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2005 Vuelta a España, Stage 15

Vuelta a España, Spain

Stage 15, Lézat-sur-Lèze - Saint-Lary Soulan (Pla d'Adet), 205.5K

11 September

Roberto Heras Rocks The Vuelta

Roberto Heras Rocks The Vuelta, photo: © Unipublic

The Vuelta is like no other stage race, today the race was turned upside down. Roberto Heras showed what it means to be a 3X Vuelta Champion, and took the race into his hands. On the penultimate climb the Liberty rider launched his offensives on the race leader, Denis Menchov (Rabobank). Heras then went on to gain more time on the final climb, Puerto de Pajares, before winning the stage. The Spaniard was able to gain a 4'30" advantage in the overall GC, which should be enough of a buffer for the final TT.

The right ingredients were present today for an epic mountain stage: Rain, cold temperatures, five categorized climbs and a GC battle at stake. The peloton had to face up to two cat. 3 climbs, two cat. 1 climbs, and the final above HC finish. The key climbs were to be the cat 1. Alto de la Colladiella, topping out at 50K from the finish, and then the final climb of Puerto de Pajares, a 14.2K climb with max gradients of 17%.

Early into the stage a massive group went free, in that group was Michele Scarponi (Liberty Seguros-Würth). The Italian was a key player later in the stage, pacing his team leader up the final climb. Behind this large escape was a pursuing group, which contained Carlos Sastre (Team CSC), Francisco Mancebo (Illes Balears), Carlos García Quesada (Comunidad Valenciana), Tom Danielson (Discovery Channel), Menchov, Heras and many of the other top riders.

Liberty Strength, photo: © Unipublic

By the top of the Alto de la Colladiella the lead group had about 4 minutes on the GC battle behind. Heras used the 7.6K climb to start chipping away at Menchov's armor. The Russian was quickly put into difficulty and could not contain Heras. Over the top of the climb the Spaniard kept his distance on the Russian. Over the following 30K to the base of the last climb Heras was able to join with his teammates. Giampaolo Caruso and Ángel Vicioso dropped back from the lead group to help their captain. It was an excellent piece of tactics by team DS, Manolo Saiz.

Scarponi Leads Final Group, photo: © Unipublic

By the base of the final climb Heras had 2'30" over the chasing Menchov. Better yet, Scarponi dropped back to help for the final push to the line. Joining the Scarponi and Heras, to form the new lead group, were: Javier Pascual Rodríguez (Comunidad Valenciana), Francisco Lara (T-Mobile) and Samuel Sánchez (Euskaltel-Euskadi). Scarponi went to work for Heras, he was on the front giving his all so that his captain could gain time on Menchov. The Italian's work paid off doubly: with 4K to go Heras was on his own, free for the stage win and GC time gains.

Menchov Struggles, photo: © Unipublic

Heras won the stage 5'17 ahead of Menchov, and also took the leader's golden jersey. The tifosi witnessed some brilliant riding from Heras, and his team, Liberty Seguros-Würth. Stage 13 winner, Sánchez, showed consistency and kept chasing Heras towards the line. Through the rain and fog he was able to finish second, 32" back. Sastre was able to put another minute into the failing Mancebo. It now appears that the Team CSC rider will be able to take a podium place in Madrid in one week.

Read The Dust Devil's Daily Wrap for Stage 15, The Hammer of the Gods.

Results: 4:53'53"
1 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 2 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3 Javier Pascual Rodríguez 4 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth 5 Mauricio Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon-Lotto 6 Carlos García Quesada 7 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 8 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak 9 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 10 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel 11 Rubén Plaza (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 12 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile 13 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears 14 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 15 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis 16 Julián Sánchez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 17 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick-Step 18 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 19 Francisco Lara (Spa) T-Mobile 20 Adolfo García Quesada 21 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick-Step 22 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 23 Joaquím Rodríguez 24 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 25 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 26 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak 27 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick-Step 28 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 29 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 30 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 31 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears 32 Miguel Angel Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak 33 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 34 David Blanco (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 35 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 36 Unai Osa (Spa) Illes Balears 37 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis 38 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) Phonak 39 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Caffita 40 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 41 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner 42 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 43 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick-Step 44 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel 45 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 46 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 47 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears 48 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 49 José Miguel Elías 50 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile 51 Aitor González (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 52 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 53 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC 54 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 55 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth 56 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 57 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 58 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 59 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 60 Francisco Pérez (Spa) Illes Balears 61 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick-Step 62 Ángel Vicioso (Spa) Liberty 63 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 64 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 65 Francisco José Ventoso 66 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 67 Moisés Dueñas 68 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team CSC 69 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 70 David López García 71 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 72 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 73 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 74 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis 75 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 76 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile 77 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) 78 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 79 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis 80 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis 81 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 82 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 83 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Domina Vacanze 84 Matej Jurco (Svk) Domina Vacanze 85 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick-Step 86 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 87 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears 88 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 89 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC 90 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak 91 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 92 Jorge Garcia (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 93 Ian McLeod (RSA) Française Des Jeux 94 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 95 Igor González de Galdeano 96 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 97 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas-Bianchi 98 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile 99 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 100 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 101 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty 102 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 103 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 104 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 105 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 106 Eladio Jiménez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 107 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi 108 Jérémy Roy (Fra) 109 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank 110 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel 111 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 112 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi 113 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 114 David Bernabeu (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 115 Devis Miorin (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 116 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Lampre-Caffita 117 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Lampre-Caffita 118 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner 119 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Illes Balears 120 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile 121 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 122 Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 123 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 124 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Crédit Agricole 125 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile 126 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 127 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas-Bianchi 128 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 129 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile 130 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile 131 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze 132 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 133 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis 134 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 135 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 136 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 137 Yohann Gène (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 138 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak 139 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 140 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 141 Frédéric Finot DNF Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis DNF Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole DNF Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner DNF Jukka Vastaranta (Fin) Rabobank
0.32
(Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 0.46
2.28
3.11
(Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 3.12
3.19
3.47

4.09
4.33
4.45
4.47
5.03
5.08
5.09
5.17

(Spa) Comunidad Valenciana
5.23
6.29
(Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 6.42
6.54
7.42
7.48
8.44
8.47
8.51
9.56
11.22
11.55

12.10

12.42
12.57

13.03
13.53
14.10

16.32
17.08
(Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 17.34

17.40
17.42
19.07
22.28
24.16

Seguros-Würth

24.56
(Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 25.05
26.09
(Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 26.33

(Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi

28.11
30.02

Française Des Jeux

(Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth

Seguros-Würth

Française Des Jeux

32.50
36.45
38.48
39.27
39.38
40.47
(Fra) Française Des Jeux 41.51

Sprints

S.I. Priandi, K 44,5
1 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth 4
2 Ángel Vicioso (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 2
3 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Illes Balears 1

S.I. San Pedro de Villaria, K 71
1 Mauricio Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon-Lotto 4
2 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis 2
3 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth 1

S.I. Pola de Lena, K 161
1 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 4
2 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 2
3 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick-Step 1

Points
1 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 25
2 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 20
3 Javier Pascual Rodríguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 16
4 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth 14
5 Mauricio Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon-Lotto 12
6 Carlos García Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 10
7 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 9
8 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak 8
9 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 7
10 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel 6
11 Rubén Plaza (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 5
12 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile 4
13 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears 3
14 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 2
15 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis 1

Mountains Alto de la Faya de los Lobos, K 56 - Cat. 3
1 Joaquím Rodríguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 6
2 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 4
3 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth 2
4 Ángel Vicioso (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 1

Alto de la Colladona, K 79 - Cat. 1
1 Joaquím Rodríguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 16
2 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 12
3 Mauricio Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon-Lotto 10
4 Ángel Vicioso (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 8
5 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 6
6 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth 4
7 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis 3
8 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2
9 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel 1

Alto de Santo Emiliano, K 115 - Cat. 3
1 Joaquím Rodríguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 6
2 Ángel Vicioso (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 4
3 Unai Osa (Spa) Illes Balears 2
4 Francisco Lara (Spa) T-Mobile 1

Alto de Colladiella, K 138 - Cat. 1
1 Joaquím Rodríguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 16
2 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 12
3 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 10
4 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth 8
5 Francisco Lara (Spa) T-Mobile 6
6 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 4
7 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel 3
8 Mauricio Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon-Lotto 2
9 Javier Pascual Rodríguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 1

Puerto de Pajares, K 188 - HC
1 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 30
2 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 25
3 Javier Pascual Rodríguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 20
4 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth 16
5 Carlos García Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 12
6 Mauricio Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon-Lotto 10
7 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 8
8 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 6
9 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak 4
10 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel 3
11 Julián Sánchez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 2
12 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis 1

Teams
1 Comunidad Valenciana 14:50'10"
2 Liberty Seguros-Würth 8.07
3 Quick-Step 10.53
4 Davitamon-Lotto 10.56
5 Discovery Channel 14.34
6 Euskaltel-Euskadi 14.58
7 Phonak 14.59
8 Team CSC 15.40
9 T-Mobile 19.05
10 Illes Balears 19.48
11 Saunier Duval-Prodir 27.48
12 Relax Fuenlabrada 29.38
13 Cofidis 38.49
14 Rabobank 44.10
15 Fassa Bortolo 53.13
16 Lampre-Caffita 57.57
17 Bouygues Telecom 58.27
18 Liquigas-Bianchi 1.01.29
19 Gerolsteiner 1.04.30
20 Crédit Agricole 1.04.45
21 Domina Vacanze 1.15.49
22 Française Des Jeux 1.21.35

General
1 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 61:47'40"
2 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 4.30
3 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 4.50
4 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears 6.45
5 Carlos García Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 8.02
6 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile 11.16
7 Rubén Plaza (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 11.30
8 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 12.05
9 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick-Step 13.32
10 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak 14.20
11 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth 14.53
12 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 15.33
13 Mauricio Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon-Lotto 15.56
14 David Blanco (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 22.21
15 Miguel Angel Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak 24.14
16 Francisco Lara (Spa) T-Mobile 24.31
17 Unai Osa (Spa) Illes Balears 29.49
18 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis 29.54
19 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 30.11
20 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Caffita 34.25
21 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 34.41
22 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 34.47
23 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 35.32
24 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) Phonak 36.54
25 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 39.49
26 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC 42.29
27 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears 42.59
28 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 43.23
29 Aitor González (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 46.20
30 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel 46.22
31 Joaquím Rodríguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 47.26
32 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak 49.56
33 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears 50.38
34 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 50.49
35 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 53.53
36 Adolfo García Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 55.00
37 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.00.25
38 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick-Step 1.00.47
39 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 1.05.23
40 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.06.09
41 Julián Sánchez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 1.06.40
42 David Bernabeu (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 1.07.10
43 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.08.11
44 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 1.08.46
45 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick-Step 1.10.18
46 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.11.08
47 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 1.13.55
48 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 1.14.04
49 Francisco Pérez (Spa) Illes Balears 1.14.15
50 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel 1.14.17
51 José Miguel Elías (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 1.14.46
52 Eladio Jiménez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 1.15.50
53 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel 1.16.05
54 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis 1.16.13
55 Ángel Vicioso (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 1.17.08
56 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 1.17.12
57 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.19.33
58 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile 1.19.40
59 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.21.17
60 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 1.21.36
61 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.21.48
62 Moisés Dueñas (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 1.23.29
63 Javier Pascual Rodríguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 1.26.15
64 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.26.26
65 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas-Bianchi 1.29.04
66 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth 1.31.17
67 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.31.36
68 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Lampre-Caffita 1.32.47
69 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 1.33.34
70 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.36.15
71 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile 1.36.53
72 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 1.37.43
73 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile 1.40.44
74 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.41.10
75 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile 1.45.13
76 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears 1.45.19
77 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak 1.45.24
78 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.45.55
79 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 1.47.59
80 Jorge Garcia (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 1.48.28
81 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.50.08
82 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth 1.51.58
83 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française Des Jeux 1.52.55
84 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 1.53.51
85 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1.54.20
86 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team CSC 1.54.31
87 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick-Step 1.58.30
88 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.59.12
89 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2.00.07
90 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2.00.08
91 David López García (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.00.36
92 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.00.37
93 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Domina Vacanze 2.03.06
94 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.03.23
95 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2.06.46
96 Igor González de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 2.07.01
97 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Lampre-Caffita 2.10.01
98 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Illes Balears 2.11.11
99 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.12.25
100 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick-Step 2.13.31
101 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 2.13.41
102 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis 2.13.58
103 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner 2.15.32
104 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick-Step 2.17.46
105 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 2.17.51
106 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 2.18.25
107 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas-Bianchi 2.19.19
108 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 2.21.09
109 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2.22.22
110 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 2.22.28
111 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile 2.23.46
112 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 2.24.27
113 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.24.36
114 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.26.32
115 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.27.43
116 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank 2.28.22
117 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile 2.30.26
118 Devis Miorin (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 2.30.34
119 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2.31.49
120 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak 2.32.34
121 Ian McLeod (RSA) Française Des Jeux 2.34.24
122 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis 2.36.38
123 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC 2.36.43
124 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 2.38.15
125 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi 2.40.30
126 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 2.41.27
127 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 2.41.55
128 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi 2.43.20
129 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze 2.46.20
130 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis 2.48.41
131 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile 2.49.13
132 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2.52.54
133 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 2.54.01
134 Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 2.54.14
135 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 3.01.57
136 Matej Jurco (Svk) Domina Vacanze 3.05.55
137 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis 3.08.13
138 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française Des Jeux 3.11.09
139 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 3.19.27
140 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3.22.35
141 Yohann Gène (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3.23.54

Points
1 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 132
2 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 117
3 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 104
4 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 92
5 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile 89
6 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears 78
7 Carlos García Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 64
8 Miguel Angel Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak 60
9 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 58
10 Mauricio Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon-Lotto 50
11 Rubén Plaza (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 49
12 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 44
13 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak 41
14 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile 40
15 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak 40
16 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 38
17 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 36
18 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 36
19 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth 35
20 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 33
21 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick-Step 29
22 David Blanco (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 29
23 Joaquím Rodríguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 28
24 Eladio Jiménez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 27
25 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick-Step 27

Mountains
1 Joaquím Rodríguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 176
2 Eladio Jiménez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 109
3 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 106
4 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 66
5 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 60
6 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears 53
7 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 52
8 Carlos García Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 49
9 Miguel Angel Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak 43
10 Mauricio Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon-Lotto 41
11 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick-Step 34
12 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 34
13 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 32
14 Adolfo García Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 32
15 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis 27
16 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth 26
17 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak 26
18 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 26
19 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick-Step 23
20 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 21
21 Ángel Vicioso (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 21
22 Javier Pascual Rodríguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 21
23 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 20
24 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 18
25 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears 13

Combination
1 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 5
2 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 8
3 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 12
4 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears 16
5 Carlos García Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 20
6 Miguel Angel Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak 32
7 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 33
8 Mauricio Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon-Lotto 33
9 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth 46
10 Rubén Plaza (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 47
11 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick-Step 49
12 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile 51
13 Joaquím Rodríguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 55
14 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak 57
15 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 59
16 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 61
17 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak 62
18 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 68
19 David Blanco (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 69
20 Eladio Jiménez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 78
21 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears 87
22 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 90
23 Adolfo García Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 92
24 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 94
25 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 100

Teams
1 Comunidad Valenciana 185:45'48"
2 Liberty Seguros-Würth 25.31
3 Phonak 30.28
4 Team CSC 32.03
5 Illes Balears 40.43
6 Euskaltel-Euskadi 44.41
7 Discovery Channel 44.42
8 Davitamon-Lotto 1.02.20
9 Quick-Step 1.11.37
10 T-Mobile 1.13.49
11 Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.43.16
12 Lampre-Caffita 1.45.36
13 Relax Fuenlabrada 1.54.46
14 Cofidis 2.14.40
15 Rabobank 2.25.40
16 Crédit Agricole 2.40.48
17 Bouygues Telecom 3.09.02
18 Fassa Bortolo 3.51.38
19 Gerolsteiner 3.55.06
20 Liquigas-Bianchi 4.11.28
21 Française Des Jeux 5.48.12
22 Domina Vacanze 6.09.12