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59th Vuelta a Espańa - GT

Spain, September 4-26, 2004

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Stage 7 - September 10: Castellón de la Plana - Valencia, 165 km

Petacchi "feeling better"

By Martin Hardie in Valencia

I feel better now
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"Today, for the first time this week, I found myself feeling a little better. My team as always had done some great work and I spoke to Guido (Trenti) to lead me out and pull off with 200 meters to go because I found myself feeling good and I wanted to do a strong sprint. I have been a little nervous and this was the first day that I found myself feeling better during the stage. I had won twice this week. But I hadn't felt well."

Those were the words of Fassa Bortolo's super sprinter Alessandro Petacchi after taking his third victory in the opening week of La Vuelta. The three stages where Petacchi should have won, he did, and it's not because of a lack of competition - Zabel, Freire and O'Grady are, as Petacchi says himself, "great champions"; it is simply that the world's best sprinter has at his disposal the world's best lead out train and no matter what the others try, they just don't seem to be able to come around him. But even though Petacchi appears to be unstoppable when he arrives in the front, group he remains humble and his prowess doesn't in any way seem to have gone to his head. He acknowledges the standard of his opposition and he always makes sure that people know that he wouldn't be there without his team.

"Today my team as always worked extremely well, very professionally. You have to remember in this regard that Guido suffered a very bad crash before the Giro - I think he has seven fractures; but my wins are as much due to the team as they are me."

Alessandro Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo)
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Freire yesterday expressed his wish that he too could have a team built around him like Petacchi. Zabel at times does, but this week he is out on his own as the T-Mobile squad are a very depleted force having only five riders remaining in La Vuelta. And whenever possible, their main task will be to support Cadel Evans in the days to come. As for Stuart O'Grady, he told Cyclingnews this morning that he was "very happy with the way the team is working for him in the sprints" but on the other hand he has had a "very long season" and he really doesn't know what is keeping him going at the moment.

Yesterday, the three contenders got to fight it out for themselves but today in the heat of the Valencian coast, with two mountains smack bang in the middle of the stage and a long run down into the capital, putting your money on Petacchi was always going to be a very good bet. Even if the bookies were not going to pay you much in return.

Petacchi spoke to Cyclingnews after the stage and told us that following yesterday he was a little bit concerned about the other three. "They are great champions - Freire, Zabel and O'Grady; but the climb yesterday affected me and I was a little worried that I might not be sufficiently recovered today," he said. "So initially I thought about following their wheels to the finish and going late. But before we arrived I was feeling. That is why I spoke to Guido on the way in and I went early and by myself.

"I am not sure if I can surpass my five wins of last year, in any event I have won three times in the first week and that in itself is pretty significant. Along with my twenty wins this year I think I can say that I have had an incredible season," he continued.

Manuel Beltran (USPS)
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Petacchi admitted that the next week is going to be hard for him. "From now on there are many very hard stages, tomorrow in the time trial I hope I can rest a little. My preparation hasn't been that intense for La Vuelta, mainly training at home by myself and because of that I have lacked a little rhythm on the road. Added to that today here in Valencia it was very hot, I suffered a lot from the heat, I don't like it at all. But if I find myself getting through the next week without too many problems there are some stages in the final week were I can try and add to these three wins. So I hope I will get through the week intact and well."

How it unfolded

Although today's stage contained the rather long (15 km) climb of Puerto de Montemayor, the fact that it was 90 km to the finish discouraged most of the GC riders from attacking on the climb. There was also the heat and tomorrow's important individual time trial consider, so many riders were trying to save as much as possible today.

Jose Miguel Elias (Relax)
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The day's main escape happened after 16 km when José Miguel Elias (Relax-Bodysol), Patrick Calcagni (Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie), Hebert Gutierrez (Cafes Baque), Ruslan Ivanov (Alessio-Bianchi), Erki Pütsep (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance), Carlos Torrent (Paternina-Costa De Almeria) and Daniele Righi (Lampre) broke clear of the peloton and were allowed to go free. But they were only given a maximum lead of five minutes by the bunch, which rode a steady, controlling tempo all day under the guidance of Rabobank, Fassa Bortolo and eventually Cofidis.

The break crossed the Montemayor with 3'49 to the peloton, and managed to hang on until 17 km to go when they were finally swallowed up by the determined bunch. From then on it was always going to be a bunch sprint, although when the big group hit the beachfront with 10 km to go, Phonak tried to put everyone in the gutter to force a split. That didn't work and Cofidis and Fassa Bortolo shared the pace making as the peloton thundered into Valencia.

The fight was on for Petacchi's wheel, and at first it was Freire and O'Grady duelling for it, with Freire eventually winning the battle. But with 1.5 km to go, Erik Zabel slid up the outside and took the coveted wheel away from Freire, holding it until the finish line. The Fassa train did its job and Guido Trenti delivered Petacchi to the 200m to go mark, when the Italian took matters into his own hands and launched a strong sprint slightly to the left of the centre of the road. Zabel still had his wheel, but when the German tried to come round at 100m out he could only pull back one wheel. Then Petacchi faded to the right and Zabel fell back, eventually finishing a length behind with Freire another length back for third.

Tomorrow is the first of La Vuelta's individual time trials. We can expect a major shake up on the leader board. Landis is favourite to resume the leader's gold jersey but eyes have to be kept on a number of others. Beloki for his part is starting to look like he is fit and it will be interesting to see how the Guipuzcoan makes it through the 40 kilometre flat, and probably very hot test. Of course Hamilton is expected to do well and interest is also being expressed in the performances of Aitor Gonzalez and the dark horse of Lampre, Juanma Garate.

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Results

1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                       3.53.04 (42.48 km/h)

2 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                       
3 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank                                          
4 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                
5 Luca Paolini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon                              
6 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon                            
7 Giosue Bonomi (Ita) Saeco                                            
8 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                                
9 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                                
10 Miguel A. M. Perdiguero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                  
11 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie              
12 Antonio Cruz (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor                
13 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                                
14 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                 
15 Julien Laidoun (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                                
16 Ion Del Rio (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                        
17 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre                                        
18 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Cafes Baque                                   
19 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon                             
20 Erki Pütsep (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance                                   
21 Marco Milesi (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie               
22 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie               
23 David Herrero (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                      
24 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                               
25 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Saeco                                          
26 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor          
27 Michael Barry (Can) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor               
28 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                   
29 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                               
30 Guido Trenti (USA) Fassa Bortolo                                    
31 Peio Arreitunandia (Spa) Cafes Baque                                
32 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax-Bergasol                                   
33 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                 
34 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor              
35 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme              
36 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon                           
37 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                  
38 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                 
39 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Lampre                                  
40 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre                                     
41 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie           
42 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto                           
43 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor            
44 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                        
45 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                      
46 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                 
47 Ińaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                 
48 José Julia (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                         
49 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Saeco                                          
50 Klaus Möller (Den) Alessio-Bianchi                                  
51 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                        
52 Alberto Martinez (Spa) Relax-Bergasol                               
53 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor                
54 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor              
55 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                       
56 Aitor Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                              
57 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                          
58 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems                         
59 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems                         
60 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                              
61 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio-Bianchi                           
62 Ińigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance                               
63 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                       
64 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Relax-Bergasol                                
65 Cadel Evans (Aus) T-Mobile Team                                     
66 Ivan Parra (Col) Cafes Baque                                        
67 Victor Hugo Peńa (Col) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor            
68 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                
69 Gonzalo Bayarri (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                        
70 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems                           
71 Angel Gomez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                        
72 Thomas Bruun (Den) Team CSC                                         
73 Roberto Sgambelluri (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie        
74 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                            
75 David Cańada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                             
76 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros                            
77 Ronald Mutsaars (Ned) Rabobank                                      
78 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Team CSC                                         
79 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                      
80 Antonio Colom (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                           
81 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                        
82 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                
83 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                     
84 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                              
85 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo                                  
86 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon                        
87 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros                              
88 Bert Roesems (Bel) Relax-Bergasol                                   
89 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Rabobank                                       
90 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone               
91 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank                                    
92 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme           
93 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                       
94 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax-Bergasol                               
95 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                     
96 Rene Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros                                   
97 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Lampre                                          
98 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                           
99 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                            
100 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie            
101 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                            
102 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Relax-Bergasol                             
103 David Plaza (Spa) Cafes Baque                                      
104 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone              
105 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Saeco                                       
106 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone            
107 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance                              
108 David Blanco (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                      
109 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC                                     
110 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                   
111 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco                                         
112 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC                                  
113 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                            
114 Aitor Perez (Spa) Cafes Baque                                      
115 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros                    
116 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir                            
117 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                        
118 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Bergasol                             
119 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Saeco                                        
120 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                       
121 Unai Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                               
122 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                      
123 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                 
124 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                          
125 Francisco José Lara (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria               
126 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Quick.Step-Davitamon                          
127 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                
128 Felix Cardenas (Col) Cafes Baque                                   
129 Michele Scotto (Ita) Lampre                                        
130 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax-Bergasol                                   
131 Hernan Buenahora (Col) Cafes Baque                                 
132 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                   
133 Rubén Plaza (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                       
134 Patrick Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step-Davitamon                       
135 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Relax-Bergasol                            
136 Joaquin Lopez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                     
137 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                      
138 Stephane Goubert (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                             
139 Jose Antonio Pecharroman (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon                
140 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo                               
141 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie          
142 Stéphane Berges (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                              
143 Francisco Garcia (Spa) Cafes Baque                                 
144 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                     
145 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                           
146 Tomas Konecny (Cze) T-Mobile Team                                  
147 Ińigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                
148 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie           
149 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Lampre                                      
150 David Fernandez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria               0.21
151 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team                           
152 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Saeco                                    
153 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Saeco                                       0.45
154 Hebert Gutierrez (Col) Cafes Baque                                 
155 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC                                      
156 Robert Hunter (RSA) Rabobank                                       
157 Frank Hřj (Den) Team CSC                                           
158 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre                                         
159 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros                                   
160 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                        
161 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor        0.53
162 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank                                       0.55
163 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems                  0.58
164 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                           1.02
165 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank                              1.34
166 Alberto Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                4.46
167 Joseba Albizu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                              
168 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                            
169 Ellis Rastelli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                               
170 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Saeco                                 
171 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone               
172 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie              
173 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Alessio-Bianchi                                
174 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                      
175 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                    
176 José Garrido (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon                            
177 Julián Sanchez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo                                 
178 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                           21.49
179 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC                                      
180 Martin Hvastija (Slo) Alessio-Bianchi                              
DNF Josu Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                              
 
Points
 
1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                            25 pts
2 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                     20
3 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank                                        16
4 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone              14
5 Luca Paolini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon                            12
6 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon                          10
7 Giosue Bonomi (Ita) Saeco                                           9
8 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                               8
9 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                               7
10 Miguel A. M. Perdiguero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                 6
11 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie             5
12 Antonio Cruz (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor               4
13 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                               3
14 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                2
15 Julien Laidoun (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                               1
16 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                             -5
17 Julien Laidoun (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                              -5
18 Robert Hunter (RSA) Rabobank                                      -5
19 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC                                     -5
 
Mountains
 
Coll de Marianet - Cat. 3, km 45
1 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Bergasol                              6 pts
2 Hebert Gutierrez (Col) Cafes Baque                                  4
3 Erki Pütsep (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance                                   2
4 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie           1
 
Puerto de Montemayor - Cat. 2, km 80
1 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Bergasol                             10 pts
2 Hebert Gutierrez (Col) Cafes Baque                                  7
3 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre                                          5
4 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie           3
5 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                     2
6 Erki Pütsep (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance                                   1
 
Sprints
 
Azuébar - km 50.5
1 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie           4 pts
2 Hebert Gutierrez (Col) Cafes Baque                                  2
3 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Bergasol                              1
  
Altura - km 65.8
1 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie           4 pts
2 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                     2
3 Hebert Gutierrez (Col) Cafes Baque                                  1
  
Lliria - km 114.7
1 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie           4 pts
2 Erki Pütsep (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance                                   2
3 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Alessio-Bianchi                                 1
 
Teams
 
1 Quick Step - Davitamon                                       11.39.12
2 Cofidis, le credit par telephone                                     
3 Vini Caldirola -Nobili Rubinetterie                                  
4 Fassa Bortolo                                                        
5 US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor                                    
6 Saeco                                                                
7 Costa de Almeria - Paternina                                         
8 Lampre                                                               
9 Cafes Baque                                                          
10 Comunidad Valenciana - Kelme                                        
11 Alessio - Bianchi                                                   
12 Saunier Duval - Prodir                                              
13 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                                 
14 Liberty Seguros                                                     
15 Relax-Bodysol                                                       
16 Phonak Hearing Systems                                              
17 Team CSC                                                            
18 Rabobank                                                            
19 Illes Balears - Banesto                                             
20 T-Mobile Team                                                       
21 AG2R Prevoyance                                                 0.20
 
General classification after stage 7
 
1 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor       26.28.43
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 Peńa (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 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                  1.27
19 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                 1.28
20 Rubén Plaza (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                    1.32
21 David Blanco (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                   1.34
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-Bergasol                           2.22
41 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Relax-Bergasol                            2.28
42 Ińigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance                           2.36
43 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                
44 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                              
45 David Cańada (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                                     4.12
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 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone           7.10
61 Michele Scotto (Ita) Lampre                                     7.45
62 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax-Bergasol                                7.46
63 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                     7.51
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-Bergasol                          8.44
71 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Relax-Bergasol                         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 Ińaki 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      14.33
93 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco                                     15.35
94 Ińigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone            15.46
95 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon                        16.15
96 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Quick.Step-Davitamon                      16.33
97 Alberto Martinez (Spa) Relax-Bergasol                          17.15
98 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance                          17.23
99 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor     17.36
100 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone         17.37
101 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                          
102 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team                           17.39
103 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Relax-Bergasol                        18.22
104 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo                               
105 Joaquin Lopez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                18.42
106 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems                 18.56
107 David Fernandez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria              19.05
108 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone       19.38
109 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                       20.09
110 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank                              20.50
111 Stephane Goubert (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                        21.10
112 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                 21.22
113 Antonio Colom (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                     21.31
114 Michael Barry (Can) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor         21.38
115 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                      21.50
116 Ivan Parra (Col) Cafes Baque                                  22.06
117 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax-Bergasol                             22.10
118 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre                                  22.29
119 Julián Sanchez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo                            22.39
120 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems                     23.11
121 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Cafes Baque                             23.16
122 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros               23.22
123 Julien Laidoun (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                          23.33
124 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                 24.32
125 Hebert Gutierrez (Col) Cafes Baque                            24.50
126 Ronald Mutsaars (Ned) Rabobank                                24.54
127 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor      25.04
128 Marco Milesi (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie         25.08
129 Ion Del Rio (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                  25.11
130 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor       26.03
131 Joseba Albizu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                         26.04
132 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Lampre                                    26.40
133 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                26.47
134 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Lampre                                 26.48
135 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme            26.52
136 Frank Hřj (Den) Team CSC                                      27.35
137 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Saeco                               27.36
138 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon                     27.39
139 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros                              27.48
140 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Saeco                                      28.16
141 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                       29.13
142 Guido Trenti (USA) Fassa Bortolo                              30.13
143 Bert Roesems (Bel) Relax-Bergasol                             30.14
144 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team                      30.28
145 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                          30.31
146 José Julia (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                   30.33
147 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                  30.36
148 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir              31.25
149 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Alessio-Bianchi                           32.07
150 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie         32.13
151 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                         32.18
152 Erki Pütsep (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance                             32.23
153 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                          32.27
154 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie        32.33
155 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie              
156 Aitor Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                        33.03
157 Robert Hunter (RSA) Rabobank                                  33.32
158 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie      33.52
159 Stéphane Berges (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                         34.02
160 Rene Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros                                  
161 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank                             34.28
162 Alberto Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi               34.31
163 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre                                    35.17
164 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                35.23
165 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone           36.14
166 Giosue Bonomi (Ita) Saeco                                     36.18
167 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                         36.28
168 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank                                      37.04
169 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Saeco                                  37.05
170 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria               37.21
171 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir                       38.00
172 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Saeco                            38.59
173 Ellis Rastelli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                          39.16
174 José Garrido (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon                       39.29
175 Thomas Bruun (Den) Team CSC                                   40.11
176 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC                                 43.22
177 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC                                 43.23
178 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone          46.55
179 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                           54.10
180 Martin Hvastija (Slo) Alessio-Bianchi                              
 
Points classification
 
1 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                     92 pts
2 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone              90
3 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank                                        87
4 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                            75
5 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                51
6 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto                          41
7 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon                          35
8 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo                                 30
9 Giosue Bonomi (Ita) Saeco                                          29
10 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor              27
11 Miguel A. M. Perdiguero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                27
12 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor            25
13 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor            21
14 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                             21
15 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros                               20
16 Cadel Evans (Aus) T-Mobile Team                                   20
17 David Fernandez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                  20
18 Michael Barry (Can) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor             20
19 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                     19
20 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie         19
21 Luca Paolini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon                           18
22 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                               17
23 Victor Hugo Peńa (Col) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor          16
24 Antonio Cruz (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor              16
25 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor          15
26 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                       14
27 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Saeco                                        13
28 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie            13
29 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie         12
30 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                      12
31 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                12
32 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre                                      12
33 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor           12
34 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team                          12
35 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon                         11
36 Ińaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                               10
37 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre                                    9
38 Erki Pütsep (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance                                  9
39 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                9
40 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                              7
41 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon                            6
42 Angel Gomez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                       6
43 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Relax-Bergasol                               6
44 Tomas Konecny (Cze) T-Mobile Team                                  6
45 Ion Del Rio (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                       5
46 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax-Bergasol                              4
47 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon                       4
48 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                  4
49 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Lampre                                      4
50 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                               4
51 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme             3
52 Rubén Plaza (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                       3
53 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                           3
54 Roberto Sgambelluri (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie       3
55 Hebert Gutierrez (Col) Cafes Baque                                 3
56 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                2
57 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank                                   2
58 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Cafes Baque                                  2
59 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                     2
60 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                    2
61 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems                        1
62 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                        1
63 Unai Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                               1
64 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Bergasol                             1
65 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Rabobank                                      1
66 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems                      1
67 Antonio Colom (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                          1
68 Ronald Mutsaars (Ned) Rabobank                                     1
69 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                 1
70 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Alessio-Bianchi                                1
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                      17 pts
2 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Bergasol                             16
3 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Lampre                                      16
4 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre                                    13
5 Hebert Gutierrez (Col) Cafes Baque                                 11
6 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon                          11
7 David Fernandez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                    9
8 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor              9
9 Martin Hvastija (Slo) Alessio-Bianchi                               7
10 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor               6
11 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto                          6
12 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme             5
13 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                  5
14 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre                                         5
15 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo                                 4
16 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie          4
17 Julien Laidoun (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                               4
18 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor            4
19 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                3
20 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                    3
21 Francisco José Lara (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria               3
22 Erki Pütsep (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance                                  3
23 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                2
24 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                       2
25 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax-Bergasol                              2
26 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                    2
27 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor             1
28 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Saeco                                         1
29 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                        1
30 Unai Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                               1
31 Ińaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                1
 
Combination classification
 
1 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto                          20 pts
2 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor             22
3 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor               22
4 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                      27
5 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                28
6 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo                                 34
7 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor             45
8 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                51
9 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                       68
10 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme            71
11 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Saeco                                        72
12 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre                                   74
13 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                 89
14 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax-Bergasol                            111
15 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                      118
16 David Fernandez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                 131
17 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Bergasol                           136
18 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie        137
19 Ińaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                              149
20 Unai Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                             161
21 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon                        179
22 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor          181
23 Hebert Gutierrez (Col) Cafes Baque                               185
24 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Lampre                                    186
25 Erki Pütsep (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance                                212
26 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                  256
 
Teams classification
 
1 US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor                            79.26.56
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 Alessio - Bianchi                                              18.51
20 AG2R Prevoyance                                                18.59
21 Rabobank                                                       29.06

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