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63rd Vuelta Ciclista a la Comunidad Valenciana - 2.1
Spain, February 22-26, 2005
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Stage 5 - February 26: Valencia - Valencia, 149.5 km
Petacchi finishes off in style
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Alessandro Petacchi has completed the Fassa Bortolo whitewash of the Vuelta Valenciana, winning the fifth and final stage in a bunch sprint and taking out the overall classification in the process. Petacchi won three of the five stages, finished second in one won by his teammate Flecha, and third in another. He is now well on track to try to win Milan-San Remo on March 19.
"I won't hide it, I'm the strongest Petacchi ever," he said after his latest triumph. "Yesterday I had confirmation of it. It was good that we did not do the final climb, but the parcours was hard and I was in front with the leaders. To win Valenciana also has a certain effect on me. If I look at the past winners I see people that are all on the climbs. Even if this edition was not quite as hard, to see my name in the middle of the classic climbers will always have an effect on me.
"The win today was the cherry on the cake at the end of a fantastic week for my team. We won four of five stages and the final classification. To do more was impossible. I will return to Italy on Sunday evening and then on Wednesday go and ride the final part of the route of Milan-San Remo. I don't want to leave anything to chance."
Results
1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3.22.57 2 Fco.José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Credit Agricole 4 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 6 Javier Cherro (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 7 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 8 Antonio Colom (Spa) Illes Balears 9 Luciano A. Pagliarini (Bra) Liquigas-Bianchi 10 Ion Del Rio (Spa) Andalucia-Paul Versan 11 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 12 David Etxebarria (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Wurth 13 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 14 Julian Dean (NZl) Credit Agricole 15 Aitor Perez (Spa) Spiuk 16 José Ruiz (Spa) Andalucia-Paul Versan 17 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Spiuk 18 Gianluca Sironi (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 19 Iker Leonet (Spa) Illes Balears 20 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank 21 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Illes Balears 22 Pedro Romero (Spa) Spiuk 23 David Muñoz (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 24 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears 25 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 26 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 27 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Wurth 28 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 29 Jaume Rovira (Spa) Andalucia-Paul Versan 30 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 31 M.A. Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 32 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 33 Javier Ramirez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Wurth 34 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 35 Andrea Tafi (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 36 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 37 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Wurth 38 Javier Perez (Spa) Andalucia-Paul Versan 39 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 40 Raul Garcia (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 41 David Blanco (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 42 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 43 Luis Perez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 44 Alberto Benitez (Spa) Spiuk 45 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis 46 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 47 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 48 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis 49 Carlos Zarate (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 50 David Bernabeu (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 51 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 52 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 53 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 54 Aitor Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 55 Angel L. Casero (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 56 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole 57 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 58 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 59 Adrian Palomares (Spa) Kaiku 60 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis 61 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Illes Balears 62 Joseba Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 63 Ivan Mayoz (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 64 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 65 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears 66 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 67 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 68 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis 69 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 70 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 71 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 72 David Fernandez (Spa) Andalucia-Paul Versan 73 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 74 Victor M. Gomes (Spa) Andalucia-Paul Versan 0.22 75 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 0.24 76 Juan Gomis (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 1.15 77 Daniel Becke (Ger) Illes Balears 1.34 78 Andrej Hauptman (Slo) Fassa Bortolo 1.40 79 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2.45 Points 1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 25 pts 2 Fco.José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 20 3 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Credit Agricole 16 4 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 14 5 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 12 6 Javier Cherro (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 10 7 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 9 8 Antonio Colom (Spa) Illes Balears 8 9 Luciano A. Pagliarini (Bra) Liquigas-Bianchi 7 10 Ion Del Rio (Spa) Andalucia-Paul Versan 6 11 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 5 12 David Etxebarria (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Wurth 4 13 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 3 14 Julian Dean (NZl) Credit Agricole 2 15 Aitor Perez (Spa) Spiuk 1 Mountains Alto De Rio Juanes - Cat. 2, km 49,00 1 Juan Gomis (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 10 pts 2 Jaume Rovira (Spa) Andalucia-Paul Versan 7 3 Raul Garcia (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 5 4 Aitor Perez (Spa) Spiuk 3 5 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2 6 Andrej Hauptman (Slo) Fassa Bortolo 1 Metas volantes Llombai, km 87,00 1 Javier Cherro (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 3 pts 2 Antonio Colom (Spa) Illes Balears 2 3 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 1 Benifaio, km 100,50 1 Aitor Perez (Spa) Spiuk 3 pts 2 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 2 3 Antonio Colom (Spa) Illes Balears 1 Teams 1 Liquigas-Bianchi 10.08.51 2 Saunier Duval-Prodir 3 Credit Agricole 4 Illes Baleares 5 Fassa Bortolo 6 Spiuk 7 Andalucia-Paul Versan 8 Comunidad Valenciana 9 Liberty Seguros-Wurth 10 T-Mobile Team 11 Relax-Fuenlabrada 12 Phonak Hearing Systems 13 Euskaltel-Euskadi 14 Rabobank 15 Cofidis Final general classification 1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 19.07.31 2 Aitor Perez (Spa) Spiuk 0.34 3 Antonio Colom (Spa) Illes Balears 0.38 4 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 5 Javier Cherro (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 0.39 6 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears 0.43 7 David Muñoz (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 0.45 8 David Etxebarria (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Wurth 0.46 9 José Ruiz (Spa) Andalucia-Paul Versan 10 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 11 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis 12 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 13 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 0.54 14 David Bernabeu (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 1.08 15 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3.24 16 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Wurth 5.03 17 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 8.59 18 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Wurth 9.43 19 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 12.54 20 Ion Del Rio (Spa) Andalucia-Paul Versan 21 Javier Ramirez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Wurth 22 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Credit Agricole 12.55 23 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 12.59 24 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 25 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 26 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 27 Luis Perez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 28 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 29 Carlos Zarate (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 30 Jaume Rovira (Spa) Andalucia-Paul Versan 13.05 31 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 13.16 32 Juan Gomis (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 14.14 33 Javier Perez (Spa) Andalucia-Paul Versan 14.57 34 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 16.31 35 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears 17.38 36 David Blanco (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 20.13 37 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Illes Balears 20.18 38 Fco.José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 20.29 39 M.A. Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 20.30 40 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 20.38 41 Alberto Benitez (Spa) Spiuk 20.40 42 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 43 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 22.02 44 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Spiuk 22.49 45 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 24.09 46 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 24.11 47 Gianluca Sironi (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 24.14 48 Raul Garcia (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 49 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 50 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole 24.20 51 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 24.49 52 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 25.13 53 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 54 Angel L. Casero (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 55 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis 25.33 56 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 26.15 57 Andrej Hauptman (Slo) Fassa Bortolo 27.55 58 Daniel Becke (Ger) Illes Balears 30.33 59 Luciano A. Pagliarini (Bra) Liquigas-Bianchi 31.46 60 Andrea Tafi (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 31.54 61 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 31.55 62 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 63 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank 64 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis 65 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 66 Joseba Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 67 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis 68 David Fernandez (Spa) Andalucia-Paul Versan 32.03 69 Iker Leonet (Spa) Illes Balears 32.06 70 Victor M. Gomes (Spa) Andalucia-Paul Versan 32.17 71 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 33.38 72 Pedro Romero (Spa) Spiuk 36.47 73 Ivan Mayoz (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 37.20 74 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Illes Balears 39.47 75 Julian Dean (NZl) Credit Agricole 76 Aitor Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 77 Adrian Palomares (Spa) Kaiku 78 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 79 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 39.55 Points classification 1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 111 pts 2 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 59 3 Fco.José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 42 4 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Credit Agricole 40 5 Luciano A. Pagliarini (Bra) Liquigas-Bianchi 37 6 Antonio Colom (Spa) Illes Balears 36 7 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 34 8 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 28 9 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 28 10 Aitor Perez (Spa) Spiuk 27 11 David Blanco (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 25 12 David Muñoz (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 23 13 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 22 14 Javier Cherro (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 21 15 Ion Del Rio (Spa) Andalucia-Paul Versan 19 16 David Etxebarria (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Wurth 18 17 M.A. Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 17 18 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 15 19 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears 10 20 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10 21 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 6 22 José Ruiz (Spa) Andalucia-Paul Versan 5 23 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5 24 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 3 25 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis 3 Mountains classification 1 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 36 pts 2 Juan Gomis (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 25 3 Javier Ramirez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Wurth 19 4 Aitor Perez (Spa) Spiuk 14 5 Ivan Mayoz (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 12 6 David Bernabeu (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 10 7 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears 7 8 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Wurth 7 9 Jaume Rovira (Spa) Andalucia-Paul Versan 7 10 Andrea Tafi (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 7 11 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Wurth 6 Combination classification 1 Aitor Perez (Spa) Spiuk 16 pts 2 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 18 3 Antonio Colom (Spa) Illes Balears 28 4 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears 32 5 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 36 6 David Muñoz (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 39 7 David Bernabeu (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 47 8 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 50 9 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis 53 10 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Wurth 55 11 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 83 Teams classification 1 Comunidad Valenciana 57.21.23 2 Liberty Seguros-Wurth 12.01 3 Fassa Bortolo 15.38 4 Illes Baleares 16.13 5 Andalucia-Paul Versan 18.32 6 Spiuk 26.13 7 T-Mobile Team 32.28 8 Saunier Duval-Prodir 34.27 9 Liquigas-Bianchi 38.54 10 Relax-Fuenlabrada 40.02 11 Credit Agricole 40.07 12 Phonak Hearing Systems 43.44 13 Euskaltel-Euskadi 46.50 14 Rabobank 55.19 15 Cofidis 58.11
