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46th Vuelta al Pais Vasco - PT
Spain, April 3-8, 2006
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Stage 4 - April 6: Lerín - Vitoria- Gasteiz, 172 Km
Freire makes amends
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Oscar Freire (Rabobank) has won the fourth stage of the Vuelta al Pais Vasco in a bunch sprint, beating Samuel Sanchez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) and Fabian Wegmann (Gerolsteiner). Sanchez maintained the leadership of the race, with two stages to come, including Saturday's decisive time trial. It was a payback for Freire, who was only narrowly beaten in stage 1 by Alejandro Valverde.
How it unfolded
The fourth stage started in Lerín with 163 riders in 14 degree Celsius conditions. Aitor Osa (Liberty Seguros) didn't start, having fractured his wrist in a crash yesterday. Ivan Parra (Cofidis) started the attacking almost immediately, and the battle was joined. Lövkvist, Duran, McCartney, Pauriol, Almagro, and Voigt all tried their luck in the first 20 km, to no avail. A group of 25 riders managed to escape, gaining as much as 55 seconds, but was brought back by the watchful peloton, which covered 46.6 km in the first hour.
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The attacking continued in the second hour, and after 71 km, a large group of 20 riders got away just before the cat. 1 Alto de la Herrera. The break included: Garzelli (Liquigas), Moos (Phonak), Kolobnev and Weening (Rabobank), Lobato (Saunier), Egoi Martínez (Discovery), Botcharov (Credit Agricole), Colom (Caisse D'Epargne), Parra (Cofidis), Wielinga (Quick Step), Sevilla (T Mobile), Fedrigo (Bouygues), Ghisalberti (Milram), Mayo (Euskaltel), Casar and Leblacher (Française des Jeux), Goubert (AG2R), Serrano, Bru and Azanza (208 - Kaiku). Azanza was dropped as soon as the climb started, while the rest of the 19 gained 57 seconds over the peloton, which was led by Liberty Seguros.
At the top of the climb, it was Serrano first ahead of Garzelli and Ghisalberti, with the peloton just 30 seconds behind the escape. The pace was still very high, with 41.7 km covered in the second hour. Kolobnev, Bru and Casar were all dropped, reducing the break to 16, and after riding out to a 55 second gap again, Liberty brought everything back together with 60 km to go. The calm didn't last long though, as a new group of 16 got clear almost immediately, now forcing Euskaltel to chase to keep hold of Sanchez's lead.
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The group crossed the cat. 3 Alto de Zaldiaran with Marzano (Lampre) taking the points ahead of Cobo (Saunier Duval) and Vasseur (Quick.Step). It then split after 135 km with Charles Wegelius (Liquigas), Mario Aerts (Davitamon-Lotto), Cristian Moreni (Cofidis), Gorazd Stangelj (Lampre-Fondital) and Vasseur and Marzano leading a group of dive riders by 43 seconds, and the bunch by a minute.
Stangelj was first to the top of the Alto de Vitoria (km 139) ahead of Marzano and Moreni, but the sprinters teams finally took control and upped the pace in the last 20 km. The break survived over the final climb of the Alto de Zaldiaran (km 159) with Stangelj again first to the top, but on the run in to Vitoria, everything came back together for a bunch sprint. Oscar Freire made no mistake this time as he beat race leader Samuel Sanchez (Euskaltel) and Fabian Wegmann (Gerolsteiner), with nearly 100 riders making it to the finish in the lead group.
Tomorrow's fifth stage is between Vitoria-Gasteiz and Zalla over 178 km, with the cat. 1 Alto De Orduña after 61 km, followed by a series of smaller climbs in the finale.
Photography
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- Rabobank ride at the front to deliver their man Freire in a good position for the sprint
- Lampre's Gorazd Stangelj and Marco Marzano ride together during stage 4
- Oscar Freire (Rabobank) wins stage 4 of la Vuelta a Pais Vasco
- Oscar Freire gets a kiss after winning stage 4
- The leading group with overall leader Samuel Sanchez (Euskatel) safely tucked away
- Saunier Duval's new photographer hard at work during stage 4
Results
1 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank 3.56.43 2 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 5 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas 6 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 7 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 8 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 9 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 10 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 11 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step-Innergetic 12 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 13 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 14 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Kaiku 15 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital 16 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 17 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Team Milram 18 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 19 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas 20 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 21 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 22 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 23 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 24 M. A. Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 25 Florian Stalder (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 26 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 27 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 28 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 29 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 30 Francisco Javier Vila (Spa) Lampre-Fondital 31 Unai Osa (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 32 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 33 Antonio Colom (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 34 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 35 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 36 Jorge Azanza (Spa) Kaiku 37 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 38 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 39 Yon Bru (Spa) Kaiku 40 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team 41 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 42 Josep Jufre (Spa) Davitamon-Lotto 43 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 44 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 45 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole 46 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas 47 Inigo Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 48 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 49 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 50 Xavier Tondo (Spa) Relax-Gam 51 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 52 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 53 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 54 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 55 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 56 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile Team 57 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 58 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 59 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 60 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 61 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 62 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 63 David Etxebarria (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 64 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quick Step-Innergetic 65 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 66 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 67 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 68 Jesus Hernandez (Spa) Relax-Gam 69 Jorge Garcia (Spa) Relax-Gam 70 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 71 Raul Garcia De Mateo (Spa) Relax-Gam 72 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 73 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 74 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 75 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 76 Iker Camaño (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 77 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 78 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 79 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 80 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 81 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 82 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 83 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 84 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram 85 Ivan Parra (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 86 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 87 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 88 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC 89 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 90 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 91 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 92 Ruben Lobato (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 93 Andrea Noe (Ita) Liquigas 94 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 95 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 96 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 0.27 97 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 0.28 98 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile Team 0.00 99 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas 1.42 100 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas 1.52 101 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 2.03 102 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2.47 103 Aitor Perez Arrieta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 104 Jose Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Gam 3.25 105 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française des Jeux 4.15 106 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 107 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole 5.10 108 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 109 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 110 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 111 David George (RSA) Relax-Gam 112 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 113 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agricole 114 Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 115 Jason Mccartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 116 Jonathan Mc Carty (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 117 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 118 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 119 Juan Jose Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 120 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 121 Javier Ruiz De Larrinaga (Spa) Kaiku 122 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 123 Remi Pauriol (Fra) Credit Agricole 124 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux 125 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 126 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 127 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Team Milram 128 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7.34 129 Adrian Palomares (Spa) Kaiku 8.15 130 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 131 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 132 Arkaitz Duran (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 133 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 10.44 134 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 11.12 131 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 8.15 132 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 133 Arkaitz Duran (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 134 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 10.44 135 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 11.12 136 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Milram 17.41 137 Steve Morabito (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 138 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Team Milram 139 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 140 Ian Mcleod (RSA) Française des Jeux 141 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Française des Jeux 142 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2R Prevoyance 143 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 144 Luis Fernandez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 145 Gustavo Cesar (Spa) Kaiku 146 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 147 Israel Nuñez (Spa) Kaiku 148 Jose Almagro (Spa) Relax-Gam 149 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Team Milram 150 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 151 Igor Anton (Spa) Eusktalel-Euskadi 152 Mario De Sarraga (Spa) Relax-Gam 153 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 154 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française des Jeux 155 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 156 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 157 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 158 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 159 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic Points 1 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank 25 pts 2 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 20 3 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 16 4 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 14 5 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas 12 6 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 10 7 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 9 8 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 8 9 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 7 10 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 6 11 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step-Innergetic 5 12 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 4 13 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 3 14 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Kaiku 2 15 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital 1 Mountains Alto de La Herrera - Cat. 1, km 86 1 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Kaiku 10 pts 2 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas 8 3 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram 6 4 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 4 5 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 2 6 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 Alto de Zaldiarán - Cat. 3, km 116 1 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 3 pts 2 Juan Jose Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2 3 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quick Step-Innergetic 1 Alto de Vitoria - Cat. 3, km 139 1 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 3 pts 2 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 2 3 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 1 Alto de Zaldiarán - Cat. 3, km 159 1 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 3 pts 2 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 2 3 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 1 Metas volantes Treviño, km 108 1 Ruben Lobato (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3 pts 2 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2 3 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 1 Vitoria- Gasteiz, km 129 1 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 3 pts 2 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quick Step-Innergetic 2 3 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1 Treviño, km 152 1 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 3 pts 2 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 2 3 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas 1 Teams 1 Liquigas 11.50.09 2 Cofidis, le credit par telephone 3 Lampre - Fondital 4 Davitamon - Lotto 5 Caisse D'Epargne - Illes Balears 6 Quick Step - Innergetic 7 Phonak Hearing Systems 8 Kaiku 9 Euskaltel - Euskadi 10 Bouygues Telecom 11 Gerolsteiner 12 Saunier Duval - Prodir 13 Rabobank 14 Team Milram 15 Liberty Seguros - Würth Team 16 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 17 Credit Agricole 18 Francaise Des Jeux 19 T- Mobile Team 20 AG2R Prevoyance 21 Relax Fuenlabrada 22 Team CSC General classification after stage 4 1 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 15.37.41 2 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 3 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 0.02 4 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 5 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 6 M. 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Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.08 7 Antonio Colom (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 8 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.09 9 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 0.10 10 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 11 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team 0.19 12 Francisco Javier Vila (Spa) Lampre-Fondital 0.20 13 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.25 14 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile Team 0.38 15 Xavier Tondo (Spa) Relax-Gam 0.47 16 Yon Bru (Spa) Kaiku 1.19 17 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1.25 18 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.31 19 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 20 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.34 21 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital 22 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas 23 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 1.37 24 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 25 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.41 26 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.52 27 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 2.23 28 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 2.31 29 Unai Osa (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 2.42 30 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2.48 31 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.53 32 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 2.56 33 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 3.15 34 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Kaiku 3.24 35 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.39 36 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 3.45 37 Ruben Lobato (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4.32 38 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank 5.12 39 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 5.22 40 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole 5.40 41 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 42 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram 5.43 43 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 5.44 44 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step-Innergetic 6.07 45 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quick Step-Innergetic 6.16 46 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 6.24 47 Inigo Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 6.35 48 Jorge Garcia (Spa) Relax-Gam 6.48 49 Ivan Parra (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 7.11 50 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 8.12 51 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 8.54 52 David Etxebarria (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 9.09 53 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 10.21 54 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 10.40 55 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française des Jeux 10.45 56 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 11.27 57 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 11.29 58 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 12.00 59 Andrea Noe (Ita) Liquigas 12.30 60 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 12.35 61 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 13.32 62 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 13.47 63 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 13.49 64 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 14.20 65 Raul Garcia De Mateo (Spa) Relax-Gam 66 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 14.40 67 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas 14.53 68 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 69 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 15.15 70 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 15.27 71 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 15.58 72 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC 16.03 73 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 16.20 74 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 16.30 75 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 17.31 76 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas 17.32 77 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 17.43 78 Juan Jose Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 18.21 79 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 18.44 80 Jose Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Gam 19.16 81 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 19.36 82 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 83 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 19.37 84 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 20.29 85 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 20.33 86 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 20.38 87 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 21.34 88 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 22.02 89 Jorge Azanza (Spa) Kaiku 22.03 90 Iker Camaño (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 23.06 91 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 23.27 92 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas 23.30 93 Florian Stalder (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 23.46 94 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 24.08 95 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 24.18 96 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 24.29 97 Jonathan Mc Carty (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 24.30 98 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 24.57 99 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas 25.12 100 Javier Ruiz De Larrinaga (Spa) Kaiku 25.15 101 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 25.38 102 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Team Milram 25.49 103 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 104 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 26.03 105 Aitor Perez Arrieta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 26.55 106 Remi Pauriol (Fra) Credit Agricole 27.29 107 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile Team 28.09 108 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 29.21 109 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 29.35 110 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 29.41 111 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agricole 29.44 112 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 30.03 113 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 30.19 114 Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 30.45 115 Jason Mccartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 31.08 116 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 31.15 117 Adrian Palomares (Spa) Kaiku 31.47 118 Jesus Hernandez (Spa) Relax-Gam 32.00 119 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 32.01 120 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 32.06 121 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 32.27 122 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Team Milram 32.40 123 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 33.14 124 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 33.44 125 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 33.59 126 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux 34.34 127 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 35.16 128 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 36.31 129 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 37.02 130 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 37.49 131 Arkaitz Duran (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 40.12 132 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 40.35 133 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole 43.58 134 David George (RSA) Relax-Gam 48.20 Points classification 1 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 70 pts 2 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 58 3 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 56 4 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank 45 5 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 36 6 M. A. Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 26 7 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 23 8 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile Team 21 9 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 19 10 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 16 11 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 16 12 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Kaiku 15 13 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 13 14 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas 13 15 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 12 16 Antonio Colom (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 12 17 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 12 18 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 12 19 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 11 20 Yon Bru (Spa) Kaiku 10 21 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 7 22 Francisco Javier Vila (Spa) Lampre-Fondital 6 23 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 5 24 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step-Innergetic 5 25 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 4 26 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 4 27 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team 1 28 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital 1 29 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1 Mountains classification 1 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 29 pts 2 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 22 3 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 21 4 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 20 5 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Team Milram 18 6 Israel Nuñez (Spa) Kaiku 18 7 Ivan Parra (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 16 8 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 12 9 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 12 10 Xavier Tondo (Spa) Relax-Gam 11 11 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Kaiku 10 12 Igor Anton (Spa) Eusktalel-Euskadi 10 13 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 9 14 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 8 15 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas 8 16 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 7 17 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 6 18 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 6 19 Antonio Colom (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 6 20 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 6 21 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 6 22 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram 6 23 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5 24 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 5 25 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4 26 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 4 27 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole 4 28 Juan Jose Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4 29 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4 30 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 2 31 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 2 32 Yon Bru (Spa) Kaiku 2 33 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 34 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 2 35 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 2 36 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 2 37 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 2 38 Francisco Javier Vila (Spa) Lampre-Fondital 1 39 Ruben Lobato (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1 40 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quick Step-Innergetic 1 41 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 1 42 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 1 43 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas 1 44 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1 45 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1 Metas volantes classification 1 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 11 pts 2 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 9 3 Ruben Lobato (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 6 4 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6 5 Ivan Parra (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 5 6 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 5 7 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 4 8 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 4 9 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 3 10 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Team Milram 3 11 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3 12 Israel Nuñez (Spa) Kaiku 3 13 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 2 14 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quick Step-Innergetic 2 15 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole 2 16 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 2 17 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Team Milram 2 18 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas 1 19 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 1 20 David Etxebarria (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 1 21 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 22 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1 23 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 1 Teams classification 1 Liberty Seguros - Würth Team 46.54.50 2 T- Mobile Team 0.19 3 Saunier Duval - Prodir 0.23 4 Lampre - Fondital 1.32 5 Euskaltel - Euskadi 2.21 6 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2.48 7 Phonak Hearing Systems 4.52 8 Caisse D'Epargne - Illes Balears 4.55 9 Cofidis, le credit par telephone 5.59 10 Kaiku 11.49 11 Gerolsteiner 14.39 12 Rabobank 15.20 13 Davitamon - Lotto 18.06 14 Quick Step - Innergetic 18.48 15 Relax Fuenlabrada 19.59 16 AG2R Prevoyance 20.03 17 Credit Agricole 21.15 18 Team Milram 21.26 19 Liquigas 22.48 20 Team CSC 23.43 21 Bouygues Telecom 29.30 22 Francaise Des Jeux 33.12
