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60th Vuelta a España - GT
Spain, August 27-September 18, 2005
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Stage 8 - Saturday, September 3: Tarragona-Lloret de Mar, 189 km
Petacchi prevails for the third time
Heras maintains the leadership on another easy day
By Hernan Alvarez Macias
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Not once, but three times. Alessandro Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo) has won his third stage at the Vuelta a España in a bunch sprint that finished in Lloret de Mar. Ale-Jet had to come around Thor Hushovd (Credit Agricole) in the last 100 metres after he lost his lead out man Marco Velo, while Paolo Bettini (Quick Step) sprinted well for third place. Roberto Heras (Liberty Seguros-Würth) kept the golden jersey after this transition stage.
"I will stay in the race for the second week, that's for sure," said Ale Jet post-stage. "If I feel good during the next stages, especially on Monday and Tuesday [the Pyrenean stages], I will go on, because later I will have another chance."
About the World's he said, "I don't want to talk about the World Championships any more. Now I am at the Vuelta. The World's race is very difficult; it's completely different from a Grand Tour stage where riders race for three weeks. After 250 kilometres it's certain that Hushovd will do well, as will Bettini or Boonen. I like to win in the Vuelta for me, for my team and for my fans."
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Xavier Florencio (Relax Fuenlabrada) was part of the breakaway of the day, which got caught with 14 km to go. "I was in my own region, but I couldn't do it. From the start of the stage, we knew it was very difficult to finish the break, but you should try. With a team like Fassa Bortolo it's very difficult to hold a breakaway to the end."
Angel Gomez (Saunier Duval) was also part of the day's break. "The pace was rather faster than in the Giro," he told the media. "Let's see if I can give some joy to the people who support me later on the race. From tomorrow and Monday on, the real Vuelta a España begins. There will be a more selective race on those stages."
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Roberto Heras had no problems today, but was more looking towards tomorrow's 48 km time trial. Heras named Denis Menchov, Carlos Sastre, and Francesco Mancebo has the main riders who could take time out of him. "I don't know, the result is a bit unpredictable, but the golden jersey doesn't worry me," said Heras. "It is just as easy to keep it as to lose it. The key for me is simply to go to fast, because I don't know what can happen."
How it unfolded
After Sebastien Joly (Credit Agricole) quit the race yesterday, 180 survived the first week of the Vuelta. At km 6, Angel Gomez and Bart Dockx (Davitamon-Lotto) decided to attack. Xavier Florencio pursued them together with Daniele Nardello (T-Mobile), but the latter gave up after 18 km as the gap was still under a minute. But Florencio persisted, and despite suffering a puncture at km 24, he made it up to the two leaders a few km later, after they slowed for him. The break consolidated and the three passed through the first intermediate sprint in La Gornal (km 32) around 4 minutes ahead. Dockx crossed the line in first place followed by Gomez and Florencio.
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The three leaders gained good ground over the peloton. At km 48 they led by 7'08. The trio kept increasing the difference to the rest and at km 78 it was 10'33. The Fassa Bortolo team realized they should raise the tempo for its only goal: a bunch sprint with Alessandro Petacchi celebrating. At Sabadell (third and last intermediate sprint at km 101) the gap was around 9'40 while Dockx crossed first, Gomez second and Florencio third. There were 88 km left, more than enough distance for the sprinters' teams to catch the three riders.
T-Mobile and Credit Agricole also helped chasing the breakaways and the advantage at km 110 was cropped to 8'15. Thirty kilometres later the gap was drastically reduced to 3'25. At km 142 (47 km to go) Jose Ivan Gutierrez crashed once again during the Vuelta, but he went on.
Credit Agricole and Fassa Bortolo kept working, though the leading trio struggled to maintain the difference. With 28 km to go the breakaway was totally controlled, as the leaders had a 1'38 gap. The peloton caught the breakaways with 14 km to go, having spent almost 170 km in front. Luis Pasamontes (Relax Fuenlabrada) took his chances, didn't wait a second, and attacked the group at that same moment.
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His effort wasn't successful, neither was that of his teammate Freddy Gonzalez, who got caught when the Fassa Bortolo train turned on engines a few kilometres before the end. Miguel Martin Perdiguero (Phonak) also defied the Italian outfit, attacking on a small hill with 3 km to go, but with 2 km to the finish, he was swallowed by the peloton.
Fassa Bortolo prepared the sprint, but things came a little unstuck in the final corner with 500m to go when Petacchi was shuffled off Velo's wheel. Instead it was Thor Hushovd who got it, and mighty Thor led out the sprint with Bettini and Petacchi on his wheel. But Petacchi showed his class, hit the afterburners, and cruised around Hushovd to win his third stage.
Stage 9 - September 4: Lloret de Mar-Lloret de Mar, 48 km
This is a crucial stage in the race. It's a long individual time trial close to the sea. There's only one slight mountain difficulty called Alto de Tossa (Category 3, 260 meters above sea level) at km 21.4. Denis Menchov (Rabobank) will have a big chance to regain the golden jersey that he wore in the first stage. Roberto Heras should do a decent time trial to keep there in the top three positions. A very exciting stage to watch and an important day in the race.
Photography
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- Paco Mancebo with mountains leader Eladio Jimenez and Pablo Lastras
- The peloton passing through a tunnel during stage 8
- Roberto Heras (Liberty Seguros) rides during stage 8
- Heras didn't have it easy all the time
- Roberto Heras (Liberty Seguros) is very determined
- Alessandro Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo) beats Thor Hushovd to win stage 8
- Alessandro Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo) on the podium for the third time
- Golden jersey Roberto Heras
Images by Unipublic
- Roberto Heras (Liberty Seguros) signing on
- Patrick Calcagni (Liquigas-Bianchi) with a young fan
- Get some of this into you
- All lined up for stage 8
- Kilometre zero
- The peloton rolls out of town
- Xavier Florencio (Relax) gives chase on his own
- Bart Dockx (Davitamon-Lotto) and Angel Gomez (Saunier Duval) were the first to escape
- Bart Dockx (Davitamon-Lotto) leads at the intermediate sprint in La Gornal
- Xavier Florencio (Relax) leads Gomez and Dockx in the break
- Angel Vicioso (Liberty) does his turn
- Liberty Seguros leading the peloton
- Bram de Groot (Rabobank) grabs his feedbag
- Matteo Tosatto (Fassa Bortolo) trying to protect himself from the sun
- Alessandro Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo) wins the stage
- Roberto Heras (Liberty Seguros) awarded the combination jersey
- Alessandro Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo) on the podium
- Eladio Jimenez (Comunidad Valenciana) gets the mountains jersey
- Thor Hushovd (Credit Agricole) in the points jersey
- Roberto Heras (Liberty Seguros) in the leader's jersey
Results
1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 4.19.14 (43.74 km/h) 2 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 3 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic 4 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 5 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 6 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 7 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 8 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 9 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 10 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.03 11 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 12 Unai Yus Kerejeta (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 13 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel 14 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Lampre - Caffita 15 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 16 Constantino Zaballa Gutierrez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 0.05 17 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 18 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC 19 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Caffita 20 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 21 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 22 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 23 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 24 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 25 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Davitamon - Lotto 26 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel 27 Unai Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 28 Matej Jurco (Svk) Domina Vacanze 29 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 30 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 31 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 32 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 33 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel 34 Aitor Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 35 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 36 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC 37 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 38 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 39 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 40 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 41 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 42 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 43 Daniel Atienza Urendez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 44 Leif Hoste (Bel) Discovery Channel 45 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 46 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 47 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 48 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 49 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 50 David Blanco Rodiguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 51 Freddy Gonzalez (Col) Relax Fuenlabrada 52 Marcos Antonio Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 53 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon - Lotto 54 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 55 David Bernabeu (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 56 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 57 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 58 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel 59 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française des Jeux 60 José Antonio Pecharroman Fabian (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic 61 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 62 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 63 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 64 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 65 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 66 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 67 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team 68 Francisco Pérez (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 69 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas - Bianchi 70 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel 71 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 72 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 73 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic 74 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 75 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 76 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 77 Joseba Beloki Dorronsoro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 78 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 79 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel 80 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Domina Vacanze 81 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 82 Jose Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 83 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 84 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick Step - Innergetic 85 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 86 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 87 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 88 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 89 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel 90 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 91 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 92 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 93 Jorge Garcia (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 94 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 95 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team CSC 96 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 97 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 98 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 99 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 100 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC 101 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 102 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 103 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 104 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Caffita 105 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon - Lotto 106 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 107 Adolfo Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 108 Francisco José Lara (Spa) T-Mobile Team 109 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team 110 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 111 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 112 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile Team 113 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 114 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas - Bianchi 115 Moises Dueñas (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 116 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team 117 Angel Luis Casero (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 118 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française des Jeux 119 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 120 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 121 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner 122 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 123 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Lampre - Caffita 124 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Crédit Agricole 125 Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 126 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 127 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 128 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 129 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 130 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 131 Eladio Jimenez Sanchez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 132 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 133 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 134 Santiago Botero Echeverry (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 135 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 136 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Liquigas - Bianchi 137 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 138 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 139 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner 140 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 141 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 142 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 143 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 144 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Crédit Agricole 145 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 146 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 0.43 147 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas - Bianchi 1.10 148 Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon - Lotto 149 Tom Steels (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 150 Juan Manuel Fuentes (Spa) Lampre - Caffita 151 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 152 Ian McLeod (RSA) Française des Jeux 1.31 153 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 154 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 2.09 155 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas - Bianchi 156 Devis Miorin (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 157 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française des Jeux 158 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 159 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.35 160 Niels Scheuneman (Ned) Rabobank 3.00 161 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 162 Isidro Nozal Vega (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 163 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 164 Yohann Gène (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3.14 165 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze 3.33 166 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 167 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 168 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4.03 169 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 4.17 170 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 171 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Crédit Agricole 4.42 172 José Antonio Garrido (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic 5.05 173 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 174 Jukka Vastaranta (Fin) Rabobank 175 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 5.06 176 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 177 Julian Sanchez Pimienta (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 6.50 178 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Domina Vacanze 179 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 180 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 8.18 Points 1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 25 pts 2 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 20 3 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic 16 4 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 14 5 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 12 6 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 10 7 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 9 8 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 8 9 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 7 10 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 6 11 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 5 12 Unai Yus Kerejeta (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 4 13 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel 3 14 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Lampre - Caffita 2 15 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 1 Mountains Puerto de El Ordal - Cat. 3, km 65 1 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 6 pts 2 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 4 3 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 2 4 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1 Sprints La Gornal, km 32,9 1 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 4 pts 2 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 2 3 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 1 El Ordal, km 62,9 1 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 4 pts 2 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 2 3 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 1 Sabadell, km 101,2 1 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 4 pts 2 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 2 3 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 1 Teams 1 T- Mobile Team 12.57.47 2 Quick Step - Innergetic 3 Cofidis, le credit par telephone 0.03 4 Fassa Bortolo 5 Saunier Duval - Prodir 0.05 6 Credit Agricole 7 Team Gerolsteiner 8 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.08 9 Lampre - Caffita 10 Phonak Hearing Systems 11 Bouygues Telecom 12 Illes Balears - Caisse D'Epargne 0.10 13 Team CSC 14 Davitamon - Lotto 15 Rabobank 16 Relax Fuenlabrada 17 Euskaltel - Euskadi 18 Comunidad Valenciana 19 Liberty Seguros - Würth Team 20 Liquigas - Bianchi 21 La Francaise Des Jeux 22 Domina Vacanze 3.38 General classification after stage 8 1 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 33.22.47 2 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 0.12 3 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 1.07 4 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.09 5 David Blanco Rodiguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 1.11 6 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 1.26 7 Unai Yus Kerejeta (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 1.37 8 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 1.39 9 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic 10 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 1.58 11 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 2.03 12 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.05 13 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Caffita 2.08 14 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 2.11 15 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel 2.13 16 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 2.19 17 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.29 18 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 2.30 19 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 2.32 20 David Bernabeu (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 21 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.45 22 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC 2.49 23 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 3.00 24 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon - Lotto 3.03 25 Marcos Antonio Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 3.13 26 Adolfo Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 3.33 27 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 3.39 28 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 4.14 29 Joseba Beloki Dorronsoro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 4.52 30 Daniel Atienza Urendez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 4.55 31 Unai Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 5.00 32 Moises Dueñas (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 5.15 33 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 5.24 34 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 5.27 35 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5.29 36 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5.30 37 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Caffita 6.05 38 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 6.09 39 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC 6.11 40 Aitor Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 6.12 41 Francisco José Lara (Spa) T-Mobile Team 6.18 42 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 6.21 43 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel 6.24 44 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 6.49 45 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel 46 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Lampre - Caffita 6.52 47 José Antonio Pecharroman Fabian (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic 7.15 48 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 7.26 49 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 7.35 50 Angel Luis Casero (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 7.50 51 Jose Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 7.52 52 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 8.47 53 Francisco Pérez (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 8.50 54 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Crédit Agricole 9.17 55 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 9.19 56 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 9.29 57 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 9.35 58 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile Team 9.52 59 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 10.35 60 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française des Jeux 10.51 61 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 11.07 62 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 11.43 63 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 11.47 64 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel 12.21 65 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 12.40 66 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel 12.56 67 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 12.59 68 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic 13.15 69 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 13.46 70 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 14.24 71 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 14.51 72 Constantino Zaballa Gutierrez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 14.55 73 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 14.58 74 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Crédit Agricole 15.19 75 Santiago Botero Echeverry (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 16.02 76 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 16.09 77 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 16.35 78 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 17.01 79 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon - Lotto 17.09 80 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 17.27 81 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 17.55 82 Juan Manuel Fuentes (Spa) Lampre - Caffita 18.49 83 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 19.09 84 Eladio Jimenez Sanchez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 19.33 85 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 20.16 86 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 20.23 87 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 20.29 88 Freddy Gonzalez (Col) Relax Fuenlabrada 20.37 89 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel 21.04 90 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team 22.09 91 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 22.36 92 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 23.08 93 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick Step - Innergetic 23.10 94 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 23.49 95 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 24.18 96 Leif Hoste (Bel) Discovery Channel 24.44 97 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 24.52 98 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 24.56 99 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 25.03 100 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 25.18 101 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 102 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas - Bianchi 25.20 103 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 25.29 104 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 25.35 105 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Domina Vacanze 25.43 106 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 25.48 107 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 26.19 108 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 26.29 109 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 26.47 110 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel 27.16 111 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 27.46 112 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team CSC 28.03 113 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 28.18 114 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Lampre - Caffita 28.27 115 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 28.29 116 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 28.30 117 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 28.36 118 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 29.02 119 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 29.23 120 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 29.35 121 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 29.59 122 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 30.22 123 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas - Bianchi 30.44 124 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 31.24 125 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 31.28 126 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 31.32 127 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC 31.34 128 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas - Bianchi 31.41 129 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 31.43 130 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Davitamon - Lotto 131 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 31.44 132 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 31.52 133 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team 32.00 134 Devis Miorin (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 32.02 135 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 32.15 136 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner 32.44 137 Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 33.22 138 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 139 Jorge Garcia (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 33.23 140 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Crédit Agricole 33.26 141 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 33.33 142 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 33.53 143 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Liquigas - Bianchi 34.14 144 Ian McLeod (RSA) Française des Jeux 36.17 145 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 36.20 146 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 37.05 147 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 37.22 148 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 38.00 149 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner 38.43 150 Tom Steels (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 38.48 151 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Domina Vacanze 39.19 152 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 39.46 153 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze 39.47 154 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas - Bianchi 40.03 155 Julian Sanchez Pimienta (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 40.07 156 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 40.09 157 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 40.31 158 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 159 Isidro Nozal Vega (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 41.28 160 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 42.15 161 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team 42.21 162 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 43.31 163 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 43.36 164 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 43.41 165 Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon - Lotto 44.12 166 Niels Scheuneman (Ned) Rabobank 44.43 167 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française des Jeux 45.14 168 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 47.08 169 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 47.22 170 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 47.58 171 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 52.26 172 Matej Jurco (Svk) Domina Vacanze 52.55 173 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 54.34 174 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 54.47 175 Jukka Vastaranta (Fin) Rabobank 59.16 176 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 1.03.12 177 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.05.57 178 Yohann Gène (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.08.00 179 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.21.20 180 José Antonio Garrido (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic 1.25.17 Points classification 1 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 94 pts 2 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 75 3 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 69 4 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 45 5 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 43 6 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française des Jeux 42 7 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 40 8 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel 35 9 Tom Steels (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 32 10 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 29 11 David Blanco Rodiguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 28 12 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 28 13 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 26 14 Unai Yus Kerejeta (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 25 15 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 24 16 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 24 17 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 23 18 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 23 19 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 21 20 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic 20 21 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 19 22 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 19 23 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 18 24 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 17 25 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 17 Mountains classification 1 Eladio Jimenez Sanchez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 32 pts 2 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 22 3 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 20 4 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 16 5 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC 15 6 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 13 7 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 12 8 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 11 9 David Blanco Rodiguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 11 10 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 10 11 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10 12 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 8 13 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic 7 14 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 7 15 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel 7 16 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 6 17 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon - Lotto 6 18 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 5 19 Jose Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 5 20 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Crédit Agricole 5 21 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 4 22 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française des Jeux 4 23 Freddy Gonzalez (Col) Relax Fuenlabrada 4 24 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 4 25 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 3 Combination classification 1 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 9 pts 2 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 10 3 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 21 4 David Blanco Rodiguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 25 5 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 38 6 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 39 7 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 47 8 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC 53 9 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic 55 10 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 63 11 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 66 12 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Caffita 71 13 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française des Jeux 88 14 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 91 15 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 96 16 Marcos Antonio Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 110 17 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 134 18 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 137 19 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Crédit Agricole 151 20 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel 152 21 Eladio Jimenez Sanchez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 158 22 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 158 23 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon - Lotto 174 24 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 198 25 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 207 Teams classification 1 Liberty Seguros - Würth Team 100.11.47 2 Comunidad Valenciana 0.48 3 Team CSC 3.09 4 Lampre - Caffita 4.46 5 Illes Balears - Caisse D'Epargne 4.52 6 Phonak Hearing Systems 5.14 7 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 5.55 8 Cofidis, le credit par telephone 7.22 9 Saunier Duval - Prodir 8.36 10 Quick Step - Innergetic 9.09 11 T- Mobile Team 9.21 12 Euskaltel - Euskadi 10.17 13 Credit Agricole 10.38 14 Relax Fuenlabrada 11.05 15 Bouygues Telecom 14.14 16 Davitamon - Lotto 18.56 17 Rabobank 31.29 18 Fassa Bortolo 39.20 19 Team Gerolsteiner 48.48 20 Liquigas - Bianchi 1.06.07 21 La Francaise Des Jeux 1.13.14 22 Domina Vacanze 1.14.49
