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39th Vuelta Ciclista Aragon - 2.2
Spain, April 17-21, 2002
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Stage 4 - April 20: Teruel - Teruel, 156 km
Castresana too cute but Bramati too strong.
By Martin Hardie, Cyclingnews correspondent
The Italian rider, Davide Bramati (Mapei) was too strong for the Catalonian, Angel Castresana (ONCE-Eroski) managing to regain his strength and pass him in the final metres of today's stage of the Vuelta a Aragon. After the two had worked together seamlessly from the time of their initial escape, Castresana, by refusing to pull through during the final kilometres and do his share, proved just a little too cute for his own good in the end. Castresana's tactics in fact were so cute that after he and Bramati still had a gap to the peloton of a minute with three kilometres left, they could have well lost everything if the race was another 100 metres longer.
The riders were greeted with what could be described as a spectacular spring day after the weather of the last few weeks, sunny skies and 20 degree temperatures. Smiling behind the mayor of Teruel the ribbon was cut to get the stage underway was one of the Aussie Matt's populating the peloton this year, in this case USPS's Matt White. But he and three others, Yon Bru (L.A.-Pecol), Andreas Klier (Team Telekom) and Jan Schaffrath (Team Telekom) pulled the pin after the first 20 kilometres.
Soon after, at the 32 km mark, the move of the day was made by Mapei's Bramati and Once-Eroski's Castresana. At the Alto de Orihuela (70.5 kms) their escape had created a sizeable gap. When the peloton did come over the climb, four minutes fifty seconds later, it was Jazztel's Torrent that led the way, picking up more points on his mountain's jersey conquest.
At the 80 mark their lead had increased to four minutes and soon at the first sprint of the day in Bronchales (88kms) when Castresana led the way they had a gap of 5.25. Castresana was the main threat posed by the break. He had started the day at 4.27 behind Piepoli and could with a gap at the finish of two minutes jump up into the top fifteen. Bramati on the other hand was not as well placed, at 21.48 and could only conceive of in his wildest dreams a stage victory. But to do that there would have to be another long range breakaway success, and the finish into Teruel was basically a down hill or flat drag strip for the last sixty kilometres.
At the crossing of the Alto de Bronchales marking the coming of that drag strip Castresana again took the points and the gap was not getting any bigger but fluctuating at 5.18. Torrent again took his points as the peloton came over the Alto. Into the final hour and the sprint at Gea de Albarracin (130 kms) Castresana again took the points but the gap was starting to be wound back - it was now at 3.50. The riders now were crossing a large open basin like plain. Ploughed and sown fields stretched off into the distance on either side of the road with the mountains far off on the horizon. It could have been the mid west of the USA or outback Australia, the road flat-flat and dead eye straight and no shelter on either side from the sun or the wind.
Castresana and Bramati continued to work together as they had done from the start of their escape, with each rider putting his nose into the wind just long enough for the other to come back again and relieve him, something much easier to do with more than two. During the last 115 kms the wind started to play havoc on the bunch behind as the front riders put it in the gutter and caused splits and echelons to form behind. Those caught in the second echelon or in the waste land between were given a scare for a kilometre or so until they managed to join up and bring back the riders who had forced them out the back and into the wind. By now the straightness of the road was such that the break, still at about two and a half minutes up the road was visible when the helicopter pulled back to allow the camera a wide view.
After the ten kilometre mark the road turned right towards the finish and the wind shifted more towards the back of the riders, with this change Banesto started to take charge of the head of the peloton. The gap was still hanging at around 1.40 as the two escapees seemed to have fresh pairs of legs on the way into town. At the five kilometre mark the gap was 1.19 and the two were still collaborating. Then as they started to wind through the narrower streets of Teruel, Castresana decided to play for the finish, at 3 kms the gap was a clean minute.
They climbed through the town out of the protection given by the rows of apartments and across a bridge, Bramati now was clearly doing more of the work with Castresana coming through but not with the heart of his earlier efforts. As the went under the kilometre to go banner, Bramati was gesturing to the Catalan to keep going but to now avail. Simultaneously Mouncoutie (Cofidis) decided to leave the peloton and launched himself up the road in a last ditch bridging effort. Bramati was grinding in the saddle not as fluid as before, Castresana standing lightly on his pedals looking to take advantage of the Italian. The question was would he lose it all through his smart guy tactic? As they came within sight of the banner Bramati could only look over his shoulder and as expected Castresana went around him and headed for what now seemed like a close run victory. But Bramati would not give in and fought right to the line to take the spring from a disappointed and to say the least too smart for his own good, Catalonian. Mouncoutie just managed to stay away but Zabel finished on his wheel with the rest of the peloton strung out on the German's. The gap at the end on the TV was just five seconds. It could have been more if Castresana had collaborated just a little longer and it could have been nothing if the race had gone a little further up the street.
At the end Bramati stated that "Today I had the opportunity to try and attack, a chance that I didn't want to let slip me by. During the final I concentrated on giving my very all. There were 2 tricky sections during the final 5 kilometres where Castresana tried to make things difficult for me. Thankfully I resisted his forcing and went on to win. I am very happy with today's win and delighted with the work I am doing here in Spain in preparation for the Tour of Italy".
Tomorrow the Vuelta finishes in Zaragoza, with a Cat. 3 at 49 kms and the rest dowhill into town. Maybe we will get a fair dinkum sprint then, but the past two days have been ones for the long rangers. One thing is almost certain, Banesto will notch up their third consecutive stage race victory here on the Spanish circuit and the way the squad is firing at the moment it could go on from there.
Results
1 Davide Bramati (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 3.44.36 2 Angel Castresana (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 3 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis 0.07 4 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Telekom 5 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Team Coast 6 M.A. Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 7 Stefan Kupfernagel (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 8 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2r-Prevoyance 9 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 10 Gerhard Trampusch (Aut) Mapei-Quick Step 11 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) iBanesto.com 12 Serguei Smetanine (Rus) Costa del Almeria 13 Mario Scirea (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 14 Alexander Shefer (Kza) Alessio 15 Aitor Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 16 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) iBanesto.com 17 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Costa del Almeria 18 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 19 Miguel Martinez (Fra) Mapei-Quick Step 20 Bruno Castanheira (Por) L.A.-Pecol 21 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis 22 J.Manuel Vazquez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 23 Fernando Escartin (Spa) Team Coast 24 William Chann McRae (USA) US Postal Service 25 Sebastien Demarbaix (Bel) Ag2r-Prevoyance 26 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis 27 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) US Postal Service 28 Xavier Florencio (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 29 Michael Barry (Can) US Postal Service 30 Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 31 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 32 Cédric Fragniere (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 33 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 34 Eddy Ratti (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 35 David Arroyo (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 36 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 37 Kyrylo Pospyeyev (Ukr) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 38 David Cañada (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 0.15 39 Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal Service 40 Sergio Perez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 41 Iñigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2r-Prevoyance 42 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis 43 Marek Rutkiewicz (Pol) Cofidis 44 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2r-Prevoyance 45 Roberto Conti (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 46 Christian Charriere (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 47 Innar Mandoja (Est) Ag2r-Prevoyance 48 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Mapei-Quick Step 49 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Coast 50 Gustavo Toledo (Arg) Costa del Almeria 51 Dylan Casey (USA) US Postal Service 52 Andrei Zintchenko (Rus) L.A.-Pecol 53 Rolf Aldag (Ger) Team Telekom 54 José Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 55 Antonio Colom (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 56 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 57 Chris Peers (Bel) Cofidis 58 Alexandre Grux (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 59 Isaac Galvez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 60 Rafael Diaz Justo (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 61 Jose Rosa (Por) L.A.-Pecol 62 Aitor Garmendia (Spa) Team Coast 63 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis 64 Pedro Andrade (Por) L.A.-Pecol 65 Francisco José Lara (Spa) Team Coast 66 José Javier Gomez Gozalo (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 67 Daniele De Paoli (Ita) Alessio 0.24 68 Andrea Ferrigato (Ita) Alessio 69 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 70 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio 71 Agustín Peña Gago (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tol 0.29 72 José Luis Martinez (Spa) Costa del Almeria 0.36 73 Josu Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.38 74 Kai Hundertmark (Ger) Team Telekom 75 Kevin Livingston (USA) Team Telekom 76 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.40 77 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 78 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 1.13 79 David Herrero (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.23 80 José Julia (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 81 Jaime Hernandez (Spa) Team Coast 82 Alvaro Glez. Galdeano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 83 Joseba Beloki (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 84 Gorka Gerrikagoitia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 85 Aitor Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 86 Laurent Estadieu (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 87 José Garrido (Spa) Costa del Almeria 88 Juan Guillamon (Spa) Costa del Almeria 89 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) iBanesto.com 90 Fabrice Gougot (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.23 91 José Angel Vidal (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1.42 92 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 93 Iker Camaño (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 94 David Latasa (Spa) iBanesto.com 95 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio 96 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio 97 Pablo Lastras (Spa) iBanesto.com 3.29 98 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) iBanesto.com 99 J.Antonio Pecharroman (Spa) Costa del Almeria 7.00 100 Luis Perez (Spa) Team Coast 3.49 101 Thorsten Rund (Ger) Team Coast 5.04 102 Jorge Capitan Peregrina (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 6.20 103 David Vazquez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 104 Santiago Blanco (Spa) iBanesto.com 105 Juan Gomis (Spa) L.A.-Pecol 106 Ivan Herrero (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 107 Gaizka Lejarreta (Spa) L.A.-Pecol DNF Sven Teutenberg (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems DNF Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Alessio DNF Yon Bru (Spa) L.A.-Pecol DNF Andreas Klier (Ger) Team Telekom DNF Jan Schaffrath (Ger) Team Telekom DNF Matthew White (Aus) US Postal Service DNS Juan José De Los Angeles (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca Points 1 Davide Bramati (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 25 pts 2 Angel Castresana (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 20 3 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis 16 4 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Telekom 14 5 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Team Coast 12 6 M.A. Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina 10 7 Stefan Kupfernagel (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 9 8 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2r-Prevoyance 8 9 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 7 10 Gerhard Trampusch (Aut) Mapei-Quick Step 6 11 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) iBanesto.com 5 12 Serguei Smetanine (Rus) Costa del Almeria 4 13 Mario Scirea (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 3 14 Alexander Shefer (Kza) Alessio 2 15 Aitor Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 1 Mountains Alto de Orihuela - Cat. 3, km 70 1 Angel Castresana (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 5 pts 2 Davide Bramati (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 3 3 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Costa del Almeria 2 4 José Garrido (Spa) Costa del Almeria 1 Alto de Bronchales - Cat. 2, km 91 1 Angel Castresana (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 7 pts 2 Davide Bramati (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 5 3 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Costa del Almeria 4 4 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio 3 5 José Garrido (Spa) Costa del Almeria 2 6 J.Antonio Pecharroman (Spa) Costa del Almeria 1 Metas volantes Nogue - km 60.3 1 Angel Castresana (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 4 pts 2 Davide Bramati (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 2 3 Santiago Blanco (Spa) iBanesto.com 1 Sprint - km 88 1 Angel Castresana (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 4 pts 2 Davide Bramati (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 2 3 José Julia (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1 Teams 1 Mapei-Quick Step 11.14.02 2 Once - Eroski 3 IBanesto.com 0.07 4 Phonak Hearing Systems 5 Cofidis 6 Acqua & Sapone - Cantina Tollo 7 US Postal Service 8 Jazztel - Costa Almeria 9 AG2R Prevoyance 0.15 10 Team Coast 11 Relax - Fuenlabrada 12 LA - Pecol 0.23 13 Kelme - Costa Blanca 14 Alessio 0.41 15 Team Deutsche Telekom 0.46 16 Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.11 General classification after stage 4 1 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) iBanesto.com 16.14.41 2 Alexander Shefer (Kza) Alessio 0.29 3 Aitor Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 0.32 4 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis 0.44 5 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.50 6 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 0.53 7 Fernando Escartin (Spa) Team Coast 1.03 8 Cédric Fragniere (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.08 9 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis 1.14 10 Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 1.27 11 Sebastien Demarbaix (Bel) Ag2r-Prevoyance 1.41 12 Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal Service 1.49 13 Kyrylo Pospyeyev (Ukr) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Toll 1.52 14 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2r-Prevoyance 2.00 15 Roberto Conti (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 16 J.Manuel Vazquez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 2.05 17 Eddy Ratti (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 2.22 18 Gerhard Trampusch (Aut) Mapei-Quick Step 2.23 19 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) iBanesto.com 2.29 20 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis 2.59 21 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.04 22 Sergio Perez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 3.06 23 David Arroyo (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 3.08 24 J.Antonio Pecharroman (Spa) Costa del Almeria 3.11 25 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) US Postal Service 3.54 26 William Chann McRae (USA) US Postal Service 3.59 27 Michael Barry (Can) US Postal Service 28 Angel Castresana (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 4.20 29 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis 4.33 30 Bruno Castanheira (Por) L.A.-Pecol 4.36 31 Andrei Zintchenko (Rus) L.A.-Pecol 4.46 32 Pedro Andrade (Por) L.A.-Pecol 5.02 33 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Mapei-Quick Step 5.09 34 David Cañada (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 5.29 35 Luis Perez (Spa) Team Coast 5.41 36 Iñigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2r-Prevoyance 5.54 37 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis 5.55 38 Miguel Martinez (Fra) Mapei-Quick Step 6.27 39 Alvaro Glez. Galdeano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 6.52 40 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Costa del Almeria 6.59 41 Xavier Florencio (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 42 José Javier Gomez Gozalo (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 7.16 43 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Telekom 7.26 44 Rolf Aldag (Ger) Team Telekom 7.34 45 José Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 8.02 46 Christian Charriere (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 8.33 47 Aitor Garmendia (Spa) Team Coast 8.57 48 Francisco José Lara (Spa) Team Coast 9.11 49 Santiago Blanco (Spa) iBanesto.com 9.49 50 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 10.48 51 Andrea Ferrigato (Ita) Alessio 10.50 52 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 11.06 53 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) iBanesto.com 11.11 54 Rafael Diaz Justo (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 12.42 55 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 13.06 56 Aitor Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 13.18 57 David Herrero (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 14.09 58 Alexandre Grux (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 16.54 59 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio 17.28 60 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2r-Prevoyance 18.07 61 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 18.21 62 Iker Camaño (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 18.22 63 Antonio Colom (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 18.27 64 Serguei Smetanine (Rus) Costa del Almeria 18.37 65 M.A. Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantin 19.09 66 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 20.08 67 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio 20.12 68 Daniele De Paoli (Ita) Alessio 20.14 69 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio 20.37 70 Josu Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 20.51 71 Davide Bramati (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 21.41 72 Joseba Beloki (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 21.44 73 Dylan Casey (USA) US Postal Service 21.56 74 Gustavo Toledo (Arg) Costa del Almeria 22.43 75 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Team Coast 23.32 76 Stefan Kupfernagel (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 23.32 77 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 78 Mario Scirea (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 79 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 23.53 80 José Garrido (Spa) Costa del Almeria 24.37 81 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 24.39 82 Kai Hundertmark (Ger) Team Telekom 26.09 83 Jose Rosa (Por) L.A.-Pecol 26.42 84 José Julia (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 30.34 85 David Vazquez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 31.25 86 Gorka Gerrikagoitia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 32.03 87 Gaizka Lejarreta (Spa) L.A.-Pecol 32.09 88 Kevin Livingston (USA) Team Telekom 32.52 89 Chris Peers (Bel) Cofidis 33.07 90 José Luis Martinez (Spa) Costa del Almeria 33.28 91 Marek Rutkiewicz (Pol) Cofidis 33.43 92 Juan Guillamon (Spa) Costa del Almeria 34.15 93 José Angel Vidal (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 35.11 94 Thorsten Rund (Ger) Team Coast 35.20 95 Innar Mandoja (Est) Ag2r-Prevoyance 35.29 96 Jaime Hernandez (Spa) Team Coast 35.59 97 Fabrice Gougot (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 35.59 98 Isaac Galvez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 36.31 99 Agustín Peña Gago (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tol 38.32 100 Laurent Estadieu (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 39.58 101 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Coast 41.10 102 David Latasa (Spa) iBanesto.com 43.09 103 Pablo Lastras (Spa) iBanesto.com 43.16 104 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) iBanesto.com 44.56 105 Juan Gomis (Spa) L.A.-Pecol 46.07 106 Jorge Capitan Peregrina (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 46.07 107 Ivan Herrero (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 47.54 Points classification 1 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) iBanesto.com 50 pts 2 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Telekom 39 3 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 38 4 Davide Bramati (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 36 5 Angel Castresana (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 34 6 Alexander Shefer (Kza) Alessio 34 7 M.A. Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina 32 8 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio 31 9 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis 26 10 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Team Coast 26 11 Aitor Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 25 12 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis 21 13 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tol 20 14 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 17 15 Santiago Blanco (Spa) iBanesto.com 15 16 Stefan Kupfernagel (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 14 17 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2r-Prevoyance 13 18 Cédric Fragniere (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 12 19 Josu Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10 20 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 10 21 Fernando Escartin (Spa) Team Coast 9 22 Eddy Ratti (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 8 23 Andrea Ferrigato (Ita) Alessio 8 24 Gerhard Trampusch (Aut) Mapei-Quick Step 8 25 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2r-Prevoyance 8 Mountains classification 1 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Costa del Almeria 30 pts 2 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio 29 3 José Garrido (Spa) Costa del Almeria 24 4 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) iBanesto.com 20 5 Gustavo Toledo (Arg) Costa del Almeria 19 6 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 18 7 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis 17 8 Aitor Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 16 9 Alexander Shefer (Kza) Alessio 14 10 Alvaro Glez. Galdeano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 13 11 Angel Castresana (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 12 12 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 10 13 David Latasa (Spa) iBanesto.com 10 14 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 9 15 Fernando Escartin (Spa) Team Coast 9 16 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 8 17 Davide Bramati (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 8 18 Cédric Fragniere (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 7 19 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis 7 20 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis 7 21 Sebastien Demarbaix (Bel) Ag2r-Prevoyance 6 22 Santiago Blanco (Spa) iBanesto.com 6 23 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) US Postal Service 5 24 Luis Perez (Spa) Team Coast 5 25 Bruno Castanheira (Por) L.A.-Pecol Most consistent classification 1 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) iBanesto.com 6 2 Alexander Shefer (Kza) Alessio 17 3 Aitor Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 22 4 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 22 5 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis 25 6 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 32 7 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis 35 8 Fernando Escartin (Spa) Team Coast 43 9 Cédric Fragniere (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 44 10 Angel Castresana (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 44 11 Sebastien Demarbaix (Bel) Ag2r-Prevoyance 58 12 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio 69 13 Eddy Ratti (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 71 14 Alvaro Glez. Galdeano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 77 15 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Costa del Almeria 79 16 Santiago Blanco (Spa) iBanesto.com 86 17 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 87 18 J.Antonio Pecharroman (Spa) Costa del Almeria 89 19 Davide Bramati (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 92 20 Luis Perez (Spa) Team Coast 95 21 M.A. Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantin 98 22 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2r-Prevoyance 114 23 José Garrido (Spa) Costa del Almeria 116 24 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) iBanesto.com 130 25 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio Teams classification 1 IBanesto.com 48.46.42 2 Cofidis 1.07 3 Once - Eroski 4.12 4 Mapei-Quick Step 5.13 5 AG2R Prevoyance 5.21 6 US Postal Service 6.55 7 Phonak Hearing Systems 7.44 8 Relax - Fuenlabrada 7.53 9 Kelme - Costa Blanca 7.56 10 Team Coast 8.29 11 Alessio 8.48 12 Acqua & Sapone - Cantina Tollo 10.30 13 LA - Pecol 11.45 14 Euskaltel - Euskadi 21.19 15 Jazztel - Costa Almeria 26.08 16 Team Deutsche Telekom 34.02
