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59th Vuelta a España - GT

Spain, September 4-26, 2004

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Stage 14 - September 18: Málaga - Granada, 167 km

Perez overcomes personal tragedy to win

GC remains tight

By Martin Hardie in Granada

Santi Perez (Phonak)
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27 year old Asturian Santi Perez (Phonak) achieved his second professional victory today. Both of them have been in Grand Tours, but this was the first in which he actually crossed the line ahead of any one else. Two years ago in the Giro d'Italia, Perez was awarded the victory in the fifth stage to Limone Piemonte. He got the win the day after it was held. The reason was the disqualification of the man who finished in front of him, Stefano Garzelli.

Today in Granada, Perez found himself again a winner, but on the day the race was held. It was a victory that came to him after what has been close to two years of personal agony. "Of course today was a very special day for me, it has been nearly two years since my girlfriend died [in a traffic accident] and it has been pretty hard to recover from that - this victory is for her and her family," Santi told Cyclingnews after the finish of today's stage in downtown Granada.

Five kilometres from the summit of the Alto de Monachil, Perez attacked the group of leaders which had been selected after CSC's Carlos Sastre drove the bunch through the debris of the day's break. Perez, who launched himself up the steep ramps, quickly managed to get himself a comfortable gap and continued to increase it all the way to the top. His gap stood at 33 seconds to Valverde and Heras as he passed the summit and ended up crossing the finish line 46 seconds ahead of the Valverde-led group.

Santi Perez (Phonak)
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"Being able to climb with people like Roberto Heras, Paco Mancebo and Alejandro Valverde, all great climbers, the other day in Calar Alto, just to find myself with them the other day was for me a great boost; it was very good and gave me the confidence to try what I did today," Perez told Cyclingnews after the stage. "Today I was always thinking that there would be a bit of a battle, but also people would try and save some energy for tomorrow. Anyway as my morale was improved, I thought about making the move after Carlos Sastre had caused the selection to form . So I attacked where I did to try and take as much profit out of the climb before the top. I thought that it would be easier to stay away and get to the finish alone."

That is exactly what Santi did. On the descent he tucked himself low, almost sitting on his top tube. He explained, "I managed to maintain the same gap that I had made on the climb and I believed that it would be enough to get me across the flat kilometres at the bottom...I saw that I had enough time and thank god I ended up taking the stage."

Roberto Heras (Liberty Seguros)
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Perez finished second to Heras on the fog bound Calar Alto two days ago and he opened a few eyes with his effort. Today's win has seem him leap frog Landis and Beltran to move him into 6th place on the GC. Cyclingnews asked him if he though he could improve on that position and even think about the podium. "I think that my major achievement at La Vuelta would be to obtain a stage win," he said. "Now I have done that I suppose it is possible to look for another one...nothing has changed with my form, only my morale has improved. I have now found the morale to now start looking for wins, but regarding the general I think I am a little way back to start thinking about that just now. It will be difficult for me to try and overtake Mancebo and Valverde."

How it unfolded

Gutierrez and Zaballa
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The day had started out fast and furious with a number of breaks forming, separating and coming back together. The main protagonists were Alexandre Vinokourov (T-Mobile), Eladio Jimenez and David Latasa (Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme), Constantino Zaballa (Saunier Duval), Jorge Ferrio (Paternina), Felix Cardenas and Ivan Parra (Cafes Baque), José Miguel Elias (Relax-Bergasol), José Enrique Gutierrez (Phonak), Roberto Laiseka (Euskaltel), Benoît Joachim (USPS) and Toni Colom (Illes Balears).

The group numbered 12 as it passed the los Bermejales dam at the foot of the day's second climb of the same name. Phonak's strapping Gallego, Jose Enrique Gutierrez put in a strong attack and was later caught by Saunier's Tino Zaballa. The pair stayed away for some time across the flatter rolling section populated by more vegetation than we have seen of late, still sparse but with some trees, pines and rows and rows of olives. The 10 chasers eventually caught the pair but behind things were hotting up as Liberty pulled hard with Vini Caldirola to try and neutralise the lot of them.

Koldo Gil
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On the first ramps of the final climb of Alto de Monachil, Vinokourov attacked his now regrouped breakaway companions. As all struggled to deal with the dog that appeared in Vino's wake, Sastre started putting the hurt on the bunch. Vino's ex-colleagues were all swept up and when Nozal took over from Sastre to place things once again under the control of himself, Serrano and Heras, Vino's gap plummeted. Behind, in the heat of the Alto's moonscape, the casualties were mounting.

A few km into the climb, Santi Perez made his move. But still in his wake Nozal and Serrano kept the pace high to protect their leader, Heras. Sastre was obviously uncomfortable with the increasing gap of Santi Perez and also did his turns pulling up the ramps. Valverde was always attentive, a shadow haunting Heras and co. the whole time. He stayed there until quite near the top, when he suddenly let it all go and made another attempt to upset the calm of Heras. In an instant Heras was glued to his wheel. The pair crossed the top with a small gap over the others.

Alejandro Valverde (Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme)
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Valverde wasn't going to give in. He tried again, this time with gravity to his advantage and taking no prisoners, hoping to scare Heras off his wheel. The gap increased for a while through tight, technical corners. As the gap increased, so did the fear factor. The descent was tight now through pines, rather than the Beyond Thunderdome landscape of the other side. You had to hold your breath at times to take it in and lean whilst watching to try and not fall yourself from your position. It was a test of nerve and as the gap increased into one hairpin, Valverde went wide on a more regular sort of line, whilst Heras cut straight through the steep apex throwing all to the wind.

Heras got back to him, reglued himself to Valverde's wheel and this one was over, at least until the next one. Valverde spoke to us, chatty as usual, while hanging around the finish line. "I went to the limit today," he said, referring to both his attack going up and the scary descent down the other side. "I saw him behind going down, it was crazy," he added regarding the way Heras pulled out all stops to get back to him. "I don't know what I can try tomorrow."

Paco Mancebo
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Valverde's teammate, Carlos Garcia Quesada, buried himself with work. Each time he was needed, on the climb itself, on the descent after Valverde and Heras had been captured, and then across the flat driving the group to the end, he was unstoppable. His work was strong, tireless and faithful. Although Kelme may be the team that the Pro Tour and so many sponsors have forgotten, they themselves have not forgotten how to fight. They don't have the euro power of Liberty but they have a grit, determination and flair that promises to keep this race alive till the end.

Between Valverde and Heras of course is Mancebo, who told Cyclingnews after the stage that the Alto de Monachil was " a very hard climb, especially at the pace we were going...it was hard going up and it was hard going down".

Tomorrow, the Monachil has been thrown in for good measure again just to make the nearly 30 kilometres of mountain time trialling even more gruelling. It is then followed immediately by the epic Sierra Nevada. Mancebo mentioned them when he said, "I am tired but I hope to have a good day tomorrow and try and minimise the differences a bit. If I can find a good rhythm I can do well, today and tomorrow are both key stages. We will have to see how it is tomorrow, whether it's hot again, but I hope to be up the top. I have to keep fighting for it, but have you saw today Heras doesn't fail, the Vuelta is his race...so let's see tomorrow."

Photography

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Results

1 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                      4.06.34 (40.64 km/h)
2 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                 0.46
3 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                       
4 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                           
5 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                      
6 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                            
7 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                     
8 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                             
9 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                  
10 David Blanco (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                      2.08
11 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo                                 2.22
12 Angel Gomez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                           
13 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre                                    2.46
14 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Saeco                                             
15 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie              
16 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Relax-Bergasol                                   
17 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                 
18 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC                                         
19 Unai Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                                   
20 Miguel A. M. Perdiguero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                     
21 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                  
22 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor                 
23 David Plaza (Spa) Cafes Baque                                          
24 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor                   
25 Francisco José Lara (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                   
26 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                             
27 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                   
28 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                      4.12
29 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Relax-Bergasol                            6.58
30 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon                                
31 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                                
32 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                         
33 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                           
34 Ivan Parra (Col) Cafes Baque                                           
35 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros                               
36 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                    
37 Francisco Garcia (Spa) Cafes Baque                                     
38 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                               
39 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                           
40 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                  
41 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team                               
42 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Bergasol                             9.39
43 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Saeco                                       10.09
44 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Saeco                                        
45 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank                                       
46 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                          
47 Iñigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance                                  
48 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                              
49 Jose Antonio Pecharroman (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon                    
50 Cadel Evans (Aus) T-Mobile Team                                        
51 José Garrido (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon                                
52 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                     
53 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme              
54 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC                                          
55 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                               
56 José Julia (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                            
57 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                        
58 Rubén Plaza (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                           
59 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems                            
60 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                
61 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                  
62 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie              
63 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                          
64 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                    
65 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor             
66 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                        
67 Hernan Buenahora (Col) Cafes Baque                                     
68 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                
69 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor          13.56
70 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Lampre                                     
71 David Herrero (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                         
72 Iñaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                    
73 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank                                      
74 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                         
75 Alberto Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                        
76 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros                                 
77 Antonio Cruz (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor                   
78 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC                                      
79 Roberto Sgambelluri (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie           
80 Antonio Colom (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                              
81 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                   
82 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                               
83 Felix Cardenas (Col) Cafes Baque                                       
84 Peio Arreitunandia (Spa) Cafes Baque                                   
85 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon                         16.28
86 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                                  
87 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax-Bergasol                                      
88 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Relax-Bergasol                                 
89 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                
90 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                              
91 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Rabobank                                          
92 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                          
93 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon                              
94 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank                                               
95 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon                           
96 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Team CSC                                            
97 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio-Bianchi                              
98 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Alessio-Bianchi                                    
99 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Lampre                                          
100 Klaus Möller (Den) Alessio-Bianchi                                    
101 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Saeco                                              
102 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax-Bergasol                                      
103 Michael Barry (Can) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor                 
104 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor                
105 Herbert Gutierrez (Col) Cafes Baque                                   
106 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax-Bergasol                                 
107 Luca Paolini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon                               
108 Joaquin Lopez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                        
109 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC                                         
110 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                         
111 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor               
112 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre                                            
113 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie                 
114 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                        
115 David Fernandez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                 17.36
116 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                 
117 Erki Pütsep (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance                                19.53
118 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Saeco                                     21.01
119 Frank Høj (Den) Team CSC                                              
120 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie              
121 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                  
122 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros                                      
123 Aitor Perez (Spa) Cafes Baque                                         
124 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Saeco                                    
125 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Saeco                                            
126 Rene Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros                                     
127 Ellis Rastelli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                                  
128 Marco Milesi (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie                 
129 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo                                  
130 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco                                            
131 Alberto Martinez (Spa) Relax-Bergasol                            24.37
132 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems                        24.54
133 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros                       
134 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre                                          
135 Guido Trenti (USA) Fassa Bortolo                                 26.54
136 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                  
137 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                        
138 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                               
139 Julián Sanchez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo                                    
140 Aitor Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
                                
DNS Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                 
DNF Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance                                 
DNF Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                               
DNF Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                      
DNF Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto                             
DNF Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                          
DNF Bert Roesems (Bel) Relax-Bergasol                                     
DNF Marco Zanotti (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie                
  
Points
 
1 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                           25 pts
2 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                   20
3 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                     16
4 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                         14
5 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                    12
6 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                          10
7 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                    9
8 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                            8
9 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                 7
10 David Blanco (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                         6
11 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo                                    5
12 Angel Gomez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                          4
13 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre                                       3
14 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Saeco                                            2
15 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie             1
 
Sprints
 
Rincón de la Victoria - km 7 
1 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Lampre                                     4 pts
2 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                         2
3 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                          1
 
Arroyo de la madre - km 64.6 
1 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                         4 pts
2 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                    2
3 Ivan Parra (Col) Cafes Baque                                           1
  
Monachil - km 136.2 
1 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team                               4 pts
2 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Bergasol                                 2
3 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor                 1
 
Mountains
 
Alto Ventas Zafarraya (cat.2) - km 55
1 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                         10 pts
2 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team                               7
3 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                         5
4 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                        3
5 Felix Cardenas (Col) Cafes Baque                                       2
6 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                          1
 
Alto de los Bermejales (cat. 3) - km 95 
1 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                         6 pts
2 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                    4
3 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Bergasol                                 2
4 Antonio Colom (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                              1
 
Alto de Monachil (cat. 1) - km 145
1 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                           16 pts
2 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                   12
3 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                   10
4 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                           8
5 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                          6
6 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                     4
7 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                      3
8 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                 2
9 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                            1
 
Teams
 
1 Comunidad Valenciana - Kelme                                    12.23.22
2 Liberty Seguros                                                     0.38
3 Costa de Almeria - Paternina                                        5.40
4 Phonak Hearing Systems                                              6.04
5 Team CSC                                                            6.50
6 Saunier Duval - Prodir                                                  
7 Illes Balears - Banesto                                                 
8 Cofidis, le credit par telephone                                        
9 US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor                                  12.01
10 Cafes Baque                                                       13.02
11 Relax-Bodysol                                                     15.43
12 Saeco                                                             19.24
13 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                                    
14 Vini Caldirola -Nobili Rubinetterie                               23.11
15 Quick Step - Davitamon                                            23.36
16 T-Mobile Team                                                          
17 Lampre                                                            29.30
18 Fassa Bortolo                                                     29.52
19 Rabobank                                                          30.34
20 Alessio - Bianchi                                                 45.44
 
General classification after stage 14
 
1 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros                             53.00.05
2 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                       0.35
3 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                 0.49
4 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                  1.12
5 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                        3.16
6 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                         3.36
7 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor                4.19
8 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor              4.40
9 Angel Gomez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                        6.43
10 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme             7.26
11 David Blanco (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                      7.34
12 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                  7.51
13 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Saeco                                         9.36
14 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie         10.39
15 Francisco José Lara (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria              11.45
16 Miguel A. M. Perdiguero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                12.41
17 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo                                12.54
18 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros                              14.49
19 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Relax-Bergasol                              16.42
20 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                            19.51
21 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                        20.16
22 David Plaza (Spa) Cafes Baque                                     21.38
23 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC                                    22.45
24 Peio Arreitunandia (Spa) Cafes Baque                              23.25
25 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                     23.36
26 Unai Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                              24.48
27 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                   24.49
28 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                      25.09
29 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                    25.42
30 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre                                   27.28
31 Rubén Plaza (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                      28.10
32 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor          28.53
33 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                       30.18
34 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone             31.01
35 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                          31.29
36 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Team CSC                                       33.16
37 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Relax-Bergasol                           34.29
38 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros                          37.03
39 Hernan Buenahora (Col) Cafes Baque                                39.47
40 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                     40.15
41 Felix Cardenas (Col) Cafes Baque                                  40.56
42 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Bergasol                            41.15
43 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems                       43.42
44 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems               47.32
45 Cadel Evans (Aus) T-Mobile Team                                   49.19
46 Ivan Parra (Col) Cafes Baque                                           
47 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                         49.26
48 Iñigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance                             54.22
49 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                           54.29
50 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Relax-Bergasol                            55.22
51 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor            55.26
52 Francisco Garcia (Spa) Cafes Baque                                55.51
53 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                      56.49
54 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                           56.56
55 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                    57.19
56 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank                                  58.54
57 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                             59.07
58 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Saeco                                     1.00.32
59 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone           1.01.30
60 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros                          1.03.29
61 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone            1.04.20
62 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                 1.04.33
63 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax-Bergasol                                1.04.52
64 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor      1.05.20
65 Jose Antonio Pecharroman (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon             1.07.10
66 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon                    1.07.29
67 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                         1.09.18
68 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Rabobank                                   1.09.42
69 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team                             1.09.43
70 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team                        1.09.49
71 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                   1.10.47
72 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone         1.12.34
73 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                   1.15.17
74 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie       1.15.42
75 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme              
76 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC                               1.15.55
77 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Lampre                              1.16.52
78 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon                         1.18.28
79 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                           1.18.48
80 Aitor Perez (Spa) Cafes Baque                                   1.18.53
81 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon                       1.21.11
82 Roberto Sgambelluri (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie    1.21.19
83 Joaquin Lopez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                  1.21.45
84 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                        1.22.57
85 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Saeco                                      1.23.07
86 Antonio Cruz (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor            1.23.08
87 David Herrero (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                  1.26.06
88 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax-Bergasol                           1.29.01
89 Michael Barry (Can) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor           1.29.28
90 Iñaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                             1.30.26
91 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio-Bianchi                       1.30.27
92 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Saeco                                        1.32.05
93 Klaus Möller (Den) Alessio-Bianchi                              1.32.17
94 Luca Paolini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon                         1.33.42
95 José Garrido (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon                         1.37.44
96 Alberto Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                 1.39.25
97 Antonio Colom (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                       1.39.44
98 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                        1.39.46
99 David Fernandez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                1.40.53
100 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor        1.41.52
101 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Saeco                                1.43.09
102 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                      1.44.08
103 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Alessio-Bianchi                            1.44.09
104 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco                                     1.46.43
105 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme             1.48.08
106 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon                      1.48.29
107 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Lampre                                  1.48.48
108 Alberto Martinez (Spa) Relax-Bergasol                          1.49.18
109 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros                1.49.33
110 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank                              1.52.37
111 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo                           1.52.49
112 Marco Milesi (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie          1.54.20
113 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                  1.54.40
114 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems                      1.55.18
115 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie          1.55.24
116 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros                               1.56.15
117 José Julia (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                    1.59.11
118 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie       2.01.48
119 Herbert Gutierrez (Col) Cafes Baque                            2.04.55
120 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                          2.05.39
121 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC                                  2.06.31
122 Rene Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros                              2.07.28
123 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax-Bergasol                              2.09.14
124 Frank Høj (Den) Team CSC                                       2.10.58
125 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre                                   2.12.15
126 José Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                 2.12.46
127 Julián Sanchez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo                             2.13.56
128 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre                                     2.15.26
129 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank                                       2.15.52
130 Erki Pütsep (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance                              2.16.12
131 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC                                  2.18.47
132 Guido Trenti (USA) Fassa Bortolo                               2.20.57
133 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                 2.24.15
134 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Saeco                             2.25.11
135 Ellis Rastelli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                           2.25.24
136 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Saeco                                   2.25.28
137 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                        2.27.03
138 Aitor Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                         2.29.03
139 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                           2.31.36
140 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone           2.33.32
 
Points classification
 
1 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                       148 pts
2 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                              120
3 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                  106
4 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                   81
5 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                         73
6 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                    69
7 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                           52
8 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor                  51
9 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon                             51
10 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor              49
11 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                         48
12 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                          47
13 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor               43
14 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo                                   43
15 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie            38
16 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor             36
17 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                                33
18 Miguel A. M. Perdiguero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                   31
19 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                        30
20 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor               29
21 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                    29
22 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                      28
23 Antonio Cruz (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor                 28
24 Erki Pütsep (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance                                    27
25 David Fernandez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                     26
26 Angel Gomez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                         25
27 Luca Paolini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon                              23
28 Cadel Evans (Aus) T-Mobile Team                                      20
29 Michael Barry (Can) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor                20
30 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Saeco                                           19
31 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon                            17
32 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team                             16
33 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Alessio-Bianchi                                  15
34 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme               14
35 Iñaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                  13
36 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Bergasol                               13
37 Francisco José Lara (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                 12
38 Rubén Plaza (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                         12
39 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Saeco                                             12
40 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre                                         12
41 Felix Cardenas (Col) Cafes Baque                                     10
42 David Blanco (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                         9
43 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Relax-Bergasol                                  9
44 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Saeco                                            9
45 Guido Trenti (USA) Fassa Bortolo                                      8
46 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie             7
47 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                        7
48 Peio Arreitunandia (Spa) Cafes Baque                                  7
49 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems                             7
50 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon                               6
51 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                         6
52 Herbert Gutierrez (Col) Cafes Baque                                   6
53 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Rabobank                                         5
54 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                          5
55 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre                                            5
56 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon                          4
57 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Lampre                                    4
58 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax-Bergasol                                 4
59 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio-Bianchi                             4
60 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                   4
61 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Lampre                                         4
62 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre                                       3
63 Roberto Sgambelluri (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie          3
64 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                              3
65 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros                              2
66 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems                           2
67 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank                                      2
68 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                       2
69 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                               2
70 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                   2
71 Aitor Perez (Spa) Cafes Baque                                         2
72 Antonio Colom (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                             2
73 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                              2
74 Unai Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                                  1
75 Ivan Parra (Col) Cafes Baque                                          1
76 Iñigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance                                 1
77 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                 1
78 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax-Bergasol                                      1
79 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme             1
80 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                    1
81 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                  1
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                   67 pts
2 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                         60
3 Felix Cardenas (Col) Cafes Baque                                      58
4 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Bergasol                                50
5 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                       42
6 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                   42
7 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                           41
8 Francisco José Lara (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                  36
9 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                    36
10 David Fernandez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                     35
11 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                          32
12 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                        24
13 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                       21
14 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Lampre                                        20
15 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                         19
16 Unai Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                                 19
17 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                            17
18 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                    16
19 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                 16
20 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems                          14
21 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme            14
22 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Alessio-Bianchi                                  14
23 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre                                      13
24 Angel Gomez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                         13
25 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team                             12
26 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Saeco                                             12
27 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor               11
28 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon                            11
29 Herbert Gutierrez (Col) Cafes Baque                                  11
30 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor                 10
31 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                8
32 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo                                    7
33 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio-Bianchi                             6
34 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie             6
35 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                        6
36 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                       6
37 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre                                            5
38 Peio Arreitunandia (Spa) Cafes Baque                                  4
39 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                   4
40 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                               4
41 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie             4
42 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor               4
43 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                          3
44 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                         3
45 Erki Pütsep (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance                                     3
46 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                 2
47 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax-Bergasol                                 2
48 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                             2
49 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                    2
50 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Saeco                                            1
51 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor                1
52 Francisco Garcia (Spa) Cafes Baque                                    1
53 Iñaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                   1
54 Antonio Colom (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                             1
 
Combined classification
 
1 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                    6 pts
2 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                          9
3 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                   12
4 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                    19
5 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                           25
6 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                          31
7 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor                  45
8 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor                48
9 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                     51
10 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                          51
11 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                      54
12 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                        56
13 Angel Gomez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                         59
14 Francisco José Lara (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                 60
15 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie            63
16 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo                                   63
17 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme               75
18 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Bergasol                               82
19 Felix Cardenas (Col) Cafes Baque                                     85
20 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                       89
21 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                       91
22 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Saeco                                           93
23 Peio Arreitunandia (Spa) Cafes Baque                                110
24 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre                                     115
25 Unai Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                                116
26 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor              122
27 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team                            127
28 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems                         129
29 David Fernandez (Spa) Paternina-Costa De Almeria                    134
30 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                 143
31 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor             152
32 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Saeco                                            157
33 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Alessio-Bianchi                                 158
34 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie           161
35 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon                           165
36 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                     166
37 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme           175
38 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                             176
39 Iñaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                 178
40 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone               182
41 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Lampre                                       182
42 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio-Bianchi                           183
43 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax-Bergasol                               193
44 Erki Pütsep (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance                                   199
45 Herbert Gutierrez (Col) Cafes Baque                                 200
46 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre                                          220
47 Antonio Colom (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                           223
48 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme                  234
 
Teams classification
 
1 Comunidad Valenciana - Kelme                                   159.08.03
2 Liberty Seguros                                                     6.21
3 US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor                                  25.06
4 Costa de Almeria - Paternina                                       25.54
5 Illes Balears - Banesto                                            26.30
6 Saunier Duval - Prodir                                             35.14
7 Team CSC                                                           35.57
8 Phonak Hearing Systems                                             38.25
9 Cafes Baque                                                        47.50
10 Cofidis, le credit par telephone                                  58.03
11 Relax-Bodysol                                                   1.02.07
12 Saeco                                                           1.25.56
13 T-Mobile Team                                                   1.48.13
14 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                             2.00.38
15 Fassa Bortolo                                                   2.16.08
16 Rabobank                                                        2.23.27
17 Quick Step - Davitamon                                          2.26.54
18 Vini Caldirola -Nobili Rubinetterie                             2.29.22
19 Lampre                                                          2.53.23
20 Alessio - Bianchi                                               3.44.02

  

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