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25th Clasica San Sebastian - ProT
Spain, August 13, 2005
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Once again, Saunier Duval takes the Txapela
By Jeff Jones
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Saunier Duval teammates Constantino Zaballa and Joaquin Rodriguez outgunned a star-studded field to give their team its second Clasica San Sebastian victory in a row. Zaballa soloed off the front of a seven-man lead group with under 3 km to go to win by half a minute over his delighted teammate Rodriguez, who beat Eddy Mazzoleni (Lampre) and Stefano Garzelli (Liquigas) across the line. It was a result that even bettered Saunier Duval's win last year, when Miguel Martin Perdiguero beat a group of six others, and Zaballa finished ninth.
"It's very difficult for a rider like me to win this race," Zaballa explained after the finish. "But I had a bit of luck and went at the right time. I knew I had to gamble on making one big attack, and making it count. The tactic worked better than I could have thought."
The 27 year old who turned pro with Kelme in 2001 now has five wins to his credit, including a stage in the 2004 Vuelta a España, but this is his biggest success so far. He finished third overall in Paris-Nice this year and is also a specialist in winning classification jerseys, and has three mountains jerseys, one metas volantes, and one special sprints competition to his credit.
In the battle for ProTour points, Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner, 13th) came close, but not quite close enough to finishing in the top 10, thereby missing out on any points. A sick ProTour leader Danilo Di Luca finished 94th today, but didn't lose any ground to Rebellin or any of the others.
How it unfolded
The 188-strong peloton started in San Sebastian at 11:30 in dry, but fairly cool conditions, with temperatures in the low 20s - a contrast to the usual searing August heat that this race is known for. The wind was blowing at 10 km/h from the NNE, which would be behind the riders for the first part of the race and also for the final. Early aggressors included Óscar Laguna (Relax- Fuenlabrada), Karsten Kroon (Rabobank), Benoît Poilvet (C.A.), Marco Serpellini (Gerolsteiner), Imanol Erviti (Illes Balears), Franck Renier (Telecom) and Adrian Palomares (Kaiku), but the first serious break of the day was made on the Alto de Garate (km 29) when eight riders attacked and got a gap.
The leaders represented eight teams, with Christophe Moreau (CA), Michael Barry (Discovery), Patxi Vila (Lampre), Ruban Lobato (Saunier Duval), Mauro Facci (Fassa Bortolo), Roberto Laiseka (Euskaltel), Matthias Kessler (T-Mobile) and Antonio Tauler (Illes Balears) all in front. By the Cat. 2 Alto de Azkarate (59 km), the group of had 4'30, and increased it to a maximum of 6'05 after 90 km, but then the peloton started to clamp down as the other teams didn't want to risk letting such a large break stay out in front.
With 45 km covered in the first hour and an average speed of 43.8 km/h after two hours, the race was ahead of schedule. But as the riders turned back north to San Sebastian, the headwind started to slow them down and the break found it tough going. Phonak, Gerolsteiner, Barloworld-Valsir and Quick Step were doing most of the chasing, and had pegged the gap back to 3'35 with 70 km to go, knocking a couple more minutes off that over the next 25 km. As usual, the idea was to reel everyone in before the Jaizkibel, an 8 km climb averaging 5.73 percent that is usually decisive in this race.
Barloworld and Davitamon-Lotto performed the coupe de grace, and the eight leaders hit the Jaizkibel at 39 km to go with a gap of less than half a minute. All focus was on the peloton now, where Stangelj (Lampre) made the first move, followed by Moncoutié (Cofidis). They didn't survive too long, as Valjavec decided to stir things up for his Phonak team. Moreau and Vila were the last survivors of the break, which only made it up the first couple of kilometres of the Jaizkibel. Finally it was Carlos Sastre (CSC) who really split the peloton, before Denis Menchov (Rabobank) countered with a strong move.
From then on it was Menchov all the way to the top, while Sastre was caught by Joaquin Rodriguez (Saunier), Haimar Zubeldia (Euskaltel), Davide Rebellin, Levi Leipheimer (Gerolsteiner), Cadel Evans (Davitamon-Lotto), Stefano Garzelli (Liquigas) and Luis Perez (Cofidis). Another group of 20 was 25 seconds back, with Paco Mancebo at the helm trying to close the gap before the summit. Menchov eased up a little bit and was caught at the top of the Jaizkibel with 31 km to go, to form a group of 10 in front.
The Mancebo group, which also had Zaballa, Horner (Saunier), Astarloa (Barloworld), and Mazzoleni (Lampre) in it, was able to come back on the descent to form a mini-bunch of 30. Tour de Suisse winner Aitor Gonzalez (Euskaltel) chased hard to get them, and just made contact at the bottom. The rest, including ProTour leader Danilo Di Luca and HEW Cyclassics winner Pippo Pozzato, were nowhere in sight.
The leaders sped through Hondarribia and Saunier went on the offensive with Chris Horner making a solo attack, then getting away with Leipheimer, Solari (Domina Vacanze), and Zandio (Illes Balears) with 17 km to go. But on the last climb of the day, the Alto de Gurutze, Rebellin came back with most of the rest of the big group, and the attacks started anew. Over the top of the climb, Rebellin got clear with Rodriguez, Menchov and Garzelli, but that was chased down.
Finally, after the descent of the Gurutze, a group of seven riders got away and that was the good move: Garzelli was there again, along with Haimar Zubeldia (Euskaltel), Tino Zaballa, Joaquin Rodriguez (Saunier), Yon Bru (Kaiku), David Moncoutié (Cofidis) and Eddy Mazzoleni (Lampre). They quickly got 20 seconds on the big group behind as the Leipheimer/Rebellin/Menchov-led chase ran out of allies and horsepower.
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In front, Saunier had the numbers and the motivation to win on home soil, and with under 3 km to go, Tino Zaballa attacked and got that all-important gap. As soon as Garzelli looked at the others to chase, it was all over, especially with Rodriguez there to mark any counter-jumps. Under the kilometre to go banner, and Zaballa had 15 seconds, driving it up to the finish with the wind at his back to celebrate his biggest career victory. To cap it off, Rodriguez led out the group sprint for second place, equally as delighted as his teammate in front. Mazzoleni led Garzelli in for third.
Thus, after Miguel Martin Perdiguero's victory here last year, Saunier Duval-Prodir bettered its performance with a strong display of teamwork coupled with plenty of aggression. Danilo Di Luca didn't have the legs and finished outside the ProTour points, but still leads the rankings by a comfortable margin over Armstrong, Vinokourov, and Julich. Rebellin didn't gain any more points today and is still in seventh overall, trailing his Italian rival by 83 points with just a handful of races to come.
Photography
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- Constantino Zaballa (Saunier Duval) wins the 25th Clasica San Sebastian
- Constantino Zaballa (Saunier Duval) had plenty of time to savour the moment
- Constantino Zaballa (Saunier Duval) celebrates his win in the 25th Clasica San Sebastian
- Constantino Zaballa (Saunier Duval) is kissed on the podium in his Txapela
- Constantino Zaballa (Saunier Duval) knows how to party
- Zaballa lets loose on the podium
Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti
- Constantino Zaballa (Saunier Duval-Prodir) takes the win in San Sebastian
- Who's a happy boy, then? Constantino Zaballa crosses the line first at Clasica San Sebastian
- Eddy Mazzoleni (Lampre-Caffitta) put in a huge effort today to finish third
- To the victor, the kisses... Zaballa gets a brace of kisses for his efforts
- Time to spray! Constantino Zaballa lets loose with the champagne
- He loves the hat! Zaballa gets excited about his win in San Sebastian
- With teammate Joaquin Rodriguez after the they finished one-two in San Sebastian
- The podium (l-r): Joaquin Rodriguez, Constantino Zaballa, Eddy Mazzoleni
- Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner) ended the day in 13th
- Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner) pushes hard in a race some were tipping him to win
- Damiano Cunego (Lampre-Caffitta) looks like he's doing it tough
- Cunego has a slender lead over the pack on his way to finishing 17th
- Levi Leipheimer (Gerolsteiner) leads the pack
- Stefano Garzelli (Liquigas) finished a strong fourth
- Pro Tour leader Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas) was on the prowl for more points in San Sebastian
- Still the Pro Tour leader. Danilo di Luca still heads the points table in the Pro Tour
- Fillipo Pozzato and Paolo Bettini were looking to extend Pozzato's recent winning streak
- Along the promenade one of the race's signature scenes
- Along the nothern Spanish coastline the riders head for the hills
- And they're pretty tough hills, too.
- Up from the coastline, the riders really start to work
- San Sebastian is always a great picture as Spain in the summer sparkles
- Stefano Garzelli (Liquigas) rode a smart race, and sits in the bunch
- Pierrick Fedrigo (Bouygues Telecom) sits in comfortably
- Riders head down the descent
- Illes Balears were on home turf but unlike Saunier Duval they didn't take home-town advantage onto the podium
- Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Phonak) didn't enjoy the same success in San Sebastian this year
- Stefano Garzelli (Liquigas) sits comfortably in the bunch
- Christophe Moreau (Credit Agricole) without his tongue sticking out - weird...
- Igor Astarloa (Barloworld) finished in 11th
- Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner) has been quiet in 2005
- Damiano Cunego (Lampre-Caffitta) may have been looking to perform better in San Sebastian
- Damiano Cunego (Lampre-Caffitta) is another rider who has had a quiet year after a strong 2004
- Riders head further into the hills
- Levi Leipheimer (Gerolsteiner) leads proceedings
- Both Liberty Seguros and Illes Balears didn't capitalise on home ground advantage. Or maybe they're saving it for the Vuelta
- Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner) on his way up Alto De Orio
- Igor Astarloa (Barloworld) reminded everyone that he's still alive with 11th place
- Mirko Celestino (Domina Vacanze) looks like he's in a bit of pain
- Oh yeeeah! Rodriguez is a happy man as he crosses the line for second behind his teammate Zaballa
- Paolo Bettini (Quickstep) before the start
- Climbing up from the coast is never easy and presents the first selection of the day
- The pack heads up and leaves the water behind
- And down we go...
- San Sebastian has a bit of everything and the riders experience it all
Results - 227 km
1 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5.24.18 (42.0 km/h) 2 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.31 3 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 4 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 5 Yon Bru (Spa) Kaiku 6 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 7 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8 Unai Yus (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 0.40 9 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 10 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.43 11 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Team Barloworld-Valsir 12 Christopher Horner (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir 13 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 14 Paolo Valoti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 15 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 16 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 17 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 18 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 19 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 20 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 21 Jose Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 22 Luca Solari (Ita) Domina Vacanze 23 Moises Dueñas (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 24 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 25 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 26 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 1.06 27 Francisco Javier Vila (Spa) Lampre-Caffita 2.39 28 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 29 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 30 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 31 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Credit Agricole 3.44 32 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 3.55 33 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 34 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 35 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Gerolsteiner 36 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 37 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 38 Jorge Garcia (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 39 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 40 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 41 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 42 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 43 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 44 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 45 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Caffita 46 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Credit Agricole 47 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 48 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 49 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 50 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas-Bianchi 51 Luca Celli (Ita) Team Barloworld-Valsir 52 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 53 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick Step 54 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Domina Vacanze 55 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Credit Agricole 56 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 57 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 58 Israel Nunez (Spa) Kaiku 59 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 60 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 61 Joseba Albizu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 62 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team 63 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 64 Luis Perez (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 65 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 66 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 67 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 68 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 69 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 70 Javier Pascual Llorente (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 71 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC 72 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step 73 Andrea Noe (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 74 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 75 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 76 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 77 Mauricio Ardila (Col) Davitamon-Lotto 78 José Antonio Pecharroman (Spa) Quick Step 79 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Credit Agricole 80 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 81 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 82 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 83 David Herrero (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 84 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC 85 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 86 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 87 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 88 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 89 Angel Luis Casero (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 90 Ezequiel Mosquera (Spa) Kaiku 91 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 92 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 93 Axel Merckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 94 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 95 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 96 Ruben Lobato (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 97 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 98 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Quick Step 99 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 100 Serhiy Honchar (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 101 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 102 Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 4.05 103 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 104 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 6.08 105 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 8.06 106 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 107 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 8.34 108 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 11.08 109 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 110 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 111 Iker Leonet (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 112 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 113 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 114 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 115 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française Des Jeux 116 Manuel Lloret (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 117 José Luis Martinez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 118 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas-Bianchi 119 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 120 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 121 Paolo Longo (Ita) Team Barloworld-Valsir 122 Stefano Cavallari (Ita) Team Barloworld-Valsir 123 Javier Ramirez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 124 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 125 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 126 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 127 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 128 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 11.15 129 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 130 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 131 David Etxebarria (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 132 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 12.23 133 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 134 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 135 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 136 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 137 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Credit Agricole 138 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 139 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 140 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 141 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 15.37 142 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank 16.04 143 Ruben Oarbeascoa (Spa) Kaiku 144 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Kaiku 145 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 146 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 147 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas-Bianchi 148 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française Des Jeux 149 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Domina Vacanze Mountains Alto De Orio - Zudugarai - Cat. 3 1 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 3 pts 2 Joseba Albizu (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2 3 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner 1 Alto De Garate - Cat. 2 1 Ruben Lobato (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 6 pts 2 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 4 3 Francisco Javier Vila (Spa) Lampre - Caffita 2 4 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Credit Agricole 1 Alto De Azkarate - Cat. 2 1 Ruben Lobato (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 6 pts 2 Francisco Javier Vila (Spa) Lampre - Caffita 4 3 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2 4 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Credit Agricole 1 Alto De Udana - Cat. 2 1 Ruben Lobato (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 6 pts 2 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 4 3 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Credit Agricole 2 4 Francisco Javier Vila (Spa) Lampre - Caffita 1 Alto De Jaizkibel - Cat. 1 1 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 10 pts 2 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Team Gerolsteiner 8 3 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 6 4 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Team Gerolsteiner 4 5 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon - Lotto 2 6 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 1 Alto De Gurutze - Cat. 3 1 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Team Gerolsteiner 3 pts 2 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 2 3 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1 Mountains classification 1 Ruben Lobato (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 18 pts 2 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 10 3 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 10 4 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 8 5 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 7 6 Francisco Javier Vila (Spa) Lampre-Caffita 7 7 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 6 8 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Credit Agricole 4 9 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 3 10 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 2 11 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 2 12 Joseba Albizu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 13 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1 14 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 1 15 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1 Metas volantes Zarautz 1 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 3 pts 2 Adrian Palomares (Spa) Kaiku 2 3 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Illes Balears - Caisse D'Epargne 1 Azpeitia 1 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel 3 pts 2 Ruben Lobato (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 2 3 Francisco Javier Vila (Spa) Lampre - Caffita 1 Tolosa 1 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel 3 pts 2 Francisco Javier Vila (Spa) Lampre - Caffita 2 3 Ruben Lobato (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1 Irún 1 Francisco Javier Vila (Spa) Lampre - Caffita 3 pts 2 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears - Caisse D'Epargne 2 3 Yon Bru (Spa) Kaiku 1 Oiartzun 1 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 3 pts 2 Yon Bru (Spa) Kaiku 2 3 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1 Metas volantes classification 1 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 6 pts 2 Francisco Javier Vila (Spa) Lampre-Caffita 6 3 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 3 4 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 3 5 Yon Bru (Spa) Kaiku 3 6 Ruben Lobato (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3 7 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 2 8 Adrian Palomares (Spa) Kaiku 2 9 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1 10 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 1 Teams classification 1 Saunier Duval-Prodir 15 pts 2 Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 35 3 Euskaltel-Euskadi 42 4 Lampre-Caffita 47 5 Domina Vacanze 68 6 Gerolsteiner 72 7 Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 81 8 Relax Fuenlabrada 82 9 Bouygues Telecom 105 10 Davitamon-Lotto 111 11 Liquigas-Bianchi 117 12 Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 126 13 Rabobank 128 14 Team CSC 132 15 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 132 16 Credit Agricole 132 17 Kaiku 153 18 Team Barloworld-Valsir 183 19 T-Mobile Team 189 20 Quick Step 203 21 Française Des Jeux 205 22 Fassa Bortolo 223 23 Comunidad Valenciana 237 24 Phonak Hearing Systems 244
ProTour standings
Individuals 1 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 184 pts 2 Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 139 3 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 136 4 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 130 5 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 120 6 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 111 7 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 101 8 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 98 9 Santiago Botero Echeverry (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 95 10 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 94 Teams 1 Team CSC 270 pts 2 Phonak Hearing Systems 269 3 Rabobank 264 4 Davitamon-Lotto 263 5 Saunier Duval - Prodir 237 6 Liberty Seguros - Würth Team 219 7 Credit Agricole 216 8 T-Mobile Team 212 9 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 212 10 Fassa Bortolo 203 Nations 1 Italy 574 pts 2 United States Of America 468 3 Spain 370 4 Germany 284 5 Belgium 251 6 Australia 236 7 Netherlands 183 8 Kazakhstan 143 9 France 132 10 Switzerland 1088
