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34th Volta ao Algarve - 2.1

Portugal, February 20-24, 2008

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Stage 5 - February 24: Vila do Bispo - Portimăo, 193.5 km

Eisel takes easy win

Devolder ties up Algarve title

By Greg Johnson

Bernhard Eisel (High Road) celebrates
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Austrian sprinter Bernhard Eisel (Team High Road) eased across the Volta ao Algarve's Stage 5 finish line in Portimăo some three seconds ahead of his nearest rivals. Eisel attacked his break away group in the final kilometres and proved strong enough to claim a solo victory, his fourth stage win at the Portuguese race.

Eisel's breakaway group attacked early on the 193.5 kilometre final stage, and without any general classification threatening riders in the small group were allowed to stay away for the stage's duration. The break was one of three main groups that characterized the final stage.

"After 30 km I was able to get away with a Barloworld rider," explained Eisel on his website eisel.com. "Then seven riders came up from behind and joined us, and the field was never able to catch us. Quick Step pushed the peloton, but we were able to hold a slight lead to the end."

Eisel said of his four wins at Algarve today's was the best, after the sprinter broke away from the lead group with just one kilometre to go and held out for victory.

Despite a trying day on the bike Belgian Stijn Devolder (Quick Step) finished in the main bunch of riders, enough to claim the general classification victory. Devolder's group finished 20 seconds behind Eisel, while the remaining riders continued to cross the finish line over the next 17 minutes.

Stijn Devolder won a stage and the overall classification
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"Everything went well," said Devolder. "The team has been strong and all the guys gave their best. It's really a team victory."

Devolder's Belgian ProTour team wasn't only united in victory on the final stage, it was also united in crashing. Four Quick Step riders - Mauro Facci, Wilfried Cretskens, Devolder and Davide Viganň - were caught in a tangle that saw Viganň taken to hospital for a checkup. The Italian was cleared of any fractures and is due to return home this evening.

Devolder's Algarve victory was the 13th of the Belgian's career and came in his first race with Quick Step after former team Discovery Channel closed its doors at the end of 2007. The event is the third stage race victory of his career, having won Drie Daagse Van de Panne in 2005 and last year's Tour of Austria.

"This victory allows me to face with serenity the next important appointments," said Devolder. "This race has been a good test to understand at what point is my condition."

Devolder took the race lead on yesterday's Individual Time Trial, where the Belgian's commanding stage victory catapulted him into the overall lead. The wet Time Trial played a crucial role in the event's general classification, with the previous stages being dominated by bunch-sprint finishes.

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Results

1 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) High Road                        4.49.36 (40.090 km/h)
2 Rui A. Costa (Por) Benfica                               0.03
3 Celestino Pinho (Por) Barbot-Siper
4 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) LA MSS
5 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros
6 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros                          0.06
7 Félix Cardenas (Col) Barloworld                          0.08
8 Diego Caccia (Ita) Barloworld                            0.14
9 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) High Road                           0.20
10 Javier Benitez (Spa) Benfica
11 Bruno Neves (Por) LA MSS
12 Martin Garrido (Arg) Palmeiras Resort-Tavira
13 Manuel A. Cardoso (Por) Liberty Seguros
14 Roger Hammond (GBr) High Road
15 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner
16 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Francaise des Jeux
17 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step
18 Bert Grabsch (Ger) High Road
19 Samuel Caldeira (Por) Palmeiras Resort-Tavira
20 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Silence-Lotto
21 Gregory Habeaux (Bel) Mitsubishi-Jartazi
22 Bastiaan Giling (Ned) Cycle Collstrop
23 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner
24 Vytautas Kaupas (Ltu) Mitsubishi-Jartazi
25 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Francaise des Jeux
26 Andreas Klier (Ger) High Road
27 Coen Vermeltfoort (Ned) Rabobank Continental
28 Michal Golas (Pol) Cycle Collstrop
29 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Astana
30 Alejandro Marque (Spa) Palmeiras Resort-Tavira
31 Mathieu Criquielion (Bel) Mitsubishi-Jartazi
32 Niko Eeckhout (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen
33 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Francaise des Jeux
34 Pedro M. Soeiro M. (Por) C. Ciclismo Loulé
35 Daryl Impey (RSA) Barloworld
36 Helder Oliveira (Por) Barbot-Siper
37 Daniel Lloyd (GBr) AAn Post - M. D - G. T - Sean Kelly
38 Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen
39 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram
40 Hugo Sabido (Por) Barloworld
41 Luis Oliveira (Spa) Barbot-Siper
42 Ricardo Van Der Velde (Ned) Rabobank Continental
43 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis Credit Par Telephone
44 Nelson H. Rocha (Por) Madeinox Boavista
45 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence-Lotto
46 Kurt Hovelyncr (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen
47 Martin Mares (Cze) PSK Whirlpool-Author
48 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence-Lotto
49 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Cycle Collstrop
50 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Cofidis Credit Par Telephone
51 Evert Verbist (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen
52 Hector Guerra (Spa) Liberty Seguros
53 Pedro Romero (Spa) LA MSS
54 Sergio Sousa (Por) Madeinox Boavista
55 Artur Gajek (Ger) Team Milram
56 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram
57 Tom Criel (Bel) Cycle Collstrop
58 Markus Eichler (Ger) Team Milram
59 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick Step
60 Thomas Berkhout (Ned) Rabobank Continental
61 Jakub Danacik (Cze) PSK Whirlpool-Author
62 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram
63 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) Rabobank Continental
64 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner
65 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Francaise des Jeux
66 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana
67 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis Credit Par Telephone
68 Tiago Machado (Por) Madeinox Boavista
69 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step
70 Christopher Froome (GBr) Barloworld
71 Pedro Lopes (Por) Benfica
72 Rui Sousa (Por) Liberty Seguros
73 Stanislav Kozubek (Cze) PSK Whirlpool-Author
74 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step
75 Virgilio Dos Santos (Por) Fercase/Rota Dos Moveis
76 Bruno Castanheira (Por) Benfica
77 David Vaz (Por) Fercase/Rota Dos Moveis
78 Antonio Cosme (Spa) Madeinox Boavista
79 Christian Pfannberger (Aut) Barloworld
80 Pedro Cardoso (Por) LA MSS
81 Alfonso Azevedo (Por) LA MSS
82 Luis Pinheiro (Por) Madeinox Boavista
83 David Blanco (Spa) Palmeiras Resort-Tavira
84 Ruben Plaza (Spa) Benfica
85 Carlos M. Pinho (Por) Barbot-Siper
86 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Fercase/Rota Dos Moveis
87 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis Credit Par Telephone
88 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner
89 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis Credit Par Telephone
90 José Azevedo (Por) Benfica
91 Mickael Delage (Fra) Francaise des Jeux
92 Alessandro Proni (Ita) Quick Step
93 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Silence-Lotto
94 Candido Barbosa (Por) Benfica
95 Hernani Broco (Por) Liberty Seguros
96 Tomas Buchacek (Cze) PSK Whirlpool-Author
97 Sergey Kolesnikov (Rus) Cycle Collstrop
98 Celio Sousa (Por) Madeinox Boavista
99 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner
100 Mario J. Da Costa (Por) Benfica
101 Michael Schär (Swi) Astana
102 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Gerolsteiner
103 Viktor Folkesson (Swe) AAn Post - M. D - G. T - Sean Kelly
104 Matheus Pronk (Ned) Cycle Collstrop
105 Christian Kux (Ger) Team Milram
106 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Astana
107 Frank Hoj (Den) Cofidis Credit Par Telephone
108 Sergey Rudaskov (Ned) Cycle Collstrop
109 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram
110 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana
111 Bruno A. Pinto (Por) Barbot-Siper
112 Krassimir Vasilev (Bul) Palmeiras Resort-Tavira        1.18
113 Kenny Van Schueren (Bel) Cycle Collstrop               1.37
114 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                   1.50
115 Grégory Rast (Swi) Astana                              2.06
116 Hugo M. Vitor (Por) C. Ciclismo Loulé                  2.09
117 Petr Bencik (Cze) PSK Whirlpool-Author                 0.20
118 René Haselbacher (Aut) Astana                          5.24
119 Joäo Cabreira (Por) LA MSS                             5.29
120 Claudio F. Apolo (Por) Palmeiras Resort-Tavira         7.29
121 Alexander Oliveira (Por) C. Ciclismo Loulé
122 Frank Vandenbroucke (Bel) Mitsubishi-Jartazi
123 Joaquim Sampaio (Por) Madeinox Boavista
124 Paul Sneeboer (Ned) Palmeiras Resort-Tavira
125 Andre Cardoso (Por) Fercase/Rota Dos Moveis
126 Bruno Barbosa (Por) Fercase/Rota Dos Moveis
127 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana
128 Kenny De Haes (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen               12.17
129 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen
130 Claudio Pauliho (Por) C. Ciclismo Loulé               13.58
131 Jarno Van Mingeroet (Bel) Mitsubishi-Jartazi          16.42
132 Joaquin Gregorio (Por) C. Ciclismo Loulé
133 Francisco Pacheco (Spa) Barbot-Siper
134 Stephen Gallagher (Irl) AAn Post - M. D - G. T - S. K 17.24
 
Points
 
1 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) High Road                             25 pts
2 Rui A. Costa (Por) Benfica                                 20
3 Celestino Pinho (Por) Barbot-Siper                         16
4 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) LA MSS                           13
5 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros                         10
6 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros                             8
7 Félix Cardenas (Col) Barloworld                             6
8 Diego Caccia (Ita) Barloworld                               4
9 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) High Road                              2
10 Javier Benitez (Spa) Benfica                               1
 
Mountains
 
GPM 1, cat3 - km 45.4
1 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) High Road                              5 pts
2 Diego Caccia (Ita) Barloworld                               3
3 Celestino Pinho (Por) Barbot-Siper                          1
  
GPM 2, cat3 - km 98.6
1 Celestino Pinho (Por) Barbot-Siper                          5 pts
2 Félix Cardenas (Col) Barloworld                             3
3 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros                             1
  
GPM 3, cat3 - km 107.1
1 Celestino Pinho (Por) Barbot-Siper                          5 pts
2 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros                             3
3 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros                          1
 
Metas volantes/intermediate sprints 
 
Marmelete - km 51.3
1 Celestino Pinho (Por) Barbot-Siper                          3 pts
2 Diego Caccia (Ita) Barloworld                               2
3 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros                             1
  
Nave Redonda - km 128
1 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) LA MSS                            3 pts
2 Celestino Pinho (Por) Barbot-Siper                          2
3 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros                             1
 
Teams
 
1 Liberty Seguros                                     14.29.17
2 Team High Road                                          0.11
3 Barloworld                                              0.13
4 LA MSS                                                  0.14
5 Barbot - Siper
6 Benfica
7 Palmeiras Resort - Tavira                               0.31
8 Française Des Jeux
9 Mitsubishi-Jartazi
10 Cycle Collstrop
11 Gerolsteiner
12 Silence-Lotto
13 Topsport Vlaanderen
14 Rabobank Continental
15 Quick Step
16 Team Milram
17 Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone
18 Madeinox Boavista
19 PSK Whirlpool - Author
20 Astana
21 Fercase - Rota Dos Móveis
22 Centro Cilismo de Loulé                                9.29
23 An Post-M. Donnelly-Grant Thornton-Sean Kelly Team    17.35 
 
Final general classification
 
1 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step                      19.42.59
2 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis Credit Par Telephone      0.22
3 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Astana                               0.32
4 Hector Guerra (Spa) Liberty Seguros                      0.33
5 Martin Garrido (Arg) Palmeiras Resort-Tavira             1.03
6 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence-Lotto                     1.05
7 Pedro Romero (Spa) LA MSS                                1.06
8 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana                              1.07
9 Ruben Plaza (Spa) Benfica                                1.13
10 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                        1.18
11 Bert Grabsch (Ger) High Road                            1.23
12 David Blanco (Spa) Palmeiras Resort-Tavira              1.31
13 Alejandro Marque (Spa) Palmeiras Resort-Tavira          1.41
14 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                       1.48
15 Tiago Machado (Por) Madeinox Boavista                   1.49
16 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) Rabobank Continental           2.01
17 Michael Schär (Swi) Astana                              2.02
18 Hugo Sabido (Por) Barloworld                            2.04
19 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram                        2.16
20 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros                      2.17
21 Christian Pfannberger (Aut) Barloworld                  2.18
22 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step                            2.22
23 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Cofidis Credit Par Telephone       2.31
24 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Fercase/Rota Dos Moveis         2.35
25 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                       2.40
26 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana                            2.44
27 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis Credit Par Telephone    2.49
28 Alessandro Proni (Ita) Quick Step
29 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis Credit Par Telephone     2.54
30 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) LA MSS                        2.56
31 Coen Vermeltfoort (Ned) Rabobank Continental            2.58
32 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick Step
33 Thomas Berkhout (Ned) Rabobank Continental              2.59
34 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner                      3.01
35 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram
36 Daniel Lloyd (GBr) An Post - M. D - G. T - Sean Kelly   3.03
37 Rui A. Costa (Por) Benfica                              3.09
38 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Francaise des Jeux                   3.14
39 Hernani Broco (Por) Liberty Seguros                     3.15
40 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) High Road                          3.19
41 Mickael Delage (Fra) Francaise des Jeux                 3.26
42 Samuel Caldeira (Por) Palmeiras Resort-Tavira           3.35
43 Ricardo Van Der Velde (Ned) Rabobank Continental
44 Pedro Lopes (Por) Benfica                               3.36
45 Sergey Kolesnikov (Rus) Cycle Collstrop                 3.44
46 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis Credit Par Telephone          3.49
47 Bastiaan Giling (Ned) Cycle Collstrop                   3.55
48 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Cycle Collstrop                    3.57
49 Celestino Pinho (Por) Barbot-Siper                      4.00
50 Pedro Cardoso (Por) LA MSS                              4.01
51 Christian Kux (Ger) Team Milram                         4.02
52 Nelson H. Rocha (Por) Madeinox Boavista                 4.03
53 José Azevedo (Por) Benfica                              4.07
54 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step                         4.08
55 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Gerolsteiner                      4.14
56 Helder Oliveira (Por) Barbot-Siper                      4.20
57 Manuel A. Cardoso (Por) Liberty Seguros                 4.21
58 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence-Lotto                   4.25
59 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Silence-Lotto                       4.26
60 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Francaise des Jeux               4.28
61 Kurt Hovelyncr (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen                4.30
62 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) High Road
63 Grégory Rast (Swi) Astana                               4.32
64 Rui Sousa (Por) Liberty Seguros                         4.34
65 Tom Criel (Bel) Cycle Collstrop                         4.35
66 Markus Eichler (Ger) Team Milram                        4.41
67 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Francaise des Jeux                  4.54
68 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Silence-Lotto                     4.56
69 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                            4.59
70 Michal Golas (Pol) Cycle Collstrop                      5.06
71 Pedro M. Soeiro M. (Por) C. Ciclismo Loulé              5.21
72 Javier Benitez (Spa) Benfica                            5.35
73 Martin Mares (Cze) PSK Whirlpool-Author                 5.37
74 Alfonso Azevedo (Por) LA MSS                            5.38
75 Sergey Rudaskov (Ned) Cycle Collstrop                   5.55
76 Andreas Klier (Ger) High Road                           6.07
77 Bruno Neves (Por) LA MSS
78 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Francaise des Jeux             6.27
79 Kenny Van Schueren (Bel) Cycle Collstrop                6.36
80 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                    6.47
81 Gregory Habeaux (Bel) Mitsubishi-Jartazi                6.57
82 Luis Oliveira (Spa) Barbot-Siper                        7.26
83 Petr Bencik (Cze) PSK Whirlpool-Author                  7.28
84 Roger Hammond (GBr) High Road                           8.17
85 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros                         8.22
86 Joäo Cabreira (Por) LA MSS                              9.18
87 Krassimir Vasilev (Bul) Palmeiras Resort-Tavira         9.29
88 Joaquim Sampaio (Por) Madeinox Boavista                10.33
89 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Astana                            10.38
90 Matheus Pronk (Ned) Cycle Collstrop                    11.00
91 Paul Sneeboer (Ned) Palmeiras Resort-Tavira            11.17
92 Virgilio Dos Santos (Por) Fercase/Rota Dos Moveis      14.30
93 Andre Cardoso (Por) Fercase/Rota Dos Moveis            14.57
94 Bruno Castanheira (Por) Benfica                        15.33
95 Candido Barbosa (Por) Benfica                          16.24
96 Jakub Danacik (Cze) PSK Whirlpool-Author               16.54
97 Diego Caccia (Ita) Barloworld                          16.58
98 Sergio Sousa (Por) Madeinox Boavista                   18.23
99 Celio Sousa (Por) Madeinox Boavista                    19.31
100 Stanislav Kozubek (Cze) PSK Whirlpool-Author          19.33
101 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram                    20.33
102 Félix Cardenas (Col) Barloworld                       21.38
103 Carlos M. Pinho (Por) Barbot-Siper                    22.16
104 Christopher Froome (GBr) Barloworld                   22.20
105 Jarno Van Mingeroet (Bel) Mitsubishi-Jartazi          23.28
106 Daryl Impey (RSA) Barloworld                          23.39
107 Claudio F. Apolo (Por) Palmeiras Resort-Tavira        24.19
108 Bruno A. Pinto (Por) Barbot-Siper                     24.23
109 Tomas Buchacek (Cze) PSK Whirlpool-Author             24.26
110 Frank Hoj (Den) Cofidis Credit Par Telephone          24.34
111 David Vaz (Por) Fercase/Rota Dos Moveis               24.45
112 Artur Gajek (Ger) Team Milram                         24.50
113 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana                         24.57
114 Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen        25.17
115 Mario J. Da Costa (Por) Benfica                       26.14
116 Antonio Cosme (Spa) Madeinox Boavista                 27.21
117 Hugo M. Vitor (Por) C. Ciclismo Loulé                 27.36
118 Vytautas Kaupas (Ltu) Mitsubishi-Jartazi              28.05
119 Luis Pinheiro (Por) Madeinox Boavista                 28.51
120 Alexander Oliveira (Por) C. Ciclismo Loulé            29.55
121 René Haselbacher (Aut) Astana                         31.45
122 Bruno Barbosa (Por) Fercase/Rota Dos Moveis           32.43
123 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                        36.03
124 Kenny De Haes (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen               36.39
125 Mathieu Criquielion (Bel) Mitsubishi-Jartazi          37.19
126 Viktor Folkesson (Swe) AAn Post - M. D - G. T - S. K  37.40
127 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen            41.43
128 Francisco Pacheco (Spa) Barbot-Siper                  44.33
129 Claudio Pauliho (Por) C. Ciclismo Loulé               45.06
130 Stephen Gallagher (Irl) AAn Post - M. D - G. T - S. K 48.54
131 Joaquin Gregorio (Por) C. Ciclismo Loulé              49.35
132 Evert Verbist (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen               56.26
133 Niko Eeckhout (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen               59.17
134 Frank Vandenbroucke (Bel) Mitsubishi-Jartazi        1.00.40
 
Points classification
 
1 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                          70 pts
2 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Astana                                 45
3 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) High Road                             33
4 Celestino Pinho (Por) Barbot-Siper                         21
5 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence-Lotto                       20
6 Rui A. Costa (Por) Benfica                                 20
7 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                               18
8 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) LA MSS                           16
9 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram                           16
10 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Francaise des Jeux                     16
11 Javier Benitez (Spa) Benfica                              14
12 Bruno Neves (Por) LA MSS                                  14
13 Manuel A. Cardoso (Por) Liberty Seguros                   12
14 Antonio Cosme (Spa) Madeinox Boavista                     11
15 Martin Garrido (Arg) Palmeiras Resort-Tavira              10
16 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros                        10
17 Kenny De Haes (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen                   10
18 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Francaise des Jeux                     6
19 Diego Caccia (Ita) Barloworld                              6
20 Félix Cardenas (Col) Barloworld                            6
21 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros                            5
22 Hector Guerra (Spa) Liberty Seguros                        4
23 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Francaise des Jeux                4
24 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis Credit Par Telephone       3
25 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Silence-Lotto                          2
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Krassimir Vasilev (Bul) Palmeiras Resort-Tavira            26 pts
2 Antonio Cosme (Spa) Madeinox Boavista                      19
3 Celestino Pinho (Por) Barbot-Siper                         11
4 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen                 10
5 Joaquin Gregorio (Por) C. Ciclismo Loulé                   10
6 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) High Road                              5
7 Andre Cardoso (Por) Fercase/Rota Dos Moveis                 5
8 Bruno Barbosa (Por) Fercase/Rota Dos Moveis                 5
9 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros                             4
10 Paul Sneeboer (Ned) Palmeiras Resort-Tavira                3
11 Diego Caccia (Ita) Barloworld                              3
 
Metas volantes/intermediate sprints classification
 
1 Antonio Cosme (Spa) Madeinox Boavista                      11 pts
2 Celestino Pinho (Por) Barbot-Siper                          5
3 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis Credit Par Telephone        3
4 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) LA MSS                            3
5 Krassimir Vasilev (Bul) Palmeiras Resort-Tavira             2
6 Paul Sneeboer (Ned) Palmeiras Resort-Tavira                 2
7 Diego Caccia (Ita) Barloworld                               2
8 Stephen Gallagher (Irl) An Post - M. D - G. T - Sean Kelly  2
9 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros                             2
10 Bastiaan Giling (Ned) Cycle Collstrop                      1
11 Andre Cardoso (Por) Fercase/Rota Dos Moveis                1
 
Combination classification
 
1 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis Credit Par Telephone        3 pts
2 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) LA MSS                            3
3 Celestino Pinho (Por) Barbot-Siper                          3
4 Krassimir Vasilev (Bul) Palmeiras Resort-Tavira             3
5 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros                             3
6 Paul Sneeboer (Ned) Palmeiras Resort-Tavira                 3
7 Andre Cardoso (Por) Fercase/Rota Dos Moveis                 3
8 Diego Caccia (Ita) Barloworld                               3
9 Antonio Cosme (Spa) Madeinox Boavista                       3
10 Bruno Barbosa (Por) Fercase/Rota Dos Moveis                3
11 Stephen Gallagher (Irl) An Post - M. D - G. T - Sean Kelly 3

Teams classification
 
1 Astana                                              59.12.54
2 Palmeiras Resort - Tavira                               0.18
3 Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone                        1.03
4 Quick Step                                              1.14
5 Liberty Seguros                                         1.51
6 Gerolsteiner                                            2.09
7 Rabobank Continental                                    2.33
8 Barloworld                                              2.39
9 Team High Road                                          3.57
10 Benfica                                                4.07
11 LA MSS                                                 4.09
12 Madeinox Boavista                                      5.05
13 Team Milram                                            5.26
14 Française Des Jeux                                     5.40
15 Silence-Lotto                                          6.05
16 Topsport Vlaanderen                                    6.48
17 Barbot - Siper                                         7.22
18 Fercase - Rota Dos Móveis
19 Cycle Collstrop                                        7.40
20 PSK Whirlpool - Author                                19.23
21 Mitsubishi-Jartazi                                    27.36
22 An Post-M. Donnelly-Grant Thornton-Sean Kelly Team    42.56
23 Centro Cilismo de Loulé                               55.39