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39th Vuelta Ciclista Aragon - 2.2
Spain, April 17-21, 2002
Stage 1 - April 17: Huesca - Cerler, 152 km
Piepoli maintains iBanesto domination
By Martin Hardie, cyclingnews.com correspondent
Italian Leonardo Piepoli of Banesto continued his team's domination of the Spanish tours when he easily took the first stage of the Vuelta a Aragon travelled 152 kms from Huesca to the Pyrenean ski resort of Cerler. Last weeks rash of winter weather that covered the Basque country and northern Spain left its mark with snow covering the higher peaks around the finish. But gone was the hard weather that had dominated the Vuelta a la Pais Vasco.
The stage commenced with an escape at the 12km mark by Astorlaza (Ag2r) and Garrido (Jazztel) who by the 57 km mark had created for themselves a gap of 7 minutes. Over the first categorised climb at Alto de San Roque (75.5kms) Garrido tooks the points from Astorlaza with Latasa (Banesto) with Torrent (Jazztel)3.55 behind.
The race from the decent of the Alto de San Roque to the finish was characterised by
one long steady up hill drag of some 70 odd kms. It was not necessarily an easy coast nevertheless the pair managed to stay away until the lower ramps of the Cerler. Astorlaza taking the intermediate sprint points at Graus (86.2kms)and Benasque (145.5 kms). At the 122km mark they still had a gap to the peloton of 3.40.
It was on the steeper slopes of the Cerler over the last ten kilometres that the race for the stage and maybe G.C. really came alive. This is a five day tour with lots of hills traversing as it does Aragon and the mountains of the Pyrenees. Since the Catalan week the Spanish press have been talking about the new politics at Banesto - no single team leader but a squad full of leaders who can take a race on any day and here in Aragon just like in Pais Vasco and Catalana that new politic seems to be bearing fruit.
As the Cerler steepened and the snow beacme more prominent on the slopes above, Banesto had at least three riders "up there" - last weeks victor, Aitor Osa, Santi Blanco and the Italian Leonardo Piepoli. Only Juan Carlos Dominguez (Phonak)Alexander Shefer (Alessio) could provide any challenge, but in the end simply Piepoli just road all comers off his wheel. His teamate Osa stuck with him into the final kilometre, but in the end Piepoli set a pace that the Basque couldn't follow.
In the end Banesto showed that at the moment they are capable of putting different men on the podium, week in, week out. They are shaping up to be a versatile force to be reckoned with and if the form that we have seen over the last few weeks continues they could prove to be invincible in the national Vuelta in September. Today, Banesto not only took the stage, they have finished with three riders in the top five and they are, as a whole, ideally placed to control this race until the finish on Sunday.
But as always, it is not over until the proverbial fat lady sings and there is a bunch of riders within a minute of Piepoli who could still make a play for G.C. They include Roberto Heras (USPS), the boy - Oscar Sevilla (Kelme),and others like Bingen Fernandez (Cofidis)and Juan Carlos Dominguez (Phonak)who have had some form over the last few weeks. Of note up there at the end on a high mountain finish was the zebra suited Martin Perdiguero (Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo) only 44 seconds behind the winner. His last prominent finsih in Spain was outsprinting Zabel during the Catalan Week. One would have assumed his role here this week was to lead out his boss, Mr Zebra Suit, Cipo, but maybe he wants to show the boss that this climbing business isn't all that hard after all for a sprinter to do!
Results
1 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) iBanesto.com 3.51.12 2 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.29 3 Alexander Shefer (Kza) Alessio 4 Santiago Blanco (Spa) iBanesto.com 0.32 5 Aitor Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 6 M.A. Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 0.44 7 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 8 Eddy Ratti (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 9 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis 10 Cédric Fragniere (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 11 Sebastien Demarbaix (Bel) Ag2r-Prevoyance 0.47 12 Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal Service 13 Kyrylo Pospyeyev (Ukr) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 0.48 14 Roberto Conti (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 15 Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 0.54 16 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) iBanesto.com 17 Fernando Escartin (Spa) Team Coast 18 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis 19 Luis Perez (Spa) Team Coast 1.05 20 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis 21 J.Manuel Vazquez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 1.11 22 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2r-Prevoyance 1.15 23 Christian Charriere (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 24 Gerhard Trampusch (Aut) Mapei-Quick Step 1.19 25 Alvaro Glez. Galdeano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 26 Sergio Perez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 1.23 27 Juan José De Los Angeles (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1.24 28 David Arroyo (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 1.28 29 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis 1.32 30 Bruno Castanheira (Por) L.A.-Pecol 31 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Costa del Almeria 1.36 32 Michael Barry (Can) US Postal Service 33 William Chann McRae (Usa) US Postal Service 34 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) US Postal Service 35 J.Antonio Pecharroman (Spa) Costa del Almeria 36 Xavier Florencio (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 37 David Vazquez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 38 David Cañada (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 39 Pedro Andrade (Por) L.A.-Pecol 1.50 40 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.52 41 Alexandre Grux (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 1.53 42 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis 1.57 43 Joseba Beloki (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 2.03 44 Gorka Beloki (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 45 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio 46 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 47 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Telekom 48 Iker Camaño (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 49 Iñigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2r-Prevoyance 50 Rolf Aldag (Ger) Team Telekom 51 Serguei Smetanine (Rus) Costa del Almeria 52 Andrei Zintchenko (Rus) L.A.-Pecol 2.15 53 David Herrero (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.20 54 Gaizka Lejarreta (Spa) L.A.-Pecol 55 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 2.22 56 Jose Rosa (Por) L.A.-Pecol 2.39 57 Kevin Livingston (Usa) Team Telekom 2.45 58 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) iBanesto.com 59 Miguel Martinez (Fra) Mapei-Quick Step 60 Julen Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.10 61 Antonio Colom (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 3.23 62 Sergio Villamil (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 63 Dylan Casey (Usa) US Postal Service 64 José Luis Martinez (Spa) Costa del Almeria 65 José Javier Gomez Gozalo (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 66 Antonio Cruz (Usa) US Postal Service 67 José Julia (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 68 Juan Guillamon (Spa) Costa del Almeria 69 José Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 70 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 71 Rafael Diaz Justo (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 72 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 73 Kai Hundertmark (Ger) Team Telekom 74 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Mapei-Quick Step 75 Chris Peers (Bel) Cofidis 76 Andreas Klier (Ger) Team Telekom 77 Angel Castresana (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 78 Daniele De Paoli (Ita) Alessio 79 Gustavo Toledo (Arg) Costa del Almeria 80 Andrea Ferrigato (Ita) Alessio 81 Agustín Peña Gago (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 82 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Alessio 83 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 84 Davide Bramati (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 85 Laurent Estadieu (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 3.55 86 Marek Rutkiewicz (Pol) Cofidis 3.59 87 José Angel Vidal (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 4.00 88 Cedrick Loue (Fra) Cofidis 4.13 89 Francisco José Lara (Spa) Team Coast 90 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 4.30 91 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2r-Prevoyance 92 Gorka Gerrikagoitia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.52 93 Aitor Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 94 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 4.56 95 Aitor Garmendia (Spa) Team Coast 5.04 96 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 5.07 97 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 98 Juan Gomis (Spa) L.A.-Pecol 99 Steffan Wesemann (Ger) Team Telekom 100 Jan Schaffrath (Ger) Team Telekom 101 Mario Scirea (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 102 Jaime Hernandez (Spa) Team Coast 103 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Team Coast 104 Stefan Kupfernagel (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 105 Josu Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 106 Matthew White (Aus) US Postal Service 107 Fabrice Gougot (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 108 Yon Bru (Spa) L.A.-Pecol 109 Pablo Lastras (Spa) iBanesto.com 110 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio 111 Jorge Capitan Peregrina (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 112 Endrio Leoni (Ita) Alessio 113 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio 114 Innar Mandoja (Est) Ag2r-Prevoyance 5.45 115 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) iBanesto.com 6.47 116 Thorsten Rund (Ger) Team Coast 117 Rui Pedro Henriques (Por) L.A.-Pecol 118 Isaac Galvez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 119 David Latasa (Spa) iBanesto.com 120 José Garrido (Spa) Costa del Almeria 121 Ivan Herrero (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 6.54 122 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Coast 11.26 123 Sven Teutenberg (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 124 Tomy Kanto (Fin) Costa del Almeria 13.15 Points 1 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) iBanesto.com 25 2 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 20 3 Alexander Shefer (Kza) Alessio 16 4 Santiago Blanco (Spa) iBanesto.com 14 5 Aitor Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 12 6 M.A. Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina To 10 7 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 9 8 Eddy Ratti (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 8 9 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis 7 10 Cédric Fragniere (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 6 11 Sebastien Demarbaix (Bel) Ag2r-Prevoyance 5 12 Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal Service 4 13 Kyrylo Pospyeyev (Ukr) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 3 14 Roberto Conti (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 2 15 Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa) ONCE-Eroski Mountains Alto se San Roque - Cat. 3, km 76 1 José Garrido (Spa) Costa del Almeria 5 pts 2 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2r-Prevoyance 3 3 David Latasa (Spa) iBanesto.com 2 4 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Costa del Almeria 1 Cerler - Cat. 1, km 152 1 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) iBanesto.com 10 pts 2 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 8 3 Alexander Shefer (Kza) Alessio 7 4 Santiago Blanco (Spa) iBanesto.com 6 5 Aitor Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 5 6 M.A. Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina To 4 7 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 3 8 Eddy Ratti (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 2 9 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis 1 Metas volantes Graus - km 86.2 1 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2r-Prevoyance 4 pts 2 José Garrido (Spa) Costa del Almeria 2 3 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Costa del Almeria 1 Benasque - km 145.5 1 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2r-Prevoyance 4 pts 2 José Garrido (Spa) Costa del Almeria 2 3 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Mapei-Quick Step 1 Teams 1 IBanesto.com 11.34.40 2 Acqua & Sapone - Cantina Tollo 1.16 3 Phonak Hearing Systems 1.24 4 Cofidis 1.39 5 Mapei-Quick Step 2.35 6 Once - Eroski 2.37 7 AG2R Prevoyance 2.51 8 US Postal Service 2.55 9 Relax - Fuenlabrada 3.06 10 Jazztel - Costa Almeria 4.11 11 Kelme - Costa Blanca 4.27 12 LA - Pecol 4.33 13 Alessio 4.51 14 Team Coast 5.08 15 Team Deutsche Telekom 5.47 16 Euskaltel - Euskadi 6.18 General classification after stage 1 1 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) iBanesto.com 3.51.12 2 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.29 3 Alexander Shefer (Kza) Alessio 4 Santiago Blanco (Spa) iBanesto.com 0.32 5 Aitor Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 6 M.A. Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 0.44 7 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 8 Eddy Ratti (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 9 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis 10 Cédric Fragniere (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 11 Sebastien Demarbaix (Bel) Ag2r-Prevoyance 0.47 12 Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal Service 13 Kyrylo Pospyeyev (Ukr) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 0.48 14 Roberto Conti (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 15 Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 0.54 16 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) iBanesto.com 17 Fernando Escartin (Spa) Team Coast 18 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis 19 Luis Perez (Spa) Team Coast 1.05 20 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis 21 J.Manuel Vazquez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 1.11 22 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2r-Prevoyance 1.15 23 Christian Charriere (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 24 Gerhard Trampusch (Aut) Mapei-Quick Step 1.19 25 Alvaro Glez. Galdeano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 26 Sergio Perez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 1.23 27 Juan José De Los Angeles (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1.24 28 David Arroyo (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 1.28 29 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis 1.32 30 Bruno Castanheira (Por) L.A.-Pecol 31 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Costa del Almeria 1.36 32 Michael Barry (Can) US Postal Service 33 William Chann McRae (Usa) US Postal Service 34 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) US Postal Service 35 J.Antonio Pecharroman (Spa) Costa del Almeria 36 Xavier Florencio (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 37 David Vazquez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 38 David Cañada (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 39 Pedro Andrade (Por) L.A.-Pecol 1.50 40 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.52 41 Alexandre Grux (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 1.53 42 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis 1.57 43 Joseba Beloki (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 2.03 44 Gorka Beloki (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 45 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio 46 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 47 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Telekom 48 Iker Camaño (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 49 Iñigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2r-Prevoyance 50 Rolf Aldag (Ger) Team Telekom 51 Serguei Smetanine (Rus) Costa del Almeria 52 Andrei Zintchenko (Rus) L.A.-Pecol 2.15 53 David Herrero (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.20 54 Gaizka Lejarreta (Spa) L.A.-Pecol 55 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 2.22 56 Jose Rosa (Por) L.A.-Pecol 2.39 57 Kevin Livingston (Usa) Team Telekom 2.45 58 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) iBanesto.com 59 Miguel Martinez (Fra) Mapei-Quick Step 60 Julen Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.10 61 Antonio Colom (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 3.23 62 Sergio Villamil (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 63 Dylan Casey (Usa) US Postal Service 64 José Luis Martinez (Spa) Costa del Almeria 65 José Javier Gomez Gozalo (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 66 Antonio Cruz (Usa) US Postal Service 67 José Julia (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 68 Juan Guillamon (Spa) Costa del Almeria 69 José Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 70 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 71 Rafael Diaz Justo (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 72 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 73 Kai Hundertmark (Ger) Team Telekom 74 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Mapei-Quick Step 75 Chris Peers (Bel) Cofidis 76 Andreas Klier (Ger) Team Telekom 77 Angel Castresana (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 78 Daniele De Paoli (Ita) Alessio 79 Gustavo Toledo (Arg) Costa del Almeria 80 Andrea Ferrigato (Ita) Alessio 81 Agustín Peña Gago (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 82 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Alessio 83 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 84 Davide Bramati (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 85 Laurent Estadieu (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 3.55 86 Marek Rutkiewicz (Pol) Cofidis 3.59 87 José Angel Vidal (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 4.00 88 Cedrick Loue (Fra) Cofidis 4.13 89 Francisco José Lara (Spa) Team Coast 90 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 4.30 91 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2r-Prevoyance 92 Gorka Gerrikagoitia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.52 93 Aitor Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 94 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 4.56 95 Aitor Garmendia (Spa) Team Coast 5.04 96 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 5.07 97 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 98 Juan Gomis (Spa) L.A.-Pecol 99 Steffan Wesemann (Ger) Team Telekom 100 Jan Schaffrath (Ger) Team Telekom 101 Mario Scirea (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 102 Jaime Hernandez (Spa) Team Coast 103 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Team Coast 104 Stefan Kupfernagel (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 105 Josu Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 106 Matthew White (Aus) US Postal Service 107 Fabrice Gougot (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 108 Yon Bru (Spa) L.A.-Pecol 109 Pablo Lastras (Spa) iBanesto.com 110 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio 111 Jorge Capitan Peregrina (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 112 Endrio Leoni (Ita) Alessio 113 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio 114 Innar Mandoja (Est) Ag2r-Prevoyance 5.45 115 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) iBanesto.com 6.47 116 Thorsten Rund (Ger) Team Coast 117 Rui Pedro Henriques (Por) L.A.-Pecol 118 Isaac Galvez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 119 David Latasa (Spa) iBanesto.com 120 José Garrido (Spa) Costa del Almeria 121 Ivan Herrero (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 6.54 122 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Coast 11.26 123 Sven Teutenberg (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 124 Tomy Kanto (Fin) Costa del Almeria 13.15 Points classification 1 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) iBanesto.com 25 pts 2 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 20 3 Alexander Shefer (Kza) Alessio 16 4 Santiago Blanco (Spa) iBanesto.com 14 5 Aitor Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 12 6 M.A. Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina To 10 7 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 9 8 Eddy Ratti (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 8 9 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2r-Prevoyance 8 10 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis 7 11 Cédric Fragniere (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 6 12 Sebastien Demarbaix (Bel) Ag2r-Prevoyance 5 13 Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal Service 4 14 José Garrido (Spa) Costa del Almeria 4 15 Kyrylo Pospyeyev (Ukr) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 3 16 Roberto Conti (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 2 17 Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 1 18 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Costa del Almeria 1 19 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Mapei-Quick Step 1 Mountains classification 1 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) iBanesto.com 10 pts 2 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 8 3 Alexander Shefer (Kza) Alessio 7 4 Santiago Blanco (Spa) iBanesto.com 6 5 José Garrido (Spa) Costa del Almeria 5 6 Aitor Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 5 7 M.A. Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina To 4 8 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 3 9 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2r-Prevoyance 3 10 Eddy Ratti (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 2 11 David Latasa (Spa) iBanesto.com 2 12 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis 1 13 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Costa del Almeria 1 Teams classification 1 IBanesto.com 11.34.40 2 Acqua & Sapone - Cantina Tollo 1.16 3 Phonak Hearing Systems 1.24 4 Cofidis 1.39 5 Mapei-Quick Step 2.35 6 Once - Eroski 2.37 7 AG2R Prevoyance 2.51 8 US Postal Service 2.55 9 Relax - Fuenlabrada 3.06 10 Jazztel - Costa Almeria 4.11 11 Kelme - Costa Blanca 4.27 12 LA - Pecol 4.33 13 Alessio 4.51 14 Team Coast 5.08 15 Team Deutsche Telekom 5.47 16 Euskaltel - Euskadi 6.18
