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40th Setmana-Catalana - 2.1
Spain, March 24-28, 2003
Stage 1 - March 24: Lloret De Mar - Lloret De Mar, 146.7 km
Zabel returns to winning form
By Chris Henry
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Erik Zabel (Telekom) won today's opening stage of the Setmana-Catalana in convincing style, making amends for his miss at Saturday's Milan-San Remo. Many riders may have tired legs two days after the longest of the World Cup classics, but Zabel is not one of them. With a perfect leadout by German national champion Danilo Hondo, he showed his rivals who was in command of the first bunch sprint of the week, winning by nearly five bike lengths ahead of Phonak's Alexandre Usov and Peter Wrolich of Gerolsteiner.
The stage included two climbs, including the Cat. 1 Alto de Sant Grau, but with the finish some 20 kilometres from the final summit, a mass sprint was an easy bet. An early break of three riders, Josep Jufre (Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada), Egoi Martinez (Euskaltel-Euskadi), and Joaquin Rodriguez (ONCE-Eroski), managed some time ahead of the field, but the move was not considered serious by the peloton. Eventually, as the final climb drew near, the three were reeled in.
No decisive moves went clear on the Alto de Sant Grau, setting the stage for a flurry of attacks on the descent as a number of riders tried to deny the sprinters their day in the sun. Following a short solo effort from a Labarque2-Café Baqué rider, Phonak's Gonzalo Bayarri went clear along with iBanesto.com's José Ivan Gutierrez. The game of attack and counter attack continued for the full length of the descent from the San Grau, but on wide, smooth roads, nobody could break the clutches of the peloton.
Although not a categorised climb, a steady rise after the descent of the San Grau provided another possible springboard, and Euskaltel's Iñigo Landaluze held the bunch at bay for several minutes, before he too was swept up by field, driven by the Kelme team which was working for its sprinter Isaac Galvez.
Once a sprint finish appeared to be the order of the day, Team Telekom, which had been content to let the other teams fight off the numerous attacks, finally emerged from the shadows to take command. Giuseppe Guerini began the push to the finish with 4 km remaining, followed by Danilo Hondo and Erik Zabel. Except for a brief incursion from Team Coast at the front, no team would interfere with Zabel's plans. Hondo entered the final corner first with Zabel glued to his wheel and began a royal leadout from which Zabel emerged to win the stage.
There was no response to the German's acceleration, and out of disappointment in San Remo came Zabel's eighth career stage win in the Setmana Catalana. Zabel was all smiles on the podium as he accepted the stage winner's prize, the points jersey, and the first leader's jersey of the week-long race.
Results
1 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Telekom 3.25.15 (42.88 km/h) 2 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems 3 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 4 Gonzalo Bayarri (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 5 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 6 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Team Telekom 7 Addy Engels (Ned) Rabobank 8 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 9 Beat Zberg (Swi) Rabobank 10 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 11 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 12 Rafael Casero (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 13 J.Antonio Flecha (Spa) iBanesto.com 14 Raphael Schweda (Ger) Team Coast 15 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Lampre 16 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 17 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 18 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 19 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Team Saeco 20 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Lampre 21 José Jufre (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 22 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 23 Koldo Gil (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 24 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 25 Angel Castresana (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 26 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 27 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Team Saeco 28 José Iván Gutierrez (Spa) iBanesto.com 29 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC 30 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 31 Francisco José Lara (Spa) Team Coast 32 Udo Bölts (Ger) Gerolsteiner 33 Egoitz Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 34 Marcos Serrano (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 35 Ronald Mutsaars (Ned) Rabobank 36 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 37 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 38 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank 39 José Azevedo (Por) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 40 David Arroyo (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 41 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 42 Francisco Vila (Spa) Lampre 43 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 44 Gustavo Otero (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 45 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Team Coast 46 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Team Saeco 47 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Team Saeco 48 David Latasa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 49 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) iBanesto.com 50 José Maestre (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 51 Iker Camaño (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 52 Thorsten Rund (Ger) Team Coast 53 Aitor Kintana (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 54 Gianni Faresin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 55 Juan José De Los Angeles (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 56 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 57 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Team Saeco 58 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 59 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 60 Ivan Parra (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 61 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) iBanesto.com 62 Bobby Julich (USA) Team Telekom 63 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 64 Sergio Barbero (Ita) Lampre 65 J.Manuel Vazquez (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 66 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Fassa Bortolo 67 Domingo Sanchez (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 68 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 69 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) iBanesto.com 70 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 71 Adolfo Garcia Quesada (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 72 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) iBanesto.com 73 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems 74 José Javier Gomez Gozalo (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 75 Joaquin Lopez (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 76 Santiago Blanco (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 77 Eddy Ratti (Ita) Lampre 78 José Luis Martinez (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 79 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Team Telekom 0.33 80 Jon Odriozola (Spa) iBanesto.com 1.30 81 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) Team Telekom 82 Gorka Arrizabalaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 83 Francisco Cerezo (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 3.45 84 Cesar Garcia Calvo (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 85 Igor Glez. Galdeano (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 86 Joseba Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 87 Stefan Kupfernagel (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 88 Leonardo Navarrete (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 89 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 90 Ivan Herrero (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 91 Igor Pugaci (Mda) Team Saeco 92 Steffen Kjaergaard (Nor) US Postal presented by Berry Floo 93 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Lampre 10.02 94 Jakob Storm Piil (Den) Team CSC 95 Christian Vandevelde (USA) US Postal presented by Berry Fl 96 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 97 David Plaza (Spa) Team Coast 98 Jordi Riera (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 99 Isaac Galvez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 100 Javier Pascual Llorente (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 101 Juan Miguel Cuenca (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 102 Angel Casero (Spa) Team Coast 103 Thomas Bruun (Den) Team CSC 104 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 105 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 106 Juan Guillamon (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 107 David Fernandez (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 108 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Team Saeco 109 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 110 Milan Kadlec (Cze) Lampre 111 Jaime Hernandez (Spa) Team Coast 112 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) iBanesto.com 113 Andrea Tafi (Ita) Team CSC 114 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 115 Unai Elorriaga (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 116 Xavier Tondo (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 117 Gorka Beloki (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 118 Denis Bertolini (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems 11.13 119 Jimmi Madsen (Den) Team CSC 120 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Lampre 121 Christian Werner (Ger) Team Telekom 122 Ichael Barry (Can) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 123 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 124 J.Antonio Pecharroman (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 125 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Rabobank 126 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 127 Michael Rich (Ger) Gerolsteiner 128 Geert Van Bondt (Bel) Team CSC 129 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Team Telekom 130 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Gerolsteiner 131 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Team Telekom 132 Aitor Garmendia (Spa) Team Coast 133 Robert Forster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 17.00 134 Nicola Gavazzi (Ita) Team Saeco DNS Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal presented by Berry Floor Points 1 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Telekom 25 pts 2 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems 20 3 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 16 4 Gonzalo Bayarri (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 14 5 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 12 6 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Team Telekom 10 7 Addy Engels (Ned) Rabobank 9 8 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 8 9 Beat Zberg (Swi) Rabobank 7 10 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6 11 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 5 12 Rafael Casero (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 4 13 J.Antonio Flecha (Spa) iBanesto.com 3 14 Raphael Schweda (Ger) Team Coast 2 15 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Lampre 1 Mountains Alto de Lloret - Cat. 3, km 3 1 Igor Pugaci (Mda) Team Saeco 6 pts 2 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 4 3 Unai Elorriaga (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 2 4 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 1 Alt de Sant Grau - Cat. 1, km 107 1 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 16 pts 2 Egoitz Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 12 3 José Jufre (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 10 4 Aitor Kintana (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 8 5 Joaquin Lopez (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 5 6 Stefan Kupfernagel (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 4 7 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3 8 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 2 9 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) iBanesto.com 1 Metas volantes Lloret de Mar - km 79.5 1 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 4 pts 2 Robert Forster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2 3 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 1 Tossa de Mar - km 134.4 1 José Iván Gutierrez (Spa) iBanesto.com 4 pts 2 Gonzalo Bayarri (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 2 3 Addy Engels (Ned) Rabobank 1 Combination Calasparra, km 103.8 1 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank 3 pts 2 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2 3 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Fassa Bortolo 1 Cieza, km 131 1 Beat Zberg (Swi) Rabobank 3 pts 2 Robert Forster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2 3 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Fassa Bortolo 1 Teams 1 Phonak Hearing Systems 10.15.45 2 Rabobank 3 Once - Eroski 4 Euskaltel - Euskadi 5 Team Telekom 6 Colchon Relax - Fuenlabrada 7 Lampre 8 Fassa Bortolo 9 Team Gerolsteiner 10 IBanesto.com 11 Team Coast 12 Saeco - Longoni Sport 13 Paternina - Costa de Almeria 14 US Postal Service 15 Labarca-2 Cafe Baque 16 Kelme - Costa Blanca 17 Team CSC 20.04 General classification after stage 1 1 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Telekom 3.25.15 2 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems 3 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 4 Gonzalo Bayarri (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 5 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 6 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Team Telekom 7 Addy Engels (Ned) Rabobank 8 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 9 Beat Zberg (Swi) Rabobank 10 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 11 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 12 Rafael Casero (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 13 J.Antonio Flecha (Spa) iBanesto.com 14 Raphael Schweda (Ger) Team Coast 15 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Lampre 16 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 17 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 18 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 19 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Team Saeco 20 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Lampre 21 José Jufre (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 22 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 23 Koldo Gil (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 24 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 25 Angel Castresana (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 26 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 27 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Team Saeco 28 José Iván Gutierrez (Spa) iBanesto.com 29 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC 30 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 31 Francisco José Lara (Spa) Team Coast 32 Udo Bölts (Ger) Gerolsteiner 33 Egoitz Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 34 Marcos Serrano (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 35 Ronald Mutsaars (Ned) Rabobank 36 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 37 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 38 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank 39 José Azevedo (Por) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 40 David Arroyo (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 41 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 42 Francisco Vila (Spa) Lampre 43 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 44 Gustavo Otero (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 45 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Team Coast 46 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Team Saeco 47 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Team Saeco 48 David Latasa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 49 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) iBanesto.com 50 José Maestre (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 51 Iker Camaño (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 52 Thorsten Rund (Ger) Team Coast 53 Aitor Kintana (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 54 Gianni Faresin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 55 Juan José De Los Angeles (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 56 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 57 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Team Saeco 58 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 59 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 60 Ivan Parra (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 61 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) iBanesto.com 62 Bobby Julich (USA) Team Telekom 63 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 64 Sergio Barbero (Ita) Lampre 65 J.Manuel Vazquez (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 66 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Fassa Bortolo 67 Domingo Sanchez (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 68 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 69 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) iBanesto.com 70 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 71 Adolfo Garcia Quesada (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 72 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) iBanesto.com 73 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems 74 José Javier Gomez Gozalo (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 75 Joaquin Lopez (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 76 Santiago Blanco (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 77 Eddy Ratti (Ita) Lampre 78 José Luis Martinez (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 79 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Team Telekom 0.33 80 Jon Odriozola (Spa) iBanesto.com 1.30 81 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) Team Telekom 82 Gorka Arrizabalaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 83 Francisco Cerezo (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 3.45 84 Cesar Garcia Calvo (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 85 Igor Glez. Galdeano (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 86 Joseba Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 87 Stefan Kupfernagel (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 88 Leonardo Navarrete (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 89 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 90 Ivan Herrero (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 91 Igor Pugaci (Mda) Team Saeco 92 Steffen Kjaergaard (Nor) US Postal presented by Berry Floo 93 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Lampre 10.02 94 Jakob Storm Piil (Den) Team CSC 95 Christian Vandevelde (USA) US Postal presented by Berry Fl 96 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 97 David Plaza (Spa) Team Coast 98 Jordi Riera (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 99 Isaac Galvez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 100 Javier Pascual Llorente (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 101 Juan Miguel Cuenca (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 102 Angel Casero (Spa) Team Coast 103 Thomas Bruun (Den) Team CSC 104 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 105 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 106 Juan Guillamon (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 107 David Fernandez (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 108 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Team Saeco 109 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 110 Milan Kadlec (Cze) Lampre 111 Jaime Hernandez (Spa) Team Coast 112 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) iBanesto.com 113 Andrea Tafi (Ita) Team CSC 114 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 115 Unai Elorriaga (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 116 Xavier Tondo (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 117 Gorka Beloki (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 118 Denis Bertolini (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems 11.13 119 Jimmi Madsen (Den) Team CSC 120 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Lampre 121 Christian Werner (Ger) Team Telekom 122 Ichael Barry (Can) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 123 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 124 J.Antonio Pecharroman (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 125 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Rabobank 126 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 127 Michael Rich (Ger) Gerolsteiner 128 Geert Van Bondt (Bel) Team CSC 129 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Team Telekom 130 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Gerolsteiner 131 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Team Telekom 132 Aitor Garmendia (Spa) Team Coast 133 Robert Forster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 17.00 134 Nicola Gavazzi (Ita) Team Saeco Points classification 1 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Telekom 25 pts 2 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems 20 3 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 16 4 Gonzalo Bayarri (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 16 5 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 12 6 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Team Telekom 10 7 Addy Engels (Ned) Rabobank 10 8 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 8 9 Beat Zberg (Swi) Rabobank 7 10 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6 11 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 5 12 José Iván Gutierrez (Spa) iBanesto.com 4 13 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 4 14 Rafael Casero (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 4 15 J.Antonio Flecha (Spa) iBanesto.com 3 16 Raphael Schweda (Ger) Team Coast 2 17 Robert Forster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2 18 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Lampre 1 19 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 1 Mountains classification 1 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 16 pts 2 Egoitz Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 12 3 José Jufre (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 10 4 Aitor Kintana (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 8 5 Igor Pugaci (Mda) Team Saeco 6 6 Joaquin Lopez (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 5 7 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 4 8 Stefan Kupfernagel (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 4 9 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3 10 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 2 11 Unai Elorriaga (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 2 12 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 1 13 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) iBanesto.com 1 Combination classification 1 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 23 pts 2 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 48 Teams classification 1 Phonak Hearing Systems 10.15.45 2 Rabobank 3 Once - Eroski 4 Euskaltel - Euskadi 5 Team Telekom 6 Colchon Relax - Fuenlabrada 7 Lampre 8 Fassa Bortolo 9 Team Gerolsteiner 10 IBanesto.com 11 Team Coast 12 Saeco - Longoni Sport 13 Paternina - Costa de Almeria 14 US Postal Service 15 Labarca-2 Cafe Baque 16 Kelme - Costa Blanca 17 Team CSC 20.04
