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61st Vuelta a España - GT
Spain, August 26-September 17, 2006
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Stage 5 - August 30: Plasencia - Estación de Esquí La Covatilla (Béjar), 178 km
Di Luca Strikes, Menchov and Pereiro fade
Decisive first day in the mountains
By Shane Stokes at La Covatilla, with additional reporting from Hernan Alvarez
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Watch out - the Killer is back. After showing strong form for much of last year and winning the ProTour, Danilo Di Luca staked everything on capturing the Giro d'Italia title this season. The 30 year old Liquigas rider sacrificed his chance of Classics success in order to improve on his 4th place of 2005, yet things didn't work out that way; he finished only 23rd.
Two months on, he is back to the top of his game. Most would have listed Di Luca as part of a theoretical second rank of contenders for today's opening mountain stage of the race, yet he exceeded those expectations in winning at the Estación de Esqui La Covatilla in Béjar.
On a day when GC contenders such as Oscar Pereiro (Caisse d'Epargne), Alexandre Vinokourov (Astana), Iban Mayo (Euskaltel), Denis Menchov (Rabobank) and, to a lesser extent, Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne), Carlos Sastre (CSC) and Tom Danielson (Discovery Channel) lost time on the final climb, the Italian outsprinted young Slovenian talent Janez Brajkovic (Discovery) to take both stage and the maillot oro of race leadership. Vinokourov's team-mate Andrey Kashechkin finished seven seconds behind them in third and slots into the same position in the general classification as a result.
"I had to watch out for Kashechkin but also Brajkovic," said Di Luca at the finish. "He was very strong today. I think Valverde and Sastre were not in super form and that is probably why they lost a little bit of time."
The Italian set things alight when he attacked with three kilometres remaining, taking Brajkovic with him and reeling in the lone leader Jose Angel Gomez Marchante (Saunier Duval). The Spaniard had another go but eventually succumbed to finish fourth, 15 seconds back.
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While he showed great condition this afternoon, Di Luca said that he is relaxed about the outcome of the general classification. "I am here to win stages and did that today, getting one. My main goal is to be in the best possible shape for the world championships. That is my principal objective. I am in good form now, but whatever happens, happens. My favourites for the Vuelta are Valverde and Sastre."
Brajkovic rode very strongly on the final ascent to the ski station and finished a close second on the stage. "I was actually very surprised as for the first couple of days I didn't feel good," he told Cyclingnews at the top of the climb. "But yesterday my legs were starting to come around. In the first few climbs today I didn't want to push too much, but rather save as much energy as possible. The plan was to help Tom [Danielson] on the final climb. When Di Luca attacked I tried to follow…in the beginning there was a little gap which I managed to close and then I just followed the wheel.
"Obviously Tom is our leader here," the 2004 under 23 world time trial champion continued. "That is my first priority - I don't think I am going to be capable of maintaining this kind of shape for the whole race."
Danielson looked a little disappointed with his 11th place at the finish, but was also philosophical. "I think it might just be a case of the first day in the mountains. This is a special race, a long race, so…
"It was windy and hard and just really hot out there. I didn't feel that super on the climb; I was okay, but not super. I am happy in that I didn't lose that much time despite having a bad day. This is a long race and the first day in the mountains doesn't say a lot."
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Carlos Sastre finished 20 seconds quicker than Danielson but also lost time to Di Luca. He came in just ahead of Valverde to place 5th, a solid ride. "Today was a difficult day for everybody and a bit strange, too. It is the first time in a Grand Tour that was have started so early in the mountains and nobody was sure what was going to happen today.
"I did my best. The team did a sensational job for me today but in the end I couldn't do more. I was with Valverde because I think he that he is one of the most important riders in this race. It was a nice day and an important day for the team, again."
Sastre is just 29 seconds back overall and is clearly still in the hunt. But one who may definitely have lost his chance today is defending champion Denis Menchov. He crossed the line 3'37 behind and is now 29th overall, 4'02 off the gold jersey. That's undeniably a disappointment, but he was in a polite mood at the finish and willing to give his thoughts.
"I didn't see anything [about what happened with the other favourites]," said the Russian. "I was behind. I didn't feel good today. I don't know if it is just because this is the first day in the mountains…maybe my form has gone down [since the Tour]. We will see. That's life."
Oscar Pereiro was also philosophical afterwards when he gave his reaction to Spain's Onda Cero radio. "My sensations weren't too good or bad. The stage rhythm was pretty hard and in the end I paid the price of the last month [without competing]. At some moment, I thought I could have saved the day. It is not a disappointment at all because it was a realistic bet that I wouldn't be in the top positions.
That hectic post-Tour month he mentioned means that he may take a little bit of time to regain his racing sharpness, and thus didn't rule out a fightback. "We were saying that Alejandro [Valverde] was going to be our leader. But in the Tour I recovered 30 minutes, so imagine how little five minutes is. However, that said, now we have a clear leader to support."
How it unfolded
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The Vuelta a España has finished twice in La Covatilla before today. Santi Blanco won here in 2002. The other time there was a finish in this ski station was in 2004. On that day, Colombia's Felix Cardenas won that stage over Santiago Perez and Roberto Heras (later winner of that edition).
Andre Korff (T-Mobile) was the first rider to abandon this year's Vuelta as he didn't take the start this morning in Plasencia. Korff was having health problems yesterday and it forced him to quit the race.
There were some movements in the first kilometres made by the Astana team riders. However, the peloton controlled those attacks and rode together for the first part of the stage. At the first intermediate sprint in Jaraiz de la Vera (km 31), Daniel Becke (Milram) was first with Laszlo Bodrogi (Credit Agricole) second and Angel Gomez (Saunier Duval) third.
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At the first climb in Puerto de Piornal (km 50), a lead group was formed with 16 riders: Paolo Bettini (Quick Step), Vladimir Gusev, Benoît Joachim (Discovery Channel), Sergio Paulinho (Astana), Pietro Caucchioli (Credit Agricole), Joaquin Rodriguez, David Arroyo (Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears), Michael Rasmussen (Rabobank), Torsten Hiekmann (Gerolsteiner), Iñigo Landaluze (Euskaltel), Xavier Florencio (Bouygues Telecom), Eric Leblacher (Française des Jeux), Angel Gomez (Saunier Duval), Jose Luis Arrieta (AG2R) and Jose Miguel Elias and Angel Vallejo (Relax). They led by 1'28 over the peloton at the summit, where Vallejo crossed first ahead of Florencio and Joachim.
In Cabezuela del Valle there was the second and last intermediate sprint (km 79.8) where Joaquin Rodriguez crossed in first position followed by Xavier Florencio and Eric Leblacher. At that point, the breakaway's gap was around a minute. The lead riders started the Puerto de Honduras, the second climb of the day, and had 2'09 on the bunch at km 92. Meanwhile, Charles Wegelius (Liquigas) quit the race due to the hard crash he suffered some kilometres before.
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Bettini, Florencio, Vallejo, Rodriguez, Gomez and Leblacher couldn't keep the pace of the other leaders and lost some seconds at km 98. Gusev, Paulinho, Joachim, Rasmussen, Hiekmann, Landaluze, Caucchioli, Elias, Arroyo and Arrieta crowned Puerto de Honduras 36 seconds ahead of the distanced riders, and around four minutes ahead of the peloton. At km 112, the lead group reformed and there were 16 riders back in front with 4'24 on the bunch.
The third climb of the day was the cat. 2 Alto de Lagunilla. Elias, Caucchioli and Paulinho were the first three riders at the summit (km 136) followed by Gusev, Rasmussen, Arroyo, Landaluze and Joachim. The gap to the CSC-led peloton was just 2'26 at this stage, and that prompted Iñigo Landaluze to attack alone, and he got a gap over the other seven riders. At km 150 (28 km to go), the Basque rider led by 55 seconds over his pursuers.
With 20 km to go, Landaluze remained as the lone leader with 1'30 over the seven chasers. The peloton, now led by Caisse d'Epargne, was around three minutes behind the Euskaltel rider. But when he started the climb of La Covatilla, he quickly lost ground and was caught at 13 km to go, with the bunch now less than a minute behind.
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Sergio Paulinho and David Arroyo attacked the break and kept their chances alive, as Iñigo Cuesta (CSC) set a fierce pace behind to shred the peloton. Denis Menchov (Rabobank) and Oscar Pereiro (Illes Balears) were some of the early victims, and Alexandre Vinokourov (Astana) followed.
Jose Angel Gomez Marchante (Saunier Duval) bridged up to the two leaders at 6 km to go, as the favourites' group was reduced to just Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears), Samuel Sanchez (Euskaltel), Janez Brajkovic and Tom Danielson (Discovery Channel), Andrey Kashechkin (Astana), Leonardo Piepoli (Saunier Duval), Carlos Sastre (CSC) and Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas).
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As Gomez Marchante eventually got rid of Paulinho and Arroyo, Di Luca made a big attack at 3 km to go followed by Brajkovic. These two caught the leader and left the rest behind, but Brajkovic did want to work at all. That gave Gomez Marchante the opportunity for a second attack with 2 km to go, but he ran out of legs as Di Luca dragged the Slovenian back up. They reached the final kilometre and Andrey Kashechkin (Astana) was able to join the front group, having left Sastre and Valverde behind.
At the finish, Di Luca was clearly faster than Brajkovic, crossed the line in first place followed by Brajkovic and Kashechkin. Gomez Marchante was the best Spanish rider in fourth position, while Sastre and Valverde came behind in fifth and sixth place.
Stage 6 – August 31: Zamora-Leon, 177 km
A typical first week stage with no mountains between Zamora and Leon. There are two intermediate sprints: Villarin de Campos (km 34) and Mansilla de las Mulas (km 156.5). This stage is a big opportunity for the sprinters without wins like Thor Hushovd, Alessandro Petacchi and others to raise their hands at the finish line.
Photography
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- Carlos Sastre (CSC) leads Alejandro Valverde in pursuit of the front riders
- Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas) wins the stage on La Covatilla
- Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas) salutes as he wins the stage
- Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas) is kissed on the podium as the new race leader
Images by Unipublic
- Oscar Pereiro (Caisse d'Epargne) signing on
- Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Phonak) in his last ever race?
- Thor Hushovd (Credit Agricole) signs autographs
- Cutting the ribbon in Plasencia
- The peloton waiting to start
- Kilometre zero and Astana goes on the attack
- The peloton in the early stages
- Paulinho and Valverde near the start
- A Francaise des Jeux rider tries to escape
- Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step) made the leading group
- Inigo Landaluze (Euskaltel) was one of the day's protagonists
- Michael Rasmussen (Rabobank) leads the break
- Arroyo and Gusev working
- The tail end of the bunch
- The main bunch ascends a rocky climb
- The peloton like ants
- Michael Rasmussen (Rabobank) rides with Caucchioli
- Inigo Landaluze (Euskaltel) on his own in the lead
- The leading break working together
- Benoit Joachim (Discovery) in search of mountain points
- Sergio Paulinho (Astana) punctured, but quickly returned to the leaders
- Caisse d'Epargne riding tempo for Valverde
- Jose Angel Gomez Marchante (Saunier Duval) away on his own
- Inigo Cuesta (CSC) shreds the lead group
- The pain on the faces of Valverde, Kashechkin and Sastre
- Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas) celebrates victory
- Laszlo Bodrogi (CA) comes into the finish
- Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas) has the gold jersey, but doesn't expect to keep it
- Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas) with his gold bouquet
- Thor Hushovd (Credit Agricole) in the points jersey
Images by Shane Stokes/Cyclingnews.com
- A pensive Tom Danielson after stage 5.
- Danielson was disappointed to lose a little bit of time, but said that the Vuelta was 'a long race' and that he expected to feel better as the tour progressed.
- Denis Menchov (Rabobank) admitted at the finish that his form is perhaps on the way down after a good Tour de France. He is the defending champion after the disqualification of Roberto Heras for doping.
- Janez Brajkovic (Discovery Channel) was justifyably happy with his strong ride.
- First on the stage was Danilo di Luca (Liquigas).
- Danilo di Luca (Liquigas) took the maillot oro of race leader.
- Go on, then...
- The combination jersey is also Danilo di Luca's.
- A nice end to an exciting day.
Results
1 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 5.02.25 (35.31 km/h) 2 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 3 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana Team 0.07 4 José Ange Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.15 5 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 0.22 6 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 7 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 0.36 8 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.39 9 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 10 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team 0.42 11 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 12 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.09 13 Jesús Hernández (Spa) Relax-Gam 1.27 14 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.32 15 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana Team 1.35 16 Josep Jufre (Spa) Davitamon-Lotto 1.44 17 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 18 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 19 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1.54 20 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 2.12 21 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana Team 2.13 22 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital 2.15 23 Juan José Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.32 24 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 25 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.52 26 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux 2.56 27 Luis Pérez (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 3.03 28 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 3.37 29 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 30 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 31 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana Team 32 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital 33 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 4.08 34 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC 4.14 35 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 4.23 36 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Milram 37 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Astana Team 38 Mauricio Ardila (Col) Rabobank 39 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 4.28 40 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4.39 41 Raúl García De Mateo (Spa) Relax-Gam 5.02 42 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 5.38 43 Iñigo Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 44 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 45 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 46 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 47 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Gam 48 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 49 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 50 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6.10 51 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 6.56 52 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 53 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 7.20 54 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 7.22 55 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC 8.25 56 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax-Gam 57 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 8.26 58 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 9.15 59 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 60 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team 61 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Astana Team 62 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 63 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 64 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 11.33 65 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française des Jeux 12.13 66 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 12.53 67 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 68 Steve Morabito (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 69 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 70 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 71 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 72 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 73 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 74 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 75 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 76 José Antonio Garrido (Spa) Quick Step-Innergetic 77 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax-Gam 78 Luis Fernández Oliveira (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 79 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 14.52 80 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas 14.58 81 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 15.45 82 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 83 David George (RSA) Relax-Gam 84 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 15.48 85 Alberto Benítez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 17.39 86 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 19.57 87 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 20.16 88 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner 20.53 89 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team 90 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 91 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 92 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 22.10 93 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 94 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 95 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 96 Ian Mcleod (RSA) Française des Jeux 97 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 98 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 99 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agricole 100 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana Team 101 José Antonio Redondo (Spa) Astana Team 102 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 103 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 104 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 105 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank 22.50 106 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 23.11 107 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas 23.45 108 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 23.52 109 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 25.24 110 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux 27.59 111 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 112 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 113 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 114 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française des Jeux 115 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 116 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 117 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 118 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 119 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 120 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 121 Florian Stalder (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 122 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 123 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax-Gam 124 Bastiaan Giling (Ned) T-Mobile Team 125 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 126 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 127 Jorge García (Spa) Relax-Gam 128 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas 129 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank 130 José Vicent Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 131 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 132 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 133 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 134 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 135 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 136 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 137 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 138 Pierre Drancourt (Bel) Bouygues Telecom 139 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas 140 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 141 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole 142 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 143 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 144 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 145 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 146 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 147 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 148 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R Prevoyance 149 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 150 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 151 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Credit Agricole 152 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 153 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 154 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 155 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Team Milram 156 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole 157 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 158 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 159 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram 160 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 161 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 162 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 163 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 164 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 165 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 166 Bingen Fernández (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 167 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 168 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française des Jeux 169 Mario De Sarraga (Spa) Relax-Gam 170 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 171 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 172 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 173 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital 174 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 175 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 176 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 177 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana Team 28.18 178 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Credit Agricole 29.42 179 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 30.18 180 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 30.23 181 David Navas (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 30.58 182 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 31.25 183 Volodymyr Dyudya (Ukr) Team Milram 31.27 Outside time limit TC Freddy Bichot (Fra) Française des Jeux 39.15 TC Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Française des Jeux 39.21 TC Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 39.26 DNF Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas DNF Miguel A. Martín Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems DNS André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team Points 1 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 25 pts 2 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 20 3 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana Team 16 4 José Ange Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 14 5 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 12 6 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 10 7 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 9 8 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8 9 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 7 10 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team 6 11 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 5 12 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4 13 Jesús Hernández (Spa) Relax-Gam 3 14 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Phonak Hearing Systems 2 15 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana Team 1 Mountains Puerto de Piornal - Cat. 1, km 53 1 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax-Gam 16 pts 2 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 12 3 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 10 4 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Gam 8 5 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 6 6 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana Team 4 7 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 3 8 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 2 9 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 Puerto de Honduras - Cat. 1, km 100 1 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 16 pts 2 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 12 3 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 10 4 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Gam 8 5 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana Team 6 6 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 4 7 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 3 8 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2 9 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 1 Alto de Lagunilla - Cat. 2, km 136 1 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Gam 10 pts 2 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 7 3 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana Team 5 4 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 3 5 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 2 6 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 1 Estación de Esquí La Covatilla Cat. E, km 178 1 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 30 pts 2 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 25 3 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana Team 20 4 José Ange Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 16 5 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 12 6 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 10 7 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 8 8 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6 9 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 4 10 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team 3 11 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2 12 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1 Sprints Jaraiz de la Vera, km 31 1 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Milram 4 pts 2 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 2 3 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1 Cabezuela del Valle, km 79,8 1 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 4 pts 2 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 2 3 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française des Jeux 1 Teams 1 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 15.08.36 2 Astana 2.34 3 Saunier Duval - Prodir 2.35 4 Euskaltel - Euskadi 2.46 5 Caisse D'Epargne - Illes Balears 3.27 6 Lampre - Fondital 5.07 7 Team CSC 10.11 8 Rabobank 10.16 9 Relax - GAM 10.46 10 T- Mobile Team 18.01 11 Gerolsteiner 22.10 12 Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 23.50 13 Phonak Hearing Systems 25.57 14 Davitamon - Lotto 28.11 15 Ag2r Prevoyance 32.55 16 Liquigas 33.53 17 Credit Agricole 35.07 18 Française des Jeux 36.08 19 Quick Step - Innergetic 36.48 20 Team Milram 40.16 21 Bouygues Telecom 47.38 General classification after stage 5 1 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 18.37.56 2 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.04 3 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana Team 0.18 4 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 0.29 5 José Ange Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.35 6 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 0.36 7 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.55 8 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.58 9 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team 1.00 10 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.04 11 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 12 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.29 13 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana Team 1.54 14 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.06 15 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.09 16 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 17 Jesús Hernández (Spa) Relax-Gam 2.11 18 Josep Jufre (Spa) Davitamon-Lotto 2.16 19 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana Team 2.32 20 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital 2.43 21 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 2.46 22 Juan José Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.52 23 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3.12 24 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 3.24 25 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux 3.31 26 Luis Pérez (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 3.40 27 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 3.53 28 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana Team 3.56 29 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 4.02 30 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 31 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital 4.05 32 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC 4.21 33 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 4.24 34 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Milram 4.32 35 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 4.42 36 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Astana Team 37 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 4.45 38 Mauricio Ardila (Col) Rabobank 4.48 39 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 5.09 40 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5.10 41 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5.46 42 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 5.52 43 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 5.54 44 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 6.03 45 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 46 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 6.10 47 Iñigo Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 6.12 48 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Gam 6.22 49 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6.35 50 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 7.03 51 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 7.16 52 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 7.42 53 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 7.53 54 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC 8.32 55 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 8.52 56 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax-Gam 9.09 57 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 9.10 58 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team 9.33 59 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Astana Team 9.34 60 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 9.41 61 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 9.43 62 Raúl García De Mateo (Spa) Relax-Gam 9.46 63 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 11.49 64 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 12.37 65 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française des Jeux 12.46 66 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 13.07 67 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 13.10 68 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 13.12 69 José Antonio Garrido (Spa) Quick Step-Innergetic 13.15 70 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 13.18 71 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 72 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 13.19 73 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 13.27 74 Steve Morabito (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 75 Luis Fernández Oliveira (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 76 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 13.30 77 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 13.33 78 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax-Gam 14.07 79 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 14.59 80 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas 15.18 81 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 16.19 82 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 16.24 83 David George (RSA) Relax-Gam 17.10 84 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 17.14 85 Alberto Benítez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 18.01 86 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 20.26 87 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 20.28 88 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 20.55 89 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team 21.11 90 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 21.18 91 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner 21.19 92 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 22.10 93 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 22.28 94 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana Team 22.29 95 José Antonio Redondo (Spa) Astana Team 96 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 22.30 97 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 22.32 98 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 22.37 99 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 22.41 100 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 22.42 101 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 22.44 102 Ian Mcleod (RSA) Française des Jeux 23.05 103 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank 23.15 104 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 23.42 105 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas 24.05 106 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 24.38 107 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 25.50 108 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 26.14 109 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 27.27 110 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 27.54 111 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 28.06 112 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 113 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 28.10 114 José Vicent Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 28.13 115 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 28.14 116 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Team Milram 117 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 28.15 118 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 119 Bastiaan Giling (Ned) T-Mobile Team 28.17 120 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 121 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 28.21 122 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 123 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 124 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 125 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank 28.24 126 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 127 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 128 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 28.25 129 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 130 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 131 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 28.27 132 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital 133 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 134 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas 28.28 135 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas 136 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 28.30 137 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 138 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 28.31 139 Pierre Drancourt (Bel) Bouygues Telecom 28.32 140 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 28.33 141 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 142 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 143 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R Prevoyance 144 Florian Stalder (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 145 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 146 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française des Jeux 28.34 147 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française des Jeux 148 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 149 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 28.35 150 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 28.36 151 Bingen Fernández (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 152 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 153 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana Team 28.37 154 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 28.39 155 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax-Gam 28.43 156 Jorge García (Spa) Relax-Gam 157 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 28.46 158 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 28.47 159 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux 28.50 160 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 28.56 161 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 29.00 162 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 29.08 163 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 29.20 164 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 29.26 165 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 29.30 166 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 29.58 167 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Credit Agricole 30.02 168 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 30.05 169 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram 30.16 170 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 30.49 171 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 31.01 172 David Navas (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 31.32 173 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 31.45 174 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 32.00 175 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 32.01 176 Volodymyr Dyudya (Ukr) Team Milram 33.34 177 Mario De Sarraga (Spa) Relax-Gam 35.20 178 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 36.24 179 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agricole 37.17 180 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole 39.03 181 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Credit Agricole 41.05 182 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 45.28 183 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole 48.27 Points classification 1 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 68 pts 2 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 47 3 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 45 4 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 35 5 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 35 6 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 31 7 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 29 8 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 25 9 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 20 10 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française des Jeux 18 11 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana Team 16 12 José Ange Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 14 13 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 14 14 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 14 15 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 13 16 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 12 17 Mario De Sarraga (Spa) Relax-Gam 12 18 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 10 19 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 9 20 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 9 21 Raúl García De Mateo (Spa) Relax-Gam 8 22 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 8 23 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8 24 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank 8 25 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 7 26 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana Team 7 27 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 7 28 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team 6 29 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 6 30 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 5 31 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 5 32 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Milram 4 33 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 4 34 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4 35 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4 36 Jesús Hernández (Spa) Relax-Gam 3 37 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 3 38 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 3 39 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 3 40 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Phonak Hearing Systems 2 41 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 2 42 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 2 43 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 2 44 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana Team 1 45 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française des Jeux 1 46 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1 47 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1 Mountains classification 1 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 30 pts 2 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Gam 26 3 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 26 4 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 25 5 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 25 6 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana Team 20 7 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 19 8 Mario De Sarraga (Spa) Relax-Gam 18 9 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax-Gam 16 10 José Ange Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 16 11 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana Team 15 12 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 12 13 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 12 14 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 10 15 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 8 16 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 7 17 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 6 18 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6 19 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 6 20 José Antonio Garrido (Spa) Quick Step-Innergetic 6 21 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5 22 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 4 23 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 4 24 Jorge García (Spa) Relax-Gam 4 25 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team 3 26 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2 27 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 2 28 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2 29 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 2 30 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1 31 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 1 32 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 33 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole 1 Combination classification 1 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 10 pts 2 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 15 3 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana Team 20 4 José Ange Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 27 5 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 32 6 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 38 7 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 45 8 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 51 9 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 54 10 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team 62 11 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 64 12 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana Team 68 13 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 76 14 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 80 15 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 128 16 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 152 17 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 183 18 Mario De Sarraga (Spa) Relax-Gam 202 19 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 204 Teams classification 1 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 55.40.27 2 Astana 2.37 3 Saunier Duval - Prodir 2.39 4 Euskaltel - Euskadi 2.55 5 Caisse D'Epargne - Illes Balears 3.25 6 Lampre - Fondital 5.19 7 Team CSC 10.02 8 Rabobank 10.25 9 Relax - GAM 11.14 10 T- Mobile Team 18.03 11 Gerolsteiner 22.20 12 Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 24.11 13 Phonak Hearing Systems 26.15 14 Davitamon - Lotto 28.27 15 Ag2r Prevoyance 33.13 16 Liquigas 33.57 17 Credit Agricole 35.11 18 Française des Jeux 36.27 19 Quick Step - Innergetic 36.54 20 Team Milram 40.15 21 Bouygues Telecom 47.53
