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57th Vuelta a España
Spain, September 7- 29, 2002
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Stage 19 - September 27: Béjar - Avila, 177.8 km
Garcia Acosta first, Gonzalez steals seconds
By Chris Henry
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The last of the major mountains were crossed today in the 19th stage of the Vuelta a España, as the race moved from Béjar to Avila. Beginning with the third category climb of Alto de la Hoya, the last real uphill test came on the first category Puerto de Serranillos at the 115km mark. José Vicente Garcia Acosta (iBanesto.com), no stranger to aggressive riding in the grand tours, attacked a leading group 50km from the finish and powered to a fine solo victory, the seventh of his career.
Behind him the peloton had split on the last two climbs, leaving a smaller group of favourites to contest the finish in Avila. With 2 km to go, second overall Aitor Gonzalez launched himself off the front over Avila's famous cobbles, surprising the rest of the GC favourites to steal a valuable four seconds lead from race leader Roberto Heras, which could prove telling in Sunday's time trial.
How it unfolded
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The riders of the Vuelta have remained aggressive as Madrid draws near, and stage 19 was no exception. Nine riders broke clear after just 7km, using the Cat. 3 Alto de la Hoya as a springboard to gain time on the main field. Aitor Osa (iBanesto) was in the move, looking to clinch the mountains title in the final day of climbing. Along with Osa were his teammate José Garcia Acosta, Carlos Garcia (Kelme-Costa Blanca), Jose Luis Rebollo (Relax-Fuenlabrada), Pietro Caucchioli (Alessio), Marcos Serrano (ONCE-Eroski), Rui Lavarinhas (Milaneza-MSS), Daniel Atienza (Cofidis), and Martin Perdiguero (Acqua & Sapone).
The nine members of the break cooperated well and quickly built a lead in excess of 8 minutes as they approached the Puerto de Serranillos. With eight teams represented in the move, and no threats to the overall classification, few in the peloton would take much initiative to chase. With or without a concerted effort to chase the break, the peloton was destined to force the pace on the cat. 1 climb, as it was perhaps the last chance for the favorites to gain time on one another before Sunday's time trial.
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Eventally Team Coast did begin the chase, working to try and regain the lead in the teams classification, or at least stop Kelme from getting an eight minute bonus. On the climb of the Puerto de Serranillos, Joseba Beloki (4th overall) set the attacks in motion, launching himself from the group and opening a small gap before Kelme pulled him back. A series of counters followed, including efforts from Angel Casero and Francesco Casagrande. None of the attacks would stick, but they did reduce the size of the front peloton to around 25 riders as the race favorites crested the climb.
As the break continued, a slight lull in the pace was all the encouragement Garcia Acosta needed to try a solo flyer. No doubt inspired by his teammate Santiago Blanco's victory the day before, Garcia Acosta set off alone with around 50km left to race to Avila. Confident he could go the distance, the powerful Spaniard opened a lead of over 2 minutes over the breakaway group, with several more minutes in hand over the peloton.
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Martin Perdiguero broke the elastic on the Cat. 2 Puerto de Navalmoral after a several other riders attacked the break, and found himself alone in pursuit of Garcia Acosta with just over 20km to race. He began to close in on the lone leader, moving within a minute at the top of the climb. Garcia Acosta, however, was able to combine his power and descending skills to take back time on Perdiguero on the descent. Behind in the chase group, Aitor Osa accomplished his goal of taking points on both of the day's climbs, and moved ahead of Roberto Heras in the mountains competition.
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Into Avila, Garcia Acosta solidified his lead and powered through the stage finish, hiding no emotion as he crossed the line in a series of excited victory salutes. Behind him the break had caught Martin Perdiguero with 5km to go. The race finish presented its own challenge, and just as the break was overtaken by the peloton, Kelme's Aitor Gonzalez jumped from the group with a perfectly timed attack on the uphill cobbles, putting race leader Heras on the ropes. His daring move paid off as he finished second on the stage and reclaimed four critical seconds from Heras.
With one road stage remaining before the big finale in Madrid, Gonzalez now sits just 1'08" behind Heras, and has a real chance of stealing the Vuelta title in the race against the clock. Just as last year, the Vuelta is heading for a final stage showdown in the time trial.
Photography
Images by Lavuelta.com
- Oscar Sevilla (Kelme) interviewed before the start
- The internet stand in the starting village is always popular with the riders
- Mountains leader Aitor Osa (iBanesto) and race leader Roberto Heras (USPS) at the start
- Kilometre zero the peloton sets off for Avila
- The attacking started from the beginning as usual
- US Postal Service control things early on
- Chechu Rubiera and Santi Botero chat while things are relatively calm
- Aitor Gonzalez (Kelme) rides during stage 19
- The leading breakaway working hard to establish their advantage
- Roberto Heras (USPS) during stage 19, with Aitor Gonzalez always close by
- The Postal team seemed to be getting stronger with victory in the offing
- Roberto Heras (USPS) and Oscar Sevilla (Kelme) descend during stage 19
- Angel Casero (Team Coast) was in an attacking mood during stage 19
- Team Coast setting the tempo on the Serranillos
- Saeco took over the tempo making after Team Coast
- Jose Vicente Garcia Acosta (iBanesto.com) struggles up the final climb in the lead
- Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Acqua e Sapone) tried but failed to bridge the gap to 'Chente'
- Chente Garcia Acosta on his way to victory in stage 19
- Jose Vicente Garcia Acosta (iBanesto.com) was probably the happiest rider to win a stage
- Jose Vicente Garcia Acosta (iBanesto.com) is very thankful for his win today
- Roberto Heras (USPS) pulls on another gold leader's jersey following stage 19
Images by AFP
- Jose Vicente Garcia Acosta (iBanesto.com) wins the stage into Avila
Results
1 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) iBanesto.com 4.24.27 (40.34 km/h) 2 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2.02 3 M.A. Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 2.06 4 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 5 Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal Service 6 Joseba Beloki (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 7 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8 Klaus Möller (Den) Milaneza-MSS 9 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 10 Angel Casero (Spa) Team Coast 11 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.14 12 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Milaneza-MSS 13 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 14 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Fassa Bortolo 15 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 16 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Team Coast 17 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 18 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 19 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 20 Pablo Lastras (Spa) iBanesto.com 21 Angel Edo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 22 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 23 Félix Garcia Casas (Spa) Bigmat.Auber 93 24 Rafael Casero (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 25 Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 26 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis 27 Rui Lavarinhas (Por) Milaneza-MSS 28 David Dario Cioni (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 29 Luis Perez (Spa) Team Coast 30 Rui Miguel Sousa (Por) Milaneza-MSS 31 David Plaza (Spa) Team Coast 32 David Cańada (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 33 José Garrido (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 34 José Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 35 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 36 Juan Horrach (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 37 Massimo Codol (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 2.21 38 Steven Kleynen (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 39 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio 40 Juan José De Los Angeles (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 41 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 2.27 42 Sylvester Szymyd (Pol) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 2.34 43 Daniele Atienza (Spa) Cofidis 44 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 45 J.Antonio Pecharroman (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 46 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio 47 Rubén Lobato Elvira (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 48 Aitor Kintana (Spa) Bigmat.Auber 93 49 Simone Bertoletti (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 50 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 51 Carlos Garcia (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2.50 52 Andris Reis (Lat) Index Alexia 53 Aitor Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 54 Christian Vandevelde (USA) US Postal Service 55 José Azevedo (Por) ONCE-Eroski 56 Rafael Diaz Justo (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 57 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 3.17 58 Marcos Serrano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 3.31 59 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3.37 60 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal Service 61 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 5.46 62 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites 63 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2R Prevoyance 64 Mederic Clain (Fra) Cofidis 7.21 65 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Saeco-Longoni Sport 66 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 12.53 67 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 13.42 68 Rolf Aldag (Ger) Team Telekom 69 Santiago Botero (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 70 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Telekom 71 Matthias Kessler (Ger) Team Telekom 72 Jan Schaffrath (Ger) Team Telekom 73 Aitor Garmendia (Spa) Team Coast 74 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Coast 75 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 76 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis 77 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Saeco-Longoni Sport 78 Robert Bartko (Ger) Team Telekom 79 Matthew White (Aus) US Postal Service 80 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 20.51 81 Serguei Smetanine (Rus) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 82 Alberto Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 83 Germán Nieto (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 21.30 84 Nicola Loda (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 85 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 86 Andrej Hauptman (Slo) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 87 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 88 J.Manuel Vazquez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 89 Sebastien Talabardon (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 90 Alberto Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 91 Mikel Pradera (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 92 Denis Zanette (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 93 Alessandro Guerra (Ita) Index Alexia 94 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 95 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre-Daikin 96 José Iván Gutierrez (Spa) iBanesto.com 97 Dario Gadeo (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 98 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio 99 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 100 Gorka Gerrikagoitia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 101 Diego Ferrari (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 102 Juan Guillamon (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 103 Cyril Saugrain (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 104 Jaime Hernandez (Spa) Team Coast 105 Joao Silva (Por) Milaneza-MSS 106 Zbigniew Spruch (Pol) Lampre-Daikin 107 Alexei Sivakov (Rus) Bigmat.Auber 93 108 Santiago Blanco (Spa) iBanesto.com 109 Alberto Vinale (Ita) Alessio 110 Pietro Zucconi (Swi) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 111 Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 112 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 113 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 114 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Saeco-Longoni Sport 115 J.Antonio Flecha (Spa) iBanesto.com 116 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Fassa Bortolo 117 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 118 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Lampre-Daikin 119 Reto Bergmann (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 120 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 121 Antonio Cruz (USA) US Postal Service 122 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service 123 Benoit Salmon (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 124 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 125 Davide Bramati (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 126 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Mapei-Quick Step 127 José Maestre (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 128 Dmitri Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis 129 Sven Teutenberg (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 130 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 131 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 132 Robert Sassone (Fra) Cofidis Points 1 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) iBanesto.com 25 pts 2 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 20 3 M.A. Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 16 4 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 14 5 Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal Service 12 6 Joseba Beloki (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 10 7 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 9 8 Klaus Möller (Den) Milaneza-MSS 8 9 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 7 10 Angel Casero (Spa) Team Coast 6 11 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 5 12 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Milaneza-MSS 4 13 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3 14 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Fassa Bortolo 2 15 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 1 Mountains Alto de la Hoya - Cat. 3, km 8 1 Aitor Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 6 pts 2 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 4 3 Carlos Garcia (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2 4 Marcos Serrano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 1 Puerto de Serranillos - Cat. 1, km 115 1 Aitor Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 16 pts 2 M.A. Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 12 3 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio 10 4 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) iBanesto.com 8 5 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis 6 6 Carlos Garcia (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 4 7 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 3 8 Marcos Serrano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 2 9 Rui Lavarinhas (Por) Milaneza-MSS 1 Puerto de Navalmoral - Cat. 2, km 155 1 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) iBanesto.com 10 pts 2 M.A. Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 7 3 Aitor Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 5 4 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio 3 5 Carlos Garcia (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2 6 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 1 Sprints El Barco de Avila - km 26.6 1 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis 4 pts 2 Aitor Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 2 3 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio 1 Burgohondo - km 139.2 1 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) iBanesto.com 4 pts 2 Marcos Serrano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 2 3 Carlos Garcia (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1 Navalmoral de la Sierra - km 146 1 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) iBanesto.com 4 pts 2 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 2 3 M.A. Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 1 Teams 1 iBanesto.com 13.18.25 2 Kelme-Costa Blanca 1.18 3 Fassa Bortolo 1.30 4 Milaneza-MSS 5 Euskaltel-Euskadi 6 Team Coast 7 Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 1.38 8 ONCE-Eroski 2.06 9 Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 2.10 10 US Postal Service 3.29 11 Saeco-Longoni Sport 6.45 12 Cofidis 7.05 13 Lampre-Daikin 20.42 14 Mapei-Quick Step 20.54 15 Bigmat.Auber 93 21.14 16 Alessio 21.21 17 Relax-Fuenlabrada 22.10 18 Phonak Hearing Systems 24.26 19 Domo-Farm Frites 24.33 20 Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 32.42 21 Ag2R Prevoyance 35.05 22 Team Telekom 36.02 General classification after stage 19 1 Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal Service 71.24.42 2 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1.08 3 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1.45 4 Joseba Beloki (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 2.09 5 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.15 6 Félix Garcia Casas (Spa) Bigmat.Auber 93 4.43 7 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 4.48 8 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 6.12 9 Angel Casero (Spa) Team Coast 6.18 10 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Team Coast 7.08 11 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7.33 12 Klaus Möller (Den) Milaneza-MSS 8.00 13 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Milaneza-MSS 8.22 14 David Plaza (Spa) Team Coast 11.13 15 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis 12.29 16 Rui Miguel Sousa (Por) Milaneza-MSS 12.45 17 Pablo Lastras (Spa) iBanesto.com 15.04 18 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Fassa Bortolo 18.52 19 Carlos Garcia (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 19.12 20 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 24.42 21 Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 29.13 22 Luis Perez (Spa) Team Coast 37.06 23 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio 39.59 24 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio 46.11 25 Steven Kleynen (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 48.07 26 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis 49.24 27 J.Antonio Pecharroman (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 49.33 28 Sylvester Szymyd (Pol) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 49.45 29 Christian Vandevelde (USA) US Postal Service 50.18 30 Rui Lavarinhas (Por) Milaneza-MSS 53.58 31 Simone Bertoletti (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 54.12 32 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 54.18 33 Joan Horrach (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 55.06 34 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 56.45 35 José Garrido (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 56.56 36 José Azevedo (Por) ONCE-Eroski 58.21 37 Marcos Serrano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 59.59 38 José Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1.01.25 39 Rafael Casero (Spa) Jazztel-Costa Del Almeria 1.05.05 40 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1.05.27 41 M.A. Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 1.07.04 42 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Saeco-Longoni Sport 1.07.17 43 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.08.01 44 J.Antonio Flecha (Spa) iBanesto.com 1.08.12 45 Santiago Blanco (Spa) iBanesto.com 1.11.31 46 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 1.13.56 47 Matthias Kessler (Ger) Team Telekom 1.15.53 48 Massimo Codol (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 1.17.56 49 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 1.20.04 50 David Cańada (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 1.24.11 51 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal Service 1.26.31 52 Juan José De Los Angeles (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1.28.42 53 Aitor Kintana (Spa) Bigmat.Auber 93 1.31.37 54 Aitor Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 1.35.50 55 Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 1.36.01 56 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 1.39.15 57 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.39.30 58 Joao Silva (Por) Milaneza-MSS 1.41.46 59 Alexander Botcharov (Rus) Ag2R Prevoyance 1.45.32 60 Angel Edo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 1.45.34 61 Rafael Diaz Justo (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 1.47.24 62 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 1.47.59 63 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Saeco-Longoni Sport 1.51.01 64 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 1.55.19 65 Alberto Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.59.09 66 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Lampre-Daikin 2.02.01 67 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.03.37 68 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Telekom 2.03.59 69 Mederic Clain (Fra) Cofidis 2.05.46 70 Santiago Botero (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2.05.54 71 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.10.39 72 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Fassa Bortolo 2.13.00 73 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 2.13.23 74 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites 2.14.37 75 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) iBanesto.com 2.15.56 76 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 2.19.05 77 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 2.19.11 78 Dmitri Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis 2.20.43 79 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Saeco-Longoni Sport 2.22.05 80 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 2.22.41 81 Benoit Salmon (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.24.21 82 Serguei Smetanine (Rus) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 2.25.16 83 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.26.46 84 Rolf Aldag (Ger) Team Telekom 2.28.21 85 Aitor Garmendia (Spa) Team Coast 2.28.37 86 Nicola Loda (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2.29.22 87 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 2.29.29 88 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis 2.29.54 89 Jan Schaffrath (Ger) Team Telekom 2.33.29 90 Andrej Hauptman (Slo) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 2.34.39 91 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 2.34.41 92 Reto Bergmann (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.35.02 93 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.35.08 94 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2.35.25 95 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 2.37.52 96 Davide Bramati (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 2.38.37 97 Andris Reiss (Lat) Index Alexia 2.40.24 98 Mikel Pradera (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 2.46.45 99 J.Manuel Vazquez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 2.47.08 100 José Iván Gutierrez (Spa) iBanesto.com 2.48.36 101 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 2.50.30 102 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.52.43 103 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 2.53.30 104 Denis Zanette (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2.53.38 105 Gorka Gerrikagoitia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.55.14 106 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 2.55.57 107 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre-Daikin 2.57.05 108 Robert Bartko (Ger) Team Telekom 2.58.35 109 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Mapei-Quick Step 2.59.50 110 José Maestre (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 3.00.04 111 Sebastien Talabardon (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 3.00.28 112 Alberto Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.01.53 113 Cyril Saugrain (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 3.06.17 114 Dario Gadeo (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 3.07.31 115 Diego Ferrari (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 3.08.02 116 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 3.10.45 117 Antonio Cruz (USA) US Postal Service 3.11.59 118 Jaime Hernandez (Spa) Team Coast 3.14.18 119 Pietro Zucconi (Swi) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 3.15.44 120 Alessandro Guerra (Ita) Index Alexia 3.16.26 121 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio 3.16.45 122 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service 3.20.14 123 Rubén Lobato Elvira (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 3.20.26 124 Juan Guillamon (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 3.24.36 125 Robert Sassone (Fra) Cofidis 3.24.39 126 Alexei Sivakov (Rus) Bigmat.Auber 93 3.25.40 127 Alberto Vinale (Ita) Alessio 3.29.22 128 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Coast 3.29.25 129 Matthew White (Aus) US Postal Service 3.30.44 130 Zbigniew Spruch (Pol) Lampre-Daikin 3.31.26 131 Germán Nieto (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 3.31.57 132 Sven Teutenberg (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 3.37.05 Points classification 1 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Telekom 168 pts 2 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 141 3 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 126 4 Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal Service 97 5 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 90 6 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Saeco-Longoni Sport 80 7 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 77 8 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio 77 9 Joseba Beloki (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 74 10 Pablo Lastras (Spa) iBanesto.com 71 11 Luis Perez (Spa) Team Coast 64 12 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 63 13 Angel Edo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 62 14 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 60 15 Félix Garcia Casas (Spa) Bigmat.Auber 93 53 16 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 53 17 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Milaneza-MSS 51 18 Sven Teutenberg (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 50 19 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 44 20 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 42 21 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 42 22 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) iBanesto.com 41 23 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre-Daikin 36 24 Andrej Hauptman (Slo) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 36 25 Klaus Möller (Den) Milaneza-MSS 35 Mountains classification 1 Aitor Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 105 pts 2 Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal Service 99 3 J.Antonio Flecha (Spa) iBanesto.com 90 4 Santiago Blanco (Spa) iBanesto.com 78 5 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 76 6 Félix Garcia Casas (Spa) Bigmat.Auber 93 67 7 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 62 8 M.A. Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 54 9 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio 54 10 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 51 11 Joseba Beloki (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 49 12 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 49 13 Mederic Clain (Fra) Cofidis 42 14 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 39 15 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 37 16 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis 30 17 Rui Miguel Sousa (Por) Milaneza-MSS 30 18 José Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 30 19 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 28 20 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Milaneza-MSS 26 21 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 22 22 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) iBanesto.com 21 23 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 20 24 Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 20 25 Luis Perez (Spa) Team Coast 18 Regularity classification 1 Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal Service 7 pts 2 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 18 3 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 19 4 Joseba Beloki (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 24 5 Félix Garcia Casas (Spa) Bigmat.Auber 93 27 6 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 29 7 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 32 8 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 40 9 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Milaneza-MSS 50 10 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 53 11 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 54 12 Luis Perez (Spa) Team Coast 58 13 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis 60 14 Klaus Möller (Den) Milaneza-MSS 66 15 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio 67 16 Pablo Lastras (Spa) iBanesto.com 69 17 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 69 18 M.A. Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 76 19 David Plaza (Spa) Team Coast 78 20 Angel Casero (Spa) Team Coast 80 21 Santiago Blanco (Spa) iBanesto.com 80 22 Rui Miguel Sousa (Por) Milaneza-MSS 83 23 J.Antonio Flecha (Spa) iBanesto.com 87 24 José Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 89 25 Aitor Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 89 Teams classification 1 Kelme-Costa Blanca 214.09.13 2 Team Coast 1.08 3 Milaneza-MSS 26.34 4 ONCE-Eroski 30.24 5 Euskaltel-Euskadi 52.24 6 Cofidis 1.10.46 7 iBanesto.com 1.14.27 8 Fassa Bortolo 1.16.43 9 Saeco-Longoni Sport 1.17.51 10 Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 1.42.36 11 US Postal Service 2.00.49 12 Lampre-Daikin 2.49.10 13 Phonak Hearing Systems 3.14.26 14 Relax-Fuenlabrada 3.33.22 15 Bigmat.Auber 93 3.58.08 16 Domo-Farm Frites 4.06.38 17 Alessio 4.10.22 18 Team Telekom 4.14.37 19 Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 4.28.50 20 Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 4.49.58 21 Mapei-Quick Step 5.06.29 22 Ag2R Prevoyance 5.16.12
