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61st Vuelta a España - GT
Spain, August 26-September 17, 2006
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Stage 8 - September 2: Ponferrada - Lugo, 181 km
Take two: this time it is Vino
Brajkovic retains maillot oro on eve of big mountain stage
By Shane Stokes in Lugo, with additional reporting from Hernan Alvarez
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Alexandre Vinokourov is regarded as one of the toughest fighters in bike racing, and underlined that resilience this afternoon when he bounced back from yesterday's disappointment to triumph in the Galician town of Lugo.
The 32 year old Kazakhstani had looked set to take the win on stage seven but was overtaken by a runaway train called Alessandro Valverde within sight of the line. There was no such turnaround today, with Vino surging clear on the uphill rise to the finish and coming home well ahead of the rest of the field.
"I am happy to win," he said at the finish. "Being passed yesterday was difficult to take but today the win is good for my team and good for me. When we went through the finish line for the first time today, I saw that there was a small hill so I knew I had a chance. I took that opportunity and it worked out well.
"This result is certainly important for the team after what we have been through. It's also important for me as it confirms that I am in form. I am ready for tomorrow's stage."
He was motivated by the visit due later in the afternoon by Kazakh prime minister Danial Akhmetov, a man who played a major part in the recent formation of the Astana squad. But another motivation was what happed to the team as a result of the Operación Puerto affair, namely their inability to participate the Tour de France after several riders were barred from starting.
It's clearly a sore point, as a journalist found out when he asked Vinokourov how he felt about being excluded from the Tour. "I was not excluded," he answered. "We couldn't start because we didn't have enough riders. That was a decision taken by other people, but it is not accurate to say that I was excluded. It was very disappointing for me, especially because after the Tour, Contador was given clearance to race once more. That makes it even worse."
Vino was also asked about losing more than two minutes in first mountain stage. "It is true that I lost time then, but yesterday I was there. My motivation hasn't been knocked. The Vuelta lasts another two weeks and I don't think two minutes is such a big gap. Of course, I think it is a pity, but tomorrow will be a hard stage. I recovered well from yesterday and I am very motivated."
Apart from Vinokourov, continuing race leader Janez Brajkovic and second-placed Alejandro Valverde, two others who are psyched and hope to do well on the gruelling six climb, 207.4 kilometre stage to Alto de la Cobertoria are CSC's Carlos Sastre and Iban Mayo. "Today was fine for me," Sastre told Cyclingnews after the finish. "It was a really fast day but everyone was trying to save energy and be calm for tomorrow.
"We will see how things go then. I think the last two days in the mountains were positive; I didn't lose any time with respect to the important guys and I am in a good position. This is the most important thing at this point. Tomorrow will be an important stage and I think the difference between the important riders could well be a lot bigger than they are now. I am really calm and really happy with things so far."
Mayo told Spain's Onda Cero radio that he is hoping to ride more consistently from this point on. "I was better yesterday [than the first day in the mountains] but the finale was too strong... In the end, I made a move in order to win with three kilometres to go, because I knew [Alejandro] Valverde is unbeatable in a sprint with a finale like that. Valverde controlled my attack very closely. Let's see if tomorrow brings luck.
"I am doing better [as the race progresses]. The heat from the first days affected me and now I am riding more strongly. I think the environment in Asturias suits me better so let's see if I do well tomorrow. I think that Valverde is the one to beat. He and Sastre are one step ahead of the rest and I think they will do even better [as the race continues]."
Like Mayo, Tom Danielson is hoping to get stronger. His Discovery Channel squad received the award as best team today and Cyclingnews spoke to him before he headed back to his team hotel. "I felt horrible yesterday. I felt bad the first day in the mountains and yesterday was absolutely horrible…I could have ridden better up that climb in November. If you look at my performances all year, it just doesn't make any sense. I am not sick, there is nothing wrong with me – I have no idea what happened.
"Now I am 4 minutes down. I have already had the disappointments so it can only get better from here. I expect to ride better and hope tomorrow goes as it should."
Oscar Pereiro is another rider who has been less prominent in the mountains than might have been expected. He is paying the price for a crazy post-Tour period, but the Galician rider was motivated today to be racing in his province and gave it a go.
"It was so nice!" he commented. "I have been a professional rider for seven years and this was the first time that I entered Galicia as part of a cycling race. Cycling is very popular here and the Tour of Spain came here for the last time in 1995. Such a long time! To race in the presence of my fellow-citizens has been very special, for me and for them too, especially now that I am officially the winner of the Tour of France."
How it unfolded
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Lugo became a Roman war camp in 13 B.C. and was initially named Lucus Augusti. It is the capital of the province of Lugo, one of the four districts that shape Galicia. Lugo’s Roman wall, built in the third and fourth centuries, was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 2000, and is the greatest attraction of the city.
181 riders took the start in Ponferrada as Steve Zampieri (Phonak) abandoned the race yesterday. The day started with many attacks by Saunier Duval, Relax and other teams without success. The peloton wanted to control the attacks and avoid breakaways, and that meant a very high rhythm: the average speed during the first hour of racing was 53.2 km/h.
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Marco Marzano (Lampre) quit the race at km 41 while some riders tried but couldn’t create a gap over the peloton. At the first intermediate sprint in O Barco de Valdeorras (km 43), Sebastien Minard (Cofidis) crossed first followed by Olivier Kaisen (Davitamon) and Thor Hushovd (Credit Agricole). Finally, at km 68 Kevin Van Impe (Quick Step) was the lone rider who was capable of getting in a breakaway. A few kilometres later, there was a massive crash and Josep Jufre (Davitamon) abandoned the race at km 73. Jufre sliced an artery in his arm open on a roadside barrier and lost between 1 and 1.5 litres of blood. He was taken to hospital for treatment.
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At the second intermediate sprint in Quiroga (km 80), Van Impe crossed first, 5'40 ahead of the peloton. Hushovd was second and Enrico Poitschke (Milram) third there. Eight kilometres further, on the only climb of the day (Alto de Ares, Cat. 3), the Quick.Step man kept the gap at 5’48. Pietro Caucchioli (Credit Agricole) reached the summit of the climb in second place and Jose Elias (Relax) in third inside the peloton. Van Impe maintained his lead and rode 4’55 ahead of the bunch at km 114, but there were more than enough kilometres for the peloton to catch him.
The sprinters' teams were ready to do their job in order to catch the Belgian, and he was well within their sights with just 1'40 advantage at 20 km to go. He was finally caught with 9 km left and the sprinters were ready to party.
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Virtual Tour de France winner Oscar Pereiro (Phonak) wanted to do a good performance in front of his home crowd and followed an attack by Rene Haselbacher (Gerolsteiner) as they started the finishing circuit with 8 km left. But that move only lasted a few kilometres as the bunch driven by big Magnus Bäckstedt caught them alongside the Roman wall.
The sprinters got themselves in position for the finale, with Credit Agricole, Milram and Liquigas leading it out. The first part of the final kilometre was uphill, and it played havoc with the chances of the fast men. Luca Paolini (Liquigas) found himself at the front and attacked with 700m remaining, but although he got a small gap, it was too early to go. As the road flattened out slightly, Alexandre Vinokourov went hard with 300m to go, easily passing Paolini and surging to the line for a great victory.
Stage 9 – September 3: A Consagrada-Alto de La Cobertoria, 207.4 km
Tomorrow’s stage will be full of big ups and downs with six mountains: Alto de Miñide (Cat. 3 – 510 m. above sea level – km 4), Puerto de Connio (Cat. 1 – 1,315 m. – km 50), Puerto de Rañadoiro (Cat. 1 – 1,140 m. – km 75.3), Puerto de Cerredo (Cat. 3 – 1,360 m. – km 102), Alto de San Lorenzo (Cat. special – 1,350 m. – km 166.6) and Alto de La Cobertoria (Cat. 1 – 1,170 m. – km 207.4 finish). There are two intermediate sprints: San Antolin (km 29) and San Martin de Teverga (km 177.8).
It will be an exhausting and tough stage for all the riders. Alto de San Lorenzo is very high but 40 km to the end, so La Cobertoria at the end should be the decisive climb. TYhis is a key stage for all the favourites.
Photography
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- Alexandre Vinokourov (Astana) catches the bunch by surprise to take the eighth stage in Lugo.
- Alexandre Vinokourov (Astana) performs a copycat manoeuvre of his Champs Elysées victory two years ago to take Stage 8 of the Vuelta.
- Alexandre Vinokourov (Astana) on the podium.
- Janez Brajkovic (Discovery Channel) continues to wear the maillot oro for another day.
- Kevin Van Impe (Quick.Step-Innergetic) escaped after 68 km and rode away alone, but was eventually caught 9 km from the finish.
- Smiling Spaniards Alejandro Valverde and Oscar Pereiro in the driver's seat at the Vuelta.
- Janez Brajkovic (Discovery Channel) sucks on a candy bar.
- Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears) gets a little peckish.
- Josep Jufre (Davitamon-Lotto) was involved in a crash roughly 70 kilometres into the eighth stage, slicing an artery in his arm and losing between 1-1.5 litres of blood.
- Josep Jufre (Davitamon-Lotto) in agony after his crash.
- The peloton en route to Lugo.
- The peloton en route to Lugo.
Images by Unipublic
- Synchronise watches , we're goin' in!
- Oscar Pereiro (Caisse d'Epargne) is in da house
- Carlos Sastre (CSC) smiles at the start
- Alexandre Vinokourov (Astana) waits for the start
- Janez Brajkovic (Discovery Channel) rides in the gold jersey
- Another break tries to get clear
- Saunier Duval towards the back
- The bunch riding hard
- The peloton very strung out
- Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step) going hard with Haselbacher on his wheel
- Josep Jufre (Davitamon-Lotto) stems the blood flow after cutting his arm open on a roadside barrier
- Josep Jufre (Davitamon-Lotto) is seen to by the medical staff
- Vladimir Gusev (Discovery Channel) doing domestique duties
- The peloton rounds a bend during stage 8
- Fred Rodriguez (Davitamon) takes a corner
- Kevin Van Impe (Quick.Step-Innergetic) takes a swig from his bidon
- Kevin Van Impe (Quick.Step-Innergetic) starts hallucinating
- Milram and Credit Agricole keep things under control
- Credit Agricole wins it up with one lap to go
- Haselbacher and Pereiro attacking with one lap to go
- Alexandre Vinokourov (Astana) is kissed on the podium
- Janez Brajkovic (Discovery Channel) smiles in the gold jersey
- Janez Brajkovic (Discovery Channel) also has the mountains jersey
- Janez Brajkovic (Discovery Channel) in the combination jersey
- Thor Hushovd (Credit Agricole) still in the points jersey
Images by Shane Stokes/Cyclingnews.com
- Discovery Channel team manager Johan Bruyneel was in a good mood this morning after his team took the maillot oro of race leadership yesterday.
- Andrey Kashechkin (Astana) relaxes near the team bus.
- Andrey Kashechkin (Astana) is the best placed Astana rider overall.
- Tom Danielson (Discovery Channel) and his team-mates celebrate their best overall team award at the end of stage 8.
- Carlos Sastre (CSC) is interviewed.
- Sastre with fans
- Gerolsteiner leader Davide Rebellin
- The signs of his stage 1 crash are still evident
- Hushovd crosses the line and is pushed by a team helper
- The strain of the uphill finish was clear to see
- Alejandro Valverde relaxes before the start
- CSC leader Carlos Sastre before the start
Results
1 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana Team 4.02.11 (44.84 km/h) 2 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 0.01 3 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 4 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 5 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 6 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 7 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 9 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 10 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 11 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 12 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 13 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 14 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 15 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital 16 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 17 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax-Gam 18 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 19 Luis Pérez (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 20 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 21 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 22 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 23 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 24 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 25 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 26 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 27 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 28 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team 29 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana Team 30 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Phonak Hearing Systems 31 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 32 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 33 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 34 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 35 Florian Stalder (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 36 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 37 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital 38 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 39 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 40 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 41 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R Prevoyance 42 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 43 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana Team 44 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 45 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 46 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 47 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 48 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team 49 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana Team 50 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 51 Mario De Sarraga (Spa) Relax-Gam 52 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 53 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 54 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française des Jeux 55 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 56 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Astana Team 57 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 58 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 59 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC 60 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 61 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 62 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 63 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 64 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 65 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 0.19 66 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax-Gam 67 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 0.21 68 Jesús Hernández (Spa) Relax-Gam 69 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 70 Mauricio Ardila (Col) Rabobank 71 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 0.25 72 Iñigo Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 73 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Gam 74 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 75 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas 0.30 76 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 77 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 78 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 79 Bingen Fernández (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 80 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 81 Luis Fernández Oliveira (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 82 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 83 Raúl García De Mateo (Spa) Relax-Gam 0.34 84 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 0.37 85 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 0.40 86 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agricole 0.44 87 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 88 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 0.49 89 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 90 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax-Gam 91 David Navas (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 92 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank 93 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team 94 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 95 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval-Prodir 96 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 97 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 98 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 1.08 99 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 100 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana Team 101 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 102 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 103 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC 104 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 105 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Team Milram 106 Bastiaan Giling (Ned) T-Mobile Team 107 Ian Mcleod (RSA) Française des Jeux 108 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital 109 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 110 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 111 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 112 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana Team 113 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 114 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1.21 115 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 1.26 116 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas 117 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 1.29 118 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.32 119 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 120 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 1.49 121 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Credit Agricole 1.51 122 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 1.59 123 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Milram 2.01 124 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française des Jeux 125 David George (RSA) Relax-Gam 126 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 127 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 128 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 129 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 130 Steve Morabito (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 131 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 132 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 133 Jorge García (Spa) Relax-Gam 134 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 135 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 2.06 136 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 2.10 137 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 138 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.14 139 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 2.17 140 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.24 141 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas 2.29 142 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 143 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas 144 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 145 José Antonio Redondo (Spa) Astana Team 146 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 147 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Astana Team 148 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 149 José Antonio Garrido (Spa) Quick Step-Innergetic 150 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 151 José Vicent Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 152 Alberto Benítez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 153 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux 154 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank 155 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 156 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.58 157 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 158 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française des Jeux 3.06 159 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 4.13 160 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux 161 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 162 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 4.44 163 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 164 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 165 Juan José Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 6.28 166 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole 167 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 6.30 168 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner 169 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 170 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 171 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram 172 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 173 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 174 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Credit Agricole 175 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 176 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole 177 Pierre Drancourt (Bel) Bouygues Telecom 178 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 179 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic DNF Josep Jufre (Spa) Davitamon-Lotto DNF Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital Points 1 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana Team 25 pts 2 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 20 3 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 16 4 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 14 5 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 12 6 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 10 7 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 9 8 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 8 9 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 7 10 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 6 11 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 5 12 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 4 13 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 3 14 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2 15 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital 1 Mountains Alto de Ares - Cat. 3, km 88 1 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 6 pts 2 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 4 3 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Gam 2 4 Raúl García De Mateo (Spa) Relax-Gam 1 Sprints O Barco de Valdeorras, km 43 1 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 4 pts 2 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 2 3 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 1 Quiroga, km 80 1 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 4 pts 2 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 2 3 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 1 Teams 1 Astana 12.06.35 2 Phonak Hearing Systems 0.01 3 Lampre - Fondital 4 Saunier Duval - Prodir 5 Euskaltel - Euskadi 6 Team CSC 7 Caisse D'Epargne - Illes Balears 8 T- Mobile Team 9 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 10 Bouygues Telecom 11 Rabobank 12 Relax - GAM 0.19 13 Ag2r Prevoyance 0.21 14 Liquigas 0.30 15 Gerolsteiner 0.44 16 Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 0.50 17 Team Milram 1.06 18 Credit Agricole 1.32 19 Davitamon - Lotto 2.01 20 Quick Step - Innergetic 2.17 21 Française des Jeux 3.08 General classification after stage 8 1 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 30.50.39 2 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 0.05 3 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 0.10 4 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.22 5 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana Team 0.23 6 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.51 7 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1.05 8 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team 1.37 9 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 1.47 10 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana Team 2.07 11 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.37 12 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Phonak Hearing Systems 3.05 13 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital 3.13 14 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.33 15 Luis Pérez (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 3.40 16 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 4.15 17 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 4.21 18 Jesús Hernández (Spa) Relax-Gam 4.24 19 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 4.29 20 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 4.31 21 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.38 22 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital 4.41 23 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana Team 4.48 24 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 5.11 25 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5.59 26 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 6.08 27 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 7.09 28 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana Team 7.18 29 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 7.39 30 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Astana Team 7.54 31 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 8.34 32 Mauricio Ardila (Col) Rabobank 9.35 33 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Milram 9.49 34 Iñigo Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 10.19 35 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 10.20 36 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Gam 10.29 37 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 11.21 38 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 11.33 39 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 12.39 40 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 12.42 41 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 13.04 42 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 43 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC 13.24 44 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax-Gam 13.49 45 Juan José Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 14.30 46 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC 14.33 47 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux 14.51 48 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 15.07 49 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 16.15 50 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 16.29 51 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval-Prodir 16.32 52 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 16.51 53 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 18.02 54 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 18.14 55 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax-Gam 18.17 56 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 18.26 57 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 19.13 58 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 19.32 59 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas 19.52 60 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 20.26 61 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 20.42 62 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 21.40 63 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 23.23 64 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française des Jeux 23.52 65 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 24.34 66 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 25.03 67 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 25.14 68 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 25.50 69 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 27.21 70 David George (RSA) Relax-Gam 27.44 71 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 29.34 72 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 29.35 73 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team 30.06 74 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner 30.13 75 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 30.19 76 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 30.20 77 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 30.21 78 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 30.32 79 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital 30.41 80 Raúl García De Mateo (Spa) Relax-Gam 30.57 81 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 31.33 82 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Astana Team 32.36 83 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 33.13 84 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 33.16 85 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 34.11 86 Luis Fernández Oliveira (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 34.34 87 Florian Stalder (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 35.09 88 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 36.00 89 Steve Morabito (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 36.05 90 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 36.16 91 José Antonio Garrido (Spa) Quick Step-Innergetic 36.21 92 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 37.12 93 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 37.57 94 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 38.05 95 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 39.21 96 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 39.22 97 Pierre Drancourt (Bel) Bouygues Telecom 39.36 98 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 39.41 99 José Antonio Redondo (Spa) Astana Team 39.44 100 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax-Gam 39.52 101 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agricole 40.40 102 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 41.01 103 Jorge García (Spa) Relax-Gam 41.04 104 Alberto Benítez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 41.07 105 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 41.51 106 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 41.52 107 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team 42.37 108 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 43.15 109 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 43.23 110 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas 43.54 111 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 44.00 112 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana Team 44.09 113 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 44.13 114 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 44.29 115 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 44.46 116 Ian Mcleod (RSA) Française des Jeux 44.50 117 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 44.56 118 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 45.34 119 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank 46.21 120 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 46.41 121 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 47.32 122 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 47.51 123 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 48.55 124 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 48.57 125 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 126 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 48.58 127 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 49.04 128 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 49.06 129 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R Prevoyance 130 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française des Jeux 49.07 131 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 49.08 132 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 49.16 133 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 49.17 134 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 49.41 135 Bingen Fernández (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 49.43 136 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank 49.45 137 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 49.49 138 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Team Milram 49.59 139 Bastiaan Giling (Ned) T-Mobile Team 50.02 140 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 50.09 141 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 50.16 142 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana Team 50.22 143 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 50.23 144 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas 50.31 145 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 50.39 146 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 147 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 51.08 148 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 51.10 149 José Vicent Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 51.19 150 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 51.57 151 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 52.00 152 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 52.03 153 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 52.06 154 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française des Jeux 52.17 155 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 52.19 156 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Credit Agricole 52.30 157 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 52.31 158 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas 52.44 159 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 52.45 160 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 52.54 161 David Navas (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 52.58 162 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 53.11 163 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 53.13 164 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 53.31 165 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux 53.40 166 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 53.41 167 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 55.45 168 Mario De Sarraga (Spa) Relax-Gam 55.58 169 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 56.05 170 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 56.21 171 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram 58.19 172 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 58.52 173 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 59.08 174 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.01.26 175 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 1.03.31 176 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Credit Agricole 1.10.00 177 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole 1.11.09 178 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 1.12.33 179 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole 1.15.32 Points classification 1 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 111 pts 2 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 71 3 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 59 4 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 48 5 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 47 6 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 40 7 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 39 8 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana Team 35 9 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 35 10 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 34 11 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 32 12 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 30 13 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 29 14 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 29 15 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française des Jeux 28 16 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 25 17 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana Team 24 18 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 24 19 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 21 20 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 19 21 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 17 22 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 14 23 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 14 24 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 12 25 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank 10 26 Luis Pérez (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 9 27 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 8 28 Raúl García De Mateo (Spa) Relax-Gam 8 29 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 8 30 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 8 31 Mario De Sarraga (Spa) Relax-Gam 7 32 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 7 33 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 7 34 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R Prevoyance 7 35 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana Team 7 36 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 6 37 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 6 38 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team 6 39 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 6 40 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 6 41 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital 5 42 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 5 43 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 5 44 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 4 45 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Milram 4 46 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4 47 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 4 48 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 4 49 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4 50 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 4 51 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 3 52 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital 3 53 Jesús Hernández (Spa) Relax-Gam 3 54 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 3 55 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 3 56 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 3 57 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Phonak Hearing Systems 2 58 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 2 59 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 2 60 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 2 61 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Astana Team 2 62 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital 1 63 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1 64 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana Team 1 65 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1 66 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française des Jeux 1 67 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1 68 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1 69 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 1 Mountains classification 1 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 33 pts 2 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 30 3 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 29 4 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Gam 28 5 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 26 6 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 26 7 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 26 8 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 24 9 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana Team 22 10 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 19 11 Mario De Sarraga (Spa) Relax-Gam 18 12 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax-Gam 16 13 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana Team 15 14 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 12 15 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 10 16 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 8 17 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 7 18 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 6 19 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 6 20 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6 21 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 6 22 José Antonio Garrido (Spa) Quick Step-Innergetic 6 23 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5 24 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana Team 4 25 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 4 26 Jorge García (Spa) Relax-Gam 4 27 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team 3 28 Luis Pérez (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 3 29 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2 30 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 2 31 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2 32 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 2 33 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1 34 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1 35 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 1 36 Raúl García De Mateo (Spa) Relax-Gam 1 37 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 38 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole 1 Combination classification 1 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 12 pts 2 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 14 3 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 22 4 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 22 5 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 27 6 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana Team 31 7 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 32 8 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 41 9 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana Team 42 10 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 55 11 Luis Pérez (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 69 12 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team 73 13 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 86 14 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 88 15 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 95 16 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 96 17 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana Team 100 18 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 120 19 Raúl García De Mateo (Spa) Relax-Gam 144 20 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 174 21 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 180 22 Mario De Sarraga (Spa) Relax-Gam 210 23 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 234 24 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 236 Teams classification 1 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 92.18.35 2 Caisse D'Epargne - Illes Balears 5.20 3 Astana 5.55 4 Lampre - Fondital 6.34 5 Euskaltel - Euskadi 8.12 6 Saunier Duval - Prodir 12.11 7 Rabobank 17.46 8 Relax - GAM 21.19 9 Team CSC 21.53 10 Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 34.51 11 Gerolsteiner 36.39 12 Davitamon - Lotto 40.56 13 Ag2r Prevoyance 42.37 14 Credit Agricole 46.39 15 Phonak Hearing Systems 54.19 16 Liquigas 56.25 17 T- Mobile Team 59.47 18 Française des Jeux 1.04.04 19 Bouygues Telecom 1.07.17 20 Quick Step - Innergetic 1.19.29 21 Team Milram 1.25.39
