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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 4 - February 29: Naquera - Naquera, 175.6km
Italian victory in Spain
By Monika Prell
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Mirco Lorenzetto scored his first win for his new Lampre team on stage four of the Vuelta a la Comunidad Valenciana. The former Milram lead-out man showed he can get the win for himself in a tough uphill sprint, besting Spaniard Xavier Florencio (Bouygues Télécom) and his compatriot Filippo Pozzato (Liquigas).
Rubén Plaza (Benfica) held on to the race lead by staying with the front group in the split peloton. Plaza was able to celebrate his 28th birthday on the leap year day in yellow, and was cautious about saying he could take the overall classification on Saturday's final stage. "Nothing is decided," he said. "Tomorrow's stage will be hard due to the wind. We will have to be very attentive."
How it unfolded
The 133 remaining riders started at 12:15 in the little town of Naquer for the day's eight lap circuit of 22 kilometres each for a total of 175.6 km. With another warm and sunny day ahead, yellow jersey Rubén Plaza would have to withstand many strong attacks to hold onto the five second lead in the overall classification.
The race had just started when the first rider tried to escape: Luis Mate (Andalucía Cajasur) was followed by eleven other riders to form the first breakaway. Alberto Contador (Astana), Stéphane Augé (Cofidis), Juan José Oroz (Euskaltel Euskadi), Damiano Cunego (Lampre), Claudio Corioni (Liquigas), Francisco José Terciado and Gonzalo Zambrano (Extremadura Grupo Gallardo), Gonzalo Rabuñal and Juan Francisco Mouron (Karpin Galicia) and Lucas Euser (Slipstream – Chipotle) joined the Spaniard. With Contador threatening the leader, the gap was kept small by the peloton, and by the end of lap one in Naquera and the first intermediate sprint, the peloton was back together. Daniel Navarro (Astana) snuck past the remainder of the breakaway to take the points ahead of Oroz and Augé.
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Various riders tried their luck over the next lap, but nobody was able to escape the high speeds of the peloton. Finally, near the end of lap two, a pair of riders were able to form a successful move. American Lucas Euser (Slipstream – Chipotle) and Spaniard Antonio Piedra (Andalucía Cajasur) snapped the elastic and broke clear. Piedra took several lucrative primes along the duo's 123 kilometre long escape, which reached a maximum advantage of 6 minutes and 44 seconds at kilometre 106.
Lucas Euser enjoyed the position of virtual leader for much of the race, as he started the day 4 minutes 21 seconds behind Plaza, but ultimately the leader's Benfica team would bring the break back with the help of Contentpolis-Murcia, the team of mountains classification leader Manuel Vázquez. With the finale of the stage turning off the circuit and onto a difficult category three climb to the hermitage "Ermita de San Frances" and a chance to shift the race lead, the advance of the duo in front diminished very fast, and the breakaway was defeated 12 kilometers before the finish.
During the last kilometers there was a flurry of attacks, but the Contentpolis-Murcia, Caisse d'Epargne and Lampre teams held the race together. With 300 meters before the finish, Vázquez tried his luck, but he was overtaken by Mirco Lorenzetto, Xavier Florencio, Filippo Pozzato and Alessandro Ballan.
After the stage, Vázquez was disappointed. "I started too early. I tried it, but I did not reach my goal." His team-mate Adrián Palomares was happy with the outcome. "Manuel is the leader of the mountain classification, we did a good job. You can't second guess."
Tomorrow's last stage will start and end in Valencia and consists of 149.4 kilometers without any major climbs.
Photography
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Images by Roberto Bettini/www.bettiniphoto.net
- Damiano Cunego (Lampre) on the attack during stage four.
- Mirco Lorenzetto (Lampre) isn't just a leadout man. The Italian's victory was his second as a professional and the first for his new team.
Results
1 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre 4.15.00 (41.318 km/h) 2 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 3 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 4 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre 5 Manuel Váquez (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia 6 Iván Gutiérrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 7 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 8 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom 9 Alberto Contador (Spa) Astana 10 Javier Benitez (Spa) Benfica 11 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 12 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 13 Rubén Plaza (Spa) Benfica 14 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 15 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 16 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis 17 Trent Lowe (Aus) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 18 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Team Milram 19 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis 20 Antonio Colom (Spa) Astana 21 Josep Jufré (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 0.12 22 Patxi Vila (Spa) Lampre 0.14 23 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 24 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 25 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 26 Gonzalo Rabunal (Spa) Karpin Galicia 27 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Scott 28 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis 29 Juan Francisco Mourón Doldan (Spa) Karpin Galicia 30 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 31 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 32 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 33 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 34 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 35 Daniel Petrov (Bul) Benfica 36 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 37 Bingen Fernández (Spa) Cofidis 38 Jonathan Castroviejo (Spa) Orbea - Oreka S.D.A 39 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 40 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis 41 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Rabobank 42 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 43 Mikel Nieve (Spa) Orbea - Oreka S.D.A 44 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre 45 José Herrada Lopez (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia 46 Luis Angel Maté (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur 47 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 48 Claudio Casas (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur 49 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 50 Oleg Chuzhda (Ukr) Contentpolis - Murcia 0.26 51 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Astana 52 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 53 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur 0.29 54 Eladio Sánchez Prado (Spa) Orbea - Oreka S.D.A 0.30 55 Xabat Ochotorena (Spa) Extremadura-Ciclismo Solidario 56 Juan Olmo (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur 57 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank 0.33 58 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 0.36 59 Iván Melero Coco (Spa) Orbea - Oreka S.D.A 0.38 60 Serafín Martínez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 61 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Astana 62 Timothy Duggan (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 63 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 64 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis 65 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 66 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Astana 67 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana 68 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 69 Eriz Ruiz D'Erentxun (Spa) Orbea - Oreka S.D.A 0.48 70 Alejandro Paleo (Spa) Karpin Galicia 0.54 71 Thomas Frei (Swi) Astana 0.57 72 Julien Mazet (Fra) Astana 73 Julián Sánchez (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia 1.00 74 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank 75 Alberto Fernández De La Puebla (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 76 José Mendes (Por) Benfica 77 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas 78 Francisco Terciado Sacedo (Spa) Extremadura-Ciclismo Solidario 79 Beñat Albizuri (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 80 David Martín Velasco (Spa) Orbea - Oreka S.D.A 81 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Benfica 82 Jaume Rovira (Spa) Extremadura-Ciclismo Solidario 83 Manuel Ortega (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur 84 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 85 Mathieu Drujon (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 1.08 86 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 1.14 87 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 88 Juan José Oroz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 89 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas 90 Ramon Troncoso (Spa) Karpin Galicia 91 Patrick McCarty (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 1.24 92 Sergio Dominguez Munoz (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia 93 Sergio Andres De Lis (Spa) Orbea - Oreka S.D.A 94 Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis 95 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 96 Chris Sutton (Aus) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 97 Gonzalo Zambrano (Spa) Extremadura-Ciclismo Solidario 1.41 98 Jean Eudes Demaret (Fra) Cofidis 99 Juan Javier Estrada (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur 100 Daniel Martin (Irl) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 1.47 101 José Luis Carrasco (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur 1.50 102 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas 1.52 103 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 1.57 104 Adrián Palomares (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia 2.00 105 Antonio Piedra (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur 106 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2.04 107 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2.07 108 Julian Dean (NZl) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 109 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 110 Alberto Fernández Sainz (Spa) Karpin Galicia 2.10 111 Damien Gaudin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 112 Eloy Teruel Rovira (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia 2.12 113 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre 2.32 114 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre 2.34 115 Alan Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 116 Andoni Lafuente (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.54 117 Lucas Euser (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 2.56 118 Pedro Miguel Lopes Goncalves (Por) Benfica 119 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Lampre 3.02 120 Gustavo César Veloso (Spa) Karpin Galicia 3.23 121 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Extremadura-Ciclismo Solidario 8.14 122 Héctor González (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 123 Israel Pérez Rodriguez (Spa) Extremadura-Ciclismo Solidario 124 Unai Uribarri (Spa) Orbea - Oreka S.D.A 125 Vladimir Isaichev (Rus) Karpin Galicia 126 Guido Trenti (USA) Liquigas 127 Helder Miranda (Spa) Benfica 11.49 128 Edgar Pinto (Por) Benfica 129 Javier Etxarri Marin (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia 130 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne Points 1 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre 25 pts 2 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 20 3 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 16 4 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre 14 5 Manuel Váquez (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia 12 6 Iván Gutiérrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 10 7 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 9 8 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom 8 9 Alberto Contador (Spa) Astana 7 10 Javier Benitez (Spa) Benfica 6 11 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5 12 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 4 13 Rubén Plaza (Spa) Benfica 3 14 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 2 15 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 1 Sprints Naquera, km. 23 1 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Astana 3 pts 2 Juan José Oroz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 3 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis 1 Naquera, km. 132 1 Lucas Euser (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 3 pts 2 Antonio Piedra (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur 2 3 Iván Gutiérrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1 Mountains Naquera (Cat. 3) km. 175.60 1 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre 3 pts 2 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 2 3 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 1 General classification after stage 4 1 Rubén Plaza (Spa) Benfica 16.41.55 2 Manuel Váquez (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia 0.05 3 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 0.21 4 Iván Gutiérrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0.24 5 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.31 6 Alberto Contador (Spa) Astana 0.33 7 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.35 8 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis 9 Antonio Colom (Spa) Astana 10 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 11 Trent Lowe (Aus) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 12 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom 0.46 13 Patxi Vila (Spa) Lampre 0.49 14 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 15 Daniel Petrov (Bul) Benfica 16 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis 17 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 18 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 19 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 0.57 20 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 21 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre 22 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 1.01 23 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.06 24 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 2.19 25 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 2.22 26 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 2.28 27 Bingen Fernández (Spa) Cofidis 2.30 28 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.54 29 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre 4.13 30 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 31 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Team Milram 4.21 32 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.27 33 Mikel Nieve (Spa) Orbea - Oreka S.D.A 4.35 34 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Astana 4.48 35 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis 36 Jaume Rovira (Spa) Extremadura-Ciclismo Solidario 5.13 37 José Mendes (Por) Benfica 5.21 38 Julián Sánchez (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia 5.36 39 Josep Jufré (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 7.12 40 Lucas Euser (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 7.14 41 José Herrada Lopez (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia 10.32 42 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 10.56 43 Patrick McCarty (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 11.46 44 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 12.17 45 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 13.04 46 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Astana 13.08 47 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas 14.42 48 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 14.52 49 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis 15.01 50 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 15.27 51 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank 15.46 52 Iván Melero Coco (Spa) Orbea - Oreka S.D.A 16.06 53 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Benfica 18.06 54 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 18.32 55 Daniel Martin (Irl) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 18.36 56 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Scott 18.50 57 Juan Francisco Mourón Doldan (Spa) Karpin Galicia 58 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 19.02 59 Gonzalo Rabunal (Spa) Karpin Galicia 19.03 60 Antonio Piedra (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur 19.09 61 Oleg Chuzhda (Ukr) Contentpolis - Murcia 19.10 62 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 19.47 63 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas 19.49 64 Manuel Ortega (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur 22.02 65 Juan José Oroz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 24.51 66 Gustavo César Veloso (Spa) Karpin Galicia 25.22 67 Javier Benitez (Spa) Benfica 28.04 68 Jonathan Castroviejo (Spa) Orbea - Oreka S.D.A 28.31 69 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre 29.12 70 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 29.28 71 Francisco Terciado Sacedo (Spa) Extremadura-Ciclismo Solidario 29.44 72 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 30.06 73 Juan Olmo (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur 30.11 74 Eladio Sánchez Prado (Spa) Orbea - Oreka S.D.A 75 Serafín Martínez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 30.19 76 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Astana 77 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana 78 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 30.21 79 Edgar Pinto (Por) Benfica 30.25 80 Thomas Frei (Swi) Astana 30.38 81 Javier Etxarri Marin (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia 82 Julien Mazet (Fra) Astana 83 Alberto Fernández De La Puebla (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 30.41 84 Alan Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 30.51 85 Sergio Dominguez Munoz (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia 31.15 86 Juan Javier Estrada (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur 31.30 87 Gonzalo Zambrano (Spa) Extremadura-Ciclismo Solidario 31.47 88 Adrián Palomares (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia 31.51 89 Alberto Fernández Sainz (Spa) Karpin Galicia 32.01 90 Timothy Duggan (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 33.44 91 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre 33.56 92 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis 34.05 93 Héctor González (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 36.46 94 Jean Eudes Demaret (Fra) Cofidis 37.31 95 David Martín Velasco (Spa) Orbea - Oreka S.D.A 39.12 96 Claudio Casas (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur 39.22 97 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Rabobank 39.23 98 Xabat Ochotorena (Spa) Extremadura-Ciclismo Solidario 39.26 99 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur 39.33 100 Luis Angel Maté (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur 101 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank 40.09 102 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 103 Israel Pérez Rodriguez (Spa) Extremadura-Ciclismo Solidario 40.10 104 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 40.20 105 Chris Sutton (Aus) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 106 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas 40.33 107 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 40.43 108 Pedro Miguel Lopes Goncalves (Por) Benfica 41.03 109 Julian Dean (NZl) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 110 Ramon Troncoso (Spa) Karpin Galicia 41.07 111 José Luis Carrasco (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur 41.09 112 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre 41.28 113 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Lampre 42.21 114 Eriz Ruiz D'Erentxun (Spa) Orbea - Oreka S.D.A 44.50 115 Alejandro Paleo (Spa) Karpin Galicia 44.56 116 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 45.16 117 Damien Gaudin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 46.12 118 Sergio Andres De Lis (Spa) Orbea - Oreka S.D.A 46.42 119 Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis 120 Eloy Teruel Rovira (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia 47.30 121 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Extremadura-Ciclismo Solidario 47.33 122 Andoni Lafuente (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 48.12 123 Vladimir Isaichev (Rus) Karpin Galicia 49.04 124 Beñat Albizuri (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 49.35 125 Mathieu Drujon (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 49.43 126 Guido Trenti (USA) Liquigas 53.32 127 Unai Uribarri (Spa) Orbea - Oreka S.D.A 128 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 56.29 129 Helder Miranda (Spa) Benfica 57.51 130 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 1.06.11 Points classification 1 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 52 pts 2 Iván Gutiérrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 47 3 Manuel Váquez (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia 45 4 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre 45 5 Rubén Plaza (Spa) Benfica 44 6 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 31 7 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 30 8 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 25 9 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 22 10 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 22 11 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Slipstream Chipotle - H30 19 12 Antonio Colom (Spa) Astana 18 13 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre 18 14 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 17 15 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis 16 16 Javier Benitez (Spa) Benfica 16 17 Daniel Petrov (Bul) Benfica 14 18 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis 12 19 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre 12 20 Patxi Vila (Spa) Lampre 9 21 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre 9 22 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Scott 9 23 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom 8 24 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 8 25 Alberto Contador (Spa) Astana 7 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 12 3 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 14 4 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 20 5 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 35 6 Alberto Contador (Spa) Astana 38 7 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 39 8 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom 50 9 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 61 10 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 65 11 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 67 Teams classification 1 Bouygues Telecom 50.07.30 2 Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 1.47 3 Benfica 3.32 4 Lampre 3.52 5 Astana 4.04 6 Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30 4.42 7 Euskaltel - Euskadi 6.11 8 Saunier Duval-Scott 7.05 9 Rabobank 9.33 10 Caisse d'Epargne 10.35 11 Liquigas 12.29 12 Contentpolis - Murcia 13.57 13 Team Milram 23.26 14 Orbea-Oreka S.D.A 36.44 15 Karpin Galicia 53.57 16 Extremadura-Grupo Gallardo 1.03.10 17 Andalucia - Cajasur 1.07.01
