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22nd Vuelta a Castilla y Leon - 2.1
Spain, March 26-30, 2007
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Stage 5 - March 30: El Burgo De Osma (Soria) - Soria, 162 km
Ventoso makes it three
Paris-Nice winner Contador adds another one to his palmarès
Saunier Duval-Prodir sprinter Francisco Ventoso was again the fastest in the fifth and final stage of the 22nd Vuelta a Castilla y Leon, which was decided in a bunch sprint after the peloton reeled in a five-man breakway in the last 300 metres. Ventoso thus won three out of five stages in the Spanish stage race - a very respectable feat.
In the General Classification, race leader Alberto Contador (Discovery Channel) took his yellow jersey home successfully. Although the stage was marked by cold temperatures and the Piqueras and Santa Inés climbs, where second and third-placed Koldo Gil and Juan Jose Cobo (both Saunier Duval-Prodir) did not fail to attack, Contador and his team held on to the overall victory. The early 2007 season is thus a real turning point in the career of the 24 year-old talent, who just won the prestigious Paris-Nice race in France.
Results
1 Francisco Jose Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3.59.59 2 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 3 Alberto Contador (Spa) Discovery Chanel 4 Jan Hruska (Cze) Relax-Gam 5 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel 6 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7 Juan Jose Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 8 Ezequiel Mosquera (Spa) Karpin-Galicia 9 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Relax-Gam 10 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 11 Angel Vallejo (Spa) Relax-Gam 12 David Lopez (Spa) Caisse D'epargne 13 Koldo Gil (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 14 Julian Sanchez (Spa) Relax-Gam 15 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Liquigas 16 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse D'epargne 17 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Chanel 18 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 19 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 20 Florent Brard (Fra) Caisse D'epargne 0.06 21 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 0.10 22 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas 23 Manuel Lloret (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canari 24 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 25 Manuel Vazquez (Spa) Andalucia-Cajasur 0.13 26 Javier Benitez (Spa) Benfica 0.20 27 Alberto Losada (Spa) Caisse D'epargne 28 José Azevedo (Por) Benfica 29 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery Chanel 30 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank 31 Francisco Jose Martinez (Spa) Andalucia-Cajasur 32 Ivan Basso (Ita) Discovery Chanel 33 Ivan Melero (Spa) Orbea 34 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 35 Inigo Lazkano (Spa) Orbea 36 Alberto Rodriguez (Spa) Viña Magna-Cropu 37 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 38 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Chanel 39 Nicki Sörensen (Den) Team CSC 40 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 41 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse D'epargne 42 Juan Jose Oroz (Spa) Orbea 43 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 44 Julen Zubero (Spa) Orbea 45 Javier Ramirez (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canari 46 Beñat Intxausti (Spa) Grupo Nicolas Mateos 47 Javier Echarri (Spa) Grupo Nicolas Mateos 0.30 48 Adrian Palomares (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canari 0.35 49 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canari 50 Jesus Hernandez (Spa) Relax-Gam 51 Aaron Villegas (Spa) Orbea 52 Luis Perez Romero (Spa) Andalucia-Cajasur 53 Ivan Gilmartin (Spa) Viña Magna-Cropu 54 David Martin (Spa) Viña Magna-Cropu 55 Gustavo Dominguez (Spa) Karpin-Galicia 56 Ramon Troncoso (Spa) Karpin-Galicia 57 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 58 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.44 59 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 60 Arkaitz Duran (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.46 61 Eloy Teruel (Spa) Grupo Nicolas Mateos 0.48 62 Jesus Rosendo (Spa) Andalucia-Cajasur 1.03 63 Jose Alberto Benitez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 64 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 65 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Benfica 1.12 66 Danail Petrov (Bul) Benfica 67 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 1.20 68 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Chanel 69 Ruben Lobato (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.03 70 Emilien Benoit Berges (Fra) Agritubel 7.46 71 Oleg Chuzhda (Ukr) Fuerteventura-Canari 72 Javier Aramendia (Spa) Orbea 73 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Caisse D'epargne 74 Gaizka Lasa (Spa) Karpin-Galicia 75 David Bernabeu (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canari 76 Xabat Otxotorena (Spa) Orbea 77 Rui Lavarinhas (Por) Benfica 78 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Agritubel 79 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse D'epargne 80 Jose Luis Carrasco (Spa) Andalucia-Cajasur 81 Egoitz Murgoitio (Spa) Grupo Nicolas Mateos 82 Victor Manuel Gomes (Spa) Viña Magna-Cropu 14.58 83 Denis Kudashev (Rus) Relax-Gam 84 Luis Roberto Alvarez (Spa) Viña Magna-Cropu 85 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse D'epargne 86 Pablo De Pedro (Spa) Grupo Nicolas Mateos 87 José A. Pecharroman (Spa) Benfica 88 Iker Leonet (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canari 89 Juan José Abril (Spa) Viña Magna-Cropu 90 Eladio Sanchez (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canari 91 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 92 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Agritubel 93 Raul Garcia (Spa) Relax-Gam 94 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Rabobank 95 Aitor Galdos (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 96 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Karpin-Galicia 15.01 97 Vicente Peiro (Spa) Grupo Nicolas Mateos 15.32 98 Benoît Sinner (Fra) Agritubel 17.30 99 Denis Robin (Fra) Agritubel Mountains Puerto de Santa Ines, Km 73 1 Angel Vallejo (Spa) 10 pts 2 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) 8 3 Aaron Villegas (Spa) 6 4 Kjell Carlström (Fin) 4 5 Florent Brard (Fra) 2 6 Jesus Rosendo (Spa) 1 Puerto de Piqueras, Km 113 1 Angel Vallejo (Spa) 10 pts 2 Kjell Carlström (Fin) 8 3 Aaron Villegas (Spa) 6 4 Florent Brard (Fra) 4 5 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) 2 6 Koldo Gil (Spa) 1 Points 1 Francisco Jose Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 25 pts 2 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 20 3 Alberto Contador (Spa) Discovery Chanel 16 4 Jan Hruska (Cze) Relax-Gam 14 5 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel 12 6 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10 7 Juan Jose Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 9 8 Ezequiel Mosquera (Spa) Karpin-Galicia 8 9 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Relax-Gam 7 10 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 6 11 Angel Vallejo (Spa) Relax-Gam 5 12 David Lopez (Spa) Caisse D'epargne 4 13 Koldo Gil (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3 14 Julian Sanchez (Spa) Relax-Gam 2 15 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Liquigas 1 Teams 1 Saunier Duval-Prodir (Spa) 11.59.57 2 Relax-Gam (Spa) 3 Liquigas (Ita) 4 Caisse D'epargne (Spa) 12.00.03 5 Discovery Chanel (USA) 12.00.17 6 Rabobank (Ned) 12.00.27 7 Team CSC (Den) 12.00.37 8 Orbea (Spa) 12.00.57 9 Euskaltel-Euskadi (Spa) 12.01.01 10 Fuerteventura-Canarias (Spa) 12.01.02 11 Andalucia-Cajasur (Spa) 12.01.05 12 Karpin-Galicia (Spa) 12.01.07 13 Viña Magna-Cropu (Spa) 12.01.27 14 Grupo Nicolas Mateos (Spa) 12.01.35 15 Benfica (Por) 12.01.49 16 Agritubel (Fra) 12.15.29 General classification after stage five 1 Alberto Contador (Spa) Discovery Chanel 15.04.15 2 Koldo Gil (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.36 3 Juan Jose Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.46 4 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.48 5 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Relax-Gam 0.55 6 David Lopez (Spa) Caisse D'epargne 0.58 7 Jan Hruska (Cze) Relax-Gam 1.05 8 Julian Sanchez (Spa) Relax-Gam 1.06 9 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Liquigas 1.13 10 Francisco Jose Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.18 11 Ezequiel Mosquera (Spa) Karpin-Galicia 1.22 12 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Chanel 1.28 13 Ivan Basso (Ita) Discovery Chanel 1.41 14 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas 1.46 15 Manuel Lloret (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canari 1.56 16 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery Chanel 2.00 17 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 2.13 18 José Azevedo (Por) Benfica 2.14 19 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse D'epargne 2.30 20 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 21 Angel Vallejo (Spa) Relax-Gam 2.33 22 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 3.13 23 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 3.14 24 Jose Alberto Benitez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3.23 25 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel 3.24 26 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 3.27 27 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.55 28 Ivan Melero (Spa) Orbea 3.59 29 Francisco Jose Martinez (Spa) Andalucia-Cajasur 4.00 30 Florent Brard (Fra) Caisse D'epargne 4.03 31 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank 4.05 32 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse D'epargne 4.13 33 Aaron Villegas (Spa) Orbea 4.15 34 David Martin (Spa) Viña Magna-Cropu 4.18 35 Juan Jose Oroz (Spa) Orbea 4.23 36 Alberto Losada (Spa) Caisse D'epargne 4.24 37 Nicki Sörensen (Den) Team CSC 4.32 38 Jesus Hernandez (Spa) Relax-Gam 4.35 39 Danail Petrov (Bul) Benfica 4.54 40 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 4.56 41 Alberto Rodriguez (Spa) Viña Magna-Cropu 4.58 42 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Benfica 5.01 43 Ramon Troncoso (Spa) Karpin-Galicia 5.07 44 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Chanel 5.16 45 Arkaitz Duran (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5.23 46 Javier Ramirez (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canari 5.33 47 Beñat Intxausti (Spa) Grupo Nicolas Mateos 5.37 48 Javier Echarri (Spa) Grupo Nicolas Mateos 5.38 49 Manuel Vazquez (Spa) Andalucia-Cajasur 5.46 50 Inigo Lazkano (Spa) Orbea 5.49 51 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 52 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 5.51 53 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 6.00 54 Gustavo Dominguez (Spa) Karpin-Galicia 6.11 55 Javier Benitez (Spa) Benfica 6.13 56 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6.16 57 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6.28 58 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 6.32 59 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Chanel 6.35 60 Julen Zubero (Spa) Orbea 6.39 61 Jesus Rosendo (Spa) Andalucia-Cajasur 6.45 62 Ruben Lobato (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 7.08 63 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 7.34 64 Ivan Gilmartin (Spa) Viña Magna-Cropu 8.10 65 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 9.05 66 Luis Perez Romero (Spa) Andalucia-Cajasur 9.22 67 David Bernabeu (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canari 11.07 68 Jose Luis Carrasco (Spa) Andalucia-Cajasur 11.10 69 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Caisse D'epargne 11.25 70 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Agritubel 11.46 71 Egoitz Murgoitio (Spa) Grupo Nicolas Mateos 11.50 72 Adrian Palomares (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canari 12.02 73 Rui Lavarinhas (Por) Benfica 12.52 74 Gaizka Lasa (Spa) Karpin-Galicia 12.57 75 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canari 13.00 76 Oleg Chuzhda (Ukr) Fuerteventura-Canari 13.01 77 Eloy Teruel (Spa) Grupo Nicolas Mateos 13.03 78 Javier Aramendia (Spa) Orbea 13.49 79 Xabat Otxotorena (Spa) Orbea 15.28 80 Emilien Benoit Berges (Fra) Agritubel 17.08 81 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse D'epargne 18.34 82 Pablo De Pedro (Spa) Grupo Nicolas Mateos 19.06 83 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Agritubel 20.44 84 Eladio Sanchez (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canari 21.06 85 Vicente Peiro (Spa) Grupo Nicolas Mateos 21.08 86 Iker Leonet (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canari 21.27 87 Raul Garcia (Spa) Relax-Gam 21.45 88 Luis Roberto Alvarez (Spa) Viña Magna-Cropu 22.00 89 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Karpin-Galicia 22.36 90 Denis Kudashev (Rus) Relax-Gam 22.50 91 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Rabobank 23.02 92 Denis Robin (Fra) Agritubel 25.22 93 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 26.45 94 Juan José Abril (Spa) Viña Magna-Cropu 27.12 95 Victor Manuel Gomes (Spa) Viña Magna-Cropu 27.13 96 Benoît Sinner (Fra) Agritubel 27.19 97 Aitor Galdos (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 28.02 98 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse D'epargne 28.36 99 José A. Pecharroman (Spa) Benfica 35.16 Mountains classification 1 Angel Vallejo (Spa) Relax-Gam 20 pts 2 Aaron Villegas (Spa) Orbea 12 3 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 12 4 Alberto Contador (Spa) Discovery Chanel 10 5 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canari 10 6 Koldo Gil (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 9 7 Ezequiel Mosquera (Spa) Karpin-Galicia 6 8 Juan Jose Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 6 9 Florent Brard (Fra) Caisse D'epargne 6 10 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Liquigas 4 11 Jose Luis Carrasco (Spa) Andalucia-Cajasur 4 Points classification 1 Francisco Jose Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 92 pts 2 Alberto Contador (Spa) Discovery Chanel 59 3 Jan Hruska (Cze) Relax-Gam 52 4 Javier Benitez (Spa) Benfica 40 5 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse D'epargne 37 6 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 28 7 Juan Jose Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 25 8 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 25 9 Koldo Gil (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 23 10 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Chanel 23 11 David Lopez (Spa) Caisse D'epargne 21 12 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Relax-Gam 19 13 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canari 17 14 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Liquigas 16 15 Ezequiel Mosquera (Spa) Karpin-Galicia 16 16 Florent Brard (Fra) Caisse D'epargne 16 17 Ivan Basso (Ita) Discovery Chanel 14 18 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 14 19 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel 12 20 Aitor Galdos (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 12 21 Julian Sanchez (Spa) Relax-Gam 11 22 Nicki Sörensen (Den) Team CSC 10 23 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Chanel 9 24 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 9 25 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas 7 Combination classification 1 Alberto Contador (Spa) Discovery Chanel 3 pts 2 Koldo Gil (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3 3 Juan Jose Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3 4 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3 5 David Lopez (Spa) Caisse D'epargne 3 6 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Liquigas 3 7 Ezequiel Mosquera (Spa) Karpin-Galicia 3 8 Angel Vallejo (Spa) Relax-Gam 3 9 Florent Brard (Fra) Caisse D'epargne 3 10 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canari 3 11 Jan Hruska (Cze) Relax-Gam 2 Castilla rider classification 1 Angel Vallejo (Spa) Relax-Gam 2 Ivan Melero (Spa) Orbea 3 David Martin (Spa) Viña Magna-Cropu 4 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 5 Ivan Gilmartin (Spa) Viña Magna-Cropu Spanish rider classification 1 Alberto Contador (Spa) Discovery Chanel 2 Koldo Gil (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3 Juan Jose Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Relax-Gam Teams classification 1 Saunier Duval-Prodir 45.15.02 2 Discovery Chanel 45.15.32 3 Relax-Gam 45.15.46 4 Liquigas 45.18.15 5 Caisse D'epargne 45.19.18 6 Rabobank 45.20.43 7 Team CSC 45.21.46 8 Euskaltel-Euskadi 45.21.58 9 Karpin-Galicia 45.22.19 10 Andalucia-Cajasur 45.23.01 11 Fuerteventura-Canarias 45.23.17 12 Benfica 45.23.23 13 Orbea 45.24.45 14 Grupo Nicolas Mateos 45.25.56 15 Viña Magna-Cropu 45.28.07
