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66th Vuelta a la Comunidad Valenciana (Gran Premio Bancaja) - 2.1
Spain, February 26-March 1, 2008
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Stage 1 - February 26: Sagunto - Port De Sangunto, 157km
Gutiérrez takes surprise win in sprint
By Monika Prell
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The peloton split on the final climb of the stage, the category one Alt de Garbí, and Gutiérrez was one of just 24 men to make it over the top with the front group, and was able to withstand several attacks in the closing kilometres to take the sprint win. "I was not very confident that I could win," said Gutiérrez, "but at 200 metres to go I saw that I was well placed and I gave my best."
How it unfolded
At 12:30, a peloton of 136 riders took the start in the town of Sagunt, under a blue sky and with agreeable temperatures of 20°C. After various attacks, the breakaway group of the day was established at kilometre 38. Gorka Verdugo (Euskaltel – Euskadi) and Manuel Vázquez (Contentpolis Murcia) were the first to go clear, and were joined after some time by Claudio Casas (Andalucía Cajasur). In Naquera, Verdugo took the first intermediate sprint in front of Vázquez and the still chasing Casas with the peloton 1 minute 28 seconds behind.
Vázquez won the first mountain points at the Port de l'Oronet (3rd category), ahead of Verdugo and Casas who still had not been able to join the two in front of him. On the descent he realised this goal, and the peloton began to let the three go. At kilometre 68, the trio had an advantage of 7 minutes and 32 seconds. Saunier Duval then took the reins in the peloton, and began to bring the leaders back. In Port de Sagunt, the second intermediate sprint of the day saw Vázquez in front of Verdugo and Casas. The peloton, leaded by Astana and Saunier Duval, passed the line 5 minutes 50 seconds behind.
When the ascent to the Alt de Garbí (1st category) began, the leaders' gap had been reduced to 1 minute and 10 seconds, and they had lost Casas who was no longer able to follow his mates. In the peloton, Alberto Contador (Astana) and Rein Taaramae (Cofidis) attacked, splitting the peloton into several groups on the difficult climb.
Vázquez said, "The Garbí was very hard, I always expected to be chased down by the peloton." He was rewarded for his efforts with the mountain classification ahead of Verdugo and Contador. On the descent to Port de Sagunt, 24 riders formed a first peloton, a second one followed 1 minute and 30 seconds behind.
In the sprint of the first peloton, José Iván Gutiérrez surprised his mates and was the fastest. The Cantabrian Caisse d'Epargne rider was victorious over Rubén Plaza (Benfica), who said that his "highest objective will be to win the stage with finish in Ibi," the little town he lives.
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- Alberto Contador (Astana) is back to racing and is looking towards a season without riding the Tour.
- Igor Astarloa (Team Milram) smiles before the start as he is eager to get the season off to a good start.
- Alessandro Petacchi (Team Milram) has already won this season and feels less pressure for now - until Milano-Sanremo, of course.
- The start under a sunny sky.
- Damiano Cunego (Lampre) is relaxed before the race gets underway.
- The three-man break that tried to steal the headlines.
- But the peloton wouldn't let them get away.
- Oscar Pereiro (Caisse d'Epargne) riding along in a comfortable pace.
- Saunier-Duval was also in it for the ride.
- The sprint of the smaller-than usual peloton was a bit chaotic.
- Iván Gutiérrez (Caisse d'Epargne) comes ahead out of the mess.
- Gutiérrez sprints past his opponents and takes the first stage!
- He started celebrating later than usual as he had quite an advantage over second placed Rubén Plaza (Benfica).
- Gutiérrez wins it!
- Iván Gutiérrez (Caisse d'Epargne) on the podium, where he received the kisses from the ladies.
- Iván Gutiérrez (Caisse d'Epargne) is now in yellow after the first day is over.
- He is not sure if he should smile because of his company or because of the yellow jersey. Maybe a bit of both.
- The break shortly before it got swallowed.
- The peloton passes a fountain.
- The back of the peloton, where things stayed rather relaxed for most of the day.
- The sprint for victory of a select group.
- Gutiérrez stayed focused all the way to the line. He didn't want to get caught on a Zabel move, but he had plenty of space to Plaza (r).
- After the line is when the Spaniard started to show his joy.
- Erik Zabel (Team Milram) thought this was a sprinters' race but the split in the peloton dashed his hopes.
- Filippo Pozzato (Liquigas) and Zabel were caught out in the end.
- Erik Zabel (Team Milram) rolls in and will be a bit disappointed of how things unfolded.
- Gutiérrez on the podium and with the Trophée.
- Gutiérrez right after the finish. Still tired from the race but happy.
- Pozzato looks unhappier than the winning Spaniard. But at least the Italian has already won something this season.
- Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas) is spent after the race.
Results
1 Iván Gutiérrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 3.46.59 (41.5 km/h) 2 Rubén Plaza (Spa) Benfica 3 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 4 Daniel Petrov (Bul) Benfica 5 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 6 Antonio Colom (Spa) Astana 7 Patxi Vila (Spa) Lampre 8 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 9 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 10 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 11 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 12 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis 13 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 14 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre 15 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 16 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis 17 Trent Lowe (Aus) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 18 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 19 Manuel Váquez (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia 20 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 21 Alberto Contador (Spa) Astana 22 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 23 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom 0.03 24 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.09 25 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 1.33 26 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 27 Javier Benitez (Spa) Benfica 28 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas 29 Edgar Pinto (Por) Benfica 30 Lucas Euser (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 31 Oleg Chuzhda (Ukr) Contentpolis - Murcia 32 Jaume Rovira (Spa) Extremadura-Ciclismo Solidario 33 Mikel Nieve (Spa) Orbea - Oreka S.D.A 34 Gonzalo Rabunal (Spa) Karpin Galicia 35 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 36 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 37 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 38 Josep Jufré (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 39 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 40 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 41 Jonathan Castroviejo (Spa) Orbea - Oreka S.D.A 42 Alan Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 43 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 44 Javier Etxarri Marin (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia 45 José Herrada Lopez (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia 46 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 47 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 48 Juan Francisco Mourón Doldan (Spa) Karpin Galicia 49 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas 50 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 51 Gustavo César Veloso (Spa) Karpin Galicia 52 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Benfica 53 Juan José Oroz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 54 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre 55 Patrick McCarty (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 56 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Team Milram 57 José Mendes (Por) Benfica 58 Timothy Duggan (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 59 Bingen Fernández (Spa) Cofidis 60 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Scott 61 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 62 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Astana 63 Julián Sánchez (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia 64 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 65 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis 66 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Astana 67 Antonio Piedra (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur 68 Héctor González (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 69 Daniel Martin (Irl) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 9.06 70 Jean Eudes Demaret (Fra) Cofidis 71 David Martín Velasco (Spa) Orbea - Oreka S.D.A 11.28 72 Pedro Miguel Lopes Goncalves (Por) Benfica 73 Francisco Terciado Sacedo (Spa) Extremadura-Ciclismo Solidario 74 Ramon Troncoso (Spa) Karpin Galicia 75 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre 12.25 76 Sergio Andres De Lis (Spa) Orbea - Oreka S.D.A 77 Alejandro Paleo (Spa) Karpin Galicia 78 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank 79 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 80 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Rabobank 81 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 82 Serafín Martínez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 83 Gonzalo Zambrano (Spa) Extremadura-Ciclismo Solidario 84 Thomas Frei (Swi) Astana 85 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur 86 Juan Olmo (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur 87 Claudio Casas (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur 12.24 88 Vladimir Isaichev (Rus) Karpin Galicia 12.25 89 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 90 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 91 Damien Gaudin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 92 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 93 Julien Mazet (Fra) Astana 94 Helder Miranda (Spa) Benfica 95 Adrián Palomares (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia 96 Sergio Dominguez Munoz (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia 97 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 98 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 99 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Astana 100 Volodymyr Diudia (Ukr) Team Milram 101 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 102 Iván Melero Coco (Spa) Orbea - Oreka S.D.A 103 Eriz Ruiz D'Erentxun (Spa) Orbea - Oreka S.D.A 104 Juan Javier Estrada (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur 105 Luis Angel Maté (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur 106 Manuel Ortega (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur 107 Eladio Sánchez Prado (Spa) Orbea - Oreka S.D.A 108 José Luis Carrasco (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur 109 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis 110 Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis 111 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana 112 Mathieu Drujon (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 113 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis 114 Alberto Fernández Sainz (Spa) Karpin Galicia 115 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Extremadura-Ciclismo Solidario 116 Eloy Teruel Rovira (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia 117 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank 118 Xabat Ochotorena (Spa) Extremadura-Ciclismo Solidario 119 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre 120 Unai Uribarri (Spa) Orbea - Oreka S.D.A 121 Andoni Lafuente (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 122 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre 123 Enrique Salgueiro (Spa) Extremadura-Ciclismo Solidario 124 Chris Sutton (Aus) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 125 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Lampre 126 Julian Dean (NZl) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 127 Guido Trenti (USA) Liquigas 128 Beñat Albizuri (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 129 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 130 Dmitry Kozontchouk (Rus) Rabobank 131 Alberto Fernández De La Puebla (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 132 Sergio Herrero (Spa) Extremadura-Ciclismo Solidario 133 Israel Pérez Rodriguez (Spa) Extremadura-Ciclismo Solidario 134 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas 135 Raúl Alarcón (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 13.04 136 Aurélien Passeron (Fra) Saunier Duval-Scott Points 1 Iván Gutiérrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 25 pts 2 Rubén Plaza (Spa) Benfica 20 3 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 16 4 Daniel Petrov (Bul) Benfica 14 5 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 12 6 Antonio Colom (Spa) Astana 10 7 Patxi Vila (Spa) Lampre 9 8 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 8 9 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 7 10 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6 11 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 5 12 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis 4 13 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 3 14 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre 2 15 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1 Sprints Naquera, km. 41.50 1 Manuel Váquez (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia 3 pts 2 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 3 Claudio Casas (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur 1 Port De Sagunt, km. 97.20 1 Manuel Váquez (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia 3 pts 2 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 3 Claudio Casas (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur 1 Mountains Pto. Del Oronet (Cat. 3) km. 48.40 1 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3 pts 2 Manuel Váquez (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia 2 3 Claudio Casas (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur 1 Alt Del Garbi (Cat. 1) km. 122.80 1 Manuel Váquez (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia 10 pts 2 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8 3 Alberto Contador (Spa) Astana 6 4 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis 4 5 Rubén Plaza (Spa) Benfica 3 6 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom 2 7 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1 Teams 1 Bouygues Telecom 11.20.57 2 Benfica 1.33 3 Liquigas 4 Caisse d'Epargne 5 Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30 6 Saunier Duval-Scott 7 Euskaltel - Euskadi 8 Lampre 9 Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 10 Astana 11 Contentpolis - Murcia 3.06 12 Rabobank 4.39 13 Team Milram 14 Karpin Galicia 15 Orbea-Oreka S.D.A 14.34 16 Extremadura-Grupo Gallardo 25.26 17 Andalucia - Cajasur 26.22 General classification after stage 1 1 Iván Gutiérrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 3.46.49 2 Rubén Plaza (Spa) Benfica 0.04 3 Manuel Váquez (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia 4 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 0.06 5 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6 Alberto Contador (Spa) Astana 0.09 7 Daniel Petrov (Bul) Benfica 0.10 8 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 9 Antonio Colom (Spa) Astana 10 Patxi Vila (Spa) Lampre 11 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 12 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 13 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 14 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis 15 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 16 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre 17 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 18 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis 19 Trent Lowe (Aus) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 20 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 21 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 22 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 23 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom 0.13 24 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.19 25 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 1.43 26 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 27 Javier Benitez (Spa) Benfica 28 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas 29 Edgar Pinto (Por) Benfica 30 Lucas Euser (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 31 Oleg Chuzhda (Ukr) Contentpolis - Murcia 32 Jaume Rovira (Spa) Extremadura-Ciclismo Solidario 33 Mikel Nieve (Spa) Orbea - Oreka S.D.A 34 Gonzalo Rabunal (Spa) Karpin Galicia 35 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 36 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 37 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 38 Josep Jufré (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 39 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 40 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 41 Jonathan Castroviejo (Spa) Orbea - Oreka S.D.A 42 Alan Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 43 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 44 Javier Etxarri Marin (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia 45 José Herrada Lopez (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia 46 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 47 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 48 Juan Francisco Mourón Doldan (Spa) Karpin Galicia 49 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas 50 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 51 Gustavo César Veloso (Spa) Karpin Galicia 52 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Benfica 53 Juan José Oroz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 54 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre 55 Patrick McCarty (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 56 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Team Milram 57 José Mendes (Por) Benfica 58 Timothy Duggan (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 59 Bingen Fernández (Spa) Cofidis 60 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Scott 61 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 62 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Astana 63 Julián Sánchez (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia 64 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 65 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis 66 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Astana 67 Antonio Piedra (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur 68 Héctor González (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 69 Daniel Martin (Irl) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 9.16 70 Jean Eudes Demaret (Fra) Cofidis 71 David Martín Velasco (Spa) Orbea - Oreka S.D.A 11.38 72 Pedro Miguel Lopes Goncalves (Por) Benfica 73 Francisco Terciado Sacedo (Spa) Extremadura-Ciclismo Solidario 74 Ramon Troncoso (Spa) Karpin Galicia 75 Claudio Casas (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur 12.33 76 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre 12.35 77 Sergio Andres De Lis (Spa) Orbea - Oreka S.D.A 78 Alejandro Paleo (Spa) Karpin Galicia 79 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank 80 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 81 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Rabobank 82 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 83 Serafín Martínez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 84 Gonzalo Zambrano (Spa) Extremadura-Ciclismo Solidario 85 Thomas Frei (Swi) Astana 86 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur 87 Juan Olmo (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur 88 Vladimir Isaichev (Rus) Karpin Galicia 89 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 90 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 91 Damien Gaudin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 92 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 93 Julien Mazet (Fra) Astana 94 Helder Miranda (Spa) Benfica 95 Adrián Palomares (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia 96 Sergio Dominguez Munoz (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia 97 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 98 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 99 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Astana 100 Volodymyr Diudia (Ukr) Team Milram 101 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 102 Iván Melero Coco (Spa) Orbea - Oreka S.D.A 103 Eriz Ruiz D'Erentxun (Spa) Orbea - Oreka S.D.A 104 Juan Javier Estrada (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur 105 Luis Angel Maté (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur 106 Manuel Ortega (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur 107 Eladio Sánchez Prado (Spa) Orbea - Oreka S.D.A 108 José Luis Carrasco (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur 109 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis 110 Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis 111 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana 112 Mathieu Drujon (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 113 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis 114 Alberto Fernández Sainz (Spa) Karpin Galicia 115 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Extremadura-Ciclismo Solidario 116 Eloy Teruel Rovira (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia 117 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank 118 Xabat Ochotorena (Spa) Extremadura-Ciclismo Solidario 119 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre 120 Unai Uribarri (Spa) Orbea - Oreka S.D.A 121 Andoni Lafuente (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 122 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre 123 Enrique Salgueiro (Spa) Extremadura-Ciclismo Solidario 124 Chris Sutton (Aus) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 125 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Lampre 126 Julian Dean (NZl) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 127 Guido Trenti (USA) Liquigas 128 Beñat Albizuri (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 129 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 130 Dmitry Kozontchouk (Rus) Rabobank 131 Alberto Fernández De La Puebla (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 132 Sergio Herrero (Spa) Extremadura-Ciclismo Solidario 133 Israel Pérez Rodriguez (Spa) Extremadura-Ciclismo Solidario 134 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas 135 Raúl Alarcón (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 13.14 136 Aurélien Passeron (Fra) Saunier Duval-Scott Points classification 1 Iván Gutiérrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 25 pts 2 Rubén Plaza (Spa) Benfica 20 3 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 16 4 Daniel Petrov (Bul) Benfica 14 5 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 12 6 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10 7 Antonio Colom (Spa) Astana 10 8 Patxi Vila (Spa) Lampre 9 9 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 8 10 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 7 11 Manuel Váquez (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia 6 12 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 5 13 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis 4 14 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 3 15 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre 2 16 Claudio Casas (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur 2 17 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1 Mountains classification 1 Manuel Váquez (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia 12 pts 2 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 11 3 Alberto Contador (Spa) Astana 6 4 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis 4 5 Rubén Plaza (Spa) Benfica 3 6 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom 2 7 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1 8 Claudio Casas (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur 1 Combination classification 1 Rubén Plaza (Spa) Benfica 9 pts 2 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 13 3 Manuel Váquez (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia 15 4 Claudio Casas (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur 99 5 Iván Gutiérrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2 6 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 7 7 Alberto Contador (Spa) Astana 9 8 Daniel Petrov (Bul) Benfica 11 9 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 13 10 Antonio Colom (Spa) Astana 16 11 Patxi Vila (Spa) Lampre 18 Teams classification 1 Bouygues Telecom 11.20.57 2 Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.31 3 Astana 1.32 4 Benfica 1.33 5 Liquigas 6 Caisse d'Epargne 7 Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30 8 Saunier Duval-Scott 9 Lampre 10 Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 11 Contentpolis - Murcia 3.03 12 Rabobank 4.39 13 Team Milram 14 Karpin Galicia 15 Orbea-Oreka S.D.A 14.34 16 Extremadura-Grupo Gallardo 25.26 17 Andalucia - Cajasur 26.22
