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39th Vuelta Ciclista Aragon - 2.2
Spain, April 17-21, 2002
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Stage 5 - April 21: Monreal del Campo - Zaragoza, 155 km
Piepoli victory heralds Banesto renaissance
By Martin Hardie, Cyclingnews correspondent
In a rewrite of the 2000 edition Giovanni Lombardi (Acqua & Sapone) took the final stage victory and his compatriot Leonardo Piepoli (Banesto) the overall tour victory.
Today there were no attempts at long range victories and the peloton rode as one into the streets of Zaragoza where the stage finished with three five-kilometre laps. It was during these circuits of the city that a number of riders attempted escapes, but none came to anything in the end. Earlier Jazztel's Toledo took the only mountain prime for the day ensuring his victory in the mountains jersey. Heading into Zaragoza both Kelme and Banesto controlled the head of the race with Banesto yet again keeping their leader in prime position near the front and out of the winds.
During the final fifteen kilometres several riders, such as Ferrigato (Alessio), Weigelus (Mapei), Castresana (Once-Eroski) and Lagona (Relax) tried to escape but all could only manage to dangle solo or in two and threes, four or five seconds ahead of the following bunch. As the riders came under the banner for the final lap bell there appeared a bit of jostling for position with Osa, and the boy - Sevilla, being eventually moved out of the way by Aqua Sapone.
With two kilometres to go the zebra suits were one, two, three, four, with Zabel tucked in nicely behind number four, Lombardi. At one kilometre Lombardi still had two team mates in front of him and that old familiar feeling of Zabel behind. The finish was preceded by a left hand corner which again provided the platform for a bit of jostling as riders tried one final time to move to the front before the finish. Through the corner and with some 400 or 500 metres to the banner Lombardi put his nose into the wind and started his charge for the line. It seemed like the inevitable would happen as Zabel wound it up behind his old lead out man. But Lombardi hung on and took the sprint - the photo revealing and depending on the angle, a tyre width, a half a hub or an ergo lever in it.
After the race Lombardi, who lives in Madrid, announced his pleasure in not repeating his loss to Zabel of a few days earlier and his intention to work for Cipollini for stage victories in the coming Giro d'Italia.
But this week has been Banesto's as has every one of the last three. The squad now seems to be emerging from the post-Indurain doldrums where it has been becalmed for so long. Now with their new politics of a team of leaders for many an occasion they are definitely on a roll.
Piepoli for one in the post race interview claimed, smiling, that "the Vuelta a Aragon is my race, because in the last five occasions I have ridden it, my worst position has been fourth, plus I have won it twice! ... In this edition we had two high finishes and they were different for me, because in Cerler I attacked with the intent of creating an advantage, meanwhile on the ascent of the Valdelinares, I limited myself to check my rivals, what is more, they are two distinct types of mountains."
Piepoli went on to add that he liked this race "because it has good mountain stages and it has no time trial." Piepoli was joined on the podium by his team mates to be awarded the team's prize and as a measure of the feeling in the team at present, they all stayed with him while he was dressed in yellow for the final time this week and obtained amongst other prizes a large juicy leg of jamon. After the podium formalities he praised the "excellent" work of his team mates: "I was worried about the wind in this race but my team mates worked and did a phenomenal job so I could be calm". The Swiss born Italian concluded that his victory definitely allowed him to forget the 2001 season were he went without victory and which he considered "very bad".
Results
1 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 3.44.48 2 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Telekom 3 Isaac Galvez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 4 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Team Coast 5 Stefan Kupfernagel (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 6 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2r-Prevoyance 7 Ivan Herrero (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 8 Serguei Smetanine (Rus) Costa del Almeria 9 Gerhard Trampusch (Aut) Mapei-Quick Step 10 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Coast 11 Xavier Florencio (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 12 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 13 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio 14 Innar Mandoja (Est) Ag2r-Prevoyance 15 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Costa del Almeria 16 Angel Castresana (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 17 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 18 Alexander Shefer (Kza) Alessio 19 José Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 20 Michael Barry (Can) US Postal Service 21 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) iBanesto.com 22 Rolf Aldag (Ger) Team Telekom 23 William Chann McRae (USA) US Postal Service 24 Jaime Hernandez (Spa) Team Coast 25 Rafael Diaz Justo (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 26 David Cañada (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 27 Gorka Gerrikagoitia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 28 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) US Postal Service 29 Aitor Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 30 Pablo Lastras (Spa) iBanesto.com 31 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 32 Bruno Castanheira (Por) L.A.-Pecol 33 Sebastien Demarbaix (Bel) Ag2r-Prevoyance 34 Kyrylo Pospyeyev (Ukr) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 35 Eddy Ratti (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 36 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 37 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis 38 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis 39 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis 40 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis 41 Jose Rosa (Por) L.A.-Pecol 42 M.A. Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 43 Antonio Colom (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 44 Gustavo Toledo (Arg) Costa del Almeria 45 Marek Rutkiewicz (Pol) Cofidis 46 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) iBanesto.com 47 Christian Charriere (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 48 J.Antonio Pecharroman (Spa) Costa del Almeria 49 Fernando Escartin (Spa) Team Coast 50 Kevin Livingston (USA) Team Telekom 51 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 52 J.Manuel Vazquez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 53 José Javier Gomez Gozalo (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 54 Cédric Fragniere (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 55 Andrea Ferrigato (Ita) Alessio 56 Dylan Casey (USA) US Postal Service 57 Alexandre Grux (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 58 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2r-Prevoyance 59 Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 0.11 60 Roberto Conti (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 61 Luis Perez (Spa) Team Coast 62 Miguel Martinez (Fra) Mapei-Quick Step 63 Mario Scirea (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 64 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 65 Iñigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2r-Prevoyance 66 Davide Bramati (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 67 Andrei Zintchenko (Rus) L.A.-Pecol 68 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Mapei-Quick Step 69 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis 70 Josu Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 71 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 72 Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal Service 73 José Julia (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 74 Sergio Perez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 75 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 76 Pedro Andrade (Por) L.A.-Pecol 77 Juan Guillamon (Spa) Costa del Almeria 78 Jorge Capitan Peregrina (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 79 Gaizka Lejarreta (Spa) L.A.-Pecol 80 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) iBanesto.com 81 Fabrice Gougot (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 82 David Arroyo (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 83 Aitor Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 84 José Angel Vidal (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 85 David Herrero (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 86 Kai Hundertmark (Ger) Team Telekom 87 Daniele De Paoli (Ita) Alessio 88 Alvaro Glez. Galdeano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 89 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) iBanesto.com 90 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio 91 David Vazquez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 92 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 93 Joseba Beloki (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 94 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio 95 Agustín Peña Gago (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 96 Aitor Garmendia (Spa) Team Coast 97 Francisco José Lara (Spa) Team Coast 98 Laurent Estadieu (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 99 José Garrido (Spa) Costa del Almeria 100 David Latasa (Spa) iBanesto.com 101 Santiago Blanco (Spa) iBanesto.com 102 José Luis Martinez (Spa) Costa del Almeria 103 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 104 Thorsten Rund (Ger) Team Coast 0.25 105 Juan Gomis (Spa) L.A.-Pecol DNS Iker Camaño (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems DNS Chris Peers (Bel) Cofidis Points 1 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 25 pts 2 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Telekom 20 3 Isaac Galvez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 16 4 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Team Coast 14 5 Stefan Kupfernagel (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 12 6 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2r-Prevoyance 10 7 Ivan Herrero (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 9 8 Serguei Smetanine (Rus) Costa del Almeria 8 9 Gerhard Trampusch (Aut) Mapei-Quick Step 7 10 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Coast 6 11 Xavier Florencio (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 5 12 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4 13 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio 3 14 Innar Mandoja (Est) Ag2r-Prevoyance 2 15 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Costa del Almeria 1 Mountains Alto de Retascon - Cat. 3, km 49 1 Gustavo Toledo (Arg) Costa del Almeria 5 pts 2 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 3 3 José Luis Martinez (Spa) Costa del Almeria 2 4 Pablo Lastras (Spa) iBanesto.com 1 Metas volantes Daroca - km 42.5 1 M.A. Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina To 4 pts 2 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio 2 3 Miguel Martinez (Fra) Mapei-Quick Step 1 Zaragoza - km 140 1 Andrei Zintchenko (Rus) L.A.-Pecol 4 pts 2 José Angel Vidal (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2 3 David Latasa (Spa) iBanesto.com 1 Teams 1 Team Coast 11.14.24 2 Mapei-Quick Step 3 Once - Eroski 4 Kelme - Costa Blanca 5 AG2R Prevoyance 6 Jazztel - Costa Almeria 7 US Postal Service 8 Team Deutsche Telekom 9 Acqua & Sapone - Cantina Tollo 10 IBanesto.com 11 Alessio 12 Phonak Hearing Systems 13 Relax - Fuenlabrada 14 Cofidis 15 Euskaltel - Euskadi 0.11 16 LA - Pecol Final general classification 1 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) iBanesto.com 19.59.29 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 0.53 7 Fernando Escartin (Spa) Team Coast 1.03 8 Cédric Fragniere (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.08 9 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis 1.14 10 Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 1.38 11 Sebastien Demarbaix (Bel) Ag2r-Prevoyance 1.41 12 Kyrylo Pospyeyev (Ukr) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 1.52 13 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2r-Prevoyance 2.00 14 Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal Service 15 J.Manuel Vazquez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 2.05 16 Roberto Conti (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 2.11 17 Eddy Ratti (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 2.22 18 Gerhard Trampusch (Aut) Mapei-Quick Step 2.23 19 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) iBanesto.com 2.29 20 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis 2.59 21 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.04 22 J.Antonio Pecharroman (Spa) Costa del Almeria 3.11 23 Sergio Perez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 3.17 24 David Arroyo (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 3.19 25 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) US Postal Service 3.54 26 William Chann McRae (USA) US Postal Service 3.59 27 Michael Barry (Can) US Postal Service 28 Angel Castresana (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 4.20 29 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis 4.33 30 Bruno Castanheira (Por) L.A.-Pecol 4.36 31 Andrei Zintchenko (Rus) L.A.-Pecol 4.57 32 Pedro Andrade (Por) L.A.-Pecol 5.13 33 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Mapei-Quick Step 5.20 34 David Cañada (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 5.29 35 Luis Perez (Spa) Team Coast 5.52 36 Iñigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2r-Prevoyance 6.05 37 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis 6.06 38 Miguel Martinez (Fra) Mapei-Quick Step 6.38 39 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Costa del Almeria 6.59 40 Xavier Florencio (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 41 Alvaro Glez. Galdeano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 7.03 42 José Javier Gomez Gozalo (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 7.16 43 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Telekom 7.26 44 Rolf Aldag (Ger) Team Telekom 7.34 45 José Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 8.02 46 Christian Charriere (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 8.33 47 Aitor Garmendia (Spa) Team Coast 9.08 48 Francisco José Lara (Spa) Team Coast 9.22 49 Santiago Blanco (Spa) iBanesto.com 10.00 50 Andrea Ferrigato (Ita) Alessio 10.50 51 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 10.59 52 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 11.17 53 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) iBanesto.com 11.22 54 Rafael Diaz Justo (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 12.42 55 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 13.06 56 Aitor Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 13.29 57 David Herrero (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 14.20 58 Alexandre Grux (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 16.54 59 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio 17.39 60 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2r-Prevoyance 18.07 61 Antonio Colom (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 18.27 62 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 18.32 63 Serguei Smetanine (Rus) Costa del Almeria 18.37 64 M.A. Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina T 19.09 65 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 20.08 66 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio 20.23 67 Daniele De Paoli (Ita) Alessio 20.25 68 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio 20.37 69 Josu Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 21.02 70 Davide Bramati (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 21.52 71 Joseba Beloki (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 21.55 72 Dylan Casey (USA) US Postal Service 21.56 73 Gustavo Toledo (Arg) Costa del Almeria 22.43 74 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Team Coast 23.32 75 Stefan Kupfernagel (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 76 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 77 Mario Scirea (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 23.43 78 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 24.04 79 José Garrido (Spa) Costa del Almeria 24.48 80 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 24.50 81 Kai Hundertmark (Ger) Team Telekom 26.20 82 Jose Rosa (Por) L.A.-Pecol 26.42 83 José Julia (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 30.45 84 David Vazquez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 31.36 85 Gorka Gerrikagoitia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 32.03 86 Gaizka Lejarreta (Spa) L.A.-Pecol 32.20 87 Kevin Livingston (USA) Team Telekom 32.52 88 José Luis Martinez (Spa) Costa del Almeria 33.39 89 Marek Rutkiewicz (Pol) Cofidis 33.43 90 Juan Guillamon (Spa) Costa del Almeria 34.26 91 José Angel Vidal (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 35.22 92 Innar Mandoja (Est) Ag2r-Prevoyance 35.29 93 Thorsten Rund (Ger) Team Coast 35.45 94 Jaime Hernandez (Spa) Team Coast 35.59 95 Fabrice Gougot (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 36.10 96 Isaac Galvez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 36.31 97 Agustín Peña Gago (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 38.43 98 Laurent Estadieu (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 40.09 99 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Coast 41.10 100 Pablo Lastras (Spa) iBanesto.com 43.16 101 David Latasa (Spa) iBanesto.com 43.20 102 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) iBanesto.com 45.07 103 Jorge Capitan Peregrina (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 46.18 104 Juan Gomis (Spa) L.A.-Pecol 46.32 105 Ivan Herrero (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 47.54 Points classification 1 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Telekom 59 pts 2 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) iBanesto.com 50 3 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 45 4 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Team Coast 40 5 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 38 6 Davide Bramati (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 36 7 M.A. Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina To 36 8 Angel Castresana (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 34 9 Alexander Shefer (Kza) Alessio 34 10 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio 31 11 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis 26 12 Stefan Kupfernagel (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 26 13 Aitor Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 25 14 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2r-Prevoyance 23 15 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis 21 16 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 17 17 Isaac Galvez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 16 18 Santiago Blanco (Spa) iBanesto.com 15 19 Gerhard Trampusch (Aut) Mapei-Quick Step 15 20 Serguei Smetanine (Rus) Costa del Almeria 12 21 Cédric Fragniere (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 12 22 Josu Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10 23 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 10 24 Fernando Escartin (Spa) Team Coast 9 25 Ivan Herrero (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 9 Mountains classification 1 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Costa del Almeria 30 pts 2 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio 29 3 Gustavo Toledo (Arg) Costa del Almeria 24 4 José Garrido (Spa) Costa del Almeria 24 5 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) iBanesto.com 20 6 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 18 7 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis 17 8 Aitor Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 16 9 Alexander Shefer (Kza) Alessio 14 10 Alvaro Glez. Galdeano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 13 11 Angel Castresana (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 12 12 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 10 13 David Latasa (Spa) iBanesto.com 10 14 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 9 15 Fernando Escartin (Spa) Team Coast 9 16 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 8 17 Davide Bramati (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 8 18 Cédric Fragniere (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 7 19 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis 7 20 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis 7 21 Sebastien Demarbaix (Bel) Ag2r-Prevoyance 6 22 Santiago Blanco (Spa) iBanesto.com 6 23 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) US Postal Service 5 24 Luis Perez (Spa) Team Coast 5 25 Bruno Castanheira (Por) L.A.-Pecol 4 Most consistent rider classification 1 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) iBanesto.com 8 pts 2 Alexander Shefer (Kza) Alessio 20 3 Aitor Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 24 4 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 24 5 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis 27 6 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 34 7 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis 38 8 Fernando Escartin (Spa) Team Coast 46 9 Cédric Fragniere (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 47 10 Angel Castresana (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 47 11 Sebastien Demarbaix (Bel) Ag2r-Prevoyance 62 12 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio 71 13 Eddy Ratti (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 77 14 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Costa del Almeria 77 15 Alvaro Glez. Galdeano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 85 16 Santiago Blanco (Spa) iBanesto.com 89 17 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 91 18 Davide Bramati (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 93 19 J.Antonio Pecharroman (Spa) Costa del Almeria 97 20 M.A. Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina T 97 21 Luis Perez (Spa) Team Coast 102 22 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2r-Prevoyance 119 23 José Garrido (Spa) Costa del Almeria 124 24 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio 126 25 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) iBanesto.com 141 26 David Latasa (Spa) iBanesto.com 166 Teams classification 1 IBanesto.com 60.01.06 2 Cofidis 1.07 3 Once - Eroski 4.12 4 Mapei-Quick Step 5.13 5 AG2R Prevoyance 5.21 6 US Postal Service 6.55 7 Phonak Hearing Systems 7.44 8 Relax - Fuenlabrada 7.53 9 Kelme - Costa Blanca 7.56 10 Team Coast 8.29 11 Alessio 8.48 12 Acqua & Sapone - Cantina Tollo 10.30 13 LA - Pecol 11.56 14 Euskaltel - Euskadi 21.30 15 Jazztel - Costa Almeria 26.08 16 Team Deutsche Telekom 34.02
