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60th Vuelta a España - GT

Spain, August 27-September 18, 2005

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Stage 2 - Sunday, August 28: Granada-Córdoba, 189.3 km

McGee descends to take gold

Superb tactical win by Bertagnolli

By Hernan Alvarez Macías

Leonardo Bertagnolli (Cofidis)
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Italy's Leonardo Bertagnolli (Cofidis) won the second stage of the Vuelta a España (Granada-Cordoba) in a strange sprint, beating Bradley McGee (La Française des Jeux), who became the new leader. Both clocked a time of 4:52:27. Juan Antonio Flecha (Fassa Bortolo) ended third with the same time, just in front of other four chasing riders.

"This is my first great joy after having many health problems during the season," said Bertagnolli, who won the Trofeo dell'Etna, Coppa Agostoni and Coppa Placci last year, but hasn't been able to get going this season. "I hadn't felt good [during the last few days], even though I saw myself better after achieving a stage victory in the Tour de Limousin. My condition was a real surprise to me".

"After testing myself on the climb, I cooperated with McGee who wanted the leadership and I was able to beat him at the finish". His goal was to win one day in Spain, and he didn't want to waste the chance that appeared when climbing San Jeronimo. "Now we'll see how the race goes up to Lloret de Mar, and then we'll see."

The Cat. 2 Alto de San Jeronimo, which had its summit at 12 km to go, broke the race completely. Early breakaway David De la Fuente (Saunier Duval) lost his advantage in double quick time at start of this climb, the only one of the stage, when another eight riders including Bertagnolli and McGee counter-attacked. McGee was the best placed on GC in the group, and he was able to secure the gold jersey with a second place at the finish.

Brad McGee (Francaise des Jeux)
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"I'm absolutely delighted to get this jersey," said the Australian, who couldn't stand up at the finish. "This completes my collection because I have leaders jerseys from the Giro and the Tour. I now have the leadership of the Tour of Spain and I came to this race to do that." With it, he becomes the first Australian to have worn all three Grand Tour leader's jerseys.

"The climb was very hard, especially in the last two kilometres. I'm glad that I didn't know the climb because I wouldn't have gone as early as I did. I had very bad cramps during the last two kilometres and couldn't really work at the end," McGee finished.

How it unfolded

The peloton
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All the 197 riders who started the race yesterday signed on today for the second stage. At the first intermediate sprint, Bernhard Eisel (La Française des Jeux) was first, Rik Verbrugghe (Quick Step) second and Tom Boonen (Quick Step) third. The bonus gave Verbrugghe the virtual lead over Denis Menchov. The race tempo was slow and allowed a couple of riders to make a breakaway, the first of the 2005 Vuelta. David de la Fuente (Saunier Duval) together with Herve Duclos-Lassalle (Cofidis) began their escape at km 24. The gap grew very fast as the peloton let them go. The maximum difference was 10 minutes and 58 seconds at km 57.

The first rider who abandoned the race was Giuliano Figueras (Lampre-Caffita). He put his feet to earth at km 67. Gradually, the big peloton started reducing the gap with the Quick Step-Innergetic team at the head. The Belgian team was interested in helping its star Tom Boonen, but more importantly, it wanted to take Rik Verbrugghe to the overall leadership, considering his bonus seconds in the first sprint.

At km 112, the gap between De la Fuente and Duclos-Lassalle to the rest was greatly reduced to 6'17. The heat was a factor for all the cyclists throughout the day with temperatures around 39° C. At the second intermediate sprint in Espejo (km 120) De la Fuente passed first and Duclos-Lassalle second, 2'25 behind. The peloton caught the exhausted Cofidis rider few kilometres later (km 130 with 59.3 to go).

De la Fuente
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The Cat. 2 Alto de San Jeronimo which started at 25 km to go looked like it would be decisive and it proved to be right. David De la Fuente were caught by the peloton at the bottom of the climb. and soon after, the attacks started. Aitor Osa (Illes Balears) together with Gorka Gonzalez (Euskaltel Euskadi) and Bernhard Kohl (T-Mobile) took the lead at the beginning of the climb. But Bertagnolli, Unai Yus (Bouygues Telecom), Pablo Lastras (Illes Balears), Bradley McGee, Francisco Vila (Lampre-Caffita), Joaquin Rodriguez (Saunier Duval), Angel Vicioso (Liberty), Juan Antonio Flecha (Fassa Bortolo), Carlos Garcia Quesada (Comunidad Valenciana) and Luis Perez (Cofidis) began the chase.

The chasers caught the leaders and then the only Italian in the group took the lead with a few kilometres from the summit. Bertagnolli crossed the top with a 20 second gap to Lastras, with the rest of the chasers just behind and the peloton at 40 seconds. But Lastras wasn't going to repeat his win of 2002, as he crashed on the tricky descent and wound up at the wrong end of the group. McGee, who like Bertagnolli, didn't know the descent, dropped like a stone to catch the Italian with 6 km to go. The pair had a 10 second lead on Vila, Flecha, Rodriguez, Vicioso and Yus, which they extended to 13 seconds in the closing kilometres.

Angel Vicioso (Liberty Seguros)
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The cat and mouse tactics began in the final kilometre, and McGee had no choice but to lead out the sprint and take as much time as possible. Bertagnolli knew this and executed a well timed jump to win the stage comfortably from McGee and a fast finishing Flecha, who brought the chasing five back. The peloton sprint for 11th was won by Thor Hushovd (Credit Agricole) ahead of Erik Zabel (T-Mobile).

The day wasn't so good for Jose Azevedo (Discovery), Andreas Klier (T-Mobile), and Jose Enrique Gutierrez (Phonak), who were all caught up in a crash on one of the flatter parts of the climb and lost considerable time to the leaders. Oscar Pereiro and Iban Mayo also lost time to the rest of the GC riders.

Stage 3 - August 29: Cordoba-Puertollano, 153.3 km

The third day is another one for the sprinters to shine. It has a category 3 climb, Alto de la Sierra de Cardeña, at km 61.5 and three intermediate sprints: Fuencaliente, Puerto del Pulido (no points) and Almodovar del Campo. The finish is flat in Puertollano (690 meters above the sea). After today's results Quick Step, Fassa Bortolo and other teams with good sprinters will go for revenge.

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Results

1 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par telephone        4.52.27 (38.84 km/h)
2 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française des Jeux                                    
3 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Fassa Bortolo                          
4 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Caffita                   
5 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                      
6 Unai Yus Kerejeta (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                                  
7 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                     
8 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                          0.33
9 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                          
10 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                       
11 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole                                   0.44
12 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                           
13 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                     
14 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                     
15 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                      
16 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada                                      
17 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems              
18 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel                                    
19 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                       
20 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                  
21 Constantino Zaballa Gutierrez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir               
22 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon - Lotto                                  
23 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic                             
24 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                                
25 Luca Solari (Ita) Domina Vacanze                                         
26 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada                        
27 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                        
28 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC                                      
29 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon - Lotto                     
30 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                 
31 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel                                    
32 Unai Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                 
33 Francisco José Lara (Spa) T-Mobile Team                                  
34 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                        
35 Santiago Botero Echeverry (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems                   
36 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                       
37 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel                                   
38 José Antonio Pecharroman Fabian (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic            
39 Angel Luis Casero (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                             
40 David Blanco Rodiguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                         
41 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                   
42 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                     
43 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par telephone                  
44 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic                              
45 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par telephone                        
46 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                   
47 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic                        
48 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                             
49 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team                                        
50 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada                                 
51 Adolfo Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                         
52 David Bernabeu (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                                
53 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                           
54 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick Step - Innergetic                               
55 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel                                   
56 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                     
57 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                   
58 Moises Dueñas (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada                                    
59 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                             
60 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                           
61 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC                                           
62 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                    
63 Daniel Atienza Urendez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par telephone            
64 Joseba Beloki Dorronsoro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                
65 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Lampre - Caffita                                    
66 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre - Caffita                                   
67 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                        
68 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems                                
69 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne          
70 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                            
71 Eladio Jimenez Sanchez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                        
72 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                             
73 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                     1.19
74 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC                                                
75 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                      
76 Jose Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada                                
77 Marcos Antonio Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team        
78 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                                
79 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                 2.54
80 Aitor Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                
81 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Caffita                                   
82 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                               
83 Francisco Pérez (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                     
84 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                            
85 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                 3.41
86 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel                                     
87 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               5.12
88 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas - Bianchi                                
89 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                  
90 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                           
91 Juan Manuel Fuentes (Spa) Lampre - Caffita                               
92 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze                                   
93 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                      
94 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel                                   
95 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Domina Vacanze                                       
96 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems                            
97 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                       
98 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel                                 
99 Leif Hoste (Bel) Discovery Channel                                       
100 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                                 
101 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                             
102 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto                                     
103 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne       
104 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank                                    6.25
105 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole                               
106 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                6.36
107 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                   
108 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel                              7.27
109 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Crédit Agricole                                
110 Freddy Gonzalez (Col) Relax Fuenlabrada                                 
111 Iban Mayo Diez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                  
112 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                               
113 Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team              
114 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                      7.56
115 José Enrique Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems            
116 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Domina Vacanze                          8.50
117 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada                                    
118 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, le credit par telephone                
119 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                                     
120 Matej Jurco (Svk) Domina Vacanze                                        
121 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Lampre - Caffita                               
122 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank                                        
123 Ian McLeod (RSA) Française des Jeux                                     
124 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank                                     
125 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Domina Vacanze                                    
126 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto                                
127 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                   
128 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                  
129 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                       
130 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                      
131 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                    
132 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                          
133 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                   
134 Isidro Nozal Vega (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                      
135 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française des Jeux                                 
136 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank                                            
137 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone                     
138 Devis Miorin (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi                                   
139 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas - Bianchi                               
140 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto                                  
141 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                                
142 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                              
143 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                       
144 Julian Sanchez Pimienta (Spa) Fassa Bortolo                             
145 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                 
146 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                          
147 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC                                        
148 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                     
149 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                       
150 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto                                      
151 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    
152 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole                                       
153 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                       
154 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                          10.46
155 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas - Bianchi                                  
156 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic                                
157 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française des Jeux                                 
158 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Liquigas - Bianchi                              
159 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas - Bianchi                               
160 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Domina Vacanze                                   
161 Jorge Garcia (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada                                    
162 Oscar Mason (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi                                    
163 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux                              
164 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française des Jeux                               
165 Yohann Gène (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                      
166 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team CSC                                          
167 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone              
168 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC                                           
169 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi                                   
170 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                     
171 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC                                           
172 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi                                  
173 Giosuè Bonomi (Ita) Lampre - Caffita                                    
174 Niels Scheuneman (Ned) Rabobank                                         
175 Jukka Vastaranta (Fin) Rabobank                                         
176 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                         
177 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Domina Vacanze                                 
178 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Caffita                                    
179 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                      
180 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                         
181 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                        
182 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC                                             
183 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team                                       
184 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux                                
185 Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon - Lotto                                      
186 Tom Steels (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto                                      
187 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Française des Jeux                                  
188 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank                                                
189 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank                                            
190 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Davitamon - Lotto                                    
191 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone                13.11
192 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic                    13.43
193 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic                            
194 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone            
195 José Antonio Garrido (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic                      
196 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Domina Vacanze                                      
DNF Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Lampre - Caffita                                
 
Points
 
1 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par telephone             25 pts
2 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française des Jeux                                  20
3 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Fassa Bortolo                        16
4 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Caffita                 14
5 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                    12
6 Unai Yus Kerejeta (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                                10
7 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                    9
8 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                             8
9 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                         7
10 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                      6
11 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole                                      5
12 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                          4
13 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                    3
14 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                    2
15 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                     1
 
Mountains
 
Alto de San Jerónimo - Cat. 2, km 177
1 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par telephone             10 pts
2 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                       7
3 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                    5
4 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française des Jeux                                   3
5 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                             2
6 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Caffita                  1
 
Sprints
 
Venta de Algarra, km 20
1 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française des Jeux                                  4 pts
2 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic                             2
3 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic                                 1
  
Espejo, km 120
1 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                          4 pts
2 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone             2
3 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic                                 1
  
Córdoba, km 153,5
1 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                          4 pts
2 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic                                 2
3 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française des Jeux                                   1
 
Teams
 
1 Saunier Duval - Prodir                                            14.38.49
2 Bouygues Telecom                                                          
3 Liberty Seguros - Würth Team                                              
4 Fassa Bortolo                                                             
5 Cofidis, le credit par telephone                                          
6 Lampre - Caffita                                                          
7 Phonak Hearing Systems                                                0.33
8 Illes Balears - Caisse D'Epargne                                          
9 Comunidad Valenciana                                                      
10 T- Mobile Team                                                       0.44
11 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                                       
12 Relax Fuenlabrada                                                        
13 Quick Step - Innergetic                                                  
14 Team CSC                                                                 
15 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                                      
16 Credit Agricole                                                      1.19
17 Davitamon - Lotto                                                    5.12
18 Team Gerolsteiner                                                    8.50
19 Domina Vacanze                                                       9.40
20 Rabobank                                                            14.31
21 La Francaise Des Jeux                                               16.12
22 Liquigas - Bianchi                                                  21.24
 
General classification after stage 2
 
1 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française des Jeux                             5.02.01
2 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par telephone           0.22
3 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Fassa Bortolo                      0.31
4 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                      
5 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Caffita               0.32
6 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                 0.35
7 Unai Yus Kerejeta (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                              0.43
8 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic                          0.52
9 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                          0.55
10 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                         1.02
11 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel                                1.07
12 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team             1.10
13 David Bernabeu (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                                
14 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                         1.11
15 Santiago Botero Echeverry (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems               1.13
16 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre - Caffita                               1.15
17 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC                                      
18 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                         1.18
19 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems          1.19
20 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                       1.21
21 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                   
22 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel                               1.22
23 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                1.23
24 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                   
25 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel                                1.24
26 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                       
27 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                    1.27
28 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic                          1.28
29 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par telephone                    1.29
30 Adolfo Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                         
31 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par telephone              1.31
32 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team                                        
33 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems                                
34 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada                                      
35 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon - Lotto                 1.32
36 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne      1.34
37 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic                        
38 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada                        
39 David Blanco Rodiguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                     1.35
40 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel                                   
41 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon - Lotto                                  
42 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                 1.36
43 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                           
44 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                            
45 Constantino Zaballa Gutierrez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir               
46 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                            1.37
47 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                       1.41
48 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                         
49 José Antonio Pecharroman Fabian (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic        1.42
50 Moises Dueñas (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada                                1.43
51 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               1.44
52 Eladio Jimenez Sanchez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                    1.45
53 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick Step - Innergetic                               
54 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                   1.47
55 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                        
56 Angel Luis Casero (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                         1.49
57 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                 1.53
58 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Lampre - Caffita                                1.54
59 Francisco José Lara (Spa) T-Mobile Team                                  
60 Luca Solari (Ita) Domina Vacanze                                     1.56
61 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                    1.58
62 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC                                       1.59
63 Daniel Atienza Urendez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par telephone        2.00
64 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada                             2.01
65 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC                                            2.04
66 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                     
67 Unai Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne             2.05
68 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole                                   2.11
69 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                       
70 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                     2.19
71 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                 2.20
72 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              2.25
73 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                  2.29
74 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                            2.32
75 Jose Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada                            2.37
76 Joseba Beloki Dorronsoro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team            2.39
77 Marcos Antonio Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team    2.42
78 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                  2.49
79 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                        3.18
80 Francisco Pérez (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                 3.25
81 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Caffita                               3.38
82 Aitor Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne            3.45
83 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                 4.09
84 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel                                 4.16
85 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                           4.36
86 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                 4.44
87 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne    5.45
88 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              5.51
89 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Domina Vacanze                                   5.53
90 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto                                  6.01
91 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems                        6.03
92 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                   6.04
93 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                  6.05
94 Leif Hoste (Bel) Discovery Channel                                   6.06
95 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas - Bianchi                            6.09
96 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel                             6.11
97 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               6.12
98 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel                                   
99 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                              6.21
100 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                             
101 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze                                  
102 Juan Manuel Fuentes (Spa) Lampre - Caffita                          6.25
103 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                      6.34
104 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole                           7.23
105 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               7.37
106 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank                                    7.49
107 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                           8.08
108 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                8.09
109 Iban Mayo Diez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                              8.16
110 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel                              8.22
111 José Enrique Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems        8.34
112 Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team          8.37
113 Freddy Gonzalez (Col) Relax Fuenlabrada                             8.45
114 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                      8.46
115 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Crédit Agricole                            9.18
116 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française des Jeux                             9.30
117 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas - Bianchi                           9.32
118 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                      9.37
119 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                   9.39
120 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                      9.40
121 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                   9.41
122 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Crédit Agricole                               9.44
123 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                               9.46
124 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank                                 9.49
125 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                       
126 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto                            9.51
127 Julian Sanchez Pimienta (Spa) Fassa Bortolo                         9.52
128 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                 
129 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto                                  
130 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, le credit par telephone                
131 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                9.54
132 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                  
133 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                 9.55
134 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole                                   9.58
135 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                              
136 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Lampre - Caffita                          10.00
137 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada                               10.01
138 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Domina Vacanze                         10.03
139 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto                                      
140 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole                               10.07
141 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC                                   10.09
142 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone                10.12
143 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                                10.15
144 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                       
145 Ian McLeod (RSA) Française des Jeux                                10.16
146 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                 10.18
147 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank                                       10.19
148 Matej Jurco (Svk) Domina Vacanze                                   10.20
149 Isidro Nozal Vega (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                 10.24
150 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Domina Vacanze                               10.26
151 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                           10.28
152 Devis Miorin (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi                              10.38
153 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank                                        
154 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team CSC                                     11.32
155 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC                                        11.35
156 Niels Scheuneman (Ned) Rabobank                                    11.37
157 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Caffita                               11.38
158 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC                                           
159 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux                         11.39
160 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team                                       
161 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic                                
162 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                    11.43
163 Jorge Garcia (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada                               11.46
164 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi                              11.48
165 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                    11.52
166 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française des Jeux                          11.53
167 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Liquigas - Bianchi                         11.54
168 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française des Jeux                            11.56
169 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi                             11.57
170 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank                                           11.58
171 Jukka Vastaranta (Fin) Rabobank                                    11.59
172 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Domina Vacanze                            12.02
173 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Domina Vacanze                                   
174 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                          12.03
175 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas - Bianchi                               
176 Tom Steels (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto                                 12.04
177 Giosuè Bonomi (Ita) Lampre - Caffita                               12.09
178 Yohann Gène (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 12.10
179 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone              
180 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank                                       12.11
181 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                12.14
182 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                   12.17
183 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas - Bianchi                                  
184 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC                                      12.18
185 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Française des Jeux                                  
186 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux                           12.19
187 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                 12.23
188 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Davitamon - Lotto                                    
189 Oscar Mason (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi                               12.28
190 Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon - Lotto                                 12.29
191 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone                14.34
192 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic                       14.46
193 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic                    14.47
194 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone       14.52
195 José Antonio Garrido (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic                 14.56
196 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Domina Vacanze                                 15.39
 
Points classification
 
1 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française des Jeux                                  37 pts
2 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par telephone             25
3 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                            25
4 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic                            22
5 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Fassa Bortolo                        16
6 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Caffita                 16
7 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                    15
8 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                            14
9 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel                                   12
10 Unai Yus Kerejeta (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                               10
11 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                          10
12 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                   9
13 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                9
14 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                         8
15 David Bernabeu (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                               8
16 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                            8
17 Santiago Botero Echeverry (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems                  7
18 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                        7
19 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre - Caffita                                  6
20 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                      6
21 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC                                     5
22 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole                                      5
23 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française des Jeux                                 4
24 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                          4
25 Francisco Pérez (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                    4
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par telephone             10 pts
2 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                    7
3 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                       7
4 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic                             6
5 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française des Jeux                                   4
6 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                             4
7 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                             2
8 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Caffita                  1
 
Combination classification
 
1 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par telephone              5 pts
2 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française des Jeux                                   7
3 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic                            16
4 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                            18
5 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Caffita                 19
6 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                   20
7 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                            37
8 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                      49
 
Teams classification
 
1 Liberty Seguros - Würth Team                                      15.09.11
2 Lampre - Caffita                                                      0.07
3 Saunier Duval - Prodir                                                0.28
4 Comunidad Valenciana                                                      
5 Illes Balears - Caisse D'Epargne                                      0.34
6 Cofidis, le credit par telephone                                          
7 Phonak Hearing Systems                                                0.35
8 Team CSC                                                              0.38
9 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                                    0.40
10 Fassa Bortolo                                                        0.41
11 Bouygues Telecom                                                     0.42
12 Quick Step - Innergetic                                              0.50
13 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                                  0.54
14 T- Mobile Team                                                       1.32
15 Relax Fuenlabrada                                                    1.40
16 Credit Agricole                                                      2.39
17 Davitamon - Lotto                                                    6.00
18 Team Gerolsteiner                                                    9.51
19 Domina Vacanze                                                      11.02
20 Rabobank                                                            14.52
21 La Francaise Des Jeux                                               16.19
22 Liquigas - Bianchi                                                  22.25

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