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60th Vuelta a España - GT
Spain, August 27-September 18, 2005
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Stage 7 - Friday, September 2: Teruel-Vinaros, 212.5 km
Van Heeswijk wins by the sea
Heras increases advantage over the rest
By Hernan Alvarez Macias
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Max Van Heeswijk (Discovery Channel) added another victory to his team's great collection this year, winning the seventh stage of the Vuelta in a bunch sprint in Vinaros. The Dutch beat Erik Zabel (T-Mobile) and Alberto Ongarato (Fassa Bortolo) in a time of 5:21:21. Meanwhile, the race leader Roberto Heras (Liberty-Würth) increased his advantage over his nearest rival Denis Menchov (Rabobank) by 6 seconds. The Spaniard has a gap of 12 seconds over the Russian.
"I love Spanish roads," said Van Heeswijk post-stage. "Because they are wide and you can ride with ease." He said so even though the last kilometres were ridden over narrow roads. The Dutchman commented that he had learned from his former team leader Lance Armstrong that you should never give up, and that it is necessary to always have motivation.
"I don't know how I found myself with nobody in front at 500 meters to go," added Van Heeswijk. "So, I pushed hard and I won." He told the press that he thinks that his win was based on the bad organization of the sprint had, which had enabled him to be in good position in the final metres.
How it unfolded
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Yesterday's stage was really demanding for all the riders. Nine of them abandoned the race: Floyd Landis (Phonak), Luca Solari, Simone Cadamuro (Domina Vacanze), Ludovic Auger, Bernhard Eisel (La Française des Jeux), Torsten Schmidt (Gerolsteiner), Giosue Bonomi (Lampre), Jan Boven (Rabobank) and Franck Renier (Bouygues Telecom). Renier had reached Valdelinares, but he had finished outside the race deadline. So, 181 riders took the start at Teruel today.
Early on in the stage (km 7), five riders made a breakaway: Rik Verbrugghe (Quick Step), Eladio Jimenez (Comunidad Valenciana), Alexandre Botcharov (Credit Agricole), Egoi Martinez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) and Mauricio Ardila (Davitamon-Lotto). A few kilometres later, Ardila and Botcharov couldn't keep the pace of the other three, and they were caught by the peloton.
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At km 20, Iñigo Cuesta and Joaquin Rodríguez (Saunier Duval) began chasing the three breakaways and caught them later on. On the climb of Puerto de Cabigordo (km 24), Cuesta led the break ahead of Verbrugghe, Jimenez and Martinez. The gap was of four minutes at km 34 while two riders, Ignacio Gutierrez (Phonak) and Benoît Poilvet (Credit Agricole), chased the leaders. The couple were 33 seconds behind at this point.
Gutierrez and Poilvet reached the four leaders (Rodriguez dropped off) at km 43 and the group had a gap of 4'05 to the peloton. The break now contained Poilvet, Cuesta, Verbrugghe, Jimenez, Egoi Martinez and Ignacio Gutierrez, and at km 81 the difference was 2'43. 10 kilometres later, at the Cantavieja intermediate sprint Cuesta won ahead of Martinez and Poilvet. At that point, Sebastian Joly (Credit Agricole) has already abandoned the race.
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Liberty Seguros-Würth and Fassa Bortolo knew how to control the breakaways. At km 112, Heras and Petacchi's teams led the peloton and controlled the gap that was around 3'30. They reduced the difference by more than a minute at km 125 to 2'17. The breakaway didn't have much chance as the peloton was eating up its advantage kilometre after kilometre, and at km 145, the difference was 1'55. Sooner or later, the breakaway would fade.
The tempo was slower than yesterday; it seemed that the tremendous stage that finished in Valdelinares was hurting most of the riders. Fassa Bortolo and other teams inside the peloton worked hard and got the most of the downhill roads, catching the six breakaways at km 23.5 km to go. The 182km long break was over and a new race started at this point.
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The big group rode together until Paolo Bettini (Quick Step) attacked on a small climb at 9km to go. The Italian went solo for more than four kilometres until the peloton caught him. The road was very narrow and with dangerous corners all the way down, but fortunately, there were no crashes.
From then on, T-Mobile led the peloton with Credit Agricole ready to lead out Thor Hushovd for another stage win. Meanwhile, sprint favourite Alessandro Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo) had a puncture and couldn't regain the front of the race. That was the end of Fassa Bortolo's chances.
The bunch sprint was very fast with Tom Steels (Davitamon) leading out. But from the right came Max Van Heeswijk, with Erik Zabel (T-Mobile) coming past on the left. Van Heeswijk was strongest and rode a long sprint to win the stage, leaving Zabel with another second place.
Stage 8 - September 3: Tarragona-Lloret de Mar, 189 km
The eighth stage will be ridden very close to the Catalonian coast. From Tarragona to Lloret de Mar, the riders will pass very near Barcelona and its surrounds. The stage has three intermediate sprints: La Gornal (km 32.9), El Ordal (km 62.9) and the city of Sabadell on the surroundings of Barcelona (km 101.2). There is just one climb: Category 3 Puerto del Ordal (490 m). It is another stage marked on the sprinters' calendar. Their teams should control the many breakaways that the peloton will certainly produce. Roberto Heras should have another rather easy stage before the big time trial on Sunday.
Photography
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- The Comunidad Valenciana boys, Ruben Plaza and David Blanco, check out the news
- Roberto Heras (Liberty Seguros) in his first day in gold
- An older spectator watches the race go past
- Max van Heeswijk (Discovery Channel) wins the seventh stage
- Max van Heeswijk (Discovery Channel) on the podium
Images by Unipublic
- Roberto Heras (Liberty Seguros) signing autographs
- Roberto Heras (Liberty Seguros) smiling at the start
- Roberto Heras (Liberty Seguros) looking forward to today
- Relaxed at the start of the stage
- Isidro Nozal (Liberty Seguros) sits on the line in anticipation
- The Mayor of Teruel, Lucia Gomez Garcia, cutting the ribbon to start stage 7
- Cruising out of town for the start of stage 7
- Only 212.4 km to go…
- Leon van Bon and Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano lead the peloton at the start
- The heat is on! again
- Heras in the thick of it
- The break starts to form early on in the stage
- Egoi Martinez (Euskaltel) helped form the first breakaway
- Eladio Jimenez (Comunidad Valenciana) leads over the first climb of the day
- Liberty Seguros leads the bunch over the first climb of the day
- The boys in blue led by Isidro and Igor
- Roberto Heras (Liberty Seguros) in control
- Roberto Heras (Liberty Seguros) rides in the company of his teammates, including Joseba Beloki
- Inigo Cuesta (Saunier Duval) asks for directions
- Inigo Cuesta (Saunier Duval) on the front of the break
- Poilvet and Verbrugghe lead the break
- The breakaway group starts to solidify its lead
- The breakaway group passes through the feed zone
- Roberto Heras (Liberty Seguros) grabs his feed bag
- Liberty Seguros has things well in hand
- Well, what do we have here?
- Dude, check out the view! Morella greets the Vuelta
- Egoi Martinez (Euskaltel) leading the break
- Ignacio Gutierrez (Phonak) in front, with Poilvet coming to terms with his lunch?
- Roberto Heras (Liberty Seguros) keeping his cool
- Rik Verbrugghe (Quick.Step) with Egoi Martinez on his wheel
- The devil has spawn everywhere
- Fabio Baldato (Fassa Bortolo) rides tempo on the front of the bunch
- A token rain shower provides some relief
- We'll get 'em don't worry
- Getting ready for the finale
- Max van Heeswijk (Discovery Channel) beats Erik Zabel and Alberto Ongarato to win stage 7
- Roberto Heras (Liberty Seguros) on the podium for the second day in gold
- Eladio Jimenez (Comunidad Valenciana) is the new mountains leader
- Liberty Seguros awarded as best team yesterday
Results
1 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel 5.21.21 (39.68 km/h) 2 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 3 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 4 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 5 Tom Steels (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 6 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 7 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 8 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 9 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 11 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 12 Constantino Zaballa Gutierrez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 13 Yohann Gène (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 14 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 15 Unai Yus Kerejeta (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 16 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 17 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 18 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 19 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 20 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 21 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel 22 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 23 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 24 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Caffita 25 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze 26 Leif Hoste (Bel) Discovery Channel 27 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas - Bianchi 28 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 29 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 30 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Lampre - Caffita 31 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic 32 Francisco José Lara (Spa) T-Mobile Team 33 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 34 Freddy Gonzalez (Col) Relax Fuenlabrada 35 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 36 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 37 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 38 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 39 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 40 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC 41 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 42 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 43 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 44 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 45 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 46 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel 47 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 48 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 49 Juan Manuel Fuentes (Spa) Lampre - Caffita 50 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 51 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 52 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 53 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 54 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 55 Aitor Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 56 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 57 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 58 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 59 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick Step - Innergetic 60 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 61 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel 62 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 63 José Antonio Pecharroman Fabian (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic 64 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon - Lotto 65 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 66 Jose Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 67 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 68 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 69 David Bernabeu (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 70 Angel Luis Casero (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 71 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 72 Daniel Atienza Urendez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 73 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 74 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 75 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 76 David Blanco Rodiguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 77 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas - Bianchi 78 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 79 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 80 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Davitamon - Lotto 81 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 82 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 83 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 84 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 85 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 86 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel 87 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 88 Marcos Antonio Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 89 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 90 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Liquigas - Bianchi 91 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 92 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas - Bianchi 93 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon - Lotto 94 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Domina Vacanze 95 Unai Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 96 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 97 Francisco Pérez (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 98 Adolfo Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 99 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 100 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC 101 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 102 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 103 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 104 Moises Dueñas (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 105 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC 106 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 107 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 108 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Lampre - Caffita 109 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 110 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 111 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile Team 112 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 113 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 114 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 115 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 116 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Caffita 117 Santiago Botero Echeverry (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 118 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 119 Eladio Jimenez Sanchez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 120 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Crédit Agricole 121 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 122 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française des Jeux 123 Joseba Beloki Dorronsoro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 124 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel 125 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team 126 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 127 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel 128 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 129 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 130 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 131 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 132 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 133 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 134 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Crédit Agricole 135 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 136 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 0.35 137 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team 138 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 0.44 139 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team 0.56 140 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Crédit Agricole 1.04 141 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 1.13 142 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic 1.32 143 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 3.10 144 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Domina Vacanze 145 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 146 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française des Jeux 147 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 148 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 149 Matej Jurco (Svk) Domina Vacanze 150 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 151 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner 152 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 153 Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon - Lotto 154 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française des Jeux 155 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team CSC 156 Ian McLeod (RSA) Française des Jeux 157 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 158 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 159 Jorge Garcia (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 160 Niels Scheuneman (Ned) Rabobank 161 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas - Bianchi 162 Devis Miorin (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 163 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 3.56 164 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner 165 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 6.18 166 Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 167 José Antonio Garrido (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic 168 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 169 Isidro Nozal Vega (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 170 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 171 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 172 Jukka Vastaranta (Fin) Rabobank 173 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 174 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 175 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 176 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 7.45 177 Julian Sanchez Pimienta (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 178 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 179 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 15.22 180 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 31.20 DNF Sébastien Joly (Fra) Crédit Agricole Points 1 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel 25 pts 2 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 20 3 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 16 4 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 14 5 Tom Steels (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 12 6 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 10 7 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 9 8 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 8 9 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7 10 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 6 11 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 5 12 Constantino Zaballa Gutierrez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 4 13 Yohann Gène (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3 14 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 2 15 Unai Yus Kerejeta (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 1 16 Francisco Pérez (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne -5 17 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Davitamon - Lotto -5 18 Jukka Vastaranta (Fin) Rabobank -5 Mountains Puerto de Cabigordo - Cat. 3, km 20 1 Eladio Jimenez Sanchez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 6 pts 2 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 4 3 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 4 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1 Puerto de Sollavientos - Cat. 3, km 48 1 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 6 pts 2 Eladio Jimenez Sanchez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 4 3 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 4 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1 Puerto de Villaroya - Cat. 3, km 64 1 Eladio Jimenez Sanchez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 6 pts 2 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 4 3 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 4 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 1 Puerto de Cuarto Pelado - Cat. 3, km 81 1 Eladio Jimenez Sanchez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 6 pts 2 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4 3 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 2 4 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1 Sprints Monteagudo, km 36 1 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 4 pts 2 Eladio Jimenez Sanchez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 2 3 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 1 Cantavieja, km 91 1 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 4 pts 2 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 3 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1 Montero Golf, km 196 1 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 4 pts 2 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 2 3 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1 Teams 1 Bouygues Telecom 16.04.03 2 Illes Balears - Caisse D'Epargne 3 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 4 Cofidis, le credit par telephone 5 Credit Agricole 6 T- Mobile Team 7 Davitamon - Lotto 8 Liquigas - Bianchi 9 Relax Fuenlabrada 10 Lampre - Caffita 11 Phonak Hearing Systems 12 Rabobank 13 Team Gerolsteiner 14 Liberty Seguros - Würth Team 15 Quick Step - Innergetic 16 Saunier Duval - Prodir 17 Team CSC 18 Comunidad Valenciana 19 Euskaltel - Euskadi 20 Fassa Bortolo 21 Domina Vacanze 3.10 22 La Francaise Des Jeux 6.20 General classification after stage 7 1 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 29.03.28 2 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 0.12 3 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 1.07 4 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.09 5 David Blanco Rodiguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 1.11 6 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 1.26 7 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 1.39 8 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic 9 Unai Yus Kerejeta (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 10 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 1.58 11 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 2.03 12 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.07 13 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Caffita 2.08 14 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 2.11 15 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel 2.13 16 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 2.19 17 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.29 18 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 2.30 19 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 2.32 20 David Bernabeu (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 21 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.45 22 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC 2.49 23 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 3.00 24 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon - Lotto 3.03 25 Marcos Antonio Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 3.13 26 Adolfo Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 3.33 27 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 3.39 28 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 4.14 29 Joseba Beloki Dorronsoro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 4.52 30 Daniel Atienza Urendez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 4.55 31 Unai Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 5.00 32 Moises Dueñas (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 5.15 33 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 5.27 34 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5.29 35 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 36 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5.30 37 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Caffita 6.05 38 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 6.09 39 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC 6.11 40 Aitor Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 6.12 41 Francisco José Lara (Spa) T-Mobile Team 6.18 42 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 6.21 43 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel 6.24 44 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 6.49 45 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel 6.51 46 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Lampre - Caffita 6.54 47 José Antonio Pecharroman Fabian (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic 7.15 48 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 7.26 49 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 7.35 50 Angel Luis Casero (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 7.50 51 Jose Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 7.52 52 Francisco Pérez (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 8.50 53 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 8.52 54 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Crédit Agricole 9.17 55 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 9.19 56 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 9.29 57 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 9.35 58 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile Team 9.52 59 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 10.35 60 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française des Jeux 10.51 61 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 11.07 62 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 11.43 63 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 11.47 64 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel 12.21 65 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 12.40 66 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel 12.56 67 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 12.59 68 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic 13.28 69 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 13.46 70 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 14.24 71 Constantino Zaballa Gutierrez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 14.55 72 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 14.56 73 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 14.58 74 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Crédit Agricole 15.19 75 Santiago Botero Echeverry (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 16.02 76 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 16.09 77 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 16.35 78 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 17.01 79 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon - Lotto 17.09 80 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 17.27 81 Juan Manuel Fuentes (Spa) Lampre - Caffita 17.44 82 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 17.55 83 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 19.26 84 Eladio Jimenez Sanchez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 19.33 85 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 20.16 86 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 20.23 87 Freddy Gonzalez (Col) Relax Fuenlabrada 20.37 88 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 20.39 89 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel 21.04 90 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 21.42 91 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 21.47 92 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team 22.09 93 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 22.17 94 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 22.36 95 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick Step - Innergetic 23.10 96 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas - Bianchi 23.16 97 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 23.54 98 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 24.18 99 Leif Hoste (Bel) Discovery Channel 24.44 100 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 24.52 101 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 24.56 102 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 25.02 103 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 25.03 104 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 25.20 105 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 25.29 106 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 25.35 107 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 25.43 108 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Domina Vacanze 109 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 25.48 110 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 26.14 111 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 26.19 112 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel 27.16 113 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 27.19 114 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 27.28 115 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 27.46 116 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team CSC 28.03 117 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Lampre - Caffita 28.27 118 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 28.29 119 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 28.36 120 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Crédit Agricole 28.49 121 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 29.02 122 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 29.40 123 Devis Miorin (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 29.58 124 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 29.59 125 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 30.22 126 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas - Bianchi 30.44 127 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 31.24 128 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC 31.34 129 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 31.37 130 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas - Bianchi 31.41 131 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 31.43 132 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Davitamon - Lotto 133 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 31.44 134 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 31.52 135 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team 32.00 136 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 32.15 137 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Domina Vacanze 32.34 138 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner 32.44 139 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 33.15 140 Julian Sanchez Pimienta (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 33.22 141 Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 142 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 143 Jorge Garcia (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 33.23 144 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 33.33 145 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Liquigas - Bianchi 34.14 146 Ian McLeod (RSA) Française des Jeux 34.51 147 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 35.42 148 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze 36.19 149 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 36.20 150 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 37.05 151 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 37.22 152 Tom Steels (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 37.43 153 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 38.00 154 Isidro Nozal Vega (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 38.33 155 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 38.41 156 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner 38.43 157 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas - Bianchi 38.58 158 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 40.09 159 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 40.31 160 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 161 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 40.36 162 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 41.06 163 Niels Scheuneman (Ned) Rabobank 41.48 164 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 42.15 165 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team 42.21 166 Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon - Lotto 43.07 167 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française des Jeux 43.10 168 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 43.54 169 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 44.00 170 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 47.08 171 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 47.25 172 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 47.49 173 Matej Jurco (Svk) Domina Vacanze 52.55 174 Jukka Vastaranta (Fin) Rabobank 54.16 175 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 54.49 176 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 1.00.17 177 Yohann Gène (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.04.51 178 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.05.57 179 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.16.19 180 José Antonio Garrido (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic 1.20.17 Points classification 1 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 74 pts 2 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 60 3 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 50 4 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 45 5 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 43 6 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française des Jeux 42 7 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel 35 8 Tom Steels (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 32 9 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 29 10 David Blanco Rodiguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 28 11 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 28 12 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 28 13 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 26 14 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 24 15 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 24 16 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 23 17 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 23 18 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 21 19 Unai Yus Kerejeta (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 21 20 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 19 21 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 18 22 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 17 23 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC 16 24 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Caffita 16 25 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 15 Mountains classification 1 Eladio Jimenez Sanchez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 32 pts 2 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 21 3 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 20 4 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 16 5 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC 15 6 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 13 7 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 12 8 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 11 9 David Blanco Rodiguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 11 10 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 10 11 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10 12 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 8 13 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic 7 14 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 7 15 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel 7 16 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon - Lotto 6 17 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 5 18 Jose Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 5 19 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Crédit Agricole 5 20 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 4 21 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française des Jeux 4 22 Freddy Gonzalez (Col) Relax Fuenlabrada 4 23 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 3 24 Devis Miorin (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 3 25 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 2 Combination classification 1 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 9 pts 2 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 10 3 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 20 4 David Blanco Rodiguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 24 5 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 36 6 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 37 7 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 47 8 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic 50 9 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC 50 10 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 60 11 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Caffita 65 12 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 69 13 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 87 14 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française des Jeux 87 15 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 89 16 Marcos Antonio Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 99 17 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 118 18 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 128 19 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Crédit Agricole 146 20 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel 148 21 Eladio Jimenez Sanchez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 154 22 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon - Lotto 169 23 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 191 24 Devis Miorin (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 205 Teams classification 1 Liberty Seguros - Würth Team 87.13.50 2 Comunidad Valenciana 0.48 3 Team CSC 3.09 4 Lampre - Caffita 4.48 5 Illes Balears - Caisse D'Epargne 4.52 6 Phonak Hearing Systems 5.16 7 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 5.57 8 Cofidis, le credit par telephone 7.29 9 Saunier Duval - Prodir 8.41 10 Quick Step - Innergetic 9.19 11 T- Mobile Team 9.31 12 Euskaltel - Euskadi 10.17 13 Credit Agricole 10.43 14 Relax Fuenlabrada 11.05 15 Bouygues Telecom 14.16 16 Davitamon - Lotto 18.56 17 Rabobank 31.29 18 Fassa Bortolo 39.27 19 Team Gerolsteiner 48.53 20 Liquigas - Bianchi 1.06.07 21 Domina Vacanze 1.11.21 22 La Francaise Des Jeux 1.13.14
