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60th Vuelta a España - GT
Spain, August 27-September 18, 2005
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Stage 10 - Monday, September 5: La Vall d'En Bas (Girona)-Ordino Arcalis (Andorra), 206.3 km
First Grand Tour victory for Mancebo
Menchov holds firm
By Hernan Alvarez Macias
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After more than 200 harsh kilometres over the Pyrenees, Francisco Mancebo (Illes Balears) got his prize today, winning a five-rider uphill sprint to the ski station Ordino-Arcalis. Roberto Heras (Liberty-Würth) finished second on the same time and Vuelta leader Denis Menchov (Rabobank) was third on Heras' wheel.
It was a long and exhausting stage with an early big breakaway that slowly faded on an unforgiving parcours. On the last climb, the favourites' group with Mancebo, Heras and Menchov took the race by its horns and the trio finished together, with Juan Miguel Mercado (Quick Step) and Carlos Garcia Quesada (Comunidad Valenciana) a few seconds behind by the summit of Ordino-Arcalis.
"After so many Grand Tours, finally the victory has come," said an exultant Mancebo, reflecting on his first Grand Tour win. "It is an extraordinary year in my life; in my personal life [his daughter was born in July while he was riding the Tour de France - ed.] and in my professional life. I made a big effort to win and this victory is very important for me and for my team. This is the greatest victory in the world."
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Carlos Garcia Quesada was also satisfied with his fourth place: "I'm happy because I gave it all today," said the rider post-stage. "My team-mates Eladio Jimenez and Adolfo [Garcia Quesada] also gave it their all. We are a fighting team, and at least we gave a good show for the TV audience. If we have energy, we will keep on trying to win."
Although isolated on the final climb, race leader Menchov was happy with the outcome. "In the end, things went right," said the Russian.
"At the end of the stage, I had to battle on my own, and now there's one day less, that's important. The final victory is very far; we will go day by day. We saved [the jersey], so it was a very important day." Menchov also added he didn't want to win today, as he told the other riders that he wouldn't go for the stage win.
How it unfolded
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Unai Yus (Bouygues Telecom) was the day's non-starter in La Vall d'en Bas, leaving 178 riders with a long and hard journey ahead of them. Early in the stage (km 10), 10 riders made a breakaway: Miguel Martin Perdiguero (Phonak), Eladio Jimenez (Comunidad Valenciana), Joaquin Rodriguez (Saunier Duval), Oscar Pereiro (Phonak), Angel Vicioso (Liberty), David Lopez (Euskaltel-Euskadi), Adolfo Garcia Quesada (Comunidad Valenciana), David Bernabeu (Comunidad Valenciana), Stijn Devolder (Discovery Channel) and Aitor Osa (Illes Balears). 29 kilometres later, their advantage was 1'20.
At the foot of the second climb, Port de Collada de Tosses, eight riders began chasing the 10 leaders: Joseba Beloki (Liberty), Jose Vicente Garcia Acosta (Illes Balears), David Bernabeu (Comunidad Valenciana), Benjamin Noval (Discovery Channel), Rik Verbrugghe (Quick Step), Iñigo Cuesta (Saunier Duval), Joan Horrach (Illes Balears) and Michele Scarponi (Liberty). On that mountain, the chasers and the leaders joined together, with the gap to the peloton 2'20 at km 75.
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By the summit of the climb (km 77.7), Perdiguero was leading the race, followed by Joaquin Rodriguez, Eladio Jimenez and the rest of the leaders. The breakaway kept going and they increased their lead to 4'52 gap by km 130. Rabobank and Liberty Seguros-Würth didn't want to let the breakaway get much further ahead, so they pushed the peloton in order to reduce the time gap.
On the third big climb of the Collet de Montaup (around km 160), three riders attacked the break - Aitor Osa, David Lopez and Rik Verbrugghe, later joined by Adolfo Garcia Quesada. Pereiro and Cuesta couldn't hold the pace in the breakaway and fell behind, with the lead quartet's advantage to the peloton 3 minutes and 15 seconds. Back in the peloton, the group was splitting into smaller groups, as Juan Miguel Mercado (Quick Step) chased the four leaders, 2'55 behind.
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On the descent (km 188/18 km to go), Aitor Osa crashed on a left-hand corner, continuing for a few metres before realising his collarbone was broken, and abandoning moments later. But Osa wasn't the only who abandoned: 2001 Vuelta winner Angel Casero (Comunidad Valenciana), Isidro Nozal (Liberty) and Max Van Heeswijk (Discovery Channel), among others, also quit before the day's end.
Between Montaup and Ordino-Arcalis, Verbrugghe was leading the race solo as Adolfo Garcia Quesada and David Lopez dropped off the pace. By the foot of Ordino-Arcalis, Verbrugghe had a group of 10 riders less than a minute behind him, with the favourites including Roberto Heras, Denis Menchov and Francisco Mancebo around a 1'20 behind the first chase group.
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At 9km to go, the show began with Carlos Garcia Quesada (Comunidad Valenciana) recovered to rejoin Verbrugghe, the pair staying together for some minutes. With Juan Miguel Mercado (Quick Step) coming up to them, the Belgian was dropped, leaving Quesada and Mercado at the front with 7km to go. Oscar Sevilla (T-Mobile) was coming from behind but struggled to joined the two, unable to make the junction, while the groupe maillot oro kept its pace and started reducing the gap to the leaders.
Heras changed the rhythm in order to trap the leaders, but found a strong Menchov straight on his wheel, with Mancebo also showing his colours to bridge the gap. With just 3km to go, Mancebo, Menchov, Heras, Garcia Quesada and Mercado were one. More attacks came from Heras but again, Menchov was on his wheel; the Russian had a clear strategy today: to follow the Liberty rider, no matter what.
Despite Mercado and Heras' attacking, the lead quintet rode the final kilometres together. In the uphill sprint, Heras accelerated and it seemed he would win, but Mancebo came from behind, passing him in the final 10 metres, earning his first Grand Tour victory.
Stage 11 - September 6: Andorra-Aramon Cerler, 186.6 km
Tomorrow comes the second day in the Pyrenees, another exhausting stage for all the riders. Five big climbs are on the menu: the Port del Canto (Category 1, 1730 m. above sea level, km 41), Coll de Bretui (Cat. 2, 1040 m., km 83), Coll de la Creu de Perves (Cat. 2, 1350 m., km 107.3), and Coll de la Espina (Cat. 2, 1410 m., km 140.3) before finishing at the ski station of Aramon Cerler (Cat. special, 1920 m.). Three intermediate sprints are also on the cards: Sort (km 61), Castejon de Sos (km 158.8) and Cerler (km 178). Expect to see Heras on the attack. So far, however, the Russian seems well prepared for war in the mountains...
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- Here come the leaders!
- The lead group begin the final climb.
- Rounding one of many switchbacks to the summit at Andorra.
- Here they come!
- And there they go!
- A long way to go.
- Juan Miguel Mercado (Quick Step) rode an excellent, attacking stage to finish fifth.
- Oscar Sevilla (T-Mobile) was a little off his best today.
- Carlos Sastre (Team CSC) really suffering.
- Michele Scarponi (Liberty Seguros) isn't having much fun, either, finishing 12th on the stage.
- Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) lost any chance of winning the tour today, finishing five minutes down.
- Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Phonak) finished almost four and a half minutes in arrears.
- Leonardo Piepoli (Saunier Duval) was way off his best on the climb of Ordino Arcalis.
- Early breakaway Rik Verbrugghe (Quick Step) spent a great deal of time out in front today.
- Leonardo Bertagnolli (Cofidis) in the hurt box.
- The remnants of the peloton.
- The only way is up.
- What's that on the hillside?
- One kilometre to go.
- The five leaders approach the summit of Andorra.
- Francisco Mancebo (Illes Balears) giving it plenty up front.
- Roberto Heras (Liberty Seguros) is flanked by race leader Denis Menchov.
- Francisco Mancebo (Illes Balears) looks ahead to the summit finish in Ordino Arcalis.
- Francisco Mancebo (Illes Balears) triumphs atop Ordino Arcalis.
- Francisco Mancebo (Illes Balears) can't hide his delight.
- Francisco Mancebo (Illes Balears) gets the shoulder back for a big air-punch.
- Hai-yahhh!
- About time, God!
- Francisco Mancebo (Illes Balears) can't believe it.
- Carlos Sastre (Team CSC) had a tough time today, but rode well enough for eighth place.
- Leonardo Bertagnolli (Cofidis) looking a little pooped.
- Francisco Mancebo (Illes Balears) holds his winner's trophy up high.
- Denis Menchov (Rabobank) enjoying his time in the maillot oro.
Images by AFP Photo
- Denis Menchov's a happy man to still be in yellow
- Francisco Mancebo (Illes Balears) gets a kiss on the podium
- Menchov (l) and Mancebo (r) duel it out on the final climb of the day
- Denis Menchov (Rabobank) looks comfortable during stage 10
- That's tops! Denis Mechov (Rabobank) stays in yellow for another day
- Tom Danielson (Discovery Channel) climbs within himself during the tough stage 10
- Francisco Mancebo (Illes Balears) rides hard on his way to winning stage 10
- Denis Menchov (Rabobank) and Paolo Bettini (Quick Step) enjoy a little chat before the stage starts
- Beloki (l), Scarponi (c) and Heras (r) ride together on stage 10 in a good showing for Liberty
- Francisco Mancebo (Illes Balears) wins after a thrilling stage 10
Results
1 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 5.33.49 2 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 3 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 4 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 0.02 5 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic 0.06 6 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel 0.16 7 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 8 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 0.21 9 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 0.28 10 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 1.16 11 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 12 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 1.28 13 Julian Sanchez Pimienta (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 2.16 14 Marcos Antonio Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 15 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.29 16 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon - Lotto 17 David Blanco Rodiguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 3.00 18 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon - Lotto 3.17 19 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3.52 20 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Lampre - Caffita 4.18 21 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 22 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC 23 Unai Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 24 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 25 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 26 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC 27 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 28 Francisco José Lara (Spa) T-Mobile Team 29 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas - Bianchi 30 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 4.28 31 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Caffita 4.34 32 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.52 33 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5.33 34 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 5.53 35 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Caffita 6.06 36 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 6.32 37 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 7.07 38 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 7.10 39 David Bernabeu (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 7.12 40 Adolfo Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 7.30 41 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 8.53 42 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 43 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 9.46 44 Daniel Atienza Urendez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 10.12 45 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel 46 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 10.32 47 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team CSC 10.52 48 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 12.22 49 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 50 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas - Bianchi 13.59 51 Eladio Jimenez Sanchez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 15.58 52 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 16.51 53 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 54 Francisco Pérez (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 55 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 56 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 57 José Antonio Pecharroman Fabian (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic 58 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 59 Joseba Beloki Dorronsoro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 60 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel 19.09 61 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 62 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 20.05 63 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 64 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 65 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 66 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 67 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel 68 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 69 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 70 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Lampre - Caffita 71 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 72 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel 73 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 74 Jorge Garcia (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 75 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 76 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 77 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 78 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 79 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile Team 80 Juan Manuel Fuentes (Spa) Lampre - Caffita 81 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic 82 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 83 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 84 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 85 Niels Scheuneman (Ned) Rabobank 86 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 87 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 88 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Crédit Agricole 89 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 90 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 91 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 92 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 93 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 20.39 94 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 95 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 22.24 96 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 24.21 97 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel 26.04 98 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 30.53 99 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 100 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 101 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick Step - Innergetic 102 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 103 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 104 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 105 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 106 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 107 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Domina Vacanze 108 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 109 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 110 Jukka Vastaranta (Fin) Rabobank 111 Matej Jurco (Svk) Domina Vacanze 112 Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 113 Constantino Zaballa Gutierrez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 114 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC 115 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team 116 Freddy Gonzalez (Col) Relax Fuenlabrada 117 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas - Bianchi 118 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 119 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 120 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 121 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 122 Devis Miorin (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 123 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas - Bianchi 124 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 125 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 126 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 127 Ian McLeod (RSA) Française des Jeux 128 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 129 Moises Dueñas (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 130 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 131 Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon - Lotto 132 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 133 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 134 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Liquigas - Bianchi 135 Jose Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 136 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner 137 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 138 Santiago Botero Echeverry (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 139 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 140 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Crédit Agricole 141 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 142 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 143 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 144 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team 145 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Davitamon - Lotto 146 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 147 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze 148 Tom Steels (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 149 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 150 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner 151 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 152 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française des Jeux 153 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 154 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française des Jeux 155 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 156 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 157 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 158 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 159 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team 160 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 161 Yohann Gène (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 31.49 162 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 32.19 163 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 34.52 164 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française des Jeux 165 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 35.16 166 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 44.03 167 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 46.20 DNS Unai Yus Kerejeta (Spa) Bouygues Telecom DNF Isidro Nozal Vega (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team DNF Aitor Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne DNF Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom DNF Angel Luis Casero (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana DNF Eric Leblacher (Fra) Crédit Agricole DNF Leif Hoste (Bel) Discovery Channel DNF Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel DNF Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Domina Vacanze DNF Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Fassa Bortolo DNF Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner DNF José Antonio Garrido (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic Points 1 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 25 pts 2 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 20 3 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 16 4 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 14 5 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic 12 6 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel 10 7 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 9 8 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 8 9 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 7 10 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 6 11 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5 12 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 4 13 Julian Sanchez Pimienta (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 3 14 Marcos Antonio Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 2 15 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 1 16 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne -5 17 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi -5 18 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Lampre - Caffita -5 Mountains Coll de Canes, km 21 - Cat 2 1 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 10 pts 2 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 7 3 Eladio Jimenez Sanchez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 5 4 David Bernabeu (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 3 5 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 2 6 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 1 Port de Collada de Tosses, km 78 - Cat 1 1 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 16 pts 2 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 12 3 Eladio Jimenez Sanchez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 10 4 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 8 5 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 6 6 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel 4 7 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 3 8 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 2 9 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1 Collet de Montaup, km 178 - Cat 1 1 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 16 pts 2 Aitor Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 12 3 Adolfo Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 10 4 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 8 5 Eladio Jimenez Sanchez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 6 6 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 4 7 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 3 8 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic 2 9 José Enrique Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 1 E.Esquí d´Ordino-Arcalís, km 206 - Special Cat. 1 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 30 pts 2 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 25 3 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 20 4 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 16 5 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic 12 6 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel 10 7 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 8 8 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 6 9 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 4 10 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 3 11 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 12 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 1 Sprints Campdevanol, km 42,8 1 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 4 pts 2 Adolfo Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 2 3 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1 Andorra La Vella, km 152 1 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 4 pts 2 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 2 3 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 1 Canillo, km 167,9 1 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 4 pts 2 Aitor Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 2 3 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 Teams 1 Comunidad Valenciana 16.44.45 2 Liberty Seguros - Würth Team 0.26 3 Team CSC 5.39 4 Euskaltel - Euskadi 7.08 5 Illes Balears - Caisse D'Epargne 7.32 6 Phonak Hearing Systems 7.47 7 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 8.26 8 Davitamon - Lotto 11.21 9 Lampre - Caffita 11.40 10 Quick Step - Innergetic 14.30 11 T- Mobile Team 21.33 12 Saunier Duval - Prodir 29.47 13 Credit Agricole 33.27 14 Rabobank 35.56 15 Cofidis, le credit par telephone 39.21 16 Bouygues Telecom 40.20 17 Relax Fuenlabrada 41.20 18 Team Gerolsteiner 43.58 19 Liquigas - Bianchi 45.52 20 Fassa Bortolo 1.00.44 21 La Francaise Des Jeux 1.18.33 22 Domina Vacanze 1.29.21 General classification after stage 10 1 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 39.57.42 2 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 0.47 3 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 1.53 4 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 1.57 5 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 3.31 6 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 4.23 7 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 4.27 8 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel 4.29 9 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic 5.05 10 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 5.14 11 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 6.07 12 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 6.09 13 David Blanco Rodiguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 6.23 14 Marcos Antonio Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 8.18 15 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC 8.50 16 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon - Lotto 10.10 17 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 11.15 18 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 12.01 19 David Bernabeu (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 12.43 20 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Caffita 13.06 21 Francisco José Lara (Spa) T-Mobile Team 13.26 22 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 13.48 23 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 13.50 24 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 13.58 25 Unai Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 14.25 26 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 14.45 27 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Caffita 15.09 28 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Lampre - Caffita 15.16 29 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 15.17 30 Adolfo Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 15.54 31 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC 16.52 32 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 18.09 33 Daniel Atienza Urendez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 20.30 34 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 20.51 35 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 21.28 36 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 23.25 37 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 24.25 38 Joseba Beloki Dorronsoro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 24.28 39 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon - Lotto 24.39 40 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 26.50 41 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 26.51 42 José Antonio Pecharroman Fabian (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic 27.02 43 Francisco Pérez (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 28.32 44 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 29.17 45 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 29.51 46 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 29.57 47 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel 29.58 48 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel 31.25 49 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 31.38 50 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 32.13 51 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 32.36 52 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel 34.50 53 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 35.26 54 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas - Bianchi 36.14 55 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile Team 36.17 56 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel 36.21 57 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 36.26 58 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 36.33 59 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 36.54 60 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 38.12 61 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic 38.25 62 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 38.27 63 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 64 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 39.16 65 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 39.19 66 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 41.05 67 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 41.14 68 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 41.27 69 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 41.38 70 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Crédit Agricole 42.05 71 Eladio Jimenez Sanchez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 42.16 72 Moises Dueñas (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 42.34 73 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 42.55 74 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 75 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 43.26 76 Juan Manuel Fuentes (Spa) Lampre - Caffita 44.07 77 Jose Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 44.57 78 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel 45.00 79 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 45.51 80 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 45.52 81 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 46.30 82 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team CSC 47.06 83 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 48.43 84 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française des Jeux 48.59 85 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 49.10 86 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 49.50 87 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 50.16 88 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 50.45 89 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 50.50 90 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 51.32 91 Julian Sanchez Pimienta (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 52.01 92 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 52.34 93 Constantino Zaballa Gutierrez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 52.48 94 Santiago Botero Echeverry (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 53.36 95 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas - Bianchi 53.59 96 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 54.13 97 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 54.56 98 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 55.40 99 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Lampre - Caffita 57.58 100 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 58.27 101 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 58.30 102 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 59.01 103 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 59.14 104 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 59.35 105 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team 59.43 106 Jorge Garcia (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 59.53 107 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 108 Freddy Gonzalez (Col) Relax Fuenlabrada 1.01.24 109 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Domina Vacanze 1.01.31 110 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.01.33 111 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick Step - Innergetic 1.02.35 112 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 1.02.39 113 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.03.21 114 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 1.03.36 115 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.03.45 116 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 1.04.19 117 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.05.04 118 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 1.05.58 119 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.06.02 120 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.07.25 121 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 1.07.42 122 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Davitamon - Lotto 1.07.48 123 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 1.07.59 124 Niels Scheuneman (Ned) Rabobank 1.08.45 125 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.08.48 126 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas - Bianchi 1.08.53 127 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC 128 Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 1.09.35 129 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 1.10.01 130 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 1.10.21 131 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 1.10.27 132 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.10.50 133 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.10.59 134 Devis Miorin (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 1.11.44 135 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 1.12.02 136 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Crédit Agricole 1.12.30 137 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 1.12.32 138 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Liquigas - Bianchi 1.12.40 139 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.12.45 140 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1.12.49 141 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 1.13.37 142 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 1.15.09 143 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas - Bianchi 1.15.30 144 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 1.15.58 145 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 1.16.12 146 Tom Steels (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 1.16.27 147 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner 1.17.15 148 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze 1.18.05 149 Ian McLeod (RSA) Française des Jeux 1.18.23 150 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 1.19.47 151 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 1.20.51 152 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1.21.23 153 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.22.02 154 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 1.22.14 155 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 1.23.25 156 Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon - Lotto 1.23.51 157 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.26.24 158 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.26.41 159 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.29.44 160 Matej Jurco (Svk) Domina Vacanze 1.30.52 161 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.33.22 162 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 1.37.57 163 Jukka Vastaranta (Fin) Rabobank 1.39.27 164 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.41.12 165 Yohann Gène (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.45.10 166 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 1.54.44 167 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.58.44 Points classification 1 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 94 pts 2 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 86 3 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 75 4 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 75 5 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 69 6 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 51 7 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 45 8 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française des Jeux 42 9 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 41 10 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 40 11 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 37 12 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 34 13 Tom Steels (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 32 14 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 28 15 David Blanco Rodiguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 28 16 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 28 17 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 27 18 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 26 19 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 25 20 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 25 21 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic 24 22 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC 20 23 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic 20 24 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 19 25 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 18 Mountains classification 1 Eladio Jimenez Sanchez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 53 pts 2 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 52 3 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 46 4 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 42 5 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 34 6 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 34 7 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 27 8 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 27 9 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic 21 10 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC 15 11 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 13 12 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 13 13 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 12 14 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 12 15 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 12 16 David Blanco Rodiguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 11 17 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel 10 18 Adolfo Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 10 19 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10 20 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 8 21 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 7 22 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel 7 23 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 6 24 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon - Lotto 6 25 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel 6 Combination classification 1 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 7 pts 2 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 9 3 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 14 4 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 23 5 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 24 6 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 31 7 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 37 8 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic 39 9 David Blanco Rodiguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 44 10 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 46 11 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC 47 12 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 52 13 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel 53 14 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 65 15 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 67 16 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 68 17 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 80 18 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Caffita 89 19 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 93 20 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 94 21 Marcos Antonio Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 96 22 David Bernabeu (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 101 23 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 101 24 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 115 25 Adolfo Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 117 Teams classification 1 Comunidad Valenciana 120.04.37 2 Liberty Seguros - Würth Team 0.59 3 Team CSC 7.54 4 Phonak Hearing Systems 12.46 5 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 14.59 6 Illes Balears - Caisse D'Epargne 15.43 7 Lampre - Caffita 24.50 8 Euskaltel - Euskadi 24.58 9 Quick Step - Innergetic 27.37 10 T- Mobile Team 36.53 11 Davitamon - Lotto 39.18 12 Saunier Duval - Prodir 49.46 13 Cofidis, le credit par telephone 55.53 14 Credit Agricole 55.58 15 Bouygues Telecom 1.01.58 16 Relax Fuenlabrada 1.03.14 17 Rabobank 1.11.28 18 Team Gerolsteiner 1.43.01 19 Fassa Bortolo 1.53.47 20 Liquigas - Bianchi 2.05.38 21 La Francaise Des Jeux 2.41.09 22 Domina Vacanze 2.53.45
