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24th Vuelta a Castilla y León - 2.1
Spain, March 23-27, 2009
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Stage 3 - March 25: Sahagún - Estación Inv. De San Isiro, 156.9km
Valverde powers to uphill sprint win
Spaniard Alejandro Valverde took the third stage of the Vuelta a Castilla y León with a characteristically powerful uphill sprint, besting compatriots Rubén Plaza (Liberty Seguros) and Javier Moreno (Andalucía-Cajasur). Overall leader Levi Leipheimer (Astana) maintained his position on the general classification.
"I planned to try something in this third stage because it was a perfect one considering my characteristics and I knew that if I was lucky I had a chance to win it," said Valverde.
"The stage was a very fast one and we had to work a lot to catch the breakers. Leader Leipheimer's teammates worked a lot therefore and later on my team-mates rode at a very high rhythm in the climb. I am really satisfied to win here because the level of the race is high and also because I have not raced many days before coming here."
The 156.9 kilometre stage from Sahagún to the San Isidro ski station was made quite fast by strong tailwinds, and no breakaways could escape for the first half of the stage. A group of six riders finally escaped after 91 kilometres. Pablo Urtasun (Euskaltel-Euskadi), Ricardo Serrano (Fuji-Servetto), Lucas Euser (Garmin-Slilpstream), Serge Pauwels (Cervelo TestTeam), Raúl Santamaría (Burgos Monumental) and Francisco Mancebo (Rock Racing) could only manage just over a minute's lead.
The Astana team was responsible for much of the pacemaking, but made for a comfortable ride for Leipheimer and second placed Alberto Contador. "It was a very aggressive and fast stage, but in a way, comfortable for me, though not for my team", said Leipheimer. "My team did a great job, with Noval and Vaitkus pulling almost the whole day, and then with Chechu [Rubiera], Jesus Hernández and Haimar [Zubeldia]. They worked very well, because it was not simple to control on this finish".
The Caisse d'Epargne team took over on the run-in to the finish, setting a hard tempo at the front, and reeled in the escapees with four kilometres to go on the long, gradual climb to the finish. They delivered Valverde to his first victory of the season.
"The first victory of the season is always very important. It gives you more confidence for the remaining part of the season and I am really happy I won today," Valverde said.
"In spite of everything, even if it is true that I am not bad at all, I know that I still have to work a lot before reaching my best level. Tomorrow will be another day, with the queen stage and two first category hills. I hope to recover from today to be with the best riders tomorrow and if not with the very first at least not far behind."
Results
1 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 3.28.16 (45.202 km/h) 2 Rubén Plaza (Spa) Liberty Seguros 3 Javier Moreno (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur 4 José Alberto Benítez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 5 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Rock Racing 7 Mauricio Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 8 Javier Mejías (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 9 José Joaquín Rojas (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 10 Beñat Intxausti (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 11 Alberto Contador (Spa) Astana 12 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 13 Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa) Rabobank 14 Xavier Tondo (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur 15 David Garcia (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 16 Ignas Konovalovas (Ltu) Cervélo TestTeam 17 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank 18 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 19 Byron Patricio Guama De La Cruz (Ecu) Burgos Monumental - Castilla y Leon 20 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 21 Juan José Cobo (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 22 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 23 Bruno Pires (Por) Barbot-Siper 24 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank 25 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur 26 Ezequiel Mosquera (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 27 Adrián Palomares (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo 28 Rafael Valls Ferri (Spa) Burgos Monumental - Castilla y Leon 29 Edgar Pinto (Por) Liberty Seguros 30 Jorge Azanza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 31 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo 32 Stef Clement (Ned) Rabobank 33 Philip Deignan (Irl) Cervélo TestTeam 34 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 35 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 36 Denys Kostyuk (Ukr) ISD 37 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin-Slipstream 38 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 39 Tom Danielson (USA) Garmin-Slipstream 40 Julián Sánchez (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo 41 Nuno Ribeiro (Por) Liberty Seguros 42 David Bernabeu (Spa) Barbot-Siper 43 Volodimir Gustov (Ukr) Cervélo TestTeam 44 David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin-Slipstream 45 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Rock Racing 46 Huub Duyn (Ned) Garmin-Slipstream 47 Marlon Pérez (Col) Caisse d'Epargne 48 Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas (Spa) Orbea 49 Eritz Ruiz De Erentxun Antetara (Spa) Orbea 50 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 51 Carlos Nozal Vega (Spa) Liberty Seguros 52 Oscar García-Casarrubios (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo 53 Mikel Nieve (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 54 Dmitry Kozontchouk (Rus) Rabobank 55 Antonio Piedra (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur 56 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam 57 Vitaly Kondrut (Ukr) ISD 58 Miguel Minguez Ayala (Spa) Orbea 59 Francisco Pérez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 60 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Astana 61 Oscar Pujol (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam 62 Guillaume Le Floch (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 63 José Herrada (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo 64 Arkaitz Durán (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 65 Oleksandr Kvachuk (Ukr) ISD 66 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) Rock Racing 67 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros 68 David Vitoria (Swi) Rock Racing 69 Alejandro Paleo (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 70 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam 71 Glen Chadwick (Aus) Rock Racing 72 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) ISD 73 Iván Gutiérrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 74 Joseba Larralde Alzugarai (Spa) Orbea 75 José Antonio Redondo (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur 76 David Francisco Delgado (Spa) Burgos Monumental - Castilla y Leon 77 Ricardo Van Der Velde (Ned) Garmin-Slipstream 78 Helder Oliveira (Por) Barbot-Siper 79 Hernani Broco (Por) Liberty Seguros 80 Blake Caldwell (USA) Garmin-Slipstream 81 Alberto Fernández Sainz (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 82 Carlos Manuel Pinho Oliveira (Por) Barbot-Siper 83 Alberto Losada (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 84 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 85 Joaquin Novoa Menedez (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam 0.17 86 Francisco José Martínez (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur 87 Javier Benitez (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo 88 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 89 Ivan Melero Coco (Spa) Burgos Monumental - Castilla y Leon 0.32 90 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.40 91 Gorka Izaguirre Insausti (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo 92 Gianluca Mirenda (Ita) ISD 0.45 93 Davide Ricci Bitti (Ita) ISD 1.02 94 David Martín Velasco (Spa) Rock Racing 1.16 95 Javier Etxarri Marin (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo 1.35 96 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Cervélo TestTeam 1.52 97 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Astana 2.20 98 Jesús Hernández (Spa) Astana 99 Lucas Euser (USA) Garmin-Slipstream 100 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Rock Racing 101 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 102 Pablo Urtasun (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 103 Bruno Miguel Castanheira Gomes (Por) Barbot-Siper 3.07 104 Gustavo Dominguez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 105 Juan Francisco Mourón Doldan (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 106 Vladimir Isaichev (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 107 Joaquin Sobrino Martinez (Spa) Burgos Monumental - Castilla y Leon 108 Daniel Sesma Sorbet (Spa) Orbea 109 Ivan Dominguez (Cub) Fuji-Servetto 110 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 111 Evgeny Sokolov (Rus) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 112 Samuel Dias Coelho (Por) Barbot-Siper 4.15 113 Aitor Olano Orbegozo (Spa) Orbea 114 Manuel Antonio Leal Cardoso (Por) Liberty Seguros 4.24 115 Antonio Jesus (Por) Liberty Seguros 116 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 4.36 117 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) ISD 5.00 118 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5.20 119 Diego Gallego Arnaiz (Spa) Burgos Monumental - Castilla y Leon 120 Mikel Ilundain Tirapu (Spa) Orbea 121 Eneko Echeverz Carte (Spa) Orbea 122 Enrique Mata Cabello (Spa) Burgos Monumental - Castilla y Leon 5.52 123 Vidal Celis Zabala (Spa) Barbot-Siper 124 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Rock Racing 125 Raul Santamarta Valbuena (Spa) Burgos Monumental - Castilla y Leon 126 Damien Gaudin (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 5.55 127 José Antonio López (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur 7.14 128 José Antonio Carrasco (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur 129 Igor Abakoumov (Bel) ISD 130 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Garmin-Slipstream 131 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Astana 9.10 132 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Astana 133 Antonio Amorim (Por) Barbot-Siper Points 1 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 25 pts 2 Rubén Plaza (Spa) Liberty Seguros 20 3 Javier Moreno (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur 16 4 José Alberto Benítez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 14 5 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 12 6 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Rock Racing 10 7 Mauricio Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 9 8 Javier Mejías (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 8 9 José Joaquín Rojas (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 7 10 Beñat Intxausti (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 6 11 Alberto Contador (Spa) Astana 5 12 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 4 13 Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa) Rabobank 3 14 Xavier Tondo (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur 2 15 David Garcia (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 1 Mountains Alto De San Isidro (Cat. 2) km. 156.90 1 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 6 pts 2 Rubén Plaza (Spa) Liberty Seguros 4 3 Javier Moreno (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur 2 4 José Alberto Benítez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 1 Teams 1 Fuji-Servetto 10.24.48 2 Caisse d'Epargne 3 Rabobank 4 Andalucia Cajasur 5 Liberty Seguros 6 Euskaltel - Euskadi 7 Xacobeo Galicia 8 Astana 9 Cervelo Test Team 10 Contentpolis-Ampo 11 Rock Racing 12 Garmin - Slipstream 13 Burgos Monumental - Castilla y Leon 14 Barbot - Siper 15 Orbea 16 ISD ITA 17 Bbox Bouygues Telecom General classification after stage 3 1 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 8.33.26 2 Alberto Contador (Spa) Astana 0.16 3 David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin-Slipstream 0.22 4 Stef Clement (Ned) Rabobank 0.49 5 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 0.55 6 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.16 7 Iván Gutiérrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1.17 8 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Rock Racing 1.33 9 Tom Danielson (USA) Garmin-Slipstream 1.36 10 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin-Slipstream 1.39 11 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 1.46 12 Ignas Konovalovas (Ltu) Cervélo TestTeam 1.47 13 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank 14 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 15 Xavier Tondo (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur 1.51 16 Rubén Plaza (Spa) Liberty Seguros 1.52 17 Philip Deignan (Irl) Cervélo TestTeam 1.53 18 Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa) Rabobank 1.56 19 Ezequiel Mosquera (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 2.01 20 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2.07 21 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.08 22 Francisco Pérez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2.10 23 Vitaly Kondrut (Ukr) ISD 2.12 24 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Rock Racing 2.15 25 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) Rock Racing 2.18 26 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) ISD 27 Alberto Losada (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2.19 28 Mauricio Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 2.20 29 David Bernabeu (Spa) Barbot-Siper 2.24 30 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros 2.26 31 Adrián Palomares (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo 2.31 32 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam 2.32 33 Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas (Spa) Orbea 2.34 34 Marlon Pérez (Col) Caisse d'Epargne 2.35 35 Volodimir Gustov (Ukr) Cervélo TestTeam 2.42 36 Denys Kostyuk (Ukr) ISD 2.43 37 Oleksandr Kvachuk (Ukr) ISD 38 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Astana 2.45 39 Javier Moreno (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur 2.49 40 Blake Caldwell (USA) Garmin-Slipstream 2.51 41 Juan José Cobo (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 2.54 42 David Garcia (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 2.56 43 Carlos Nozal Vega (Spa) Liberty Seguros 2.57 44 Arkaitz Durán (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 3.00 45 Antonio Piedra (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur 46 Beñat Intxausti (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 3.01 47 Bruno Pires (Por) Barbot-Siper 3.03 48 Julián Sánchez (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo 3.06 49 José Joaquín Rojas (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 3.11 50 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 3.17 51 Mikel Nieve (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.18 52 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 3.20 53 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank 3.25 54 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.26 55 Dmitry Kozontchouk (Rus) Rabobank 3.27 56 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 3.30 57 David Vitoria (Swi) Rock Racing 3.33 58 Glen Chadwick (Aus) Rock Racing 3.40 59 Oscar Pujol (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam 3.41 60 José Herrada (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo 3.45 61 Javier Mejías (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 3.47 62 Rafael Valls Ferri (Spa) Burgos Monumental - Castilla y Leon 3.49 63 Alejandro Paleo (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 3.55 64 Nuno Ribeiro (Por) Liberty Seguros 3.58 65 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo 4.06 66 Gorka Izaguirre Insausti (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo 4.07 67 Edgar Pinto (Por) Liberty Seguros 4.13 68 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.26 69 Joseba Larralde Alzugarai (Spa) Orbea 4.37 70 Davide Ricci Bitti (Ita) ISD 4.43 71 Guillaume Le Floch (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 4.47 72 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 5.04 73 Pablo Urtasun (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5.09 74 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur 5.20 75 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Rock Racing 5.24 76 Helder Oliveira (Por) Barbot-Siper 77 Carlos Manuel Pinho Oliveira (Por) Barbot-Siper 5.48 78 Gianluca Mirenda (Ita) ISD 5.53 79 Jesús Hernández (Spa) Astana 5.57 80 Byron Patricio Guama De La Cruz (Ecu) Burgos Monumental - Castilla y Leon 6.27 81 Javier Etxarri Marin (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo 6.30 82 Daniel Sesma Sorbet (Spa) Orbea 6.34 83 Bruno Miguel Castanheira Gomes (Por) Barbot-Siper 6.45 84 Gustavo Dominguez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 6.49 85 Lucas Euser (USA) Garmin-Slipstream 7.07 86 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 7.30 87 Juan Francisco Mourón Doldan (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 7.43 88 Joaquin Sobrino Martinez (Spa) Burgos Monumental - Castilla y Leon 8.02 89 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam 8.20 90 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8.23 91 José Antonio Redondo (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur 8.31 92 Huub Duyn (Ned) Garmin-Slipstream 8.35 93 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 9.05 94 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Rock Racing 9.30 95 Enrique Mata Cabello (Spa) Burgos Monumental - Castilla y Leon 10.02 96 Manuel Antonio Leal Cardoso (Por) Liberty Seguros 10.04 97 Javier Benitez (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo 98 José Antonio Carrasco (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur 10.16 99 Ivan Melero Coco (Spa) Burgos Monumental - Castilla y Leon 10.23 100 Hernani Broco (Por) Liberty Seguros 10.38 101 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Garmin-Slipstream 10.42 102 Miguel Minguez Ayala (Spa) Orbea 103 Ricardo Van Der Velde (Ned) Garmin-Slipstream 10.50 104 José Alberto Benítez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 10.59 105 David Francisco Delgado (Spa) Burgos Monumental - Castilla y Leon 11.03 106 Eritz Ruiz De Erentxun Antetara (Spa) Orbea 11.05 107 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 11.12 108 Oscar García-Casarrubios (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo 11.25 109 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Cervélo TestTeam 11.42 110 Evgeny Sokolov (Rus) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 11.50 111 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Astana 112 David Martín Velasco (Spa) Rock Racing 12.07 113 Vladimir Isaichev (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 12.17 114 José Antonio López (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur 12.22 115 Alberto Fernández Sainz (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 12.29 116 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Astana 12.47 117 Francisco José Martínez (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur 12.49 118 Jorge Azanza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 13.35 119 Igor Abakoumov (Bel) ISD 120 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) ISD 14.00 121 Joaquin Novoa Menedez (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam 14.11 122 Ivan Dominguez (Cub) Fuji-Servetto 14.30 123 Mikel Ilundain Tirapu (Spa) Orbea 15.29 124 Damien Gaudin (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 16.01 125 Eneko Echeverz Carte (Spa) Orbea 16.12 126 Aitor Olano Orbegozo (Spa) Orbea 16.19 127 Raul Santamarta Valbuena (Spa) Burgos Monumental - Castilla y Leon 16.49 128 Samuel Dias Coelho (Por) Barbot-Siper 17.06 129 Diego Gallego Arnaiz (Spa) Burgos Monumental - Castilla y Leon 17.21 130 Antonio Jesus (Por) Liberty Seguros 17.59 131 Vidal Celis Zabala (Spa) Barbot-Siper 19.38 132 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Astana 20.40 133 Antonio Amorim (Por) Barbot-Siper 22.49 Points classification 1 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 26 pts 2 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 25 3 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 25 4 Joaquin Sobrino Martinez (Spa) Burgos Monumental - Castilla y Leon 25 5 Alberto Contador (Spa) Astana 25 6 José Joaquín Rojas (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 23 7 Rubén Plaza (Spa) Liberty Seguros 20 8 David Vitoria (Swi) Rock Racing 20 9 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Rock Racing 18 10 David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin-Slipstream 16 11 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 16 12 Javier Moreno (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur 16 13 Stef Clement (Ned) Rabobank 14 14 José Alberto Benítez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 14 15 Mauricio Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 13 16 Iván Gutiérrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 12 17 Manuel Antonio Leal Cardoso (Por) Liberty Seguros 12 18 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10 19 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Garmin-Slipstream 10 20 Juan Francisco Mourón Doldan (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 9 21 Denys Kostyuk (Ukr) ISD 8 22 Javier Mejías (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 8 23 Tom Danielson (USA) Garmin-Slipstream 7 24 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 7 25 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin-Slipstream 6 Mountains classification 1 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 6 pts 2 José Antonio López (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur 5 3 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Rock Racing 4 4 Rubén Plaza (Spa) Liberty Seguros 4 5 Raul Santamarta Valbuena (Spa) Burgos Monumental - Castilla y Leon 3 6 Javier Moreno (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur 2 7 José Alberto Benítez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 1 Combination classification 1 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 5 pts 2 Rubén Plaza (Spa) Liberty Seguros 5 3 Javier Moreno (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur 5 4 José Alberto Benítez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 5 5 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 4 6 Alberto Contador (Spa) Astana 4 7 David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin-Slipstream 4 8 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 4 9 Stef Clement (Ned) Rabobank 4 10 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Rock Racing 4 11 Iván Gutiérrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4 Regional rider classification 1 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam 2 Oscar Pujol (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam 3 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Rock Racing 4 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 5 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam 6 Enrique Mata Cabello (Spa) Burgos Monumental - Castilla y Leon 7 Ivan Melero Coco (Spa) Burgos Monumental - Castilla y Leon 8 David Francisco Delgado (Spa) Burgos Monumental - Castilla y Leon 9 Alberto Fernández Sainz (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 10 Joaquin Novoa Menedez (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam Spanish rider classification 1 Alberto Contador (Spa) Astana 2 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3 Iván Gutiérrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Rock Racing 5 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 6 Xavier Tondo (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur 7 Rubén Plaza (Spa) Liberty Seguros 8 Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa) Rabobank 9 Ezequiel Mosquera (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 10 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 11 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi Teams classification 1 Astana 25.43.19 2 Rabobank 0.29 3 Garmin - Slipstream 0.36 4 Caisse d'Epargne 2.10 5 Cervelo Test Team 2.23 6 Rock Racing 3.05 7 Euskaltel - Euskadi 3.12 8 ISD 3.53 9 Liberty Seguros 4.14 10 Xacobeo Galicia 4.30 11 Andalucia Cajasur 4.39 12 Fuji-Servetto 5.54 13 Contentpolis-Ampo 6.03 14 Barbot - Siper 6.04 15 Bbox Bouygues Telecom 6.42 16 Orbea 7.06 17 Burgos Monumental - Castilla y Leon 9.22
