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61st Vuelta a España - GT
Spain, August 26-September 17, 2006
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Stage 11 - September 6: Torrelavega (Oscar Freire Velodrome) - Burgos, 173.6 km
Martinez scoops long-awaited win
No change to overall standings
By Shane Stokes in Burgos, with additional reporting from Hernan Alvarez
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As was the case yesterday, stage 11 of this year's Vuelta proved to be a typical transition stage, with a group of riders going clear early on, building a large lead and providing the springboard for the eventual winner. Today's victor was one of the two Spanish riders on the Discovery Channel squad here, namely 28 year old Egoi Martinez, and he was very pleased to top the podium again after several years trying.
"This is a very welcome victory," he told the assembled media at the finish. "I have waited a long time since my last win in the Tour de l'Avenir [overall classification, 2003]. It is very difficult for me to win in mountain stages, but on days like today I can chase the victory and finally it arrived.
"It is also a very good win for the team, who have already had the leader's jersey. From tomorrow we will have a lot of morale for the rest of the Vuelta."
Martinez was keen from the word go, being one of the first to go on the offensive after the drop of the flag. His early effort was negated by the bunch but another move sparked off by Thor Hushovd (Crédit Agricole) at kilometre 27 saw the Spaniard join the points jersey leader and 11 others in the move. He was frustrated by a lack of cooperation and cleared off on the day's second climb, the Puerto del Escudo, building a decent lead.
He was later joined by Iñigo Landaluze (Euskaltel-Euskadi) and Volodymir Gustov (Team CSC) yet had enough left to surge clear with 12 kilometres remaining and solo in for the win.
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"When we were in the bigger break early on everyone wasn't doing equal work," he said, when asked to talk about the key points of the stage. "I attacked in the hope of reducing it to a smaller group but unfortunately I ended up being clear by myself. I asked my directeur sportif what I should do, if I should sit up or if I should keep going. He said to keep riding and see what happened.
"When the two chasing riders got up to me, my directeur sportif gave me a lot of encouragement to keep my motivation up, telling me to keep fighting until the end because the stage wasn't over yet. It was perhaps that encouragement which enable me to get this win today."
Martinez said that he was in good condition earlier this summer but a couple of falls stopped him capitalizing on that. "I had very good form in the Tour and was lying fifth overall [after stage 4] but then I had a very bad crash," he said. "My body reacted very badly and I couldn't rediscover my pedaling rhythm. After a couple of stages in the mountain I got into decent form again but then crashed once more on stage 15 [to l'Alpe d'Huez] while I was in the break. It was tough to finish the Tour like that.
"I didn't do much training afterwards as I was very tired. When I arrived at the Vuelta I wasn't in great form, I was lacking rhythm, but after several stages I found myself once again in very good condition."
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Following his Tour de l'Avenir victory, Martinez spent time with the Euskaltel squad before being signed to Discovery at the start of this year. He said that things didn't go to plan at first. " I arrived to the training camp in California ten kilos overweight and without any English. As a result, I lost a lot of morale in the first few days and it was very tough. But thanks to my trainer and the doctor my motivation improved and I was able to lose that weight very quickly. Other riders such as Chechu and Noval helped me improve my morale and the fact that Johan Bruyneel has good Spanish also helped me to adapt very quickly."
Second and third today were Landaluze and Gustov, while the remainder of the break came home over three minutes down. T-Mobile's Scott Davis was in the group and told Cyclingnews what the stage was like.
"Originally we had Bernhard Kohl on classification but he had some bad luck. Obviously that was a kick for the team and we had to go for stages. Yesterday I tried something and today I managed to slip into the move.
"Straight out of the blocks, everyone wanted to get into the breakaway. After about 20 kilometres there was a little hill and then we managed to get a little group of 14 or so. We worked until the finish, although three riders got away one by one and joined up.
"Later on we had a big storm with hail – a bit of everything today, really. That was the first rain of the race so that cooled us down a bit, but I didn't rate the hail much."
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Carlos Sastre finished with all the favourites in the main bunch, 15 minutes and 4 seconds back, and also welcomed the change in weather. "Early on it was rather hot and humid when climbing the two category first mountains, but then with the rain we felt better," he told Onda Cero radio. "We spent the day without much trouble."
Race leader Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) also finished in the main bunch and retains his maillot oro. Early on there was a little concern when three of his biggest rivals Alexandre Vinokourov, Andrey Kashechkin (both Astana) and Carlos Sastre (CSC) attacked, but Valverde's team was quick to relax and snuff out the move. That means that things remain as they were as the race heads into tomorrow's twelfth stage, a mainly flat 162 kilometre leg from Aranda de Duero to Guadalajara.
How it unfolded
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The gothic styled Burgos cathedral was declared by UNESCO a World Heritage Building in 1984. It was begun in the 13th century and completed in the 16th century. Burgos is an oft visited place in the Vuelta, and Milram's Alessandro Petacchi won here three times: in 2002, 2004 and 2005.
Defending champion Denis Menchov (Rabobank) retired from the race this morning, claiming physical and mental emptiness. The Russian wasn't doing a good Vuelta and he was 67th in the overall classification. Therefore, there were 167 riders who took the start in Torrelavega, the hometown of Oscar Freire.
Egoi Martinez was obviously motivated today and attacked from the gun, but his move was quickly covered by the peloton. At km 27, 13 riders attacked and made a gap: Thor Hushovd (Credit Agricole), Joaquin Rodriguez (Illes Balears), Serguei Yakovlev (Astana), Egoi Martinez (Discovery), Theo Eltink (Rabobank), Dario Cioni (Liquigas), Eric Leblacher (Française des Jeux), David Loosli (Lampre), Volodymir Gustov (CSC), Iñigo Landaluze (Euskaltel), Stuart O'Grady (CSC), Scott Davis (T-Mobile) and Alexandre Usov (AG2R). At the first intermediate sprint in Villacarriedo (km 28), Hushovd crossed in first place followed by Usov and Davis. Meanwhile, David Cañada (Saunier Duval) began chasing the leaders alone.
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The leaders went up the first climb in Puerto de la Braguia (km 39) increasing their gap over the peloton. Cañada rode more than a minute behind the men in the breakaway. Later on, Egoi Martinez made a smart move and changed the tempo to leave the other 12 riders behind at km 68. Martinez led the race at km 80 by 2'42, with the lone Cañada at 6'32 and the bunch at 10'33.
The Discovery rider was determined to win the stage and he led the race by more than 14 minutes over the peloton at km 116. There was a lot of road to cover, but Martinez had a good advantage. The riders had to deal with the rain that started falling, combined with a sudden drop in temperature. Behind Martinez, Iñigo Landaluze and Volodymir Gustov attacked the break and caught the leader at km 130. It seemed the winner would be among this trio, as seven kilometres further, the three in front led by 2'13 over the rest of the break and 12'30 over the peloton.
Egoi Martinez didn't want company and attacked with 12 km to go. The Discovery rider powered away from Landaluze and Gustov and was finally rewarded for his massive effort in the stage, crossing the line to finish in first place. Landaluze and Gustov sprinted for second, and the Spaniard prevailed 55 seconds behind Egoi Martinez. The rest of the break arrived at 3'55, led by Hushovd, and the peloton came in at 15'04.
Stage 12 – September 7: Aranda de Duero-Guadalajara, 169.3 km
Stage 12 will be a rather flattish stage with just one climb in the middle of the parcours. The only mountain will be Alto de Santibañez de Ayllon (1,430 m. above sea level – km 66.4). There will be two intermediate sprints in Ayllon (km 44.8) and Yunquera de Henares (km 153). The route is very favourable for the sprinters' teams if they control the attacks on the climb.
Photography
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Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti
- Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) checks his bike
- Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) makes sure things are perfect
- Nothing rubbing
- Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) rolls up
- Carlos Sastre (CSC) at the start
- Andrey Kashechkin (Astana) happy to be where he is
- Alexandre Vinokourov (Astana) signs an autograph
- Janez Brajkovic (Discovery) signs an autograph
- Ruggero Marzoli (Lampre) at sign on
- Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas) after signing on
- Vino and Di Luca shake hands
- Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas) is having a good Vuelta
- Alessandro Petacchi (Milram) gets ready
- Alessandro Petacchi (Milram) searching for form in the Vuelta
- Pietro Caucchioli (Credit Agricole) in the mountains jersey
- Italian coloured gloves for the Italian champ Bettini
- Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step) happy at sign on
- Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step) is ready
- Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner) straps on the helmet
- Erik Zabel (Milram) a little concerned
- The peloton leaves the Oscar Freire velodrome in Torrelavega
- Here we go again
- The bunch a blaze of colour in Torrelavega
- The peloton rolling out for stage 11
- Egoi Martinez (Discovery) wins the 11th stage
- Egoi Martinez (Discovery) salutes
- Egoi Martinez (Discovery) enjoying it
- Inigo Landaluze (Euskaltel) beats Gustov for second
- Thor Hushovd (Credit Agricole) had no problems taking fourth
- Walter Beneteau (Bouygues) wins the sprint for 14th
- Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step) finishes the stage
- The smilin' cricket at the finish
- Egoi Martinez (Discovery) gets a podium kiss
- Egoi Martinez (Discovery) smiles on the podium
- Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) puts on the gold jersey
- Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) salutes in gold
- The man in gold Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne)
Images by Unipublic
- Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) smiles in the bunch
- Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) was well supported, as usual
- Carlos Sastre (CSC) in the peloton
- Caisse d'Epargne setting tempo on a climb
- The Astana boys cool themselves
- The peloton enjoying the scenery in stage 11
- Alexandre Usov (AG2R) riding on the front
- The break working together, led by Leblacher
- Joaquin Rodriguez (Caisse d'Epargne) rides at the back of the break
- Egoi Martinez (Discovery) hammering the break
- Egoi Martinez (Discovery) during his long escape
- Thor Hushovd (Credit Agricole) finished fourth and increased his lead in the points classification
Results
1 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 4.20.32 (39.98 km/h) 2 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.55 3 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 4 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 3.35 5 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R Prevoyance 6 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital 7 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 8 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 9 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team 10 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 3.37 11 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française des Jeux 12 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas 13 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana Team 14 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 15.04 15 Florian Stalder (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 16 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 17 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 18 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 19 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 20 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 21 Raúl García De Mateo (Spa) Relax-Gam 22 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax-Gam 23 Mario De Sarraga (Spa) Relax-Gam 24 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 25 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 26 Iñigo Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 27 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 28 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 29 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 30 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 31 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 32 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 33 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 34 Steve Morabito (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 35 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 36 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 37 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 38 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 39 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 40 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC 41 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC 42 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram 43 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 44 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 45 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 46 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas 47 Bastiaan Giling (Ned) T-Mobile Team 48 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 49 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 50 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 51 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 52 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 53 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 54 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 55 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Phonak Hearing Systems 56 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 57 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole 58 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 59 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas 60 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 61 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 62 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Team Milram 63 Luis Pérez (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 64 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Astana Team 65 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 66 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 67 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 68 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 69 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 70 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 71 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana Team 72 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 73 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 74 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 75 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 76 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 77 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 78 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 79 Jesús Hernández (Spa) Relax-Gam 80 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole 81 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 82 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital 83 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 84 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 85 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 86 José Vicent Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 87 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team 88 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana Team 89 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 90 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 91 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 92 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 93 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital 94 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française des Jeux 95 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 96 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana Team 97 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank 98 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 99 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agricole 100 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 101 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 102 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana Team 103 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 104 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 105 David George (RSA) Relax-Gam 106 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana Team 107 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 108 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas 109 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 110 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 111 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 112 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 113 Jorge García (Spa) Relax-Gam 114 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 115 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 116 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 117 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux 118 Pierre Drancourt (Bel) Bouygues Telecom 119 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax-Gam 120 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 121 Luis Fernández Oliveira (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 122 Mauricio Ardila (Col) Rabobank 123 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 124 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 125 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Gam 126 David Navas (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 127 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 128 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 129 José Antonio Redondo (Spa) Astana Team 130 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 131 Ian Mcleod (RSA) Française des Jeux 132 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Credit Agricole 133 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 134 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 135 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 136 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Milram 137 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 138 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 139 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 140 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 141 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 142 Bingen Fernández (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 143 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 144 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner 145 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 146 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 147 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank 148 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval-Prodir 149 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 150 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux 151 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 152 Alberto Benítez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 153 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 154 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française des Jeux 155 José Antonio Garrido (Spa) Quick Step-Innergetic 156 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 157 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax-Gam 158 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 159 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 160 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 161 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 162 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 163 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 15.21 DNF Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom DNF Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom DNF Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone DNF Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Astana Team DNS Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank Points 1 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 25 pts 2 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 20 3 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 16 4 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 14 5 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R Prevoyance 12 6 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital 10 7 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 9 8 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 8 9 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team 7 10 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 6 11 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française des Jeux 5 12 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas 4 13 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana Team 3 14 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2 15 Florian Stalder (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1 Mountains Puerto de la Braguía - Cat. 1, km 39 1 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 16 pts 2 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R Prevoyance 12 3 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 10 4 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas 8 5 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française des Jeux 6 6 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4 7 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team 3 8 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana Team 2 9 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1 Puerto del Escudo - Cat. 1, km 72 1 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 16 pts 2 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital 12 3 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R Prevoyance 10 4 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas 8 5 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française des Jeux 6 6 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 4 7 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana Team 3 8 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 2 9 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 Puerto de Carrales - Cat. 3, km 87 1 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 6 pts 2 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas 4 3 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française des Jeux 2 4 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R Prevoyance 1 Sprints Villacarriedo, km 28,3 1 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 4 pts 2 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R Prevoyance 2 3 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team 1 Vega de Pas, km 46 1 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 4 pts 2 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas 2 3 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana Team 1 Teams 1 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 13.31.44 2 Team CSC 0.55 3 Euskaltel - Euskadi 4 Gerolsteiner 3.35 5 Credit Agricole 6 Ag2r Prevoyance 7 Lampre - Fondital 8 T- Mobile Team 9 Rabobank 10 Caisse D'Epargne - Illes Balears 3.37 11 Liquigas 12 Astana 13 Française des Jeux 14 Bouygues Telecom 15.04 15 Relax - GAM 16 Phonak Hearing Systems 17 Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 18 Team Milram 19 Davitamon - Lotto 20 Saunier Duval - Prodir 21 Quick Step - Innergetic General classification after stage 11 1 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 45.54.45 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 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 7.36 19 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 20 Jesús Hernández (Spa) Relax-Gam 7.59 21 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 8.06 22 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8.34 23 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8.48 24 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana Team 9.05 25 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital 10.32 26 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 13.55 27 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 14.09 28 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 14.27 29 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Gam 16.18 30 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Astana Team 17.34 31 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 18.01 32 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 18.04 33 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas 18.36 34 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 19.30 35 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC 23.04 36 Iñigo Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 23.35 37 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC 24.13 38 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 25.28 39 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française des Jeux 25.41 40 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 26.20 41 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 27.56 42 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax-Gam 27.57 43 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 30.16 44 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Milram 30.48 45 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 31.40 46 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 32.32 47 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 32.36 48 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 33.10 49 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 33.21 50 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 33.42 51 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 34.24 52 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 34.43 53 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax-Gam 34.58 54 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 35.00 55 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 35.30 56 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval-Prodir 36.20 57 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux 37.03 58 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 37.20 59 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 60 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 39.01 61 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 39.25 62 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agricole 40.15 63 Mauricio Ardila (Col) Rabobank 40.18 64 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 42.39 65 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 43.37 66 Raúl García De Mateo (Spa) Relax-Gam 47.30 67 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital 48.48 68 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 48.57 69 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 50.18 70 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team 51.05 71 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 53.24 72 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 53.34 73 David George (RSA) Relax-Gam 53.47 74 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 55.38 75 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 56.22 76 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 56.34 77 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 56.57 78 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 57.36 79 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 58.11 80 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 58.32 81 José Antonio Garrido (Spa) Quick Step-Innergetic 58.37 82 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1.00.08 83 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1.00.14 84 Luis Fernández Oliveira (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.00.37 85 Steve Morabito (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.02.08 86 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.02.49 87 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 1.02.52 88 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 1.03.23 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 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team 1.07.04 96 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R Prevoyance 1.07.09 97 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner 1.07.21 98 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.07.33 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 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.15.29 115 Bingen Fernández (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 1.15.46 116 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 1.15.49 117 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank 1.15.57 118 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 1.16.17 119 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 1.16.19 120 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.18.42 121 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1.18.53 122 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.19.29 123 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Team Milram 1.19.35 124 Pierre Drancourt (Bel) Bouygues Telecom 1.19.43 125 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.19.45 126 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française des Jeux 1.20.00 127 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.20.03 128 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana Team 1.21.15 129 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 1.21.33 130 Mario De Sarraga (Spa) Relax-Gam 1.22.01 131 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank 1.22.11 132 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1.22.21 133 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.22.56 134 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 1.23.12 135 Ian Mcleod (RSA) Française des Jeux 1.23.29 136 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas 1.23.37 137 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 1.24.04 138 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 1.24.46 139 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1.25.21 140 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 1.25.41 141 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 1.27.47 142 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.27.51 143 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 1.28.20 144 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 1.28.33 145 José Vicent Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1.28.34 146 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas 1.28.45 147 Bastiaan Giling (Ned) T-Mobile Team 1.28.47 148 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 1.29.31 149 David Navas (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 1.30.04 150 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 1.31.03 151 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.31.26 152 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 1.31.56 153 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1.32.10 154 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.32.57 155 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 1.33.05 156 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.33.41 157 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.34.04 158 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 1.36.11 159 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram 1.36.58 160 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Credit Agricole 1.38.04 161 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole 1.52.43 162 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 1.52.50 163 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole 1.55.47 Points classification 1 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 133 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 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 29 16 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 29 17 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 28 18 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française des Jeux 28 19 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 27 20 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana Team 26 21 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 26 22 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R Prevoyance 21 23 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 21 24 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 20 25 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 19 Mountains classification 1 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 73 pts 2 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Gam 70 3 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 59 4 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 52 5 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 42 6 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 42 7 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 40 8 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax-Gam 36 9 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 33 10 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana Team 32 11 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 32 12 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas 28 13 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 27 14 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 26 15 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R Prevoyance 23 16 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana Team 20 17 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 19 18 Mario De Sarraga (Spa) Relax-Gam 18 19 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 16 20 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana Team 16 21 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 15 22 Luis Pérez (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 15 23 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française des Jeux 14 24 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 14 25 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital 12 Combination classification 1 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 11 pts 2 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 16 3 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana Team 22 4 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 24 5 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana Team 25 6 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 27 7 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 27 8 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 40 9 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 46 10 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana Team 50 11 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 54 12 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 68 13 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas 76 14 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 77 15 Luis Pérez (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 77 16 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 78 17 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 88 18 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 91 19 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 97 20 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 97 21 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 99 22 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 104 23 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 108 24 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 111 25 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française des Jeux 115 Teams classification 1 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 137.17.49 2 Astana 6.49 3 Caisse D'Epargne - Illes Balears 10.11 4 Lampre - Fondital 19.01 5 Euskaltel - Euskadi 19.18 6 Team CSC 36.55 7 Saunier Duval - Prodir 43.31 8 Rabobank 52.09 9 Relax - GAM 53.27 10 Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 1.09.35 11 Ag2r Prevoyance 1.13.34 12 Credit Agricole 1.19.44 13 Liquigas 1.38.35 14 Davitamon - Lotto 1.53.14 15 Gerolsteiner 2.00.34 16 T- Mobile Team 2.01.40 17 Phonak Hearing Systems 2.03.40 18 Française des Jeux 2.11.36 19 Quick Step - Innergetic 2.32.58 20 Bouygues Telecom 2.41.44 21 Team Milram 2.55.21
