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24th Vuelta a Castilla y León - 2.1
Spain, March 23-27, 2009
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Stage 5 - March 27: Benavente - Valladolid, 152.5km
Valverde takes another stage, Leipheimer the overall
By Bjorn Haake
Caisse d'Epargne dominated the final sprint of the Vuelta a Castilla y León on Friday in Valladolid, with Alejandro Valverde taking the win ahead of teammate José Joaquín Rojas. Levi Leipheimer (Astana) finished in the group, two seconds behind four sprinters, and secured the overall victory. Valverde also won the points and mountains classification.
Caisse d'Epargne took over from the Astana team at the front of the race in order to try for another stage win. "We worked hard all day," said Valverde. "First to reel in the breakaway and later to control it for a sprint, thinking today could be the day for my teammate, José Joaquín Rojas." But things didn't quite work out. "Luis Pasamontes was supposed to launch the sprint for Rojas, but he punctured in the final, so I had to do it."
Valverde was ready to let Rojas finish off the work, but noticed Euskaltel-Euskadi's Pablo Urtasun was coming up fast. "Rojas himself told me to keep going and not stop, as it seemed too dangerous and we could have lost the stage."
Rojas said that in the end he and Valverde were the only ones left for Caisse. "There were several attacks, and I needed to sacrifice myself in the last 500m. In the end he [Valverde] tried to control it so I could pass him, but we ran the risk of losing the stage and the important part is that the win didn't slip out from underneath us."
Two seconds later a smiling Leipheimer crossed the line in a group of about 40 riders, with the overall title secured. Leipheimer praised his team that supported him once he took over the lead after the time trial. "I am very satisfied with this race because our team has been the strongest; after the time trial I did not have to do anything because my teammates did it all."
Leipheimer was especially grateful for the work of Alberto Contador, who could have won himself. "Alberto is the hero of Spain," Leipheimer said, adding that Contador was also very generous. "He has demonstrated it because since the first day, when I said to him that I would work for him, he answered 'no' to me. He said it was a better race for me and that I should try."
Leipheimer was already thinking ahead "on the Giro and preparing the Tour, which is our great aim of the year and where I will help Alberto, who is currently the best rider in the world," Leipheimer said.
Almost no sprint
A bunch sprint almost didn't materialise. Edgar Pinto (Liberty Seguros) took off inside the final kilometre. He was countered by Ricardo Serrano (Fuji-Servetto), but even Serrano came up short in the end. He sat up just a few metres before the line, still getting fourth place.
"Yes, there wasn't much missing, but bueno... I saw a Liberty riding going first, then I tried. I will say that our team was very strong," Serrano stated. Fuji-Servetto achieved its first victory yesterday. However, there were mixed feelings, as Javier Megias, Alberto Benitez and Beñat Intxausti fell in a massive pile-up 40km from the line. Intxausti broke his collarbone.
The day started with several attacks, but there were already more than 40km raced when Bauke Mollema (Rabobank) and Mikel Ilundain Tirapu (Orbea) rode away from the peloton. They build up a maximum lead of just under five minutes.
The work by Caisse ended the day's break about 15km from the line. The Spanish team kept the pace up high to discourage moves like the one from Francisco José Martínez (Andalucía Cajasur). The high pace meant no one was getting away on the front, but people started dropping off the back.
Eventually a group of some 40 riders arrived on the finishing straight, with several attackers trying to surprise the sprinters, but Caisse was able to profit from its tireless work throughout the stage.
Results
1 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 3.17.46 (46.276 km/h) 2 José Joaquín Rojas (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 3 Pablo Urtasun (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 0.02 5 Igor Abakoumov (Bel) ISD 6 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Rock Racing 7 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 8 David Garcia (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 9 Joaquin Sobrino Martinez (Spa) Burgos Monumental - Castilla y Leon 10 Alberto Contador (Spa) Astana 11 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur 12 Denys Kostyuk (Ukr) ISD 13 Juan Francisco Mourón Doldan (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 14 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 15 Jorge Azanza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 16 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 17 Stef Clement (Ned) Rabobank 18 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 19 Huub Duyn (Ned) Garmin-Slipstream 20 Ezequiel Mosquera (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 21 Juan José Cobo (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 22 Rubén Plaza (Spa) Liberty Seguros 23 Philip Deignan (Irl) Cervélo TestTeam 24 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 25 José Antonio Carrasco (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur 26 Joseba Larralde Alzugarai (Spa) Orbea 27 Bruno Pires (Por) Barbot-Siper 28 David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin-Slipstream 29 Byron Patricio Guama De La Cruz (Ecu) Burgos Monumental - Castilla y Leon 30 Xavier Tondo (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur 31 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank 32 Oscar Pujol (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam 33 Javier Benitez (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo 34 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 35 Tom Danielson (USA) Garmin-Slipstream 36 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) Rock Racing 37 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Astana 38 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Rock Racing 39 David Vitoria (Swi) Rock Racing 40 Ricardo Van Der Velde (Ned) Garmin-Slipstream 41 Nuno Ribeiro (Por) Liberty Seguros 42 Edgar Pinto (Por) Liberty Seguros 43 Rafael Valls Ferri (Spa) Burgos Monumental - Castilla y Leon 44 Mauricio Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 45 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 0.15 46 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 47 Blake Caldwell (USA) Garmin-Slipstream 0.17 48 Antonio Piedra (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur 49 Manuel Antonio Leal Cardoso (Por) Liberty Seguros 0.21 50 Miguel Minguez Ayala (Spa) Orbea 0.29 51 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Rock Racing 52 Dmitry Kozontchouk (Rus) Rabobank 53 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 54 José Alberto Benítez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 55 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros 0.33 56 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 57 Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas (Spa) Orbea 58 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Cervélo TestTeam 59 Volodimir Gustov (Ukr) Cervélo TestTeam 60 Vitaly Kondrut (Ukr) ISD 0.37 61 José Antonio Redondo (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur 0.43 62 Alejandro Paleo (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 63 Javier Moreno (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur 64 Oleksandr Kvachuk (Ukr) ISD 65 Vidal Celis Zabala (Spa) Barbot-Siper 66 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 67 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam 0.48 68 Vladimir Isaichev (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 69 Joaquin Novoa Menedez (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam 0.50 70 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam 71 David Martín Velasco (Spa) Rock Racing 72 Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa) Rabobank 73 Guillaume Le Floch (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 0.53 74 Marlon Pérez (Col) Caisse d'Epargne 75 Gianluca Mirenda (Ita) ISD 1.04 76 Davide Ricci Bitti (Ita) ISD 77 Bruno Miguel Castanheira Gomes (Por) Barbot-Siper 1.06 78 David Bernabeu (Spa) Barbot-Siper 79 Hernani Broco (Por) Liberty Seguros 80 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Astana 81 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) ISD 82 Enrique Mata Cabello (Spa) Burgos Monumental - Castilla y Leon 83 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 84 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo 85 Adrián Palomares (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo 86 Eritz Ruiz De Erentxun Antetara (Spa) Orbea 87 Mikel Nieve (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 88 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Rock Racing 89 Samuel Dias Coelho (Por) Barbot-Siper 90 Arkaitz Durán (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 91 Ivan Dominguez (Cub) Fuji-Servetto 92 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin-Slipstream 93 Glen Chadwick (Aus) Rock Racing 94 Gorka Izaguirre Insausti (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo 95 Javier Mejías (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 96 Jesús Hernández (Spa) Astana 97 Oscar García-Casarrubios (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo 98 Lucas Euser (USA) Garmin-Slipstream 99 Ignas Konovalovas (Ltu) Cervélo TestTeam 100 José Herrada (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo 101 Carlos Manuel Pinho Oliveira (Por) Barbot-Siper 102 Francisco Pérez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 103 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Astana 1.35 104 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 1.47 105 Raul Santamarta Valbuena (Spa) Burgos Monumental - Castilla y Leon 1.54 106 Iván Gutiérrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 107 David Francisco Delgado (Spa) Burgos Monumental - Castilla y Leon 108 Diego Gallego Arnaiz (Spa) Burgos Monumental - Castilla y Leon 109 Javier Etxarri Marin (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo 110 Alberto Losada (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 111 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 112 Francisco José Martínez (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur 2.20 113 Carlos Nozal Vega (Spa) Liberty Seguros 2.21 114 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2.34 115 Antonio Amorim (Por) Barbot-Siper 2.47 116 Helder Oliveira (Por) Barbot-Siper 117 Evgeny Sokolov (Rus) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 2.51 118 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank 4.03 119 Mikel Ilundain Tirapu (Spa) Orbea 120 Damien Gaudin (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 4.10 121 Ivan Melero Coco (Spa) Burgos Monumental - Castilla y Leon 4.45 122 Daniel Sesma Sorbet (Spa) Orbea 123 Eneko Echeverz Carte (Spa) Orbea 124 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Garmin-Slipstream 125 Aitor Olano Orbegozo (Spa) Orbea 126 Antonio Jesus (Por) Liberty Seguros 127 Julián Sánchez (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo 128 José Antonio López (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur Points 1 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 25 pts 2 José Joaquín Rojas (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 20 3 Pablo Urtasun (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 16 4 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 14 5 Igor Abakoumov (Bel) ISD 12 6 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Rock Racing 10 7 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 9 8 David Garcia (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 8 9 Joaquin Sobrino Martinez (Spa) Burgos Monumental - Castilla y Leon 7 10 Alberto Contador (Spa) Astana 6 11 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur 5 12 Denys Kostyuk (Ukr) ISD 4 13 Juan Francisco Mourón Doldan (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 3 14 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 15 Jorge Azanza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 Teams 1 Euskaltel-Euskadi 9.53.22 2 Xacobeo-Galicia 0.02 3 Astana 4 Andalucia-Cajasur 5 Rock Racing 6 Burgos Monumental-Castilla Y Leon 7 Garmin-Slipstream 8 Rabobank 9 Liberty Seguros 10 Fuji-Servetto 0.29 11 Cervelo-Test Team 0.33 12 ISD 0.37 13 Caisse d'Epargne 0.49 14 Orbea 1.00 15 Bouygues Telecom 1.33 16 Barbot-Siper 1.47 17 Contentpolis-Ampo 2.10 Final General classification 1 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 15.33.26 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 1.07 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 2.05 10 Juan José Cobo (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 2.45 11 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank 12 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Rock Racing 2.50 13 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.02 14 Bruno Pires (Por) Barbot-Siper 3.03 15 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.05 16 Rubén Plaza (Spa) Liberty Seguros 3.09 17 Javier Moreno (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur 3.30 18 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) Rock Racing 3.35 19 Mauricio Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 3.37 20 Ignas Konovalovas (Ltu) Cervélo TestTeam 4.08 21 Nuno Ribeiro (Por) Liberty Seguros 4.09 22 David Garcia (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 4.11 23 Volodimir Gustov (Ukr) Cervélo TestTeam 4.30 24 Francisco Pérez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4.31 25 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 4.35 26 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Rock Racing 4.51 27 Blake Caldwell (USA) Garmin-Slipstream 4.55 28 Iván Gutiérrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4.58 29 David Bernabeu (Spa) Barbot-Siper 5.13 30 Alberto Losada (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 5.28 31 Oscar Pujol (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam 5.30 32 Mikel Nieve (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5.31 33 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 5.34 34 Javier Mejías (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 5.45 35 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros 5.50 36 Rafael Valls Ferri (Spa) Burgos Monumental - Castilla y Leon 5.56 37 Tom Danielson (USA) Garmin-Slipstream 5.59 38 Glen Chadwick (Aus) Rock Racing 6.01 39 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) ISD 6.15 40 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam 6.24 41 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6.46 42 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur 7.09 43 Vitaly Kondrut (Ukr) ISD 7.10 44 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Rock Racing 7.45 45 Carlos Nozal Vega (Spa) Liberty Seguros 8.09 46 Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa) Rabobank 8.43 47 Julián Sánchez (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo 9.06 48 Byron Patricio Guama De La Cruz (Ecu) Burgos Monumental - Castilla y Leon 9.20 49 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 9.21 50 Adrián Palomares (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo 9.34 51 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin-Slipstream 9.37 52 Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas (Spa) Orbea 9.59 53 Antonio Piedra (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur 10.09 54 Javier Etxarri Marin (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo 10.11 55 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Astana 12.10 56 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam 57 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 12.51 58 Jesús Hernández (Spa) Astana 13.23 59 Hernani Broco (Por) Liberty Seguros 16.05 60 Lucas Euser (USA) Garmin-Slipstream 17.36 61 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 18.07 62 José Alberto Benítez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 18.20 63 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 19.47 64 Jorge Azanza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 20.29 65 Denys Kostyuk (Ukr) ISD 22.28 66 José Joaquín Rojas (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 22.54 67 Oleksandr Kvachuk (Ukr) ISD 23.09 68 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 23.29 69 Dmitry Kozontchouk (Rus) Rabobank 23.39 70 Arkaitz Durán (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 23.49 71 Edgar Pinto (Por) Liberty Seguros 23.58 72 Alejandro Paleo (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 24.21 73 Joseba Larralde Alzugarai (Spa) Orbea 24.22 74 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Astana 24.47 75 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo 24.55 76 Guillaume Le Floch (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 25.23 77 Carlos Manuel Pinho Oliveira (Por) Barbot-Siper 26.37 78 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 26.41 79 Marlon Pérez (Col) Caisse d'Epargne 28.25 80 David Vitoria (Swi) Rock Racing 28.32 81 José Antonio Redondo (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur 28.57 82 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 29.33 83 José Herrada (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo 29.58 84 José Antonio Carrasco (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur 30.01 85 Pablo Urtasun (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 30.06 86 Gorka Izaguirre Insausti (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo 30.10 87 Davide Ricci Bitti (Ita) ISD 30.44 88 Gianluca Mirenda (Ita) ISD 31.54 89 Oscar García-Casarrubios (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo 32.14 90 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank 32.25 91 David Francisco Delgado (Spa) Burgos Monumental - Castilla y Leon 32.40 92 Juan Francisco Mourón Doldan (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 32.42 93 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 94 Bruno Miguel Castanheira Gomes (Por) Barbot-Siper 32.48 95 Joaquin Sobrino Martinez (Spa) Burgos Monumental - Castilla y Leon 33.01 96 Helder Oliveira (Por) Barbot-Siper 33.08 97 Huub Duyn (Ned) Garmin-Slipstream 33.34 98 Evgeny Sokolov (Rus) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 34.24 99 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Rock Racing 34.56 100 Javier Benitez (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo 35.03 101 Manuel Antonio Leal Cardoso (Por) Liberty Seguros 35.22 102 Ricardo Van Der Velde (Ned) Garmin-Slipstream 35.49 103 Enrique Mata Cabello (Spa) Burgos Monumental - Castilla y Leon 36.05 104 Miguel Minguez Ayala (Spa) Orbea 36.08 105 Daniel Sesma Sorbet (Spa) Orbea 36.16 106 Eritz Ruiz De Erentxun Antetara (Spa) Orbea 37.08 107 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Cervélo TestTeam 37.12 108 David Martín Velasco (Spa) Rock Racing 37.54 109 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 37.56 110 Vladimir Isaichev (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 38.02 111 Igor Abakoumov (Bel) ISD 38.34 112 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Astana 38.50 113 Diego Gallego Arnaiz (Spa) Burgos Monumental - Castilla y Leon 38.58 114 Joaquin Novoa Menedez (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam 39.58 115 Ivan Melero Coco (Spa) Burgos Monumental - Castilla y Leon 40.05 116 Francisco José Martínez (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur 40.06 117 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Garmin-Slipstream 40.24 118 Ivan Dominguez (Cub) Fuji-Servetto 40.33 119 José Antonio López (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur 42.04 120 Samuel Dias Coelho (Por) Barbot-Siper 43.09 121 Raul Santamarta Valbuena (Spa) Burgos Monumental - Castilla y Leon 43.40 122 Mikel Ilundain Tirapu (Spa) Orbea 44.29 123 Damien Gaudin (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 45.08 124 Vidal Celis Zabala (Spa) Barbot-Siper 45.18 125 Eneko Echeverz Carte (Spa) Orbea 45.54 126 Aitor Olano Orbegozo (Spa) Orbea 46.01 127 Antonio Jesus (Por) Liberty Seguros 47.41 128 Antonio Amorim (Por) Barbot-Siper 50.33 Points classification 1 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 64 pts 2 José Joaquín Rojas (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 43 3 Alberto Contador (Spa) Astana 38 4 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 36 5 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 33 6 Joaquin Sobrino Martinez (Spa) Burgos Monumental - Castilla y Leon 32 7 Javier Moreno (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur 32 8 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Rock Racing 28 9 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 28 10 Juan José Cobo (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 25 11 Stef Clement (Ned) Rabobank 24 12 Pablo Urtasun (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 22 13 David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin-Slipstream 21 14 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 21 15 Rubén Plaza (Spa) Liberty Seguros 20 16 David Vitoria (Swi) Rock Racing 20 17 José Alberto Benítez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 14 18 Mauricio Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 13 19 Philip Deignan (Irl) Cervélo TestTeam 12 20 Iván Gutiérrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 12 21 Denys Kostyuk (Ukr) ISD 12 22 Juan Francisco Mourón Doldan (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 12 23 Manuel Antonio Leal Cardoso (Por) Liberty Seguros 12 24 Igor Abakoumov (Bel) ISD 12 25 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10 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 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 5 pts 2 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 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 Rubén Plaza (Spa) Liberty Seguros 5 10 Xavier Tondo (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur 5 11 José Alberto Benítez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 5 Regional rider classification 1 Oscar Pujol (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam 2 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam 3 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Rock Racing 4 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam 5 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 6 David Francisco Delgado (Spa) Burgos Monumental - Castilla y Leon 7 Enrique Mata Cabello (Spa) Burgos Monumental - Castilla y Leon 8 Diego Gallego Arnaiz (Spa) Burgos Monumental - Castilla y Leon 9 Joaquin Novoa Menedez (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam 10 Ivan Melero Coco (Spa) Burgos Monumental - Castilla y Leon 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 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Rock Racing 7 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 9 Rubén Plaza (Spa) Liberty Seguros 10 Javier Moreno (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur 11 Nuno Ribeiro (Por) Liberty Seguros Teams classification 1 Rabobank 46.44.45 2 Cervelo Test Team 4.02 3 Caisse d'Epargne 4.03 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 5.36 10 Fuji-Servetto 6.55 11 Liberty Seguros 7.09 12 Contentpolis-Ampo 15.50 13 Barbot - Siper 27.53 14 ISD 30.03 15 Burgos Monumental - Castilla y Leon 32.41 16 Orbea 58.16 17 Bbox Bouygues Telecom 1.06.02
