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60th Vuelta a España - GT

Spain, August 27-September 18, 2005

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Stage 14 - Saturday, September 10: Nestlé La Penilla-Lagos de Covadonga, 172.3 km

Eladio Jimenez wins after a great strategy

Denis Menchov resists behind Heras’ wheel

By Hernan Alvarez Macias

Eladio Jimenez (Comm. Valenciana)
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Eladio Jimenez (Comunidad Valenciana) displayed his climbing abilities to all when he won one of the most important stages of the Vuelta a España at Lagos de Covadonga. Iñigo Cuesta (Saunier Duval) was second, finishing 1’20 behind, with Gilberto Simoni (Lampre-Caffita) a further 12 seconds down in third. Carlos Sastre (CSC) was next, with Vuelta leader Denis Menchov (Rabobank) and Roberto Heras (Liberty) finishing together in fifth and sixth. The Russian retained the golden jersey after a very tough stage, perhaps the toughest of the whole race, while Heras (second on GC) couldn’t reduce the 47-second gap on his favorite terrain.

Jimenez went away with 14 others after 39 kilometres of racing. "I was able to get into the right breakaway," said the stage winner. "In the end, I was able to use my strengths to reach the finish line in first place". He dedicated his victory to his best friend, Santos, who got married today and also to his girlfriend, who was at that wedding. "This win is for them," said Eladio, who also asked in public for a ProTour opportunity for his team Comunidad Valenciana.

"I tried to do the best I could," a rather upset Carlos Sastre told the press. "I had good feelings; I saw that Roberto [Heras] could perhaps not keep his teammate’s pace and I tried my best. I didn’t look back, concentrating on trying to reach the best possible result in this Vuelta. We will take it day by day now and see what the future has for us". In finishing fourth today, the CSC rider moved up a place to third on GC.

Liberty-Würth team director Manolo Saiz was, understandibly, not happy with the result. "Roberto [Heras] was supported by the team throughout the whole stage until La Huesera [the toughest part of the stage] where he had to attack. Menchov was behind Heras’ wheel," told Saiz. "Although he tried it many times, Menchov was doing very well and we couldn’t leave him behind. At this point, we were not capable of getting rid of Menchov. But tomorrow will be another day," added the director.

How it unfolded

Denis Menchov and Roberto Heras
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Tom Boonen (Quick Step) and David De la Fuente (Saunier Duval) were non-starters at La Penilla today. The Belgian rider abandoned the race because he considered the next two tough mountainous stages wouldn’t be helpful to his preparation for the World’s. That left a total of 145 riders in the Vuelta.

At km 39, 15 riders led the race with the peloton 32 seconds behind: Eladio Jimenez (Comunidad Valenciana), Bart Dockx (Davitamon-Lotto), Marcus Burghardt (T-Mobile), Heinrich Haussler (Gerolsteiner), Angel Gomez (Saunier Duval), Guido Trenti (Quick Step), Unai Osa (Illes Balears), Anthony Charteau (Bouygues Telecom), Joaquin Rodriguez (Saunier Duval), Bram De Groot (Rabobank), Iñigo Cuesta (Saunier Duval), Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Liberty-Würth), Martin Elmiger (Phonak), David Cañada (Saunier Duval) and Aketza Peña (Euskaltel-Euskadi), followed by Constantino Zaballa (Saunier Duval), Jose Vicente Garcia Acosta (Illes Balears) and David Bernabeu (Comunidad Valenciana). Some kilometers later, Angel Gomez lost contact with the breakaways.

As the kilometers ticked by, the gap between the breakaways and the peloton increased. At km 74, the advantage was 5’38. At the summit of the third stage climb (Collada de la Hoz) the breakaway were a full 7’04 behind the big group.

Magnificent views
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The race went through two of the most beautiful Spanish regions full of mountains and green sceneries: Cantabria and Asturias. The leaders were able to maintain a good gap on the peloton here. At km 106, the 14 riders were 7’40 ahead. Then, at the foot of the Alto del Ortigueiro, the break had their maximum advantage of 8 minutes and 12 seconds. From that moment on, the peloton accelerated their pace and it began to make inroads into the break’s lead. The bunch wanted to catch the breakaways before the climb of Lagos de Covandonga but those up front resisted, knowing they had to preserve a good advantage to stand a chance.

The 14 breakaways: Haussler, Cañada, Cuesta, Jimenez, Rodriguez, Dockx, Trento, Osa, Gonzalez de Galdeano, Peña, Burghardt, Elmiger, De Groot and Ardila maintained a strong pace, but the peloton was determined to swallow them up before Lagos. At km 142 (30 km to go) the gap was drastically reduced to 5’54. The big favorites were beginning to take control.

At the foot of Lagos de Covadonga, 12 km from the end, Eladio Jimenez attacked his breakaway companions. The peloton was 2’50 behind. This move ultimately proved to be the right one, with Unai Osa and Iñigo Cuesta the only two riders able to – initially - keep the pace that Jimenez set.

Michele Scarponi (Liberty Seguros)
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Two kilometers later, there was a big selection in the front of the peloton. Joseba Beloki, Angel Vicioso and Michele Scarponi (Liberty-Würth) accelerated in order to help Roberto Heras. But the Liberty leader wasn’t as good as he wanted to be, following the crash in stage 12. Denis Menchov maintained what has been a very profitable strategy for him: staying glued to Heras’ wheel while tackling the mountains. And so today the results were the same as in the other stages of the race: namely, the Russian resisted the attacks of Heras.

Carlos Sastre (CSC) saw Heras wasn’t at his best and attacked the head of the peloton with 10 km to go. However, Sastre’s effort wasn’t enough to get a good gap over Roberto Heras, nor to win the stage.

Jimenez rode with a strong, relentless tempo. At La Huesera, the hardest part of Lagos de Covadonga where the slopes were 14%, the Comunidad Valenciana rider maintained his rhythm and didn’t lose time to the chasers. With 7 km to go, Jimenez was 1’50 ahead of Sastre and around 2 minutes ahead of Menchov and Heras.

Sastre and Simoni ride together
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La Huesera showed Heras wasn’t at his 100% condition. He tried to get rid of Menchov, was unable to do so. In keeping pace, the Rabobank rider showed that he had a real chance of winning the Vuelta.

Despite the acceleration behind, Jimenez continued to hold a gap of 1’49 over Sastre and 1’58 over Menchov and Heras with six kilometers remaining.

Once the slopes eased, Simoni was able to reel in Menchov and Heras and jump away them. Much of the last three kilometers were downhill and appeared to be easy for Jimenez, who had time to do a torero move when crossing the line in first place. Next came Iñigo Cuesta and Simoni, with Sastre, Menchov and Heras following behind.

Stage 15 - September 11: Cangas de Onis-Pajares, 191 km

The climb of Pajares will be crucial for the Vuelta. This will be a key stage with five climbs: Alto de la Faya de Los Lobos (Category 3, 740 meters above sea level, km 55.6), Alto de la Colladona (Cat. 1, 850 m., km 79), Alto de San Emiliano (Cat. 3, 540 m., km 114.6), Alto de la Colladiella (Cat. 1, 900 m., km 137.6) and Puerto de Pajares (Cat. special, 1380 m., stage finish). Puerto de Pajares is 14.2 km long, has a maximum gradient of 17% and an average of 6.1%. It may represent the last chance for Roberto Heras to regain the maillot oro. Given the race circumstances, if Menchov holds on for another day in the high mountains, the final victory will be much, much closer for the Russian.

Photography

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Results

1 Eladio Jimenez Sanchez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                   4.25.36
2 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                              1.20
3 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre - Caffita                                 1.32
4 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                           1.37
5 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                           1.44
6 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                   
7 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems            2.11
8 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team                                          
9 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                           2.16
10 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                2.36
11 Unai Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne              2.44
12 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                3.02
13 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                          3.26
14 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                         3.28
15 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                  3.38
16 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel                                 3.46
17 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                        3.48
18 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                      3.50
19 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon - Lotto                  4.26
20 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic                     4.27
21 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                       
22 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                     4.29
23 Daniel Atienza Urendez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par telephone             
24 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                        4.31
25 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon - Lotto                               4.33
26 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada                                   4.37
27 Marcos Antonio Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team         
28 Moises Dueñas (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada                                 4.42
29 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               4.54
30 David Blanco Rodiguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                          
31 Francisco José Lara (Spa) T-Mobile Team                                   
32 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada                     4.57
33 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel                                5.31
34 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC                                         5.34
35 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto                                   5.38
36 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                        
37 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                    
38 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC                                        5.41
39 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems                         5.44
40 Juan Manuel Fuentes (Spa) Lampre - Caffita                            5.45
41 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Caffita                                5.50
42 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                 5.51
43 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                  6.32
44 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, le credit par telephone              7.19
45 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                             7.20
46 Julian Sanchez Pimienta (Spa) Fassa Bortolo                               
47 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas - Bianchi                                 
48 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                    
49 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                     7.28
50 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole                             7.39
51 Constantino Zaballa Gutierrez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir            8.20
52 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel                                    
53 Jose Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada                             8.25
54 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                8.33
55 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                         
56 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic                           8.39
57 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick Step - Innergetic                            8.40
58 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank                                              
59 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                               
60 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                            9.26
61 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                        9.27
62 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic                           
63 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank                                      9.29
64 Jorge Garcia (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada                                      
65 Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team            9.36
66 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                       
67 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto                             10.04
68 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto                                   10.19
69 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC                                          10.23
70 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC                                       
71 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                       10.46
72 David Bernabeu (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                            10.47
73 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                            
74 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas - Bianchi                            10.49
75 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole                                    10.57
76 Francisco Pérez (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                 11.01
77 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                            11.50
78 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par telephone                   
79 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada                                 12.59
80 Joseba Beloki Dorronsoro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                 
81 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                     
82 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                             
83 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                      
84 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                                  
85 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank                                     13.02
86 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                 14.44
87 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                  15.35
88 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                 17.16
89 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Domina Vacanze                                
90 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                            
91 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Domina Vacanze                                   
92 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                        
93 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank                                       
94 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne           
95 Matej Jurco (Svk) Domina Vacanze                                          
96 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                         
97 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                        
98 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi                                    
99 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC                                          
100 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Lampre - Caffita                                
101 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                                  
102 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                         
103 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                       
104 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                    
105 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Liquigas - Bianchi                               
106 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                  
107 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                        
108 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas - Bianchi                                   
109 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone             
110 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                     
111 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                       
112 Ian McLeod (RSA) Française des Jeux                                      
113 Devis Miorin (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi                                    
114 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                               
115 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel                                    
116 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                        
117 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic                             
118 Jukka Vastaranta (Fin) Rabobank                                          
119 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Caffita                                     
120 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas - Bianchi                                
121 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada                                 
122 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                                      
123 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi                                    
124 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                           
125 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Davitamon - Lotto                                     
126 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto                                   
127 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par telephone              
128 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                    
129 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                          
130 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic                             
131 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                      
132 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze                              17.31
133 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team                                        
134 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française des Jeux                                  
135 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone                      
136 Adolfo Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                    17.37
137 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    17.39
138 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone                 18.42
139 Yohann Gène (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                  18.53
140 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team CSC                                      19.12
141 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC                                       19.13
142 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux                          19.18
143 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                 19.20
144 Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon - Lotto                                  19.29
145 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                           20.42
DNS Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick.Step   
DNS David de la Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir      
 
 
Sprints
 
S.I. Barcenillas - km 42,4
1 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                      4 pts
2 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                     2
3 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                                 1
 
 
S.I. Mier - km 113,4
1 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                      4 pts
2 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                                 2
3 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                                 1
 
 
S.I. Hospederia del Peregrino - km 159,6
1 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                                 4 pts
2 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                      2
3 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                      1
 
Points
 
 
1 Eladio Jimenez Sanchez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                        25 pts
2 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                                20
3 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre - Caffita                                   16
4 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                             14
5 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                             12
6 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                 10
7 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems               9
8 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team                                         8
9 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                              7
10 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                   6
11 Unai Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                 5
12 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                   4
13 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                             3
14 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                            2
15 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                     1
 
Mountains
 
Alto de Carmona (Cat 2.) - km 49
1 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                    10 pts
2 Eladio Jimenez Sanchez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                         7
3 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                                 5
4 Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                3
5 Unai Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                  2
6 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                       1
 
Collada de Ozalba (Cat 2.) - km 66
1 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                    10 pts
2 Eladio Jimenez Sanchez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                         7
3 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto                                        5
4 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                                 3
5 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                                 2
6 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                   1
 
Collada de la Hoz (Cat 2.) - km 80
1 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                    10 pts
2 Eladio Jimenez Sanchez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                         7
3 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                                 5
4 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                                 3
5 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto                                        2
6 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                   1
 
Alto de Ortiguero (Cat 3.) - km 136
1 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                     6 pts
2 Eladio Jimenez Sanchez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                         4
3 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                                 2
4 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                                 1
 
Lagos de Covadonga (HC) - km 172
1 Eladio Jimenez Sanchez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                        30 pts
2 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                                25
3 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre - Caffita                                   20
4 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                             16
5 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                             12
6 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                 10
7 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems               8
8 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team                                         6
9 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                              4
10 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                   3
11 Unai Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                 2
12 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                   1
 
Teams
 
1 Comunidad Valenciana                                               13.24.06
2 Phonak Hearing Systems                                                 0.57
3 Illes Balears - Caisse D'Epargne                                       2.31
4 T- Mobile Team                                                         3.25
5 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                                    3.41
6 Team CSC                                                               5.34
7 Lampre - Caffita                                                       5.49
8 Liberty Seguros - Würth Team                                           6.31
9 Relax Fuenlabrada                                                      6.58
10 Davitamon - Lotto                                                     7.19
11 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                                   10.19
12 Saunier Duval - Prodir                                               11.48
13 Rabobank                                                             12.35
14 Bouygues Telecom                                                     13.29
15 Credit Agricole                                                      13.32
16 Quick Step - Innergetic                                              14.28
17 Cofidis, le credit par telephone                                     16.20
18 Team Gerolsteiner                                                    25.03
19 Liquigas - Bianchi                                                   28.07
20 Fassa Bortolo                                                        34.34
21 Domina Vacanze                                                       44.30
22 La Francaise Des Jeux                                                44.45
 
General classification after stage 14
 
1 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                       56.53.00
2 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team               0.47
3 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                           1.50
4 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                 2.45
5 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                       5.37
6 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team                                      7.18
7 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                           7.19
8 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                          7.44
9 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel                                  7.49
10 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic                     9.02
11 David Blanco Rodiguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                     11.13
12 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems          13.06
13 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                    13.12
14 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon - Lotto                 13.32
15 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                               15.48
16 Unai Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne             18.26
17 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada                                  18.48
18 Francisco José Lara (Spa) T-Mobile Team                              20.01
19 Marcos Antonio Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team    22.09
20 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Caffita                               23.02
21 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC                                       24.09
22 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems                        25.31
23 Daniel Atienza Urendez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par telephone        25.33
24 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                    27.14
25 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                            29.05
26 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                       29.27
27 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon - Lotto                              31.13
28 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto                                  32.09
29 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               33.42
30 David Bernabeu (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                            37.55
31 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                   40.03
32 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                         40.30
33 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                41.31
34 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada                    42.45
35 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel                               43.00
36 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                        44.42
37 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre - Caffita                               45.17
38 Eladio Jimenez Sanchez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                    46.35
39 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel                               46.50
40 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                       46.56
41 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                            49.17
42 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                 50.18
43 Joseba Beloki Dorronsoro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team            50.26
44 Adolfo Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                     50.30
45 Francisco Pérez (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                 50.46
46 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                52.02
47 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                               52.33
48 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC                                  53.28
49 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                 53.39
50 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                            54.13
51 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic                          56.11
52 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    57.11
53 Moises Dueñas (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada                                57.43
54 Jose Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada                            57.59
55 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                58.09
56 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas - Bianchi                            59.49
57 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank                                     59.55
58 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel                              1.01.11
59 Julian Sanchez Pimienta (Spa) Fassa Bortolo                        1.02.18
60 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                         1.02.21
61 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic                           
62 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                     1.02.53
63 Juan Manuel Fuentes (Spa) Lampre - Caffita                         1.03.32
64 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par telephone            1.04.50
65 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole                          1.05.12
66 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par telephone        1.06.58
67 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC                                      1.07.09
68 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team                               1.07.38
69 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                  1.07.48
70 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas - Bianchi                          1.08.03
71 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank                                       1.09.25
72 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                     1.11.29
73 Constantino Zaballa Gutierrez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir         1.12.46
74 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team                               1.15.58
75 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                 1.16.04
76 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                     1.16.09
77 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                            1.16.40
78 Jorge Garcia (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada                               1.19.13
79 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC                                        1.20.35
80 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                   1.20.53
81 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada                               1.21.22
82 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                1.22.43
83 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                                1.23.40
84 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto                           1.25.05
85 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                1.26.16
86 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                            1.28.05
87 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team CSC                                     1.28.45
88 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              1.29.57
89 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                               1.30.53
90 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                           1.31.22
91 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Domina Vacanze                         1.33.51
92 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                               1.34.21
93 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                         1.34.50
94 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic                       1.35.01
95 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                            1.37.31
96 Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team         1.37.46
97 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                1.39.05
98 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Lampre - Caffita                          1.40.46
99 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne    1.41.56
100 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                               1.43.10
101 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick Step - Innergetic                        1.44.16
102 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank                                  1.44.26
103 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, le credit par telephone          1.44.43
104 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole                                 1.45.32
105 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada                          1.48.36
106 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto                                1.49.10
107 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas - Bianchi                            1.50.04
108 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                    1.53.07
109 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Caffita                              1.53.13
110 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                       1.53.54
111 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team                                 1.54.31
112 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    1.55.21
113 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                            1.57.17
114 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Domina Vacanze                           1.57.40
115 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                1.58.28
116 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Davitamon - Lotto                              1.59.05
117 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank                               1.59.07
118 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                 2.01.11
119 Devis Miorin (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi                             2.01.19
120 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                2.02.34
121 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                2.03.22
122 Ian McLeod (RSA) Française des Jeux                               2.05.09
123 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic                      2.05.30
124 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone               2.07.23
125 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC                                  2.07.28
126 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi                             2.09.00
127 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Liquigas - Bianchi                        2.11.15
128 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi                            2.12.12
129 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto                            2.12.40
130 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas - Bianchi                         2.14.05
131 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze                            2.17.05
132 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone      2.19.26
133 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                   2.19.58
134 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                  2.21.00
135 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner                               2.21.58
136 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC                                     2.22.46
137 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                 2.23.39
138 Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon - Lotto                                2.24.39
139 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française des Jeux                           2.30.05
140 Matej Jurco (Svk) Domina Vacanze                                  2.36.40
141 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone               2.38.58
142 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                         2.42.35
143 Jukka Vastaranta (Fin) Rabobank                                   2.45.45
144 Yohann Gène (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                2.45.53
145 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux                        2.50.12
 
Points classification
 
1 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                            117 pts
2 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                107
3 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                 104
4 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                           89
5 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                             85
6 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                   75
7 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems              60
8 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                         54
9 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                            44
10 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi                                  44
11 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                            40
12 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                  38
13 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                               36
14 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    36
15 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team                                       36
16 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel                                   36
17 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon - Lotto                    34
18 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                            33
19 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                          33
20 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic                       29
21 David Blanco Rodiguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                        29
22 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                   28
23 Eladio Jimenez Sanchez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                       27
24 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic                            27
25 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par telephone             26
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                   132 pts
2 Eladio Jimenez Sanchez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                       109
3 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                 76
4 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                             66
5 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                             54
6 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                   53
7 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                                52
8 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems              43
9 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                         37
10 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic                            34
11 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                            32
12 Adolfo Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                        32
13 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, le credit par telephone                27
14 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic                       23
15 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                          22
16 Constantino Zaballa Gutierrez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir              21
17 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre - Caffita                                  20
18 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon - Lotto                    19
19 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                      13
20 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                               13
21 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par telephone             12
22 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada                       12
23 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                           12
24 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team                                       11
25 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                            11
 
Combination classification
 
1 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                              6 pts
2 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                  7
3 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                             13
4 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                   16
5 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                         22
6 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems              27
7 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                            40
8 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                             43
9 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic                        44
10 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team                                       45
11 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon - Lotto                    49
12 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel                                   53
13 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                   56
14 David Blanco Rodiguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                        58
15 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                  61
16 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                            61
17 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                               61
18 Eladio Jimenez Sanchez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                       63
19 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                          74
20 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                      78
21 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre - Caffita                                  80
22 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                       86
23 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada                       94
24 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems                           95
25 Adolfo Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                        98
 
Teams classification
 
1 Comunidad Valenciana                                              170.55.38
2 Phonak Hearing Systems                                                15.29
3 Team CSC                                                              16.23
4 Liberty Seguros - Würth Team                                          17.24
5 Illes Balears - Caisse D'Epargne                                      20.55
6 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                                   29.43
7 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                                    30.08
8 Lampre - Caffita                                                      47.39
9 Davitamon - Lotto                                                     51.24
10 T- Mobile Team                                                       54.44
11 Quick Step - Innergetic                                            1.00.44
12 Saunier Duval - Prodir                                             1.15.28
13 Relax Fuenlabrada                                                  1.25.08
14 Cofidis, le credit par telephone                                   1.35.51
15 Credit Agricole                                                    1.36.03
16 Rabobank                                                           1.41.30
17 Bouygues Telecom                                                   2.10.35
18 Team Gerolsteiner                                                  2.50.36
19 Fassa Bortolo                                                      2.58.25
20 Liquigas - Bianchi                                                 3.09.59
21 La Francaise Des Jeux                                              4.26.37
22 Domina Vacanze                                                     4.53.23


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