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60th Vuelta a España - GT
Spain, August 27-September 18, 2005
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Stage 9 - Sunday, September 4: Lloret de Mar-Lloret de Mar TT, 48 km
Menchov wins the TT and regains golden jersey
Heras rides well for fifth, despite 10" penalty
By Hernan Alvarez Macias
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Denis Menchov (Rabobank) recovered the golden jersey of the Vuelta a España by winning the 48km individual time trial in Lloret de Mar with a time of 1:00:54. Yesterday's leader Roberto Heras (Liberty-Würth) did a very good TT, considering his climber's build, and he finished fifth in 1:01:43, but was later penalised 10 seconds for cutting the course. The Russian now leads the race by 47 seconds over the Spaniard, who is his closest rival. Ruben Plaza (Comunidad Valenciana) finished second today in 1:01:03, while Francisco Mancebo (Illes Balears) was an excellent third in 1:01:31.
Menchov had already won the first time trial in Granada that opened the Vuelta. Thus, today was his second leader's jersey. "I'm happy, this is a great satisfaction for me," said a content Menchov post-stage. "It's something impressive for me. After all the time I spent working on improving my time trial style, in the end I could make it. I'm happy now and I want to enjoy this moment." About his chances of victory overall, he said, "I keep on thinking positively. It's very early to say, I don't say I'm the favourite. We will see."
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Roberto Heras was relatively happy with his time, but slightly annoyed at himself after being penalised for cutting the course on the main descent. If I had known it, I wouldn't have done it," Heras said in his defense. "I didn't do it on purpose. I hope this time [the 10 seconds penalty] won't be decisive for the Vuelta a España. I think it's very sad and I don't want to get in polemics." Heras added that it didn't affect his mental state and that he gives this time the same importance as the 6 bonus seconds he gained in Stage 7.
On Menchov's ride, Heras commented, "Denis Menchov performed so very well. It wasn't as demanding as I thought it would be. I think I leave Lloret in a good position. We still have many mountain stages, very hard stages like the ones in Andorra and Cerler, as well as Lagos and Covadonga. We are all very close in time."
Francisco Mancebo (Illes Balears) was also satisfied ending third in the TT. "I'm really tired, but happy," he said. "We, the favourites, were pretty close to each other, our times were very similar." About the Vuelta to come, he stated, "Menchov will give emotion to it, a more attacking cycling, even though it seems Liberty has the best team."
How it unfolded
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179 riders took the start in Lloret de Mar with Jose Ivan Gutierrez (Illes Balears) the only rider not to sign in. Gutierrez would normally have been one of the favourites for today's stage, but after crashing three times already in the Vuelta, he decided his injuries were too severe to continue. The first rider who began the time trial was the last on the GC: Jose Antonio Garrido (Quick Step). He finished in 1:13:32 seconds, which was one of the slower times on the day. But it didn't take long before a good mark was set by Niels Scheuneman (Rabobank) in 1:05:03.
Isidro Nozal (Liberty-Würth), a time trial specialist and winner in Albacete TT in 2003, didn't perform to his potential and finished in 1:09:54. Second overall in the Vuelta two years ago to Heras, Nozal is now very much a domestique for his former rival. Magnus Bäckstedt (Liquigas-Bianchi) also wasn't too convincing in 1:08:10. But minutes later, Uwe Peschel (Gerolsteiner) finished the best, smashing Scheuneman's time in 1:02:33.
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The Mediterranean coastal town of Lloret de Mar is hosting its first Vuelta stage since 1991, but it seemed that the Mediterranean air didn't agree with Santiago Botero (Phonak), another TT specialist. The Colombian had won both time trials in the 2001 Vuelta, among other triumphs. He finished today in 1:07:47, a long way from the leaders. Later, Botero's teammate and compatriot Victor Hugo Peña clocked a very good time, better than Peschel's, in 1:02:30. But, Ruben Plaza (Comunidad Valenciana) rode one better stopped the chrono in 1:01:03 seconds, 1'27 faster than the Peña.
On the other hand, Mancebo and Carlos Sastre (CSC) also did good races against the clock. The first clocked a time of 1:01:31, and the second, a similar time of 1:01:35, just four seconds slower. Another rider who did very well was Tom Danielson (Discovery Channel) who finished sixth in 1:02:10 and moved himself up from 11th to fifth overall.
At that point of the afternoon, all the riders had already passed through the first intermediate check point (km 10.8). There, the leader Heras (14:14) was 2 seconds slower than Menchov (14:12). But at the second check (km 21.4), the Russian came through in 31:14, and increased the difference between himself and Heras, who only came through in 31:41.
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Amazingly for a grand tour stage, the course wasn't completely closed, and half of the road was taken up by light Sunday traffic. Heras took some risks on the descent, weaving through the witches hats that marked out the course. He risked a time penalty as a result, because all the other riders stayed on the correct side of the witches hats. After the stage, the race jury docked him 10 seconds, certainly more than he gained by cutting the course.
At the third check point (km 35.6) the gap between the two riders was bigger: Menchov rode in 45'00 and Heras in 45'40. Despite a headwind in the final kilometres, the Rabobank rider increased the difference to the Liberty man up to 49 seconds at the finish line, sprinting across the line to knock nine seconds off Plaza's time.
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Heras said yesterday that he shouldn't be discarded among the favourites today, and he proved he was right. Finishing fifth in Lloret de Mar was a more than respectable performance for someone who specialises in climbing mountains. But Heras has improved his time trialling in recent years and today was another example of it. At the end of it all, Denis Menchov regained the leader's jersey by 47 seconds over Heras.
Stage 10 - September 5: La Vall d'en Bas-Ordino-Arcalis, 206.3 km
This is the first Pyrenean stage of the Vuelta. It will be a hard day for all the riders, climbing mountains throughout the stage. The stage has four big mountains: Coll de Canes (Category 2, 1130m above sea level) at km 21, Port de Collada de Tosses (Cat. 1, 1800m) at km 77.7, Collet de Montaup (Cat 1, 1980m) at km 178 and Ordino-Arcalis (Cat. special, 2220 m) where the stage finishes. It's very probable that Roberto Heras will attack on his favourite terrain. Denis Menchov and the rest will have to hang on if they want to keep their chances of winning this Vuelta.
Photography
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Images by AFP Photo
- Denis Menchov (Rabobank) pursued by a TV moto
- Denis Menchov (Rabobank) at full tilt
- Denis Menchov (Rabobank) gluing his eyes to the road
- Denis Menchov (Rabobank) passes his four minute man Joaquin Rodriguez (Saunier)
- Roberto Heras (Liberty Seguros) cutting an aero profile
- Roberto Heras (Liberty Seguros) doing a measured ride
- Ruben Plaza (Comunidad Valenciana) en route to setting the best provisional time
- Francisco Mancebo (Illes Balears) winding it up
- Carlos Sastre (CSC) or is it the Alien?
Images by Unipublic
- Vuelta director Victor Cordero (L) presents former Unipublic director Alberto Gadea with a token gesture
- The Liberty camp warms up. And no, that isn't Sean Kelly in the background.
- Warming up on the rollers
- Roberto Heras (Liberty Seguros) maybe considering a bit of help down the hills
- Juan Antonio Flecha (Fassa Bortolo) signing an autograph pre-start
- Jose Antonio Garrido (Quick.Step) was the first rider off
- Denis Menchov (Rabobank) aero but powerful
- Denis Menchov (Rabobank) gets it going
- Ruben Plaza (Comunidad Valenciana) was one of the best today
- Paco Mancebo (Illes Balears) driving it hard
- Carlos Sastre (CSC) in action
- Carlos Sastre (CSC) taking a corner
- Roberto Heras (Liberty Seguros) taking a corner
- Roberto Heras (Liberty Seguros) from behind
- Oscar Sevilla (T-Mobile) wants it to end now
- Gilberto Simoni (Lampre) doesn't really love time trials
- Oscar Pereiro (Phonak) travelling well
- Juan Miguel Mercado (Quick.Step) lost a bit of ground today
- Relax it's only a TT
- Roberto Heras (Liberty Seguros) drives it home
- Paco Mancebo (Illes Balears) towels down
- Denis Menchov (Rabobank) gets a big trophy for his win
- Denis Menchov (Rabobank) has the gold jersey back in his keeping for now
- Would you mind keeping focused on the matter at hand?
- Denis Menchov (Rabobank) with the combination jersey
Results
1 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 1.00.54 (47.29 km/h) 2 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 0.09 3 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 0.39 4 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 0.41 5 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 0.59 6 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 1.16 7 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.36 8 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.39 9 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.45 10 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.47 11 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 1.53 12 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC 1.55 13 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 2.00 14 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 2.02 15 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel 2.12 16 David Blanco Rodiguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 2.24 17 Leif Hoste (Bel) Discovery Channel 2.33 18 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 2.41 19 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 2.52 20 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.57 21 Joseba Beloki Dorronsoro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 22 Marcos Antonio Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 3.01 23 Francisco José Lara (Spa) T-Mobile Team 3.02 24 Francisco Pérez (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 3.03 25 José Antonio Pecharroman Fabian (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic 3.08 26 David Bernabeu (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 3.11 27 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel 3.16 28 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 3.21 29 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française des Jeux 3.28 30 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic 3.32 31 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.41 32 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel 3.46 33 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 4.00 34 Niels Scheuneman (Ned) Rabobank 4.09 35 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Lampre - Caffita 4.18 36 Unai Yus Kerejeta (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 4.24 37 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon - Lotto 4.25 38 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 4.27 39 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Domina Vacanze 4.29 40 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française des Jeux 4.34 41 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 42 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 4.40 43 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.41 44 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Caffita 4.42 45 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 4.45 46 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas - Bianchi 4.46 47 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 4.47 48 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon - Lotto 4.50 49 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 4.59 50 Angel Luis Casero (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 51 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 5.00 52 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 5.02 53 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel 5.03 54 Adolfo Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 55 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 5.04 56 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Caffita 57 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Domina Vacanze 5.07 58 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 5.08 59 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel 60 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 5.09 61 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 62 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 5.12 63 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 64 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic 5.17 65 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 66 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 5.18 67 Unai Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 5.19 68 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 5.22 69 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 70 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Davitamon - Lotto 5.24 71 Juan Manuel Fuentes (Spa) Lampre - Caffita 5.25 72 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 5.26 73 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 74 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 5.31 75 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 76 Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 5.32 77 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 78 Yohann Gène (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5.33 79 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 5.34 80 Daniel Atienza Urendez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 5.35 81 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 5.36 82 Aitor Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 5.42 83 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 84 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 5.50 85 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5.53 86 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 5.54 87 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 88 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 6.00 89 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 6.01 90 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 6.05 91 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel 6.12 92 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Crédit Agricole 6.14 93 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6.16 94 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 6.19 95 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 6.22 96 Jose Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 6.24 97 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 6.28 98 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 6.29 99 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile Team 6.32 100 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC 6.35 101 Jorge Garcia (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 6.37 102 Moises Dueñas (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 6.38 103 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC 104 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 6.43 105 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas - Bianchi 6.48 106 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 107 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 6.52 108 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team 6.53 109 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 110 Santiago Botero Echeverry (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 111 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Crédit Agricole 112 Eladio Jimenez Sanchez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 6.57 113 Tom Steels (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 6.58 114 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 7.02 115 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 116 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7.08 117 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7.09 118 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 119 Constantino Zaballa Gutierrez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 7.12 120 Matej Jurco (Svk) Domina Vacanze 7.16 121 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 7.19 122 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 7.21 123 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 7.22 124 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 7.23 125 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas - Bianchi 7.28 126 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 7.36 127 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze 7.37 128 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 7.43 129 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 7.44 130 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Liquigas - Bianchi 7.45 131 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 132 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 7.46 133 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 134 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 7.49 135 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 7.50 136 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner 7.51 137 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 138 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 139 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 7.57 140 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 8.03 141 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 8.04 142 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 8.07 143 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 8.08 144 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 145 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 8.11 146 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 8.12 147 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 148 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 8.13 149 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 8.18 150 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team 8.21 151 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team CSC 8.23 152 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Crédit Agricole 153 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 8.25 154 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 8.30 155 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas - Bianchi 8.31 156 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 8.35 157 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8.39 158 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick Step - Innergetic 8.44 159 Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon - Lotto 8.58 160 Isidro Nozal Vega (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 9.00 161 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 162 Devis Miorin (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 9.01 163 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 9.06 164 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 9.18 165 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 9.19 166 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 9.26 167 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 9.28 168 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Lampre - Caffita 169 Jukka Vastaranta (Fin) Rabobank 9.30 170 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 9.34 171 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 9.39 172 Julian Sanchez Pimienta (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 9.50 173 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 10.00 174 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel 175 Freddy Gonzalez (Col) Relax Fuenlabrada 10.06 176 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team 10.08 177 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française des Jeux 10.46 178 Ian McLeod (RSA) Française des Jeux 11.25 179 José Antonio Garrido (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic 12.38 DNS José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne Points 1 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 25 pts 2 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 20 3 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 16 4 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 14 5 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 12 6 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 10 7 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 9 8 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner 8 9 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 7 10 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 6 11 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 5 12 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC 4 13 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 3 14 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 2 15 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel 1 Mountains Alto de Tossa - Cat. 3, km 21 1 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 6 pts 2 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 4 3 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 2 4 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 1 Teams 1 Team CSC 3.07.11 2 Comunidad Valenciana 0.06 3 Phonak Hearing Systems 0.39 4 Liberty Seguros - Würth Team 1.27 5 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.32 6 Illes Balears - Caisse D'Epargne 4.13 7 Quick Step - Innergetic 4.52 8 Rabobank 4.57 9 T- Mobile Team 6.53 10 Bouygues Telecom 8.18 11 Euskaltel - Euskadi 8.27 12 Lampre - Caffita 9.18 13 Davitamon - Lotto 9.55 14 Cofidis, le credit par telephone 10.04 15 La Francaise Des Jeux 10.16 16 Domina Vacanze 10.29 17 Team Gerolsteiner 11.09 18 Relax Fuenlabrada 11.43 19 Saunier Duval - Prodir 12.17 20 Credit Agricole 12.47 21 Liquigas - Bianchi 14.33 22 Fassa Bortolo 14.37 General classification after stage 9 1 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 34.23.53 2 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 0.47 3 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 1.36 4 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 1.53 5 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 3.07 6 David Blanco Rodiguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 3.23 7 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 3.29 8 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 3.38 9 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 3.46 10 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 4.11 11 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel 4.13 12 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC 4.32 13 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic 4.59 14 David Bernabeu (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 5.31 15 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 5.40 16 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 5.41 17 Unai Yus Kerejeta (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 5.49 18 Marcos Antonio Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 6.02 19 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 6.45 20 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 6.46 21 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 6.47 22 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 6.51 23 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Caffita 7.00 24 Joseba Beloki Dorronsoro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 7.37 25 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon - Lotto 7.41 26 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 7.43 27 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8.05 28 Adolfo Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 8.24 29 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 8.29 30 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8.58 31 Francisco José Lara (Spa) T-Mobile Team 9.08 32 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 9.52 33 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel 9.53 34 Unai Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 10.07 35 José Antonio Pecharroman Fabian (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic 10.11 36 Daniel Atienza Urendez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 10.18 37 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 10.21 38 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 10.27 39 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Caffita 10.35 40 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Lampre - Caffita 10.58 41 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 10.59 42 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel 11.20 43 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 11.33 44 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 11.37 45 Moises Dueñas (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 11.41 46 Francisco Pérez (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 47 Aitor Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 11.42 48 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 12.26 49 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 12.31 50 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC 12.34 51 Angel Luis Casero (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 12.37 52 Jose Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 14.04 53 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française des Jeux 14.07 54 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 14.32 55 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 15.12 56 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Crédit Agricole 15.19 57 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 15.21 58 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 15.32 59 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 15.35 60 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 15.37 61 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile Team 16.12 62 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 16.49 63 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 16.55 64 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel 17.12 65 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 17.29 66 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic 18.20 67 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 18.22 68 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel 18.56 69 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 19.57 70 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 20.39 71 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 21.00 72 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 21.22 73 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon - Lotto 74 Constantino Zaballa Gutierrez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 21.55 75 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Crédit Agricole 22.00 76 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 22.25 77 Santiago Botero Echeverry (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 22.43 78 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 22.50 79 Juan Manuel Fuentes (Spa) Lampre - Caffita 24.02 80 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 24.17 81 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel 24.38 82 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 24.47 83 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 25.46 84 Eladio Jimenez Sanchez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 26.18 85 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 26.56 86 Leif Hoste (Bel) Discovery Channel 27.05 87 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 27.55 88 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 28.08 89 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 28.21 90 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team 28.50 91 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 29.11 92 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 29.16 93 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 29.32 94 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 30.11 95 Freddy Gonzalez (Col) Relax Fuenlabrada 30.31 96 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Domina Vacanze 30.38 97 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 30.40 98 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 99 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick Step - Innergetic 31.42 100 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 31.46 101 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 31.52 102 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 103 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas - Bianchi 31.56 104 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 32.19 105 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 32.28 106 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 32.29 107 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 32.52 108 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 33.26 109 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 34.08 110 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner 34.11 111 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 34.51 112 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 35.05 113 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 35.09 114 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team CSC 36.14 115 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 36.32 116 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 36.49 117 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Davitamon - Lotto 36.55 118 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 36.56 119 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel 37.04 120 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 37.06 121 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Lampre - Caffita 37.43 122 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 37.55 123 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas - Bianchi 38.00 124 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC 125 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 38.22 126 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 38.25 127 Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 38.42 128 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 39.03 129 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 39.08 130 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 39.14 131 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 39.28 132 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 39.30 133 Jorge Garcia (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 39.48 134 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas - Bianchi 40.00 135 Devis Miorin (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 40.51 136 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 41.09 137 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 41.34 138 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Crédit Agricole 41.37 139 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 41.39 140 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Liquigas - Bianchi 41.47 141 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 41.52 142 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team 41.56 143 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 42.44 144 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 43.31 145 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Domina Vacanze 43.36 146 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 44.16 147 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas - Bianchi 44.37 148 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 45.05 149 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 45.19 150 Tom Steels (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 45.34 151 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner 46.22 152 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 46.29 153 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze 47.12 154 Ian McLeod (RSA) Française des Jeux 47.30 155 Niels Scheuneman (Ned) Rabobank 48.40 156 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 48.54 157 Julian Sanchez Pimienta (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 49.45 158 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 49.58 159 Isidro Nozal Vega (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 50.16 160 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 50.22 161 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team 50.30 162 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 51.09 163 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 51.21 164 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 52.32 165 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 52.47 166 Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon - Lotto 52.58 167 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 54.05 168 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 54.08 169 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française des Jeux 55.48 170 Matej Jurco (Svk) Domina Vacanze 59.59 171 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 1.00.27 172 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.02.29 173 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 1.03.05 174 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 1.08.04 175 Jukka Vastaranta (Fin) Rabobank 1.08.34 176 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.10.19 177 Yohann Gène (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.13.21 178 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.27.51 179 José Antonio Garrido (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic 1.37.43 Points classification 1 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 94 pts 2 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 75 3 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 70 4 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 69 5 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 55 6 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française des Jeux 42 7 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 40 8 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 37 9 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel 35 10 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 32 11 Tom Steels (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 32 12 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 29 13 David Blanco Rodiguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 28 14 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 28 15 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 26 16 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 26 17 Unai Yus Kerejeta (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 25 18 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 24 19 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 24 20 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 23 21 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 23 22 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 22 23 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC 20 24 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic 20 25 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 19 Mountains classification 1 Eladio Jimenez Sanchez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 32 pts 2 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 22 3 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 22 4 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 21 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 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 7 14 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic 7 15 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 7 16 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel 7 17 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 6 18 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon - Lotto 6 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 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 4 23 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française des Jeux 4 24 Freddy Gonzalez (Col) Relax Fuenlabrada 4 25 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 4 Combination classification 1 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 7 pts 2 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 11 3 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 24 4 David Blanco Rodiguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 28 5 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 39 6 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC 40 7 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 41 8 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 42 9 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 43 10 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 51 11 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 54 12 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic 62 13 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française des Jeux 82 14 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Caffita 85 15 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 93 16 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 93 17 Marcos Antonio Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 105 18 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 123 19 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 137 20 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Crédit Agricole 156 21 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel 158 22 Eladio Jimenez Sanchez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 161 23 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 163 24 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon - Lotto 172 25 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 202 Teams classification 1 Comunidad Valenciana 103.19.52 2 Liberty Seguros - Würth Team 0.33 3 Team CSC 2.15 4 Phonak Hearing Systems 4.59 5 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 6.33 6 Illes Balears - Caisse D'Epargne 8.11 7 Quick Step - Innergetic 13.07 8 Lampre - Caffita 13.10 9 T- Mobile Team 15.20 10 Cofidis, le credit par telephone 16.32 11 Euskaltel - Euskadi 17.50 12 Saunier Duval - Prodir 19.59 13 Bouygues Telecom 21.38 14 Relax Fuenlabrada 21.54 15 Credit Agricole 22.31 16 Davitamon - Lotto 27.57 17 Rabobank 35.32 18 Fassa Bortolo 53.03 19 Team Gerolsteiner 59.03 20 Liquigas - Bianchi 1.19.46 21 La Francaise Des Jeux 1.22.36 22 Domina Vacanze 1.24.24 Intermediate time checks km 10.8 1 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 14.07 2 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 0.05 3 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 0.07 4 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 0.14 5 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 0.18 6 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 0.28 7 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 0.31 8 Leif Hoste (Bel) Discovery Channel 0.33 9 David Bernabeu (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 0.34 10 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 0.35 11 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC 0.38 12 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.39 13 David Blanco Rodiguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 0.41 14 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 0.42 15 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 0.46 16 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic 0.47 17 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.48 18 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 19 Unai Yus Kerejeta (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 0.50 20 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel 0.51 21 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.52 22 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 0.53 23 Francisco José Lara (Spa) T-Mobile Team 0.56 24 Marcos Antonio Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 0.57 25 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.59 26 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 1.00 27 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.02 28 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel 1.03 29 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Caffita 1.04 30 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française des Jeux 1.06 31 Joseba Beloki Dorronsoro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 32 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas - Bianchi 1.07 33 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel 1.09 34 Francisco Pérez (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 1.10 35 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon - Lotto 1.12 36 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.13 37 José Antonio Pecharroman Fabian (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic 1.14 38 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 39 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.16 40 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 1.17 41 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 42 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 1.18 43 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 44 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.19 45 Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 46 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.21 47 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.22 48 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.23 49 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Domina Vacanze 1.24 50 Jorge Garcia (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 51 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 1.25 52 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 1.26 53 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 1.27 54 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 55 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic 56 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 1.28 57 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Davitamon - Lotto 1.29 58 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 59 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Caffita 60 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas - Bianchi 61 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 1.30 62 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Domina Vacanze 63 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 64 Daniel Atienza Urendez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 65 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 1.31 66 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1.32 67 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1.34 68 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 1.35 69 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon - Lotto 1.37 70 Unai Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 71 Aitor Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 1.38 72 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 1.39 73 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel 1.40 74 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 1.41 75 Angel Luis Casero (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 76 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 77 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 1.42 78 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team CSC 79 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 1.43 80 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 1.44 81 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team 82 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 1.45 83 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel 84 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 85 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.46 86 Niels Scheuneman (Ned) Rabobank 1.47 87 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Lampre - Caffita 88 Juan Manuel Fuentes (Spa) Lampre - Caffita 89 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 90 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 1.48 91 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 92 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 1.49 93 Eladio Jimenez Sanchez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 94 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.51 95 Moises Dueñas (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 96 Jose Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 1.52 97 Tom Steels (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 98 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 99 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.54 100 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze 101 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 102 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.55 103 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 104 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 105 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 106 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.56 107 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 108 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 109 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 1.57 110 Adolfo Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 1.58 111 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 112 Yohann Gène (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 113 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 2.00 114 Santiago Botero Echeverry (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 115 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 116 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Liquigas - Bianchi 2.02 117 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française des Jeux 2.04 118 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 119 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 120 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team 121 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 122 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2.05 123 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 124 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 125 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 2.06 126 Constantino Zaballa Gutierrez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 2.08 127 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC 128 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 2.10 129 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 130 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 2.11 131 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 132 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC 133 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 2.12 134 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 135 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 136 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Crédit Agricole 137 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 138 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.14 139 Matej Jurco (Svk) Domina Vacanze 2.15 140 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 141 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 2.16 142 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 2.17 143 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas - Bianchi 2.18 144 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française des Jeux 145 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 2.19 146 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 147 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 2.20 148 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 149 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.21 150 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 2.23 151 Freddy Gonzalez (Col) Relax Fuenlabrada 152 Devis Miorin (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 153 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team 2.24 154 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 2.25 155 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 156 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 2.26 157 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2.27 158 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Lampre - Caffita 159 Jukka Vastaranta (Fin) Rabobank 2.29 160 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 161 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 2.30 162 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 2.31 163 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 2.32 164 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner 2.33 165 Julian Sanchez Pimienta (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 166 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 2.34 167 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick Step - Innergetic 2.35 168 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel 169 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 2.36 170 Isidro Nozal Vega (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 2.38 171 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 2.40 172 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel 2.42 173 Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon - Lotto 2.48 174 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas - Bianchi 2.53 175 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 2.55 176 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 3.02 177 Ian McLeod (RSA) Française des Jeux 3.03 178 José Antonio Garrido (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic 3.06 179 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 3.15 km 21.4 1 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 31.14 2 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 0.01 3 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 0.20 4 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 0.27 5 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 0.29 6 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC 0.53 7 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 0.55 8 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 0.58 9 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.03 10 David Bernabeu (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 11 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 1.08 12 Leif Hoste (Bel) Discovery Channel 1.11 13 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.13 14 Joseba Beloki Dorronsoro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 1.19 15 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.23 16 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel 1.25 17 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 1.30 18 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.31 19 David Blanco Rodiguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 1.32 20 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 1.33 21 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 1.35 22 Marcos Antonio Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 1.37 23 Francisco José Lara (Spa) T-Mobile Team 1.38 24 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic 1.40 25 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 1.53 26 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.55 27 Francisco Pérez (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 1.56 28 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon - Lotto 1.58 29 José Antonio Pecharroman Fabian (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic 2.00 30 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.02 31 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française des Jeux 2.05 32 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 33 Unai Yus Kerejeta (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 2.10 34 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 2.11 35 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel 2.12 36 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel 2.16 37 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.27 38 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 2.28 39 Daniel Atienza Urendez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 2.30 40 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Caffita 2.31 41 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 2.32 42 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Domina Vacanze 43 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.33 44 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Caffita 2.34 45 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 2.36 46 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 47 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon - Lotto 48 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 2.37 49 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Domina Vacanze 2.38 50 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.39 51 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic 2.41 52 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 2.42 53 Niels Scheuneman (Ned) Rabobank 2.43 54 Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 2.45 55 Aitor Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 2.46 56 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 57 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 2.49 58 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 2.51 59 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 2.54 60 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.58 61 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2.59 62 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 3.01 63 Adolfo Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 64 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 3.02 65 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile Team 3.05 66 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel 67 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas - Bianchi 68 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 69 Unai Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 3.06 70 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas - Bianchi 3.08 71 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 72 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 73 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 3.09 74 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 75 Eladio Jimenez Sanchez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 3.11 76 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 3.14 77 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Davitamon - Lotto 78 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 3.15 79 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.16 80 Juan Manuel Fuentes (Spa) Lampre - Caffita 3.17 81 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Lampre - Caffita 82 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 3.18 83 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 3.21 84 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 3.22 85 Moises Dueñas (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 3.23 86 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 3.26 87 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 3.27 88 Jorge Garcia (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 3.28 89 Angel Luis Casero (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 90 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 3.29 91 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 3.30 92 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 3.31 93 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel 3.35 94 Jose Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 3.38 95 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Crédit Agricole 3.39 96 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 3.40 97 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française des Jeux 98 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3.41 99 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 100 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 3.42 101 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team 102 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 3.46 103 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 3.50 104 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 105 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3.58 106 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 4.00 107 Tom Steels (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 108 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 109 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 110 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 4.01 111 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 112 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team CSC 4.02 113 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 4.03 114 Yohann Gène (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 115 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 4.04 116 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4.05 117 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC 118 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Liquigas - Bianchi 4.07 119 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 4.08 120 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 121 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 4.09 122 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 4.10 123 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4.11 124 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 125 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel 4.12 126 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 127 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 128 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 4.18 129 Constantino Zaballa Gutierrez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 4.21 130 Santiago Botero Echeverry (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 4.23 131 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas - Bianchi 4.27 132 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.28 133 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze 4.29 134 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 4.31 135 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC 136 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 137 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 4.32 138 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Crédit Agricole 139 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 4.33 140 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 4.38 141 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 4.39 142 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4.43 143 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 4.45 144 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 4.47 145 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner 146 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 147 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team 4.48 148 Matej Jurco (Svk) Domina Vacanze 149 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Crédit Agricole 150 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 4.49 151 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 4.52 152 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 4.54 153 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 154 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 4.59 155 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 156 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 5.01 157 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 5.03 158 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 159 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 5.04 160 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Lampre - Caffita 161 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas - Bianchi 5.05 162 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 5.06 163 Devis Miorin (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 5.08 164 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 5.09 165 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick Step - Innergetic 5.13 166 Freddy Gonzalez (Col) Relax Fuenlabrada 5.18 167 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 168 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team 5.20 169 Isidro Nozal Vega (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 5.29 170 Jukka Vastaranta (Fin) Rabobank 5.31 171 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel 5.34 172 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 5.39 173 Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon - Lotto 5.43 174 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 5.52 175 Julian Sanchez Pimienta (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 5.58 176 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française des Jeux 6.02 177 José Antonio Garrido (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic 6.03 178 Ian McLeod (RSA) Française des Jeux 6.52 179 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 6.56 km 35.6 1 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 45.00 2 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 0.09 3 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 0.24 4 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 0.40 5 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 6 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 1.18 7 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC 8 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.21 9 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 1.25 10 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.27 11 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.33 12 Leif Hoste (Bel) Discovery Channel 1.34 13 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 1.35 14 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel 1.44 15 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 1.49 16 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.50 17 David Blanco Rodiguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 1.57 18 Joseba Beloki Dorronsoro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 1.59 19 David Bernabeu (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 2.01 20 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 2.06 21 Francisco Pérez (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 2.19 22 Francisco José Lara (Spa) T-Mobile Team 2.20 23 Marcos Antonio Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 2.22 24 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 25 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic 2.27 26 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 2.28 27 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.35 28 José Antonio Pecharroman Fabian (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic 2.38 29 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel 2.40 30 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 31 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française des Jeux 2.44 32 Unai Yus Kerejeta (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 2.45 33 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel 2.46 34 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 3.14 35 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon - Lotto 3.17 36 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Domina Vacanze 3.19 37 Niels Scheuneman (Ned) Rabobank 3.21 38 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 39 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon - Lotto 3.29 40 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Caffita 3.33 41 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3.34 42 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.35 43 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 3.40 44 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.41 45 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Lampre - Caffita 46 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 47 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Caffita 48 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Domina Vacanze 3.43 49 Daniel Atienza Urendez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 3.46 50 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 51 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 3.48 52 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 3.49 53 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas - Bianchi 54 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 3.53 55 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 3.54 56 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 3.55 57 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 3.56 58 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic 4.01 59 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 60 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel 4.03 61 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 4.04 62 Unai Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 4.05 63 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 64 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 4.07 65 Adolfo Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 66 Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 4.08 67 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 4.10 68 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française des Jeux 4.12 69 Aitor Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 4.14 70 Juan Manuel Fuentes (Spa) Lampre - Caffita 71 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 4.15 72 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 4.17 73 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Davitamon - Lotto 4.18 74 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4.19 75 Angel Luis Casero (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 4.20 76 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel 77 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 4.21 78 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 79 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 4.23 80 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 4.25 81 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 82 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 4.27 83 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 4.28 84 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile Team 4.31 85 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 4.39 86 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 4.41 87 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 4.45 88 Moises Dueñas (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 4.46 89 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 90 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 4.47 91 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4.48 92 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 4.50 93 Eladio Jimenez Sanchez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 4.52 94 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas - Bianchi 95 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Crédit Agricole 4.54 96 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team 4.55 97 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel 4.58 98 Jose Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 99 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4.59 100 Jorge Garcia (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 5.01 101 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5.05 102 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC 5.06 103 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 5.09 104 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5.13 105 Yohann Gène (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5.14 106 Tom Steels (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 5.15 107 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 5.16 108 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 5.17 109 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 110 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 111 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 5.18 112 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5.22 113 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 5.23 114 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 5.31 115 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 5.32 116 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 5.33 117 Constantino Zaballa Gutierrez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 118 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5.34 119 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 120 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC 5.40 121 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 122 Santiago Botero Echeverry (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 5.43 123 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas - Bianchi 5.46 124 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 5.47 125 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Crédit Agricole 5.49 126 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Liquigas - Bianchi 5.51 127 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 5.52 128 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze 5.54 129 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 5.55 130 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 5.59 131 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 6.00 132 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 133 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 6.01 134 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 6.04 135 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 136 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 6.05 137 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team CSC 6.06 138 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 6.07 139 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 6.08 140 Matej Jurco (Svk) Domina Vacanze 6.09 141 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Crédit Agricole 6.10 142 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 6.12 143 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 6.13 144 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 6.15 145 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas - Bianchi 6.16 146 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6.19 147 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 6.20 148 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 6.24 149 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 6.25 150 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team 6.26 151 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner 6.28 152 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6.29 153 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 6.35 154 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 6.43 155 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 6.52 156 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 6.54 157 Devis Miorin (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 6.55 158 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 159 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 6.57 160 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 6.59 161 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 7.01 162 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 7.04 163 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Lampre - Caffita 7.07 164 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel 7.08 165 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team 166 Isidro Nozal Vega (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 7.12 167 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 168 Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon - Lotto 7.18 169 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 7.26 170 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick Step - Innergetic 7.28 171 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 7.29 172 Freddy Gonzalez (Col) Relax Fuenlabrada 7.30 173 Jukka Vastaranta (Fin) Rabobank 7.34 174 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 7.43 175 Julian Sanchez Pimienta (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 7.55 176 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française des Jeux 8.16 177 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 8.21 178 José Antonio Garrido (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic 8.51 179 Ian McLeod (RSA) Française des Jeux 9.24
