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Euskal Bizikleta-Bicicleta Vasca - 2.1
Spain, June 5-9, 2002
Stage 1 - June 5: Billabona-Usurbil, 163.4 km
Brave win for Horillo after mountains splinter field
By Martin Hardie, cyclingnews.com correspondent
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Mapei's Bizkian rider, Pedro Horrillo, was the winner today in the premier stage of the Euskal Bizikleta conducted over a parcours that traversed the roads of the province of Guipuzcoa. Horillo said after the win that he had decided to attack with the knowledge that his team chief and world champion, Oscar Freire was not to be found within the group of 71 riders who first came to the finish. "I came to work for Freire and including to help him in the sprint, but Oscar didn't have a good day, he didn't come in the front group and I decided to have a go at it." Horillo said that when he attacked, within the last kilometre, he was scared of not having the power to obtain the victory with Inigo Landaluze glued to his wheel, but he recovered his confidence in the triumph when the Euskaltel rider came to work with him.
The day's stage included no less than six categorized climbs within the 160 or so kilometres. The three Cat. 2 and three Cat. 3 climbs served to break up the race so that Freire was not the only one of note to miss finishing in the front group. Others who didn't make it into the select group of 70 included, Juanma Garate (Lampre-Daikin), Igor Flores (Euskaltel-Euskadi), Angel Edo (Milaneza-MSS), Roberto Laiseka (Euskaltel-Euskadi), Oscar Pereiro (Phonak) and Matt Wilson (La Francaise Des Jeux).
Horillo and Landaluze along with the riders of ONCE-Eroski were the main protagonists of the day. But the first was Inaki Isasi (Euskatel) who escaped the peloton for more than 65 kilometres. He was originally hunted by the 21 year old Zebra-suited Russian, Alesandr Kolobnev and later by three riders, Michele (De Nardi), Valentino (Mercatone) and Nikacevic (Alessio) who tried to join the hunt but found themselves caught with an ONCE-led peloton behind and with Isasi and Kolobnev separately positioned ahead. With Beloki firmly placed behind his teamates ONCE pulled the bunch up the slopes of the second Cat. 2 climb of the day the Bidania. At this point with 105 kilometres gone Isasi had a gap on the peloton of 3.30.
Isasi descended the Bidania with a 56 second gap on Kolobnev but he was caught as they commenced the final Cat. 2 climb of the day, the Etumeta. The Russian proved too strong for the Basque who after his time away could not follow for long. As Kolobnev climbed in the rain his advantage on the peloton grew, first it was 56 seconds, then 1.03 and as he came over the top and into the streets of Aizarna and closer to the final climb of the day the Cat. 3, Alto de Meagas he had opened up a window of 1.30.
Kolobnev crowned the final Alto alone and with approximately 40 kilometres to go he commenced a risky descent in order to stay away. The peloton came over the top and commenced a fast and furious pursuit of the Russian. The gap was quickly brought down to 40 seconds and with his desire to keep the wolves at bay Kolobnev unfortunately fell with just 17 kilometres from the finish taking a risky curve. The same curve almost claimed one of his pursuers, Marcus Serrano (ONCE-Eroski) as a victim when he tried to go alone to the finish.
After this unlucky incident and as Acqua & Sapone tried to control things in search of a victory for Martin Perdiguero, the Swiss Phonak rider, Cedric Fragniere and the Dutchman of De Nardi, Remmert Wielinga tried and failed to maintain an escape. Others followed but it was not until the last kilometre that Horillo and Landaluze succeeded in getting away from the vigilance of the zebra train. In the final they finished with bare metres between them and the Sapone sprinter, Perdiguero.
Tomorrow the race heads back towards Bizkaia and includes four mountain primes before arriving in Zeanuri, the most prominent being the monster that looms over the city of Durango, the mighty Urkiola. The premier category effort and home of the Subida Urkiola is situated 32 kilometres from the finish.
Results
1 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 4.06.49 2 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3 M.A. Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 4 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) De Nardi-Pasta Montegrappa 5 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Mercatone Uno 6 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 7 Martin Elminger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 8 Dmitri Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis 9 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 10 Jon Odriozola (Spa) iBanesto.com 11 Pedro Cardoso (Por) Milaneza-MSS 12 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) De Nardi-Pasta Montegrappa 13 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) iBanesto.com 14 Fabio Testi (Ita) De Nardi-Pasta Montegrappa 15 Massimiliano Gentili (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 16 Rui Miguel Sousa (Por) Milaneza-MSS 17 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 18 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 19 Cezary Zamana (Pol) CCC-Polsat 20 Joseba Beloki (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 21 Pablo Fernandez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 22 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 23 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) iBanesto.com 24 Vitoriano Fernandez (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 25 Abraham Olano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 26 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) iBanesto.com 27 Aleksandar Nikacevic (Yug) Alessio 28 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Alessio 29 José Azevedo (Por) ONCE-Eroski 30 Raffaele Ferrara (Ita) Alessio 31 Christian Charriere (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 32 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) De Nardi-Pasta Montegrappa 33 Pedro Diaz Lobato (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 34 Iker Camaño (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 35 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis 36 Jorge Capitan Peregrina (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 37 Santiago Blanco (Spa) iBanesto.com 38 Raimondas Rumsas (Ltu) Lampre-Daikin 39 Mikel Pradera (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 40 Juan Miguel Cuenca (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 41 Marcos Serrano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 42 Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 43 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 44 David Cañada (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 45 Quintino Rodrigues (Por) CCC-Polsat 46 Pablo Soler Siles (Spa) Mercatone Uno 47 Dawid Krupa (Pol) CCC-Polsat 48 José Angel Vidal (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 49 Rui Lavarinhas (Por) Milaneza-MSS 50 Miguel Martinez (Fra) Mapei-Quick Step 51 Rubén Lobato Elvira (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 52 Alvaro Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 53 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 54 Cédric Fragniere (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 55 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 56 Ivan Parra (Col) ONCE-Eroski 57 Sergio Perez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 58 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) iBanesto.com 59 Kyryl Pospyeyev (Ukr) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 60 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 61 David Vazquez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 62 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis 63 Ricardo Valdes (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 64 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Mapei-Quick Step 65 José Javier Gomez Gozalo (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 66 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) iBanesto.com 67 Vitali Kokorine (Rus) De Nardi-Pasta Montegrappa 68 Koldo Gil (Spa) iBanesto.com 69 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis 70 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 71 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems 72 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre-Daikin 3.30 73 Jose Garrido (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 74 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 3.32 75 Jean-Michel Tessier (Fra) Cofidis 5.43 76 Mederic Clain (Fra) Cofidis 77 Luca De Angeli (Ita) Mercatone Uno 78 Klaus Möller (Den) Milaneza-MSS 79 Agustín Peña Gago (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 80 Andrea Brognara (Ita) Alessio 81 Jacek Mickiewicz (Pol) CCC-Polsat 82 Devis Miorin (Ita) De Nardi-Pasta Montegrappa 83 Michele Gobbi (Ita) De Nardi-Pasta Montegrappa 84 Oscar Freire (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 85 Serguei Smetanine (Rus) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 86 Igor Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 87 Valentino Fois (Ita) Mercatone Uno 88 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 9.54 89 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 90 Franck Perque (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 91 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 92 Davide Frattini (Ita) Alessio 93 David Derepas (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 94 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 95 Radoslaw Romanik (Pol) CCC-Polsat 96 Andrus Aug (Est) De Nardi-Pasta Montegrappa 97 Aitor Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 98 Andre Teteriouk (Kza) CCC-Polsat 99 Iñaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 100 Angel Edo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 101 Iban Herrero (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 102 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 103 Paulo Barroso (Por) Milaneza-MSS 104 Joan Horrach (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 105 Serguei Outschakov (Ukr) CCC-Polsat 106 Martín Garrido (Arg) Relax-Fuenlabrada 107 Christophe Mengin (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 108 Julian Usano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 109 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 110 Chris Peers (Bel) Cofidis 111 Andrea Ferrigato (Ita) Alessio 11.16 112 Denis Bertolini (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems 113 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 114 Matthew Wilson (Aus) La Francaise Des Jeux 115 Leandro Navarrete (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 116 Johan Verstrepen (Bel) Lampre-Daikin 117 Matteo Frutti (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 118 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 13.46 119 Marek Rutkiewicz (Pol) Cofidis 120 Marco Della Vedova (Ita) Mercatone Uno 121 Sergio Villamil (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 122 José Luis Martinez (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 123 David Fernandez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 17.57 124 Franck Pencole (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 18.00 125 Jimmy Casper (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 126 Carlos Golbano (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 127 Juan Guillamon (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria DNF David Muñoz (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca DNF Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio DNF Roberto Savoldi (Ita) Mercatone Uno Points 1 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 25 pts 2 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 20 3 M.A. Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tol 16 4 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) De Nardi-Pasta Montegrappa 14 5 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Mercatone Uno 12 6 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 10 7 Martin Elminger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 9 8 Dmitri Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis 8 9 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 7 10 Jon Odriozola (Spa) iBanesto.com 6 11 Pedro Cardoso (Por) Milaneza-MSS 5 12 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) De Nardi-Pasta Montegrappa 4 13 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) iBanesto.com 3 14 Fabio Testi (Ita) De Nardi-Pasta Montegrappa 2 15 Massimiliano Gentili (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Toll 1 Mountains Azkarate - Cat. 2, km 11 1 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 6 pts 2 Jose Garrido (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4 3 Raffaele Ferrara (Ita) Alessio 2 Meagas - Cat. 3, km 42 1 José Luis Martinez (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 3 pts 2 Rubén Lobato Elvira (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 1 Alkiza - Cat. 3, km 89 1 Iñaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3 pts 2 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1 Bidania - Cat. 2, km 105 1 Iñaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6 pts 2 Jose Garrido (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4 3 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2 Etumeta - Cat. 2, km 121 1 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 6 pts 2 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) iBanesto.com 4 3 Mikel Pradera (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 2 Meagas - Cat. 3, km 139 1 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 3 pts 2 Joseba Beloki (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 1 Metas volantes Usurbil - km 61 1 Iñaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3 pts 2 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 2 3 Michele Gobbi (Ita) De Nardi-Pasta Montegrappa 1 Tolosa - km 96.7 1 Iñaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3 pts 2 José Azevedo (Por) ONCE-Eroski 2 3 Valentino Fois (Ita) Mercatone Uno 1 Teams 1 De Nardi 12.20.27 2 Euskaltel - Euskadi 3 IBanesto.com 4 Milaneza - MSS 5 Acqua & Sapone 6 Lampre - Daikin 7 Phonak Hearing Systems 8 Once - Eroski 9 Alessio 10 Mapei-Quick Step 11 Kelme - Costa Blanca 12 Cofidis 13 CCC Polsat 14 Relax - Fuenlabrada 15 Jazztel - Costa Almeria 3.32 16 Mercatone Uno 5.43 17 La Francaise Des Jeux 19.48 General classification after stage 1 1 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 4.06.49 2 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3 M.A. Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 4 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) De Nardi-Pasta Montegrappa 5 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Mercatone Uno 6 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 7 Martin Elminger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 8 Dmitri Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis 9 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 10 Jon Odriozola (Spa) iBanesto.com 11 Pedro Cardoso (Por) Milaneza-MSS 12 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) De Nardi-Pasta Montegrappa 13 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) iBanesto.com 14 Fabio Testi (Ita) De Nardi-Pasta Montegrappa 15 Massimiliano Gentili (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 16 Rui Miguel Sousa (Por) Milaneza-MSS 17 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 18 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 19 Cezary Zamana (Pol) CCC-Polsat 20 Joseba Beloki (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 21 Pablo Fernandez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 22 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 23 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) iBanesto.com 24 Vitoriano Fernandez (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 25 Abraham Olano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 26 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) iBanesto.com 27 Aleksandar Nikacevic (Yug) Alessio 28 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Alessio 29 José Azevedo (Por) ONCE-Eroski 30 Raffaele Ferrara (Ita) Alessio 31 Christian Charriere (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 32 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) De Nardi-Pasta Montegrappa 33 Pedro Diaz Lobato (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 34 Iker Camaño (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 35 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis 36 Jorge Capitan Peregrina (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 37 Santiago Blanco (Spa) iBanesto.com 38 Raimondas Rumsas (Ltu) Lampre-Daikin 39 Mikel Pradera (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 40 Juan Miguel Cuenca (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 41 Marcos Serrano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 42 Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 43 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 44 David Cañada (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 45 Quintino Rodrigues (Por) CCC-Polsat 46 Pablo Soler Siles (Spa) Mercatone Uno 47 Dawid Krupa (Pol) CCC-Polsat 48 José Angel Vidal (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 49 Rui Lavarinhas (Por) Milaneza-MSS 50 Miguel Martinez (Fra) Mapei-Quick Step 51 Rubén Lobato Elvira (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 52 Alvaro Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 53 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 54 Cédric Fragniere (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 55 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 56 Ivan Parra (Col) ONCE-Eroski 57 Sergio Perez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 58 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) iBanesto.com 59 Kyryl Pospyeyev (Ukr) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 60 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 61 David Vazquez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 62 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis 63 Ricardo Valdes (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 64 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Mapei-Quick Step 65 José Javier Gomez Gozalo (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 66 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) iBanesto.com 67 Vitali Kokorine (Rus) De Nardi-Pasta Montegrappa 68 Koldo Gil (Spa) iBanesto.com 69 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis 70 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 71 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems 72 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre-Daikin 3.30 73 Jose Garrido (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 74 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 3.32 75 Jean-Michel Tessier (Fra) Cofidis 5.43 76 Mederic Clain (Fra) Cofidis 77 Luca De Angeli (Ita) Mercatone Uno 78 Klaus Möller (Den) Milaneza-MSS 79 Agustín Peña Gago (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 80 Andrea Brognara (Ita) Alessio 81 Jacek Mickiewicz (Pol) CCC-Polsat 82 Devis Miorin (Ita) De Nardi-Pasta Montegrappa 83 Michele Gobbi (Ita) De Nardi-Pasta Montegrappa 84 Oscar Freire (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 85 Serguei Smetanine (Rus) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 86 Igor Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 87 Valentino Fois (Ita) Mercatone Uno 88 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 9.54 89 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 90 Franck Perque (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 91 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 92 Davide Frattini (Ita) Alessio 93 David Derepas (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 94 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 95 Radoslaw Romanik (Pol) CCC-Polsat 96 Andrus Aug (Est) De Nardi-Pasta Montegrappa 97 Aitor Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 98 Andre Teteriouk (Kza) CCC-Polsat 99 Iñaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 100 Angel Edo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 101 Iban Herrero (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 102 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 103 Paulo Barroso (Por) Milaneza-MSS 104 Joan Horrach (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 105 Serguei Outschakov (Ukr) CCC-Polsat 106 Martín Garrido (Arg) Relax-Fuenlabrada 107 Christophe Mengin (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 108 Julian Usano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 109 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 110 Chris Peers (Bel) Cofidis 111 Andrea Ferrigato (Ita) Alessio 11.16 112 Denis Bertolini (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems 113 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 114 Matthew Wilson (Aus) La Francaise Des Jeux 115 Leandro Navarrete (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 116 Johan Verstrepen (Bel) Lampre-Daikin 117 Matteo Frutti (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 118 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 13.46 119 Marek Rutkiewicz (Pol) Cofidis 120 Marco Della Vedova (Ita) Mercatone Uno 121 Sergio Villamil (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 122 José Luis Martinez (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 123 David Fernandez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 17.57 124 Franck Pencole (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 18.00 125 Jimmy Casper (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 126 Carlos Golbano (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 127 Juan Guillamon (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria Points classification 1 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 25 pts 2 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 20 3 M.A. Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tol 16 4 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) De Nardi-Pasta Montegrappa 14 5 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Mercatone Uno 12 6 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 10 7 Martin Elminger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 9 8 Dmitri Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis 8 9 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 7 10 Jon Odriozola (Spa) iBanesto.com 6 11 Pedro Cardoso (Por) Milaneza-MSS 5 12 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) De Nardi-Pasta Montegrappa 4 13 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) iBanesto.com 3 14 Fabio Testi (Ita) De Nardi-Pasta Montegrappa 2 15 Massimiliano Gentili (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Toll 1 Mountains classification 1 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 9 pts 2 Iñaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 9 3 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 9 4 Jose Garrido (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8 5 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) iBanesto.com 4 6 José Luis Martinez (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 3 7 Raffaele Ferrara (Ita) Alessio 2 8 Mikel Pradera (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 2 9 Joseba Beloki (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 1 10 Rubén Lobato Elvira (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 1 Metas volantes classification 1 Iñaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6 pts 2 José Azevedo (Por) ONCE-Eroski 2 3 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 2 4 Michele Gobbi (Ita) De Nardi-Pasta Montegrappa 1 5 Valentino Fois (Ita) Mercatone Uno 1 Teams classification 1 De Nardi 12.20.27 2 Euskaltel - Euskadi 3 IBanesto.com 4 Milaneza - MSS 5 Acqua & Sapone 6 Lampre - Daikin 7 Phonak Hearing Systems 8 Once - Eroski 9 Alessio 10 Mapei-Quick Step 11 Kelme - Costa Blanca 12 Cofidis 13 CCC Polsat 14 Relax - Fuenlabrada 15 Jazztel - Costa Almeria 3.32 16 Mercatone Uno 5.43 17 La Francaise Des Jeux 19.48
