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39th Vuelta Ciclista Aragon - 2.2
Spain, April 17-21, 2002
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Stage 3 - April 19: Alcorisa - Estación de Valdelinares, 174 km
Caucchioli pulls off a 168 km breakaway
By Martin Hardie, cyclingnews.com correspondent
Alessio's Pietro Caucchioli pulled off the one that every long range lone breakaway artist dreams of when he soloed to victory at the ski station atop the Valdelinares. Leaving the peloton behind at the six kilometre mark he was away for the next 168 kms to take the stage ahead of overall leader and countryman Leonardo Piepoli.
Six kilometres after Caucchioli's escape, a group of three, comprising Gustavo Toledo (Costa del Almeria), Ludovic Turpin (Ag2r-Prevoyance) and Alvaro Gonzalez Galdeano (ONCE-Eroski), decided to commence a pursuit of the Italian. The three managed to gain Caucchioli's wheel at the thirty kilometre mark and at that point had a 2.40 advantage on the peloton.
Into the second hour of the day the first sprint came at Montalban. It was taken by Gonzalez from Caucchioli and Turpin. Over the Cat. 1 climb of San Just, the four had extended their lead to 3.30 and by the Cat. 3 Alto de Aliaga at the 83 km mark the gap had gone out further to 4.40.
Turpin was the first to fall back and was eventually caught by the following bunch at the 152 km mark, whist the remaining three of Caucchioli, Gonzalez and Toledo passed, in that order, the Cat. 3 Puerto de San Rafael at 161 km. However Toledo was to be caught by the peloton on the descent leaving only Caucchioli and Gonzalez to contest the sprint at Virgen de la Vega (163.5 km).
As the climb to the ski station commenced Gonzalez was reeled back in leaving Caucchioli to ascend by himself, and with 6 kms to climb he still had a gap of 1.39 over the peloton. Soon after Gonzalez's capture, De Los Angeles (Kelme) tried to escape and although he managed to get out to 11 seconds he was not allowed to become a threat to those behind. With 5 km to go, they had dwindled to a group of twenty one contenders, including Piepoli, Osa, Shefer, Sevilla, Escartin, Perez and Zarrabeitia.
Zarrabeitia seemed buoyed by the feast of jamon (Spanish ham) he had consumed courtesy of one of the sponsors at the start and he launched an attack but it was quickly neutralized by Sevilla, Perez and Shefer. Ahead Caucchioli had entered the pine forest covering the upper slopes, the sides of the road and shady areas under the tress covered with snow, he had managed by this stage to increase his gap to 1.41.
With the chasing group starting to thin, Osa came from behind and wide on the right hand side of the road and launched a blistering attack, quickly creating a wide open space on the road between him and the others. It was some time before Sevilla, followed by Zarrabietia reacted but they were quickly bridged to by Shefer and the rest of the group. At this stage two of the contenders in the group, Shefer and leader Piepoli both had men up the road.
With four kilometres to go Osa had brought back Caucchioli's advantage to 1.13, behind him there were now 15 or less riders in pursuit. Osa was looking strong as Caucchioli plugged away with the dream still in sight. At three kilometres his lead over Osa was 56 seconds.
Behind, Sevilla tried to make up some ground and the group was now down to six, including along with the boy, Bingen Fernandez, Shefer, Piepoli and Escartin. As Caucchioli passed the two kilometre banner his lead over Osa was down to 39 seconds however by now the group behind him, joined by Moncoutie (Cofidis) who had been in no man's land behind Osa for some time was not too far behind the Itzulia champion.
As the pursuing group closed on Osa, Piepoli attacked and was chased by Shefer, when they caught Osa just past the kilometre to go banner, there was a gap of 37 seconds to the Italian ahead. Bingen Fernandez was hot on the wheels of Piepoli and Shefer as Caucchioli entered the partly snow covered ski station car park and passed between the barriers on his way to the finish line.
With the chasers in sight Caucchioli added the stage to his victories in last years Giro and added one more long range breakaway dream to cycling history. Shefer led out the 'sprint' and Piepoli passed him as they came within the shadow of the banner, they were followed by Fernandez and Osa.
Overall Piepoli remains in prime position but there have been a few changes as others have fallen in and out of the top ten depending on how well they completed the ascent today.
Tomorrow has some mountains early on and a drag race to the end with a flat finish that should suit Zabel or anyone else who feels they can take him on. But don't expect that to be Cipo he could not make the start today, a suspected recurring case of col'phobia or alto'itis that seems to manifest itself malaria-like whenever he faces too many mountain stages.
Results
1 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio 4.43.57 (36.76 km/h) 2 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) iBanesto.com 0.25 3 Alexander Shefer (Kza) Alessio 4 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis 5 Aitor Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 6 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis 0.34 7 Fernando Escartin (Spa) Team Coast 8 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 9 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.46 10 Cédric Fragniere (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.49 11 Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 0.58 12 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2r-Prevoyance 1.10 13 Luis Perez (Spa) Team Coast 1.19 14 Sebastien Demarbaix (Bel) Ag2r-Prevoyance 15 Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal Service 16 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis 17 J.Manuel Vazquez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 18 Juan José De Los Angeles (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 19 Kyrylo Pospyeyev (Ukr) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Toll 1.29 20 Angel Castresana (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 21 Gerhard Trampusch (Aut) Mapei-Quick Step 22 Roberto Conti (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 23 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.37 24 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) iBanesto.com 2.00 25 Sergio Perez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 26 J.Antonio Pecharroman (Spa) Costa del Almeria 27 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Mapei-Quick Step 2.03 28 Eddy Ratti (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 2.03 29 David Arroyo (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 2.05 30 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2r-Prevoyance 2.43 31 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) US Postal Service 32 William Chann McRae (USA) US Postal Service 2.48 33 Michael Barry (Can) US Postal Service 34 Andrei Zintchenko (Rus) L.A.-Pecol 35 Bruno Castanheira (Por) L.A.-Pecol 3.29 36 Pedro Andrade (Por) L.A.-Pecol 37 Santiago Blanco (Spa) iBanesto.com 38 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis 4.04 39 Miguel Martinez (Fra) Mapei-Quick Step 4.07 40 Iñigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2r-Prevoyance 4.08 41 David Cañada (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 4.10 42 Antonio Colom (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 43 Aitor Garmendia (Spa) Team Coast 44 José Javier Gomez Gozalo (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 45 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis 46 Alvaro Glez. Galdeano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 4.42 47 Francisco José Lara (Spa) Team Coast 4.56 48 José Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 49 Daniele De Paoli (Ita) Alessio 5.48 50 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio 51 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Telekom 52 Rolf Aldag (Ger) Team Telekom 53 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Costa del Almeria 54 José Garrido (Spa) Costa del Almeria 55 Serguei Smetanine (Rus) Costa del Almeria 56 Xavier Florencio (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 57 Andrea Ferrigato (Ita) Alessio 7.35 58 Christian Charriere (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 59 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 60 Aitor Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 61 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) iBanesto.com 62 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 63 Gustavo Toledo (Arg) Costa del Almeria 8.26 64 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 9.06 65 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 9.36 66 Rafael Diaz Justo (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 67 David Herrero (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10.58 68 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 11.09 69 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 13.17 70 Iker Camaño (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 15.09 71 José Julia (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 72 Gorka Gerrikagoitia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 73 Alexandre Grux (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 15.18 74 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio 15.38 75 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Alessio 76 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 77 Josu Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 78 M.A. Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantin 18.50 79 Marek Rutkiewicz (Pol) Cofidis 80 Dylan Casey (USA) US Postal Service 81 Jan Schaffrath (Ger) Team Telekom 82 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Team Coast 83 Fabrice Gougot (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 84 Kevin Livingston (USA) Team Telekom 85 Stefan Kupfernagel (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 86 Kai Hundertmark (Ger) Team Telekom 87 Innar Mandoja (Est) Ag2r-Prevoyance 88 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Coast 89 Jaime Hernandez (Spa) Team Coast 90 Joseba Beloki (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 91 José Angel Vidal (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 92 Juan Guillamon (Spa) Costa del Almeria 93 Isaac Galvez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 94 Chris Peers (Bel) Cofidis 95 Andreas Klier (Ger) Team Telekom 96 Davide Bramati (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 97 Mario Scirea (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 98 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 99 José Luis Martinez (Spa) Costa del Almeria 100 Sven Teutenberg (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 21.31 101 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) iBanesto.com 24.01 102 Agustín Peña Gago (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 103 Juan Gomis (Spa) L.A.-Pecol 104 Jose Rosa (Por) L.A.-Pecol 105 Matthew White (Aus) US Postal Service 106 Ivan Herrero (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 107 David Vazquez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 108 Jorge Capitan Peregrina (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 109 David Latasa (Spa) iBanesto.com 110 Pablo Lastras (Spa) iBanesto.com 111 Gaizka Lejarreta (Spa) L.A.-Pecol 112 Laurent Estadieu (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 113 Thorsten Rund (Ger) Team Coast 114 Yon Bru (Spa) L.A.-Pecol DNF Rui Pedro Henriques (Por) L.A.-Pecol DNF Gorka Beloki (Spa) ONCE-Eroski DNS Mario Cipollini (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo DNS Julen Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi DNS Steffan Wesemann (Ger) Team Telekom Points 1 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio 25 pts 2 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) iBanesto.com 20 3 Alexander Shefer (Kza) Alessio 16 4 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis 14 5 Aitor Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 12 6 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis 10 7 Fernando Escartin (Spa) Team Coast 9 8 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 8 9 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 7 10 Cédric Fragniere (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 6 11 Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 5 12 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2r-Prevoyance 4 13 Luis Perez (Spa) Team Coast 3 14 Sebastien Demarbaix (Bel) Ag2r-Prevoyance 2 15 Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal Service 1 Mountains Puerto de Sant Just - Cat. 1, km 58 1 Gustavo Toledo (Arg) Costa del Almeria 10 pts 2 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 8 3 Alvaro Glez. Galdeano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 7 4 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio 6 5 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Costa del Almeria 5 6 José Garrido (Spa) Costa del Almeria 4 7 Iñigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2r-Prevoyance 3 8 David Latasa (Spa) iBanesto.com 2 9 Pablo Lastras (Spa) iBanesto.com 1 Alto de Aliaga - Cat. 3, km 83 1 Gustavo Toledo (Arg) Costa del Almeria 5 pts 2 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 3 3 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio 2 4 Alvaro Glez. Galdeano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 1 Puerto de San Rafael - Cat. 2, km 161 1 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio 7 pts 2 Alvaro Glez. Galdeano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 5 3 Gustavo Toledo (Arg) Costa del Almeria 4 4 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Costa del Almeria 3 5 José Garrido (Spa) Costa del Almeria 2 6 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) iBanesto.com 1 E. Esqui Valdelinares - Cat. 1, km 175 1 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio 10 pts 2 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) iBanesto.com 8 3 Alexander Shefer (Kza) Alessio 7 4 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis 6 5 Aitor Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 5 6 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis 4 7 Fernando Escartin (Spa) Team Coast 3 8 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2 9 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 1 Metas volantes Montalban - km 41.2 1 Alvaro Glez. Galdeano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 4 pts 2 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio 2 3 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 1 Virgen de la Vega - km 163.5 1 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio 4 pts 2 Alvaro Glez. Galdeano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 2 3 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) iBanesto.com 1 Teams 1 Cofidis 14.14.09 2 IBanesto.com 0.32 3 Once - Eroski 2.14 4 AG2R Prevoyance 2.54 5 Mapei-Quick Step 3.17 6 Team Coast 3.45 7 Kelme - Costa Blanca 8 Alessio 3.55 9 US Postal Service 4.32 10 Relax - Fuenlabrada 5.11 11 Phonak Hearing Systems 6.52 12 LA - Pecol 7.28 13 Acqua & Sapone - Cantina Tollo 9.46 14 Jazztel - Costa Almeria 11.18 15 Euskaltel - Euskadi 14.29 16 Team Deutsche Telekom 28.08 General classification after stage 3 1 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) iBanesto.com 12.29.58 2 Alexander Shefer (Kza) Alessio 0.29 3 Aitor Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 0.32 4 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis 0.44 5 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.50 6 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1.01 7 Fernando Escartin (Spa) Team Coast 1.03 8 Cédric Fragniere (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.16 9 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis 1.22 10 Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 1.35 11 Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal Service 1.41 12 Sebastien Demarbaix (Bel) Ag2r-Prevoyance 1.49 13 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2r-Prevoyance 2.00 14 Kyrylo Pospyeyev (Ukr) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 15 Roberto Conti (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 16 Luis Perez (Spa) Team Coast 2.07 17 J.Manuel Vazquez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 2.13 18 Eddy Ratti (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 2.22 19 Gerhard Trampusch (Aut) Mapei-Quick Step 2.23 20 Juan José De Los Angeles (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2.26 21 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) iBanesto.com 2.29 22 Sergio Perez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 2.58 23 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis 2.59 24 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.12 25 David Arroyo (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 3.16 26 J.Antonio Pecharroman (Spa) Costa del Almeria 3.19 27 Santiago Blanco (Spa) iBanesto.com 3.44 28 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) US Postal Service 3.54 29 William Chann McRae (USA) US Postal Service 4.07 30 Michael Barry (Can) US Postal Service 31 Angel Castresana (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 4.27 32 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis 4.33 33 Bruno Castanheira (Por) L.A.-Pecol 4.44 34 Andrei Zintchenko (Rus) L.A.-Pecol 4.46 35 Pedro Andrade (Por) L.A.-Pecol 4.54 36 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Mapei-Quick Step 5.09 37 David Cañada (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 5.29 38 Alvaro Glez. Galdeano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 5.44 39 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis 5.47 40 Iñigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2r-Prevoyance 5.54 41 Miguel Martinez (Fra) Mapei-Quick Step 6.35 42 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Costa del Almeria 6.59 43 Xavier Florencio (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 44 José Javier Gomez Gozalo (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 7.16 45 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Telekom 7.26 46 Rolf Aldag (Ger) Team Telekom 7.34 47 José Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 8.02 48 Christian Charriere (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 8.33 49 Aitor Garmendia (Spa) Team Coast 8.57 50 Francisco José Lara (Spa) Team Coast 9.03 51 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 9.21 52 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) iBanesto.com 9.55 53 Andrea Ferrigato (Ita) Alessio 10.33 54 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10.41 55 Aitor Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 12.02 56 Rafael Diaz Justo (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 12.34 57 David Herrero (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 13.01 58 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 13.14 59 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio 15.53 60 Alexandre Grux (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 16.54 61 Iker Camaño (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 16.55 62 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 17.48 63 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2r-Prevoyance 17.59 64 Antonio Colom (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 18.19 65 Serguei Smetanine (Rus) Costa del Almeria 18.37 66 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio 67 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 19.02 68 M.A. Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantin 19.09 69 Daniele De Paoli (Ita) Alessio 19.57 70 Josu Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 20.20 71 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio 72 Joseba Beloki (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 20.36 73 Davide Bramati (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 21.48 74 Dylan Casey (USA) US Postal Service 21.56 75 Gustavo Toledo (Arg) Costa del Almeria 22.35 76 José Garrido (Spa) Costa del Almeria 23.21 77 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Team Coast 23.32 78 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 79 Stefan Kupfernagel (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 80 Mario Scirea (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 23.40 81 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 23.45 82 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 24.22 83 David Vazquez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 25.20 84 Kai Hundertmark (Ger) Team Telekom 25.38 85 Gaizka Lejarreta (Spa) L.A.-Pecol 26.04 86 Jose Rosa (Por) L.A.-Pecol 26.34 87 José Julia (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 29.18 88 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Alessio 29.47 89 Thorsten Rund (Ger) Team Coast 30.31 90 Gorka Gerrikagoitia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 30.47 91 Kevin Livingston (USA) Team Telekom 32.21 92 José Luis Martinez (Spa) Costa del Almeria 32.59 93 Juan Guillamon (Spa) Costa del Almeria 94 Chris Peers (Bel) Cofidis 95 Andreas Klier (Ger) Team Telekom 96 Marek Rutkiewicz (Pol) Cofidis 33.35 97 José Angel Vidal (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 33.36 98 Jan Schaffrath (Ger) Team Telekom 34.43 99 Fabrice Gougot (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 100 Jaime Hernandez (Spa) Team Coast 101 Innar Mandoja (Est) Ag2r-Prevoyance 35.21 102 Isaac Galvez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 36.23 103 Agustín Peña Gago (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina To 38.10 104 Laurent Estadieu (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 38.42 105 Juan Gomis (Spa) L.A.-Pecol 39.54 106 Pablo Lastras (Spa) iBanesto.com 107 Matthew White (Aus) US Postal Service 108 Yon Bru (Spa) L.A.-Pecol 109 Jorge Capitan Peregrina (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 110 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Coast 41.02 111 David Latasa (Spa) iBanesto.com 41.34 112 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) iBanesto.com 113 Ivan Herrero (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 41.41 114 Sven Teutenberg (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 43.43 Points classification 1 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) iBanesto.com 45 pts 2 Alexander Shefer (Kza) Alessio 32 3 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio 31 4 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 31 5 Aitor Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 24 6 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis 21 7 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 17 8 Cédric Fragniere (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 12 9 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis 10 10 Fernando Escartin (Spa) Team Coast 9 11 Eddy Ratti (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 8 12 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2r-Prevoyance 8 13 Sebastien Demarbaix (Bel) Ag2r-Prevoyance 7 14 Angel Castresana (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 6 15 Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 6 16 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2r-Prevoyance 5 17 Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal Service 5 18 J.Antonio Pecharroman (Spa) Costa del Almeria 4 19 Luis Perez (Spa) Team Coast 3 20 Kyrylo Pospyeyev (Ukr) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Toll 3 21 Gerhard Trampusch (Aut) Mapei-Quick Step 2 22 Roberto Conti (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 2 23 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Mapei-Quick Step 1 Mountains classification 1 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio 29 pts 2 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) iBanesto.com 20 3 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis 17 4 Aitor Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 16 5 Alexander Shefer (Kza) Alessio 14 6 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 10 7 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 9 8 Fernando Escartin (Spa) Team Coast 9 9 Cédric Fragniere (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 7 10 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis 7 11 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis 7 12 Sebastien Demarbaix (Bel) Ag2r-Prevoyance 6 13 Luis Perez (Spa) Team Coast 5 14 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) US Postal Service 5 15 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2r-Prevoyance 3 16 Eddy Ratti (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 2 Most consistent rider classification 1 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) iBanesto.com 4 2 Alexander Shefer (Kza) Alessio 9 3 Aitor Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 12 4 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 16 5 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 19 6 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis 20 7 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis 21 8 Fernando Escartin (Spa) Team Coast 25 9 Cédric Fragniere (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 25 10 Sebastien Demarbaix (Bel) Ag2r-Prevoyance 37 11 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio 37 12 Eddy Ratti (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 45 13 Luis Perez (Spa) Team Coast 48 14 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2r-Prevoyance 61 Teams classification 1 IBanesto.com 37.32.33 2 Cofidis 1.15 3 Once - Eroski 4.19 4 Mapei-Quick Step 5.20 5 AG2R Prevoyance 5.21 6 US Postal Service 7.03 7 Phonak Hearing Systems 7.52 8 Relax - Fuenlabrada 8.01 9 Kelme - Costa Blanca 8.04 10 Alessio 8.14 11 Team Coast 8.29 12 Acqua & Sapone - Cantina Tollo 10.30 13 LA - Pecol 11.45 14 Euskaltel - Euskadi 20.23 15 Jazztel - Costa Almeria 26.16 16 Team Deutsche Telekom 33.39
