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86th Volta a Catalunya - PT
Spain, May 15-21, 2006
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Stage 2 - May 16: Cambrils - Cambrils, 156.8 km
Perez hangs on by 12 seconds
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25 year-old Luis Perez Romero, from Andalucía - Paul Versan, has taken his first win as a pro in the second stage of the Volta a Catalunya. Perez made the best of a four man breakaway that went away on the first climb, and was the only rider to survive until the finish, crossing with 12 seconds to spare on the bunch. Caisse d'Epargne sprinter Isaac Galvez won the kick for second, with Thor Hushovd (Credit Agricole) third. The race lead stayed with CSC's Fabian Cancellara, who was a little surprised to keep the white jersey.
"We didn't actually think we'd keep the lead, because there were so many steep climbs in today's stage, so we'd agreed on the fact that we weren't out to defend the jersey," said Team CSC's sports director Kim Andersen on team-csc.com. "At one point they had 11 minutes on the rest of the peloton and everyone was just sitting there waiting for us to reel them in, but we weren't prepared to use up all our energy to do that. Then Caisse d'Epargne went after them and managed to reduce the lead to about five minutes, but they couldn't keep it up, so the gap increased again until Lampre took charge, and in the end Perez was only a few meters ahead."
How it unfolded
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Stage 2 was a hilly 156 km leg starting and finishing in Cambrils. The riders left at 13:20, after observing a minute's silence for Félix Nielfa, a cycling photographer who recently died of a heart attack and a stroke, aged 46.
It didn't take too long before the fast, aggressive tempo produced the first breakaway of the day, with José Alberto Benítez (Saunier Duval), Giovanni Visconti (Team Milram), Claudio Casas (Comunidad Valenciana) and Luis Pérez (Andalucía Paul Versan) attacking on the Alt De La Teixeta (km 21) and getting clear.
After 26 km, the quartet had a handy advantage of five minutes over the main bunch. Benitez was climbing the best, and took the maximum points on all four climbs today, of course winning the mountains jersey in the process. The peloton didn't seem particularly concerned as the gap grew to 11 minutes after 59 km. But the black and red jerseys of Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears commenced the chase, and the leaders slowly, but surely came back.
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After 88 km, it was already down to 6'30, and the peloton had the situation under control, allowing the leaders 6'27 with 40 km to go. Perez and Benitez rode away from their companions on the last climb of the Alt De La Teixeta with just over 30 km to go, still enjoying a 5'42 gap over the top. The chase had been strengthened by Lampre, but it wasn't quite enough to bring back the break.
Perez went solo in the final kilometres to get rid of Benitez, who was absorbed by the fast chasing peloton. But the big bunch couldn't pull back the lone leader, who clung on to win by 12 seconds ahead of Galvez (Caisse d'Epargne) and Hushovd (Credit Agricole).
Tomorrow's third stage between Salou and San Carles de la Ràpita over 176.7 km should be better suited to the sprinters.
Photography
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- Race leader Fabian Cancellara (CSC) before the start
- The peloton rides during stage 2 of the Volta a Catalunya
- The peloton rides during stage 2 of the Volta a Catalunya
- Janez Brajkovic (Discovery Chanel) chugs down some water
- Paco Mancebo (AG2R) has a bite to eat
- Fabian Cancellara (CSC) during stage 2
- Luis Perez (Andalucia-Paul Versan) leads Jose Alberto Benitez (Saunier Duval) on a descent
- Luis Perez (Andalucia-Paul Versan) in a bid for victory
- Luis Perez (Andalucia-Paul Versan) celebrates winning the second stage
- A happy Luis Perez on the podium
- Fabian Cancellara (CSC) kept the leader's jersey
- Fabian Cancellara (CSC) sprays the crowd
Results
1 Luis Perez (Spa) Andalucia-Paul Versan 3.57.14 2 Isaac Galvez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 0.12 3 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 4 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Wurth 5 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Liquigas 6 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 7 Angel Edo (Spa) Andalucia-Paul Versan 8 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Team CSC 9 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 10 Luciano A. Pagliarini (Bra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 11 Roger Hammond (GBr) Discovery Channel 12 Nick Ingels (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 13 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 14 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Liquigas 15 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak Hearing Systems 16 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Liberty Seguros-Wurth 17 Mario De Sarraga (Spa) Relax-Gam 18 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Discovery Channel 19 Jesus Del Nero (Spa) 3 Molinos-Resort 20 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Phonak Hearing Systems 21 Manuel Vazquez (Spa) Andalucia-Paul Versan 22 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 23 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 24 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 25 Carlos Castano (Spa) Kaiku 26 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 27 David Canada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 28 Lars Michaelsen (Den) Team CSC 29 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 30 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Francaise Des Jeux 31 Israel Nunez (Spa) Kaiku 32 Alexei Markov (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 33 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 34 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Kaiku 35 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Credit Agricole 36 Jose Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Gam 37 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 38 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 39 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank 40 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel 41 Juan Jose Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 42 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 43 Alberto Losada (Spa) Kaiku 44 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 45 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 46 Miguel A M.Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 47 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 48 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 49 José A. Pecharroman (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 50 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 51 Ezequiel Mosquera (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 52 Xavier Tondo (Spa) Relax-Gam 53 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step-Innergetic 54 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 55 Raul Garcia (Spa) Relax-Gam 56 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel 57 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel 58 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 59 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quick Step-Innergetic 60 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) Discovery Channel 61 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 62 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Team Milram 63 Sébastien Portal (Fra) Credit Agricole 64 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 65 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 66 Christopher Sutton (Aus) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 67 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 68 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 69 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 70 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 71 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick Step-Innergetic 72 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 73 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Team Milram 74 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 75 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 76 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 77 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Wurth 78 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Wurth 79 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 80 Javier Pascual (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 81 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 82 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 83 Rafael Casero (Spa) 3 Molinos-Resort 84 Adolfo Garcia (Spa) Andalucia-Paul Versan 85 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 86 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 87 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 88 David Navas (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 89 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 90 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 91 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 92 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 93 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 94 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 95 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 96 Joseba Albizu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 97 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 98 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 99 Ruben Oarbeascoa (Spa) Kaiku 100 Jorge Garcia (Spa) Relax-Gam 101 Luis Oliveira (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 102 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 103 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 104 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 105 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 106 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Andalucia-Paul Versan 107 Marco Milesi (Ita) Liquigas 108 Jaume Rovira (Spa) Andalucia-Paul Versan 109 Juan Olmo (Spa) Andalucia-Paul Versan 110 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 111 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) 3 Molinos-Resort 112 Angel Vallejo (Spa) Relax-Gam 113 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 114 Francisco José Lara (Spa) Andalucia-Paul Versan 115 Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 116 Ruben Plaza (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 117 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 118 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Kaiku 119 Steve Morabito (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 120 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agricole 121 Joseba Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 122 Eric Berthou (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 123 Bastiaan Giling (Ned) T-Mobile Team 124 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 125 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 126 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 127 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 128 Niels Scheuneman (Ned) Rabobank 129 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 130 Jordi Riera (Spa) 3 Molinos-Resort 131 David Herrero (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 132 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 133 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 134 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 135 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 136 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 137 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 138 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel 139 Eladio Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Wurth 140 David Blanco (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 141 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 142 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 143 Sergio Dominguez (Spa) 3 Molinos-Resort 144 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 145 José Antonio Lopez (Spa) Kaiku 146 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 147 David H. George (RSA) Relax-Gam 148 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 149 Jesus Hernandez (Spa) Relax-Gam 150 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 151 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros-Wurth 152 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 153 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 154 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 155 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Team Milram 156 David Bernabeu (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 157 Trent Lowe (Aus) Discovery Channel 158 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 159 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 160 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 161 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 162 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 163 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 164 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Wurth 165 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 166 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 167 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 168 Francis Mourey (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 169 Rodrigo Garcia (Spa) Kaiku 170 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 171 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 172 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 173 Jesus Buendia (Spa) 3 Molinos-Resort 174 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 175 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 176 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 177 Michele Gobbi (Ita) Team Milram 178 Ivan Santos (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Wurth 179 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas 0.33 180 Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) Team Milram 1.01 181 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 2.47 182 Claudio José Casas (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 3.11 183 Jose Alberto Benitez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4.02 184 Aketza Pena (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.57 185 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Team Milram 186 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 187 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole 188 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole 13.34 189 Matteo Bonomi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 190 Jukka Vastaranta (Fin) Rabobank 191 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 192 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 193 Isidro Cerrato (Spa) 3 Molinos-Resort 15.00 Points 1 Luis Perez (Spa) Andalucia-Paul Versan 25 pts 2 Isaac Galvez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 20 3 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 16 4 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Wurth 14 5 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Liquigas 12 6 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 10 7 Angel Edo (Spa) Andalucia-Paul Versan 9 8 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Team CSC 8 9 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 7 10 Luciano A. Pagliarini (Bra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 6 11 Roger Hammond (GBr) Discovery Channel 5 12 Nick Ingels (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 4 13 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 3 14 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Liquigas 2 15 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak Hearing Systems 1 Mountains Alt De La Teixeta - Cat. 2, km 21,70 1 Jose Alberto Benitez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 10 pts 2 Claudio José Casas (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 7 3 Luis Perez (Spa) Andalucia-Paul Versan 5 4 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Team Milram 3 5 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 2 6 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1 Alt De Porrera - Cat. 3, km 33,10 1 Jose Alberto Benitez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 6 pts 2 Luis Perez (Spa) Andalucia-Paul Versan 4 3 Claudio José Casas (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 2 4 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Team Milram 1 Alt De Fatxes - Cat. 2, km 70,80 1 Jose Alberto Benitez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 10 pts 2 Luis Perez (Spa) Andalucia-Paul Versan 7 3 Claudio José Casas (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 5 4 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Team Milram 3 5 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 2 6 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1 Alt De La Teixeta - Cat. 2, km 123,40 1 Jose Alberto Benitez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 10 pts 2 Luis Perez (Spa) Andalucia-Paul Versan 7 3 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Team Milram 5 4 Claudio José Casas (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 3 5 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 2 6 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1 Metas Volantes Falset, km 37,80 1 Luis Perez (Spa) Andalucia-Paul Versan 3 pts 2 Jose Alberto Benitez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2 3 Claudio José Casas (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 1 Duesaigues, km 117,20 1 Luis Perez (Spa) Andalucia-Paul Versan 3 pts 2 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Team Milram 2 3 Jose Alberto Benitez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1 Teams 1 Andalucia-Paul Versan 11.52.06 2 Liquigas 0.12 3 Credit Agricole 4 Discovery Channel 5 Phonak Hearing Systems 6 Saunier Duval-Prodir 7 Team CSC 8 Kaiku 9 Davitamon-Lotto 10 Liberty Seguros-Wurth 11 Relax-Gam 12 Bouygues Telecom 13 Team Milram 14 C.D'EPARGNE-ILLES BALEARS 15 Comunidad Valenciana 16 Quick Step-Innergetic 17 Gerolsteiner 18 Lampre-Fondital 19 T-Mobile Team 20 Francaise Des Jeux 21 Euskaltel-Euskadi 22 3 Molinos-Resort 23 Rabobank 24 AG2R Prevoyance 25 Cofidis General classification after stage 2 1 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 4.12.21 2 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 0.03 3 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel 4 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak Hearing Systems 5 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.05 6 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 0.08 7 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 0.09 8 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 0.10 9 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 0.11 10 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 11 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 12 David Canada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.12 13 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 14 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 0.13 15 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.15 16 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Team CSC 0.17 17 Juan Jose Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.19 18 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 19 Miguel A M.Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.20 20 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 0.21 21 Alexei Markov (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 22 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.23 23 Ruben Plaza (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 24 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 25 Jesus Del Nero (Spa) 3 Molinos-Resort 0.24 26 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 0.26 27 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 28 Xavier Tondo (Spa) Relax-Gam 0.27 29 Isaac Galvez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 30 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 0.29 31 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 0.30 32 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 33 José A. Pecharroman (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 0.31 34 David Herrero (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 35 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Wurth 36 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 0.32 37 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 0.33 38 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 39 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros-Wurth 0.34 40 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 0.35 41 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 42 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 43 Mario De Sarraga (Spa) Relax-Gam 0.36 44 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 45 David Navas (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 46 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Wurth 0.38 47 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 48 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Francaise Des Jeux 0.40 49 Roger Hammond (GBr) Discovery Channel 0.41 50 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 51 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Kaiku 52 David Blanco (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 53 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 0.42 54 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 55 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.43 56 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 57 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 58 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank 59 Trent Lowe (Aus) Discovery Channel 0.44 60 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 0.45 61 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 62 Alberto Losada (Spa) Kaiku 63 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 0.46 64 Jorge Garcia (Spa) Relax-Gam 65 Carlos Castano (Spa) Kaiku 66 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 0.47 67 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 68 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Wurth 69 Niels Scheuneman (Ned) Rabobank 70 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 0.48 71 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 72 Eladio Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Wurth 73 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 0.49 74 Eric Berthou (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 75 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Liquigas 76 Rodrigo Garcia (Spa) Kaiku 77 Bastiaan Giling (Ned) T-Mobile Team 0.50 78 Jaume Rovira (Spa) Andalucia-Paul Versan 79 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step-Innergetic 80 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Kaiku 81 Javier Pascual (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 82 Ezequiel Mosquera (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 0.51 83 David H. George (RSA) Relax-Gam 84 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 85 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Andalucia-Paul Versan 86 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.52 87 Luis Perez (Spa) Andalucia-Paul Versan 88 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 89 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 0.53 90 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 91 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 92 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 93 Steve Morabito (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 94 Angel Vallejo (Spa) Relax-Gam 0.54 95 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agricole 96 Jordi Riera (Spa) 3 Molinos-Resort 0.55 97 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.56 98 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 99 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 100 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 101 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 102 Lars Michaelsen (Den) Team CSC 0.57 103 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel 104 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 105 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Liberty Seguros-Wurth 0.58 106 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel 107 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Team Milram 0.59 108 Jose Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Gam 1.00 109 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 110 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 111 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quick Step-Innergetic 112 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 113 David Bernabeu (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 1.01 114 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 115 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) 3 Molinos-Resort 116 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 1.02 117 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 118 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel 1.03 119 Rafael Casero (Spa) 3 Molinos-Resort 120 Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 121 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 122 Francisco José Lara (Spa) Andalucia-Paul Versan 1.04 123 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 124 Luis Oliveira (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 125 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 1.05 126 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Discovery Channel 127 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.06 128 Marco Milesi (Ita) Liquigas 129 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Liquigas 1.07 130 José Antonio Lopez (Spa) Kaiku 131 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 132 Francis Mourey (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 1.08 133 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.09 134 Raul Garcia (Spa) Relax-Gam 135 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 1.11 136 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 1.12 137 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Wurth 1.13 138 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 139 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Credit Agricole 140 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 1.14 141 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 142 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.15 143 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 1.16 144 Michele Gobbi (Ita) Team Milram 1.17 145 Christopher Sutton (Aus) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 1.18 146 Ivan Santos (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Wurth 147 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.19 148 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 149 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Team Milram 150 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 1.20 151 Adolfo Garcia (Spa) Andalucia-Paul Versan 1.21 152 Luciano A. Pagliarini (Bra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 153 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick Step-Innergetic 154 Jesus Hernandez (Spa) Relax-Gam 1.22 155 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 156 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 1.23 157 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 158 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 1.24 159 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 160 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 1.25 161 Ruben Oarbeascoa (Spa) Kaiku 1.26 162 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas 1.27 163 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 1.28 164 Juan Olmo (Spa) Andalucia-Paul Versan 165 Jesus Buendia (Spa) 3 Molinos-Resort 166 Manuel Vazquez (Spa) Andalucia-Paul Versan 1.30 167 Nick Ingels (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1.32 168 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 1.34 169 Angel Edo (Spa) Andalucia-Paul Versan 170 Joseba Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.35 171 Israel Nunez (Spa) Kaiku 172 Sergio Dominguez (Spa) 3 Molinos-Resort 1.36 173 Joseba Albizu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.37 174 Sébastien Portal (Fra) Credit Agricole 175 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Team Milram 1.38 176 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 1.40 177 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 1.41 178 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) Discovery Channel 179 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 1.47 180 Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) Team Milram 2.03 181 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 3.47 182 Claudio José Casas (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 4.41 183 Jose Alberto Benitez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5.13 184 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Team Milram 5.36 185 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole 5.54 186 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6.30 187 Aketza Pena (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6.50 188 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole 13.55 189 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 14.06 190 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 14.16 191 Matteo Bonomi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 14.37 192 Jukka Vastaranta (Fin) Rabobank 14.42 193 Isidro Cerrato (Spa) 3 Molinos-Resort 15.45 Points classification 1 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 25 pts 2 Luis Perez (Spa) Andalucia-Paul Versan 25 3 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 20 4 Isaac Galvez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 20 5 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 18 6 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel 16 7 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak Hearing Systems 15 8 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Wurth 14 9 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 12 10 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Liquigas 12 11 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 10 12 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 10 13 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 9 14 Angel Edo (Spa) Andalucia-Paul Versan 9 15 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 8 16 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Team CSC 8 17 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 7 18 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 7 19 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 6 20 Luciano A. Pagliarini (Bra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 6 21 David Canada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5 22 Roger Hammond (GBr) Discovery Channel 5 23 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 4 24 Nick Ingels (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 4 25 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 3 Mountains classification 1 Jose Alberto Benitez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 36 pts 2 Luis Perez (Spa) Andalucia-Paul Versan 23 3 Claudio José Casas (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 17 4 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Team Milram 12 5 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 3 6 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 2 7 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 2 8 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1 9 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1 Metas Volantes classification 1 Luis Perez (Spa) Andalucia-Paul Versan 6 pts 2 Jose Alberto Benitez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3 3 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Team Milram 2 4 Claudio José Casas (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 1 Memorial Cañardo-Tro.UFEC 1 Xavier Tondo (Spa) Relax-Gam 2 Isaac Galvez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 3 Alberto Losada (Spa) Kaiku 4 Jaume Rovira (Spa) Andalucia-Paul Versan 5 Jordi Riera (Spa) 3 Molinos-Resort Teams classification 1 Team CSC 12.37.22 2 Phonak Hearing Systems 3 Gerolsteiner 0.28 4 C.D'EPARGNE-ILLES BALEARS 0.34 5 Davitamon-Lotto 1.07 6 Discovery Channel 1.09 7 Rabobank 1.12 8 T-Mobile Team 9 Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.14 10 Comunidad Valenciana 1.16 11 Credit Agricole 1.21 12 Liberty Seguros-Wurth 1.24 13 AG2R Prevoyance 14 Relax-Gam 1.30 15 Francaise Des Jeux 1.32 16 Bouygues Telecom 1.33 17 Liquigas 1.41 18 Team Milram 1.43 19 Euskaltel-Euskadi 20 Lampre-Fondital 1.48 21 Kaiku 1.53 22 Quick Step-Innergetic 1.57 23 3 Molinos-Resort 24 Cofidis 2.08 25 Andalucia-Paul Versan 2.14
