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60th Vuelta a España - GT
Spain, August 27-September 18, 2005
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Stage 4 - Tuesday, August 30: Ciudad Real-Argamasilla de Alba, 232.3 km
Petacchi wins tight tussle
McGee maintains Vuelta lead
By Hernan Alvarez Macias
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Today in Argamasilla de Alba, Alessandro Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo) took a second consecutive stage victory, prevailing in a tight sprint finish in 5 hours, 41 minutes and 29 seconds. Thor Hushovd (Credit Agricole) and Erik Zabel (T-Mobile) finished in second and third place, while Française des Jeux's Bradley McGee's overall leadership was never in jeopardy.
"200 metres from the line, [Tom] Steels jumped with much force, but I felt my progression was a good one. Today, after 233 kilometres, I made the best sprint and am satisfied," said a delighted Petacchi.
"This sprint was difficult to manage because of the rectangular-shaped finale. But when there were corners, my team-mates managed to keep things under control. However, to complicate things, a rider became part of our train in front of [Marco] Velo and we thought he wanted to do his job in the sprint. Instead, when [Alberto] Ongarato moved [over], he also moved, leaving too big a gap. At that point, Velo had to leave [the train] early and clearly decreased our speed in the end because he was tired," he said.
This is the stage win number 14 for Ale-Jet on the Vuelta: two wins in 2000, one in 2002, five in 2003, four in 2004 and two so far this year. And he certainly appears to be in great condition to contest the world road championships in Madrid come September 25.
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Said Petacchi: "As far as the World's go, I will only say I have won two stages of the Vuelta and that the race on the 25th of September will be a long one and difficult to control. At the moment, I lack a little power and I hope that this Vuelta helps me to find it."
Roberto Heras (Liberty-Würth) who is ninth on the GC knows these days should not be taken lightly before the race enters his favoured territory: the big mountains. "It was a very long stage [indeed the longest of the three-week race - ed.]", said Heras to the media "with much heat. Fortunately, there was no wind."
Jose Antonio Pecharroman (Quick Step) also commented about the heat to Spanish TV, saying: "I'm used to this weather and I like this temperature." It wasn't as boiling as yesterday but the numbers were around 35°C.
How it unfolded
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Overnight leader Bradley McGee didn't put his signature at the sign-in, and while it's compulsory for every rider to do so, the leader was late but wasn't penalised by the race organisers.
The first breakaway was made of four riders: Sebastien Joly (Credit Agricole), Leon Van Bon (Davitamon-Lotto), Frederic Finot (La Française des Jeux) and Christophe Edaleine (Cofidis). At the first intermediate sprint in Almagro (km 22), Edaleine was first, Van Bon second and Finot third.
The gap between the leaders and the peloton kept growing. At the second intermediate sprint in Daimiel (km 49), the advantage was 8'32. Edaleine passed in first place with Finot and Joly behind. By km 72, they had around 14 minutes' advantage to the peloton, and with a century completed, they led by 10'53. However, the gap began to be reduced as the peloton seemed to start working. At km 109, the difference was 7'44.
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Led by Fassa Bortolo, Quick.Step and other a few other teams the leaders' advantage was 4'30 by km 129 as the race made its way through the Quijote lands of Castilla-La Mancha, the Spanish region that inspired Miguel de Cervantes to write his most famous book exactly 400 years ago. Inside Castilla-La Mancha, the peloton passed through Ossa de Montiel (km 142), Oscar Sevilla's native town where he still lives, and his neighbours duly saluted him.
Up front, Van Bon couldn't keep the pace of the other three leaders and was swallowed by the peloton at km 144. Six kilometres behind, the gap between the leaders and the peloton was 2 minutes and 37 seconds.
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At km 186 (46.3 km to the finish), the three Frenchmen were caught by the peloton led by Fassa Bortolo, as Petacchi's men dominated proceeding. However, 20 kilometres from the finish, three cyclists dared to rebel Fassa's power: Benoit Joachim (Discovery Channel), Luis Pasamontes (Relax Fuenlabrada) and Torsten Schmidt (Gerolsteiner).
The three brave souls established a maximum 30-second gap that was completely destroyed 5km from the finish due to the pace of the Fassa Bortolo train. At the finish, Petacchi had more enemies as Marco Zanotti (Liquigas) and Tom Steels (Davitamon) also fought hard for the victory. Petacchi went right down the centre of the road and was fastest once again, this time by a few inches, with Erik Zabel and Thor Hushovd rounding out a very tight finish.
Stage 5 - August 31: Alcazar de San Juan-Cuenca, 176 km
Another typical stage around Castilla-La Mancha. There's only one climb: Category 3 Alto del Castillo (rising to 1120 meters above sea level), along with three intermediate sprints on the road: Campo de Criptana, Quintanar de la Orden and Carrascosa del Campo. The stage will end in Cuenca, a city very used to Vuelta stage finishes. The great sprinters will most likely have another chance to show their skills, but one could also see the first successful breakaway; the Alto del Castillo is not a big mountain, but sprinters' teams should be careful with this climb if they want to succeed tomorrow.
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- Igor González de Galdeano (Liberty Seguros) pensive before the start in Ciudad Real.
- The peloton starts the race proper.
- The breakaway passes the second intermediate sprint in Daimiel, led by Christophe Edaleine (Cofidis).
- The peloton relaxed for now as the lead group extend their advantage.
- 36 degree days call for plenty of fluids.
- Afternoon tea time - the peloton come into the feed zone.
- Paco Mancebo (Illes Balears) and Eladio Jiménez (Comunidad Valenciana) ride together.
- Oscar Sevilla (T-Mobile) receives a kiss from his Mum. Awww.
- Ignacio Gutiérrez (Phonak) gets tangled up in a crash with José Manuel Caliente (Team CSC) midway through the race.
- The breakaway begin to feel to effects of the heat and the ever-encroaching peloton.
- Time's almost up for the three Frenchman out in front.
- The peloton momentarily splits into two groups on the run-in to Argamasilla de Alba.
- Française des Jeux ride near the front, protecting race leader Bradley McGee (C).
- Two - Alessandro Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo) triumphs once again, with Thor Hushovd (Crédit Agricole, L, unseen) and Erik Zabel (T-Mobile, R) second and third.
- Alessandro Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo) accepts his new jersey as points leader.
- Mountains leader Joaquín Rodríguez (Saunier Duval).
- Bradley McGee (Française des Jeux) likes the thought of another day in gold.
Results
Provisional
1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 5.41.29 2 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 3 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 4 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 5 Tom Steels (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 6 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française des Jeux 7 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 8 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 9 Giosuè Bonomi (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 10 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 11 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 12 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 13 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Domina Vacanze 14 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 15 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 16 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 17 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Lampre - Caffita 18 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 19 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 20 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 21 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 22 Freddy Gonzalez (Col) Relax Fuenlabrada 23 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon - Lotto 24 Adolfo Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 25 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team 26 Yohann Gène (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 27 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 28 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 29 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 30 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 31 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 32 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel 33 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze 34 Matej Jurco (Svk) Domina Vacanze 35 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel 36 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 37 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel 38 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas - Bianchi 39 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 40 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 41 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 42 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 43 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 44 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 45 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Caffita 46 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 47 Santiago Botero Echeverry (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 48 Marcos Antonio Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 49 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française des Jeux 50 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 51 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team 52 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 53 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 54 Unai Yus Kerejeta (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 55 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel 56 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 57 José Antonio Pecharroman Fabian (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic 58 Angel Luis Casero (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 59 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas - Bianchi 60 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 61 Jorge Garcia (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 62 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 63 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC 64 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 65 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 66 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 67 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française des Jeux 68 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 69 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC 70 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Française des Jeux 71 Constantino Zaballa Gutierrez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 72 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 73 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 74 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Crédit Agricole 75 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Lampre - Caffita 76 Leif Hoste (Bel) Discovery Channel 77 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 78 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 79 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 80 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Domina Vacanze 81 Eladio Jimenez Sanchez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 82 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 83 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 84 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 85 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 86 Francisco José Lara (Spa) T-Mobile Team 87 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic 88 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 89 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 90 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team 91 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 92 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 93 Francisco Pérez (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 94 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 95 Unai Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 96 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 97 Aitor Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 98 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel 99 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC 100 Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon - Lotto 101 Isidro Nozal Vega (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 102 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 103 Devis Miorin (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 104 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 105 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 106 David Bernabeu (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 107 Luca Solari (Ita) Domina Vacanze 108 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 109 David Blanco Rodiguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 110 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 111 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Domina Vacanze 112 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Crédit Agricole 113 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 114 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Liquigas - Bianchi 115 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 116 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 117 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 118 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 119 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 120 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 121 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 122 Daniel Atienza Urendez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 123 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel 124 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 125 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 126 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 127 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 128 Ian McLeod (RSA) Française des Jeux 129 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 130 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 131 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic 132 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 133 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Crédit Agricole 134 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 135 Juan Manuel Fuentes (Spa) Lampre - Caffita 136 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 137 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 138 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team CSC 139 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Caffita 140 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 141 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 142 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 143 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 144 Moises Dueñas (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 145 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 146 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 147 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 148 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick Step - Innergetic 149 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner 150 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 151 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 152 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 153 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner 154 Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 155 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 156 Jukka Vastaranta (Fin) Rabobank 157 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas - Bianchi 158 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 159 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 160 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 161 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 162 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 163 Joseba Beloki Dorronsoro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 164 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 165 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 166 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 167 Jose Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 168 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile Team 169 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 170 José Antonio Garrido (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic 171 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon - Lotto 172 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 173 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 174 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 175 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 176 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas - Bianchi 177 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française des Jeux 178 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 179 José Enrique Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 180 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel 181 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 182 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Crédit Agricole 183 Iban Mayo Diez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 184 Julian Sanchez Pimienta (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 185 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Gerolsteiner 186 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 187 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 0.23 188 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 0.32 189 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Domina Vacanze 0.33 190 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 191 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Davitamon - Lotto 0.40 192 Niels Scheuneman (Ned) Rabobank 193 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 0.41 DNF Oscar Mason (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi Points 1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 25 pts 2 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 20 3 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 16 4 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 14 5 Tom Steels (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 12 6 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française des Jeux 10 7 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 9 8 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 8 9 Giosuè Bonomi (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 7 10 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 6 11 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 5 12 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 4 13 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Domina Vacanze 3 14 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 2 15 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 1 Sprints S.I. Almagro, km 22 1 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 4 pts 2 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Davitamon - Lotto 2 3 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française des Jeux 1 S.I. Daimiel, km 49,5 1 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 4 pts 2 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française des Jeux 2 3 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1 S.I. La Solana, km 87,1 1 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 4 pts 2 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Davitamon - Lotto 2 3 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française des Jeux 1 Teams 1 Credit Agricole 17.04.27 2 Cofidis, le credit par telephone 3 Rabobank 4 Team Gerolsteiner 5 Bouygues Telecom 6 Lampre - Caffita 7 T- Mobile Team 8 Domina Vacanze 9 Liquigas - Bianchi 10 Saunier Duval - Prodir 11 Phonak Hearing Systems 12 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 13 Quick Step - Innergetic 14 Relax Fuenlabrada 15 La Francaise Des Jeux 16 Davitamon - Lotto 17 Fassa Bortolo 18 Comunidad Valenciana 19 Team CSC 20 Liberty Seguros - Würth Team 21 Euskaltel - Euskadi 22 Illes Balears - Caisse D'Epargne General classification after stage 4 1 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française des Jeux 14.32.01 2 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 0.32 3 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 0.39 4 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 0.41 5 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 6 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Caffita 0.42 7 Unai Yus Kerejeta (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 0.53 8 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 1.02 9 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 1.05 10 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 1.12 11 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 1.17 12 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 1.20 13 David Bernabeu (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 14 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.21 15 Santiago Botero Echeverry (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.23 16 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 1.25 17 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 18 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.28 19 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.29 20 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1.31 21 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 22 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 23 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel 1.32 24 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.33 25 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 26 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel 1.34 27 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 28 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 1.37 29 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic 1.38 30 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 1.39 31 Adolfo Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 32 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 1.41 33 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 34 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 35 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 36 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon - Lotto 1.42 37 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 1.44 38 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic 39 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 40 David Blanco Rodiguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 1.45 41 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel 42 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon - Lotto 43 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.46 44 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile Team 45 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 46 Constantino Zaballa Gutierrez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 47 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.47 48 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 1.51 49 José Antonio Pecharroman Fabian (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic 1.52 50 Moises Dueñas (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 1.53 51 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.54 52 Eladio Jimenez Sanchez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 1.55 53 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick Step - Innergetic 54 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.57 55 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 56 Angel Luis Casero (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 1.59 57 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2.03 58 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Lampre - Caffita 2.04 59 Francisco José Lara (Spa) T-Mobile Team 60 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 2.08 61 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 2.09 62 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC 63 Daniel Atienza Urendez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 2.10 64 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 2.11 65 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC 2.14 66 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 67 Unai Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 2.15 68 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 2.21 69 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2.29 70 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2.30 71 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.35 72 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 2.39 73 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 2.42 74 Jose Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 2.47 75 Joseba Beloki Dorronsoro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 2.49 76 Marcos Antonio Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 2.52 77 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 2.59 78 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 3.28 79 Francisco Pérez (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 3.35 80 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Caffita 3.48 81 Aitor Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 3.55 82 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Crédit Agricole 4.17 83 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel 4.26 84 Luca Solari (Ita) Domina Vacanze 4.36 85 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 4.46 86 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 4.54 87 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 5.55 88 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 6.01 89 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 6.11 90 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 6.13 91 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 6.15 92 Leif Hoste (Bel) Discovery Channel 6.16 93 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas - Bianchi 6.19 94 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel 6.21 95 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 6.22 96 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel 97 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 6.31 98 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 99 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze 100 Juan Manuel Fuentes (Spa) Lampre - Caffita 6.35 101 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 6.44 102 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 7.11 103 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 7.33 104 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 7.47 105 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 7.59 106 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 8.18 107 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 8.19 108 Iban Mayo Diez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8.26 109 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel 8.32 110 José Enrique Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 8.44 111 Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 8.47 112 Freddy Gonzalez (Col) Relax Fuenlabrada 8.55 113 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 8.56 114 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Domina Vacanze 9.12 115 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 9.22 116 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Crédit Agricole 9.28 117 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 9.45 118 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner 9.47 119 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team 9.49 120 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 9.50 121 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Crédit Agricole 9.54 122 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 9.56 123 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 9.59 124 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 10.02 125 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 10.04 126 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 127 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 10.08 128 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Lampre - Caffita 10.10 129 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 10.11 130 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Domina Vacanze 10.13 131 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 132 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 10.17 133 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC 10.19 134 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 10.22 135 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 10.25 136 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 137 Ian McLeod (RSA) Française des Jeux 10.26 138 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 10.28 139 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 10.29 140 Matej Jurco (Svk) Domina Vacanze 10.30 141 Isidro Nozal Vega (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 10.34 142 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 10.38 143 Devis Miorin (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 10.48 144 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 145 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 11.09 146 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas - Bianchi 11.19 147 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 11.41 148 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team CSC 11.42 149 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 11.45 150 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 151 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 11.48 152 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 153 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team 11.49 154 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 11.53 155 Jorge Garcia (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 11.56 156 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team 12.02 157 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française des Jeux 12.06 158 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 12.07 159 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française des Jeux 12.08 160 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 12.13 161 Tom Steels (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 12.14 162 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 12.18 163 Giosuè Bonomi (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 12.19 164 Yohann Gène (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 12.20 165 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 12.21 166 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 12.27 167 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas - Bianchi 168 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 12.29 169 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 12.31 170 Julian Sanchez Pimienta (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 12.32 171 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Domina Vacanze 12.46 172 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Liquigas - Bianchi 12.59 173 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Davitamon - Lotto 13.05 174 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Domina Vacanze 13.12 175 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 13.45 176 Jukka Vastaranta (Fin) Rabobank 13.46 177 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 14.01 178 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner 14.22 179 Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon - Lotto 14.28 180 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française des Jeux 14.31 181 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 14.35 182 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 14.38 183 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 14.44 184 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 14.57 185 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 15.02 186 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 15.15 187 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 15.35 188 Niels Scheuneman (Ned) Rabobank 16.07 189 José Antonio Garrido (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic 16.43 190 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 16.45 191 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas - Bianchi 17.43 192 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 21.00 193 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Française des Jeux 26.38 Points classification 1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 50 pts 2 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française des Jeux 42 3 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 40 4 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 39 5 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 28 6 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 25 7 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 25 8 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 22 9 Tom Steels (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 20 10 Giosuè Bonomi (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 19 11 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 17 12 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Caffita 16 13 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 15 14 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française des Jeux 14 15 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 14 16 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 14 17 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 12 18 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 12 19 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 11 20 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 11 21 Unai Yus Kerejeta (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 10 22 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 10 23 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel 10 24 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 9 25 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 9 Mountains classification 1 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 13 pts 2 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 12 3 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 7 4 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 6 5 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française des Jeux 4 6 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 4 7 Freddy Gonzalez (Col) Relax Fuenlabrada 4 8 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 2 9 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Caffita 1 10 Aitor Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 1 Combination classification 1 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française des Jeux 8 pts 2 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 10 3 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 20 4 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 22 5 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 24 6 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Caffita 27 7 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 52 8 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 65 Teams classification 1 Liberty Seguros - Würth Team 43.39.41 2 Lampre - Caffita 0.07 3 Saunier Duval - Prodir 0.28 4 Comunidad Valenciana 5 Cofidis, le credit par telephone 0.34 6 Illes Balears - Caisse D'Epargne 7 Phonak Hearing Systems 0.35 8 Team CSC 0.38 9 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.40 10 Fassa Bortolo 0.41 11 Bouygues Telecom 0.42 12 Quick Step - Innergetic 0.50 13 Euskaltel - Euskadi 0.54 14 T- Mobile Team 1.32 15 Relax Fuenlabrada 1.40 16 Credit Agricole 2.39 17 Davitamon - Lotto 6.00 18 Team Gerolsteiner 9.51 19 Domina Vacanze 11.02 20 Rabobank 14.52 21 La Francaise Des Jeux 16.19 22 Liquigas - Bianchi 22.45
