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43rd Vuelta al Pais Vasco - 2.HC
Spain, April 7-11, 2003
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Stage 2 - April 8: Legazpia - Plencia, 158 km
Vicioso goes one better, outfoxes Astarloa in sprint
By Chris Henry
In another day of climbing under sunny skies, the peloton finished in a proper bunch sprint today, with ONCE's Angel Vicioso outsprinting Saeco's Igor Astarloa. Despite the constant pace-setting of the Euskaltel-Euskadi team at the head of the peloton, Iban Mayo lost his overall lead to Vicioso. Unlike yesterday when small splits occurred within the bunch, today the principal favourites all remained in contact with the lead group.
A number of short-lived breaks went early in the stage, but it was the duo of Jordi Riera (Kelme) and Hector Guerra (Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada) which managed to make its mark. The pair steadily increased their lead over the third and fourth climbs of the day, the category 3 Morga and category 2 Sollube.
Massimiliano Lelli (Cofidis) was the first to make a bid to bridge the nearly two minute gap to the leaders, and his mission was made easier once he was joined by Saeco's Andrea Tonti. The duo worked steadily to eventually reach the two leaders, eventually doubling the power of the break. The four leaders worked well together, though it was Lelli who showed the greatest drive, frequently urging on his companions. Tonti slid out in a right hand turn while descending, but managed to rejoin the other three after a short chase.
After nearly an hour of steady chasing by the orange guard of Euskaltel-Euskadi, the four leaders were finally pulled back with 15km to go, on one of the many small climbs of the second half of the parcours. Having worked the entire day to set the tempo and slowly neutralise the break, race leader Iban Mayo's teammates, including team captain Roberto Laiseka and David Etxebarria, all but disappeared from the front of the peloton.
The Paternina-Costa de Almeria team took over the tempo, though they were unable to prevent CSC's Michael Blaudzun from attacking on a hill and gaining a small gap with 9km to race. Within a few minutes the Paternina men did pull Blaudzun back, only to have Swiss national champion Alexandre Moos (Phonak) launch his own counter, this time taking a small group. This time, however, the reaction to bring the move back was swift.
Moos tried again shortly after, marked by Davide Rebellin, who persisted with the effort. The peloton remained completely stretched out as riders scrambled for wheels. With 4km to race, at the bottom of a long descent, Cofidis' Lopeboselli tried a well-timed attack which gained him a reasonable gap before he cracked on the next short rise. The attacks continued, as the lack of top sprinters in the race meant few teams were present to take control in the final kilometres. Nonetheless, the peloton was intact with just one kilometre to the line.
Under the red kite, two riders from Saeco set the pace, including fast finisher Igor Astarloa. ONCE's Vicioso tried to surprise Astarloa, who reacted quickly and effectively launched the sprint. Astarloa got the jump and had a bike length on the Vicioso, but faded in the final 30 metres and mi s-timed his bike lunge. Vicioso, second in the race's opening stage, surged ahead and crossed the line victorious, ahead of Astarloa and Alejandro Valverde (Kelme). Although there are no bonus seconds on offer at the Vuelta a Pais Vasco, Vicioso's win puts him in the lead ahead of Mayo, who finished in the same time.
Results
1 Angel Vicioso (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 4.01.45 2 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Team Saeco 3 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 4 Beat Zberg (Swi) Rabobank 5 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 6 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 7 Matthias Kessler (Ger) Team Telekom 8 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 9 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 10 Ellis Rastelli (Ita) Gerolsteiner 11 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 12 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 13 Gianni Faresin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 14 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Team CSC 15 Antonio Colom (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 16 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 17 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 18 Francisco Gutierrez (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 19 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 20 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 21 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 22 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 23 Bobby Julich (USA) Team Telekom 24 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 25 Aitor Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 26 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 27 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) iBanesto.com 28 BenjamÌn Noval (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 29 Marek Rutkiewicz (Pol) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 30 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Lampre 31 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Team Saeco 32 Jon Odriozola (Spa) iBanesto.com 33 Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 34 Patxi Vila (Spa) Lampre 35 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 36 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Team Saeco 37 Cadel Evans (Aus) Team Telekom 38 Marcos Serrano (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 39 Alex Zuelle (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 40 Ivan Basso (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 41 José Azevedo (Por) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 42 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 43 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 44 Denis Menchov (Rus) iBanesto.com 45 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Team Telekom 46 David Lopez (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 47 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank 48 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Lotto-Domo 49 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 50 Alberto Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 51 Udo Bölts (Ger) Gerolsteiner 52 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 53 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Fassa Bortolo 54 Gustavo Otero (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 55 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank 56 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Team Saeco 57 Alexander Shefer (Kaz) Team Saeco 58 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 59 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) iBanesto.com 60 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Lampre 61 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 62 Aitor Kintana (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 63 Carlos Golbano (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 64 Raimondas Rumsas (Ltu) Lampre 65 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 66 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 67 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 68 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 69 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 70 Joseba Beloki (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 71 Sergio Barbero (Ita) Lampre 72 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 73 Dario Gadeo (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 74 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 75 Santiago Blanco (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 76 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) iBanesto.com 77 Gonzalo Bayarri (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 78 Joaquin Lopez (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 79 Iker Camaño (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 80 Xabier Zandio (Spa) iBanesto.com 81 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) iBanesto.com 82 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) Team Telekom 83 J.Manuel Vazquez (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 84 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC 85 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Domo 86 Francisco Palacios (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 87 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 88 Dermot Nally (Irl) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 89 Cristian Gasperoni (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 90 Marco Pantani (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 91 Massimo Codol (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 92 Dmitri Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 93 Ruggero Borghi (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 94 Angelo Lopeboselli (Ita) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 95 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Fassa Bortolo 96 Hector Guerra (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 97 Frederic Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 98 Daniel Clavero (Spa) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 99 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Team Telekom 100 Sylvester Szymyd (Pol) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 101 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 102 Axel Merckx (Bel) Lotto-Domo 103 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 104 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 105 Gustavo Toledo (Arg) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 106 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Team Telekom 107 José Javier Gomez Gozalo (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 108 Mario Aerts (Bel) Team Telekom 109 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 110 Julian Usano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 0.18 111 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 112 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 0.34 113 José Garrido (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 0.47 114 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Domo 0.51 115 Serge Baguet (Bel) Lotto-Domo 116 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.26 117 Roberto Conti (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 2.20 118 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Team Saeco 2.52 119 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Team Saeco 120 Jordi Riera (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 3.19 121 Marcelino Garcia (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 4.24 122 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 4.33 123 Germ·n Nieto (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 124 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Team Saeco 125 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 126 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Lampre 7.25 127 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Lotto-Domo 128 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 129 David Navas (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 130 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 11.23 131 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi Mountains Kanpazar, Cat. 2 1 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 6 pts 2 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 4 3 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) iBanesto.com 2 4 José Garrido (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 1 Muniketa, Cat. 2 1 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 6 2 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Lampre 4 3 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2 4 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1 Morga, Cat. 3 1 Jordi Riera (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 3 2 Hector Guerra (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 2 3 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 1 Sollube, Cat. 2 1 Jordi Riera (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 6 2 Hector Guerra (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 4 3 BenjamÌn Noval (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 2 4 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 1 Metas volantes Armintza, km. 122 1 Hector Guerra (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 3 pts 2 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 2 3 Jordi Riera (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1 Plentzia, km. 130 1 Hector Guerra (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 3 2 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 2 3 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Team Saeco 1 Andrakas, km. 151 1 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 3 2 Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 2 3 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Fassa Bortolo 1 Teams 1 Gerolsteiner 12.05.15 2 Phonak Hearing Systems 3 Euskaltel-Euskadi 4 Team Telekom 5 Saeco 6 Team CSC 7 ONCE-Eroski 8 Kelme-Costa Blanca 9 iBanesto.com 10 Fassa Bortolo 11 Rabobank 12 Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 13 Paternina-Costa de Almeria 14 Labarca-2 Cafe Baque 15 Lampre 16 Cofidis, Le Credit par Telephone 17 Lotto-Domo 18 Mercatone Uno-Scanavino General classification after stage 2 1 Angel Vicioso (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 7.21.51 2 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Team Saeco 3 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 4 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 5 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Team CSC 6 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 9 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 10 Antonio Colom (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 11 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 12 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 13 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 14 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 15 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Lampre 16 Patxi Vila (Spa) Lampre 17 Aitor Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 18 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 19 BenjamÌn Noval (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 20 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Team Telekom 21 Denis Menchov (Rus) iBanesto.com 22 Marcos Serrano (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 23 Alberto Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 24 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Team Saeco 25 Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 26 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Team Saeco 27 Alex Zuelle (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 28 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 29 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Lampre 30 Ivan Basso (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 31 Aitor Kintana (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 32 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 33 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) iBanesto.com 34 Joseba Beloki (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 35 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 36 Santiago Blanco (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 37 Cadel Evans (Aus) Team Telekom 0.15 38 José Azevedo (Por) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 39 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank 40 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Fassa Bortolo 41 Dario Gadeo (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 42 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 0.18 43 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.41 44 Beat Zberg (Swi) Rabobank 45 Francisco Gutierrez (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 46 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 47 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 48 Bobby Julich (USA) Team Telekom 49 Gianni Faresin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 50 Marek Rutkiewicz (Pol) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 51 Matthias Kessler (Ger) Team Telekom 52 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Team Saeco 53 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Lotto-Domo 54 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 55 David Lopez (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 56 Raimondas Rumsas (Ltu) Lampre 57 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 58 Gustavo Otero (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 59 Udo Bölts (Ger) Gerolsteiner 60 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) iBanesto.com 61 Alexander Shefer (Kaz) Team Saeco 62 Dmitri Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 63 Joaquin Lopez (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 64 J.Manuel Vazquez (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 65 Carlos Golbano (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 66 Marco Pantani (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 67 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 68 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 69 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) iBanesto.com 70 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Domo 71 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC 72 Massimo Codol (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 73 Angelo Lopeboselli (Ita) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 74 Hector Guerra (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 75 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 76 Cristian Gasperoni (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 77 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Team Telekom 78 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.20 79 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 80 Iker Camaño (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 81 Ellis Rastelli (Ita) Gerolsteiner 1.36 82 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 83 Jon Odriozola (Spa) iBanesto.com 84 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank 85 Sergio Barbero (Ita) Lampre 86 Francisco Palacios (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 87 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) Team Telekom 88 Gustavo Toledo (Arg) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 89 Axel Merckx (Bel) Lotto-Domo 90 Mario Aerts (Bel) Team Telekom 91 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 1.39 92 Gonzalo Bayarri (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 93 Xabier Zandio (Spa) iBanesto.com 94 Dermot Nally (Irl) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 95 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 96 Frederic Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 97 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 1.46 98 José Javier Gomez Gozalo (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 1.57 99 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.07 100 José Garrido (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 2.26 101 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 2.48 102 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3.43 103 Jordi Riera (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 4.00 104 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Team Saeco 4.12 105 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Domo 4.17 106 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) iBanesto.com 4.22 107 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Fassa Bortolo 108 Ruggero Borghi (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 109 Sylvester Szymyd (Pol) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 110 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 111 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 112 Julian Usano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 4.40 113 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 4.55 114 Daniel Clavero (Spa) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 115 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Team Telekom 116 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 5.14 117 Marcelino Garcia (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 6.00 118 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Team Saeco 6.09 119 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 6.36 120 Serge Baguet (Bel) Lotto-Domo 7.05 121 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 7.10 122 Roberto Conti (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 7.15 123 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Team Saeco 7.47 124 David Navas (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 8.06 125 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 9.28 126 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Lampre 11.13 127 Germ·n Nieto (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 12.42 128 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 12.43 129 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Lotto-Domo 13.39 130 Benoit Salmon (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 14.16 131 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 16.51 132 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 17.59 133 Alexis Rodriguez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 28.42 Mountains classification 1 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 21 pts 2 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) iBanesto.com 13 3 Jordi Riera (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 9 4 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6 5 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 6 6 Hector Guerra (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 6 7 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 6 8 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4 9 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Lampre 4 10 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 4 Metas volantes classification 1 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 6 pts 2 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 6 3 Hector Guerra (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 5 4 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 5 5 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2 6 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Team Telekom 2 7 Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 2 8 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) Team Telekom 1 9 José Garrido (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 1 10 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1 Teams classification 1 Euskaltel-Euskadi 22.05.33 2 Saeco 3 Team CSC 4 ONCE-Eroski 5 Phonak Hearing Systems 6 iBanesto.com 7 Fassa Bortolo 8 Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 9 Lampre 10 Team Telekom 0.56 11 Rabobank 12 Cofidis, Le Credit par Telephone 0.59 13 Kelme-Costa Blanca 1.22 14 Gerolsteiner 15 Labarca-2 Cafe Baque 16 Paternina-Costa de Almeria 1.37 17 Mercatone Uno-Scanavino 2.03 18 Lotto-Domo 2.58
