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61st Vuelta a España - GT
Spain, August 26-September 17, 2006
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Stage 14 - September 9: Cuenca - Cuenca ITT, 33 km
Millar back on top
Renaissance for reformed Scot, while Valverde holds off rivals
By Shane Stokes in Cuenca with additional reporting by Hernan Alvarez
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In this year of Operación Puerto, in this fallout period after the Floyd Landis affair, David Millar’s winning message at the end of stage 14 in Cuenca was a very important one for the sport of cycling.
“I want everybody to understand something, even my fellow professional cyclists and the fans who love cycling: I am doing this on nothing, only on bread and water,” he stressed at the post-race press conference, voice full of conviction. “I do not believe in any injections of any sort for recuperation. We can perform at the highest level in cycling without any medical help.
“Today was a purely physical test. I won, and I am 100% clean. Some people may not believe me, but if you know me you will believe me after what I am have been through. I love my sport and I want everyone to know that you can win the biggest races on bread and water.”
Millar returned to racing in this year’s Tour de France following a two-year ban for admitting to the use of EPO. He lost his 2003 world time trial crown as a result, and by all reports suffered very badly due to the pressure he was under. However he decided to come back to the sport and while the time trials in the Tour de France didn’t work out as well as he had hoped, winning today’s race against the clock – and taking his third ever Vuelta stage win – was a massive relief.
“This victory is a renaissance, a new beginning, a new start. I have been very nervous, like a junior. But this is like a new start for me. I was very nervous beforehand, I knew I felt good but I didn’t know what that would represent today. I just went out and pushed myself hard…really, really hard.”
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When Millar decided to come back to the sport, he vowed to do so clean and thus show it was possible to win big without doping. He thanked those who stood by him in chasing this goal. “I would like to dedicate this win to my team Saunier Duval and to [directeur sportif] Mario Gianetti, who believed in me. They were one of the only teams who did believe in me, believed that I could come back. And also to British Cycling, to the national team and to Dave Brailsford and Simon Jones, who risked a lot in helping me, who believed in me 100% and taught me how to do cycling without drugs. To believe in and to love the sport. I would really like to thank them.”
Today’s race was seen as a big showdown between race leader Alejandro Valverde, historically a weak [but improving] time trialist, who was up against more proven riders in the discipline such as Alexandre Vinokourov, Andrey Kashechkin (Astana) and Carlos Sastre (CSC]. Valverde succeeded in his goal of retaining the maillot oro, finishing just five seconds behind Vinokourov in taking fourth place, and ahead of Kashechkin, Stijn Devolder (Discovery Channel), Laslo Bodrogi (Credit Agricole) and Sastre.
However the first two places went to specialist time trial riders who started off earlier in the day, namely Millar and Fabian Cancellara. They ended up being separated by only fractions of a second, the 29 year old Scot pipping the 25 year old Swiss by the smallest of margins, and finishing five in front of Vino.
Cancellara had led at the first time check and was second behind Vinokourov at the second, but a motivated Millar accelerated from that point to take the quickest time at the line. He said that his strategy was carefully worked out. “I had planned my whole time trial, as I always do. I hadn’t gone 100% on the climb so I arrived at the top and I was then ready to go. I turned it on when I got to the summit, it was all calculated.”
He then had a long wait until the top riders in the general classification finished. “I was very nervous…I was sitting there, sweating…”
“As regards my future, I want wins. Many more wins. The worlds is my big objective. I want to win it again…I want to win it for my national team, as a thank you. That would mean a lot to me – they have given a lot to me and I want to give something back.”
Battle for general classification
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Millar’s performance today was of crucial importance to the Saunier Duval rider, but the stakes were also extremely high for those fighting it out for the final race victory. Alejandro Valverde finished just 13 seconds behind Millar and eight adrift of Vinokourov, underlining his strong progress in the discipline. What’s more, he had a small mechanical problem along the way, which undoubtedly cost him time.
“I had a little problem with my derailleur when going from the small to the big chainring,” he told the media. “The chain didn’t go up properly, so I had to do it with my hand.
“I am very happy with this ride today. Eight seconds to Vinokourov isn’t much, some people thought I would lose more. I am very pleased with this time trial."
Valverde has long been known as a quick, explosive rider who can sprint and climb, but who tended to suffer in races against the clock. He has however made good improvements and takes satisfaction from that fact. “I have demonstrated this year that I have progressed a lot in the time trials. I think it shows that I can fight for a Grand Tour win.
“I went very hard in this time trial but I kept a little bit in reserve early on as there were a couple of little hills after the start. When I heard the final time check [he was third, ten seconds back] I was going flat out and pushed all the way to the finish, although without taking any risks.”
“From this point, the final battle for the Vuelta will happen. I lost eight seconds to Vinokourov but I took time back from rivals such as Kashechkin, Sastre and Marchante. I think this time trial is a very good thing for me.”
Vinokourov didn’t succeed in taking back much time on the Spaniard, but told Spain’s Onda Cero radio that he was satisfied for now. “I think I did a good time trial. I gave it all and it was a good stage for me.”
Carlos Sastre lost 41 seconds to Vino and 33 to Valverde, but said he did his best. “This time trial is one that Vinokourov did very well. I am happy…I gave everything I could and when there’s no more, nothing could be done.”
Discovery Channel’s Stijn Devolder put in a huge effort during the test, and ended up going two places better than the CSC leader. He crossed the line and continued to the team car, where he hollered for water. The Belgian threw two bottles over himself, drinking some, and then slumped exhausted for a couple of minutes.
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“The course is really hard,” he told Cyclingnews, once he had recovered. “I think that the riders who started in the first half of the race will have an advantage over the general classification riders, as they are fresher than us because we have been battling in the mountains. They also have an advantage because it was probably a bit cooler. Third place now [he was sixth by the end of the day] is good, but there are still a lot of riders yet to finish.”
At that point he regarded Millar’s mark of 40’54 as the time to beat. “I guess it should be quick enough,” he stated. “Maybe some guys like Valverde or other good classification riders can do better, but it is going to be difficult, for sure.”
Former race leader Janez Brajkovic finished back in 18th, 1’49 down, and said he was disappointed with his ride. “The time trial was terrible. The course isn’t a problem – if you were good, you were good, but I just couldn’t suffer enough. I obviously lost a lot of time and after two weeks of racing, it is clear that my form is going down a bit. I will just try to dig in and lose as little time from here as is possible.”
Team-mate Tom Danielson took twelfth and said it was a difficult course. “The climb was tough. When you were on the cobbles, it was hard to keep your momentum going. A little guy [like me] has to go hard on the flats and also hard on the climb, all the way along.
“I am a little over a minute off the best time. I would have liked to have been closer but we will see if I can improve in the next few days.”
How it unfolded
The first rider out of the start house Saturday morning was Cyril Lemoine (Credit Agricole), who has the worst overall time from the 158 survivors of the Vuelta. The French rider started his performance at 10.57 (local time) and completed the parcours in 43 minutes and 9 seconds.
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Swiss time trial specialist Fabian Cancellara (CSC) set the best time from the first riders to complete the parcours with 40'54, best one of the first 96 riders who time trialed. Cancellara always seems to ride well in Spain; he was third in the last time trial race at the World Championships in Madrid last year.
Another great specialist like David Millar (Saunier Duval) also performed very well. Although the Scot didn't better Cancellara's time at the two intermediate points (at km 9.9 and km 20.7), he sound new energy in the closing kilometers stopped the clock at exactly the same time as Cancellara: 40 minutes and 54 seconds.
Miller and Cancellara's top positions remained unchallenged for much of the afternoon.
At 14.03 (local time) race leader Alejandro Valverde (Illes Balears), who was the last to do the time trial, rolled out for his run at the clock. Valverde was tenth through the first intermediate time checkpoint with 12'36; 32 seconds slower than Cancellara. He was ten seconds slower at the second checkpoint - at the summit of Alto del Castillo (km 20.7). The fans hoped to watch Valverde wins today but his second half wasn't good enough. He did his best but could only manage fourth behind both the two huge specialists and Alexandre Vinokourov (Astana).
When the final times were calculated, Millar had beaten Cancellara by mere hundredths of seconds. Valverde (fourth in today's TT) gained an additional 13 seconds over his predecessor in the GC, Andrey Kashechkin (fifth today) who trails now by 48 seconds. Valverde's leadership in the general classification is more secure after the time trial as the performances of the nearest ten GC challengers all put them farther behind by the end of the stage.
Stage 15 - September 10: Montilla del Palancar-Almussafes, 182 km
Sunday's stage descends from 910-meters above sea level at Montilla del Palancar to 30-meters at Almussafes and the course includes only small hills on the way to the Mediterranean Sea. There are two intermediate sprints: in Requena (km 73.5) and in Catadau (km 163). The stage seems designed for a sprint finish and will be one of the last chances for the sprinters to put on a show
Photography
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- David Millar (Saunier Duval-Prodir) en route to victory on Stage 14 of the Vuelta a España.
- David Millar (Saunier Duval-Prodir) salutes the fans.
- Comeback almost complete - David Millar (Saunier Duval-Prodir) is probably eyeing the world championship time trial after his performance today.
- Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears) appears to have sore legs after his TT effort today, where he finished fourth, 13 seconds behind David Millar.
- Alejandro Valverde's legs are getting leaner as the race goes on.
- Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears) gives it everything during his time trial ride.
- Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears) out of the saddle.
- Fabian Cancellara (CSC) was the provisional leader until David Millar bested his time by less than a second.
Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti
- David Millar (Saunier Duval-Prodir)
- Millar finishes it off
- Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears) increased his lead over the top ten GC threats on Saturday
- Valverde in the closing meters
- Valverde in gold
- Millar on the podium
- Millar hasn’t known that feeling for a while
- Alejandro Valverde
- Alejandro Valverde
- Fabian Cancellara (CSC) posted the second-fastest time of the day; only hundredths of a second behind Millar
- Alessandro Petacchi (Team Milram)
- Against Cuenca's great city walls
- Laslo Bodrogi (Credit Agricole)
- Black must have been a tough color to wear in the heat
- Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears rider
- Manuel Beltran (Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team)
- Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas)
- Janez Brajkovic (Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team)
- Janez Brajkovic
- Alexandre Vinokourov (Astana Team) placed third in Saturday's time trial
- José Angel Gomez Marchante (Saunier Duval-Prodir) rounded out the top five
- José Angel Gomez Marchante
- Carlos Sastre (CSC)
- Astana team rider
- Riders who were not followed by a team car at least got some support.
- Mads Kaggestad (Credit Agricole)
- Riders navigated sections of Cuenca's old city walls on their 33-kilometer trek
- Old stone walls
- Erik Zabel (Team Milram)
- An Astana rider from above
- Thor Hushovd (Credit Agricole)
- David Millar with his first Pro Tour win since returning from a two-year doping suspension
- An Astana rider
- Carlos Sastre shadowed by a supporter
- Alejandro Valverde in the final kilometers
Images by Unipublic
- Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas) looking cool before the start.
- Valverde suffered for his success.
- Iban Mayo (Euskaltel-Euskadi) had a hard day.
- Fabian Cancellara (CSC) finished a very close 2nd place.
- Valverde paced himself well, conceding little to Vino.
- Valverde prepares to take the stage.
- Getting caught hurts almost as much as doing the catching.
- David Millar raises the roof.
- Benoît Joachim (Discovery Channel) wears the Luxembourg National TT Champ jersey.
- Stuart O'Grady (CSC) finished an astonishing 9th place.
- Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears gets a cheer.
- Not exactly aerodynamic - but very stylish.
- David Millar has done this before.
- Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner)
- Alejandro Valverde is congratulated on another day in gold.
- Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears rider avoids the cobbles.
- Janez Brajkovic (Discovery) had a good ride, finishing 18th.
- David Millar and the rest of Saunier Duval were pretty pleased.
- Laslo Bodrogi (Credit Agricole) in the Hungarian National Champ kit.
- Alexandre Vinokourov (Astana) couldn't shake Valverde.
- Millar's teammates will certainly be celebrating tonight.
- Suffering was the order of the day.
- Thor Hushovd in the Sprint leader's jammies, er, jersey.
- Carlos Sastre (CSC) wears the white jersey of the Combination Classification.
- Pietro Caucchioli (Credit Agricole) put in a solid ride in the KOM jersey.
- Astana team - smile or grimace?
- Valverde was color coordinated.
Results
1 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval-Prodir 40.54.00 2 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 3 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana Team 0.05 4 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 0.13 5 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana Team 0.26 6 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.44 7 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 0.45 8 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 0.46 9 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 0.54 10 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1.03 11 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 1.12 12 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.14 13 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.15 14 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.20 15 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC 1.23 16 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 17 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC 1.48 18 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.49 19 Luis Pérez (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 1.50 20 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.59 21 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 2.01 22 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 2.05 23 David George (RSA) Relax-Gam 2.06 24 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agricole 2.07 25 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole 2.15 26 Iñigo Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 2.17 27 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 28 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.19 29 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.22 30 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 2.26 31 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 2.27 32 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 2.28 33 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 2.30 34 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 35 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.31 36 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 37 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.33 38 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2.40 39 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax-Gam 2.46 40 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 2.51 41 Mario De Sarraga (Spa) Relax-Gam 42 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 2.53 43 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital 2.54 44 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 2.58 45 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 3.04 46 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana Team 3.05 47 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 3.08 48 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 3.13 49 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 3.14 50 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 3.15 51 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Astana Team 3.19 52 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 53 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Team Milram 3.20 54 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 55 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.23 56 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Milram 57 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 3.24 58 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 3.25 59 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 3.26 60 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 61 José Vicent Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 3.28 62 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital 3.31 63 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas 3.33 64 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 65 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 3.34 66 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 3.36 67 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 3.39 68 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 3.42 69 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 70 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 3.43 71 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 3.47 72 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 73 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 3.49 74 José Antonio Redondo (Spa) Astana Team 3.53 75 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.55 76 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4.02 77 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R Prevoyance 4.03 78 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 79 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française des Jeux 4.05 80 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 81 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 4.08 82 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 83 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 4.11 84 Raúl García De Mateo (Spa) Relax-Gam 4.14 85 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 4.15 86 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4.16 87 Florian Stalder (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 4.17 88 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 89 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 4.18 90 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 91 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana Team 92 Bastiaan Giling (Ned) T-Mobile Team 4.24 93 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 4.29 94 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas 4.31 95 Steve Morabito (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 4.32 96 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Credit Agricole 4.33 97 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 4.34 98 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Gam 4.36 99 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 100 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 4.37 101 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 4.40 102 Bingen Fernández (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 4.41 103 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank 4.42 104 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 4.43 105 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas 4.47 106 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.48 107 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 4.51 108 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 109 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital 4.52 110 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 111 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 4.55 112 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4.58 113 Pierre Drancourt (Bel) Bouygues Telecom 4.59 114 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 115 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 5.00 116 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 5.03 117 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5.04 118 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française des Jeux 5.06 119 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 5.08 120 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 5.09 121 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 5.10 122 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram 123 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team 5.17 124 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole 5.19 125 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana Team 5.22 126 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 127 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 5.23 128 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux 129 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 130 Luis Fernández Oliveira (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 5.24 131 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 5.25 132 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française des Jeux 5.26 133 Alberto Benítez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 134 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 135 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas 5.27 136 Mauricio Ardila (Col) Rabobank 137 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 5.28 138 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 139 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 5.29 140 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 5.39 141 Ian Mcleod (RSA) Française des Jeux 5.41 142 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax-Gam 5.42 143 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 144 Jorge García (Spa) Relax-Gam 145 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 5.46 146 Jesús Hernández (Spa) Relax-Gam 5.53 147 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 5.59 148 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux 6.01 149 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax-Gam 6.03 150 David Navas (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 6.04 151 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 6.06 152 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 6.09 153 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana Team 154 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 6.19 155 José Antonio Garrido (Spa) Quick Step-Innergetic 6.27 156 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 6.29 157 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank 6.38 158 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 6.56 Points 1 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval-Prodir 25 pts 2 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 20 3 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana Team 16 4 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 14 5 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana Team 12 6 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 10 7 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 9 8 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 8 9 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 7 10 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 6 11 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 5 12 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 4 13 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3 14 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2 15 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC 1 Mountains Alto del Castillo, km 21 - Cat. 3 1 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana Team 6 pts 2 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 4 3 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 2 4 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1 Teams 1 Team CSC 2.04.22 2 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.38 3 Astana 1.56 4 Caisse D'Epargne - Illes Balears 2.04 5 Saunier Duval - Prodir 2.54 6 Credit Agricole 3.27 7 Quick Step - Innergetic 5.49 8 Euskaltel - Euskadi 5.55 9 Liquigas 5.59 10 Relax - GAM 6.03 11 Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 7.19 12 Ag2r Prevoyance 7.50 13 Lampre - Fondital 7.53 14 Davitamon - Lotto 8.22 15 T- Mobile Team 8.24 16 Rabobank 9.02 17 Team Milram 9.06 18 Phonak Hearing Systems 9.28 19 Gerolsteiner 10.24 20 Bouygues Telecom 12.07 21 Française des Jeux 12.30 General classification after stage 14 1 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 54.23.28 2 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana Team 0.48 3 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 1.25 4 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana Team 1.38 5 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.06 6 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 3.49 7 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 4.00 8 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 4.31 9 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 5.03 10 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 7.02 11 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 7.15 12 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 7.29 13 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7.41 14 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana Team 7.48 15 Luis Pérez (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 7.56 16 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital 9.25 17 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Phonak Hearing Systems 9.30 18 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 19 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 9.37 20 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 10.50 21 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 12.38 22 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital 13.21 23 Jesús Hernández (Spa) Relax-Gam 13.47 24 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 13.48 25 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 13.50 26 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana Team 15.28 27 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 17.23 28 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 17.58 29 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 21.32 30 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Astana Team 21.54 31 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Gam 21.55 32 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 24.13 33 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 24.41 34 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC 25.53 35 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC 27.16 36 Iñigo Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 27.38 37 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 28.47 38 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas 29.25 39 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 30.18 40 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française des Jeux 31.32 41 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax-Gam 31.44 42 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 31.55 43 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 32.28 44 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Milram 35.12 45 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 37.14 46 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 37.58 47 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 39.30 48 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 39.39 49 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 40.05 50 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 41.50 51 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 42.19 52 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax-Gam 42.47 53 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agricole 43.23 54 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 43.47 55 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval-Prodir 45.20 56 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux 45.38 57 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 45.55 58 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 46.44 59 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 46.50 60 Mauricio Ardila (Col) Rabobank 47.31 61 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 47.52 62 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 49.34 63 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 50.05 64 Raúl García De Mateo (Spa) Relax-Gam 53.30 65 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 55.30 66 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 57.38 67 David George (RSA) Relax-Gam 58.04 68 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 58.57 69 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital 1.00.01 70 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 1.00.28 71 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.00.29 72 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.00.42 73 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.01.31 74 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 1.03.23 75 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 1.04.38 76 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.04.44 77 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 1.04.52 78 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 1.07.46 79 Luis Fernández Oliveira (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.07.47 80 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1.08.04 81 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.08.10 82 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1.08.31 83 Steve Morabito (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.08.51 84 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 1.09.16 85 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 1.09.21 86 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.09.51 87 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.09.58 88 Florian Stalder (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.11.13 89 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.11.51 90 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1.12.04 91 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R Prevoyance 1.12.58 92 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 1.13.01 93 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax-Gam 1.13.23 94 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 1.13.29 95 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.13.34 96 José Antonio Garrido (Spa) Quick Step-Innergetic 1.14.04 97 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1.14.28 98 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.14.30 99 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1.14.50 100 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 1.15.07 101 José Antonio Redondo (Spa) Astana Team 1.15.19 102 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 1.16.38 103 Jorge García (Spa) Relax-Gam 1.18.33 104 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 1.19.03 105 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1.19.14 106 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 1.20.16 107 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 1.21.53 108 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1.22.01 109 Bingen Fernández (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 1.22.13 110 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana Team 1.23.02 111 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team 1.23.06 112 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française des Jeux 1.24.10 113 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.24.27 114 Alberto Benítez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.24.34 115 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.24.39 116 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Team Milram 1.25.06 117 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas 1.27.01 118 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1.27.08 119 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 1.27.52 120 Ian Mcleod (RSA) Française des Jeux 1.28.27 121 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 1.28.37 122 Mario De Sarraga (Spa) Relax-Gam 1.29.01 123 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.30.03 124 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank 1.30.35 125 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas 126 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 1.31.11 127 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.31.27 128 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank 1.31.29 129 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 1.33.37 130 Pierre Drancourt (Bel) Bouygues Telecom 1.33.42 131 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 1.33.46 132 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 1.34.27 133 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 1.35.07 134 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.35.13 135 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas 1.35.58 136 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 1.36.23 137 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 1.36.30 138 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana Team 1.37.26 139 Bastiaan Giling (Ned) T-Mobile Team 1.37.47 140 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 1.39.05 141 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1.39.31 142 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 1.39.52 143 José Vicent Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1.41.03 144 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1.41.17 145 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.41.55 146 David Navas (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 1.43.34 147 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 1.43.47 148 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.43.48 149 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.45.04 150 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 1.46.19 151 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.46.20 152 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 1.48.02 153 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 1.48.03 154 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Credit Agricole 1.50.26 155 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram 1.51.57 156 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole 2.00.13 157 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole 2.05.18 158 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 2.08.05 Points classification 1 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 155 pts 2 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 89 3 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 84 4 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana Team 82 5 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 79 6 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 79 7 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 65 8 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 62 9 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 54 10 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana Team 52 11 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 47 12 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 45 13 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 45 14 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 44 15 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 40 16 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 37 17 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française des Jeux 37 18 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval-Prodir 29 19 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 29 20 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 28 21 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 27 22 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana Team 26 23 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 26 24 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 26 25 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 24 26 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 24 27 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 22 28 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 22 29 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R Prevoyance 21 30 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 21 31 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 20 32 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 20 33 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 17 34 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 16 35 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 16 36 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital 15 37 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas 14 38 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 14 39 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 14 40 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 14 41 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 12 42 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 12 43 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 11 44 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 11 45 Luis Pérez (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 10 46 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10 47 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank 10 48 Raúl García De Mateo (Spa) Relax-Gam 8 49 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 8 50 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 8 51 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital 8 52 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 8 53 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team 8 54 Mario De Sarraga (Spa) Relax-Gam 7 55 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 7 56 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agricole 7 57 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital 7 58 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 7 59 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana Team 7 60 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 6 61 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 6 62 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 6 63 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française des Jeux 6 64 Ian Mcleod (RSA) Française des Jeux 6 65 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux 6 66 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 6 67 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 4 68 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Milram 4 69 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC 4 70 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Phonak Hearing Systems 4 71 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 4 72 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 4 73 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4 74 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana Team 4 75 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 3 76 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 3 77 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 3 78 Jesús Hernández (Spa) Relax-Gam 3 79 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 2 80 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 81 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 2 82 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 2 83 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2 84 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 2 85 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1 86 Florian Stalder (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1 87 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 1 88 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 1 89 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1 90 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 1 Mountains classification 1 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 81 pts 2 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Gam 70 3 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 67 4 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 53 5 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 50 6 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 44 7 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 40 8 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax-Gam 36 9 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 33 10 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana Team 32 11 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 32 12 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas 28 13 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana Team 27 14 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 27 15 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 26 16 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R Prevoyance 23 17 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 19 18 Mario De Sarraga (Spa) Relax-Gam 18 19 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 16 20 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana Team 16 21 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 15 22 Luis Pérez (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 15 23 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française des Jeux 14 24 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 14 25 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital 12 26 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 12 27 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 10 28 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 10 29 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10 30 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 8 31 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 8 32 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7 33 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 7 34 Mauricio Ardila (Col) Rabobank 7 35 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 6 36 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 6 37 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 6 38 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 6 39 José Antonio Garrido (Spa) Quick Step-Innergetic 6 40 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana Team 5 41 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5 42 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 4 43 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 4 44 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 4 45 Jorge García (Spa) Relax-Gam 4 46 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 4 47 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 3 48 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Phonak Hearing Systems 3 49 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3 50 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 3 51 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC 3 52 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team 3 53 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital 2 54 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2 55 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 1 56 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1 57 Raúl García De Mateo (Spa) Relax-Gam 1 58 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole 1 Combination classification 1 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 8 pts 2 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 18 3 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana Team 21 4 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana Team 22 5 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 29 6 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 30 7 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 31 8 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 42 9 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 50 10 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 52 11 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana Team 56 12 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 57 13 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 59 14 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 65 15 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 65 16 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 76 17 Luis Pérez (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 82 18 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 82 19 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas 87 20 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 97 21 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 98 22 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 105 23 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 108 24 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 115 25 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 117 26 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital 126 27 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française des Jeux 126 28 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital 130 29 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Phonak Hearing Systems 135 30 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 135 31 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R Prevoyance 136 32 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 139 33 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana Team 140 34 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 146 35 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 148 36 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC 155 37 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 156 38 Raúl García De Mateo (Spa) Relax-Gam 169 39 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 171 40 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 176 41 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 177 42 Mario De Sarraga (Spa) Relax-Gam 194 43 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team 216 44 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 217 45 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 218 46 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 256 Teams classification 1 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 162.38.15 2 Caisse D'Epargne - Illes Balears 10.58 3 Astana 16.59 4 Euskaltel - Euskadi 23.44 5 Lampre - Fondital 34.43 6 Team CSC 44.03 7 Saunier Duval - Prodir 53.33 8 Relax - GAM 1.08.50 9 Rabobank 1.13.07 10 Ag2r Prevoyance 1.24.48 11 Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 1.27.44 12 Credit Agricole 1.32.31 13 Liquigas 1.44.49 14 Davitamon - Lotto 1.55.43 15 Gerolsteiner 2.20.58 16 Phonak Hearing Systems 2.23.58 17 T- Mobile Team 2.24.50 18 Française des Jeux 2.25.03 19 Quick Step - Innergetic 2.48.41 20 Bouygues Telecom 3.04.51 21 Team Milram 3.14.57
