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57th Vuelta a España
Spain, September 7- 29, 2002
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Stage 13 - September 20: Burgos - Santander, 189.8 km
Lombardi wins Italian show
By Jeff Jones
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The Italians have enjoyed a good Vuelta this year, winning seven stages compared with Spain's six. Most of them have been in sprint finishes, with Cipollini, Di Luca and Petacchi, and today's was no exception with Cipollini's Acqua e Sapone lead out man Giovanni Lombardi picking up a reward win for his work in the first week.
Lombardi benefited from the cooperation of the other Italians in the race winning breakaway, escaping with Caucchioli, Velo and Bossoni with 10 km to go to easily win the sprint from David Bramati, who caught the break in the last 500m. Caucchioli and Velo in particular didn't seem to mind that someone of Lombardi's speed was with them, so long as an Italian won. In the end, the Italians took the top five places.
Race leader Oscar Sevilla enjoyed a relatively quiet day in the company of his Kelme teammates, who let the non-threatening breakaway get 8-9 minutes, setting a steady tempo behind it. The sprinters teams weren't interested in chasing today, so there was little action behind. Everyone is clearly waiting for Sunday's Angliru stage.
How it unfolded
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It was another fast start to the stage from Burgos to Santander, which contained several climbs to break up the otherwise downhill profile. The hardest of these was the Cat. 1 Alto Portillo de la Sia at km 106, but by the time the peloton reached this climb they had already conceded the race to the 16 men in front.
The break was initiated by former mountains leader Mederic Clain (Cofidis) who attacked after only 2 kilometres. 15 men bridged up to him, including sprinters Giovanni Lombardi (Acqua e Sapone), Fabrizio Guidi (Team Coast), Paolo Bossoni and Andrej Hauptman (Tacconi Sport-Emmegi) and strong men such Pietro Caucchioli (Alessio), Dmitri Fofonov (Cofidis), Dave Bruylandts (Domo-Farm Frites), Marco Velo (Fassa Bortolo), Santiago Blanco (iBanesto.com), Alessandro Guerra (Index Alexia), Mariano Piccoli (Lampre-Daikin), Davide Bramati (Mapei-Quick Step), Rui Miguel Sousa (Milaneza-MSS), Oscar Pereiro (Phonak Hearing Systems), and Oscar Laguna (Relax-Fuenlabrada).
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Their lead rapidly grew as they covered 50.4 km in the first hour, and when it reached the eight minute mark it stabilised as Kelme lifted the pace in the peloton. Rui Sousa (Milaneza-MSS) was the best placed on GC in the break, lying 23rd at 15'22, so Kelme just had to keep that in check.
When the leaders hit the Alto del Portillo de la Sía after 100 km, seven riders attacked off the front to try and force a selection on the only real difficulty of the day. The seven were Caucchioli, Bruylandts, Velo, Blanco, Sousa, Pereiro, and Laguna, with Blanco taking the points at the top of the climb. The remainder of the group did not give up however, and the leaders could only manage a 20-30 second gap at best. This was in part due to the lack of cooperation in front, as Caucchioli spent most of his time sitting on the others, much to the annoyance of Dave Bruylandts, who knew his victory chances would be close to zero once the sprinters caught back on.
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Those behind made the junction again at 176 km after a very long and determined chase, and the race began anew. The peloton was still trailing at 9 minutes and were safely out of range. It didn't take long for another counter attack, and this time it was successful as Lombardi, Velo, Caucchioli and Bossoni formed an Italian quartet at the front with 9 km to go. Bramati and Laguna gave chase, but missed the move and followed at 10 seconds.
Velo and Caucchioli took some big turns, while Lombardi chose to sit on the back. He could afford to, as even if they were caught he had the best chance of winning a group sprint. With only four riders in front, at least the odds were better for them. The cooperation did seem to be a little too good, given that the group consisted entirely of Italians, but that's how it panned out.
Bramati and Laguna did manage to latch onto the back of the four with not much more than 500m to go. Bramati continued his run and managed to finish a solid second behind runaway winner Lombardi, who was clearly too fast for the rest of them. The peloton followed at 8'20, with Petacchi winning the bunch sprint, although he didn't gain any more in the points classification.
Tomorrow's stage from Santander to Gijón (190.2 km) has a couple of Cat. 3 climbs located near the finish, but it should suit the sprinters again, who will be well out of the action on Sunday.
Photography
Images by Lavuelta.com
- Luis Perez (Team Coast) one of the most combative riders of the 2002 Vuelta
- The start in Burgos was a rather damp affair
- The Kelme team control the pace in the first hour
- The leading riders at the intermediate sprint in Bocos
- The Kelme team working hard during stage 13
- The day's main break contained 16 riders
- The breakaways climbing the Alto de Bocos
- Pietro Caucchioli (Alessio) reaches the top of the Alto de Bocos in front
- Santi Blanco (iBanesto.com) leads on the Portillo de la Sia
- The peloton climbs the Portillo de la Sia
- The peloton rides between Burgos and Santander during stage 13
- Giovanni Lombardi (Acqua e Sapone) puts his arms up as he wins the 13th stage
- Oscar Sevilla (Kelme) looking younger every day
Images by AFP
- Giovanni Lombardi (Acqua e Sapone) punches the air as he wins the stage
Results
1 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 4.11.21 (45.31 km/h) 2 Davide Bramati (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 3 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 4 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 5 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio 6 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 7 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.18 8 Andrej Hauptman (Slo) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 0.22 9 Dmitri Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis 10 Alessandro Guerra (Ita) Index Alexia 11 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Team Coast 12 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 13 Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 14 Rui Miguel Sousa (Por) Milaneza-MSS 15 Santiago Blanco (Spa) iBanesto.com 16 José Iván Gutierrez (Spa) iBanesto.com 8.19 17 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 8.21 18 Denis Zanette (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 19 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Saeco-Longoni Sport 20 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 21 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 22 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 23 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis 24 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 25 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 26 José Garrido (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 27 Carlos Garcia (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 28 Pablo Lastras (Spa) iBanesto.com 29 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Team Coast 30 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 31 Rafael Casero (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 32 Joseba Beloki (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 33 Alberto Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 34 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 35 Mederic Clain (Fra) Cofidis 36 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Telekom 37 Steven Kleynen (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 38 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 39 Cyril Saugrain (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 40 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) ONCE-Eroski 41 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 42 Félix Garcia Casas (Spa) Bigmat.Auber 93 43 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Milaneza-MSS 44 Angel Casero (Spa) Team Coast 45 Fernando Escartin (Spa) Team Coast 46 Klaus Möller (Den) Milaneza-MSS 47 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 48 Mikel Pradera (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 49 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 50 Rui Lavarinhas (Por) Milaneza-MSS 51 Jesus Maria Manzano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 52 Ińigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 53 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Fassa Bortolo 54 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 55 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 56 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 57 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 58 Massimo Codol (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 59 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio 60 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 61 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 62 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Saeco-Longoni Sport 63 Simone Bertoletti (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 64 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 65 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Saeco-Longoni Sport 66 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis 67 Dario Gadeo (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 68 J.Antonio Pecharroman (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 69 Serguei Smetanine (Rus) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 70 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 71 Joao Silva (Por) Milaneza-MSS 72 José Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 73 Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 74 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites 75 Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal Service 76 Oscar Camenzind (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 77 Pietro Zucconi (Swi) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 78 Bert Grabsh (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 79 Antonio Cruz (USA) US Postal Service 80 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis 81 Sylvester Szymyd (Pol) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 82 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre-Daikin 83 Gorka Gerrikagoitia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 84 David Cańada (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 85 Rubén Lobato Elvira (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 86 Antonio Colom (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 87 Christian Vandevelde (USA) US Postal Service 88 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis 89 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal Service 90 Aitor Kintana (Spa) Bigmat.Auber 93 91 Gorazd Stangeli (Slo) Fassa Bortolo 92 J.Manuel Vazquez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 93 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 94 Aitor Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 95 Marcos Serrano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 96 David Plaza (Spa) Team Coast 97 M.A. Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 98 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 99 José Azevedo (Por) ONCE-Eroski 100 Luis Perez (Spa) Team Coast 101 Rafael Diaz Justo (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 102 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 103 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 104 Angel Edo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 105 Matthias Kessler (Ger) Team Telekom 106 Joan Horrach (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 107 Robert Bartko (Ger) Team Telekom 108 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 109 Matthew White (Aus) US Postal Service 110 Jan Schaffrath (Ger) Team Telekom 111 Andris Reiss (Lat) Index Alexia 112 Reto Bergmann (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 113 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 114 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 115 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service 116 Jaime Hernandez (Spa) Team Coast 117 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2R Prevoyance 118 Germán Nieto (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 119 Melchor Mauri (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 120 Aitor Garmendia (Spa) Team Coast 121 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 122 Alberto Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 123 Raffaele Ferrara (Ita) Alessio 124 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Lampre-Daikin 125 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) iBanesto.com 126 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 127 Juan Guillamon (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 128 J.Antonio Flecha (Spa) iBanesto.com 129 Giuseppe Di Grande (Ita) Index Alexia 130 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis 131 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 132 José Maestre (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 133 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Mapei-Quick Step 8.46 134 Juan José De Los Angeles (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 8.51 135 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 8.59 136 Santiago Botero (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 10.51 137 Guillaume Auger (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 15.49 138 Zbigniew Spruch (Pol) Lampre-Daikin 139 Jon Odriozola (Spa) iBanesto.com 140 Robert Sassone (Fra) Cofidis 141 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre-Daikin 142 Diego Ferari (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 143 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Domo-Farm Frites 144 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Coast 145 Leif Hose (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 146 Rolf Aldag (Ger) Team Telekom 147 Daniele Benati (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 148 Victor Hugo Peńa (Col) US Postal Service 149 Benoit Salmon (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 150 Sebastien Talabardon (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 151 Nicola Loda (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 152 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio 153 Alberto Vinale (Ita) Alessio 155 Zoran Klemencic (Slo) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 21.02 156 Alexei Sivakov (Rus) Bigmat.Auber 93 157 Steffen Kjaergaard (Nor) US Postal Service 158 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 159 Sven Teutenberg (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 160 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Team Telekom 161 Martín Garrido (Arg) Relax-Fuenlabrada 31.16 DNS Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) iBanesto.com DNF Mauro Zanetti (Ita) Alessio DNF Jeroen Blijevens (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites DNF Andreas Klier (Ger) Team Telekom Points 1 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 25 pts 2 Davide Bramati (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 20 3 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 16 4 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 14 5 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio 12 6 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 10 7 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 9 8 Andrej Hauptman (Slo) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 8 9 Dmitri Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis 7 10 Alessandro Guerra (Ita) Index Alexia 6 11 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Team Coast 5 12 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 4 13 Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 3 14 Rui Miguel Sousa (Por) Milaneza-MSS 2 15 Santiago Blanco (Spa) iBanesto.com 1 Mountains Alto de Bocos - Cat. 3, km 79 1 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio 6 pts 2 Mederic Clain (Fra) Cofidis 4 3 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 2 4 Rui Miguel Sousa (Por) Milaneza-MSS 1 Alto Portillo de la Sia - Cat. 1, km 106 1 Santiago Blanco (Spa) iBanesto.com 16 pts 2 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 12 3 Rui Miguel Sousa (Por) Milaneza-MSS 10 4 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 8 5 Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 6 6 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio 4 7 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3 8 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 2 9 Davide Bramati (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 1 Alto Cruz Uzano - Cat. 3, km 135 1 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio 6 pts 2 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 4 3 Rui Miguel Sousa (Por) Milaneza-MSS 2 4 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 1 Alto Fuente de las Varas - Cat. 3, km 144 1 Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 6 pts 2 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 4 3 Santiago Blanco (Spa) iBanesto.com 2 4 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 1 Sprints Bocos - km 75.7 1 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Team Coast 4 pts 2 Mederic Clain (Fra) Cofidis 2 3 Rui Miguel Sousa (Por) Milaneza-MSS 1 Espinosa de los Monteros - km 93.3 1 Davide Bramati (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 4 pts 2 Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 2 3 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 1 Guarnizo - km 174 1 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 4 pts 2 Rui Miguel Sousa (Por) Milaneza-MSS 2 3 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 1 Teams 1 Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 12.42.46 2 Fassa Bortolo 7.59 3 Mapei-Quick Step 4 Relax-Fuenlabrada 5 Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 6 Alessio 7 Phonak Hearing Systems 8.17 8 iBanesto.com 8.19 9 Cofidis 8.21 10 Team Coast 11 Domo-Farm Frites 12 Milaneza-MSS 13 Lampre-Daikin 14 Index Alexia 15 Kelme-Costa Blanca 16.20 16 Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 17 Saeco-Longoni Sport 18 Euskatel-Euskadi 19 ONCE-Eroski 20 Ag2R Prevoyance 21 Bigmat.Auber 93 22 US Postal Service 23 Team Telekom General classification after stage 13 1 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 45.51.22 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 Rui Miguel Sousa (Por) Milaneza-MSS 7.23 21 Oscar Camenzind (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 7.55 22 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Fassa Bortolo 10.48 23 Carlos Garcia (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 13.32 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 Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 18.34 28 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 18.35 29 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Saeco-Longoni Sport 19.36 30 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio 20.34 31 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 22.46 32 Santiago Blanco (Spa) iBanesto.com 27.14 33 J.Antonio Pecharroman (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 27.50 34 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 29.07 35 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 29.20 36 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio 37 J.Antonio Flecha (Spa) iBanesto.com 29.54 38 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 29.59 39 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis 30.35 40 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis 32.36 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) Maia-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 Ferio (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 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 53.42 68 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 54.28 69 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2R Prevoyance 59.28 70 Massimo Codol (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 1.00.35 71 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal Service 1.00.51 72 Aitor Kintana (Spa) Bigmat.Auber 93 1.01.20 73 Antonio Colom (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 1.02.55 74 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.02.56 75 Dario David 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 Dmitri Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis 1.09.45 80 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.11.05 81 Juan José De Los Angeles (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1.11.23 82 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 1.11.59 83 Mederic Clain (Fra) Cofidis 1.13.36 84 Benoit Salmon (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.17.52 85 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 1.18.00 86 Rafael Diaz Justo (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 1.18.04 87 Serguei Smetanine (Rus) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 1.18.47 88 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Telekom 1.19.17 89 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Lampre-Daikin 1.19.39 90 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 1.21.37 91 Santiago Botero (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1.21.45 92 José Iván Gutierrez (Spa) iBanesto.com 1.22.11 93 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 1.22.33 94 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 1.22.39 95 Reto Bergmann (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.22.49 96 Andrej Hauptman (Slo) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 1.23.14 97 Nicola Loda (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.23.36 98 Davide Bramati (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 1.23.40 99 Rolf Aldag (Ger) Team Telekom 1.23.41 100 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 1.25.29 101 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 1.25.46 102 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.25.55 103 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 1.26.47 104 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 1.27.32 105 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis 1.27.48 106 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 1.28.00 107 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.28.39 108 Aitor Garmendia (Spa) Team Coast 1.28.43 109 J.Manuel Vazquez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 1.28.47 110 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites 1.29.35 111 Melchor Mauri (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 1.30.45 112 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Saeco-Longoni Sport 1.30.48 113 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.33.49 114 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Domo-Farm Frites 1.33.57 115 Victor Hugo Peńa (Col) US Postal Service 1.34.04 116 Jan Schaffrath (Ger) Team Telekom 1.37.13 117 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.37.30 118 Jon Odriozola (Spa) iBanesto.com 1.37.51 119 Denis Zanette (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.38.14 120 Raffaele Ferrara (Ita) Alessio 1.38.34 121 Robert Bartko (Ger) Team Telekom 1.39.03 122 Sebastien Talabardon (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 1.39.16 123 Dario Gadeo (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 1.39.31 124 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) iBanesto.com 1.39.57 125 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Mapei-Quick Step 1.40.28 126 Mikel Pradera (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 1.40.30 127 Andris Reiss (Lat) Index Alexia 1.41.02 128 Gorka Gerrikagoitia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.41.03 129 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 1.42.27 130 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre-Daikin 1.43.26 131 José Maestre (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 1.44.47 132 Diego Ferrari (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 1.45.18 133 Jaime Hernandez (Spa) Team Coast 1.47.02 134 Cyril Saugrain (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 1.48.13 135 Alessandro Guerra (Ita) Index Alexia 1.50.00 136 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service 1.51.16 137 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 1.51.30 138 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio 1.53.06 139 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 1.53.24 140 Steffen Kjaergaard (Nor) US Postal Service 1.54.09 141 Pietro Zucconi (Swi) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 1.54.23 142 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 1.55.26 143 Antonio Cruz (USA) US Postal Service 1.56.59 144 Alberto Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.57.20 145 Germán Nieto (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 1.57.58 146 Juan Guillamon (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 147 Matthew White (Aus) US Postal Service 1.58.29 148 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Team Coast 1.59.19 149 Alberto Vinale (Ita) Alessio 2.04.43 150 Leif Hoste (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 2.07.30 151 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Team Telekom 2.07.56 152 Alexei Sivakov (Rus) Bigmat.Auber 93 2.08.19 153 Zbigniew Spruch (Pol) Lampre-Daikin 2.09.18 154 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 2.09.31 155 Sven Teutenberg (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.09.56 156 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Coast 2.13.06 157 Robert Sassone (Fra) Cofidis 2.15.21 158 Guillaume Auger (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 2.19.59 159 Rubén Lobato Elvira (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 2.21.21 160 Martín Garrido (Arg) Relax-Fuenlabrada 2.25.59 161 Zoran Klemencic (Slo) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 2.28.25 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 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 40 15 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Milaneza-MSS 38 16 Félix Garcia Casas (Spa) Bigmat.Auber 93 37 17 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio 36 18 Sven Teutenberg (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 34 19 Oscar Camenzind (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 32 20 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis 31 21 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 31 22 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 31 23 Joseba Beloki (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 30 24 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Team Coast 27 25 Klaus Möller (Den) Milaneza-MSS 27 26 Davide Bramati (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 26 27 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre-Daikin 26 28 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 25 29 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 21 30 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 20 31 Jeroen Blijevens (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites 20 32 Andrej Hauptman (Slo) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 20 33 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 19 34 Germán Nieto (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 18 35 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 16 36 Martín Garrido (Arg) Relax-Fuenlabrada 16 37 Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 14 38 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 14 39 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 14 40 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 14 41 Juan Guillamon (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 14 42 Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 13 43 Mederic Clain (Fra) Cofidis 13 44 Dario Gadeo (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 12 45 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio 12 46 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 12 47 Rui Miguel Sousa (Por) Milaneza-MSS 11 48 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 10 49 Zoran Klemencic (Slo) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 10 50 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) ONCE-Eroski 10 51 Nicola Loda (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 10 52 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 9 53 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 8 54 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) iBanesto.com 8 55 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis 8 56 José Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 7 57 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Team Coast 7 58 Christian Vandevelde (USA) US Postal Service 7 59 Dmitri Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis 7 60 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 6 61 M.A. Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 6 62 Alessandro Guerra (Ita) Index Alexia 6 63 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio 5 64 Aitor Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 5 65 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 5 66 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 5 67 David Plaza (Spa) Team Coast 4 68 Jesus Maria Manzano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 4 69 Raffaele Ferrara (Ita) Alessio 4 70 Robert Bartko (Ger) Team Telekom 4 71 Sebastien Talabardon (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 4 72 Giuseppe Di Grande (Ita) Index Alexia 4 73 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 4 74 Alberto Vinale (Ita) Alessio 4 75 Robert Sassone (Fra) Cofidis 4 76 Angel Casero (Spa) Team Coast 2 77 Fernando Escartin (Spa) Team Coast 2 78 J.Antonio Flecha (Spa) iBanesto.com 2 79 Steven Kleynen (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 2 80 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 2 81 Rolf Aldag (Ger) Team Telekom 2 82 Melchor Mauri (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 2 83 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 84 Jan Schaffrath (Ger) Team Telekom 2 85 Andris Reiss (Lat) Index Alexia 2 86 Carlos Garcia (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1 87 Santiago Blanco (Spa) iBanesto.com 1 88 J.Antonio Pecharroman (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 1 89 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 1 90 Antonio Colom (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 1 91 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 1 92 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Domo-Farm Frites 1 93 Denis Zanette (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1 94 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 Mederic Clain (Fra) Cofidis 42 5 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 39 6 Aitor Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 33 7 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 33 8 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis 30 9 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 27 10 M.A. Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 26 11 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 22 12 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Milaneza-MSS 22 13 Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 20 14 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 20 15 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 20 16 Santiago Blanco (Spa) iBanesto.com 18 17 Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 17 18 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis 16 19 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio 16 20 Rui Miguel Sousa (Por) Milaneza-MSS 16 21 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) ONCE-Eroski 14 22 Klaus Möller (Den) Milaneza-MSS 13 23 Luis Perez (Spa) Team Coast 12 24 Germán Nieto (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 12 25 Antonio Colom (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 10 26 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10 27 J.Antonio Flecha (Spa) iBanesto.com 9 28 Jesus Maria Manzano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 9 29 Joseba Beloki (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 8 30 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7 31 Pablo Lastras (Spa) iBanesto.com 6 32 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 6 33 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio 6 34 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 5 35 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 5 36 Joan Horrach (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 5 37 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 5 38 Oscar Camenzind (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 4 39 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4 40 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 4 41 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 4 42 Carlos Garcia (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 3 43 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3 44 Aitor Kintana (Spa) Bigmat.Auber 93 3 45 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Lampre-Daikin 3 46 Rolf Aldag (Ger) Team Telekom 3 47 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) iBanesto.com 3 48 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis 2 49 José Azevedo (Por) ONCE-Eroski 2 50 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 2 51 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2 52 Melchor Mauri (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 2 53 José Garrido (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 1 54 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Saeco-Longoni Sport 1 55 Alberto Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 56 Davide Bramati (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 1 57 J.Manuel Vazquez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 1 58 Victor Hugo Peńa (Col) US Postal Service 1 Regularity classification 1 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 12 pts 2 Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal Service 18 3 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 19 4 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 24 5 Félix Garcia Casas (Spa) Bigmat.Auber 93 25 6 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 28 7 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis 36 8 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 37 9 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Milaneza-MSS 45 10 Pablo Lastras (Spa) iBanesto.com 50 11 Luis Perez (Spa) Team Coast 56 12 Joseba Beloki (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 57 13 Klaus Möller (Den) Milaneza-MSS 58 14 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 67 15 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 68 16 Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 71 17 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 73 18 Oscar Camenzind (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 78 19 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) ONCE-Eroski 81 20 Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 82 21 Rui Miguel Sousa (Por) Milaneza-MSS 87 22 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio 94 23 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 102 24 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis 112 25 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 123 26 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 128 27 M.A. Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 129 28 Mederic Clain (Fra) Cofidis 130 29 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio 132 30 Santiago Blanco (Spa) iBanesto.com 135 31 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 135 32 J.Antonio Flecha (Spa) iBanesto.com 142 33 Aitor Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 148 34 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 149 35 Carlos Garcia (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 151 36 Jesus Maria Manzano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 158 37 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 158 38 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 160 39 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 162 40 Davide Bramati (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 180 41 Antonio Colom (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 188 42 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 190 43 Germán Nieto (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 201 44 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) iBanesto.com 225 45 Rolf Aldag (Ger) Team Telekom 226 46 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 226 47 Melchor Mauri (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 245 Teams classification 1 Team Coast 137.39.59 2 Kelme-Costa Blanca 0.37 3 Milaneza-MSS 3.47 4 ONCE-Eroski 5.21 5 Cofidis 7.23 6 Euskaltel-Euskadi 12.55 7 Saeco-Longoni Sport 26.30 8 Fassa Bortolo 36.25 9 iBanesto.com 43.58 10 Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 52.03 11 Phonak Hearing Systems 1.01.08 12 US Postal Service 1.05.16 13 Relax-Fuenlabrada 1.28.48 14 Lampre-Daikin 1.29.27 15 Domo-Farm Frites 1.48.07 16 Team Telekom 1.56.06 17 Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 1.56.30 18 Bigmat.Auber 93 1.59.08 19 Alessio 1.59.51 20 Ag2R Prevoyance 2.33.53 21 Mapei-Quick Step 2.52.10 22 Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 3.00.12 23 Index Alexia 3.54.09
