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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 3 - February 28: Ibi - Ibi, 166.5km
Manuel Váquez wins – Rubén Plaza new leader
By Monika Prell
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The Spaniard Manuel Váquez (Contentpolis-Murcia) won the queen stage of the Vuelta a la Comunidad Valenciana. Second was his compatriot Rubén Plaza (Benfica), who became the new leader of the race. Third was Xavier Florencio (Bouygues Telecom).
"I wanted to do a good stage, I knew the terrain perfectly and I tried to benefit from this fact," Plaza commented after taking the overall lead.
How it unfolded
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The hometown of Rubén Plaza welcomed the peloton today; Ibi was the start and the finish of the third stage of the Vuelta a la Comunidad Valenciana. The numerous fans of the Benfica rider were not put off by the rain that accompanied the signing in, but thankfully for the start the rain stopped and the riders had good conditions: sunny and 17°C.
From the beginning, the attacks were numerous and once more, Bouygues Telecom, the team that was one of the most active during the last days, tried to get one of its riders in front, this time Matthieu Sprick. But the peloton chased every intent down, and so, on the ascent to the first of five mountains, the Alt de Canalí (3rd category), the race was all together. Manuel Váquez (Contentpolis-Murcia), the leader of the mountain classification, wanted to defend his jersey and so he attacked and won the mountain classification ahead of his team-mate Adrián Palomares and Rubén Pérez (Euskaltel-Euskadi).
The next breakaway group, consisting of Daniel Navarro (Astana), Luis León Sánchez (Caisse d'Epargne), Markel Irizar (Euskaltel-Euskadi), Alessandro Ballan (Lampre), Josep Jufré (Saunier Duval-Scott), Juan Olmo (Andalucía-Cajasur), Timothy Duggan (Slipstream) and Jonathan Castroviejo (Orbea - Oreka S.D.A), tried its luck. The intermediate sprint in Biar was won by Duggan before Olmo and Castroviejo. After 20 kilometres, the breakaway attempt was foiled.
Some kilometres later, Stef Clement (Bouygues Telecom), Koos Moerenhout (Rabobank) and Patrick McCarty (Slipstream) escaped. In this order, they passed the intermediate sprint of Ibi. The peloton let them go, as none of these riders was dangerous for the leader. The maximum advance of the trio was 4'52". Josep Jufré (Saunier Duval-Scott) tried to bridge to the trio.
Moerenhout won the mountain classification of the Port de Tudons (2nd category) ahead of McCarty and Clement.
In the ascent to the Puerto de Torremanzanas (2nd category), the advantage of the trio decreased more and more. The peloton, downsized to more or less 70 riders, was getting itchy; Pierrick Fédrigo (Bouygues Telecom), David De La Fuente (Saunier Duval), Maxim Iglinsky (Astana) and Daniel Petrov (Benfica) tried their luck.
Later, on the ascent to the last mountain of the day, the Port de Carrasqueta (2nd category), consecutively José Ángel Gómez (Saunier Duval), Alberto Contador (Astana), Rubén Plaza (Benfica), Manuel Váquez (Contentpolis-Murcia) tried to escape. In the end, Plaza and Vázquez were able to keep clear. Plaza was the first to pass the summit of the last mountain, ahead of Vázquez and 15 seconds before Alberto Contador (Astana).
Nine kilometres before the finish line, the motorcyclist who directed the race lost his way and a group with leader Iván Gutiérrez (Caisse d'Epargne) and Alberto Contador (Astana) followed, parallel to the race route. It was a dangerous situation as the motorway was not blocked to normal auto traffic. One kilometre before the finish, the group was able to join the official route, but they no longer had a chance to reach Plaza and Vázquez. The two Spaniards finished the stage in a sprint; Vázquez was faster than Plaza, but Plaza became the new leader of the Vuelta a la Comunidad Valenciana.
The race continues tomorrow with stage four, from Naquera to Naquera, 175.6 kilometres.
Photography
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- Manuel Váquez (Contentpolis-Murcia) wins stage three over Rubén Plaza (Benfica), who took the overall lead.
- Rubén Plaza (Benfica) takes the overall leadership after a controversial arrival.
Results
1 Manuel Váquez (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia 4.08.49 (40.15 km/h) 2 Rubén Plaza (Spa) Benfica 3 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 0.16 4 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 5 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 6 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 7 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8 Antonio Colom (Spa) Astana 9 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre 10 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis 11 Iván Gutiérrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 12 Bingen Fernández (Spa) Cofidis 13 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 14 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 15 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 16 Alberto Contador (Spa) Astana 17 Patxi Vila (Spa) Lampre 18 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom 19 Daniel Petrov (Bul) Benfica 20 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis 21 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 22 Trent Lowe (Aus) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 23 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 24 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 25 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 26 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 27 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 28 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.25 29 Mikel Nieve (Spa) Orbea - Oreka S.D.A 30 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 31 Iván Melero Coco (Spa) Orbea - Oreka S.D.A 32 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre 33 José Mendes (Por) Benfica 34 Jaume Rovira (Spa) Extremadura-Ciclismo Solidario 35 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank 36 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Team Milram 37 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 38 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 39 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Astana 40 Julián Sánchez (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia 41 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis 42 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis 43 Lucas Euser (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 44 Josep Jufré (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 5.04 45 Daniel Martin (Irl) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 5.34 46 José Herrada Lopez (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia 8.22 47 Manuel Ortega (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur 48 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 49 Patrick McCarty (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 50 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 51 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10.54 52 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Astana 53 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas 54 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 55 Gustavo César Veloso (Spa) Karpin Galicia 15.10 56 Antonio Piedra (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur 57 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Benfica 58 Enrique Salgueiro (Spa) Extremadura-Ciclismo Solidario 16.48 59 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 60 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 61 Serafín Martínez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 62 Oleg Chuzhda (Ukr) Contentpolis - Murcia 63 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 64 Sergio Dominguez Munoz (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia 65 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Scott 66 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 67 Gonzalo Zambrano (Spa) Extremadura-Ciclismo Solidario 68 Adrián Palomares (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia 69 Gonzalo Rabunal (Spa) Karpin Galicia 70 Juan José Oroz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 71 Thomas Frei (Swi) Astana 72 Javier Etxarri Marin (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia 73 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre 74 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas 75 Julien Mazet (Fra) Astana 76 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre 77 Edgar Pinto (Por) Benfica 78 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis 79 Juan Francisco Mourón Doldan (Spa) Karpin Galicia 80 Alberto Fernández De La Puebla (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 81 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 82 Juan Olmo (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur 83 Eladio Sánchez Prado (Spa) Orbea - Oreka S.D.A 84 Juan Javier Estrada (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur 85 Israel Pérez Rodriguez (Spa) Extremadura-Ciclismo Solidario 86 Alberto Fernández Sainz (Spa) Karpin Galicia 87 Francisco Terciado Sacedo (Spa) Extremadura-Ciclismo Solidario 88 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Astana 89 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana 90 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 26.16 91 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 92 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 93 Damien Gaudin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 94 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur 95 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas 96 Pedro Miguel Lopes Goncalves (Por) Benfica 97 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 98 Ramon Troncoso (Spa) Karpin Galicia 99 Alejandro Paleo (Spa) Karpin Galicia 100 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 101 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 102 Eriz Ruiz D'Erentxun (Spa) Orbea - Oreka S.D.A 103 Guido Trenti (USA) Liquigas 104 José Luis Carrasco (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur 105 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Rabobank 106 Raúl Alarcón (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 107 Beñat Albizuri (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 108 Volodymyr Diudia (Ukr) Team Milram 109 Luis Angel Maté (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur 110 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Lampre 111 Claudio Casas (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur 112 David Martín Velasco (Spa) Orbea - Oreka S.D.A 113 Sergio Andres De Lis (Spa) Orbea - Oreka S.D.A 114 Andoni Lafuente (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 115 Javier Benitez (Spa) Benfica 116 Mathieu Drujon (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 117 Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis 118 Jean Eudes Demaret (Fra) Cofidis 119 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank 120 Timothy Duggan (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 121 Helder Miranda (Spa) Benfica 122 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 123 Vladimir Isaichev (Rus) Karpin Galicia 124 Héctor González (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 125 Julian Dean (NZl) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 126 Chris Sutton (Aus) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 127 Eloy Teruel Rovira (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia 128 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Extremadura-Ciclismo Solidario 129 Xabat Ochotorena (Spa) Extremadura-Ciclismo Solidario 130 Alan Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 131 Jonathan Castroviejo (Spa) Orbea - Oreka S.D.A 132 Unai Uribarri (Spa) Orbea - Oreka S.D.A 133 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre Points 1 Manuel Váquez (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia 25 pts 2 Rubén Plaza (Spa) Benfica 20 3 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 16 4 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 14 5 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 12 6 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 10 7 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 9 8 Antonio Colom (Spa) Astana 8 9 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre 7 10 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis 6 11 Iván Gutiérrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 5 12 Bingen Fernández (Spa) Cofidis 4 13 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 3 14 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 2 15 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 1 Sprints Biar, km. 42 1 Timothy Duggan (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 3 pts 2 Juan Olmo (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur 2 3 Jonathan Castroviejo (Spa) Orbea - Oreka S.D.A 1 Ibi, km. 65 1 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 3 pts 2 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 2 3 Patrick McCarty (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 1 Mountains Alto De Canali (Cat. 3) km. 17.00 1 Manuel Váquez (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia 3 pts 2 Adrián Palomares (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia 2 3 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 Puerto De Tudons (Cat. 2) km. 95.80 1 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 6 pts 2 Patrick McCarty (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 4 3 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 3 4 Josep Jufré (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 2 5 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1 Port De Torre Manzanas (Cat. 2) km. 123.80 1 Patrick McCarty (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 6 pts 2 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 4 3 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 3 4 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 2 5 Manuel Váquez (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia 1 Puerto De La Carrasqueta (Cat. 2) km. 152.30 1 Rubén Plaza (Spa) Benfica 6 pts 2 Manuel Váquez (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia 4 3 Alberto Contador (Spa) Astana 3 4 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 2 5 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom 1 Teams 1 Bouygues Telecom 12.27.15 2 Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 3 Benfica 1.53 4 Lampre 2.09 5 Astana 6 Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30 7 Euskaltel - Euskadi 4.18 8 Rabobank 9 Saunier Duval-Scott 4.48 10 Caisse d'Epargne 8.06 11 Contentpolis - Murcia 9.59 12 Liquigas 10.38 13 Team Milram 18.41 14 Orbea-Oreka S.D.A 20.50 15 Extremadura-Grupo Gallardo 35.13 16 Andalucia - Cajasur 39.32 17 Karpin Galicia 47.58 General classification after stage 3 1 Rubén Plaza (Spa) Benfica 12.26.55 2 Manuel Váquez (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia 0.05 3 Iván Gutiérrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0.21 4 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 0.23 5 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.27 6 Alberto Contador (Spa) Astana 0.29 7 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis 0.31 8 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 9 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 10 Antonio Colom (Spa) Astana 11 Daniel Petrov (Bul) Benfica 12 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 13 Patxi Vila (Spa) Lampre 14 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 15 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis 16 Trent Lowe (Aus) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 17 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 18 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 19 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 0.39 20 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre 21 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 22 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom 0.42 23 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.48 24 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 2.01 25 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 2.04 26 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 2.10 27 Bingen Fernández (Spa) Cofidis 2.12 28 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.40 29 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.13 30 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 31 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre 32 Jaume Rovira (Spa) Extremadura-Ciclismo Solidario 33 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Astana 34 Mikel Nieve (Spa) Orbea - Oreka S.D.A 4.21 35 Lucas Euser (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 36 José Mendes (Por) Benfica 37 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Team Milram 38 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis 4.34 39 Julián Sánchez (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia 4.36 40 Josep Jufré (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 7.00 41 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 10.10 42 José Herrada Lopez (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia 10.18 43 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 44 Patrick McCarty (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 10.22 45 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Astana 12.42 46 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 12.50 47 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas 48 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 12.55 49 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis 15.01 50 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 15.13 51 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank 52 Iván Melero Coco (Spa) Orbea - Oreka S.D.A 15.28 53 Daniel Martin (Irl) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 16.49 54 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Benfica 17.06 55 Antonio Piedra (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur 17.11 56 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 18.26 57 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 18.36 58 Edgar Pinto (Por) Benfica 59 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Scott 60 Juan Francisco Mourón Doldan (Spa) Karpin Galicia 61 Oleg Chuzhda (Ukr) Contentpolis - Murcia 18.44 62 Gonzalo Rabunal (Spa) Karpin Galicia 18.49 63 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas 64 Javier Etxarri Marin (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia 65 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 19.09 66 Manuel Ortega (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur 21.02 67 Gustavo César Veloso (Spa) Karpin Galicia 21.59 68 Juan José Oroz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 23.39 69 Javier Benitez (Spa) Benfica 28.04 70 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 28.17 71 Jonathan Castroviejo (Spa) Orbea - Oreka S.D.A 72 Alan Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 73 Héctor González (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 28.32 74 Francisco Terciado Sacedo (Spa) Extremadura-Ciclismo Solidario 28.44 75 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre 29.22 76 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 29.28 77 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 78 Serafín Martínez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 29.41 79 Thomas Frei (Swi) Astana 80 Juan Olmo (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur 81 Julien Mazet (Fra) Astana 82 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Astana 83 Eladio Sánchez Prado (Spa) Orbea - Oreka S.D.A 84 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana 85 Alberto Fernández De La Puebla (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 86 Juan Javier Estrada (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur 29.49 87 Sergio Dominguez Munoz (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia 29.51 88 Adrián Palomares (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia 89 Alberto Fernández Sainz (Spa) Karpin Galicia 90 Gonzalo Zambrano (Spa) Extremadura-Ciclismo Solidario 30.06 91 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre 31.22 92 Israel Pérez Rodriguez (Spa) Extremadura-Ciclismo Solidario 31.56 93 Timothy Duggan (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 33.06 94 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis 33.28 95 Enrique Salgueiro (Spa) Extremadura-Ciclismo Solidario 34.34 96 Jean Eudes Demaret (Fra) Cofidis 35.50 97 Pedro Miguel Lopes Goncalves (Por) Benfica 38.07 98 David Martín Velasco (Spa) Orbea - Oreka S.D.A 38.12 99 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 38.56 100 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre 101 Chris Sutton (Aus) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 102 Xabat Ochotorena (Spa) Extremadura-Ciclismo Solidario 103 Julian Dean (NZl) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 104 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur 39.04 105 Claudio Casas (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur 39.08 106 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Rabobank 39.09 107 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 108 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank 109 Luis Angel Maté (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur 39.19 110 José Luis Carrasco (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur 111 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas 112 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Lampre 113 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Extremadura-Ciclismo Solidario 114 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 39.29 115 Ramon Troncoso (Spa) Karpin Galicia 39.53 116 Vladimir Isaichev (Rus) Karpin Galicia 40.50 117 Alejandro Paleo (Spa) Karpin Galicia 44.02 118 Damien Gaudin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 119 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 120 Volodymyr Diudia (Ukr) Team Milram 121 Eriz Ruiz D'Erentxun (Spa) Orbea - Oreka S.D.A 122 Raúl Alarcón (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 44.41 123 Sergio Andres De Lis (Spa) Orbea - Oreka S.D.A 45.18 124 Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis 125 Guido Trenti (USA) Liquigas 126 Andoni Lafuente (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 127 Eloy Teruel Rovira (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia 128 Unai Uribarri (Spa) Orbea - Oreka S.D.A 129 Helder Miranda (Spa) Benfica 46.02 130 Mathieu Drujon (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 48.35 131 Beñat Albizuri (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 132 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 54.22 133 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne Points classification 1 Rubén Plaza (Spa) Benfica 41 pts 2 Iván Gutiérrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 36 3 Manuel Váquez (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia 33 4 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 32 5 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 26 6 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 25 7 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 22 8 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre 20 9 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 19 10 Antonio Colom (Spa) Astana 18 11 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis 16 12 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 15 13 Daniel Petrov (Bul) Benfica 14 14 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 14 15 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 13 16 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis 12 17 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre 12 18 Javier Benitez (Spa) Benfica 10 19 Patxi Vila (Spa) Lampre 9 20 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre 9 21 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Scott 9 22 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 8 23 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 7 24 Gustavo César Veloso (Spa) Karpin Galicia 6 25 Timothy Duggan (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 5 Mountains classification 1 Manuel Váquez (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia 24 pts 2 Timothy Duggan (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 11 3 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 11 4 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 10 5 Patrick McCarty (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 10 6 Rubén Plaza (Spa) Benfica 9 7 Alberto Contador (Spa) Astana 9 8 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 6 9 Gustavo César Veloso (Spa) Karpin Galicia 6 10 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 5 11 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 4 Combination classification 1 Manuel Váquez (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia 6 pts 2 Rubén Plaza (Spa) Benfica 8 3 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 13 4 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 36 5 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 41 6 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 55 7 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 61 8 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 61 9 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 73 10 Patrick McCarty (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 86 11 Gustavo César Veloso (Spa) Karpin Galicia 100 Teams classification 1 Bouygues Telecom 37.22.18 2 Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 1.33 3 Benfica 3.26 4 Lampre 3.42 5 Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30 6 Astana 7 Euskaltel - Euskadi 5.51 8 Saunier Duval-Scott 6.29 9 Rabobank 9.13 10 Caisse d'Epargne 9.47 11 Liquigas 12.19 12 Contentpolis - Murcia 13.29 13 Team Milram 23.20 14 Orbea-Oreka S.D.A 35.58 15 Karpin Galicia 53.03 16 Extremadura-Grupo Gallardo 1.00.52 17 Andalucia - Cajasur 1.06.16
