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57th Vuelta a España
Spain, September 7- 29, 2002
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Stage 12 - September 19: Segovia - Burgos, 210.5 km
Petacchi ascends the throne
By Jeff Jones
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Alessandro Petacchi proved that his two second places behind Mario Cipollini in the sprints of the first week were no fluke, as he won today's 12th stage in Burgos. The Fassa Bortolo fast man recorded his 12th season victory in the bunch sprint, beating the consistent, but still winless Erik Zabel (Telekom) with Angelo Furlan (Alessio) taking third. Although Zabel remains the leader on points in the Vuelta, Petacchi has gotten the better of him on three of the five occasions that the stages have finished in mass sprints.
Petacchi can thank the work of his Fassa Bortolo teammates, who despite having two reasonably quick men in the day's 18 man breakaway, worked with Telekom to bring it back together as they were confident in Petacchi's finish. He didn't let them down and came off Perdiguero's Acqua e Sapone leadout to win the stage with over a bike length to spare.
"First of all I must thank my team for its work in the last kilometer. I am very happy, as today my father came to the Vuelta, and I wanted to win a stage and dedicate it to my grandfather who passed away the first day," said an emotional Petacchi after the stage.
How it unfolded
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The Vuelta's longest stage (210.5 km) began at a very rapid pace, courtesy of a tailwind that followed the riders from Segovia to Burgos. The first hour saw 54.2 kilometres covered, which helped cause a split at kilometre 63 when 18 riders got away. The break included Cioni and Aggiano (Mapei)), Ferrari (Tacconi Sport), Bert Grabsch (Phonak), Spruch (Lampre), Ferrara (Alessio), Mauri (Milaneza), Loda and Tiralongo (Fassa Bortolo), Astarloa (Saeco), Plaza (Team Coast), Serri (Index), Schaffrath (Telekom), Koos Moerenhout (Domo-Farm Frites), Talabardon (Bigmat), Garcia Acosta (iBanesto.com), Pradera (ONCE), and Tauler (Kelme). None of the riders were really dangerous for the GC, with Plaza the best placed at 16 minutes.
The chase was necessarily relentless, and slowly but surely the gap started to drop to a fairly manageable margin. At such high speeds, any easing off the pace would be fatal, and the 18 riders in front were hoping that the peloton would make this mistake. But Igor Astarloa and Jose Vicente Garcia Acosta couldn't wait, and attacked the break with 72 km to go in an optimistic bid to win the stage. The remaining riders kept working and recaptured the pair 20 km later, but the cooperation phase was over.
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Six riders: Tauler, Grabsch, Pradera, Aggiano, Moerenhout, and Ferrara were next to attack with 44 km to go, leaving behind their companions who were quickly swallowed by the peloton. The gap was now down to 3'15, but there was still a fair chance that they could stay away. The peloton's chase continued, with the hard working Telekom and Fassa Bortolo boys riding between 50 and 60 km/h to try and finish off the break.
At 12 km to go, Toni Tauler (Kelme) took his chance on a tough false flat section, dropping his five breakaway mates and gambling on his now 1 minute lead to win the stage. It was a good move, and Tauler could use his strong time trialling abilities to try and hold the peloton off. However when he got onto the big highway into Burgos with 8 km to go, his lead started to plummet rapidly. He was finally caught with 2 km to go as Telekom, Fassa Bortolo and now Acqua e Sapone prepared for the sprint.
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The zebra train isn't quite the same without Cipollini, and although Giovanni Lombardi is a good sprinter in his own right, he was nowhere to be seen as Miguel Martin Perdiguero led it out for Daniele Bennati in the final kilometre. Bennati jumped with about 250m to go, but he is no Cipollini and was quickly overrun by Petacchi who stormed to the front and stayed there, crossing the line a very happy victor. Once again Zabel had to settle for second, while Alessio's Angelo Furlan took out the minor place.
Tomorrow from Burgos to Santander may be a chance for the sprinters again, although it's a much hillier stage than today's relatively flat leg. Containing a Cat. 1 climb after 106 km, the 190 km stage could have enough in it to let a breakaway succeed. If not, then we can expect another Zabel-Petacchi-? rematch.
Photography
Images by Lavuelta.com
- Aitor Gonzalez (Kelme) in second place overall and the wearer of the white jersey (Regularity classification)
- Race leader Oscar Sevilla (Kelme) smiles at the start in Segovia
- Erik Zabel (Telekom) the points classification leader in Segovia
- 167 starters in Segovia get ready for stage 12
- Vuelta organiser, Enrique Franco talks to Mikel Zarrabeitia at the start
- A cross wind was blowing during the early part of the stage
- The wind making it very difficult
- Alessandro Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo) beat Erik Zabel at the first intermediate sprint
- La Vuelta TV images are brought to you by this man (and others)
- The breakaway At kilometre 137
- The 18 riders who were in front for a large part of the stage
- The action in the middle of the peloton during stage 12
- Alessandro Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo) wins the sprint in Burgos
- Oscar Sevilla (Kelme) on the podium in gold
Images by AFP
- Alessandro Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo) wins the sprint in Burgos
Results
1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 4.16.32 (49.23 km/h) 2 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Telekom 3 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio 4 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Saeco-Longoni Sport 5 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 6 Andrej Hauptman (Slo) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 7 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Team Coast 8 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre-Daikin 9 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 10 Sven Teutenberg (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 11 Martín Garrido (Arg) Relax-Fuenlabrada 12 Alberto Vinale (Ita) Alessio 13 Angel Edo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 14 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 15 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 16 Alessandro Guerra (Ita) Index Alexia 17 Juan Guillamon (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 18 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 19 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Saeco-Longoni Sport 20 M.A. Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 21 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 22 Alexei Sivakov (Rus) Bigmat.Auber 93 23 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 24 Rafael Casero (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 25 Mederic Clain (Fra) Cofidis 26 Serguei Smetanine (Rus) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 27 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 28 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Team Coast 29 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 30 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 31 Oscar Camenzind (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 32 Massimo Codol (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 33 Pablo Lastras (Spa) iBanesto.com 34 Rui Lavarinhas (Por) Milaneza-MSS 35 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Milaneza-MSS 36 José Iván Gutierrez (Spa) iBanesto.com 37 Rolf Aldag (Ger) Team Telekom 38 Alberto Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 39 Félix Garcia Casas (Spa) Bigmat.Auber 93 40 Guillaume Auger (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 41 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 42 Klaus Möller (Den) Milaneza-MSS 43 Joao Silva (Por) Milaneza-MSS 44 José Maestre (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 45 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 46 Pietro Zucconi (Swi) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 47 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio 48 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 49 Rui Miguel Sousa (Por) Milaneza-MSS 50 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 51 José Garrido (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 52 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 53 J.Antonio Flecha (Spa) iBanesto.com 54 Germán Nieto (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 55 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 56 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 57 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 58 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 59 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 60 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 61 Joseba Beloki (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 62 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis 63 Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 64 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Saeco-Longoni Sport 65 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis 66 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre-Daikin 67 Christian Vandevelde (USA) US Postal Service 68 Matthew White (Aus) US Postal Service 69 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 70 Antonio Cruz (USA) US Postal Service 71 Jesus Maria Manzano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 72 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis 73 José Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 74 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 75 Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal Service 76 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 77 Jaime Hernandez (Spa) Team Coast 78 Angel Casero (Spa) Team Coast 79 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Fassa Bortolo 80 Antonio Colom (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 81 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 82 Fernando Escartin (Spa) Team Coast 83 Sylvester Szymyd (Pol) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 84 Aitor Kintana (Spa) Bigmat.Auber 93 85 David Cańada (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 86 J.Antonio Pecharroman (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 87 Ińigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 88 Carlos Garcia (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 89 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 90 Benoit Salmon (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 91 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis 92 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis 93 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio 94 David Plaza (Spa) Team Coast 95 Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 96 Diego Ferrari (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 97 Jon Odriozola (Spa) iBanesto.com 98 J.Manuel Vazquez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 99 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 100 Gorka Gerrikagoitia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 101 Steven Kleynen (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 102 Matthias Kessler (Ger) Team Telekom 103 Zbigniew Spruch (Pol) Lampre-Daikin 104 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 105 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 106 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2R Prevoyance 107 Aitor Garmendia (Spa) Team Coast 108 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Domo-Farm Frites 109 Simone Bertoletti (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 110 David Extebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 111 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites 112 Andris Reiss (Lat) Index Alexia 113 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 114 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 115 Victor Hugo Peńa (Col) US Postal Service 116 Rubén Lobato Elvira (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 117 Aitor Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 118 Giuseppe Di Grande (Ita) Index Alexia 119 Dario Gadeo (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 120 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 121 Luis Perez (Spa) Team Coast 122 Dmitri Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis 123 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal Service 124 Joan Horrach (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 125 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 126 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Fassa Bortolo 127 Denis Zanette (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 128 Cyril Saugrain (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 129 Santiago Botero (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 130 Mauro Zinetti (Ita) Alessio 131 Santiago Blanco (Spa) iBanesto.com 132 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 133 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Lampre-Daikin 134 Davide Bramati (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 135 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 0.31 136 Marcos Serrano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 137 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) ONCE-Eroski 138 Juan José De Los Angeles (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 139 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 140 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Mapei-Quick Step 141 Reto Bergmann (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.38 142 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.40 143 Nicola Loda (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 0.46 144 José Azevedo (Por) ONCE-Eroski 0.49 145 Rafael Diaz Justo (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 146 Mikel Pradera (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 1.50 147 Elia Aggiano (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 2.31 148 Zoran Klemencic (Slo) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 3.17 149 Leif Hoste (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 3.46 150 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Coast 151 Sebastien Talabardon (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 3.48 152 Jeroen Blijevens (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites 4.55 153 Alberto Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5.46 154 Robert Bartko (Ger) Team Telekom 155 David Zabriske (USA) US Postal Service 156 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Team Telekom 157 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 158 Jan Schaffrath (Ger) Team Telekom 159 Robert Sassone (Fra) Cofidis 160 Melchor Mauri (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 161 José Gracia Acosta (Spa) iBanesto.com 162 Raffaele Ferrara (Ita) Alessio 6.46 163 Andreas Klier (Ger) Team Telekom 164 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) iBanesto.com 11.59 165 Steffen Kjaergaard (Nor) US Postal Service DNF Milan Kadlec (Cze) Lampre-Daikin DNF Johan Verstrepen (Bel) Lampre-Daikin DNS Gonzalo Bayarri (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems Points 1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 25 pts 2 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Telekom 20 3 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio 16 4 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Saeco-Longoni Sport 14 5 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 12 6 Andrej Hauptman (Slo) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 10 7 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Team Coast 9 8 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre-Daikin 8 9 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 7 10 Sven Teutenberg (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 6 11 Martín Garrido (Arg) Relax-Fuenlabrada 5 12 Alberto Vinale (Ita) Alessio 4 13 Angel Edo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 3 14 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 2 15 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1 Sprints Cuéllar - km 55.7 1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 4 pts 2 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Telekom 2 3 Denis Zanette (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1 Roa - km 109 1 David Plaza (Spa) Team Coast 4 pts 2 Andris Reiss (Lat) Index Alexia 2 3 Melchor Mauri (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 1 La Horra - 115.6 1 Sebastien Talabardon (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 4 pts 2 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) iBanesto.com 2 3 Melchor Mauri (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 1 Teams 1 Saeco-Longoni Sport 12.49.36 2 Kelme-Costa Blanca 3 Alessio 4 Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 5 Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 6 Ag2R Prevoyance 7 Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 8 Milaneza-MSS 9 Phonak Hearing Systems 10 Bigmat.Auber 93 11 Lampre-Daikin 12 Relax-Fuenlabrada 13 Team Coast 14 iBanesto.com 15 Fassa Bortolo 16 Team Telekom 17 Cofidis 18 Euskaltel-Euskadi 19 US Postal Service 20 Mapei-Quick Step 21 Domo-Farm Frites 22 Index Alexia 23 ONCE-Eroski 0.03 General classification after stage 12 1 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 41.31.40 2 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 0.01 3 Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal Service 1.42 4 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.04 5 Joseba Beloki (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 6 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.47 7 Félix Garcia Casas (Spa) Bigmat.Auber 93 3.05 8 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis 3.34 9 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis 3.36 10 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) ONCE-Eroski 3.51 11 Klaus Möller (Den) Milaneza-MSS 3.52 12 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3.57 13 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Team Coast 4.12 14 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 4.21 15 Pablo Lastras (Spa) iBanesto.com 4.30 16 Angel Casero (Spa) Team Coast 4.51 17 Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 5.47 18 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Milaneza-MSS 5.51 19 Fernando Escartin (Spa) Team Coast 6.28 20 Oscar Camenzind (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 7.55 21 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Fassa Bortolo 10.48 22 Carlos Garcia (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 13.32 23 Rui Miguel Sousa (Por) Milaneza-MSS 15.22 24 Luis Perez (Spa) Team Coast 16.07 25 David Plaza (Spa) Team Coast 16.16 26 Christian Vandevelde (USA) US Postal Service 17.19 27 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Saeco-Longoni Sport 19.36 28 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 22.46 29 Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 26.33 30 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 26.38 31 J.Antonio Pecharroman (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 27.50 32 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio 28.55 33 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 29.07 34 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 29.20 35 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio 36 J.Antonio Flecha (Spa) iBanesto.com 29.54 37 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 29.59 38 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis 30.35 39 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis 32.36 40 Santiago Blanco (Spa) iBanesto.com 35.13 41 Steven Kleynen (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 36.33 42 José Garrido (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 37.04 43 Sylvester Szymyd (Pol) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 37.20 44 Rui Lavarinhas (Por) Milaneza-MSS 38.42 45 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 39.10 46 Simone Bertoletti (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 39.22 47 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 39.48 48 Matthias Kessler (Ger) Team Telekom 40.45 49 Joao Silva (Por) Milaneza-MSS 41.05 50 José Azevedo (Por) ONCE-Eroski 43.09 51 Joan Horrach (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 43.33 52 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 44.19 53 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 45.41 54 Marcos Serrano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 46.07 55 Ińigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 46.54 56 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre-Daikin 48.29 57 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 49.00 58 M.A. Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 50.19 59 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Fassa Bortolo 50.41 60 José Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 51.16 61 Angel Edo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 51.35 62 Jesus Maria Manzano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 51.59 63 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 52.49 64 Rafael Casero (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 53.19 65 David Cańada (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 53.24 66 Giuseppe Di Grande (Ita) Index Alexia 53.38 67 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2R Prevoyance 59.28 68 Massimo Codol (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 1.00.35 69 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal Service 1.00.51 70 Aitor Kintana (Spa) Bigmat.Auber 93 1.01.20 71 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.02.03 72 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 1.02.49 73 Antonio Colom (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 1.02.55 74 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.02.56 75 David Dario Cioni (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 1.03.58 76 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Saeco-Longoni Sport 1.04.44 77 Alberto Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.05.37 78 Aitor Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 1.06.58 79 Benoit Salmon (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.10.24 80 Juan José De Los Angeles (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1.10.53 81 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.11.05 82 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 1.11.59 83 Meredic Clain (Fra) Cofidis 1.13.26 84 Nicola Loda (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.16.08 85 Rolf Aldag (Ger) Team Telekom 1.16.13 86 Dmitri Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis 1.17.44 87 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 1.18.00 88 Rafael Diaz Justo (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 1.18.04 89 Serguei Smetanine (Rus) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 1.18.47 90 Santiago Botero (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1.19.15 91 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Telekom 1.19.17 92 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Lampre-Daikin 1.19.39 93 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 1.21.37 94 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) iBanesto.com 1.22.02 95 José Iván Gutierrez (Spa) iBanesto.com 1.22.13 96 Reto Bergmann (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.22.49 97 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 1.25.29 98 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 1.25.46 99 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.25.55 100 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Domo-Farm Frites 1.26.29 101 Victor Hugo Peńa (Col) US Postal Service 1.26.36 102 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 1.26.47 103 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis 1.27.48 104 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 1.28.00 105 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.28.39 106 Aitor Garmendia (Spa) Team Coast 1.28.43 107 J.Manuel Vazquez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 1.28.47 108 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites 1.29.35 109 Mauro Zanetti (Ita) Alessio 1.29.36 110 Jon Odriozola (Spa) iBanesto.com 1.30.23 111 Melchor Mauri (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 1.30.45 112 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Saeco-Longoni Sport 1.30.48 113 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 1.30.54 114 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 1.31.00 115 Andrej Hauptman (Slo) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 1.31.13 116 Sebastien Talabardon (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 1.31.48 117 Davide Bramati (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 1.32.01 118 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.33.49 119 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 1.35.31 120 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre-Daikin 1.35.58 121 Jan Schaffrath (Ger) Team Telekom 1.37.13 122 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.37.30 123 Diego Ferrari (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 1.37.50 124 Denis Zanette (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.38.14 125 Raffaele Ferrara (Ita) Alessio 1.38.34 126 Robert Bartko (Ger) Team Telekom 1.39.03 127 Dario Gadeo (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 1.39.31 128 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) iBanesto.com 1.39.57 129 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Mapei-Quick Step 1.40.03 130 Mikel Pradera (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 1.40.30 131 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 1.40.43 132 Andris Reiss (Lat) Index Alexia 1.41.02 133 Gorka Gerrikagoitia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.41.03 134 Steffen Kjaergaard (Nor) US Postal Service 1.41.28 135 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 1.41.49 136 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 1.44.02 137 José Maestre (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 1.44.47 138 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio 1.45.28 139 Andreas Klier (Ger) Team Telekom 1.46.21 140 Jaime Hernandez (Spa) Team Coast 1.47.02 141 Cyril Saugrain (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 1.48.13 142 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service 1.51.16 143 Pietro Zucconi (Swi) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 1.54.23 144 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Team Telekom 1.55.15 145 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 1.55.26 146 Alexei Sivakov (Rus) Bigmat.Auber 93 1.55.38 147 Antonio Cruz (USA) US Postal Service 1.56.59 148 Alberto Vinale (Ita) Alessio 1.57.15 149 Sven Teutenberg (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 150 Alberto Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.57.20 151 Germán Nieto (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 1.57.58 152 Juan Guillamon (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 153 Alessandro Guerra (Ita) Index Alexia 1.57.59 154 Matthew White (Aus) US Postal Service 1.58.29 155 Leif Hoste (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 1.59.52 156 Zbigniew Spruch (Pol) Lampre-Daikin 2.01.50 157 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 2.02.03 158 Martín Garrido (Arg) Relax-Fuenlabrada 2.03.04 159 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Coast 2.05.38 160 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Team Coast 2.07.18 161 Robert Sassone (Fra) Cofidis 2.07.53 162 Guillaume Auger (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 2.12.31 163 Zoran Klemencic (Slo) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 2.15.44 164 Jeroen Blijevens (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites 2.15.52 165 Rubén Lobato Elvira (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 2.21.21 Points classification 1 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Telekom 112 pts 2 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 94 3 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 86 4 Pablo Lastras (Spa) iBanesto.com 70 5 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 64 6 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 62 7 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Saeco-Longoni Sport 52 8 Angel Edo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 50 9 Luis Perez (Spa) Team Coast 44 10 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis 44 11 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 42 12 Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal Service 40 13 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 40 14 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Milaneza-MSS 38 15 Félix Garcia Casas (Spa) Bigmat.Auber 93 37 16 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio 36 17 Sven Teutenberg (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 34 18 Oscar Camenzind (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 32 19 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis 31 20 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 31 21 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 31 22 Joseba Beloki (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 30 23 Klaus Möller (Den) Milaneza-MSS 27 24 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre-Daikin 26 25 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 24 26 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 21 27 Jeroen Blijevens (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites 20 28 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 19 29 Germán Nieto (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 18 30 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Team Coast 18 31 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 16 32 Martín Garrido (Arg) Relax-Fuenlabrada 16 33 Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 14 34 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 14 35 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 14 36 Juan Guillamon (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 14 37 Dario Gadeo (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 12 38 Andrej Hauptman (Slo) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 12 39 Mederic Clain (Fra) Cofidis 11 40 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 10 41 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) ONCE-Eroski 10 42 Nicola Loda (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 10 43 Zoran Klemencic (Slo) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 10 44 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 8 45 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) iBanesto.com 8 46 Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 8 47 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis 8 48 José Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 7 49 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Team Coast 7 50 Christian Vandevelde (USA) US Postal Service 7 51 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 6 52 M.A. Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 6 53 Rui Miguel Sousa (Por) Milaneza-MSS 6 54 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 6 55 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 5 56 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio 5 57 Aitor Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 5 58 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 5 59 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 5 60 David Plaza (Spa) Team Coast 4 61 Jesus Maria Manzano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 4 62 Sebastien Talabardon (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 4 63 Raffaele Ferrara (Ita) Alessio 4 64 Robert Bartko (Ger) Team Telekom 4 65 Giuseppe Di Grande (Ita) Index Alexia 4 66 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 4 67 Alberto Vinale (Ita) Alessio 4 68 Robert Sassone (Fra) Cofidis 4 69 Angel Casero (Spa) Team Coast 2 70 Fernando Escartin (Spa) Team Coast 2 71 J.Antonio Flecha (Spa) iBanesto.com 2 72 Steven Kleynen (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 2 73 Rolf Aldag (Ger) Team Telekom 2 74 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 2 75 Melchor Mauri (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 2 76 Davide Bramati (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 2 77 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 78 Jan Schaffrath (Ger) Team Telekom 2 79 Andris Reiss (Lat) Index Alexia 2 80 Carlos Garcia (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1 81 J.Antonio Pecharroman (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 1 82 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 1 83 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 1 84 Antonio Colom (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 1 85 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 1 86 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Domo-Farm Frites 1 87 Denis Zanette (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1 88 Rubén Lobato Elvira (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 1 Mountains classification 1 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 67 pts 2 Félix Garcia Casas (Spa) Bigmat.Auber 93 50 3 Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal Service 44 4 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 39 5 Mederic Clain (Fra) Cofidis 38 6 Aitor Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 33 7 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 33 8 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis 30 9 M.A. Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 26 10 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 22 11 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Milaneza-MSS 22 12 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 20 13 Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 17 14 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis 16 15 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 15 16 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) ONCE-Eroski 14 17 Klaus Möller (Den) Milaneza-MSS 13 18 Luis Perez (Spa) Team Coast 12 19 Germán Nieto (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 12 20 Antonio Colom (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 10 21 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10 22 J.Antonio Flecha (Spa) iBanesto.com 9 23 Jesus Maria Manzano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 9 24 Joseba Beloki (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 8 25 Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 8 26 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7 27 Pablo Lastras (Spa) iBanesto.com 6 28 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 6 29 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio 6 30 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 5 31 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 5 32 Joan Horrach (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 5 33 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 5 34 Oscar Camenzind (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 4 35 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4 36 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 4 37 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 4 38 Carlos Garcia (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 3 39 Rui Miguel Sousa (Por) Milaneza-MSS 3 40 Aitor Kintana (Spa) Bigmat.Auber 93 3 41 Rolf Aldag (Ger) Team Telekom 3 42 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Lampre-Daikin 3 43 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) iBanesto.com 3 44 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis 2 45 José Azevedo (Por) ONCE-Eroski 2 46 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2 47 Melchor Mauri (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 2 48 José Garrido (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 1 49 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Saeco-Longoni Sport 1 50 Alberto Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 51 Victor Hugo Peńa (Col) US Postal Service 1 52 J.Manuel Vazquez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 1 Regularity classification 1 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 11 pts 2 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 17 3 Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal Service 18 4 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 24 5 Félix Garcia Casas (Spa) Bigmat.Auber 93 24 6 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 27 7 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis 35 8 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 36 9 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Milaneza-MSS 43 10 Pablo Lastras (Spa) iBanesto.com 46 11 Joseba Beloki (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 51 12 Klaus Möller (Den) Milaneza-MSS 51 13 Luis Perez (Spa) Team Coast 51 14 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 61 15 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 62 16 Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 63 17 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) ONCE-Eroski 67 18 Oscar Camenzind (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 72 19 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 94 20 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis 99 21 Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 100 22 Rui Miguel Sousa (Por) Milaneza-MSS 115 23 M.A. Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 119 24 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio 120 25 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 120 26 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 121 27 Mederic Clain (Fra) Cofidis 127 28 J.Antonio Flecha (Spa) iBanesto.com 129 29 Carlos Garcia (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 140 30 Aitor Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 141 31 Jesus Maria Manzano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 146 32 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 150 33 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 153 34 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 170 35 Antonio Colom (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 177 36 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 180 37 Rolf Aldag (Ger) Team Telekom 199 38 Germán Nieto (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 199 39 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) iBanesto.com 216 40 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 221 41 Melchor Mauri (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 233 Teams classification 1 Kelme-Costa Blanca 124.41.30 2 ONCE-Eroski 4.44 3 Team Coast 7.22 4 Milaneza-MSS 11.09 5 Euskaltel-Euskadi 12.18 6 Cofidis 14.45 7 Saeco-Longoni Sport 25.53 8 Fassa Bortolo 44.09 9 iBanesto.com 51.22 10 Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 51.26 11 US Postal Service 1.04.39 12 Phonak Hearing Systems 1.08.34 13 Relax-Fuenlabrada 1.36.32 14 Lampre-Daikin 1.36.49 15 Team Telekom 1.55.29 16 Domo-Farm Frites 17 Bigmat.Auber 93 1.58.31 18 Alessio 2.07.35 19 Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 2.12.13 20 Ag2R Prevoyance 2.33.16 21 Mapei-Quick Step 2.59.54 22 Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 3.07.56 23 Index Alexia 4.01.31
