Recently on Cyclingnews.com |
 Bayern Rundfahrt Photo ©: Schaaf |
59th Vuelta a España - GT
Spain, September 4-26, 2004
Main Page Live Report Results Stage Details Previous Stage Next Stage
Stage 11 - September 14: San Vicente del Raspeig - Caravaca de la Cruz, 165 km
Zabriskie's Point!
By Martin Hardie in Caravaca de la Cruz
|
The talk around our press caravan parked just past the finish line today in Caravaca de Cruz was all a bit film-like, concerning Italian movie directors and whether or not Dave Zabriskie (USPS) would make it to the end. As we calculated the falling gap and how many seconds the peloton could draw back in the remaining kilometres, the question was would today mark Zabriskie's point?
An unplanned attack at kilometre three saw the 25 year old North American leave the security of the peloton for a long, long, one 162 km adventure of suffering in the Murcian sun. When Cyclingnews asked Zabriskie whether his attack was his own decision or an order from his director Bruyneel, he told us, "No it was not an order...it was not a plan at all."
What followed was something that you rarely see, the success of a day long solo break. 99.9 percent of the time, they are reeled in somewhere along the route, if not in the final kilometres of the day. But Zabriskie managed to achieve the unbelievable and we saw the second day in a row when the break has been successful at the end. Zabriskie sweated his way across the desert-like landscape to arrive at the finish, with his blue USPS jersey stained from the salt that poured out of him all day, with a comfy 1'11 still to spare.
Zabriskie added that it was more than just a physical battle. "All day I had to try and not crack mentally," he said "and I didn't really think that the victory was all sealed up until the last two hundred metres."
|
He built up a massive lead which at one point nearly reached 20 minutes and admitted that he had unintentionally but more than likely benefited from the fall of Alejandro Valverde in the opening kilometres. Valverde, who currently stands in second position overall, nine seconds behind Zabriskie's teammate Floyd Landis, fell at high speed four kilometres after Zabriskie's attack, and the peloton slowed up whilst he received medical attention and got back into the race.
Zabriskie told us that he didn't seek to benefit from Valverde's situation and that it was right for the bunch to soft pedal immediately after the fall. "The group should have waited for Alejandro as he is one of the leaders of the race...but at that point I already was off the front."
Following the finish, Valverde was immediately taken to hospital in Almeria for X-rays for his ribs and knee to ascertain if he had in fact suffered any fractures. As the day wore on, the peloton became interested in trying to run down the solo breakaway but at no point did it really look like it would reach him. The gap was simply too big to catch Zabriskie, who later described himself as someone who is "definitely strong in the time trials" and can "sometimes climb...In stage racing, I seem to recover well day after day."
|
His ability to recover will surely be welcome as after the finish today he had trouble walking or climbing the podium stairs without assistance. Below the podium amongst the crowd and clapping and whistling along with them was his teammate Tony Cruz who remarked - "I'm here to celebrate - my teammate won!!!"
Zabriskie said that the USPS team came here "with a lot of motivation to do well. I haven't really raced much in the last couple of years, so I definitely I have high morale at the moment and the motivation to keep going until the World Championships. I don't know what the future holds I will just take it as it comes," he concluded.
Other than the Valverde incident the only other occurrence of note today was the ongoing battle for the points jersey. Erik Zabel closed Stuart O'Grady's advantage along the road, picking up six points by taking second place in the three metas volantes to put him two points ahead of the freckly Aussie coming into the finish. O'Grady didn't contest any of these sprints, preferring to wait until then end to strike back.
|
On the run into town Matt White brought O'Grady up to the head of the peloton in anticipation of the finish. Perdiguero took over from the Fassa train leading the bunch up the narrow finishing kilometre. At one point, it appeared that O'Grady might get boxed in one the right hand side of the road and then when he did get out Zabel gave him a 'don't argue' with the shoulder in attempt to move the Aussie of his line. But Stuey wasn't daunted and looked set to take the bunch gallop, only to be pipped by, Petacchi at the post. The third place gave O'Grady 16 points, while Zabel picked up 12 for fifth place and at the end of today's chapter the two are separated by only two points with O'Grady still leading.
Tomorrow is the much welcomed rest day, for riders, La Vuelta workers and even correspondents (Yeah, right - ed.). The day after, we enter the deep south of Spain and the Andulacian city of Almeria. Returning are the mountains and the battle for the general with the finishing special category climb up to 2,120 m at the Astronomical Observatory at Calar Alto in Almeria. And just to warm the legs up for that, there will be a couple of Cat. 1's along the way! Scattered along the route are three intermediate sprints for the taking, so we might also expect another grand day in the battle between Zabel, O'Grady and Freire.
Photography
Images by Lavuelta.com
- Former top Spanish cyclist Julio Jiménez with Carlos Sastre (L) and Francisco García (R) at the start
- David Zabriskie (USPS-Berry Floor) sets off for a bit of a training ride
- David Zabriskie (USPS-Berry Floor) used this position as much as possible to try to keep aerodynamic
- Alejandro Valverde (Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme) crashed early in the stage
- Alejandro Valverde (Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme) is helped back to the peloton by his teammates
- Floyd Landis (USPS) chats to team director Johan Bruyneel
- Alejandro Valverde (Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme) required a bit of treatment from the race doctor
- Illes Balears riding on the front for Mancebo
- US Postal protecting team leader Floyd Landis
- Alejandro Valverde (Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme) rode like this for the whole day
- David Zabriskie (USPS-Berry Floor) keeps going
- Dario Cioni riding on the front for Fassa Bortolo
- Stuart O'Grady (Cofidis) in the company of Floyd
- David Zabriskie (USPS-Berry Floor) gives an exhausted victory salute as he crosses the line
- Alejandro Valverde (Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme) in pain after the finish
- Floyd Landis (USPS) still has the gold jersey
Images by AFP Photo
- Alejandro Valverde (Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme) sits on the side of the road after crashing early in the stage
- Alejandro Valverde (Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme) painfully gets up
- Alejandro Valverde (Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme) is attended to by his team director and doctor after crashing
- Roberto Heras (Liberty Seguros) takes a drink
- David Zabriskie (USPS-Berry Floor) shows the pain of his effort
- David Zabriskie (USPS-Berry Floor) is encouraged by director Dirk Demol
Results
1 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 4.05.31 (40.51 km/h) 2 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.11 3 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 4 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 5 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 6 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 7 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 8 Erki Pütsep (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 9 Aitor Perez (Spa) Cafes Baque 10 Antonio Cruz (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 11 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 12 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 13 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 14 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros 15 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Lampre 16 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Saeco 17 Iñaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 18 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 19 Miguel A. M. Perdiguero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 20 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 21 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 22 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 23 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros 24 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 25 Peio Arreitunandia (Spa) Cafes Baque 26 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 27 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 28 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 29 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 30 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto 31 Ion Del Rio (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 32 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 33 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 34 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 35 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 36 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 37 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 38 Michael Barry (Can) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 39 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 40 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 41 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 42 Iñigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 43 Ivan Parra (Col) Cafes Baque 44 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 45 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 46 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 47 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Rabobank 48 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 49 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 50 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon 51 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros 52 Alberto Martinez (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 53 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 54 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 55 Alberto Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 56 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 57 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC 58 Joseba Albizu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 59 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Saeco 60 Aitor Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 61 Thomas Bruun (Den) Team CSC 62 Angel Gomez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 63 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 64 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 65 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC 66 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 67 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 68 Jose Antonio Pecharroman (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 69 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 70 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 71 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 72 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 73 Unai Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 74 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 75 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 76 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Saeco 77 David Blanco (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 78 Francisco José Lara (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 79 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 80 José Julia (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 81 Rubén Plaza (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 82 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 83 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 84 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 85 Hernan Buenahora (Col) Cafes Baque 86 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Saeco 87 Frank Høj (Den) Team CSC 88 David Plaza (Spa) Cafes Baque 89 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 90 Gonzalo Bayarri (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 91 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros 92 Felix Cardenas (Col) Cafes Baque 93 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 94 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 95 David Herrero (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 96 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Lampre 97 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank 98 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 99 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 100 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 101 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 102 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 103 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 104 José Garrido (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 105 Cadel Evans (Aus) T-Mobile Team 106 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros 107 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Team CSC 108 Stephane Goubert (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 109 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 110 Francisco Garcia (Spa) Cafes Baque 111 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros 112 Luca Paolini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 113 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 114 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Relax-Bodysol 115 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank 116 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 117 Antonio Colom (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 118 Bert Roesems (Bel) Relax-Bodysol 119 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 120 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 121 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 122 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 123 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 124 Klaus Möller (Den) Alessio-Bianchi 125 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 126 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 127 Guido Trenti (USA) Fassa Bortolo 128 Hebert Gutierrez (Col) Cafes Baque 129 Rene Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros 130 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Saeco 131 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC 132 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 133 Roberto Sgambelluri (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 134 Ronald Mutsaars (Ned) Rabobank 135 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 136 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 137 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 138 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 139 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Alessio-Bianchi 140 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC 141 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 142 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 143 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 144 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Lampre 1.42 145 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre 146 Michele Scotto (Ita) Lampre 2.34 147 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 148 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 2.51 149 Ellis Rastelli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 150 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio-Bianchi 151 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 3.54 152 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Saeco 153 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Saeco 154 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Cafes Baque 155 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre 156 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3.56 157 Marco Milesi (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 158 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco 159 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 160 David Fernandez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 161 Joaquin Lopez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 162 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 163 Julián Sanchez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo Points 1 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 25 pts 2 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 20 3 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 16 4 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 14 5 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 12 6 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 10 7 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 9 8 Erki Pütsep (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 8 9 Aitor Perez (Spa) Cafes Baque 7 10 Antonio Cruz (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 6 11 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 5 12 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 4 13 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 3 14 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros 2 15 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Lampre 1 Sprints Torrellano - km 15,8 1 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 4 pts 2 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 2 3 Iñigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 1 Fortuna - km 75 1 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 4 pts 2 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 2 3 Antonio Colom (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 1 Cruce Calasparra C-3314 - km 131,6 1 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 4 pts 2 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 2 3 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1 Teams 1 US Postal Service presented by B. 12.18.55 2 Vini Caldirola -Nobili Rubinetterie 1.11 3 Saunier Duval - Prodir 4 Cafes Baque 5 Illes Balears - Banesto 6 Liberty Seguros 7 Team CSC 8 Fassa Bortolo 9 Costa de Almeria - Paternina 10 Relax-Bodysol 11 Phonak Hearing Systems 12 Cofidis, le credit par telephone 13 T-Mobile Team 14 Lampre 15 Euskaltel - Euskadi 16 Saeco 17 Quick Step - Davitamon 18 AG2R Prevoyance 19 Rabobank 20 Comunidad Valenciana - Kelme 21 Alessio - Bianchi General classification after stage 11 1 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 40.30.33 2 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 0.09 3 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 0.29 4 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros 0.32 5 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros 0.47 6 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 0.59 7 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 1.35 8 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto 2.42 9 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 2.50 10 Angel Gomez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 4.16 11 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 4.19 12 David Blanco (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 4.24 13 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 4.35 14 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Saeco 5.17 15 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 6.33 16 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre 6.43 17 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 7.00 18 Rubén Plaza (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 7.07 19 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 7.24 20 Miguel A. M. Perdiguero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 7.52 21 Francisco José Lara (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 8.04 22 Peio Arreitunandia (Spa) Cafes Baque 8.45 23 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 8.49 24 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 8.59 25 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 9.43 26 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 9.45 27 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 10.00 28 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 10.11 29 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Team CSC 30 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 10.53 31 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 11.34 32 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 12.07 33 David Plaza (Spa) Cafes Baque 12.15 34 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank 13.01 35 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 13.05 36 Felix Cardenas (Col) Cafes Baque 13.22 37 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC 38 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 13.26 39 Iñigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 13.55 40 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 15.20 41 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 15.58 42 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros 16.05 43 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 16.07 44 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 16.10 45 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 16.18 46 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 16.48 47 Unai Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 17.05 48 Francisco Garcia (Spa) Cafes Baque 18.35 49 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Relax-Bodysol 18.57 50 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 19.33 51 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 19.40 52 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 20.06 53 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 20.43 54 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Rabobank 22.56 55 Hernan Buenahora (Col) Cafes Baque 23.01 56 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 24.14 57 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 24.57 58 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros 26.33 59 Jose Antonio Pecharroman (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 26.43 60 Aitor Perez (Spa) Cafes Baque 27.24 61 Cadel Evans (Aus) T-Mobile Team 28.16 62 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 28.50 63 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 29.16 64 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 29.40 65 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 29.44 66 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 30.20 67 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros 31.08 68 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC 31.31 69 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 32.02 70 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 32.27 71 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Lampre 32.38 72 Ivan Parra (Col) Cafes Baque 33.57 73 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 34.25 74 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Saeco 34.48 75 Joaquin Lopez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 34.59 76 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 35.05 77 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 36.09 78 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 36.57 79 Roberto Sgambelluri (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 37.05 80 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 37.38 81 Antonio Cruz (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 38.54 82 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 40.00 83 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 40.12 84 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 40.31 85 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 41.03 86 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon 41.12 87 David Herrero (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 41.52 88 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 42.15 89 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 42.33 90 Michael Barry (Can) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 42.42 91 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio-Bianchi 43.41 92 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 44.49 93 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Saeco 45.19 94 Klaus Möller (Den) Alessio-Bianchi 45.31 95 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 46.01 96 Iñaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 46.12 97 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Saeco 46.31 98 Luca Paolini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 46.56 99 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 47.17 100 Michele Scotto (Ita) Lampre 50.05 101 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 51.22 102 David Fernandez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 52.59 103 Stephane Goubert (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 54.07 104 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 55.06 105 Alberto Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 55.11 106 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco 55.14 107 Antonio Colom (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 55.30 108 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 57.22 109 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Alessio-Bianchi 57.23 110 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 58.16 111 Gonzalo Bayarri (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 58.30 112 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.00.06 113 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 1.00.34 114 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 1.01.23 115 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Lampre 1.01.42 116 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 1.01.43 117 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Saeco 1.02.42 118 Marco Milesi (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 1.03.01 119 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros 1.04.56 120 Alberto Martinez (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 1.07.40 121 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 1.07.41 122 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 1.07.54 123 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 1.08.38 124 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 1.09.49 125 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 1.10.29 126 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 1.12.14 127 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Lampre 1.12.57 128 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank 1.13.32 129 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.14.02 130 José Garrido (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 1.14.52 131 Rene Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros 1.16.09 132 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre 1.17.03 133 Ronald Mutsaars (Ned) Rabobank 1.17.14 134 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.17.45 135 Hebert Gutierrez (Col) Cafes Baque 1.18.09 136 Joseba Albizu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.18.24 137 Ion Del Rio (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 1.18.34 138 José Julia (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 1.18.44 139 Bert Roesems (Bel) Relax-Bodysol 1.19.11 140 Frank Høj (Den) Team CSC 1.19.39 141 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.22.03 142 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 1.22.28 143 Julián Sanchez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 1.23.06 144 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 1.23.35 145 Guido Trenti (USA) Fassa Bortolo 1.23.45 146 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Cafes Baque 1.24.31 147 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 1.26.00 148 Erki Pütsep (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 1.26.01 149 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.26.53 150 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 1.28.40 151 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 1.29.06 152 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.29.51 153 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 1.30.52 154 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 1.31.11 155 Aitor Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.31.51 156 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC 1.32.01 157 Thomas Bruun (Den) Team CSC 1.32.50 158 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC 1.33.43 159 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.33.48 160 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Saeco 1.33.52 161 Ellis Rastelli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 1.34.05 162 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Saeco 1.34.09 163 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 1.42.13 Points classification 1 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 130 pts 2 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 128 3 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank 108 4 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 95 5 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 72 6 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 50 7 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto 50 8 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 49 9 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros 47 10 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros 45 11 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 44 12 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 43 13 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 38 14 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 38 15 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 36 16 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 35 17 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 32 18 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 29 19 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 29 20 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 28 21 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 28 22 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 27 23 Miguel A. M. Perdiguero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 27 24 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 27 25 Antonio Cruz (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 22 26 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 21 27 Cadel Evans (Aus) T-Mobile Team 20 28 Michael Barry (Can) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 20 29 David Fernandez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 20 30 Luca Paolini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 18 31 Erki Pütsep (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 17 32 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Saeco 15 33 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Alessio-Bianchi 15 34 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 12 35 Rubén Plaza (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 12 36 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Saeco 12 37 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 12 38 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre 12 39 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 11 40 Angel Gomez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 11 41 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 11 42 Felix Cardenas (Col) Cafes Baque 10 43 Iñaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10 44 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre 9 45 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 9 46 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 9 47 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 7 48 Aitor Perez (Spa) Cafes Baque 7 49 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 7 50 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon 6 51 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 6 52 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 5 53 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 5 54 Ion Del Rio (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 5 55 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 4 56 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 4 57 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio-Bianchi 4 58 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 4 59 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Lampre 4 60 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 4 61 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 3 62 Roberto Sgambelluri (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 3 63 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3 64 Hebert Gutierrez (Col) Cafes Baque 3 65 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 2 66 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 2 67 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 2 68 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 2 69 Michele Scotto (Ita) Lampre 2 70 Antonio Colom (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 2 71 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Cafes Baque 2 72 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2 73 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1 74 Iñigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 1 75 Unai Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 1 76 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Rabobank 1 77 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 1 78 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1 79 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 1 80 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Lampre 1 81 Ronald Mutsaars (Ned) Rabobank 1 Mountains classification 1 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 48 pts 2 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 38 3 David Fernandez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 35 4 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 33 5 Felix Cardenas (Col) Cafes Baque 32 6 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 31 7 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros 27 8 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Lampre 20 9 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros 20 10 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 17 11 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto 14 12 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 14 13 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 14 14 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 14 15 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 14 16 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Alessio-Bianchi 14 17 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre 13 18 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank 13 19 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Saeco 12 20 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 11 21 Hebert Gutierrez (Col) Cafes Baque 11 22 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 10 23 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 10 24 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 9 25 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 8 26 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 7 27 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio-Bianchi 6 28 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 6 29 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 6 30 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 5 31 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 5 32 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 4 33 Michele Scotto (Ita) Lampre 4 34 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 4 35 Francisco José Lara (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 3 36 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 3 37 Erki Pütsep (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 3 38 Angel Gomez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 2 39 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 2 40 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 2 41 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 2 42 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 2 43 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Saeco 1 44 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 1 45 Unai Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 1 46 Francisco Garcia (Spa) Cafes Baque 1 47 Iñaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 Combined classification 1 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 19 pts 2 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 19 3 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros 21 4 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros 23 5 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto 26 6 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 29 7 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 43 8 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 47 9 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 49 10 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 49 11 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank 55 12 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 63 13 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 66 14 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 72 15 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre 77 16 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 78 17 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 80 18 Felix Cardenas (Col) Cafes Baque 83 19 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 86 20 Angel Gomez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 88 21 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Saeco 89 22 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 94 23 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 105 24 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 106 25 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 128 26 David Fernandez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria 134 27 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 137 28 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 142 29 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 146 30 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Saeco 148 31 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Alessio-Bianchi 158 32 Unai Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 167 33 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 172 34 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio-Bianchi 175 35 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 175 36 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Lampre 182 37 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 184 38 Iñaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 186 39 Michele Scotto (Ita) Lampre 202 40 Erki Pütsep (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 216 41 Hebert Gutierrez (Col) Cafes Baque 220 42 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 241 43 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 242 Teams classification 1 Comunidad Valenciana - Kelme 121.32.30 2 US Postal Service presented by B. 5.30 3 Liberty Seguros 8.36 4 Illes Balears - Banesto 10.16 5 Saunier Duval - Prodir 16.24 6 Team CSC 18.15 7 Costa de Almeria - Paternina 18.27 8 Phonak Hearing Systems 21.24 9 Cafes Baque 24.07 10 Relax-Bodysol 27.46 11 Cofidis, le credit par telephone 27.56 12 T-Mobile Team 35.13 13 Saeco 36.56 14 Quick Step - Davitamon 53.16 15 Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.00.11 16 Rabobank 1.00.19 17 Fassa Bortolo 1.03.16 18 Lampre 1.08.04 19 Vini Caldirola -Nobili Rubinetterie 1.08.23 20 Alessio - Bianchi 1.30.41 21 AG2R Prevoyance 1.34.50
