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24th Vuelta a Castilla y León - 2.1

Spain, March 23-27, 2009

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Stage 3 - March 25: Sahagún - Estación Inv. De San Isiro, 156.9km

Valverde powers to uphill sprint win

Spaniard Alejandro Valverde took the third stage of the Vuelta a Castilla y León with a characteristically powerful uphill sprint, besting compatriots Rubén Plaza (Liberty Seguros) and Javier Moreno (Andalucía-Cajasur). Overall leader Levi Leipheimer (Astana) maintained his position on the general classification.

"I planned to try something in this third stage because it was a perfect one considering my characteristics and I knew that if I was lucky I had a chance to win it," said Valverde.

"The stage was a very fast one and we had to work a lot to catch the breakers. Leader Leipheimer's teammates worked a lot therefore and later on my team-mates rode at a very high rhythm in the climb. I am really satisfied to win here because the level of the race is high and also because I have not raced many days before coming here."

The 156.9 kilometre stage from Sahagún to the San Isidro ski station was made quite fast by strong tailwinds, and no breakaways could escape for the first half of the stage. A group of six riders finally escaped after 91 kilometres. Pablo Urtasun (Euskaltel-Euskadi), Ricardo Serrano (Fuji-Servetto), Lucas Euser (Garmin-Slilpstream), Serge Pauwels (Cervelo TestTeam), Raúl Santamaría (Burgos Monumental) and Francisco Mancebo (Rock Racing) could only manage just over a minute's lead.

The Astana team was responsible for much of the pacemaking, but made for a comfortable ride for Leipheimer and second placed Alberto Contador. "It was a very aggressive and fast stage, but in a way, comfortable for me, though not for my team", said Leipheimer. "My team did a great job, with Noval and Vaitkus pulling almost the whole day, and then with Chechu [Rubiera], Jesus Hernández and Haimar [Zubeldia]. They worked very well, because it was not simple to control on this finish".

The Caisse d'Epargne team took over on the run-in to the finish, setting a hard tempo at the front, and reeled in the escapees with four kilometres to go on the long, gradual climb to the finish. They delivered Valverde to his first victory of the season.

"The first victory of the season is always very important. It gives you more confidence for the remaining part of the season and I am really happy I won today," Valverde said.

"In spite of everything, even if it is true that I am not bad at all, I know that I still have to work a lot before reaching my best level. Tomorrow will be another day, with the queen stage and two first category hills. I hope to recover from today to be with the best riders tomorrow and if not with the very first at least not far behind."

Results

1 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                  3.28.16 (45.202 km/h)
2 Rubén Plaza (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                                 
3 Javier Moreno (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur                                             
4 José Alberto Benítez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto                                          
5 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                               
6 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Rock Racing                                                   
7 Mauricio Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank                                               
8 Javier Mejías (Spa) Fuji-Servetto                                                 
9 José Joaquín Rojas (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                         
10 Beñat Intxausti (Spa) Fuji-Servetto                                              
11 Alberto Contador (Spa) Astana                                                    
12 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                                     
13 Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa) Rabobank                                                
14 Xavier Tondo (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur                                             
15 David Garcia (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                                               
16 Ignas Konovalovas (Ltu) Cervélo TestTeam                                         
17 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank                                                     
18 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana                                                     
19 Byron Patricio Guama De La Cruz (Ecu) Burgos Monumental - Castilla y Leon        
20 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                           
21 Juan José Cobo (Spa) Fuji-Servetto                                               
22 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom                                  
23 Bruno Pires (Por) Barbot-Siper                                                   
24 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank                                                   
25 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur                                          
26 Ezequiel Mosquera (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                                          
27 Adrián Palomares (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo                                         
28 Rafael Valls Ferri (Spa) Burgos Monumental - Castilla y Leon                     
29 Edgar Pinto (Por) Liberty Seguros                                                
30 Jorge Azanza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                             
31 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo                                      
32 Stef Clement (Ned) Rabobank                                                      
33 Philip Deignan (Irl) Cervélo TestTeam                                            
34 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia                                            
35 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank                                                   
36 Denys Kostyuk (Ukr) ISD                                                          
37 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin-Slipstream                                    
38 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                          
39 Tom Danielson (USA) Garmin-Slipstream                                            
40 Julián Sánchez (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo                                           
41 Nuno Ribeiro (Por) Liberty Seguros                                               
42 David Bernabeu (Spa) Barbot-Siper                                                
43 Volodimir Gustov (Ukr) Cervélo TestTeam                                          
44 David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin-Slipstream                                          
45 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Rock Racing                                         
46 Huub Duyn (Ned) Garmin-Slipstream                                                
47 Marlon Pérez (Col) Caisse d'Epargne                                              
48 Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas (Spa) Orbea                                         
49 Eritz Ruiz De Erentxun Antetara (Spa) Orbea                                      
50 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                            
51 Carlos Nozal Vega (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                          
52 Oscar García-Casarrubios (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo                                 
53 Mikel Nieve (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                              
54 Dmitry Kozontchouk (Rus) Rabobank                                                
55 Antonio Piedra (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur                                           
56 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam                                              
57 Vitaly Kondrut (Ukr) ISD                                                         
58 Miguel Minguez Ayala (Spa) Orbea                                                 
59 Francisco Pérez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                           
60 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Astana                                                     
61 Oscar Pujol (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam                                               
62 Guillaume Le Floch (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom                                   
63 José Herrada (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo                                             
64 Arkaitz Durán (Spa) Fuji-Servetto                                                
65 Oleksandr Kvachuk (Ukr) ISD                                                      
66 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) Rock Racing                                               
67 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                               
68 David Vitoria (Swi) Rock Racing                                                  
69 Alejandro Paleo (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                                            
70 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam                                             
71 Glen Chadwick (Aus) Rock Racing                                                  
72 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) ISD                                                       
73 Iván Gutiérrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                            
74 Joseba Larralde Alzugarai (Spa) Orbea                                            
75 José Antonio Redondo (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur                                     
76 David Francisco Delgado (Spa) Burgos Monumental - Castilla y Leon                
77 Ricardo Van Der Velde (Ned) Garmin-Slipstream                                    
78 Helder Oliveira (Por) Barbot-Siper                                               
79 Hernani Broco (Por) Liberty Seguros                                              
80 Blake Caldwell (USA) Garmin-Slipstream                                           
81 Alberto Fernández Sainz (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                                    
82 Carlos Manuel Pinho Oliveira (Por) Barbot-Siper                                  
83 Alberto Losada (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                            
84 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Bbox Bouygues Telecom                                      
85 Joaquin Novoa Menedez (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam                                 0.17
86 Francisco José Martínez (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur                                  
87 Javier Benitez (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo                                           
88 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom                                     
89 Ivan Melero Coco (Spa) Burgos Monumental - Castilla y Leon                   0.32
90 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                       0.40
91 Gorka Izaguirre Insausti (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo                                 
92 Gianluca Mirenda (Ita) ISD                                                   0.45
93 Davide Ricci Bitti (Ita) ISD                                                 1.02
94 David Martín Velasco (Spa) Rock Racing                                       1.16
95 Javier Etxarri Marin (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo                                 1.35
96 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Cervélo TestTeam                                         1.52
97 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Astana                                               2.20
98 Jesús Hernández (Spa) Astana                                                     
99 Lucas Euser (USA) Garmin-Slipstream                                              
100 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Rock Racing                                             
101 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                      
102 Pablo Urtasun (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                           
103 Bruno Miguel Castanheira Gomes (Por) Barbot-Siper                           3.07
104 Gustavo Dominguez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                                         
105 Juan Francisco Mourón Doldan (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                              
106 Vladimir Isaichev (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia                                         
107 Joaquin Sobrino Martinez (Spa) Burgos Monumental - Castilla y Leon              
108 Daniel Sesma Sorbet (Spa) Orbea                                                 
109 Ivan Dominguez (Cub) Fuji-Servetto                                              
110 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom                                      
111 Evgeny Sokolov (Rus) Bbox Bouygues Telecom                                      
112 Samuel Dias Coelho (Por) Barbot-Siper                                       4.15
113 Aitor Olano Orbegozo (Spa) Orbea                                                
114 Manuel Antonio Leal Cardoso (Por) Liberty Seguros                           4.24
115 Antonio Jesus (Por) Liberty Seguros                                             
116 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Fuji-Servetto                                         4.36
117 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) ISD                                                   5.00
118 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                          5.20
119 Diego Gallego Arnaiz (Spa) Burgos Monumental - Castilla y Leon                  
120 Mikel Ilundain Tirapu (Spa) Orbea                                               
121 Eneko Echeverz Carte (Spa) Orbea                                                
122 Enrique Mata Cabello (Spa) Burgos Monumental - Castilla y Leon              5.52
123 Vidal Celis Zabala (Spa) Barbot-Siper                                           
124 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Rock Racing                                                
125 Raul Santamarta Valbuena (Spa) Burgos Monumental - Castilla y Leon              
126 Damien Gaudin (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom                                   5.55
127 José Antonio López (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur                                  7.14
128 José Antonio Carrasco (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur                                   
129 Igor Abakoumov (Bel) ISD                                                        
130 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Garmin-Slipstream                                            
131 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Astana                                                 9.10
132 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Astana                                                      
133 Antonio Amorim (Por) Barbot-Siper                                               
 
Points
 
1 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                       25 pts
2 Rubén Plaza (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                               20
3 Javier Moreno (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur                                           16
4 José Alberto Benítez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto                                        14
5 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                             12
6 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Rock Racing                                                 10
7 Mauricio Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank                                              9
8 Javier Mejías (Spa) Fuji-Servetto                                                8
9 José Joaquín Rojas (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                        7
10 Beñat Intxausti (Spa) Fuji-Servetto                                             6
11 Alberto Contador (Spa) Astana                                                   5
12 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                                    4
13 Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa) Rabobank                                               3
14 Xavier Tondo (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur                                            2
15 David Garcia (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                                              1
 
Mountains
 
Alto De San Isidro (Cat. 2) km. 156.90
1 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                        6 pts
2 Rubén Plaza (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                                4
3 Javier Moreno (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur                                            2
4 José Alberto Benítez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto                                         1 
 
Teams
 
1 Fuji-Servetto                                                             10.24.48
2 Caisse d'Epargne                                                                  
3 Rabobank                                                                          
4 Andalucia Cajasur                                                                 
5 Liberty Seguros                                                                   
6 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                                               
7 Xacobeo Galicia                                                                   
8 Astana                                                                            
9 Cervelo Test Team                                                                 
10 Contentpolis-Ampo                                                                
11 Rock Racing                                                                      
12 Garmin - Slipstream                                                              
13 Burgos Monumental - Castilla y Leon                                              
14 Barbot - Siper                                                                   
15 Orbea                                                                            
16 ISD                       ITA                                                    
17 Bbox Bouygues Telecom                                                            
 
General classification after stage 3
 
1 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana                                               8.33.26
2 Alberto Contador (Spa) Astana                                                 0.16
3 David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin-Slipstream                                       0.22
4 Stef Clement (Ned) Rabobank                                                   0.49
5 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                                  0.55
6 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                         1.16
7 Iván Gutiérrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                         1.17
8 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Rock Racing                                               1.33
9 Tom Danielson (USA) Garmin-Slipstream                                         1.36
10 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin-Slipstream                                1.39
11 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank                                               1.46
12 Ignas Konovalovas (Ltu) Cervélo TestTeam                                     1.47
13 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank                                                   
14 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                           
15 Xavier Tondo (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur                                         1.51
16 Rubén Plaza (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                            1.52
17 Philip Deignan (Irl) Cervélo TestTeam                                        1.53
18 Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa) Rabobank                                            1.56
19 Ezequiel Mosquera (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                                      2.01
20 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                    2.07
21 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                      2.08
22 Francisco Pérez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                       2.10
23 Vitaly Kondrut (Ukr) ISD                                                     2.12
24 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Rock Racing                                     2.15
25 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) Rock Racing                                           2.18
26 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) ISD                                                       
27 Alberto Losada (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                        2.19
28 Mauricio Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank                                          2.20
29 David Bernabeu (Spa) Barbot-Siper                                            2.24
30 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                           2.26
31 Adrián Palomares (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo                                     2.31
32 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam                                         2.32
33 Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas (Spa) Orbea                                     2.34
34 Marlon Pérez (Col) Caisse d'Epargne                                          2.35
35 Volodimir Gustov (Ukr) Cervélo TestTeam                                      2.42
36 Denys Kostyuk (Ukr) ISD                                                      2.43
37 Oleksandr Kvachuk (Ukr) ISD                                                      
38 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Astana                                                 2.45
39 Javier Moreno (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur                                        2.49
40 Blake Caldwell (USA) Garmin-Slipstream                                       2.51
41 Juan José Cobo (Spa) Fuji-Servetto                                           2.54
42 David Garcia (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                                           2.56
43 Carlos Nozal Vega (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                      2.57
44 Arkaitz Durán (Spa) Fuji-Servetto                                            3.00
45 Antonio Piedra (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur                                           
46 Beñat Intxausti (Spa) Fuji-Servetto                                          3.01
47 Bruno Pires (Por) Barbot-Siper                                               3.03
48 Julián Sánchez (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo                                       3.06
49 José Joaquín Rojas (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                    3.11
50 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Bbox Bouygues Telecom                                  3.17
51 Mikel Nieve (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                          3.18
52 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia                                        3.20
53 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank                                                 3.25
54 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                          3.26
55 Dmitry Kozontchouk (Rus) Rabobank                                            3.27
56 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom                                 3.30
57 David Vitoria (Swi) Rock Racing                                              3.33
58 Glen Chadwick (Aus) Rock Racing                                              3.40
59 Oscar Pujol (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam                                           3.41
60 José Herrada (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo                                         3.45
61 Javier Mejías (Spa) Fuji-Servetto                                            3.47
62 Rafael Valls Ferri (Spa) Burgos Monumental - Castilla y Leon                 3.49
63 Alejandro Paleo (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                                        3.55
64 Nuno Ribeiro (Por) Liberty Seguros                                           3.58
65 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo                                  4.06
66 Gorka Izaguirre Insausti (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo                             4.07
67 Edgar Pinto (Por) Liberty Seguros                                            4.13
68 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                       4.26
69 Joseba Larralde Alzugarai (Spa) Orbea                                        4.37
70 Davide Ricci Bitti (Ita) ISD                                                 4.43
71 Guillaume Le Floch (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom                               4.47
72 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                   5.04
73 Pablo Urtasun (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                        5.09
74 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur                                      5.20
75 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Rock Racing                                          5.24
76 Helder Oliveira (Por) Barbot-Siper                                               
77 Carlos Manuel Pinho Oliveira (Por) Barbot-Siper                              5.48
78 Gianluca Mirenda (Ita) ISD                                                   5.53
79 Jesús Hernández (Spa) Astana                                                 5.57
80 Byron Patricio Guama De La Cruz (Ecu) Burgos Monumental - Castilla y Leon    6.27
81 Javier Etxarri Marin (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo                                 6.30
82 Daniel Sesma Sorbet (Spa) Orbea                                              6.34
83 Bruno Miguel Castanheira Gomes (Por) Barbot-Siper                            6.45
84 Gustavo Dominguez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                                      6.49
85 Lucas Euser (USA) Garmin-Slipstream                                          7.07
86 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom                                   7.30
87 Juan Francisco Mourón Doldan (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                           7.43
88 Joaquin Sobrino Martinez (Spa) Burgos Monumental - Castilla y Leon           8.02
89 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam                                          8.20
90 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                           8.23
91 José Antonio Redondo (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur                                 8.31
92 Huub Duyn (Ned) Garmin-Slipstream                                            8.35
93 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Fuji-Servetto                                          9.05
94 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Rock Racing                                             9.30
95 Enrique Mata Cabello (Spa) Burgos Monumental - Castilla y Leon              10.02
96 Manuel Antonio Leal Cardoso (Por) Liberty Seguros                           10.04
97 Javier Benitez (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo                                           
98 José Antonio Carrasco (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur                               10.16
99 Ivan Melero Coco (Spa) Burgos Monumental - Castilla y Leon                  10.23
100 Hernani Broco (Por) Liberty Seguros                                        10.38
101 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Garmin-Slipstream                                       10.42
102 Miguel Minguez Ayala (Spa) Orbea                                                
103 Ricardo Van Der Velde (Ned) Garmin-Slipstream                              10.50
104 José Alberto Benítez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto                                   10.59
105 David Francisco Delgado (Spa) Burgos Monumental - Castilla y Leon          11.03
106 Eritz Ruiz De Erentxun Antetara (Spa) Orbea                                11.05
107 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom                            11.12
108 Oscar García-Casarrubios (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo                           11.25
109 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Cervélo TestTeam                                       11.42
110 Evgeny Sokolov (Rus) Bbox Bouygues Telecom                                 11.50
111 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Astana                                                  
112 David Martín Velasco (Spa) Rock Racing                                     12.07
113 Vladimir Isaichev (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia                                    12.17
114 José Antonio López (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur                                 12.22
115 Alberto Fernández Sainz (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                              12.29
116 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Astana                                                12.47
117 Francisco José Martínez (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur                            12.49
118 Jorge Azanza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                       13.35
119 Igor Abakoumov (Bel) ISD                                                        
120 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) ISD                                                  14.00
121 Joaquin Novoa Menedez (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam                               14.11
122 Ivan Dominguez (Cub) Fuji-Servetto                                         14.30
123 Mikel Ilundain Tirapu (Spa) Orbea                                          15.29
124 Damien Gaudin (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom                                  16.01
125 Eneko Echeverz Carte (Spa) Orbea                                           16.12
126 Aitor Olano Orbegozo (Spa) Orbea                                           16.19
127 Raul Santamarta Valbuena (Spa) Burgos Monumental - Castilla y Leon         16.49
128 Samuel Dias Coelho (Por) Barbot-Siper                                      17.06
129 Diego Gallego Arnaiz (Spa) Burgos Monumental - Castilla y Leon             17.21
130 Antonio Jesus (Por) Liberty Seguros                                        17.59
131 Vidal Celis Zabala (Spa) Barbot-Siper                                      19.38
132 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Astana                                                 20.40
133 Antonio Amorim (Por) Barbot-Siper                                          22.49
 
Points classification
 
1 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                             26 pts
2 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana                                                    25
3 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                       25
4 Joaquin Sobrino Martinez (Spa) Burgos Monumental - Castilla y Leon              25
5 Alberto Contador (Spa) Astana                                                   25
6 José Joaquín Rojas (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                       23
7 Rubén Plaza (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                               20
8 David Vitoria (Swi) Rock Racing                                                 20
9 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Rock Racing                                                 18
10 David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin-Slipstream                                        16
11 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                                   16
12 Javier Moreno (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur                                          16
13 Stef Clement (Ned) Rabobank                                                    14
14 José Alberto Benítez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto                                       14
15 Mauricio Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank                                            13
16 Iván Gutiérrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                          12
17 Manuel Antonio Leal Cardoso (Por) Liberty Seguros                              12
18 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                          10
19 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Garmin-Slipstream                                           10
20 Juan Francisco Mourón Doldan (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                              9
21 Denys Kostyuk (Ukr) ISD                                                         8
22 Javier Mejías (Spa) Fuji-Servetto                                               8
23 Tom Danielson (USA) Garmin-Slipstream                                           7
24 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Fuji-Servetto                                             7
25 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin-Slipstream                                   6
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                        6 pts
2 José Antonio López (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur                                       5
3 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Rock Racing                                              4
4 Rubén Plaza (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                                4
5 Raul Santamarta Valbuena (Spa) Burgos Monumental - Castilla y Leon               3
6 Javier Moreno (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur                                            2
7 José Alberto Benítez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto                                         1
 
Combination classification
 
1 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                        5 pts
2 Rubén Plaza (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                                5
3 Javier Moreno (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur                                            5
4 José Alberto Benítez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto                                         5
5 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana                                                     4
6 Alberto Contador (Spa) Astana                                                    4
7 David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin-Slipstream                                          4
8 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                                     4
9 Stef Clement (Ned) Rabobank                                                      4
10 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Rock Racing                                                 4
11 Iván Gutiérrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                           4
 
Regional rider classification
 
1 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam                                              
2 Oscar Pujol (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam                                                
3 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Rock Racing                                               
4 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Fuji-Servetto                                               
5 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam                                               
6 Enrique Mata Cabello (Spa) Burgos Monumental - Castilla y Leon                    
7 Ivan Melero Coco (Spa) Burgos Monumental - Castilla y Leon                        
8 David Francisco Delgado (Spa) Burgos Monumental - Castilla y Leon                 
9 Alberto Fernández Sainz (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                                     
10 Joaquin Novoa Menedez (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam                                     
 
Spanish rider classification
 
1 Alberto Contador (Spa) Astana                                                     
2 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                             
3 Iván Gutiérrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                             
4 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Rock Racing                                                   
5 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                            
6 Xavier Tondo (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur                                              
7 Rubén Plaza (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                                 
8 Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa) Rabobank                                                 
9 Ezequiel Mosquera (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                                           
10 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                        
11 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                          
 
Teams classification
 
1 Astana                                                                    25.43.19
2 Rabobank                                                                      0.29
3 Garmin - Slipstream                                                           0.36
4 Caisse d'Epargne                                                              2.10
5 Cervelo Test Team                                                             2.23
6 Rock Racing                                                                   3.05
7 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                                           3.12
8 ISD                                                                           3.53
9 Liberty Seguros                                                               4.14
10 Xacobeo Galicia                                                              4.30
11 Andalucia Cajasur                                                            4.39
12 Fuji-Servetto                                                                5.54
13 Contentpolis-Ampo                                                            6.03
14 Barbot - Siper                                                               6.04
15 Bbox Bouygues Telecom                                                        6.42
16 Orbea                                                                        7.06
17 Burgos Monumental - Castilla y Leon                                          9.22