Recently on Cyclingnews.com |
 Mont Ventoux Photo ©: Sirotti |
Euskal Bizikleta-Bicicleta Vasca - 2.1
Spain, June 5-9, 2002
Main Page Results Previous stage Next stage
Stage 2 - June 6: Usurbil-Zeanuri, 171.5 km
Zarra Gets the Jertsei Urdina!
By Martin Hardie, cyclingnews.com correspondent
 |
Mikel Zarrabeitia (ONCE) is the new leader in the Euskal-Bizikleta after finishing second in the second stage behind Ukrainian Serguei Outschakov (CCC-Polsat). Zarrabeitia caught Outschakov and his breakaway companion Kyrylo Pospyeyev (Acqua e Sapone) with 8 km to go, after the pair had been away since the 100th kilometre.
One hundred and twenty seven riders set out in the second stage of the Euskal Bizikleta as it left Eibar, the birthplace of that wonderful device, the derailleur today. The green hills of Euskadi were again going to take their toll on the peloton and a few riders wanted to try and get an early break. At the 7 kilometre mark two escapes commenced and they soon came together to be one. But by the first climb of the day, the Alto de Garate, the break was all but neutralised and it was one of its survivors, Kelme's Zaballa who took the honours from the familiar face of Banesto's Santi Blanco.
At the base of the next climb, the Cat 3., Alto de Itziar, a group of 14, including Zarrabeitia (ONCE) and yesterday's protagonist, Kolobnev (Acqua e Sapone), had managed to create a 30 second window between themselves and the peloton. Kolobnev and Ferrara (Alessio) crowned the climb with a slender advantage. However with an active descent by the peloton the escapees were absorbed by the 47 kilometre mark.
The next landmark was when the race reached the Bay of Biscay at Ondarroa (57.7 kms). A group of twenty had managed to get away but behind the peloton was still active with many trying to escape its cover. On entering the picturesque seaside haven of Lekeitio (70 kms), where you can sit back on the beach or in a restaurant and watch the surf boats train for their races, Herrero (Relax), Piccoli (Lampre) and Miorin (Nardi) had a 20 second advantage. The three were still away as the race headed back away from the coast and arrived at the meta volante at Ipazter (76 kms).
Since Lekeitio the course had followed a route parallel to the coast but about a kilometre inland. The country is extremely hilly right up to the coast and within 5 kilometres the escapees were ascending the next categorised climb, Natxitua. At this point they had 36 seconds on a group of 20 pursuers and 1.20 on the peloton. Hererro took the points on the Cat. 3 climb from Piccoli but on the descent this break was again neutralised by the chasing peloton.
After passing through Laida, the race came within sight of one of the most beautiful combinations of sand, river and sea to be found anywhere (if you are in SE Australia - think Malacoota Inlet for example). Here the race headed inland following the course of the Oka river and towards the fabled town of Gernika. Between Laida and Gernika four riders got away: Pospyeyev (Acqua Sapone), Ferrio (Jazztel), Artetxe, (Euskaltel) and Outschakov (CCC). The Ukrainian pair, Pospyeyev and Outschakov soon left their companions behind and commenced what was to be the escape of the day.
They soon headed through Gernika and inland towards the main obstacle of the day, Urkiola. As they covered the hills between Gernika and Durango they had a gap of over 3.00 minutes. Behind the peloton was firmly under the control of ONCE as the yellow outfit readied themselves to set things up for the proximate Subida de Urkiola. Meanwhile the escapees widened their gap to 4.00 minutes at Muniketas (120.9 kms).
As they passed Durango city and through Manaria, the Ukrainians continued to work together. Both Lampre and Euskaltel tried to make their presence felt at the front of the pursuing peloton, but Beloki and his squad were always safely placed close to its head. As they came close to the first ramps Alessio also moved up to challenge ONCE's dominance. But this didn't work either. When the peloton reached the foot of Urkiola the Ukrainians had a gap of 4.06. Within its opening kilometre, Urkiola quickly reaches gradients of 13% and more and the Ukrainians seemed to be feeling the pinch as they wound their 25 tooth rear cogs. Behind, Commando Bizkaia, the local gang were all present and waiting.
Serrano and Zarrabeitia paced Beloki through the middle stages of the climb and around them formed a group of around 15 or so including representatives of Kelme, Euskaltel (Mayo, Laiseka, Artetxe and Etxebarria) and Banesto (Piepoli and Santi Blanco). The Ukrainians' advantage was 2.11 and falling and it seemed that with every second that went by, the pursuers closed another second of the gap.
Nevertheless, the pair managed to cross the top of the climb and past the church and the pub with the world's best bread and headed down to Oxtandio. A minute ten separated them from Fritsch (FDJ) and a minute twenty seven separated the chasers from Zarrabeitia and the remainder of the climbing group.
At Oxtandio the pair were still away with Mayo, Zarrabeitia and Fritsch in hot pursuit. At Oxtandio the course turns to the right and downhill for ten or eleven kilometres towards the town of Dima and Mayo's local patch. The descent is not steep, but it can be slippery and averages around a 5% gradient. Close to Dima the course takes a lefthander, over the last climb of the day and then switches back on itself to the finish.
The group dominated by the animated locals went all out to try and run down the Ukrainians on the descent, slowly but surely pegging back a minute or more by the bottom. As the road started to go up again Mayo and Zarrabeitia were the main instigators, Zarrabeitia was the main beneficiary as he launched an attack that saw him chasing the Ukrainians through the left hand turn and up the ramps of the Lamindano.
The Ukrainians were able to take the Cat 2 points at Lamindano (161.9 kms), but they soon had a new companion in Zarrabeitia. As they descended and headed to the finish line Mayo, was still trying to escape the clutches of the pursuing bunch. But Zarrabeitia wasn't having anything to do with this, and had his head down pulling along the Ukrainians in search of the finish and the overall leader's blue jersey (jertsei urdina).
With 4 kms to go the three carried on their collective work. The gap was 1.45 to the main bunch were Beloki, Olano and Garate sat in behind and out of the running. In between were the other locals and hangers on who had been left behind by Zarrabeitia. The three leaders continued to work together past the final kilometre banner in the streets of Zeanuri.
Through the last corner Zarrabeitia was first wheel. Outschakov was between him and Pospyeyev. Outschakov took a wider line and attacked Zarrabeitia as they apexed the turn. Pospyeyev was left behind and Zarrabeitia tried in vain to get back on to his wheel but he could not by the time the Ukrainian rider crossed the line.
The upshot was on a day with the weather and course home made for the local gang, they were outfoxed for the stage by the work of a pair of young Ukrainians. Outschakov took the stage but it was of the Commando Bizkaia, Zarrabeitia who took the overall lead.
Grouped behind him at 15 seconds are a bunch of contenders for the overall. Amongst the group are a number of the usual suspects including Etxebarria, Piepoli, Azevedo, Rumsas, Bingen Fernandez, Santi Blanco and the youngster, Iban Mayo. The next few days should see a real fight with the Basque contenders trying to ensure that the foreigners, represented by Piepoli, Blanco and Rumsas don't steal the local prize. It will also let us see whether the locals can put an end to Banesto's season long dominance.
Photography
Images by AFP
- Ukrainian Serguei Outschakov (CCC-Polsat) wins the second stage of the Euskal Bizikleta, beating Mikel Zarrabeitia (ONCE-Eroski)
- Ukrainian Serguei Outschakov (CCC-Polsat) sprays champagne after winning the second stage
Results
1 Serguei Outschakov (Ukr) CCC-Polsat 4.31.08 2 Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 3 Kyryl Pospyeyev (Ukr) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 0.04 4 José Javier Gomez Gozalo (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 0.09 5 Martin Elminger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.15 6 Massimiliano Gentili (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 7 Raimondas Rumsas (Ltu) Lampre-Daikin 8 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 9 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) De Nardi-Pasta Montegrappa 10 Marcos Serrano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 11 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 12 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis 13 Ricardo Valdes (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 14 José Azevedo (Por) ONCE-Eroski 15 David Vazquez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 16 Santiago Blanco (Spa) iBanesto.com 17 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 18 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis 19 Rubén Lobato Elvira (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 20 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) iBanesto.com 21 Dmitri Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis 0.23 22 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.39 23 Iker Camaño (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.52 24 M.A. Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Toll 1.28 25 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Alessio 1.29 26 David Cañada (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 27 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 28 Jon Odriozola (Spa) iBanesto.com 29 Sergio Perez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 30 Abraham Olano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 31 Cédric Fragniere (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 32 Fabio Testi (Ita) De Nardi-Pasta Montegrappa 33 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 34 Christian Charriere (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 35 Quintino Rodrigues (Por) CCC-Polsat 36 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 37 José Angel Vidal (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 38 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre-Daikin 39 Raffaele Ferrara (Ita) Alessio 40 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 41 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) iBanesto.com 42 Koldo Gil (Spa) iBanesto.com 43 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) iBanesto.com 44 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Mapei-Quick Step 45 Jose Garrido (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 46 Rui Lavarinhas (Por) Milaneza-MSS 47 Iñaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 48 Mikel Pradera (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 2.02 49 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 50 Joseba Beloki (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 51 Vitoriano Fernandez (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 2.53 52 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 4.39 53 Pedro Cardoso (Por) Milaneza-MSS 4.52 54 Mederic Clain (Fra) Cofidis 7.25 55 Rui Miguel Sousa (Por) Milaneza-MSS 56 Aitor Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 57 Cezary Zamana (Pol) CCC-Polsat 58 Davide Frattini (Ita) Alessio 59 Pablo Fernandez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 60 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) iBanesto.com 61 Pablo Soler Siles (Spa) Mercatone Uno 62 Jorge Capitan Peregrina (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 63 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 64 Juan Miguel Cuenca (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 65 Juan Guillamon (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 66 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) iBanesto.com 67 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) De Nardi-Pasta Montegrappa 7.31 68 Valentino Fois (Ita) Mercatone Uno 7.35 69 Vitali Kokorine (Rus) De Nardi-Pasta Montegrappa 8.44 70 Miguel Martinez (Fra) Mapei-Quick Step 8.45 71 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 72 David Fernandez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 73 Franck Pencole (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 12.56 74 David Derepas (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 75 Marek Rutkiewicz (Pol) Cofidis 76 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 77 Jimmy Casper (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 78 Franck Perque (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 79 Ivan Parra (Col) ONCE-Eroski 80 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 81 Chris Peers (Bel) Cofidis 82 Sergio Villamil (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 83 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 84 Alvaro Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 85 Christophe Mengin (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 86 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 87 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 88 Johan Verstrepen (Bel) Lampre-Daikin 89 Agustín Peña Gago (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 90 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Mercatone Uno 91 Luca De Angeli (Ita) Mercatone Uno 92 Jacek Mickiewicz (Pol) CCC-Polsat 93 Klaus Möller (Den) Milaneza-MSS 94 Matteo Frutti (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 95 Iban Herrero (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 96 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 97 Andre Teteriouk (Kza) CCC-Polsat 98 Dawid Krupa (Pol) CCC-Polsat 99 Radoslaw Romanik (Pol) CCC-Polsat 100 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 101 Oscar Freire (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 102 Andrea Brognara (Ita) Alessio 103 Andrea Ferrigato (Ita) Alessio 104 Matthew Wilson (Aus) La Francaise Des Jeux 105 Jean-Michel Tessier (Fra) Cofidis 106 Igor Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 107 Julian Usano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 108 Martín Garrido (Arg) Relax-Fuenlabrada 109 Aleksandar Nikacevic (Yug) Alessio 110 José Luis Martinez (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 111 Paulo Barroso (Por) Milaneza-MSS 112 Joan Horrach (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 113 Angel Edo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 114 Andrus Aug (Est) De Nardi-Pasta Montegrappa 115 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 116 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis 117 Serguei Smetanine (Rus) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 118 Leandro Navarrete (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 119 Michele Gobbi (Ita) De Nardi-Pasta Montegrappa 120 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) De Nardi-Pasta Montegrappa 121 Devis Miorin (Ita) De Nardi-Pasta Montegrappa 122 Pedro Diaz Lobato (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 123 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 124 Carlos Golbano (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria DNF Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems DNF Denis Bertolini (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems DNF Marco Della Vedova (Ita) Mercatone Uno Points 1 Serguei Outschakov (Ukr) CCC-Polsat 25 pts 2 Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 20 3 Kyryl Pospyeyev (Ukr) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 16 4 José Javier Gomez Gozalo (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 14 5 Martin Elminger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 12 6 Massimiliano Gentili (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 10 7 Raimondas Rumsas (Ltu) Lampre-Daikin 9 8 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8 9 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) De Nardi-Pasta Montegrappa 7 10 Marcos Serrano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 6 11 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5 12 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis 4 13 Ricardo Valdes (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 3 14 José Azevedo (Por) ONCE-Eroski 2 15 David Vazquez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 1 Mountains Garate, Cat. 3 - km 22 1 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 3 pts 2 Santiago Blanco (Spa) iBanesto.com 1 Itziar, Cat. 3 - km 42 1 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 3 pts 2 Raffaele Ferrara (Ita) Alessio 1 Natxitua, Cat, 3 - km 83 1 Iban Herrero (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 3 pts 2 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 1 Urkiola, Cat. 1 - km 140 1 Kyryl Pospyeyev (Ukr) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 10 pts 2 Serguei Outschakov (Ukr) CCC-Polsat 8 3 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 6 4 Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 4 5 Christophe Mengin (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 2 Lamindano, Cat. 2 - km 162 1 Kyryl Pospyeyev (Ukr) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 6 pts 2 Serguei Outschakov (Ukr) CCC-Polsat 4 3 Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 2 Metas volantes Ispaster - km 76 1 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 3 pts 2 Iban Herrero (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 2 3 Devis Miorin (Ita) De Nardi-Pasta Montegrappa 1 Izurtza - km 131.3 1 Serguei Outschakov (Ukr) CCC-Polsat 3 pts 2 Kyryl Pospyeyev (Ukr) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 2 3 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 1 Teams 1 Once - Eroski 2 Acqua & Sapone 3 Cofidis 4 Phonak Hearing Systems 5 Euskaltel - Euskadi 6 IBanesto.com 7 Kelme - Costa Blanca 8 Lampre - Daikin 9 CCC Polsat 10 Relax - Fuenlabrada 11 Jazztel - Costa Almeria 12 Milaneza - MSS 13 De Nardi 14 Alessio 15 Mapei-Quick Step 16 La Francaise Des Jeux 17 Mercatone Uno General classification after stage 2 1 Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 8.37.57 2 Kyryl Pospyeyev (Ukr) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 0.04 3 José Javier Gomez Gozalo (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 0.09 4 Martin Elminger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.15 5 Massimiliano Gentili (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 6 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) De Nardi-Pasta Montegrappa 8 José Azevedo (Por) ONCE-Eroski 9 Raimondas Rumsas (Ltu) Lampre-Daikin 10 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis 11 Marcos Serrano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 12 Santiago Blanco (Spa) iBanesto.com 13 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 14 Rubén Lobato Elvira (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 15 Ricardo Valdes (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 16 David Vazquez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 17 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 18 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) iBanesto.com 19 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis 20 Dmitri Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis 0.23 21 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.39 22 Iker Camaño (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.52 23 M.A. Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Toll 1.28 24 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.29 25 Jon Odriozola (Spa) iBanesto.com 26 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 27 Fabio Testi (Ita) De Nardi-Pasta Montegrappa 28 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 29 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Alessio 30 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) iBanesto.com 31 Abraham Olano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 32 Christian Charriere (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 33 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) iBanesto.com 34 Raffaele Ferrara (Ita) Alessio 35 David Cañada (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 36 Quintino Rodrigues (Por) CCC-Polsat 37 Cédric Fragniere (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 38 José Angel Vidal (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 39 Sergio Perez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 40 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 41 Rui Lavarinhas (Por) Milaneza-MSS 42 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Mapei-Quick Step 43 Koldo Gil (Spa) iBanesto.com 44 Joseba Beloki (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 2.02 45 Mikel Pradera (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 46 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 47 Vitoriano Fernandez (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 2.53 48 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 4.39 49 Pedro Cardoso (Por) Milaneza-MSS 4.52 50 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre-Daikin 4.59 51 Jose Garrido (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5.01 52 Rui Miguel Sousa (Por) Milaneza-MSS 7.25 53 Cezary Zamana (Pol) CCC-Polsat 54 Pablo Fernandez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 55 Juan Guillamon (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 56 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) iBanesto.com 57 Jorge Capitan Peregrina (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 58 Juan Miguel Cuenca (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 59 Pablo Soler Siles (Spa) Mercatone Uno 60 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) iBanesto.com 61 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) De Nardi-Pasta Montegrappa 7.31 62 Vitali Kokorine (Rus) De Nardi-Pasta Montegrappa 8.44 63 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 8.45 64 Miguel Martinez (Fra) Mapei-Quick Step 65 Serguei Outschakov (Ukr) CCC-Polsat 9.54 66 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 10.57 67 Iñaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 11.23 68 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 12.56 69 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Mercatone Uno 70 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) De Nardi-Pasta Montegrappa 71 Ivan Parra (Col) ONCE-Eroski 72 Alvaro Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 73 Aleksandar Nikacevic (Yug) Alessio 74 Dawid Krupa (Pol) CCC-Polsat 75 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 76 Pedro Diaz Lobato (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 77 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis 78 Mederic Clain (Fra) Cofidis 13.08 79 Valentino Fois (Ita) Mercatone Uno 13.18 80 Davide Frattini (Ita) Alessio 17.19 81 Aitor Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 82 Agustín Peña Gago (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 18.39 83 Luca De Angeli (Ita) Mercatone Uno 84 Klaus Möller (Den) Milaneza-MSS 85 Jacek Mickiewicz (Pol) CCC-Polsat 86 Jean-Michel Tessier (Fra) Cofidis 87 Andrea Brognara (Ita) Alessio 88 Oscar Freire (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 89 Igor Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 90 Serguei Smetanine (Rus) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 91 Michele Gobbi (Ita) De Nardi-Pasta Montegrappa 92 Devis Miorin (Ita) De Nardi-Pasta Montegrappa 93 David Derepas (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 22.50 94 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 95 Franck Perque (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 96 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 97 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 98 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 99 Chris Peers (Bel) Cofidis 100 Christophe Mengin (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 101 Radoslaw Romanik (Pol) CCC-Polsat 102 Andre Teteriouk (Kza) CCC-Polsat 103 Iban Herrero (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 104 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 105 Andrus Aug (Est) De Nardi-Pasta Montegrappa 106 Angel Edo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 107 Martín Garrido (Arg) Relax-Fuenlabrada 108 Paulo Barroso (Por) Milaneza-MSS 109 Julian Usano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 110 Joan Horrach (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 111 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 112 Johan Verstrepen (Bel) Lampre-Daikin 24.12 113 Matteo Frutti (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 114 Andrea Ferrigato (Ita) Alessio 115 Matthew Wilson (Aus) La Francaise Des Jeux 116 Leandro Navarrete (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 117 Marek Rutkiewicz (Pol) Cofidis 26.42 118 David Fernandez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 119 Sergio Villamil (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 120 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 121 José Luis Martinez (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 26.42 122 Franck Pencole (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 30.56 123 Jimmy Casper (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 124 Carlos Golbano (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria Points classification 1 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 25 pts 2 Serguei Outschakov (Ukr) CCC-Polsat 25 3 Martin Elminger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 21 4 Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 20 5 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 20 6 Kyryl Pospyeyev (Ukr) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 16 7 M.A. Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 16 8 José Javier Gomez Gozalo (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 14 9 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) De Nardi-Pasta Montegrappa 14 10 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Mercatone Uno 12 11 Massimiliano Gentili (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 11 12 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 10 13 Raimondas Rumsas (Ltu) Lampre-Daikin 9 14 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8 15 Dmitri Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis 8 16 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) De Nardi-Pasta Montegrappa 7 17 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 7 18 Marcos Serrano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 6 19 Jon Odriozola (Spa) iBanesto.com 6 20 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5 21 Pedro Cardoso (Por) Milaneza-MSS 5 22 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis 4 23 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) De Nardi-Pasta Montegrappa 4 24 Ricardo Valdes (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 3 25 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) iBanesto.com 3 Mountains classification 1 Kyryl Pospyeyev (Ukr) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 16 pts 2 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 12 3 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 12 4 Serguei Outschakov (Ukr) CCC-Polsat 12 5 Iñaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 9 6 Jose Garrido (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8 7 Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 6 8 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 6 9 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) iBanesto.com 4 10 Iban Herrero (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 3 11 José Luis Martinez (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 3 12 Raffaele Ferrara (Ita) Alessio 3 13 Mikel Pradera (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 2 14 Christophe Mengin (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 2 15 Santiago Blanco (Spa) iBanesto.com 1 16 Rubén Lobato Elvira (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 1 17 Joseba Beloki (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 1 18 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 1 Metas volantes classification 1 Iñaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6 pts 2 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 4 3 Serguei Outschakov (Ukr) CCC-Polsat 3 4 Kyryl Pospyeyev (Ukr) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 2 5 José Azevedo (Por) ONCE-Eroski 2 6 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 2 7 Iban Herrero (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 2 8 Valentino Fois (Ita) Mercatone Uno 1 9 Michele Gobbi (Ita) De Nardi-Pasta Montegrappa 1 10 Devis Miorin (Ita) De Nardi-Pasta Montegrappa 1 Teams classification 1 Once - Eroski 25.54.21 2 Acqua & Sapone 0.04 3 Cofidis 0.23 4 Phonak Hearing Systems 1.16 5 Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.29 6 IBanesto.com 1.29 7 Kelme - Costa Blanca 2.37 8 Lampre - Daikin 2.43 9 CCC Polsat 8.24 10 Relax - Fuenlabrada 8.39 11 Jazztel - Costa Almeria 8.39 12 Milaneza - MSS 8.44 13 De Nardi 8.45 14 Alessio 9.53 15 Mapei-Quick Step 11.13 16 Mercatone Uno 33.09 17 La Francaise Des Jeux 45.25
