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45th Vuelta al Pais Vasco - PT
Spain, April 4-8, 2005
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Stage 5b - April 8: Oñati Individual Time Trial, 9.3 km
Rain Proof Txapelas for Contador and Di Luca
By Martin Hardie
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Alberto Contador, the young star of Manolo Saiz's Liberty Seguros squad, again proved his class by blitzing the field in the final stage time trial of the Vuelta al Pais Vasco this afternoon. It was not much less than a year ago that Contador was lying in hospital, fighting for his life after a very nasty accident in the Vuelta a Asturias. He rested out the 2004 season, wondering, like many others if he would ride again, but this year he has returned with a vengeance to take so far the Setmana Catalana in March and today remaining in the GC hunt right until the final minutes of the day and picking up an impressive stage win.
In the end however, Contador couldn't make all the time he would of needed to take the G.C., but really through no fault of his own. It was Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas-Bianchi) who was the recipient of the floppy txapela hat as the overall winner of the 45th 'Itzulia'. Di Luca rode a powerful daredevil time trial in the rain to put the hopes of Illes Baleares and Aitor Osa to rest. For now Osa, fighting it out on his home turf, will have to make do with just one Itzulia in his palmares. Di Luca for his part said that this is his "best ever stage race victory...one that was very hard to get...I picked up a second this morning and then I knew this afternoon would be very hard, technical and dangerous in the rain."
The stage lead jumped quickly in the final stages, from Vicioso to Pereiro to Julich to Contador, but the GC was decided by just how much would separate Di Luca and Osa. And that question was not answered until Osa entered the narrow streets of Oñati, pursued by his team director, yelling encouragement and the place of the forthcoming obstacles, in a last ditch attempt to get him home in time. But before the final turn it was clear that the week belonged to Di Luca and he was now able to turn a page on his 'troubled' recent past.
How it unfolded
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At the start between the post office and the old university, umbrellas or those large Basque berets, the txapelas, which I am sure are made especially big to keep the consistent Basque rain off the face, were the order of the day. The only other problem, other than the course itself, was the strong wind that was blowing with the rain. First to brave the conditions was Domina's Wladimir Belli who set sail just before 4pm for the 9.3 km technical voyage around the streets of Oñati. Other than its numerous corners, the course contained a 1 km 12% ramp that peaked 2 km from the end before the plunge with at least four corners and a few more bends below into Oñati.
The riders we wanted to see were Osa and Di Luca, and the longer shots of Rebellin and Cunego at 5 and 8 seconds respectively, Rodriguez and Boogerd at 8 and 10, Perdiguero and Menchov at 17, Frigo, Contador, Rogers, Julich Etxebarria, and Moncoutié, all hanging around 20 back.
The early leaderboard had at its top Credit Agricole's Andrey Kashechkin, Aranaga, Mayo and Matt White. But they were soon replaced by the likes of Arvesen, Leipheimer and Luis Perez. In the meantime, Jens Voigt was off again by himself in the rain, cresting the nasty little rise between the wet flag waving fans, before taking the one lane farm track back into town. Arvesen's time was 14:10 for the 9.3 km course but he was being overtaken at the 4.5 km check by Fassa's Vincenzo Nibali. However, Nibali wasn't able to keep it going over the tough second half.
Familiar names started to head off, Garzelli, Zubeldia and Heras among them, but none yet in the hunt. The time of Arvesen, who was recently third in the time trial of the Criterium International, and 7th last year here in this event, looked like he had set the mark for those who were shortly going to fight it out. Another reference in the back of the collective CSC mind might well have been the fact that in last year's TT, Osa finished 23 seconds behind Julich. That time over only 8.5km. As things progressed, the only real early change was Garzelli squeezing Luis Perez out of the top three. At that point, there were still 30 riders to go, and as Eladio Jimenez headed off, the rain started to ease a little.
As Brad McGee hit the tarmac it even seemed as if there was a patch of sun poking through the clouds. He was closely followed by his countryman Cadel Evans. The action was about to start. then Tom Danielson, who had looked good at the half way mark, put in a strong finish to come in 2 seconds behind Arvesen.
Then Moncoutié was off, followed by Etxebarria. But as he left, his Liberty teammate, Angel Vicioso, who had flown through the rain, pipped Arvesen by 14 seconds to set the mark at 13'58. Behind, as Sevilla crested the climb, Julich rolled down the start ramp, followed a minute later by the rainbow striped Mick Rogers. As the rain lifted and the sun came out, the crowd also started to liven up. As Contador left the start ramp, with his recent Catalan victory behind him the tension started to noticeably increase.
Julich was making his mark after 4.5 km with a time of 5'55, eight inside that of Vicioso. Phonak's Gallego, Oscar Pereiro was also doing well, with Rogers disappointing after 4.5 km being nine seconds behind Julich. Meanwhile Cadel Evans had done himself an OK time (he would say it "sucked") that was one second less than Arvesen's. The Aussie world champ Rogers was looking a bit better as he crowned the hill just fitting between the increasingly excited crowd.
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Pereiro came in and beat Vicioso by four seconds and punched the air. But his pleasure was shortlived with Julich flying around the last slippery bend to take the lead from him by six seconds. Rogers came in 2 seconds behind Pereiro. But Contador was not having anything of a Julich win. He powered through the slippery streets of Oñati, threw himself at the last tight left hander and sprinted to the line to beat Julich by five seconds. All of these times were of course in the grander scheme of things possibly irrelevant, depending upon the rides of Di Luca, Osa and co. As Contador arrived, Cunego settled himself on his bike...and as he did the rain started all over again.
Cunego, Rebellin, Di Luca and Osa were not going to have the break in the weather that the last group of riders had enjoyed. On the course, Boogerd was splitting the times of Contador and Julich. Boogerd lay 15 seconds behind Osa on GC, whist Contador was 21 seconds behind but his time trial time of 13'43 was looking as threatening as the day's weather.
Cunego's mid-point time wasn't looking great as Osa finally started. Boogerd wasn't going to upset anyone either, but at the 4.5 km mark Di Luca was a man possessed, throwing everything into it. The team car beeping its horn at him as he cut inside the times of both Julich and Contador. Rebellin was giving it heaps as well and crested to the sound of "aupa aupa" but it looked like Di Luca was going to have his way.
Through 4.5 km, Di Luca led Julich by a second and Contador by two, a further one back was Rebellin. Osa was getting the big 'venga' from his team car "vamos Aitor, vamos vamos vamos venga vamooos" screamed Unzue. Rebellin was taking the final curve and looked to be set for third. Osa was getting the home crowd support as he started the 12% ramp, but it didn't look like even that would be enough.
Di Luca finished fourth behind Contador, 9 seconds off the Spaniard's pace, as Osa was taking the descent, wide on what there was of the narrow, wet streets, always looking for more, but not quite finding it. Even still, Eusebio Unzue was not letting up with the voice. Into Oñati, he was yelling directions, "right...right vamos vamos...venga left!" But before the final turn, the left hander, the places were already flicking past, and we knew then that it was not going to be Aitor's day nor would he have another txapela to keep the rain off his head.
There seemed something different in this year's race, it is always contested and close. But this year with the coming of the ProTour it seemed ever more so. Whether that is true or not, we probably won't ever really know, as the intensity of the moment always makes this one seem bigger than those that have faded a little in the memory. But one thing is for sure, unlike the drinking partying crowd Hemingway met 71 years ago, today's group fought out a live encounter right up until the very last bend.
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- Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas-Bianchi) powers to fourth place in the TT and overall victory.
- Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner) was a strong third in the TT, but it wasn't quite enough.
- The podium Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner), Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas-Bianchi), and Alberto Contador (Liberty Seguros)
Results
1 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 13.43 2 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 0.05 3 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 0.08 4 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 0.09 5 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.11 6 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step 0.13 7 Angel Vicioso (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 0.15 8 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 0.20 9 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Kaiku 0.22 10 Aitor Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 0.24 11 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 0.27 12 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 0.28 13 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 0.29 14 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 15 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 16 Bradley Mcgee (Aus) Française Des Jeux 0.32 17 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 0.33 18 David Etxebarria (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 0.34 19 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 0.41 20 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.43 21 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.44 22 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 0.52 23 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 0.53 24 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 0.56 25 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 0.57 26 Serhiy Honchar (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 27 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 1.00 28 M.A. Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 29 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 1.01 30 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 31 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.02 32 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 33 David Blanco (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 1.03 34 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 1.06 35 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 36 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole 1.08 37 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 1.10 38 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 1.11 39 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 1.15 40 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.16 41 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 1.17 42 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 1.18 43 Iker Camaño (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.20 44 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 45 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.21 46 Andoni Aranaga (Spa) Kaiku 1.22 47 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 48 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole 49 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.24 50 Massimo Codol (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.26 51 Francisco Javier Vila (Spa) Lampre-Caffita 52 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Caffita 1.29 53 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas-Bianchi 54 Javier Ramirez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 55 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.30 56 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 1.31 57 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 58 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 59 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC 1.32 60 Ivan Mayoz (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 61 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.33 62 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.34 63 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 1.35 64 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 65 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 1.36 66 Ruben Lobato (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 67 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 1.37 68 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 1.38 69 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.41 70 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 71 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 72 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française Des Jeux 1.42 73 Unai Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 1.43 74 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 75 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 76 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 77 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step 78 José Antonio Garrido (Spa) Quick Step 1.44 79 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 1.45 80 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 81 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 1.46 82 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 83 Marc Lotz (Ned) Quick Step 1.47 84 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Domina Vacanze 1.48 85 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.49 86 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 87 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 88 Andrea Noe' (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 1.50 89 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 1.53 90 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 91 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 92 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.55 93 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 1.56 94 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1.58 95 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC 96 Michele Gobbi (Ita) Domina Vacanze 1.59 97 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 98 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 2.01 99 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 100 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 2.03 101 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team 2.07 102 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas-Bianchi 2.09 103 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.12 104 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 105 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Fassa Bortolo 106 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 2.15 107 Jose Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 108 Joseba Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 109 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 110 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française Des Jeux 111 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step 2.17 112 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 2.18 113 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 2.19 114 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 2.22 115 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita 2.23 116 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 2.24 117 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick Step 2.31 118 José Adrian Bonilla (CRc) Comunidad Valenciana 2.32 119 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2.33 120 Adrian Palomares (Spa) Kaiku 2.39 121 Ezequiel Mosquera (Spa) Kaiku 2.40 122 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 2.43 123 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 2.44 124 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 2.45 125 Francisco José Lara (Spa) T-Mobile Team 2.49 126 Yon Bru (Spa) Kaiku 2.53 127 Antonio Berasategui (Spa) Kaiku 2.55 128 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 3.01 129 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 3.05 130 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Caffita 131 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3.13 132 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3.24 133 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Domina Vacanze 3.46 Points 1 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 25 pts 2 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 20 3 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 16 4 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 14 5 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 12 6 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step 10 7 Angel Vicioso (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 9 8 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 8 9 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Kaiku 7 10 Aitor Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 6 11 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 5 12 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 4 13 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 3 14 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2 15 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 1 Teams 1 Liberty Seguros - Würth Team 41.58 2 Team Gerolsteiner 0.59 3 Rabobank 1.00 4 Team CSC 1.14 5 Discovery Chanel Pro Cycling Team 1.24 6 Phonak Hearing Systems 1.43 7 Liquigas - Bianchi 1.46 8 La Francaise Des Jeux 2.17 9 Illes Balears - Caisse D'Epargne 2.33 10 Lampre - Caffita 2.35 11 Cofidis, le credit par telephone 2.36 12 Saunier Duval - Prodir 2.41 13 Davitamon - Lotto 2.43 14 Quick Step 2.51 15 T- Mobile Team 2.56 16 Credit Agricole 2.57 17 Comunidad Valenciana 2.58 18 Bouygues Telecom 3.09 19 Euskaltel - Euskadi 3.26 20 Fassa Bortolo 3.30 21 Kaiku 3.34 22 Domina Vacanze 3.42 23 Relax Fuenlabrada 4.03 Final general classification 1 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 18.13.53 2 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 0.03 3 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 0.11 4 Aitor Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 0.14 5 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 0.18 6 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.24 7 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 0.25 8 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step 0.26 9 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 0.27 10 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Kaiku 0.29 11 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 0.40 12 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.44 13 David Etxebarria (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 0.47 14 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 0.51 15 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 0.56 16 Bradley Mcgee (Aus) Française Des Jeux 1.02 17 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.05 18 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 1.06 19 M.A. Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.07 20 Angel Vicioso (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 1.23 21 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 1.27 22 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.37 23 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 1.38 24 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 1.40 25 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 1.43 26 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.51 27 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.08 28 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 2.17 29 Serhiy Honchar (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 2.24 30 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 2.25 31 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2.38 32 David Blanco (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 2.42 33 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2.45 34 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole 2.47 35 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 2.51 36 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 37 Massimo Codol (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3.04 38 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 3.29 39 Francisco Javier Vila (Spa) Lampre-Caffita 3.56 40 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4.01 41 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick Step 5.09 42 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 5.14 43 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5.38 44 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Fassa Bortolo 5.43 45 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 5.46 46 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 5.54 47 Ezequiel Mosquera (Spa) Kaiku 5.57 48 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5.58 49 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5.59 50 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Domina Vacanze 6.07 51 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 6.09 52 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 6.35 53 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 6.50 54 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 7.01 55 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 7.17 56 Jose Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 8.41 57 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 9.39 58 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 9.42 59 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 10.00 60 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 10.17 61 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 10.18 62 Unai Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 10.51 63 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 10.57 64 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 11.12 65 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 11.48 66 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 11.50 67 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 11.55 68 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 11.56 69 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 12.28 70 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 12.45 71 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 12.48 72 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 12.55 73 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Caffita 13.00 74 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 13.05 75 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 13.17 76 Andrea Noe' (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 13.40 77 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 14.30 78 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 14.50 79 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 15.29 80 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 15.30 81 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 15.32 82 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 15.34 83 Iker Camaño (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 15.42 84 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 16.04 85 Javier Ramirez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 16.37 86 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 16.38 87 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas-Bianchi 17.19 88 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 17.21 89 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 18.05 90 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 18.23 91 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step 18.58 92 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 19.40 93 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 19.44 94 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 19.47 95 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 20.27 96 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 21.17 97 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 21.25 98 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team 21.44 99 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC 22.33 100 Joseba Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 24.27 101 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole 24.53 102 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française Des Jeux 25.19 103 Andoni Aranaga (Spa) Kaiku 25.33 104 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 26.27 105 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 26.55 106 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 28.54 107 José Adrian Bonilla (CRc) Comunidad Valenciana 29.49 108 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 29.59 109 Ruben Lobato (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 30.20 110 Marc Lotz (Ned) Quick Step 30.27 111 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 31.27 112 Francisco José Lara (Spa) T-Mobile Team 31.37 113 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 32.31 114 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita 33.33 115 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 35.33 116 Antonio Berasategui (Spa) Kaiku 37.10 117 Ivan Mayoz (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 37.20 118 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 37.25 119 Adrian Palomares (Spa) Kaiku 38.39 120 José Antonio Garrido (Spa) Quick Step 38.53 121 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 40.10 122 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC 40.11 123 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 40.32 124 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Domina Vacanze 41.04 125 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 41.49 126 Yon Bru (Spa) Kaiku 42.41 127 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française Des Jeux 42.47 128 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Caffita 46.14 129 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 47.49 130 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 48.26 131 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas-Bianchi 49.22 132 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step 52.22 133 Michele Gobbi (Ita) Domina Vacanze 53.25 Points classification 1 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 99 pts 2 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 66 3 M.A. Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 65 4 Aitor Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 45 5 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 41 6 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole 38 7 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 37 8 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 35 9 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 30 10 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 29 11 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 26 12 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Kaiku 26 13 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 25 14 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 25 15 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step 22 16 David Blanco (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 20 17 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 20 18 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC 20 19 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 18 20 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 17 21 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 15 22 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 11 23 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 11 24 Bradley Mcgee (Aus) Française Des Jeux 11 25 David Etxebarria (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 10 26 Angel Vicioso (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 9 27 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 6 28 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 6 29 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 6 30 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 5 31 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 4 32 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 4 33 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3 34 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2 35 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2 36 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1 37 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 1 38 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 1 Mountains classification 1 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 29 pts 2 Andoni Aranaga (Spa) Kaiku 24 3 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 18 4 Yon Bru (Spa) Kaiku 12 5 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 12 6 Ivan Mayoz (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 12 7 David Blanco (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 10 8 Carlos Zarate (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 9 9 Aitor Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 9 10 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 8 11 Ruben Lobato (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 7 12 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 6 13 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 6 14 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 5 15 Ezequiel Mosquera (Spa) Kaiku 4 16 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Caffita 3 17 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3 18 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 2 19 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 2 20 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 2 21 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2 22 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 2 23 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2 24 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 2 25 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 2 26 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Domina Vacanze 2 27 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1 28 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 1 29 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole 1 30 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 1 31 Unai Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 1 32 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 1 33 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 1 34 Iker Camaño (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 35 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 1 Metas volantes classification 1 Ivan Mayoz (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 13 pts 2 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 11 3 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 9 4 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 9 5 Carlos Zarate (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 6 6 Ruben Lobato (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5 7 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 3 8 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 3 9 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Domina Vacanze 3 10 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3 11 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 3 12 Andoni Aranaga (Spa) Kaiku 3 13 Adrian Palomares (Spa) Kaiku 2 14 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 2 15 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 2 16 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2 17 David Blanco (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 2 18 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 2 19 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1 20 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1 21 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 1 22 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 1 23 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 1 24 Yon Bru (Spa) Kaiku 1 Teams classification 1 Liberty Seguros - Würth Team 54.44.00 2 Rabobank 0.07 3 Discovery Chanel Pro Cycling Team 1.08 4 Saunier Duval - Prodir 2.08 5 Phonak Hearing Systems 5.02 6 T- Mobile Team 5.04 7 Team CSC 5.51 8 Illes Balears - Caisse D'Epargne 6.17 9 Fassa Bortolo 6.30 10 Cofidis, le credit par telephone 6.56 11 Davitamon - Lotto 7.11 12 Lampre - Caffita 10.04 13 Quick Step 10.53 14 Credit Agricole 11.04 15 Comunidad Valenciana 13.12 16 Euskaltel - Euskadi 13.22 17 Kaiku 13.27 18 La Francaise Des Jeux 15.34 19 Liquigas - Bianchi 17.34 20 Bouygues Telecom 20.15 21 Relax Fuenlabrada 25.00 22 Team Gerolsteiner 25.54 23 Domina Vacanze 28.32
