The
weather will be sunny and the roads dry.
The
wind will blow lightly from the southeast throughout the day.
Temperatures
will be between 27 & 28 ° C.
Split
measurements:
1--14th kilometer
2--27th kilometer
3--41st kilometer
4--53rd kilometer finish
At
the moment Aitor Gonzalez departed, here were the standings:
Millar
in 1:02' 16"
Ivanov at 27"
Grabsch at 31"
Leipheimer at 1'42"
Tauler at 2'10"
Jeker at 3'02"
Acosta at 3'20"
Zberg at 3'34"
Hiekmann...
Julich...
Only
Klaus Moller bettered Millar in the splits--7" up at km
14 & 4" up at km 27.
At
Km 41, though, Moller is 11" behind Millar's time.
Hincapie
posts 8th place finish at this point in 1:O5' 36", after
enormous work for Heras & Beltran yesterday.
Moller
finishes 32" down from Millar. Standings:
Millar
Ivanov
Grabsch
Moller
Galdeano
departs, Nozal just after.
Galdeano
soon has 20" deficit on Nozal.
Recent
results, according to first split times:
Nozal
Millar at 2"
Galdeano at 21"
Heras at 26"
Mancebo at 53"
Frigo at 50"
Scarponi at 58"
A. Gonzalez at 50"
Beltran at 50"
Perez at 51"
Rasmussen at 51"
Between
1/4 & 1/2 points Nozal increases lead on Galdeano.
Santos
Gonzalez rides a good race; Heras limits the damage nicely.
At
km 27:
Rasmussen
2'16" down on Moller
Mancebo 1'55" down on Moller
Heras 52" behind Moller, 48" from Millar
Beltran 1'22" from Moller, 1'18 from Millar
Galdeano 37" from Moller
Nozal same time as Moller
Aitor
Gonzalez is 1'50" down already, definitively out of the
running for La Vuelta 2003.
Santos
Gonzalez finishes well, 1'50" behind Millar.
Nozal
has 37" on teamate Galdeano--surprising us again! Becoming
increasingly a favorite for the tour.
Aitor
Gonzalez continues to lose time.
Heras
has only 1'01" deficit at km 41.
At
km41 Nozal has 7" on Millar.
Valverde
finishes in good time, to take 9th place.
Perez
finishes 3'09" down on Millar, but nonetheless will pass
A. Gonzalez & U. Osa in overall.
Bad
day for A. Gonzalez, who finishes 5'36" down.
Frigo
finishes 4 minutes down, henceforth 9 minutes down from Nozal
overall.
At
km 41 a 54" difference between Nozal & Galdeano.
Rasmussen
loses 4'27" to Millar.
Heras
finishes 1'32" down from Millar--a successful operation.
Nozal
finishes 1'03" up on Galdeano, & 13" ahead of
Millar to take the stage.
Classement
de l'étape
1 - NOZAL
2 - Millar à 13"
3 - Ivanov 40"
4 - Grabsch 44"
5 - Moller 45"
6 - Glez de galdeano à 1' 15"
7 - Heras à 1' 45"
8 - santos gonzalez à 2' 03"
9 - Leipheimer à 2' 14"
10 - Tauler à 2' 23"
Classement
général
1 - NOZAL
2 - Glez de galdeano à 3' 03
3 - Heras à 5' 13"
4 - Beltran à 5' 39"
5 - Mancebo à 7'12"
6 - Valverde à 7' 50"
7 - Rasmussen à 8' 44"
8 - Perez à 8' 49"
9 - Frigo à 8' 50"
10 - Osa 10' 10"