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40th Setmana-Catalana - 2.1
Spain, March 24-28, 2003
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Stage 4 - March 27: Parets Del Vallés - Coll De Pal (Bagá), 144 km
On a chilly summit, Frigo shows he's hot
By Chris Henry
On what should be the decisive stage of this year's race, Dario Frigo showed himself to be the top contender for the overall classification, giving Fassa Bortolo its second stage win in the process. Forced to withdraw from Paris-Nice after assuming the race lead in a time trial, Frigo bounced back in Spain to climb into the Setmana Catalana leader's yellow jersey with just one stage remaining, as the 19.5 km climb of the Coll de Pal provided the first real mountain test of the season for a number of riders with even bigger ambitions in the coming months.
There's no doubt that the expected protagonists of today's stage, including Lance Armstrong, Levi Leipheimer, Gilberto Simoni, and perhaps most of all Frigo, would wait until the final climb to make their moves. The early racing was marked by one breakaway of note, which went clear after 22 km and stayed alive until the middle slopes of the Coll de Pal. Juan Antonio Flecha (iBanesto.com), Oscar Laguna (Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada), and Rafael Casero (Paternina-Costa de Almeria) tackled the first three climbs, before Flecha dropped his two companions on the lower slopes of the Coll de Pal.
Flecha, who has been riding strongly throughout the event, pressed on towards the finish as the peloton slowly began to close in. The three escapees had built a maximum advantage of six minutes during the day, but by the time Flecha was into the heart of the Coll de Pal, his advantage was down to two minutes and dwindling steadily.
The Col de Pall was a worthy mountain to test the contenders of the Setmana Catalana, with an average gradient of 6.7% and a number of steeper sections throughout the nearly 20 km rise. The weather on the climb was not particularly welcoming either, with temperatures steadily dropping to only five degrees as the riders climbed towards the summit, where the hillside was covered in snow. A light rain also began to fall as Flecha dug deep to maintain his lead, while behind the counter attacks began.
The Dutch Rabobank team was doing much of the early pace-setting on the climb, preparing both Levi Leipheimer and Michael Rasmussen for the finish, as well as guarding race leader Beat Zberg for as long as possible. José Luis Rebollo (Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada) was the first to break clear and reach Flecha, and the two pressed on together with the peloton lurking ever closer behind. Just as the two leaders were about to be absorbed by the lead group, reduced to no more than 30 riders, Rebollo made a defiant acceleration and set off anew for several more kilometres of solo effort. The Lampre team had begun to set the tempo behind, clearly content to let Rebollo dangle as a means to quell additional attacks as the leaders began to eye each other.
Dario Frigo was the first to decide Rebollo's time was up, however, and while not attacking full force, he put in a strong acceleration which both tested the legs of those in the lead group and put an end to the Spaniard's courageous, last-ditch effort. The first to challenge Frigo's pace was iBanesto.com's Juan Miguel Mercado, followed by Iban Mayo of Euskaltel-Euskadi. Frigo countered the move with strength to spare, and as iBanesto tried again- this time with Italian Leonardo Piepoli- Frigo decided it was in indeed time to make the decisive move, catching and passing Piepoli, who had no response for his compatriot's acceleration. Frigo dug in for the final 500 metres, winning the stage as José Jufre and David Latasa overtook Piepoli in the closing metres. The move came with little more than a kilometre to race, but the difficulty of the climb was evident, as the remainder of the group splintered and riders such as Simoni, Leipheimer, and Armstrong crossed the line between 50" and 1'11" behind Frigo.
Frigo now enters the day's final stage with a nine second advantage over Jufre, which barring accident should see the Italian don the final yellow jersey of overall winner. Tomorrow's 176 km stage from Baga to Vic contains no major difficulties, meaning the combined vigilance of Frigo's Fassa Bortolo team and the teams of the sprinters looking for a fourth bunch sprint should prevent any final day surprises in the general classification.
Results
1 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 4.08.02 (34.83 km/h) 2 José Jufre (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 0.09 3 David Latasa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 0.13 4 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) iBanesto.com 5 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.23 6 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.25 7 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 8 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 0.27 9 José Azevedo (Por) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 0.31 10 Marcos Serrano (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 11 Ivan Parra (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 0.37 12 Francisco Vila (Spa) Lampre 13 Santiago Blanco (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 14 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems 15 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Team Saeco 0.50 16 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Fassa Bortolo 0.53 17 Aitor Kintana (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 0.55 18 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 19 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Team Saeco 0.58 20 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) iBanesto.com 21 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank 22 José Javier Gomez Gozalo (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 23 J.Manuel Vazquez (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 1.11 24 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 25 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Lampre 1.33 26 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.16 27 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) iBanesto.com 2.20 28 Beat Zberg (Swi) Rabobank 29 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC 30 J.Antonio Flecha (Spa) iBanesto.com 2.26 31 Koldo Gil (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 32 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 2.28 33 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 34 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Rabobank 3.01 35 Adolfo Garcia Quesada (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 36 Gianni Faresin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 3.26 37 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Team Saeco 3.33 38 Gustavo Otero (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 3.40 39 Sergio Barbero (Ita) Lampre 4.27 40 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 41 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal presented by Berry F 4.34 42 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal presented by Berry Floo 43 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Team Saeco 4.38 44 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Team Saeco 45 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 46 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 47 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 48 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Team Telekom 49 David Arroyo (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 50 Francisco José Lara (Spa) Team Coast 5.04 51 Udo Bölts (Ger) Gerolsteiner 5.09 52 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 5.17 53 Rafael Casero (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 54 José Maestre (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 5.24 55 Addy Engels (Ned) Rabobank 5.51 56 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 6.03 57 Juan José De Los Angeles (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 6.31 58 Bobby Julich (USA) Team Telekom 6.34 59 Gonzalo Bayarri (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 7.10 60 Thorsten Rund (Ger) Team Coast 7.53 61 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) US Postal presented by Berry Flo 62 Jordi Riera (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 63 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 10.02 64 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 65 Leonardo Navarrete (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 66 Iker Camaño (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 67 Egoitz Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 68 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 69 Raphael Schweda (Ger) Team Coast 70 José Luis Martinez (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 10.24 71 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) iBanesto.com 11.14 72 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) iBanesto.com 73 Jon Odriozola (Spa) iBanesto.com 74 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Lampre 11.23 75 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Team Telekom 76 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Lampre 77 Javier Pascual Llorente (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 11.44 78 Joaquin Lopez (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 79 Cesar Garcia Calvo (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 80 Christian Vandevelde (USA) US Postal presented by Berry 11.54 81 Juan Miguel Cuenca (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 12.02 82 Angel Castresana (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 12.03 83 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Gerolsteiner 12.04 84 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Telekom 12.32 85 Domingo Sanchez (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 12.35 86 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 14.07 87 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 14.11 88 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 89 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Team Telekom 90 Gorka Arrizabalaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 91 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) Team Telekom 92 Michael Barry (Can) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 19.28 93 Ronald Mutsaars (Ned) Rabobank 94 Andrea Tafi (Ita) Team CSC 95 Steffen Kjaergaard (Nor) US Postal presented by Berry F 96 Jimmi Madsen (Den) Team CSC 97 Joseba Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 98 David Plaza (Spa) Team Coast 99 David Fernandez (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 100 Ivan Herrero (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 101 Michael Rich (Ger) Gerolsteiner 102 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Team Telekom 103 J.Antonio Pecharroman (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 104 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 105 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 106 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems 107 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Team Coast 108 Xavier Tondo (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 109 José Iván Gutierrez (Spa) iBanesto.com 110 Stefan Kupfernagel (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 111 Juan Guillamon (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 112 Gorka Beloki (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 113 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Team Saeco 114 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 115 Angel Casero (Spa) Team Coast 116 Aitor Garmendia (Spa) Team Coast 117 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 118 Unai Elorriaga (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 119 Milan Kadlec (Cze) Lampre 120 Thomas Bruun (Den) Team CSC 121 Francisco Cerezo (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 122 Jakob Storm Piil (Den) Team CSC 123 Nicola Gavazzi (Ita) Team Saeco 124 Eddy Ratti (Ita) Lampre 125 Robert Forster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 126 Isaac Galvez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 127 Igor Pugaci (Mda) Team Saeco DNF Geert Van Bondt (Bel) Team CSC Points 1 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 25 pts 2 José Jufre (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 20 3 David Latasa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 16 4 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) iBanesto.com 14 5 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 12 6 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 10 7 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 9 8 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 8 9 José Azevedo (Por) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 7 10 Marcos Serrano (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 6 11 Ivan Parra (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 5 12 Francisco Vila (Spa) Lampre 4 13 Santiago Blanco (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 3 14 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems 2 15 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Team Saeco 1 Metas volantes Casteltercol - km 30 1 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 4 pts 2 Rafael Casero (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 2 3 J.Antonio Flecha (Spa) iBanesto.com 1 Bagá - km 124.5 1 Rafael Casero (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 4 pts 2 J.Antonio Flecha (Spa) iBanesto.com 2 3 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 1 Mountains Alto Pinars de Badó - Cat. 2, km 25 1 Rafael Casero (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 10 pts 2 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 7 3 J.Antonio Flecha (Spa) iBanesto.com 5 4 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 3 5 José Luis Martinez (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 2 6 Jordi Riera (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1 Alto de L'Estany - Cat. 2, km 43 1 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 10 pts 2 Rafael Casero (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 7 3 J.Antonio Flecha (Spa) iBanesto.com 5 4 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 3 5 Gorka Beloki (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 2 6 Jordi Riera (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1 Alto de Berga - Cat. 3, km 104 1 Rafael Casero (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 6 pts 2 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 4 3 J.Antonio Flecha (Spa) iBanesto.com 2 4 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 1 Coll de Pal - Cat. 1, km 144 1 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 16 pts 2 José Jufre (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 12 3 David Latasa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 10 4 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) iBanesto.com 8 5 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5 6 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 4 7 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 3 8 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 2 9 José Azevedo (Por) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 1 Teams 1 Once - Eroski 12.25.35 2 Colchon Relax - Fuenlabrada 0.12 3 Fassa Bortolo 1.52 4 IBanesto.com 2.02 5 Rabobank 2.14 6 Kelme - Costa Blanca 2.22 7 Euskaltel - Euskadi 3.38 8 Saeco - Longoni Sport 3.52 9 Labarca-2 Cafe Baque 4.04 10 Lampre 5.08 11 Phonak Hearing Systems 5.36 12 US Postal Service 8.50 13 Team Gerolsteiner 17.08 14 Paternina - Costa de Almeria 19.29 15 Team Telekom 21.06 16 Team Coast 21.30 17 Team CSC 39.47 General classification after stage 4 1 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 15.44.58 2 José Jufre (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 0.09 3 David Latasa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 0.13 4 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) iBanesto.com 5 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.23 6 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.25 7 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 8 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 0.27 9 Marcos Serrano (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 0.31 10 José Azevedo (Por) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 11 Francisco Vila (Spa) Lampre 0.37 12 Ivan Parra (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 13 Santiago Blanco (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 14 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems 15 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Team Saeco 0.50 16 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Fassa Bortolo 0.53 17 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 0.55 18 Aitor Kintana (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 19 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank 0.58 20 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) iBanesto.com 21 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Team Saeco 22 José Javier Gomez Gozalo (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 23 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 1.11 24 J.Manuel Vazquez (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 25 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Lampre 1.33 26 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.16 27 Beat Zberg (Swi) Rabobank 2.20 28 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) iBanesto.com 29 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC 30 J.Antonio Flecha (Spa) iBanesto.com 2.26 31 Koldo Gil (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 32 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 2.28 33 Adolfo Garcia Quesada (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 3.01 34 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Team Saeco 3.33 35 Gustavo Otero (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 3.40 36 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 4.27 37 Sergio Barbero (Ita) Lampre 38 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal presented by Berry F 4.34 39 Gianni Faresin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 4.37 40 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 4.38 41 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Team Saeco 42 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 43 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 44 David Arroyo (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 45 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Team Saeco 46 Francisco José Lara (Spa) Team Coast 5.04 47 Udo Bölts (Ger) Gerolsteiner 5.09 48 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 5.17 49 Rafael Casero (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 50 José Maestre (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 5.24 51 Addy Engels (Ned) Rabobank 5.51 52 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 6.03 53 Juan José De Los Angeles (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 6.31 54 Bobby Julich (USA) Team Telekom 6.34 55 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Team Telekom 7.03 56 Gonzalo Bayarri (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 7.10 57 Thorsten Rund (Ger) Team Coast 9.04 58 Egoitz Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10.02 59 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 60 Raphael Schweda (Ger) Team Coast 11.13 61 Iker Camaño (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 62 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) iBanesto.com 11.14 63 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal presented by Berry Floo 11.15 64 Angel Castresana (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 12.03 65 José Luis Martinez (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 12.05 66 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Lampre 12.34 67 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Telekom 13.43 68 Domingo Sanchez (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 13.46 69 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 14.07 70 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Rabobank 14.14 71 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 14.48 72 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 15.23 73 Eddy Ratti (Ita) Lampre 19.28 74 Leonardo Navarrete (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 19.50 75 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Team Telekom 20.39 76 Joaquin Lopez (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 21.11 77 Jon Odriozola (Spa) iBanesto.com 21.19 78 Christian Vandevelde (USA) US Postal presented by Berry 21.56 79 Cesar Garcia Calvo (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 21.57 80 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) Team Telekom 22.25 81 Javier Pascual Llorente (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 22.27 82 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 22.46 83 Joseba Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 23.13 84 Jordi Riera (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 23.58 85 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems 25.31 86 Ronald Mutsaars (Ned) Rabobank 87 José Iván Gutierrez (Spa) iBanesto.com 88 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Team Coast 89 Gorka Arrizabalaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 26.55 90 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) US Postal presented by Berry Flo 27.08 91 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Lampre 27.28 92 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 29.04 93 Francisco Cerezo (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 29.16 94 Steffen Kjaergaard (Nor) US Postal presented by Berry F 95 Igor Pugaci (Mda) Team Saeco 96 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) iBanesto.com 29.51 97 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Team Saeco 30.41 98 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Team Telekom 31.11 99 Juan Miguel Cuenca (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 31.20 100 Ivan Herrero (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 31.48 101 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 102 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Gerolsteiner 32.33 103 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 35.27 104 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 35.33 105 Isaac Galvez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 106 Gorka Beloki (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 107 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Team Telekom 37.03 108 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 37.25 109 Andrea Tafi (Ita) Team CSC 38.05 110 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 111 Milan Kadlec (Cze) Lampre 112 Unai Elorriaga (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 113 Juan Guillamon (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 114 Angel Casero (Spa) Team Coast 38.30 115 Xavier Tondo (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 38.46 116 Michael Barry (Can) US Postal presented by Berry Floo 39.16 117 Jimmi Madsen (Den) Team CSC 118 Thomas Bruun (Den) Team CSC 40.44 119 David Plaza (Spa) Team Coast 120 David Fernandez (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 41.04 121 Stefan Kupfernagel (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 41.31 122 Michael Rich (Ger) Gerolsteiner 41.55 123 J.Antonio Pecharroman (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 42.20 124 Aitor Garmendia (Spa) Team Coast 42.36 125 Nicola Gavazzi (Ita) Team Saeco 47.42 126 Robert Forster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 127 Jakob Storm Piil (Den) Team CSC 48.34 Points classification 1 Beat Zberg (Swi) Rabobank 48 pts 2 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Telekom 45 3 Gonzalo Bayarri (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 33 4 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems 33 5 Addy Engels (Ned) Rabobank 27 6 J.Antonio Flecha (Spa) iBanesto.com 26 7 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 25 8 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 25 9 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 23 10 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal presented by Berry F 23 11 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 21 12 José Jufre (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 20 13 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 19 14 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 19 15 Rafael Casero (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 18 16 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Lampre 17 17 David Latasa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 16 18 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 16 19 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) iBanesto.com 14 20 Isaac Galvez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 14 21 Francisco Vila (Spa) Lampre 13 22 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 12 23 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Team Telekom 10 24 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Team Saeco 10 25 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 9 Mountains classification 1 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 47 pts 2 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 35 3 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 30 4 José Jufre (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 30 5 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 24 6 Rafael Casero (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 23 7 Egoitz Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 23 8 Marcos Serrano (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 16 9 Igor Pugaci (Mda) Team Saeco 12 10 J.Antonio Flecha (Spa) iBanesto.com 12 11 David Latasa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 10 12 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) iBanesto.com 9 13 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 9 14 Aitor Kintana (Spa) Labarca-2-Café Baqué 9 15 Koldo Gil (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 9 16 Xavier Tondo (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 7 17 Joaquin Lopez (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 6 18 José Luis Martinez (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 5 19 Javier Pascual Llorente (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 5 20 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 4 21 Sergio Barbero (Ita) Lampre 4 22 Steffen Kjaergaard (Nor) US Postal presented by Berry F 4 23 Stefan Kupfernagel (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 4 24 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 3 25 José Azevedo (Por) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 3 Combination classification 1 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 13 pts 2 José Jufre (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 18 3 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 22 4 David Latasa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 31 5 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) iBanesto.com 35 6 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 36 7 Marcos Serrano (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 45 8 J.Antonio Flecha (Spa) iBanesto.com 46 9 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 48 10 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 56 11 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 59 12 José Azevedo (Por) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 62 13 Rafael Casero (Spa) Paternina-Costa de Almeria 70 14 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal presented by Berry F 74 15 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 102 16 Javier Pascual Llorente (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 144 Teams classification 1 Once - Eroski 12.25.35 2 Colchon Relax - Fuenlabrada 0.12 3 Fassa Bortolo 1.52 4 IBanesto.com 2.02 5 Rabobank 2.14 6 Kelme - Costa Blanca 2.22 7 Euskaltel - Euskadi 3.38 8 Saeco - Longoni Sport 3.52 9 Labarca-2 Cafe Baque 4.04 10 Lampre 5.08 11 Phonak Hearing Systems 5.36 12 US Postal Service 8.50 13 Team Gerolsteiner 17.08 14 Paternina - Costa de Almeria 19.29 15 Team Telekom 21.06 16 Team Coast 21.30 17 Team CSC 39.47
