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Volta Ciclista a Catalunya, Spain
Stage 5, Sornas - Ordino-Arcalis TT, 17.1K
20 May
Saunier Duval 1-2
![Map](javascript:ImagePopup("../../map/2005/VoltaCiclistaCatalunya5.jpg", 500, 300, "Stage Map");){kind=link}
![Iñigo Cuesta](javascript:ImagePopup("../../photo/2005/VoltaCiclistaCatalunya/5/SdpInigoCuestaStageWinner.jpg", 600, 392, "Iñigo Cuesta"); "Iñigo Cuesta Stage Winner, photo: Saunier Duval - Prodir")
Iñigo Cuesta Stage Winner, photo: Saunier Duval - Prodir
It was a Saunier Duval-Prodir one-two in today's stage 5 of the Volta Ciclista a Catalunya. Spaniard Iñigo Cuesta took the win on the 17K uphill TT. Cuesta put in a time of 37'18", followed home by Leonardo Piepoli at 26". Yaroslav Popovych rode strong enough to keep the unique leader's jersey, coming home at 51" back.
For not racing since March, Popovych is riding quite well. He has been in the Ukraine due to Visa problems in Italy (something the BiciRace.com employees know all too well). Popovych looks to defend his lead on the two remaining stages this weekend. He's a solid rider who has achieved a solid GC performance.
![Jan Ullrich](javascript:ImagePopup("../../photo/2005/VoltaCiclistaCatalunya/5/teamJanUllrichInBus.jpg", 400, 267, "Jan Ullrich"); "Jan Ullrich, photo: T-Mobile")
Jan Ullrich, photo: T-Mobile
Notable rides are by Iban Mayo, who is coming on quite well, at 54" back. Then there was the ride of 1997 Tour champion, Jan Ullrich, coming in at 2'56". You can consider his result in 2 ways: 1) Jan's too slow with his tour prep, or 2) this guy's really on target for the Tour. Considering his lack of racing so far this season, this was actually a great result for the German power-house.
Results:
1 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 37'18"
2 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.26
3 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis 0.45
4 Ezequiel Mosquera (Spa) Kaiku 0.47
5 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 0.51
6 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick-Step 0.52
7 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.54
8 Eladio Jiménez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 1.46
9 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 1.51
10 Jonathan Gonzalez (Spa) Illes Balears 1.55
11 David Arroyo (Spa) Illes Balears 2.00
12 Aitor Osa (Spa) Illes Balears 2.03
13 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros-Würth 2.08
14 Miguel Angel Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak 2.12
15 Axel Merckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 2.14
16 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Fassa Bortolo 2.20
17 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 2.25
18 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Illes Balears
19 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2.29
20 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel
21 Carlos Garcia (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 2.31
22 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 2.32
23 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak 2.33
24 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC 2.38
25 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2.44
26 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.46
27 Francisco Lara (Spa) T-Mobile
28 Julian Sanchez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 2.53
29 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis
30 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile 2.56
31 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak
32 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank
33 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.59
34 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis 3.00
35 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak 3.01
36 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis 3.06
37 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 3.14
38 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Kaiku 3.15
39 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3.16
40 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears 3.18
41 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 3.22
42 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3.28
43 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 3.41
44 Maryan Hary (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
45 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 3.47
46 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo
47 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 3.49
48 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3.58
49 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) T-Mobile 4.04
50 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC
51 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 4.05
52 Jukka Vastaranta (Fin) Rabobank 4.06
53 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner
54 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4.07
55 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.08
56 Jesus Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 4.10
57 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 4.11
58 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick-Step
59 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 4.12
60 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française Des Jeux
61 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.13
62 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.14
63 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 4.20
64 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 4.22
65 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile
66 Serge Baguet (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 4.23
67 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile
68 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Domina Vacanze 4.30
69 Manuel Lloret (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 4.31
70 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4.32
71 Luis Perez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 4.33
72 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française Des Jeux 4.42
73 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole
74 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis 4.43
75 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 4.45
76 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada
77 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 4.47
78 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4.48
79 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4.50
80 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux 4.51
81 Angel Edo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4.54
82 Juan Gomis (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 4.59
83 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 5.01
84 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
85 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak 5.03
86 Joseba Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
87 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 5.06
88 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 5.17
89 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Kaiku 5.19
90 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Discovery Channel 5.20
91 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile 5.23
92 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi 5.25
93 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 5.30
94 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 5.31
95 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 5.34
96 Koen De Kort (Ned) Liberty Seguros-Würth 5.36
97 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita
98 Devis Miorin (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 5.37
99 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 5.39
100 Alessandr Spezialetti (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 5.41
101 David Blanco (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana
102 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis 5.43
103 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick-Step 5.46
104 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel 5.50
105 Gianluca Sironi (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 5.52
106 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick-Step 5.55
107 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Lampre-Caffita
108 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 5.56
109 José Miguel Elías (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada
110 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank 5.58
111 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick-Step
112 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis
113 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 6.03
114 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 6.04
115 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi
116 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
117 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears 6.19
118 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Crédit Agricole
119 Moisés Dueñas (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 6.20
120 Tobias Steinhauser (Ger) T-Mobile 6.23
121 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
122 Javier Pascual Rodríguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 6.24
123 Fernando Serrano (Spa) Kaiku
124 Cédric Herve (Fra) Crédit Agricole 6.25
125 Marc Lotz (Ned) Quick-Step
126 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak 6.30
127 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Domina Vacanze 6.31
128 Ivan Santos (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 6.33
129 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick-Step 6.41
130 Israel Nunez (Spa) Kaiku 6.43
131 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 6.49
132 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 6.55
133 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) T-Mobile
134 Andoni Aranaga (Spa) Kaiku
135 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis 6.56
136 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel 6.57
137 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
138 Paolo Valoti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 7.02
139 Roger Hammond (GBr) Discovery Channel 7.03
140 Oscar Mason (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 7.05
141 Aitor Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
142 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Caffita
143 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth 7.08
144 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Discovery Channel
145 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 7.10
146 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 7.15
147 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner
148 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Illes Balears 7.19
149 Sebastien Portal (Fra) Crédit Agricole
150 Thomas Bruun Eriksen (Den) Team CSC 7.20
151 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak 7.21
152 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 7.26
153 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 7.42
154 Enrico Grigoli (Ita) Domina Vacanze
155 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi 7.45
156 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 7.57
157 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 8.03
158 José A. Lopez (Spa) Kaiku 8.16
159 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank 8.19
160 Mickaël Delage (Fra) Française Des Jeux 8.26
161 Oleksandr Kvachuk (Ukr) Lampre-Caffita 8.33
162 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 8.39
163 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 8.51
164 Agustin Alonso (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 9.18
165 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 9.35
166 Marco Righetto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 9.37
167 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française Des Jeux 9.40
168 Nicola Loda (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 9.45
169 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Domina Vacanze 10.58
170 Lars Michaelsen (Den) Team CSC 11.01
171 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 11.28
172 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Rabobank 17.33
Points
1 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 25
2 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 20
3 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis 16
4 Ezequiel Mosquera (Spa) Kaiku 14
5 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 12
6 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick-Step 10
7 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 9
8 Eladio Jiménez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 8
9 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 7
10 Jonathan Gonzalez (Spa) Illes Balears 6
11 David Arroyo (Spa) Illes Balears 5
12 Aitor Osa (Spa) Illes Balears 4
13 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros-Würth 3
14 Miguel Angel Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak 2
15 Axel Merckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1
Mountains
Ordino-Arcalis - Special Cat., K 17.1
1 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 30
2 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 25
3 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis 20
4 Ezequiel Mosquera (Spa) Kaiku 16
5 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 12
6 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick-Step 10
7 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8
8 Eladio Jiménez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 6
9 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 4
10 Jonathan Gonzalez (Spa) Illes Balears 3
11 David Arroyo (Spa) Illes Balears 2
12 Aitor Osa (Spa) Illes Balears 1
GC:
1 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 15.46.40
2 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.20
3 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis 0.59
4 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick-Step 1.18
5 Aitor Osa (Spa) Illes Balears 1.23
6 Miguel Angel Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak 2.06
7 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.18
8 Ezequiel Mosquera (Spa) Kaiku 2.25
9 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2.47
10 Francisco Lara (Spa) T-Mobile 2.58
11 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak 3.04
12 Axel Merckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 3.06
13 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel 3.16
14 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3.26
15 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC 3.29
16 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 3.38
17 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile
18 David Arroyo (Spa) Illes Balears
19 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis 3.46
20 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 4.15
21 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.16
22 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis 4.27
23 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak 4.44
24 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth
25 Maryan Hary (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4.53
26 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis 4.59
27 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak 5.07
28 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 5.13
29 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 5.21
30 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5.29
31 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis 5.31
32 Julian Sanchez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 5.33
33 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 5.49
34 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 5.57
35 Jukka Vastaranta (Fin) Rabobank 6.29
36 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 6.37
37 Jesus Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 6.47
38 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears 7.01
39 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 7.05
40 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 7.33
41 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 7.38
42 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile 8.00
43 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux 8.27
44 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Discovery Channel 8.32
45 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 9.15
46 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 9.16
47 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 9.33
48 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 10.15
49 Moisés Dueñas (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 10.17
50 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 10.26
51 José Miguel Elías (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 10.30
52 Jonathan Gonzalez (Spa) Illes Balears 10.31
53 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 10.32
54 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis 10.38
55 Alessandr Spezialetti (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 10.39
56 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 11.32
57 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 12.02
58 Devis Miorin (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 12.06
59 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française Des Jeux 12.10
60 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 12.43
61 Luis Perez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 12.46
62 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Fassa Bortolo
63 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Kaiku 12.58
64 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Domina Vacanze 13.24
65 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 13.27
66 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros-Würth 13.43
67 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Crédit Agricole 14.03
68 Joseba Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 14.16
69 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 14.41
70 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 15.19
71 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 15.28
72 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 15.39
73 Carlos Garcia (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 15.42
74 Serge Baguet (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 16.01
75 David Blanco (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 16.41
76 Javier Pascual Rodríguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 17.24
77 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Lampre-Caffita 17.36
78 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel 18.53
79 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 19.54
80 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile 20.19
81 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 20.29
82 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 20.40
83 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 20.43
84 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 21.01
85 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Illes Balears 21.06
86 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 21.14
87 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile 21.20
88 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita 21.53
89 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank 22.07
90 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick-Step 22.21
91 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick-Step 22.24
92 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 22.33
93 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 22.34
94 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 22.37
95 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Domina Vacanze 22.38
96 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Kaiku 22.48
97 Angel Edo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 22.49
98 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) T-Mobile 22.52
99 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis 22.55
100 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 23.24
101 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 23.26
102 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 23.31
103 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 24.17
104 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 24.24
105 Cédric Herve (Fra) Crédit Agricole 24.42
106 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 25.34
107 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 26.08
108 Oscar Mason (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 26.12
109 Manuel Lloret (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 26.17
110 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 26.36
111 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française Des Jeux 26.43
112 Juan Gomis (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 26.45
113 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 26.47
114 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi 26.51
115 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) T-Mobile 27.06
116 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française Des Jeux 27.11
117 Koen De Kort (Ned) Liberty Seguros-Würth 27.13
118 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 27.20
119 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 27.22
120 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 27.38
121 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick-Step
122 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears 27.43
123 Tobias Steinhauser (Ger) T-Mobile 27.46
124 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
125 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 27.59
126 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 28.00
127 Marc Lotz (Ned) Quick-Step 28.17
128 Roger Hammond (GBr) Discovery Channel 28.18
129 Fernando Serrano (Spa) Kaiku 28.24
130 Gianluca Sironi (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 28.29
131 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick-Step 28.33
132 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak 28.40
133 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 28.42
134 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Illes Balears 28.43
135 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth 28.45
136 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 28.48
137 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 28.52
138 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis 28.56
139 Aitor Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 29.05
140 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada
141 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi 29.11
142 Thomas Bruun Eriksen (Den) Team CSC 29.22
143 Sebastien Portal (Fra) Crédit Agricole 29.23
144 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak 29.37
145 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank 29.44
146 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 29.46
147 Paolo Valoti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 29.51
148 Israel Nunez (Spa) Kaiku 29.58
149 Oleksandr Kvachuk (Ukr) Lampre-Caffita 30.11
150 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel 30.35
151 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 30.40
152 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 30.43
153 Mickaël Delage (Fra) Française Des Jeux 30.55
154 Marco Righetto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 31.03
155 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 31.10
156 Ivan Santos (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 31.55
157 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 32.11
158 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Discovery Channel 32.27
159 Nicola Loda (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 32.48
160 Lars Michaelsen (Den) Team CSC 33.03
161 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 33.06
162 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 33.36
163 Agustin Alonso (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 33.42
164 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Domina Vacanze 34.55
165 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak 35.49
166 José A. Lopez (Spa) Kaiku 36.17
167 Andoni Aranaga (Spa) Kaiku 38.33
168 Enrico Grigoli (Ita) Domina Vacanze 43.04
169 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick-Step 1.02.52
Points
1 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 45
2 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 39
3 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 36
4 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 36
5 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 32
6 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank 28
7 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 26
8 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 25
9 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis 25
10 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick-Step 24
11 Aitor Osa (Spa) Illes Balears 20
12 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 20
13 Ezequiel Mosquera (Spa) Kaiku 14
14 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel 14
Mountains
1 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 41
2 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 38
3 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 33
4 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 30
5 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis 26
Metas Volantes
1 José A. Lopez (Spa) Kaiku 8
2 Maryan Hary (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 6
3 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 4
4 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak 3
5 Miguel Angel Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak 3
6 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis 3
Stefano Garzelli - "No, Even in Spain I train with some pros in the area. While in Italy, I ride with Nardello, Andriotto, Zanini, Mason, Peron, etc."
Battaglia Italiana, Simoni and Cunego Box? "Also, they have selected a photo where I appear fat."
Chat with the Director Sportivo, "Very beautiful and "rigida"( how do you say in English?)"
Pedro Delgado Interview - "In my opinion, of the directors I know, I like Vicente Belda the most."
Dave Zabriskie Getting Kisses at the Giro, Adding to Andy Hampsten, Greg LeMond and Ron Keifel, Fred Rodriguez and Tyler Hamilton before him, David Zabriskie put his name down as one of the few Americans to score a stage victory in the Giro d'Italia.
Tom Danielson Interview, Before the Giro d'Italia, "We looked at Lance a lot for that stage. And if I was able to do it, then I was going to try to do it. Lance had a lot of faith in me, and kind of stressed me out a little bit..."
Joseba Beloki Interview, "I'm not a real attacking kind of rider, but to attack one needs to have both confidence and physical strength to spare."
He was often criticized by the nay-sayers for not getting over the big mountains. True, he never made it to Paris. But, he knows his talents. He got paid to win races and get publicity for his sponsors., "The End of an Era"