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40th Vuelta a Aragon - 2.2
Spain, April 16-20, 2003
Stage 1 - April 16: Huesca - Cerler, 152.2 km
Piepoli back in yellow
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Defending champion Leonardo Piepoli (iBanesto.com) started exactly where he left off in the Tour of Aragon last year: in first spot on the podium after winning the first stage of the 2003 edition. It was in fact Piepoli's third victory in Cerler after also taking this stage in 2001, and the Italian climber is on course to keep the yellow jersey for the next four days.
Piepoli's decisive attack came with three kilometres from the summit of this steep Cat. 1 climb, and he finished with a 20 second advantage over Giro contender Gilberto Simoni (Saeco) and Manuel Beltran (Team Coast). Simoni had managed to stay with Piepoli until the final kilometre, but couldn't follow his compatriot's speed any more and was caught by Beltran. Further down finishing list were Jan Ullrich (39th at 1'34) and Marco Pantani (53rd at 2'07), both of whom are in the early stages of their comebacks.
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The first attack of the race came after 15 kilometres when Phonak's Daniel Schnider accelerated off the front. That caused an immediate reaction in the peloton, and the attacks were continuous until Alessandro Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo) escaped after 61 kilometres. The Italian sprinter was able to obtain an advantage of three and a half minutes over the peloton, which was mainly led by iBanesto, Phonak and Relax-Fuenlabrada. However it was all over for Petacchi just before the foot of the final climb to Celer.
The iBanesto.com riders had been setting a high tempo up to this point, leaving Piepoli with a perfect launching point for his attack. He and the other climbers quickly distanced themselves from the main peloton on the short but steep climb, and in the end only Simoni could hold his wheel. However with 1 km to go Simoni found it to be too much and had to let go, leaving Piepoli to win on his own.
Tomorrow's second stage is from Benasque to Sabiñanigo over 185 kilometres, containing the Cat. 1 climb of Puerto del Serrablo with 50 km to go.
Results
1 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) iBanesto.com 4.00.46 2 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Team Saeco 0.20 3 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Team Coast 4 José Jufre (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 0.29 5 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 0.38 6 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) iBanesto.com 0.48 7 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Milaneza-MSS 8 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 9 Dario Gadeo (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 10 Klaus Möller (Den) Milaneza-MSS 11 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) iBanesto.com 12 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 0.53 13 Christophe Oriol (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 14 Peter Farazjin (Bel) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 15 Txema Del Olmo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 16 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 17 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.59 18 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Team Saeco 19 Alberto Contador (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 1.02 20 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 21 Alberto Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 22 Jon Odriozola (Spa) iBanesto.com 23 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 24 Jesus Maria Manzano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1.07 25 Leonardo Navarrete (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 26 Isidro Nozal (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 27 Eddy Ratti (Ita) Lampre 28 Angel Castresana (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 29 David Bernabeu (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 1.14 30 Santiago Blanco (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 31 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.16 32 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 33 Jonathan Gonzalez (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 34 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) AG2r Prévoyance 35 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 36 Ricardo Valdez (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 37 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) AG2r Prévoyance 38 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 39 Jan Ullrich (Ger) Team Coast 1.24 40 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) iBanesto.com 41 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 42 Iñigo Chaurreau (Spa) AG2r Prévoyance 1.36 43 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.40 44 Francisco José Lara (Spa) Team Coast 1.48 45 Francisco Vila (Spa) Lampre 46 Marcelino Garcia (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 47 Pedro Cardoso (Por) Milaneza-MSS 48 J.Antonio Pecharroman (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 49 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.53 50 Antonio Colom (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 1.55 51 Massimo Codol (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 1.57 52 Laurent Brochard (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 53 Marco Pantani (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 54 Tobias Steinhauser (Ger) Team Coast 55 Pedro Diaz Lobato (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 56 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 57 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 58 Igor Pugaci (Mda) Team Saeco 59 Benjamín Noval (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 60 Juan José De Los Angeles (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 2.10 61 Unai Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 2.12 62 Unai Elorriaga (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 2.17 63 David Herrero (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.36 64 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 65 Sergio Perez (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 2.41 66 Cesar Garcia Calvo (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 67 Ftancisco Gutierrez (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 68 Ivan Herrero (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 69 Daniel Clavero (Spa) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 70 Angel Casero (Spa) Team Coast 2.55 71 Olivier Trastour (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 2.58 72 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Fassa Bortolo 73 Benoit Salmon (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 3.02 74 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 75 Gonçalo Amorim (Por) Milaneza-MSS 3.08 76 Angel Edo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 77 Aitor Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 78 Gorka Gerrikagoitia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 79 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 80 Francisco Cerezo (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 81 David Navas (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 82 Gonzalo Bayarri (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 83 Thierry Loder (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 84 Julen Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 85 Gorka Beloki (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 3.12 86 Josu Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 87 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Lampre 88 Xabier Zandio (Spa) iBanesto.com 3.22 89 Alessio Galletti (Ita) Team Saeco 3.40 90 Michael Albasini (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 3.43 91 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 92 José Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 93 Nicolas Portal (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 3.59 94 Paulo Barroso (Por) Milaneza-MSS 4.14 95 Rafael Diaz Justo (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 4.20 96 Antonio Bucciero (Ita) Team Saeco 4.39 97 Fabiano Fontanelli (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 4.41 98 Roberto Conti (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 99 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 100 Carlos Golbano (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 101 Allan Davis (Aus) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 4.45 102 Nicola Loda (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 5.23 103 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 104 Xavier Tondo (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 105 Didac Cuadros (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 106 Aitor Garmendia (Spa) Team Coast 107 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 108 Mario Manzoni (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 5.26 109 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems 110 Eddy Serri (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 111 Simone Bertoletti (Ita) Lampre 6.02 112 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre 113 Angelo Lopeboselli (Ita) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 114 Milan Kadlec (Cze) Lampre 115 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre 116 Nicola Gavazzi (Ita) Team Saeco 117 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 6.51 118 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 119 Isaac Galvez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 120 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) iBanesto.com 6.53 121 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Team Saeco 122 Jaime Hernandez (Spa) Team Coast 7.55 123 David Fernandez (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 8.35 124 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Lampre 11.22 125 Ivan Quaranta (Ita) Team Saeco 18.40 Points 1 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) iBanesto.com 25 pts 2 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Team Saeco 20 3 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Team Coast 16 4 José Jufre (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 14 5 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 12 6 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) iBanesto.com 10 7 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Milaneza-MSS 9 8 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 8 9 Dario Gadeo (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 7 10 Klaus Möller (Den) Milaneza-MSS 6 11 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) iBanesto.com 5 12 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 4 13 Christophe Oriol (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 3 14 Peter Farazjin (Bel) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 2 15 Txema Del Olmo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 1 Mountains Alto de San Roque - Cat. 3, km 76 1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 5 pts 2 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre 3 3 Jesus Maria Manzano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2 4 Benjamín Noval (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 1 Cerler - Cat. 1, km 152 1 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) iBanesto.com 16 pts 2 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Team Saeco 12 3 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Team Coast 10 4 José Jufre (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 8 5 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 6 6 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) iBanesto.com 4 7 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Milaneza-MSS 3 8 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 2 9 Dario Gadeo (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 1 Sprints Graus, km 86 1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 4 pts 2 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2 3 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre 1 Benasque, Km 145.5 1 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) iBanesto.com 4 pts 2 Santiago Blanco (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 2 3 Eddy Serri (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 1 Teams 1 IBanesto.com 12.03.54 2 Milaneza - MSS 0.53 3 Colchon Relax - Fuenlabrada 1.09 4 Paternina - Costa de Almeria 1.21 5 Kelme - Costa Blanca 1.25 6 Phonak Hearing Systems 1.27 7 Fassa Bortolo 1.35 8 Once - Eroski 1.40 9 Saeco - Longoni Sport 10 AG2R Prevoyance 1.49 11 Team Coast 1.56 12 Labarca-2 Cafe Baque 2.35 13 Cofidis, le credit par telephone 2.50 14 Euskaltel - Euskadi 3.26 15 Lampre 4.31 16 Mercatone Uno 4.59 General classification after stage 1 1 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) iBanesto.com 4.00.36 2 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Team Saeco 0.24 3 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Team Coast 0.26 4 José Jufre (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 0.39 5 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 0.48 6 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) iBanesto.com 0.58 7 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Milaneza-MSS 8 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 9 Dario Gadeo (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 10 Klaus Möller (Den) Milaneza-MSS 11 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) iBanesto.com 12 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 1.03 13 Christophe Oriol (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 14 Peter Farazjin (Bel) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 15 Txema Del Olmo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 16 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 17 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.09 18 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Team Saeco 19 Alberto Contador (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 1.12 20 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 21 Alberto Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 22 Jon Odriozola (Spa) iBanesto.com 23 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 24 Jesus Maria Manzano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1.17 25 Leonardo Navarrete (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 26 Isidro Nozal (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 27 Eddy Ratti (Ita) Lampre 28 Angel Castresana (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 29 Santiago Blanco (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 1.22 30 David Bernabeu (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 1.24 31 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 32 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.26 33 Jonathan Gonzalez (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 34 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) AG2r Prévoyance 35 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 36 Ricardo Valdez (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 37 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) AG2r Prévoyance 38 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 39 Jan Ullrich (Ger) Team Coast 1.34 40 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) iBanesto.com 41 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 42 Iñigo Chaurreau (Spa) AG2r Prévoyance 1.46 43 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.50 44 Francisco José Lara (Spa) Team Coast 1.58 45 Francisco Vila (Spa) Lampre 46 Marcelino Garcia (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 47 Pedro Cardoso (Por) Milaneza-MSS 48 J.Antonio Pecharroman (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 49 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 2.03 50 Antonio Colom (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 2.05 51 Massimo Codol (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 2.07 52 Laurent Brochard (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 53 Marco Pantani (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 54 Tobias Steinhauser (Ger) Team Coast 55 Pedro Diaz Lobato (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 56 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 57 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 58 Igor Pugaci (Mda) Team Saeco 59 Benjamín Noval (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 60 Juan José De Los Angeles (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 2.20 61 Unai Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 2.22 62 Unai Elorriaga (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 2.27 63 David Herrero (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.46 64 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 65 Sergio Perez (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 2.51 66 Cesar Garcia Calvo (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 67 Ftancisco Gutierrez (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 68 Ivan Herrero (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 69 Daniel Clavero (Spa) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 70 Angel Casero (Spa) Team Coast 3.05 71 Olivier Trastour (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 3.08 72 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Fassa Bortolo 73 Benoit Salmon (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 3.12 74 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 75 Gonçalo Amorim (Por) Milaneza-MSS 3.18 76 Angel Edo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 77 Aitor Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 78 Gorka Gerrikagoitia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 79 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 80 Francisco Cerezo (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 81 David Navas (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 82 Gonzalo Bayarri (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 83 Thierry Loder (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 84 Julen Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 85 Gorka Beloki (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 3.22 86 Josu Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 87 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Lampre 88 Xabier Zandio (Spa) iBanesto.com 3.32 89 Alessio Galletti (Ita) Team Saeco 3.50 90 Michael Albasini (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 3.53 91 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 92 José Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 93 Nicolas Portal (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 4.09 94 Paulo Barroso (Por) Milaneza-MSS 4.24 95 Rafael Diaz Justo (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 4.30 96 Antonio Bucciero (Ita) Team Saeco 4.49 97 Fabiano Fontanelli (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 4.51 98 Roberto Conti (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 99 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 100 Carlos Golbano (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 101 Allan Davis (Aus) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 4.55 102 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 5.30 103 Nicola Loda (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 5.33 104 Xavier Tondo (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 105 Didac Cuadros (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 106 Aitor Garmendia (Spa) Team Coast 107 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 108 Eddy Serri (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 5.35 109 Mario Manzoni (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 5.36 110 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems 111 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre 6.11 112 Simone Bertoletti (Ita) Lampre 6.12 113 Angelo Lopeboselli (Ita) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphon 114 Milan Kadlec (Cze) Lampre 115 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre 116 Nicola Gavazzi (Ita) Team Saeco 117 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) iBanesto.com 7.00 118 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 7.01 119 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 120 Isaac Galvez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 121 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Team Saeco 7.03 122 Jaime Hernandez (Spa) Team Coast 8.05 123 David Fernandez (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 8.45 124 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Lampre 11.32 125 Ivan Quaranta (Ita) Team Saeco 18.50 Points classification 1 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) iBanesto.com 25 pts 2 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Team Saeco 20 3 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Team Coast 16 4 José Jufre (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 14 5 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 12 6 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) iBanesto.com 10 7 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Milaneza-MSS 9 8 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 8 9 Dario Gadeo (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 7 10 Klaus Möller (Den) Milaneza-MSS 6 11 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) iBanesto.com 5 12 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 4 13 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) iBanesto.com 4 14 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 4 15 Christophe Oriol (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 3 16 Peter Farazjin (Bel) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 2 17 Santiago Blanco (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 2 18 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2 19 Txema Del Olmo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 1 20 Eddy Serri (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 1 21 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre 1 Mountains classification 1 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) iBanesto.com 16 pts 2 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Team Saeco 12 3 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Team Coast 10 4 José Jufre (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 8 5 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 6 6 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 5 7 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) iBanesto.com 4 8 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Milaneza-MSS 3 9 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre 3 10 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 2 11 Jesus Maria Manzano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2 12 Dario Gadeo (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 1 13 Benjamín Noval (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 1 Combination classification 1 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) iBanesto.com 3 pts 2 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Team Saeco 6 3 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Team Coast 9 4 José Jufre (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 12 5 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 15 6 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) iBanesto.com 19 7 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Milaneza-MSS 22 8 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 26 9 Dario Gadeo (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 30 10 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 120 11 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre 141 Teams classification 1 IBanesto.com 12.03.54 2 Milaneza - MSS 0.53 3 Colchon Relax - Fuenlabrada 1.09 4 Paternina - Costa de Almeria 1.21 5 Kelme - Costa Blanca 1.25 6 Phonak Hearing Systems 1.27 7 Fassa Bortolo 1.35 8 Once - Eroski 1.40 9 Saeco - Longoni Sport 10 AG2R Prevoyance 1.49 11 Team Coast 1.56 12 Labarca-2 Cafe Baque 2.35 13 Cofidis, le credit par telephone 2.50 14 Euskaltel - Euskadi 3.26 15 Lampre 4.31 16 Mercatone Uno 4.59
