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23rd Vuelta a Murcia - 2.3
Spain, March 5-9, 2003
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Stage 3 - March 7: Caravaca - Caravaca, 160.8 km
First season win for Zabel
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World number one Erik Zabel (Telekom) has won his first race of the season, taking the third stage of the Vuelta a Murcia in Caravaca. The German sprint specialist beat Swiss Beat Zberg (Rabobank), with Vlaanderen-T Interim's Nico Sijmens taking third place. The overall lead remained with Kelme's Javier Pascual Llorente.
Today's stage was run at a fast pace from the beginning, with the sprinters' first goal being the intermediate sprint at kilometre 4.5. That was won by Kelme's Alejandro Valverde (also in 2nd on GC), followed by Massimo Strazzer (Phonak) and David Etxebarria (Euskaltel). After several early attacks, US Postal's Victor Hugo Peņa and Rafael Díaz (ONCE-Eroski) succeeded in slipping off the front after 15 km. The pair stayed away over the Alto De Doņa Ines (Cat. 3, km 23), which was won by Peņa, but the peloton was closing in at 13 seconds behind.
Diaz went back to the peloton, while Peņa continued for another 15 km before everything came back together. The Colombian won this race last year, but lost 1'20 yesterday and will more than likely not be in contention for the overall in Sunday's time trial.
A group of 13 riders escaped almost immediately after Peņa was caught, containing Alvaro Gonzalez (ONCE), Mariano Piccoli (LAmpre), Luis Perez (Team Coast) and Antonio Colom (Fuenlabrada), among others. When they were caught 10 km later, a new group formed in front with Iban Mayo (Euskaltel), Pietro Caucchioli (Alessio), Kevin De Weert (Rabobank), Carlos Torrent (Paternina-Costa Almeria), Denis Lunghi (Alessio), Alvaro Gonzalez (ONCE) and Hector Guerra (Fuenlabrada). These seven were more successful than any previous breakaway attempt, and reached a 2'53 lead by km 93.
The seven were reduced to four after 87 kilometres, with only De Weert, Gonzalez, Lunghi and Torrent remaining in front. Torrent and Lunghi were first to the top of the Cat. 1 Alto Campo de San Juan (km 110), followed by Santi Blanco, Alvaro Gonzalez and Victor Peņa, who formed a new group of 5 in the lead. The peloton let them have up to 1'40 lead, but this proved to be not enough as they were caught with 1 km to go.
The 84 man sprint saw Erik Zabel power home at last to record his first season win, ahead of Beat Zberg and Nico Sijmens. Zabel, who has never raced in the Vuelta a Murcia before, said before the race that he was using it as preparation for Milan-San Remo, as it does not clash with Tirreno Adriatico this year.
Tomorrow's fourth stage is another uphill finish, taking the riders from Cartagena to Alto de La Santa, over 167.0 km. The final climb is not as tough as in stage 2, and only rates as a Category 3 climb.
Results
1 Erik Zabel (Ger) Telekom 3.42.36 (43.34 km/h) 2 Beat Zberg (Swi) Rabobank 3 Nico Sijmens (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 4 Stefan Kupfernagel (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 5 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Saunier Duval-Sidermec 6 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Labarca 2-Cafe Baque 7 Francisco Gutierrez (Spa) Labarca 2-Cafe Baque 8 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre 9 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Paternina-Costa Almeria 10 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 11 Gerhard Trampusch (Aut) Gerolsteiner 12 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 0.02 13 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Gerolsteiner 14 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 15 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 16 David Lopez (Spa) Labarca 2-Cafe Baque 17 Addy Engels (Ned) Rabobank 18 Javier Pascual Llorente (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 19 Isidro Nozal (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 20 Carlos Golbano (Spa) Paternina-Costa Almeria 21 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 22 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Sidermec 23 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 24 Jose Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) iBanesto.com 25 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Saunier Duval-Sidermec 26 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 27 Frederik Willems (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 28 Domingo Segado (Spa) Paternina-Costa Almeria 29 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 30 Juan Carlos Guillamon (Spa) Paternina-Costa Almeria 31 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 32 Rafael Diaz (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 33 Francisco Jose Lara (Spa) Team Coast 34 Cadel Evans (Aus) Telekom 35 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 36 Steffen Kjaergaard (Nor) US Postal presented by Berry F 37 Xabier Zandio (Spa) iBanesto.com 38 Rene Andrle (Cze) ONCE-Eroski 39 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Alessio 40 Hector Guerra (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 41 Jan Hruska (Cze) ONCE-Eroski 42 Jhonathan Gonzalez (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 43 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 44 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 45 Francisco Palacios (Spa) Labarca 2-Cafe Baque 46 Uwe Hardter (Ger) Gerolsteiner 47 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank 48 David Kopp (Ger) Telekom 49 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal presented by Berry Floo 50 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Alessio 51 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Rabobank 52 Jose Luis Martinez (Spa) Paternina-Costa Almeria 53 Jef Peeters (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 54 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 55 Rudolf Wentzel (RSA) Vlaanderen-T Interim 56 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 57 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 58 Gorka Beloki (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 59 Win Van Huffel (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 60 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) iBanesto.com 61 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal presented by Berry Floo 62 Santiago Blanco (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 63 Raimondas Rumsas (Ltu) Lampre 64 Antonio Colom (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 65 Victor Hugo Peņa (Col) US Postal presented by Berry Flo 66 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Team Coast 67 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 68 Jose Luis Arrieta (Spa) iBanesto.com 69 David Navas (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 70 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 71 Jose Cayetano Julia (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 72 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Lampre 73 Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 74 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Saunier Duval-Sidermec 75 Gianni Faresin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 76 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) iBanesto.com 77 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) iBanesto.com 78 Steven Kleynen (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 79 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Paternina-Costa Almeria 80 Joaquim Lopez (Spa) Paternina-Costa Almeria 81 Juan Miguel Cuenca (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 82 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio 83 Luis Perez (Spa) Team Coast 84 Lander Euba (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 85 Alvaro Gonzalez (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 0.19 86 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Telekom 0.29 87 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Telekom 88 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) Telekom 0.41 89 Denis Lunghi (Ita) Alessio 0.57 90 Ivan Herrero (Spa) Labarca 2-Cafe Baque 3.34 91 Stefano Casagranda (Ita) Alessio 7.48 92 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Saunier Duval-Sidermec 93 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio 94 Jaime Hernandez (Spa) Team Coast 95 Massimo Apollonio (Ita) Saunier Duval-Sidermec 96 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre 97 Michael Barry (Can) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 98 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 99 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner 100 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal presented by Berry Flo 101 Dirk Reichl (Ger) Telekom 102 Jon Odriozola (Spa) iBanesto.com 103 Matthew Gilmore (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 104 Milan Kadlec (Cze) Lampre 105 Thorsten Rund (Ger) Team Coast 106 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Lampre 107 Michael Rich (Ger) Gerolsteiner 108 Unai Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 109 Aitor Garmendia (Spa) Team Coast 110 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Saunier Duval-Sidermec 111 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 112 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 113 Marcelino Garcia (Spa) Labarca 2-Cafe Baque 114 Leandro Navarrete (Spa) Labarca 2-Cafe Baque 115 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Lampre 116 Angel Luis Casero (Spa) Team Coast 117 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Team Coast 118 Jose Manuel Maestre (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 119 Davide Casarotto (Ita) Alessio 120 German Nieto (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 121 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 18.37 122 Massimo Strazzer (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems 123 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 124 Jesus Maria Manzano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 125 David Muņoz (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca Points 1 Erik Zabel (Ger) Telekom 25 pts 2 Beat Zberg (Swi) Rabobank 20 3 Nico Sijmens (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 16 4 Stefan Kupfernagel (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 14 5 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Saunier Duval-Sidermec 12 6 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Labarca 2-Cafe Baque 10 7 Francisco Gutierrez (Spa) Labarca 2-Cafe Baque 9 8 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre 8 9 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Paternina-Costa Almeria 7 10 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6 11 Gerhard Trampusch (Aut) Gerolsteiner 5 12 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 4 13 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Gerolsteiner 3 14 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 2 15 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 1 Mountains Alto De Doņa Ines - Cat. 3 km 23.80 1 Victor Hugo Peņa (Col) US Postal presented by Berry Floo 3 pts 2 Rafael Diaz (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 2 3 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Saunier Duval-Sidermec 1 Alto De San Juan - Cat. 1, km 110.00 1 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Paternina-Costa Almeria 10 pts 2 Denis Lunghi (Ita) Alessio 8 3 Alvaro Gonzalez (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 6 4 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Rabobank 4 5 Santiago Blanco (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 2 6 Victor Hugo Peņa (Col) US Postal presented by Berry Floo 1 Metas volantes Cehegin, km 4.50 1 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 3 pts 2 Massimo Strazzer (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems 2 3 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 Archivel, km 141.50 1 Victor Hugo Peņa (Col) US Postal presented by Berry Floo 3 pts 2 Santiago Blanco (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 2 3 Alvaro Gonzalez (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 1 Teams 1 Labarca 2-Cafe Baque 11.07.50 2 Gerolsteiner 3 Rabobank 0.02 4 Saunier Duval-Sidermec 5 Paternina-Costa Almeria 6 Vlaanderen-Tinterim 7 Phonak Hearing Systems 8 Telekom 9 Lampre 10 Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 0.04 11 ONCE-Eroski 12 Kelme-Costa Blanca 13 iBanesto.com 14 Euskaltel-Euskadi 15 US Postal presented by Berry Floor 16 Alessio 17 Team Coast General classification after stage 3 1 Javier Pascual Llorente (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 11.28.20 2 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 0.07 3 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4 Jose Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) iBanesto.com 0.20 5 Cadel Evans (Aus) Telekom 0.25 6 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) iBanesto.com 0.26 7 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Lampre 0.31 8 Santiago Blanco (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 9 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.33 10 Jose Luis Martinez (Spa) Paternina-Costa Almeria 11 Beat Zberg (Swi) Rabobank 0.39 12 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Labarca 2-Cafe Baque 0.45 13 Gerhard Trampusch (Aut) Gerolsteiner 14 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 0.46 15 Addy Engels (Ned) Rabobank 0.47 16 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 17 Jan Hruska (Cze) ONCE-Eroski 18 Raimondas Rumsas (Ltu) Lampre 19 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.52 20 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank 21 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 22 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 23 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Alessio 0.57 24 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 1.06 25 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Alessio 26 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 1.09 27 Frederik Willems (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 28 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 29 Jose Cayetano Julia (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 30 Domingo Segado (Spa) Paternina-Costa Almeria 1.12 31 Isidro Nozal (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 1.18 32 David Lopez (Spa) Labarca 2-Cafe Baque 1.20 33 Victor Hugo Peņa (Col) US Postal presented by Berry Flo 1.23 34 Erik Zabel (Ger) Telekom 1.25 35 Juan Carlos Guillamon (Spa) Paternina-Costa Almeria 1.26 36 Jhonathan Gonzalez (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 37 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Saunier Duval-Sidermec 1.31 38 Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 1.33 39 Win Van Huffel (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 40 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) iBanesto.com 1.36 41 Francisco Palacios (Spa) Labarca 2-Cafe Baque 42 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal presented by Berry Floo 43 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.48 44 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Paternina-Costa Almeria 45 Rene Andrle (Cze) ONCE-Eroski 46 Joaquim Lopez (Spa) Paternina-Costa Almeria 47 Rudolf Wentzel (RSA) Vlaanderen-T Interim 2.00 48 Nico Sijmens (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 2.03 49 Jef Peeters (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 50 Francisco Gutierrez (Spa) Labarca 2-Cafe Baque 2.07 51 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Saunier Duval-Sidermec 2.09 52 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 53 Xabier Zandio (Spa) iBanesto.com 54 David Navas (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 55 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Telekom 2.15 56 Juan Miguel Cuenca (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2.20 57 Steven Kleynen (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 2.24 58 Carlos Golbano (Spa) Paternina-Costa Almeria 2.27 59 Rafael Diaz (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 2.34 60 Francisco Jose Lara (Spa) Team Coast 61 Steffen Kjaergaard (Nor) US Postal presented by Berry F 62 Gianni Faresin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 63 Uwe Hardter (Ger) Gerolsteiner 64 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Paternina-Costa Almeria 2.48 65 Gorka Beloki (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 3.12 66 Jose Luis Arrieta (Spa) iBanesto.com 67 Alvaro Gonzalez (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 3.19 68 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.23 69 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Saunier Duval-Sidermec 3.26 70 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 3.28 71 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 72 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Sidermec 73 Antonio Colom (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 74 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Telekom 3.43 75 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) iBanesto.com 4.08 76 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio 4.17 77 Lander Euba (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.21 78 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) Telekom 4.24 79 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 4.51 80 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal presented by Berry Floo 5.47 81 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Rabobank 82 Hector Guerra (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 83 David Kopp (Ger) Telekom 84 Luis Perez (Spa) Team Coast 85 Stefan Kupfernagel (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 6.42 86 Denis Lunghi (Ita) Alessio 87 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Team Coast 7.02 88 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Gerolsteiner 8.32 89 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre 8.33 90 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 9.12 91 Jose Manuel Maestre (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 9.22 92 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Saunier Duval-Sidermec 9.44 93 Jaime Hernandez (Spa) Team Coast 11.14 94 Thorsten Rund (Ger) Team Coast 95 Dirk Reichl (Ger) Telekom 11.57 96 Milan Kadlec (Cze) Lampre 12.01 97 Jon Odriozola (Spa) iBanesto.com 12.35 98 Ivan Herrero (Spa) Labarca 2-Cafe Baque 12.40 99 Matthew Gilmore (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 13.08 100 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre 13.23 101 German Nieto (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 13.33 102 Stefano Casagranda (Ita) Alessio 103 Michael Barry (Can) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 104 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner 105 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Lampre 106 Michael Rich (Ger) Gerolsteiner 107 Marcelino Garcia (Spa) Labarca 2-Cafe Baque 108 Angel Luis Casero (Spa) Team Coast 109 Massimo Apollonio (Ita) Saunier Duval-Sidermec 14.30 110 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 111 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 112 Davide Casarotto (Ita) Alessio 113 Unai Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 114 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Team Coast 14.44 115 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio 14.48 116 Aitor Garmendia (Spa) Team Coast 117 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Saunier Duval-Sidermec 14.52 118 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Lampre 15.15 119 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal presented by Berry Flo 16.19 120 Leandro Navarrete (Spa) Labarca 2-Cafe Baque 16.54 121 David Muņoz (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 21.09 122 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 24.22 123 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 25.19 124 Jesus Maria Manzano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 125 Massimo Strazzer (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems 27.08 Points classification 1 Erik Zabel (Ger) Telekom 45 pts 2 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 35 3 Beat Zberg (Swi) Rabobank 26 4 Javier Pascual Llorente (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 25 5 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre 25 6 Nico Sijmens (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 24 7 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Labarca 2-Cafe Baque 22 8 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 20 9 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Team Coast 16 10 Massimo Strazzer (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems 14 11 Jose Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) iBanesto.com 14 12 Stefan Kupfernagel (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 14 13 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio 14 14 Cadel Evans (Aus) Telekom 12 15 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 12 16 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Saunier Duval-Sidermec 12 17 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) iBanesto.com 10 18 Santiago Blanco (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 9 19 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 9 20 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Lampre 9 21 Francisco Gutierrez (Spa) Labarca 2-Cafe Baque 9 22 Jose Luis Martinez (Spa) Paternina-Costa Almeria 8 23 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre 8 24 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Paternina-Costa Almeria 7 25 Massimo Apollonio (Ita) Saunier Duval-Sidermec 7 Mountains classification 1 Javier Pascual Llorente (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 10 pts 2 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Paternina-Costa Almeria 10 3 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8 4 Denis Lunghi (Ita) Alessio 8 5 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 6 6 Alvaro Gonzalez (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 6 7 Victor Hugo Peņa (Col) US Postal presented by Berry Floo 4 8 Jose Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) iBanesto.com 4 9 Juan Carlos Guillamon (Spa) Paternina-Costa Almeria 4 10 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Rabobank 4 11 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Gerolsteiner 3 Combination classification 1 Javier Pascual Llorente (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 4 pts 2 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 7 3 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8 4 Jose Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) iBanesto.com 15 5 Cadel Evans (Aus) Telekom 22 6 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) iBanesto.com 27 7 Jose Luis Martinez (Spa) Paternina-Costa Almeria 34 8 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Gerolsteiner 155 9 Pedro Diaz Lobato (Spa) Paternina-Costa Almeria 159 10 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Lampre 20 11 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Labarca 2-Cafe Baque 22 Teams classification 1 Kelme-Costa Blanca 34.26.39 2 Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 0.27 3 iBanesto.com 0.43 4 Rabobank 0.45 5 Gerolsteiner 1.27 6 Paternina-Costa Almeria 1.30 7 Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.35 8 Phonak Hearing Systems 1.49 9 ONCE-Eroski 1.52 10 Labarca 2-Cafe Baque 2.00 11 Vlaanderen-Tinterim 2.10 12 Telekom 2.15 13 US Postal presented by Berry Floor 2.56 14 Saunier Duval-Sidermec 3.35 15 Lampre 3.52 16 Alessio 4.41 17 Team Coast 7.51
