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2005 Vuelta Ciclista al Pais Vasco, Stage 5a

Vuelta Ciclista al Pais Vasco, Spain

Stage 5a, Alsasua - Arantzazu 93 km

8 April

Voigt Ahead of a Thundering Di Luca

Jens Voigt (CSC) has won the morning stage of the fifth and last day of the 45th Pais Vasco. The stage between Alsasua and Arantzazu was short (93K), hilly and ran in terrible weather. Voigt was first Arantzazu, next in was David Blanco (Comunidad Valenciana) then Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas), and followed by a hammering Aitor Osa (Illes Balears).

Today Osa has gained 3 seconds to Perdiguero (Phonak), Contador (Liberty), Cunego (Lampre), Bobby Julich (CSC) and Michael Rogers (Quick Step), among others. Osa will need all the time he can get in this afternoon's time trial, where he will be defending off Menchov (Rabobank), winner of the 2004 Pais Vasco.

Jens Voigt won a spectacular stage today, but it was hard to pay attention to Voigt due to the fight for GC. Behind Voigt, Di Luca and Osa, among others, were going through all sorts of pain for seconds. Seconds that will make the difference this afternoon in the time trial.

In the final 7K ascent Di Luca sparked the fire with an impressive force. The whole climb Di Luca was being pursued by Illes Balears and CSC, that had a double objective. CSC wanted to guarantee the victory of Voigt and to maintain the possibilities of a GC win for Julich this afternoon. And in the end Di Luca came in with a 18" advantage that wiped out the deficit to Osa.

Besides a nice stage win by Voigt and a great ride by Di Luca, there was also the courage of Kaiku and Comunidad Valenciana. Andoni Aranaga (Kaiku) started the day in the mountains lead, but David Latasa (Comunidad Valenciana) battled it out today in the rain to take enough points and secure the victory overall.

Stay tuned for this afternoon's time trial stage 5b, Oñati - Oñati 9.3 km.

Results: 2:23'24"
1 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC
2 David Blanco (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 1.15
3 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 1.34
4 Aitor Osa (Spa) Illes Balears 1.35
5 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 1.38
6 Miguel Angel Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak
7 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Caffita
8 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto
9 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC
10 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick-Step
11 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak
12 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux
13 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner
14 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank
15 Joaquím Rodríguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
16 Eladio Jiménez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana
17 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis
18 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Kaiku
19 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
20 David Etxebarria (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth
21 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir
22 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel 1.43
23 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 1.45
24 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank
25 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel 1.47
26 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel
27 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank
28 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française Des Jeux 1.55
29 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel
30 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank
31 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile 1.58
32 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis
33 Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile
34 Serhiy Honchar (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 2.17
35 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.23
36 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
37 Iker Camaño (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
38 Francisco Javier Vila (Spa) Lampre-Caffita
39 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile
40 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick-Step
41 Massimo Codol (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
42 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
43 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
44 Ángel Vicioso (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth
45 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Illes Balears 2.27
46 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 2.28
47 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 3.08
48 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Domina Vacanze 3.15
49 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) Phonak 3.35
50 Ivan Mayoz (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada
51 Ezequiel Mosquera (Spa) Kaiku 3.41
52 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4.00
53 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Fassa Bortolo 4.11
54 Volodimir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo
55 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole
56 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
57 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 5.00
58 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile
59 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank
60 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank
61 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi
62 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Domina Vacanze
63 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis
64 Unai Osa (Spa) Illes Balears
65 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank
66 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas-Bianchi
67 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick-Step
68 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
69 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
70 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole
71 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak
72 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel
73 Andrea Noè (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi
74 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
75 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel
76 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC
77 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak
78 José Miguel Elías (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada
79 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
80 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis
81 Marc Lotz (Ned) Quick-Step
82 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth
83 Francisco Lara (Spa) T-Mobile
84 Ruben Lobato (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
85 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5.21
86 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5.43
87 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis
88 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis 6.07
89 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 6.46
90 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank
91 Adrian Palomares (Spa) Kaiku 6.47
92 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner
93 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 7.05
94 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 7.58
95 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears 8.14
96 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC 9.43
97 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole
98 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française Des Jeux
99 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole
100 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole
101 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
102 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak
103 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis
104 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Caffita
105 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 10.47
106 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 10.52
107 Andoni Aranaga (Spa) Kaiku
108 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears
109 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada
110 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
111 Javier Ramirez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth
112 Joseba Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
113 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Caffita
114 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas-Bianchi
115 Antonio Berasategui (Spa) Kaiku
116 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC
117 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears
118 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada
119 José Antonio Garrido (Spa) Quick-Step
120 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 11.35
121 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 14.54
122 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux
123 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française Des Jeux
124 José Bonilla (CRc) Comunidad Valenciana
125 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Domina Vacanze 14.55
126 Michele Gobbi (Ita) Domina Vacanze
127 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth
128 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 16.48
129 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
130 Yon Bru (Spa) Kaiku
131 Javier Pascual Rodríguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 17.35
132 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC 18.33
133 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner
134 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Crédit Agricole
135 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick-Step 18.34
136 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Domina Vacanze
137 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita 18.37
138 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel 24.35

Points
1 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 25
2 David Blanco (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 20
3 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 16
4 Aitor Osa (Spa) Illes Balears 14
5 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 12
6 Miguel Angel Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak 10
7 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 9
8 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 8

Mountains
Alto De Aztiria - Cat. 2
1 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 6
2 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 4
3 Eladio Jiménez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 2
4 Andoni Aranaga (Spa) Kaiku 1

Alto De Asentzio - Cat. 2
1 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4
2 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 3
3 David Blanco (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 2
4 Andoni Aranaga (Spa) Kaiku 1

Alto De Arantzazu - Cat. 2
1 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4
2 David Blanco (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 3
3 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 2
4 Aitor Osa (Spa) Illes Balears 1

Metas Volantes
Segura, 22 K
1 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 3
2 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 2
3 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1

Bergara, 56 K

1 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3
2 Adrian Palomares (Spa) Kaiku 2
3 David Blanco (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 1

Zaldibia, 84 K
1 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3
2 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 2
3 David Blanco (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 1

GC:
1 Aitor Osa (Spa) Illes Balears 18.00.00
2 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 0.01
3 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 0.05
4 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 0.08
5 Joaquím Rodríguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.10
6 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 0.15
7 Miguel Angel Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak 0.17
8 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Kaiku
9 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank
10 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir
11 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 0.20
12 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 0.21
13 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick-Step 0.23
14 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC
15 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak
16 David Etxebarria (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth
17 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis
18 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel 0.28
19 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel 0.32
20 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 0.38
21 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française Des Jeux 0.40
22 Eladio Jiménez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 0.44
23 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 0.45
24 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 0.52
25 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile 0.53
26 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis 1.00
27 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.02
28 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Illes Balears 1.12
29 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile 1.18
30 Ángel Vicioso (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth
31 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.35
32 Serhiy Honchar (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 1.37
33 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel 1.47
34 Massimo Codol (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.48
35 David Blanco (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 1.49
36 Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile 1.59
37 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 2.26
38 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 2.33
39 Francisco Javier Vila (Spa) Lampre-Caffita 2.40
40 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick-Step 2.48
41 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3.09
42 Ezequiel Mosquera (Spa) Kaiku 3.27
43 Volodimir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 3.41
44 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Fassa Bortolo
45 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3.55
46 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 3.59
47 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 4.04
48 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel 4.09
49 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.25
50 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Domina Vacanze 4.29
51 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel 4.30
52 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.45
53 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis 4.59
54 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 5.08
55 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak 6.06
56 José Miguel Elías (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 6.36
57 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 7.48
58 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears 8.03
59 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis 8.17
60 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 8.29
61 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 8.47
62 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 8.52
63 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 9.13
64 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 9.18
65 Unai Osa (Spa) Illes Balears
66 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 9.33
67 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 10.22
68 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 10.35
69 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 10.44
70 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 11.04
71 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 11.13
72 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 11.20
73 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 11.34
74 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Caffita 11.41
75 Andrea Noè (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 12.00
76 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 12.28
77 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis 13.39
78 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 13.46
79 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 13.56
80 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 14.22
81 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 14.23
82 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 14.28
83 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 14.31
84 Iker Camaño (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 14.32
85 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 14.55
86 Javier Ramirez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 15.18
87 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 15.31
88 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 15.46
89 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas-Bianchi 16.00
90 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 16.21
91 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 17.21
92 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick-Step 17.25
93 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 17.57
94 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 18.21
95 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 18.59
96 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis 19.08
97 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak 19.23
98 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile 19.47
99 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears 20.40
100 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC 21.11
101 Joseba Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 22.22
102 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française Des Jeux 23.47
103 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 23.55
104 Andoni Aranaga (Spa) Kaiku 24.21
105 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 25.02
106 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 25.34
107 José Bonilla (CRc) Comunidad Valenciana 27.27
108 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis 27.33
109 Javier Pascual Rodríguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 28.08
110 Marc Lotz (Ned) Quick-Step 28.50
111 Ruben Lobato (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 28.54
112 Francisco Lara (Spa) T-Mobile 28.58
113 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 30.00
114 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak 30.42
115 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita 31.20
116 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears 33.09
117 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 33.57
118 Antonio Berasategui (Spa) Kaiku 34.25
119 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 35.20
120 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC 35.32
121 Ivan Mayoz (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 35.58
122 Adrian Palomares (Spa) Kaiku 36.10
123 José Antonio Garrido (Spa) Quick-Step 37.19
124 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Domina Vacanze 37.28
125 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC 38.23
126 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 38.39
127 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) Phonak 39.01
128 Yon Bru (Spa) Kaiku 39.58
129 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 40.10
130 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française Des Jeux 40.42
131 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Caffita 43.19
132 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 45.12
133 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 45.35
134 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas-Bianchi 47.23
135 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick-Step 50.15
136 Michele Gobbi (Ita) Domina Vacanze 51.36
137 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Domina Vacanze 53.13

Points
1 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 85
2 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Illes Balears 66
3 Miguel Angel Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak 65
4 Aitor Osa (Spa) Illes Balears 39
5 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 38
6 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 38
7 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 29
8 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 28
9 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis 25
10 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 25
11 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC 20

Mountains
1 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 29
2 Andoni Aranaga (Spa) Kaiku 24
3 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 18
4 Yon Bru (Spa) Kaiku 12
5 Eladio Jiménez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 12
6 Ivan Mayoz (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 12
7 David Blanco (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 10
8 Carlos Zarate (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 9
9 Aitor Osa (Spa) Illes Balears 9
10 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis 8

Metas volantes
1 Ivan Mayoz (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 13
2 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 11
3 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 9
4 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 9
5 Carlos Zarate (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 6

Teams
1 Rabobank 54.01.09
2 Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.20
3 Discovery Channel 0.37
4 Liberty Seguros-Würth 0.53
5 T-Mobile 3.01