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Vuelta a España, Spain
Stage 1, Granada - Granada TT, 7.0K
27 August
Menchov Grabs Spanish Gold at Vuelta
Stage List, Stage Profile, Photos
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Menchov Rides to Win, photo: Rabobank
Denis Menchov (Rabobank) pulled off the stage 1 double, winning the opening TT and the leader's golden jersey. The Russian (27) got his first win of 2005 when he ousted all-day leader, Rik Verbrugghe (Quick-Step), with a time of 9'45".
Sunny skies and temperatures of 30°C are reasons why the tifosi love the Vuelta a España. It was a great start to the 60th Vuelta a España in Granada, considering just last week the riders were feeling the ugliness of Mother Nature in the Deutschland Tour. Today's course was a quick one, just 7K to cover, with a 3rd Cat. climb after 2.3K.
The man that pulled off the prologue win in the Eneco Tour, came close to achieving victory today. Rik Verbrugghe came home on the course with a time of 9'46" and pushed Ángel Vicioso (Liberty Seguros-Würth) out of the lead. He set the fastest time of the day at the 2.3K time check, at 4'40", making him the mountains leader heading into tomorrow's stage 2.
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New Leader, photo: Rabobank
The disappointments of the day were Aitor González (Euskaltel-Euskadi) and Joseba Beloki (Liberty Seguros-Würth). González is a past winner at the Vuelta, and showed great form earlier in the year at the Tour de Suisse, but failed to live up to his TT potential today in Granada (20th at 26" back). Beloki had such bad luck, taking a spill on the first corner of the TT course. We all love little Joseba and we would be happy to see him finally put his terrible crash of the 2003 Tour de France and subsequent bad luck behind him.
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Veloce Simoni, photo: Lampre-Caffita
Big thumbs up to Roberto Heras (Liberty Seguros-Würth), Gilberto Simoni (Lampre-Caffita) and Roberto Laiseka (Euskaltel-Euskadi). Heras came into the Vuelta as the defending champion and lived up to his potential. His time of 15" back, in 7th, was very good for a small climber. Gilberto Simoni outperformed all experts predictions in the first stage. Gibo really set the course on fire with a 10th place at 20" back. Surely he will gain confidence from his ride going into the coming mountain stages. Finally, Laiseka gets a mention as a rider who did more than what was expected of him. This Spaniard is more mountain goat than a TT-machine. Roberto put in an impressive ride, he finished 23" back behind Menchov and was the top Euskaltel-Euskadi rider.
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Lovely Spain, photo: © Unipublic
Two big names for i tifosi Americani: Tom Danielson (Discovery Channel) and Christian Vande Velde (Team CSC). Danielson was in 2nd slot for a long time and was only put into 5th, at 12", when the big favorites came home. The Disco rider has the ability to perform in the mountains and mount a charge on the overall GC. Vande Velde was another Americano who rode very well in his adopted-home tour. His ability to TT and climb will be a huge asset to Carlos Sastre (4th at 3") in the coming weeks.
Read The Dust Devil's Daily Wrap for Stage 1, Menchov the Man?
Results:
1 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 0:09'45", 43.01 K/h
2 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick-Step 0.01
3 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française Des Jeux 0.03
4 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 0.07
5 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 0.12
6 Rubén Plaza (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 0.13
7 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 0.15
8 David Bernabeu (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana
9 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak 0.18
10 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 0.20
11 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC
12 Francisco Pérez (Spa) Illes Balears
13 Ángel Vicioso (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth
14 Patxi Vila (Spa) Lampre-Caffita 0.21
15 Iván Gutiérrez (Spa) Illes Balears 0.22
16 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.23
17 Miguel Angel Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak
18 Joaquím Rodríguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.24
19 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel
20 Aitor González (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.26
21 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears
22 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak 0.27
23 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak
24 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel
25 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.28
26 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
27 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
28 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo
29 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel 0.29
30 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française Des Jeux
31 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Domina Vacanze 0.30
32 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
33 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis 0.31
34 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas-Bianchi
35 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth 0.32
36 Unai Yus (Spa) Bouygues Telecom
37 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Caffita 0.33
38 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick-Step
39 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC 0.34
40 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis
41 Adolfo García Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana
42 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team CSC 0.35
43 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis 0.36
44 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile
45 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner
46 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak
47 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada
48 Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Lampre-Caffita
49 Mauricio Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon-Lotto 0.37
50 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile 0.38
51 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC
52 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
53 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
54 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Illes Balears 0.39
55 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick-Step
56 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada
57 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
58 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak
59 Aitor Osa (Spa) Illes Balears 0.40
60 David Blanco (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana
61 Niels Scheuneman (Ned) Rabobank
62 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner
63 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel
64 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) Phonak
65 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears
66 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto
67 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 0.41
68 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
69 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile
70 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir
71 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Caffita
72 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC
73 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
74 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth 0.42
75 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux
76 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
77 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile
78 Leif Hoste (Bel) Discovery Channel 0.43
79 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Crédit Agricole
80 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel 0.44
81 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.45
82 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile 0.46
83 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi
84 José Antonio Pecharroman (Spa) Quick-Step 0.47
85 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole
86 Moisés Dueñas (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 0.48
87 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank
88 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
89 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel
90 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.49
91 Jorge Garcia (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada
92 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
93 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
94 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel
95 Eladio Jiménez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 0.50
96 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
97 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick-Step
98 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
99 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick-Step
100 Julián Sánchez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 0.51
101 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
102 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
103 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi
104 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis
105 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.52
106 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile
107 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears
108 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick-Step
109 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.53
110 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
111 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick-Step
112 Angel Casero (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 0.54
113 Javier Pascual Rodríguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana
114 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile 0.55
115 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française Des Jeux 0.56
116 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 0.57
117 Carlos García Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana
118 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi
119 David López García (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
120 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 0.58
121 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
122 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
123 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak
124 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze
125 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Lampre-Caffita 0.59
126 Igor González de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth
127 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Lampre-Caffita
128 Francisco Lara (Spa) T-Mobile
129 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
130 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 1.00
131 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada
132 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 1.01
133 Luca Solari (Ita) Domina Vacanze
134 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Lampre-Caffita 1.02
135 Jukka Vastaranta (Fin) Rabobank
136 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Domina Vacanze
137 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
138 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole
139 José Antonio Garrido (Spa) Quick-Step
140 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis
141 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth 1.03
142 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.04
143 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC
144 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 1.05
145 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Domina Vacanze
146 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis
147 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux
148 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 1.06
149 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole
150 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
151 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi
152 Tom Steels (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1.07
153 Fredy González (Col) Relax Fuenlabrada
154 José Miguel Elías (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada
155 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC 1.08
156 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile 1.09
157 Unai Osa (Spa) Illes Balears 1.10
158 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak 1.11
159 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis
160 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis 1.12
161 Giosuè Bonomi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita
162 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth
163 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 1.13
164 Yohann Gène (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
165 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis
166 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française Des Jeux 1.14
167 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank
168 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner
169 Ian McLeod (RSA) Française Des Jeux 1.15
170 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 1.16
171 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears
172 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.17
173 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
174 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 1.18
175 Matej Jurco (Svk) Domina Vacanze 1.19
176 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.20
177 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas-Bianchi
178 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 1.21
179 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Française Des Jeux
180 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française Des Jeux 1.22
181 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
182 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 1.23
183 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Domina Vacanze 1.25
184 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Crédit Agricole
185 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner 1.26
186 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto
187 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.27
188 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.30
189 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.31
190 Oscar Mason (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi
191 Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 1.32
192 Devis Miorin (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 1.37
193 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank
194 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Crédit Agricole 1.40
195 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 1.44
196 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Domina Vacanze 1.45
197 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 1.54
Points
1 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 25
2 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick-Step 20
3 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française Des Jeux 16
4 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 14
5 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 12
6 Rubén Plaza (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 10
7 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 9
8 David Bernabeu (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 8
9 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak 7
10 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 6
11 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 5
12 Francisco Pérez (Spa) Illes Balears 4
13 Ángel Vicioso (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 3
14 Patxi Vila (Spa) Lampre-Caffita 2
15 Iván Gutiérrez (Spa) Illes Balears 1
Mountains
Alto de la Alhambra - Cat. 3, K 2.3
1 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick-Step 6
2 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 4
3 Joaquím Rodríguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2
4 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française Des Jeux 1
Teams
1 Team CSC 30:16'00"
2 Comunidad Valenciana 0.01
3 Discovery Channel 0.02
4 Liberty Seguros-Würth 0.06
5 Illes Balears 0.07
6 Phonak 0.08
7 Quick-Step 0.12
8 Lampre-Caffita 0.13
9 Française Des Jeux
10 Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.16
11 Rabobank 0.27
12 Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.34
13 Cofidis 0.40
14 Fassa Bortolo 0.47
15 Bouygues Telecom 0.48
16 T-Mobile 0.54
17 Davitamon-Lotto
18 Relax Fuenlabrada 1.02
19 Gerolsteiner 1.07
20 Liquigas-Bianchi
21 Crédit Agricole 1.26
22 Domina Vacanze 1.28
GC:
1 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 9.45
2 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick-Step 0.01
3 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française Des Jeux 0.03
4 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 0.07
5 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 0.12
6 Rubén Plaza (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 0.13
7 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 0.15
8 David Bernabeu (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana
9 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak 0.18
10 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 0.20
11 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC
12 Francisco Pérez (Spa) Illes Balears
13 Ángel Vicioso (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth
14 Patxi Vila (Spa) Lampre-Caffita 0.21
15 Iván Gutiérrez (Spa) Illes Balears 0.22
16 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.23
17 Miguel Angel Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak 0.24
18 Joaquím Rodríguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
19 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel
20 Aitor González (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.26
21 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears
22 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak 0.27
23 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak
24 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel
25 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.28
26 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
27 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
28 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo
29 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel 0.29
30 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française Des Jeux
31 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Domina Vacanze 0.30
32 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
33 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis 0.31
34 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas-Bianchi
35 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth 0.32
36 Unai Yus (Spa) Bouygues Telecom
37 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Caffita 0.33
38 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick-Step
39 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC 0.34
40 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis
41 Adolfo García Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana
42 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team CSC 0.35
43 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis 0.36
44 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile
45 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner
46 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak
47 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada
48 Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Lampre-Caffita
49 Mauricio Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon-Lotto 0.37
50 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile 0.38
51 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC
52 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
53 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
54 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Illes Balears 0.39
55 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick-Step
56 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada
57 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
58 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak
59 Aitor Osa (Spa) Illes Balears 0.40
60 David Blanco (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana
61 Niels Scheuneman (Ned) Rabobank
62 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner
63 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel
64 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) Phonak
65 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears
66 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto
67 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 0.41
68 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
69 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile
70 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir
71 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Caffita
72 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC
73 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
74 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth 0.42
75 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux
76 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
77 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile
78 Leif Hoste (Bel) Discovery Channel 0.43
79 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Crédit Agricole
80 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel 0.44
81 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.45
82 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile 0.46
83 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi
84 José Antonio Pecharroman (Spa) Quick-Step 0.47
85 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole
86 Moisés Dueñas (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 0.48
87 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank
88 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
89 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel
90 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.49
91 Jorge Garcia (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada
92 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
93 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
94 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel
95 Eladio Jiménez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 0.50
96 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
97 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick-Step
98 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
99 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick-Step
100 Julián Sánchez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 0.51
101 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
102 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
103 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi
104 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis
105 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.52
106 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile
107 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears
108 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick-Step
109 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.53
110 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
111 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick-Step
112 Angel Casero (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 0.54
113 Javier Pascual Rodríguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana
114 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile 0.55
115 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française Des Jeux 0.56
116 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 0.57
117 Carlos García Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana
118 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi
119 David López García (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
120 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 0.58
121 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
122 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
123 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak
124 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze
125 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Lampre-Caffita 0.59
126 Igor González de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth
127 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Lampre-Caffita
128 Francisco Lara (Spa) T-Mobile
129 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
130 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 1.00
131 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada
132 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 1.01
133 Luca Solari (Ita) Domina Vacanze
134 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Lampre-Caffita 1.02
135 Jukka Vastaranta (Fin) Rabobank
136 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Domina Vacanze
137 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
138 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole
139 José Antonio Garrido (Spa) Quick-Step
140 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis
141 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth 1.03
142 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.04
143 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC
144 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 1.05
145 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Domina Vacanze
146 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis
147 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux
148 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 1.06
149 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole
150 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
151 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi
152 Tom Steels (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1.07
153 Fredy González (Col) Relax Fuenlabrada
154 José Miguel Elías (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada
155 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC 1.08
156 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile 1.09
157 Unai Osa (Spa) Illes Balears 1.10
158 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak 1.11
159 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis
160 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis 1.12
161 Giosuè Bonomi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita
162 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth
163 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 1.13
164 Yohann Gène (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
165 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis
166 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française Des Jeux 1.14
167 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank
168 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner
169 Ian McLeod (RSA) Française Des Jeux 1.15
170 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 1.16
171 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears
172 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.17
173 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
174 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 1.18
175 Matej Jurco (Svk) Domina Vacanze 1.19
176 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.20
177 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas-Bianchi
178 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 1.21
179 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Française Des Jeux
180 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française Des Jeux 1.22
181 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
182 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 1.23
183 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Domina Vacanze 1.25
184 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Crédit Agricole
185 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner 1.26
186 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto
187 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.27
188 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.30
189 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.31
190 Oscar Mason (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi
191 Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 1.32
192 Devis Miorin (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 1.37
193 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank
194 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Crédit Agricole 1.40
195 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 1.44
196 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Domina Vacanze 1.45
197 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 1.54
Points
1 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 25
2 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick-Step 20
3 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française Des Jeux 16
4 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 14
5 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 12
6 Rubén Plaza (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 10
7 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 9
8 David Bernabeu (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 8
9 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak 7
10 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 6
11 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 5
12 Francisco Pérez (Spa) Illes Balears 4
13 Ángel Vicioso (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 3
14 Patxi Vila (Spa) Lampre-Caffita 2
15 Iván Gutiérrez (Spa) Illes Balears 1
Mountains
1 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick-Step 6
2 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 4
3 Joaquím Rodríguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2
4 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française Des Jeux 1
Combination
1 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 4
2 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick-Step 5
3 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française Des Jeux 10
Teams
1 Team CSC 30:16'00"
2 Comunidad Valenciana 0.01
3 Discovery Channel 0.02
4 Liberty Seguros-Würth 0.06
5 Illes Balears 0.07
6 Phonak 0.08
7 Quick-Step 0.12
8 Lampre-Caffita 0.13
9 Française Des Jeux
10 Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.16
11 Rabobank 0.27
12 Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.34
13 Cofidis 0.40
14 Fassa Bortolo 0.47
15 Bouygues Telecom 0.48
16 T-Mobile 0.54
17 Davitamon-Lotto
18 Relax Fuenlabrada 1.02
19 Gerolsteiner 1.07
20 Liquigas-Bianchi
21 Crédit Agricole 1.26
22 Domina Vacanze 1.28
Intermediate timing
km 2.3
1 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick-Step 4.40
2 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 0.03
3 Joaquím Rodríguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.07
4 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française Des Jeux
5 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC
6 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth
7 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.08
8 Rubén Plaza (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana
9 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita
10 Ángel Vicioso (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 0.09
11 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.10
12 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 0.12
13 Aitor González (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
14 Aitor Osa (Spa) Illes Balears 0.13
15 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak
16 Patxi Vila (Spa) Lampre-Caffita
17 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel 0.14
18 Miguel Angel Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak
19 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick-Step
20 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel
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