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60th Vuelta a España - GT

Spain, August 27-September 18, 2005

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Stage 11 - Tuesday, September 6: Andorra-Cerler, 192.6 km

Laiseka wins after a brilliant last climb

No changes to GC top

By Hernan Alvarez Macias

Roberto Laiseka (Euskaltel)
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Roberto Laiseka (Euskaltel-Euskadi) showed his excellent climbing skills and experience to win the 11th stage of the Vuelta a España in the ski station Aramon Cerler. Carlos Sastre (CSC) was second and Roberto Heras (Liberty-Würth) third, both 15 seconds behind. Francisco Mancebo (Illes Balears), race leader Denis Menchov (Rabobank), and Carlos Garcia Quesada (Comunidad Valenciana) finished in the same team, meaning that the top five GC positions stayed exactly the same as yesterday, with the Russian continuing in the golden jersey.

After the early breakaway had been brought back through the efforts of Liberty Seguros, Rabobank and Euskaltel, Laiseka found the best time to attack on the last climb and scored a great victory in the mountains. "I had my moment of crisis, but I recovered myself," said the Basque rider to Spanish TV post-stage. "I gave everything I could. I attacked with 3 kilometres to go. I knew the last kilometre was downhill and I knew I could reach the finish line in first place. It's very important for me and also for my team. It's good for all of us."

Roberto Heras didn't have enough in the tank to gap Menchov on the final climb, and the triple Vuelta winner had to be content with third on the stage, but no bonus seconds. "The team has done a great job today; it was very, very good," said Heras. "We started very fast in the last climb, but Menchov hasn't shown any weakness so far. We tried, but on these roads it was rather difficult to get rid of him. Today, it happened the same as yesterday because these finishes aren't extremely hard, and even though we tried to change the pace, it was very tough to get rid of him.

Denis Menchov (Rabobank)
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"I'm still feeling very good, that's true, but as Menchov didn't fail, it seems as if I didn't do anything. Lagos is still left; a crucial day because it's a hard climb and being on a wheel will not count. We will see how Menchov reacts, because fatigue comes to all of us and I'm still having good days. I feel good, and although I wanted to reduce the gap here, I came to the Vuelta to win and I will keep on trying."

Carlos Garcia Quesada told the press post-stage that being among the first on the overall classification stopped him from going for a stage win, because he was very marked. "When you are up front, they don't let you go. I had a bad day in Andorra [yesterday] and in Cerler they watched me, and besides, I didn't go well. I waited for Mancebo at a bad moment and that was good for me to catch the group."

How it unfolded

Let's get it on!
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During yesterday's stage there were 11 riders who abandoned the race: Isidro Nozal (Liberty-Würth), Aitor Osa (Illes Balears), Pierrick Fedrigo (Bouygues Telecom), Angel Casero (Comunidad Valenciana), Eric Leblacher (Credit Agricole), Leif Hoste, Max Van Heeswijk (Discovery Channel), Ruslan Ivanov (Domina Vacanze), Juan Antonio Flecha (Fassa Bortolo), Marcel Strauss (Gerolsteiner) and Jose Antonio Garrido (Quick Step). Although Benoît Poilvet (Credit Agricole) reached Ordino-Arcalis after crashing during the stage, he didn't take the start today. Therefore, 166 riders began today's stage in Andorra.

The race organization decided to change the parcours because of the danger of a landslide on the Coll de Bretui, the second climb of the day. The stage was thus extended by 6 kilometres, meaning the riders had to travel 192.6 km.

Staf Scheirlinckx (Cofidis) and Bernhard Kohl (T-Mobile) attacked in the first kilometre and were joined by another 11 riders after six kilometres: Thomas Voeckler (Bouygues Telecom), Rene Haselbacher (Gerolsteiner), Rafael Casero (Saunier Duval), Ignacio Gutierrez (Phonak), David Bernabeu (Comunidad Valenciana), Pedro Horrillo (Rabobank), Jose Vicente Garcia Acosta (Illes Balears), Xavier Florencio (Relax Fuenlabrada), Frederic Finot (La Française des Jeux), Paolo Bettini (Quick Step) and Giovanni Lombardi (CSC).

Oscar Pereiro (Phonak)
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But once the break hit the first climb of the day, Port del Canto, after 15 km, it reshaped itself. At km 23, the lead group had "Chente" Garcia Acosta, Bernabeu, Adolfo Garcia Quesada (Comunidad Valenciana), Scheirlinckx, Bettini, Joaquin Rodriguez (Saunier Duval) and Kohl in it. Oscar Pereiro (Phonak) and Egoi Martinez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) chased them while the peloton was 34 seconds behind. 12 kilometres later, former race leader Bradley McGee (Française des Jeux) decided to quit the Vuelta, one of eight riders to do so on the road today.

Pereiro was already with the leaders at the summit of the climb at km 40, where Rodriguez took the maximum points and put himself back into the mountains jersey. Victor Peña (Phonak) and Bingen Fernandez (Cofidis) had also joined the break, which was now composed of 10 riders: Peña, Fernandez, Pereiro, Garcia Acosta, Bernabeu, Garcia Quesada, Scheirlinckx, Bettini, Rodriguez and Kohl. Bernabeu was the best placed on GC, sitting in 19th at 12'38 down. Thus, there was no real panic in the peloton.

On the descent of Port del Canto (around km 50) the gap of the break was 2'26. When the breakaways passed the first intermediate sprint in Sort (km 61), the difference increased up to 3 minutes. At km 79, it was almost 4 minutes, the biggest it got. The abandons continued, with Santiago Botero (Phonak), Luis Perez (Cofidis) and points leader Thor Hushovd (Credit Agricole) all leaving the race.

On the Coll de la Creu de Perves
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At km 108 the advantage of the breakaways was around 3'30. Heavy rain started to fall on the descent of the Coll de la Creu de Perves (km 120), which made things a little more interesting. When the break hit the Coll de la Espina (km 143), Bernhard Kohl couldn't keep up and made his way back to the peloton. It seemed as though the last climb would decide the stage destiny, and so it was.

The nine remaining riders persevered, but their gap was being cut. At km 160 (32 km to go) it was just 2'00, as Rabobank and Liberty took control, with Euskaltel's Egoi Martinez also helping out. 10 kilometres later, the gap was 1'30. The breakaway was about to end.

With 15 km to go, the final climb started, and 3 km later, the breakaway was swallowed by the peloton as the road steepened. With 12 km to go, Angel Vicioso (Liberty) made a big surge followed by Michele Scarponi, Marcos Serrano, Roberto Heras (Liberty), Denis Menchov, Carlos Sastre, Francisco Mancebo, Tom Danielson and Manuel Beltran (Discovery Channel), among others.

I must break them
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With 8 km to the summit Roberto Laiseka appeared from behind and attacked the leader's group. Carlos Sastre chased him with Heras, Menchov on Heras' wheel as usual, Mancebo and Carlos Garcia Quesada were tailed off, but fought their way back and the group of six came together at 6 km to go.

The stage was poised for an exciting finish: the top five on the general classification together with Laiseka were riding at the front. Mancebo was doing most of the tempo work, more to keep it high enough to prevent the others from attacking. Sastre and Laiseka wanted the stage victory, but only one could get it. The Euskaltel rider attacked again with less than 3 km to go, creating a small gap that he opened up to 15 seconds at the finish.

The other five marked each other and ended up finishing together, with Sastre leading Heras home for second place. Thus, the main positions on GC stayed exactly the same as yesterday, with Menchov on top followed by the main Spanish riders.

September 7: Rest day

The first rest day of the this Vuelta. Time to take some air for the riders after the first half of the race is completed. Denis Menchov will enjoy the day off wearing the golden jersey. Roberto Heras will have to wait to the Asturias mountains in order to try to recover the leader's jersey.

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Results

1 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                         5.09.38 (37.32 km/h)
2 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                            0.15
3 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                    
4 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                      
5 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                                
6 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                            
7 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems             0.55
8 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel                                       
9 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel                                      
10 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                               
11 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic                          
12 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon - Lotto                   1.36
13 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team                                      1.38
14 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                          
15 David Blanco Rodiguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                       1.46
16 Eladio Jimenez Sanchez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                          
17 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                              
18 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                     
19 Daniel Atienza Urendez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par telephone              
20 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC                                              2.00
21 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon - Lotto                                    
22 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                 2.11
23 Unai Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne               2.25
24 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC                                         2.44
25 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel                                 2.51
26 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Caffita                                 3.11
27 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                              3.21
28 Francisco José Lara (Spa) T-Mobile Team                                    
29 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto                                        
30 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Lampre - Caffita                                  3.31
31 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 4.05
32 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada                                        
33 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic                            
34 Julian Sanchez Pimienta (Spa) Fassa Bortolo                                
35 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                      
36 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas - Bianchi                              4.15
37 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                     4.29
38 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems                              
39 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                       
40 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                                  
41 Jose Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada                              5.45
42 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada                      6.20
43 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Caffita                    
44 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                                    6.48
45 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                              6.59
46 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank                                           
47 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic                                
48 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                          
49 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank                                               
50 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                          
51 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                              
52 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel                                 7.40
53 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC                                        
54 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, le credit par telephone               8.57
55 Francisco Pérez (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                       
56 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                        10.26
57 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                                 
58 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada                                       
59 Moises Dueñas (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada                                      
60 Jorge Garcia (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada                                       
61 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto                                   
62 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                        10.55
63 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                      
64 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                  10.56
65 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                       
66 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel                                       
67 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel                                      
68 Marcos Antonio Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team          
69 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                           
70 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank                                           
71 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                       
72 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                 13.03
73 Constantino Zaballa Gutierrez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                 
74 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Lampre - Caffita                                  
75 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par telephone                    
76 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                            
77 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                             
78 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre - Caffita                                13.33
79 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Caffita                                       
80 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Domina Vacanze                                    
81 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                    
82 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                       
83 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                             
84 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel                                     
85 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC                                              
86 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC                                                
87 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas - Bianchi                                     
88 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                             
89 José Antonio Pecharroman Fabian (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic              
90 Juan Manuel Fuentes (Spa) Lampre - Caffita                            14.06
91 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Domina Vacanze                            14.24
92 Niels Scheuneman (Ned) Rabobank                                            
93 Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                 
94 Joseba Beloki Dorronsoro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                  
95 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                        
96 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole                                          
97 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                         
98 Adolfo Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                           
99 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne            
100 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                                   
101 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                       
102 David Bernabeu (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                                 
103 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Crédit Agricole                             17.23
104 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas - Bianchi                                 
105 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                  17.27
106 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team CSC                                       18.07
107 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                    18.53
108 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française des Jeux                                   
109 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                     
110 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                                  
111 Freddy Gonzalez (Col) Relax Fuenlabrada                              21.03
112 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team                                    26.45
113 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick Step - Innergetic                           28.50
114 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC                                          
115 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Liquigas - Bianchi                                
116 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas - Bianchi                                 
117 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic                              
118 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi                                    
119 Matej Jurco (Svk) Domina Vacanze                                          
120 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                         
121 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone                       
122 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                        
123 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone              
124 Ian McLeod (RSA) Française des Jeux                                       
125 Devis Miorin (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi                                     
126 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux                                
127 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                            
128 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                        
129 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank                                       
130 Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon - Lotto                                        
131 Jukka Vastaranta (Fin) Rabobank                                           
132 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi                                     
133 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                            
134 Tom Steels (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto                                        
135 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                          
136 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic                                  
137 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                               
138 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto                                        
139 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par telephone               
140 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone                       
141 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                        
142 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                         
143 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic                              
144 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                   
145 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada                                  
146 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                 
147 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                    
148 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC                                             
149 Yohann Gène (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                        
150 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                           
151 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                      
152 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                
153 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze                                    
154 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto                                    
155 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                  28.58
156 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                       
157 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Davitamon - Lotto                                 29.15
158 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                            36.11
DNF Santiago Botero Echeverry (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems                    
DNF Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone                
DNF Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par telephone                         
DNF Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole                                        
DNF Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                     
DNF Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française des Jeux                                 
DNF Bradley McGee (Aus) Française des Jeux                                    
DNF Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank                                              
DNS Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                      
 
Points
 
1 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                              25 pts
2 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                              20
3 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                  16
4 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                    14
5 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                              12
6 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                          10
7 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                9
8 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel                                      8
9 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel                                     7
10 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                              6
11 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic                         5
12 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon - Lotto                      4
13 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team                                         3
14 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                         2
15 David Blanco Rodiguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                          1
 
Mountains
 
Port del Cantó - Cat. 1, km 41
1 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                     16 pts
2 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, le credit par telephone                  12
3 Adolfo Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                          10
4 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team                                          8
5 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                             6
6 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems                              4
7 David Bernabeu (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                                  3
8 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne            2
9 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par telephone                    1
 
Coll de la Creu de Perves - Cat. 2, km 107
1 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, le credit par telephone                  10 pts
2 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                      7
3 Adolfo Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                           5
4 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne            3
5 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems                              2
6 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                             1
 
Coll de la Espina - Cat. 2, km 140
1 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                     10 pts
2 Adolfo Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                           7
3 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, le credit par telephone                   5
4 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                             3
5 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems                              2
6 David Bernabeu (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                                  1
 
E.Esquí Aramón Cerler - Cat. E, km 187
1 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                              30 pts
2 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                              25
3 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                  20
4 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                    16
5 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                              12
6 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                          10
7 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                8
8 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel                                      6
9 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel                                     4
10 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                              3
11 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic                         2
12 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon - Lotto                      1
 
Sprints
 
Sort, km 61
1 Adolfo Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                           4 pts
2 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par telephone                    2
3 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems                              1
 
Castejón de Sos, km 158,8
1 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic                                4 pts
2 Adolfo Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                           2
3 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                             1
 
Cerler, km 178
1 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                               4 pts
2 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                          2
3 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                   1
 
Teams
 
1 Comunidad Valenciana                                                15.32.41
2 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                                     0.10
3 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                                      0.54
4 Team CSC                                                                1.12
5 Phonak Hearing Systems                                                  2.32
6 Davitamon - Lotto                                                       3.10
7 Illes Balears - Caisse D'Epargne                                        3.22
8 Quick Step - Innergetic                                                 8.12
9 Liberty Seguros - Würth Team                                            9.02
10 Lampre - Caffita                                                       9.15
11 Rabobank                                                              10.26
12 Saunier Duval - Prodir                                                11.02
13 T- Mobile Team                                                        12.08
14 Relax Fuenlabrada                                                     12.23
15 Cofidis, le credit par telephone                                      19.59
16 Credit Agricole                                                       21.41
17 Fassa Bortolo                                                         22.20
18 Liquigas - Bianchi                                                    31.24
19 Team Gerolsteiner                                                     36.31
20 Bouygues Telecom                                                      48.01
21 La Francaise Des Jeux                                                 50.44
22 Domina Vacanze                                                        53.00
 
General classification after stage 11
 
1 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                        45.07.35
2 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                0.47
3 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                  1.53
4 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                            1.57
5 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                        3.31
6 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel                                   5.03
7 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel                                  5.09
8 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic                       5.45
9 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                           5.58
10 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                      6.37
11 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                           6.47
12 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team                                      7.32
13 David Blanco Rodiguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                       7.54
14 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC                                             10.35
15 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon - Lotto                  11.31
16 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems           12.41
17 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada                                   15.05
18 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                15.19
19 Francisco José Lara (Spa) T-Mobile Team                               16.32
20 Unai Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne              16.35
21 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Caffita                                18.05
22 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Lampre - Caffita                                 18.32
23 Marcos Antonio Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team     18.59
24 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Caffita               19.11
25 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC                                        19.21
26 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems                         19.31
27 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                             21.29
28 Daniel Atienza Urendez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par telephone         22.01
29 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                        24.30
30 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                     24.53
31 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon - Lotto                               26.24
32 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                 26.46
33 David Bernabeu (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                             26.52
34 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                27.15
35 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto                                   27.31
36 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                         28.12
37 Adolfo Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                      30.03
38 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                    36.27
39 Francisco Pérez (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                  37.14
40 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel                                37.26
41 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                          37.57
42 Joseba Beloki Dorronsoro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team             38.37
43 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada                     38.41
44 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel                                38.50
45 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                  39.58
46 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre - Caffita                                40.09
47 José Antonio Pecharroman Fabian (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic         40.20
48 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                 40.37
49 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel                                 40.39
50 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                             41.08
51 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic                       42.17
52 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                  43.30
53 Eladio Jimenez Sanchez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                     43.47
54 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC                                   43.58
55 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic                           45.09
56 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                        45.37
57 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                 45.55
58 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel                                  47.02
59 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                47.48
60 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                     48.22
61 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                             48.57
62 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par telephone           49.26
63 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                        49.35
64 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank                                      50.10
65 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                     50.16
66 Jose Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada                             50.27
67 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                  52.08
68 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                    52.36
69 Moises Dueñas (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada                                 52.45
70 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                            53.06
71 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas - Bianchi                             53.22
72 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par telephone               53.53
73 Julian Sanchez Pimienta (Spa) Fassa Bortolo                           55.51
74 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                   56.31
75 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank                                          57.29
76 Juan Manuel Fuentes (Spa) Lampre - Caffita                            57.58
77 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas - Bianchi                             57.59
78 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel                                58.18
79 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole                             58.26
80 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                        59.48
81 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                    1.01.31
82 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC                                       1.02.28
83 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC                                         1.03.34
84 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto                            1.04.24
85 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team CSC                                      1.04.58
86 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic                        1.05.01
87 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada                                1.05.07
88 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                      1.05.22
89 Constantino Zaballa Gutierrez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir          1.05.36
90 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                                 1.06.08
91 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                1.09.49
92 Jorge Garcia (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada                                1.10.04
93 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               1.10.10
94 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Lampre - Caffita                           1.10.46
95 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             1.11.30
96 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                1.12.19
97 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                1.12.24
98 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                             1.12.36
99 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Domina Vacanze                          1.15.40
100 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                            1.16.39
101 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                           1.17.08
102 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                         1.17.18
103 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                1.17.45
104 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne    1.18.28
105 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                1.18.33
106 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank                                   1.18.40
107 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole                                  1.21.51
108 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas - Bianchi                             1.22.11
109 Freddy Gonzalez (Col) Relax Fuenlabrada                            1.22.12
110 Niels Scheuneman (Ned) Rabobank                                    1.22.54
111 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                1.22.57
112 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                    1.23.38
113 Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team         1.23.44
114 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, le credit par telephone           1.24.40
115 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Caffita                               1.25.20
116 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team                                  1.26.23
117 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada                           1.27.49
118 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                 1.28.28
119 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Crédit Agricole                           1.29.38
120 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick Step - Innergetic                         1.31.10
121 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank                                1.31.14
122 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                     1.32.20
123 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                     1.33.39
124 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic                           1.34.33
125 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                        1.34.37
126 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             1.36.00
127 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Domina Vacanze                            1.36.43
128 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Davitamon - Lotto                               1.36.48
129 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC                                   1.37.28
130 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone                1.38.56
131 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto                                 1.39.02
132 Devis Miorin (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi                              1.40.19
133 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi                              1.41.07
134 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Liquigas - Bianchi                         1.41.15
135 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                 1.41.20
136 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                  1.41.24
137 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi                             1.42.12
138 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic                       1.43.44
139 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas - Bianchi                          1.44.05
140 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto                             1.44.47
141 Tom Steels (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto                                 1.45.02
142 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                 1.45.50
143 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze                             1.46.50
144 Ian McLeod (RSA) Française des Jeux                                1.46.58
145 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                1.48.30
146 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone       1.49.26
147 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                    1.49.58
148 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                   1.50.37
149 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC                                      1.50.49
150 Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon - Lotto                                 1.52.26
151 Matej Jurco (Svk) Domina Vacanze                                   1.59.27
152 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française des Jeux                            1.59.50
153 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                  2.01.57
154 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                          2.05.40
155 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone                2.07.32
156 Jukka Vastaranta (Fin) Rabobank                                    2.08.32
157 Yohann Gène (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 2.13.45
158 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux                         2.27.19
 
Points classification
 
1 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                             102 pts
2 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                  92
3 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                   75
4 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                            69
5 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                    65
6 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                              65
7 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                          47
8 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems               43
9 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                             41
10 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic                                 40
11 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel                                    36
12 Tom Steels (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto                                       32
13 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                             31
14 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                             30
15 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic                        29
16 David Blanco Rodiguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                         29
17 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi                                   28
18 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic                             27
19 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par telephone              26
20 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                    25
21 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic                              24
22 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel                                   22
23 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC                                                20
24 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                      19
25 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                     18
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                     85 pts
2 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                  66
3 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                              54
4 Eladio Jimenez Sanchez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                         53
5 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                    50
6 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                              38
7 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                          37
8 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems               35
9 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic                              34
10 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                             32
11 Adolfo Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                         32
12 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, le credit par telephone                 27
13 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic                        23
14 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC                                                15
15 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel                                   14
16 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                       13
17 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                           13
18 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par telephone              12
19 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                                12
20 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                            12
21 David Blanco Rodiguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                         11
22 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                    10
23 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel                                     9
24 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems                             8
25 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                      8
 
Combination classification
 
1 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                               5 pts
2 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                   6
3 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                    13
4 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                              16
5 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                          19
6 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems               32
7 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic                         36
8 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                             38
9 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel                                     40
10 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel                                   44
11 David Blanco Rodiguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                         50
12 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC                                                51
13 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                    53
14 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                             57
15 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                             65
16 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                        72
17 Adolfo Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                         85
18 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team                                        87
19 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems                            89
20 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon - Lotto                     90
21 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                       96
22 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Caffita                  98
23 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                     99
24 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par telephone              99
25 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                          107
 
Teams classification
 
1 Comunidad Valenciana                                               135.37.18
2 Team CSC                                                                9.06
3 Liberty Seguros - Würth Team                                           10.01
4 Phonak Hearing Systems                                                 15.18
5 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                                     15.53
6 Illes Balears - Caisse D'Epargne                                       19.05
7 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                                    25.08
8 Lampre - Caffita                                                       34.05
9 Quick Step - Innergetic                                                35.49
10 Davitamon - Lotto                                                     42.28
11 T- Mobile Team                                                        49.01
12 Saunier Duval - Prodir                                              1.00.48
13 Relax Fuenlabrada                                                   1.15.37
14 Cofidis, le credit par telephone                                    1.15.52
15 Credit Agricole                                                     1.17.39
16 Rabobank                                                            1.21.54
17 Bouygues Telecom                                                    1.49.59
18 Fassa Bortolo                                                       2.16.07
19 Team Gerolsteiner                                                   2.19.32
20 Liquigas - Bianchi                                                  2.37.02
21 La Francaise Des Jeux                                               3.31.53
22 Domina Vacanze                                                      3.46.45


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