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61st Vuelta a España - GT
Spain, August 26-September 17, 2006
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Stage 10 - September 5: Avilés - Museo de Altamira (Santillana del Mar), 199.3 km
Two years on, a big podium once more
Paulinho bounces back into form with excellent win
By Shane Stokes in Santillana del Mar, with additional reporting from Hernan Alvarez
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Three out of three. The Astana team's victorious run in the Vuelta continued today when Sergio Paulinho triumphed, achieving his best result since taking silver in the Olympic road race just over two years ago. After standing on the podium in Athens the 26 year old Portuguese rider has had no wins of note, the highlight of a rather sparse palmares being eighth on the Mont Ventoux stage of the Dauphiné Libéré this year.
That all changed today. He infiltrated a large break which went clear in the first hour of racing and build up a maximum lead of 9'07, a gap which enabled Caisse d'Epargne's Vladimir Karpets to temporarily become the virtual race leader. Paulinho stopped working for a while on the instructions of Astana directeur sportif Neil Stephens, but later on was given a green light to contribute once more.
In the finale he benefited from the local knowledge of the team's other DS Herminio Diaz Zabala in choosing the perfect moment to attack, surging clear just inside the final kilometre and hitting the line two seconds ahead of Davide Rebellin (Liquigas) and Bouygues Telecom's Clasica San Sebastián winner Xavier Florencio.
"I am delighted to get this victory," he told the media afterwards. "The final two kilometres were very tough as the group was very big and everyone wanted to win. I knew that the last part was pretty hard so I waited for the right moment to attack and win the stage.
"We had a team meeting this morning and our directeur sportif Herminio Diaz Zabala told us what the course was like at the end – he lives near here. So I knew what to expect."
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To date, Paulinho's most successful year was that season in 2004 when he won the national TT champs, took two stages in the Tour of Portugal and then went on to finish just behind Paolo Bettini in the Olympic road race. He said today that he hoped his success in Santillana del Mar would get things moving once again.
"This is probably the most important result since the silver medal in the Athens Olympics," he stated. "I am very happy with this win, it is also a victory for the team. Astana are very happy.
"Last year was my first in the team [then called Liberty Seguros Würth – ed.] and it was a very difficult year for me. I was sick a couple of times and that made things tough. However I am very happy with my condition now and this win is a big boost. I hope to build on this, go for another stage here and take more victories in the future."
Paulinho was briefly sidelined from racing this year when his name surfaced in relation to the Operación Puerto investigations. His former team manager was Manolo Saiz, who was arrested in connection with the affair, and he and several others on the squad were provisionally suspended. However he was later cleared by the UCI and was able to return to racing, building form for what has been a successful showing in this Tour of Spain.
Perhaps inevitably, he was asked about the investigation and also if he would dedicate his win to Saiz. "Manolo is a person who is very important to me," he answered. "The truth is that what happened with him has been very hard for all of us. But it is thanks to him that I signed with the team last year, so I would like to dedicate this win to him.
"As regards the team not being allowed to ride the Tour, I think the decision was very tough for us. We prepared very well to win the Tour with Vinokourov but in the end we could not take part. However we kept working, thinking of the future and now we will try to win the Vuelta. We arrived at the start here very motivated to do well and now Vinokourov and Kashechkin are very well placed. We will try to win the overall and also get more stages."
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Team DS Neil Stephens once again found himself celebrating a stage victory, the latest after Vinokourov's triumphs in Lugo on Saturday and again at Alto de la Cobertoria, one day later. "That's three in a row now, so far!" he said, clearly delighted. "It was a bit of a surprise today. He went in the break to cover it and make sure we had some sort of representation there. He started to ride but then when we realised that Karpets was there and up on GC, I told him he wasn't allowed to do any more, although he wanted to.
"When it got below four minutes again I let him ride because he wanted to participate in the breakaway. And then he showed his strength in the finish."
"The plan for now is just to wait until the time trial. That was the situation today, there was no real big objective other than covering the break and making sure we had some sort of representation there. After Sergio Paulinho did his work as a domestique earlier on, it paid off for him today with a victory."
One of the many riders also gunning for the win was Francisco José Ventoso. He already triumphed on stage three and was lying fourth in the points classification this morning, 52 off the total of leader Thor Hushovd (Credit Agricole). The Spaniard clocked a total of eight in winning the two bonus sprints en route and would have noticed up another 25 had he been first to the line. However despite the assistance of Saunier Duval team-mate David Millar, things didn't work out on this occasion.
"The final was very spectacular," he told Cyclingnews just finishing fifth. "The last few kilometres were very beautiful, as you might expect from Cantabria. David did a lot of work for me but unfortunately I wasn't able to repay those efforts with a win.
"The last few kilometres were very fast. I had a lot of riders to mark and when the move went in the final kilometre, I didn't have enough left to go with that."
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Ventoso had covered an attack by Iban Mayo (Euskaltel) just before the flat and had nothing left to answer Paulinho's surge. When Millar crossed the line, Ventoso made a point of thanking him, even apologising for things not working out.
"I was on the limit most of the day," said a sweat-soaked Millar. "I was really strong, but also on the limit. I knew I wasn't going well enough to win, so I had to make a decision. I figured it would be easier to try to keep it together for as long as possible to help Fran. He is a sprinter, he can't handle repeated accelerations, but if we go at one speed that helps him.
"We tried, anyway. Those are the sort of days that bring you form…well, they either bring you form or f**k you! I haven't done that in a long time, I had forgotten how hard it was. We were going very fast out there. It was humid, too. That made it tougher again."
Although the bunch rolled in just under four minutes down, there was little change in the general classification. Karpets and Paulinho move up to ninth and tenth overall but otherwise the status quo remains, with the main contenders happy to mark each other and save their strength for now. Just ten stages have elapsed in this year's race, so there is plenty of time yet for a big showdown between top dogs such as ongoing leader Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne), Andrey Kashechkin, Carlos Sastre (CSC), José Angel Gomez Marchante (Saunier Duval) and Alexandre Vinokourov.
How it unfolded
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Today's 10th stage finished in Altamira, whose caves are famous worldwide for their ancient paintings. These painting are considered one of the very first kinds of art in Europe in prehistory, and scientists estimate that they are between 14,000 and 17,000 years old.
170 riders took the start in Avilés as Marcel Strauss (Gerolsteiner) didn't start today's stage. After numerous attacks in the first hour, 15 riders created the right escape at km 40: Michael Rasmussen (Rabobank), Nicki Sorensen (CSC), Xavier Florencio (Bouygues Telecom), Dmitriy Fofonov (Credit Agricole), Sebastien Joly (Française des Jeux), Evgeni Petrov (Lampre), Vladimir Karpets (Illes Balears), Sebastien Minard (Cofidis), Vladimir Gusev (Discovery), Iban Mayo (Euskaltel), Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner), Dario Cioni (Liquigas), David Millar (Saunier Duval), Francisco Ventoso (Saunier Duval), Sergio Paulinho (Astana). Meanwhile, Anthony Charteau (Credit Agricole) and Rony Martias (Bouygues Telecom) abandoned the race.
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The gap between the breakaway and the peloton kept growing, and the biggest difference was more than nine minutes at km 112. Vladimir Karpets had started the day at 6'50 behind his captain Valverde on GC, and was now the virtual leader. That prompted CSC to start chasing in the peloton in order to protect Carlos Sastre's position on GC, and the break's lead started to fall.
At the first intermediate sprint in Llanes (km 120.4), Francisco Ventoso (Saunier Duval) crossed in first place followed by Sebastien Joly second and Dario Cioni third. The peloton worked hard and reduced the gap to 4'50 at km 151. It came down to 3'30 with 30 km to go, and CSC eased off the gas as the break was well under control.
At the second intermediate sprint in Cobreces (km 179), Ventoso was again first with David Millar and Evgeni Petrov behind. The day's only climb, the Cat. 3 Alto del Mirador de Cildad, started and Millar rode tempo for his teammate Ventoso until Mayo, Joly, Petrov and Rebellin attacked, without success. The break regrouped on the descent and Millar went to the front to keep the pace high before the finale.
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The road started to climb with 5 km to go, and a kilometre later, Dario Cioni and Sebastien Minard made the first attack. That signaled a frenzy of attacks, with everyone who still had the legs trying their chances. Sorensen, who had enjoyed a fairly easy day in the break, tried a couple of times, but was unable to break clear.
Ventoso was able to mark Mayo when he attacked with just over 1 km to go, but when Sergio Paulinho countered at 800 metres to go, no-one had an answer. The Astana rider held off a late charge by Davide Rebellin to win his first stage in two years, and Astana's third stage in a row. This also marked the first time that an early breakaway had lasted all the way in this year's Vuelta.
The peloton came in at 3'54 led by Florian Stalder (Phonak), meaning that Karpets (9th at 3'02) and Paulinho (3'42) moved up into the top 10 on GC.
Stage 11 - September 6: Torrelavega-Burgos, 173.6 km
There are three mountains in stage 11 that ends in Burgos, a city that has hosted so many Vuelta finishes. The climbs are Puerto de la Braguia (Cat. 1 – 720 m. above sea level – km 39), Puerto del Escudo (Cat. 1 – 1,011 m. – km 72.5) and Puerto de Carrales (Cat. 3 – 1,030 m. – km 86.7). The finale will be in an ideal place for the sprinters, as the finishing straight is 1.5 km and flat. Despite the mountains, it should be a day for the sprinters, and a calm day for Valverde and the other favourites.
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- Sergio Paulinho (Astana) has the winning advantage
- Sergio Paulinho (Astana) in the final metres
- Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner) pushes it home for second
- Iban Mayo (Euskaltel) finished 12th today
- Sergio Paulinho (Astana) wins the 10th stage
- Sergio Paulinho (Astana) celebrates
- Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner) crosses for second
- Vladimir Karpets (Caisse d'Epargne) was fourth
- Iban Mayo (Euskaltel) rolls in
- Michael Rasmussen (Rabobank) finishes
- David Millar (Saunier Duval) comes in
- David Millar (Saunier Duval) rides in, 2'40 down
- Oscar Pereiro (Caisse d'Epargne) leads Alejandro Valverde and the bunch home
- Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) follows Pereiro
- Valverde leads Sastre
- Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) rides to the finish
- The front part of the bunch comes up to the finish
- The peloton strung out in the finale
- Lined out in the last 500m
- Some chit-chat in the bunch
- The peloton rides up the final 500m
- Tom Danielson (Discovery) kept himself near the front
- Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) survived today in good shape
- Andrey Kashechkin (Astana) after the finish
- Alexandre Vinokourov (Astana) after the finish
- Sergio Paulinho (Astana) salutes from the podium
- Sergio Paulinho (Astana) on the podium as the winner
- Sergio Paulinho (Astana) smiles on the podium
- Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) on the podium
- Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) puts on the gold jersey
- Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) smiles in the gold jersey
- Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) on the podium in gold
- Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) salutes in the gold jersey
- Pietro Caucchioli (Credit Agricole) smiles in the mountains jersey
- Thor Hushovd (Credit Agricole) in the points jersey
Images by AFP Photo
- Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) gets a kiss from his girlfriend before the start
- Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) early on in the stage
- Uros Murn (Phonak) recovers after a crash
- Carlos Sastre (CSC) had his team work today
- Alexandre Vinokourov (Astana) rides during stage 10
- Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) focuses during stage 10
- CSC chasing hard
- Sergio Paulinho (Astana) keeping his cool
- Sergio Paulinho (Astana) wins the 10th stage
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- The peloton could not bring back the break.
- Sergio Paulinho (Astana) wins stage 10.
- Sergio Paulinho (Astana) savours his win.
- Uros Murn (Phonak) finished over 5 mins down after this crash.
- Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) closely marked by CSC.
- A golden smile from Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne).
- Uros Murn (Phonak) inspects his wounds.
- The Caisse d'Epargne team controlling affairs.
- Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) on the podium.
- Thor Hushovd (Credit Agricole) in the points jersey.
- Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) in the lush Spanish countryside.
- The breakaway worked well together to hold off the bunch.
- Sergio Paulinho (Astana) on the podium.
- Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) looking comfortable.
- The peloton on a gentle descent on the mostly-flat stage.
- The peloton.
- The peloton close to the Atlantic coast.
- The peloton heads to the Castilla region.
- Vladimir Karpets (Caisse d'Epargne) drives the break.
- Francisco José Ventoso (Saunier Duval-Prodir) tries for a win on home soil.
- Vladimir Karpets (Caisse d'Epargne) does his turn at the front.
- The peloton heads to Santillana del Mar.
- Team CSC controlling the race for Sastre.
Results
1 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana Team 4.33.44 (43.68 km/h) 2 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 0.02 3 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 4 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 0.06 5 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.07 6 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 7 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux 8 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 9 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agricole 10 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital 11 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 12 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.11 13 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas 0.51 14 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 1.29 15 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.47 16 Florian Stalder (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 3.54 17 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 18 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 19 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 20 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 21 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 22 Luis Pérez (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 23 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC 24 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax-Gam 25 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 26 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 27 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 28 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française des Jeux 29 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 30 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 31 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 32 José Antonio Redondo (Spa) Astana Team 33 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 34 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana Team 35 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 36 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 37 Mario De Sarraga (Spa) Relax-Gam 38 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 39 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC 40 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 41 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 42 Iñigo Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 43 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 44 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 45 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital 46 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax-Gam 47 Raúl García De Mateo (Spa) Relax-Gam 48 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana Team 49 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 50 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 51 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 52 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 53 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 54 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 55 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 56 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 57 Alberto Benítez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 58 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 59 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 60 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 61 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Gam 62 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 63 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team 64 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Astana Team 65 Bingen Fernández (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 66 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 67 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 68 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana Team 69 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 70 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 71 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 72 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 73 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 74 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 75 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 76 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 77 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 78 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 79 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Milram 80 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Phonak Hearing Systems 81 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank 82 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 83 Jesús Hernández (Spa) Relax-Gam 84 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 85 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R Prevoyance 86 Jorge García (Spa) Relax-Gam 87 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 88 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 89 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 90 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 91 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 92 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 93 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 94 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 95 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 96 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 97 Steve Morabito (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 98 David George (RSA) Relax-Gam 99 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax-Gam 100 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 101 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 102 Luis Fernández Oliveira (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 103 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 104 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 105 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 106 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 107 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank 108 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 109 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana Team 110 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 111 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Team Milram 112 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 113 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 114 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Astana Team 115 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital 116 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas 117 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 118 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 119 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 120 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4.41 121 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 122 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 123 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 124 Ian Mcleod (RSA) Française des Jeux 125 Mauricio Ardila (Col) Rabobank 5.01 126 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 127 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 128 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 129 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 130 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française des Jeux 5.11 131 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 132 Bastiaan Giling (Ned) T-Mobile Team 133 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana Team 134 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 135 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française des Jeux 136 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 137 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 138 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas 139 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas 140 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 141 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram 142 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 143 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 144 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 145 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 146 José Antonio Garrido (Spa) Quick Step-Innergetic 147 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 148 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 5.23 149 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 150 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 151 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 5.28 152 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 5.47 153 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 5.51 154 David Navas (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 8.34 155 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team 10.16 156 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 10.35 157 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner 11.26 158 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 11.29 159 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Credit Agricole 160 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux 161 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole 162 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 11.33 163 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole 164 Pierre Drancourt (Bel) Bouygues Telecom 165 José Vicent Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 166 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 167 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 11.38 168 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 12.40 DNF Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom DNF Anthony Charteau (Fra) Credit Agricole DNS Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner Points 1 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana Team 25 pts 2 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 20 3 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 16 4 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 14 5 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 12 6 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 10 7 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux 9 8 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 8 9 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agricole 7 10 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital 6 11 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 5 12 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4 13 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas 3 14 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 2 15 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1 16 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas -5 17 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom -5 Mountains Alto del Mirador de Cildad - Cat. 3, km 188 1 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 6 pts 2 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 4 3 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital 2 4 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana Team 1 Sprints Llanes, km 120,4 1 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4 pts 2 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux 2 3 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas 1 Cobreces, km 179 1 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4 pts 2 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2 3 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital 1 Teams 1 Saunier Duval - Prodir 13.48.00 2 Astana 1.00 3 Bouygues Telecom 1.02 4 Caisse D'Epargne - Illes Balears 1.06 5 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.07 6 Team CSC 7 Lampre - Fondital 8 Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 9 Credit Agricole 10 Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.11 11 Gerolsteiner 1.49 12 Liquigas 1.51 13 Française des Jeux 1.54 14 Rabobank 2.29 15 Ag2r Prevoyance 4.54 16 Relax - GAM 17 Phonak Hearing Systems 18 T- Mobile Team 19 Quick Step - Innergetic 20 Team Milram 21 Davitamon - Lotto General classification after stage 10 1 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 41.19.09 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 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 3.02 10 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana Team 3.42 11 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 3.59 12 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital 5.18 13 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5.33 14 Luis Pérez (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 6.11 15 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 6.20 16 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 6.36 17 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Phonak Hearing Systems 7.16 18 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 7.36 19 Jesús Hernández (Spa) Relax-Gam 7.59 20 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8.34 21 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8.48 22 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital 10.32 23 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 13.55 24 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 14.09 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 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 19.30 30 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 19.33 31 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana Team 20.34 32 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 23.00 33 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC 23.04 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 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas 30.07 42 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 30.16 43 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Milram 30.48 44 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 31.40 45 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 32.32 46 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 32.36 47 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 33.10 48 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 33.21 49 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 33.42 50 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 34.24 51 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 34.43 52 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax-Gam 34.58 53 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 35.00 54 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 35.30 55 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval-Prodir 36.20 56 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux 37.03 57 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française des Jeux 37.08 58 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 37.20 59 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 39.01 60 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 39.25 61 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agricole 40.15 62 Mauricio Ardila (Col) Rabobank 40.18 63 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 42.39 64 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 43.37 65 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 46.27 66 Raúl García De Mateo (Spa) Relax-Gam 47.30 67 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 47.34 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 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 56.22 75 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 56.34 76 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 56.57 77 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 57.36 78 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 58.11 79 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 58.32 80 José Antonio Garrido (Spa) Quick Step-Innergetic 58.37 81 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Astana Team 59.42 82 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1.00.08 83 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1.00.14 84 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital 1.00.17 85 Luis Fernández Oliveira (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.00.37 86 Steve Morabito (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.02.08 87 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.02.49 88 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 1.02.52 89 Florian Stalder (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.04.45 90 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 1.05.28 91 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 1.05.45 92 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax-Gam 1.05.55 93 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.06.33 94 José Antonio Redondo (Spa) Astana Team 1.06.50 95 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner 1.07.21 96 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.07.33 97 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 1.07.41 98 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.07.55 99 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 1.08.31 100 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 1.08.51 101 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1.08.57 102 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 1.10.07 103 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1.10.16 104 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.10.33 105 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 1.10.37 106 Jorge García (Spa) Relax-Gam 1.10.40 107 Alberto Benítez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.10.53 108 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 1.12.40 109 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas 1.13.30 110 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana Team 1.13.45 111 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 1.14.16 112 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.15.00 113 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 114 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 1.15.04 115 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 1.15.29 116 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 117 Bingen Fernández (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 1.15.46 118 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank 1.15.57 119 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 1.16.17 120 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 1.16.19 121 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team 1.18.35 122 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.18.42 123 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R Prevoyance 124 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1.18.53 125 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.19.29 126 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Team Milram 1.19.35 127 Pierre Drancourt (Bel) Bouygues Telecom 1.19.43 128 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.19.45 129 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française des Jeux 1.20.00 130 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.20.03 131 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana Team 1.21.15 132 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 1.21.33 133 Mario De Sarraga (Spa) Relax-Gam 1.22.01 134 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank 1.22.11 135 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1.22.21 136 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.22.56 137 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 1.23.12 138 Ian Mcleod (RSA) Française des Jeux 1.23.29 139 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas 1.23.37 140 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 1.24.04 141 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 1.24.46 142 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1.25.21 143 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 1.25.41 144 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 1.27.43 145 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 1.27.47 146 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.27.51 147 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 1.28.33 148 José Vicent Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1.28.34 149 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas 1.28.45 150 Bastiaan Giling (Ned) T-Mobile Team 1.28.47 151 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 1.29.31 152 David Navas (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 1.30.04 153 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 1.30.32 154 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 1.31.03 155 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.31.26 156 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 1.31.56 157 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1.32.10 158 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.32.57 159 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 1.33.05 160 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.33.41 161 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.34.04 162 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 1.36.11 163 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram 1.36.58 164 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.37.40 165 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Credit Agricole 1.38.04 166 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole 1.52.43 167 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 1.52.50 168 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole 1.55.47 Points classification 1 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 111 pts 2 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 79 3 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 71 4 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana Team 60 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 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana Team 26 20 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 26 21 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 21 22 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 19 23 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 18 24 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 16 25 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 14 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 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana Team 16 18 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 15 19 Luis Pérez (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 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 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 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 23 5 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana Team 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 43 9 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana Team 46 10 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 48 11 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 60 12 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 65 13 Luis Pérez (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 66 14 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 67 15 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 75 16 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 79 17 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 82 18 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 84 19 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 92 20 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 99 21 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital 101 22 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas 102 23 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 109 24 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 119 25 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Phonak Hearing Systems 123 Teams classification 1 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 123.46.05 2 Astana 3.12 3 Caisse D'Epargne - Illes Balears 6.34 4 Lampre - Fondital 15.26 5 Euskaltel - Euskadi 18.23 6 Saunier Duval - Prodir 28.27 7 Team CSC 36.00 8 Relax - GAM 38.23 9 Rabobank 48.34 10 Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 54.31 11 Ag2r Prevoyance 1.09.59 12 Credit Agricole 1.16.09 13 Liquigas 1.34.58 14 Davitamon - Lotto 1.38.10 15 Phonak Hearing Systems 1.48.36 16 Gerolsteiner 1.56.59 17 T- Mobile Team 1.58.05 18 Française des Jeux 2.07.59 19 Quick Step - Innergetic 2.17.54 20 Bouygues Telecom 2.26.40 21 Team Milram 2.40.17
