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2006 Vuelta a España, Stage 3

Vuelta a España, Spain

Stage 3, Córdoba - Almendralejo, 219K

28 August

Ventoso Follows Millar's Charge

Francisco José Ventoso wins stage 3, photo: © Unipublic

Francisco José Ventoso (Saunier Duval-Prodir) put down the hammer to take Vuelta a España stage 3 in the olive-producing town of Almendralejo. The young 24 year-old Spaniard took advantage of teammate David Millar's last kilometer move, which threw off sprinters Hushovd, O'Grady, Zabel and McEwen. The capture of the day long three-man escape enabled Thor Hushovd (Crédit Agricole) to stay in the maillot oro for another day.

Today, from Córdoba to Almendralejo, was one of those days: long and hot. Stage 3, 220 kilometers, was the longest stage on tap in this year's Vuelta, and to make the day even more interesting, Mother Nature turn on the heat, with temperatures bordering 40°C. BiciRace.com stayed cool and relaxed, even enjoying a cerveza, while the boys hit the Spanish roads. The organizers presented two Cat. 3 climbs at the start of the stage, but then a mostly flat run to Almendralejo.

Mario De Sárraga, photo: © Unipublic

After the summit of the first climb, the Alto de Villaviciosa at 6K, where Mario De Sárraga (Relax-GAM) took max points to keep his mountain jersey, we had a move of three go free. On the second and final climb, the Puerto del Aire, David De La Fuente (Saunier Duval-Prodir), Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Cofidis) and Enrico Franzoi (Lampre-Fondital) formed the day's major move.

At the top of the Puerto del Aire they had 1'30" over the peloton; this gap grew to seven minutes by the feed zone, 99K or 121K to go. Despite the heat, the trio was showing good spirits while trading turns; Franzoi, an Italian cyclocross star, Spaniard De La Fuente, the most aggressive rider at the Tour de France, and Frenchman Duclos-Lassalle, son of the famous Gilbert, formed a strong union.

The peloton, photo: © Unipublic

The union was to be tested. Milram were getting nervous, the gap hovering around seven minutes, and decided to start working with Crédit Agricole to bring down the gap to a manageable time. From 6'30" at -100K, the gap shrunk to 5'40" at -60K and 3'20" at -30K.

The harmony and union had broken amongst the trio. The heat combined with a shrinking time gap really started to make them lose their faith. Each one of the three were putting less force into each pedal stroke, giving in to what was going to be a sprinters' finish.

The escape trio, photo: © Unipublic

With the escapees nearly wiped out at -10K, the trains were taking shape for the sprinters. Milram was once again trying for the veteran Zabel, Quick-Step for Bettini, who held the blue points jersey, Crédit Agricole were working to keep Hushovd up front and possibly a win in the leader's gold jersey and Davitamon-Lotto for McEwen.

Quick-Step, being joined by Ag2R Prévoyance for Jean-Patrick Nazon, pushed Crédit Agricole out of the way. With three kilometers to go, we had the Belgian and French teams dueling in separate sprint trains. Bettini was feeling confident in a finish that was even more suited for his style than yesterday's stage 2. But then there was a flash of yellow.

Scot David Millar jumped the peloton. The Saunier Duval-Prodir man had a speed so high that he almost overcooked the final bend at -500m. He was brought back under control but the move caused some confusion, which worked in the favor of teammate Ventoso.

While Fred Rodriguez led out too early for Robbie McEwen and Milram were searching for Erik Zabel, Spaniard Francisco José took advantage. The 24 year-old, winner of the USPRO Championship in 2004, popped up to nip Hushovd and O'Grady on the line. Ventoso, sixth yesterday, crossed the line to claim the biggest win of his career.

Thor Hushovd, finishing second, easily stayed in the maillot oro of race leader. Tomorrow he will seek to continue his gold run when the peloton tackles a much shorter stage, 142 kilometers, from Almendralejo to Cáceres. The distance should lend itself to an aggressive stage, perhaps one where an escape will succeed. Stay tuned.

Results: 5:43'45", 38.4 K/h
1 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
2 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole
3 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC
4 Erik Zabel (Ger) Milram
5 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto
6 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital
7 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas
8 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank
9 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak
10 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance
11 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital
12 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner
13 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner
14 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick-Step
15 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital
16 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Ag2R Prévoyance
17 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC
18 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux
19 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas
20 Iñaki Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
21 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto
22 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
23 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis
24 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
25 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
26 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
27 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis
28 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
29 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
30 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astaná
31 David Navas (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance
32 Mauricio Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank
33 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas
34 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
35 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak
36 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole
37 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astaná
38 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
39 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile
40 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom
41 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance
42 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
43 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax-GAM
44 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance
45 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astaná
46 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner
47 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital
48 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
49 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile
50 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
51 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
52 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel
53 Bas Giling (Ned) T-Mobile
54 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel
55 Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz) Astaná
56 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole
57 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
58 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel
59 Miguel Angel Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak
60 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Discovery Channel
61 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Milram
62 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Lampre-Fondital
63 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile
64 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel
65 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel
66 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
67 Marco Velo (Ita) Milram
68 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Phonak
69 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance
70 José Miguel Elías (Spa) Relax-GAM
71 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel
72 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick-Step
73 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
74 Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Française Des Jeux
75 Luis Pérez (Spa) Cofidis
76 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak
77 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC
78 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC
79 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile
80 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile
81 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC
82 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval-Prodir
83 Jorge García (Spa) Relax-GAM
84 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Discovery Channel
85 Bingen Fernández (Spa) Cofidis
86 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis
87 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital
88 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas
89 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank
90 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
91 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Astaná
92 Juan José Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
93 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax-GAM
94 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
95 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) T-Mobile
96 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank
97 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas
98 Raul García de Mateo (Spa) Relax-GAM
99 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank
100 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank
101 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner
102 Luis Fernández (Spa) Phonak
103 Ian McLeod (RSA) Française Des Jeux
104 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas
105 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank
106 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Milram
107 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC
108 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
109 Florian Stalder (Swi) Phonak
110 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
111 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel
112 Chris Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto
113 Jesús Hernández (Spa) Relax-GAM
114 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
115 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital
116 Mario De Sárraga (Spa) Relax-GAM
117 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole
118 Pierre Drancourt (Bel) Bouygues Telecom
119 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner
120 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astaná
121 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française Des Jeux
122 Iñigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance
123 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance
124 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner
125 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital
126 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française Des Jeux
127 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick-Step
128 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank
129 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner
130 Hubert Dupont (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance
131 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax-GAM
132 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile
133 Volodimir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC
134 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Milram
135 Josep Jufré (Spa) Davitamon-Lotto
136 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole
137 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis
138 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir
139 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC
140 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Milram
141 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française Des Jeux
142 Volodymyr Dyudya (Ukr) Milram
143 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick-Step
144 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
145 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick-Step
146 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner
147 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick-Step
148 José Alberto Benítez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
149 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française Des Jeux
150 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick-Step
151 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis
152 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
153 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas
154 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
155 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital
156 José Antonio Redondo (Spa) Astaná
157 Joaquím Rodríguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
158 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas
159 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
160 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
161 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Française Des Jeux
162 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis
163 David George (RSA) Relax-GAM
164 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Astaná
165 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astaná
166 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
167 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC
168 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
169 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
170 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank
171 José Antonio Garrido (Spa) Quick-Step
172 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile
173 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner
174 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas
175 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
176 Daniel Becke (Ger) Milram
177 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française Des Jeux
178 Steve Morabito (Swi) Phonak
179 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis
180 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
181 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
182 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
183 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak 0.35
184 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick-Step 0.59
185 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 5.02
186 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Crédit Agricole
187 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Crédit Agricole 14.47
188 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Milram
189 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole

GC:
1 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 10:10'33"
2 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 0.11
3 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.12
4 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick-Step 0.14
5 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 0.19
6 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC
7 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC
8 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC
9 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC
10 Volodimir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC
11 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC
12 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.20
13 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 0.23
14 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 0.24
15 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 0.26
16 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
17 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
18 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
19 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
20 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
21 Erik Zabel (Ger) Milram 0.27
22 Marco Velo (Ita) Milram
23 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Milram
24 Daniel Becke (Ger) Milram
25 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 0.28
26 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Discovery Channel
27 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel
28 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel
29 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel
30 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel
31 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel
32 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Discovery Channel
33 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel
34 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 0.29
35 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile 0.30
36 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile
37 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) T-Mobile
38 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile
39 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile
40 Bas Giling (Ned) T-Mobile
41 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile
42 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile
43 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile
44 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astaná 0.31
45 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astaná
46 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astaná
47 Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz) Astaná
48 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Astaná
49 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astaná
50 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Astaná
51 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astaná
52 José Antonio Redondo (Spa) Astaná
53 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole 0.32
54 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
55 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole
56 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas
57 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval-Prodir
58 Juan José Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
59 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas
60 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole
61 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas
62 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas
63 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
64 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole
65 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir
66 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick-Step 0.34
67 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick-Step
68 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick-Step
69 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick-Step
70 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick-Step
71 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital
72 José Alberto Benítez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
73 José Antonio Garrido (Spa) Quick-Step
74 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel 0.35
75 Iñaki Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.37
76 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank
77 Mauricio Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank
78 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
79 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
80 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
81 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
82 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank
83 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank
84 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
85 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank
86 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
87 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank
88 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank
89 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank
90 Joaquím Rodríguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
91 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank
92 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 0.38
93 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner
94 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner
95 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner
96 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner
97 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner
98 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 0.40
99 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Lampre-Fondital
100 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital
101 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital
102 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital
103 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital
104 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas 0.41
105 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
106 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas
107 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.43
108 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
109 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
110 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
111 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom
112 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
113 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis
114 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 0.44
115 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto
116 Chris Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto
117 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
118 Josep Jufré (Spa) Davitamon-Lotto
119 Pierre Drancourt (Bel) Bouygues Telecom 0.45
120 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 0.46
121 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak
122 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak
123 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Ag2R Prévoyance
124 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance
125 Miguel Angel Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak
126 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance
127 David Navas (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance
128 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Phonak
129 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance
130 Luis Fernández (Spa) Phonak
131 Florian Stalder (Swi) Phonak
132 Iñigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance
133 Hubert Dupont (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance
134 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance
135 Steve Morabito (Swi) Phonak
136 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux 0.47
137 Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Française Des Jeux
138 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française Des Jeux
139 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française Des Jeux
140 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française Des Jeux
141 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française Des Jeux
142 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak 0.48
143 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
144 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis 0.49
145 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis
146 Luis Pérez (Spa) Cofidis
147 Bingen Fernández (Spa) Cofidis
148 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis
149 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis
150 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 0.52
151 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital
152 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française Des Jeux 0.53
153 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Française Des Jeux 0.55
154 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
155 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax-GAM 0.56
156 Jorge García (Spa) Relax-GAM
157 José Miguel Elías (Spa) Relax-GAM
158 Raul García de Mateo (Spa) Relax-GAM
159 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax-GAM
160 Jesús Hernández (Spa) Relax-GAM
161 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax-GAM
162 Ian McLeod (RSA) Française Des Jeux 0.57
163 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.59
164 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.00
165 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas
166 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Milram 1.03
167 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick-Step 1.13
168 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak 1.21
169 Volodymyr Dyudya (Ukr) Milram 1.25
170 David George (RSA) Relax-GAM 1.27
171 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick-Step 1.33
172 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.39
173 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis 1.41
174 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1.42
175 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Milram 1.43
176 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 2.11
177 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Milram 2.29
178 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 3.09
179 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis 3.34
180 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 4.03
181 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4.14
182 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 4.16
183 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 5.11
184 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Crédit Agricole 5.34
185 Mario De Sárraga (Spa) Relax-GAM 7.23
186 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 7.36
187 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 15.19
188 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Crédit Agricole 17.21
189 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Milram 17.41