21st Vuelta a Castilla y Leon - 2.1

Spain, March 20-24, 2006

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Stage 5 - March 24: La Granja - Segovia, 147.1km

Vino takes it all

Alexandre Vinokourov (Liberty Seguros) has capped off an impressive performance in the Vuelta a Castilla y Leon by winning the final stage, as well as the overall classification. Despite leading the race anyway coming into stage 5, Vinokourov attacked on the last climb to cross the line four seconds ahead of Aketza Peña (Euskaltel-Euskadi) and seven ahead of Angel Edo (Andalucia-Paul Versan).

Vinokourov said on the podium afterwards that he was "finishing the work of my teammates. In the first passage of the finish line, I saw that the finish was good for me, I liked it and because of that, I tried to win. Still I am not at 100 percent, but I am on the right track."

Overall, Vinokourov said, "For me, this race has been a good test. I have proved myself in the high mountains, on climbs of 2,000 meters, and I believe that I am on the right track for the Tour. Even in the last stage, we had to work on first category climbs, and it is good preparation for the Tour, because it was a very hard race."

Liberty Seguros and Discovery Channel dominated the overall standings, with three Libertys and four Discoverys in the top nine. As such, the tactics were played out between these two teams on the final day, with Discovery unsuccessfully trying to crack the Liberty boys.

On the Cat. 1 Puerto De Navafria after 41 km, Janez Brajkovic (Discovery Channel) pushed the pace and crossed first ahead of Pradera (Caisse d'Epargne), Scarponi and Vinokourov (both Liberty). On the descent, Brajkovic and Pradera attacked, and were joined by Iban Mayo (Euskaltel), Adolfo García Quesada (Andalucia-Paul Versan), Laurens Ten Dam (Unibet.com) and later, Raúl García (Relax-Gam). The group opened up a lead of 2'00 by km 73, giving Brajkovic the virtual lead.

On the Cat. 1 Puerto de Cotos (km 79), Brajkovic was again first ahead of Ten Dam, Raúl García, Pradera, Adolfo García and Mayo. Cayetano Juliá (Caisse d'Epargne) managed to bridge up to the group to form a septet in front, that enjoyed a lead of 1'55 with 50 km to go.

But the inevitable chase started, and the group was all absorbed by km 131, leaving Liberty in a solid position for the final circuit. First Luis Pasamontes (Unibet.com), then Torrent (Viña Magna-Cropu), Aketza Peña (Euskaltel) and Popovych (Discovery Channel) attacked in the final phase, managing a maximum lead of 15 seconds over the bunch, where Andalucia-Paul Versan was also chasing. Peña and Popovych dropped the other two and made a bid for victory, with Peña looking the best on the final 1.5 km climb to the finish. But the peloton closed in, and Vinokourov powered past the Euskaltel rider to take the stage win, leaving no doubt as to who was the strongest in this race.

Results

1 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Liberty Seguros-Wurth                    3.51.45
2 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                    0.04
3 Angel Edo (Spa) Andalucia-Paul Versan                                  0.07
4 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                    
5 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Wurth                              
6 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel                                      
7 Xavier Tondo (Spa) Relax-Gam                                               
8 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel                                       
9 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel                                  
10 Gustavo Cesar (Spa) Kaiku                                             0.13
11 Angel Castresana (Spa) Unibet.Com                                         
12 Francisco Perez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                      
13 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Viña Magna-Cropu                                 0.18
14 Javier Meijas (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                                  
15 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel                                 
16 Gerardo Fernandez (Arg) Viña Magna-Cropu                                  
17 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel                                   
18 Victor Manuel Gomes (Spa) Viña Magna-Cropu                                
19 Sergio Pardilla (Spa) Viña Magna-Cropu                                0.21
20 Jose Luis Carrasco (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                   
21 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Wurth                              
22 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax-Gam                                             
23 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Unibet.Com                                      0.24
24 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                  0.26
25 Pablo De Pedro (Spa) Grupo Nicolas Mateos                                 
26 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) 3 Molinos Resort                                    
27 Trent Lowe (Aus) Discovery Channel                                        
28 Ruben Plaza (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                                    
29 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir                          0.31
30 Raul Garcia (Spa) Relax-Gam                                               
31 Oscar Garcia (Spa) Relax-Gam                                              
32 Jason McCartney (Usa) Discovery Channel                               0.38
33 Jaume Rovira (Spa) Andalucia-Paul Versan                                  
34 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                    0.41
35 Pedro Luis Marichalar (Spa) Andalucia-Paul Versan                         
36 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel                                0.59
37 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                  
38 Unai Osa (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Wurth                                  1.20
39 Juan Olmo (Spa) Andalucia-Paul Versan                                 2.01
40 Adolfo Garcia (Spa) Andalucia-Paul Versan                                 
41 Sergio Escobar (Spa) Grupo Nicolas Mateos                             2.08
42 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                     2.20
43 Alberto Rodriguez (Spa) Massi                                         2.23
44 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Andalucia-Paul Versan                         2.29
45 Antonio Cosme (Spa) Viña Magna-Cropu                                  2.33
46 Diego Gallego (Spa) Viña Magna-Cropu                                      
47 Jose Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Gam                                         
48 Joseba Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                   
49 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen                 
50 Rafael Casero (Spa) 3 Molinos Resort                                      
51 Ezequiel Mosquera (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                              
52 Oleg Chuzhda (Ukr) Comunidad Valenciana                                   
53 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Unibet.Com                                          
54 Wesley Van Der Linden (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen         
55 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                       
56 Pieter Ghyllebert (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen             
57 Pablo Urtasun (Spa) Kaiku                                             3.31
58 Florent Brard (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                    5.23
59 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Wurth                                
60 Marcos Antoni Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Wurth                         
61 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                   
62 Anton Luengo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                      
63 Angel Vallejo (Spa) Relax-Gam                                             
64 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                     
65 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                         
66 José Adrian Bonilla (Crc) Comunidad Valenciana                            
67 Juan Carlos Lopez (Col) Grupo Nicolas Mateos                              
68 Luis Perez (Spa) Andalucia-Paul Versan                                    
69 Victor Hernandez (Spa) Grupo Nicolas Mateos                          11.45
70 Aaron Olson (Usa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                                    
71 Jesus Tendero (Spa) Viña Magna-Cropu                                      
72 José Martinez (Spa) Relax-Gam                                             
73 Jose Cayetano Julia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                  
74 Aron Huysmans (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen            12.36
75 Wouter Van Mechelen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen           
76 Juan José Abril (Spa) Viña Magna-Cropu                                    
77 Wilson Fernand Cepeda (Col) Massi                                         
78 Benny De Schrooder (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen            
79 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Liberty Seguros-Wurth                              
 
Points
 
1 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Liberty Seguros-Wurth                         25 pts
2 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                      20
3 Angel Edo (Spa) Andalucia-Paul Versan                                    16
4 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                  14
5 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Wurth                            12
6 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel                                    10
7 Xavier Tondo (Spa) Relax-Gam                                              9
8 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel                                      8
9 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel                                 7
10 Gustavo Cesar (Spa) Kaiku                                                6
11 Angel Castresana (Spa) Unibet.Com                                        5
12 Francisco Perez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                     4
13 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Viña Magna-Cropu                                    3
14 Javier Meijas (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                                 2
15 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel                                1
 
Mountains
 
Puerto De Navafria - Cat. 1, km 41,40
1 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel                                  10 pts
2 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                        8
3 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Wurth                              6
4 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Liberty Seguros-Wurth                          4
5 Xavier Tondo (Spa) Relax-Gam                                              2
6 Jose Cayetano Julia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                  1
 
Puerto De Cotos - Cat. 1, km 78,50
1 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel                                  10 pts
2 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Unibet.Com                                          8
3 Raul Garcia (Spa) Relax-Gam                                               6
4 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                        4
5 Adolfo Garcia (Spa) Andalucia-Paul Versan                                 2
6 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                         1
 
Teams
 
1 Discovery Channel                                                  11.35.36
2 Liberty Seguros-Wurth                                                  0.07
3 Viña Magna-Cropu                                                       0.33
4 Relax-Gam                                                              0.38
5 Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                                         0.39
6 Andalucia-Paul Versan                                                  1.05
7 Euskaltel-Euskadi                                                      2.23
8 Unibet.com                                                             2.49
9 Comunidad Valenciana                                                   5.11
10 Choco. Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen                                    7.18
11 Grupo Nicolas Mateos                                                  7.36
12 Saunier Duval-Prodir                                                 12.13
 
Final General classification
 
1 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Liberty Seguros-Wurth                   16.35.12
2 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Wurth                          0.21
3 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel                              0.26
4 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel                                  1.08
5 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel                                   1.12
6 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Wurth                           1.21
7 Gustavo Cesar (Spa) Kaiku                                              1.24
8 Francisco Perez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                   1.29
9 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel                                    
10 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                               1.45
11 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) 3 Molinos Resort                                1.50
12 Xavier Tondo (Spa) Relax-Gam                                          1.53
13 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                   2.20
14 Jaume Rovira (Spa) Andalucia-Paul Versan                              2.21
15 Jose Luis Carrasco (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears               2.28
16 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                    3.10
17 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel                             3.16
18 Angel Castresana (Spa) Unibet.Com                                         
19 Sergio Pardilla (Spa) Viña Magna-Cropu                                3.23
20 Raul Garcia (Spa) Relax-Gam                                           3.33
21 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Unibet.Com                                          
22 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel                                3.56
23 Victor Manuel Gomes (Spa) Viña Magna-Cropu                            4.15
24 Ezequiel Mosquera (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                          4.19
25 Adolfo Garcia (Spa) Andalucia-Paul Versan                             4.20
26 Sergio Escobar (Spa) Grupo Nicolas Mateos                             4.42
27 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Unibet.Com                                      5.00
28 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                     5.33
29 Oscar Garcia (Spa) Relax-Gam                                          5.57
30 Trent Lowe (Aus) Discovery Channel                                    6.19
31 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                   6.40
32 Gerardo Fernandez (Arg) Viña Magna-Cropu                              6.42
33 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Viña Magna-Cropu                                 6.48
34 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                     7.29
35 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen             7.45
36 José Adrian Bonilla (Crc) Comunidad Valenciana                        8.17
37 Oleg Chuzhda (Ukr) Comunidad Valenciana                               8.23
38 Diego Gallego (Spa) Viña Magna-Cropu                                  8.28
39 Jose Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Gam                                     8.33
40 Marcos Antoni Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Wurth                     8.45
41 Pedro Luis Marichalar (Spa) Andalucia-Paul Versan                     9.10
42 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Andalucia-Paul Versan                        10.15
43 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears             10.21
44 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Wurth                           10.54
45 Angel Edo (Spa) Andalucia-Paul Versan                                10.55
46 Antonio Cosme (Spa) Viña Magna-Cropu                                 11.07
47 Luis Perez (Spa) Andalucia-Paul Versan                               11.28
48 Ruben Plaza (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                               13.16
49 Javier Meijas (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                             13.49
50 Angel Vallejo (Spa) Relax-Gam                                        14.01
51 Pablo De Pedro (Spa) Grupo Nicolas Mateos                            14.37
52 Jason McCartney (Usa) Discovery Channel                              14.38
53 Wesley Van Der Linden (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen    15.09
54 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir                         15.42
55 Rafael Casero (Spa) 3 Molinos Resort                                 15.43
56 Florent Brard (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                   15.59
57 Jesus Tendero (Spa) Viña Magna-Cropu                                 16.08
58 Unai Osa (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Wurth                                 16.15
59 Juan Olmo (Spa) Andalucia-Paul Versan                                17.25
60 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                 17.32
61 Jose Cayetano Julia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears             17.33
62 Aaron Olson (Usa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                               17.55
63 Benny De Schrooder (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen       18.27
64 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax-Gam                                        19.05
65 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                              20.35
66 Anton Luengo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                 20.38
67 Joseba Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                              21.21
68 Pieter Ghyllebert (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen        21.48
69 Victor Hernandez (Spa) Grupo Nicolas Mateos                          22.47
70 Juan José Abril (Spa) Viña Magna-Cropu                               24.28
71 Pablo Urtasun (Spa) Kaiku                                            25.38
72 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                28.18
73 José Martinez (Spa) Relax-Gam                                        30.00
74 Aron Huysmans (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen            30.04
75 Alberto Rodriguez (Spa) Massi                                        31.17
76 Juan Carlos Lopez (Col) Grupo Nicolas Mateos                         31.53
77 Wilson Fernand Cepeda (Col) Massi                                    33.14
78 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Liberty Seguros-Wurth                         35.42
79 Wouter Van Mechelen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen      38.29
 
Points classification
 
1 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Liberty Seguros-Wurth                         72 pts
2 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Wurth                            68
3 Angel Edo (Spa) Andalucia-Paul Versan                                    55
4 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel                                    39
5 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel                                36
6 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel                                34
7 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                 27
8 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                     25
9 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                      23
10 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                 20
11 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel                                  20
12 Jason McCartney (Usa) Discovery Channel                                 20
13 Pablo Urtasun (Spa) Kaiku                                               20
14 Xavier Tondo (Spa) Relax-Gam                                            19
15 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Viña Magna-Cropu                                   17
16 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel                                    14
17 Sergio Escobar (Spa) Grupo Nicolas Mateos                               14
18 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Wurth                            12
19 Wesley Van Der Linden (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen       12
20 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel                                 10
21 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) 3 Molinos Resort                                  10
22 Ezequiel Mosquera (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana                             9
23 Jesus Tendero (Spa) Viña Magna-Cropu                                     9
24 Gustavo Cesar (Spa) Kaiku                                                8
25 Francisco Perez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                     7
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel                                   31 pts
2 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                     22
3 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel                                  20
4 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                       12
5 Pedro Luis Marichalar (Spa) Andalucia-Paul Versan                        12
6 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Liberty Seguros-Wurth                         10
7 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Unibet.Com                                          8
8 Raul Garcia (Spa) Relax-Gam                                               7
9 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax-Gam                                             6
10 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Wurth                             6
11 Juan Olmo (Spa) Andalucia-Paul Versan                                    6
 
Combination classification
 
1 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Liberty Seguros-Wurth                          8 pts
2 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Wurth                            16
3 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel                                23
4 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel                                  32
5 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Wurth                             34
6 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel                                   34
7 Xavier Tondo (Spa) Relax-Gam                                             40
8 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                     70
9 Adolfo Garcia (Spa) Andalucia-Paul Versan                                75
10 José Adrian Bonilla (Crc) Comunidad Valenciana                          84
11 Javier Meijas (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                               103
 
Spanish rider classification
 
1 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Wurth                              
2 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel                                  
3 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel                                      
4 Gustavo Cesar (Spa) Kaiku                                                  
5 Francisco Perez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                       
 
Castilla y Leon classification
 
1 Angel Castresana (Spa) Unibet.Com                                          
2 Victor Manuel Gomes (Spa) Viña Magna-Cropu                                 
3 Diego Gallego (Spa) Viña Magna-Cropu                                       
4 Antonio Cosme (Spa) Viña Magna-Cropu                                       
5 Jesus Tendero (Spa) Viña Magna-Cropu                                       
 
Teams classification
 
1 Discovery Channel                                                  49.45.32
2 Liberty Seguros-Wurth                                                  1.46
3 Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                                         2.30
4 Euskaltel-Euskadi                                                      8.32
5 Viña Magna-Cropu                                                       8.44
6 Relax-Gam                                                              9.27
7 Andalucia-Paul Versan                                                 10.05
8 Unibet.com                                                            11.49
9 Comunidad Valenciana                                                  14.01
10 Grupo Nicolas Mateos                                                 22.57
11 Saunier Duval-Prodir                                                 29.10
12 Choco. Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen                                   29.12