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Euskal Bizikleta - 2.1
Spain, June 2-6, 2004
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Stage 2 - June 3: Karrantza - Agurain, 155.6 km
Perdi doubles up
By Martin Hardie in Agurain
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Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero, better known as Perdi, repeated his 2002 result in Agurain today when he took another small group sprint to continue as leader of the Euskal Bizikleta. As he was yesterday, Perdi was followed to the line by Liberty's Angel Vicioso. Third was Relax rider and one man to keep a keen eye on as the race heads towards Saturday's time trial, Alberto Martinez.
With Perdi's win and the way it was brought about, the theme of the day might be described as concerning air conditioning. Perdi's team, sponsored by the multinational air conditioning company Saunier Duval, and in particular their young dynamic team director Joxean Fernandez Matxin, are in many ways a breath of fresh air in the world of cycling. Although at the present, they have not been granted a position in either the starting line up of the Tour de France, or the UCI Pro Tour, one wonders how either event could exist without them. The gust of air created by Perdi as he rushed passed Liberty's Angel Vicioso to set up his sprint win today however in the beginning was the result of a more old-fashioned form of air conditioning and maybe a more old-fashioned form of director, one who is possibly out to prove this year that he has the goods to take a grand tour.
How it unfolded
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The planning and patience of Liberty Seguros Director Manolo Saiz paid off today and brought about another crucial selection in a stage of the Euskal that was touted as the "easy" one. In the Spanish language, the word abanico is used to describe what we call in English or French an echelon - that formation a bike race assumes when the riders fan out across the road to seek shelter from a cross wind. An abanico is literally one of those hand held devices you might associate with a flamenco dancer or an Andulacian madien, used for cooling the temperature of one's face. It is also a device Manolo uses to perfection to rip a peloton apart, and this is what he did today with little more than ten kilometres to the finish when he ordered his team to take over the control of the front of the race.
Liberty, who had not been seen near the front of the race all day - having left first Saunier Duval, then Euskaltel and later Lampre to control the head of the peloton - came en masse to the front when the route looped back on itself across the skirts of the mountain range to the south of Agurain. Here the abanico formed and within seconds, the race which had proceeded as an orderly hunt of the day's four breakaways, Aitor Osa (Illes Baleares), Aitor Perez (Cafes Baque), Paco Lara (Paternina Costa Almeria) and Anthony Charteau (La Boulangère), turned into a nightmare for anyone who wasn't close enough to the front.
The race was ripped apart. A group of 19 with seven out of the eight Liberty team members represented were away, and behind groups were all trying first to get together and then if and when that was possible, trying to regain their losses. The 19 driven by Liberty's seven tunneled its way through the wind, with Euskaltel's Samuel Sanchez and Haimar Zubeldia active at the front as well. Notable others present were Sylvain Chavanel, Didier Rous (both Brioches), Alberto Martinez (Relax), Txema del Olmo (Maia), Luis Perez (Cofidis) and of course Perdi. They quickly scooped up the four escapees and their advantage yo-yoed at 20 seconds, 12 seconds, 15 seconds...
With four klicks left, Chavanel and Luis Perez drove off the front. They managed a small opening for a moment. Two kilometres later, Luis Perez gave it gas and went hard down the left hand side of the road and he was followed by Baque's Aitor Perez who passed him and got a gap himself. They managed to hold a 3 second advantage until through the three roundabouts into town when Liberty pulled them back. With 500 metres to go it was all back together - that is most of the group of 23 or so, as some of the Libertys had been shed doing their job of creating the tunnel through the wind.
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Down the left hand side into the finishing straight went Mikel Pradera of Illes Baleares, and Didier Rous charged after him. Then Vicioso launched a chase with Perdi on his wheel and that was it again, a rush of air as Perdi took two in two, down the same road as two years ago. Vicioso held on for second and Martinez third. The peloton 26 seconds behind.
The abanico caused spilt has reduced yesterday's twelve contenders to nine now. Of them, a few have to be discounted as they will play a supporting role. But the result is that heading into tomorrow's tough climbing day (with 2 Cat. 1's in the last 40 kilometres, preceded here as always by a battery of Cat 2's and 3's) we can judge the likely contenders for the finale as being drawn from amongst five riders: Heras and Gil for Liberty, Sanchez and Zubeldia for Euskaltel and Alberto Martinez from Relax. Luis Perez (Cofidis) and Txema del Olmo (Maia) of course still might have a bit to say about that.
Photography
Images by AFP Photo
- The peloton rides past a sculpture in the northern Spanish village of Salvatierra during stage 2 of the Euskal Bizikleta
- Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Saunier Duval) wins the second stage of the Euskal Bizikleta while wearing the leader's jersey
- Watch where you point that thing! Perdiguero cracks open a bottle on the podium
Images by Martin Hardie
- Lander Euba not in a hurry
- In search of an Euskaltel-Euskadi signature
- Fans of Samuel Sanchez with the Euskaltel mechanic
- We love Sammy Sanchez
- Saunier Duval's director Joxean Matxin at the start
- The Relax Ridleys before the start
Results
1 M.A. Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3.49.53 2 Angel Vicioso (Spa) Liberty Seguros 3 Alberto Martinez (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 4 Didier Rous (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 5 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros 8 Txema Del Olmo (Spa) Milaneza Maia 9 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 10 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 11 Francisco José Lara (Spa) Costa De Almeria-Paternina 12 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 13 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 14 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 15 Ivan Parra (Col) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 16 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 17 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Liberty Seguros 18 Unai Yus (Spa) Brioches La Boulangere 19 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros 20 Aitor Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 21 Aitor Perez (Spa) Cafes Baque 0.08 22 René Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros 23 Alvaro Glez. Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 0.13 24 Mauro Santanbrogio (Ita) Team L.P.R.-Piacenza Management SRL 0.27 25 Bruno Pires (Por) Milaneza Maia 26 Roberto Petito (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 27 Ion Del Rio (Spa) Costa De Almeria-Paternina 28 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo 29 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 30 David Herrero (Spa) Costa De Almeria-Paternina 31 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 32 Lander Euba (Spa) Costa De Almeria-Paternina 33 Renato Silva (Por) Milaneza Maia 34 Angel Edo (Spa) Milaneza Maia 35 Gustavo Dominguez (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 36 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 37 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Lampre 38 Francisco Palacio (Spa) Cafes Baque 39 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Team L.P.R.-Piacenza Management SRL 40 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 41 Peter Farazjin (Bel) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 42 Mikel Elgezabal (Spa) Costa De Almeria-Paternina 43 Peio Arreitunandia (Spa) Cafes Baque 44 Tom Danielson (USA) Fassa Bortolo 45 Hugo Sabido (Por) Milaneza Maia 46 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 47 Michele Scotto (Ita) Lampre 48 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 49 Roberto Sgambelluri (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 50 Joaquin Lopez (Spa) Costa De Almeria-Paternina 51 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 52 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 53 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 54 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 55 Paulo Barroso (Por) Milaneza Maia 56 Valery Kobzarenko (Ukr) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo 57 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre 58 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Team L.P.R.-Piacenza Management SRL 59 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 60 Hernan Buenahora (Col) Cafes Baque 61 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 62 Paolo Longo (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 63 Jonathan Gonzalez (Spa) Costa De Almeria-Paternina 64 Jon Odriozola (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 65 Sergio Barbero (Ita) Lampre 66 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 67 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 68 Julián Sanchez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 69 Jose Antonio Lopez Gil (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 70 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 71 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 72 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Brioches La Boulangere 73 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 74 Felix Cardenas (Col) Cafes Baque 1.42 75 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre 2.45 76 Simone Bertoletti (Ita) Lampre 10.59 77 Alberto Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 78 Joseba Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 79 Javier Ramirez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 80 Kyrylo Pospyeyev (Ukr) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo 81 Dmitri Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 82 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 83 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 84 Hector Guerra (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 85 Ivan Mayoz (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 86 Giulio Tomi (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 21.25 87 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 88 Gustavo Cesar (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 89 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 90 Luca Celli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 91 Unai Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 92 Claudio Lucchini (Ita) Team L.P.R.-Piacenza Management SRL 93 Daniele Masolino (Ita) Team L.P.R.-Piacenza Management SRL 94 Lizuarte Manuel Martins (Por) Milaneza Maia 95 Claudio Astolfi (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo 96 Marco Cavallari (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 97 Jokin Ormaetxea (Spa) Costa De Almeria-Paternina 98 Antonio Olmo (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 99 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 100 Christophe Kern (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 101 Marco Gili (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 102 Luis Perez Romero (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 103 Alessandro D'andrea (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo 104 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Team L.P.R.-Piacenza Management SRL 105 Luca Nardello (Ita) Team L.P.R.-Piacenza Management SRL 106 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Cafes Baque 107 Romans Vainsteins (Lat) Lampre 108 Rubén Plaza (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 109 Dimitri Konyshev (Rus) Team L.P.R.-Piacenza Management SRL DNF Gorka Beloki (Spa) Brioches La Boulangere DNF Igor Astarloa (Spa) Lampre DNF Ruben Lobato (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir DNF Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir DNF Gerhard Trampusch (Aut) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo Points 1 M.A. Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 25 pts 2 Angel Vicioso (Spa) Liberty Seguros 20 3 Alberto Martinez (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 16 4 Didier Rous (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 14 5 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 12 6 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10 7 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros 9 8 Txema Del Olmo (Spa) Milaneza Maia 8 9 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 7 10 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 6 11 Francisco José Lara (Spa) Costa De Almeria-Paternina 5 12 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 4 13 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 3 14 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 2 15 Ivan Parra (Col) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 1 Mountains La Escrita, km 7 3 1 Francisco José Lara (Spa) Costa De Almeria-Paternina 3 pts 2 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 1 Altube, km 71 3 1 Francisco José Lara (Spa) Costa De Almeria-Paternina 3 pts 2 Aitor Perez (Spa) Cafes Baque 1 Metas volantes Murgia, km 76 1 Aitor Perez (Spa) Cafes Baque 3 pts 2 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 2 3 Aitor Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 1 Landa, km 101.7 1 Aitor Perez (Spa) Cafes Baque 3 pts 2 Aitor Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 2 3 Francisco José Lara (Spa) Costa De Almeria-Paternina 1 Teams 1 Liberty Seguros 11.29.39 2 Brioches La Boulangere 3 Euskaltel - Euskadi 0.27 4 Illes Balears - Banesto 5 Cofidis, le credit par telephone 6 Milaneza - Maia 0.54 7 Costa de Almeria - Paternina 8 Saunier Duval - Prodir 9 Kelme - Comdad. Valenciana 10 Cafes Baque 1.02 11 Fassa Bortolo 1.21 12 T. L.P.R. Piacenza 13 Lampre 14 Vini Caldirola 15 Relax-Bodysol 11.26 16 Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 11.53 General classification after stage 2 1 M.A. Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 8.05.06 2 Angel Vicioso (Spa) Liberty Seguros 3 Alberto Martinez (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 4 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros 6 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7 Txema Del Olmo (Spa) Milaneza Maia 8 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 9 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 10 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros 11 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.27 12 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 13 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 0.40 14 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 0.53 15 Didier Rous (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 0.59 16 Francisco José Lara (Spa) Costa De Almeria-Paternina 17 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 1.20 18 Peio Arreitunandia (Spa) Cafes Baque 19 Michele Scotto (Ita) Lampre 20 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo 1.26 21 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 22 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 23 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 24 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 1.55 25 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Liberty Seguros 26 Ivan Parra (Col) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 27 Aitor Perez (Spa) Cafes Baque 2.03 28 Ion Del Rio (Spa) Costa De Almeria-Paternina 2.22 29 Lander Euba (Spa) Costa De Almeria-Paternina 30 Mikel Elgezabal (Spa) Costa De Almeria-Paternina 31 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Lampre 32 Francisco Palacio (Spa) Cafes Baque 33 Hugo Sabido (Por) Milaneza Maia 34 Joaquin Lopez (Spa) Costa De Almeria-Paternina 35 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre 36 Roberto Sgambelluri (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 37 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 38 Hernan Buenahora (Col) Cafes Baque 39 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 2.29 40 Bruno Pires (Por) Milaneza Maia 2.56 41 Peter Farazjin (Bel) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 42 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 43 Mauro Santanbrogio (Ita) Team L.P.R.-Piacenza Management SRL 4.14 44 Gustavo Dominguez (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 45 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Team L.P.R.-Piacenza Management SRL 46 Tom Danielson (USA) Fassa Bortolo 47 Valery Kobzarenko (Ukr) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo 48 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 49 Jonathan Gonzalez (Spa) Costa De Almeria-Paternina 50 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 51 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 52 Julián Sanchez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 53 Aitor Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 4.55 54 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 5.22 55 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 5.48 56 René Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros 5.56 57 Alvaro Glez. Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 6.01 58 Renato Silva (Por) Milaneza Maia 6.15 59 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 60 Paulo Barroso (Por) Milaneza Maia 61 Sergio Barbero (Ita) Lampre 62 Jon Odriozola (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 63 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Team L.P.R.-Piacenza Management SRL 64 Paolo Longo (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 65 Unai Yus (Spa) Brioches La Boulangere 7.16 66 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Brioches La Boulangere 7.44 67 Roberto Petito (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 9.57 68 Angel Edo (Spa) Milaneza Maia 69 David Herrero (Spa) Costa De Almeria-Paternina 70 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 71 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 72 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 73 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre 12.15 74 Jose Antonio Lopez Gil (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 12.26 75 Alberto Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 14.06 76 Felix Cardenas (Col) Cafes Baque 15.07 77 Simone Bertoletti (Ita) Lampre 16.47 78 Hector Guerra (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 79 Javier Ramirez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 80 Dmitri Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 81 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 20.29 82 Kyrylo Pospyeyev (Ukr) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo 83 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 84 Ivan Mayoz (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 85 Joseba Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 23.13 86 Lizuarte Manuel Martins (Por) Milaneza Maia 23.54 87 Unai Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 27.13 88 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 89 Jokin Ormaetxea (Spa) Costa De Almeria-Paternina 90 Antonio Olmo (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 91 Rubén Plaza (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 92 Marco Gili (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 30.06 93 Giulio Tomi (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 30.55 94 Gustavo Cesar (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 95 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 96 Marco Cavallari (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 97 Luca Nardello (Ita) Team L.P.R.-Piacenza Management SRL 98 Luis Perez Romero (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 99 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Team L.P.R.-Piacenza Management SRL 100 Romans Vainsteins (Lat) Lampre 33.24 101 Dimitri Konyshev (Rus) Team L.P.R.-Piacenza Management SRL 102 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 33.39 103 Claudio Lucchini (Ita) Team L.P.R.-Piacenza Management SRL 104 Claudio Astolfi (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo 105 Daniele Masolino (Ita) Team L.P.R.-Piacenza Management SRL 106 Alessandro D'andrea (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo 107 Christophe Kern (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 34.21 108 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Cafes Baque 34.50 109 Luca Celli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 35.32 Points classification 1 M.A. Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 50 pts 2 Angel Vicioso (Spa) Liberty Seguros 40 3 Alberto Martinez (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 30 4 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 28 5 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros 19 6 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 18 7 Txema Del Olmo (Spa) Milaneza Maia 14 8 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 14 9 Didier Rous (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 14 10 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros 9 11 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 7 12 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 7 13 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 6 14 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5 15 Francisco José Lara (Spa) Costa De Almeria-Paternina 5 16 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4 17 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 4 18 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 3 19 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 3 20 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 2 21 Michele Scotto (Ita) Lampre 1 22 Ivan Parra (Col) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 1 Mountains classification 1 Luca Celli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 12 pts 2 M.A. Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 10 3 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros 8 4 Francisco José Lara (Spa) Costa De Almeria-Paternina 6 5 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6 6 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 5 7 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros 4 8 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 2 9 Paolo Longo (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 2 10 Aitor Perez (Spa) Cafes Baque 1 11 Alvaro Glez. Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 1 12 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 1 13 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Cafes Baque 1 Metas volantes classification 1 Aitor Perez (Spa) Cafes Baque 6 pts 2 Luca Celli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 6 3 Hugo Sabido (Por) Milaneza Maia 4 4 Aitor Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 3 5 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 2 6 Francisco José Lara (Spa) Costa De Almeria-Paternina 1 7 Giulio Tomi (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 1 8 Mauro Santanbrogio (Ita) Team L.P.R.-Piacenza Management SRL 1 Teams classification 1 Liberty Seguros 24.15.18 2 Euskaltel - Euskadi 0.27 3 Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.53 4 Cofidis, le credit par telephone 3.15 5 Kelme - Comdad. Valenciana 4.01 6 Milaneza - Maia 5.18 7 Costa de Almeria - Paternina 5.43 8 Cafes Baque 5.45 9 Lampre 6.04 10 Illes Balears - Banesto 7.02 11 Brioches La Boulangere 9.16 12 Fassa Bortolo 9.54 13 T. L.P.R. Piacenza 14.43 14 Vini Caldirola 17.45 15 Relax-Bodysol 21.01 16 Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 21.21
