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46th Vuelta al Pais Vasco - PT
Spain, April 3-8, 2006
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Stage 1 - April 3: Irún - Irún, 130 Km
Valverde the best in Irún
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Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) has won the first stage of the Vuelta a Pais Vasco, which finished in a bunch sprint in Irún. The stage, which featured the Alto de Jaizkibel with 12 km to go, saw numerous attacks, but 50 riders still made it to the finish in the front group. Valverde was just quicker than Oscar Freire (Rabobank) and Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner), thus took the first leader's jersey in the Basque ProTour race.
How it unfolded
The first stage was short but difficult, with two cat. 1, one cat. 2, and two cat. 3 climbs to be tackle in a 130 km loop in the north eastern part of the country. Attacks started immediately, with 16 riders gaining 25 seconds on the peloton. The group didn't quite make it to the first climb, being caught at km 18. A more successful counter came from Alessandro Vanotti (Milram), Unai Etxebarria (Euskaltel) and Pierrick Fedrigo (Bouygues), with the trio managing 1'10 at the top of the Cat. 3 Alto de Gurutze (km 25).
The peloton sat up and allowed the break some time, and the three pressed their advantage to 6'02 after 42 km, before tackling the Cat. 2 Alto de Xoxoka. At the top, Vanotti took the points again ahead of Etxebarria and Fedrigo, with Fertonani (Caisse d'Epargne) in fourth at 5'24. The Caisse d'Eparnge team started to work after this, and on the second ascent of the Alto de Gurutze (km 73), the gap was down to four minutes. Again, Vanotti led Etxebarria and Fedrigo over the top.
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The break was back in Irún by km 80, with 3'37 of their lead still intact. The intermediate sprint was won by Fedrigo ahead of Etxebarria and Vanotti. The latter paid for his earlier climbing efforts when the trio hit the cat. 1 Alto de Erlaitz: 3.9 km at a leg snapping 11.3%. Fedrigo was at the top first ahead of Etxebarria and the dropped Vanotti, with the peloton at 2'10.
The climb saw Danilo di Luca (Liquigas) test his legs in the peloton, without success. But an attack by Sylvain Chavanel (Cofidis) managed to get the French rider within 1'13 of the two leaders at 35 km to go, with the peloton still at 2'00. Rabobank helped with the tempo making with Caisse d'Epargne, and by 110 km, all the breakaways were caught.
Angel Gomez Marchante (Saunier Duval) and Leonardo Bertagnolli (Cofidis) were the next to try as the peloton hit the Jaizkibel. They were caught by Aitor Osa, before Iban Mayo (Euskaltel) attacked, stringing out the peloton. But no-one could get a clear gap on the climb, and a smaller peloton headed back into Irún led by Caisse d'Epargne and Rabobank. The bunch sprint was inevitable, and it was Valverde who managed to get his wheel in front of Freire at the finish to win.
Tomorrow's second stage is between Irún and Segura, over 155 km and peppered with climbs. One cat. 1, five cat. 2 and six Cat. 3 ascents will surely break up the peloton and start to shape the final GC.
Photography
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- Angel Gomez Marchante (Saunier Duval) signs on
- Arkaitz Duran (Saunier Duval) waves at sign on
- Oliver Zaugg (Saunier Duval) receives attention
- Angel Gomez Marchante (Saunier Duval) in the lead on the Jaizkibel
- Angel Gomez Marchante (Saunier Duval) attacking on the Jaizkibel
- Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears) just beats Oscar Freire to win stage 1
- Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears) considering the wet t-shirt option?
Results
1 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 3.22.27 2 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank 3 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 4 M. A. Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 5 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 6 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 7 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 8 Yon Bru (Spa) Kaiku 9 Aitor Osa (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 10 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Kaiku 11 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 12 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 13 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 14 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile Team 15 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas 16 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 17 Francisco Javier Vila (Spa) Lampre-Fondital 18 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 19 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 20 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 21 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 22 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 23 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 24 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 25 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 26 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital 27 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 28 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 29 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 30 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 31 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 32 Antonio Colom (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 33 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team 34 Xavier Tondo (Spa) Relax-Gam 35 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas 36 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 37 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 38 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 39 Andrea Noe (Ita) Liquigas 40 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 41 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 42 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 43 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 44 Unai Osa (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 45 Ivan Parra (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 46 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 47 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 48 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 49 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 50 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 51 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 0.24 52 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 0.57 53 Ruben Lobato (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 54 Iker Camaño (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.33 55 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram 1.38 56 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 2.39 57 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française des Jeux 58 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 59 Inigo Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 60 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 61 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step-Innergetic 62 Florian Stalder (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 63 Josep Jufre (Spa) Davitamon-Lotto 64 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quick Step-Innergetic 65 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 66 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 67 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 68 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole 69 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 70 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 71 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 72 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agricole 73 Jose Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Gam 74 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 75 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 76 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas 77 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 78 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 79 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 80 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 81 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 82 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 83 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 84 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux 85 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 86 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 87 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 88 Adrian Palomares (Spa) Kaiku 89 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 90 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 91 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC 92 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas 93 Raul Garcia De Mateo (Spa) Relax-Gam 94 Javier Ruiz De Larrinaga (Spa) Kaiku 95 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 96 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 97 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 98 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 99 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Team Milram 6.01 100 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 101 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 102 Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 103 Jason Mccartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 104 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 105 Jesus Hernandez (Spa) Relax-Gam 106 Jose Almagro (Spa) Relax-Gam 107 Luis Fernandez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 108 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC 109 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Team Milram 110 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 111 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile Team 112 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2R Prevoyance 113 Carl Naibo (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 114 Jonathan Mc Carty (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 115 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 116 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 117 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6.43 118 Juan Jose Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 119 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 6.57 120 Carl Naibo (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 6.01 121 Jonathan Mc Carty (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 122 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 123 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 124 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6.43 125 Juan Jose Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 126 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 6.57 127 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Team Milram 9.45 128 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Team Milram 10.26 129 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 130 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Milram 131 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 132 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 133 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 134 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 135 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas 136 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 137 Gustavo Cesar (Spa) Kaiku 138 Israel Nuñez (Spa) Kaiku 139 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 140 Mario De Sarraga (Spa) Relax-Gam 141 Jorge Azanza (Spa) Kaiku 142 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 143 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 144 Steve Morabito (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 145 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 146 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 147 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 148 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 149 Arkaitz Duran (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 150 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 151 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 152 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 153 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Française des Jeux 154 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 155 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 156 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole 13.08 157 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 158 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 159 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 160 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 161 Juanjo Oroz (Spa) Kaiku 162 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française des Jeux 163 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 164 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 165 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 166 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 167 Serge Baguet (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 168 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 169 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 170 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Lampre-Fondital 171 José Antonio Garrido (Spa) Quick Step-Innergetic 172 David George (RSA) Relax-Gam 173 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 174 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 175 Ian Mcleod (RSA) Française des Jeux 20.50 Points 1 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 25 pts 2 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank 20 3 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 16 4 M. A. Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 14 5 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 12 6 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 10 7 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 9 8 Yon Bru (Spa) Kaiku 8 9 Aitor Osa (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 7 10 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Kaiku 6 11 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 5 12 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 4 13 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3 14 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile Team 2 15 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas 1 Mountains Alto de Gurutze - Cat. 3, km 25 1 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Team Milram 3 pts 2 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 3 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1 Alto de Xoxoka - Cat. 2, km 79 1 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Team Milram 6 pts 2 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4 3 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2 4 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1 Alto de Gurutze - Cat. 3, km 57 1 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Team Milram 3 pts 2 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 3 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1 Alto de Erlaiz - Cat. 1, km 87 1 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10 pts 2 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 8 3 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Team Milram 6 4 Xavier Tondo (Spa) Relax-Gam 4 5 Yon Bru (Spa) Kaiku 2 6 Francisco Javier Vila (Spa) Lampre-Fondital 1 Alto de Jaizkibel - Cat. 1, km 118 1 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 10 pts 2 Aitor Osa (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 8 3 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 6 4 Antonio Colom (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 4 5 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 2 6 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 Metas volantes Irún, km 80 1 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3 pts 2 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 3 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Team Milram 1 Gurutze, km 99 1 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3 pts 2 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 3 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Team Milram 1 Lezo, km 108 1 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3 pts 2 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 3 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 1 Teams 1 Lampre - Fondital 10.07.21 2 Rabobank 3 Liberty Seguros - Würth Team 4 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 5 Liquigas 6 Cofidis, le credit par telephone 7 T- Mobile Team 8 Saunier Duval - Prodir 9 Caisse D'Epargne - Illes Balears 0.24 10 Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.33 11 Gerolsteiner 2.39 12 Davitamon - Lotto 13 Kaiku 14 Phonak Hearing Systems 15 AG2R Prevoyance 3.36 16 Team Milram 4.17 17 Team CSC 5.18 18 Credit Agricole 19 Bouygues Telecom 20 Relax Fuenlabrada 21 Quick Step - Innergetic 7.57 General classification after stage 1 1 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 3.22.27 2 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank 3 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 4 M. A. Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 5 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 6 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 7 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 8 Yon Bru (Spa) Kaiku 9 Aitor Osa (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 10 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Kaiku 11 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 12 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 13 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 14 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile Team 15 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas 16 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 17 Francisco Javier Vila (Spa) Lampre-Fondital 18 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 19 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 20 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 21 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 22 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 23 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 24 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 25 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 26 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital 27 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 28 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 29 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 30 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 31 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 32 Antonio Colom (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 33 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team 34 Xavier Tondo (Spa) Relax-Gam 35 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas 36 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 37 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 38 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 39 Andrea Noe (Ita) Liquigas 40 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 41 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 42 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 43 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 44 Unai Osa (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 45 Ivan Parra (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 46 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 47 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 48 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 49 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 50 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 51 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 0.24 52 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 0.57 53 Ruben Lobato (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 54 Iker Camaño (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.33 55 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram 1.38 56 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 2.39 57 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française des Jeux 58 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 59 Inigo Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 60 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 61 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step-Innergetic 62 Florian Stalder (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 63 Josep Jufre (Spa) Davitamon-Lotto 64 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quick Step-Innergetic 65 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 66 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 67 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 68 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole 69 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 70 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 71 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 72 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agricole 73 Jose Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Gam 74 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 75 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 76 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas 77 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 78 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 79 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 80 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 81 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 82 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 83 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 84 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux 85 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 86 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 87 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 88 Adrian Palomares (Spa) Kaiku 89 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 90 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 91 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC 92 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas 93 Raul Garcia De Mateo (Spa) Relax-Gam 94 Javier Ruiz De Larrinaga (Spa) Kaiku 95 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 96 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 97 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 98 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 99 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Team Milram 6.01 100 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 101 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 102 Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 103 Jason Mccartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 104 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 105 Jesus Hernandez (Spa) Relax-Gam 106 Jose Almagro (Spa) Relax-Gam 107 Luis Fernandez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 108 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC 109 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Team Milram 110 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 111 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile Team 112 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2R Prevoyance 113 Carl Naibo (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 114 Jonathan Mc Carty (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 115 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 116 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 117 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6.43 118 Juan Jose Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 119 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 6.57 120 Carl Naibo (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 6.01 121 Jonathan Mc Carty (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 122 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 123 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 124 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6.43 125 Juan Jose Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 126 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 6.57 127 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Team Milram 9.45 128 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Team Milram 10.26 129 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 130 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Milram 131 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 132 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 133 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 134 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 135 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas 136 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 137 Gustavo Cesar (Spa) Kaiku 138 Israel Nuñez (Spa) Kaiku 139 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 140 Mario De Sarraga (Spa) Relax-Gam 141 Jorge Azanza (Spa) Kaiku 142 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 143 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 144 Steve Morabito (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 145 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 146 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 147 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 148 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 149 Arkaitz Duran (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 150 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 151 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 152 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 153 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Française des Jeux 154 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 155 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 156 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole 13.08 157 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 158 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 159 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 160 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 161 Juanjo Oroz (Spa) Kaiku 162 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française des Jeux 163 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 164 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 165 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 166 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 167 Serge Baguet (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 168 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 169 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 170 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Lampre-Fondital 171 José Antonio Garrido (Spa) Quick Step-Innergetic 172 David George (RSA) Relax-Gam 173 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 174 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 175 Ian Mcleod (RSA) Française des Jeux 20.50 Points classification 1 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 25 pts 2 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank 20 3 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 16 4 M. A. Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 14 5 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 12 6 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 10 7 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 9 8 Yon Bru (Spa) Kaiku 8 9 Aitor Osa (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 7 10 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Kaiku 6 11 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 5 12 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 4 13 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3 14 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile Team 2 15 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas 1 Mountains classification 1 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 18 pts 2 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Team Milram 18 3 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 12 4 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 10 5 Aitor Osa (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 8 6 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 6 7 Antonio Colom (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 4 8 Xavier Tondo (Spa) Relax-Gam 4 9 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 2 10 Yon Bru (Spa) Kaiku 2 11 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 12 Francisco Javier Vila (Spa) Lampre-Fondital 1 13 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1 Metas volantes classification 1 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 9 pts 2 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6 3 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Team Milram 2 4 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 1 Teams classification 1 Lampre - Fondital 10.07.21 2 Rabobank 3 Liberty Seguros - Würth Team 4 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 5 Liquigas 6 Cofidis, le credit par telephone 7 T- Mobile Team 8 Saunier Duval - Prodir 9 Caisse D'Epargne - Illes Balears 0.24 10 Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.33 11 Gerolsteiner 2.39 12 Davitamon - Lotto 13 Kaiku 14 Phonak Hearing Systems 15 AG2R Prevoyance 3.36 16 Team Milram 4.17 17 Team CSC 5.18 18 Credit Agricole 19 Bouygues Telecom 20 Relax Fuenlabrada 21 Quick Step - Innergetic 7.57
