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24th Vuelta a Murcia - 2.3

Spain, March 3-7, 2004

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Stage 4 - March 6: Totana - Alto Collado Bermejo, 169 km

CV-Kelme flexes its muscles

Valverde vaults into race lead in Murcia

By Tim Maloney, European Editor in Murcia

Danilo Di Luca (Saeco)
Photo ©: AFP

Local Murcia man Alejandro Valverde and his CV-Kelme squad took it to Vuelta Murcia race leader Ivan Gutierrez today on the "Queen Stage" of the race. Valverde was a close second on the stage and managed to eke out a 5" lead to don the tunic of race leader atop Alto Collado Bermejo this afternoon. "I didn't know how it would turn out", a delighted Valverde told Spanish TV2, "but I had a great day today. But I couldn't have done it without my team. They made the difference."

All day, the familiar sight of the green stripes of the CV-Kelme pounded away behind the breakaways, making life tough for Gutierrez and his Illes Balears-Banesto squad. Italian Danilo DiLuca (Saeco) gained his first win of the season and accepted the Cima Pantani trophy from his director sportif Giuseppe Martinelli, who was Pantani's former team director and a close friend of the late Italian climber.

Lance Armstrong (USPS-Berry Floor)
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USPS-Berry Floor's Lance Armstrong had his toughest uphill test of the season on the hot, windy stage. Armstrong was with the leaders until the final 5 km, when he moderated his pace and tempoed to the top of Alto Collado Bermejo. "I was suffering today", a sunburned Armstrong told Cyclingnews post-stage. "They were going fast today."

His USPS-Berry Floor teammate Michael Barry seconded Lance's opinion, telling Cyclingnews that, "It was a tough course out there today." Barry ended up 27th at 5'12", while Armstrong was 36th at 6'12", dropping to 24th at 5'54". Lance's likely adversary in next July's Tour De France, Jan Ullrich, finished in the main group at 15'15" and is now 72nd at 24'18".

How it unfolded

The peloton
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108 riders took the start at 12:05 under a very warm, 30 degree sun and with the first GPM after 7.8 km on the Alto De la Santa, attacks went from the gun. A group of 26 riders got a gap and first over the top was Constantino Zaballa (Saunier-Duval). The group sat up after 12 km, setting up a perfect counter-attack by Marco Pinotti (Lampre). He soon had company as another big group of 21 got away, including his Lampre teammates Piccoli, Garate and Vila, Cabello, Pradera and Zaballa again.

On the day's second GPM after 48 km, Alto di Pilego, Zaballa took the points again ahead of Garate, while Illes Balears-Banesto and CV-Kelme were chasing 1'30" behind. Zaballa attacked out of the big break on the downhill and was joined by Torrent, Charteau, Vila, Blanco and Cunego. This sextet maintained their lead as the rest of the break was eventually absorbed by the peloton. After 83 km at the intermediate sprint in Totana, Torrent took the points with the peloton at 2'40".

Jose Ivan Gutierrez (Illes Balears-Banesto)
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With 92 km raced on Stage 5's third GPM, the break's advantage had increased to 4'45", where Zaballa once again took the points on the Alto de la Santa, this time ahead of Blanco. Saunier-Duval had done a great job to set things up for their pocket climber Leonardo Piepoli to make his move for the stage win on Alto Collado Bermejo. With Zaballa virtual leader, Illes Balears-Banesto and CV-Kelme had to work extra hard to bring the break back. After three hours across the tough terrain of the hinterlands of Murcia, the pace was fast with an average speed of 40.2 km/h.

The determined chase was working to bring the break back, as on the penultimate climb of the day after 132 km atop Alto di Pliego, Zaballa took the points again, but the frantic chase of CV-Kelme had closed the gap down to 3'42".

As the stage entered the final 25 km in Puente, with the final climb of Alto Collado Bermejo ahead, the lead of the break was down to 2'30" and falling as the chase reduced the peloton to 40 riders, who sucked up first Charteau and then Torrent from the break. CV-Kelme's Javier Pascual Rodriguez attacked and was joined by Elias (Relax-Bodysol), which caused a definitive junction between the some of the break and the remains of the chasing peloton.

Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile)
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As Zaballa, Santi Blanco and Cunego were caught, Saunier Duval launched Martin Perdiguero with Leonardo Piepoli and DiLuca, upping the pace and forcing both race leader Gutierrez and Lance Armstrong out the back for a moment. Cadel Evans, Valverde, Ruben Plaza joined the front group and as the road flattened out near the first part of the Alto Collado Bermejo, the both race leader Gutierrez and Lance Armstrong got back. Perdiguero went again with Petrov (Saeco) and Piepoli.

At the top of the 700m Alto di Espuna with 7 km. to, this trio had 10" on the chasers, but once CV-Kelme began to close the gap, the diminutive Piepoli made his move and flew the coop. As the shaven-headed Italian climber ascended towards Cima Pantani, he bore an uncanny resemblance to the late Pantani. With 4 km to go, Piepoli had 15" on the chasing group who caught Petrov and was led by Valverde, Perdiguero and Evans, while race leader Gutierrez was being towed by Colom, with Lance Armstrong right on his wheel.

Valverde and Di Luca
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Di Luca attacked with 3 km to go and was joined by Valverde, who was looking to pull 47" and take the race from Gutierrez. Evans bridged up and with 2 km left, Valverde was already 45" up on Gutierrez. With 1500 m to go, the fast moving trio had caught Piepoli and Valverde was now virtual leader on the road. Valverde continued to pound away on the front and increase his lead on Gutierrez. Di Luca sprinted in for the stage win atop Alto Collado Bermejo (Cima Pantani), with Valverde second ahead of Evans and Piepoli.

Race leader Gutierrez hung tough, but not tough enough and passed the finish 52" behind Valverde, losing the race lead to the talented Spaniard.

Stage 5 - March 7: Murcia-Murcia, 133 km

On this short stage with the Cat.3 Alto Cabezo De La Plata and the unrated climb of El Palmar 20 km from the finish, the last stage of the 2004 Vuelta Murcia could come down to a sprint, but perhaps without USPS-Berry Floor powerhouse Max Van Heeswijk. If that's the case, look for race leader Valverde to go for the sprint win in Murcia city.

Photography

Images by AFP Photo

Results

1 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco                                  4.25.34
2 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Com.Valenciana-Kelme                      
3 Cadel Evans (Aus) T-Mobile                                         
4 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                        
5 Miguel A M.Perdiguero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir               0.51
6 Jose Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Bodysol                          0.52
7 José Angel Gomez (Spa) Costa Almeria-Paternina                     
8 José Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                    
9 Ruben Plaza (Spa) Com.Valenciana-Kelme                             
10 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Saeco                                         
11 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                       1.17
12 Antonio Colom (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                         
13 Daniel Rincon (Col) U.S. Postal Service-Berry Floor               
14 Unai Yus (Spa) Brioches La Boulangere                         1.33
15 Javier Rodriguez (Spa) Com.Valenciana-Kelme                   1.35
16 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile                                     3.06
17 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax-Bodysol                              
18 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                           
19 José Alberto Martinez (Spa) Relax-Bodysol                         
20 David Lopez (Spa) Cafes Baque                                     
21 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Saeco                                    3.15
22 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                3.45
23 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Mrbookmaker.com-Palmans              3.57
24 Pedro Arreitunandia (Spa) Cafes Baque                         5.05
25 Frédéric Gabriel (Fra) Mrbookmaker.com-Palmans                5.12
26 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre                                   
27 Michael Barry (Can) U.S. Postal Service-Berry Floor               
28 Efrain Gutierrez (Spa) Cafes Baque                            5.52
29 Jens Renders (Bel) Mrbookmaker.com-Palmans                    6.01
30 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Lampre                                
31 Francisco J. Vila (Spa) Lampre                                    
32 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                             
33 Mickael Pichon (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere                       
34 Santiago Blanco (Spa) Relax-Bodysol                           6.05
35 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                      6.12
36 Lance Armstrong (USA) U.S. Postal Service-Berry Floor             
37 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                 
38 Maryan Hary (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere                      6.26
39 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                     8.25
40 Michele Scotto (Ita) Lampre                                   8.43
41 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile                              10.29
42 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Saeco                                       
43 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere                     
44 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) U.S. Postal Service-Berry Floor      10.31
45 Julio Lopez (Spa) Relax-Bodysol                                   
46 Lander Euba (Spa) Costa Almeria-Paternina                    11.57
47 Alessandr Spezialetti (Ita) Saeco                            13.17
48 David Navas (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                      13.35
49 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Costa Almeria-Paternina                 15.03
50 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Saeco                                          
51 Manuel Beltran (Spa) U.S. Postal Service-Berry Floor         15.55
52 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                  
53 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                  
54 Michael Rich (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                   
55 Tobias Steinhauser (Ger) T-Mobile                                 
56 Tomas Konecny (Cze) T-Mobile                                      
57 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile                                        
58 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                               
59 David Blanco (Spa) Com.Valenciana-Kelme                           
60 Joseba Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                           
61 Ion Del Rio (Spa) Costa Almeria-Paternina                         
62 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) U.S. Postal Service-Berry Floor               
63 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre                                          
64 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Lampre                                        
65 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) U.S. Postal Service-Berry Floor            
66 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Relax-Bodysol                                  
67 Jurgen V.Den Broeck (Bel) U.S. Postal Service-Berry Floor         
68 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Com.Valenciana-Kelme                      
69 Joaquim Lopez (Spa) Costa Almeria-Paternina                       
70 Juan Miguel Cuenca (Spa) Com.Valenciana-Kelme                     
71 Jose Cayetano Julia (Spa) Com.Valenciana-Kelme                    
72 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Mrbookmaker.com-Palmans                     
73 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Saeco                                   
74 Francisco Gutierrez (Spa) Cafes Baque                             
75 Hector Guerra (Spa) Relax-Bodysol                                 
76 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre                                      
77 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Saeco                                        
78 Javier Perez (Spa) Costa Almeria-Paternina                        
79 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                     
80 Aitor Perez (Spa) Cafes Baque                                     
81 Juan Gomis (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                             
82 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile                                        
83 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                               
84 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                
85 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere                      
86 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                           
87 Gianni Faresin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                 
88 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Mrbookmaker.com-Palmans                         
89 Dermot Nally (Irl) Costa Almeria-Paternina                   16.06
90 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile                                  18.05
91 Jo Planckaert (Bel) Mrbookmaker.com-Palmans                  18.32
92 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto              19.38
93 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                          
94 Luciano A. Pagliarini (Bra) Lampre                                
95 Moises Duenas (Spa) Relax-Bodysol                                 
96 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    
97 Jose Luis Martinez (Spa) Com.Valenciana-Kelme                     
98 Fco.José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                       
99 Marcus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                  
100 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                   
101 José Antonio Lopez (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto              20.10
 
Points
 
1 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco                                       25 pts
2 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Com.Valenciana-Kelme                    20
3 Cadel Evans (Aus) T-Mobile                                       16
4 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                      14
5 Miguel A M.Perdiguero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                 12
6 Jose Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Bodysol                            10
7 José Angel Gomez (Spa) Costa Almeria-Paternina                    9
8 José Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                   8
9 Ruben Plaza (Spa) Com.Valenciana-Kelme                            7
10 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Saeco                                        6
11 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                          5
12 Antonio Colom (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                        4
13 Daniel Rincon (Col) U.S. Postal Service-Berry Floor              3
14 Unai Yus (Spa) Brioches La Boulangere                            2
15 Javier Rodriguez (Spa) Com.Valenciana-Kelme                      1
 
Mountains
 
Alto De La Santa - Cat. 3, km 7,80
1 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                    3 pts
2 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Com.Valenciana-Kelme                      2
3 Jose Luis Martinez (Spa) Com.Valenciana-Kelme                     1
 
Alto De Pliego - Cat. 3, km 48,20
1 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                    3 pts
2 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre                                   2
3 Francisco J. Vila (Spa) Lampre                                    1
 
Alto De La Santa - Cat. 3, km 91,80
1 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                    3 pts
2 Santiago Blanco (Spa) Relax-Bodysol                               2
3 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Saeco                                        1
 
Alto De Pliego - Cat. 3, km 132,20
1 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                    3 pts
2 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Saeco                                        2
3 Santiago Blanco (Spa) Relax-Bodysol                               1
 
Alto De Espuña - Cat. 1, km 160,00
1 Miguel A M.Perdiguero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                 10 pts
2 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Saeco                                         8
3 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                    6
4 José Angel Gomez (Spa) Costa Almeria-Paternina                    4
5 Jose Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Bodysol                             2
6 Unai Yus (Spa) Brioches La Boulangere                             1
 
Alto Collado Bermejo - Cat. 1, km 169,00
1 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco                                       10 pts
2 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Com.Valenciana-Kelme                     8
3 Cadel Evans (Aus) T-Mobile                                        6
4 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                       4
5 Miguel A M.Perdiguero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                  2
6 Jose Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Bodysol                             1
 
Sprints
 
Totana, km 83,00
1 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Costa Almeria-Paternina                      3 pts
2 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere                     2
3 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                    1
 
Totana, km 83,00
1 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Costa Almeria-Paternina                      3 pts
2 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                    2
3 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax-Bodysol                              1
 
Teams
 
1 Saunier Duval-Prodir                                       13.18.50
2 Comundidad Valenciana-Kelme                                    0.19
3 Saeco                                                          1.59
4 Relax-Bodysol                                                  4.56
5 Illes Balears-Banesto                                          8.26
6 U.S. Postal Service-Berry Floor                               10.33
7 T-Mobile                                                      11.27
8 Brioches La Boulangere                                        11.52
9 Cafes Baque                                                   11.55
10 Mrbookmaker.com-Palmans                                      13.02
11 Euskaltel-Euskadi                                            13.11
12 Lampre                                                       15.06
13 Costa Almeria-Paternina                                      25.44
14 Gerolsteiner                                                 45.37
 
General classification after stage 4
 
1 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Com.Valenciana-Kelme              12.45.15
2 José Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                0.05
3 Cadel Evans (Aus) T-Mobile                                     0.09
4 Ruben Plaza (Spa) Com.Valenciana-Kelme                         0.40
5 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Saeco                                      0.57
6 Antonio Colom (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                      1.23
7 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                        1.33
8 Javier Rodriguez (Spa) Com.Valenciana-Kelme                    1.39
9 Jose Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Bodysol                          2.00
10 Miguel A M.Perdiguero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir              2.01
11 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                   2.08
12 Daniel Rincon (Col) U.S. Postal Service-Berry Floor           2.14
13 José Angel Gomez (Spa) Costa Almeria-Paternina                2.24
14 Unai Yus (Spa) Brioches La Boulangere                         2.53
15 José Alberto Martinez (Spa) Relax-Bodysol                     3.01
16 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                       3.34
17 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax-Bodysol                          3.45
18 David Lopez (Spa) Cafes Baque                                 4.21
19 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile                                         
20 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Mrbookmaker.com-Palmans              4.28
21 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                5.02
22 Michael Barry (Can) U.S. Postal Service-Berry Floor           5.15
23 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Saeco                                    5.43
24 Lance Armstrong (USA) U.S. Postal Service-Berry Floor         5.54
25 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                             6.13
26 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre                               6.39
27 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Lampre                            6.43
28 Mickael Pichon (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere                   6.51
29 Efrain Gutierrez (Spa) Cafes Baque                            6.55
30 Pedro Arreitunandia (Spa) Cafes Baque                         7.04
31 Francisco J. Vila (Spa) Lampre                                7.27
32 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                         7.30
33 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                      8.25
34 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                     8.36
35 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco                                   10.04
36 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) U.S. Postal Service-Berry Floor      10.57
37 Julio Lopez (Spa) Relax-Bodysol                              12.19
38 David Navas (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                      13.40
39 Frédéric Gabriel (Fra) Mrbookmaker.com-Palmans               15.36
40 Hector Guerra (Spa) Relax-Bodysol                            15.45
41 David Blanco (Spa) Com.Valenciana-Kelme                      15.46
42 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir             16.12
43 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Costa Almeria-Paternina                 16.27
44 Jens Renders (Bel) Mrbookmaker.com-Palmans                   16.36
45 Jurgen V.Den Broeck (Bel) U.S. Postal Service-Berry Floor    16.37
46 Tomas Konecny (Cze) T-Mobile                                 16.45
47 Santiago Blanco (Spa) Relax-Bodysol                          16.49
48 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) U.S. Postal Service-Berry Floor          16.54
49 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) U.S. Postal Service-Berry Floor       17.03
50 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Com.Valenciana-Kelme                 17.12
51 Jose Cayetano Julia (Spa) Com.Valenciana-Kelme               17.21
52 Manuel Beltran (Spa) U.S. Postal Service-Berry Floor         17.22
53 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                               
54 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Saeco                              17.25
55 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                18.11
56 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Mrbookmaker.com-Palmans                18.16
57 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre                                 18.22
58 Michele Scotto (Ita) Lampre                                  18.48
59 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Saeco                                  19.01
60 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile                              19.38
61 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere                20.04
62 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                               20.29
63 Marcus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                             20.49
64 Joseba Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                      21.24
65 Michael Rich (Ger) Gerolsteiner                              22.46
66 Alessandr Spezialetti (Ita) Saeco                            22.49
67 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Lampre                                   23.10
68 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Gerolsteiner                           23.11
69 Lander Euba (Spa) Costa Almeria-Paternina                    23.15
70 Juan Gomis (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                        24.08
71 Maryan Hary (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere                     24.10
72 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile                                   24.18
73 Tobias Steinhauser (Ger) T-Mobile                            24.25
74 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere                      
75 Gianni Faresin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                            24.50
76 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Relax-Bodysol                             25.06
77 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner                             25.16
78 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Saeco                                   25.49
79 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Mrbookmaker.com-Palmans                    25.52
80 Juan Miguel Cuenca (Spa) Com.Valenciana-Kelme                     
81 Javier Perez (Spa) Costa Almeria-Paternina                   25.56
82 Joaquim Lopez (Spa) Costa Almeria-Paternina                  26.21
83 Jo Planckaert (Bel) Mrbookmaker.com-Palmans                  28.41
84 Luciano A. Pagliarini (Bra) Lampre                           28.54
85 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre                                     30.15
86 Francisco Gutierrez (Spa) Cafes Baque                        33.33
87 Jose Luis Martinez (Spa) Com.Valenciana-Kelme                33.56
88 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                          34.10
89 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile                                   34.36
90 Ion Del Rio (Spa) Costa Almeria-Paternina                    36.21
91 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                     37.46
92 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Saeco                                     39.50
93 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                      41.10
94 Aitor Perez (Spa) Cafes Baque                                41.46
95 Dermot Nally (Irl) Costa Almeria-Paternina                   42.37
96 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile                                  43.42
97 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner                               44.16
98 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto              44.39
99 Moises Duenas (Spa) Relax-Bodysol                            45.16
100 José Antonio Lopez (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto              45.32
101 Fco.José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                 46.01
 
Points classification
 
1 José Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                  63 pts
2 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) U.S. Postal Service-Berry Floor           50
3 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Com.Valenciana-Kelme                    48
4 Miguel A M.Perdiguero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                 36
5 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile                                        36
6 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco                                       25
7 Michael Rich (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                  20
8 Ruben Plaza (Spa) Com.Valenciana-Kelme                           17
9 Cadel Evans (Aus) T-Mobile                                       16
10 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax-Bodysol                            16
11 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Lampre                                      16
12 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                16
13 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre                                        15
14 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                     14
15 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                        14
16 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Gerolsteiner                              14
17 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Costa Almeria-Paternina                    13
18 Lance Armstrong (USA) U.S. Postal Service-Berry Floor           12
19 Jose Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Bodysol                           10
20 David Navas (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                         10
21 José Angel Gomez (Spa) Costa Almeria-Paternina                   9
22 Hector Guerra (Spa) Relax-Bodysol                                9
23 David Blanco (Spa) Com.Valenciana-Kelme                          8
24 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Mrbookmaker.com-Palmans                    8
25 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                   7
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Miguel A M.Perdiguero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                 18 pts
2 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                   18
3 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco                                       11
4 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Com.Valenciana-Kelme                    10
5 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Saeco                                         8
6 Cadel Evans (Aus) T-Mobile                                        6
7 Juan Miguel Cuenca (Spa) Com.Valenciana-Kelme                     5
8 Jose Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Bodysol                             4
9 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                       4
10 José Angel Gomez (Spa) Costa Almeria-Paternina                   4
11 José Antonio Lopez (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                   3
 
Combination classification
 
1 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Com.Valenciana-Kelme                     8 pts
2 Miguel A M.Perdiguero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                 15
3 Cadel Evans (Aus) T-Mobile                                       18
4 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                      34
5 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Saeco                                        37
6 Jose Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Bodysol                            37
7 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco                                       44
8 José Angel Gomez (Spa) Costa Almeria-Paternina                   45
9 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                   49
10 Unai Yus (Spa) Brioches La Boulangere                           61
11 Daniel Rincon (Col) U.S. Postal Service-Berry Floor             65
 
Teams classification
 
1 Comundidad Valenciana-Kelme                                38.17.51
2 Saunier Duval-Prodir                                           1.13
3 Saeco                                                          3.47
4 Relax-Bodysol                                                  5.22
5 Illes Balears-Banesto                                          7.52
6 U.S. Postal Service-Berry Floor                               10.32
7 T-Mobile                                                      13.15
8 Euskaltel-Euskadi                                             14.34
9 Brioches La Boulangere                                        14.55
10 Cafes Baque                                                  15.25
11 Lampre                                                       16.33
12 Mrbookmaker.com-Palmans                                      25.33
13 Costa Almeria-Paternina                                      31.08
14 Gerolsteiner                                                 52.46