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61st Vuelta a España - GT

Spain, August 26-September 17, 2006

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Stage 5 - August 30: Plasencia - Estación de Esquí La Covatilla (Béjar), 178 km

Di Luca Strikes, Menchov and Pereiro fade

Decisive first day in the mountains

By Shane Stokes at La Covatilla, with additional reporting from Hernan Alvarez

Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas)
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Watch out - the Killer is back. After showing strong form for much of last year and winning the ProTour, Danilo Di Luca staked everything on capturing the Giro d'Italia title this season. The 30 year old Liquigas rider sacrificed his chance of Classics success in order to improve on his 4th place of 2005, yet things didn't work out that way; he finished only 23rd.

Two months on, he is back to the top of his game. Most would have listed Di Luca as part of a theoretical second rank of contenders for today's opening mountain stage of the race, yet he exceeded those expectations in winning at the Estación de Esqui La Covatilla in Béjar.

On a day when GC contenders such as Oscar Pereiro (Caisse d'Epargne), Alexandre Vinokourov (Astana), Iban Mayo (Euskaltel), Denis Menchov (Rabobank) and, to a lesser extent, Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne), Carlos Sastre (CSC) and Tom Danielson (Discovery Channel) lost time on the final climb, the Italian outsprinted young Slovenian talent Janez Brajkovic (Discovery) to take both stage and the maillot oro of race leadership. Vinokourov's team-mate Andrey Kashechkin finished seven seconds behind them in third and slots into the same position in the general classification as a result.

"I had to watch out for Kashechkin but also Brajkovic," said Di Luca at the finish. "He was very strong today. I think Valverde and Sastre were not in super form and that is probably why they lost a little bit of time."

The Italian set things alight when he attacked with three kilometres remaining, taking Brajkovic with him and reeling in the lone leader Jose Angel Gomez Marchante (Saunier Duval). The Spaniard had another go but eventually succumbed to finish fourth, 15 seconds back.

Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas)
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While he showed great condition this afternoon, Di Luca said that he is relaxed about the outcome of the general classification. "I am here to win stages and did that today, getting one. My main goal is to be in the best possible shape for the world championships. That is my principal objective. I am in good form now, but whatever happens, happens. My favourites for the Vuelta are Valverde and Sastre."

Brajkovic rode very strongly on the final ascent to the ski station and finished a close second on the stage. "I was actually very surprised as for the first couple of days I didn't feel good," he told Cyclingnews at the top of the climb. "But yesterday my legs were starting to come around. In the first few climbs today I didn't want to push too much, but rather save as much energy as possible. The plan was to help Tom [Danielson] on the final climb. When Di Luca attacked I tried to follow…in the beginning there was a little gap which I managed to close and then I just followed the wheel.

"Obviously Tom is our leader here," the 2004 under 23 world time trial champion continued. "That is my first priority - I don't think I am going to be capable of maintaining this kind of shape for the whole race."

Danielson looked a little disappointed with his 11th place at the finish, but was also philosophical. "I think it might just be a case of the first day in the mountains. This is a special race, a long race, so…

"It was windy and hard and just really hot out there. I didn't feel that super on the climb; I was okay, but not super. I am happy in that I didn't lose that much time despite having a bad day. This is a long race and the first day in the mountains doesn't say a lot."

Carlos Sastre (CSC)
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Carlos Sastre finished 20 seconds quicker than Danielson but also lost time to Di Luca. He came in just ahead of Valverde to place 5th, a solid ride. "Today was a difficult day for everybody and a bit strange, too. It is the first time in a Grand Tour that was have started so early in the mountains and nobody was sure what was going to happen today.

"I did my best. The team did a sensational job for me today but in the end I couldn't do more. I was with Valverde because I think he that he is one of the most important riders in this race. It was a nice day and an important day for the team, again."

Sastre is just 29 seconds back overall and is clearly still in the hunt. But one who may definitely have lost his chance today is defending champion Denis Menchov. He crossed the line 3'37 behind and is now 29th overall, 4'02 off the gold jersey. That's undeniably a disappointment, but he was in a polite mood at the finish and willing to give his thoughts.

"I didn't see anything [about what happened with the other favourites]," said the Russian. "I was behind. I didn't feel good today. I don't know if it is just because this is the first day in the mountains…maybe my form has gone down [since the Tour]. We will see. That's life."

Oscar Pereiro was also philosophical afterwards when he gave his reaction to Spain's Onda Cero radio. "My sensations weren't too good or bad. The stage rhythm was pretty hard and in the end I paid the price of the last month [without competing]. At some moment, I thought I could have saved the day. It is not a disappointment at all because it was a realistic bet that I wouldn't be in the top positions.

That hectic post-Tour month he mentioned means that he may take a little bit of time to regain his racing sharpness, and thus didn't rule out a fightback. "We were saying that Alejandro [Valverde] was going to be our leader. But in the Tour I recovered 30 minutes, so imagine how little five minutes is. However, that said, now we have a clear leader to support."

How it unfolded

Kilometre zero
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The Vuelta a España has finished twice in La Covatilla before today. Santi Blanco won here in 2002. The other time there was a finish in this ski station was in 2004. On that day, Colombia's Felix Cardenas won that stage over Santiago Perez and Roberto Heras (later winner of that edition).

Andre Korff (T-Mobile) was the first rider to abandon this year's Vuelta as he didn't take the start this morning in Plasencia. Korff was having health problems yesterday and it forced him to quit the race.

There were some movements in the first kilometres made by the Astana team riders. However, the peloton controlled those attacks and rode together for the first part of the stage. At the first intermediate sprint in Jaraiz de la Vera (km 31), Daniel Becke (Milram) was first with Laszlo Bodrogi (Credit Agricole) second and Angel Gomez (Saunier Duval) third.

Arroyo and Gusev
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At the first climb in Puerto de Piornal (km 50), a lead group was formed with 16 riders: Paolo Bettini (Quick Step), Vladimir Gusev, Benoît Joachim (Discovery Channel), Sergio Paulinho (Astana), Pietro Caucchioli (Credit Agricole), Joaquin Rodriguez, David Arroyo (Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears), Michael Rasmussen (Rabobank), Torsten Hiekmann (Gerolsteiner), Iñigo Landaluze (Euskaltel), Xavier Florencio (Bouygues Telecom), Eric Leblacher (Française des Jeux), Angel Gomez (Saunier Duval), Jose Luis Arrieta (AG2R) and Jose Miguel Elias and Angel Vallejo (Relax). They led by 1'28 over the peloton at the summit, where Vallejo crossed first ahead of Florencio and Joachim.

In Cabezuela del Valle there was the second and last intermediate sprint (km 79.8) where Joaquin Rodriguez crossed in first position followed by Xavier Florencio and Eric Leblacher. At that point, the breakaway's gap was around a minute. The lead riders started the Puerto de Honduras, the second climb of the day, and had 2'09 on the bunch at km 92. Meanwhile, Charles Wegelius (Liquigas) quit the race due to the hard crash he suffered some kilometres before.

Inigo Landaluze (Euskaltel)
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Bettini, Florencio, Vallejo, Rodriguez, Gomez and Leblacher couldn't keep the pace of the other leaders and lost some seconds at km 98. Gusev, Paulinho, Joachim, Rasmussen, Hiekmann, Landaluze, Caucchioli, Elias, Arroyo and Arrieta crowned Puerto de Honduras 36 seconds ahead of the distanced riders, and around four minutes ahead of the peloton. At km 112, the lead group reformed and there were 16 riders back in front with 4'24 on the bunch.

The third climb of the day was the cat. 2 Alto de Lagunilla. Elias, Caucchioli and Paulinho were the first three riders at the summit (km 136) followed by Gusev, Rasmussen, Arroyo, Landaluze and Joachim. The gap to the CSC-led peloton was just 2'26 at this stage, and that prompted Iñigo Landaluze to attack alone, and he got a gap over the other seven riders. At km 150 (28 km to go), the Basque rider led by 55 seconds over his pursuers.

With 20 km to go, Landaluze remained as the lone leader with 1'30 over the seven chasers. The peloton, now led by Caisse d'Epargne, was around three minutes behind the Euskaltel rider. But when he started the climb of La Covatilla, he quickly lost ground and was caught at 13 km to go, with the bunch now less than a minute behind.

Jose Angel Gomez Marchante (Saunier Duval)
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Sergio Paulinho and David Arroyo attacked the break and kept their chances alive, as Iñigo Cuesta (CSC) set a fierce pace behind to shred the peloton. Denis Menchov (Rabobank) and Oscar Pereiro (Illes Balears) were some of the early victims, and Alexandre Vinokourov (Astana) followed.

Jose Angel Gomez Marchante (Saunier Duval) bridged up to the two leaders at 6 km to go, as the favourites' group was reduced to just Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears), Samuel Sanchez (Euskaltel), Janez Brajkovic and Tom Danielson (Discovery Channel), Andrey Kashechkin (Astana), Leonardo Piepoli (Saunier Duval), Carlos Sastre (CSC) and Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas).

The pain
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As Gomez Marchante eventually got rid of Paulinho and Arroyo, Di Luca made a big attack at 3 km to go followed by Brajkovic. These two caught the leader and left the rest behind, but Brajkovic did want to work at all. That gave Gomez Marchante the opportunity for a second attack with 2 km to go, but he ran out of legs as Di Luca dragged the Slovenian back up. They reached the final kilometre and Andrey Kashechkin (Astana) was able to join the front group, having left Sastre and Valverde behind.

At the finish, Di Luca was clearly faster than Brajkovic, crossed the line in first place followed by Brajkovic and Kashechkin. Gomez Marchante was the best Spanish rider in fourth position, while Sastre and Valverde came behind in fifth and sixth place.

Stage 6 – August 31: Zamora-Leon, 177 km

A typical first week stage with no mountains between Zamora and Leon. There are two intermediate sprints: Villarin de Campos (km 34) and Mansilla de las Mulas (km 156.5). This stage is a big opportunity for the sprinters without wins like Thor Hushovd, Alessandro Petacchi and others to raise their hands at the finish line.

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Results

1 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas                                     5.02.25 (35.31 km/h)
2 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                 
3 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana Team                                  0.07
4 José Ange Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                 0.15
5 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                         0.22
6 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                  
7 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                0.36
8 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                               0.39
9 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                  
10 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team                                   0.42
11 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team               
12 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                         1.09
13 Jesús Hernández (Spa) Relax-Gam                                     1.27
14 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Phonak Hearing Systems                         1.32
15 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana Team                                   1.35
16 Josep Jufre (Spa) Davitamon-Lotto                                   1.44
17 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                       
18 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                      
19 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                   1.54
20 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                  2.12
21 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana Team                              2.13
22 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital                               2.15
23 Juan José Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                           2.32
24 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                   
25 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval-Prodir                             2.52
26 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux                             2.56
27 Luis Pérez (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                   3.03
28 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team             3.37
29 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                            
30 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank                                          
31 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana Team                                      
32 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital                                     
33 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team             4.08
34 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC                                         4.14
35 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                          4.23
36 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Milram                                          
37 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Astana Team                                        
38 Mauricio Ardila (Col) Rabobank                                          
39 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                  4.28
40 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                4.39
41 Raúl García De Mateo (Spa) Relax-Gam                                5.02
42 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto                            5.38
43 Iñigo Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance                                   
44 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                           
45 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                  
46 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                      
47 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Gam                                       
48 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                           
49 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank                                              
50 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                             6.10
51 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC                                       6.56
52 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole                                 
53 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team          7.20
54 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole                                7.22
55 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC                                      8.25
56 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax-Gam                                           
57 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                   8.26
58 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team              9.15
59 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                            
60 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                    
61 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Astana Team                                     
62 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                 
63 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                    
64 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team            11.33
65 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française des Jeux                            12.13
66 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                 12.53
67 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                 
68 Steve Morabito (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                             
69 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                       
70 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance                                 
71 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                                         
72 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank                                        
73 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                     
74 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                  
75 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                    
76 José Antonio Garrido (Spa) Quick Step-Innergetic                        
77 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax-Gam                                           
78 Luis Fernández Oliveira (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                    
79 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC                                    14.52
80 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas                                   14.58
81 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone              15.45
82 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                                     
83 David George (RSA) Relax-Gam                                            
84 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems                      15.48
85 Alberto Benítez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                         17.39
86 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                            19.57
87 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas                                        20.16
88 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                 20.53
89 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team                                         
90 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic                               
91 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                     
92 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                            22.10
93 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                                      
94 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                                 
95 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                    
96 Ian Mcleod (RSA) Française des Jeux                                     
97 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                  
98 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                     
99 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agricole                                   
100 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana Team                                        
101 José Antonio Redondo (Spa) Astana Team                                 
102 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                      
103 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                       
104 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic                             
105 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank                                     22.50
106 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             23.11
107 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas                             23.45
108 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                      23.52
109 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                          25.24
110 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux                         27.59
111 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                    
112 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                   
113 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance                                  
114 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française des Jeux                                
115 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                            
116 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                   
117 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                  
118 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                  
119 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                     
120 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                   
121 Florian Stalder (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                           
122 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas                                         
123 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax-Gam                                           
124 Bastiaan Giling (Ned) T-Mobile Team                                    
125 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                             
126 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone               
127 Jorge García (Spa) Relax-Gam                                           
128 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas                                         
129 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank                                          
130 José Vicent Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears         
131 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole                                   
132 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                    
133 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                      
134 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC                                       
135 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                  
136 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone               
137 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC                                       
138 Pierre Drancourt (Bel) Bouygues Telecom                                
139 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas                                        
140 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC                                       
141 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole                                   
142 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                    
143 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole                                     
144 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                       
145 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC                                          
146 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                                 
147 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                  
148 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R Prevoyance                                   
149 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                         
150 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                  
151 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Credit Agricole                                 
152 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram                                           
153 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                                    
154 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems                                 
155 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Team Milram                                         
156 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole                                    
157 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                     
158 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic                                
159 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram                                    
160 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone           
161 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                            
162 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                   
163 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram                                     
164 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram                                  
165 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram                                     
166 Bingen Fernández (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                
167 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                    
168 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française des Jeux                                
169 Mario De Sarraga (Spa) Relax-Gam                                       
170 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas                                        
171 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic                              
172 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 
173 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital                                     
174 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                             
175 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto                                   
176 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                      
177 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana Team                                     28.18
178 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Credit Agricole                                29.42
179 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               30.18
180 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                           30.23
181 David Navas (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance                                 30.58
182 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                 31.25
183 Volodymyr Dyudya (Ukr) Team Milram                                31.27
 
Outside time limit
 
TC Freddy Bichot (Fra) Française des Jeux                             39.15
TC Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Française des Jeux                      39.21
TC Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto                                39.26
 
DNF Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas                                        
DNF Miguel A. Martín Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems               
DNS André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                        
 
Points
 
1 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas                                          25 pts
2 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team               20
3 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana Team                                    16
4 José Ange Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                   14
5 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                           12
6 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                10
7 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                   9
8 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                  8
9 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                 7
10 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team                                      6
11 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team              5
12 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                            4
13 Jesús Hernández (Spa) Relax-Gam                                        3
14 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Phonak Hearing Systems                            2
15 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana Team                                      1
 
Mountains
 
Puerto de Piornal - Cat. 1, km 53
1 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax-Gam                                          16 pts
2 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                                12
3 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                10
4 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Gam                                       8
5 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole                                 6
6 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana Team                                       4
7 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank                                        3
8 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                  2
9 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                 1
 
Puerto de Honduras - Cat. 1, km 100
1 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                16 pts
2 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole                                12
3 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                10
4 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Gam                                       8
5 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana Team                                       6
6 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                       4
7 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank                                        3
8 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                     2
9 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance                                 1
 
Alto de Lagunilla - Cat. 2, km 136 
1 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Gam                                      10 pts
2 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole                                 7
3 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana Team                                       5
4 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                 3
5 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                       2
6 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank                                        1
 
Estación de Esquí La Covatilla Cat. E, km 178
1 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas                                          30 pts
2 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team               25
3 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana Team                                    20
4 José Ange Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                   16
5 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                           12
6 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                10
7 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                   8
8 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                  6
9 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                 4
10 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team                                      3
11 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team              2
12 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                            1
 
Sprints
 
Jaraiz de la Vera, km 31
1 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Milram                                          4 pts
2 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole                                    2
3 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                            1
 
Cabezuela del Valle, km 79,8
1 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                  4 pts
2 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                                 2
3 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française des Jeux                                 1
 
Teams
 
1 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                               15.08.36
2 Astana                                                               2.34
3 Saunier Duval - Prodir                                               2.35
4 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                                  2.46
5 Caisse D'Epargne - Illes Balears                                     3.27
6 Lampre - Fondital                                                    5.07
7 Team CSC                                                            10.11
8 Rabobank                                                            10.16
9 Relax - GAM                                                         10.46
10 T- Mobile Team                                                     18.01
11 Gerolsteiner                                                       22.10
12 Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone                                   23.50
13 Phonak Hearing Systems                                             25.57
14 Davitamon - Lotto                                                  28.11
15 Ag2r Prevoyance                                                    32.55
16 Liquigas                                                           33.53
17 Credit Agricole                                                    35.07
18 Française des Jeux                                                 36.08
19 Quick Step - Innergetic                                            36.48
20 Team Milram                                                        40.16
21 Bouygues Telecom                                                   47.38
 
General classification after stage 5
 
1 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas                                    18.37.56
2 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team             0.04
3 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana Team                                  0.18
4 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                         0.29
5 José Ange Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                 0.35
6 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears              0.36
7 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team              0.55
8 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team            0.58
9 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team                                    1.00
10 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                              1.04
11 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                   
12 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                         1.29
13 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana Team                                   1.54
14 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Phonak Hearing Systems                         2.06
15 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                  2.09
16 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                       
17 Jesús Hernández (Spa) Relax-Gam                                     2.11
18 Josep Jufre (Spa) Davitamon-Lotto                                   2.16
19 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana Team                              2.32
20 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital                               2.43
21 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears               2.46
22 Juan José Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                           2.52
23 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval-Prodir                             3.12
24 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                   3.24
25 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux                             3.31
26 Luis Pérez (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                   3.40
27 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team             3.53
28 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana Team                                  3.56
29 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                        4.02
30 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank                                          
31 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital                                 4.05
32 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC                                         4.21
33 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team             4.24
34 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Milram                                      4.32
35 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                  4.42
36 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Astana Team                                        
37 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                          4.45
38 Mauricio Ardila (Col) Rabobank                                      4.48
39 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                  5.09
40 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                5.10
41 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                       5.46
42 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                  5.52
43 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team              5.54
44 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank                                          6.03
45 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                           
46 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto                            6.10
47 Iñigo Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance                               6.12
48 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Gam                                   6.22
49 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                             6.35
50 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC                                       7.03
51 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole                             7.16
52 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole                                7.42
53 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team          7.53
54 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC                                      8.32
55 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                   8.52
56 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax-Gam                                       9.09
57 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                        9.10
58 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                9.33
59 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Astana Team                                 9.34
60 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team              9.41
61 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                9.43
62 Raúl García De Mateo (Spa) Relax-Gam                                9.46
63 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team            11.49
64 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone            12.37
65 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française des Jeux                            12.46
66 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                 13.07
67 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                  13.10
68 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears             13.12
69 José Antonio Garrido (Spa) Quick Step-Innergetic                   13.15
70 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                                    13.18
71 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank                                        
72 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                13.19
73 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance                            13.27
74 Steve Morabito (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                             
75 Luis Fernández Oliveira (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                    
76 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone            13.30
77 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                               13.33
78 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax-Gam                                      14.07
79 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC                                    14.59
80 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas                                   15.18
81 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                                16.19
82 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems                      16.24
83 David George (RSA) Relax-Gam                                       17.10
84 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone              17.14
85 Alberto Benítez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                         18.01
86 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                            20.26
87 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas                                        20.28
88 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic                          20.55
89 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team                                    21.11
90 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                21.18
91 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                 21.19
92 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                  22.10
93 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                22.28
94 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana Team                                    22.29
95 José Antonio Redondo (Spa) Astana Team                                  
96 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                            22.30
97 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic                         22.32
98 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                            22.37
99 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             22.41
100 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                              22.42
101 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                                22.44
102 Ian Mcleod (RSA) Française des Jeux                               23.05
103 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank                                     23.15
104 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             23.42
105 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas                             24.05
106 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                      24.38
107 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                          25.50
108 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                  26.14
109 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole                                27.27
110 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC                                     27.54
111 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC                                  28.06
112 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC                                       
113 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC                                  28.10
114 José Vicent Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears    28.13
115 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram                                      28.14
116 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Team Milram                                         
117 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas                                   28.15
118 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole                                   
119 Bastiaan Giling (Ned) T-Mobile Team                               28.17
120 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                     
121 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                        28.21
122 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic                              
123 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                   
124 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                         
125 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank                                     28.24
126 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                    
127 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                  
128 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner                               28.25
129 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                   
130 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                       
131 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                 28.27
132 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital                                     
133 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                    
134 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas                                   28.28
135 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas                                         
136 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              28.30
137 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone           
138 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto                              28.31
139 Pierre Drancourt (Bel) Bouygues Telecom                           28.32
140 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                       28.33
141 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems                                 
142 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance                                  
143 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R Prevoyance                                   
144 Florian Stalder (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                           
145 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                                 
146 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française des Jeux                           28.34
147 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française des Jeux                                
148 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                                    
149 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                               28.35
150 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone          28.36
151 Bingen Fernández (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                
152 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone               
153 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana Team                                     28.37
154 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                             28.39
155 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax-Gam                                      28.43
156 Jorge García (Spa) Relax-Gam                                           
157 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                 28.46
158 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas                                    28.47
159 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux                         28.50
160 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone             28.56
161 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic                           29.00
162 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                       29.08
163 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                        29.20
164 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             29.26
165 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram                             29.30
166 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                             29.58
167 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Credit Agricole                                30.02
168 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram                                30.05
169 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram                               30.16
170 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               30.49
171 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                           31.01
172 David Navas (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance                                 31.32
173 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                31.45
174 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                              32.00
175 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                            32.01
176 Volodymyr Dyudya (Ukr) Team Milram                                33.34
177 Mario De Sarraga (Spa) Relax-Gam                                  35.20
178 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                 36.24
179 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agricole                             37.17
180 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole                               39.03
181 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Credit Agricole                            41.05
182 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram                                45.28
183 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole                              48.27
 
Points classification
 
1 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole                                     68 pts
2 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                      47
3 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                           45
4 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic                              35
5 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC                                          35
6 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas                                            31
7 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                               29
8 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas                                          25
9 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team               20
10 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française des Jeux                               18
11 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana Team                                   16
12 José Ange Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                  14
13 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                   14
14 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                               14
15 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems                                13
16 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                          12
17 Mario De Sarraga (Spa) Relax-Gam                                      12
18 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears               10
19 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                  9
20 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                      9
21 Raúl García De Mateo (Spa) Relax-Gam                                   8
22 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                          8
23 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                 8
24 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank                                          8
25 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                7
26 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana Team                                        7
27 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                            7
28 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team                                      6
29 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                  6
30 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team              5
31 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                  5
32 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Milram                                         4
33 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                 4
34 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                            4
35 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                   4
36 Jesús Hernández (Spa) Relax-Gam                                        3
37 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                   3
38 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone           3
39 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                    3
40 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Phonak Hearing Systems                            2
41 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                                2
42 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole                                   2
43 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas                                        2
44 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana Team                                      1
45 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française des Jeux                                1
46 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                   1
47 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                           1
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas                                          30 pts
2 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Gam                                      26
3 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                26
4 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team               25
5 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole                                25
6 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana Team                                    20
7 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                19
8 Mario De Sarraga (Spa) Relax-Gam                                       18
9 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax-Gam                                          16
10 José Ange Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                  16
11 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana Team                                     15
12 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                          12
13 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                               12
14 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears               10
15 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                  8
16 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank                                       7
17 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                          6
18 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                 6
19 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                      6
20 José Antonio Garrido (Spa) Quick Step-Innergetic                       6
21 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                    5
22 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                4
23 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                   4
24 Jorge García (Spa) Relax-Gam                                           4
25 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team                                      3
26 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team              2
27 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                 2
28 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    2
29 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone           2
30 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                            1
31 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance                                1
32 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                1
33 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole                                   1
 
Combination classification
 
1 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas                                          10 pts
2 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team               15
3 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana Team                                    20
4 José Ange Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                   27
5 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                           32
6 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                38
7 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                  45
8 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                 51
9 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                54
10 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team                                     62
11 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team             64
12 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana Team                                     68
13 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                           76
14 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                         80
15 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears               128
16 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                              152
17 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                 183
18 Mario De Sarraga (Spa) Relax-Gam                                     202
19 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone         204
 
Teams classification
 
1 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                               55.40.27
2 Astana                                                               2.37
3 Saunier Duval - Prodir                                               2.39
4 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                                  2.55
5 Caisse D'Epargne - Illes Balears                                     3.25
6 Lampre - Fondital                                                    5.19
7 Team CSC                                                            10.02
8 Rabobank                                                            10.25
9 Relax - GAM                                                         11.14
10 T- Mobile Team                                                     18.03
11 Gerolsteiner                                                       22.20
12 Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone                                   24.11
13 Phonak Hearing Systems                                             26.15
14 Davitamon - Lotto                                                  28.27
15 Ag2r Prevoyance                                                    33.13
16 Liquigas                                                           33.57
17 Credit Agricole                                                    35.11
18 Française des Jeux                                                 36.27
19 Quick Step - Innergetic                                            36.54
20 Team Milram                                                        40.15
21 Bouygues Telecom                                                   47.53

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