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61st Vuelta a España - GT
Spain, August 26-September 17, 2006
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Stage 19 - September 15: Jaén - Ciudad Real, 205.3 km
Arrieta breaks the drought
No change in GC in advance of time trial
By Shane Stokes in a car hurtling towards Madrid, with additional reporting from Hernan Alvarez
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On a day when maillot oro Alexandre Vinokourov and closest challenger Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) declared an unofficial truce, AG2R Prévoyance rider José Luis Arrieta proved quickest of a long distance breakaway group to take his best career result. The 35 year old Spaniard previously won the opening leg of the Vuelta Asturias back in 2002 and has also placed third and fourth on stages of the Tour of Spain.
"This day is very special for me," he said. "But this year I have really enjoyed every time I have been on the bike, it is a pleasure to be a professional.
"I was away today with my friend José Vicente Garcia Acosta, who I train with. He is very good person to be with in a break. This week I kept a bit of energy to get into a move, saying to myself that Friday was the only chance to do it. It has worked out very well."
Arrieta went clear as part of an eight man escape 48 kilometres into the undulating stage, being joined by Vladimir Gusev (Discovery Channel), Aketza Peña (Euskaltel-Euskadi), Garcia Acosta (Caisse d'Epargne), Lars Bak (Team CSC), Dmitriy Fofonov (Credit Agricole), David Loosli (Lampre-Fondital) and Pieter Mertens (Davitamon-Lotto). They built a maximum lead of 12'04 and still had over 11 minutes of this by the time they fought it out for the win in Ciudad Real.
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Bak was the most aggressive in the final ten kilometres, attacking first at eight kilometres to go and then after his recapture, going again after the kite. But he was caught and Arrieta then beat Fofonov and Loosli in the gallop.
"There were many attacks in the final run into the line," he stated. "I stayed on the wheels and then went for it with 200 metres to go."
His friend Garcia Acosta was disappointed but philosophical after the finish. "Maybe I attacked too early, but I had to try," he said. "I must acknowledge that after all the work done for the team since the beginning of the Vuelta, I missed some strength in the final part of the stage. Today was the last opportunity to go with a breakaway and try to win. Getting the victory was not possible, but my personal balance, like that of all the team, is positive.
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"I am very satisfied with how we rode the Vuelta because we always gave the best, every day, and at the end, even if we do not finish in Madrid with the yellow jersey, there is nothing to reproach us for. This one is my tenth Vuelta and I hope that others will follow!"
The top end of the general classification remained unchanged after the stage, with Vinokourov maintaining his 53 second lead over Valverde. Fellow Astana rider Andrey Kashechkin is third, 2'06 back, while CSC's Carlos Sastre has 45 seconds to make up if he is to nab a podium place. José Angel Marchante (Saunier Duval-Prodir) and Tom Danielson (Discovery Channel) round out the top six and may swap placings if the American has his best TT legs on.
How it unfolded
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Ciudad Real was founded in 1255 by the king Alfonso X el Sabio. It was called originally Villa Real, which means royal village. In 1420, the king Juan II gave the village the title of city and now the town started being called Ciudad Real. It is the capital of the region of Castilla La Mancha, and it was the first time the Vuelta visited here in 32 years.
The 135 riders who finished yesterday in La Pandera took the start today in Jaén. It was a fairly steady start, with 37.5 km covered in the first hour. Shortly afterwards, Thor Hushovd (Credit Agricole) got involved in an eight man break but that was chased down. Then, after 48 km, eight riders succeeded in opening a gap at km 48: Lars Bak (CSC), Vladimir Gusev (Discovery), Dmitriy Fofonov (Credit Agricole), Jose Luis Arrieta (AG2R), Aketza Peña (Euskaltel), David Loosli (Lampre), Pieter Mertens (Davitamon) and Jose Vicente Garcia Acosta (Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears).
With Bak the best placed on GC at over 40 minutes down, this break was given permission to go by the peloton. Astana didn't have to work, and neither did Credit Agricole nor Caisse d'Epargne. On the Alto del Parque Natural de Andújar (Cat. 2, km 75), Loosli crossed the summit first ahead of Arrieta and Bak and the break already had 3'03 lead. On the Alto de Sierra Madrona (km 103), the lead had increased to 9'38, and Mertens, Peña and Loosli crossed the summit in that order.
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On the Alto del Tamaral (km 117), the final climb of the day - and in the Vuelta, in fact - it was again Mertens ahead of Fofonov and Peña. That meant that Egoi Martinez (Discovery Channel) had effectively secured the mountains jersey, provided he finishes in Madrid. On the descent, the leaders increased their gap up to 11 minutes.
Later on, the peloton started to reduced the distance, but the breakaway was still 9’32 ahead of the peloton at km 136 and looking to stay clear. Many of the sprinters like Alessandro Petacchi (Milram) or Robbie McEwen (Davitamon) were out of the race, and no-one else had the firepower to chase. The gap went up to as much as 12'04 as a result.
At the second intermediate sprint in Puertollano (km 161.2 – 44 km to go), Fofonov got the maximum bonus seconds ahead of Gusev and Bak. The eight leaders rode 10’51 ahead of the bunch at that point.
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The kilometres passed and the leaders stayed together, with no-one willing to be the first to attack. Eventually, the strong Garcia Acosta went with 11 km to go, and the endgame started in the break. Lars Bak attacked several times, getting clear at 8 km to go, with Fofonov, Arrieta and Loosli in pursuit. The Dane looked good for a while, but started to blow at 4 km out and was caught at 2.5 km to go.
These four riders fought it out with each other for the win in the last 2,000 metres. Bak attacked inside the final kilometre, but didn't quite have the gas for a winning move, and Loosli, Arrieta and Fofonov clawed their way back on. Finally, Arrieta launched his sprint and was able to hold off the rest to win his first grand tour stage ever and only his second pro win after 14 seasons.
Stage 20 – September 16: Rivas Futura-Rivas Vaciamadrid, individual time trial, 27.5 km
Stage 20 will be an individual time trial near the capital city of Madrid. It’s a 27.5 km long test over quite a difficult parcours, with winding roads, bends and roundabouts. Alexandre Vinokourov shouldn't have problems maintaining his gap over Valverde and the others. The Spaniard will have to give it all if he wants to recover the leader's jersey. It could be another opportunity for David Millar to win a stage, but the tall Scot might be saving himself for the World Championship next week.
Photography
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- Jose Luis Arrieta (AG2R) beats Fofonov and Loosli to win stage 19
- Jose Luis Arrieta (AG2R) is delighted with his second ever victory
- Jose Luis Arrieta (AG2R) salutes from the podium
- Jose Luis Arrieta (AG2R) gets a podium kiss
- Alexandre Vinokourov (Astana) looks good in gold now
Images by Unipublic
- Alexandre Vinokourov (Astana) ready to greet the day
- Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) at sign on
- Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) smiles at the start
- Triki Beltran (Discovery Channel) signing on
- Cutting the ribbon in Jaen
- The bunch sets out
- Alexandre Vinokourov (Astana) looking comfy
- The peloton early on
- Vladimir Gusev (Discovery Channel) attacks with Garcia Acosta and Cuesta
- The leading break working on a climb
- Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) in the thick of the action
- The landscape was sparsely populated
- The peloton crossing a bridge
- The Astana boys hard at work
- Carlos Sastre (CSC) looking tired
- Aketza Peña (Euskaltel-Euskadi) leading the break
- The peloton nears Puertollano
- The peloton passes the beauteous Elcogas IGCC power station near Puertollano
- Astana on the front
- Astana set tempo all day
- Alexandre Vinokourov (Astana) gets a kiss
- Thor Hushovd (Credit Agricole) smiles in the points jersey
- Thor Hushovd (Credit Agricole) and the kids
Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti
- Egoi Martinez (Discovery Channel) has the mountains jersey and soul catcher
Results
1 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 5.30.14 (37.3 km/h) 2 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agricole 3 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital 0.02 4 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC 0.09 5 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.30 6 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 7 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 8 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 9 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 11.16 10 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 11 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 12 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 13 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R Prevoyance 14 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana Team 15 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 16 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana Team 17 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 18 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 19 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax-Gam 20 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 21 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 22 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 23 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 24 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 25 Pierre Drancourt (Bel) Bouygues Telecom 26 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 27 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 28 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana Team 29 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 30 Mario De Sarraga (Spa) Relax-Gam 31 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 32 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 33 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 34 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 35 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 36 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 37 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 38 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank 39 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 40 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 41 Bastiaan Giling (Ned) T-Mobile Team 42 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 43 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Team Milram 44 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 45 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française des Jeux 46 Iñigo Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 47 Luis Pérez (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 48 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 49 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux 50 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana Team 51 Jorge García (Spa) Relax-Gam 52 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 53 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 54 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 55 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole 56 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital 57 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 58 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 59 Bingen Fernández (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 60 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 61 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 62 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 63 Mauricio Ardila (Col) Rabobank 64 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 65 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 66 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 67 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 68 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Astana Team 69 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 70 Ian Mcleod (RSA) Française des Jeux 71 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 72 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 73 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 74 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Gam 75 Raúl García De Mateo (Spa) Relax-Gam 76 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas 77 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 78 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 79 Alberto Benítez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 80 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 81 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram 82 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 83 José Antonio Garrido (Spa) Quick Step-Innergetic 84 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 85 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital 86 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 87 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas 88 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 89 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 90 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 91 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 92 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 93 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 94 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 95 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 96 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 97 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax-Gam 98 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 99 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 100 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 101 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 102 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 103 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 104 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 105 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana Team 106 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 107 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas 108 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 109 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas 110 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank 111 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 112 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 113 Luis Fernández Oliveira (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 114 Steve Morabito (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 115 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 116 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana Team 117 Florian Stalder (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 118 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 119 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC 120 David George (RSA) Relax-Gam 121 David Navas (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 122 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 123 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 124 José Antonio Redondo (Spa) Astana Team 125 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team 126 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 127 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 128 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 129 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 130 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 131 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 132 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 133 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval-Prodir 12.08 134 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole 12.40 135 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux Points 1 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 25 pts 2 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agricole 20 3 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital 16 4 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC 14 5 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 12 6 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 10 7 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 9 8 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8 9 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 7 10 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 6 11 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 5 12 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4 13 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R Prevoyance 3 14 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana Team 2 15 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1 16 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole -5 Mountains Alto del Parque Natural de Andújar - Cat. 2, km 75 1 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital 10 pts 2 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 7 3 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC 5 4 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3 5 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2 6 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1 Alto de Sierra Madrona - Cat. 3, km 103 1 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 6 pts 2 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4 3 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital 2 4 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 1 Alto del Tamaral - Cat. 3, km 117 1 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 6 pts 2 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agricole 4 3 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 4 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC 1 Sprints Las Viñas de Peñallana, km 50 1 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC 4 pts 2 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 2 3 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 1 Puertollano, km 161,2 1 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agricole 4 pts 2 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2 3 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC 1 Teams 1 Ag2r Prevoyance 16.53.14 2 Lampre - Fondital 0.02 3 Team CSC 0.09 4 Credit Agricole 0.10 5 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.30 6 Caisse D'Epargne - Illes Balears 7 Euskaltel - Euskadi 8 Davitamon - Lotto 9 Astana 11.16 10 Relax - GAM 11 Bouygues Telecom 12 Team Milram 13 Française des Jeux 14 Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 15 Saunier Duval - Prodir 16 Rabobank 17 Liquigas 18 T- Mobile Team 19 Phonak Hearing Systems 20 Quick Step - Innergetic 21 Gerolsteiner General classification after stage 19 1 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana Team 77.08.38 2 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 0.53 3 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana Team 2.06 4 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 2.51 5 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5.06 6 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 7.05 7 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8.23 8 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 8.28 9 Luis Pérez (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 10.04 10 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 10.06 11 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 11.04 12 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 13.16 13 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 14.11 14 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital 15.44 15 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 16.07 16 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana Team 17.16 17 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 20.33 18 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 24.34 19 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital 25.36 20 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 26.58 21 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC 28.53 22 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 29.15 23 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 33.59 24 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 39.06 25 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Gam 39.16 26 Iñigo Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 41.21 27 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 44.03 28 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC 44.09 29 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana Team 45.32 30 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 47.09 31 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agricole 48.06 32 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 48.55 33 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française des Jeux 52.14 34 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 52.52 35 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 53.09 36 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 57.37 37 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax-Gam 59.02 38 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas 1.01.32 39 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.04.10 40 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 41 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 1.10.35 42 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Astana Team 1.14.43 43 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 1.16.19 44 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 1.20.05 45 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 1.21.54 46 José Antonio Redondo (Spa) Astana Team 1.25.41 47 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 1.27.09 48 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1.27.29 49 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 1.27.52 50 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1.28.18 51 Raúl García De Mateo (Spa) Relax-Gam 1.31.30 52 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.33.19 53 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 1.34.59 54 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 1.35.03 55 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 1.35.22 56 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 1.36.41 57 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax-Gam 1.36.43 58 José Antonio Garrido (Spa) Quick Step-Innergetic 1.37.30 59 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.37.57 60 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.39.06 61 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 1.40.26 62 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 1.41.08 63 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital 1.41.28 64 Mauricio Ardila (Col) Rabobank 1.42.48 65 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.42.57 66 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.43.20 67 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.44.49 68 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 1.45.26 69 David George (RSA) Relax-Gam 1.46.10 70 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.46.23 71 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.46.36 72 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 1.48.13 73 Florian Stalder (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.49.30 74 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 1.50.19 75 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1.55.31 76 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 1.58.07 77 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.58.45 78 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 1.59.31 79 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.59.47 80 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 2.00.10 81 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 2.01.56 82 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 2.02.14 83 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.04.37 84 Bingen Fernández (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 2.05.09 85 Steve Morabito (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.05.20 86 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 2.06.15 87 Jorge García (Spa) Relax-Gam 2.06.30 88 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.10.16 89 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R Prevoyance 2.11.26 90 Luis Fernández Oliveira (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.12.24 91 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team 2.12.25 92 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 2.14.26 93 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 2.16.08 94 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.16.41 95 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 2.17.33 96 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.19.18 97 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 2.20.12 98 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana Team 2.23.14 99 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Team Milram 2.23.55 100 Ian Mcleod (RSA) Française des Jeux 2.25.23 101 Alberto Benítez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.25.25 102 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas 2.26.11 103 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 2.27.21 104 Mario De Sarraga (Spa) Relax-Gam 2.28.04 105 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 2.31.45 106 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 2.32.30 107 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 2.32.56 108 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank 2.33.07 109 Pierre Drancourt (Bel) Bouygues Telecom 2.34.27 110 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 2.34.30 111 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank 2.35.12 112 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.36.02 113 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 2.36.39 114 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.37.15 115 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas 2.37.21 116 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 2.39.25 117 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 2.39.34 118 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 2.40.05 119 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.41.10 120 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 2.41.12 121 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana Team 2.41.20 122 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 2.41.59 123 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 2.42.32 124 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas 2.42.44 125 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 2.43.01 126 Bastiaan Giling (Ned) T-Mobile Team 2.44.20 127 David Navas (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 2.47.28 128 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram 2.51.01 129 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux 2.53.06 130 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.53.09 131 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 2.54.20 132 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 2.55.15 133 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole 3.05.48 134 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 3.14.24 135 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole 3.17.18 Points classification 1 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 175 pts 2 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana Team 138 3 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 131 4 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana Team 92 5 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 89 6 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 84 7 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 83 8 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 82 9 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 79 10 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 68 11 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 62 12 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 51 13 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 42 14 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 37 15 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 37 16 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 37 17 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 35 18 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 35 19 Luis Pérez (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 34 20 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana Team 33 21 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agricole 32 22 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 32 23 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital 31 24 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval-Prodir 29 25 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 29 Mountains classification 1 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 129 pts 2 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 117 3 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 98 4 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana Team 84 5 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana Team 82 6 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Gam 70 7 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 67 8 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 63 9 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 60 10 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 58 11 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 44 12 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax-Gam 36 13 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 33 14 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 32 15 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas 28 16 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 26 17 Luis Pérez (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 25 18 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital 24 19 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 23 20 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R Prevoyance 23 21 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 21 22 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française des Jeux 21 23 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana Team 20 24 Mario De Sarraga (Spa) Relax-Gam 18 25 José Antonio Redondo (Spa) Astana Team 18 Combination classification 1 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana Team 8 pts 2 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 8 3 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana Team 11 4 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 18 5 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 24 6 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 28 7 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 28 8 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 28 9 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 36 10 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 40 11 Luis Pérez (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 45 12 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana Team 59 13 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 60 14 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 61 15 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 61 16 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 61 17 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 62 18 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agricole 80 19 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC 86 20 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 89 21 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas 89 22 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital 104 23 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 105 24 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 108 25 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 109 Teams classification 1 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 230.49.37 2 Caisse D'Epargne - Illes Balears 15.44 3 Astana 26.07 4 Euskaltel - Euskadi 30.01 5 Team CSC 53.38 6 Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.37.41 7 Lampre - Fondital 1.38.00 8 Ag2r Prevoyance 1.56.58 9 Relax - GAM 2.09.51 10 Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 2.16.19 11 Credit Agricole 2.48.53 12 Rabobank 3.19.45 13 Davitamon - Lotto 3.41.09 14 Liquigas 3.54.06 15 Quick Step - Innergetic 4.28.07 16 Française des Jeux 4.41.07 17 T- Mobile Team 4.45.24 18 Phonak Hearing Systems 4.53.08 19 Gerolsteiner 5.03.51 20 Team Milram 5.41.15 21 Bouygues Telecom 6.08.11
