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61st Vuelta a España - GT

Spain, August 26-September 17, 2006

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Stage 6 - August 31: Zamora - León, 177 km

Thunder strikes on cloudless day in Léon

Norwegian gets his stage win

By Shane Stokes in Léon, with additional reporting from Hernan Alvarez

A last-minute lunge
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If at first you don't succeed... After three second places, Thor Hushovd finally translated his considerable finishing speed into a fine victory on stage 6 of the Vuelta today, thundering in ahead of T-Mobile's André Greipel plus the Milram pairing of Erik Zabel and Alessandro Petacchi. The giant Norwegian solidified his lead on the points classification with the victory, which adds to two wins in the Tour de France earlier this season, as well as successes in Gent-Wevelgem plus stages of Tirreno Adriatico, the Tour of Catalunya and the Dauphine Libéré.

"I felt good today and was able to win the sprint," the 28 year old Credit Agricole rider stated afterwards. "When I had the jersey it was perhaps a little more difficult because I had to ride to defend that jersey and doing the intermediate sprints probably slows you a little for the final one. I was very, very motivated to win a stage here.

"I was able to use the Milram train to get ready for the sprint. I wasn't sure if Petacchi or Zabel was going to be their man for today. Petacchi went with about 200 metres to go but I took the wheel of the T-Mobile rider [Greipel], who did a very good sprint, and I was able to come by for the victory."

Hushovd has now won a stage, worn yellow and also holds the points jersey. Despite that, he said he is still hungry to do more. "It is true that I have already achieved my goals in this Vuelta and I can be happy. But I want to win more stages and that will be my goal on every day where there is a sprint."

A happy Hushovd
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After today's kamikaze move du jour by French rider Mathieu Claude (Bouygues) was caught with just over 20 kilometres to go, the sprinters teams controlled things until the finish, with Liquigas, Milram and Saunier Duval doing most of the driving. David Millar showed his impressive Vuelta form with a massive turn just before the gallop started, but things didn't work out in the end for his team-mate Francisco José Ventoso, who placed tenth.

Zabel was once again right in the thick of things, but had to be content with third. "Today the team have done more good work," he said. "I was on the wheel of Petacchi with 250 metres to go and when he started, he was very fast. I preferred not to take his wheel in order not to help our rivals. I had gone on the left when Greipel and Hushovd started and I did the sprint behind them".

Petacchi's fourth place showed that he is on his way back after injury: "Today I worked for Zabel's sprint. I went with 220 metres to go because I thought I had Zabel behind me. After that I tried to continue on to the finish line as a test. I'm happy, but I am still lacking a lot of power. I hope to finish this Vuelta and to win a stage before the end."

There was no real change in the overall standings, with race leader Danilo di Luca coming home alongside all of the GC contenders. A small split in the peloton saw them lose five seconds to the first 34 riders, this latter number including Alexandre Vinokourov (Astana), but the latter remains a not-insignificant 2'27 down. The next big test for the Italian is tomorrow's summit finish to the Alto de el Morredero.

Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas)
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The Caisse d'Epargne team have Alessandro Valverde in sixth place overall and their directeur sportif Eusebio Unzue is hoping for a good performance there. "It will be a second test for all the candidates for the overall win. But because the Morredero will be the only difficulty of the day I don't think that there will be big differences on the finishing line. It will however be very important to remain attentive in the first part of the stage because the wind could play an important role.

"I hope that Alejandro Valverde will be as good as he was yesterday in the stage of La Covatilla, and that, why not, he will even claim the stage victory."

Valverde's challenge will be backed by Xabier Zandio, who was one of today's early animators. "I am feeling very well", said the rider from Navarra. "Tomorrow I will try to stay as long as possible at Alejandro's side to help him as best I can. In the Covatilla I was disappointed with my performance. I can explain that by the fact that I took part in no races after the Tour de France. I notice that lack of competition in my legs but I am feeling better every day and I hope that tomorrow will confirm that fact."

Heat eases off

A elderly local
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Tomorrow's stage is once again expected to be run under cloudless skies. The heat has been a big factor in this race, but it was slightly cooler today. This may have helped Hushovd, who said this afternoon that high temperatures make things more difficult for his Norwegian frame.

"The heat is the biggest problem for me. I suffer a lot in the sun. But this year I spent time in Australia which has the same heat as here. As well as that, I did the Tour de France and that was very, very hot. So I am maybe getting used to it. It can be a big problem for me, though."

Chris Horner said after the stage that things are changing and that it has been less of an inferno as the Vuelta heads north. "It's night and day, comparing today with the other stages," he said. "I mean, it is hot out there but it is nothing like what it was."

The Davitamon Lotto rider said that nobody really wants to race as yet. "Today was the same as the first three days, really. It was pretty boring the whole time. Of course, the finish was fast but these guys really just don't want to race. There is always a few out there but they just let the one or two go and go easy most of the day."

Discovery Channel's Michael Barry was on the podium today as part of the best team, and he also echoed Horner's comments. "The Vuelta has definitely been slower than it has been in past years," he said. "Part of that is due to the heat and also because there are fewer continental teams competing here now, so there aren't so many teams hoping to get into early breakaways. The racing is a little more controlled as a result. And with some big mountain stages coming up, all the teams with riders going for the overall are saving their energy for now."

That should start change tomorrow. As Unzue says, the race to Alto de el Morredero has just one climb but it will be another eyeballs-out effort to the top, and should provide further insights into the real contenders for the overall title.

How it unfolded

Mathieu Claude (Bouygues Telecom)
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Leon is a city with a long history. The first settlement in the area of the town was apparently in 74 AD as Roman Legion VII was based there. The current city cathedral started to be built in the 13th century in the French gothic style, and it is one of the oldest Spanish cathedrals.

There were five riders who didn't start today: Charles Wegelius (Liquigas) and Miguel Martin Perdiguero (Phonak) who abandoned the race during last stage. Also Freddy Bichot (Française des Jeux), Christophe Detilloux (Française des Jeux) and Robbie McEwen (Davitamon) who finished outside the time limit yesterday.

The stage started with attacks by Walter Beneteau (Bouygues Telecom), who tried a couple of times to get clear. But at km 10, it was his teammate Mathieu Claude who got the right gap. The distance between the lone breakaway and the main group grew as the French rider led by 5'47 at km 25 and 8'45 at km 32. At the first intermediate sprint (km 34), Claude was first and led by more than ten minutes over the peloton. Francisco Ventoso (Saunier Duval) was second and Thor Hushovd (Credit Agricole) third there.

The stage was rather calm and without much emotion. Volodymyr Dyudya (Milram) quit the race at km 66, leaving 182 riders still in the Vuelta. Claude led solo by 9'53 at km 95 but the peloton had the situation well under control. It's highly unlikely that a single rider can finish off his performance by claiming first in a flat this stage like this, but it does happen. Around km 100, the sprinters' teams began to work and start reducing the gap that was around eight and a half minutes at that point.

The peloton
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The main group was getting near and it was chasing Mathieu Claude at 6'40 at km 114. The distance was gradually getting smaller and smaller and at km 130 it was only 3'22. Claude's adventure was about to end. Finally, with 21 km to go, the peloton swallowed the one-rider breakaway, just before the second and final intermediate sprint in Mansilla de las Mulas. Francisco Ventoso (Saunier Duval), Luis Leon Sanchez (Astana) and David Millar (Saunier Duval) were the first three riders there, as Hushovd did not contest it.

The peloton had everything under control and was ready for the bunch sprint. The tempo was super fast - 90 km/h on the downhill run into Léon - and the Milram men wanted to help Erik Zabel win again in the Vuelta. T-Mobile, Française des Jeux and Lampre tried to put their sprinters up front, as Milram looked to have the perfect lead out train going in the last 2 km. Then David Millar (Saunier Duval) spoiled the party by doing a massive turn inside the final kilometre and a half for his sprinter Ventoso. When Millar pulled off at 600m to go, the Velo jumped with Petacchi and Zabel on his wheel. Petacchi hit out on the right at less than 250m to go, but Zabel chose the wheel of Greipel, who surged up the centre with Hushovd in tow. Eventually, Hushovd came around the Germans to win the stage, with Greipel second and Zabel and Petacchi third and fourth respectively.

Stage 7 – September 1: Leon-Alto de El Morredero, 154.2 km

A flattish stage with an uphill finish. There is only one climb at the end of the race: Alto de El Morredero (Cat. 1 – 1,750 m. above sea level) and there are two intermediate sprints: Toreno (660 m. – km 101) and Ponferrada (530 m. – km 124.7). It should be a day for a climber to shine in the last part of the day.

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Results

1 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole                                4.09.10 (42.62 km/h)
2 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                        
3 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                             
4 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram                                    
5 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                  
6 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française des Jeux                                  
7 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas                                              
8 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC                                            
9 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R Prevoyance                                     
10 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                       
11 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                             
12 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic                               
13 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                     
14 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank                                           
15 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                    
16 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems                                  
17 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    
18 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic                              
19 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana Team                                         
20 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                     
21 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                   
22 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                     
23 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto                                    
24 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                    
25 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram                                            
26 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                   
27 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                                
28 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital                                     
29 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                
30 Luis Pérez (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                       
31 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                     
32 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana Team                                  
33 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                      
34 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                 
35 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                  0.05
36 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital                                      
37 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC                                           
38 Jorge García (Spa) Relax-Gam                                            
39 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone            
40 Bastiaan Giling (Ned) T-Mobile Team                                     
41 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Astana Team                                        
42 Mario De Sarraga (Spa) Relax-Gam                                        
43 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                              
44 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                                     
45 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                    
46 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana Team                                     
47 Juan José Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                               
48 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                              
49 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                      
50 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole                                    
51 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax-Gam                                            
52 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Gam                                       
53 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank                                              
54 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas                                           
55 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team                                       
56 David Navas (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance                                       
57 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                 
58 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana Team                                           
59 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                   
60 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                  
61 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                
62 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team               
63 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance                                   
64 José Ange Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                    
65 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                   
66 Josep Jufre (Spa) Davitamon-Lotto                                       
67 Bingen Fernández (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                 
68 Luis Fernández Oliveira (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                    
69 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                   
70 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC                                        
71 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                       
72 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                      
73 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                 
74 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                    
75 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                            
76 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                                 
77 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance                                 
78 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                  
79 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                  
80 Pierre Drancourt (Bel) Bouygues Telecom                                 
81 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                              
82 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                       
83 Steve Morabito (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                             
84 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram                                      
85 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                                         
86 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                 
87 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                    
88 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                     
89 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                       
90 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                   
91 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team                                         
92 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team              
93 Mauricio Ardila (Col) Rabobank                                          
94 Florian Stalder (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                            
95 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval-Prodir                                 
96 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                        
97 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux                                 
98 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux                               
99 Ian Mcleod (RSA) Française des Jeux                                     
100 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                   
101 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                         
102 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas                                       
103 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Team Milram                                         
104 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC                                       
105 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto                               
106 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                                     
107 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                          
108 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française des Jeux                                
109 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                    
110 Iñigo Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance                                  
111 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                
112 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                
113 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Astana Team                                    
114 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                     
115 Jesús Hernández (Spa) Relax-Gam                                        
116 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital                                  
117 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                                 
118 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax-Gam                                          
119 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                                
120 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agricole                                  
121 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax-Gam                                          
122 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Phonak Hearing Systems                            
123 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole                                   
124 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank                                          
125 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                     
126 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole                                
127 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française des Jeux                                
128 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                 
129 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                   
130 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana Team                                     
131 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                
132 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank                                         
133 Raúl García De Mateo (Spa) Relax-Gam                                   
134 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                          
135 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC                                            
136 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                            
137 Alberto Benítez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                             
138 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                  
139 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                      
140 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas                                        
141 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole                                   
142 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                                    
143 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                
144 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Credit Agricole                                     
145 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Milram                                         
146 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana Team                                      
147 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                
148 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                  
149 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                     
150 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                    
151 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic                              
152 José Vicent Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears         
153 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC                                         
154 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                       
155 David George (RSA) Relax-Gam                                           
156 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                      
157 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                     
158 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone               
159 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    
160 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                 
161 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC                                       
162 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                           
163 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                            
164 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC                                        
165 José Antonio Garrido (Spa) Quick Step-Innergetic                       
166 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank                                       
167 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 
168 José Antonio Redondo (Spa) Astana Team                                 
169 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic                                
170 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram                                     
171 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems                      0.31
172 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas                                         
173 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                  0.38
174 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas                                    0.41
175 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram                                1.01
176 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas                              1.15
177 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas                                         
178 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                               1.16
179 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                       1.33
180 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Credit Agricole                             1.53
181 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole                                5.04
182 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                  
 
 
Points
 
1 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole                                     25 pts
2 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                      20
3 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                           16
4 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram                                  14
5 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                12
6 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française des Jeux                                10
7 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas                                             9
8 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC                                           8
9 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R Prevoyance                                    7
10 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                      6
11 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                            5
12 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic                              4
13 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                    3
14 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank                                          2
15 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                   1
 
Sprints
 
Villarín de Campos, km 34
1 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                   4 pts
2 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                       2
3 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole                                      1
 
Mansilla de las Mulas, km 156,5
1 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                       4 pts
2 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Astana Team                                     2
3 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval-Prodir                                 1
 
Teams
 
1 Team Milram                                                      12.27.30
2 Lampre - Fondital                                                        
3 Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone                                         
4 T- Mobile Team                                                       0.05
5 Quick Step - Innergetic                                                  
6 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                                      
7 Ag2r Prevoyance                                                          
8 Astana                                                                   
9 Phonak Hearing Systems                                                   
10 Gerolsteiner                                                            
11 Davitamon - Lotto                                                       
12 Team CSC                                                            0.10
13 Saunier Duval - Prodir                                                  
14 Bouygues Telecom                                                        
15 Française des Jeux                                                      
16 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                                      
17 Rabobank                                                                
18 Liquigas                                                                
19 Credit Agricole                                                         
20 Caisse D'Epargne - Illes Balears                                        
21 Relax - GAM                                                         0.15
 
General classification after stage 6
 
1 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas                                    22.47.11
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 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                0.59
10 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team                                   1.00
11 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                              1.04
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                              2.27
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                             3.10
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                   3.35
27 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team             3.53
28 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana Team                                  3.56
29 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital                                 4.00
30 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                        4.02
31 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank                                          
32 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team             4.19
33 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC                                         4.21
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 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                        8.57
57 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax-Gam                                       9.09
58 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                9.28
59 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Astana Team                                 9.30
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                 13.02
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 Luis Fernández Oliveira (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                    
75 Steve Morabito (Swi) 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                      16.50
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 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas                                        20.23
87 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                            20.26
88 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic                          20.55
89 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team                                    21.11
90 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                21.13
91 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                 21.19
92 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                  21.55
93 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana Team                                    22.24
94 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic                         22.27
95 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                22.28
96 José Antonio Redondo (Spa) Astana Team                             22.29
97 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                            22.30
98 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                            22.37
99 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                    
100 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                            22.41
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                             25.15
106 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                          25.45
107 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                      26.06
108 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                  26.14
109 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole                                27.00
110 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC                                     27.49
111 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC                                  28.06
112 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC                                       
113 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram                                      28.09
114 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                 28.10
115 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC                                       
116 José Vicent Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears    28.13
117 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Team Milram                                    28.14
118 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole                              28.15
119 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic                         28.16
120 Bastiaan Giling (Ned) T-Mobile Team                               28.17
121 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                     
122 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank                                     28.19
123 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                    
124 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner                               28.20
125 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                   
126 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                        28.21
127 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                   
128 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                         
129 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                             28.24
130 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                  28.25
131 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto                              28.26
132 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital                                28.27
133 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                    
134 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                       28.28
135 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems                                 
136 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R Prevoyance                                   
137 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas                                        
138 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française des Jeux                           28.29
139 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              28.30
140 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone           
141 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone          28.31
142 Pierre Drancourt (Bel) Bouygues Telecom                           28.32
143 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance                             28.33
144 Florian Stalder (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                           
145 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                                 
146 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                               28.34
147 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française des Jeux                                
148 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                               28.35
149 Bingen Fernández (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone           28.36
150 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone               
151 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana Team                                     28.37
152 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                             28.39
153 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax-Gam                                      28.43
154 Jorge García (Spa) Relax-Gam                                           
155 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux                         28.50
156 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone             28.51
157 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas                                        
158 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic                           29.00
159 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                       29.08
160 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas                                    29.13
161 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                 29.19
162 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                        29.20
163 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram                             29.25
164 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas                                    29.38
165 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                             29.58
166 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Credit Agricole                                30.02
167 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram                                30.05
168 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               30.44
169 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                           30.56
170 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram                               31.12
171 David Navas (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance                                 31.32
172 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                31.45
173 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                            32.01
174 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                              33.11
175 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             34.19
176 Mario De Sarraga (Spa) Relax-Gam                                  35.20
177 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                 36.24
178 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agricole                             37.17
179 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Credit Agricole                            42.53
180 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole                               44.02
181 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram                                45.28
182 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole                              48.27
 
Points classification
 
1 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole                                     94 pts
2 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                           61
3 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                      59
4 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC                                          43
5 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas                                            40
6 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic                              35
7 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                               29
8 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française des Jeux                                28
9 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas                                          25
10 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                     24
11 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                               21
12 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team              20
13 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana Team                                   16
14 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram                                 14
15 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                   14
16 José Ange Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                  14
17 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems                                13
18 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                          12
19 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                           12
20 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank                                         10
21 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears               10
22 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                  9
23 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                          8
24 Raúl García De Mateo (Spa) Relax-Gam                                   8
25 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                 8
26 Mario De Sarraga (Spa) Relax-Gam                                       7
27 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R Prevoyance                                   7
28 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana Team                                        7
29 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                7
30 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                    6
31 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team                                      6
32 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                  6
33 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team              5
34 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Milram                                         4
35 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                 4
36 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                  4
37 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic                              4
38 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                   4
39 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                            4
40 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone           3
41 Jesús Hernández (Spa) Relax-Gam                                        3
42 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                   3
43 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole                                   2
44 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Astana Team                                    2
45 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                                2
46 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Phonak Hearing Systems                            2
47 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas                                        2
48 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                   1
49 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                   1
50 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval-Prodir                                1
51 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française des Jeux                                1
52 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana Team                                      1
53 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                                          11 pts
2 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team               18
3 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana Team                                    22
4 José Ange Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                   31
5 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                           34
6 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                41
7 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                  46
8 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                 54
9 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                58
10 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team                                     66
11 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team             67
12 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana Team                                     76
13 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                           81
14 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                         81
15 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears               130
16 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                              156
17 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                 192
18 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone         209
19 Mario De Sarraga (Spa) Relax-Gam                                     210
 
Teams classification
 
1 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                               68.08.07
2 Astana                                                               2.32
3 Saunier Duval - Prodir                                               2.39
4 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                                  2.50
5 Caisse D'Epargne - Illes Balears                                     3.25
6 Lampre - Fondital                                                    5.09
7 Team CSC                                                            10.02
8 Rabobank                                                            10.25
9 Relax - GAM                                                         11.19
10 T- Mobile Team                                                     17.58
11 Gerolsteiner                                                       22.15
12 Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone                                   24.01
13 Phonak Hearing Systems                                             26.10
14 Davitamon - Lotto                                                  28.22
15 Ag2r Prevoyance                                                    33.08
16 Liquigas                                                           33.57
17 Credit Agricole                                                    35.11
18 Française des Jeux                                                 36.27
19 Quick Step - Innergetic                                            36.49
20 Team Milram                                                        40.05
21 Bouygues Telecom                                                   47.53

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