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2005 Vuelta a España, Stage 6

Vuelta a España, Spain

Stage 6, Cuenca - Estación de Esquí Aramón Valdelinares, 217.0K

1 September

Heras Wins First GC Battle, Plus Stage

Heras On The Move, photo: © Unipublic

Roberto Heras (Liberty Seguros-Würth) out-dueled Denis Menchov (Rabobank) in the day's finale to take the win and the leader's jersey. In the final K Heras was able to overpower Menchov on the cat. 1 Alto de Valdelinares. Many favorites lost time due to the Liberty pace-making, and the GC was rewritten.

It was another steaming hot day in Spain, just east of Madrid. Today's stage was designed to help form the GC, with four categorized climbs. The final two climbs were going to be decisive: Cat 2 Alto de San Rafael (14K to go) and the cat 1. finish to Alto de Valdelinares.

Phonak and Dana García, photo: © Unipublic

Early on, approaching the first climb of the day, it was a group of four to try their luck. Koos Moerenhout (Davitamon-Lotto), Stijn Devolder (Discovery Channel), Guido Trenti (Quick-Step) and Pablo Lastras (Illes Balears) barely made it over the Alto de la Ciudad Encantada before being swallowed.

Nearly 100K later it was Mario Aerts (Davitamon-Lotto) to attack, helping form a group of 15, that was later whittled down to six. The group of six worked well, and with 60K remaining they had a gap of 5'45". The group: Koos, Jakob Piil (Team CSC), Benoît Joachim (Discovery Channel), Nacor Burgos (Relax Fuenlabrada), Devis Miorin (Liquigas-Bianchi) and Eric Leblacher (Crédit Agricole).

Piil Leads Charge, photo: © Unipublic

By the top of the Alto de San Rafael the group had a 4" advantage, but on the downhill they started to fall apart. Leblacher took a tumble on a tight bend, and Piil went free, leaving only Joachim to chase. Behind it was starting to heat up, especially for the race leader. Bradley McGee (Française Des Jeux) was in all sorts of pain, and was spit out the back when the road tilted upwards. By the end of the day the Aussie would be way out of the GC race.

The start of the Alto de Valdelinares, with 9K to go, Piil's advantage was only 2 minutes. The Dane needed plenty more to hold off the little climbers and win the stage. The peloton hit the climb with all sorts of force, lead by Liberty, who were shredding the pack. Piil was in sight with 3K remaining, behind him was a select group: Heras, Menchov, Michele Scarponi (Liberty Seguros-Würth), Carlos Sastre (Team CSC), Carlos García (Comunidad Valenciana), David Blanco (Comunidad Valenciana), Juan Miguel Mercado (Quick-Step) and Francisco Mancebo (Illes Balears).

Heras In Gold, photo: © Unipublic

Scarponi did the dirty work for Heras, trimming the group down with some mean pacemaking. Starting at 3K to go the 3X Vuelta champ, Heras, launched his missiles. Soon it was only the stage 1 winner, Menchov, and Heras left to battle. They did some sizable damage to the other favorites, but "Bravo" to the Comunidad Valenciana boys for limiting their losses. Once Heras put in his initial attack he kept pounding on the pedals, with smaller attacks thrown in. This gained the Spaniard the stage win, and enough bonus seconds to take the golden leader's jersey.

Read The Dust Devil's Daily Wrap for Stage 6, The Spanish Armada Strikes Hard!.

Results: 5:27'20", 39.78 K/h
1 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 2 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 3 David Blanco (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 4 Carlos García Quesada 5 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick-Step 6 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears 7 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 8 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC 9 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 10 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth 11 Joaquím Rodríguez 12 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel 13 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 14 Rubén Plaza (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 15 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 16 Unai Yus (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 17 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 18 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak 19 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile 20 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis 21 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 22 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 23 Miguel Angel Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak 24 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 25 David Bernabeu (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 26 Mauricio Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon-Lotto 27 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Caffita 28 Patxi Vila (Spa) Lampre-Caffita 29 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 30 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile 31 Unai Osa (Spa) Illes Balears 32 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis 33 Adolfo García Quesada 34 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 35 Aitor Osa (Spa) Illes Balears 36 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) Phonak 37 Moisés Dueñas 38 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 39 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel 40 Aitor González (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 41 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis 42 Ángel Vicioso (Spa) Liberty 43 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Crédit Agricole 44 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 45 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC 46 Francisco Lara (Spa) T-Mobile 47 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 48 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak 49 José Antonio Pecharroman (Spa) Quick-Step 50 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel 51 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Lampre-Caffita 52 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick-Step 53 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel 54 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 55 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears 56 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 57 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Crédit Agricole 58 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth 59 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 60 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty 61 José Miguel Elías 62 Francisco Pérez (Spa) Illes Balears 63 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 64 Angel Casero (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 65 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 66 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 67 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 68 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 69 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak 70 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile 71 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile 72 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile 73 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears 74 Iván Gutiérrez (Spa) Illes Balears 75 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel 76 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas-Bianchi 77 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 78 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel 79 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis 80 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 81 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears 82 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 83 Eladio Jiménez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 84 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile 85 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick-Step 86 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Lampre-Caffita 87 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française Des Jeux 88 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick-Step 89 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 90 Sébastien Joly (Fra) 91 Fredy González (Col) Relax Fuenlabrada 92 Julián Sánchez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 93 David López García 94 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 95 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 96 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 97 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 98 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team CSC 99 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Domina Vacanze 100 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 101 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 102 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 103 Jérémy Roy (Fra) 104 Jorge Garcia (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 105 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 106 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak 107 Igor González de Galdeano 108 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Domina Vacanze 109 Niels Scheuneman (Ned) Rabobank 110 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Lampre-Caffita 111 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Illes Balears 112 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak 113 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank 114 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Crédit Agricole 115 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 116 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas-Bianchi 117 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 118 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 119 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 120 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 121 Devis Miorin (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 122 Javier Pascual Rodríguez 123 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 124 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 125 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 126 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 127 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick-Step 128 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick-Step 129 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC 130 Francisco José Ventoso 131 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 132 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 133 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile 134 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile 135 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 136 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis 137 Leif Hoste (Bel) Discovery Channel 138 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel 139 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis 140 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 141 Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 142 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis 143 Ian McLeod (RSA) Française Des Jeux 144 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 145 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 146 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi 147 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner 148 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi 149 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 150 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 151 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 152 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 153 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick-Step 154 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 155 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 156 Frédéric Guesdon 157 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 158 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 159 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner 160 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 161 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 162 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 163 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 164 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 165 Tom Steels (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 166 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 167 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 168 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 169 Jukka Vastaranta (Fin) Rabobank 170 Matej Jurco (Svk) Domina Vacanze 171 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 172 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis 173 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 174 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 175 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis 176 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 177 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze 178 Frédéric Finot 179 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) 180 José Antonio Garrido (Spa) Quick-Step 181 Yohann Gène (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
0.13
0.28
(Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 0.42
0.49

0.52
1.15

(Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.22

1.40

1.45

1.59
2.06

2.15
2.20

2.29
2.45
2.48

(Spa) Comunidad Valenciana

3.11
3.25
(Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada
3.34
3.54
4.01

Seguros-Würth
4.05

4.17
4.27
4.53

4.55

Seguros-Würth
(Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 5.08

5.54

6.21
6.42
7.02
7.14

7.36

7.58

8.50
9.20
9.48
9.59

10.22
10.30
10.44
11.11
11.12

11.45

Crédit Agricole

12.15
(Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 13.14

14.24
15.29
Française Des Jeux 15.33

(Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth

16.09
(Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 16.53

17.43
18.24
18.31

(Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir

(Fra) Française Des Jeux

18.57
22.13
27.04

(Fra) Française Des Jeux 43.41
Française Des Jeux 44.20
44.59
45.33

Outside time limit
TC Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom

DNF Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak
DNF Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Domina Vacanze
DNF Luca Solari (Ita) Domina Vacanze
DNF Ludovic Auger (Fra) Française Des Jeux
DNF Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux
DNF Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Gerolsteiner
DNF Giosuè Bonomi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita
DNF Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank

Points
1 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 25
2 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 20
3 David Blanco (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 16
4 Carlos García Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 14
5 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick-Step 12
6 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears 10
7 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 9
8 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC 8
9 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 7
10 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth 6
11 Joaquím Rodríguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5
12 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel 4
13 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 3
14 Rubén Plaza (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 2
15 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 1

Mountains
Alto de la Ciudad Encantada - Cat. 3, K 28
1 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears 6
2 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 4
3 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel 2
4 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick-Step 1

Puerto El Cubillo - Cat. 2, K 66
1 Eladio Jiménez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 10
2 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 7
3 José Miguel Elías (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 5
4 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC 3
5 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2
6 David Blanco (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 1

Alto de San Rafael - Cat. 2, K 203
1 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC 10
2 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel 7
3 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Crédit Agricole 5
4 Devis Miorin (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 3
5 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 2
6 Joaquím Rodríguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1

E.Esqui Aramón Valdelinares - Cat. 1, K 217
1 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 16
2 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 12
3 David Blanco (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 10
4 Carlos García Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 8
5 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick-Step 6
6 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears 4
7 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 3
8 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC 2
9 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 1

Sprints
Villalba de la Sierra, K 19,3
1 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears 4
2 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2
3 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 1

Puebla de Valverde, K 171,8
1 Devis Miorin (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 4
2 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC 2
3 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 1

Virgen de la Vega, K 206
1 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC 4
2 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel 2
3 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1

Teams
1 Liberty Seguros-Würth 16:24'30"
2 Comunidad Valenciana 0.20
3 Team CSC 1.40
4 Lampre-Caffita 3.50
5 Illes Balears 4.18
6 Discovery Channel 4.26
7 Phonak 4.41
8 Cofidis 6.04
9 T-Mobile 6.17
10 Crédit Agricole 6.22
11 Saunier Duval-Prodir 6.31
12 Relax Fuenlabrada 7.43
13 Quick-Step 8.07
14 Euskaltel-Euskadi 8.32
15 Davitamon-Lotto 11.14
16 Bouygues Telecom 11.19
17 Rabobank 14.55
18 Fassa Bortolo 36.13
19 Gerolsteiner 36.29
20 Liquigas-Bianchi 38.02
21 Française Des Jeux 43.19
22 Domina Vacanze 44.48

GC:
1 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 23:42'13"
2 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 0.06
3 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 1.01
4 Joaquím Rodríguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.03
5 David Blanco (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 1.05
6 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears 1.20
7 Carlos García Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 1.33
8 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick-Step
9 Unai Yus (Spa) Bouygues Telecom
10 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth 1.52
11 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 1.57
12 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak 2.01
13 Patxi Vila (Spa) Lampre-Caffita 2.02
14 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 2.05
15 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel 2.07
16 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 2.13
17 Miguel Angel Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak 2.23
18 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis 2.24
19 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile 2.26
20 David Bernabeu (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana
21 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.39
22 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC 2.43
23 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 2.54
24 Mauricio Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon-Lotto 2.57
25 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 3.07
26 Adolfo García Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 3.27
27 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis 3.33
28 Rubén Plaza (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 4.08
29 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 4.46
30 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis 4.49
31 Unai Osa (Spa) Illes Balears 4.54
32 Moisés Dueñas (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 5.09
33 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 5.21
34 Aitor González (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5.23
35 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile
36 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5.28
37 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Caffita 5.59
38 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth 6.03
39 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC 6.05
40 Aitor Osa (Spa) Illes Balears 6.06
41 Francisco Lara (Spa) T-Mobile 6.12
42 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 6.15
43 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel 6.18
44 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears 6.43
45 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel 6.45
46 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Lampre-Caffita 6.48
47 José Antonio Pecharroman (Spa) Quick-Step 7.09
48 Ángel Vicioso (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 7.20
49 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 7.29
50 Angel Casero (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 7.44
51 José Miguel Elías (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 7.46
52 Francisco Pérez (Spa) Illes Balears 8.34
53 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile 8.58
54 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Crédit Agricole 9.11
55 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears 9.17
56 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 9.23
57 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) Phonak 9.29
58 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile 9.46
59 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 10.29
60 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française Des Jeux 10.45
61 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth 11.01
62 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 11.37
63 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 11.41
64 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 11.43
65 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick-Step 11.50
66 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel 12.15
67 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears 12.34
68 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel 12.50
69 Iván Gutiérrez (Spa) Illes Balears 12.53
70 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak 13.40
71 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis 14.18
72 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 14.49
73 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 14.50
74 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 14.52
75 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Crédit Agricole 15.13
76 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick-Step 15.25
77 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Crédit Agricole 15.53
78 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak 15.56
79 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 15.59
80 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 16.05
81 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile 16.29
82 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 16.55
83 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 17.02
84 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 17.03
85 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 17.21
86 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Lampre-Caffita 17.38
87 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 19.20
88 Eladio Jiménez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 19.31
89 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Illes Balears 19.55
90 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas-Bianchi 20.00
91 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 20.25
92 Fredy González (Col) Relax Fuenlabrada 20.31
93 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 20.33
94 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak 20.50
95 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel 20.58
96 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 21.36
97 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile 22.03
98 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 22.11
99 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 22.27
100 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick-Step 22.30
101 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick-Step 23.04
102 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 23.43
103 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 23.48
104 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 24.12
105 Leif Hoste (Bel) Discovery Channel 24.38
106 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team CSC 24.47
107 David López García (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 24.50
108 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 24.57
109 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 25.00
110 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 25.03
111 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 25.14
112 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank 25.23
113 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 25.29
114 Julián Sánchez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 25.31
115 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Domina Vacanze 25.37
116 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 25.42
117 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 26.08
118 Devis Miorin (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 26.42
119 Igor González de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 26.58
120 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 27.13
121 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 27.22
122 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel 27.30
123 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Crédit Agricole 27.39
124 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 27.40
125 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Lampre-Caffita 28.21
126 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 28.23
127 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 28.30
128 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française Des Jeux 28.36
129 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner 28.42
130 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak 28.56
131 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Domina Vacanze 29.18
132 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick-Step 29.34
133 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 29.53
134 Jorge Garcia (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 30.07
135 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 30.16
136 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas-Bianchi 30.38
137 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile 30.58
138 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 31.27
139 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC 31.28
140 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis 31.31
141 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 31.35
142 Ian McLeod (RSA) Française Des Jeux
143 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 31.37
144 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 31.38
145 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 32.09
146 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth
147 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 32.18
148 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 32.34
149 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 33.16
150 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 33.27
151 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi 34.08
152 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis 35.25
153 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner 35.27
154 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 35.36
155 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze 36.13
156 Javier Pascual Rodríguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 36.14
157 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 36.59
158 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 37.16
159 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 37.20
160 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 37.36
161 Tom Steels (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 37.37
162 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 37.50
163 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick-Step 37.54
164 Niels Scheuneman (Ned) Rabobank 38.32
165 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi 38.52
166 Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 39.51
167 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française Des Jeux 39.54
168 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 39.58
169 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis 40.25
170 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 40.38
171 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile 41.40
172 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 42.09
173 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 43.52
174 Jukka Vastaranta (Fin) Rabobank 47.42
175 Matej Jurco (Svk) Domina Vacanze 49.39
176 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis 53.53
177 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis 53.59
178 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française Des Jeux 1.02.41
179 Yohann Gène (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.04.45
180 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 1.09.55
181 José Antonio Garrido (Spa) Quick-Step 1.13.53

Points
1 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 64
2 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 50
3 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 45
4 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française Des Jeux 42
5 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile 40
6 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 39
7 Miguel Angel Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak 29
8 David Blanco (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 28
9 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick-Step 28
10 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis 26
11 Joaquím Rodríguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 24
12 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 23
13 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick-Step 22
14 Carlos García Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 21
15 Unai Yus (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 20
16 Tom Steels (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 20
17 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 19
18 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 17
19 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC 16
20 Patxi Vila (Spa) Lampre-Caffita 16
21 Ángel Vicioso (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 15
22 Iván Gutiérrez (Spa) Illes Balears 15
23 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 14
24 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis 12
25 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick-Step 12

Mountains
1 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 20
2 Joaquím Rodríguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 20
3 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 16
4 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC 15
5 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears 13
6 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis 12
7 David Blanco (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 11
8 Eladio Jiménez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 10
9 Carlos García Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 8
10 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick-Step 7
11 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 7
12 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel 7
13 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick-Step 6
14 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 6
15 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 5
16 José Miguel Elías (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 5
17 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Crédit Agricole 5
18 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears 4
19 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française Des Jeux 4
20 Fredy González (Col) Relax Fuenlabrada 4
21 Devis Miorin (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 3
22 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak 2
23 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel 2
24 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2
25 Patxi Vila (Spa) Lampre-Caffita 1

Combination
1 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 8
2 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 8
3 Joaquím Rodríguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 17
4 David Blanco (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 20
5 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 30
6 Carlos García Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 30
7 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick-Step 43
8 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis 43
9 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC 45
10 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears 55
11 Patxi Vila (Spa) Lampre-Caffita 58
12 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak 62
13 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française Des Jeux 83
14 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears 90
15 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 92
16 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick-Step 102
17 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Crédit Agricole 138
18 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel 142
19 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 169
20 Devis Miorin (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 191

Teams
1 Liberty Seguros-Würth 71:09'47"
2 Comunidad Valenciana 0.48
3 Team CSC 3.09
4 Lampre-Caffita 4.48
5 Illes Balears 4.52
6 Phonak 5.16
7 Discovery Channel 5.57
8 Cofidis 7.29
9 Saunier Duval-Prodir 8.41
10 Quick-Step 9.19
11 T-Mobile 9.31
12 Euskaltel-Euskadi 10.17
13 Crédit Agricole 10.43
14 Relax Fuenlabrada 11.05
15 Bouygues Telecom 14.16
16 Davitamon-Lotto 18.56
17 Rabobank 31.29
18 Fassa Bortolo 39.27
19 Gerolsteiner 48.53
20 Liquigas-Bianchi 1.06.07
21 Française Des Jeux 1.06.54
22 Domina Vacanze 1.08.11