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57th Vuelta a España
Spain, September 7- 29, 2002
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Stage 8 - September 14: Málaga - Ubrique, 173.6 km
Aitor Gonzalez moves closer to the lead
By Chris Henry
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Kelme's Aitor Gonzalez moved himself up one place on GC after winning the eighth stage from Malaga to Ubrique. Gonzalez caught solo escapee Luis Perez (Team Coast) with just a couple of hundred metres to go, after a suspense filled pursuit on the descent into Ubrique, and the subsequent uphill finish. But even as he caught Perez, the front part of the peloton was nipping at his heels, although second placed David Etxebarria didn't quite have the legs to get around the Kelme rider at the end. Gonzalez is 41 seconds off the lead, and has a chance of taking the gold jersey from teammate Sevilla in Monday's time trial.
Today's eighth stage of the Vuelta, from Málaga to Ubrique, presented a profile fit for a strong opportunist, with three categorized climbs and a finish 33km from the final summit. The climbers and overall favorites in the race would have to be attentive and watch for attacks, however the likelihood of major time gaps presenting themselves at the finish was relatively small.
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The stage began quite quickly, thanks to a combination of large roads, aggressive riding, and a healthy tailwind. After 30km of racing, the principal escape of the day developed, which after some sorting out, saw Aitor Osa (iBanesto.com) and Massimiliano Lelli (Cofidis) working together out front of a chasing duo of Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (ONCE) and Vladimir Miholjevic (Alessio). With just over 75km to race, Gonzalez de Galdeano and Miholjevic caught Osa and Lelli, consolidating the escape which by this point had a three minute advantage over the peloton.
Unlike previous stages where the early breaks have been given some time to ride by the peloton, today's move represented if not a serious threat, at least a move to be watched carefully by the leaders. Gonzalez de Galdeano sat over six minutes back in the general classification after stage 7, but his presence in the break was a good tactical move. This relieved ONCE of any responsibility to chase, protecting both the team's workers and their leader Beloki, who has not shown his most brilliant form in recent days.
The Kelme team of Oscar Sevilla, currently in gold as overall leader, took the responsibility of getting the chase underway, and as the race hit the final climb of the Puerto de Las Palomas the four leaders were within three minutes of the pack. The favorites had stayed together on the first two climbs of the day, reserving the final 12.7km ascent for any confrontations.
While Kelme rode to keep the race under control and the favorites in check, several members of the Euskaltel-Euskadi team joined in the mix up front, riding to protect the 6th and 7th places on GC of Haimar Zubeldia and Iban Mayo, which at this point were in some jeopardy with Gonzalez de Galdeano up the road.
The four man break began to fragment on the final climb, as a series of attacks were launched from the chasing peloton. Euskaltel's David Etxebarria tried his luck, with no success, followed Jazztel's Ricardo Valdez, who managed more of an advantage but still could not break the grip of the fast-climbing pack. Valdez did succeed in catching (and soon passing) Lelli, who by this point was alone up front, his breakaway companions returning to the fold as the climb went on.
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By the top of the climb the race was coming together, with small attacks continuing to spur the group along. Gilberto Simoni (Saeco) attacked close to the summit, and succeeded in taking the mountain points and putting himself in the orange jersey as leader in that competition at day's end. As the peloton began the descent, reduced to around 30 riders, Team Coast's Luis Perez set off on a daring attack. Perez profited from the technical descent and just enough hesitation from the riders at the head of the race. Persisting with his effort, he had 25 seconds over the bunch with 25km to go, searching desperately for his first ever professional victory.
As Perez flew towards the stage finish in the town of Ubrique, 4th place overall Aitor Gonzalez (Kelme) jumped and started his own counter attack, closing in rapidly on the Coast rider dangling out front. Perez's chances looked reasonable, but with a tricky run through town, an uphill finish, and Kelme's Gonzalez closing quickly, the race was coming down to the wire.
Perez gave it everything through the narrow streets of Ubrique, taking risks (and poor lines) through the corners in an effort to maintain his shrinking advantage, down to barely 13 seconds over Gonzalez with 1km to go. The final 500m of the stage were uphill, and Perez suffered, all the while cheered on by a huge crowd lining the streets.
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It looked as though luck might shine on Perez, professional but winless since 1995, until Aitor Gonzalez appeared suddenly behind the lone leader. The wilted and frustrated Perez pushed himself once more to contest the sprint, but there was no stopping Gonzalez, who took the stage victory and thanks to a small split between the favorites behind, moved into third place overall ahead of US Postal's Roberto Heras. David Etxebarria slipped in for second place on the day, while most of the favorites had closed in to finish within the same time.
The general classification remains for the most part unchanged, though today's stage saw numerous abandons. Mario Cipollini called it a day midway through the race, to nobody's surprise, along with teammate Mario Scirea. The Ag2R team suffered the most today, losing Stéphane Berges, Thierry Loder, and Lauri Aus.
Photography
Photos by Yuzuru Sunada
- Two US Postal riders, Victor Pena and Jose Luis Rubiera, in trouble on the scenic Puerto de Las Palomas climb.
- Santiago Botero (Kelme) decides to save his legs for Monday's time trial, having done enough work for his team leader Sevilla.
Photos courtesy of AFP
- Aitor Gonzalez (Kelme) crosses the line to win the 8th stage
Photos courtesy of Lavuelta.com
- Race leader Oscar Sevilla interviewed at the start
- Alexandre Vinokourov (Telekom) at the start
- Inigo Chaurreau (Ag2r) before the start
- Mario Cipollini (Acqua e Sapone) cruises at the start of the race. He rode 72 km before abandoning.
- Aitor Osa (iBanesto) and Massimiliano Lelli (Cofidis) attacked early in the stage
- Aitor Gonzalez (Kelme) rides during stage 8
- Spanish champion Jose Guillamon (Jazztel) during stage 8
- Michael Barry (USPS) gets going again after a nasty crash
- Oscar Sevilla (Kelme) talks to his team manager on the batphone
- Memebers of the Kelme team at the front of the peloton
- The peloton snakes its way along between Malaga and Ubrique during stage 8
- Lelli leads at the top of the Puerto del Viento
- Massimiliano Lelli (Cofidis) and Aitor Osa (iBanesto) take a corner during their escape
- Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (ONCE) and Vladimir Miholjevic (Alessio) descend during the eighth stage
- Lelli and Osa decide to sit up and wait for Gonzalez de Galdeano and Miholjevic
- Aitor Gonzalez (Kelme) wins the stage in front of David Etxebarria (Euskaltel, L), Luis Perez (Team Coast, C) and Danilo Di Luca (Saeco, R)
- Aitor Gonzalez (Kelme) enjoys his time on the podium
- Oscar Sevilla (Kelme) still in gold after eight stages of the Vuelta
Results
1 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 4.18.36 (40.278 km/h) 2 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3 Luis Perez (Spa) Team Coast 4 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 5 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 6 Pablo Lastras (Spa) iBanesto.com 7 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) iBanesto.com 8 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis 9 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Team Telekom 11 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 12 Joseba Beloki (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 13 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 14 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Milaneza-MSS 15 Oscar Camenzind (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 16 Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal Service 0.09 17 Félix Garcia Casas (Spa) Bigmat.Auber 93 18 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Fassa Bortolo 19 Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 20 Fernando Escartin (Spa) Team Coast 0.12 21 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 22 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) ONCE-Eroski 23 Angel Casero (Spa) Team Coast 24 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Team Coast 25 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 26 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis 27 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Saeco-Longoni Sport 0.16 28 Angel Edo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 0.24 29 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 0.28 30 Klaus Möller (Den) Milaneza-MSS 31 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis 32 David Plaza (Spa) Team Coast 0.34 33 Ricardo Valdez (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 34 J.Antonio Flecha (Spa) iBanesto.com 0.41 35 José Azevedo (Por) ONCE-Eroski 0.49 36 Carlos Garcia (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 0.54 37 Simone Bertoletti (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 38 Sylvester Szymyd (Pol) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 3.54 39 Steven Kleynen (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 40 Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 41 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis 42 Christian Vandevelde (USA) US Postal Service 4.04 43 Giuseppe Di Grande (Ita) Index Alexia 4.18 44 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre-Daikin 4.23 45 Massimo Codol (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 46 Rui Lavarinhas (Por) Milaneza-MSS 47 Joan Horrach (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 48 Rui Miguel Sousa (Por) Milaneza-MSS 49 José Garrido (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 50 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 51 Santiago Blanco (Spa) iBanesto.com 52 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 4.40 53 M.A. Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 9.01 54 Mederic Clain (Fra) Cofidis 55 David Cańada (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 9.18 56 Ińigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 9.25 57 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio 58 Joao Silva (Por) Milaneza-MSS 59 J.Antonio Pecharroman (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 60 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 61 Steffen Kjaergaard (Nor) US Postal Service 62 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio 9.32 63 Matthias Kessler (Ger) Team Telekom 9.35 64 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2R Prevoyance 65 Aitor Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 66 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Saeco-Longoni Sport 67 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 68 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 9.44 69 Marcos Serrano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 70 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 13.53 71 Serguei Smetanine (Rus) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 72 Victor Hugo Peńa (Col) US Postal Service 17.20 73 Jesus Maria Manzano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 74 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Fassa Bortolo 75 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 76 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 77 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 78 Alberto Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 79 Rafael Diaz Justo (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 80 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Saeco-Longoni Sport 81 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 82 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal Service 17.29 83 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Team Coast 17.36 84 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Telekom 23.28 85 Nicola Loda (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 86 Gorka Gerrikagoitia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 87 Alberto Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 88 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 89 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 90 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis 91 Andrej Hauptman (Slo) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 92 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre-Daikin 93 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 94 José Iván Gutierrez (Spa) iBanesto.com 95 Jon Odriozola (Spa) iBanesto.com 96 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 97 Rubén Lobato Elvira (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 98 Robert Bartko (Ger) Team Telekom 99 Diego Ferrari (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 100 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 101 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 102 Zbigniew Spruch (Pol) Lampre-Daikin 103 Rolf Aldag (Ger) Team Telekom 104 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Lampre-Daikin 105 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Team Telekom 106 Jan Schaffrath (Ger) Team Telekom 107 Aitor Garmendia (Spa) Team Coast 108 Eddy Serri (Ita) Index Alexia 109 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 110 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 111 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites 112 Andreas Klier (Ger) Team Telekom 113 Jaime Hernandez (Spa) Team Coast 114 Antonio Colom (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 115 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 116 Juan José De Los Angeles (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 117 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 118 Vitoriano Fernandez (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 119 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) iBanesto.com 120 José Maestre (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 121 Santiago Botero (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 122 Benoit Salmon (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 123 Dmitri Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis 124 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Index Alexia 125 Alessandro Guerra (Ita) Index Alexia 126 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 127 Milan Kadlec (Cze) Lampre-Daikin 128 Melchor Mauri (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 129 Guido Trenti (USA) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 130 Denis Zanette (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 131 Mauro Zanetti (Ita) Alessio 132 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Team Telekom 133 Sven Teutenberg (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 134 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 135 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 136 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 137 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 138 Johan Verstrepen (Bel) Lampre-Daikin 139 Germán Nieto (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 140 Matthew White (Aus) US Postal Service 141 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio 142 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Mapei-Quick Step 143 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 144 Alberto Vinale (Ita) Alessio 145 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 146 Oscar Freire (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 147 Davide Bramati (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 148 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 149 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 150 Raffaele Ferrara (Ita) Alessio 151 Marco Magnani (Ita) Index Alexia 152 Aitor Kintana (Spa) Bigmat.Auber 93 24.06 153 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service 24.20 154 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 26.18 155 Cyril Saugrain (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 156 Zoran Klemencic (Slo) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 157 Guillaume Auger (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 158 Leif Hoste (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 159 Martín Garrido (Arg) Relax-Fuenlabrada 160 Rafael Casero (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 161 Alexei Sivakov (Rus) Bigmat.Auber 93 162 J.Manuel Vazquez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 163 Mikel Pradera (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 164 José Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 165 Pietro Zucconi (Swi) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 166 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 167 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) iBanesto.com 168 Gonzalo Bayarri (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 169 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Coast 170 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Domo-Farm Frites 171 Jeroen Blijevens (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites 172 Juan Guillamon (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 173 Reto Bergmann (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 174 Robert Sassone (Fra) Cofidis 175 Antonio Cruz (USA) US Postal Service 176 Sebastien Talabardon (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 177 Michael Barry (Can) US Postal Service 178 Jan Hruska (Cze) ONCE-Eroski 179 Dario Gadeo (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria DNF Mario Cipollini (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo DNF Mario Scirea (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo DNF Lauri Aus (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance DNF Stéphane Berges (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance DNF Thierry Loder (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance DNF Andrea Brognara (Ita) Alessio DNF Ińigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis DNF Steve De Wolf (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites DNF Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo DNF Corrado Serina (Ita) Index Alexia DNF Andrea Noe (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step DNF Alessio Galletti (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport Points 1 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 25 pts 2 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 20 3 Luis Perez (Spa) Team Coast 16 4 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 14 5 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 12 6 Pablo Lastras (Spa) iBanesto.com 10 7 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) iBanesto.com 9 8 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis 8 9 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7 10 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Team Telekom 6 11 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 5 12 Joseba Beloki (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 4 13 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 3 14 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Milaneza-MSS 2 15 Oscar Camenzind (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1 Mountains Puerto de las abejas - Cat. 2, km 58 1 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis 10 pts 2 Aitor Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 7 3 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio 5 4 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Lampre-Daikin 3 5 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 2 6 Oscar Freire (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 1 Puerto del Viento - Cat. 3, km 79 1 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis 6 pts 2 Aitor Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 4 3 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 2 4 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio 1 Puerto de las Palomas - Cat. 1, km 140 1 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 16 pts 2 Félix Garcia Casas (Spa) Bigmat.Auber 93 12 3 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Milaneza-MSS 10 4 Joseba Beloki (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 8 5 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 6 6 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4 7 Rolf Aldag (Ger) Team Telekom 3 8 Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal Service 2 9 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) iBanesto.com 1 Sprints Zalea - km 29.4 1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 4 2 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Telekom 2 3 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis 1 Zahara de la Sierra - km 128.7 1 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 4 2 Aitor Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 2 3 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis 1 Benacoaz - km 165 1 Luis Perez (Spa) Team Coast 4 2 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2 3 Félix Garcia Casas (Spa) Bigmat.Auber 93 1 Teams 1 Euskaltel-Euskadi 12.56.00 2 Saeco-Longoni Sport 0.04 3 ONCE-Eroski 0.09 4 Team Coast 0.12 5 Cofidis 0.28 6 iBanesto.com 0.29 7 Milaneza-MSS 0.40 8 Kelme-Costa Blanca 0.42 9 Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 5.13 10 Lampre-Daikin 9.28 11 US Postal Service 13.26 12 Fassa Bortolo 13.50 General classification after stage 8 1 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 29.43.40 2 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Team Telekom 0.14 3 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 0.41 4 Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal Service 0.48 5 Félix Garcia Casas (Spa) Bigmat.Auber 93 1.01 6 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.09 7 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.14 8 Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 1.34 9 Joseba Beloki (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 1.43 10 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) ONCE-Eroski 1.44 11 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.45 12 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 1.48 13 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 1.49 14 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis 2.13 15 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) iBanesto.com 2.18 16 Oscar Camenzind (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.22 17 Pablo Lastras (Spa) iBanesto.com 2.29 18 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Team Coast 2.45 19 Klaus Möller (Den) Milaneza-MSS 2.57 20 Angel Casero (Spa) Team Coast 2.58 21 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis 3.16 22 Fernando Escartin (Spa) Team Coast 23 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Fassa Bortolo 3.44 24 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.02 25 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Milaneza-MSS 4.26 26 Ricardo Valdez (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 4.38 27 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 5.30 28 J.Antonio Flecha (Spa) iBanesto.com 7.30 29 Carlos Garcia (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 7.40 30 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis 8.59 31 Rui Miguel Sousa (Por) Milaneza-MSS 9.30 32 José Azevedo (Por) ONCE-Eroski 33 Joan Horrach (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 9.42 34 Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 9.44 35 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis 10.13 36 Santiago Blanco (Spa) iBanesto.com 10.42 37 David Plaza (Spa) Team Coast 11.06 38 Luis Perez (Spa) Team Coast 11.31 39 José Garrido (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 11.41 40 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre-Daikin 12.07 41 Christian Vandevelde (USA) US Postal Service 12.16 42 Steven Kleynen (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 12.42 43 Rui Lavarinhas (Por) Milaneza-MSS 12.49 44 Sylvester Szymyd (Pol) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 13.38 45 Simone Bertoletti (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 46 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio 14.01 47 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 14.12 48 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Saeco-Longoni Sport 49 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 15.12 50 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 15.53 51 J.Antonio Pecharroman (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 16.22 52 Ińigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 19.03 53 Giuseppe Di Grande (Ita) Index Alexia 19.09 54 Marcos Serrano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 19.35 55 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 19.50 56 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio 23.53 57 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 24.22 58 M.A. Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 24.29 59 Massimo Codol (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 25.12 60 David Cańada (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 26.46 61 Joao Silva (Por) Milaneza-MSS 27.32 62 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 28.02 63 Matthias Kessler (Ger) Team Telekom 30.26 64 Alberto Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 31.04 65 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2R Prevoyance 31.12 66 Aitor Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 31.15 67 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 31.20 68 Aitor Kintana (Spa) Bigmat.Auber 93 31.27 69 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) iBanesto.com 32.12 70 Angel Edo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 33.46 71 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 37.02 72 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 38.09 73 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Fassa Bortolo 38.35 74 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Saeco-Longoni Sport 40.14 75 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 41.21 76 Rafael Casero (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 41.23 77 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 41.45 78 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal Service 42.33 79 Santiago Botero (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 42.56 80 Mederic Clain (Fra) Cofidis 43.16 81 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Lampre-Daikin 43.22 82 Jesus Maria Manzano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 45.29 83 Antonio Colom (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 46.14 84 José Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 46.32 85 Benoit Salmon (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 47.04 86 Gonzalo Bayarri (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 47.38 87 José Iván Gutierrez (Spa) iBanesto.com 47.42 88 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 49.35 89 Rafael Diaz Justo (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 49.49 90 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 50.06 91 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 51.57 92 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Domo-Farm Frites 51.58 93 Reto Bergmann (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 52.17 94 Steffen Kjaergaard (Nor) US Postal Service 52.55 95 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 52.58 96 Vitoriano Fernandez (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 52.59 97 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 53.01 98 Mauro Zanetti (Ita) Alessio 53.10 99 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis 53.48 100 J.Manuel Vazquez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 53.51 101 Sebastien Talabardon (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 54.00 102 Juan José De Los Angeles (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 54.46 103 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 55.30 104 Melchor Mauri (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 55.33 105 Nicola Loda (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 55.37 106 Serguei Smetanine (Rus) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 55.42 107 Rolf Aldag (Ger) Team Telekom 56.13 108 José Maestre (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 57.37 109 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 57.51 110 Jan Schaffrath (Ger) Team Telekom 57.58 111 Aitor Garmendia (Spa) Team Coast 58.02 112 Victor Hugo Peńa (Col) US Postal Service 58.07 113 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 59.13 114 Jan Hruska (Cze) ONCE-Eroski 59.57 115 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites 1.00.36 116 Raffaele Ferrara (Ita) Alessio 1.01.30 117 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Telekom 1.01.32 118 Jon Odriozola (Spa) iBanesto.com 1.01.47 119 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) iBanesto.com 1.01.51 120 Dmitri Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis 1.01.52 121 Oscar Freire (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 1.02.00 122 Diego Ferrari (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 1.02.33 123 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 1.02.37 124 Dario Gadeo (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 1.02.56 125 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 1.03.12 126 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Team Telekom 1.03.16 127 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Saeco-Longoni Sport 1.03.17 128 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 1.05.21 129 Davide Bramati (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 1.05.39 130 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 1.05.55 131 Milan Kadlec (Cze) Lampre-Daikin 1.06.08 132 Andreas Klier (Ger) Team Telekom 1.06.31 133 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 1.06.44 134 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 1.06.46 135 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 1.06.49 136 Robert Bartko (Ger) Team Telekom 1.07.17 137 Michael Barry (Can) US Postal Service 1.08.08 138 Guido Trenti (USA) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 1.08.42 139 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.08.51 140 Mikel Pradera (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 1.09.06 141 Juan Guillamon (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 1.09.22 142 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.11.11 143 Germán Nieto (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 1.11.30 144 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 145 Johan Verstrepen (Bel) Lampre-Daikin 1.11.59 146 Denis Zanette (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.12.34 147 Pietro Zucconi (Swi) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 1.12.51 148 Andrej Hauptman (Slo) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 1.13.15 149 Jaime Hernandez (Spa) Team Coast 1.13.46 150 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service 1.13.57 151 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre-Daikin 1.14.19 152 Cyril Saugrain (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 1.14.33 153 Robert Sassone (Fra) Cofidis 1.15.31 154 Gorka Gerrikagoitia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.15.57 155 Marco Magnani (Ita) Index Alexia 1.16.04 156 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Mapei-Quick Step 1.16.28 157 Alessandro Guerra (Ita) Index Alexia 1.18.15 158 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 1.19.04 159 Alberto Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 160 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Team Telekom 1.19.19 161 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 1.20.32 162 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 1.21.17 163 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio 1.22.42 164 Alberto Vinale (Ita) Alessio 1.22.48 165 Eddy Serri (Ita) Index Alexia 1.23.58 166 Zbigniew Spruch (Pol) Lampre-Daikin 1.24.12 167 Antonio Cruz (USA) US Postal Service 1.24.31 168 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Coast 1.24.53 169 Leif Hoste (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 1.25.08 170 Sven Teutenberg (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.25.16 171 Matthew White (Aus) US Postal Service 1.25.24 172 Martín Garrido (Arg) Relax-Fuenlabrada 1.25.37 173 Jeroen Blijevens (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites 1.27.28 174 Guillaume Auger (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 1.27.55 175 Alexei Sivakov (Rus) Bigmat.Auber 93 1.27.57 176 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Team Coast 1.28.18 177 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Index Alexia 1.30.28 178 Zoran Klemencic (Slo) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 1.32.48 179 Rubén Lobato Elvira (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 1.42.28 Points classification 1 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Telekom 78 pts 2 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 59 3 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 50 4 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 50 5 Angel Edo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 38 6 Félix Garcia Casas (Spa) Bigmat.Auber 93 34 7 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 31 8 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Team Telekom 30 9 Oscar Freire (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 29 10 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Saeco-Longoni Sport 28 11 Sven Teutenberg (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 28 12 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis 27 13 Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal Service 25 14 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 25 15 Oscar Camenzind (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 24 16 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 23 17 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 22 18 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 22 19 Luis Perez (Spa) Team Coast 20 20 Pablo Lastras (Spa) iBanesto.com 20 21 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 20 22 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio 20 23 Jeroen Blijevens (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites 20 24 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 19 25 Germán Nieto (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 18 26 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre-Daikin 18 27 Joseba Beloki (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 14 28 Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 14 29 Juan Guillamon (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 14 30 Dario Gadeo (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 12 31 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 12 32 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) iBanesto.com 12 33 Mederic Clain (Fra) Cofidis 11 34 Martín Garrido (Arg) Relax-Fuenlabrada 11 35 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 10 36 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) ONCE-Eroski 10 37 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis 10 38 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Milaneza-MSS 10 39 Nicola Loda (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 10 40 Zoran Klemencic (Slo) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 10 41 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Team Coast 9 42 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis 8 43 José Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 7 44 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) iBanesto.com 6 45 Rui Miguel Sousa (Por) Milaneza-MSS 6 46 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 5 47 Aitor Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 5 48 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 5 49 Vitoriano Fernandez (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 5 50 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 4 51 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 4 52 Jesus Maria Manzano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 4 53 Raffaele Ferrara (Ita) Alessio 4 54 Robert Bartko (Ger) Team Telekom 4 55 Giuseppe Di Grande (Ita) Index Alexia 4 56 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 4 57 Robert Sassone (Fra) Cofidis 4 58 Klaus Möller (Den) Milaneza-MSS 3 59 Fernando Escartin (Spa) Team Coast 2 60 Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 2 61 Steven Kleynen (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 2 62 Rolf Aldag (Ger) Team Telekom 2 63 Jan Schaffrath (Ger) Team Telekom 2 64 Davide Bramati (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 2 65 Andrej Hauptman (Slo) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 2 66 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 1 67 M.A. Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 1 68 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Domo-Farm Frites 1 69 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 1 70 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 71 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 1 72 Rubén Lobato Elvira (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 1 Mountains classification 1 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 48 pts 2 Félix Garcia Casas (Spa) Bigmat.Auber 93 45 3 Mederic Clain (Fra) Cofidis 38 4 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 34 5 Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal Service 32 6 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis 30 7 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Team Telekom 24 8 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 23 9 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 22 10 Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 17 11 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis 16 12 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Milaneza-MSS 16 13 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 15 14 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 12 15 Germán Nieto (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 12 16 Aitor Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 11 17 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10 18 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) ONCE-Eroski 10 19 Jesus Maria Manzano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 9 20 Joseba Beloki (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 8 21 Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 8 22 Pablo Lastras (Spa) iBanesto.com 6 23 Klaus Möller (Den) Milaneza-MSS 6 24 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio 6 25 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 5 26 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 5 27 Oscar Camenzind (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 4 28 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4 29 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 4 30 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 4 31 Vitoriano Fernandez (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 4 32 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3 33 Carlos Garcia (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 3 34 Rui Miguel Sousa (Por) Milaneza-MSS 3 35 Aitor Kintana (Spa) Bigmat.Auber 93 3 36 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Lampre-Daikin 3 37 Rolf Aldag (Ger) Team Telekom 3 38 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) iBanesto.com 3 39 José Azevedo (Por) ONCE-Eroski 2 40 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis 2 41 Melchor Mauri (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 2 42 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) iBanesto.com 1 43 José Garrido (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 1 44 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Saeco-Longoni Sport 1 45 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1 46 Victor Hugo Peńa (Col) US Postal Service 1 47 Oscar Freire (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 1 Regularity classification 1 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 12 pts 2 Félix Garcia Casas (Spa) Bigmat.Auber 93 13 3 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Team Telekom 17 4 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 20 5 Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal Service 22 6 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 29 7 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 30 8 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 32 9 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis 32 10 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 41 11 Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 46 12 Joseba Beloki (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 56 13 Oscar Camenzind (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 58 14 Pablo Lastras (Spa) iBanesto.com 59 15 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) ONCE-Eroski 64 16 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 67 17 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 73 18 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Milaneza-MSS 75 19 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis 83 20 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) iBanesto.com 89 21 Klaus Möller (Den) Milaneza-MSS 100 22 Rui Miguel Sousa (Por) Milaneza-MSS 110 23 Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 115 24 Mederic Clain (Fra) Cofidis 116 25 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 129 26 Aitor Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 129 27 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 149 28 Jesus Maria Manzano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 153 29 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 156 30 Vitoriano Fernandez (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 176 31 Oscar Freire (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 177 32 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 179 33 Germán Nieto (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 183 34 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 192 35 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) iBanesto.com 201 36 Rolf Aldag (Ger) Team Telekom 206 Teams classification 1 ONCE-Eroski 89.16.01 2 Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.24 3 Kelme-Costa Blanca 1.25 4 Team Coast 3.09 5 Milaneza-MSS 4.26 6 iBanesto.com 5.17 7 Cofidis 7.09 8 Saeco-Longoni Sport 12.40 9 Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 18.37 10 Fassa Bortolo 27.56 11 Lampre-Daikin 41.01 12 US Postal Service 42.32 13 Phonak Hearing Systems 47.33 14 Domo-Farm Frites 1.03.17 15 Relax-Fuenlabrada 1.10.15 16 Bigmat.Auber 93 1.15.56 17 Team Telekom 1.19.29 18 Ag2R Prevoyance 1.24.25 19 Alessio 1.25.57 20 Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 1.26.04 21 Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 2.01.53 22 Mapei-Quick Step 2.10.58 23 Index Alexia 2.32.44
