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59th Vuelta a España - GT

Spain, September 4-26, 2004

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Stage 4 - September 7: Soria - Zaragoza, 167 km

Petacchi keeps his nose in front

Joachim maintains the leadership

By Martin Hardie in Zaragoza

Alessandro Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo)
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Fassa's sprint machine Alessandro Petacchi blew his challengers away in a tightly fought and unorthodox sprint to the line in the windy city of Zaragoza. The day was marked again by wind, echelons and punctures as the field traversed the 167 kilometres from the high country of Soria down and across the spaghetti western lands of Aragón.

Petacchi said that the sprint victory was achieved in an unorthodox fashion for the Fassa train as a result of the wind. "It was a very difficult sprint because there was a lot of wind in our face...so I spoke to my teammates and we started the train with about three kilometres to go because three kilometres into a head wind is a very long way . My team mates worked a lot with T-Mobile. I had spoken a little with Erik [Zabel] because when there is wind it is always very dangerous."

The finishing straight had a slight uphill grade and was also into a strong wind. As the peloton, strung out, turned right into the straight, three Fassas and Zabel detached themselves from the front. Closing in and looking strong was Alessio's Angelo Furlan, who was mixing it up with the big guns at the front, while O'Grady and Freire also looked good. Guido Trenti gave the first kick with Petacchi glued behind him. With 150 metres to go Petacchi jumped down the left hand barriers, and for a moment it seemed Zabel and Freire might challenge him for the win but once again the Italian was too strong.

Race leader Benoit Joachim
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Petacchi had suffered two days ago when he obtained his first win in this year's Vuelta, but today, although the wind blew forcefully into the riders' faces for most of the day, he acknowledged that felt better, but "more tired" at the same time.

As almost all 187 riders finished in the same time today, the overall lead remained unchanged with Luxembourger Benoit Joachim keeping the gold jersey. The US Postal-Berry Floor rider even took another 2 bonus seconds at the first sprint to extend his advantage over teammate Max van Heeswijk to 18 seconds. Seven US Postal riders still occupy the first seven positions on GC, a legacy of their strong ride in the team time trial on Day 1.

How it unfolded

The official stage start
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The day was no doubt marked by that ever present factor, the wind. A wet, grey morning at the start gradually cleared, but the wind was still present across the spaghetti western landscape. When it wasn't a headwind (which it was for much of the day) it tended to wreak havoc from the side. During the final third of the stage as the hunt for the day's four escapees slowly got under way, the peloton suffered as it crawled at snail's pace into the wind.

Iñaki Isasi (Euskaltel-Euskadi), Julien Laidoun (Ag2R Prevoyance), Xavier Florencio (Relax-Bodysol) and David Fernandez (Paternina-Costa De Almeria) came together to form the break of the day just under 100km from Zaragoza. As they progressed through the low lands of Aragon they managed to eke out and hold a steady gap of about 2'50. Maybe Iñaki Isasi's lack of smile this morning was caused by a premonition that he had a hard fight ahead.

David Fernandez (Paternina)
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Behind the break on the stretch after the day's second meta volante at Pozuelo de Aragón (km 103) there were a number of crashes that split the riders apart. The contributing factor along with the wind was the very narrow back road that the route followed. The pattern continued even after the roads widened and the latter parts of the stage were marked by a number of groups being dislodged off the back. At various times riders found themselves solo or in small groups, seemingly marooned and having to battle the elements in order to make their way back to the relative shelter of the bunch.

At the front of the peloton it was a continual fight for position as the front was by far the safest place. Into the last 40 kilometres the road switched to the left, and although a range of ochre hills created some shelter, the peloton became more animated as the speed lifted and the need to hold the head of the race become even more vital. The wind was gusting to the right hand shoulder of the riders and at one moment a team seemed to be safe at the front then in a moment they appeared all together in an effort to drag a lost team leader back to the peloton's care.

Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Liberty)
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Illes Baleares Denis Menchov, Saunier's Joseba Beloki, Cafes Baque's Felix Cardenas and Saeco's Damiano Cunego were all examples. For whatever reasons, punctures, falls or the loss of a good position, these four leaders found themselves out the back and needing the assistance of their teammates to salvage the operation.

Cunego's rescue operation was a little suspect. He fell near the back of the bunch and got up facing the wrong direction and in need of a new front wheel. He got a new bike soon enough but with the speed now slightly more respectable he was high and dry alone and well behind. He got under way and soon he had teammates with him. As the team got its train under way one of the team cars positioned itself at the front and to the right of their echelon, perfect for breaking the wind. If that wasn't enough, the Saeco caravan was soon joined by the second team car. The show didn't carry on for too long and there was no retribution dished out by the jury.

In the end, all made it back into the fold and with a few suicide breaks on the run into Zaragoza and the speed beginning to kick in even with the headwind, all was being prepared for a bunch sprint. And as we saw, it was every other fast man's nemesis that once gain stole the show.

Tyler Hamilton (Phonak)
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In the wake of the falls and wind, a number of riders have added injury to their tired bodies. Notable amongst them are Trentin (a contusion to the left calf), Hamilton (grazes to his gluteo, right knee and arm), Spezialetti (cranial and lumbar contusions) and Artetxe, who had been left on the side of the road for quite a while after his crash (contusions to right wrist and elbow). Artetxe was later taken to hospital for x-rays.

Tomorrow's stage should provide some fireworks at the end. Having two classified climbs in the last 11 kilometres. The Cat. 2 Puerto de Torremiró comes first and climbs over 13 km. The sting in the tail is the Cat. 3 to the medieval city of Morella. The road winds up three kilometres into the ancient walled city with its castle perched atop. Not only spectacular scenery but more than likely the site of a real cycling spectacular tomorrow afternoon.

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Results

1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                       4.23.01 (38.1 km/h)
2 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                       
3 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank                                          
4 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                
5 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                                  
6 Giosue Bonomi (Ita) Saeco                                            
7 Miguel A. M. Perdiguero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                   
8 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon                            
9 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                  
10 Luca Paolini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon                             
11 Ion Del Rio (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                        
12 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre                                        
13 Antonio Cruz (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor                
14 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor            
15 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                                
16 Erki Pütsep (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance                                   
17 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie              
18 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre                                     
19 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor          
20 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Saeco                                          
21 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                       
22 Guido Trenti (USA) Fassa Bortolo                                    
23 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                   
24 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                      
25 Thomas Bruun (Den) Team CSC                                         
26 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Relax-Bodysol                                 
27 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo                                  
28 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                           
29 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC                                       
30 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie               
31 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank                                    
32 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon                           
33 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie           
34 Robert Hunter (RSA) Rabobank                                        
35 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team                            
36 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                        
37 Alberto Martinez (Spa) Relax-Bodysol                                
38 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor              
39 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Lampre                                  
40 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Rabobank                                       
41 Rubén Plaza (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                        
42 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Cafes Baque                                   
43 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                               
44 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Bodysol                               
45 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                 
46 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax-Bodysol                                     
47 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                  
48 David Herrero (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                      
49 Frank Høj (Den) Team CSC                                            
50 Aitor Perez (Spa) Cafes Baque                                       
51 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                             
52 Marco Milesi (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie               
53 David Blanco (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                       
54 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme              
55 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                     
56 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Quick.Step-Davitamon                           
57 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Saeco                                          
58 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio-Bianchi                           
59 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon                             
60 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                       
61 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Lampre                                       
62 Gonzalo Bayarri (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                        
63 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems                         
64 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                       
65 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Lampre                                          
66 Joseba Albizu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                               
67 Michael Barry (Can) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor               
68 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                       
69 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Team CSC                                         
70 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone             
71 Klaus Möller (Den) Alessio-Bianchi                                  
72 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                        
73 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                        
74 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Relax-Bodysol                               
75 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                          
76 Patrick Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step-Davitamon                        
77 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax-Bodysol                                    
78 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                            
79 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                 
80 Roberto Sgambelluri (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie        
81 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor              
82 Ronald Mutsaars (Ned) Rabobank                                      
83 Cadel Evans (Aus) T-Mobile Team                                     
84 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone               
85 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems                           
86 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor            
87 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto                           
88 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                   
89 Angel Gomez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                        
90 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                 
91 José Julia (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                         
92 Bert Roesems (Bel) Relax-Bodysol                                    
93 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                             
94 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros                     
95 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                            
96 Steffan Wesemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                
97 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                
98 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                              
99 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie           
100 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros                           
101 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                    
102 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros                                   
103 Felix Cardenas (Col) Cafes Baque                                   
104 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Relax-Bodysol                             
105 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                     
106 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                        
107 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems                        
108 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie            
109 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie           
110 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros                             
111 Stéphane Berges (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                              
112 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                             
113 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC                                  
114 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre                                         
115 Tomas Konecny (Cze) T-Mobile Team                                  
116 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor            
117 Jose Antonio Pecharroman (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon                
118 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                              
119 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC                                      
120 Michele Scotto (Ita) Lampre                                        
121 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor               
122 Aitor Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                             
123 José Garrido (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon                            
124 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Saeco                                       
125 Josu Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                              
126 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC                                     
127 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                 
128 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Saeco                                        
129 Hebert Gutierrez (Col) Cafes Baque                                 
130 Unai Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                               
131 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance                              
132 Peio Arreitunandia (Spa) Cafes Baque                               
133 Ivan Parra (Col) Cafes Baque                                       
134 Iñigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance                              
135 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone              
136 Alberto Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                    
137 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                
138 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                       
139 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                            
140 Santiago Botero (Col) T-Mobile Team                                
141 Francisco José Lara (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria               
142 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Saeco                                    
143 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank                                  
144 David Plaza (Spa) Cafes Baque                                      
145 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                   
146 Hernan Buenahora (Col) Cafes Baque                                 
147 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                    
148 Rene Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros                                  
149 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir                            
150 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank                                           
151 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax-Bodysol                               
152 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone               
153 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme          
154 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                          
155 Iñaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                
156 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                           
157 Antonio Colom (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                          
158 Joaquin Lopez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                     
159 Simone Bertoletti (Ita) Lampre                                     
160 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                              
161 Martin Hvastija (Slo) Alessio-Bianchi                              
162 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                      
163 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon                       
164 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone               
165 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco                                         
166 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                   
167 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo                               
168 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                      
169 Stephane Goubert (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                             
170 Julien Laidoun (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                               
171 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                               
172 Julián Sanchez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo                                 
173 Francisco Garcia (Spa) Cafes Baque                                 
174 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie              
175 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                
176 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems                      
177 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Saeco                                           
178 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                              
179 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                        
180 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                     
181 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                            
182 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Saeco                                 
183 Ellis Rastelli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                               
184 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Alessio-Bianchi                                
185 David Fernandez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                   
186 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Alessio-Bianchi                         0.48
187 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                           1.30
 
Points
 
1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                            25 pts
2 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                     20
3 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank                                        16
4 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone              14
5 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                                12
6 Giosue Bonomi (Ita) Saeco                                          10
7 Miguel A. M. Perdiguero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                  9
8 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon                           8
9 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                 7
10 Luca Paolini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon                            6
11 Ion Del Rio (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                       5
12 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre                                       4
13 Antonio Cruz (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor               3
14 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor           2
15 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                               1
 
Mountains
 
Puerto de Lanzas Agudas - Cat. 3, km 75
1 David Fernandez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                    6 pts
2 Julien Laidoun (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                                4
3 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax-Bodysol                                2
4 Iñaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                 1
 
Sprints
 
Aldealpozo - km 21
1 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                      4 pts
2 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                      2
3 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor              1
 
Pozuelo de Aragón - km 103
1 Iñaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                 4 pts
2 David Fernandez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                    2
3 Julien Laidoun (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                                1
 
Bardallur - km 130.4
1 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax-Bodysol                                4 pts
2 Julien Laidoun (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                                2
3 David Fernandez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                    1
 
Teams
 
1 Cofidis, le credit par telephone                             13.09.03
2 US Postal Service presented by B.                                    
3 Fassa Bortolo                                                        
4 Quick Step - Davitamon                                               
5 Rabobank                                                             
6 Lampre                                                               
7 Vini Caldirola -Nobili Rubinetterie                                  
8 Saunier Duval - Prodir                                               
9 Saeco                                                                
10 Team CSC                                                            
11 Relax-Bodysol                                                       
12 Illes Balears - Banesto                                             
13 Costa de Almeria - Paternina                                        
14 T-Mobile Team                                                       
15 AG2R Prevoyance                                                     
16 Alessio - Bianchi                                                   
17 Comunidad Valenciana - Kelme                                        
18 Phonak Hearing Systems                                              
19 Cafes Baque                                                         
20 Liberty Seguros                                                     
21 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                                 
 
General classification after stage 4
 
1 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor       13.38.59
2 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor         0.18
3 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor           0.24
4 Michael Barry (Can) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor                
5 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor                 
6 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor             
7 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor              
8 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team                         0.40
9 Cadel Evans (Aus) T-Mobile Team                                      
10 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme             0.47
11 Santiago Botero (Col) T-Mobile Team                             0.55
12 Tomas Konecny (Cze) T-Mobile Team                                   
13 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto                       0.57
14 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                   1.03
15 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme          1.11
16 David Blanco (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                       
17 Rubén Plaza (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                        
18 Antonio Cruz (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor            1.14
19 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems                         
20 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                       1.20
21 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                       
22 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                           
23 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                            
24 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                 1.22
25 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                 
26 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                       
27 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                    1.25
28 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                          
29 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                 
30 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                         
31 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                  1.28
32 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo                              1.34
33 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                    1.37
34 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                 
35 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                           1.38
36 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros                              1.41
37 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems                           
38 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                
39 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone           1.46
40 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Saeco                                      1.47
41 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                    1.48
42 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Team CSC                                         
43 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC                                   
44 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC                                      
45 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros                          1.52
46 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                
47 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros                     
48 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                     
49 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax-Bodysol                            1.59
50 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                  2.01
51 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Saeco                                 2.02
52 Frank Høj (Den) Team CSC                                        2.04
53 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Relax-Bodysol                             2.05
54 Alberto Martinez (Spa) Relax-Bodysol                                
55 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax-Bodysol                                     
56 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Relax-Bodysol                               
57 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax-Bodysol                                    
58 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Relax-Bodysol                              
59 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo                                
60 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme              2.08
61 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank                                     2.09
62 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre                                 2.10
63 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Lampre                                       
64 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Lampre                                  
65 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone               2.13
66 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance                               
67 Iñigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance                               
68 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                
69 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                              
70 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                  2.14
71 Miguel A. M. Perdiguero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                  
72 Angel Gomez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                        
73 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                             
74 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                        
75 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                            
76 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                    
77 Aitor Perez (Spa) Cafes Baque                                   2.18
78 Peio Arreitunandia (Spa) Cafes Baque                                
79 Felix Cardenas (Col) Cafes Baque                                    
80 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco                                          
81 Ivan Parra (Col) Cafes Baque                                        
82 David Plaza (Spa) Cafes Baque                                       
83 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie       2.21
84 Klaus Möller (Den) Alessio-Bianchi                              2.24
85 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio-Bianchi                           
86 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                   2.25
87 David Herrero (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                      
88 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme           
89 Francisco José Lara (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                
90 Joaquin Lopez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                      
91 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone           2.29
92 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                 
93 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon                       2.32
94 David Fernandez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                2.35
95 Roberto Sgambelluri (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie    2.36
96 Patrick Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step-Davitamon                    2.37
97 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Quick.Step-Davitamon                           
98 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                   2.40
99 Hebert Gutierrez (Col) Cafes Baque                              2.41
100 Steffan Wesemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                           2.43
101 Iñaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                            2.45
102 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                          2.51
103 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                             
104 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                            
105 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                            
106 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie      2.52
107 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems                    2.56
108 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC                                  3.02
109 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                            3.10
110 Martin Hvastija (Slo) Alessio-Bianchi                              
111 Antonio Colom (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                      3.12
112 Erki Pütsep (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance                              3.16
113 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                               
114 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Saeco                                        
115 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone        3.21
116 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie         3.22
117 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie              
118 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                               3.25
119 Robert Hunter (RSA) Rabobank                                   3.26
120 Ronald Mutsaars (Ned) Rabobank                                     
121 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                        3.27
122 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                3.28
123 Ion Del Rio (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                   3.41
124 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank                              3.43
125 Jose Antonio Pecharroman (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon            3.51
126 Aitor Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                         3.52
127 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Saeco                                     3.54
128 Julián Sanchez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo                             3.57
129 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems                  3.58
130 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team                              3.59
131 Michele Scotto (Ita) Lampre                                        
132 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                          4.01
133 Stephane Goubert (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                         4.05
134 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon                        4.23
135 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon                       
136 Hernan Buenahora (Col) Cafes Baque                             4.26
137 Francisco Garcia (Spa) Cafes Baque                                 
138 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie          4.36
139 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Saeco                                       4.40
140 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie       4.41
141 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                           4.43
142 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                        4.47
143 Stéphane Berges (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                          4.51
144 Luca Paolini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon                        4.56
145 Alberto Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                4.59
146 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone           5.00
147 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Saeco                             5.02
148 Julien Laidoun (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                               
149 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre                                     5.05
150 Ellis Rastelli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                           5.19
151 Guido Trenti (USA) Fassa Bortolo                               5.27
152 Marco Milesi (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie          5.28
153 Bert Roesems (Bel) Relax-Bodysol                                   
154 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie        5.31
155 José Garrido (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon                        5.32
156 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor     5.37
157 Simone Bertoletti (Ita) Lampre                                 5.39
158 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros                       5.44
159 José Julia (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                    5.47
160 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros                               5.49
161 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Alessio-Bianchi                            5.53
162 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Rabobank                                  5.55
163 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                  6.11
164 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                 6.12
165 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Bodysol                          6.15
166 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon                      6.21
167 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                       6.40
168 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Alessio-Bianchi                         6.42
169 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone          6.47
170 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank                               6.54
171 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank                                       6.58
172 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Lampre                                     7.00
173 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone            7.03
174 Giosue Bonomi (Ita) Saeco                                      7.07
175 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                              
176 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre                                   7.19
177 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                    7.36
178 Gonzalo Bayarri (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                   7.37
179 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Saeco                                   7.54
180 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Cafes Baque                              8.03
181 Unai Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                           8.14
182 Rene Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros                              8.22
183 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir                        8.49
184 Joseba Albizu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                          9.17
185 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC                                  9.52
186 Josu Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                          9.58
187 Thomas Bruun (Den) Team CSC                                   11.00
 
Points classification
 
1 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                     52 pts
2 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                            50
3 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone              48
4 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank                                        46
5 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                27
6 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor               25
7 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor             25
8 Michael Barry (Can) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor              20
9 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon                          20
10 Giosue Bonomi (Ita) Saeco                                         20
11 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                               17
12 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor          16
13 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto                         16
14 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor          15
15 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor            14
16 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor           12
17 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team                          12
18 Antonio Cruz (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor              12
19 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros                               12
20 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre                                      12
21 Iñaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                               10
22 Cadel Evans (Aus) T-Mobile Team                                   10
23 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                     10
24 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie         10
25 Miguel A. M. Perdiguero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                 9
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor                6 pts
2 David Fernandez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                    6
3 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor             4
4 Julien Laidoun (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                                4
5 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor              2
6 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax-Bodysol                                2
7 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor              1
8 Iñaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                 1
 
Combination classification
 
1 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor               12 pts
2 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor             15
3 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor             23
4 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor            26
5 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax-Bodysol                               91
6 David Fernandez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                  128
7 Iñaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                               130
8 Julien Laidoun (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                              195
 
Teams classification
 
1 US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor                            40.58.09
2 T-Mobile Team                                                    1.03
3 Comunidad Valenciana - Kelme                                     2.17
4 Illes Balears - Banesto                                          2.18
5 Phonak Hearing Systems                                           2.52
6 Liberty Seguros                                                  3.58
7 Team CSC                                                         4.01
8 Fassa Bortolo                                                    4.05
9 Saeco                                                            4.39
10 Relax-Bodysol                                                   5.03
11 Cofidis, le credit par telephone                                5.12
12 Lampre                                                          5.18
13 AG2R Prevoyance                                                 5.27
14 Saunier Duval - Prodir                                          5.30
15 Cafes Baque                                                     5.42
16 Costa de Almeria - Paternina                                    5.52
17 Rabobank                                                        6.33
18 Quick Step - Davitamon                                          6.34
19 Vini Caldirola -Nobili Rubinetterie                             6.37
20 Alessio - Bianchi                                               6.46
21 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                             7.21

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