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49th Vuelta Andalucía "Ruta Ciclista del Sol" - 2.3
Spain, February 16-20, 2003
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Stage 3 - February 18: Sevilla - Lucena, 166.6 km
Kelme charge to the top in Andalucia
By Jeff Jones
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Proving again that a solid team is just as important as having a few star riders, Kelme-Costa Blanca has taken a strong grip on the overall lead in the second Spanish race of the season, Vuelta a Andalucia. Vicente Belda's green and white clad men today finished first and third in what is likely to be the decisive stage in the five day event.
First to the top of the Category 1 climb of Santuario de la Virgen de Araceli was Javier Pascual Llorente, who finished eight seconds clear of Gerolsteiner's Davide Rebellin and thus took the leader's jersey by a similar margin. In third, providing some excellent backup for Kelme in the two remaining stages was Alejandro Valverde, who also won the Challenge Illes Balears.
The third stage from Sevilla to Lucena (166 km) started in rainy, foggy conditions but at such a high speed that the peloton was split into three groups after 16 km, with race leader Oscar Freire (Rabobank) in the third group. With 60 riders in the front group there was little chance of the gaps being closed, especially was the average speed was 48.5 km/h in the first hour.
After 70 km of hard racing, the leading group again split into three, although 20 km later it managed to reform into a bunch of 45, now 4'00 in front of Freire's group. In two hours, the leaders had covered an incredible 100 kilometres and there were no signs of a let up.
An impressive ride by Santi Blanco (Relax Fuenlabrada) saw him bridge the gap between the second and first groups, joining the leaders after 134 km just as the road began to climb. With 12 km to go, an attack by Guerra (Relax Fuenlabrada), Aldag (Telekom), Cabello (Kelme) and Sánchez Segado (Paternina) managed to gain a handful of seconds, but was caught in a couple of kilometres.
Rafael Casero (Paternina Costa Almería) won the second Meta Volante at the base of the final climb (km 160) and from then on it was a sprint to the top of the 880m high Alto Santuario Nuestra Señora de Araceli. Juan Antonio Flecha (iBanesto) was the first to attack, before being overtaken by Cabello (Kelme) and then Pascual Llorente (Kelme). The latter stayed away on his own to win the stage and take the lead, with a fast finishing Rebellin in second place followed by Valverde.
Tomorrow's stage 4 takes the riders on a moderately hilly journey from Cabra to Jaén, which shouldn't present too many problems to the Kelme boys.
Results
1 Javier Pascual Llorente (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 3.33.25 (46.838 km/h) 2 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 0.08 3 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 0.09 4 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) ONCE-Eroski 5 José Iván Gutiérrez Palacios (Spa) iBanesto.com 0.16 6 Francisco Cabello Luque (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 0.18 7 Luca Paolini (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon 0.20 8 Andrea Noe (Ita) Alessio 0.21 9 Mikel Zarrabeitia Uranga (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 10 Javier Pascual Rodríguez (Spa) iBanesto.com 0.27 11 Juan Carlos Domínguez Domínguez (Spa) Phonak Hearing System 12 Samuel Sánchez González (Spa) Euskatel-Euskadi 0.36 13 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 0.39 14 Juan A Flecha Giannoni (Spa) iBanesto.com 1.03 15 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 1.15 16 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 17 Héctor Guerra (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 1.24 18 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon 1.28 19 Benjamín Noval González (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 1.31 20 Rafael Casero Moreno (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almería 1.33 21 Denis Lunghi (Ita) Alessio 1.39 22 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick Step-Davitamon 23 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Telekom 1.45 24 Iker Flores Galarza (Spa) Euskatel-Euskadi 1.51 25 Domingo Sánchez Segado (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almería 1.56 26 Santiago Blanco Gil (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 2.10 27 Rolf Aldag (Ger) Team Telekom 4.11 28 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) Team Telekom 29 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon 30 Axel Merckx (Bel) Lotto-Domo 31 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 32 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 33 Johan Museeuw (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon 34 Hans De Clercq (Bel) Lotto-Domo 5.45 35 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank 36 Andreas Klier (Ger) Team Telekom 5.59 37 Robert Hunter (RSA) Rabobank 6.35 38 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 39 Isaac Gálvez López (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 40 Alberto Vinale (Ita) Alessio 6.51 41 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio 6.54 42 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio 43 José L Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) iBanesto.com 9.23 44 David Latasa Lasa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 45 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 9.39 46 Bobby Julich (USA) Team Telekom 20.27 47 Iván Ramiro Parra Pinto (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 48 José Luis Martínez Jiménez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almería 49 Julen Fernández Bijandi (Spa) Euskatel-Euskadi 50 José Luis Rebollo Aguado (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 51 Manuel Beltrán Martínez (Ger) Coast 52 Olivier Trastour (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 53 Luis Pasamontes Rodríguez (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 54 Aitor Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) iBanesto.com 55 Gorka Beloki Dorronsoro (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 56 Iñigo Chaurreau Bernárdez (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 57 David López García (Spa) Labarca-2 Café Baqué 58 Udo Bölts (Ger) Gerolsteiner 59 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 60 Gustavo Mario Toledo (Arg) Paternina-Costa De Almería 61 Francisco José Lara Ruiz (Spa) Coast 62 Gustavo Otero Gómez (Spa) Labarca-2 Café Baqué 63 David Plaza Romero (Spa) Coast 64 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Alessio 65 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) iBanesto.com 66 Angel Castresana Del Val (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 67 Óscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 68 Pedro Horrillo Muñoz (Spa) Quick Step-Davitamon 69 José Javier Gómez Gozalo (Spa) Labarca-2 Café Baqué 70 Luis Pérez Rodríguez (Spa) Coast 71 Allan Davis (Aus) ONCE-Eroski 72 Joaquin Rodríguez Oliver (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 73 Xavier Tondo Volpini (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almería 74 Unai Etxebarria Arana (Ven) Euskatel-Euskadi 75 Daniel Becke (Ger) Coast 76 Koldo Gil Pérez (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 77 César García Calvo (Spa) Labarca-2 Café Baqué 78 Lander Euba Ziarrusta (Spa) Euskatel-Euskadi 79 Josu Silloniz Aresti (Spa) Euskatel-Euskadi 80 Jan Schaffrath (Ger) Team Telekom 81 Óscar Freire Gómez (Spa) Rabobank 82 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 83 Carlos Ramón Golbano García (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almerí 84 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick Step-Davitamon 85 Michael Albasini (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 86 Juan M Cuenca Martínez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 87 Stéphane Berges (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 88 José A López Gil (Spa) iBanesto.com 89 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon 90 Aitor Kintana Zarate (Spa) Labarca-2 Café Baqué 91 Juan Carlos Guillamón Ruiz (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almería 92 Santiago Pérez Fernández (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 93 Jaime Hernández Bertrán (Spa) Coast 94 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 95 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Rabobank 20.42 96 Julien Laidoun (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 97 Serge Baguet (Bel) Lotto-Domo 98 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Gerolsteiner 99 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Gerolsteiner 100 Carlos García Quesada (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 101 Kai Hundertmarck (Ger) Team Telekom 102 Francisco Cerezo Perales (Spa) Labarca-2 Café Baqué 103 David Etxebarria Alkorta (Spa) Euskatel-Euskadi 104 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Domo 105 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Alessio 106 Rafael Mateos Pérez (Spa) iBanesto.com 107 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Domo 108 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Lotto-Domo 109 Glenn d'Hollander (Bel) Lotto-Domo 110 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 111 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems 112 Gonzalo Bayarri Esteve (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 20.51 113 David Navas Chica (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 20.52 114 Rene Haselbacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 20.54 115 Carlos Torrent Tarres (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almería 20.57 116 Raffaele Ferrara (Ita) Alessio 21.01 117 Erki Pütsep (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 21.03 118 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Gerolsteiner 21.05 119 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 21.07 120 Gian Matteo Fagnini (Ita) Team Telekom 21.12 121 Unai Elorriaga Zubiaur (Spa) Labarca-2 Café Baqué 21.22 122 Marcelino García Alonso (Spa) Labarca-2 Café Baqué 21.59 123 David Fernández Domingo (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 23.10 124 Sven Teutenberg (Ger) Coast 23.48 125 Ángel L. Casero Moreno (Spa) Coast DNS Leon Van Bon (Ned) Lotto-Domo Points 1 Javier Pascual Llorente (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 25 pts 2 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 20 3 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 16 4 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) ONCE-Eroski 14 5 José Iván Gutiérrez Palacios (Spa) iBanesto.com 12 6 Francisco Cabello Luque (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 10 7 Luca Paolini (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon 9 8 Andrea Noe (Ita) Alessio 8 9 Mikel Zarrabeitia Uranga (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 7 10 Javier Pascual Rodríguez (Spa) iBanesto.com 6 11 Juan Carlos Domínguez Domínguez (Spa) Phonak Hearing System 5 12 Samuel Sánchez González (Spa) Euskatel-Euskadi 4 13 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 3 14 Juan A Flecha Giannoni (Spa) iBanesto.com 2 15 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 1 Mountains Ntra. Sra. Araceli - Cat. 1, km 166.6 (finish) 1 Javier Pascual Llorente (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 10 pts 2 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 8 3 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 6 4 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) ONCE-Eroski 4 5 José Iván Gutiérrez Palacios (Spa) iBanesto.com 2 6 Francisco Cabello Luque (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1 Metas volantes El Rubio - km 108.1 1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon 3 pts 2 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick Step-Davitamon 2 3 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Telekom 1 Lucena - km 160.5 1 Rafael Casero Moreno (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almería 3 pts 2 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2 3 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon 1 Teams 1 Kelme-Costa Blanca 10.40.42 2 iBanesto.com 1.19 3 Quick Step-Davitamon 3.00 4 Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 3.43 5 Alessio 8.24 6 Team Telekom 9.40 7 Ag2R Prevoyance 11.06 8 Rabobank 13.40 9 ONCE-Eroski 20.30 10 Euskatel-Euskadi 22.27 11 Paternina-Costa De Almería 23.29 12 Gerolsteiner 26.43 13 Lotto-Domo 30.11 14 Phonak Hearing Systems 40.54 15 Coast 1.00.54 16 Labarca-2 Café Baqué General classification after stage 3 1 Javier Pascual Llorente (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 12.24.43 2 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 0.08 3 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 0.09 4 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) ONCE-Eroski 5 José Iván Gutiérrez Palacios (Spa) iBanesto.com 0.16 6 Luca Paolini (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon 0.18 7 Francisco Cabello Luque (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 8 Andrea Noe (Ita) Alessio 0.21 9 Mikel Zarrabeitia Uranga (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 10 Javier Pascual Rodríguez (Spa) iBanesto.com 0.27 11 Juan Carlos Domínguez Domínguez (Spa) Phonak Hearing System 12 Samuel Sánchez González (Spa) Euskatel-Euskadi 0.36 13 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 0.39 14 Juan A Flecha Giannoni (Spa) iBanesto.com 1.03 15 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 1.15 16 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 17 Héctor Guerra (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 1.24 18 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon 1.28 19 Benjamín Noval González (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 1.31 20 Rafael Casero Moreno (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almería 1.33 21 Denis Lunghi (Ita) Alessio 1.39 22 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick Step-Davitamon 23 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Telekom 1.43 24 Iker Flores Galarza (Spa) Euskatel-Euskadi 1.51 25 Domingo Sánchez Segado (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almería 1.56 26 Santiago Blanco Gil (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 2.30 27 Rolf Aldag (Ger) Team Telekom 4.11 28 Johan Museeuw (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon 29 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 30 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 31 Hans De Clercq (Bel) Lotto-Domo 5.45 32 Andreas Klier (Ger) Team Telekom 5.59 33 Isaac Gálvez López (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 6.33 34 Robert Hunter (RSA) Rabobank 6.52 35 David Latasa Lasa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 9.23 36 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon 11.12 37 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) Team Telekom 38 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank 12.46 39 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 13.36 40 Axel Merckx (Bel) Lotto-Domo 15.12 41 José L Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) iBanesto.com 16.24 42 Alberto Vinale (Ita) Alessio 19.41 43 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio 19.44 44 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio 45 Óscar Freire Gómez (Spa) Rabobank 20.25 46 Josu Silloniz Aresti (Spa) Euskatel-Euskadi 20.27 47 Luis Pasamontes Rodríguez (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 48 Unai Etxebarria Arana (Ven) Euskatel-Euskadi 49 Joaquin Rodríguez Oliver (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 50 Gustavo Otero Gómez (Spa) Labarca-2 Café Baqué 51 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 52 José Luis Rebollo Aguado (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 53 Udo Bölts (Ger) Gerolsteiner 54 Gustavo Mario Toledo (Arg) Paternina-Costa De Almería 55 David Plaza Romero (Spa) Coast 56 Michael Albasini (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 57 Óscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 58 Manuel Beltrán Martínez (Ger) Coast 59 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 60 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick Step-Davitamon 61 Santiago Pérez Fernández (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 62 Iñigo Chaurreau Bernárdez (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 63 José Luis Martínez Jiménez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almería 64 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Alessio 65 Aitor Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) iBanesto.com 66 Jan Schaffrath (Ger) Team Telekom 67 Koldo Gil Pérez (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 68 Juan M Cuenca Martínez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 69 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 70 Serge Baguet (Bel) Lotto-Domo 20.42 71 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Rabobank 72 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Lotto-Domo 73 Kai Hundertmarck (Ger) Team Telekom 74 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Alessio 75 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 76 Carlos García Quesada (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 77 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Domo 78 Carlos Torrent Tarres (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almería 20.57 79 Raffaele Ferrara (Ita) Alessio 21.01 80 Iván Ramiro Parra Pinto (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 21.17 81 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 22.27 82 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon 24.26 83 Julen Fernández Bijandi (Spa) Euskatel-Euskadi 26.23 84 Daniel Becke (Ger) Coast 27.28 85 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) iBanesto.com 86 Juan Carlos Guillamón Ruiz (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almería 87 Francisco José Lara Ruiz (Spa) Coast 88 Bobby Julich (USA) Team Telekom 89 David López García (Spa) Labarca-2 Café Baqué 90 José Javier Gómez Gozalo (Spa) Labarca-2 Café Baqué 91 Aitor Kintana Zarate (Spa) Labarca-2 Café Baqué 92 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems 27.43 93 Glenn d'Hollander (Bel) Lotto-Domo 94 Julien Laidoun (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 95 Rene Haselbacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 27.55 96 Luis Pérez Rodríguez (Spa) Coast 29.15 97 Olivier Trastour (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 31.28 98 Carlos Ramón Golbano García (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almerí 99 Stéphane Berges (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 100 José A López Gil (Spa) iBanesto.com 101 Gonzalo Bayarri Esteve (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 31.51 102 David Navas Chica (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 31.53 103 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Gerolsteiner 32.06 104 Unai Elorriaga Zubiaur (Spa) Labarca-2 Café Baqué 32.23 105 Gian Matteo Fagnini (Ita) Team Telekom 32.32 106 Lander Euba Ziarrusta (Spa) Euskatel-Euskadi 33.15 107 Angel Castresana Del Val (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 33.17 108 Gorka Beloki Dorronsoro (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 109 César García Calvo (Spa) Labarca-2 Café Baqué 110 Pedro Horrillo Muñoz (Spa) Quick Step-Davitamon 111 Jaime Hernández Bertrán (Spa) Coast 112 Allan Davis (Aus) ONCE-Eroski 33.23 113 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Gerolsteiner 33.32 114 Francisco Cerezo Perales (Spa) Labarca-2 Café Baqué 115 David Etxebarria Alkorta (Spa) Euskatel-Euskadi 116 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Gerolsteiner 117 Rafael Mateos Pérez (Spa) iBanesto.com 118 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Domo 119 Erki Pütsep (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 33.53 120 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 33.57 121 Marcelino García Alonso (Spa) Labarca-2 Café Baqué 34.47 122 David Fernández Domingo (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 36.00 123 Xavier Tondo Volpini (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almería 37.16 124 Sven Teutenberg (Ger) Coast 42.24 125 Ángel L. Casero Moreno (Spa) Coast 44.11 Points classification 1 Óscar Freire Gómez (Spa) Rabobank 50 pts 2 Luca Paolini (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon 41 3 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Telekom 35 4 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 32 5 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 30 6 Javier Pascual Llorente (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 27 7 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon 22 8 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 20 9 Josu Silloniz Aresti (Spa) Euskatel-Euskadi 18 10 Xavier Tondo Volpini (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almería 16 Mountains classification 1 Santiago Blanco Gil (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 14 pts 2 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 14 3 Xavier Tondo Volpini (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almería 12 4 Javier Pascual Llorente (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 10 5 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 8 6 Rafael Casero Moreno (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almería 8 7 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) ONCE-Eroski 6 8 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) iBanesto.com 6 9 Allan Davis (Aus) ONCE-Eroski 4 10 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon 3 Metas volantes classification 1 Xavier Tondo Volpini (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almería 16 pts 2 Carlos Ramón Golbano García (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almería 10 3 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon 6 4 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon 4 5 Rafael Casero Moreno (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almería 3 6 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2 7 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick Step-Davitamon 2 8 Angel Castresana Del Val (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 2 9 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Telekom 1 10 Robert Hunter (RSA) Rabobank 1 Combination classification 1 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 9 pts 2 Javier Pascual Llorente (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 11 3 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 12 4 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) ONCE-Eroski 23 5 José Iván Gutiérrez Palacios (Spa) iBanesto.com 30 6 Francisco Cabello Luque (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 37 7 Rafael Casero Moreno (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almería 58 8 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon 115 9 Xavier Tondo Volpini (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almería 136 10 Luca Paolini (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon 8 11 Andrea Noe (Ita) Alessio 25 12 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon 25 13 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Telekom 26 14 Santiago Blanco Gil (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 27 15 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 29 16 Mikel Zarrabeitia Uranga (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 30 17 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 33 18 Javier Pascual Rodríguez (Spa) iBanesto.com 34 19 Juan Carlos Domínguez Domínguez (Spa) Phonak Hearing System 37 20 Samuel Sánchez González (Spa) Euskatel-Euskadi 41 21 Domingo Sánchez Segado (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almería 42 22 Juan A Flecha Giannoni (Spa) iBanesto.com 44 23 Isaac Gálvez López (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 44 24 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 46 25 Óscar Freire Gómez (Spa) Rabobank 46 26 Denis Lunghi (Ita) Alessio 55 27 Josu Silloniz Aresti (Spa) Euskatel-Euskadi 55 28 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick Step-Davitamon 58 29 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio 58 30 Joaquin Rodríguez Oliver (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 60 31 Hans De Clercq (Bel) Lotto-Domo 62 32 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 70 33 Robert Hunter (RSA) Rabobank 72 34 Iñigo Chaurreau Bernárdez (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 76 35 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 84 36 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 89 37 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) iBanesto.com 93 38 Serge Baguet (Bel) Lotto-Domo 97 39 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Lotto-Domo 97 40 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 98 41 Iván Ramiro Parra Pinto (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 98 42 Juan Carlos Guillamón Ruiz (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almería 114 43 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems 114 44 Carlos Ramón Golbano García (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almerí 114 45 Carlos Torrent Tarres (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almería 118 46 Allan Davis (Aus) ONCE-Eroski 121 47 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Gerolsteiner 138 48 Angel Castresana Del Val (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 144 49 Sven Teutenberg (Ger) Coast 144 50 David Fernández Domingo (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 163 Teams classification 1 Kelme-Costa Blanca 37.14.34 2 iBanesto.com 1.21 3 Quick Step-Davitamon 3.00 4 Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 3.45 5 Alessio 8.26 6 Team Telekom 9.40 7 Ag2R Prevoyance 11.06 8 Rabobank 13.40 9 ONCE-Eroski 20.32 10 Euskatel-Euskadi 22.29 11 Paternina-Costa De Almería 23.31 12 Lotto-Domo 30.13 13 Gerolsteiner 33.46 14 Phonak Hearing Systems 40.56 15 Coast 1.07.57 16 Labarca-2 Café Baqué 1.14.58
