido (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic 172 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 173 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 174 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas - Bianchi 175 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 1.49 176 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 177 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner 178 Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon - Lotto 179 Luca Solari (Ita) Domina Vacanze 2.30 180 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française des Jeux 181 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 182 Julian Sanchez Pimienta (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 183 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Domina Vacanze 2.36 184 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Domina Vacanze 185 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 186 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française des Jeux 187 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 188 Niels Scheuneman (Ned) Rabobank 3.40 189 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 3.46 190 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 4.04 191 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas - Bianchi 5.30 192 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 8.32 193 Oscar Mason (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 194 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Française des Jeux 14.10 DNF Angelo Furlan (Ita) Domina Vacanze DNF Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux Points 1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 25 pts 2 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 20 3 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 16 4 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 14 5 Giosuè Bonomi (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 12 6 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel 10 7 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 9 8 Tom Steels (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 8 9 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 7 10 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas - Bianchi 6 11 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 5 12 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 4 13 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 3 14 Adolfo Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 2 15 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1 Mountains Alto de la Sierra de Cardeña - Cat. 3, km 62 1 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 6 pts 2 Freddy Gonzalez (Col) Relax Fuenlabrada 4 3 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 2 4 Aitor Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 1 Sprints Fuencaliente, km 91,8 1 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 4 pts 2 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 2 3 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française des Jeux 1 Puerto del Pulido, km 126,5 1 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 4 pts 2 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française des Jeux 2 3 ? Française des Jeux 1 Almodóvar del Campo, km 143 1 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4 pts 2 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française des Jeux 2 3 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 1 Teams 1 Quick Step - Innergetic 11.26.03 2 Lampre - Caffita 3 T- Mobile Team 4 Fassa Bortolo 5 Cofidis, le credit par telephone 6 Bouygues Telecom 7 Credit Agricole 8 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 9 Team CSC 10 Team Gerolsteiner 11 Liberty Seguros - Würth Team 12 Domina Vacanze 13 Phonak Hearing Systems 14 Illes Balears - Caisse D'Epargne 15 Davitamon - Lotto 16 Comunidad Valenciana 17 Relax Fuenlabrada 18 Liquigas - Bianchi 19 Saunier Duval - Prodir 20 Rabobank 21 Euskaltel - Euskadi 22 La Francaise Des Jeux General classification after stage 3 1 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française des Jeux 8.50.32 2 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 0.32 3 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 0.39 4 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 0.41 5 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 6 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Caffita 0.42 7 Unai Yus Kerejeta (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 0.53 8 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 1.02 9 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 1.05 10 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 1.12 11 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 1.17 12 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 1.20 13 David Bernabeu (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 14 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.21 15 Santiago Botero Echeverry (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.23 16 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 1.25 17 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 18 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.28 19 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.29 20 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.31 21 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 22 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel 1.32 23 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.33 24 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 25 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel 1.34 26 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 27 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 1.37 28 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic 1.38 29 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1.39 30 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 31 Adolfo Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 32 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 1.41 33 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 34 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 35 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 36 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon - Lotto 1.42 37 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 1.44 38 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic 39 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 40 David Blanco Rodiguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 1.45 41 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel 42 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon - Lotto 43 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.46 44 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile Team 45 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 46 Constantino Zaballa Gutierrez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 47 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.47 48 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 1.51 49 José Antonio Pecharroman Fabian (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic 1.52 50 Moises Dueñas (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 1.53 51 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.54 52 Eladio Jimenez Sanchez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 1.55 53 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick Step - Innergetic 54 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.57 55 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 56 Angel Luis Casero (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 1.59 57 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2.03 58 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Lampre - Caffita 2.04 59 Francisco José Lara (Spa) T-Mobile Team 60 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 2.08 61 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC 2.09 62 Daniel Atienza Urendez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 2.10 63 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 2.11 64 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC 2.14 65 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 66 Unai Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 2.15 67 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 2.21 68 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 69 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2.29 70 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2.30 71 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.35 72 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 2.39 73 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 2.42 74 Jose Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 2.47 75 Joseba Beloki Dorronsoro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 2.49 76 Marcos Antonio Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 2.52 77 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 2.59 78 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 3.28 79 Francisco Pérez (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 3.35 80 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Caffita 3.48 81 Aitor Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 3.55 82 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Crédit Agricole 4.19 83 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel 4.26 84 Luca Solari (Ita) Domina Vacanze 4.36 85 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 4.46 86 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 4.54 87 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 5.55 88 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 6.01 89 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 6.11 90 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 6.13 91 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 6.15 92 Leif Hoste (Bel) Discovery Channel 6.16 93 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas - Bianchi 6.19 94 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel 6.21 95 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 6.22 96 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel 97 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 6.31 98 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 99 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze 100 Juan Manuel Fuentes (Spa) Lampre - Caffita 6.35 101 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 6.44 102 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 6.48 103 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 7.33 104 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 7.47 105 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 7.59 106 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 8.18 107 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 8.19 108 Iban Mayo Diez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8.26 109 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel 8.32 110 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Domina Vacanze 8.39 111 José Enrique Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 8.44 112 Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 8.47 113 Freddy Gonzalez (Col) Relax Fuenlabrada 8.55 114 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 8.56 115 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Crédit Agricole 9.28 116 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 9.42 117 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 9.45 118 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner 9.47 119 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team 9.49 120 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 9.50 121 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Crédit Agricole 9.54 122 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 9.56 123 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 9.59 124 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 10.02 125 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 10.04 126 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 127 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 10.08 128 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Lampre - Caffita 10.10 129 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 10.11 130 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Domina Vacanze 10.13 131 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 132 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 10.17 133 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC 10.19 134 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 10.22 135 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 10.25 136 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 137 Ian McLeod (RSA) Française des Jeux 10.26 138 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 10.28 139 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 10.29 140 Matej Jurco (Svk) Domina Vacanze 10.30 141 Isidro Nozal Vega (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 10.34 142 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 10.38 143 Devis Miorin (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 10.48 144 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 145 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 11.09 146 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas - Bianchi 11.19 147 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 11.41 148 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team CSC 11.42 149 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 11.45 150 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 151 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 11.48 152 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 153 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team 11.49 154 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 11.50 155 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 11.53 156 Jorge Garcia (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 11.56 157 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 11.58 158 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team 12.02 159 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française des Jeux 12.06 160 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 12.07 161 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 12.13 162 Tom Steels (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 12.14 163 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française des Jeux 12.16 164 Giosuè Bonomi (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 12.19 165 Yohann Gène (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 12.20 166 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 12.21 167 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 12.27 168 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas - Bianchi 169 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 12.29 170 Julian Sanchez Pimienta (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 12.32 171 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Davitamon - Lotto 12.33 172 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Domina Vacanze 12.46 173 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Liquigas - Bianchi 12.59 174 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Domina Vacanze 13.12 175 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 13.45 176 Jukka Vastaranta (Fin) Rabobank 13.46 177 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 14.01 178 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 14.03 179 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner 14.22 180 Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon - Lotto 14.28 181 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française des Jeux 14.31 182 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 14.42 183 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 14.44 184 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 14.56 185 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 14.57 186 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 15.02 187 Niels Scheuneman (Ned) Rabobank 15.27 188 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 15.35 189 José Antonio Garrido (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic 16.43 190 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 16.45 191 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas - Bianchi 17.43 192 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 21.00 193 Oscar Mason (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 21.10 194 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Française des Jeux 26.38 Points classification 1 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française des Jeux 42 pts 2 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 25 3 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 25 4 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 25 5 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 24 6 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 22 7 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 20 8 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 19 9 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 17 10 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Caffita 16 11 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 15 12 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 14 13 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 12 14 Giosuè Bonomi (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 12 15 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 11 16 Unai Yus Kerejeta (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 10 17 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 10 18 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel 10 19 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 9 20 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 9 21 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 8 22 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 8 23 David Bernabeu (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 8 24 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 8 25 Tom Steels (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 8 Mountains classification 1 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 13 pts 2 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 12 3 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 7 4 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 6 5 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française des Jeux 4 6 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 4 7 Freddy Gonzalez (Col) Relax Fuenlabrada 4 8 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 2 9 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Caffita 1 10 Aitor Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 1 Combination classification 1 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 6 pts 2 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française des Jeux 7 3 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 18 4 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 18 5 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 20 6 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Caffita 25 7 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 46 8 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 59 Teams classification 1 Liberty Seguros - Würth Team 26.35.14 2 Lampre - Caffita 0.07 3 Saunier Duval - Prodir 0.28 4 Comunidad Valenciana 5 Cofidis, le credit par telephone 0.34 6 Illes Balears - Caisse D'Epargne 7 Phonak Hearing Systems 0.35 8 Team CSC 0.38 9 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.40 10 Fassa Bortolo 0.41 11 Bouygues Telecom 0.42 12 Quick Step - Innergetic 0.50 13 Euskaltel - Euskadi 0.54 14 T- Mobile Team 1.32 15 Relax Fuenlabrada 1.40 16 Credit Agricole 2.39 17 Davitamon - Lotto 6.00 18 Team Gerolsteiner 9.51 19 Domina Vacanze 11.02 20 Rabobank 14.52 21 La Francaise Des Jeux 16.19 22 Liquigas - Bianchi 22.25
