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18th Challenge Volta a Mallorca - 1.1 (x5)
Spain, February 8-12, 2009
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Stage 3 - February 10: Inca - Inca, 182.6km
Bennati scores stage and overall lead
By Laura Weislo
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Liquigas' Daniele Bennati broke the Katusha stranglehold on the Challenge Mallorca with a emphatic victory in a dangerous sprint after 182.6 kilometres into Inca. Bennati was lucky to avoid a crash in the final bend which took out Caisse d'Epargne's Alejandro Valverde, and powered to the win with a one second time gap over Rabobank's young Dutch sprinter, Tom Leezer and Quick Step's new recruit, Jérôme Pineau. José Joaquin Rojas moved from fourth to second overall after his fourth place on the stage.
The absence of previous stage winners Robbie McEwen and Gert Steegmans (Katusha) from the front of the group could be easily explained by the fact that stage three took riders away from the flat valley roads and up and over three categorized climbs within the final 70 kilometres. The altitude was also responsible for the catch of the early breakaway which escaped at kilometre 60.
Anthony Gibb (Plowman Craven - Madison), Eriz Ruiz (Orbea) and Romain Villa (Cofidis) managed to build up a maximum 10:20 advantage before the ascent of the first climb, the Coll de Soller. As the trio approached the category two climb, they still had seven minutes on the chasing peloton, but would splinter on the way up and concede three minutes to the Caisse d'Epargne-led bunch by the top.
Over the top, only Ruiz survived in the lead, while Gibb and Villa fell back to the comfort of the main group. Ruiz managed to stay clear to take the special sprint in Soller, the category three Coll de'n Bleda and the intermediate sprint in Dieà over the next 20 kilometres before capitulating to the chase.
The furious pace set by Caisse d'Epargne continued on the final climb, a category two slog up the Coll de Ca'n Costa, where David Arroyo led his team over the top to claim all of the points on offer. The effort split the group, leaving a bunch only 50-strong to take the quick descent back to the town of Inca. The work of the Spanish team then continued, putting the second group nine minutes in arrears by the finish.
Javier Ramírez (Andalucia Cajasur) attempted to spoil the sprinters' party by launching an attack with 14km to go, but he could not resist the relentless pace of Caisse d'Epargne and conceded with three kilometres remaining. The sprint looked to be in the hands of the men in black and red, but a crash by Manuel Quinziato (Liquigas) in the final bend left Valverde with nowhere to go. The incident disrupted the sprint, allowing Bennati to take the stage and the overall lead by one second. Valverde was not seriously injured.
Wednesday's stage heads back into the hills for another challenging stage with five categorized climbs over 143.3km. With the final trip up the Coll de Soller inside the last 10km, it will be a day for a climber with daredevil descending skills.
Photography
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- Daniele Bennati (Liquigas) rides in the peloton during the third stage of the Challenge de Mallorca.
- Daniele Bennati celebrates his victory.
- Daniele Bennati (Liquigas) wins the third stage of the Challenge de Mallorca.
- Daniele Bennati accelerates away from the field in the final meters.
- Daniele Bennati (Liquigas) poses with the winner's trophy.
- Daniele Bennati (Liquigas) admires the winner's trophy.
- Daniele Bennati (Liquigas) on the podium.
- Gerald Ciolek (Team Milram) finished in fifth place.
- Linus Gerdemann (Team Milram) leads Milram teammates Gerald Ciolek and Fabian Wegmann.
- Linus Gerdemann (Team Milram) in action on a climb.
- Jérôme Pineau (Quick Step) and Tom Leezer (Rabobank) (l-r) finished third and second respectively behind Bennati.
- Mathew Hayman (Rabobank) at the team bus prior to the third day of racing in Mallorca.
Results
1 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas 4.27.47 (40.91 km/h) 2 Tom Leezer (Ned) Rabobank 0.01 3 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Quick Step 4 José Joaquin Rojas (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 5 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Milram 6 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Team Katusha 7 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 8 Edvald Boasson (Nor) Team Columbia - Highroad 9 Javier Benitez (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO 10 Antonio Colom (Spa) Team Katusha 11 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 12 Javier Aramendia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 13 Dirk Müller (Ger) Team Nutrixxion Sparkasse 14 Arjen De Baat (Ned) Van Vliet EBH Elshof 15 Juan José Oroz (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 16 Íñigo Landaluce (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 17 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 18 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick Step 19 Davide Malacarne (Ita) Quick Step 20 Francisco Pérez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 21 Joan Horrach (Spa) Team Katusha 22 Aitor Pérez (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO 23 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Rabobank 24 Markus Fothen (Ger) Team Milram 25 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank 26 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 27 Sylvian Chavanel (Fra) Quick Step 28 Jorge Azanza (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 29 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step 30 Pedro Hermida (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 31 Javier Etxarri (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO 32 Mikel Nieve (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 33 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Andalucia Cajasur 34 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step 35 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Team Milram 36 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Team Katusha 37 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Team Katusha 38 Rafael Valls (Spa) Burgos Monumental - Castilla Y Leon 39 Serguei Klimov (Rus) Team Katusha 40 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team Columbia - Highroad 41 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Team Columbia - Highroad 42 Rui Da Costa (Por) Caisse d'Epargne 43 Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Team Nutrixxion Sparkasse 44 Javier Moreno (Spa) Andalucia Cajasur 45 Kanstantsin Sivtsov (Blr) Team Columbia - Highroad 46 Jose Antonio Redondo (Spa) Andalucia Cajasur 47 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram 0.14 48 Michael Albasini (Swi) Team Columbia - Highroad 49 Matthias Russ (Ger) Team Milram 50 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas 0.22 51 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Milram 52 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 53 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team Milram 0.35 54 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas 0.47 55 Manuel Vazquez (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO 1.16 56 Javier Ramírez (Spa) Andalucia Cajasur 1.22 57 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1.26 58 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1.40 59 Alberto Losada (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 60 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 61 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2.00 62 Miguel Minguez (Spa) Orbea 9.44 63 Evan Oliphant (GBr) Plowman Craven - Madison 64 Jonathan Tiernan-Lock (GBr) Plowman Craven - Madison 65 José Fco Pacheco (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO 66 Stefan Rucker (Aut) Elk Haus 67 Daniel Sesma (Spa) Orbea 68 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 69 Fco David Delgado (Spa) Burgos Monumental - Castilla Y Leon 70 Ricardo García (Spa) Orbea 71 Joseba Larralde (Spa) Orbea 72 Matthias Brandle (Aut) Elk Haus 73 Stefan Ganser (Ger) Team Kuota - Indeland 74 Andrés A Antuña (Spa) Burgos Monumental - Castilla Y Leon 75 Romain Sicard (Fra) Orbea 76 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team Columbia - Highroad 77 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas 78 Gerhard Trampusch (Aut) Elk Haus 79 Thomas Murray (GBr) Plowman Craven - Madison 80 Bjorn Thurau (Ger) Elk Haus 81 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas 82 Andrey Amador (CRc) Caisse d'Epargne 83 Adrián Palomares (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO 84 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 85 Juan Javier Estrada (Spa) Andalucia Cajasur 86 Jesús Rosendo (Spa) Andalucia Cajasur 87 Alexander Gottfried (Ger) Team Kuota - Indeland 88 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia - Highroad 89 Gorka Izaguirre (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO 90 José Ruiz (Spa) Andalucia Cajasur 91 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Liquigas 92 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 93 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 94 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) Team Columbia - Highroad 95 Jan Valach (Svk) Elk Haus 96 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 97 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Rabobank 98 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 99 Koldo Fernández (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 100 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 101 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 102 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Rabobank 103 Bingen Fernández (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 104 Rikke Dijkxhoorn (Ned) Van Vliet EBH Elshof 105 Lars Vierbergen (Ned) Van Vliet EBH Elshof 106 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank 107 Josu Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 108 Gustavo Dominguez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 109 Marcos García (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 110 Ángel Madrazo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 111 Jon Mozley (GBr) Plowman Craven - Madison 11.07 112 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Columbia - Highroad 113 Stefan Vreugdenhil (Ned) Van Vliet EBH Elshof 114 Wesley Kreder (Ned) Van Vliet EBH Elshof 115 Jeffrey Wiersma (Ned) Van Vliet EBH Elshof 116 Ronan Van Zandbeek (Ned) Van Vliet EBH Elshof 117 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 118 Pedro Jose Vera (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO 119 Eric Baumann (Ger) Team Nutrixxion Sparkasse 120 Bram Schmitz (Ned) Van Vliet EBH Elshof 121 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Team Columbia - Highroad 122 Luis Mas (Spa) Burgos Monumental - Castilla Y Leon 123 Alejandro Paleo (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 124 Andrés Sergio De Lis (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 125 Eneko Echeverz (Spa) Orbea 126 Stephen Adams (GBr) Plowman Craven - Madison 127 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Team Katusha 128 Tom Barras (GBr) Plowman Craven - Madison 129 Guillaume Blot (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 130 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Team Katusha 131 Geert Steegmans (Bel) Team Katusha 132 Marc Perry (GBr) Plowman Craven - Madison 133 Kurt Hovelynck (Bel) Quick Step 134 Kenny De Haes (Bel) Team Katusha 135 Jochen Summer (Aut) Elk Haus 136 Marlon Pérez Arango (Col) Caisse d'Epargne 137 James Millard (GBr) Plowman Craven - Madison 138 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step 139 Vladimir Isaychev (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 140 Michael Kurth (Ger) Team Kuota - Indeland 141 Claudio José Casas (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO 142 Andoni Blazquez (Spa) Orbea 143 Mikel Gaztañaga (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO 144 Jean- Mitja Schlüter (Ger) Team Nutrixxion Sparkasse 145 Lars Wackernagel (Ger) Team Nutrixxion Sparkasse 146 Björn Glasner (Ger) Team Kuota - Indeland 11.29 147 Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 148 Diego Gallego (Spa) Burgos Monumental - Castilla Y Leon 149 Dennis Pohl (Ger) Team Kuota - Indeland 150 Eriz Ruiz (Spa) Orbea 151 Enrique Mata (Spa) Burgos Monumental - Castilla Y Leon 152 Raúl Santamarta (Spa) Burgos Monumental - Castilla Y Leon 153 Alexander Grad (Ger) Team Kuota - Indeland 154 Joaquin Sobrino (Spa) Burgos Monumental - Castilla Y Leon 155 Christophe Kern (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 11.32 156 Romain Villa (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 157 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Elk Haus 158 Markus Eichler (Ger) Team Milram 159 Emmanuel Ruitenbeek (Ned) Team Kuota - Indeland 160 José A López (Spa) Andalucia Cajasur 161 Esteban Plaza (Spa) Andalucia Cajasur 162 Antonio Piedra (Spa) Andalucia Cajasur 163 Harald Starzengruber (Aut) Elk Haus 164 Nico Sijmens (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 11.45 165 Florenz Knauer (Ger) Team Kuota - Indeland 14.19 166 Thomas Bontenackels (Ger) Team Kuota - Indeland 14.22 167 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 19.58 168 Lars Jun (Ned) Van Vliet EBH Elshof 23.33 169 Delio Fernández (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 170 Héctor Espasandín (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 171 Mikel Ilundain (Spa) Orbea 172 Juan Fco Mourón (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 173 Dennis Kreder (Ned) Van Vliet EBH Elshof 174 Mathias Jelitto (Ger) Team Kuota - Indeland 175 Anthony Gibb (GBr) Plowman Craven - Madison 25.19 Sprints Pollença 1 Anthony Gibb (GBr) Plowman Craven - Madison 3 pts 2 José Ruiz (Spa) Andalucia Cajasur 2 3 Romain Villa (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 1 Deiá 1 José Ruiz (Spa) Andalucia Cajasur 3 pts 2 Alberto Losada (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2 3 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1 Special sprints Mª de la Salut 1 Romain Sicard (Fra) Orbea 3 pts 2 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 2 3 Rui Da Costa (Por) Caisse d'Epargne 1 Soller 1 José Ruiz (Spa) Andalucia Cajasur 3 pts 2 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 2 3 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Team Milram 1 Mountains Coll de Soller 1 José Ruiz (Spa) Andalucia Cajasur 10 pts 2 Romain Villa (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 7 3 Anthony Gibb (GBr) Plowman Craven - Madison 5 4 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 3 5 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2 6 Francisco Pérez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1 Coll de'n Bleda 1 José Ruiz (Spa) Andalucia Cajasur 6 pts 2 Rui Da Costa (Por) Caisse d'Epargne 4 3 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2 4 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Milram 1 Coll de Ca'n Costa 1 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 10 pts 2 Rui Da Costa (Por) Caisse d'Epargne 7 3 Alberto Losada (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 5 4 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 3 5 Francisco Pérez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2 6 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1 Teams 1 Rabobank 13.23.24 2 Team Katusha 3 Quick Step 4 Team Milram 5 Euskaltel - Euskadi 6 Contentpolis - AMPO 7 Caisse d'Epargne 8 Team Columbia - Highroad 9 Andalucia Cajasur 10 Liquigas 1.06 11 Xacobeo Galicia 9.43 12 Team Nutrixxion Sparkasse 11.06 13 Burgos Monumental - Castilla Y Leon 19.26 14 Van Vliet Ebh Elshof 15 Cofidis 16 Orbea 29.09 17 Plowman Craven - Madison 18 Elk Haus 19 Team Kuota - Indeland 30.32 General classification after stage 3 1 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas 11.12.31 2 José Joaquin Rojas (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0.01 3 Tom Leezer (Ned) Rabobank 4 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Quick Step 5 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Milram 6 Arjen De Baat (Ned) Van Vliet EBH Elshof 7 Edvald Boasson (Nor) Team Columbia - Highroad 8 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 9 Francisco Pérez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 10 Sylvian Chavanel (Fra) Quick Step 11 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick Step 12 Javier Benitez (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO 13 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 14 Javier Etxarri (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO 15 Jorge Azanza (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 16 Rafael Valls (Spa) Burgos Monumental - Castilla Y Leon 17 Mikel Nieve (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 18 Markus Fothen (Ger) Team Milram 19 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank 20 Íñigo Landaluce (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 21 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step 22 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Team Katusha 0.14 23 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Andalucia Cajasur 0.15 24 Antonio Colom (Spa) Team Katusha 0.16 25 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 26 Javier Aramendia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 27 Davide Malacarne (Ita) Quick Step 28 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Rabobank 29 Aitor Pérez (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO 30 Pedro Hermida (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 31 Dirk Müller (Ger) Team Nutrixxion Sparkasse 0.19 32 Jose Antonio Redondo (Spa) Andalucia Cajasur 0.34 33 Michael Albasini (Swi) Team Columbia - Highroad 0.43 34 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram 35 Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Team Nutrixxion Sparkasse 0.45 36 Serguei Klimov (Rus) Team Katusha 0.47 37 Manuel Vazquez (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO 1.16 38 Javier Moreno (Spa) Andalucia Cajasur 1.57 39 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas 2.19 40 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 2.38 41 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas 2.42 42 José Fco Pacheco (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO 9.44 43 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 44 Koldo Fernández (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 45 Daniel Sesma (Spa) Orbea 46 Bjorn Thurau (Ger) Elk Haus 47 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 48 Stefan Ganser (Ger) Team Kuota - Indeland 49 Gerhard Trampusch (Aut) Elk Haus 50 Ricardo García (Spa) Orbea 51 Gustavo Dominguez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 52 Stefan Rucker (Aut) Elk Haus 53 Andrey Amador (CRc) Caisse d'Epargne 54 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 55 Marcos García (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 56 Bingen Fernández (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 9.58 57 Thomas Murray (GBr) Plowman Craven - Madison 9.59 58 Jan Valach (Svk) Elk Haus 59 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 10.02 60 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas 10.12 61 Jesús Rosendo (Spa) Andalucia Cajasur 10.13 62 Miguel Minguez (Spa) Orbea 63 Fco David Delgado (Spa) Burgos Monumental - Castilla Y Leon 10.17 64 Evan Oliphant (GBr) Plowman Craven - Madison 65 Alexander Gottfried (Ger) Team Kuota - Indeland 66 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team Columbia - Highroad 67 Andrés A Antuña (Spa) Burgos Monumental - Castilla Y Leon 10.38 68 Juan Javier Estrada (Spa) Andalucia Cajasur 10.39 69 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Team Katusha 11.07 70 Eric Baumann (Ger) Team Nutrixxion Sparkasse 71 Guillaume Blot (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 72 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Team Columbia - Highroad 73 Eneko Echeverz (Spa) Orbea 74 Jon Mozley (GBr) Plowman Craven - Madison 75 Tom Barras (GBr) Plowman Craven - Madison 76 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Team Katusha 77 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas 11.16 78 Geert Steegmans (Bel) Team Katusha 11.21 79 Andrés Sergio De Lis (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 80 Jochen Summer (Aut) Elk Haus 11.25 81 Kenny De Haes (Bel) Team Katusha 82 Joaquin Sobrino (Spa) Burgos Monumental - Castilla Y Leon 11.29 83 Dennis Pohl (Ger) Team Kuota - Indeland 84 Harald Starzengruber (Aut) Elk Haus 11.32 85 Vladimir Isaychev (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 11.36 86 Jean- Mitja Schlüter (Ger) Team Nutrixxion Sparkasse 87 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step 88 Alejandro Paleo (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 11.39 89 Bram Schmitz (Ned) Van Vliet EBH Elshof 11.40 90 Wesley Kreder (Ned) Van Vliet EBH Elshof 91 Luis Mas (Spa) Burgos Monumental - Castilla Y Leon 92 Enrique Mata (Spa) Burgos Monumental - Castilla Y Leon 11.47 93 Markus Eichler (Ger) Team Milram 11.50 94 Esteban Plaza (Spa) Andalucia Cajasur 12.01 95 Eriz Ruiz (Spa) Orbea 12.02 96 Diego Gallego (Spa) Burgos Monumental - Castilla Y Leon 97 Antonio Piedra (Spa) Andalucia Cajasur 12.05 98 Romain Villa (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 99 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 12.08 100 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Columbia - Highroad 12.27 101 Michael Kurth (Ger) Team Kuota - Indeland 13.13 102 Christophe Kern (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 13.28 103 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Elk Haus 15.01 104 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank 15.45 105 Romain Sicard (Fra) Orbea 16.28 106 Andoni Blazquez (Spa) Orbea 17.08 107 José A López (Spa) Andalucia Cajasur 17.35 108 Raúl Santamarta (Spa) Burgos Monumental - Castilla Y Leon 17.43 109 Lars Wackernagel (Ger) Team Nutrixxion Sparkasse 18.13 110 Nico Sijmens (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 18.16 111 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia - Highroad 18.46 112 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 19.58 113 Ronan Van Zandbeek (Ned) Van Vliet EBH Elshof 20.25 114 Björn Glasner (Ger) Team Kuota - Indeland 21.14 115 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Liquigas 21.42 116 Juan Fco Mourón (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 23.33 117 Dennis Kreder (Ned) Van Vliet EBH Elshof 24.30 118 Héctor Espasandín (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 26.31 Sprints classification 1 Ronan Van Zandbeek (Ned) Van Vliet EBH Elshof 8 pts 2 Vladimir Isaychev (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 3 3 Dirk Müller (Ger) Team Nutrixxion Sparkasse 3 4 Jesús Rosendo (Spa) Andalucia Cajasur 2 5 Romain Villa (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 1 6 Romain Sicard (Fra) Orbea 1 7 Juan Fco Mourón (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 1 Special sprints classification 1 Romain Sicard (Fra) Orbea 12 pts 2 Ronan Van Zandbeek (Ned) Van Vliet EBH Elshof 4 3 Luis Mas (Spa) Burgos Monumental - Castilla Y Leon 3 4 Jesús Rosendo (Spa) Andalucia Cajasur 1 Mountains classification 1 Romain Villa (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 7 pts 2 Vladimir Isaychev (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 5 3 Francisco Pérez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 3 4 Jesús Rosendo (Spa) Andalucia Cajasur 1 5 Romain Sicard (Fra) Orbea 1 6 Ronan Van Zandbeek (Ned) Van Vliet EBH Elshof 1 Teams classification 1 Rabobank 33.37.36 2 Contentpolis - AMPO 3 Team Katusha 4 Quick Step 5 Caisse d'Epargne 6 Team Columbia - Highroad 7 Team Milram 8 Euskaltel - Euskadi 9 Andalucia Cajasur 0.43 10 Liquigas 1.42 11 Xacobeo Galicia 9.43 12 Team Nutrixxion Sparkasse 11.38 13 Cofidis 19.26 14 Van Vliet Ebh Elshof 19.44 15 Burgos Monumental - Castilla Y Leon 16 Elk Haus 29.09 17 Orbea 18 Plowman Craven - Madison 19 Team Kuota - Indeland 30.32
