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57th Vuelta a España
Spain, September 7- 29, 2002
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Stage 17 - September 25: Benavente - Salamanca, 145.6 km
Zabel close again, but Furlan gets it
By Jeff Jones
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With opportunities fast running out for the sprinters in this year's Vuelta, Erik Zabel's chances of winning a stage are getting very slim. For the fourth time in the race he finished second in a bunch sprint, this time behind Italian Angelo Furlan (Alessio), who had wisely chosen the German's wheel in the dash to the line in Salamanca. Zabel achieved one goal of beating Fassa Bortolo's Alessandro Petacchi as the two drag raced side by side to the finish, but he could not account for Furlan, who won the stage clearly after coming round on Zabel's right.
"Zabel is an idol of mine, to beat him and Petacchi was an extraordinary feeling," said Furlan. "In the finale everyone was looking for the wheel of Erik, I succeeded against my expectation. In Gijon I had celebrated when I thought I was first: due to the tension I was not away that Laguna and Smetanine had broken away."
How it unfolded
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The stage was run at the brutal tempo of 49.08 km/h - not quite as fast as stage 12 when Petacchi beat Zabel in Burgos, but certainly fast enough to prevent any breaks from staying away and causing the occasional split in the peloton when they hit the crosswinds. That didn't stop riders from trying to attack of course, and throughout the stage small groups gained up to a couple of minutes advantage before the Fassa Bortolo steam train swallowed them up, with occasional help from ONCE, Kelme and Team Coast.
Erik Zabel and Alessandro Petacchi were active in the intermediate sprints, with Petacchi besting Zabel twice at Torres del Carrizal (53.6 km) and Zamora (km 66). However Petacchi will need more than a 3 point gain if he is to close the 30 point gap to Zabel in the points competition. Zabel looks to have that won, although if Aitor Gonzalez has a great final four stages he is an outside chance of closing the gap.
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After the Zamora sprint, Elio Aggiano (Mapei) and Diego Ferrari (Tacconi) tried their chances in front of the peloton, staying away for 33 km and building up to a 1'40 lead. But the peloton behind was too nervous, and when it hit a crosswind section, the ONCE team got to the front and rode hard tempo to try and cause a split. That worked, but it didn't manage to drop any of the GC riders, in particular Roberto Heras who was very well placed near the front of the bunch. ONCE eased off the throttle and Fassa Bortolo took over the reins again.
With 35 km to go, Juan Carlos Guillamon (Jazztel) jumped away, joined by Juan Antonio Flecha (iBanesto) and Jose Maestre (Relax). They last for 15 km before the inevitable happened, and the peloton started preparing for the sprint in Salamanca.
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The Fassa Bortolo train did run out of steam at the end (or was overtaken by a German locomotive) when the magenta jerseys of Telekom hit the front with 3.5 km to go. Zabel placed himself well behind his teammates, and Petacchi decided to stick with Zabel. But even Telekom didn't quite have enough men to carry the leadout to the final kilometer, and it was left to iBanesto's Flecha to go under the 1 km banner in front. He was overtaken by Denis Zanette (Fassa) who started the sprint for Petacchi. Zabel jumped to the right at the same time as Petacchi went left around Zanette. The two went full tilt for the line, and Zabel definitely had Petacchi's measure. But the luckless German couldn't hold off Angelo Furlan, who attacked from behind his wheel to take a jubilant victory.
The remainder of the peloton were credited with the same time, meaning that Robert Heras will be defending a 35 second lead on tomorrow's tough mountain stage that finishes on La Covatilla.
Photography
Images by Lavuelta.com
- Oscar Sevilla, Aitor Gonzalez and Roberto Heras interviewed before the start, in the presence of Site Gibernau
- The Euskaltel-Euskadi team after having signed their names
- Joseba Beloki (ONCE) looking happy at the start of the stage
- Aitor Osa (iBanesto) The new leader in the mountains classification
- Roberto Heras (USPS) lines up for the start
- All set for the start of stage 17
- The peloton in pursuit of the first breakaway during stage 17
- The eleven riders in the first break, that didn't stay away for long
- Francesco Casagrande (Fassa Bortolo) did plenty of work today for his sprinter Alessandro Petacchi
- The peloton splits due to the high speed and the cross winds
- Mariano Piccoli (Lampre) won the first sprint in Torres del Carrizal
- The peloton enjoy a brief respite during the stage
- Roberto Heras (USPS) grabs his feed bag during stage 17
- Diego Ferrari (Tacconi) and Elio Aggiano (Mapei) managed to stay clear for 33 km, but it was all to nought in the end
- Angelo Furlan (Alessio) punches the air after he beats Erik Zabel in the stage 17 sprint
- Roberto Heras (USPS) accepts his trophy as the race leader
Images by AFP
- Angelo Furlan (Alessio) wins the stage 17 sprint in front of Erik Zabel
- Angelo Furlan (Alessio) on the podium with his flowers
- Roberto Heras (USPS) pulls on another gold jersey in Salamanca
Results
1 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio 2.58.00 (49.078 km/h) 2 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Telekom 3 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 4 Sven Teutenberg (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 5 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Saeco-Longoni Sport 6 Andrej Hauptman (Slo) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 7 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 8 Denis Zanette (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 9 Angel Edo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 10 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre-Daikin 11 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 12 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 13 Alessandro Guerra (Ita) Index Alexia 14 Rolf Aldag (Ger) Team Telekom 15 Pablo Lastras (Spa) iBanesto.com 16 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 17 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 18 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 19 Mederic Clain (Fra) Cofidis 20 M.A. Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 21 Alberto Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 22 David Bramati (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 23 Christian Vandevelde (USA) US Postal Service 24 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 25 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis 26 Rui Miguel Sousa (Por) Milaneza-MSS 27 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 28 Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal Service 29 Joseba Beloki (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 30 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 31 Zbigniew Spruch (Pol) Lampre-Daikin 32 Klaus Möller (Den) Milaneza-MSS 33 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 34 Angel Casero (Spa) Team Coast 35 Serguei Smetanine (Rus) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 36 David Dario Cioni (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 37 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Team Coast 38 Rafael Diaz Justo (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 39 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Coast 40 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 41 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Milaneza-MSS 42 Antonio Cruz (USA) US Postal Service 43 Robert Sassone (Fra) Cofidis 44 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 45 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 46 Rui Lavarinas (Por) Milaneza-MSS 47 Alexei Sivakov (Rus) Bigmat.Auber 93 48 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 49 J.Antonio Flecha (Spa) iBanesto.com 50 Félix Garcia Casas (Spa) Bigmat.Auber 93 51 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) iBanesto.com 52 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Saeco-Longoni Sport 53 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 54 Germán Nieto (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 55 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 56 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 57 José Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 58 Sebastien Talabardon (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 59 Carlos Garcia (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 60 David Plaza (Spa) Team Coast 61 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) ONCE-Eroski 62 David Cańada (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 63 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio 64 Mikel Pradera (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 65 Matthias Kessler (Ger) Team Telekom 66 Rafael Casero (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 67 Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 68 Alberto Vinale (Ita) Alessio 69 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 70 J.Antonio Pecharroman (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 71 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 72 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 73 José Iván Gutierrez (Spa) iBanesto.com 74 Robert Bartko (Ger) Team Telekom 75 Jan Schaffrath (Ger) Team Telekom 76 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 77 Massimo Codol (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 78 Matthew White (Aus) US Postal Service 79 Aitor Garmendia (Spa) Team Coast 80 Joao Silva (Por) Milaneza-MSS 81 Jaime Hernandez (Spa) Team Coast 82 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 83 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal Service 84 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites 85 Gorka Gerrikagoitia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 86 Pietro Zucconi (Swi) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 87 José Garrido (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 88 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 89 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 90 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis 91 Dmitri Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis 92 J.Manuel Vazquez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 93 Nicola Loda (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 94 Steven Kleynen (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 95 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Fassa Bortolo 96 José Azevedo (Por) ONCE-Eroski 97 Juan Guillamon (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 98 Sylvester Szymyd (Pol) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 99 Simone Bertoletti (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 100 Aitor Kintana (Spa) Bigmat.Auber 93 101 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio 102 Marcos Serrano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 103 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 104 Rubén Lobato Elvira (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 105 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 106 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis 107 Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 108 Diego Ferrari (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 109 Juan José De Los Angeles (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 110 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 111 Aitor Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 112 José Maestre (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 113 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 0.20 114 Santiago Botero (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 115 Reto Bergmann (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 116 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 117 Alberto Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 118 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 119 Santiago Blanco (Spa) iBanesto.com 120 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Lampre-Daikin 121 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 122 Benoit Salmon (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 123 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Saeco-Longoni Sport 124 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 125 Andris Reiss (Lat) Index Alexia 126 Cyril Saugrain (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 127 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 128 Dario Gadeo (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 129 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Mapei-Quick Step 130 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2R Prevoyance 131 Luis Perez (Spa) Team Coast 132 Joan Horrach (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 133 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Fassa Bortolo 0.53 134 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service 1.38 DNS Jesus Maria Manzano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca Points 1 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio 25 pts 2 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Telekom 20 3 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 16 4 Sven Teutenberg (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 14 5 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Saeco-Longoni Sport 12 6 Andrej Hauptman (Slo) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 10 7 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 9 8 Denis Zanette (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 8 9 Angel Edo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 7 10 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre-Daikin 6 11 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 5 12 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 4 13 Alessandro Guerra (Ita) Index Alexia 3 14 Rolf Aldag (Ger) Team Telekom 2 15 Pablo Lastras (Spa) iBanesto.com 1 Sprints Torres del Carrizal - 53.6 km 1 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 4 pts 2 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2 3 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Telekom 1 Zamora - km 66.1 1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 4 pts 2 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Telekom 2 3 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 1 San Cristobal de la Cuesta - km 135.3 1 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 4 pts 2 Denis Zanette (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2 3 Nicola Loda (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1 Teams 1 Fassa Bortolo 8.54.00 2 Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 3 Milaneza-MSS 4 Lampre-Daikin 5 Team Telekom 6 Euskaltel-Euskadi 7 Cofidis 8 Kelme-Costa Blanca 9 US Postal Service 10 Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 11 Saeco-Longoni Sport 12 Phonak Hearing Systems 13 Team Coast 14 iBanesto.com 15 Mapei-Quick Step 16 ONCE-Eroski 17 Alessio 18 Bigmat.Auber 93 19 Relax-Fuenlabrada 20 Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 21 Domo-Farm Frites 22 Ag2R Prevoyance General classification after stage 17 1 Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal Service 61.53.13 2 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 0.35 3 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1.08 4 Joseba Beloki (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 1.57 5 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.16 6 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3.56 7 Félix Garcia Casas (Spa) Bigmat.Auber 93 4.05 8 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 4.55 9 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Team Coast 5.20 10 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5.26 11 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) ONCE-Eroski 5.27 12 Angel Casero (Spa) Team Coast 5.31 13 Klaus Möller (Den) Milaneza-MSS 6.18 14 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Milaneza-MSS 6.43 15 Rui Miguel Sousa (Por) Milaneza-MSS 9.29 16 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis 9.55 17 David Plaza (Spa) Team Coast 10.13 18 Pablo Lastras (Spa) iBanesto.com 12.57 19 Carlos Garcia (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 15.20 20 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Fassa Bortolo 15.33 21 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 23.20 22 Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 25.57 23 Luis Perez (Spa) Team Coast 33.50 24 Christian Vandevelde (USA) US Postal Service 33.59 25 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Saeco-Longoni Sport 37.45 26 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio 39.04 27 J.Antonio Pecharroman (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 39.43 28 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio 41.09 29 Steven Kleynen (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 42.58 30 Sylvester Szymyd (Pol) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 44.43 31 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis 46.30 32 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 48.39 33 J.Antonio Flecha (Spa) iBanesto.com 48.40 34 Simone Bertoletti (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 49.43 35 Rui Lavarinhas (Por) Milaneza-MSS 50.13 36 Marcos Serrano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 50.49 37 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 50.59 38 Joan Horrach (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 51.04 39 Santiago Blanco (Spa) iBanesto.com 52.26 40 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 52.46 41 José Garido (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 53.20 42 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 53.40 43 José Azevedo (Por) ONCE-Eroski 53.43 44 Matthias Kessler (Ger) Team Telekom 55.20 45 Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 57.32 46 Joao Silva (Por) Milaneza-MSS 58.15 47 José Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 59.27 48 Rafael Casero (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 1.01.20 49 M.A. Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 1.01.22 50 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.02.10 51 Massimo Codol (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 1.06.23 52 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal Service 1.09.25 53 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 1.10.01 54 Aitor Kintana (Spa) Bigmat.Auber 93 1.12.04 55 David Cańada (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 1.13.00 56 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Saeco-Longoni Sport 1.15.18 57 Aitor Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 1.16.01 58 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 1.20.02 59 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.20.17 60 Juan José De Los Angeles (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1.21.57 61 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2R Prevoyance 1.22.47 62 Oscar Lacuna (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 1.23.42 63 Angel Edo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 1.26.21 64 Alberto Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.27.05 65 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.32.10 66 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Fassa Bortolo 1.34.31 67 Santiago Botero (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1.35.03 68 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 1.35.26 69 Rafael Diaz Justo (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 1.36.16 70 Dmitri Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis 1.37.12 71 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Telekom 1.37.39 72 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Saeco-Longoni Sport 1.38.34 73 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 1.39.10 74 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Lampre-Daikin 1.39.26 75 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 1.39.58 76 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.40.52 77 Mederic Clain (Fra) Cofidis 1.41.16 78 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 1.43.28 79 Benoit Salmon (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.45.52 80 Serguei Smetanine (Rus) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 1.47.26 81 Nicola Loda (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.50.53 82 Andrej Hauptman (Slo) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 1.51.08 83 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites 1.51.52 84 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 1.54.10 85 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 1.54.21 86 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 1.54.35 87 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.55.36 88 Reto Bergmann (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.56.33 89 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.56.39 90 Rolf Aldag (Ger) Team Telekom 1.57.40 91 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) iBanesto.com 1.58.57 92 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis 1.59.13 93 Davide Bramati (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 2.00.08 94 Mikel Pradera (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 2.03.14 95 José Iván Gutierrez (Spa) iBanesto.com 2.05.05 96 Jan Schaffrath (Ger) Team Telekom 2.07.09 97 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 2.07.12 98 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.07.33 99 J.Manuel Vazquez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 2.08.39 100 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.09.12 101 Aitor Garmendia (Spa) Team Coast 2.09.16 102 Denis Zanette (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2.10.07 103 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 2.10.18 104 Gorka Gerrikagoitia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.11.43 105 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 2.12.26 106 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 2.12.40 107 Sebastien Talabardon (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 2.15.04 108 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Mapei-Quick Step 2.16.19 109 Andris Reiss (Lat) Index Alexia 2.20.35 110 Cyril Saugrain (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 2.22.46 111 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 2.22.49 112 Robert Bartko (Ger) Team Telekom 2.22.52 113 Dario Gadeo (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 2.24.00 114 Alberto Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.24.03 115 Diego Ferrari (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 2.24.31 116 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre-Daikin 2.24.50 117 José Maestre (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 2.24.55 118 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio 2.25.09 119 Antonio Cruz (USA) US Postal Service 2.28.28 120 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service 2.30.40 121 Pietro Zucconi (Swi) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 2.32.13 122 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 2.32.16 123 Alessandro Guerra (Ita) Index Alexia 2.35.25 124 Jaime Hernandez (Spa) Team Coast 2.35.49 125 Alberto Vinale (Ita) Alessio 2.37.46 126 Juan Guillamon (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 2.41.05 127 Alexei Sivakov (Rus) Bigmat.Auber 93 2.41.07 128 Germán Nieto (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 2.41.43 129 Sven Teutenberg (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.47.35 130 Zbigniew Spruch (Pol) Lampre-Daikin 2.47.55 131 Matthew White (Aus) US Postal Service 2.48.18 132 Robert Sassone (Fra) Cofidis 2.55.09 133 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Coast 2.58.44 134 Rubén Lobato Elvira (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 3.00.53 Points classification 1 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Telekom 165 pts 2 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 135 3 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 98 4 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Saeco-Longoni Sport 80 5 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio 77 6 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 74 7 Pablo Lastras (Spa) iBanesto.com 71 8 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 67 9 Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal Service 65 10 Luis Perez (Spa) Team Coast 64 11 Angel Edo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 62 12 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 54 13 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 53 14 Joseba Beloki (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 50 15 Sven Teutenberg (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 50 16 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 47 17 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Milaneza-MSS 45 18 Félix Garcia Casas (Spa) Bigmat.Auber 93 43 19 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 42 20 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 42 21 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 40 22 Andrej Hauptman (Slo) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 36 23 Davide Bramati (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 33 24 Serguei Smetanine (Rus) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 32 25 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre-Daikin 32 26 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis 31 27 Santiago Botero (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 29 28 Klaus Möller (Den) Milaneza-MSS 27 29 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 26 30 José Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 25 31 Aitor Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 25 32 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 22 33 Germán Nieto (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 18 34 David Plaza (Spa) Team Coast 18 35 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 18 36 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 16 37 M.A. Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 16 38 Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 14 39 Mederic Clain (Fra) Cofidis 14 40 Juan Guillamon (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 14 41 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 13 42 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) ONCE-Eroski 13 43 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio 13 44 Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 13 45 Dario Gadeo (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 12 46 Rui Miguel Sousa (Por) Milaneza-MSS 12 47 Christian Vandevelde (USA) US Postal Service 12 48 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 12 49 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Team Coast 11 50 Nicola Loda (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 11 51 Denis Zanette (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 11 52 Elia Aggiano (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 10 53 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 10 54 Angel Casero (Spa) Team Coast 10 55 Alessandro Guerra (Ita) Index Alexia 9 56 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) iBanesto.com 8 57 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8 58 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 7 59 Dmitri Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis 7 60 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites 6 61 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio 5 62 J.Antonio Flecha (Spa) iBanesto.com 5 63 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 5 64 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 5 65 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 5 66 Sebastien Talabardon (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 4 67 Robert Bartko (Ger) Team Telekom 4 68 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 4 69 Rolf Aldag (Ger) Team Telekom 4 70 Alberto Vinale (Ita) Alessio 4 71 Robert Sassone (Fra) Cofidis 4 72 Carlos Garcia (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 3 73 Steven Kleynen (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 2 74 Joao Silva (Por) Milaneza-MSS 2 75 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 2 76 Jan Schaffrath (Ger) Team Telekom 2 77 Andris Reiss (Lat) Index Alexia 2 78 J.Antonio Pecharroman (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 1 79 Santiago Blanco (Spa) iBanesto.com 1 80 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 1 81 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 1 82 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 83 Rubén Lobato Elvira (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 1 Mountains classification 1 Aitor Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 78 pts 2 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 75 3 Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal Service 74 4 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 62 5 Félix Garcia Casas (Spa) Bigmat.Auber 93 57 6 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 49 7 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 43 8 Mederic Clain (Fra) Cofidis 42 9 J.Antonio Flecha (Spa) iBanesto.com 40 10 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 37 11 M.A. Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 35 12 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 33 13 Joseba Beloki (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 33 14 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis 30 15 Rui Manuel Sousa (Por) Milaneza-MSS 30 16 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Milaneza-MSS 26 17 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 25 18 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 22 19 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 20 20 Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 20 21 Santiago Blanco (Spa) iBanesto.com 18 22 Luis Perez (Spa) Team Coast 18 23 Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 17 24 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio 16 25 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 16 26 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) ONCE-Eroski 14 27 Klaus Möller (Den) Milaneza-MSS 13 28 David Plaza (Spa) Team Coast 12 29 Germán Nieto (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 12 30 Serguei Smetanine (Rus) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 10 31 Santiago Botero (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 10 32 Joan Horrach (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 8 33 José Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 8 34 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 7 35 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 7 36 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7 37 Angel Casero (Spa) Team Coast 6 38 Pablo Lastras (Spa) iBanesto.com 6 39 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio 6 40 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 5 41 Simone Bertoletti (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 4 42 Rui Lavarinhas (Por) Milaneza-MSS 4 43 Aitor Kintana (Spa) Bigmat.Auber 93 4 44 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 4 45 Carlos Garcia (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 3 46 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 3 47 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Lampre-Daikin 3 48 Rolf Aldag (Ger) Team Telekom 3 49 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) iBanesto.com 3 50 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis 2 51 José Azevedo (Por) ONCE-Eroski 2 52 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2 53 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 2 54 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2 55 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 2 56 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Team Coast 1 57 José Garrido (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 1 58 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Saeco-Longoni Sport 1 59 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 1 60 Alberto Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 61 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites 1 62 Davide Bramati (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 1 63 J.Manuel Vazquez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 1 64 Denis Zanette (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1 Regularity classification 1 Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal Service 13 pts 2 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 17 3 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 18 4 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 23 5 Félix Garcia Casas (Spa) Bigmat.Auber 93 30 6 Joseba Beloki (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 31 7 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 31 8 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 39 9 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Milaneza-MSS 47 10 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 48 11 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 52 12 Luis Perez (Spa) Team Coast 55 13 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis 56 14 Pablo Lastras (Spa) iBanesto.com 63 15 Klaus Möller (Den) Milaneza-MSS 68 16 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 70 17 Rui Miguel Sousa (Por) Milaneza-MSS 76 18 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) ONCE-Eroski 79 19 David Plaza (Spa) Team Coast 79 20 Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 83 21 Aitor Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 89 22 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 91 23 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio 93 24 M.A. Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 97 25 Angel Casero (Spa) Team Coast 103 26 J.Antonio Flecha (Spa) iBanesto.com 104 27 Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 109 28 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 110 29 José Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 110 30 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Team Coast 114 31 Mederic Clain (Fra) Cofidis 124 32 Santiago Botero (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 125 33 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio 128 34 Serguei Smetanine (Rus) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 134 35 Carlos Garcia (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 136 36 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 138 37 Santiago Blanco (Spa) iBanesto.com 139 38 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 143 39 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 151 40 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 162 41 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 166 42 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 177 43 Davide Bramati (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 178 44 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 179 45 Germán Nieto (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 190 46 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 191 47 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) iBanesto.com 196 48 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 198 49 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites 204 50 Rolf Aldag (Ger) Team Telekom 207 51 Denis Zanette (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 217 Teams classification 1 Kelme-Costa Blanca 185.31.48 2 Team Coast 31.00 3 Milaneza-MSS 22.55 4 ONCE-Eroski 25.16 5 Euskaltel-Euskadi 38.28 6 Saeco-Longoni Sport 48.48 7 Cofidis 52.55 8 Fassa Bortolo 1.11.02 9 iBanesto.com 1.17.11 10 Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 1.28.43 11 US Postal Service 1.30.22 12 Phonak Hearing Systems 2.12.51 13 Lampre-Daikin 2.14.10 14 Relax-Fuenlabrada 2.39.41 15 Bigmat.Auber 93 2.57.24 16 Domo-Farm Frites 3.03.13 17 Team Telekom 3.04.22 18 Tacconi Sport-Emmegi 3.12.34 19 Alessio 3.15.57 20 Ag2R Prevoyance 3.58.26 21 Mapei-Quick Step 4.00.44 22 Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 4.15.08
