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59th Vuelta a España - GT

Spain, September 4-26, 2004

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Stage 6 - September 9: Benicarló - Castellón de la Plana, 157 km

Freire victorious whilst Petacchi gets lost in the desert

By Martin Hardie in Castellón

Oscar Freire (Rabobank)
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Whilst Rabobank ensured that Petacchi got well and truly lost in the Desierto de las Palmas, an elite group of the remaining Vuelta sprinters go to show off their wares in the flat run into hot and sticky Castellón this afternoon, and most if not all of them were intent on taking advantage of the missing Italian.

The Rabobank team set an stifling pace along the rolling Mediterranean coast. Their aim, it seemed, was to dislodge Petacchi and bring in the day's two man escape before the final crest and plunge. Rabobank managed to lay the groundwork for both of these and left their two-time World Champion, Oscar Freire to fend for himself over the final climb and on the run into Castellón.

Despite Cofidis, and to a much lesser extent T-Mobile, commandeering the head of affairs across the flat coastal plain that followed the climb and led into the city, it was the Cantabrian sprinter who came out of tops, just pipping Erik Zabel (T-Mobile) on the line, again.

How it unfolded

The peloton
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The peloton rolled out of Benicarló in the early afternoon under warm, hazy skies with 157 km of undulating terrain ahead of them. The first sprint at Cervera del Maestre (km 14.6) saw, somewhat surprisingly, Roberto Heras (Liberty) take the points ahead of Juan Manuel Garate (Lampre) and Rubén Plaza (Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme). At km 37, Manuel Quinziato (Lampre) attacked and was chased by Martin Hvastija (Alessio) and Kevin Hulsmans (Quick.Step). Hvastija fell off the pace at the foot of the Puerto de la Mirona, leaving Quinziato and Hulsmans with a 1'26 lead.

The two leaders extended their advantage over the peloton to over 11 minutes at one stage, but when Rabobank started riding before the halfway mark, the gap came down quickly. It was seven minutes at 77 km to go and steadily came down until the pair were within striking distance at the foot of the Alto del Desierto de las Palmas with 35 km to go. Illes Balears and Liberty Seguros helped to mop up the leaders on the climb and the race began anew.

Manuel Quinziato (Lampre)
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Some of the real damage was caused by Isidro Nozal (Liberty Seguros), whose strong surge resulted in the fracture of the bunch. The Alto was not too long and not too steep, but it was significant enough to cause damage, and it did. The likes of Pecharroman, Zubeldia, Astarloza, Astarloa, Cardenas and Di Luca all fell off the pace on the climb, the latter losing well over 12 minutes in the end.

Over the top it was Mancebo taking the points and adding to his mountains tally, with some 30 riders in the lead group and another 50 or so chasing back on. The two groups did come together at the foot of the descent and Cofidis rode hard for the rest of the way into Castellón.

Isidro Nozal (Liberty)
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Into the last four kilometres with the wind at their backs Cofidis drove those who had got over the Alto del Desierto de las Palmas in an attempt to place Stuart O'Grady in the best possible position. Behind O'Grady was Quick Step's Horrillo and then Zabel. Well placed behind were a few who can at times hold their position in a rapid finish, such as Perdiguero, Valverde and Moreni.

A couple of Paternina riders, Fernandez and Ferrio, tried to mess things up for the sprinters as they entered the final two kilometres and if anything gave, Cofidis some respite for the final surge. Through the large roundabout near the end of the long flat straight, the bunch was becoming unruly, the course took a sharp right and then through another smaller roundabout. From there it was an open run to the line.

O'Grady got his lead out from a long way. Pedro Horrillo (Quick.Step-Davitamon) was the first to initiate the final surge and was followed by the freckled Aussie. But from behind and to his left came the familiar bulldog style of T-Mobile's Erik Zabel. Zabel went and O'Grady had to react to his burst. Swinging wider and challenging Zabel came Freire, who for the second time this year had the German's measure. The last of course was Milan-San Remo.

Manuel Beltran (USPS)
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Funnily enough the stage podium positions ended up being identical to those at San Remo: Freire, Zabel, O'Grady; and possibly this was not pure chance. The finishing group was reasonably large, 78 riders in all and contained a mixture of what you might call classicists, climbers and strong power sprinters. The group was selected by the Alto del Desierto de las Palmas, which with its stony pine covered ridges that rise out of the Mediterranean landscape, brings to mind the finishing climbs of La Primavera.

An interesting thing about the bunch finish was the number of non sprinters who were placed high in the end - for example Garzelli was 7th, Juan Manuel Garate was 9th, Aitor Gonzalez was 14th and Cunego was 15th. These sorts of positions are not achieved in the kind of sprint we saw today by simply hanging in with the bunch to the end with the aim of keeping out of trouble.

Coming up

La Vuelta doesn't stop. Tomorrow we have a similar sort of day in some ways to today. A rolling coastal and hinterland route peppered with a couple of climbs - a Cat. 2 and Cat. 3 which fall close together smack bang in the middle of the day. Then on Saturday comes the big day out, 40 kilometres flat stick across the coastal plain. You might think after all of that a rest day might be on the agenda soon. But before we get there we have three days of solid back to back climbing. Each day with a summit for a finish.

As things stand, the top of the general classification is already starting to take on a solid shape. And these next few days' encounters will surely cause some real meaningful selections. By Tuesday of next week, we will know who is who in La Vuelta for 2004. The flat time trial will give us some indication, but then the real climbers will have a chance to try and recover their losses over the three following stages.

Some names are starting to stand out: Landis, Hamilton and Aitor Gonzalez might do some damage on the flat time trial. But then these riders will have to turn around and match it with Garzelli, Evans, Cunego, Heras, Beloki, Menchov, Mancebo, Sastre, Garate and Valverde immediately thereafter.

Triki Beltran continues the USPS hold on the gold jersey despite them "not being here to win". Francisco Mancebo took the final climb today and now wears the mountains jersey. O'Grady's third was surely a disappointment for the Australian but his day out in the wind yesterday and today's third place give him a slender lead in the points jersey.

All we can say is stay tuned to La Vuelta. It won't get boring.

Photography

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Results

1 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank                                   3.48.23
2 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                       
3 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                
4 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                                
5 Miguel A. M. Perdiguero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                   
6 David Fernandez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                     
7 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie            
8 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                  
9 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre                                      
10 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Relax-Bodysol                                 
11 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon                           
12 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                   
13 Roberto Sgambelluri (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie        
14 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo                                  
15 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Saeco                                          
16 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme              
17 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                       
18 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                 
19 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Bodysol                               
20 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                       
21 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor              
22 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                           
23 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                              
24 Unai Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                                
25 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                      
26 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                  
27 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax-Bodysol                                
28 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                               
29 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone               
30 Peio Arreitunandia (Spa) Cafes Baque                                
31 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                           
32 Gonzalo Bayarri (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                        
33 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor              
34 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros                            
35 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                             
36 David Blanco (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                       
37 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Saeco                                          
38 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Relax-Bodysol                               
39 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                              
40 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                
41 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor            
42 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto                           
43 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                 
44 Patrick Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step-Davitamon                        
45 Francisco José Lara (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                
46 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                          
47 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo                                
48 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                            
49 Cadel Evans (Aus) T-Mobile Team                                     
50 Iñigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance                               
51 Rubén Plaza (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                        
52 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                
53 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                       
54 Klaus Möller (Den) Alessio-Bianchi                                  
55 Angel Gomez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                        
56 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor                
57 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                        
58 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                        
59 David Plaza (Spa) Cafes Baque                                       
60 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros                              
61 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Saeco                                         
62 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                         
63 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme           
64 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems                         
65 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems                         
66 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                     
67 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie             
68 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                             
69 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                        
70 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC                                      
71 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                     
72 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone             
73 Francisco Garcia (Spa) Cafes Baque                                  
74 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Team CSC                                         
75 Joaquin Lopez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                      
76 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                         
77 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                            
78 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                 
79 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Cafes Baque                               3.20
80 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Rabobank                                       
81 Hernan Buenahora (Col) Cafes Baque                                  
82 Jose Antonio Pecharroman (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon                 
83 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon                             
84 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                             
85 Felix Cardenas (Col) Cafes Baque                                    
86 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax-Bodysol                                     
87 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Relax-Bodysol                              
88 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone               
89 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio-Bianchi                           
90 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Lampre                                      3.23
91 Michele Scotto (Ita) Lampre                                         
92 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC                                   
93 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                    
94 Marco Milesi (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie               
95 Iñaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                 
96 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                       
97 David Herrero (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                      
98 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                             
99 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie           
100 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor         
101 Antonio Cruz (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor               
102 Luca Paolini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon                            
103 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Lampre                             6.34
104 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Saeco                                           
105 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre                                       
106 Aitor Perez (Spa) Cafes Baque                                      
107 Alberto Martinez (Spa) Relax-Bodysol                               
108 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance                              
109 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                           
110 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie              
111 Joseba Albizu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                              
112 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon                       
113 Guido Trenti (USA) Fassa Bortolo                               8.29
114 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                     
115 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros                                   
116 José Julia (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                        
117 Julián Sanchez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo                                 
118 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Quick.Step-Davitamon                          
119 Bert Roesems (Bel) Relax-Bodysol                                   
120 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank                                   
121 Michael Barry (Can) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor              
122 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor           
123 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor            
124 Alberto Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                    
125 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                               
126 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Lampre                                      
127 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                      
128 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                            
129 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                 
130 Stephane Goubert (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                             
131 Frank Høj (Den) Team CSC                                           
132 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems                      
133 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir              12.54
134 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank                                  
135 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir                            
136 Julien Laidoun (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                               
137 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                      
138 Ronald Mutsaars (Ned) Rabobank                                     
139 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Saeco                                 
140 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                                
141 Martin Hvastija (Slo) Alessio-Bianchi                              
142 Aitor Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                             
143 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                              
144 Ion Del Rio (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                       
145 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax-Bodysol                                   
146 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC                                      
147 Ivan Parra (Col) Cafes Baque                                       
148 Hebert Gutierrez (Col) Cafes Baque                                 
149 Antonio Colom (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                          
150 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team                           
151 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Alessio-Bianchi                                
152 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Saeco                                    
153 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone               
154 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                       
155 Ellis Rastelli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                               
156 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros                    
157 Stéphane Berges (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                              
158 Robert Hunter (RSA) Rabobank                                       
159 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank                                           
160 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                
161 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie              
162 Erki Pütsep (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance                                  
163 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie             
164 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie           
165 Giosue Bonomi (Ita) Saeco                                          
166 Thomas Bruun (Den) Team CSC                                        
167 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC                                      
168 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems                          
169 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                              
170 Rene Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros                                  
171 Tomas Konecny (Cze) T-Mobile Team                                  
172 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Saeco                                       
173 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                               
174 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                    
175 José Garrido (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon                            
176 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon                          
177 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco                                         
178 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                
179 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre                                         
180 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                     
181 Josu Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                         21.42
DNF Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                  
DNF Simone Bertoletti (Ita) Lampre                                     
 
Points
 
1 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank                                        25 pts
2 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                     20
3 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone              16
4 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                              14
5 Miguel A. M. Perdiguero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                 12
6 David Fernandez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                   10
7 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie           9
8 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                 8
9 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre                                     7
10 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Relax-Bodysol                                6
11 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon                          5
12 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                  4
13 Roberto Sgambelluri (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie       3
14 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo                                 2
15 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Saeco                                         1
 
Mountains
 
Puerto de la Mirona - Cat. 3 km 49
1 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Lampre                                       6 pts
2 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon                           4
3 Martin Hvastija (Slo) Alessio-Bianchi                               2
4 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre                                     1
 
Coll de la Bandereta - Cat. 2 km 68
1 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Lampre                                      10 pts
2 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon                           7
3 Martin Hvastija (Slo) Alessio-Bianchi                               5
4 David Fernandez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                    3
5 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre                                     2
6 Unai Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                                1
 
Alto del desierto de las Palmas - Cat. 2 km 132
1 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                      10 pts
2 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor              7
3 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                   5
4 Francisco José Lara (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                3
5 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                 2
6 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Saeco                                          1
 
Intermediate Sprints
 
Cervera del Maestre - km 14.6
1 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                 4 pts
2 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre                                     2
3 Rubén Plaza (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                        1
 
Vall d'Álba - km 87.7
1 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon                           4 pts
2 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Lampre                                       2
3 Ronald Mutsaars (Ned) Rabobank                                      1
 
Benicassim - km 122
1 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon                           4 pts
2 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Lampre                                       2
3 Antonio Colom (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                           1
 
Teams
 
1 Cofidis, le credit par telephone                             11.25.09
2 Relax-Bodysol                                                        
3 Comunidad Valenciana - Kelme                                         
4 Illes Balears - Banesto                                              
5 Saunier Duval - Prodir                                               
6 Costa de Almeria - Paternina                                         
7 Vini Caldirola -Nobili Rubinetterie                                  
8 Fassa Bortolo                                                        
9 US Postal Service presented by B.                                    
10 Phonak Hearing Systems                                              
11 Liberty Seguros                                                     
12 Saeco                                                               
13 T-Mobile Team                                                       
14 Cafes Baque                                                         
15 Team CSC                                                            
16 Quick Step - Davitamon                                          3.20
17 Alessio - Bianchi                                                   
18 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                             3.23
19 AG2R Prevoyance                                                 6.34
20 Lampre                                                          6.46
21 Rabobank                                                       11.49
 
General classification after stage 6
 
1 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor       22.35.39
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 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros                             1.07
14 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                        
15 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                           1.14
16 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros                              1.17
17 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Saeco                                      1.23
18 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                 1.28
19 Rubén Plaza (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                    1.32
20 David Blanco (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                   1.34
21 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                  1.39
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 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems             1.48
27 Oscar Sevilla (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 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                    1.59
33 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre                                 2.08
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 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros                            2.15
39 Peio Arreitunandia (Spa) Cafes Baque                            2.20
40 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax-Bodysol                            2.22
41 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Relax-Bodysol                             2.28
42 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone            2.36
43 Iñigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance                               
44 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                              
45 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                         2.37
46 David Plaza (Spa) Cafes Baque                                   2.41
47 Klaus Möller (Den) Alessio-Bianchi                              2.47
48 Francisco José Lara (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria            2.48
49 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon                       2.55
50 Roberto Sgambelluri (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie    2.59
51 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                          3.14
52 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                             
53 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Saeco                                     4.08
54 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank                                     4.20
55 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                  5.48
56 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros                          5.51
57 Francisco Garcia (Spa) Cafes Baque                              6.00
58 Felix Cardenas (Col) Cafes Baque                                6.01
59 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros                        6.07
60 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                     7.06
61 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone           7.10
62 Michele Scotto (Ita) Lampre                                     7.45
63 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax-Bodysol                                 7.46
64 Patrick Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step-Davitamon                    8.04
65 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone           8.10
66 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio-Bianchi                       8.14
67 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems                     8.23
68 Unai Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                            8.35
69 Luca Paolini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon                         8.42
70 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Bodysol                           8.46
71 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Relax-Bodysol                          9.07
72 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Saeco                                      9.21
73 David Herrero (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                  9.22
74 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                           9.28
75 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC                               9.32
76 Gonzalo Bayarri (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                   10.07
77 Aitor Perez (Spa) Cafes Baque                                  10.33
78 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie        10.58
79 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                  11.01
80 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme           
81 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon                   11.20
82 Iñaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                            11.35
83 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Rabobank                                  11.36
84 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                        11.41
85 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                               12.15
86 Jose Antonio Pecharroman (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon            12.38
87 Antonio Cruz (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor           13.13
88 Hernan Buenahora (Col) Cafes Baque                                  
89 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                  13.21
90 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Lampre                             14.11
91 Tomas Konecny (Cze) T-Mobile Team                              14.12
92 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie      14.51
93 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                        15.23
94 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco                                     15.35
95 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone            15.46
96 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon                        16.15
97 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Quick.Step-Davitamon                      16.33
98 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                  16.36
99 Alberto Martinez (Spa) Relax-Bodysol                           17.15
100 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance                         17.23
101 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor    17.36
102 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone         17.37
103 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                          
104 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team                           17.39
105 Julián Sanchez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo                            17.53
106 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems                 17.58
107 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Relax-Bodysol                         18.22
108 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo                               
109 Joaquin Lopez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                18.42
110 David Fernandez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria              18.44
111 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone       19.38
112 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank                              20.50
113 Stephane Goubert (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                        21.10
114 Joseba Albizu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                         21.18
115 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC                                 21.23
116 Antonio Colom (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                     21.31
117 Michael Barry (Can) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor         21.38
118 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                      21.50
119 Ivan Parra (Col) Cafes Baque                                  22.06
120 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax-Bodysol                              22.10
121 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre                                  22.29
122 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems                     23.11
123 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Cafes Baque                             23.16
124 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros               23.22
125 Julien Laidoun (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                          23.23
126 Hebert Gutierrez (Col) Cafes Baque                            24.11
127 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                 24.32
128 Ronald Mutsaars (Ned) Rabobank                                24.54
129 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor      25.04
130 Marco Milesi (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie         25.08
131 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor       25.10
132 Ion Del Rio (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                  25.11
133 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Lampre                                    26.40
134 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                26.47
135 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Lampre                                 26.48
136 Frank Høj (Den) Team CSC                                      26.50
137 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme            26.52
138 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros                              27.03
139 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Saeco                               27.15
140 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Alessio-Bianchi                           27.23
141 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie         27.27
142 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Saeco                                      27.31
143 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon                     27.39
144 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                          29.29
145 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                       29.33
146 Alberto Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi               29.45
147 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team                      30.07
148 Guido Trenti (USA) Fassa Bortolo                              30.13
149 Bert Roesems (Bel) Relax-Bodysol                              30.14
150 José Julia (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                   30.33
151 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                  30.36
152 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir              31.25
153 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                         32.18
154 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                           32.21
155 Martin Hvastija (Slo) Alessio-Bianchi                              
156 Erki Pütsep (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance                             32.27
157 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                               
158 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie        32.33
159 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie              
160 Robert Hunter (RSA) Rabobank                                  32.37
161 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria               32.39
162 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank                             32.54
163 Aitor Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                        33.03
164 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie      33.52
165 Stéphane Berges (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                         34.02
166 Rene Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros                                  
167 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Saeco                            34.13
168 Ellis Rastelli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                          34.30
169 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre                                    34.32
170 José Garrido (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon                       34.43
171 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                35.23
172 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank                                      36.09
173 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone           36.14
174 Giosue Bonomi (Ita) Saeco                                     36.18
175 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                              
176 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Saeco                                  37.05
177 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir                       38.00
178 Thomas Bruun (Den) Team CSC                                   40.11
179 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone          42.09
180 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC                                 42.38
181 Josu Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                         47.57
 
Points classification
 
1 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone              76 pts
2 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                     72
3 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank                                        71
4 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                51
5 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                            50
6 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto                          41
7 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo                                 30
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 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon                         25
11 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor            21
12 Miguel A. M. Perdiguero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                21
13 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros                               20
14 Cadel Evans (Aus) T-Mobile Team                                   20
15 David Fernandez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                  20
16 Michael Barry (Can) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor             20
17 Giosue Bonomi (Ita) Saeco                                         20
18 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                     19
19 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie         19
20 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                               17
21 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor          16
22 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor          15
23 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                       14
24 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                             14
25 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Saeco                                        13
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                      17 pts
2 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Lampre                                      16
3 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre                                    13
4 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon                          11
5 David Fernandez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                    9
6 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor              9
7 Martin Hvastija (Slo) Alessio-Bianchi                               7
8 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor                6
9 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto                           6
10 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme             5
11 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                  5
12 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo                                 4
13 Julien Laidoun (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                               4
14 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor            4
15 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                3
16 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                    3
17 Francisco José Lara (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria               3
18 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                2
19 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                       2
20 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax-Bodysol                               2
21 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor             1
22 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Saeco                                         1
23 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                        1
24 Unai Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                               1
25 Iñaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                1
 
Combined classification
 
1 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor             18 pts
2 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor               18
3 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto                          18
4 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                23
5 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                      26
6 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo                                 30
7 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor             36
8 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                44
9 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                       59
10 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Saeco                                        64
11 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme            67
12 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre                                   70
13 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                 85
14 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax-Bodysol                             104
15 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                      106
16 David Fernandez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                 130
17 Iñaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                              140
18 Unai Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                             152
19 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor          175
20 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon                        179
21 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Lampre                                    184
22 Julien Laidoun (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                             191
 
Teams classification
 
1 US Postal Service presented by B.                            67.47.44
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 Relax-Bodysol                                                   8.35
13 Fassa Bortolo                                                   9.03
14 Costa de Almeria - Paternina                                    9.50
15 Quick Step - Davitamon                                         11.28
16 Vini Caldirola -Nobili Rubinetterie                            12.40
17 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                            17.22
18 Lampre                                                         18.21
19 AG2R Prevoyance                                                18.39
20 Alessio - Bianchi                                              18.51
21 Rabobank                                                       29.06
 

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