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59th Vuelta a España - GT

Spain, September 4-26, 2004

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Stage 1 - September 4: León - León (T.T.T.), 28 km

Powerful Postal delivers Landis the leader's jersey

T-Mobile and Illes Balears the next best teams

By Martin Hardie in León

Floyd Landis
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A genial Floyd Landis was granted the leader's jersey in the opening stage of La Vuelta when, with daylight second, team director Johan Bruyneel anointed the smiling Californian to cross the line first. Coming into the final straight, US Postal Service was clearly not going to be challenged in today's opening team time trial in León. A sprinting Erik Zabel led in T-Mobile but even their strong coordinated effort could only bring them within half a minute or so of the Posties.

It was a true Posties' Podium Party with the entire USPS team making two appearances - as stage winners and as leaders of the team classification; whilst Floyd soaked up the limelight with the top of the points, mountains, combination and leaders classifications all bearing his name.

After the stage Landis said that his leadership "wasn't in the plan" but there was of course a plan as to how they would ride the team TT. "The best tactic in a team time trial is to use every rider - the strongest riders pull the longest, and if you can't pull at least you roll through and give at least another second's rest to the others - it's a team time trial," he said, emphasising the team effort. When director Bruyneel told Landis to cross the line in first place, with what already would surely be the winning time and guaranteed win (the Posties set off fourth last in the starting order) Landis simply said: "I wasn't complaining".

The Posties
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Bruyneel has said that USPS is here for the stages and not looking for the GC. In fact many teams seem to be playing down their expectations of the race. "There is always a chance of the overall," said Landis. "But we have come to this race without pressure and we will see how it goes".

No pressure seems to be a pretty common feeling at today's Vuelta kick off. Tyler Hamilton says its a field experiment and Stuart O'Grady says he will take it day by day and see how it pans out - "Maybe I will have a go in the sprints later in the race," O'Grady told Cyclingnews before the start, but like others he seems to have come without expectations.

Maybe playing down your chances is the way to go, as Landis explained, "It's unwise to single yourself out as the guy others have to beat - if you don't single yourself out it relieves the pressure." Of those who have got a little pressure on themselves, Liberty Seguros finished 1'28 down on USPS. Not what they would have expected for today. Even worse was the showing of Saunier Duval at 1'50. Of the other main Spanish contenders, the Valverde-led Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme look good at 58 seconds back, with Illes Baleares at 56 seconds.

Illes Balears-Banesto
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After today's commencement of battle, four or five teams have probably put themselves in decent defendable positions: USPS of course, T-Mobile 31 seconds back, then a group at more or less the minute mark - Illes Baleares, Kelme and Phonak. After that, the gaps increase to a group of teams that maybe we could have expected more of: CSC, Liberty and Fassa. In any event USPS doesn't seem intent on defending the jersey, possibly content to let it be passed around until the business end of La Vuelta really starts. Thus the marked differences created today over a relatively short distance, might in the immediate future, create some room for a few attacking moves during the course of the next few days.

There are a lot of people who have already lost out today and they will have to keep alert in the winds of the flatter stages as the race heads east to the Mediterranean and crosses the northern plains of Spain, if they want to improve their lot before the mountains and first individual time trial. The coming days are made for lapses of concentration that might cause a split and a big irrecoverable gap.

Tomorrow the forecast is for head/cross winds from the right with gusts and possible stormy patches towards the end. Watch out for the echelons!

Photography

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Images by Lluis Gene/AFP Photo

Results

1 US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor                              30.45
2 T-Mobile                                                        0.31
3 Illes Balears-Banesto                                           0.56
4 Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                                      0.58
5 Phonak                                                          1.01
6 CSC                                                             1.24
7 Fassa Bortolo                                                   1.25
8 Liberty Seguros                                                 1.28
9 Saeco                                                           1.38
10 Relax-Bodysol                                                  1.41
11 Lampre                                                         1.46
12 Ag2r-Prevoyance                                                1.49
13 Cofidis                                                            
14 Saunier Duval                                                  1.50
15 Cafés Baqué                                                    1.54
16 Alessio-Bianchi                                                2.00
17 Paternina-Costa de Almería                                     2.01
18 Vini Caldirola                                                 2.12
19 Quick Step -Davitamon                                          2.13
20 Rabobank                                                       2.16
21 Euskaltel-Euskadi                                              2.27

Individuals

1 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor           30.45
2 Michael Barry (Can) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor               
3 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor            
4 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor              
5 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor             
6 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor              
7 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor            
8 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                  0.31
9 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team                            
10 Tomas Konecny (Cze) T-Mobile Team                                  
11 Santiago Botero (Col) T-Mobile Team                                
12 Cadel Evans (Aus) T-Mobile Team                                    
13 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                               
14 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team                            0.42
15 Steffan Wesemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                               
16 Antonio Cruz (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor           0.50
17 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                  0.56
18 Antonio Colom (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                          
19 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                      
20 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                          
21 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto                          
22 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                          
23 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                           
24 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme      0.58
25 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                    
26 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                
27 David Blanco (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                      
28 Rubén Plaza (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                       
29 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                 
30 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                      
31 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme             
32 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                     1.01
33 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                
34 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                        
35 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems                      
36 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems                        
37 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                       
38 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems                          
39 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team                              1.02
40 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                   1.24
41 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Team CSC                                        
42 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC                                      
43 Frank Høj (Den) Team CSC                                           
44 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                       
45 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC                                  
46 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC                                     
47 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                               1.25
48 Julián Sanchez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo                                 
49 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                              
50 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                     
51 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo                               
52 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo                                 
53 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                               
54 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros                            1.28
55 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                    
56 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros                               
57 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros                    
58 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                 
59 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros                             
60 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Saeco                                     1.38
61 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco                                         
62 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Saeco                                        
63 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Saeco                                         
64 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Saeco                                    
65 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Saeco                                 
66 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Saeco                                           
67 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax-Bodysol                           1.41
68 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax-Bodysol                                    
69 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Relax-Bodysol                              
70 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Relax-Bodysol                                
71 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax-Bodysol                                   
72 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Relax-Bodysol                             
73 Alberto Martinez (Spa) Relax-Bodysol                               
74 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre                                1.46
75 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Lampre                                 
76 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Lampre                                      
77 Michele Scotto (Ita) Lampre                                        
78 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre                                         
79 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                           1.49
80 Iñigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance                              
81 Stephane Goubert (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                             
82 Erki Pütsep (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance                                  
83 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                             
84 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance                              
85 Stéphane Berges (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                              
86 Julien Laidoun (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                               
87 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                              
88 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone              
89 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                  
90 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                
91 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone              
92 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone               
93 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                       1.50
94 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                     
95 Miguel A. M. Perdiguero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                 
96 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                   
97 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                            
98 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                       
99 Ivan Parra (Col) Cafes Baque                                   1.54
100 Aitor Perez (Spa) Cafes Baque                                     
101 Hebert Gutierrez (Col) Cafes Baque                                
102 Felix Cardenas (Col) Cafes Baque                                  
103 Francisco Garcia (Spa) Cafes Baque                                
104 Hernan Buenahora (Col) Cafes Baque                                
105 David Plaza (Spa) Cafes Baque                                     
106 Peio Arreitunandia (Spa) Cafes Baque                              
107 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Cafes Baque                                 
108 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                         2.00
109 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                               
110 Klaus Möller (Den) Alessio-Bianchi                                
111 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Alessio-Bianchi                               
112 Martin Hvastija (Slo) Alessio-Bianchi                             
113 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio-Bianchi                         
114 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                           
115 Ellis Rastelli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                              
116 David Fernandez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria              2.01
117 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                   
118 Ion Del Rio (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                      
119 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                     
120 Angel Gomez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                      
121 Joaquin Lopez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                    
122 David Herrero (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                    
123 Francisco José Lara (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria              
124 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone          2.03
125 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie         2.12
126 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie         
127 Roberto Sgambelluri (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie      
128 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie            
129 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie         
130 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie             
131 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie           
132 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon                     2.13
133 Luca Paolini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon                           
134 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Quick.Step-Davitamon                         
135 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon                           
136 José Garrido (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon                           
137 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon                         
138 Jose Antonio Pecharroman (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon               
139 Patrick Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step-Davitamon                      
140 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon                      
141 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems                   2.16
142 Robert Hunter (RSA) Rabobank                                      
143 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                     
144 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank                                       
145 Ronald Mutsaars (Ned) Rabobank                                    
146 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank                                 
147 Bert Roesems (Bel) Relax-Bodysol                              2.26
148 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                       2.27
149 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                            
150 Aitor Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                            
151 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                           
152 Iñaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                               
153 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                             
154 Alberto Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                   
155 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie          
156 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Alessio-Bianchi                        2.35
157 Simone Bertoletti (Ita) Lampre                                2.39
158 Marco Milesi (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie         2.40
159 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone       2.41
160 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                   3.14
161 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                3.15
162 Guido Trenti (USA) Fassa Bortolo                              4.47
163 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                           
164 José Julia (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                   5.07
165 Unai Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                          5.12
166 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor    5.13
167 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros                      5.20
168 Rene Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros                             5.25
169 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros                                  
170 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                      5.30
171 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir                           
172 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank                              5.31
173 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Rabobank                                     
174 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                     
175 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank                                          
176 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Bodysol                         5.51
177 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Lampre                                    6.20
178 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone           6.23
179 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone             
180 Gonzalo Bayarri (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                  6.27
181 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Saeco                                      
182 Giosue Bonomi (Ita) Saeco                                         
183 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre                                  6.47
184 Thomas Bruun (Den) Team CSC                                   6.58
185 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC                                     
186 Joseba Albizu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                         7.01
187 Josu Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                             
 
Points
 
1 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor              25 pts
2 Michael Barry (Can) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor             20
3 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor          16
4 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor            14
5 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor           12
6 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor            10
7 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor           9
8 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                     8
9 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team                           7
10 Tomas Konecny (Cze) T-Mobile Team                                 6
11 Santiago Botero (Col) T-Mobile Team                               5
12 Cadel Evans (Aus) T-Mobile Team                                   4
13 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                              3
14 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team                               2
15 Steffan Wesemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                              1
 
Mountains
 
km 11 - Cat. 3
 
1 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor               6 pts
2 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor            4
3 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor             2
4 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor             1
 
Teams
 
1 US Postal Service                                            1.32.15
2 T-Mobile Team                                                   1.33
3 Illes Balears - Banesto                                         2.48
4 Comunidad Valenciana - Kelme                                    2.54
5 Phonak Hearing Systems                                          3.03
6 Team CSC                                                        4.12
7 Fassa Bortolo                                                   4.15
8 Liberty Seguros                                                 4.24
9 Saeco                                                           4.54
10 Relax-Bodysol                                                  5.03
11 Lampre                                                         5.18
12 AG2R Prevoyance                                                5.27
13 Cofidis, le credit par telephone                                   
14 Saunier Duval - Prodir                                         5.30
15 Cafes Baque                                                    5.42
16 Alessio - Bianchi                                              6.00
17 Costa de Almeria - Paternina                                   6.03
18 Vini Caldirola -Nobili Rubinetterie                            6.36
19 Quick Step - Davitamon                                         6.39
20 Rabobank                                                       6.48
21 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                            7.21
 
General classification after stage 1
 
1 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor           30.45
2 Michael Barry (Can) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor               
3 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor            
4 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor              
5 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor             
6 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor              
7 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor            
8 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                  0.31
9 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team                            
10 Tomas Konecny (Cze) T-Mobile Team                                  
11 Santiago Botero (Col) T-Mobile Team                                
12 Cadel Evans (Aus) T-Mobile Team                                    
13 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                               
14 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team                            0.42
15 Steffan Wesemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                               
16 Antonio Cruz (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor           0.50
17 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                  0.56
18 Antonio Colom (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                          
19 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                      
20 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                          
21 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto                          
22 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                          
23 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                           
24 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme      0.58
25 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                    
26 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                
27 David Blanco (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                      
28 Rubén Plaza (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                       
29 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                 
30 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                      
31 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme             
32 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                     1.01
33 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                
34 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                        
35 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems                      
36 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems                        
37 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                       
38 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems                          
39 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team                              1.02
40 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                   1.24
41 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Team CSC                                        
42 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC                                      
43 Frank Høj (Den) Team CSC                                           
44 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                       
45 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC                                  
46 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC                                     
47 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                               1.25
48 Julián Sanchez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo                                 
49 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                              
50 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                     
51 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo                               
52 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo                                 
53 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                               
54 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros                            1.28
55 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                    
56 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros                               
57 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros                    
58 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                 
59 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros                             
60 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Saeco                                     1.38
61 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco                                         
62 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Saeco                                        
63 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Saeco                                         
64 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Saeco                                    
65 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Saeco                                 
66 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Saeco                                           
67 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax-Bodysol                           1.41
68 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax-Bodysol                                    
69 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Relax-Bodysol                              
70 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Relax-Bodysol                                
71 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax-Bodysol                                   
72 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Relax-Bodysol                             
73 Alberto Martinez (Spa) Relax-Bodysol                               
74 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre                                1.46
75 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Lampre                                 
76 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Lampre                                      
77 Michele Scotto (Ita) Lampre                                        
78 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre                                         
79 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                           1.49
80 Iñigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance                              
81 Stephane Goubert (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                             
82 Erki Pütsep (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance                                  
83 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                             
84 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance                              
85 Stéphane Berges (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                              
86 Julien Laidoun (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                               
87 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                              
88 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone              
89 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                  
90 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                
91 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone              
92 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone               
93 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                       1.50
94 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                     
95 Miguel A. M. Perdiguero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                 
96 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                   
97 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                            
98 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                       
99 Ivan Parra (Col) Cafes Baque                                   1.54
100 Aitor Perez (Spa) Cafes Baque                                     
101 Hebert Gutierrez (Col) Cafes Baque                                
102 Felix Cardenas (Col) Cafes Baque                                  
103 Francisco Garcia (Spa) Cafes Baque                                
104 Hernan Buenahora (Col) Cafes Baque                                
105 David Plaza (Spa) Cafes Baque                                     
106 Peio Arreitunandia (Spa) Cafes Baque                              
107 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Cafes Baque                                 
108 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                         2.00
109 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                               
110 Klaus Möller (Den) Alessio-Bianchi                                
111 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Alessio-Bianchi                               
112 Martin Hvastija (Slo) Alessio-Bianchi                             
113 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio-Bianchi                         
114 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                           
115 Ellis Rastelli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                              
116 David Fernandez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria              2.01
117 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                   
118 Ion Del Rio (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                      
119 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                     
120 Angel Gomez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                      
121 Joaquin Lopez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                    
122 David Herrero (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                    
123 Francisco José Lara (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria              
124 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone          2.03
125 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie         2.12
126 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie         
127 Roberto Sgambelluri (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie      
128 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie            
129 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie         
130 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie             
131 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie           
132 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon                     2.13
133 Luca Paolini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon                           
134 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Quick.Step-Davitamon                         
135 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon                           
136 José Garrido (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon                           
137 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon                         
138 Jose Antonio Pecharroman (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon               
139 Patrick Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step-Davitamon                      
140 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon                      
141 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems                   2.16
142 Robert Hunter (RSA) Rabobank                                      
143 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                     
144 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank                                       
145 Ronald Mutsaars (Ned) Rabobank                                    
146 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank                                 
147 Bert Roesems (Bel) Relax-Bodysol                              2.26
148 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                       2.27
149 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                            
150 Aitor Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                            
151 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                           
152 Iñaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                               
153 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                             
154 Alberto Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                   
155 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie          
156 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Alessio-Bianchi                        2.35
157 Simone Bertoletti (Ita) Lampre                                2.39
158 Marco Milesi (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie         2.40
159 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone       2.41
160 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                   3.14
161 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                3.15
162 Guido Trenti (USA) Fassa Bortolo                              4.47
163 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                           
164 José Julia (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                   5.07
165 Unai Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                          5.12
166 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor    5.13
167 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros                      5.20
168 Rene Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros                             5.25
169 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros                                  
170 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                      5.30
171 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir                           
172 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank                              5.31
173 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Rabobank                                     
174 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                     
175 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank                                          
176 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Bodysol                         5.51
177 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Lampre                                    6.20
178 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone           6.23
179 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone             
180 Gonzalo Bayarri (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                  6.27
181 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Saeco                                      
182 Giosue Bonomi (Ita) Saeco                                         
183 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre                                  6.47
184 Thomas Bruun (Den) Team CSC                                   6.58
185 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC                                     
186 Joseba Albizu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                         7.01
187 Josu Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                             
 
Points classification
 
1 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor              20
2 Michael Barry (Can) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor             16
3 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor          14
4 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor            12
5 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor           10
6 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor             9
7 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor           8
8 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                     7
9 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team                           6
10 Tomas Konecny (Cze) T-Mobile Team                                 5
11 Santiago Botero (Col) T-Mobile Team                               4
12 Cadel Evans (Aus) T-Mobile Team                                   3
13 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                              2
14 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team                               1
15 Steffan Wesemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                               
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor               4
2 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor            2
3 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor             1
4 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor              
 
Combination classification
 
1 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor              11
2 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor            12
3 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor           16
4 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor              
 
Teams classification
 
1 US Postal Service                                               1.33
2 T-Mobile Team                                                   2.48
3 Illes Balears - Banesto                                         2.54
4 Comunidad Valenciana - Kelme                                    3.03
5 Phonak Hearing Systems                                          4.12
6 Team CSC                                                        4.15
7 Fassa Bortolo                                                   4.24
8 Liberty Seguros                                                 4.54
9 Saeco                                                           5.03
10 Relax-Bodysol                                                  5.18
11 Lampre                                                         5.27
12 AG2R Prevoyance                                                    
13 Cofidis, le credit par telephone                               5.30
14 Saunier Duval - Prodir                                         5.42
15 Cafes Baque                                                    6.00
16 Alessio - Bianchi                                              6.03
17 Costa de Almeria - Paternina                                   6.36
18 Vini Caldirola -Nobili Rubinetterie                            6.39
19 Quick Step - Davitamon                                         6.48
20 Rabobank                                                       7.21
21 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                         7.21.00

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