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57th Vuelta a España
Spain, September 7- 29, 2002
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Stage 14 - September 21: Santander - Gijón, 190.2 km
Smetanine solo and peloton pileup mark 14th stage
By Chris Henry
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On the eve of the expected showdown on the Alto de l'Angliru, today's stage 14 was marked by a day long breakaway and a decided lack of activity in the main peloton. Jazztel's Sergei Smetanine earned himself a fine solo victory, and his team's first Vuelta victory this year, after leaving his breakaway companion Oscar Laguna (Relax-Fuenlabrada) behind in the final 20km.
"I was a little annoyed with my breakaway companion Oscar Laguna, who tried to attack me on the last climb 'What did you do that for kid?'," said Smetanine at the finish. "I had the strength and I did not doubt myself and I attacked. I dedicate the stage to my wife and daughter, and pay homage to my teammate Ricardo Valdez, since we are in his home territory."
Today's stage was tailor-made for a long escape, as the leaders were thinking more of tomorrow's grueling climbs, expected by many to set the stage for the final general classification in Madrid. Running 190km from Santander to Gijon in northern Spain, today's race contained only two 3rd category climbs. Thus, it was no surprise that after 40km of racing two riders set off on a long escape, hoping to foil the sprinters and profit from the GC leaders' disinterest.
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Fassa Bortolo led the chase from behind for much of the stage, thinking of their sprinter Alessandro Petacchi, but the two leaders did well to keep the time gaps high as the finish drew near. Eventually Tacconi Sport and Phonak joined in the chase, though Erik Zabel never sent his Telekom men to the front to close the gaps. Smetanine and Laguna gained a maximum advantage of 11'10" over the field through the rolling countryside.
On the Alto de Gobernador, sensing that Laguna was weakening, Smetanine attacked his breakaway companion with 25 km to go. Easily dropping Laguna, Smetanine began to power alone towards the finish, with 4'45" still in hand over the peloton.
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It was around this time that the stage was marred by a large crash in the peloton, clearly the worst pileup of this year's race. While all of the top GC riders escaped the fall, numerous riders hit the ground quite hard. Among those hurt in the accident were Luis Perez (Team Coast), Jon Odriozola (iBanesto.com), Juan Manuel Garate (Lampre), and Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (ONCE). Most riders remounted and eventually limped back on the course, but not before some attention from the race doctors. Lampre's Garate received numerous bandages on both legs before being helped back onto his bike, while many others could be seen with tattered shorts and abrasions on their arms and legs.
Among those to abandon was ONCE's Gonzalez de Galdeano, who after riding slowly for a short time spoke with the race doctors and pulled to the side of the road, a broken arm or wrist the likely reason for his withdrawal from the Vuelta.
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Up front, Smetanine continued to close in on the finish, and despite the chase from behind, retained a lead of 4 minutes under the 10km to go banner. It was clear this was a day for the Russian Smetanine, who never faltered during his long day of escape. Though the peloton was steadily eating into his gap, only a mechanical incident could threaten his chances. With a gap of nearly 2km separating him from the bunch, his victory was all but assured as he entered Gijon, to the applause of an enormous crowd along the roadside.
Into the finishing straight Smetanine pushed hard, despite his comfortable lead, finally sitting up to give a two armed victory salute and blow a kiss or two to the crowd as he crossed the line. Laguna did well to hang on, finishing second behind Smetanine, almost two minutes back. In the field sprint for third, Alessio's Furlan nipped Erik Zabel to the line, raising in arm to show his small but satisfying triumph.
The race classifications remained unchanged, with Oscar Sevilla still leading the race by 1 second over teammate Aitor Gonzalez. Erik Zabel increased gained a few points over Petacchi, while Gilberto Simoni retained the mountains classification. Oscar Sevilla also kept his regularity jersey for most consistent rider, and Team Coast continues to Kelme by just 37 seconds in the team classification.
Photography
Images by Lavuelta.com
- Joseba Beloki (ONCE) relaxes before the start
- Roberto Heras (USPS) prepares for the 14th stage
- Rolling out of the start in Santander
- One of the many attempts at breakaways in the first part of the stage
- The first sprint of the day in Commillas saw six riders away, two of whom stayed away for the whole stage
- The peloton roll along in the sun during stage 14
- There was some climbing today but the bunch stayed together
- Sergei Smetanine (Jazztel) leads Oscar Laguna (Relax) on the Alto de Buenos Aires
- Oscar Laguna (Relax) and Sergei Smetanine (Jazztel) working together during the stage
- The peloton starts to chase, led by Fassa Bortolo
- Tacconi Sport lends a hand in the chase
- Race doctor Astorki assisting Jazztel's Dario Gadeo during the stage
- Sergei Smetanine (Jazztel) alone in the lead at the top of the Alto del Gobernador
- Oscar Laguna (Relax) trying to chase down Smetanine
- Sergei Smetanine (Jazztel) rides alone on his way to winning stage 14
- Sergei Smetanine (Jazztel) claims victory in Gijon
- Oscar Sevilla (Kelme) still in gold at the end fo stage 14
- Oscar Sevilla (Kelme) in the white jersey as best all round rider
Images by AFP
- A 40 rider pileup marred the otherwise calm stage 14, with a number of riders being forced to abandon
Results
1 Serguei Smetanine (Rus) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 4.17.23 (44.3 km/h) 2 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 1.57 3 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio 2.39 4 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Telekom 5 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 6 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 7 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Team Coast 8 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Saeco-Longoni Sport 9 Davide Bramati (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 10 Andrej Hauptman (Slo) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 11 Angel Edo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 12 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 13 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 14 Sven Teutenberg (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 15 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 16 M.A. Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 17 Alexei Sivakov (Rus) Bigmat.Auber 93 18 José Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 19 Dmitri Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis 20 Nicola Loda (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 21 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio 22 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 23 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 24 Oscar Camenzind (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 25 Mederic Clain (Fra) Cofidis 26 Klaus Möller (Den) Milaneza-MSS 27 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 28 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis 29 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 30 Rui Miguel Sousa (Por) Milaneza-MSS 31 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 32 Gorka Gerrikagoitia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 33 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 34 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Saeco-Longoni Sport 35 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Milaneza-MSS 36 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal Service 37 Carlos Garcia (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 38 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2R Prevoyance 39 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Team Coast 40 Joseba Beloki (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 41 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 42 Angel Casero (Spa) Team Coast 43 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Saeco-Longoni Sport 44 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 45 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 46 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) ONCE-Eroski 47 Félix Garcia Casas (Spa) Bigmat.Auber 93 48 Antonio Cruz (USA) US Postal Service 49 Rafael Diaz Justo (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 50 Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal Service 51 Paolo Lastras (Spa) iBanesto.com 52 Rui Lavarinhas (Por) Milaneza-MSS 53 David Plaza (Spa) Team Coast 54 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis 55 Alberto Vinale (Ita) Alessio 56 Joao Silva (Por) Milaneza-MSS 57 Rafael Casero (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 58 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 59 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) iBanesto.com 60 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Team Telekom 61 José Azevedo (Por) ONCE-Eroski 62 Jan Schaffrath (Ger) Team Telekom 63 Massimo Codol (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 64 J.Antonio Pecharroman (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 65 David Cańada (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 66 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Fassa Bortolo 67 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 68 Simone Bertoletti (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 69 Sylvester Szymyd (Pol) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 70 Matthias Kessler (Ger) Team Telekom 71 Jesus Maria Manzano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 72 Steven Kleynen (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 73 Denis Zanette (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 74 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 75 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites 76 Marcos Serrano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 77 Aitor Kintana (Spa) Bigmat.Auber 93 78 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 79 Alberto Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 80 Santiago Botero (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 81 Juan José De Los Angeles (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 82 Cyril Saugrain (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 83 Sebastien Talabardon (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 84 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 85 Reto Bergmann (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 86 Benoit Salmon (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 87 Joan Horrach (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 88 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service 89 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 90 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio 91 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 92 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 9.15 93 Zoran Klemencic (Slo) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 10.12 94 Zbigniew Spruch (Pol) Lampre-Daikin 95 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis 96 J.Manuel Vazquez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 97 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis 98 José Maestre (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 99 Pietro Zucconi (Swi) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 100 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre-Daikin 101 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 102 Santiago Blanco (Spa) iBanesto.com 103 Juan Guillamon (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 104 Alexandro Valverde (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 105 José Garrido (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 106 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 14.49 107 Alberto Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 108 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 109 J.Antonio Flecha (Spa) iBanesto.com 110 Robert Bartko (Ger) Team Telekom 111 Rolf Aldag (Ger) Team Telekom 112 Andris Reiss (Lat) Index Alexia 113 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 114 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 115 Dario Gadeo (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 116 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 117 Rubén Lobato Elvira (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 118 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 119 Giuseppe Di Grande (Ita) Index Alexia 120 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Lampre-Daikin 121 Mikel Pradera (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 122 Mikel Zarabeitia (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 123 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 124 Diego Ferrari (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 125 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 126 José Iván Gutierrez (Spa) iBanesto.com 127 Alessandro Guerra (Ita) Index Alexia 128 Aitor Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 129 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre-Daikin 130 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 131 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 132 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 133 Germán Nieto (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 134 Antonio Colom (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 135 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Coast 136 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 137 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 138 Fernando Escartin (Spa) Team Coast 139 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Mapei-Quick Step 140 Melchor Mauri (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 141 Robert Sassone (Fra) Cofidis 142 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis 143 Aitor Garmendia (Spa) Team Coast 144 Jaime Hernandez (Spa) Team Coast 145 Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 146 Luis Perez (Spa) Team Coast 147 Leif Hoste (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 148 Christian Vandevelde (USA) US Postal Service 149 Matthew White (Aus) US Postal Service 150 Victor Hugo Peńa (Col) US Postal Service 151 Guillaume Auger (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 152 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Fassa Bortolo 153 Raffaele Ferrara (Ita) Alessio 18.01 DNF Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo DNF Ińigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance DNF Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Domo-Farm Frites DNF Jon Odriozola (Spa) iBanesto.com DNF Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski DNF Martín Garrido (Arg) Relax-Fuenlabrada DNF Steffen Kjaergaard (Nor) US Postal Service DNS Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step Points 1 Serguei Smetanine (Rus) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 25 pts 2 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 20 3 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio 16 4 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Telekom 14 5 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 12 6 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 10 7 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Team Coast 9 8 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Saeco-Longoni Sport 8 9 Davide Bramati (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 7 10 Andrej Hauptman (Slo) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 6 11 Angel Edo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 5 12 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 4 13 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 3 14 Sven Teutenberg (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 2 15 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 1 Mountains Alto Buenos Aires - Cat. 3, km 148 1 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 6 pts 2 Serguei Smetanine (Rus) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 4 3 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 2 4 Denis Zanette (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1 Alto el Gobernador - Cat. 3, km 165 1 Serguei Smetanine (Rus) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 6 pts 2 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 4 3 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2 4 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1 Sprints Comillas - km 42 1 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 4 pts 2 Serguei Smetanine (Rus) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 2 3 Joao Silva (Por) Milaneza-MSS 1 S. Vicente de la Barquera - km 54 1 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 4 pts 2 Serguei Smetanine (Rus) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 2 3 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1 Infanzón - km 181 1 Serguei Smetanine (Rus) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 4 pts 2 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 2 3 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio 1 Teams 1 Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 12.57.27 2 Saeco-Longoni Sport 2.39 3 Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 4 Fassa Bortolo 5 Kelme-Costa Blanca 6 Milaneza-MSS 7 Cofidis 8 Alessio 9 Team Coast 10 Mapei-Quick Step 11 Phonak Hearing Systems 12 Euskaltel-Euskadi 13 Team Telekom 14 US Postal Service 15 ONCE-Eroski 16 Bigmat.Auber 93 17 Relax-Fuenlabrada 9.30 18 iBanesto.com 10.12 19 Lampre-Daikin 20 Domo-Farm Frites 21 Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 14.49 22 Ag2R Prevoyance 23 Index Alexia 39.09 General classification after stage 14 1 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 50.11.24 2 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 0.01 3 Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal Service 1.42 4 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.04 5 Joseba Beloki (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 6 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.47 7 Félix Garcia Casas (Spa) Bigmat.Auber 93 3.05 8 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis 3.34 9 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis 3.36 10 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) ONCE-Eroski 3.51 11 Klaus Möller (Den) Milaneza-MSS 3.52 12 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3.57 13 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Team Coast 4.12 14 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 4.21 15 Pablo Lastras (Spa) iBanesto.com 4.30 16 Angel Casero (Spa) Team Coast 4.51 17 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Milaneza-MSS 5.51 18 Rui Miguel Sousa (Por) Milaneza-MSS 7.23 19 Oscar Camenzind (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 7.55 20 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Fassa Bortolo 10.48 21 Carlos Garcia (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 13.32 22 David Plaza (Spa) Team Coast 16.16 23 Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 17.57 24 Fernando Escartin (Spa) Team Coast 18.38 25 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Saeco-Longoni Sport 19.36 26 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio 20.34 27 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 22.46 28 J.Antonio Pecharroman (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 27.50 29 Luis Perez (Spa) Team Coast 28.17 30 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio 29.20 31 Christian Vandevelde (USA) US Postal Service 29.29 32 Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 30.44 33 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 30.45 34 Santiago Blanco (Spa) iBanesto.com 34.47 35 Steven Kleynen (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 36.33 36 Sylvester Szymyd (Pol) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 37.20 37 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis 38.08 38 Rui Lavarinhas (Por) Milaneza-MSS 38.42 39 Simone Bertoletti (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 39.22 40 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 39.48 41 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis 40.09 42 Matthias Kessler (Ger) Team Telekom 40.45 43 Joao Silva (Por) Milaneza-MSS 41.05 44 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 41.17 45 J.Antonio Flecha (Spa) iBanesto.com 42.04 46 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 42.09 47 José Azevedo (Por) ONCE-Eroski 43.09 48 Joan Horrach (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 43.33 49 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 44.19 50 José Garrido (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 44.37 51 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 45.41 52 Marcos Serrano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 46.07 53 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 46.43 54 M.A. Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 50.39 55 José Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 51.16 56 Angel Edo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 51.35 57 Jesus Maria Manzano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 51.59 58 Rafael Casero (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 53.19 59 David Cańada (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 53.24 60 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 53.42 61 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 53.46 62 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2R Prevoyance 59.28 63 Massimo Codol (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 1.00.35 64 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre-Daikin 1.00.39 65 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal Service 1.00.51 66 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 1.01.10 67 Aitor Kitana (Spa) Bigmat.Auber 93 1.01.20 68 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Fassa Bortolo 1.02.51 69 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 1.04.18 70 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Saeco-Longoni Sport 1.04.44 71 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 1.04.59 72 Giuseppe Di Grande (Ita) Index Alexia 1.05.48 73 Dmitri Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis 1.09.45 74 Juan José De Los Angeles (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1.11.23 75 Mederic Clain (Fra) Cofidis 1.13.36 76 Antonio Colom (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 1.15.05 77 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.15.06 78 Serguei Smetanine (Rus) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 1.16.08 79 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.17.41 80 Alberto Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.17.47 81 Benoit Salmon (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.17.52 82 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 1.18.00 83 Rafael Diaz Justo (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 1.18.04 84 Aitor Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 1.19.08 85 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Telekom 1.19.17 86 Santiago Botero (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1.21.45 87 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 1.22.39 88 Reto Bergmann (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.22.49 89 Andrej Hauptman (Slo) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 1.23.14 90 Nicola Loda (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.23.36 91 Davide Bramati (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 1.23.40 92 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 1.24.09 93 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 1.25.29 94 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.25.55 95 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.28.39 96 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites 1.29.35 97 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Saeco-Longoni Sport 1.30.48 98 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Lampre-Daikin 1.31.49 99 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 1.33.47 100 José Iván Gutierrez (Spa) iBanesto.com 1.34.21 101 Rolf Aldag (Ger) Team Telekom 1.35.51 102 J.Manuel Vazquez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 1.36.20 103 Jan Schaffrath (Ger) Team Telekom 1.37.13 104 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.37.30 105 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 1.37.56 106 Denis Zanette (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.38.14 107 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 1.38.57 108 Sebastien Talabardon (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 1.39.16 109 Mariano Picoli (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 1.39.42 110 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) iBanesto.com 1.39.57 111 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis 1.39.58 112 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 1.40.10 113 Aitor Garmendia (Spa) Team Coast 1.40.53 114 Gorka Gerrikagoitia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.41.03 115 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 1.42.27 116 Melchor Mauri (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 1.42.55 117 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.45.59 118 Victor Hugo Peńa (Col) US Postal Service 1.46.14 119 Cyril Saugrain (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 1.48.13 120 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre-Daikin 1.50.59 121 Robert Bartko (Ger) Team Telekom 1.51.13 122 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service 1.51.16 123 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 1.51.30 124 Dario Gadeo (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 1.51.41 125 José Maestre (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 1.52.20 126 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Mapei-Quick Step 1.52.38 127 Mikel Pradera (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 1.52.40 128 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio 1.53.06 129 Andris Reiss (Lat) Index Alexia 1.53.12 130 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 1.53.24 131 Raffaele Ferrara (Ita) Alessio 1.53.56 132 Antonio Cruz (USA) US Postal Service 1.56.59 133 Alberto Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.57.20 134 Diego Ferrari (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 1.57.28 135 Jaime Hernandez (Spa) Team Coast 1.59.12 136 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Team Coast 1.59.19 137 Pietro Zucconi (Swi) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 2.01.56 138 Alessandro Guerra (Ita) Index Alexia 2.02.10 139 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 2.02.59 140 Alberto Vinale (Ita) Alessio 2.04.43 141 Juan Guillamon (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 2.05.31 142 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Team Telekom 2.07.56 143 Alexei Sivakov (Rus) Bigmat.Auber 93 2.08.19 144 Sven Teutenberg (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.09.56 145 Germán Nieto (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 2.10.08 146 Matthew White (Aus) US Postal Service 2.10.39 147 Zbigniew Spruch (Pol) Lampre-Daikin 2.16.51 148 Leif Hoste (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 2.19.40 149 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Coast 2.25.16 150 Robert Sassone (Fra) Cofidis 2.27.31 151 Guillaume Auger (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 2.32.09 152 Rubén Lobato Elvira (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 2.33.31 153 Zoran Klemencic (Slo) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 2.35.58 Points classification 1 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Telekom 126 pts 2 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 107 3 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 86 4 Pablo Lastras (Spa) iBanesto.com 70 5 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 64 6 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 62 7 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Saeco-Longoni Sport 60 8 Angel Edo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 55 9 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio 52 10 Luis Perez (Spa) Team Coast 44 11 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis 44 12 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 44 13 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 42 14 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 42 15 Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal Service 40 16 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 40 17 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Milaneza-MSS 38 18 Félix Garcia Casas (Spa) Bigmat.Auber 93 37 19 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Team Coast 36 20 Sven Teutenberg (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 36 21 Serguei Smetanine (Rus) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 33 22 Davide Bramati (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 33 23 Oscar Camenzind (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 32 24 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis 31 25 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 31 26 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 31 27 Joseba Beloki (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 30 28 Klaus Möller (Den) Milaneza-MSS 27 29 Andrej Hauptman (Slo) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 26 30 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre-Daikin 26 31 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 25 32 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 24 33 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 22 34 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 21 35 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 20 36 Germán Nieto (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 18 37 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 16 38 Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 14 39 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 14 40 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 14 41 Juan Guillamon (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 14 42 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio 13 43 Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 13 44 Mederic Clain (Fra) Cofidis 13 45 Dario Gadeo (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 12 46 Rui Miguel Sousa (Por) Milaneza-MSS 11 47 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 10 48 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) ONCE-Eroski 10 49 Nicola Loda (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 10 50 Zoran Klemencic (Slo) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 10 51 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 9 52 Mariano Picoli (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 9 53 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) iBanesto.com 8 54 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis 8 55 José Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 7 56 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Team Coast 7 57 Christian Vandevelde (USA) US Postal Service 7 58 Dmitri Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis 7 59 M.A. Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 6 60 Alessandro Guerra (Ita) Index Alexia 6 61 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio 5 62 Aitor Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 5 63 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 5 64 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 5 65 Raffaele Ferrara (Ita) Alessio 4 66 David Plaza (Spa) Team Coast 4 67 Jesus Maria Manzano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 4 68 Sebastien Talabardon (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 4 69 Robert Bartko (Ger) Team Telekom 4 70 Giuseppe Di Grande (Ita) Index Alexia 4 71 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 4 72 Alberto Vinale (Ita) Alessio 4 73 Robert Sassone (Fra) Cofidis 4 74 Melchor Mauri (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 2 75 Angel Casero (Spa) Team Coast 2 76 Fernando Escartin (Spa) Team Coast 2 77 Steven Kleynen (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 2 78 J.Antonio Flecha (Spa) iBanesto.com 2 79 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 2 80 Rolf Aldag (Ger) Team Telekom 2 81 Jan Schaffrath (Ger) Team Telekom 2 82 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 83 Andris Riess (Lat) Index Alexia 2 84 Carlos Garcia (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1 85 J.Antonio Pecharroman (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 1 86 Santiago Blanco (Spa) iBanesto.com 1 87 Joao Silva (Por) Milaneza-MSS 1 88 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 1 89 Antonio Colom (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 1 90 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 1 91 Denis Zanette (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1 92 Rubén Lobato Elvira (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 1 Mountains classification 1 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 67 pts 2 Félix Garcia Casas (Spa) Bigmat.Auber 93 50 3 Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal Service 44 4 Mederic Clain (Fra) Cofidis 42 5 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 39 6 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 37 7 Aitor Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 33 8 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 33 9 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis 30 10 M.A. Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 26 11 Hamar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 22 12 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Milaneza-MSS 22 13 Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 20 14 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 20 15 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 20 16 Santiago Blanco (Spa) iBanesto.com 18 17 Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 17 18 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis 16 19 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio 16 20 Rui Miguel Sousa (Por) Milaneza-MSS 16 21 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) ONCE-Eroski 14 22 Klaus Möller (Den) Milaneza-MSS 13 23 Luis Perez (Spa) Team Coast 12 24 Germán Nieto (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 12 25 Antonio Colom (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 10 26 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10 27 Serguei Smetanine (Rus) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 10 28 J.Antonio Flecha (Spa) iBanesto.com 9 29 Jesus Maria Manzano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 9 30 Joseba Beloki (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 8 31 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7 32 Pablo Lastras (Spa) iBanesto.com 6 33 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 6 34 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio 6 35 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 5 36 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 5 37 Joan Horrach (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 5 38 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 5 39 Oscar Camenzind (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 4 40 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4 41 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 4 42 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 4 43 Carlos Garcia (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 3 44 Aitor Kintana (Spa) Bigmat.Auber 93 3 45 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Lampre-Daikin 3 46 Rolf Aldag (Ger) Team Telekom 3 47 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) iBanesto.com 3 48 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis 2 49 José Azevedo (Por) ONCE-Eroski 2 50 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2 51 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 2 52 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2 53 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 2 54 Melchor Mauri (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 2 55 José Garrido (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 1 56 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Saeco-Longoni Sport 1 57 Alberto Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 58 Davide Bramati (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 1 59 J.Manuel Vazquez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 1 60 Denis Zanette (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1 61 Victor Hugo Peńa (Col) US Postal Service 1 Regularity classification 1 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 12 pts 2 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 19 3 Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal Service 21 4 Félix Garcia Casas (Spa) Bigmat.Auber 93 27 5 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 28 6 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 31 7 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis 41 8 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 41 9 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Milaneza-MSS 46 10 Pablo Lastras (Spa) iBanesto.com 51 11 Klaus Möller (Den) Milaneza-MSS 61 12 Joseba Beloki (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 62 13 Luis Perez (Spa) Team Coast 62 14 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 65 15 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 72 16 Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 78 17 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) ONCE-Eroski 79 18 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 79 19 Oscar Camenzind (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 81 20 Rui Miguel Sousa (Por) Milaneza-MSS 84 21 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio 87 22 Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 88 23 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis 108 24 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 117 25 Mederic Clain (Fra) Cofidis 121 26 M.A. Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 122 27 Serguei Smetanine (Rus) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 124 28 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio 125 29 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 126 30 Santiago Blanco (Spa) iBanesto.com 135 31 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 141 32 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 147 33 Carlos Garcia (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 148 34 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 148 35 J.Antonio Flecha (Spa) iBanesto.com 150 36 Aitor Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 151 37 Jesus Maria Manzano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 152 38 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 169 39 Davide Bramati (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 169 40 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 186 41 Antonio Colom (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 188 42 Germán Nieto (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 198 43 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) iBanesto.com 207 44 Rolf Aldag (Ger) Team Telekom 225 45 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 226 46 Denis Zanette (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 255 Teams classification 1 Team Coast 150.40.05 2 Kelme-Costa Blanca 0.37 3 Milaneza-MSS 3.47 4 ONCE-Eroski 5.21 5 Cofidis 7.23 6 Euskaltel-Euskadi 12.55 7 Saeco-Longoni Sport 26.30 8 Fassa Bortolo 36.25 9 Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 49.24 10 iBanesto.com 51.31 11 Phonak Hearing Systems 1.01.08 12 US Postal Service 1.05.16 13 Relax-Fuenlabrada 1.35.39 14 Lampre-Daikin 1.37.00 15 Domo-Farm Frites 1.55.40 16 Team Telekom 1.56.06 17 Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 1.56.30 18 Bigmat.Auber 93 1.59.08 19 Alessio 1.59.51 20 Ag2R Prevoyance 2.46.03 21 Mapei-Quick Step 2.52.10 22 Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 3.12.22 23 Index Alexia 4.30.39
