There 
                  remain 165 riders.
                Beltran, 
                  a native of Jeàn, will no doubt try to shine in front 
                  of his supporters.
                Nozal 
                  carries the Gold Jersey; what a sensation for the young rider 
                  who had determined to quit racing after a disappointing Tour 
                  De France this year.
                Garcia 
                  Acosta tries an escape but is retaken.
                16 
                  riders in their turn have a try.
                At 
                  km 35 4 riders have made the breakaway.
                  Nieto
                  Barroso
                  Calvo
                  Torrente
                100km 
                  from the finish they have a 5' advance.
                The 
                  peloton is relaxed and without worries about the escapees, before 
                  true hostilites begin on the final ascent.
                50km 
                  from the line the 4 escapees hold a 3'45" lead.
                Two 
                  of the four are left--Torrente & Calvo.
                  They hold a 1'46" lead on the peloton with 35km left.
                In 
                  the first slopes, the group loses time, now only a 55" 
                  advance.
                Kelme 
                  leads the peloton in an animated fashion.
                  At 32km from finish the lead group has only 39".
                Galdeano 
                  has problems, is sidelined until he can change bikes. He does 
                  so & rejoins peloton & Once teamates.
                The 
                  2 escapees are retaken.
                Zabel 
                  wins the last intermediary sprint at 24km, to gain points on 
                  Petacchi and take back the points polka dot jersey.
                Jufre 
                  escapes alone, and is retaken.
                Approaching 
                  la Pandera the teams battle for position for their leaders; 
                  now in Alto de Villares.
                Laiseka 
                  attacks, now 21" up on peloton. Frigo falls back.
                Inigo 
                  Cuesta attacks, and Kelme rider Quesada leaves peloton, now 
                  pulled by U.S. Postal.
                Osa 
                  attacks, leaves peloton.
                Quesada 
                  retaken, now only Laiseka ahead with 30" advance.
                Mercado 
                  attacks, followed by Sevilla.
                Interspersed, 
                  we now have Sevilla, Mercado, Cuesta, Atienza, and ... Cardenas.
                Laiseka 
                  reaches summit of Alto de Villares alone, Cardenas after.
                Laiseka 
                  retaken, Cardenas extends lead to 16".
                Del 
                  Olmo leaves peloton with Cuesta.
                At 
                  6.5km from the finish Cardenas has 29" lead on the peloton.
                Heras 
                  attacks and catches Cardenas.
                  They have around 1' lead on Nozal.
                Behind 
                  them are Sevilla & Valverde, at 12".
                Duel 
                  between Cardenas & Heras on steep slopes with 2km remaining.
                Serrano 
                  and then Galdeano await Nozal to give him support.
                Heras 
                  can't shake Cardenas, who stays right in his wheel.
                The 
                  gap between Heras & Nozal has stabilized, at around a minute, 
                  after extremely difficult passages.
                At 
                  1km point, where the course levels out momentarily, Heras & 
                  Cardenas have only slight lead on Valverde.
                Valverde 
                  arrives in the wheels of Heras & Cardenas. In the last few 
                  dozen meters he surges like a cannonball after the last corners.
                He 
                  passes Cardenas to win by 3 bike lenghts on the line; they have 
                  the same official time, while Heras, 10 meeters back, is 2" 
                  down.
                le 
                  classement de l'étape
                  
                  1 - VALVERDE
                  2 - CARDENAS même temps
                  3 - HERAS à 2"
                  4 - SEVILLA à 10"
                  5 - PERDIGUERO à 56"
                  6 - PEREZ à 57"
                  7 - RASMUSSEN à 57"
                  8 - BELTRAN à 57"
                  9 - MOLLER 
                  à 58"
                  10÷ 87 OSA, Unai a 1:02 
                  11÷ 85 MANCEBO, Francisco a 1:12 
                  12÷ 67 SCARPONI, Michele a 1:13 
                  13÷ 125 DEL OLMO, Txema a 1:13 
                  14÷ 21 GLEZ. GALDEANO, Igor a 1:13 
                  15÷ 26 NOZAL, Isidro a 1:13 
                  
                  
                  Le classement général
                  
                  1- NOZAL
                  2 - GLEZ de galdeano 3' 03"
                  3 - HERAS à 4' 02"
                  4 - BELTRAN à 5'23"
                  5 - VALVERDE à 6'37"
                  6- MANCEBO à 7'11"
                  7 - RASMUSSEN à 8'28"
                  
                  le classement des grimpeurs
                  
                  1- CARDENAS 139 pts
                  2 - OSA Unai 106
                  3 - HORRACH 97 
                  4 - PEREZ 62 
                  5 - JUFRE 55
                  
                  le classement par points
                  
                  1 - ZABEL 134
                  2 - PETACCHI 130
                  3 - VALVERDE 109
                  4 - NOZAL 92
                  5 - RASMUSSEN 72
                  
                  Le combiné
                  
                  1 - VALVERDE 15
                  2 - NOZAL 17 
                  3 - CARDENAS 18
                  4 - PEREZ 19
                  5 - RASMUSSEN 21