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Vuelta a España, Spain
Stage 14, Nestlé / La Penilla - Lagos de Covadonga, 172.3K
10 September
Eladio Jiménez Efforts Are Rewarded
Stage List, Stage Profile, Photos
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Eladio Jiménez Takes Win, photo: © Unipublic
Eladio Jiménez showed us all how to win a race today, by attacking from KM 1. Jiménez went right from the gun today, helping form the day's main escape. From that escape group the Spaniard flew free on the final climb, Los Lagos de Covadonga. He gave a huge win to his non-ProTour Squadra, Comunidad Valenciana. The GC battle remains a 2-man lock, Denis Menchov (Rabobank) over Roberto Heras (Liberty Seguros-Würth) by 47".
Today the 60th Vuelta a España returned to the mythical mountain: the Los Lagos de Covadonga. Covadonga is a climb of 14.3K, with a max gradient of 13%, and an average of 6.5%. Before the final climb there were four others, the final coming 42K from the finish, the cat 3. Alto de Ortiguero.
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Cañada Leads Escape, photo: Graham Watson, Saunier Duval
Race winner, Jiménez was attacking from the first kilometer of today's stage. He helped form the day's escape, who had built a lead of some 8'30" by the Alto de Ortiguero. The riders in the big escape were: Bart Dockx (Davitamon-Lotto), Eladio Jiménez, Marcus Burghardt (T-Mobile), Heinrich Haussler (Gerolsteiner), Unai Osa (Illes Balears), Anthony Charteau (Bouygues Telecom), Joaquím Rodríguez (Saunier Duval-Prodir), Bram De Groot (Rabobank), Iñigo Cuesta (Saunier Duval-Prodir), Igor González de Galdeano (Liberty Seguros-Würth), Martin Elmiger (Phonak), Victor Hugo Peña (Phonak), David Cañada (Saunier Duval-Prodir), Mauricio Ardila Cano (Davitamon-Lotto) and Guido Trenti (Quick-Step).
Joaquím Rodríguez secured maximum points over the top of the Ortiguero. The Saunier Duval rider has almost locked in the lead on the red climber's jersey. From the top of Ortiguero the riders gunned it downwards, through the valley, and to the base of the final epic climb. They covered 20K, and had lost 3'06", their lead was now 3'00" over the closing peloton.
Jiménez, who attacked at the start of the stage, also attacked at the start of the Covadonga. The Spaniard launched his missile 2K into the climb, in a section of 9%. It was good timing on his part, the escape group was being torn to shreds and his companions were not serving him well.
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Scarponi For Heras, photo: © Unipublic
Back in the thinning chase group it was Menchov and Heras locked tight. The Spaniard was trying to shake the Russian but he did not seem to have the strength to do so. This could be 1) the 15 stitches in his left knee, or 2) he giving Menchov an easy feeling, before laying the knock-out blow in tomorrow's finish on the Puerto de Pajares. The group did close on Jiménez near the end, but not enough for any rider to bridge the gap. Gilberto Simoni (Lampre-Caffita) and Carlos Sastre (Team CSC) were going nuts with small attacks. They, along with Cuesta, were able to gain some ground on the GC battle behind.
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Menchov Chats At Start, photo: © Unipublic
Jiménez celebrated his win in the "torero" style, he is from a region where there is a huge bull-fighting following. This marks his third career win in the Vuelta, his others came in 2000 and 2004. Both of those previous wins were in the city of Xorret de Catí, and both were Vueltas that Roberto Heras won. Heras will have to make his move tomorrow or he will have little chance of winning this year's race.
Read The Dust Devil's Daily Wrap for Stage 14, Days are Numbered.
Results: 4:25'36"
1 Eladio Jiménez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana
2 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.20
3 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 1.32
4 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 1.37
5 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 1.44
6 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth
7 Miguel Angel Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak 2.11
8 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile
9 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak 2.16
10 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears 2.36
11 Unai Osa (Spa) Illes Balears 2.44
12 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.02
13 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.26
14 Rubén Plaza (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 3.28
15 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile 3.38
16 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 3.46
17 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak 3.48
18 Carlos García Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 3.50
19 Mauricio Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon-Lotto 4.26
20 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick-Step 4.27
21 Javier Pascual Rodríguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana
22 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears 4.29
23 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis
24 Aitor González (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.31
25 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 4.33
26 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 4.37
27 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth
28 Moisés Dueñas (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 4.42
29 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4.54
30 David Blanco (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana
31 Francisco Lara (Spa) T-Mobile
32 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 4.57
33 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel 5.31
34 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 5.34
35 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 5.38
36 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears
37 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
38 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC 5.41
39 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) Phonak 5.44
40 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Lampre-Caffita 5.45
41 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Caffita 5.50
42 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Crédit Agricole 5.51
43 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6.32
44 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis 7.19
45 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 7.20
46 Julián Sánchez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo
47 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas-Bianchi
48 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
49 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth 7.28
50 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 7.39
51 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 8.20
52 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel
53 José Miguel Elías (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 8.25
54 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 8.33
55 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner
56 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick-Step 8.39
57 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick-Step 8.40
58 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank
59 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak
60 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 9.26
61 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak 9.27
62 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick-Step
63 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 9.29
64 Jorge Garcia (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada
65 Igor González de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 9.36
66 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
67 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 10.04
68 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 10.19
69 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 10.23
70 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC
71 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile 10.46
72 David Bernabeu (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 10.47
73 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile
74 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 10.49
75 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 10.57
76 Francisco Pérez (Spa) Illes Balears 11.01
77 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 11.50
78 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis
79 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 12.59
80 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth
81 Joaquím Rodríguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
82 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir
83 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile
84 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
85 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 13.02
86 Ángel Vicioso (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 14.44
87 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth 15.35
88 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 17.16
89 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Domina Vacanze
90 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
91 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Domina Vacanze
92 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears
93 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank
94 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Illes Balears
95 Matej Jurco (Svk) Domina Vacanze
96 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth
97 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner
98 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi
99 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC
100 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Lampre-Caffita
101 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana
102 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
103 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner
104 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
105 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi
106 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
107 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile
108 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas-Bianchi
109 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis
110 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
111 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
112 Ian McLeod (RSA) Française Des Jeux
113 Devis Miorin (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi
114 David López García (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
115 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel
116 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
117 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick-Step
118 Jukka Vastaranta (Fin) Rabobank
119 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Caffita
120 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi
121 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada
122 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française Des Jeux
123 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi
124 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner
125 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto
126 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
127 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis
128 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
129 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile
130 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick-Step
131 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
132 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze 17.31
133 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile
134 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française Des Jeux
135 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis
136 Adolfo García Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 17.37
137 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 17.39
138 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis 18.42
139 Yohann Gène (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 18.53
140 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team CSC 19.12
141 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 19.13
142 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 19.18
143 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 19.20
144 Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 19.29
145 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 20.42
DNS Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick-Step
DNS David de la Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
Sprints
S.I. Barcenillas - K 42,4
1 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4
2 Joaquím Rodríguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2
3 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1
S.I. Mier - K 113,4
1 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4
2 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2
3 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1
S.I. Hospederia del Peregrino - K 159,6
1 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4
2 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile 2
3 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1
Points
1 Eladio Jiménez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 25
2 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 20
3 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 16
4 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 14
5 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 12
6 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 10
7 Miguel Angel Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak 9
8 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile 8
9 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak 7
10 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears 6
11 Unai Osa (Spa) Illes Balears 5
12 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4
13 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3
14 Rubén Plaza (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 2
15 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile 1
Mountains
Alto de Carmona (Cat 2.) - K 49
1 Joaquím Rodríguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 10
2 Eladio Jiménez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 7
3 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5
4 Igor González de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 3
5 Unai Osa (Spa) Illes Balears 2
6 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1
Collada de Ozalba (Cat 2.) - K 66
1 Joaquím Rodríguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 10
2 Eladio Jiménez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 7
3 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 5
4 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3
5 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2
6 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1
Collada de la Hoz (Cat 2.) - K 80
1 Joaquím Rodríguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 10
2 Eladio Jiménez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 7
3 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5
4 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3
5 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 2
6 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1
Alto de Ortiguero (Cat 3.) - K 136
1 Joaquím Rodríguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 6
2 Eladio Jiménez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 4
3 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2
4 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1
Lagos de Covadonga (HC) - K 172
1 Eladio Jiménez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 30
2 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 25
3 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 20
4 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 16
5 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 12
6 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 10
7 Miguel Angel Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak 8
8 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile 6
9 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak 4
10 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears 3
11 Unai Osa (Spa) Illes Balears 2
12 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1
Teams
1 Comunidad Valenciana 13:24'06"
2 Phonak 0.57
3 Illes Balears 2.31
4 T-Mobile 3.25
5 Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.41
6 Team CSC 5.34
7 Lampre-Caffita 5.49
8 Liberty Seguros-Würth 6.31
9 Relax Fuenlabrada 6.58
10 Davitamon-Lotto 7.19
11 Discovery Channel 10.19
12 Saunier Duval-Prodir 11.48
13 Rabobank 12.35
14 Bouygues Telecom 13.29
15 Crédit Agricole 13.32
16 Quick-Step 14.28
17 Cofidis 16.20
18 Gerolsteiner 25.03
19 Liquigas-Bianchi 28.07
20 Fassa Bortolo 34.34
21 Domina Vacanze 44.30
22 Française Des Jeux 44.45
GC:
1 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 56:53'00"
2 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 0.47
3 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 1.50
4 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears 2.45
5 Carlos García Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 5.37
6 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile 7.18
7 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak 7.19
8 Rubén Plaza (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 7.44
9 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 7.49
10 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick-Step 9.02
11 David Blanco (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 11.13
12 Miguel Angel Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak 13.06
13 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth 13.12
14 Mauricio Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon-Lotto 13.32
15 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 15.48
16 Unai Osa (Spa) Illes Balears 18.26
17 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 18.48
18 Francisco Lara (Spa) T-Mobile 20.01
19 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 22.09
20 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Caffita 23.02
21 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC 24.09
22 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) Phonak 25.31
23 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis 25.33
24 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears 27.14
25 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 29.05
26 Aitor González (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 29.27
27 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 31.13
28 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 32.09
29 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 33.42
30 David Bernabeu (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 37.55
31 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears 40.03
32 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 40.30
33 Joaquím Rodríguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 41.31
34 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 42.45
35 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel 43.00
36 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 44.42
37 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 45.17
38 Eladio Jiménez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 46.35
39 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel 46.50
40 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak 46.56
41 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 49.17
42 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 50.18
43 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 50.26
44 Adolfo García Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 50.30
45 Francisco Pérez (Spa) Illes Balears 50.46
46 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Crédit Agricole 52.02
47 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 52.33
48 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 53.28
49 Ángel Vicioso (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 53.39
50 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 54.13
51 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick-Step 56.11
52 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 57.11
53 Moisés Dueñas (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 57.43
54 José Miguel Elías (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 57.59
55 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 58.09
56 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas-Bianchi 59.49
57 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 59.55
58 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel 1.01.11
59 Julián Sánchez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 1.02.18
60 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.02.21
61 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick-Step
62 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile 1.02.53
63 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Lampre-Caffita 1.03.32
64 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis 1.04.50
65 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.05.12
66 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis 1.06.58
67 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 1.07.09
68 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile 1.07.38
69 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth 1.07.48
70 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 1.08.03
71 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 1.09.25
72 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile 1.11.29
73 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.12.46
74 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile 1.15.58
75 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears 1.16.04
76 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak 1.16.09
77 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.16.40
78 Jorge Garcia (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 1.19.13
79 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 1.20.35
80 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.20.53
81 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 1.21.22
82 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth 1.22.43
83 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française Des Jeux 1.23.40
84 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1.25.05
85 Javier Pascual Rodríguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 1.26.16
86 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 1.28.05
87 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team CSC 1.28.45
88 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.29.57
89 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.30.53
90 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.31.22
91 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Domina Vacanze 1.33.51
92 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.34.21
93 David López García (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.34.50
94 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick-Step 1.35.01
95 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.37.31
96 Igor González de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 1.37.46
97 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.39.05
98 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Lampre-Caffita 1.40.46
99 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Illes Balears 1.41.56
100 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.43.10
101 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick-Step 1.44.16
102 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 1.44.26
103 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis 1.44.43
104 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 1.45.32
105 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 1.48.36
106 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1.49.10
107 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas-Bianchi 1.50.04
108 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.53.07
109 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 1.53.13
110 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak 1.53.54
111 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile 1.54.31
112 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.55.21
113 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.57.17
114 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 1.57.40
115 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.58.28
116 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 1.59.05
117 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank 1.59.07
118 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile 2.01.11
119 Devis Miorin (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 2.01.19
120 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2.02.34
121 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner 2.03.22
122 Ian McLeod (RSA) Française Des Jeux 2.05.09
123 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick-Step 2.05.30
124 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis 2.07.23
125 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC 2.07.28
126 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 2.09.00
127 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi 2.11.15
128 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 2.12.12
129 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 2.12.40
130 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi 2.14.05
131 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze 2.17.05
132 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis 2.19.26
133 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile 2.19.58
134 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.21.00
135 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 2.21.58
136 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 2.22.46
137 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2.23.39
138 Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 2.24.39
139 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française Des Jeux 2.30.05
140 Matej Jurco (Svk) Domina Vacanze 2.36.40
141 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis 2.38.58
142 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.42.35
143 Jukka Vastaranta (Fin) Rabobank 2.45.45
144 Yohann Gène (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.45.53
145 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 2.50.12
Points
1 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 117
2 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 107
3 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 104
4 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile 89
5 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 85
6 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears 75
7 Miguel Angel Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak 60
8 Carlos García Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 54
9 Rubén Plaza (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 44
10 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 44
11 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak 40
12 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 38
13 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 36
14 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 36
15 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile 36
16 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 36
17 Mauricio Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon-Lotto 34
18 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 33
19 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak 33
20 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick-Step 29
21 David Blanco (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 29
22 Joaquím Rodríguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 28
23 Eladio Jiménez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 27
24 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick-Step 27
25 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis 26
Mountains
1 Joaquím Rodríguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 132
2 Eladio Jiménez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 109
3 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 76
4 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 66
5 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 54
6 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears 53
7 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 52
8 Miguel Angel Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak 43
9 Carlos García Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 37
10 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick-Step 34
11 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 32
12 Adolfo García Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 32
13 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis 27
14 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick-Step 23
15 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak 22
16 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 21
17 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 20
18 Mauricio Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon-Lotto 19
19 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears 13
20 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 13
21 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis 12
22 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 12
23 Rubén Plaza (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 12
24 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile 11
25 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak 11
Combination
1 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 6
2 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 7
3 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 13
4 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears 16
5 Carlos García Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 22
6 Miguel Angel Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak 27
7 Rubén Plaza (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 40
8 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak 43
9 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick-Step 44
10 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile 45
11 Mauricio Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon-Lotto 49
12 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 53
13 Joaquím Rodríguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 56
14 David Blanco (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 58
15 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 61
16 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 61
17 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 61
18 Eladio Jiménez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 63
19 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak 74
20 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears 78
21 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 80
22 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth 86
23 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 94
24 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) Phonak 95
25 Adolfo García Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 98
Teams
1 Comunidad Valenciana 170:55'38"
2 Phonak 15.29
3 Team CSC 16.23
4 Liberty Seguros-Würth 17.24
5 Illes Balears 20.55
6 Euskaltel-Euskadi 29.43
7 Discovery Channel 30.08
8 Lampre-Caffita 47.39
9 Davitamon-Lotto 51.24
10 T-Mobile 54.44
11 Quick-Step 1.00.44
12 Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.15.28
13 Relax Fuenlabrada 1.25.08
14 Cofidis 1.35.51
15 Crédit Agricole 1.36.03
16 Rabobank 1.41.30
17 Bouygues Telecom 2.10.35
18 Gerolsteiner 2.50.36
19 Fassa Bortolo 2.58.25
20 Liquigas-Bianchi 3.09.59
21 Française Des Jeux 4.26.37
22 Domina Vacanze 4.53.23
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