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34th Volta ao Algarve - 2.1
Portugal, February 20-24, 2008
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Stage 5 - February 24: Vila do Bispo - Portimăo, 193.5 km
Eisel takes easy win
Devolder ties up Algarve title
By Greg Johnson
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Austrian sprinter Bernhard Eisel (Team High Road) eased across the Volta ao Algarve's Stage 5 finish line in Portimăo some three seconds ahead of his nearest rivals. Eisel attacked his break away group in the final kilometres and proved strong enough to claim a solo victory, his fourth stage win at the Portuguese race.
Eisel's breakaway group attacked early on the 193.5 kilometre final stage, and without any general classification threatening riders in the small group were allowed to stay away for the stage's duration. The break was one of three main groups that characterized the final stage.
"After 30 km I was able to get away with a Barloworld rider," explained Eisel on his website eisel.com. "Then seven riders came up from behind and joined us, and the field was never able to catch us. Quick Step pushed the peloton, but we were able to hold a slight lead to the end."
Eisel said of his four wins at Algarve today's was the best, after the sprinter broke away from the lead group with just one kilometre to go and held out for victory.
Despite a trying day on the bike Belgian Stijn Devolder (Quick Step) finished in the main bunch of riders, enough to claim the general classification victory. Devolder's group finished 20 seconds behind Eisel, while the remaining riders continued to cross the finish line over the next 17 minutes.
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"Everything went well," said Devolder. "The team has been strong and all the guys gave their best. It's really a team victory."
Devolder's Belgian ProTour team wasn't only united in victory on the final stage, it was also united in crashing. Four Quick Step riders - Mauro Facci, Wilfried Cretskens, Devolder and Davide Viganň - were caught in a tangle that saw Viganň taken to hospital for a checkup. The Italian was cleared of any fractures and is due to return home this evening.
Devolder's Algarve victory was the 13th of the Belgian's career and came in his first race with Quick Step after former team Discovery Channel closed its doors at the end of 2007. The event is the third stage race victory of his career, having won Drie Daagse Van de Panne in 2005 and last year's Tour of Austria.
"This victory allows me to face with serenity the next important appointments," said Devolder. "This race has been a good test to understand at what point is my condition."
Devolder took the race lead on yesterday's Individual Time Trial, where the Belgian's commanding stage victory catapulted him into the overall lead. The wet Time Trial played a crucial role in the event's general classification, with the previous stages being dominated by bunch-sprint finishes.
Photography
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- Frank Vandenbroucke (Mitsubishi-Jartazi) with Hotel Alísios / J.D. Fontainhas amateur team riders.
- Tiago Machado and Sérgio Sousa (Madeinox Boavista) with Hotel Alísios / J.D. Fontainhas amateur team riders.
- Benfica riders pose for a photos with the Police team at the Volta ao Algarve.
- Stijn Devolder (Quick Step) in yellow for the final stage.
- Stijn Devolder (Quick Step) at the start with Bernhard Eisel (Team High Road) and Tino Zaballa (LA MSS Póvoa).
- Riders get ready for the start of the final stage.
- Hugo Sabido and Diego Caccia (Barloworld), António Amorim (Barbot Siper) and Joăo Cabreira (LA MSS Póvoa) wait for the start.
- The peloton starts the final stage of this year's event.
- Astana riders at the start of the final stage.
- Eric Zabel (Team Milram) rides out with the peloton.
- The breakaway in Casais as the race heads towards the finish in Portimăo.
- The peloton was only a few minutes behind the small break.
- Afonso Azevedo (LA MSS Póvoa) rides in the peloton.
- Another small breakaway group passing through Casais...
- ...followed by the third lot of riders.
- Stijn Devolder (Quick Step) just had a fall with all of the Quick Step team a few kilometres earlier.
- The breakaway just before the second KOM in Alferce with Tino Zaballa and Joăo Cabreira in the lead.
- Isidro Nozal (Liberty Seguros) and Diego Caccia (Barloworld) work hard together.
- The peloton before KOM in Alferce with Benoit Joachim and Sérgio Paulinho (Astana) leading the efforts.
- Stijn Devolder (Quick Step) was back in the peloton.
- Alejandro Marque (Palmeiras Resort Tavira) rides in the peloton.
- The peloton starts heading up the climb.
- The peloton winds its way up the second KOM climb.
- Bernhard Eisel (High Road) celebrates an easy victory.
- Austrian's Bernhard Eisel (High Road) celebrating one more stage win in Volta ao Algarve.
- Rui Costa (Benfica), Constantino Zaballa (LA MSS Póvoa) and Celestino Pinho (Barbot Siper) cross the line three seconds down.
- A Team High Road rider leads another bunch of riders over the finish line.
- Bernhard Eisel (High Road) on the podium.
- Staf Scheirlinckx (Cofidis) won the combination classification.
- António Cosme (Madeinox Boavista) won the metas volantes classification.
- Krassimir Vassilev (Palmeiras Resort Tavira) proved to be the best climber of the week.
- Robert Förster (Gerolsteiner) didn't go home empty handed, after leading the race for four stages, taking the points classification win.
- Stijn Devolder won a stage and the overall classification at his first race for Quick Step.
- Stijn Devolder (Quick Step) won the 2008 Volta ao Algarve.
- The 2008 edition's jerseys winners pose for an photo.
Results
1 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) High Road 4.49.36 (40.090 km/h) 2 Rui A. Costa (Por) Benfica 0.03 3 Celestino Pinho (Por) Barbot-Siper 4 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) LA MSS 5 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros 6 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros 0.06 7 Félix Cardenas (Col) Barloworld 0.08 8 Diego Caccia (Ita) Barloworld 0.14 9 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) High Road 0.20 10 Javier Benitez (Spa) Benfica 11 Bruno Neves (Por) LA MSS 12 Martin Garrido (Arg) Palmeiras Resort-Tavira 13 Manuel A. Cardoso (Por) Liberty Seguros 14 Roger Hammond (GBr) High Road 15 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 16 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Francaise des Jeux 17 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step 18 Bert Grabsch (Ger) High Road 19 Samuel Caldeira (Por) Palmeiras Resort-Tavira 20 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Silence-Lotto 21 Gregory Habeaux (Bel) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 22 Bastiaan Giling (Ned) Cycle Collstrop 23 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 24 Vytautas Kaupas (Ltu) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 25 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Francaise des Jeux 26 Andreas Klier (Ger) High Road 27 Coen Vermeltfoort (Ned) Rabobank Continental 28 Michal Golas (Pol) Cycle Collstrop 29 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Astana 30 Alejandro Marque (Spa) Palmeiras Resort-Tavira 31 Mathieu Criquielion (Bel) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 32 Niko Eeckhout (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 33 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Francaise des Jeux 34 Pedro M. Soeiro M. (Por) C. Ciclismo Loulé 35 Daryl Impey (RSA) Barloworld 36 Helder Oliveira (Por) Barbot-Siper 37 Daniel Lloyd (GBr) AAn Post - M. D - G. T - Sean Kelly 38 Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 39 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 40 Hugo Sabido (Por) Barloworld 41 Luis Oliveira (Spa) Barbot-Siper 42 Ricardo Van Der Velde (Ned) Rabobank Continental 43 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 44 Nelson H. Rocha (Por) Madeinox Boavista 45 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence-Lotto 46 Kurt Hovelyncr (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 47 Martin Mares (Cze) PSK Whirlpool-Author 48 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence-Lotto 49 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Cycle Collstrop 50 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 51 Evert Verbist (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 52 Hector Guerra (Spa) Liberty Seguros 53 Pedro Romero (Spa) LA MSS 54 Sergio Sousa (Por) Madeinox Boavista 55 Artur Gajek (Ger) Team Milram 56 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram 57 Tom Criel (Bel) Cycle Collstrop 58 Markus Eichler (Ger) Team Milram 59 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick Step 60 Thomas Berkhout (Ned) Rabobank Continental 61 Jakub Danacik (Cze) PSK Whirlpool-Author 62 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 63 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) Rabobank Continental 64 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 65 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Francaise des Jeux 66 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 67 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 68 Tiago Machado (Por) Madeinox Boavista 69 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step 70 Christopher Froome (GBr) Barloworld 71 Pedro Lopes (Por) Benfica 72 Rui Sousa (Por) Liberty Seguros 73 Stanislav Kozubek (Cze) PSK Whirlpool-Author 74 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step 75 Virgilio Dos Santos (Por) Fercase/Rota Dos Moveis 76 Bruno Castanheira (Por) Benfica 77 David Vaz (Por) Fercase/Rota Dos Moveis 78 Antonio Cosme (Spa) Madeinox Boavista 79 Christian Pfannberger (Aut) Barloworld 80 Pedro Cardoso (Por) LA MSS 81 Alfonso Azevedo (Por) LA MSS 82 Luis Pinheiro (Por) Madeinox Boavista 83 David Blanco (Spa) Palmeiras Resort-Tavira 84 Ruben Plaza (Spa) Benfica 85 Carlos M. Pinho (Por) Barbot-Siper 86 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Fercase/Rota Dos Moveis 87 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 88 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 89 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 90 José Azevedo (Por) Benfica 91 Mickael Delage (Fra) Francaise des Jeux 92 Alessandro Proni (Ita) Quick Step 93 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Silence-Lotto 94 Candido Barbosa (Por) Benfica 95 Hernani Broco (Por) Liberty Seguros 96 Tomas Buchacek (Cze) PSK Whirlpool-Author 97 Sergey Kolesnikov (Rus) Cycle Collstrop 98 Celio Sousa (Por) Madeinox Boavista 99 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 100 Mario J. Da Costa (Por) Benfica 101 Michael Schär (Swi) Astana 102 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Gerolsteiner 103 Viktor Folkesson (Swe) AAn Post - M. D - G. T - Sean Kelly 104 Matheus Pronk (Ned) Cycle Collstrop 105 Christian Kux (Ger) Team Milram 106 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Astana 107 Frank Hoj (Den) Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 108 Sergey Rudaskov (Ned) Cycle Collstrop 109 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 110 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana 111 Bruno A. Pinto (Por) Barbot-Siper 112 Krassimir Vasilev (Bul) Palmeiras Resort-Tavira 1.18 113 Kenny Van Schueren (Bel) Cycle Collstrop 1.37 114 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.50 115 Grégory Rast (Swi) Astana 2.06 116 Hugo M. Vitor (Por) C. Ciclismo Loulé 2.09 117 Petr Bencik (Cze) PSK Whirlpool-Author 0.20 118 René Haselbacher (Aut) Astana 5.24 119 Joäo Cabreira (Por) LA MSS 5.29 120 Claudio F. Apolo (Por) Palmeiras Resort-Tavira 7.29 121 Alexander Oliveira (Por) C. Ciclismo Loulé 122 Frank Vandenbroucke (Bel) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 123 Joaquim Sampaio (Por) Madeinox Boavista 124 Paul Sneeboer (Ned) Palmeiras Resort-Tavira 125 Andre Cardoso (Por) Fercase/Rota Dos Moveis 126 Bruno Barbosa (Por) Fercase/Rota Dos Moveis 127 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana 128 Kenny De Haes (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 12.17 129 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 130 Claudio Pauliho (Por) C. Ciclismo Loulé 13.58 131 Jarno Van Mingeroet (Bel) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 16.42 132 Joaquin Gregorio (Por) C. Ciclismo Loulé 133 Francisco Pacheco (Spa) Barbot-Siper 134 Stephen Gallagher (Irl) AAn Post - M. D - G. T - S. K 17.24 Points 1 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) High Road 25 pts 2 Rui A. Costa (Por) Benfica 20 3 Celestino Pinho (Por) Barbot-Siper 16 4 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) LA MSS 13 5 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros 10 6 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros 8 7 Félix Cardenas (Col) Barloworld 6 8 Diego Caccia (Ita) Barloworld 4 9 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) High Road 2 10 Javier Benitez (Spa) Benfica 1 Mountains GPM 1, cat3 - km 45.4 1 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) High Road 5 pts 2 Diego Caccia (Ita) Barloworld 3 3 Celestino Pinho (Por) Barbot-Siper 1 GPM 2, cat3 - km 98.6 1 Celestino Pinho (Por) Barbot-Siper 5 pts 2 Félix Cardenas (Col) Barloworld 3 3 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros 1 GPM 3, cat3 - km 107.1 1 Celestino Pinho (Por) Barbot-Siper 5 pts 2 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros 3 3 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros 1 Metas volantes/intermediate sprints Marmelete - km 51.3 1 Celestino Pinho (Por) Barbot-Siper 3 pts 2 Diego Caccia (Ita) Barloworld 2 3 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros 1 Nave Redonda - km 128 1 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) LA MSS 3 pts 2 Celestino Pinho (Por) Barbot-Siper 2 3 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros 1 Teams 1 Liberty Seguros 14.29.17 2 Team High Road 0.11 3 Barloworld 0.13 4 LA MSS 0.14 5 Barbot - Siper 6 Benfica 7 Palmeiras Resort - Tavira 0.31 8 Française Des Jeux 9 Mitsubishi-Jartazi 10 Cycle Collstrop 11 Gerolsteiner 12 Silence-Lotto 13 Topsport Vlaanderen 14 Rabobank Continental 15 Quick Step 16 Team Milram 17 Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 18 Madeinox Boavista 19 PSK Whirlpool - Author 20 Astana 21 Fercase - Rota Dos Móveis 22 Centro Cilismo de Loulé 9.29 23 An Post-M. Donnelly-Grant Thornton-Sean Kelly Team 17.35 Final general classification 1 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step 19.42.59 2 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 0.22 3 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Astana 0.32 4 Hector Guerra (Spa) Liberty Seguros 0.33 5 Martin Garrido (Arg) Palmeiras Resort-Tavira 1.03 6 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence-Lotto 1.05 7 Pedro Romero (Spa) LA MSS 1.06 8 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 1.07 9 Ruben Plaza (Spa) Benfica 1.13 10 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.18 11 Bert Grabsch (Ger) High Road 1.23 12 David Blanco (Spa) Palmeiras Resort-Tavira 1.31 13 Alejandro Marque (Spa) Palmeiras Resort-Tavira 1.41 14 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.48 15 Tiago Machado (Por) Madeinox Boavista 1.49 16 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) Rabobank Continental 2.01 17 Michael Schär (Swi) Astana 2.02 18 Hugo Sabido (Por) Barloworld 2.04 19 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 2.16 20 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros 2.17 21 Christian Pfannberger (Aut) Barloworld 2.18 22 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step 2.22 23 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 2.31 24 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Fercase/Rota Dos Moveis 2.35 25 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.40 26 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana 2.44 27 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 2.49 28 Alessandro Proni (Ita) Quick Step 29 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 2.54 30 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) LA MSS 2.56 31 Coen Vermeltfoort (Ned) Rabobank Continental 2.58 32 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick Step 33 Thomas Berkhout (Ned) Rabobank Continental 2.59 34 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 3.01 35 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram 36 Daniel Lloyd (GBr) An Post - M. D - G. T - Sean Kelly 3.03 37 Rui A. Costa (Por) Benfica 3.09 38 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Francaise des Jeux 3.14 39 Hernani Broco (Por) Liberty Seguros 3.15 40 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) High Road 3.19 41 Mickael Delage (Fra) Francaise des Jeux 3.26 42 Samuel Caldeira (Por) Palmeiras Resort-Tavira 3.35 43 Ricardo Van Der Velde (Ned) Rabobank Continental 44 Pedro Lopes (Por) Benfica 3.36 45 Sergey Kolesnikov (Rus) Cycle Collstrop 3.44 46 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 3.49 47 Bastiaan Giling (Ned) Cycle Collstrop 3.55 48 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Cycle Collstrop 3.57 49 Celestino Pinho (Por) Barbot-Siper 4.00 50 Pedro Cardoso (Por) LA MSS 4.01 51 Christian Kux (Ger) Team Milram 4.02 52 Nelson H. Rocha (Por) Madeinox Boavista 4.03 53 José Azevedo (Por) Benfica 4.07 54 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step 4.08 55 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4.14 56 Helder Oliveira (Por) Barbot-Siper 4.20 57 Manuel A. Cardoso (Por) Liberty Seguros 4.21 58 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence-Lotto 4.25 59 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Silence-Lotto 4.26 60 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Francaise des Jeux 4.28 61 Kurt Hovelyncr (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 4.30 62 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) High Road 63 Grégory Rast (Swi) Astana 4.32 64 Rui Sousa (Por) Liberty Seguros 4.34 65 Tom Criel (Bel) Cycle Collstrop 4.35 66 Markus Eichler (Ger) Team Milram 4.41 67 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Francaise des Jeux 4.54 68 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Silence-Lotto 4.56 69 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 4.59 70 Michal Golas (Pol) Cycle Collstrop 5.06 71 Pedro M. Soeiro M. (Por) C. Ciclismo Loulé 5.21 72 Javier Benitez (Spa) Benfica 5.35 73 Martin Mares (Cze) PSK Whirlpool-Author 5.37 74 Alfonso Azevedo (Por) LA MSS 5.38 75 Sergey Rudaskov (Ned) Cycle Collstrop 5.55 76 Andreas Klier (Ger) High Road 6.07 77 Bruno Neves (Por) LA MSS 78 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Francaise des Jeux 6.27 79 Kenny Van Schueren (Bel) Cycle Collstrop 6.36 80 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6.47 81 Gregory Habeaux (Bel) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 6.57 82 Luis Oliveira (Spa) Barbot-Siper 7.26 83 Petr Bencik (Cze) PSK Whirlpool-Author 7.28 84 Roger Hammond (GBr) High Road 8.17 85 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros 8.22 86 Joäo Cabreira (Por) LA MSS 9.18 87 Krassimir Vasilev (Bul) Palmeiras Resort-Tavira 9.29 88 Joaquim Sampaio (Por) Madeinox Boavista 10.33 89 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Astana 10.38 90 Matheus Pronk (Ned) Cycle Collstrop 11.00 91 Paul Sneeboer (Ned) Palmeiras Resort-Tavira 11.17 92 Virgilio Dos Santos (Por) Fercase/Rota Dos Moveis 14.30 93 Andre Cardoso (Por) Fercase/Rota Dos Moveis 14.57 94 Bruno Castanheira (Por) Benfica 15.33 95 Candido Barbosa (Por) Benfica 16.24 96 Jakub Danacik (Cze) PSK Whirlpool-Author 16.54 97 Diego Caccia (Ita) Barloworld 16.58 98 Sergio Sousa (Por) Madeinox Boavista 18.23 99 Celio Sousa (Por) Madeinox Boavista 19.31 100 Stanislav Kozubek (Cze) PSK Whirlpool-Author 19.33 101 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 20.33 102 Félix Cardenas (Col) Barloworld 21.38 103 Carlos M. Pinho (Por) Barbot-Siper 22.16 104 Christopher Froome (GBr) Barloworld 22.20 105 Jarno Van Mingeroet (Bel) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 23.28 106 Daryl Impey (RSA) Barloworld 23.39 107 Claudio F. Apolo (Por) Palmeiras Resort-Tavira 24.19 108 Bruno A. Pinto (Por) Barbot-Siper 24.23 109 Tomas Buchacek (Cze) PSK Whirlpool-Author 24.26 110 Frank Hoj (Den) Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 24.34 111 David Vaz (Por) Fercase/Rota Dos Moveis 24.45 112 Artur Gajek (Ger) Team Milram 24.50 113 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana 24.57 114 Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 25.17 115 Mario J. Da Costa (Por) Benfica 26.14 116 Antonio Cosme (Spa) Madeinox Boavista 27.21 117 Hugo M. Vitor (Por) C. Ciclismo Loulé 27.36 118 Vytautas Kaupas (Ltu) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 28.05 119 Luis Pinheiro (Por) Madeinox Boavista 28.51 120 Alexander Oliveira (Por) C. Ciclismo Loulé 29.55 121 René Haselbacher (Aut) Astana 31.45 122 Bruno Barbosa (Por) Fercase/Rota Dos Moveis 32.43 123 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 36.03 124 Kenny De Haes (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 36.39 125 Mathieu Criquielion (Bel) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 37.19 126 Viktor Folkesson (Swe) AAn Post - M. D - G. T - S. K 37.40 127 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 41.43 128 Francisco Pacheco (Spa) Barbot-Siper 44.33 129 Claudio Pauliho (Por) C. Ciclismo Loulé 45.06 130 Stephen Gallagher (Irl) AAn Post - M. D - G. T - S. K 48.54 131 Joaquin Gregorio (Por) C. Ciclismo Loulé 49.35 132 Evert Verbist (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 56.26 133 Niko Eeckhout (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 59.17 134 Frank Vandenbroucke (Bel) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 1.00.40 Points classification 1 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 70 pts 2 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Astana 45 3 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) High Road 33 4 Celestino Pinho (Por) Barbot-Siper 21 5 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence-Lotto 20 6 Rui A. Costa (Por) Benfica 20 7 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 18 8 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) LA MSS 16 9 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 16 10 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Francaise des Jeux 16 11 Javier Benitez (Spa) Benfica 14 12 Bruno Neves (Por) LA MSS 14 13 Manuel A. Cardoso (Por) Liberty Seguros 12 14 Antonio Cosme (Spa) Madeinox Boavista 11 15 Martin Garrido (Arg) Palmeiras Resort-Tavira 10 16 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros 10 17 Kenny De Haes (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 10 18 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Francaise des Jeux 6 19 Diego Caccia (Ita) Barloworld 6 20 Félix Cardenas (Col) Barloworld 6 21 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros 5 22 Hector Guerra (Spa) Liberty Seguros 4 23 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Francaise des Jeux 4 24 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 3 25 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Silence-Lotto 2 Mountains classification 1 Krassimir Vasilev (Bul) Palmeiras Resort-Tavira 26 pts 2 Antonio Cosme (Spa) Madeinox Boavista 19 3 Celestino Pinho (Por) Barbot-Siper 11 4 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 10 5 Joaquin Gregorio (Por) C. Ciclismo Loulé 10 6 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) High Road 5 7 Andre Cardoso (Por) Fercase/Rota Dos Moveis 5 8 Bruno Barbosa (Por) Fercase/Rota Dos Moveis 5 9 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros 4 10 Paul Sneeboer (Ned) Palmeiras Resort-Tavira 3 11 Diego Caccia (Ita) Barloworld 3 Metas volantes/intermediate sprints classification 1 Antonio Cosme (Spa) Madeinox Boavista 11 pts 2 Celestino Pinho (Por) Barbot-Siper 5 3 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 3 4 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) LA MSS 3 5 Krassimir Vasilev (Bul) Palmeiras Resort-Tavira 2 6 Paul Sneeboer (Ned) Palmeiras Resort-Tavira 2 7 Diego Caccia (Ita) Barloworld 2 8 Stephen Gallagher (Irl) An Post - M. D - G. T - Sean Kelly 2 9 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros 2 10 Bastiaan Giling (Ned) Cycle Collstrop 1 11 Andre Cardoso (Por) Fercase/Rota Dos Moveis 1 Combination classification 1 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 3 pts 2 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) LA MSS 3 3 Celestino Pinho (Por) Barbot-Siper 3 4 Krassimir Vasilev (Bul) Palmeiras Resort-Tavira 3 5 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros 3 6 Paul Sneeboer (Ned) Palmeiras Resort-Tavira 3 7 Andre Cardoso (Por) Fercase/Rota Dos Moveis 3 8 Diego Caccia (Ita) Barloworld 3 9 Antonio Cosme (Spa) Madeinox Boavista 3 10 Bruno Barbosa (Por) Fercase/Rota Dos Moveis 3 11 Stephen Gallagher (Irl) An Post - M. D - G. T - Sean Kelly 3 Teams classification 1 Astana 59.12.54 2 Palmeiras Resort - Tavira 0.18 3 Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 1.03 4 Quick Step 1.14 5 Liberty Seguros 1.51 6 Gerolsteiner 2.09 7 Rabobank Continental 2.33 8 Barloworld 2.39 9 Team High Road 3.57 10 Benfica 4.07 11 LA MSS 4.09 12 Madeinox Boavista 5.05 13 Team Milram 5.26 14 Française Des Jeux 5.40 15 Silence-Lotto 6.05 16 Topsport Vlaanderen 6.48 17 Barbot - Siper 7.22 18 Fercase - Rota Dos Móveis 19 Cycle Collstrop 7.40 20 PSK Whirlpool - Author 19.23 21 Mitsubishi-Jartazi 27.36 22 An Post-M. Donnelly-Grant Thornton-Sean Kelly Team 42.56 23 Centro Cilismo de Loulé 55.39
