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61st Vuelta a España - GT

Spain, August 26-September 17, 2006

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Stage 9 - September 3: A Fonsagrada - Alto de La Cobertoria, 207.4 km

A tale of two Alex's

Stage two for Vino as Valverde grabs race lead

By Shane Stokes in Alto de La Cobertoria, with additional reporting from Hernan Alvarez

Alexandre Vinokourov (Astana)
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Déjà vu all over again. Well, almost. The first flashback from today's action was the sight of Alejandro Valverde setting off in pursuit of Alexandre Vinokourov in the closing moments of a big mountain stage of the race. Where it differed from day seven – and where it bore a resemblance to the flatter finale of stage eight – was when Vino raced home, arms aloft, for a big, big victory.

In truth today was all about these two riders. Sure, there were many other protagonistas, especially Vinokourov's Astana teammate and compatriot Andrey Kashechkin, but ultimately, it was Alex against Alej, mano a mano, for the biggest prizes in the race.

For one, the reward was a stage victory in front of Kazakhstan's prime minister, while the other scooped the first maillot oro of his career while being cheered on by his countrymen. Already giddied by Spain's win in the basketball world championships earlier today, the crowd gave huge encouragement to Valverde on the Vuelta's queen stage.

"Of course, we tried our best today," said Vinokourov, when asked if having a very senior politician along for the ride was his motivation for a second success in as many days. "We did a big attack on the last mountain and it all worked out very well. It is very good for us, for Kazakhstan and for the prime minister. I am happy."

Alexandre Vinokourov (Astana)
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He and Kashechkin attacked from the fragmenting main bunch with six kilometres to go, and opened up a 23 second lead on a group containing Valverde, Carlos Sastre (CSC), Danilo di Luca (Liquigas) and José Angel Gomez Marchante (Saunier Duval). The Caisse d'Epargne rider set off in pursuit some 2 kilometres from the line, prompting Vino to leave a tiring Kashechkin and race ahead for the win.

"We did our best to get the stage and the yellow jersey," the soft-spoken rider explained at the post race press conference. "Kashechkin was going for yellow but in the end Valverde was able to get it. He came after us and I couldn't take the risk of waiting around to sprint against him, so I had to attack.

"I am very happy with my form and condition. Two stages in a row is surprising for me, but I have been very motivated and gave the maximum. I am happy for the team and myself.

Valverde happy in gold

Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne)
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Valverde continued his evolution as a Grand Tour rider by taking second on the stage and scooping his first ever leader's jersey in the Vuelta. "I like wearing the ProTour jersey but this maillot oro is very special to me," he said. "It was a very tough day - I have done stages as hard as this in the Tour de France but today was very, very difficult day."

"When Vinokourov and Kashechkin attacked we decided to wait as Karpets was still in our group. We let him finish his work driving it at the front. When he was done Sastre attacked and then finally I went, going flat out from there until the end of the stage. I was able to drop Sastre and Di Luca, both of which had been doing work before that."

Vino lost time on the first mountain stage but ever since then he has been both aggressive and improving. Valverde says that he is clearly the one to watch. "I think Vinokourov is going very well, getting stronger each day. But Kashechkin is also very good. They are both probably the most dangerous rivals now, although we cannot forget about riders like Sastre and Marchante.

"The tactics we will adopt depend on the situation of each stage and also the strategy that the team manager decides. We will defend the yellow jersey, depending on how dangerous the breaks that go are. We will decide as we go along."

Last day in gold for Brajkovic

Janez Brajkovic (Discovery)
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Valverde's graduation to gold came at the expense of Janez Brajkovic, the Slovenian who has defied all expectation thus far. Today saw the wheels come off a little, the 22 year old losing pace on the final climb and coming home 13th, 2'14 down. He told Cyclingnews afterwards that perhaps he didn't take in enough food.

"I felt very good for the whole stage and then at the end, on the final climb, my legs just went. I was totally empty. I think it was probably hunger knock – prior to that I had no problems and my legs were fine. But then suddenly they went and there was nothing I could do."

Brajkovic was supported on the final climb by Tom Danielson, Manuel Beltrán and Stijn Devolder. These waited for him, something which the young rider was very thankful for afterwards. He said that he is now going to try to recover and see what he can do in the rest of the race. He is sixth overall and a high place in the general classification is still possible.

"It has been amazing to have the jersey in what is my first major Tour," he stated. "The good thing is that tomorrow is a day off, so I will probably be able to recover a little bit more. It will take a little longer to fully recover, though. My plan is that I will keep fighting… If I can stay in top ten, I will keep fighting. Otherwise I will just try to finish the race."

Janez Brajkovic (Discovery)
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Brajkovic won the world under 23 time trial title two years ago. He is hoping to go well against the clock here. "If I am going to still be able to be competitive in the mountains, for sure I am going to be able to do a good time trial. We will see, it is a short one. Other guys are going to be getting stronger and stronger in this race while I am feeling a little weaker. So it is going to be very hard."

Danielson looked to be back to normal today, following two disappointing days in the mountains earlier this week. He confirmed this to Cyclingnews and while he didn't say anything about being frustrated in relation to being asked to wait, his body language and general tone hinted that this might have been the case.

"I was stronger today than in the other mountain stages, that is for sure. I was with the first guys, but Johan asked me to wait for Janez. So that is what I had to do.

"I lost time the other day…I still don't know why that happened, but my legs are better now. Today I was sitting easy on the back of Marchante when Sastre attacked. Those guys were going across to Vino and Kashechkin, and I was there. But when your team-mate is in the yellow jersey, I guess that is what you have to do."

Team directeur Johan Bruyneel paid tribute to Danielson and the others for riding for Brajkovic. "I am happy with how the team rode – I think they showed that it is a great team, that they waited for their leader. You have to be big in a defeat, also. I am happy with what I saw.

"It looked like maybe Janez had the hunger knock, he was completely out of energy. We were going to try but it is was very likely that he would stay up there, it was going to be very tough. But I am happy with how he rode. He lost too much time for the overall now but even so, I think you are still going to be talking about him later on in this Tour of Spain."

How it unfolded

The peloton
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Today was the first time that a Vuelta stage finished on Alto de La Cobertoria. This climb was part of the route of previous Tours of Spain, but only as an intermediate climb before the end. Alex Zülle had a bad crash descending La Cobertoria in 1993 and lost the Vuelta, which Tony Rominger finally won.

There were 179 riders left in the race - 10 fewer than at the start in Malaga. Josep Jufre (Davitamon-Lotto) and Marco Marzano (Lampre) had abandoned yesterday.

The race started with a rapid tempo when 18 riders, including big names like defending champion Denis Menchov (Rabobank), Michael Rasmussen (Rabobank), Oscar Pereiro (Illes Balears), Paolo Bettini (Quick Step) and David Millar (Saunier Duval), attacked the peloton on the first climb (Alto de Miñide – km 4). The gap wasn’t big and the peloton caught them at km 23.

Just four kilometres later, 11 riders made another attack and got a gap. At the first intermediate sprint in San Antolin (km 29), Dario Cioni (Liquigas) crossed first followed by Xabier Zandio (Illes Balears) and Igor Anton (Euskaltel). The 11 leaders were 1’20 ahead of the big group at that point. Meanwhile, Mathieu Claude (Bouygues Telecom) and Nicolas Jalabert (Phonak) left the race.

The breakaway
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The Puerto del Connio was the second mountain of the stage (km 50). Caucchioli reached the summit in first place with Relax-Gam's Jose Miguel Elias in second and Angel Vallejo in third. Another four riders joined the leaders at that climb, and on the descent, there were 15 riders: Igor Anton and Iñigo Landaluze (Euskaltel-Euskadi), David Arroyo, Joan Horrach and Xabier Zandio (Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears), Carlos Barredo (Astana Team), Mauricio Ardila and Pieter Weening (Rabobank), José Miguel Elias and and Ángel Vallejo (Relax-Gam), Pietro Caucchioli (Credit Agricole), Lars Ytting Bak (Team CSC), Egoi Martinez (Discovery Channel), Dario David Cioni (Liquigas), and Ángel Gómez Gómez (Saunier Duval).

The third climb was the Puerto de Rañadoiro (summit at km 75) and Caucchioli again got the maximum points ahead of Elias and Vallejo. Meanwhile, Andre Greipel, Thomas Ziegler (T-Mobile) and Juan Jose Cobo (Saunier Duval) abandoned the race. Dario Cioni decided to attack the breakaway and got a little gap over the other 14 riders. At km 85, the Italian rider led by 35 seconds ahead of the group, and by around three minutes over the peloton. Cioni’s adventure was short and his chasers caught him at km 99.

The Puerto de Cerredo was the fourth climb (km 102) where Caucchioli also crossed in first with Arroyo and Elias behind. The 15 riders led by 3’30 over the peloton at km 116. The gap was reduced to 1'53 in the following kilometres and the leaders as CSC started working. Meanwhile, Iñaki Isasi (Euskaltel) left the race.

Egoi Martinez (Discovery)
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At the bottom of special category Alto de San Lorenzo (km 157), the breakaway split and just three riders were able to stay up front: Egoi Martinez, Igor Anton and David Arroyo. Behind them, the favourites attacked the peloton and produced an elite group that included Brajkovic, Valverde, Vinokourov, Kashechkin, Di Luca and Sastre among others. Wim de Vocht (Davitamon) was the next rider to abandon the Vuelta at km 164.

At the summit of Alto de San Lorenzo (km 166), the trio crossed in first place (Arroyo, Martinez and Anton in that order). At the second intermediate sprint in San Martin de Teverga (km 177.8), the three riders stayed ahead, leading by approximately one minute over a 25 man chase group. During the descent of San Lorenzo, Bernhard Kohl (T-Mobile) had a crash and had to quit. The leaders couldn’t maintain the gap and were caught by the group, where Carlos Barredo was setting a high tempo. After that, Paolo Bettini (Quick Step) attacked solo. At km 187 (20 km to go), the Italian led by 40 seconds over the chasers.

Alexandre Vinokourov (Astana)
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Bettini was keeping a good pace and hit the final climb in front. But once the grade steepened to 8.5%, Bettini came back as first Sylvester Szmyd (Lampre) and then Alexandre Vinokourov (Astana) attacked with 6 km to go. Vino flew away with teammate Andrey Kashechkin (Astana) on his wheel, and the Astana duo started to put time into the peloton, where Vladimir Karpets was trying to limit the damage.

With 4 km to go, the chasers were Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears), Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas), Carlos Sastre (CSC) and Jose Gomez Marchante (Saunier Duval). Race leader Brajkovic (Discovery) had been dropped and was already a minute behind, being paced by his teammates Stijn Devolder and Tom Danielson. His lead in the race was only slender, and he eventually finished 2'14 down.

Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne)
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Valverde upped the tempo alone and accelerated in pursuit of the two leaders, who were 17 seconds in front. The Spaniard showed his class and was able to make contact with Kashechkin. But Vino, who had been doing all the tempo making in front up until that point, had already jumped away to win the stage. Unlike two days ago, he was not caught in the final 100 metres, and was able to celebrate his second win in a row.

First rest day – September 4

Stage 10 – September 5: Aviles-Museo de Altamira, 199.3 km

It will be a rather flattish stage after Monday’s first rest day. The stage will be full of little hills with plenty of ups and downs and with a Cat. 3 climb at km 187.7 (260 m. above sea level). There are two intermediate sprints: Llanes (km 120.4) and Cobreces (km 179). It may be a calm day for the favourites as the rest of the peloton will try to succeed in a breakaway that ends at the finish line or a bunch sprint.

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Results

1 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana Team                              5.50.43 (35.48 km/h)
2 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                0.16
3 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana Team                                    0.21
4 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                           0.43
5 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                      
6 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas                                              
7 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                1.46
8 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                                
9 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                 1.59
10 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team               2.14
11 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                 
12 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital                                     
13 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                  
14 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                 2.38
15 Luis Pérez (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                     2.40
16 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                                2.59
17 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                 3.03
18 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana Team                                     3.17
19 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agricole                                 3.31
20 Jesús Hernández (Spa) Relax-Gam                                       3.44
21 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto                                  
22 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Phonak Hearing Systems                           4.20
23 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                    4.23
24 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                4.35
25 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Gam                                     5.58
26 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                6.58
27 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                     9.13
28 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                 9.49
29 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC                                            
30 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                         
31 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax-Gam                                             
32 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic                                 
33 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC                                               
34 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Astana Team                                          
35 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital                                       
36 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank                                     10.07
37 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank                                            
38 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                   11.05
39 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                   11.46
40 Iñigo Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance                                13.25
41 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                      
42 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française des Jeux                                   
43 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                
44 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                                       
45 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                   
46 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana Team                                        
47 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas                                     13.35
48 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole                              14.16
49 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone              15.16
50 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                             
51 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team              15.47
52 Raúl García De Mateo (Spa) Relax-Gam                                 16.42
53 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole                                 17.57
54 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                                   21.08
55 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC                                          
56 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC                                          
57 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank                                                
58 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC                                             
59 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                   
60 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                       
61 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance                                   
62 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance                                     
63 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Milram                                            
64 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                              
65 José Antonio Garrido (Spa) Quick Step-Innergetic                          
66 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax-Gam                                             
67 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                   
68 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                      
69 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval-Prodir                                   
70 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                        
71 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                         
72 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                23.00
73 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                     26.12
74 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                      
75 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                              
76 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax-Gam                                              
77 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                    
78 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                       
79 Steve Morabito (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                               
80 David George (RSA) Relax-Gam                                              
81 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                    
82 Mario De Sarraga (Spa) Relax-Gam                                          
83 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                       
84 Bingen Fernández (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                   
85 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                  
86 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                       
87 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux                                   
88 Luis Fernández Oliveira (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                      
89 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole                                        
90 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                   
91 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Astana Team                                  27.15
92 José Antonio Redondo (Spa) Astana Team                                    
93 José Vicent Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears       29.45
94 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole                                      
95 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC                                             
96 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française des Jeux                                   
97 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                      
98 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                            
99 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana Team                                             
100 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                       
101 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                                          
102 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic                               
103 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R Prevoyance                                     
104 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas                                    
105 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                    
106 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                        
107 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                    
108 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                              
109 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                               
110 Florian Stalder (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                             
111 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana Team                                          
112 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                     
113 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                     
114 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas                                           
115 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic                                
116 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                                  
117 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems                                   
118 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Team Milram                                           
119 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC                                          
120 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                             
121 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                      
122 Mauricio Ardila (Col) Rabobank                                           
123 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                    
124 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital                                       
125 Jorge García (Spa) Relax-Gam                                             
126 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                                  
127 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                    
128 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team                                          
129 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC                                         
130 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                       
131 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                               
132 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas                                           
133 Alberto Benítez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                               
134 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank                                            
135 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto                                     
136 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                   
137 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas                                              
138 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                        
139 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole                                     
140 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone            31.23
141 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank                                       32.35
142 David Navas (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance                                        
143 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux                                
144 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                32.37
145 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                        
146 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                     
147 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                            
148 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                                      
149 Pierre Drancourt (Bel) Bouygues Telecom                                  
150 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Credit Agricole                              32.48
151 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    34.34
152 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas                                     36.56
153 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas                                          
154 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole                                 37.08
155 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                37.21
156 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram                                      
157 Bastiaan Giling (Ned) T-Mobile Team                                 37.37
158 Ian Mcleod (RSA) Française des Jeux                                 38.01
159 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française des Jeux                                  
160 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Credit Agricole                                  38.08
161 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                                 
162 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone        38.16
163 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                   38.40
164 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                             38.42
165 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic                             38.52
166 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                               
167 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 38.59
168 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram                                  39.09
169 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram                                        39.26
170 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram                                       
171 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram                                    
DNF Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                    
DNF Wim De Vocht (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                       
DNF Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                      
DNF Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems                            
DNF Juan José Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                                
DNF André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                        
DNF Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team                                        
DNF Thomas Ziegler (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                       
 
Points
 
1 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana Team                                   25 pts
2 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                  20
3 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana Team                                      16
4 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                             14
5 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                    12
6 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas                                            10
7 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                   9
8 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                               8
9 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                    7
10 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                  6
11 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                5
12 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital                                    4
13 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                 3
14 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                    2
15 Luis Pérez (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                        1
16 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                  -5
17 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram                                     -5
18 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                     -5
19 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax-Gam                                           -5
20 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                           -5
21 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic                               -5
22 Alberto Benítez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                              -5
23 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                     -5
 
Mountains
 
Alto de Miñide - Cat. 3, km 4 
1 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole                                   6 pts
2 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                   4
3 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                    2
4 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                        1
 
Puerto de Connio - Cat. 1, km 50
1 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole                                  16 pts
2 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Gam                                        12
3 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax-Gam                                            10
4 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                         8
5 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                             6
6 Mauricio Ardila (Col) Rabobank                                            4
7 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                        3
8 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas                                          2
9 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC                                            1
 
Puerto de Rañadoiro - Cat. 1, km 75
1 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole                                  16 pts
2 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Gam                                        12
3 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax-Gam                                            10
4 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                             8
5 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas                                          6
6 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                         4
7 Mauricio Ardila (Col) Rabobank                                            3
8 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                        2
9 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC                                            1
 
Puerto de Cerredo - Cat. 3, km 102 
1 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole                                   6 pts
2 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                         4
3 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Gam                                         2
4 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                        1
 
Alto de San Lorenzo - Cat. E, km 167
1 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                        30 pts
2 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                   25
3 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                       20
4 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Gam                                        16
5 Luis Pérez (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                        12
6 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                             10
7 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                   8
8 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas                                             6
9 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                   4
10 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Phonak Hearing Systems                              3
11 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                  2
12 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                1
 
Alto de La Cobertoria - Cat. 1, km 207
1 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana Team                                   16 pts
2 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                  12
3 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana Team                                      10
4 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                              8
5 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                     6
6 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas                                             4
7 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                   3
8 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                               2
9 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                    1
 
Sprints
 
San Antolín (Ibias), km 29
1 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas                                          4 pts
2 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                        2
3 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                        1
 
San Martín de Teverga, km 177,8
1 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                         4 pts
2 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                    2
3 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                        1
 
Teams
 
1 Astana                                                             17.35.47
2 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                                     2.36
3 Caisse D'Epargne - Illes Balears                                       3.51
4 Lampre - Fondital                                                     11.28
5 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                                   12.43
6 Relax - GAM                                                           15.53
7 Team CSC                                                              16.43
8 Saunier Duval - Prodir                                                19.59
9 Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone                                      22.16
10 Ag2r Prevoyance                                                      26.11
11 Rabobank                                                             32.02
12 Credit Agricole                                                      32.06
13 Liquigas                                                             40.25
14 Phonak Hearing Systems                                               53.06
15 Davitamon - Lotto                                                    56.03
16 T- Mobile Team                                                       57.07
17 Quick Step - Innergetic                                              57.14
18 Française des Jeux                                                 1.05.44
19 Team Milram                                                        1.13.27
20 Bouygues Telecom                                                   1.22.04
21 Gerolsteiner                                                       1.22.14
 
General classification after stage 9
 
1 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears            36.41.31
2 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana Team                                    0.27
3 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                           0.44
4 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                  0.56
5 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana Team                                 1.38
6 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team               2.05
7 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas                                          2.21
8 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                2.28
9 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                  3.59
10 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital                                 5.18
11 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                5.33
12 Luis Pérez (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                     6.11
13 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team             6.20
14 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team               6.36
15 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                 6.50
16 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Phonak Hearing Systems                           7.16
17 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                           7.36
18 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana Team                                     7.56
19 Jesús Hernández (Spa) Relax-Gam                                       7.59
20 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                    8.48
21 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                    12.17
22 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto                             13.55
23 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                    14.09
24 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital                                  14.21
25 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank                                       14.27
26 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Gam                                    16.18
27 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Astana Team                                     17.34
28 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                   18.01
29 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears               19.33
30 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana Team                                   20.34
31 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team               23.00
32 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC                                          23.04
33 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team              23.17
34 Iñigo Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance                                23.35
35 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC                                       24.13
36 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole                              25.28
37 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team           26.20
38 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                        27.56
39 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax-Gam                                        27.57
40 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank                                           29.33
41 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Milram                                       30.48
42 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                              32.32
43 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                               33.10
44 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas                                     33.12
45 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone              33.21
46 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                                  33.42
47 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC                                        34.03
48 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic                            34.24
49 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax-Gam                                        34.58
50 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                   35.00
51 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank                                     35.01
52 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                35.30
53 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                   35.44
54 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française des Jeux                              37.08
55 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole                                 37.20
56 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval-Prodir                              37.31
57 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone              38.30
58 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance                              39.01
59 Mauricio Ardila (Col) Rabobank                                       39.11
60 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                   39.25
61 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux                              40.54
62 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team              42.39
63 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                 43.37
64 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agricole                                44.02
65 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 45.10
66 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                         46.27
67 Raúl García De Mateo (Spa) Relax-Gam                                 47.30
68 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                    48.49
69 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                        48.57
70 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                                      50.18
71 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                 51.05
72 David George (RSA) Relax-Gam                                         53.47
73 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                         55.38
74 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                  55.47
75 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team               56.22
76 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                           56.57
77 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                    57.15
78 José Antonio Garrido (Spa) Quick Step-Innergetic                     57.20
79 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               57.36
80 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance                                58.11
81 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Astana Team                                  59.42
82 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                   59.49
83 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                               1.00.08
84 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                               1.00.14
85 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital                                 1.00.17
86 Luis Fernández Oliveira (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems               1.00.37
87 Steve Morabito (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                        1.02.08
88 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                            1.02.49
89 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole                               1.02.52
90 Florian Stalder (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                       1.04.45
91 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                                 1.05.28
92 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC                                   1.05.45
93 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax-Gam                                       1.05.55
94 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                1.06.33
95 José Antonio Redondo (Spa) Astana Team                             1.06.50
96 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone           1.07.14
97 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              1.07.33
98 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC                                    1.07.41
99 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                            1.07.55
100 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                              1.08.57
101 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC                                  1.10.07
102 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team                               1.10.16
103 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas                                       1.10.37
104 Jorge García (Spa) Relax-Gam                                      1.10.40
105 Alberto Benítez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                        1.10.53
106 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                               1.11.50
107 Pierre Drancourt (Bel) Bouygues Telecom                           1.12.04
108 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team                                   1.12.13
109 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone             1.12.40
110 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                           1.12.51
111 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic                        1.12.59
112 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas                             1.13.30
113 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole                                1.13.35
114 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC                                     1.13.36
115 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana Team                                   1.13.45
116 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                      1.14.12
117 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                 1.14.32
118 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                               1.15.00
119 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                         
120 Bingen Fernández (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone           1.15.46
121 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank                                     1.15.57
122 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                        1.16.17
123 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone          1.16.19
124 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems                            1.18.34
125 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto                              1.18.40
126 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                       1.18.42
127 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R Prevoyance                                     
128 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française des Jeux                           1.18.43
129 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                             1.18.53
130 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Team Milram                                    1.19.35
131 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                             1.19.45
132 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana Team                                     1.19.58
133 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC                                  1.19.59
134 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic                         1.20.46
135 José Vicent Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears    1.20.55
136 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas                                    1.21.55
137 Mario De Sarraga (Spa) Relax-Gam                                  1.22.01
138 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                              1.22.09
139 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank                                     1.22.11
140 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas                                    1.22.20
141 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                             1.22.21
142 Ian Mcleod (RSA) Française des Jeux                               1.22.42
143 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                    1.22.47
144 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner                               1.23.17
145 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                              1.25.21
146 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                 1.25.22
147 David Navas (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance                                 1.25.24
148 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                          1.25.50
149 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux                         1.26.06
150 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                  1.26.25
151 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas                                   1.27.18
152 Bastiaan Giling (Ned) T-Mobile Team                               1.27.30
153 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              1.27.51
154 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram                                      1.28.33
155 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas                                   1.28.44
156 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                   
157 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone      1.29.15
158 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram                             1.29.56
159 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française des Jeux                           1.30.09
160 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Credit Agricole                                1.30.29
161 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                           1.30.36
162 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic                           1.30.49
163 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram                                1.31.48
164 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                        1.35.04
165 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               1.35.05
166 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram                               1.35.41
167 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                 1.42.02
168 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Credit Agricole                            1.42.39
169 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole                              1.45.08
170 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole                               1.48.08
171 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram                                1.51.33
 
Points classification
 
1 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole                                      111 pts
2 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                             71
3 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana Team                                   60
4 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                        59
5 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                  59
6 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC                                            48
7 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                             46
8 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic                                42
9 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                    42
10 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana Team                                     40
11 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas                                             40
12 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                37
13 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas                                           35
14 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                   35
15 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems                                  29
16 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                                29
17 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                 28
18 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française des Jeux                                 28
19 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                 21
20 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                  19
21 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                             14
22 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram                                   14
23 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                 13
24 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                             12
25 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team               10
26 Luis Pérez (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                       10
27 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank                                           10
28 Raúl García De Mateo (Spa) Relax-Gam                                     8
29 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                            8
30 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole                                     8
31 Mario De Sarraga (Spa) Relax-Gam                                         7
32 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital                                    7
33 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R Prevoyance                                     7
34 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                        7
35 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana Team                                          7
36 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                       6
37 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                    6
38 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                      6
39 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                   5
40 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital                                       5
41 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                        4
42 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                  4
43 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas                                         4
44 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Milram                                           4
45 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                               4
46 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank                                           4
47 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic                                4
48 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                     4
49 Jesús Hernández (Spa) Relax-Gam                                          3
50 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                     3
51 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto                                     3
52 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                 3
53 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone             3
54 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                    2
55 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Phonak Hearing Systems                              2
56 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                       2
57 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                   2
58 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                       2
59 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Astana Team                                      2
60 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                     2
61 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                                  2
62 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas                                          2
63 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana Team                                        1
64 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital                                      1
65 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française des Jeux                                  1
66 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                             1
67 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval-Prodir                                  1
68 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                     1
69 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                     1
70 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram                                       1
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole                                  73 pts
2 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Gam                                        70
3 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                        52
4 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                  42
5 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                             42
6 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas                                            40
7 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax-Gam                                            36
8 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                 33
9 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana Team                                      32
10 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                   32
11 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                      27
12 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                  27
13 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                 26
14 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana Team                                  20
15 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                 19
16 Mario De Sarraga (Spa) Relax-Gam                                        18
17 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                 15
18 Luis Pérez (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                       15
19 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana Team                                       15
20 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                           14
21 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                                 12
22 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                  9
23 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                    8
24 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas                                         8
25 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                   7
26 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank                                         7
27 Mauricio Ardila (Col) Rabobank                                           7
28 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                            6
29 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                               6
30 José Antonio Garrido (Spa) Quick Step-Innergetic                         6
31 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                  5
32 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                      5
33 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                     4
34 Jorge García (Spa) Relax-Gam                                             4
35 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                3
36 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Phonak Hearing Systems                              3
37 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                              3
38 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                   2
39 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC                                           2
40 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                      2
41 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone             2
42 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance                                  1
43 Raúl García De Mateo (Spa) Relax-Gam                                     1
44 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole                                     1
 
Combination classification
 
1 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                  10 pts
2 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                             15
3 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana Team                                      21
4 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana Team                                   22
5 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                    23
6 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                 26
7 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas                                            26
8 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                  42
9 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                    46
10 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                  56
11 Luis Pérez (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                       56
12 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                 59
13 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                       67
14 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team               73
15 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                             75
16 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                      87
17 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana Team                                      100
18 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                 100
19 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                 106
20 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Phonak Hearing Systems                            107
21 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas                                       111
22 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                          126
23 Raúl García De Mateo (Spa) Relax-Gam                                   138
24 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                   183
25 Mario De Sarraga (Spa) Relax-Gam                                       184
26 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                                192
27 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                             238
28 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone           251
 
Teams classification
 
1 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                                109.56.58
2 Astana                                                                 3.19
3 Caisse D'Epargne - Illes Balears                                       6.35
4 Lampre - Fondital                                                     15.26
5 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                                   18.19
6 Saunier Duval - Prodir                                                29.34
7 Relax - GAM                                                           34.36
8 Team CSC                                                              36.00
9 Rabobank                                                              47.12
10 Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone                                     54.31
11 Ag2r Prevoyance                                                    1.06.12
12 Credit Agricole                                                    1.16.09
13 Liquigas                                                           1.34.14
14 Davitamon - Lotto                                                  1.34.23
15 Phonak Hearing Systems                                             1.44.49
16 T- Mobile Team                                                     1.54.18
17 Gerolsteiner                                                       1.56.17
18 Française des Jeux                                                 2.07.12
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20 Bouygues Telecom                                                   2.26.45
21 Team Milram                                                        2.36.30

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