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61st Vuelta a España - GT
Spain, August 26-September 17, 2006
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Stage 20 - September 16: Rivas Vaciamadrid - Rivas Vaciamadrid ITT, 27.5 km
Birthday boy Vino does it again
Third stage win tightens Vinokourov's hold on maillot oro
By Shane Stokes in Madrid, with additional reporting from Hernan Alvarez
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Several studies in the past have shown a link between birthdays and sporting success, illustrating that big performances can occur around that particular time of the year. Race leader Alexandre Vinokourov underlined that theory today when he celebrated the day in perhaps the most memorable way of his life, winning the final time trial of the Vuelta a España and in doing so, cementing the first Grand Tour win of his career.
Historically, the now 33 year-old Kazakhstani rider has had a better track record that closest challenger Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) in races against the clock, and that form continued in the 27.5 kilometre test to Rivas Vaciamadrid. Vinokourov was marginally behind his rival at the first time check but had moved into pole position by the second, leading the Spaniard by 12 seconds. He then took a further second per kilometre out of him on the seven mainly uphill clicks to the line, finishing the day 1'12 ahead overall.
Valverde took third in the test while a surprising second place went to stage 13 victor Samuel Sanchez (Euskaltel), who was just six seconds back. The 28 year old is a proven climber who has now metamorphosed into a time trial rider and, by virtue of this and his seventh place overall, can now aim for high GC results in the future.
Vinokourov was quietly satisfied with his win. "This is a good birthday present," he smiled at the post race press conference. "The date means I was very motivated this morning to win the stage, it is a good present for me. I was very relaxed before this time trial and it has worked out well."
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Vinokourov said that he will now aim for a strong ride in the world championships, then end his season. He then added that in light of what happened in July, this victory has greater significance for him.
"We missed the Tour de France because in the end, we did not have the required number of riders," he said. "It was a big pity for me and my team, especially as two of them, Paulinho and Contador, were cleared afterwards.
"That was not very fair for us but we concentrated on continuing the season. This victory is a bit of revenge and it shows I can ride at a very high level in a Grand Tour. It is important for me, but also for our sponsor, the sport at home and the country of Kazakhstan. It makes this a good season."
Alejandro Valverde started the day with an outside chance of victory but it was not to be. "The course was harder that what was said beforehand. In the morning I followed Txente García Acosta while he rode his race, with me sitting in the car next to Eusebio Unzue. I immediately realized the difficulty of the course. It was necessary to do it all at top speed.
"I started very quick, which allowed me to make the best time in the first intermediate point. After that I went a bit slower but Vinokourov demonstrated again how strong he is. I know that he turns 33 years of age today, so in this Vuelta I missed that sort of experience."
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He has however a lot of hope for the future. "The result I obtained today encourages me a lot as regard my future in the Grand Tours because it is more proof than I have improved a lot in this specialty, and that the result obtained in the time trial of Cuenca was not due to chance. Now I am going to concentrate on the World Championships in Salzburg. I do not believe that the efforts I made in the Vuelta will have a negative effect because I finish the race feeling pretty good, even if the last week was a very hard one."
Samuel Sanchez told Onda Cero radio that he had help as regards his abilities against the clock. "I did very well in the whole time trial, especially because of Igor [Gonzalez de Galdeano, his trainer in the team]. He has taken me on in a phenomenal way. He is truly a very influential person for me this year and I think he will be decisive in my sporting career. He saw I had good legs and he knew perfectly how I should take it."
He looks set to finish seventh overall in the race. "It was very good for me and for my team. It is going phenomenally. I arrived at the Vuelta willing to step in the podium but well… I am just four positions away from it. It was a great race for me because I also got a stage win.
Battle for podium basically over
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Andrey Kashechkin started the day third overall and although he conceded six places and 22 seconds to Carlos Sastre (CSC), seventh today, he had more than enough to stay ahead of his Spanish rival in the overall standings. Sastre will start tomorrow's final stage 24 seconds back and told Spain's Onda Cero radio that he was unlikely to make up the lost time.
"I tried hard. I cannot give up until the last day, although tomorrow I don't think I will get in the bonus points [positions]. I was willing to do it well today overall to go home satisfied that I gave everything in this Vuelta. That I fought. That's important for me.
"I felt good today," he continued. "I am happy because I think I was able to keep a high level during the whole time trial and for me, that's important. I am happy with what I did; I am happy with my Vuelta a España and I am happy with how my team helped me.
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After taking fourth in the Tour de France and then wearing the maillot oro after the first stage here, Sastre had hoped to be fighting for the win. It was not to be, and he complimented Vinokourov on what seems to be an almost certain victory tomorrow.
"He started the 'motorcycle' the first weekend and he didn't turn it off yet… Vinokourov reached the Vuelta very well and I think he is a super strong rider. We must congratulate him because he fought, he worked very hard and he was the best."
Vino said he was happy with Kashechkin's performance. "I've known him for eight years. I think he is my natural successor. He helped me a lot in this race and I am very happy because he also rode strongly here."
Discovery Channel's Tom Danielson finished 11th in the test, 58 seconds behind GC rival Sanchez, but held onto his overall position. "It has been a good Vuelta for me, although there have been lows as well as the high of my stage win," he said. "I didn't lose my sixth place today, so that is good."
How it unfolded
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Rivas Vaciamadrid is a very new town near the Spanish capital, Madrid. Rivas Vaciamadrid is a result of the merging of two towns: Rivas de Jarama and Vaciamadrid. Both villages joined together in 1954. Supposedly, the town is the fastest growing town in Europe over the last 20 years.
The first rider to take the start was Cyril Lemoine (Credit Agricole) at 11.33 am local time. Lemoine had the worst time among the 135 survivors of the Vuelta, and he did the 27.5 kilometres in 36 minutes and 8 seconds. But the first decent time was Sebastien Rosseler’s (Quick.Step) solid performance in 34 minutes and 39 seconds.
Laszlo Bodrogi (Credit Agricole) bettered everyone’s times as he clocked 34’05 to finish the stage. Scot David Millar (Saunier Duval), who won the previous individual time trial in Cuenca, couldn’t beat Bodrogi’s time as he finished in 34’44. Stuart O’Grady (CSC) was also among the best at that point of the day. The Aussie completed the course in 34 minutes and 11 seconds, and eventually finished sixth.
As more and more riders finished, no-one was able to beat Bodrogi’s time, but the main GC contenders were still to start. At 14:06 local time, race leader Alexandre Vinokourov (Astana) was the last to set off, with the advantage of knowing all the time checks of his closest rivals.
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Meanwhile, Alejandro Valverde (Illes Balears) was giving it everything and started out at a blistering pace. The Spaniard had the best time at the first intermediate check (km 11.3) with 14'18. But Vino fought back and was just 3 seconds slower than Valverde at that point, as the latter started to pay for his early effort. By the second time check (km 20.5), the race leader was 12 seconds up on Valverde, and it was clear that the battle for the general classification was over, with Vinokourov a strong candidate for the stage win.
Samuel Sanchez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) surprised everyone and bettered Bodrogi’s time by a full 20 seconds in 33'45. He was expected to do a good time but not to do this well against the likes of Millar and the other specialists.
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Valverde continued fighting and finished his ride in 33'58. His time was good, considering that this is not his specialty. But Vino hadn’t finished yet. The rider from Kazakhstan maintained his magnificent tempo and beat everyone with 33 minutes and 39 seconds. Thus, Vinokourov won the stage from Samuel Sanchez and Valverde, and the Vuelta is virtual his. Andrey Kashechkin (Astana) didn't perform brilliantly and finished 13th (1’06 slower than his teammate) while Carlos Sastre (CSC) did a decent time trial and ended up 7th (44 seconds slower). Despite this, Kashechkin was able to keep his third place on the overall podium.
Vinokourov is set to finish a tremendous Vuelta, improving each day. His first week was fair, although he lost a few minutes in the first mountain stage; his second week was very good, and his third was outstanding. The Astana rider was just one stage left for his first ever Grand Tour win.
Stage 21 – September 17: Madrid-Madrid, 142.2 km
This will be the traditional last stage in Madrid. There will be two intermediate sprints: in Morata de Tajuña (km 33.1) and Fuenlabrada (km 66.8). The riders will race six laps of a circuit in downtown Madrid. It should be a calm stage for Vinokourov, who can then celebrate his deserved overall victory with champagne or cava, the well known Spanish alcoholic drink.
Photography
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- Alexandre Vinokourov (Astana) comes into the frame
- Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) goes full gas
- Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) getting a lot of support
- Alexandre Vinokourov (Astana) nears the end
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- Cutting the ribbon to start stage 20
- Alexandre Vinokourov (Astana) before the start
- Deep breath for Jose Angel Gomez Marchante (Saunier Duval)
- Alexandre Vinokourov (Astana) sets out from the start house
- Alexandre Vinokourov (Astana) was unbeatable again
- Alexandre Vinokourov (Astana) looking compact
- Alexandre Vinokourov (Astana) gets it cranking
- Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) starts his ride
- Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) powers along
- Samuel Sanchez (Euskaltel) finished second in the stage
- Carlos Sastre (CSC) kept hold of fourth place
- Andrey Kashechkin (Astana) on his way
- Laszlo Bodrogi (Credit Agricole) had the fastest time for quite a while
- Stuart O'Grady (CSC) was sixth after a solid ride
- David Millar (Saunier Duval) wasn't riding at his maximum today
- Igor Anton (Euskaltel) has been strong in the final week
- Egoi Martinez (Discovery Channel) now secure in the mountains jersey
- Bingen Fernández (Cofidis) during his test against the clock
- Thor Hushovd (Credit Agricole) has held the points jersey for most of the Vuelta
- Joan Horrach (Caisse d'Epargne) has been a hard worker for Valverde over the last three weeks
- Francisco Ventoso (Saunier Duval)
- Kazakhstani officials happy with Vino's win
- Alexandre Vinokourov (Astana) salutes as the stage winner
- Alexandre Vinokourov (Astana) gets assistance with his maillot oro
- Alexandre Vinokourov (Astana) kisses the gold jersey
- Thor Hushovd (Credit Agricole) in the points jersey
- Egoi Martinez (Discovery Channel) with the mountains jersey
- Alexandre Vinokourov (Astana) in the white combination jersey
Results
1 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana Team 33.39 (49.03 km/h) 2 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.06 3 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 0.19 4 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 0.26 5 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 0.30 6 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 0.32 7 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 0.44 8 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.49 9 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.55 10 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 1.00 11 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.04 12 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.05 13 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana Team 1.06 14 Luis Pérez (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 1.28 15 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC 1.43 16 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 1.44 17 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.45 18 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.48 19 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.54 20 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 21 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 1.57 22 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 2.02 23 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Astana Team 2.04 24 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 25 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 2.06 26 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC 2.12 27 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital 2.15 28 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2.19 29 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 2.25 30 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 2.27 31 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana Team 2.28 32 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Team Milram 33 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole 2.29 34 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2.30 35 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 2.32 36 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 2.36 37 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 2.37 38 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 39 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2.43 40 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2.45 41 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 2.49 42 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 43 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 2.52 44 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 2.53 45 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 2.54 46 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française des Jeux 2.55 47 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital 2.56 48 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 2.58 49 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 3.00 50 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas 3.01 51 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 52 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.03 53 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 3.06 54 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 55 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 3.08 56 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 57 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3.12 58 Pierre Drancourt (Bel) Bouygues Telecom 3.13 59 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.17 60 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank 61 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 3.20 62 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 3.22 63 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax-Gam 3.23 64 Florian Stalder (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 65 Mario De Sarraga (Spa) Relax-Gam 66 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 3.24 67 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 3.27 68 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 3.28 69 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax-Gam 3.30 70 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 71 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 3.34 72 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana Team 73 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 3.35 74 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 3.36 75 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 3.38 76 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 3.40 77 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 3.41 78 Iñigo Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 3.42 79 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 80 Jorge García (Spa) Relax-Gam 81 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas 3.43 82 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.48 83 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 3.49 84 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 3.50 85 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agricole 3.51 86 David George (RSA) Relax-Gam 3.55 87 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.56 88 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 3.58 89 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 3.59 90 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 4.06 91 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 92 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Gam 93 José Antonio Redondo (Spa) Astana Team 4.07 94 José Antonio Garrido (Spa) Quick Step-Innergetic 95 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 4.08 96 Steve Morabito (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 4.09 97 Luis Fernández Oliveira (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 98 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4.12 99 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4.13 100 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 101 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 4.15 102 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4.17 103 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 4.18 104 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas 4.20 105 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole 4.22 106 Bastiaan Giling (Ned) T-Mobile Team 4.24 107 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital 4.25 108 Raúl García De Mateo (Spa) Relax-Gam 4.27 109 Mauricio Ardila (Col) Rabobank 110 Bingen Fernández (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 4.28 111 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4.30 112 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana Team 4.31 113 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4.35 114 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux 4.37 115 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R Prevoyance 116 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram 4.38 117 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas 118 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 4.44 119 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team 4.47 120 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux 4.48 121 Ian Mcleod (RSA) Française des Jeux 4.49 122 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 4.50 123 David Navas (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 5.01 124 Alberto Benítez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5.03 125 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 5.11 126 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 5.12 127 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 5.13 128 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 5.18 129 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana Team 130 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 5.28 131 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 5.50 132 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank 6.05 133 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 6.07 134 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 6.29 DNS Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital Points 1 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana Team 25 pts 2 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 20 3 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 16 4 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 14 5 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 12 6 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 10 7 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 9 8 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 8 9 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 7 10 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 6 11 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 5 12 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4 13 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana Team 3 14 Luis Pérez (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 2 15 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC 1 Teams 1 Team CSC 1.43.56 2 Astana 0.11 3 Caisse D'Epargne - Illes Balears 0.26 4 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.42 5 Quick Step - Innergetic 2.30 6 Euskaltel - Euskadi 2.57 7 Saunier Duval - Prodir 3.03 8 Credit Agricole 3.18 9 Davitamon - Lotto 4.16 10 Liquigas 4.54 11 Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 4.59 12 Lampre - Fondital 6.02 13 Ag2r Prevoyance 6.39 14 Rabobank 6.47 15 Relax - GAM 7.17 16 Team Milram 7.19 17 T- Mobile Team 7.20 18 Gerolsteiner 7.26 19 Française des Jeux 8.22 20 Phonak Hearing Systems 8.42 21 Bouygues Telecom 9.19 General classification after stage 20 1 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana Team 77.42.17 2 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1.12 3 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana Team 3.12 4 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 3.35 5 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 6.51 6 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 8.09 7 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8.29 8 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 10.36 9 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 10.47 10 Luis Pérez (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 11.32 11 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 12.52 12 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 15.10 13 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 17.23 14 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital 18.40 15 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 18.56 16 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana Team 19.44 17 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 24.00 18 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital 27.51 19 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 28.04 20 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 29.04 21 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC 30.36 22 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 32.09 23 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 34.48 24 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 42.46 25 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Gam 43.22 26 Iñigo Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 45.03 27 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC 46.21 28 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 46.30 29 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 50.47 30 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 50.49 31 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana Team 50.50 32 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agricole 51.57 33 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française des Jeux 55.09 34 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 56.12 35 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 56.48 36 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 1.01.55 37 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax-Gam 1.02.32 38 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas 1.04.33 39 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.06.40 40 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 1.08.18 41 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 1.14.34 42 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Astana Team 1.16.47 43 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 1.19.25 44 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 1.24.11 45 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 1.25.18 46 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 1.29.06 47 José Antonio Redondo (Spa) Astana Team 1.29.48 48 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1.30.27 49 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1.30.54 50 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 1.30.58 51 Raúl García De Mateo (Spa) Relax-Gam 1.35.57 52 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.37.01 53 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 1.37.05 54 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 1.37.59 55 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 1.38.21 56 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 1.39.33 57 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.40.01 58 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax-Gam 1.40.06 59 José Antonio Garrido (Spa) Quick Step-Innergetic 1.41.37 60 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.41.45 61 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 1.43.19 62 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 1.45.23 63 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital 1.45.53 64 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.45.54 65 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 1.45.58 66 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.46.03 67 Mauricio Ardila (Col) Rabobank 1.47.15 68 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.47.34 69 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.49.24 70 David George (RSA) Relax-Gam 1.50.05 71 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.50.42 72 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 1.51.49 73 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 1.52.23 74 Florian Stalder (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.52.53 75 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1.58.08 76 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 1.59.57 77 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2.02.32 78 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.03.02 79 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 2.03.10 80 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 2.04.14 81 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 2.05.03 82 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 2.05.24 83 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.09.07 84 Steve Morabito (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.09.29 85 Bingen Fernández (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 2.09.37 86 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 2.09.56 87 Jorge García (Spa) Relax-Gam 2.10.12 88 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.14.29 89 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R Prevoyance 2.16.03 90 Luis Fernández Oliveira (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.16.33 91 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team 2.17.12 92 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.20.53 93 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 2.20.58 94 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.22.35 95 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 2.22.46 96 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Team Milram 2.26.23 97 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 2.26.41 98 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana Team 2.27.45 99 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas 2.29.54 100 Ian Mcleod (RSA) Française des Jeux 2.30.12 101 Alberto Benítez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.30.28 102 Mario De Sarraga (Spa) Relax-Gam 2.31.27 103 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 2.32.05 104 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 2.35.19 105 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 2.35.38 106 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank 2.36.24 107 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 2.36.46 108 Pierre Drancourt (Bel) Bouygues Telecom 2.37.40 109 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 2.38.43 110 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 2.39.11 111 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 2.41.09 112 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank 2.41.17 113 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.41.52 114 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas 2.41.59 115 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 2.42.12 116 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.42.26 117 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 2.42.54 118 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 2.43.40 119 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana Team 2.44.54 120 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 2.45.40 121 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.45.45 122 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 2.45.48 123 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 2.46.59 124 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas 2.47.04 125 Bastiaan Giling (Ned) T-Mobile Team 2.48.44 126 David Navas (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 2.52.29 127 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram 2.55.39 128 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 2.57.40 129 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux 2.57.54 130 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.58.27 131 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 2.59.32 132 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole 3.10.10 133 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole 3.19.47 134 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 3.19.52 Points classification 1 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 175 pts 2 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana Team 163 3 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 147 4 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 103 5 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana Team 95 6 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 93 7 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 92 8 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 89 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 67 12 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 51 13 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 43 14 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 42 15 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 37 16 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 37 17 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 37 18 Luis Pérez (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 36 19 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 35 20 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval-Prodir 33 21 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana Team 33 22 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agricole 32 23 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 32 24 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital 31 25 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 29 26 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 29 27 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 29 28 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 26 29 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 26 30 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC 26 31 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 26 32 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 25 33 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R Prevoyance 24 34 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 16 35 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 16 36 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 15 37 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas 14 38 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital 13 39 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 13 40 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 12 41 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 12 42 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 12 43 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 12 44 Raúl García De Mateo (Spa) Relax-Gam 11 45 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 11 46 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 11 47 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 11 48 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank 10 49 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital 9 50 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana Team 9 51 Jorge García (Spa) Relax-Gam 8 52 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 8 53 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 8 54 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 8 55 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8 56 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 8 57 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team 8 58 Mario De Sarraga (Spa) Relax-Gam 7 59 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 7 60 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 7 61 José Antonio Redondo (Spa) Astana Team 7 62 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana Team 7 63 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française des Jeux 6 64 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 6 65 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 6 66 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux 6 67 Ian Mcleod (RSA) Française des Jeux 6 68 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 6 69 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 6 70 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana Team 6 71 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 5 72 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 4 73 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 4 74 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 4 75 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4 76 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 3 77 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 3 78 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 3 79 José Antonio Garrido (Spa) Quick Step-Innergetic 3 80 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 3 81 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 2 82 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas 2 83 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 2 84 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 1 85 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1 86 Florian Stalder (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1 87 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 1 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 26 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 16 27 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 15 28 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agricole 15 29 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 15 30 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 14 31 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 13 32 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 12 33 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 11 34 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10 35 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC 9 36 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 9 37 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 9 38 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 9 39 Mauricio Ardila (Col) Rabobank 9 40 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 8 41 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 8 42 Iñigo Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 7 43 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7 44 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 6 45 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 6 46 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 6 47 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 6 48 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital 6 49 José Antonio Garrido (Spa) Quick Step-Innergetic 6 50 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana Team 5 51 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5 52 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5 53 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 4 54 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 4 55 Jorge García (Spa) Relax-Gam 4 56 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4 57 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 4 58 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 4 59 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team 3 60 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas 3 61 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 2 62 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2 63 Raúl García De Mateo (Spa) Relax-Gam 1 64 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 1 65 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1 66 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole 1 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 12 4 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 18 5 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 24 6 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 25 7 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 28 8 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 28 9 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 38 10 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 42 11 Luis Pérez (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 45 12 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 57 13 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana Team 60 14 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 60 15 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 61 16 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 63 17 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 63 18 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 80 19 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agricole 82 20 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC 86 21 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas 90 22 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital 105 23 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 106 24 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 108 25 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 109 26 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 110 27 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital 115 28 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française des Jeux 118 29 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 125 30 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 125 31 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 129 32 José Antonio Redondo (Spa) Astana Team 133 33 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 135 34 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 135 35 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R Prevoyance 142 36 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 143 37 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana Team 151 38 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 152 39 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 153 40 Raúl García De Mateo (Spa) Relax-Gam 158 41 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 158 42 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 160 43 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 165 44 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 167 45 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 175 46 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 178 47 Mario De Sarraga (Spa) Relax-Gam 184 48 José Antonio Garrido (Spa) Quick Step-Innergetic 187 49 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 192 50 Jorge García (Spa) Relax-Gam 193 51 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team 207 52 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 215 53 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 231 54 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 234 55 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas 241 56 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 246 Teams classification 1 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 232.34.15 2 Caisse D'Epargne - Illes Balears 15.28 3 Astana 25.36 4 Euskaltel - Euskadi 32.16 5 Team CSC 52.56 6 Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.40.02 7 Lampre - Fondital 1.43.20 8 Ag2r Prevoyance 2.02.55 9 Relax - GAM 2.16.26 10 Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 2.20.36 11 Credit Agricole 2.51.29 12 Rabobank 3.25.50 13 Davitamon - Lotto 3.44.43 14 Liquigas 3.58.18 15 Quick Step - Innergetic 4.29.55 16 Française des Jeux 4.48.47 17 T- Mobile Team 4.52.02 18 Phonak Hearing Systems 5.01.08 19 Gerolsteiner 5.10.35 20 Team Milram 5.47.52 21 Bouygues Telecom 6.16.48
Intermediate timing
km 11.3 1 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 14.18 2 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana Team 0.03 3 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.09 4 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 0.12 5 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 6 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.13 7 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.14 8 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 0.18 9 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 0.20 10 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 0.22 11 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.26 12 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana Team 13 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.31 14 Luis Pérez (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 15 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.37 16 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 17 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC 0.40 18 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 0.43 19 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 0.47 20 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.49 21 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 0.50 22 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 23 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC 0.51 24 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 0.52 25 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 0.57 26 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital 27 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 28 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 0.58 29 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Team Milram 30 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.59 31 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana Team 1.00 32 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 1.01 33 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 34 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1.03 35 David George (RSA) Relax-Gam 36 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Astana Team 37 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 1.09 38 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital 1.10 39 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.11 40 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 41 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 42 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 1.12 43 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas 44 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax-Gam 1.13 45 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 1.14 46 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 47 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 48 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 49 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole 1.15 50 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax-Gam 1.16 51 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.17 52 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 1.18 53 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 1.19 54 Mario De Sarraga (Spa) Relax-Gam 1.20 55 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.21 56 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française des Jeux 57 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 1.22 58 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 1.23 59 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1.24 60 Florian Stalder (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 61 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 1.25 62 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana Team 63 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 1.26 64 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agricole 1.27 65 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 66 Iñigo Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 1.28 67 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas 1.29 68 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 69 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 70 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 71 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 72 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.30 73 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 74 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 1.31 75 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 76 Pierre Drancourt (Bel) Bouygues Telecom 1.32 77 Jorge García (Spa) Relax-Gam 78 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 1.33 79 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 1.35 80 José Antonio Garrido (Spa) Quick Step-Innergetic 1.36 81 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.37 82 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 83 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 84 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 85 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Gam 1.38 86 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 87 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 1.39 88 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 1.41 89 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank 90 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 91 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.44 92 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 1.45 93 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.46 94 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 1.49 95 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 96 Raúl García De Mateo (Spa) Relax-Gam 1.50 97 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital 98 José Antonio Redondo (Spa) Astana Team 1.51 99 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 1.52 100 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team 1.54 101 Steve Morabito (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 102 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 103 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.55 104 Luis Fernández Oliveira (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 105 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 106 Mauricio Ardila (Col) Rabobank 107 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R Prevoyance 1.56 108 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 1.57 109 Bastiaan Giling (Ned) T-Mobile Team 110 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 111 Bingen Fernández (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 112 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.59 113 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana Team 2.00 114 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.04 115 David Navas (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 116 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas 2.05 117 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 118 Ian Mcleod (RSA) Française des Jeux 2.06 119 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 120 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 121 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas 122 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole 2.08 123 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux 124 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 125 Alberto Benítez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.09 126 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.16 127 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 128 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 129 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana Team 2.20 130 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram 2.22 131 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 132 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 2.26 133 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 2.31 134 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank 3.33 km 20.5 1 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana Team 26.18 2 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.09 3 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 0.12 4 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 0.23 5 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 0.25 6 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 0.28 7 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 0.36 8 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.40 9 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.43 10 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 0.45 11 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.49 12 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana Team 0.51 13 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.53 14 Luis Pérez (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 1.09 15 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.11 16 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC 1.15 17 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 1.16 18 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.25 19 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 1.26 20 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.31 21 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 1.33 22 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.34 23 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 1.37 24 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 1.41 25 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1.45 26 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC 27 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital 1.47 28 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 1.50 29 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 1.53 30 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana Team 1.54 31 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Astana Team 1.55 32 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Team Milram 1.58 33 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 34 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 2.00 35 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 36 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 2.02 37 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole 2.03 38 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 39 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2.07 40 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 2.09 41 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 2.10 42 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas 2.17 43 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.19 44 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 45 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.20 46 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital 47 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 48 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 2.21 49 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française des Jeux 2.24 50 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 51 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax-Gam 2.26 52 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 2.27 53 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 2.30 54 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.31 55 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 56 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 57 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 2.32 58 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax-Gam 59 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 2.33 60 Pierre Drancourt (Bel) Bouygues Telecom 2.34 61 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 62 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 2.36 63 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.37 64 Florian Stalder (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.40 65 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 2.41 66 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank 2.42 67 Mario De Sarraga (Spa) Relax-Gam 68 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas 2.43 69 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agricole 70 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 2.44 71 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 2.45 72 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana Team 2.46 73 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 2.49 74 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 2.50 75 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 2.52 76 Iñigo Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 2.53 77 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 78 Jorge García (Spa) Relax-Gam 79 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 2.54 80 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.57 81 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 2.58 82 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 83 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 3.00 84 David George (RSA) Relax-Gam 3.06 85 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 3.07 86 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 87 José Antonio Garrido (Spa) Quick Step-Innergetic 3.08 88 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3.09 89 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 3.11 90 José Antonio Redondo (Spa) Astana Team 91 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Gam 3.16 92 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3.17 93 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 94 Raúl García De Mateo (Spa) Relax-Gam 95 Luis Fernández Oliveira (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 3.20 96 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3.22 97 Steve Morabito (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 3.23 98 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 3.24 99 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 100 Mauricio Ardila (Col) Rabobank 101 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 3.25 102 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 103 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.26 104 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital 105 Bastiaan Giling (Ned) T-Mobile Team 106 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole 3.28 107 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 108 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R Prevoyance 3.29 109 Bingen Fernández (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 3.34 110 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas 3.36 111 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 112 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana Team 3.39 113 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux 114 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team 115 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 116 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas 3.40 117 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 3.44 118 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux 3.45 119 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram 3.46 120 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 3.48 121 David Navas (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 3.49 122 Ian Mcleod (RSA) Française des Jeux 3.52 123 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 3.53 124 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 3.57 125 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 4.00 126 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4.01 127 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana Team 4.05 128 Alberto Benítez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4.08 129 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 4.23 130 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 4.25 131 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 4.27 132 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 4.51 133 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank 4.59 134 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 13.55
