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66th Vuelta a la Comunidad Valenciana (Gran Premio Bancaja) - 2.1

Spain, February 26-March 1, 2008

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Stage 4 - February 29: Naquera - Naquera, 175.6km

Italian victory in Spain

By Monika Prell

Mirco Lorenzetto (Lampre) isn't just a leadout man.
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Mirco Lorenzetto scored his first win for his new Lampre team on stage four of the Vuelta a la Comunidad Valenciana. The former Milram lead-out man showed he can get the win for himself in a tough uphill sprint, besting Spaniard Xavier Florencio (Bouygues Télécom) and his compatriot Filippo Pozzato (Liquigas).

Rubén Plaza (Benfica) held on to the race lead by staying with the front group in the split peloton. Plaza was able to celebrate his 28th birthday on the leap year day in yellow, and was cautious about saying he could take the overall classification on Saturday's final stage. "Nothing is decided," he said. "Tomorrow's stage will be hard due to the wind. We will have to be very attentive."

How it unfolded

The 133 remaining riders started at 12:15 in the little town of Naquer for the day's eight lap circuit of 22 kilometres each for a total of 175.6 km. With another warm and sunny day ahead, yellow jersey Rubén Plaza would have to withstand many strong attacks to hold onto the five second lead in the overall classification.

The race had just started when the first rider tried to escape: Luis Mate (Andalucía Cajasur) was followed by eleven other riders to form the first breakaway. Alberto Contador (Astana), Stéphane Augé (Cofidis), Juan José Oroz (Euskaltel Euskadi), Damiano Cunego (Lampre), Claudio Corioni (Liquigas), Francisco José Terciado and Gonzalo Zambrano (Extremadura Grupo Gallardo), Gonzalo Rabuñal and Juan Francisco Mouron (Karpin Galicia) and Lucas Euser (Slipstream – Chipotle) joined the Spaniard. With Contador threatening the leader, the gap was kept small by the peloton, and by the end of lap one in Naquera and the first intermediate sprint, the peloton was back together. Daniel Navarro (Astana) snuck past the remainder of the breakaway to take the points ahead of Oroz and Augé.

Damiano Cunego (Lampre) on the attack
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Various riders tried their luck over the next lap, but nobody was able to escape the high speeds of the peloton. Finally, near the end of lap two, a pair of riders were able to form a successful move. American Lucas Euser (Slipstream – Chipotle) and Spaniard Antonio Piedra (Andalucía Cajasur) snapped the elastic and broke clear. Piedra took several lucrative primes along the duo's 123 kilometre long escape, which reached a maximum advantage of 6 minutes and 44 seconds at kilometre 106.

Lucas Euser enjoyed the position of virtual leader for much of the race, as he started the day 4 minutes 21 seconds behind Plaza, but ultimately the leader's Benfica team would bring the break back with the help of Contentpolis-Murcia, the team of mountains classification leader Manuel Vázquez. With the finale of the stage turning off the circuit and onto a difficult category three climb to the hermitage "Ermita de San Frances" and a chance to shift the race lead, the advance of the duo in front diminished very fast, and the breakaway was defeated 12 kilometers before the finish.

During the last kilometers there was a flurry of attacks, but the Contentpolis-Murcia, Caisse d'Epargne and Lampre teams held the race together. With 300 meters before the finish, Vázquez tried his luck, but he was overtaken by Mirco Lorenzetto, Xavier Florencio, Filippo Pozzato and Alessandro Ballan.

After the stage, Vázquez was disappointed. "I started too early. I tried it, but I did not reach my goal." His team-mate Adrián Palomares was happy with the outcome. "Manuel is the leader of the mountain classification, we did a good job. You can't second guess."

Tomorrow's last stage will start and end in Valencia and consists of 149.4 kilometers without any major climbs.

Photography

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Results

1 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre                                    4.15.00 (41.318 km/h)
2 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                                 
3 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas                                          
4 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre                                          
5 Manuel Váquez (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia                               
6 Iván Gutiérrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                   
7 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                    
8 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom                                   
9 Alberto Contador (Spa) Astana                                           
10 Javier Benitez (Spa) Benfica                                           
11 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                  
12 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram                                  
13 Rubén Plaza (Spa) Benfica                                              
14 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas                                         
15 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank                                             
16 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis                                          
17 Trent Lowe (Aus) Slipstream Chipotle - H30                             
18 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Team Milram                                        
19 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis                                           
20 Antonio Colom (Spa) Astana                                             
21 Josep Jufré (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott                              0.12
22 Patxi Vila (Spa) Lampre                                            0.14
23 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank                                         
24 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott                   
25 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott                           
26 Gonzalo Rabunal (Spa) Karpin Galicia                                   
27 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Scott                                 
28 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis                                            
29 Juan Francisco Mourón Doldan (Spa) Karpin Galicia                      
30 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                                         
31 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre                                            
32 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                    
33 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                  
34 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                              
35 Daniel Petrov (Bul) Benfica                                            
36 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                
37 Bingen Fernández (Spa) Cofidis                                         
38 Jonathan Castroviejo (Spa) Orbea - Oreka S.D.A                         
39 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                                  
40 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis                                            
41 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Rabobank                                         
42 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                
43 Mikel Nieve (Spa) Orbea - Oreka S.D.A                                  
44 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre                                           
45 José Herrada Lopez (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia                         
46 Luis Angel Maté (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur                                
47 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram                                      
48 Claudio Casas (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur                                  
49 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom                                    
50 Oleg Chuzhda (Ukr) Contentpolis - Murcia                           0.26
51 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Astana                                            
52 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Slipstream Chipotle - H30                         
53 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur                     0.29
54 Eladio Sánchez Prado (Spa) Orbea - Oreka S.D.A                     0.30
55 Xabat Ochotorena (Spa) Extremadura-Ciclismo Solidario                  
56 Juan Olmo (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur                                      
57 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank                                     0.33
58 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                       0.36
59 Iván Melero Coco (Spa) Orbea - Oreka S.D.A                         0.38
60 Serafín Martínez (Spa) Karpin Galicia                                  
61 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Astana                                            
62 Timothy Duggan (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30                         
63 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram                                           
64 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis                                            
65 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                           
66 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Astana                                            
67 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana                                            
68 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                               
69 Eriz Ruiz D'Erentxun (Spa) Orbea - Oreka S.D.A                     0.48
70 Alejandro Paleo (Spa) Karpin Galicia                               0.54
71 Thomas Frei (Swi) Astana                                           0.57
72 Julien Mazet (Fra) Astana                                              
73 Julián Sánchez (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia                         1.00
74 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank                                              
75 Alberto Fernández De La Puebla (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott               
76 José Mendes (Por) Benfica                                              
77 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas                                         
78 Francisco Terciado Sacedo (Spa) Extremadura-Ciclismo Solidario         
79 Beñat Albizuri (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                 
80 David Martín Velasco (Spa) Orbea - Oreka S.D.A                         
81 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Benfica                                            
82 Jaume Rovira (Spa) Extremadura-Ciclismo Solidario                      
83 Manuel Ortega (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur                                  
84 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                                        
85 Mathieu Drujon (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                              1.08
86 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram                                   1.14
87 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas                                       
88 Juan José Oroz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                 
89 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas                                           
90 Ramon Troncoso (Spa) Karpin Galicia                                    
91 Patrick McCarty (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30                    1.24
92 Sergio Dominguez Munoz (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia                     
93 Sergio Andres De Lis (Spa) Orbea - Oreka S.D.A                         
94 Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis                                            
95 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram                                     
96 Chris Sutton (Aus) Slipstream Chipotle - H30                           
97 Gonzalo Zambrano (Spa) Extremadura-Ciclismo Solidario              1.41
98 Jean Eudes Demaret (Fra) Cofidis                                       
99 Juan Javier Estrada (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur                            
100 Daniel Martin (Irl) Slipstream Chipotle - H30                     1.47
101 José Luis Carrasco (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur                        1.50
102 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas                                1.52
103 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                           1.57
104 Adrián Palomares (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia                      2.00
105 Antonio Piedra (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur                                
106 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                              2.04
107 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                        2.07
108 Julian Dean (NZl) Slipstream Chipotle - H30                           
109 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                
110 Alberto Fernández Sainz (Spa) Karpin Galicia                      2.10
111 Damien Gaudin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                  
112 Eloy Teruel Rovira (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia                    2.12
113 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre                                    2.32
114 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre                                        2.34
115 Alan Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                    
116 Andoni Lafuente (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                           2.54
117 Lucas Euser (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30                       2.56
118 Pedro Miguel Lopes Goncalves (Por) Benfica                            
119 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Lampre                                        3.02
120 Gustavo César Veloso (Spa) Karpin Galicia                         3.23
121 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Extremadura-Ciclismo Solidario               8.14
122 Héctor González (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott                             
123 Israel Pérez Rodriguez (Spa) Extremadura-Ciclismo Solidario           
124 Unai Uribarri (Spa) Orbea - Oreka S.D.A                               
125 Vladimir Isaichev (Rus) Karpin Galicia                                
126 Guido Trenti (USA) Liquigas                                           
127 Helder Miranda (Spa) Benfica                                     11.49
128 Edgar Pinto (Por) Benfica                                             
129 Javier Etxarri Marin (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia                      
130 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                               
 
Points
 
1 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre                                         25 pts
2 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                               20
3 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas                                        16
4 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre                                        14
5 Manuel Váquez (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia                             12
6 Iván Gutiérrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                 10
7 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                   9
8 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom                                  8
9 Alberto Contador (Spa) Astana                                          7
10 Javier Benitez (Spa) Benfica                                          6
11 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                 5
12 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram                                 4
13 Rubén Plaza (Spa) Benfica                                             3
14 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas                                        2
15 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank                                            1
 
Sprints
 
Naquera, km. 23
1 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Astana                                            3 pts
2 Juan José Oroz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                 2
3 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis                                            1
 
Naquera, km. 132
1 Lucas Euser (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30                            3 pts
2 Antonio Piedra (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur                                 2
3 Iván Gutiérrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                  1 
 
Mountains
 
Naquera (Cat. 3) km. 175.60
1 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre                                          3 pts
2 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                                2
3 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas                                         1
 
General classification after stage 4
 
1 Rubén Plaza (Spa) Benfica                                       16.41.55
2 Manuel Váquez (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia                           0.05
3 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                             0.21
4 Iván Gutiérrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                               0.24
5 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                               0.31
6 Alberto Contador (Spa) Astana                                       0.33
7 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                0.35
8 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis                                            
9 Antonio Colom (Spa) Astana                                              
10 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas                                         
11 Trent Lowe (Aus) Slipstream Chipotle - H30                             
12 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom                              0.46
13 Patxi Vila (Spa) Lampre                                            0.49
14 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott                   
15 Daniel Petrov (Bul) Benfica                                            
16 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis                                            
17 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                              
18 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                                  
19 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott                       0.57
20 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                                         
21 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre                                           
22 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Slipstream Chipotle - H30                     1.01
23 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                            1.06
24 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom                                2.19
25 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram                                  2.22
26 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank                                     2.28
27 Bingen Fernández (Spa) Cofidis                                     2.30
28 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                            2.54
29 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre                                     4.13
30 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank                                             
31 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Team Milram                                    4.21
32 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                4.27
33 Mikel Nieve (Spa) Orbea - Oreka S.D.A                              4.35
34 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Astana                                        4.48
35 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis                                            
36 Jaume Rovira (Spa) Extremadura-Ciclismo Solidario                  5.13
37 José Mendes (Por) Benfica                                          5.21
38 Julián Sánchez (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia                         5.36
39 Josep Jufré (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott                              7.12
40 Lucas Euser (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30                        7.14
41 José Herrada Lopez (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia                    10.32
42 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                          10.56
43 Patrick McCarty (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30                   11.46
44 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                            12.17
45 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                             13.04
46 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Astana                                       13.08
47 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas                                14.42
48 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                           14.52
49 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis                                     15.01
50 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre                                       15.27
51 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank                                    15.46
52 Iván Melero Coco (Spa) Orbea - Oreka S.D.A                        16.06
53 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Benfica                                       18.06
54 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas                                    18.32
55 Daniel Martin (Irl) Slipstream Chipotle - H30                     18.36
56 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Scott                            18.50
57 Juan Francisco Mourón Doldan (Spa) Karpin Galicia                      
58 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                      19.02
59 Gonzalo Rabunal (Spa) Karpin Galicia                              19.03
60 Antonio Piedra (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur                            19.09
61 Oleg Chuzhda (Ukr) Contentpolis - Murcia                          19.10
62 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                      19.47
63 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas                                    19.49
64 Manuel Ortega (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur                             22.02
65 Juan José Oroz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                            24.51
66 Gustavo César Veloso (Spa) Karpin Galicia                         25.22
67 Javier Benitez (Spa) Benfica                                      28.04
68 Jonathan Castroviejo (Spa) Orbea - Oreka S.D.A                    28.31
69 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre                                     29.12
70 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram                             29.28
71 Francisco Terciado Sacedo (Spa) Extremadura-Ciclismo Solidario    29.44
72 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram                                      30.06
73 Juan Olmo (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur                                 30.11
74 Eladio Sánchez Prado (Spa) Orbea - Oreka S.D.A                         
75 Serafín Martínez (Spa) Karpin Galicia                             30.19
76 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Astana                                            
77 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana                                            
78 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                              30.21
79 Edgar Pinto (Por) Benfica                                         30.25
80 Thomas Frei (Swi) Astana                                          30.38
81 Javier Etxarri Marin (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia                       
82 Julien Mazet (Fra) Astana                                              
83 Alberto Fernández De La Puebla (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott          30.41
84 Alan Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                30.51
85 Sergio Dominguez Munoz (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia                31.15
86 Juan Javier Estrada (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur                       31.30
87 Gonzalo Zambrano (Spa) Extremadura-Ciclismo Solidario             31.47
88 Adrián Palomares (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia                      31.51
89 Alberto Fernández Sainz (Spa) Karpin Galicia                      32.01
90 Timothy Duggan (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30                    33.44
91 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre                                        33.56
92 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis                                       34.05
93 Héctor González (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott                         36.46
94 Jean Eudes Demaret (Fra) Cofidis                                  37.31
95 David Martín Velasco (Spa) Orbea - Oreka S.D.A                    39.12
96 Claudio Casas (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur                             39.22
97 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Rabobank                                    39.23
98 Xabat Ochotorena (Spa) Extremadura-Ciclismo Solidario             39.26
99 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur                    39.33
100 Luis Angel Maté (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur                               
101 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank                                        40.09
102 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                                       
103 Israel Pérez Rodriguez (Spa) Extremadura-Ciclismo Solidario      40.10
104 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram                               40.20
105 Chris Sutton (Aus) Slipstream Chipotle - H30                          
106 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas                                     40.33
107 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram                                 40.43
108 Pedro Miguel Lopes Goncalves (Por) Benfica                       41.03
109 Julian Dean (NZl) Slipstream Chipotle - H30                           
110 Ramon Troncoso (Spa) Karpin Galicia                              41.07
111 José Luis Carrasco (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur                       41.09
112 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre                                   41.28
113 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Lampre                                       42.21
114 Eriz Ruiz D'Erentxun (Spa) Orbea - Oreka S.D.A                   44.50
115 Alejandro Paleo (Spa) Karpin Galicia                             44.56
116 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas                                 45.16
117 Damien Gaudin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             46.12
118 Sergio Andres De Lis (Spa) Orbea - Oreka S.D.A                   46.42
119 Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis                                           
120 Eloy Teruel Rovira (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia                   47.30
121 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Extremadura-Ciclismo Solidario              47.33
122 Andoni Lafuente (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                          48.12
123 Vladimir Isaichev (Rus) Karpin Galicia                           49.04
124 Beñat Albizuri (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                           49.35
125 Mathieu Drujon (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                            49.43
126 Guido Trenti (USA) Liquigas                                      53.32
127 Unai Uribarri (Spa) Orbea - Oreka S.D.A                               
128 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                       56.29
129 Helder Miranda (Spa) Benfica                                     57.51
130 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                        1.06.11
 
Points classification
 
1 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                               52 pts
2 Iván Gutiérrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                 47
3 Manuel Váquez (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia                             45
4 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre                                         45
5 Rubén Plaza (Spa) Benfica                                             44
6 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                 31
7 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas                                        30
8 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                          25
9 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                  22
10 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott                         22
11 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Slipstream Chipotle - H30                       19
12 Antonio Colom (Spa) Astana                                           18
13 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre                                       18
14 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas                                       17
15 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis                                        16
16 Javier Benitez (Spa) Benfica                                         16
17 Daniel Petrov (Bul) Benfica                                          14
18 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis                                         12
19 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre                                       12
20 Patxi Vila (Spa) Lampre                                               9
21 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre                                          9
22 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Scott                                9
23 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom                                 8
24 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram                                    8
25 Alberto Contador (Spa) Astana                                         7
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Manuel Váquez (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia                             24 pts
2 Timothy Duggan (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30                        11
3 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                 11
4 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank                                        10
5 Patrick McCarty (USA) Slipstream Chipotle - H30                       10
6 Rubén Plaza (Spa) Benfica                                              9
7 Alberto Contador (Spa) Astana                                          9
8 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom                                    6
9 Gustavo César Veloso (Spa) Karpin Galicia                              6
10 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott                          5
11 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott                  4
 
Combination classification
 
1 Manuel Váquez (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia                              6 pts
2 Rubén Plaza (Spa) Benfica                                             12
3 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                 14
4 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                               20
5 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                  35
6 Alberto Contador (Spa) Astana                                         38
7 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott                          39
8 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom                                 50
9 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott                  61
10 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom                                  65
11 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank                                       67
 
Teams classification
 
1 Bouygues Telecom                                                50.07.30
2 Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone                                    1.47
3 Benfica                                                             3.32
4 Lampre                                                              3.52
5 Astana                                                              4.04
6 Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30                                4.42
7 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                                 6.11
8 Saunier Duval-Scott                                                 7.05
9 Rabobank                                                            9.33
10 Caisse d'Epargne                                                  10.35
11 Liquigas                                                          12.29
12 Contentpolis - Murcia                                             13.57
13 Team Milram                                                       23.26
14 Orbea-Oreka S.D.A                                                 36.44
15 Karpin Galicia                                                    53.57
16 Extremadura-Grupo Gallardo                                      1.03.10
17 Andalucia - Cajasur                                             1.07.01