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59th Vuelta a España - GT

Spain, September 4-26, 2004

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Stage 3 - September 6: Burgos - Soria, 157 km

Valverde confirms his class

By Martin Hardie in Soria

Alejandro Valverde (Com.Valenciana-Kelme)
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Today in Soria, Alejandro Valverde showed the world his class when he won a gruelling wet uphill sprint to take Stage 3 of La Vuelta. For Valverde, the year has been interrupted by the ongoing Kelme debacle which has kept him off the roads for various periods of time, out of the Tour and so far out of next year's Pro Tour. But nevertheless he has - when able to race - managed fifteen victories in all.

Like Perdiguero's, those wins have all been in the home vueltas: Majorca, Valencia, Murcia, Pais Vasco, Castilla Léon, and most recently when he totally dominated the Vuelta a Burgos. And like Perdiguero, maybe his victories haven't been given the attention they deserve outside of Spain. Perdi matched it with the best in San Sebastian and today Alejandro Valverde showed the international peloton that there is no keeping him down.

Valverde is one of those riders who has seemed all year to be able to win on any terrain - he has taken both bunch or small group sprints and he has won in the high mountains, and today he cast away any shadow of a doubt about his international status.

After the race, Valverde said that he had, "A meeting this morning with Vicente Belda and they talked about the hard repecho at the end". Both Valverde and Belda seem to have had a good hunch when they considered this stage one marked in red.

Valverde's win also puts back on the agenda Kelme's (or whatever they might be next year) entry/lack of acceptance into the Pro Tour. Both Kelme and Euskaltel-Euskadi haven't yet gained entry and the "unofficial" quota for Spain is already full. With Valverde having signed for two more years with the Kelme management, he seems to like it where he is. That means no Classics, but for the time being his objectives seem clearly focused on the Vuelta and the World's (in which he finished second in 2003). "I think I can fight for the general here...both (La Vuelta and the World's) are super important for me," he said.

Valverde's win which came about over the last two or three kilometres dominated the day's stage in one way. But of course the day also saw a long breakaway which for while seemed to be safe without any threat from behind. Hulsmans, Veneberg, Joachim and Flickinger got away with 110 kilometres to go. At one point along the way with 48 km to go, the quartet had nearly a 10 minutes gap.

Benoit Joachim (USPS-Berry Floor)
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USPS's Benoît Joachim managed to secure all of the bonus time from the sprints en route, and with those was anointed the man to succeed Max van Heeswijk as the race's new leader. He thus the gold jersey not only in the USPS camp but within Benelux as well, and Joachim is the first Luxembourger ever to wear the Vuelta leader's jersey.

Joachim confirmed that the plan for the day was, "To get someone into a good escape and to try and hold on to the jersey that way". Consistent with the USPS relaxed outlook, he added, "We will keep thinking about things day by day ... we don't have any plans for the general."

With the day's break neutralised only seven and a bit kilometres from the finish, it was time for the Vuelta to get down to its business end. And again today we saw how a complete peloton can be torn apart in La Vuelta in a matter of a few kilometres. The result was in the end a sprint victory to Valverde and in the longer view, the start of a real sorting out at the top with a number of the strongest contenders all finishing in the eleven man lead group.

Of course it is a long way to go in La Vuelta but the fact that Valverde, Mancebo, Menchov, Heras, Garzelli, Aitor Gonzalez, Damiano Cunego, Cadel Evans and Alexandre Vinokourov all arrived together with Freire and O'Grady, marks the start of the real race. Admittedly a small start but one that might set the tone for some tricky days to come. Amongst this group are some of the real challengers - riders who have not come here to relax or see how it pans out.

There are also some challengers that finished not too far behind today: Hamilton, Beloki, Zubeldia, Sanchez, and Sevilla are amongst the large group that came in at 15 seconds. But more than often, La Vuelta is about being there in those tight, almost surprise encounters that are so often combined with the effects of the weather and terrain.

The final kilometres

The peloton
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Today's finish was a case in point. Kelme shared the work in pulling back the break of the day sharing the load notably with Cofidis, amongst others, they obviously thought the arrival would suit O'Grady. When Hulsmans, Veneberg, Joachim and Flickinger were caught with just over 7.5 km to go, the peloton was strung out in one long, long line as it looped around the back of the finishing city of Soria, in the heavy rain. As they rolled down into the valley of the Rio Duero, Vini Caldirola was really driving it along. At the same time, but unrelated, Erik Zabel was off the back with a flat.

On the entry into the city itself Paolini had a determined go obtaining himself a solo victory - as from here it was more or less uphill to the finish. The road wound up and around apartment blocks and Paolini was holding a nice but not comfortable gap. Behind, the peloton seemed to be strung out for a kilometre around outcrops of buildings as it snaked its way into the city. Past stone walled houses Paolini continued to climb. As he entered the second last kilometre, a group of six or so seemed to be detaching itself from the front of the chasing bunch - Freire, Vinokourov, Garzelli and Valverde were all present at this point. The road then dipped a little before the kick up to the finish - a repecho as they call them here in this part of the world.

Kevin Hulsmans (Quick.Step-Davitamon)
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The front runners had made themselves a gap as they went under the kilometre to go banner. Coming into the final stretch, Valverde was in fourth wheel, with O'Grady sitting comfortably behind him. As the line neared Valverde jumped across and down the right hand side. He was followed by O'Grady. A look back, a change of pace - an increase of course - and that was it. O'Grady was left behind and Valverde came across the line with enough time to lay right back, lift both arms and celebrate in style.

Tomorrow is the 167 km "downhill" run to Zaragoza. Already people are recalling Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano's grand stage victory there a few years back. Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano set the Vuelta fastest stage record here in 2001 which stands at a respectable 55.176 kilometres per hour. The stage is also marked by the first real mountain, the Cat. 3 Puerto de Lanzas Agudas which peaks at the 74 km mark.

Photography

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Images by Lluis Gene/AFP Photo

Results

1 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme           3.43.17 (42.19 km/h)
2 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                
3 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto                            
4 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank                                          
5 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                  
6 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie            
7 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                        
8 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo                                   
9 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Saeco                                           
10 Cadel Evans (Aus) T-Mobile Team                                     
11 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team                            
12 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros                              0.04
13 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme          0.05
14 Rubén Plaza (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                        
15 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems                         
16 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                        
17 Angel Gomez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                        
18 David Blanco (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                       
19 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                           0.08
20 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon                       0.10
21 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Relax-Bodysol                             0.15
22 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Relax-Bodysol                               
23 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                           
24 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                              
25 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Saeco                                     
26 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                       
27 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Saeco                                          
28 Antonio Colom (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                           
29 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                            
30 Alberto Martinez (Spa) Relax-Bodysol                                
31 Francisco José Lara (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                
32 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                               
33 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros                     
34 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax-Bodysol                                     
35 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                        
36 Antonio Cruz (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor                
37 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC                                       
38 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC                                   
39 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                        
40 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                        
41 Santiago Botero (Col) T-Mobile Team                                 
42 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor            
43 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                          
44 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor              
45 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                      
46 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor              
47 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                         
48 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                
49 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Relax-Bodysol                              
50 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                   
51 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance                               
52 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre                                     
53 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                 
54 Klaus Möller (Den) Alessio-Bianchi                                  
55 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                             
56 Iñigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance                               
57 Michael Barry (Can) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor               
58 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros                              
59 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Bodysol                               
60 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor                
61 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Rabobank                                       
62 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC                                      
63 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor          
64 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax-Bodysol                                    
65 Peio Arreitunandia (Spa) Cafes Baque                                
66 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                
67 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                              
68 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                       
69 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio-Bianchi                           
70 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Lampre                                       
71 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor             
72 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Quick.Step-Davitamon                           
73 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon                             
74 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                       
75 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Team CSC                                         
76 Jose Antonio Pecharroman (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon                 
77 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone               
78 Patrick Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step-Davitamon                        
79 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                     
80 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                             
81 Joseba Albizu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                               
82 Stephane Goubert (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                              
83 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor            
84 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                            
85 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                             
86 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros                                    
87 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                     
88 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon                        
89 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Saeco                                         
90 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                       
91 Ion Del Rio (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                        
92 Iñaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                 
93 David Herrero (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                      
94 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros                            
95 Miguel A. M. Perdiguero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                  
96 Roberto Sgambelluri (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie        
97 Aitor Perez (Spa) Cafes Baque                                       
98 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                    
99 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                           
100 Joaquin Lopez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                     
101 Felix Cardenas (Col) Cafes Baque                                   
102 Tomas Konecny (Cze) T-Mobile Team                                  
103 David Plaza (Spa) Cafes Baque                                      
104 Ivan Parra (Col) Cafes Baque                                       
105 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Lampre                                 
106 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                 0.31
107 Guido Trenti (USA) Fassa Bortolo                                   
108 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                               
109 Giosue Bonomi (Ita) Saeco                                          
110 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre                                       
111 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                
112 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                            
113 Michele Scotto (Ita) Lampre                                        
114 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie          
115 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo                               
116 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems                          
117 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                      
118 Alberto Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                    
119 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Lampre                                         
120 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone            
121 David Fernandez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                   
122 José Julia (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                        
123 Francisco Garcia (Spa) Cafes Baque                                 
124 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone              
125 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems                        
126 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                
127 Julián Sanchez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo                                 
128 Frank Høj (Den) Team CSC                                           
129 Hernan Buenahora (Col) Cafes Baque                                 
130 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco                                         
131 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Cafes Baque                                  
132 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                
133 Hebert Gutierrez (Col) Cafes Baque                             0.38
134 Luca Paolini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon                        0.42
135 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC                                  0.53
136 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Saeco                                       1.01
137 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie              
138 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie              
139 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie             
140 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                                
141 Ronald Mutsaars (Ned) Rabobank                                     
142 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                 
143 Bert Roesems (Bel) Relax-Bodysol                                   
144 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                           
145 Stéphane Berges (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                              
146 Martin Hvastija (Slo) Alessio-Bianchi                              
147 Gonzalo Bayarri (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                       
148 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                               
149 Robert Hunter (RSA) Rabobank                                       
150 Unai Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                               
151 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax-Bodysol                           1.14
152 Aitor Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                         1.16
153 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                               1.18
154 Simone Bertoletti (Ita) Lampre                                     
155 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre                                         
156 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie            
157 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie           
158 Josu Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                              
159 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Alessio-Bianchi                             
160 Ellis Rastelli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                               
161 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank                                           
162 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank                                   
163 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank                                  
164 José Garrido (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon                            
165 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                    
166 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir                            
167 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Saeco                                       
168 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                               
169 Erki Pütsep (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance                                  
170 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                     
171 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                            
172 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme          
173 Julien Laidoun (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                               
174 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Alessio-Bianchi                            1.52
175 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                              
176 Marco Milesi (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie              
177 Steffan Wesemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                               
178 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                    2.21
179 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone           2.48
180 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                  
181 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Saeco                                 
182 Rene Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros                                  
183 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                     
184 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems                      
185 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                          3.25
186 Thomas Bruun (Den) Team CSC                                    3.53
187 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon                      4.05
 
Points
 
1 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                25 pts
2 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone              20
3 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto                          16
4 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank                                        14
5 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                12
6 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie          10
7 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                       9
8 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo                                  8
9 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Saeco                                          7
10 Cadel Evans (Aus) T-Mobile Team                                    6
11 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team                           5
12 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                 4
13 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme             3
14 Rubén Plaza (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                       2
15 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems                        1
 
Intermediate sprints
 
Duruelo de la Sierra - km 93.6
1 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor              4 pts
2 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank                                    2
3 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                               1
 
Vinuesa - km 111.8
1 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor              4 pts
2 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                               2
3 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank                                    1
 
Toledillo - km 135.5
1 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor              4 pts
2 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon                           2
3 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                               1
 
Teams
 
1 Comunidad Valenciana - Kelme                                 11.10.01
2 Illes Balears - Banesto                                          0.05
3 T-Mobile Team                                                        
4 Liberty Seguros                                                  0.09
5 Saeco                                                            0.20
6 Cofidis, le credit par telephone                                     
7 Rabobank                                                             
8 Costa de Almeria - Paternina                                     0.25
9 Team CSC                                                             
10 Phonak Hearing Systems                                              
11 Fassa Bortolo                                                   0.29
12 Quick Step - Davitamon                                          0.30
13 Relax-Bodysol                                                   0.35
14 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                                 
15 US Postal Service                                                   
16 Saunier Duval - Prodir                                              
17 AG2R Prevoyance                                                     
18 Lampre                                                              
19 Cafes Baque                                                         
20 Vini Caldirola -Nobili Rubinetterie                             0.36
21 Alessio - Bianchi                                               1.21
  
General classification after stage 3
 
1 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor        9.16.00
2 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor         0.16
3 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor             0.22
4 Michael Barry (Can) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor                
5 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor               
6 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor             
7 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor              
8 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team                         0.38
9 Cadel Evans (Aus) T-Mobile Team                                      
10 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme             0.45
11 Santiago Botero (Col) T-Mobile Team                             0.53
12 Tomas Konecny (Cze) T-Mobile Team                                   
13 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto                       0.55
14 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                   1.01
15 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme          1.10
16 David Blanco (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                       
17 Rubén Plaza (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                        
18 Antonio Cruz (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor            1.12
19 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems                     1.13
20 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                       1.18
21 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                       
22 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                            
23 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                           
24 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                 1.20
25 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                       
26 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                 
27 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems             1.23
28 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                          
29 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                        
30 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                         
31 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo                              1.32
32 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros                             1.35
33 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                    1.36
34 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems                       1.39
35 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                
36 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                  
37 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                           1.40
38 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                  1.44
39 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone               
40 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Saeco                                      1.45
41 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                    1.46
42 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Team CSC                                         
43 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC                                   
44 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC                                      
45 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros                          1.50
46 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                
47 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros                     
48 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                     
49 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Saeco                                 2.00
50 Frank Høj (Den) Team CSC                                        2.02
51 Alberto Martinez (Spa) Relax-Bodysol                            2.03
52 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Relax-Bodysol                                 
53 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax-Bodysol                                     
54 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Relax-Bodysol                               
55 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax-Bodysol                                    
56 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Relax-Bodysol                              
57 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                      
58 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo                                
59 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme              2.06
60 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre                                 2.08
61 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Lampre                                       
62 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Lampre                                  
63 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance                           2.11
64 Iñigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance                               
65 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                              
66 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                
67 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                   
68 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                  2.12
69 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                        
70 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                    
71 Miguel A. M. Perdiguero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                  
72 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                             
73 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                            
74 Angel Gomez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                    2.13
75 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank                                     2.15
76 Peio Arreitunandia (Spa) Cafes Baque                            2.16
77 Aitor Perez (Spa) Cafes Baque                                       
78 Felix Cardenas (Col) Cafes Baque                                    
79 Ivan Parra (Col) Cafes Baque                                        
80 David Plaza (Spa) Cafes Baque                                       
81 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco                                          
82 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie       2.19
83 Klaus Möller (Den) Alessio-Bianchi                              2.22
84 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio-Bianchi                           
85 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme       2.23
86 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                       
87 Francisco José Lara (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                
88 David Herrero (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                      
89 Joaquin Lopez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                      
90 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone           2.27
91 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                 
92 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon                       2.30
93 Roberto Sgambelluri (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie    2.34
94 Patrick Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step-Davitamon                    2.35
95 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Quick.Step-Davitamon                           
96 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                   2.38
97 Hebert Gutierrez (Col) Cafes Baque                              2.39
98 David Fernandez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                    
99 Steffan Wesemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                            2.41
100 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                          2.49
101 Iñaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                
102 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                             
103 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                            
104 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                            
105 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie      2.50
106 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems                    2.54
107 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC                                  3.00
108 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax-Bodysol                           3.02
109 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                            3.08
110 Martin Hvastija (Slo) Alessio-Bianchi                              
111 Antonio Colom (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                      3.10
112 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                           3.11
113 Erki Pütsep (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance                              3.14
114 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                               
115 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Saeco                                        
116 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone        3.19
117 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie         3.20
118 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie              
119 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                               3.23
120 Robert Hunter (RSA) Rabobank                                   3.24
121 Ronald Mutsaars (Ned) Rabobank                                     
122 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                        3.25
123 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                3.26
124 Ion Del Rio (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                   3.39
125 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank                              3.41
126 Jose Antonio Pecharroman (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon            3.49
127 Aitor Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                         3.50
128 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Saeco                                     3.52
129 Julián Sanchez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo                             3.55
130 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems                  3.56
131 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team                              3.57
132 Michele Scotto (Ita) Lampre                                        
133 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                          3.59
134 Stephane Goubert (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                         4.03
135 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon                        4.21
136 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon                       
137 Francisco Garcia (Spa) Cafes Baque                             4.24
138 Hernan Buenahora (Col) Cafes Baque                                 
139 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie          4.34
140 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Saeco                                       4.38
141 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie       4.39
142 Stéphane Berges (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                          4.49
143 Luca Paolini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon                        4.54
144 Alberto Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                4.57
145 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone           4.58
146 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Saeco                             5.00
147 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre                                     5.03
148 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                        5.05
149 Julien Laidoun (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                           5.06
150 Ellis Rastelli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                           5.17
151 Guido Trenti (USA) Fassa Bortolo                               5.25
152 Marco Milesi (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie          5.26
153 Bert Roesems (Bel) Relax-Bodysol                                   
154 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie        5.29
155 José Garrido (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon                        5.30
156 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor     5.35
157 Simone Bertoletti (Ita) Lampre                                 5.37
158 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros                       5.42
159 José Julia (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                    5.45
160 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros                               5.47
161 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Alessio-Bianchi                            5.51
162 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Alessio-Bianchi                         5.52
163 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Rabobank                                  5.53
164 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                  6.09
165 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                 6.10
166 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Bodysol                          6.13
167 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon                      6.21
168 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                       6.38
169 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone          6.45
170 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank                               6.50
171 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank                                       6.56
172 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Lampre                                     6.58
173 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone            7.01
174 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                          7.05
175 Giosue Bonomi (Ita) Saeco                                          
176 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre                                   7.17
177 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                    7.34
178 Gonzalo Bayarri (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                   7.35
179 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Saeco                                   7.52
180 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Cafes Baque                              8.01
181 Unai Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                           8.12
182 Rene Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros                              8.20
183 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir                        8.47
184 Joseba Albizu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                          9.15
185 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC                                  9.50
186 Josu Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                          9.56
187 Thomas Bruun (Den) Team CSC                                   10.58
 
Points classification
 
1 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone              34 pts
2 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank                                        30
3 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                     28
4 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                27
5 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor               25
6 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                            25
7 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor             24
8 Michael Barry (Can) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor              20
9 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor           16
10 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto                         16
11 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor            14
12 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor          13
13 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor           12
14 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team                          12
15 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros                               12
16 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon                         12
17 Cadel Evans (Aus) T-Mobile Team                                   10
18 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                     10
19 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie         10
20 Giosue Bonomi (Ita) Saeco                                         10
21 Antonio Cruz (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor               9
22 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo                                 8
23 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie             8
24 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre                                       8
25 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Saeco                                         7
26 Erki Pütsep (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance                                  7
27 Tomas Konecny (Cze) T-Mobile Team                                  6
28 Iñaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                6
29 Santiago Botero (Col) T-Mobile Team                                5
30 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                                5
31 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon                            4
32 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon                       4
33 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                 4
34 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                              4
35 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme             3
36 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                               3
37 David Fernandez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                   3
38 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank                                   3
39 Rubén Plaza (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                       2
40 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                2
41 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon                          2
42 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Cafes Baque                                  2
43 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems                        1
44 Steffan Wesemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                               1
45 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Rabobank                                      1
 
Mountains classification
 
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
 
Comination classification
 
1 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor                9 pts
2 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor             12
3 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor             19
4 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor            22
 
Teams classification
 
1 US Postal Service                                            27.49.06
2 T-Mobile Team                                                    1.03
3 Illes Balears - Banesto                                          2.18
4 Comunidad Valenciana - Kelme                                     2.19
5 Phonak Hearing Systems                                           2.53
6 Liberty Seguros                                                  3.58
7 Team CSC                                                         4.02
8 Fassa Bortolo                                                    4.09
9 Saeco                                                            4.39
10 Relax-Bodysol                                                   5.03
11 Cofidis, le credit par telephone                                5.12
12 Lampre                                                          5.18
13 AG2R Prevoyance                                                 5.27
14 Saunier Duval - Prodir                                          5.30
15 Cafes Baque                                                     5.42
16 Costa de Almeria - Paternina                                    5.53
17 Rabobank                                                        6.33
18 Quick Step - Davitamon                                          6.34
19 Vini Caldirola -Nobili Rubinetterie                             6.37
20 Alessio - Bianchi                                               6.46
21 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                             7.21

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