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46th Vuelta al Pais Vasco - PT

Spain, April 3-8, 2006

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Stage 4 - April 6: Lerín - Vitoria- Gasteiz, 172 Km

Freire makes amends

Oscar Freire (Rabobank) wins
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Oscar Freire (Rabobank) has won the fourth stage of the Vuelta al Pais Vasco in a bunch sprint, beating Samuel Sanchez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) and Fabian Wegmann (Gerolsteiner). Sanchez maintained the leadership of the race, with two stages to come, including Saturday's decisive time trial. It was a payback for Freire, who was only narrowly beaten in stage 1 by Alejandro Valverde.

How it unfolded

The fourth stage started in Lerín with 163 riders in 14 degree Celsius conditions. Aitor Osa (Liberty Seguros) didn't start, having fractured his wrist in a crash yesterday. Ivan Parra (Cofidis) started the attacking almost immediately, and the battle was joined. Lövkvist, Duran, McCartney, Pauriol, Almagro, and Voigt all tried their luck in the first 20 km, to no avail. A group of 25 riders managed to escape, gaining as much as 55 seconds, but was brought back by the watchful peloton, which covered 46.6 km in the first hour.

Rabobank ride at the front
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The attacking continued in the second hour, and after 71 km, a large group of 20 riders got away just before the cat. 1 Alto de la Herrera. The break included: Garzelli (Liquigas), Moos (Phonak), Kolobnev and Weening (Rabobank), Lobato (Saunier), Egoi Martínez (Discovery), Botcharov (Credit Agricole), Colom (Caisse D'Epargne), Parra (Cofidis), Wielinga (Quick Step), Sevilla (T Mobile), Fedrigo (Bouygues), Ghisalberti (Milram), Mayo (Euskaltel), Casar and Leblacher (Française des Jeux), Goubert (AG2R), Serrano, Bru and Azanza (208 - Kaiku). Azanza was dropped as soon as the climb started, while the rest of the 19 gained 57 seconds over the peloton, which was led by Liberty Seguros.

At the top of the climb, it was Serrano first ahead of Garzelli and Ghisalberti, with the peloton just 30 seconds behind the escape. The pace was still very high, with 41.7 km covered in the second hour. Kolobnev, Bru and Casar were all dropped, reducing the break to 16, and after riding out to a 55 second gap again, Liberty brought everything back together with 60 km to go. The calm didn't last long though, as a new group of 16 got clear almost immediately, now forcing Euskaltel to chase to keep hold of Sanchez's lead.

The leading group
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The group crossed the cat. 3 Alto de Zaldiaran with Marzano (Lampre) taking the points ahead of Cobo (Saunier Duval) and Vasseur (Quick.Step). It then split after 135 km with Charles Wegelius (Liquigas), Mario Aerts (Davitamon-Lotto), Cristian Moreni (Cofidis), Gorazd Stangelj (Lampre-Fondital) and Vasseur and Marzano leading a group of dive riders by 43 seconds, and the bunch by a minute.

Stangelj was first to the top of the Alto de Vitoria (km 139) ahead of Marzano and Moreni, but the sprinters teams finally took control and upped the pace in the last 20 km. The break survived over the final climb of the Alto de Zaldiaran (km 159) with Stangelj again first to the top, but on the run in to Vitoria, everything came back together for a bunch sprint. Oscar Freire made no mistake this time as he beat race leader Samuel Sanchez (Euskaltel) and Fabian Wegmann (Gerolsteiner), with nearly 100 riders making it to the finish in the lead group.

Tomorrow's fifth stage is between Vitoria-Gasteiz and Zalla over 178 km, with the cat. 1 Alto De Orduña after 61 km, followed by a series of smaller climbs in the finale.

Photography

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Results

1 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank                                  3.56.43
2 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                              
3 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                   
4 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears             
5 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas                                     
6 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                               
7 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                             
8 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                  
9 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone               
10 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone             
11 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step-Innergetic                     
12 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic                           
13 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto                           
14 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Kaiku                                        
15 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital                                
16 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                            
17 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Team Milram                                  
18 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram                                    
19 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas                                 
20 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française des Jeux                          
21 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto                                  
22 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas                                      
23 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                            
24 M. A. Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems               
25 Florian Stalder (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                       
26 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                  
27 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone            
28 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone        
29 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 
30 Francisco Javier Vila (Spa) Lampre-Fondital                        
31 Unai Osa (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                          
32 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                  
33 Antonio Colom (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                 
34 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance                              
35 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team           
36 Jorge Azanza (Spa) Kaiku                                           
37 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team            
38 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                     
39 Yon Bru (Spa) Kaiku                                                
40 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team                                  
41 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears           
42 Josep Jufre (Spa) Davitamon-Lotto                                  
43 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole                          
44 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole                          
45 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole                           
46 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas                                   
47 Inigo Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance                              
48 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team                                  
49 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team              
50 Xavier Tondo (Spa) Relax-Gam                                       
51 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir              
52 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                          
53 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                               
54 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team                               
55 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             
56 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                 
57 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                       
58 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank                                     
59 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team             
60 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             
61 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                            
62 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                        
63 David Etxebarria (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                  
64 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quick Step-Innergetic                         
65 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                    
66 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux                           
67 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                  
68 Jesus Hernandez (Spa) Relax-Gam                                    
69 Jorge Garcia (Spa) Relax-Gam                                       
70 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC                                      
71 Raul Garcia De Mateo (Spa) Relax-Gam                               
72 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                     
73 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                 
74 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                      
75 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                        
76 Iker Camaño (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                
77 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC                                    
78 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                           
79 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Fondital                              
80 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                  
81 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                             
82 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                            
83 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                               
84 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram                               
85 Ivan Parra (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                  
86 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone              
87 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears             
88 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC                                  
89 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                           
90 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole                            
91 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                       
92 Ruben Lobato (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                            
93 Andrea Noe (Ita) Liquigas                                          
94 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                       
95 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                  
96 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team                           0.27
97 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team                                0.28
98 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile Team                           0.00   
99 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas                                1.42
100 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas                         1.52
101 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                           2.03
102 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team       2.47
103 Aitor Perez Arrieta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears          
104 Jose Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Gam                             3.25
105 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française des Jeux                       4.15
106 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                
107 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole                          5.10
108 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                         
109 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                                   
110 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank                                        
111 David George (RSA) Relax-Gam                                      
112 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank                                  
113 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agricole                             
114 Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                           
115 Jason Mccartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team          
116 Jonathan Mc Carty (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems                    
117 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas                                   
118 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                               
119 Juan Jose Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                         
120 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                     
121 Javier Ruiz De Larrinaga (Spa) Kaiku                              
122 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance                           
123 Remi Pauriol (Fra) Credit Agricole                                
124 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux                          
125 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                         
126 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole                              
127 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Team Milram                               
128 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                       7.34
129 Adrian Palomares (Spa) Kaiku                                  8.15
130 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic                      
131 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems                     
132 Arkaitz Duran (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                          
133 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                             10.44
134 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi                      11.12
131 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner                              8.15
132 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems                     
133 Arkaitz Duran (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                          
134 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                             10.44
135 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi                      11.12
136 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Milram                               17.41
137 Steve Morabito (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                       
138 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Team Milram                                   
139 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram                                  
140 Ian Mcleod (RSA) Française des Jeux                               
141 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Française des Jeux                            
142 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2R Prevoyance                              
143 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                             
144 Luis Fernandez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                       
145 Gustavo Cesar (Spa) Kaiku                                         
146 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                            
147 Israel Nuñez (Spa) Kaiku                                          
148 Jose Almagro (Spa) Relax-Gam                                      
149 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Team Milram                              
150 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                               
151 Igor Anton (Spa) Eusktalel-Euskadi                                
152 Mario De Sarraga (Spa) Relax-Gam                                  
153 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears              
154 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française des Jeux                           
155 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team        
156 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                  
157 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team    
158 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                             
159 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                        
 
Points
 
1 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank                                       25 pts
2 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                            20
3 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                 16
4 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears           14
5 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas                                   12
6 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                             10
7 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                            9
8 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                 8
9 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone              7
10 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone            6
11 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step-Innergetic                    5
12 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic                          4
13 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto                          3
14 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Kaiku                                       2
15 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital                               1
 
Mountains
 
Alto de La Herrera - Cat. 1, km 86
 
1 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Kaiku                                       10 pts
2 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas                                    8
3 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram                               6
4 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole                          4
5 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                      2
6 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                  1
 
Alto de Zaldiarán - Cat. 3, km 116
 
1 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                3 pts
2 Juan Jose Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                          2
3 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quick Step-Innergetic                         1
 
Alto de Vitoria - Cat. 3, km 139
 
1 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Fondital                              3 pts
2 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                2
3 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone             1
 
Alto de Zaldiarán - Cat. 3, km 159
 
1 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Fondital                              3 pts
2 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                  2
3 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                       1
 
Metas volantes
 
Treviño, km 108
 
1 Ruben Lobato (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                            3 pts
2 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                            2
3 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                             1
 
Vitoria- Gasteiz, km 129
 
1 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                     3 pts
2 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quick Step-Innergetic                         2
3 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                1
 
Treviño, km 152
 
1 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                3 pts
2 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                  2
3 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas                                    1
 
Teams
 
1 Liquigas                                                    11.50.09
2 Cofidis, le credit par telephone                                    
3 Lampre - Fondital                                                   
4 Davitamon - Lotto                                                   
5 Caisse D'Epargne - Illes Balears                                    
6 Quick Step - Innergetic                                             
7 Phonak Hearing Systems                                              
8 Kaiku                                                               
9 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                                 
10 Bouygues Telecom                                                   
11 Gerolsteiner                                                       
12 Saunier Duval - Prodir                                             
13 Rabobank                                                           
14 Team Milram                                                        
15 Liberty Seguros - Würth Team                                       
16 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                                 
17 Credit Agricole                                                    
18 Francaise Des Jeux                                                 
19 T- Mobile Team                                                     
20 AG2R Prevoyance                                                    
21 Relax Fuenlabrada                                                  
22 Team CSC                                                           
 
General classification after stage 4
 
1 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                      15.37.41
2 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                   
3 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                              0.02
4 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto                                   
5 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone         
6 M. A. Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems            0.08
7 Antonio Colom (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                  
8 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir           0.09
9 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears         0.10
10 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank                                     
11 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team                              0.19
12 Francisco Javier Vila (Spa) Lampre-Fondital                    0.20
13 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team          0.25
14 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile Team                           0.38
15 Xavier Tondo (Spa) Relax-Gam                                   0.47
16 Yon Bru (Spa) Kaiku                                            1.19
17 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                          1.25
18 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team        1.31
19 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                     
20 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             1.34
21 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital                                
22 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas                                 
23 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team                              1.37
24 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                    
25 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                        1.41
26 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                              1.52
27 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone        2.23
28 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance                          2.31
29 Unai Osa (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                      2.42
30 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team       2.48
31 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                    2.53
32 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole                      2.56
33 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team         3.15
34 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Kaiku                                    3.24
35 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                        3.39
36 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram                                3.45
37 Ruben Lobato (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                        4.32
38 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank                                    5.12
39 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto                       5.22
40 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole                       5.40
41 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team                               
42 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram                           5.43
43 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                              5.44
44 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step-Innergetic                 6.07
45 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quick Step-Innergetic                     6.16
46 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears         6.24
47 Inigo Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance                          6.35
48 Jorge Garcia (Spa) Relax-Gam                                   6.48
49 Ivan Parra (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone              7.11
50 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic                       8.12
51 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears       8.54
52 David Etxebarria (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team              9.09
53 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                           10.21
54 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                  10.40
55 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française des Jeux                       10.45
56 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas                                 11.27
57 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone             11.29
58 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner                             12.00
59 Andrea Noe (Ita) Liquigas                                     12.30
60 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone        12.35
61 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                 13.32
62 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                        13.47
63 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                  13.49
64 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                          14.20
65 Raul Garcia De Mateo (Spa) Relax-Gam                               
66 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                   14.40
67 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas                              14.53
68 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                  
69 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole                     15.15
70 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                          15.27
71 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux                      15.58
72 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC                             16.03
73 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                        16.20
74 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                        16.30
75 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française des Jeux                     17.31
76 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas                               17.32
77 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team       17.43
78 Juan Jose Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                     18.21
79 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                18.44
80 Jose Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Gam                             19.16
81 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                     19.36
82 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance                            
83 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                  19.37
84 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Fondital                         20.29
85 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                 20.33
86 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole                       20.38
87 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                       21.34
88 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC                                 22.02
89 Jorge Azanza (Spa) Kaiku                                      22.03
90 Iker Camaño (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                           23.06
91 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears            23.27
92 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas                               23.30
93 Florian Stalder (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                  23.46
94 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                       24.08
95 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems                 24.18
96 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone         24.29
97 Jonathan Mc Carty (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems                24.30
98 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team                          24.57
99 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas                         25.12
100 Javier Ruiz De Larrinaga (Spa) Kaiku                         25.15
101 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                    25.38
102 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Team Milram                            25.49
103 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                          
104 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner                             26.03
105 Aitor Perez Arrieta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears     26.55
106 Remi Pauriol (Fra) Credit Agricole                           27.29
107 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile Team                           28.09
108 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC                              29.21
109 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                          29.35
110 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank                             29.41
111 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agricole                        29.44
112 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank                                   30.03
113 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole                         30.19
114 Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                      30.45
115 Jason Mccartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team     31.08
116 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                      31.15
117 Adrian Palomares (Spa) Kaiku                                 31.47
118 Jesus Hernandez (Spa) Relax-Gam                              32.00
119 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team                              32.01
120 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone        32.06
121 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                             32.27
122 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Team Milram                          32.40
123 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                      33.14
124 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                              33.44
125 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                    33.59
126 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux                     34.34
127 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                     35.16
128 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas                              36.31
129 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic                 37.02
130 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears           37.49
131 Arkaitz Duran (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                     40.12
132 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi                      40.35
133 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole                         43.58
134 David George (RSA) Relax-Gam                                 48.20
 
Points classification
 
1 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                            70 pts
2 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears           58
3 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                56
4 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank                                       45
5 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                 36
6 M. A. Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems              26
7 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone       23
8 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile Team                              21
9 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                             19
10 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank                                   16
11 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                16
12 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Kaiku                                      15
13 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto                         13
14 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas                                  13
15 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto                                12
16 Antonio Colom (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears               12
17 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir            12
18 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                          12
19 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone           11
20 Yon Bru (Spa) Kaiku                                              10
21 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone             7
22 Francisco Javier Vila (Spa) Lampre-Fondital                       6
23 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team             5
24 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step-Innergetic                    5
25 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic                          4
26 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                 4
27 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team                                 1
28 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital                               1
29 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                       1
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                               29 pts
2 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance                           22
3 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi                           21
4 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir             20
5 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Team Milram                              18
6 Israel Nuñez (Spa) Kaiku                                          18
7 Ivan Parra (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                 16
8 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears            12
9 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                           12
10 Xavier Tondo (Spa) Relax-Gam                                     11
11 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Kaiku                                      10
12 Igor Anton (Spa) Eusktalel-Euskadi                               10
13 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team            9
14 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                   8
15 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas                                   8
16 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                               7
17 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                              6
18 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Fondital                             6
19 Antonio Colom (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                6
20 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears           6
21 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone           6
22 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram                              6
23 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                            5
24 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                 5
25 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                       4
26 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole                         4
27 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole                          4
28 Juan Jose Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                         4
29 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                               4
30 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                2
31 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone       2
32 Yon Bru (Spa) Kaiku                                               2
33 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                 2
34 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                     2
35 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                 2
36 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                2
37 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic                      2
38 Francisco Javier Vila (Spa) Lampre-Fondital                       1
39 Ruben Lobato (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                           1
40 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quick Step-Innergetic                        1
41 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone            1
42 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                     1
43 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas                                   1
44 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                         1
45 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears              1
 
Metas volantes classification
 
1 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                           11 pts
2 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance                            9
3 Ruben Lobato (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                            6
4 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi                            6
5 Ivan Parra (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                  5
6 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team             5
7 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                4
8 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears           4
9 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                     3
10 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Team Milram                               3
11 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir             3
12 Israel Nuñez (Spa) Kaiku                                          3
13 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                 2
14 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quick Step-Innergetic                        2
15 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole                              2
16 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                               2
17 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Team Milram                              2
18 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas                                   1
19 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                            1
20 David Etxebarria (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                 1
21 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                           1
22 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears            1
23 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone           1
 
Teams classification
 
1 Liberty Seguros - Würth Team                                46.54.50
2 T- Mobile Team                                                  0.19
3 Saunier Duval - Prodir                                          0.23
4 Lampre - Fondital                                               1.32
5 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                             2.21
6 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                              2.48
7 Phonak Hearing Systems                                          4.52
8 Caisse D'Epargne - Illes Balears                                4.55
9 Cofidis, le credit par telephone                                5.59
10 Kaiku                                                         11.49
11 Gerolsteiner                                                  14.39
12 Rabobank                                                      15.20
13 Davitamon - Lotto                                             18.06
14 Quick Step - Innergetic                                       18.48
15 Relax Fuenlabrada                                             19.59
16 AG2R Prevoyance                                               20.03
17 Credit Agricole                                               21.15
18 Team Milram                                                   21.26
19 Liquigas                                                      22.48
20 Team CSC                                                      23.43
21 Bouygues Telecom                                              29.30
22 Francaise Des Jeux                                            33.12