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63rd Vuelta a España - GT

Spain, August 30 - September 21, 2008

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Stage 15 - September 15: Cudillero - Ponferrada, 202km

Garcia Depana escapes to win

By Susan Westemeyer, with additional reporting by Bjorn Haake in Ponferrada

David Garcia Dapena (Xacobeo Galicia) celebrates
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Another long break proved to be successful, and David Garcia of Xacobeo Galicia took advantage of the situation. The original large group had disintegrated near the end, and he broke off from the remains of the group with three kilometres to go, to take the solo win by 17 seconds ahead of Nick Nuyens of Cofidis and Juan Manual Garate of Quick Step. Behind them - way behind them - the Astana-led peloton took its time, having an easy ride on a sunny day, and came in 14 minutes later with Alberto Contador still in the overall lead.

"This is practically unimaginable," said the overjoyed winner. "At the beginning of the season I was thinking about winning a stage race. I did that with the Tour of Turkey. I am feeling strong - I was already in the break yesterday - so I knew I could win, but of course it also always takes a bit of luck. I hope this victory helps keep the team alive. It was not easy to get into today's break. It should help cycling in Galicia."

Nuyens had hoped to take another stage win for Cofidis, but had to settle for second. "The day went good, really good for me," he said. "But in the end it was three Spanish guys against one Belgian. I think I was the strongest, but you can't buy anything with that. I felt strong the whole day."

Third-place finished Garate wanted a Spaniard to win, but was thinking more of either himself or David Arroyo of Caisse d'Epargne. "I had really great legs today. But it is also a lottery. We were together with [David] Arroyo, who didn't work with us. I told him 'you or I?' because there wasn't anybody else."

Matti Breschel of CSC-Saxo Bank was also in the break, and finished over 1.30 back. "It was a pretty tough and long day. I am glad I made it to the final attack. The last climb was maybe 500m too long for me. In the end we raced full gas." Asked about the weather, Breschel said, "Yes, it was a warm day, very warm. But usually I don't suffer from the heat, more from the climbs," he added with a smile.

Alberto Contador (Astana) stays in gold
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CSC's Carlos Sastre defended his third place overall, which he hopes to maintain through to Madrid. He said that while he himself had no problems on the day, "I think it was an extremely difficult stage." He noted, "We really flew along for the first 50km until the escape formed. We had a realistically tough race, practically without one flat metre, where the entire peloton really suffered."

The former escape group members came in up to 6'59 minutes after the winner, and the first part of the peloton was even further back. Kevin de Weert of Cofidis was followed by four Astana riders, including gold jersey wearer Alberto Contador, across the finish line 14'23 minutes after Garcia Dapena.

The escape group got away on the first climb of the day, at 80 km. Matti Breschel (CSC), José Luis Arrieta (AG2R), Olivier Bonnaire (Bouygues), David Arroyo and Xabier Zandio (Caisse d'Epargne), Sébastien Minard and Nick Nuyens (Cofidis), Mikel Astarloza (Euskaltel), Philippe Gilbert (Francaise des Jeux), Paolo Tiralongo (Lampre) Heinrich Haussler (Gerolsteiner), Alessandro Vanotti (Liquigas), Juan Manuel Garate (Quick Step), Theo Eltink (Rabobank), David Garcia Dapena (Xacobeo-Galicia), Pieter Jacobs (Silence), and Mikhail Ignatiev (Tinkoff) took off and quickly built up a lead.

The view over the harbour area
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Every team, except Astana, Andalucia-Cajasur and Milram was represented in the break, and none of the riders was a threat to the leaders. The peloton relaxed and let them go, enjoying a day in the sun and having an easy day after the difficult weekend in the mountains.

The gold jersey team did have one scare on the day, though, as Astana's Contador went down. He was quickly back on his bike with no major damage, although he did go back to the race doctor to have a knee looked at.

"This is a sport where anything can happen on any given day," said Contador. "Luckily there are no broken bones, but of course I have some soreness and bruising on my left shoulder and left knee.

"I may have to change my sleeping position, but we will do our best to continue the defense of the gold jersey."

With about 44 km to go, Arrieta took off, and although he stayed ahead for nearly 30 km, he was never able to build up a full minute's advantage. With 15 km to go, the pack caught him again. Garate took off with 12 km to go, which put an end to the group. Only Arroyo, Garcia Dapena and Nuyens were able to go with him, and they stayed together until Garcia Dapena's further attack at the 3km marker. The other three hesitated, with none willing to lead the chase. Nuyens finally tried to bridge up, but it was too late.

Stage 16 - September 16: Ponferrada - Zamora, 186.4km

The 186.4-kilometre stage 16 will start out with the category three Alto del Acebo. After that the rest of the stage is mostly downhill. The wind off the coast will benefit formations of echelons.

Sixth time finishing town Zamora is not far from Portugal. With 24 Romanesque churches of the 12th and 13th centuries it has been called a "museum of Romanesque art." The flat run-in will favour a bunch sprint.

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Results

1 David Garcia Dapena (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                              5.02.27 (40.073km/h)
2 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                       0.17
3 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step                                           
4 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre                                              0.33
5 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                       0.36
6 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                 0.39
7 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                                 1.38
8 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                  
9 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                                 1.39
10 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                 2.38
11 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                      
12 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale                        2.40
13 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                            5.15
14 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas                                        5.58
15 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                      6.59
16 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                         
17 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                  14.23
18 Sergio Miguel Paulinho Moreira (Por) Astana                                  
19 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana                                                  
20 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana                                        
21 Gustavo Cesar Veloso (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                                   
22 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana                                                 
23 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                               
24 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                           
25 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                           
26 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                      
27 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                           
28 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                       
29 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre                                                
30 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank                                                 
31 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                 
32 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                     
33 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                              
34 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                              
35 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                                
36 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                               
37 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram                                              
38 Ivan Velasco Murillo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                               
39 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                                         
40 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                      
41 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre                                                  
42 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                         
43 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                                 
44 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                   
45 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                               
46 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                                 
47 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas                                               
48 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Crédit Agricole                                          
49 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto                                     
50 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                             
51 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step                                               
52 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                         
53 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                                              
54 Javier Moreno Bazan (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                                
55 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                     
56 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Astana                                         
57 Carlos Panadero Castano (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                                
58 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre                                                   
59 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                                             
60 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence - Lotto                                      
61 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank                                              15.24
62 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step                                           15.57
63 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                                 
64 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux                                    
65 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas                                                
66 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                     
67 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana                                         
68 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale                                     
69 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                      16.20
70 Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                      
71 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank                                  
72 Walter Fernando Pedraza Morales (Col) Tinkoff Credit Systems                 
73 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                                
74 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia                                        
75 Jose Ruiz Sanchez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                                  
76 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas                                               
77 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram                                                
78 Cycril Lemoine (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                         
79 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                
80 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                                  
81 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                            
82 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                     
83 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram                                               
84 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                    17.11
85 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                                
86 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                      
87 Juan Javier Estrada Ruiz (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                           
88 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step                                         18.20
89 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                     
90 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux                                      
91 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                        
92 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux                                   
93 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Astana                                              18.57
94 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick Step                                               
95 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step                                              
96 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux                                      
97 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux                                      
98 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas                                         19.54
99 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Liquigas                                               
100 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas                                             
101 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                        
102 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                     
103 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step                                                 
104 Bart Dockx (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                            
105 Francisco Jose Martinez Perez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                     
106 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram                                            
107 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre                                              
108 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre                                             
109 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                                 
110 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Française des Jeux                                    
111 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner                                          
112 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas                                               
113 Gustavo Dominguez Lemos (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                               
114 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                                      
115 José Luis Carrasco Gamiz (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                          
116 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                   
117 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                     
118 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                                
119 Bingen Fernandez Bustinza (Spa) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone           
120 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                                    
121 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Crédit Agricole                                         
122 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                   
123 Emanuele Bindi (Ita) Lampre                                                 
124 Stéphane Poulhies (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                               21.51
125 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank                                    22.53
126 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                           
127 Iñigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                       
128 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                 
129 Koldo Fernandez De Larrea (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                         
130 Christian Kux (Ger) Team Milram                                             
131 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram                                        
132 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank                                                 
133 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Rabobank                                            
134 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step                                            
135 José Antonio Carrasco Ramirez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                     
136 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                              
137 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                         
138 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                          
139 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                        
140 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R La Mondiale                                       
141 Dominique Cornu (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                       
142 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                       
143 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana                                          26.17
144 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana                                                  
145 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Crédit Agricole      
DNS Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole
DNS Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre
DNF Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC - Saxo Bank
DNF Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank
DSQ Artur Gajek (Ger) Team Milram                                   
 
Sprints

Sprint 1 - Villablino (102.6km)

1 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank                                       4 pts
2 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                        2
3 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone              1
 
Sprint 2- Vega de Espinareda (157.9km)

1 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                        4 pts
2 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre                                     2
3 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone         1
 
Sprint 3 - Ponferrada (202km)

1 David Garcia Dapena (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                       25 pts
2 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone             20
3 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step                             16
4 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre                                    14
5 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi             12
6 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                       10
7 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                        9
8 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                     8
9 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                        7
10 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone        6
11 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                         5
12 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale               4
13 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                   3
14 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas                               2
15 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence - Lotto                             1
 
Mountains

Mountain 1 - Puerto de Somiedo (80km, Cat. 1)

1 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step                             16 pts
2 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone        12
3 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale               10
4 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre                                     8
5 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                        6
6 David Garcia Dapena (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                        4
7 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                             3
8 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                    2
9 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                        1
 
Mountain 2 - Alto de Corral de los Lobos (140km, Cat. 2)

1 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                       10 pts
2 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step                              7
3 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre                                     5
4 David Garcia Dapena (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                        3
5 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone         2
6 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                          1
 
Mountain 3 - Alto de Ocero (162km, Cat. 3)

1 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale                6 pts
2 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                        4
3 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                        2
4 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step                              1

Teams

1 Caisse D'Epargne                                                      15.24.01
2 Cofidis, le credit par telephone                                          0.38
3 Xacobeo - Galicia                                                        12.06
4 Lampre                                                                   12.39
5 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                                      12.42
6 Team CSC - Saxo Bank                                                     13.44
7 Quick Step                                                               13.57
8 AG2R - La Mondiale                                                       14.46
9 Française Des Jeux                                                       15.19
10 Bouygues Telecom                                                        17.32
11 Gerolsteiner                                                            19.05
12 Silence - Lotto                                                              
13 Tinkoff Credit Systems                                                  19.18
14 Liquigas                                                                19.38
15 Astana                                                                  26.29
16 Rabobank                                                                27.30
17 Credit Agricole                                                         28.03
18 Team Milram                                                             30.00
19 Andalucia - Cajasur                                                     30.23

General classification after stage 15

1 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana                                 61.13.48
2 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana                                              1.17
3 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                           3.41
4 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                            4.35
5 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank                                              5.49
6 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                        6.00
7 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                  6.11
8 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                        8.56
9 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                   9.32
10 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                         10.01
11 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                          10.36
12 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre                                           10.56
13 David Garcia Dapena (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                               11.47
14 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step                                     15.02
15 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                            16.08
16 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                               19.24
17 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Crédit Agricole                                     19.31
18 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                      20.08
19 Javier Moreno Bazan (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                           22.18
20 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                          23.05
21 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                                    23.17
22 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana                                             23.47
23 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale                                24.02
24 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana                                    24.03
25 Gustavo Cesar Veloso (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                              24.57
26 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                27.55
27 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre                                             28.12
28 Sergio Miguel Paulinho Moreira (Por) Astana                             36.58
29 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                     37.13
30 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre                                              37.42
31 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre                                            38.16
32 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step                                          42.23
33 Dominique Cornu (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                   42.39
34 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                               43.32
35 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                43.54
36 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                                         44.19
37 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                      45.24
38 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                    46.24
39 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence - Lotto                                 49.13
40 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                           49.37
41 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                        49.43
42 Carlos Panadero Castano (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                           50.06
43 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                                        51.45
44 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                            53.51
45 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram                                          54.13
46 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                            57.02
47 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                57.42
48 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems                           58.32
49 Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                 58.38
50 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto                                58.42
51 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                              59.00
52 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                             59.25
53 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux                               1.01.28
54 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia                                 1.02.45
55 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               1.03.24
56 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                          1.04.36
57 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole                               1.05.40
58 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                          1.05.51
59 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Astana                                  1.05.57
60 Ivan Velasco Murillo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                        1.06.30
61 José Antonio Carrasco Ramirez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur               1.07.06
62 José Luis Carrasco Gamiz (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                    1.08.17
63 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                          1.08.55
64 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Rabobank                                      1.09.27
65 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                             1.09.38
66 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                1.10.25
67 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step                                         1.11.25
68 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale                     1.13.14
69 Jose Ruiz Sanchez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                           1.13.33
70 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank                                           1.14.23
71 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                             1.15.47
72 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas                                     1.16.30
73 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                           1.17.08
74 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram                                       1.17.39
75 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                1.17.52
76 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 1.18.29
77 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                  1.19.18
78 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                              1.20.51
79 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank                           1.23.50
80 Iñigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                 1.26.01
81 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                         1.26.17
82 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas                                        1.26.31
83 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step                                       1.27.26
84 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram                                         1.27.29
85 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                           1.28.20
86 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                  1.29.34
87 Gustavo Dominguez Lemos (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                         1.29.57
88 Walter Fernando Pedraza Morales (Col) Tinkoff Credit Systems          1.30.00
89 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Crédit Agricole                                   1.30.47
90 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank                                            1.32.02
91 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone              1.32.13
92 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner                                    1.32.20
93 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                   1.33.08
94 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux                            1.33.28
95 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto                               1.33.49
96 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                  1.33.50
97 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                     1.36.11
98 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                               1.36.28
99 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux                               1.36.50
100 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                               1.37.37
101 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick Step                                       1.39.50
102 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                 1.40.15
103 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                  1.43.36
104 Koldo Fernandez De Larrea (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                  1.43.47
105 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas                                      1.44.12
106 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas                                       1.44.22
107 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux                            1.45.14
108 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Astana                                           1.45.22
109 Bingen Fernandez Bustinza (Spa) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone    1.50.16
110 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step                                          1.51.55
111 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                        1.53.23
112 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                            1.54.55
113 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas                                        1.55.18
114 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux                              1.55.48
115 Cycril Lemoine (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                 1.57.59
116 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                1.58.58
117 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                             1.59.35
118 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                  2.00.17
119 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Liquigas                                       2.02.20
120 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                   2.03.32
121 Juan Javier Estrada Ruiz (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                   2.06.56
122 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                        2.07.33
123 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram                                 2.09.50
124 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank                                  2.12.07
125 Bart Dockx (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                     2.12.29
126 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram                                     2.13.07
127 Christian Kux (Ger) Team Milram                                      2.13.13
128 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                     
129 Francisco Jose Martinez Perez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur              2.13.40
130 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step                                     2.13.41
131 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                 2.14.18
132 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Crédit Agricole                                    2.16.19
133 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Française des Jeux                             2.16.20
134 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre                                      2.17.15
135 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R La Mondiale                                2.18.13
136 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre                                       2.20.02
137 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                    2.20.13
138 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas                                      2.24.26
139 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas                                        2.25.02
140 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step                                      2.25.22
141 Emanuele Bindi (Ita) Lampre                                          2.30.06
142 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                       2.31.42
143 Stéphane Poulhies (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                             2.37.15
144 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana                                           2.41.20
145 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana                                        2.58.32

Points classification

1 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana                          110 pts
2 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto                         99
3 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne              99
4 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana                                    86
5 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step                                     75
6 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step                                  58
7 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                        56
8 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                  54
9 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                    51
10 Koldo Fernandez De Larrea (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi            50
11 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone        47
12 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole                        46
13 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                46
14 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                      40
15 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                           38
16 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                37
17 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank                                   36
18 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre                                    35
19 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                  33
20 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone       32
21 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                 30
22 David Garcia Dapena (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                      27
23 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi             27
24 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                   26
25 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Crédit Agricole                            26
26 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale                       24
27 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                      24
28 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                   22
29 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone            22
30 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole                          19
31 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step                            18
32 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone         18
33 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank                    18
34 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas                                18
35 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                      17
36 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre                                  16
37 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre                                   16
38 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R La Mondiale                          13
39 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi            12
40 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step                               12
41 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram                                  11
42 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                      11
43 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas                                 10
44 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                             10
45 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram                                 9
46 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                     9
47 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                            9
48 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                   8
49 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana                                     8
50 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone        8
51 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick Step                                  8
52 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                              7
53 Dominique Cornu (Bel) Silence - Lotto                           7
54 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                     7
55 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                        7
56 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner                              7
57 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                            6
58 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                               6
59 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto                        5
60 Sergio Miguel Paulinho Moreira (Por) Astana                     5
61 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Silence - Lotto                              5
62 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                         5
63 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank                                      4
64 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux                         4
65 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale               4
66 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                          4
67 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                   4
68 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                  3
69 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step                                   3
70 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Crédit Agricole                               3
71 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                            2
72 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre                                      2
73 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram                                  2
74 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems                   2
75 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Astana                            2
76 José Antonio Carrasco Ramirez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur         2
77 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas                               2
78 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                   2
79 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana                            1
80 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                                1
81 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank                                     1
82 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence - Lotto                             1
83 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas                                  1
 
Mountains classification

1 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone        127 pts
2 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana                           84
3 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole                           80
4 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step                             77
5 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                  51
6 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone        48
7 Iñigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi           46
8 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana                                    45
9 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto                        43
10 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                       40
11 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne             38
12 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                      38
13 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram                                  36
14 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank                                    31
15 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                   27
16 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                           26
17 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                26
18 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre                                    23
19 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank                                   20
20 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                  18
21 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux                        18
22 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas                                18
23 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                  17
24 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale              16
25 David Garcia Dapena (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                      16
26 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                      15
27 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone       15
28 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                               14
29 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi             14
30 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems                  14
31 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre                                   13
32 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole                        12
33 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                      12
34 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram                                11
35 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                 10
36 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                  10
37 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto                        10
38 Sergio Miguel Paulinho Moreira (Por) Astana                     9
39 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                    9
40 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone          9
41 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                     9
42 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                          8
43 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                 8
44 Walter Fernando Pedraza Morales (Col) Tinkoff Credit Systems    8
45 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                   7
46 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre                                   7
47 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana                            7
48 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Astana                            7
49 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                       6
50 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step                                   6
51 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                        5
52 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank                     5
53 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana                                   5
54 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step                                  4
55 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram                                  4
56 Cycril Lemoine (Fra) Crédit Agricole                            4
57 Francisco Jose Martinez Perez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur         4
58 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana                                      4
59 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                                 3
60 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                            3
61 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Astana                                      3
62 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas                                   3
63 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas                                   3
64 Emanuele Bindi (Ita) Lampre                                     3
65 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                  2
66 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana                                     2
67 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale                        2
68 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                       2
69 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi             1
70 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                         1
71 José Luis Carrasco Gamiz (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur              1
72 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre                                  1
 
All around classification

1 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana                            4 pts
2 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana                                    14
3 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                  17
4 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne              20
5 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone         21
6 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                        24
7 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                 33
8 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank                                    41
9 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step                             49
10 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone       52
11 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                   58
12 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi             60
13 David Garcia Dapena (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                      60
14 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre                                    63
15 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                 67
16 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                69
17 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                      77
18 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step                                 92
19 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre                                  94
20 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                  95
21 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre                                   99
22 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole                       101
23 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                          108
24 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                     110
25 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                     112
26 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale                      116
27 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto                      118
28 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                  119
29 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                     125
30 Sergio Miguel Paulinho Moreira (Por) Astana                   126
31 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto                       134
32 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana                                   137
33 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi           137
34 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux                       138
35 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone        138
36 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram                                 138
37 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole                         149
38 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana                          150
39 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                              151
40 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems                 152
41 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                153
42 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram                               153
43 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale             157
44 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas                               161
45 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank                   164
46 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank                                   165
47 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                   168
48 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone      168
49 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram                                173
50 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                 174
51 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Astana                          182
52 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step                                 186
53 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                       187
54 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                          194
55 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                 198
56 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                        208
57 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                 223
 
Team classification

1 Caisse D'Epargne                                                     183.12.52
2 Astana                                                                   29.07
3 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                                      34.11
4 Team CSC - Saxo Bank                                                     34.37
5 Xacobeo - Galicia                                                        41.20
6 Lampre                                                                   55.16
7 Rabobank                                                               1.04.11
8 AG2R - La Mondiale                                                     1.08.41
9 Credit Agricole                                                        1.22.24
10 Cofidis, le credit par telephone                                      1.25.52
11 Silence - Lotto                                                       1.26.57
12 Gerolsteiner                                                          1.37.26
13 Française Des Jeux                                                    1.40.16
14 Quick Step                                                            1.55.44
15 Andalucia - Cajasur                                                   2.03.29
16 Tinkoff Credit Systems                                                2.10.53
17 Team Milram                                                           2.53.27
18 Bouygues Telecom                                                      3.09.01
19 Liquigas                                                              3.53.17

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