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57th Vuelta a España
Spain, September 7- 29, 2002
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Stage 4 - September 10: Aguilas - Roquetas De Mar, 149.5 km
Cipollini spreads his wings again
By Jeff Jones
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After Mario Cipollini's first ever Vuelta stage win yesterday, he was asked why he didn't give a victory salute as he crossed the line. He replied that he was worried that someone would pass him, adding "But tomorrow if I win I promise I will raise them very high indeed."
He did just that today, with an impressive sprint win into Roquetas De Mar, a resort town just south of Almeria on the southern Spanish coastline. This time he had more than a bike length to spare over second placed Alessandro Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo), with Austrian Gerrit Glomser (Saeco) just edging out Erik Zabel for third. Cipollini's victory salute lasted long after he crossed the line, and he was obviously delighted with his performance. Again it was the superb work of his Acqua e Sapone teammates who got him to exactly the right place at the front of the pack with 150m to go, allowing Cipollini to power his way to the finish leaving the other sprinters in his wake.
The question is now 'How long will Cipollini last in the Vuelta?' It's almost certain that he won't finish the race due to his desire to remain fresh in order to focus on the World Championships. He has already proved his point in the Vuelta, and could easily pick up another couple of stage wins before he exits the race. He's not a rider who will be particularly concerned about making it all the way to Madrid.
How it unfolded
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The fourth stage from Águilas to Roquetas de Mar took the riders down the fairly desolate south eastern Spanish coastline via Almeria. The temperatures were again in the low 30's with bright sunshine accompanying the riders the whole day. As expected, the Jazztel-Costa de Almeria team was keen to go on the attack, with the powerful Dario Gadeo escaping after only three kilometres to ride for the next three hours solo.
Gadeo's lead reached 11 minutes in the first third of the stage, as the relaxed peloton was pretty confident in its ability to chase him down. Gradually the speed began to pick up, with one rider from Telekom (Jan Schaffrath), Acqua e Sapone (Ruben Lobato) and Fassa Bortolo (Gorazd Stangelj) manning the front of the peloton.
By the team he reached Almeria with 26 km to go, Gadeo's lead had shrunk to 2'15, and despite his best efforts it was all over 13 km later as the field prepared for a mass sprint. 133 kilometres of solo effort would at least please his sponsors.
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A fall on a roundabout with 10 km to go took out Andreas Klöden (Telekom), Benjamin Noval and Martin Garrido (Relax) and sprinter Ivan Quaranta (Index-Alexia), who has had a bad Vuelta so far on top of a bad year. Further towards the end, his teammate Paolo Savoldelli was involved in a fall. Things just aren't going right for the Index-Alexia boys.
Again it was Acqua e Sapone doing the tempo making at the front inside the last 5 kilometres, with Miguel Martin Perdiguero lifting the pace to 60 km/h for Mario Scirea, Guido Trenti and Santos Gonzalez to hold. Other teams tried but failed to get past the zebra train, and again it was Giovanni Lombardi in position with 400m to go for his trademark lead out. Behind him were Cipollini, Zabel, Petacchi and Freire, with Cipo keeping a watchful eye out on the others as he prepared to jump.
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Zabel and Petacchi had moved up to Cipollini's shoulder by the time he put in his final kick for the line with 150m to go, but when Mario hit top speed there was absolutely nothing the others could do. His winning margin was over a bike length to Petacchi, allowing him a proper two armed salute which he followed with several one armed punches in the air. He was clearly happy and he let everyone know it.
Another rider who enjoyed today's stage was race leader Joseba Beloki (ONCE), whose teammates had to do less work on the front than in previous days, and he comfortably finished the stage in the gold jersey. His next real test comes in the next two stages, which are both mountain top finishes. Tomorrow's stage 5 from El Ejido o Almeria to Sierra Nevada ends at 2,510m after a monstrous 37 kilometre climb starting at 700m. Anyone who has a chance in this year's Vuelta can not afford to lose time tomorrow, and we will see the likes of Oscar Sevilla, Gilberto Simoni, Francesco Casagrande, and Roberto Heras try to attack Joseba Beloki and his ONCE pals.
Photography
Photos by Yuzuru Sunada
- Mario Cipollini (Acqua e Sapone) wins Stage 4 of the Vuelta in Roquetas De Mar
- Mario Cipollini (Acqua e Sapone) smiles on the podium after his second stage win
Photos courtesy of Lavuelta.com
- Oscar Sevilla (Kelme) interviewed before stage 4
- Jose Luis Rubiera (USPS) smiles before the start of stage 4
- Two riders from Almería, Juan Guillamón (Spanish champion) and Alejandro Valverde (Kelme-Costa Blanca)
- The peloton pass kilometre zero.
- Dario Gadeo (Jazztel-Costa de Almeria) during his long Stage 4 solo
- Joseba Beloki (ONCE) rides during the fourth stage of the Vuelta
- Joseba Beloki (ONCE) rides in the company of a teammate during the fourth stage of the Vuelta from Aguilas to Roquetas De Mar
- Joseba Beloki (ONCE) is escorted back to the peloton by a teammate after a refueling expedition
- The peloton in no hurry during the early part of stage 4
- The peloton cruise along the Costa de Almeria during stage 4
- Santos Gonzalez (Acqua e Sapone) and Marcos Serrano (ONCE) chat during stage 4
- Vitoriano Fernandez (Milaneza-MSS), leader of the regularity classification.
- Mario Cipollini (Acqua e Sapone) had all the time in the world for a proper two armed victory salute after he won stage 4
Results
1 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 3.33.32 (42.01 km/h) 2 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Saeco-Longoni Sport 4 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Telekom 5 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre-Daikin 6 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio 7 Angel Edo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 8 Oscar Freire (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 9 Lauri Aus (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 10 Jeroen Blijevens (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites 11 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 12 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Team Coast 13 Gabriele Balducci (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 14 José Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 15 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 16 Robert Sassone (Fra) Cofidis 17 Alberto Vinale (Ita) Alessio 18 Pablo Lastras (Spa) iBanesto.com 19 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Bigmat.Auber 93 20 J.Antonio Flecha (Spa) iBanesto.com 21 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 22 Sebastien Talabardon (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 23 Luis Perez (Spa) Team Coast 24 Milan Kadlec (Cze) Lampre-Daikin 25 José Iván Gutierrez (Spa) iBanesto.com 26 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) iBanesto.com 27 Rolf Aldag (Ger) Team Telekom 28 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 29 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 30 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Team Telekom 31 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 32 Giuseppe Di Grande (Ita) Index Alexia 33 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 34 Mederic Clain (Fra) Cofidis 35 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 36 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis 37 Johan Verstrepen (Bel) Lampre-Daikin 38 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 39 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 40 Juan Guillamon (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 41 Alberto Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 42 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2R Prevoyance 43 Andrej Hauptman (Slo) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 44 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio 45 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 46 Antonio Cruz (USA) US Postal Service 47 Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 48 Benoit Salmon (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 49 Alexei Sivakov (Rus) Bigmat.Auber 93 50 Oscar Camenzind (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 51 Serguei Smetanine (Rus) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 52 Rui Lavarinhas (Por) Milaneza-MSS 53 Andreas Klier (Ger) Team Telekom 54 Andrea Noe (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 55 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 56 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 57 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 58 Christian Vandevelde (USA) US Postal Service 59 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Saeco-Longoni Sport 60 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 61 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites 62 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 63 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 64 Joseba Beloki (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 65 Aitor Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 66 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) iBanesto.com 67 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 68 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Lampre-Daikin 69 Matthias Kessler (Ger) Team Telekom 70 Félix Garcia Casas (Spa) Bigmat.Auber 93 71 Rui Miguel Sousa (Por) Milaneza-MSS 72 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal Service 73 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 74 Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal Service 75 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre-Daikin 76 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 77 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Fassa Bortolo 78 Santiago Botero (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 79 Carlos Garcia (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 80 Jaime Hernandez (Spa) Team Coast 81 Michael Barry (Can) US Postal Service 82 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 83 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis 84 Fernando Escartin (Spa) Team Coast 85 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 86 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Team Coast 87 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 88 Steffen Kjaergaard (Nor) US Postal Service 89 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 90 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 91 José Azevedo (Por) ONCE-Eroski 92 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 93 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Milaneza-MSS 94 Jon Odriozola (Spa) iBanesto.com 95 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 96 Pietro Zucconi (Swi) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 97 Angel Casero (Spa) Team Coast 98 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio 99 Klaus Möller (Den) Milaneza-MSS 100 Guillaume Auger (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 101 David Cañada (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 102 Antonio Colom (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 103 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) US Postal Service 104 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis 105 Stephane Heulot (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 106 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 107 Germán Nieto (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 108 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 109 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 110 Rafael Diaz Justo (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 111 Jesus Maria Manzano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 112 Juan José De Los Angeles (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 113 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 114 José Garrido (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 115 Nicola Loda (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 116 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 117 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 118 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) ONCE-Eroski 119 David Plaza (Spa) Team Coast 120 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Saeco-Longoni Sport 121 Mario Scirea (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 122 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) iBanesto.com 123 Diego Ferrari (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 124 Aitor Kintana (Spa) Bigmat.Auber 93 125 Massimo Codol (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 126 Joao Silva (Por) Milaneza-MSS 127 Marcos Serrano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 128 Zbigniew Spruch (Pol) Lampre-Daikin 129 Aitor Garmendia (Spa) Team Coast 130 Robert Bartko (Ger) Team Telekom 131 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis 132 Gonzalo Bayarri (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 133 Gorka Gerrikagoitia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 134 Joan Horrach (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 135 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Team Telekom 136 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 137 Dmitri Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis 138 Mauro Zanetti (Ita) Alessio 139 J.Antonio Pecharroman (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 140 José Maestre (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 141 Raffaele Ferrara (Ita) Alessio 142 Mikel Pradera (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 143 Sylvester Szymyd (Pol) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 144 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis 145 Leif Hoste (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 146 Santiago Blanco (Spa) iBanesto.com 147 Stéphane Berges (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 148 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 149 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Domo-Farm Frites 150 Cyril Saugrain (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 151 Iñigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 152 Vitoriano Fernandez (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 153 Rafael Casero (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 154 J.Manuel Vazquez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 155 Matthew White (Aus) US Postal Service 156 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis 157 Ricardo Valdez (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 158 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 159 Alessio Galletti (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 160 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 161 Jan Schaffrath (Ger) Team Telekom 162 Reto Bergmann (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 163 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 164 M.A. Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Toll 165 Simone Bertoletti (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 166 Jan Hruska (Cze) ONCE-Eroski 167 Davide Bramati (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 168 Denis Zanette (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 169 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service 170 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Coast 171 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 172 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 173 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Mapei-Quick Step 174 Andris Reiss (Lat) Index Alexia 175 Andrea Brognara (Ita) Alessio 176 Thierry Loder (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 177 Melchor Mauri (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 178 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 0.28 179 Guido Trenti (USA) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 0.29 180 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 0.54 181 Marco Magnani (Ita) Index Alexia 1.24 182 Alberto Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 183 Steven Kleynen (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 184 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Fassa Bortolo 185 Martin Derganc (Slo) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 186 Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 1.46 187 Dario Gadeo (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 188 Bram Tankink (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites 3.27 189 Sven Teutenberg (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 3.37 190 Xavier Jan (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 3.40 191 Daniele Galli (Ita) Index Alexia 3.48 192 Steve De Wolf (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 193 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Index Alexia 5.01 194 Zoran Klemencic (Slo) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 5.47 195 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 6.00 196 Rubén Lobato Elvira (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 197 Alessandro Guerra (Ita) Index Alexia 6.31 198 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Index Alexia 199 Corrado Serina (Ita) Index Alexia 200 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Team Telekom 201 Ivan Quaranta (Ita) Index Alexia 202 Benjamín Noval (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 9.52 203 Martín Garrido (Arg) Relax-Fuenlabrada Points 1 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 25 pts 2 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 20 3 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Saeco-Longoni Sport 16 4 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Telekom 14 5 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre-Daikin 12 6 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio 10 7 Angel Edo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 9 8 Oscar Freire (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 8 9 Lauri Aus (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 7 10 Jeroen Blijevens (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites 6 11 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 5 12 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Team Coast 4 13 Gabriele Balducci (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 3 14 José Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2 15 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 Sprints San Juan de los terreros - km 7.2 1 Dario Gadeo (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 4 pts 2 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Telekom 2 3 Vitoriano Fernandez (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 1 Carboneras - km 60 1 Dario Gadeo (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 4 pts 2 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Telekom 2 3 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1 Almería - km 123.5 1 Dario Gadeo (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 4 pts 2 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Telekom 2 3 Vitoriano Fernandez (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 1 Teams 1 Team Telekom 10.40.36 2 iBanesto.com 3 Lampre-Daikin 4 Kelme-Costa Blanca 5 Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 6 Alessio 7 Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 8 Cofidis 9 Mapei-Quick Step 10 Bigmat.Auber 93 11 Euskaltel-Euskadi 12 Ag2R Prevoyance 13 Team Coast 14 Saeco-Longoni Sport 15 Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 16 Milaneza-MSS 17 Phonak Hearing Systems 18 Fassa Bortolo 19 US Postal Service 20 ONCE-Eroski 21 Domo-Farm Frites 22 Relax-Fuenlabrada 23 Index Alexia 1.24 General classification after stage 4 1 Joseba Beloki (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 11.07.11 2 Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 3 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 4 José Azevedo (Por) ONCE-Eroski 5 Marcos Serrano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 6 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) ONCE-Eroski 7 José Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 0.09 8 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Telekom 0.12 9 Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal Service 0.14 10 Christian Vandevelde (USA) US Postal Service 11 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal Service 12 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 0.15 13 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 14 Santiago Botero (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 15 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 16 Jesus Maria Manzano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 17 Juan José De Los Angeles (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 18 Carlos Garcia (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 19 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Team Telekom 0.18 20 Matthias Kessler (Ger) Team Telekom 21 Nicola Loda (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 0.23 22 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 23 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 24 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Fassa Bortolo 25 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 26 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis 0.26 27 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis 28 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis 29 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis 30 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis 31 Pablo Lastras (Spa) iBanesto.com 0.27 32 José Iván Gutierrez (Spa) iBanesto.com 33 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) iBanesto.com 34 Aitor Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 35 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) iBanesto.com 36 Jon Odriozola (Spa) iBanesto.com 37 J.Antonio Flecha (Spa) iBanesto.com 38 Santiago Blanco (Spa) iBanesto.com 39 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) iBanesto.com 0.31 40 Oscar Freire (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 0.36 41 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 0.37 42 Luis Perez (Spa) Team Coast 0.39 43 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Team Coast 44 Angel Casero (Spa) Team Coast 45 Fernando Escartin (Spa) Team Coast 46 David Plaza (Spa) Team Coast 47 Aitor Garmendia (Spa) Team Coast 48 David Cañada (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 0.42 49 Andrea Noe (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 50 Davide Bramati (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 51 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 0.43 52 M.A. Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 53 Oscar Camenzind (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.47 54 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 55 Benoit Salmon (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 56 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 57 Gonzalo Bayarri (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 58 Angel Edo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 0.48 59 Milan Kadlec (Cze) Lampre-Daikin 0.54 60 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Lampre-Daikin 61 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre-Daikin 62 Rui Lavarinhas (Por) Milaneza-MSS 63 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Milaneza-MSS 64 Klaus Möller (Den) Milaneza-MSS 65 Vitoriano Fernandez (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 66 Joan Horrach (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 67 Joao Silva (Por) Milaneza-MSS 68 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites 0.59 69 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Domo-Farm Frites 70 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.03 71 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 72 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 73 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 74 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 1.07 75 Mederic Clain (Fra) Cofidis 1.09 76 Michael Barry (Can) US Postal Service 1.10 77 Guido Trenti (USA) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 1.12 78 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 1.13 79 Diego Ferrari (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 80 Sylvester Szymyd (Pol) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 81 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 82 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 83 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Saeco-Longoni Sport 84 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 85 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 86 Juan Guillamon (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 1.15 87 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Saeco-Longoni Sport 88 Félix Garcia Casas (Spa) Bigmat.Auber 93 1.16 89 Sebastien Talabardon (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 90 Aitor Kintana (Spa) Bigmat.Auber 93 91 Stephane Heulot (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 92 Andreas Klier (Ger) Team Telekom 1.17 93 Reto Bergmann (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.18 94 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 1.21 95 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 96 Rafael Casero (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 97 José Garrido (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 98 J.Antonio Pecharroman (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 99 Ricardo Valdez (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 100 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 1.22 101 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio 1.24 102 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio 103 Mauro Zanetti (Ita) Alessio 104 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 1.26 105 Iñigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 106 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 107 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 1.31 108 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 109 Antonio Colom (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 110 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 111 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 1.49 112 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 1.52 113 Rafael Diaz Justo (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 2.17 114 Steven Kleynen (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 2.23 115 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) US Postal Service 2.31 116 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2.32 117 Rolf Aldag (Ger) Team Telekom 2.35 118 Jan Schaffrath (Ger) Team Telekom 119 Giuseppe Di Grande (Ita) Index Alexia 2.38 120 Melchor Mauri (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 2.39 121 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Team Telekom 2.43 122 Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 2.45 123 Rui Miguel Sousa (Por) Milaneza-MSS 2.59 124 Dario Gadeo (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 3.07 125 Massimo Codol (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 3.11 126 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.20 127 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 128 J.Manuel Vazquez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 3.24 129 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 130 Simone Bertoletti (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 3.26 131 Jan Hruska (Cze) ONCE-Eroski 3.29 132 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Saeco-Longoni Sport 3.30 133 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2R Prevoyance 3.43 134 José Maestre (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 3.48 135 Marco Magnani (Ita) Index Alexia 4.02 136 Mario Scirea (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 4.43 137 Raffaele Ferrara (Ita) Alessio 4.47 138 Mikel Pradera (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 4.52 139 Pietro Zucconi (Swi) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 5.04 140 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis 5.39 141 Robert Bartko (Ger) Team Telekom 5.53 142 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service 6.00 143 Alberto Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6.11 144 Steve De Wolf (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 6.13 145 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 6.17 146 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 6.26 147 Jaime Hernandez (Spa) Team Coast 6.30 148 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 6.37 149 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 6.38 150 Johan Verstrepen (Bel) Lampre-Daikin 6.45 151 Cyril Saugrain (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 6.51 152 Bram Tankink (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites 7.13 153 Germán Nieto (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 7.22 154 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Fassa Bortolo 155 Steffen Kjaergaard (Nor) US Postal Service 7.28 156 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 7.31 157 Denis Zanette (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 7.37 158 Alessio Galletti (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 7.50 159 Andrej Hauptman (Slo) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 8.27 160 Dmitri Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis 8.31 161 Robert Sassone (Fra) Cofidis 162 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 8.57 163 Serguei Smetanine (Rus) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 9.26 164 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre-Daikin 9.27 165 Gabriele Balducci (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 9.55 166 Martin Derganc (Slo) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 10.06 167 Benjamín Noval (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 11.23 168 Sven Teutenberg (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 11.32 169 Alessandro Guerra (Ita) Index Alexia 13.18 170 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Mapei-Quick Step 13.19 171 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Team Telekom 14.54 172 Antonio Cruz (USA) US Postal Service 16.41 173 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Team Coast 17.00 174 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Coast 17.06 175 Martín Garrido (Arg) Relax-Fuenlabrada 17.08 176 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 17.09 177 Leif Hoste (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 17.26 178 Alberto Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 17.30 179 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 17.40 180 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Bigmat.Auber 93 17.43 181 Alexei Sivakov (Rus) Bigmat.Auber 93 182 Guillaume Auger (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 183 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio 17.45 184 Alberto Vinale (Ita) Alessio 17.51 185 Andrea Brognara (Ita) Alessio 186 Lauri Aus (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 17.53 187 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 188 Stéphane Berges (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 189 Thierry Loder (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 190 Matthew White (Aus) US Postal Service 18.28 191 Andris Reiss (Lat) Index Alexia 19.05 192 Jeroen Blijevens (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites 19.06 193 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 19.12 194 Zbigniew Spruch (Pol) Lampre-Daikin 19.20 195 Gorka Gerrikagoitia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 20.04 196 Daniele Galli (Ita) Index Alexia 23.03 197 Xavier Jan (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 23.49 198 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Index Alexia 24.16 199 Zoran Klemencic (Slo) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 24.55 200 Corrado Serina (Ita) Index Alexia 25.36 201 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Index Alexia 202 Ivan Quaranta (Ita) Index Alexia 25.40 203 Rubén Lobato Elvira (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 35.51 Points classification 1 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Telekom 56 pts 2 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 50 3 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 41 4 Angel Edo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 32 5 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 25 6 Oscar Freire (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 22 7 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Saeco-Longoni Sport 19 8 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre-Daikin 18 9 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 17 10 Oscar Camenzind (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 16 11 Juan Guillamon (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 14 12 Dario Gadeo (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 12 13 Germán Nieto (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 12 14 Nicola Loda (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 10 15 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio 10 16 Joseba Beloki (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 9 17 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 8 18 Jeroen Blijevens (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites 8 19 Lauri Aus (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 7 20 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis 6 21 Mederic Clain (Fra) Cofidis 6 22 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 5 23 Vitoriano Fernandez (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 5 24 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Team Coast 5 25 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 4 26 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 4 27 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 4 28 Giuseppe Di Grande (Ita) Index Alexia 4 29 Robert Sassone (Fra) Cofidis 4 30 Aitor Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 3 31 Gabriele Balducci (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 3 32 José Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2 33 Pablo Lastras (Spa) iBanesto.com 2 34 Davide Bramati (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 2 35 Jan Schaffrath (Ger) Team Telekom 2 36 Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 2 37 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1 38 Andrea Noe (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 1 39 M.A. Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 1 40 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 Mountains classification 1 Mederic Clain (Fra) Cofidis 16 pts 2 Germán Nieto (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 12 3 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 10 4 Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 8 5 Klaus Möller (Den) Milaneza-MSS 6 6 Vitoriano Fernandez (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 4 7 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4 8 Aitor Kintana (Spa) Bigmat.Auber 93 3 9 José Azevedo (Por) ONCE-Eroski 2 10 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis 2 11 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Saeco-Longoni Sport 1 12 José Garrido (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 1 Regularity classification 1 Vitoriano Fernandez (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 92 2 Mederic Clain (Fra) Cofidis 95 3 Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 159 4 Germán Nieto (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 166 Teams classification 1 ONCE-Eroski 33.21.33 2 Kelme-Costa Blanca 0.39 3 US Postal Service 0.42 4 Team Telekom 0.48 5 Fassa Bortolo 1.03 6 Cofidis 1.12 7 iBanesto.com 1.21 8 Team Coast 1.51 9 Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 1.57 10 Mapei-Quick Step 2.00 11 Phonak Hearing Systems 2.15 12 Milaneza-MSS 2.36 13 Lampre-Daikin 14 Domo-Farm Frites 2.51 15 Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.09 16 Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 3.21 17 Saeco-Longoni Sport 3.33 18 Bigmat.Auber 93 3.48 19 Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 3.57 20 Alessio 4.06 21 Ag2R Prevoyance 4.18 22 Relax-Fuenlabrada 4.27 23 Index Alexia 11.29
