Live updates – Stage 7 of La Vuelta

• Results

It was a repeat performance for the Lion King on Friday as Mario Cipollinitook his third stage win at the 2002 Vuelta a España taking a furiousfield sprint into the coastal city of Málaga.

Cipollini and his Acqua e Sapone team held back until the final two kilometersbefore launching a text-book lead-out for their super sprinter. On the wheelof his reliable lead-out man Giovanni Lombardi, Cipollini easily beat theVuelta’s points leader Erik Zabel (Telekom). Kelme’s Oscar Sevilla finishedwith the main field and retains the overall lead in the Vuelta.

Check back soon for complete results, a stage report from Andrew hood andphotos from Graham Watson.

The seventh stage could be really interesting as the riders who had notsuffered that much in the mountains will try to take advantage of today’sflat 196.8 ride from Jaen to Málaga. A big feature in this stagewill be the downhill from Antequera to Málaga because this could givethose ahead a great advantage. Málaga welcomed Vuelta a Españafor the first time in1936 and in her streets, winners such as Noel Dejonckheere, Fabio Baldato or Marcel Wust celebrated their victories.

3:51 p.m. — At 130km, the four leaders are now 3:50 ahead of the peloton.

3:54 p.m. – The four men in front have had their lead cut to 3:27.

3:57 p.m. – The peloton is moving along at a brisk 48kph pace. The two big sprinters’ teams — Telekom and Acqua e Sapone — are setting pace at the front. The four leaders are about 3:05, with 61km remaining.

4:07 p.m. – With 51km remaining, the leaders are 2:35 ahead of the main field. Telekom and A&S continue to set pace at the front. It is becomingquite evident that the four escapees are going to be reeled in before thesprint into Málaga.

4:15 p.m. — As the leaders are working their way up a slight grade, German Nieto Fernandez has been dropped. He is now drifting backwards and will be caught by the peloton. The remaining three leaders — Elio Aggiano(Mapei ); Nicolas Portal (Ag2r Prevoyance) Mariano Piccoli (Lampre) — have an advantage of 1:50 over the main field.

4:18 p.m. — Up and over the climb, Nieto Fernandez has worked his way back up to the lead group. He is clearly the weakest of the group. Theystill have a lead of 1:25.

4:23 p.m. – With 43km to go, the four leaders are now just a minute ahead of the field. Telekom and Acqua e Sapone are still setting tempo at the front of the field.

4:27 p.m. -- With 41km remaining, the lead has now been cut to 50 seconds.

4:31 p.m. — We are 38km from the finish in Málaga. The peloton is letting the leaders’ advantage stay at around 40 seconds.

4:40 p.m. — The peloton is all together again and we can expectanother sprint into the finish.

4:44 p.m. — We are now 27km from the finish in Málaga. From the looks of the front of the peloton, we can see Telekom and Acqua e Sapone are working to set up their ace sprinters: Erik Zabel and Mario Cipollini. Those two teams are at the front.

5:06 p.m. – The peloton is flying down the descent to Málaga. We are 10km from the finish.

Up front, the Domo team has taken over the work at the front. Behind them, Telekom and Acqua e Sapone are working to set up their top sprinters.

5:09 p.m. — With 7km to go, we have two riders a few meters off thefront. They have only a slight lead and the two escapees are about to bereeled in.

5:13 p.m. – We have 5km to go. Telekom and Zabel are up front alongwith the Domos who are working for their man Blijlevens. Acqua & Saponeare not up there.

5:14 p.m. – With three km to go, it is still Telekom.

5:15 p.m. — There they are. A&S have come to the front with 2kmto go.

5:17 p.m. – With a km to go, the Acqua e Sapone men are driving likecrazy.

Lombardi leads him so perfectly! With Cipo on his wheel Lombardi is alreadygapping the men behind Cipo’

Zabel fights to get on Cipollini’s wheel. He’s on Cipo’s wheel….. but theLion King charges off and has full bike length on Zabel. Sven Teutenburg(Ina’s brother) takes third.

Results

Results – Stage 7

1. Mario Cipollini (I), Acqua e Sapone,  4:33:47 (43.13 kph),

2. Erik Zabel (G), Telekom

3. Sven Teutenberg (G), Phonak

4. Alessandro Petacchi (I), Fassa Bortolo

5. Jeroen Blijevens (Nl), Domo

6. Angelo Furlan (I), Alessio

7. Gerrit Glomser (A), Saeco

8. Fabio Sacchi (I), Saeco

9. Oscar Freire (Sp), Mapei

10. Angel Edo (Sp), Milaneza

11. Paolo Bossoni (I), Tacconi Sport

12. Fabrizio Guidi (I), Team Coast

13. Martin Garrido (Arg), Relax

14. Andrej Hauptman (Slo), Tacconi Sport

15. Jose Gutierrez (Sp), Kelme

16. Koos Moerenhout (Nl), Domo

17. Alessandro Guerra (I), Index Alexia

18. Juan Guillamon (Sp), Jazztel

19. Jose Ivan Gutierrez (Sp), iBanesto.com

20. Nacor Burgos (Sp), Relax

21. David Millar (GB), Cofidis

22. Carlos Torrent (Sp), Jazztel

23. Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro), Alessio

24. Aitor Gonzalez (Sp), Kelme

25. Giovanni Lombardi (I), Acqua e Sapone

26. Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz), Telekom

27. Mikel Artetxe (Sp), Euskaltel

28. Pablo Lastras (Sp), iBanesto.com

29. Antonio Flecha (Sp), iBanesto.com

30. Michael Barry (Can), U.S. Postal

31. Rui Lavarinhas (P), Milaneza

32. Serguei Smetanine (Rus), Jazztel

33. David Canada (Sp), Mapei

34. Mikel Zarrabeitia (Sp), ONCE

35. Iban Mayo (Sp), Euskaltel

36. Danilo Di Luca (I), Saeco

37. Oscar Sevilla (Sp), Kelme

38. Rolf Aldag (G), Telekom

39. Jose Garrido (Sp), Jazztel

40. Francisco Mancebo (Sp), iBanesto.com

41. Roberto Heras (Sp), U.S. Postal

42. Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz), Domo

43. Manuel Beltran (Sp), Team Coast

44. Gorka Gerrikagoitia (Sp), Euskaltel

45. Igor Astarloa (Sp), Saeco

46. Francesco Casagrande (I), Fassa Bortolo

47. Mederic Clain (F), Cofidis

48. Andreas Klier (G), Telekom

49. Gilberto Simoni (I), Saeco

50. Carlos Garcia (Sp), Kelme

51. Robert Sassone (F), Cofidis

52. Klaus Moller (Den), Milaneza

53. Jan Schaffrath (G), Telekom

54. Mario Scirea (I), Acqua e Sapone

55. Christian Vande Velde (USA), U.S. Postal

56. Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Sp), ONCE

57. Haimar Zubeldia (Sp), Euskaltel

58. Felix Garcia Casas (Sp), Bigmat-Auber 93

59. Tadej Valjavec (Slo), Fassa Bortolo

60. Daniel Schnider (Swi), Phonak

61. Oscar Pereiro (Sp), Phonak

62. Zbigniew Spruch (Pol), Lampre

63. Jorg Jaksche (G), ONCE

64. Bingen Fernandez (Sp), Cofidis

65. Daniel Becke (G), Team Coast

66. Cyril Saugrain (F), Bigmat-Auber 93

67. Matthias Kessler (G), Telekom

68. Dario David Cioni (I), Mapei

69. Alberto Martinez (Sp), Euskaltel

70. Juan Manuel Garate (Sp), Lampre

71. Oscar Camenzind (Swi), Phonak

72. Steffen Kjaergaard (Nor), U.S. Postal

73. Rui Miguel Sousa (P), Milaneza

74. Jorge Ferrio (Sp), Jazztel

75. Guido Trentin (I), Cofidis

76. Steven Kleynen (B), Domo

77. Fabian Jeker (Swi), Milaneza

78. Antonio Pecharroman (Sp), Jazztel

79. Angel Casero (Sp), Team Coast

80. Guillaume Auger (F), Bigmat-Auber 93

81. Milan Kadlec (Cz), Lampre

82. Bert Grabsch (G), Phonak

83. Fernando Escartin (Sp), Team Coast

84. Gorazd Stangelj (Slo), Fassa Bortolo

85. Daniele Bennati (I), Acqua e Sapone

86. Marco Velo (I), Fassa Bortolo

87. David Plaza (Sp), Team Coast

88. Diego Ferrari (I), Tacconi Sport

89. Jaime Hernandez (Sp), Team Coast

90. Jose Luis Rubiera (Sp), U.S. Postal

91. Massimiliano Lelli (I), Cofidis

92. Alberto Vinale (I), Alessio

93. Rafael Diaz Justo (Sp), ONCE

94. Massimo Codol (I), Lampre

95. Mikel Pradera (Sp), ONCE

96. Joseba Beloki (Sp), ONCE

97. Dave Bruylandts (B), Domo

98. Antonio Colom (Sp), Relax

99. Elio Aggiano (I), Mapei

100. Oscar Laguna (Sp), Relax

101. Jose Azevedo (P), ONCE

102. Daniel Atienza (Sp), Cofidis

103. Jose Luis Rebollo (Sp), Relax

104. Joao Silva (P), Milaneza

105. Denis Zanette (I), Fassa Bortolo

106. Juan Carlos Dominguez (Sp), Phonak

107. Melchor Mauri (Sp), Milaneza

108. Sylvester Szymyd (Pol), Tacconi Sport

109. Mikel Astarloza (Sp), Ag2R

110. Alexandre Botcharov (Rus), Ag2R

111. Antonio Cruz (USA), U.S. Postal

112. Nicolas Portal (F), Ag2R

113. Marcos Serrano (Sp), ONCE

114. David Etxebarria (Sp), Euskaltel

115. Pietro Caucchioli (I), Alessio

116. Peter Luttenberger (A), Tacconi Sport

117. Fabio Baldato (I), Fassa Bortolo

118. Iker Flores (Sp), Euskaltel

119. Pietro Zucconi (Swi), Tacconi Sport

120. Luis Perez (Sp), Team Coast

121. Jon Odriozola (Sp), iBanesto.com

122. Andreas Kloden (G), Telekom

123. Robert Bartko (G), Telekom

124. Aitor Osa (Sp), iBanesto.com

125. Martin Perdiguero (Sp), Acqua & Sapone

126. Dmitri Fofonov (Kaz), Cofidis

127. Mariano Piccoli (I), Lampre

128. Jan Svorada (Cz), Lampre

129. Dario Gadeo (Sp), Jazztel, at 0:21

130. Joan Horrach (Sp), Milaneza

131. Aitor Kintana (Sp), Bigmat-Auber 93

132. Benoit Salmon (F), Phonak

133. Eddy Serri (I), Index Alexia

134. Patrick Calcagni (Swi), Tacconi Sport

135. Nicola Loda (I), Fassa Bortolo

136. Davide Bramati (I), Mapei

137. Pedro Horrillo (Sp), Mapei

138. Jurgen Van Goolen (B), Domo

139. Juan Fuentes (Sp), Saeco

140. Jan Hruska (Cz), ONCE

141. Juan Miguel Mercado (Sp), iBanesto.com

142. Santos Gonzalez (Sp), Acqua e Sapone

143. Juan Jose De Los Angeles (Sp), Kelme

144. Victor Hugo Pena (Col), U.S. Postal

145. Santiago Blanco (Sp), iBanesto.com

146. Simone Bertoletti (I), Lampre

147. Giuseppe Di Grande (I), Index Alexia

148. Alejandro Valverde (Sp), Kelme

149. Antonio Tauler (Sp), Kelme

150. Matthew White (Aus), U.S. Postal

151. Jesus Maria Manzano (Sp), Kelme

152. Andrea Brognara (I), Alessio

153. Steve De Wolf (B), Domo

154. Mauro Zanetti (I), Alessio

155. Leif Hoste (B), Domo

156. Aitor Garmendia (Sp), Team Coast

157. Andrea Noe (I), Mapei

158. Manuel Vazquez (Sp), Relax

159. Raffaele Ferrara (I), Alessio

160. Gonzalo Bayarri (Sp), Phonak

161. Inigo Chaurreau (Sp), Ag2R

162. Alberto Lopez De Munain (Sp), Euskaltel

163. Jose Garcia Acosta (Sp), iBanesto.com

164. Reto Bergmann (Swi), Phonak

165. Thierry Loder (F), Ag2R

166. Rafael Casero (Sp), Jazztel

167. Paolo Tiralongo (I), Fassa Bortolo

168. Pavel Tonkov (Rus), Lampre

169. Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz), Telekom

170. Ricardo Valdez (Sp), Jazztel

171. Inigo Cuesta (Sp), Cofidis

172. Vitoriano Fernandez (Sp), Milaneza

173. Leonardo Bertagnolli (I), Saeco

174. Christophe Oriol (F), Ag2R

175. German Nieto (Sp), Relax

176. Dario Andriotto (I), Index Alexia, all s.t.

177. Guido Trenti (USA), Acqua e Sapone, at 1:14

178. Sebastien Talabardon (F), Bigmat-Auber 93, at 1:45

179. Ruben Lobato Elvira (Sp), Acqua e Sapone

180. Santiago Botero (Col), Kelme

181. David Zabriskie (USA), U.S. Postal

182. Charles Wegelius (GB), Mapei

183. Alessio Galletti (I), Saeco, all s.t.

184. Jose Maestre (Sp), Relax, at 1:51

185. Zoran Klemencic (Slo), Tacconi Sport, s.t.

186. Alexei Sivakov (Rus), Bigmat-Auber 93, at 2:07

Overall, after seven stages

1. Oscar Sevilla (Sp), Kelme, at 25:25:04

2. Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz), Telekom, at 0:14

3. Roberto Heras (Sp), U.S. Postal, at 0:39

4. Aitor Gonzalez (Sp), Kelme, at 0:41

5. Felix Garcia Casas (Sp), Bigmat-Auber 93, at 0:52

6. Haimar Zubeldia (Sp), Euskaltel, at 0:57

7. Iban Mayo (Sp), Euskaltel, at 1:14

8. Mikel Zarrabeitia (Sp), ONCE, at 1:25

9. Jorg Jaksche (G), ONCE, at 1:32

10. Joseba Beloki (Sp), ONCE, at 1:43

11. Francesco Casagrande (I), Fassa Bortolo, at 1:45

12. Danilo Di Luca (I), Saeco, at 1:48

13. Gilberto Simoni (I), Saeco, at 1:49

14. Guido Trentin (I), Cofidis, at 2:01

15. Francisco Mancebo (Sp), iBanesto.com, at 2:18

16. Oscar Camenzind (Swi), Phonak, at 2:22

17. Klaus Moller (Den), Milaneza, at 2:29

18. Pablo Lastras (Sp), iBanesto.com, at 2:29

19. Manuel Beltran (Sp), Team Coast, at 2:33

20. Angel Casero (Sp), Team Coast, at 2:46

21. Fernando Escartin (Sp), Team Coast, at 3:04

22. David Millar (GB), Cofidis, at 3:16

23. Tadej Valjavec (Slo), Fassa Bortolo, at 3:35

24. David Etxebarria (Sp), Euskaltel, at 4:02

25. Ricardo Valdez (Sp), Jazztel, at 4:25

26. Fabian Jeker (Swi), Milaneza, at 4:26

27. Pietro Caucchioli (I), Alessio, at 4:36

28. Rui Miguel Sousa (P), Milaneza, at 5:07

29. Oscar Pereiro (Sp), Phonak, at 5:18

30. Peter Luttenberger (A), Tacconi Sport, at 5:37

31. Joan Horrach (Sp), Milaneza, at 5:40

32. Dave Bruylandts (B), Domo, at 5:50

33. Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Sp), ONCE, at 6:09

34. Juan Miguel Mercado (Sp), iBanesto.com, at 6:15

35. Daniel Atienza (Sp), Cofidis, at 6:19

36. Santiago Blanco (Sp), iBanesto.com, at 6:40

37. Carlos Garcia (Sp), Kelme, at 6:46

38. Antonio Flecha (Sp), iBanesto.com, at 6:49

39. Antonio Pecharroman (Sp), Jazztel, at 6:57

40. Jose Garrido (Sp), Jazztel, at 7:18

41. Aitor Kintana (Sp), Bigmat-Auber 93, at 7:42

42. Juan Manuel Garate (Sp), Lampre, at 7:44

43. Christian Vande Velde (USA), U.S. Postal, at 8:12

44. Rui Lavarinhas (P), Milaneza, at 8:26

45. Massimiliano Lelli (I), Cofidis, at 8:31

46. Jose Azevedo (P), ONCE, at 8:41

47. Steven Kleynen (B), Domo, at 8:48

48. Sylvester Szymyd (Pol), Tacconi Sport, at 9:44

49. Nacor Burgos (Sp), Relax, at 9:49

50. Marcos Serrano (Sp), ONCE, at 9:51

51. Inigo Chaurreau (Sp), Ag2R, at 9:59

52. David Plaza (Sp), Team Coast, at 10:32

53. Alejandro Valverde (Sp), Kelme, at 11:03

54. Luis Perez (Sp), Team Coast, at 11:31

55. Simone Bertoletti (I), Lampre, at 13:05

56. Gerrit Glomser (A), Saeco, at 13:56

57. Alberto Lopez De Munain (Sp), Euskaltel, at 14:05

58. Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro), Alessio, at 14:21

59. Jose Luis Rebollo (Sp), Relax, at 14:57

60. Giuseppe Di Grande (I), Index Alexia, at 15:12

61. Rafael Casero (Sp), Jazztel, at 15:26

62. Martin Perdiguero (Sp), Acqua e Sapone 15:28

63. David Canada (Sp), Mapei, at 17:28

64. Paolo Tiralongo (I), Fassa Bortolo, at 17:48

65. Joao Silva (P), Milaneza, at 18:07

66. Jorge Ferrio (Sp), Jazztel, at 19:22

67. Santiago Botero (Col), Kelme, at 19:28

68. Jose Gutierrez (Sp), Kelme, at 20:14

69. Pavel Tonkov (Rus), Lampre, at 20:15

70. Massimo Codol (I), Lampre, at 20:49

71. Iker Flores (Sp), Euskaltel, at 20:49

72. Matthias Kessler (G), Telekom, at 20:51

73. Gorazd Stangelj (Slo), Fassa Bortolo, at 21:15

74. Alexandre Botcharov (Rus), Ag2R, at 21:37

75. Aitor Osa (Sp), iBanesto.com, at 21:40

76. Gonzalo Bayarri (Sp), Phonak, at 21:41

77. Antonio Colom (Sp), Relax, at 22:46

78. Benoit Salmon (F), Phonak, at 23:57

79. Jose Ivan Gutierrez (Sp), iBanesto.com, at 24:14

80. Antonio Tauler (Sp), Kelme, at 24:22

81. Marco Velo (I), Fassa Bortolo, at 24:25

82. Jose Luis Rubiera (Sp), U.S. Postal, at 25:04

83. Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz), Domo, at 25:40

84. Mikel Astarloza (Sp), Ag2R, at 26:07

85. Reto Bergmann (Swi), Phonak, at 26:20

86. Christophe Oriol (F), Ag2R, at 26:59

87. Sebastien Talabardon (F), Bigmat-Auber 93, at 27:42

88. Manuel Vazquez (Sp), Relax, at 27:54

89. Daniel Schnider (Swi), Phonak, at 28:29

90. Jesus Maria Manzano (Sp), Kelme, at 28:30

91. Dario David Cioni (I), Mapei, at 29:30

92. Oscar Laguna (Sp), Relax, at 29:33

93. Vitoriano Fernandez (Sp), Milaneza, at 29:52

94. Mauro Zanetti (I), Alessio, at 30:03

95. Bingen Fernandez (Sp), Cofidis, at 30:20

96. Igor Astarloa (Sp), Saeco, at 30:39

97. Carlos Torrent (Sp), Jazztel, at 31:33

98. Juan Jose De Los Angeles (Sp), Kelme, at 31:39

99. Juan Carlos Dominguez (Sp), Phonak, at 32:02

100. Melchor Mauri (Sp), Milaneza, at 32:05

101. Rafael Diaz Justo (Sp), ONCE, at 32:29

102. Nicola Loda (I), Fassa Bortolo, at 32:30

103. Santos Gonzalez (Sp), Acqua e Sapone, at 32:43

104. Rolf Aldag (G), Telekom, at 32:45

105. Angel Edo (Sp), Milaneza, at 33:22

106. Jan Hruska (Cz), ONCE, at 34:00

107. Jose Maestre (Sp), Relax, at 34:09

108. Mederic Clain (F), Cofidis, at 34:15

109. Jan Schaffrath (G), Telekom, at 34:30

110. Aitor Garmendia (Sp), Team Coast, at 34:55

111. Mikel Artetxe (Sp), Euskaltel, at 35:45

112. Dario Gadeo (Sp), Jazztel, at 36:59

113. Koos Moerenhout (Nl), Domo, at 37:08

114. Erik Zabel (G), Telekom, at 38:04

115. Jon Odriozola (Sp), iBanesto.com, at 38:19

116. Raffaele Ferrara (I), Alessio, at 38:23

117. Dmitri Fofonov (Kaz), Cofidis, at 38:24

118. Oscar Freire (Sp), Mapei, at 38:32

119. Inigo Cuesta (Sp), Cofidis, at 38:43

120. Jose Garcia Acosta (Sp), iBanesto.com, at 38:44

121. Andrea Noe (I), Mapei, at 38:59

122. Diego Ferrari (I), Tacconi Sport, at 39:05

123. Leonardo Bertagnolli (I), Saeco, at 39:30

124. Nicolas Portal (F), Ag2R, at 39:44

125. Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz), Telekom, at 40:09

126. Victor Hugo Pena (Col), U.S. Postal, at 41:08

127. Serguei Smetanine (Rus), Jazztel, at 41:49

128. Michael Barry (Can), U.S. Postal, at 41:50

129. Fabio Sacchi (I), Saeco, at 41:53

130. Paolo Bossoni (I), Tacconi Sport, at 42:27

131. Davide Bramati (I), Mapei, at 42:32

132. Milan Kadlec (Cz), Lampre, at 42:40

133. Mikel Pradera (Sp), ONCE, at 42:48

134. Mario Cipollini (I), Acqua e Sapone, at 43:01

135. Andreas Klier (G), Telekom, at 43:03

136. Juan Guillamon (Sp), Jazztel, at 43:04

137. Daniele Bennati (I), Acqua e Sapone, at 43:16

138. Elio Aggiano (I), Mapei, at 43:18

139. Giovanni Lombardi (I), Acqua e Sapone, at 43:21

140. Steffen Kjaergaard (Nor), U.S. Postal, at 43:30

141. Robert Bartko (G), Telekom, at 43:49

142. Steve De Wolf (B), Domo, at 44:26

143. Bert Grabsch (G), Phonak, at 44:53

144. Guido Trenti (USA), Acqua e Sapone, at 45:14

145. Alessandro Petacchi (I), Fassa Bortolo, at 45:23

146. Mario Scirea (I), Acqua e Sapone, at 46:07

147. Juan Fuentes (Sp), Saeco, at 46:18

148. Pietro Zucconi (Swi), Tacconi Sport, at 46:33

149. Fabio Baldato (I), Fassa Bortolo, at 47:55

150. Mariano Piccoli (I), Lampre, at 48:02

151. Cyril Saugrain (F), Bigmat-Auber 93, at 48:15

152. German Nieto (Sp), Relax, at 48:23

153. Denis Zanette (I), Fassa Bortolo, at 49:06

154. Robert Sassone (F), Cofidis, at 49:13

155. David Zabriskie (USA), U.S. Postal, at 49:37

156. Andrej Hauptman (Slo), Tacconi Sport, at 49:47

157. Jaime Hernandez (Sp), Team Coast, at 50:18

158. Alessio Galletti (I), Saeco, at 50:32

159. Jan Svorada (Cz), Lampre, at 50:51

160. Gorka Gerrikagoitia (Sp), Euskaltel, at 52:29

161. Charles Wegelius (GB), Mapei, at 53:00

162. Alessandro Guerra (I), Index Alexia, at 54:47

163. Alberto Martinez (Sp), Euskaltel, at 55:36

164. Andreas Kloden (G), Telekom, at 55:51

165. Patrick Calcagni (Swi), Tacconi Sport, at 55:57

166. Thierry Loder (F), Ag2R, at 56:10

167. Jurgen Van Goolen (B), Domo, at 57:25

168. Pedro Horrillo (Sp), Mapei, at 58:10

169. Antonio Cruz (USA), U.S. Postal, at 58:13

170. Daniel Becke (G), Team Coast, at 58:35

171. Leif Hoste (B), Domo, at 59:11

172. Angelo Furlan (I), Alessio, at 59:14

173. Martin Garrido (Arg), Relax, at 59:19

174. Alberto Vinale (I), Alessio, at 59:20

175. Andrea Brognara (I), Alessio, at 59:36

176. Zbigniew Spruch (Pol), Lampre, at 1:00:44

177. Eddy Serri (I), Index Alexia, at 1:00:51

178. Jeroen Blijevens (Nl), Domo, at 1:01:10

179. Guillaume Auger (F), Bigmat-Auber 93, at 1:01:37

180. Alexei Sivakov (Rus), Bigmat-Auber 93, at 1:01:39

181. Sven Teutenberg (G), Phonak, at 1:01:48

182. Matthew White (Aus), U.S. Postal, at 1:02:17

183. Dario Andriotto (I), Index Alexia, at 1:07:21

184. Zoran Klemencic (Slo), Tacconi Sport, at 1:08:21

185. Fabrizio Guidi (I), Team Coast, at 1:10:42

186. Ruben Lobato Elvira (Sp), Acqua e Sapone, at 1:19:00

Points – overall

1. Erik Zabel (G), Telekom – 76 pts

2. Mario Cipollini (I), Acqua e Sapone – 75

3. Alessandro Petacchi (I), Fassa Bortolo – 55

4. Angel Edo (Sp), Milaneza – 38

5. Danilo Di Luca (I), Saeco – 36

6. Felix Garcia Casas (Sp), Bigmat-Auber 93 – 33

7. Oscar Freire (Sp), Mapei – 29

8. Gerrit Glomser (A), Saeco – 28

9. Sven Teutenberg (G), Phonak – 28

10. Guido Trentin (I), Cofidis – 27

11. Paolo Bossoni (I), Tacconi Sport – 26

12. Oscar Sevilla (Sp), Kelme – 26

13. Roberto Heras (Sp), U.S. Postal – 25

14. Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz), Telekom – 24

15. Aitor Gonzalez (Sp), Kelme – 23

16. Oscar Camenzind (Swi), Phonak – 23

17. Haimar Zubeldia (Sp), Euskaltel – 22

18. Gilberto Simoni (I), Saeco – 20

19. Angelo Furlan (I), Alessio – 20

20. Jeroen Blijevens (Nl), Domo – 20

21. German Nieto (Sp), Relax – 18

22. Iban Mayo (Sp), Euskaltel – 18

23. Jan Svorada (Cz), Lampre – 18

24. Mikel Zarrabeitia (Sp), ONCE – 14

25. Juan Guillamon (Sp), Jazztel – 14

26. Dario Gadeo (Sp), Jazztel – 12

27. Fabio Sacchi (I), Saeco – 12

28. Mederic Clain (F), Cofidis – 11

29. Martin Garrido (Arg), Relax – 11

30. Joseba Beloki (Sp), ONCE – 10

31. Jurgen Van Goolen (B), Domo – 10

32. Jorg Jaksche (G), ONCE – 10

33. Pablo Lastras (Sp), iBanesto.com – 10

34. Nicola Loda (I), Fassa Bortolo – 10

35. Zoran Klemencic (Slo), Tacconi Sport – 10

36. Fabrizio Guidi (I), Team Coast – 9

37. Fabian Jeker (Swi), Milaneza – 8

38. Jose Gutierrez (Sp), Kelme – 7

39. Lauri Aus (Est), Ag2R – 7

40. Francesco Casagrande (I), Fassa Bortolo – 7

41. Jose Garcia Acosta (Sp), iBanesto.com – 6

42. Rui Miguel Sousa (P), Milaneza – 6

43. Massimiliano Lelli (I), Cofidis – 6

44. Mariano Piccoli (I), Lampre – 5

45. Vitoriano Fernandez (Sp), Milaneza – 5

46. Santos Gonzalez (Sp), Acqua e Sapone – 5

47. Antonio Tauler (Sp), Kelme – 4

48. Jesus Maria Manzano (Sp), Kelme – 4

49. Raffaele Ferrara (I), Alessio – 4

50. Giuseppe Di Grande (I), Index Alexia – 4

51. Daniel Schnider (Swi), Phonak – 4

52. Robert Sassone (F), Cofidis – 4

53. Francisco Mancebo (Sp), iBanesto.com – 3

54. Klaus Moller (Den), Milaneza – 3

55. Aitor Osa (Sp), iBanesto.com – 3

56. Fernando Escartin (Sp), Team Coast – 2

57. David Millar (GB), Cofidis – 2

58. Dave Bruylandts (B), Domo – 2

59. Steven Kleynen (B), Domo – 2

60. Rolf Aldag (G), Telekom – 2

61. Jan Schaffrath (G), Telekom – 2

62. Davide Bramati (I), Mapei – 2

63. Andrej Hauptman (Slo), Tacconi Sport – 2

64. Jose Luis Rebollo (Sp), Relax – 1

65. Martin Perdiguero (Sp), Acqua e Sapone – 1

66. Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz), Domo – 1

67. Oscar Laguna (Sp), Relax – 1

68. Mikel Artetxe (Sp), Euskaltel – 1

69. Andrea Noe (I), Mapei – 1

70. Nicolas Portal (F), Ag2R – 1

71. Ruben Lobato Elvira (Sp), Acqua e Sapone – 1

KOM – overall

1. Mederic Clain (F), Cofidis – 38 pts

2. Felix Garcia Casas (Sp), Bigmat-Auber 93 – 33

3. Gilberto Simoni (I), Saeco – 32

4. Roberto Heras (Sp), U.S. Postal – 30

5. Guido Trentin (I), Cofidis – 30

6. Oscar Sevilla (Sp), Kelme – 28

7. Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz), Telekom – 24

8. Haimar Zubeldia (Sp), Euskaltel – 22

9. Iban Mayo (Sp), Euskaltel – 19

10. Mikel Zarrabeitia (Sp), ONCE – 17

11. Oscar Laguna (Sp), Relax – 15

12. Aitor Gonzalez (Sp), Kelme – 12

13. German Nieto (Sp), Relax – 12

14. Iker Flores (Sp), Euskaltel – 10

15. Jorg Jaksche (G), ONCE – 10

16. Jesus Maria Manzano (Sp), Kelme – 9

17. Dave Bruylandts (B), Domo – 8

18. Stephane Berges (F), Ag2R – 7

19. Klaus Moller (Den), Milaneza – 6

20. Pablo Lastras (Sp), iBanesto.com – 6

21. Fabian Jeker (Swi), Milaneza – 6

22. Danilo Di Luca (I), Saeco – 5

23. Jose Luis Rebollo (Sp), Relax – 5

24. Oscar Camenzind (Swi), Phonak – 4

25. David Etxebarria (Sp), Euskaltel – 4

26. Antonio Tauler (Sp), Kelme – 4

27. Vitoriano Fernandez (Sp), Milaneza – 4

28. Francesco Casagrande (I), Fassa Bortolo – 3

29. Rui Miguel Sousa (P), Milaneza – 3

30. Carlos Garcia (Sp), Kelme – 3

31. Aitor Kintana (Sp), Bigmat-Auber 93 – 3

32. Jose Garcia Acosta (Sp), iBanesto.com – 3

33. Daniel Atienza (Sp), Cofidis – 2

34. Jose Azevedo (P), ONCE – 2

35. Melchor Mauri (Sp), Milaneza – 2

36. Jose Garrido (Sp), Jazztel – 1

37. Daniel Schnider (Swi), Phonak – 1

38. Igor Astarloa (Sp), Saeco – 1

39. Victor Hugo Pena (Col), U.S. Postal – 1

Teams standings – overall

1. ONCE, at 76:19:52

2. Kelme, at 0:52

3. Euskaltel, at 1:33

4. Team Coast, at 3:06

5. Milaneza, at 3:55

6. iBanesto.com, at 4:57

7. Cofidis, at 6:50

8. Saeco, at 12:45

9. Jazztel, at 13:33

10. Fassa Bortolo, at 14:15

11. Phonak, at 24:14

12. Bigmat-Auber 93, at 25:44

13. U.S. Postal, at 29:15

14. Lampre, at 31:42

15. Domo, at 32:22

16. Relax, at 33:20

17. Ag2R, at 42:18

18. Alessio, at 43:53

19. Telekom, at 46:47

20. Tacconi Sport, at 49:28

21. Mapei, at 1:15:05

22. Acqua e Sapone, at 1:25:05

23. Index Alexia, at 1:42:33

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