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24th Vuelta a Castilla y León - 2.1
Spain, March 23-27, 2009
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Stage 4 - March 26: Santa María Del Páramo - Galende-Laguna De Los Peces, 145.4km
Cobo wins with well-timed attack
By Bjorn Haake
Juan José Cobo gave his Fuji-Servetto team its first victory of the season with a well-timed his attack up to the Laguna De Los Peces on Thursday's stage of Castilla y León. Cobo went clear with about two kilometres left to race, just when lone leader Xavier Tondo (Andalucía-Cajasur) cracked, and held off the group of favourites by eight seconds. Denis Menchov (Rabobank) led home the group of favourites.
Cobo, who last year took second in the Hautacam stage of the Tour de France before his then-Saunier Duval team was forced to leave the race after Riccardo Ricco tested positive, said the win was important to the re-formed squad, now called Fuji-Servetto. "This victory is very important to continue forward and to demonstrate that we are there," Cobo said.
"I suffered a lot to make it over the first climb in the second group. It was very hard, but at the end I had my opportunity and I took advantage of it." Cobo intended to attack with 6km to go, "but Contador was riding at a very strong pace. So I decided to attack at 2 km, when we caught Tondo."
Cobo called the win a vindication over the Tour de France organisers, Amaury Sport Organisation, who did not invite the team to this year's races. "Last year there was a problem with some riders and we have had many critiques. I have been fighting from the last Tour of France to continue and to demonstrate that during this time I have ridden legally."
There were no changes in the overall, despite David Zabriskie (Garmin-Slipstream) causing a bit of a panic to the dual heads of the Astana team, overall leader Levi Leipheimer and Alberto Contador. The Spaniard proved his faithfulness to his American teammate by pulling Zabriskie back and limiting the time gap to the stage winner.
Contador was happy to be able to do all the work for his teammate Levi Leipheimer and help keep the latter in the leader's jersey. "On the last climb I set a fast pace, so there wouldn't be any attacks." Cobo got away, but Contador emphasised that for Astana it was the overall that counted. "I was attentive to the attacks, but Cobo is no threat [in the overall]. Today was a key day to win the race."
Contador did not think about his own ambitions for one second. "That is totally secondary. I knew that Zabriskie was following Leipheimer's wheel and that he [Zabriskie] is only a few seconds behind me in the overall, but I didn't care."
"I have had good legs since the start of the race, which allowed me to do a good job. In the last climb I felt well but the previous one was even better, which was harder and suited my characteristics better."
Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne), winner of Wednesday's stage, had his sights on a repeat victory, but instead finished with the group of favourites. "On that final climb, Cobo attacked and surprised everybody. Nobody reacted and it was not possible to repeat yesterday's victory, even though it would not have been impossible. I am satisfied because after the efforts I did yesterday I recovered very well, and I felt well in both climbs."
Breaking loose
The first break of the day got away after less than 50km, with Jose Joaquin Rojas (Caisse), Rubén Pérez (Euskaltel-Euskadi), Ricardo Van Der Velde (Garmin-Slipstream), Juan Manuel Gárate (Rabobank), Carlos Nozal (Liberty Seguros), Adrian Palomares (Contentpolis-Ampo), Bartosz Huzarski (ISD), Ivan Melero (Burgos Monumental), Jonathan Castroviejo (Orbea) and Antonio Piedra (Andalucía-Cajasur).
Óscar Sevilla joined the break later and since the Spaniard was only about 90 seconds back in GC, Astana had to work hard on the front.
On the final climb Tondo attacked and left his break companions behind. The others were reeled back in and Tondo still had a good half minute with five km to go. But Astana's work at the front paid off and Tondo was caught two kilometres from the line.
The peloton relaxed a but and Cobo used the time for a counter on the left hand side of the road. His lead never went much past ten seconds, but it was enough to gibe him the stage win.
Tomorrow's final stage runs from Benavente to Valladolid, over 152.5km. Zabriskie continues to be Leipheimer's closest rival at 22 seconds, not counting Contador at 16 seconds back.
Results
1 Juan José Cobo (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 3.42.03 (39.288 km/h) 2 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 0.08 3 Javier Moreno (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur 0.09 4 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 5 Philip Deignan (Irl) Cervélo TestTeam 6 Stef Clement (Ned) Rabobank 7 Ezequiel Mosquera (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 8 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 9 Alberto Contador (Spa) Astana 10 Bruno Pires (Por) Barbot-Siper 11 David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin-Slipstream 12 Xavier Tondo (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur 13 Nuno Ribeiro (Por) Liberty Seguros 0.20 14 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.03 15 Javier Mejías (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 16 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank 1.07 17 Mikel Nieve (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.18 18 Beñat Intxausti (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 1.24 19 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 20 David Garcia (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 21 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 22 Mauricio Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 1.26 23 Volodimir Gustov (Ukr) Cervélo TestTeam 24 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Rock Racing 25 Ignas Konovalovas (Ltu) Cervélo TestTeam 26 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Rock Racing 27 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) Rock Racing 28 Alberto Losada (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 29 Francisco Pérez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 30 Julián Sánchez (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo 31 Rubén Plaza (Spa) Liberty Seguros 32 Glen Chadwick (Aus) Rock Racing 33 David Bernabeu (Spa) Barbot-Siper 1.54 34 Iván Gutiérrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1.58 35 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur 36 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 37 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 38 Oscar Pujol (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam 39 Blake Caldwell (USA) Garmin-Slipstream 40 Javier Etxarri Marin (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo 41 Rafael Valls Ferri (Spa) Burgos Monumental - Castilla y Leon 2.16 42 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Rock Racing 2.45 43 Byron Patricio Guama De La Cruz (Ecu) Burgos Monumental - Castilla y Leon 3.02 44 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) ISD 45 Carlos Nozal Vega (Spa) Liberty Seguros 46 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros 47 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam 3.13 48 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam 49 Vitaly Kondrut (Ukr) ISD 4.32 50 Hernani Broco (Por) Liberty Seguros 51 Tom Danielson (USA) Garmin-Slipstream 52 Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa) Rabobank 6.08 53 Adrián Palomares (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo 54 Jesús Hernández (Spa) Astana 6.31 55 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 7.03 56 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin-Slipstream 57 Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas (Spa) Orbea 58 Jorge Azanza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 59 José Alberto Benítez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 60 Antonio Piedra (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur 61 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 9.11 62 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Astana 9.34 63 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 64 Lucas Euser (USA) Garmin-Slipstream 65 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 11.33 66 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Astana 67 Alejandro Paleo (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 19.54 68 Alberto Fernández Sainz (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 69 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo 70 Oscar García-Casarrubios (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo 71 Edgar Pinto (Por) Liberty Seguros 72 Joseba Larralde Alzugarai (Spa) Orbea 73 Denys Kostyuk (Ukr) ISD 74 Oleksandr Kvachuk (Ukr) ISD 75 José Joaquín Rojas (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 76 Guillaume Le Floch (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 77 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 78 David Francisco Delgado (Spa) Burgos Monumental - Castilla y Leon 79 Diego Gallego Arnaiz (Spa) Burgos Monumental - Castilla y Leon 80 Carlos Manuel Pinho Oliveira (Por) Barbot-Siper 81 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 82 José Antonio Redondo (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur 83 José Antonio Carrasco (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur 84 Dmitry Kozontchouk (Rus) Rabobank 85 Evgeny Sokolov (Rus) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 86 Arkaitz Durán (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 87 Davide Ricci Bitti (Ita) ISD 25.08 88 Gianluca Mirenda (Ita) ISD 89 Francisco José Martínez (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur 90 Marlon Pérez (Col) Caisse d'Epargne 91 Vladimir Isaichev (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 92 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Astana 93 Daniel Sesma Sorbet (Spa) Orbea 94 Juan Francisco Mourón Doldan (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 95 Manuel Antonio Leal Cardoso (Por) Liberty Seguros 96 Eritz Ruiz De Erentxun Antetara (Spa) Orbea 97 Vidal Celis Zabala (Spa) Barbot-Siper 98 Enrique Mata Cabello (Spa) Burgos Monumental - Castilla y Leon 99 Gustavo Dominguez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 100 Mikel Ilundain Tirapu (Spa) Orbea 101 Aitor Olano Orbegozo (Spa) Orbea 102 Helder Oliveira (Por) Barbot-Siper 103 Joaquin Novoa Menedez (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam 104 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank 105 Samuel Dias Coelho (Por) Barbot-Siper 106 Eneko Echeverz Carte (Spa) Orbea 107 Huub Duyn (Ned) Garmin-Slipstream 108 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 109 Igor Abakoumov (Bel) ISD 110 Ivan Melero Coco (Spa) Burgos Monumental - Castilla y Leon 111 Ivan Dominguez (Cub) Fuji-Servetto 112 Ricardo Van Der Velde (Ned) Garmin-Slipstream 113 Raul Santamarta Valbuena (Spa) Burgos Monumental - Castilla y Leon 114 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Rock Racing 115 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Cervélo TestTeam 116 Gorka Izaguirre Insausti (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo 117 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Garmin-Slipstream 118 Pablo Urtasun (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 119 Antonio Amorim (Por) Barbot-Siper 120 Bruno Miguel Castanheira Gomes (Por) Barbot-Siper 121 Joaquin Sobrino Martinez (Spa) Burgos Monumental - Castilla y Leon 122 Antonio Jesus (Por) Liberty Seguros 123 Miguel Minguez Ayala (Spa) Orbea 124 David Martín Velasco (Spa) Rock Racing 125 Javier Benitez (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo 126 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 127 José Antonio López (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur 128 David Vitoria (Swi) Rock Racing 129 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 130 Damien Gaudin (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 131 José Herrada (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo 25.18 132 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) ISD 32.42 Points 1 Juan José Cobo (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 25 pts 2 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 20 3 Javier Moreno (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur 16 4 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 14 5 Philip Deignan (Irl) Cervélo TestTeam 12 6 Stef Clement (Ned) Rabobank 10 7 Ezequiel Mosquera (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 9 8 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 8 9 Alberto Contador (Spa) Astana 7 10 Bruno Pires (Por) Barbot-Siper 6 11 David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin-Slipstream 5 12 Xavier Tondo (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur 4 13 Nuno Ribeiro (Por) Liberty Seguros 3 14 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 15 Javier Mejías (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 1 Mountains Alto Del Peñon (Cat. 1) km 86.2 1 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 10 pts 2 Xavier Tondo (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur 8 3 Philip Deignan (Irl) Cervélo TestTeam 6 4 Alberto Contador (Spa) Astana 4 5 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 2 6 Javier Moreno (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur 1 Alto De La Laguna De Los (Cat. 1) km 145.4 1 Juan José Cobo (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 10 pts 2 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 8 3 Javier Moreno (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur 6 4 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4 5 Philip Deignan (Irl) Cervélo TestTeam 2 6 Stef Clement (Ned) Rabobank 1 Teams 1 Rabobank 11.07.33 2 Andalucía-Cajasur 0.52 3 Fuji-Servetto 1.03 4 Xacobeo Galicia 1.33 5 Caisse d'Epargne 1.35 6 Cervélo TestTeam 1.37 7 Rock Racing 2.54 8 Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.55 9 Liberty Seguros 3.24 10 Garmin-Slipstream 5.15 11 Astana 5.25 12 Contentpolis-Ampo 8.08 13 Barbot-Siper 20.33 14 Burgos Monumental - Castilla y Leon 23.48 15 ISD 26.04 16 Orbea 50.41 17 Bbox Bouygues Telecom 57.37 General classification after stage 4 1 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 12.15.38 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 0.54 6 Xavier Tondo (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur 1.51 7 Philip Deignan (Irl) Cervélo TestTeam 1.53 8 Ezequiel Mosquera (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 2.01 9 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2.07 10 Juan José Cobo (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 2.45 11 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank 12 Javier Moreno (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur 2.49 13 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Rock Racing 2.50 14 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 3.02 15 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 16 Bruno Pires (Por) Barbot-Siper 3.03 17 Ignas Konovalovas (Ltu) Cervélo TestTeam 3.04 18 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.05 19 Iván Gutiérrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 3.06 20 Rubén Plaza (Spa) Liberty Seguros 3.09 21 Francisco Pérez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 3.27 22 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) Rock Racing 3.35 23 Alberto Losada (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 3.36 24 Mauricio Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 3.37 25 Volodimir Gustov (Ukr) Cervélo TestTeam 3.59 26 Nuno Ribeiro (Por) Liberty Seguros 4.09 27 David Bernabeu (Spa) Barbot-Siper 28 David Garcia (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 4.11 29 Beñat Intxausti (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 4.16 30 Julián Sánchez (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo 4.23 31 Mikel Nieve (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.27 32 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 4.35 33 Blake Caldwell (USA) Garmin-Slipstream 4.40 34 Javier Mejías (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 4.41 35 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Rock Racing 4.51 36 Glen Chadwick (Aus) Rock Racing 4.57 37 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) ISD 5.11 38 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros 5.19 39 Oscar Pujol (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam 5.30 40 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam 5.36 41 Carlos Nozal Vega (Spa) Liberty Seguros 5.50 42 Rafael Valls Ferri (Spa) Burgos Monumental - Castilla y Leon 5.56 43 Tom Danielson (USA) Garmin-Slipstream 5.59 44 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6.15 45 Vitaly Kondrut (Ukr) ISD 6.35 46 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Rock Racing 6.41 47 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur 7.09 48 Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa) Rabobank 7.55 49 Javier Etxarri Marin (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo 8.19 50 Adrián Palomares (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo 8.30 51 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin-Slipstream 8.33 52 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 8.40 53 Byron Patricio Guama De La Cruz (Ecu) Burgos Monumental - Castilla y Leon 9.20 54 Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas (Spa) Orbea 9.28 55 Antonio Piedra (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur 9.54 56 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam 11.24 57 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Astana 12.10 58 Jesús Hernández (Spa) Astana 12.19 59 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 12.51 60 Hernani Broco (Por) Liberty Seguros 15.01 61 Lucas Euser (USA) Garmin-Slipstream 16.32 62 José Alberto Benítez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 17.53 63 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 18.07 64 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 19.47 65 Jorge Azanza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 20.29 66 Denys Kostyuk (Ukr) ISD 22.28 67 Oleksandr Kvachuk (Ukr) ISD 68 Arkaitz Durán (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 22.45 69 José Joaquín Rojas (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 22.56 70 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 23.02 71 Dmitry Kozontchouk (Rus) Rabobank 23.12 72 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Astana 23.14 73 Alejandro Paleo (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 23.40 74 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo 23.51 75 Edgar Pinto (Por) Liberty Seguros 23.58 76 Joseba Larralde Alzugarai (Spa) Orbea 24.22 77 Guillaume Le Floch (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 24.32 78 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 24.49 79 Carlos Manuel Pinho Oliveira (Por) Barbot-Siper 25.33 80 Marlon Pérez (Col) Caisse d'Epargne 27.34 81 José Antonio Redondo (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur 28.16 82 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank 28.24 83 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 28.29 84 David Vitoria (Swi) Rock Racing 28.32 85 José Herrada (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo 28.54 86 Gorka Izaguirre Insausti (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo 29.06 87 Davide Ricci Bitti (Ita) ISD 29.42 88 José Antonio Carrasco (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur 30.01 89 Pablo Urtasun (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 30.08 90 Helder Oliveira (Por) Barbot-Siper 30.23 91 David Francisco Delgado (Spa) Burgos Monumental - Castilla y Leon 30.48 92 Gianluca Mirenda (Ita) ISD 30.52 93 Oscar García-Casarrubios (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo 31.10 94 Daniel Sesma Sorbet (Spa) Orbea 31.33 95 Evgeny Sokolov (Rus) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 31.35 96 Bruno Miguel Castanheira Gomes (Por) Barbot-Siper 31.44 97 Gustavo Dominguez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 31.48 98 Alberto Fernández Sainz (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 32.14 99 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 32.29 100 Juan Francisco Mourón Doldan (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 32.42 101 Joaquin Sobrino Martinez (Spa) Burgos Monumental - Castilla y Leon 33.01 102 Huub Duyn (Ned) Garmin-Slipstream 33.34 103 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Rock Racing 34.29 104 Enrique Mata Cabello (Spa) Burgos Monumental - Castilla y Leon 35.01 105 Manuel Antonio Leal Cardoso (Por) Liberty Seguros 35.03 106 Javier Benitez (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo 107 Ivan Melero Coco (Spa) Burgos Monumental - Castilla y Leon 35.22 108 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Garmin-Slipstream 35.41 109 Miguel Minguez Ayala (Spa) Orbea 110 Ricardo Van Der Velde (Ned) Garmin-Slipstream 35.49 111 Eritz Ruiz De Erentxun Antetara (Spa) Orbea 36.04 112 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 36.11 113 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Cervélo TestTeam 36.41 114 David Martín Velasco (Spa) Rock Racing 37.06 115 Diego Gallego Arnaiz (Spa) Burgos Monumental - Castilla y Leon 116 Vladimir Isaichev (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 37.16 117 José Antonio López (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur 37.21 118 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Astana 37.46 119 Francisco José Martínez (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur 37.48 120 Igor Abakoumov (Bel) ISD 38.34 121 Joaquin Novoa Menedez (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam 39.10 122 Ivan Dominguez (Cub) Fuji-Servetto 39.29 123 Mikel Ilundain Tirapu (Spa) Orbea 40.28 124 Damien Gaudin (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 41.00 125 Eneko Echeverz Carte (Spa) Orbea 41.11 126 Aitor Olano Orbegozo (Spa) Orbea 41.18 127 Raul Santamarta Valbuena (Spa) Burgos Monumental - Castilla y Leon 41.48 128 Samuel Dias Coelho (Por) Barbot-Siper 42.05 129 Antonio Jesus (Por) Liberty Seguros 42.58 130 Vidal Celis Zabala (Spa) Barbot-Siper 44.37 131 Antonio Amorim (Por) Barbot-Siper 47.48 Points classification 1 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 39 pts 2 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 36 3 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 33 4 Alberto Contador (Spa) Astana 32 5 Javier Moreno (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur 32 6 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 26 7 Juan José Cobo (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 25 8 Joaquin Sobrino Martinez (Spa) Burgos Monumental - Castilla y Leon 25 9 Stef Clement (Ned) Rabobank 24 10 José Joaquín Rojas (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 23 11 David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin-Slipstream 21 12 Rubén Plaza (Spa) Liberty Seguros 20 13 David Vitoria (Swi) Rock Racing 20 14 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Rock Racing 18 15 José Alberto Benítez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 14 16 Mauricio Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 13 17 Philip Deignan (Irl) Cervélo TestTeam 12 18 Iván Gutiérrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 12 19 Manuel Antonio Leal Cardoso (Por) Liberty Seguros 12 20 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10 21 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Garmin-Slipstream 10 22 Ezequiel Mosquera (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 9 23 Javier Mejías (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 9 24 Juan Francisco Mourón Doldan (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 9 25 Denys Kostyuk (Ukr) ISD 8 Mountains classification 1 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 20 pts 2 Juan José Cobo (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 10 3 Javier Moreno (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur 9 4 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 8 5 Xavier Tondo (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur 8 6 Philip Deignan (Irl) Cervélo TestTeam 8 7 José Antonio López (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur 5 8 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Rock Racing 4 9 Alberto Contador (Spa) Astana 4 10 Rubén Plaza (Spa) Liberty Seguros 4 11 Raul Santamarta Valbuena (Spa) Burgos Monumental - Castilla y Leon 3 Combination classification 1 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 5 pts 2 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 5 3 Alberto Contador (Spa) Astana 5 4 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 5 5 Juan José Cobo (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 5 6 Javier Moreno (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur 5 7 Stef Clement (Ned) Rabobank 5 8 Philip Deignan (Irl) Cervélo TestTeam 5 9 Xavier Tondo (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur 5 10 Rubén Plaza (Spa) Liberty Seguros 5 11 David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin-Slipstream 4 Regional rider classification 1 Oscar Pujol (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam 2 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Rock Racing Spanish rider classification 1 Alberto Contador (Spa) Astana 2 Xavier Tondo (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur 3 Ezequiel Mosquera (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 4 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 5 Juan José Cobo (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 6 Javier Moreno (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur 7 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Rock Racing 8 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 9 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 11 Iván Gutiérrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne Teams classification 1 Rabobank 36.51.21 2 Caisse D'epargne 3.16 3 Cervélo TestTeam 3.31 4 Astana 4.56 5 Andalucia-Cajasur 5.02 6 Garmin-Slipstream 5.22 7 Rock Racing 5.30 8 Xacobeo-Galicia 5.34 9 Euskaltel-Euskadi 5.38 10 Fuji-Servetto 6.28 11 Liberty Seguros 7.09 12 Contentpolis-Ampo 13.42 13 Barbot-Siper 26.08 14 Isd 29.28 15 Burgos Monumental - Castilla y Leon 32.41 16 Orbea 57.08 17 Bbox Bouygues Telecom 1.04.31
