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60th Vuelta a España - GT
Spain, August 27-September 18, 2005
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Stage 13 - Friday, September 9: Burgos-La Bien Aparecida, 196 km
The orange wave gathers momentum
Sanchez takes first pro win in strange finale
By Hernan Alvarez Macias
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What a strange finale. Thinking he had won the stage, Mauricio Ardila (Davitamon-Lotto) raised his arms in celebration - except the finish line was still 100 metres ahead of him! Capitalising on the confusion was Samuel Sanchez (Euskaltel-Euskadi), who flew past Sanchez and outsprinted Oscar Pereiro (Phonak) to earn his first professional career victory and the team's second win this week.
Despite yesterday's crash, most notably affecting Roberto Heras (Liberty-Würth), the top positions on GC didn't change as Denis Menchov (Rabobank) continued to lead the Vuelta over Heras and Francisco Mancebo (Illes Balears).
It was a super fast stage with a speed average of 49.5 km/h, and it was the first time in the race that a breakaway succeeded, attempts that were sullied by Fassa Bortolo's Silver Train on previous occasions. Sanchez was naturally happy with his triumph, despite the strange finale: "Sometimes cycling is not fair and these kind of things happen," said the Basque rider, dedicating the victory to his mother. "This is my first victory in a Grand Tour," said a proud Sanchez.
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Surprisingly, Ardila took out his frustrations in his stride, calming saying: "That's cycling."
"I made a mistake, but I have to learn from this. It was a shame because today I was going pretty strong and I was really ready to win. I had the chance, but you know... these things happen. There will be another day."
Said second-placed Oscar Pereiro after the stage: "I couldn't do it, but there was a very good chance of winning. I was really confused at the end and when Samuel passed me I was baffled. Well, tomorrow will be another day."
How it unfolded
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There were now just 152 survivors remaining in the 2005 Vuelta. Jakob Piil (CSC) abandoned yesterday, Jose Antonio Pecharroman (Quick Step) reached Burgos but finished outside the time limit, and Benoit Joachim, Jose Azevedo (Discovery Channel) and Niels Scheuneman (Rabobank) didn't take the start in Burgos today.
Many riders were on the lookout for the early breakaway, but this didn't happen. On the contrary, the peloton rode together at speeds reaching 80 km/h until, like yesterday, a crash happened at km 22. Francisco Mancebo (Illes Balears) was among those involved and also Tom Steels (Davitamon-Lotto), the latter rider leaving the race in an unconscious state but was later reported to be in a stable condition in hospital. Pedro Horrillo, Thorwald Veneberg (Rabobank) and Dariusz Baranowski (Liberty-Würth) were also injured, but kept on racing.
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Some kilometres later, a very large group left the peloton, comprised of 32 riders including Paolo Bettini (Quick Step), Alessandro Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo), Joaquin Rodriguez, Constantino Zaballa (Saunier Duval) and Magnus Backstedt (Liquigas-Bianchi), among others. At the first intermediate sprint in Moneo (km 83.7), the gap to the peloton was 1'50.
Due to a truck stuck on the road heading to the climb of Alto de la Sia, a late course change had to be made, which saw the riders tackle a different climb, to Puerto de Los Tornos. Consequently, the stage was shortened by three kilometres, 193 instead of 196.
At km 101, three riders attacked the break: David Latasa (Comunidad Valenciana), Mauricio Ardila (Davitamon-Lotto) and Constantino Zaballa (Saunier Duval). 36 kilometres later, the trio extended their lead to the peloton to 2 minutes and 30 seconds, with Oscar Pereiro (Phonak) in hot pursuit.
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The Phonak rider caught the three breakaways some miles later. But at km 167 (26 km to go) the gap was very slim, just 32 seconds between themselves and the peloton, which saw another four riders join shortly thereafter: Samuel Sanchez (Euskaltel), Oscar Sevilla (T-Mobile), Joan Horrach and Pablo Lastras (Illes Balears). Still, the tempo within the bunch was very fast indeed, and it seemed the peloton would catch the eight leaders.
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However, for the first time in the race, a breakaway ended at the finish line. As the octet rode up the climb of Santuario de la Bien Aparecida, the attacks began. Ardila, Pereiro, Sevilla and Horrach attacked the other four and got some advantage. With one kilometre to go, Pereiro and Ardila looked the best, with the Spaniard leading the race by a few seconds before the Colombian took over inside the last kilometre. But to both their surprise, Samuel Sanchez came from behind to join the duo.
With 100 metres to go, Ardila gapped them, thinking a billboard very near the finish marked the line - but he was wrong. The finish line was 100 meters ahead! At that moment, Sanchez made the most of the Colombian's misfortune and crossed the line ahead of Pereiro, with Ardila a sour third, banging his bars in frustration.
Stage 14 - September 10: La Penilla-Lagos de Covadonga, 172.3 km
This is one of the key stages of the Vuelta, with the climb of Lagos de Covadonga is famous for its toughness. The stage will commence in La Penilla and will end at the aforementioned mountain, but there are four other climbs along the way: Alto de Carmona (Category 2, 600 m. above sea level, km 42.4), Collada de Ozalba (Cat. 2, 560 m., km 66.3), Collada de la Hoz (Cat. 2, 670 m., km 80.2) and Alto de Ortiguero (Cat. 3, 440 m., km 136.4). The stage will certainly be decided in Lagos (Cat. Special, 1110 m., stage finish) where the big favourites will give it their all. Lagos de Covadonga is 14.3 km. long mountain with an average gradient of 6.5% and sections up to 13%, so it will pose a challenge for all riders, especially those who aren't climbers.
Photography
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- Tom Steels (Davitamon-Lotto) lies unconscious on the ground.
- Tom Steels (Davitamon-Lotto) is immediately sent to hospital following his crash, where the prognosis thankfully revealed he is in a stable condition.
- Dariusz Baranowski (Liberty Seguros) clutches his face after coming down in a fall early in the race.
- Dariusz Baranowski (Liberty Seguros) receives medical attention after getting back on his bike.
- Then it was the doctor's turn to examine Manuel Beltran (Discovery Channel).
- Race leader Denis Menchov (Rabobank) has been fortunate to avoid incident so far.
- Denis Menchov (Rabobank) knows Madrid is still some ways away.
- The peloton en route to La Bien Aparecida.
- The peloton splits...
- Oscar Pereiro (Phonak) leads the winning break.
- Oscar Pereiro (Phonak) and Mauricio Alberto Ardila (Davitamon - Lotto) fly up the climb of Ampuero.
- Samuel Sanchez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) blows a kiss to the God of Fortune.
- Samuel Sanchez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) points to the heavens.
- Three favourites - Menchov, Heras and Sastre - mark each other all the way to the line.
Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti
- Tom Boonen (Quick Step-Innergetic) signs a few autographs before the start in Burgos.
- Gilberto Simoni (Lampre-Cafitta), with new-look hairdo, does the same.
- Denis Menchov (Rabobank) has his eyes on the big picture - Madrid.
- Roberto Heras (Liberty Seguros) gingerly makes his way down the stairs after signing on for the day.
- Oscar Pereiro (Phonak) leads Mauricio Alberto Ardila (Davitamon - Lotto) up to the finish.
- Samuel Sanchez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) in hot pursuit.
- Joan Horrach (Illes Balears) leads Oscar Sevilla (T-Mobile Team) on the final climb.
- Oscar Sevilla (T-Mobile) sits on Horrach's wheel.
- Pablo Lastras (Illes Balears) en route to sixth place.
- Carlos Garcia Quesada (Comunidad Valenciana) riding to a top-10 finish.
- Joseba Beloki (Liberty Seguros) brings home the group maillot oro.
- Francisco Mancebo (Illes Balears) grits his teeth.
- Denis Menchov (Rabobank) looking one cool customer.
- Tom Danielson (Discovery Channel) suffers on the final climb.
- Mountains leader Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Saunier Duval) finished almost four and a half minutes down today.
- Paolo Bettini (Quick Step) looks to see how far he's got to go.
- Erik Zabel (T-Mobile) knows the battle for the points competition isn't over.
- The Fassa boys get a day off.
- Alessandro Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo) is looking like a good bet come the road world championships.
- But not for the overall title at the Vuelta!
- Here comes the autobus.
- Samuel Sanchez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) took advantage of Mauricio Alberto Ardila's mistimed sprint to win the day.
- Mauricio Alberto Ardila (Davitamon - Lotto, R) isn't a happy camper as he crosses the line with Oscar Sevilla (T-Mobile, L).
- Carlos Garcia Quesada (Comunidad Valenciana) leads home the golden jersey group.
- Tom Danielson (Discovery Channel) was in a spot of bother today, finishing 1'33 down on the winner in 25th place.
- Michele Scarponi (Liberty Seguros) downs an ice-cold drink.
- Joseba Beloki (Liberty Seguros) looks like he might have a toothache.
- Tom Boonen (Quick Step-Innergetic) comes home in the grupetto.
- Samuel Sanchez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) a delighted stage winner.
- Samuel Sanchez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) thanks the man above.
- Denis Menchov (Rabobank) looking a little nervous about tomorrow.
- Spanish legend Miguel Indurain hands over a prize to mountains leader Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Saunier Duval).
Results
1 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.03.40 2 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.04 3 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon - Lotto 0.08 4 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 5 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 0.25 6 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 0.31 7 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 0.46 8 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.47 9 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 0.49 10 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 11 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 12 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 13 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 14 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 15 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 0.51 16 David Blanco Rodiguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 0.58 17 Marcos Antonio Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 1.06 18 Francisco José Lara (Spa) T-Mobile Team 1.08 19 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic 1.23 20 Joseba Beloki Dorronsoro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 21 Constantino Zaballa Gutierrez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 22 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 1.30 23 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.33 24 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 25 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 26 Daniel Atienza Urendez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 1.36 27 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 1.39 28 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.40 29 Julian Sanchez Pimienta (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 30 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 31 Unai Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 32 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC 33 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 34 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 35 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 36 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 37 Jose Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 38 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Caffita 39 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 40 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas - Bianchi 41 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 42 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 43 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas - Bianchi 1.48 44 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel 2.13 45 Jorge Garcia (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 46 Juan Manuel Fuentes (Spa) Lampre - Caffita 2.22 47 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 48 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 49 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel 2.36 50 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 2.49 51 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 52 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 53 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 54 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 55 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner 56 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 57 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 58 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 59 Moises Dueñas (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 60 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon - Lotto 61 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 62 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 63 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Crédit Agricole 64 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 65 David Bernabeu (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 66 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 67 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.59 68 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 3.28 69 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Domina Vacanze 70 Ian McLeod (RSA) Française des Jeux 71 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 3.48 72 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 73 Devis Miorin (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 74 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3.51 75 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 3.53 76 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 4.19 77 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic 4.31 78 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 4.39 79 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile Team 5.04 80 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team 81 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 82 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 83 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 84 Francisco Pérez (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 85 Eladio Jimenez Sanchez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 5.21 86 Adolfo Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 5.23 87 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 5.49 88 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 89 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 90 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel 91 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 92 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 6.04 93 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 94 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 95 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 96 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 6.06 97 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 6.08 98 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 6.09 99 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 100 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 101 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 6.37 102 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick Step - Innergetic 6.59 103 Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 104 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner 105 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 106 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Davitamon - Lotto 107 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 7.03 108 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team CSC 7.08 109 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 8.45 110 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 111 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 13.10 112 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 113 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 114 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 115 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas - Bianchi 116 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 117 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 118 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 119 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 120 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 121 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team 122 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 13.29 123 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 15.17 124 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC 125 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 126 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 127 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Liquigas - Bianchi 128 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 129 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 130 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas - Bianchi 131 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 132 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 133 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Lampre - Caffita 134 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 135 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 136 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 137 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 138 Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon - Lotto 139 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 140 Yohann Gène (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 141 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze 142 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 143 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team 144 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 145 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française des Jeux 146 Matej Jurco (Svk) Domina Vacanze 22.30 147 Jukka Vastaranta (Fin) Rabobank DNS José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel DNS Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel DNS Niels Scheuneman (Ned) Rabobank DNF Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Crédit Agricole DNF Tom Steels (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto DNF Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel DNF Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Caffita DNF Freddy Gonzalez (Col) Relax Fuenlabrada Sprints S.I. Moneo, km 83,7 1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 4 pts 2 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 2 3 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1 S.I. Colindres, km 183 1 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 4 pts 2 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 2 3 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 1 Points 1 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 25 pts 2 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 20 3 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon - Lotto 16 4 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 14 5 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 12 6 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 10 7 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 9 8 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 8 9 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 7 10 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 6 11 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 5 12 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 4 13 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 3 14 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 2 15 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 1 Mountains Puerto de los Tornos, km 121 - Cat. 2 1 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon - Lotto 10 pts 2 Constantino Zaballa Gutierrez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 7 3 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 5 4 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 3 5 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 2 6 Francisco José Lara (Spa) T-Mobile Team 1 Alto Cruz Usaño, km 149, Cat. 3 1 Constantino Zaballa Gutierrez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 6 pts 2 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon - Lotto 4 3 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 2 4 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 1 Alto Fuente de Varas, km 159, Cat. 3 1 Constantino Zaballa Gutierrez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 6 pts 2 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 4 3 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon - Lotto 2 4 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 1 Sto. de la Bien Aparecida, km 193, Cat. 3 1 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6 pts 2 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 4 3 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon - Lotto 2 4 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 1 Teams 1 Phonak Hearing Systems 12.12.40 2 Illes Balears - Caisse D'Epargne 0.05 3 Comunidad Valenciana 0.46 4 Liberty Seguros - Würth Team 1.38 5 Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.40 6 Davitamon - Lotto 2.23 7 Team CSC 2.29 8 T- Mobile Team 3.04 9 Relax Fuenlabrada 3.19 10 Saunier Duval - Prodir 3.38 11 Cofidis, le credit par telephone 4.25 12 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 4.42 13 Liquigas - Bianchi 5.36 14 Credit Agricole 5.38 15 Team Gerolsteiner 6.47 16 Rabobank 7.47 17 Bouygues Telecom 7.53 18 Fassa Bortolo 8.30 19 Lampre - Caffita 8.31 20 La Francaise Des Jeux 10.45 21 Quick Step - Innergetic 11.13 22 Domina Vacanze 22.54 General classification after stage 13 1 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 52.25.40 2 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 0.47 3 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 1.53 4 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 1.57 5 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 3.31 6 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 5.47 7 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 6.00 8 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic 6.19 9 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 6.47 10 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 6.51 11 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 7.28 12 David Blanco Rodiguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 8.03 13 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon - Lotto 10.50 14 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 12.39 15 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 14.30 16 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 15.55 17 Francisco José Lara (Spa) T-Mobile Team 16.51 18 Unai Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 17.26 19 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Caffita 18.56 20 Marcos Antonio Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 19.16 21 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC 20.12 22 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 21.31 23 Daniel Atienza Urendez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 22.48 24 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 23.29 25 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 24.29 26 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 26.40 27 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 28.06 28 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 28.15 29 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon - Lotto 28.24 30 David Bernabeu (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 28.52 31 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 30.16 32 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 33.27 33 Adolfo Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 34.37 34 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 36.09 35 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 38.48 36 Joseba Beloki Dorronsoro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 39.11 37 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel 39.13 38 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 39.32 39 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel 40.14 40 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 40.39 41 Francisco Pérez (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 41.29 42 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 42.37 43 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 44.07 44 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 44.49 45 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 44.52 46 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 45.29 47 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 45.30 48 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel 45.39 49 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Crédit Agricole 47.55 50 Eladio Jimenez Sanchez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 48.19 51 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 48.39 52 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic 49.16 53 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 49.41 54 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 50.22 55 Jose Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 51.18 56 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 51.26 57 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 52.10 58 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 52.16 59 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile Team 53.50 60 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas - Bianchi 54.13 61 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 54.38 62 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 54.39 63 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 54.44 64 Moises Dueñas (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 54.45 65 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 56.23 66 Julian Sanchez Pimienta (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 56.42 67 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas - Bianchi 58.58 68 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 59.17 69 Juan Manuel Fuentes (Spa) Lampre - Caffita 59.31 70 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 1.00.32 71 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1.02.27 72 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 1.02.29 73 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 1.03.19 74 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.05.21 75 Constantino Zaballa Gutierrez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.06.10 76 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.08.08 77 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.08.26 78 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 1.08.52 79 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 1.10.07 80 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team CSC 1.11.17 81 Jorge Garcia (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 1.11.28 82 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 1.11.56 83 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 1.12.33 84 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.13.30 85 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1.14.04 86 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.14.25 87 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.15.21 88 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 1.16.45 89 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Domina Vacanze 1.18.19 90 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.18.49 91 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.19.18 92 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 1.19.29 93 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.20.07 94 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.21.59 95 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 1.23.33 96 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 97 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Lampre - Caffita 1.25.14 98 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.25.38 99 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 1.26.24 100 Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 1.29.54 101 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 1.33.04 102 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 1.33.08 103 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas - Bianchi 1.34.32 104 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.35.18 105 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 1.36.19 106 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick Step - Innergetic 1.37.20 107 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.37.35 108 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 1.37.41 109 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team 1.38.44 110 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 1.39.08 111 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.39.49 112 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 1.40.35 113 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 1.42.08 114 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.42.56 115 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Davitamon - Lotto 1.43.33 116 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 1.43.35 117 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1.45.39 118 Devis Miorin (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 1.45.47 119 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.46.58 120 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.47.02 121 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner 1.47.50 122 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 1.49.01 123 Ian McLeod (RSA) Française des Jeux 1.49.37 124 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 1.49.58 125 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.50.28 126 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 1.51.36 127 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC 1.51.56 128 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 1.53.28 129 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Liquigas - Bianchi 1.55.43 130 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 1.56.40 131 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 1.57.08 132 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas - Bianchi 1.58.33 133 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze 2.01.18 134 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 2.03.54 135 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 2.04.22 136 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team 2.04.26 137 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.05.05 138 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 2.05.17 139 Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon - Lotto 2.06.54 140 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2.08.07 141 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française des Jeux 2.14.18 142 Matej Jurco (Svk) Domina Vacanze 2.21.08 143 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 2.22.00 144 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.23.37 145 Yohann Gène (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.28.44 146 Jukka Vastaranta (Fin) Rabobank 2.30.13 147 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 2.32.38 Points classification 1 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 105 pts 2 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 104 3 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 97 4 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 89 5 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 71 6 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 69 7 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 54 8 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 54 9 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 51 10 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 44 11 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 42 12 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 36 13 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 34 14 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon - Lotto 34 15 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 33 16 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 33 17 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 30 18 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic 29 19 David Blanco Rodiguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 29 20 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 28 21 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 27 22 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 27 23 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 26 24 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 26 25 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic 24 Mountains classification 1 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 96 pts 2 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 66 3 Eladio Jimenez Sanchez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 54 4 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 54 5 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 50 6 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 38 7 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 37 8 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 35 9 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 34 10 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 32 11 Adolfo Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 32 12 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 27 13 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic 23 14 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 22 15 Constantino Zaballa Gutierrez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 21 16 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon - Lotto 19 17 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 13 18 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 12 19 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 12 20 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 12 21 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 12 22 David Blanco Rodiguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 11 23 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10 24 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 9 25 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 8 Combination classification 1 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 6 pts 2 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 7 3 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 14 4 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 15 5 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 19 6 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 31 7 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 39 8 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic 39 9 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 42 10 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon - Lotto 43 11 David Blanco Rodiguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 53 12 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 54 13 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 56 14 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 60 15 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 62 16 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 66 17 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 74 18 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 77 19 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 80 20 Adolfo Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 85 21 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 89 22 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 92 23 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 97 24 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 99 25 David Bernabeu (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 111 Teams classification 1 Comunidad Valenciana 157.31.32 2 Team CSC 10.49 3 Liberty Seguros - Würth Team 10.53 4 Phonak Hearing Systems 14.32 5 Illes Balears - Caisse D'Epargne 18.24 6 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 19.49 7 Euskaltel - Euskadi 26.02 8 Lampre - Caffita 41.50 9 Davitamon - Lotto 44.05 10 Quick Step - Innergetic 46.16 11 T- Mobile Team 51.19 12 Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.03.40 13 Relax Fuenlabrada 1.18.10 14 Cofidis, le credit par telephone 1.19.31 15 Credit Agricole 1.22.31 16 Rabobank 1.28.55 17 Bouygues Telecom 1.57.06 18 Fassa Bortolo 2.23.51 19 Team Gerolsteiner 2.25.33 20 Liquigas - Bianchi 2.41.52 21 La Francaise Des Jeux 3.41.52 22 Domina Vacanze 4.08.53
