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59th Vuelta a España - GT

Spain, September 4-26, 2004

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Stage 5 - September 8: Zaragoza - Morella, 186.5 km

Menchov nears lead, but US Postal keep gold

By Martin Hardie in Morella

Denis Menchov (Illes Balears)
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Enter the mountains, and although we have yet to reach the big climbs, things really livened up in La Vuelta with this afternoon's finish in Morella. The final climb was short - a bit over 2 kilometres - but sharp enough to really start the process of sorting out the contenders from the pretenders. And today after the winds across from Aragon and through the ravines and pines of Valencia, the bells tolled for Russian Denis Menchov (Illes Balears) as he surged through the steepest section of the finish, leaving his chasers behind to sort out the minor places. A happy and surprised Menchov told Cyclingnews afterwards that, "I thought that I could be close, like in the day at Soria, but I didn't think I would stand out and that I would be amongst the primeros..."

Menchov's move was enough to move him to third place on the general classification, just four seconds behind new leader Manuel Beltran (US Postal-Berry Floor) who finished nine seconds down today in ninth place. Beltran's teammate Floyd Landis is tied with him on time but as Landis finished behind Beltran in 14th today, Beltran took the jersey. It's the fifth day in a row that US Postal has kept the gold jersey in its ranks, incredibly being worn by four different riders (Landis, Van Heeswijk, Joachim and Beltran).

"I have never seen anything like this," said USPS team director Johan Bruyneel. "The only time we did something close to this was last year (at the Tour de France) when Victor (Hugo Pena) took the jersey following the team time trial. However, it's quite logical it happens because if you win the team time trial stage with a margin like we had, it's quite possible the jersey goes around in the team. Plus, our tactics make it easier by putting riders in breaks and taking advantage. It's a great opportunity for some guys who are never get in the spotlight, and it motivates them even more."

How it unfolded

The peloton
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There was an expectation that today's stage was going to continue the process started in Soria's wet finish, and those expectations were met. The day started with plenty of attacking, but it wasn't until km 55 when a big group of 17 riders managed to get away. After building up a modest lead of 3'00, the group split with 65 km to go to leave five strong men in front who had their minds set on staying away until the finish. The five were Stuart O'Grady (Cofidis), Unai Osa (Illes Balears), Bram Tankink (Quick.Step-Davitamon), Thorwald Veneberg (Rabobank) and Nicolas Jalabert (Phonak).

The main obstacle in their way was the long ascent of the Cat. 2 Puerto de Torremiró which commenced with 22 km to go. With Kelme driving the peloton at a savage pace behind them, their advantage disappeared as the climb commenced, with Osa and Jalabert the last men to resist the chasers. But O'Grady also profited from the move, taking all three intermediate sprints to give him the lead in the points classification.

O'Grady
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Even before the fiesta started on the Torremiró, Alexandre Vinokourov was behind and in trouble. He and the rest of his T-Mobile were apparently suffering from a bout of food poisoning, which forced Santi Botero, Torsten Hiekmann and Steffen Wesemann to abandon. Before the climb really got under way, Vinokourov had already lost time and would continue to do so rapidly, eventually finishing over 17 minutes down in the last group.

Then the party started, and for sure it wasn't to the liking of all. Liberty assumed the head of affairs in the place of Kelme/Postal and the peloton started to thin down. All seemed under Liberty's control save for Aitor Gonzalez who was hanging off to one side. Not content with that, he jumped hard along the left hand edge of the road and got a gap. Initially only Di Luca and Perdi reacted and that was enough to bring La Vuelta to life - not that it hasn't been alive with all the difficulties provided by the wind in recent days.

Alexandre Vinokourov (T-Mobile)
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Landis did the work of dragging the depleted group back to their wheels. Aitor pulled over and left Di Luca with the task of leading, with Perdi glued behind. Luis Perez was making himself prominent and soon took over the job of driving the action. The peloton behind was suffering (not as much as Vino) but nonetheless not feeling invited as the strongmen were causing untold damage ahead. Soon it was the task of Saunier Duval to light the fire. Piepoli went hard and was chased by Cunego - the road had a line of climbers and power men lined across it. It was then Dario Cioni's turn - Piepoli and Cunego reacted again and the group was starting to become a who's who of who has legs for la Vuelta: Landis, Cunego, Valverde, Beloki, Heras, Evans, Mancebo, Menchov, Gonzalez and Garzelli. Take your pick, the fight club has begun.

After all this havoc had been meted out, 24 riders were left at the head of affairs, and there were still five kilometres of the Torremiró left to climb. At this point, Kelme took charge setting a striking pace to the summit - Garcia Quesada took a long, long, turn as two groups struggled to regain contact, the second and larger of those containing race leader, Benoît Joachim. At the summit the Joachim group had managed to hold a 56 second gap, while a smaller group in between was 44 seconds down. It seemed that Landis, who was safe in the head group, was riding himself back into gold. Accompanying him was his teammate Triki Beltran, who was also a candidate for the jersey as he started the day on the same time as Landis.

On the descent the two chasing groups started to peg back some time, even with Kelme setting a pace in excess of 65 km/h at the front. As they neared the start of the short but biting ascent to the medieval walled town of Morella, perched upon a outcrop of stone that rises out of the Mediterranean terrain of the Communidad Valencia, for a moment it seemed the chasers might actually make it back. But even if they did they would surely suffer as the carnage was about to start all over again.

Manuel Beltran
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A right hand turn and the climb really started with 2.5 km to the top. Kelme drove it around the first bend and then Saunier's young Catalan, Joaquim Rodriguez jumped strongly and appeared to create a big gap as he took each turn. Then the guy who started it all came at him - Aitor Gonzalez - who told Cyclingnews after the finish that if he had to prove anything to anyone, that person was himself. He was and is justifiably content with what he had shown himself today.

Through the gate into the start of the town, Aitor was leading Rodriguez, but lo and behold they were chased down by Isidrio Nozal, who was one of the three Liberty's ensconced at the front. Nozal brought with him all the day's usual suspects including Luis Perez, Mancebo, Valverde, Perdi and Cunego.

At 500 metres to go the ascent dipped down for maybe 50 metres and then started a steep, paved section that rose sharply for 150 metres before flattening to the finish. Denis Menchov moved just before the dip started and then used it as a launching pad to really surge up and over the steep bank. Aitor, Valverde, Piepoli all gave chase but the Russian used this section well to his advantage and was not to be stopped as he powered to the line.

Hiekmann and Wesemann
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So ended a spectacular stage - and so the route had shaken up La Vuelta. The contenders list is starting to smell of a few familiar faces, some of them who were in the hunt in Soria - Landis, Cunego, Valverde, Beloki, Heras, Evans, Mancebo, Menchov, Gonzalez and Garzelli to mention them all again. With Vino losing over 17 minutes and rolling in in 180th place, the T-Mobile camp obviously has a new leader: Cadel Evans sits comfortably in 5th place overall behind the new race leader, Manuel 'Triki' Beltran. The problem for Cadel is that it is on the cards that his team will desert him - three have already pulled out and it wouldn't be a surprise if Vino also took a flight home. In fact there is some doubt as to whether T-Mobile will turn up at all tomorrow leaving Evans once again out of luck and high and dry.

Tomorrow's run down parallel to the Valencian coast includes some more climbing - the Cat. 3 Puerto de la Mirona, and the Cat. 2's of the Coll de la Banderet and Alto del Desierto de las Palmas. However, the Desierto de las Palmas peaks 25 km from the finish and the run into Castellon is more or less flat. Unless someone steals a march we should expect the top of the GC: to remain stable until the rouleurs' day out on Saturday when we have the flat 40 kilometre time trial.

Photography

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Results

1 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto                     5.07.44 (36.4 km/h)

2 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo                               0.03
3 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                  
4 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                          
5 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                         
6 Cadel Evans (Aus) T-Mobile Team                                  0.09
7 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                        
8 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                   
9 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor               
10 Angel Gomez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                        
11 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Saeco                                          
12 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                 
13 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                            
14 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor                
15 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                         
16 Miguel A. M. Perdiguero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                  
17 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems                         
18 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                               
19 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                   
20 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme              
21 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                     
22 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                    0.18
23 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie       0.21
24 Peio Arreitunandia (Spa) Cafes Baque                            0.35
25 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre                                     
26 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                 0.53
27 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon                       0.56
28 Tomas Konecny (Cze) T-Mobile Team                                   
29 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                      
30 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco                                          
31 Michele Scotto (Ita) Lampre                                         
32 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax-Bodysol                                
33 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                            
34 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor            
35 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                        
36 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon                        
37 Francisco José Lara (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                
38 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC                                      
39 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                       
40 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                             
41 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                           
42 Felix Cardenas (Col) Cafes Baque                                    
43 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                
44 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                 
45 Iñigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance                               
46 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                          
47 Klaus Möller (Den) Alessio-Bianchi                                  
48 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                              
49 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor              
50 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                 
51 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Relax-Bodysol                                 
52 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                              
53 Roberto Sgambelluri (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie        
54 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                
55 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                             
56 Rubén Plaza (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                        
57 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone               
58 David Plaza (Spa) Cafes Baque                                       
59 David Blanco (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                       
60 Luca Paolini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon                             
61 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros                            
62 Unai Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                                
63 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Team CSC                                         
64 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Saeco                                     1.25
65 Francisco Garcia (Spa) Cafes Baque                              2.07
66 Aitor Perez (Spa) Cafes Baque                                   2.14
67 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone           2.54
68 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax-Bodysol                                     
69 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Rabobank                                       
70 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio-Bianchi                       3.03
71 Gonzalo Bayarri (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                        
72 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank                                     3.04
73 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Bodysol                               
74 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                  4.07
75 David Herrero (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                      
76 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Relax-Bodysol                          4.15
77 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros                          4.32
78 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC                               4.54
79 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Quick.Step-Davitamon                       6.00
80 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC                                       
81 Julien Laidoun (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                                
82 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Lampre                                  
83 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank                                    
84 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                       
85 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                             
86 Joseba Albizu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                               
87 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                    
88 Patrick Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step-Davitamon                        
89 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Saeco                                          
90 Antonio Colom (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                           
91 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                       
92 Julián Sanchez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo                                  
93 Jose Antonio Pecharroman (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon                 
94 Hernan Buenahora (Col) Cafes Baque                                  
95 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie             
96 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems                         
97 Iñaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                 
98 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                               
99 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems                   6.06
100 Ivan Parra (Col) Cafes Baque                                   7.27
101 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax-Bodysol                               7.44
102 Simone Bertoletti (Ita) Lampre                                 9.09
103 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre                                       
104 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Alessio-Bianchi                                
105 Ion Del Rio (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                       
106 Stephane Goubert (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                             
107 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                            
108 Hebert Gutierrez (Col) Cafes Baque                                 
109 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance                              
110 Ronald Mutsaars (Ned) Rabobank                                     
111 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                           
112 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme          
113 Alberto Martinez (Spa) Relax-Bodysol                               
114 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems                          
115 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie          
116 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                      
117 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon                            
118 Antonio Cruz (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor               
119 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon                          
120 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros                    
121 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                      
122 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor         
123 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Cafes Baque                             12.26
124 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Saeco                               12.52
125 Michael Barry (Can) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor         13.18
126 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros                                   
127 Rene Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros                             13.19
128 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                16.50
129 Guido Trenti (USA) Fassa Bortolo                                   
130 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie             
131 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie           
132 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank                                  
133 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir                            
134 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie              
135 Bert Roesems (Bel) Relax-Bodysol                                   
136 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                            
137 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                               
138 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor           
139 Marco Milesi (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie              
140 David Fernandez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                   
141 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Relax-Bodysol                              
142 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Lampre                                      
143 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank                                           
144 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Lampre                                         
145 Robert Hunter (RSA) Rabobank                                       
146 José Julia (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                        
147 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie              
148 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                 
149 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                    
150 José Garrido (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon                            
151 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                     
152 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                          
153 Frank Høj (Den) Team CSC                                           
154 Aitor Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                             
155 Erki Pütsep (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance                                  
156 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone            
157 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone              
158 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                       
159 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo                               
160 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                              
161 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                   
162 Alberto Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                    
163 Joaquin Lopez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                     
164 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Saeco                                 
165 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Saeco                                       
166 Giosue Bonomi (Ita) Saeco                                          
167 Stéphane Berges (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                              
168 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                                
169 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                               
170 Martin Hvastija (Slo) Alessio-Bianchi                              
171 Ellis Rastelli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                               
172 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor            
173 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                
174 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Saeco                                           
175 Thomas Bruun (Den) Team CSC                                        
176 Josu Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                              
177 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                
178 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre                                    17.06
179 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                  
180 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team                           
181 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                              
182 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC                                 20.25
183 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone          24.48
DNF Scott Sunderland (Aus) Alessio-Bianchi                             
DNF Santiago Botero (Col) T-Mobile Team                                
DNF Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                               
DNF Steffen Wesemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                           
 
Points
 
1 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto                          25 pts
2 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo                                 20
3 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                16
4 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                        14
5 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                       12
6 Cadel Evans (Aus) T-Mobile Team                                    10
7 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                       9
8 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                  8
9 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor              7
10 Angel Gomez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                       6
11 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Saeco                                         5
12 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                4
13 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                           3
14 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor               2
15 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                        1
 
Mountains
 
Puerto de Torremiró - Cat. 2, km 176
1 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre                                    10 pts
2 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                       7
3 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme              5
4 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                     3
5 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                        2
6 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                 1
 
Morella - Cat. 3, km 186.5
1 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto                           6 pts
2 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo                                  4
3 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                 2
4 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                         1
 
Sprints
 
Alcañiz - km 98
1 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone               4 pts
2 David Fernandez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                    2
3 Unai Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                                1
 
Valdealgorfa - km 112.5
1 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone               4 pts
2 David Fernandez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                    2
3 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                  1
 
Valderrobres - km 135.5
1 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone               4 pts
2 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon                             2
3 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems                       1
 
Teams
 
1 Saunier Duval - Prodir                                       15.23.33
2 Liberty Seguros                                                  0.06
3 Illes Balears - Banesto                                          0.44
4 Comunidad Valenciana - Kelme                                         
5 US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor                       0.53
6 Phonak Hearing Systems                                               
7 Team CSC                                                         1.34
8 T-Mobile Team                                                    1.40
9 Cofidis, le credit par telephone                                     
10 Cafes Baque                                                     2.06
11 Saeco                                                           2.09
12 Quick Step - Davitamon                                          2.27
13 Relax-Bodysol                                                   4.25
14 Costa de Almeria - Paternina                                    4.51
15 Fassa Bortolo                                                   5.51
16 Vini Caldirola -Nobili Rubinetterie                             6.56
17 Lampre                                                          7.10
18 AG2R Prevoyance                                                 7.31
19 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                                 
20 Alessio - Bianchi                                               9.38
21 Rabobank                                                       11.37
 
General classification after stage 5
 
1 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor       18.47.16
2 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor                 
3 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto                        0.04
4 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme              0.09
5 Cadel Evans (Aus) T-Mobile Team                                  0.16
6 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor           0.23
7 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                    0.39
8 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme           0.47
9 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor             
10 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems                     0.50
11 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo                              0.52
12 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                     1.01
13 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                    1.07
14 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros                              1.13
15 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                 
16 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                           1.14
17 Tomas Konecny (Cze) T-Mobile Team                               1.18
18 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Saeco                                      1.23
19 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                 1.28
20 Rubén Plaza (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                    1.34
21 David Blanco (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                       
22 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                 1.42
23 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                       1.43
24 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                       
25 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                            
26 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                      1.48
27 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                 
28 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone               1.49
29 Miguel A. M. Perdiguero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir              1.50
30 Angel Gomez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                        
31 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                            
32 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                  1.51
33 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                    1.59
34 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie       2.09
35 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                    2.11
36 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Team CSC                                         
37 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC                                      
38 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre                                 2.12
39 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros                            2.15
40 Peio Arreitunandia (Spa) Cafes Baque                            2.20
41 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax-Bodysol                            2.22
42 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Relax-Bodysol                             2.28
43 Iñigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance                           2.36
44 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                
45 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                              
46 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                         2.37
47 Felix Cardenas (Col) Cafes Baque                                2.41
48 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco                                          
49 David Plaza (Spa) Cafes Baque                                       
50 Klaus Möller (Den) Alessio-Bianchi                              2.47
51 Francisco José Lara (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria            2.48
52 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone             2.52
53 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon                       2.55
54 Roberto Sgambelluri (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie    2.59
55 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                          3.14
56 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                             
57 Aitor Perez (Spa) Cafes Baque                                   3.59
58 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Saeco                                     4.08
59 Michele Scotto (Ita) Lampre                                     4.22
60 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax-Bodysol                                 4.26
61 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank                                     4.40
62 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon                    4.46
63 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone           4.50
64 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio-Bianchi                       4.54
65 Luca Paolini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon                         5.19
66 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Relax-Bodysol                          5.47
67 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                  5.48
68 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros                          5.51
69 David Herrero (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                  5.59
70 Francisco Garcia (Spa) Cafes Baque                              6.00
71 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros                        6.07
72 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC                               6.09
73 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                     7.06
74 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone           7.10
75 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Lampre                              7.37
76 Patrick Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step-Davitamon                    8.04
77 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Quick.Step-Davitamon                           
78 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                   8.07
79 Iñaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                             8.12
80 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Rabobank                                   8.16
81 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                         8.18
82 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems                     8.23
83 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC                                   8.29
84 Unai Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                            8.35
85 Antonio Colom (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                       8.39
86 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Bodysol                           8.46
87 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                8.52
88 Ivan Parra (Col) Cafes Baque                                    9.12
89 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax-Bodysol                                9.16
90 Jose Antonio Pecharroman (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon             9.18
91 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Saeco                                      9.21
92 Julián Sanchez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo                              9.24
93 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                           9.28
94 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems                   9.31
95 Antonio Cruz (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor            9.50
96 Hernan Buenahora (Col) Cafes Baque                              9.53
97 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                   9.58
98 Gonzalo Bayarri (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                   10.07
99 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems                      10.17
100 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros               10.28
101 Julien Laidoun (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                          10.29
102 Alberto Martinez (Spa) Relax-Bodysol                          10.41
103 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance                         10.49
104 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie       10.58
105 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                 11.01
106 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme          
107 Hebert Gutierrez (Col) Cafes Baque                            11.17
108 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie     11.28
109 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                 11.38
110 Ronald Mutsaars (Ned) Rabobank                                12.02
111 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                       12.03
112 Ion Del Rio (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                  12.17
113 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank                              12.21
114 Stephane Goubert (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                        12.41
115 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon                       12.59
116 Michael Barry (Can) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor         13.09
117 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor    14.13
118 Simone Bertoletti (Ita) Lampre                                14.15
119 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Saeco                               14.21
120 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Alessio-Bianchi                           14.29
121 Joseba Albizu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                         14.44
122 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon                     14.57
123 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                      15.16
124 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre                                  15.55
125 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor      16.35
126 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor       16.41
127 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team                      17.13
128 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                     17.37
129 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team                           17.39
130 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                  17.42
131 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone         17.45
132 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                18.18
133 Frank Høj (Den) Team CSC                                      18.21
134 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Relax-Bodysol                         18.22
135 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo                               
136 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme            18.23
137 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Lampre                                 18.27
138 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir              18.31
139 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros                              18.34
140 Joaquin Lopez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                18.42
141 David Fernandez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria              18.48
142 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                         19.24
143 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                           19.27
144 Martin Hvastija (Slo) Alessio-Bianchi                              
145 Erki Pütsep (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance                             19.33
146 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                               
147 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone       19.38
148 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie        19.39
149 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie              
150 Robert Hunter (RSA) Rabobank                                  19.43
151 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria               19.45
152 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Cafes Baque                             19.56
153 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank                             20.00
154 Aitor Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                        20.09
155 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team                             20.32
156 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie         20.53
157 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Saeco                                      20.57
158 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie      20.58
159 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                          21.00
160 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                       21.04
161 Stéphane Berges (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                              
162 Rene Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros                             21.08
163 Alberto Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi               21.16
164 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Saeco                            21.19
165 Ellis Rastelli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                          21.36
166 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre                                    21.38
167 Guido Trenti (USA) Fassa Bortolo                              21.44
168 Marco Milesi (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie         21.45
169 Bert Roesems (Bel) Relax-Bodysol                                   
170 José Garrido (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon                       21.49
171 José Julia (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                   22.04
172 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                22.29
173 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank                                      23.15
174 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Lampre                                    23.17
175 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone           23.20
176 Giosue Bonomi (Ita) Saeco                                     23.24
177 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                              
178 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Saeco                                  24.11
179 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir                       25.06
180 Josu Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                         26.15
181 Thomas Bruun (Den) Team CSC                                   27.17
182 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone          29.15
183 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC                                 29.42
 
Points classification
 
1 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone              60 pts
2 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                     52
3 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                            50
4 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank                                        46
5 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                43
6 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto                          41
7 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo                                 28
8 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor               27
9 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor             25
10 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor            21
11 Cadel Evans (Aus) T-Mobile Team                                   20
12 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon                         20
13 Michael Barry (Can) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor             20
14 Giosue Bonomi (Ita) Saeco                                         20
15 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                     19
16 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                               17
17 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor          16
18 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros                               16
19 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor          15
20 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                       14
21 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                      12
22 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                12
23 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Saeco                                        12
24 Antonio Cruz (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor              12
25 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre                                      12
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre                                    10 pts
2 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                       7
3 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor                6
4 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto                           6
5 David Fernandez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                    6
6 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme              5
7 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo                                  4
8 Julien Laidoun (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                                4
9 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor             4
10 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                3
11 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                    3
12 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor             2
13 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                       2
14 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax-Bodysol                               2
15 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor             1
16 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                        1
17 Iñaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                1
 
Combination classification
 
1 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor               13 pts
2 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto                          13
3 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                19
4 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor             23
5 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                      24
6 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo                                 25
7 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor             30
8 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                       47
9 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme             57
10 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax-Bodysol                              95
11 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                      109
12 Iñaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                              124
13 Julien Laidoun (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                             154
14 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor          161
15 David Fernandez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                 176
 
Teams classification
 
1 US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor                   56.22.35
2 T-Mobile Team                                                    1.50
3 Comunidad Valenciana - Kelme                                     2.08
4 Illes Balears - Banesto                                          2.09
5 Phonak Hearing Systems                                           2.52
6 Liberty Seguros                                                  3.11
7 Saunier Duval - Prodir                                           4.37
8 Team CSC                                                         4.42
9 Saeco                                                            5.55
10 Cofidis, le credit par telephone                                5.59
11 Cafes Baque                                                     6.55
12 Quick Step - Davitamon                                          8.08
13 Relax-Bodysol                                                   8.35
14 Fassa Bortolo                                                   9.03
15 Costa de Almeria - Paternina                                    9.50
16 Lampre                                                         11.35
17 AG2R Prevoyance                                                12.05
18 Vini Caldirola -Nobili Rubinetterie                            12.40
19 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                            13.59
20 Alessio - Bianchi                                              15.31
21 Rabobank                                                       17.17

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