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61st Vuelta a España - GT
Spain, August 26-September 17, 2006
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Stage 9 - September 3: A Fonsagrada - Alto de La Cobertoria, 207.4 km
A tale of two Alex's
Stage two for Vino as Valverde grabs race lead
By Shane Stokes in Alto de La Cobertoria, with additional reporting from Hernan Alvarez
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Déjà vu all over again. Well, almost. The first flashback from today's action was the sight of Alejandro Valverde setting off in pursuit of Alexandre Vinokourov in the closing moments of a big mountain stage of the race. Where it differed from day seven – and where it bore a resemblance to the flatter finale of stage eight – was when Vino raced home, arms aloft, for a big, big victory.
In truth today was all about these two riders. Sure, there were many other protagonistas, especially Vinokourov's Astana teammate and compatriot Andrey Kashechkin, but ultimately, it was Alex against Alej, mano a mano, for the biggest prizes in the race.
For one, the reward was a stage victory in front of Kazakhstan's prime minister, while the other scooped the first maillot oro of his career while being cheered on by his countrymen. Already giddied by Spain's win in the basketball world championships earlier today, the crowd gave huge encouragement to Valverde on the Vuelta's queen stage.
"Of course, we tried our best today," said Vinokourov, when asked if having a very senior politician along for the ride was his motivation for a second success in as many days. "We did a big attack on the last mountain and it all worked out very well. It is very good for us, for Kazakhstan and for the prime minister. I am happy."
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He and Kashechkin attacked from the fragmenting main bunch with six kilometres to go, and opened up a 23 second lead on a group containing Valverde, Carlos Sastre (CSC), Danilo di Luca (Liquigas) and José Angel Gomez Marchante (Saunier Duval). The Caisse d'Epargne rider set off in pursuit some 2 kilometres from the line, prompting Vino to leave a tiring Kashechkin and race ahead for the win.
"We did our best to get the stage and the yellow jersey," the soft-spoken rider explained at the post race press conference. "Kashechkin was going for yellow but in the end Valverde was able to get it. He came after us and I couldn't take the risk of waiting around to sprint against him, so I had to attack.
"I am very happy with my form and condition. Two stages in a row is surprising for me, but I have been very motivated and gave the maximum. I am happy for the team and myself.
Valverde happy in gold
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Valverde continued his evolution as a Grand Tour rider by taking second on the stage and scooping his first ever leader's jersey in the Vuelta. "I like wearing the ProTour jersey but this maillot oro is very special to me," he said. "It was a very tough day - I have done stages as hard as this in the Tour de France but today was very, very difficult day."
"When Vinokourov and Kashechkin attacked we decided to wait as Karpets was still in our group. We let him finish his work driving it at the front. When he was done Sastre attacked and then finally I went, going flat out from there until the end of the stage. I was able to drop Sastre and Di Luca, both of which had been doing work before that."
Vino lost time on the first mountain stage but ever since then he has been both aggressive and improving. Valverde says that he is clearly the one to watch. "I think Vinokourov is going very well, getting stronger each day. But Kashechkin is also very good. They are both probably the most dangerous rivals now, although we cannot forget about riders like Sastre and Marchante.
"The tactics we will adopt depend on the situation of each stage and also the strategy that the team manager decides. We will defend the yellow jersey, depending on how dangerous the breaks that go are. We will decide as we go along."
Last day in gold for Brajkovic
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Valverde's graduation to gold came at the expense of Janez Brajkovic, the Slovenian who has defied all expectation thus far. Today saw the wheels come off a little, the 22 year old losing pace on the final climb and coming home 13th, 2'14 down. He told Cyclingnews afterwards that perhaps he didn't take in enough food.
"I felt very good for the whole stage and then at the end, on the final climb, my legs just went. I was totally empty. I think it was probably hunger knock – prior to that I had no problems and my legs were fine. But then suddenly they went and there was nothing I could do."
Brajkovic was supported on the final climb by Tom Danielson, Manuel Beltrán and Stijn Devolder. These waited for him, something which the young rider was very thankful for afterwards. He said that he is now going to try to recover and see what he can do in the rest of the race. He is sixth overall and a high place in the general classification is still possible.
"It has been amazing to have the jersey in what is my first major Tour," he stated. "The good thing is that tomorrow is a day off, so I will probably be able to recover a little bit more. It will take a little longer to fully recover, though. My plan is that I will keep fighting… If I can stay in top ten, I will keep fighting. Otherwise I will just try to finish the race."
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Brajkovic won the world under 23 time trial title two years ago. He is hoping to go well against the clock here. "If I am going to still be able to be competitive in the mountains, for sure I am going to be able to do a good time trial. We will see, it is a short one. Other guys are going to be getting stronger and stronger in this race while I am feeling a little weaker. So it is going to be very hard."
Danielson looked to be back to normal today, following two disappointing days in the mountains earlier this week. He confirmed this to Cyclingnews and while he didn't say anything about being frustrated in relation to being asked to wait, his body language and general tone hinted that this might have been the case.
"I was stronger today than in the other mountain stages, that is for sure. I was with the first guys, but Johan asked me to wait for Janez. So that is what I had to do.
"I lost time the other day…I still don't know why that happened, but my legs are better now. Today I was sitting easy on the back of Marchante when Sastre attacked. Those guys were going across to Vino and Kashechkin, and I was there. But when your team-mate is in the yellow jersey, I guess that is what you have to do."
Team directeur Johan Bruyneel paid tribute to Danielson and the others for riding for Brajkovic. "I am happy with how the team rode – I think they showed that it is a great team, that they waited for their leader. You have to be big in a defeat, also. I am happy with what I saw.
"It looked like maybe Janez had the hunger knock, he was completely out of energy. We were going to try but it is was very likely that he would stay up there, it was going to be very tough. But I am happy with how he rode. He lost too much time for the overall now but even so, I think you are still going to be talking about him later on in this Tour of Spain."
How it unfolded
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Today was the first time that a Vuelta stage finished on Alto de La Cobertoria. This climb was part of the route of previous Tours of Spain, but only as an intermediate climb before the end. Alex Zülle had a bad crash descending La Cobertoria in 1993 and lost the Vuelta, which Tony Rominger finally won.
There were 179 riders left in the race - 10 fewer than at the start in Malaga. Josep Jufre (Davitamon-Lotto) and Marco Marzano (Lampre) had abandoned yesterday.
The race started with a rapid tempo when 18 riders, including big names like defending champion Denis Menchov (Rabobank), Michael Rasmussen (Rabobank), Oscar Pereiro (Illes Balears), Paolo Bettini (Quick Step) and David Millar (Saunier Duval), attacked the peloton on the first climb (Alto de Miñide – km 4). The gap wasn’t big and the peloton caught them at km 23.
Just four kilometres later, 11 riders made another attack and got a gap. At the first intermediate sprint in San Antolin (km 29), Dario Cioni (Liquigas) crossed first followed by Xabier Zandio (Illes Balears) and Igor Anton (Euskaltel). The 11 leaders were 1’20 ahead of the big group at that point. Meanwhile, Mathieu Claude (Bouygues Telecom) and Nicolas Jalabert (Phonak) left the race.
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The Puerto del Connio was the second mountain of the stage (km 50). Caucchioli reached the summit in first place with Relax-Gam's Jose Miguel Elias in second and Angel Vallejo in third. Another four riders joined the leaders at that climb, and on the descent, there were 15 riders: Igor Anton and Iñigo Landaluze (Euskaltel-Euskadi), David Arroyo, Joan Horrach and Xabier Zandio (Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears), Carlos Barredo (Astana Team), Mauricio Ardila and Pieter Weening (Rabobank), José Miguel Elias and and Ángel Vallejo (Relax-Gam), Pietro Caucchioli (Credit Agricole), Lars Ytting Bak (Team CSC), Egoi Martinez (Discovery Channel), Dario David Cioni (Liquigas), and Ángel Gómez Gómez (Saunier Duval).
The third climb was the Puerto de Rañadoiro (summit at km 75) and Caucchioli again got the maximum points ahead of Elias and Vallejo. Meanwhile, Andre Greipel, Thomas Ziegler (T-Mobile) and Juan Jose Cobo (Saunier Duval) abandoned the race. Dario Cioni decided to attack the breakaway and got a little gap over the other 14 riders. At km 85, the Italian rider led by 35 seconds ahead of the group, and by around three minutes over the peloton. Cioni’s adventure was short and his chasers caught him at km 99.
The Puerto de Cerredo was the fourth climb (km 102) where Caucchioli also crossed in first with Arroyo and Elias behind. The 15 riders led by 3’30 over the peloton at km 116. The gap was reduced to 1'53 in the following kilometres and the leaders as CSC started working. Meanwhile, Iñaki Isasi (Euskaltel) left the race.
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At the bottom of special category Alto de San Lorenzo (km 157), the breakaway split and just three riders were able to stay up front: Egoi Martinez, Igor Anton and David Arroyo. Behind them, the favourites attacked the peloton and produced an elite group that included Brajkovic, Valverde, Vinokourov, Kashechkin, Di Luca and Sastre among others. Wim de Vocht (Davitamon) was the next rider to abandon the Vuelta at km 164.
At the summit of Alto de San Lorenzo (km 166), the trio crossed in first place (Arroyo, Martinez and Anton in that order). At the second intermediate sprint in San Martin de Teverga (km 177.8), the three riders stayed ahead, leading by approximately one minute over a 25 man chase group. During the descent of San Lorenzo, Bernhard Kohl (T-Mobile) had a crash and had to quit. The leaders couldn’t maintain the gap and were caught by the group, where Carlos Barredo was setting a high tempo. After that, Paolo Bettini (Quick Step) attacked solo. At km 187 (20 km to go), the Italian led by 40 seconds over the chasers.
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Bettini was keeping a good pace and hit the final climb in front. But once the grade steepened to 8.5%, Bettini came back as first Sylvester Szmyd (Lampre) and then Alexandre Vinokourov (Astana) attacked with 6 km to go. Vino flew away with teammate Andrey Kashechkin (Astana) on his wheel, and the Astana duo started to put time into the peloton, where Vladimir Karpets was trying to limit the damage.
With 4 km to go, the chasers were Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears), Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas), Carlos Sastre (CSC) and Jose Gomez Marchante (Saunier Duval). Race leader Brajkovic (Discovery) had been dropped and was already a minute behind, being paced by his teammates Stijn Devolder and Tom Danielson. His lead in the race was only slender, and he eventually finished 2'14 down.
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Valverde upped the tempo alone and accelerated in pursuit of the two leaders, who were 17 seconds in front. The Spaniard showed his class and was able to make contact with Kashechkin. But Vino, who had been doing all the tempo making in front up until that point, had already jumped away to win the stage. Unlike two days ago, he was not caught in the final 100 metres, and was able to celebrate his second win in a row.
First rest day – September 4
Stage 10 – September 5: Aviles-Museo de Altamira, 199.3 km
It will be a rather flattish stage after Monday’s first rest day. The stage will be full of little hills with plenty of ups and downs and with a Cat. 3 climb at km 187.7 (260 m. above sea level). There are two intermediate sprints: Llanes (km 120.4) and Cobreces (km 179). It may be a calm day for the favourites as the rest of the peloton will try to succeed in a breakaway that ends at the finish line or a bunch sprint.
Photography
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- Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) tries to drink and climb out of the saddle at the same time
- Alexandre Vinokourov (Astana) attacks with 6 km to go, with teammate Andrey Kashechkin following
- Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) leads the group in pursuit of Vino and Kash
- Alexandre Vinokourov (Astana) wins the stage atop Alto de La Cobertoria
- Alexandre Vinokourov (Astana) celebrates victory
- Janez Brajkovic (Discovery) after the finish, having lost the gold jersey
- Smilin' Vino kissed on the podium
- Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) is the new leader
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- Bernhard Kohl (T-Mobile) before the start. He crashed and did not finish.
- The peloton during stage 9
- Oscar Pereiro (Caisse d'Epargne) trying to get something happening
- The breakaway
- Carlos Barredo (Astana) bridged up to the break with three more riders
- Well this is interesting
- Stuart O'Grady (CSC) on the front
- The peloton during stage 9
- Lined out in the trees
- Igor Anton (Euskaltel) was the best placed rider in the break
- Egoi Martinez (Discovery) leads the survivors of the big break
- Igor Anton (Euskaltel) suffering
- Mauricio Ardila (Rabobank) takes a drink
- Carlos Sastre (CSC) gets a bike change
- Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step) had a headstart on the final climb, but it didn't last long
- Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) can feel it
- Alexandre Vinokourov (Astana) sets the tempo with Kashechkin on his wheel
- Alexandre Vinokourov (Astana) sensing victory
- Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas) looks back at Valverde
- Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) comes in for second
- Andrey Kashechkin (Astana) tries to limit the damage
- Janez Brajkovic (Discovery) in suffer mode
- Vino and Valverde post stage
Results
1 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana Team 5.50.43 (35.48 km/h) 2 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 0.16 3 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana Team 0.21 4 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 0.43 5 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 6 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 7 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.46 8 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 9 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.59 10 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2.14 11 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 12 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital 13 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 14 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 2.38 15 Luis Pérez (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 2.40 16 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 2.59 17 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 3.03 18 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana Team 3.17 19 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agricole 3.31 20 Jesús Hernández (Spa) Relax-Gam 3.44 21 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 22 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Phonak Hearing Systems 4.20 23 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.23 24 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 4.35 25 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Gam 5.58 26 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 6.58 27 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 9.13 28 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 9.49 29 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC 30 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 31 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax-Gam 32 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 33 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC 34 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Astana Team 35 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital 36 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 10.07 37 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 38 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 11.05 39 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 11.46 40 Iñigo Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 13.25 41 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 42 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française des Jeux 43 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 44 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 45 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 46 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana Team 47 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas 13.35 48 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 14.16 49 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 15.16 50 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 51 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 15.47 52 Raúl García De Mateo (Spa) Relax-Gam 16.42 53 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 17.57 54 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 21.08 55 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 56 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 57 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 58 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 59 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 60 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 61 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 62 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 63 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Milram 64 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 65 José Antonio Garrido (Spa) Quick Step-Innergetic 66 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax-Gam 67 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 68 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team 69 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval-Prodir 70 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 71 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 72 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 23.00 73 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 26.12 74 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 75 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 76 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax-Gam 77 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 78 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 79 Steve Morabito (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 80 David George (RSA) Relax-Gam 81 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 82 Mario De Sarraga (Spa) Relax-Gam 83 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 84 Bingen Fernández (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 85 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 86 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 87 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux 88 Luis Fernández Oliveira (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 89 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 90 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 91 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Astana Team 27.15 92 José Antonio Redondo (Spa) Astana Team 93 José Vicent Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 29.45 94 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 95 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 96 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française des Jeux 97 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 98 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 99 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana Team 100 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 101 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 102 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 103 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R Prevoyance 104 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas 105 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 106 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 107 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 108 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 109 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 110 Florian Stalder (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 111 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana Team 112 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 113 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 114 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 115 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 116 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 117 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 118 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Team Milram 119 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 120 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 121 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 122 Mauricio Ardila (Col) Rabobank 123 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 124 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital 125 Jorge García (Spa) Relax-Gam 126 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 127 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 128 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team 129 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 130 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner 131 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 132 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas 133 Alberto Benítez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 134 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank 135 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 136 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 137 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 138 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 139 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole 140 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 31.23 141 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank 32.35 142 David Navas (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 143 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux 144 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 32.37 145 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 146 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 147 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 148 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 149 Pierre Drancourt (Bel) Bouygues Telecom 150 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Credit Agricole 32.48 151 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 34.34 152 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 36.56 153 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas 154 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole 37.08 155 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 37.21 156 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram 157 Bastiaan Giling (Ned) T-Mobile Team 37.37 158 Ian Mcleod (RSA) Française des Jeux 38.01 159 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française des Jeux 160 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Credit Agricole 38.08 161 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 162 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 38.16 163 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 38.40 164 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 38.42 165 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 38.52 166 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 167 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 38.59 168 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 39.09 169 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 39.26 170 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 171 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram DNF Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom DNF Wim De Vocht (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto DNF Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi DNF Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems DNF Juan José Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir DNF André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team DNF Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team DNF Thomas Ziegler (Ger) T-Mobile Team Points 1 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana Team 25 pts 2 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 20 3 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana Team 16 4 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 14 5 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 12 6 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 10 7 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 9 8 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 8 9 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7 10 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 6 11 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 5 12 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital 4 13 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 3 14 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 2 15 Luis Pérez (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 1 16 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi -5 17 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram -5 18 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner -5 19 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax-Gam -5 20 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank -5 21 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic -5 22 Alberto Benítez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir -5 23 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom -5 Mountains Alto de Miñide - Cat. 3, km 4 1 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 6 pts 2 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4 3 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2 4 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 Puerto de Connio - Cat. 1, km 50 1 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 16 pts 2 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Gam 12 3 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax-Gam 10 4 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 8 5 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 6 6 Mauricio Ardila (Col) Rabobank 4 7 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3 8 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas 2 9 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC 1 Puerto de Rañadoiro - Cat. 1, km 75 1 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 16 pts 2 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Gam 12 3 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax-Gam 10 4 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 8 5 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas 6 6 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 4 7 Mauricio Ardila (Col) Rabobank 3 8 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 9 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC 1 Puerto de Cerredo - Cat. 3, km 102 1 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 6 pts 2 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 4 3 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Gam 2 4 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 Alto de San Lorenzo - Cat. E, km 167 1 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 30 pts 2 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 25 3 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 20 4 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Gam 16 5 Luis Pérez (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 12 6 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 10 7 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 8 8 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 6 9 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 4 10 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Phonak Hearing Systems 3 11 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2 12 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1 Alto de La Cobertoria - Cat. 1, km 207 1 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana Team 16 pts 2 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 12 3 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana Team 10 4 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 8 5 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 6 6 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 4 7 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 3 8 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2 9 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 Sprints San Antolín (Ibias), km 29 1 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas 4 pts 2 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 2 3 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 San Martín de Teverga, km 177,8 1 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 4 pts 2 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2 3 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 Teams 1 Astana 17.35.47 2 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2.36 3 Caisse D'Epargne - Illes Balears 3.51 4 Lampre - Fondital 11.28 5 Euskaltel - Euskadi 12.43 6 Relax - GAM 15.53 7 Team CSC 16.43 8 Saunier Duval - Prodir 19.59 9 Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 22.16 10 Ag2r Prevoyance 26.11 11 Rabobank 32.02 12 Credit Agricole 32.06 13 Liquigas 40.25 14 Phonak Hearing Systems 53.06 15 Davitamon - Lotto 56.03 16 T- Mobile Team 57.07 17 Quick Step - Innergetic 57.14 18 Française des Jeux 1.05.44 19 Team Milram 1.13.27 20 Bouygues Telecom 1.22.04 21 Gerolsteiner 1.22.14 General classification after stage 9 1 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 36.41.31 2 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana Team 0.27 3 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 0.44 4 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.56 5 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana Team 1.38 6 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2.05 7 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 2.21 8 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2.28 9 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 3.59 10 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital 5.18 11 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5.33 12 Luis Pérez (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 6.11 13 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 6.20 14 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 6.36 15 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 6.50 16 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Phonak Hearing Systems 7.16 17 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 7.36 18 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana Team 7.56 19 Jesús Hernández (Spa) Relax-Gam 7.59 20 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8.48 21 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 12.17 22 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 13.55 23 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 14.09 24 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital 14.21 25 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 14.27 26 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Gam 16.18 27 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Astana Team 17.34 28 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 18.01 29 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 19.33 30 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana Team 20.34 31 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 23.00 32 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC 23.04 33 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 23.17 34 Iñigo Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 23.35 35 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC 24.13 36 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 25.28 37 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 26.20 38 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 27.56 39 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax-Gam 27.57 40 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 29.33 41 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Milram 30.48 42 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 32.32 43 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 33.10 44 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas 33.12 45 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 33.21 46 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 33.42 47 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 34.03 48 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 34.24 49 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax-Gam 34.58 50 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 35.00 51 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 35.01 52 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 35.30 53 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 35.44 54 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française des Jeux 37.08 55 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 37.20 56 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval-Prodir 37.31 57 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 38.30 58 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 39.01 59 Mauricio Ardila (Col) Rabobank 39.11 60 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 39.25 61 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux 40.54 62 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 42.39 63 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 43.37 64 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agricole 44.02 65 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 45.10 66 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 46.27 67 Raúl García De Mateo (Spa) Relax-Gam 47.30 68 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 48.49 69 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 48.57 70 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 50.18 71 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team 51.05 72 David George (RSA) Relax-Gam 53.47 73 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 55.38 74 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 55.47 75 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 56.22 76 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 56.57 77 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 57.15 78 José Antonio Garrido (Spa) Quick Step-Innergetic 57.20 79 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 57.36 80 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 58.11 81 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Astana Team 59.42 82 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner 59.49 83 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1.00.08 84 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1.00.14 85 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital 1.00.17 86 Luis Fernández Oliveira (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.00.37 87 Steve Morabito (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.02.08 88 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.02.49 89 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 1.02.52 90 Florian Stalder (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.04.45 91 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 1.05.28 92 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 1.05.45 93 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax-Gam 1.05.55 94 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.06.33 95 José Antonio Redondo (Spa) Astana Team 1.06.50 96 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 1.07.14 97 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.07.33 98 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 1.07.41 99 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.07.55 100 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1.08.57 101 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 1.10.07 102 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1.10.16 103 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 1.10.37 104 Jorge García (Spa) Relax-Gam 1.10.40 105 Alberto Benítez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.10.53 106 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.11.50 107 Pierre Drancourt (Bel) Bouygues Telecom 1.12.04 108 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team 1.12.13 109 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 1.12.40 110 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 1.12.51 111 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 1.12.59 112 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas 1.13.30 113 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 1.13.35 114 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 1.13.36 115 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana Team 1.13.45 116 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.14.12 117 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.14.32 118 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.15.00 119 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 120 Bingen Fernández (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 1.15.46 121 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank 1.15.57 122 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 1.16.17 123 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 1.16.19 124 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.18.34 125 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 1.18.40 126 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.18.42 127 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R Prevoyance 128 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française des Jeux 1.18.43 129 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1.18.53 130 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Team Milram 1.19.35 131 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.19.45 132 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana Team 1.19.58 133 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 1.19.59 134 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 1.20.46 135 José Vicent Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1.20.55 136 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 1.21.55 137 Mario De Sarraga (Spa) Relax-Gam 1.22.01 138 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.22.09 139 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank 1.22.11 140 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas 1.22.20 141 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1.22.21 142 Ian Mcleod (RSA) Française des Jeux 1.22.42 143 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 1.22.47 144 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 1.23.17 145 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1.25.21 146 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.25.22 147 David Navas (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 1.25.24 148 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 1.25.50 149 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.26.06 150 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.26.25 151 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas 1.27.18 152 Bastiaan Giling (Ned) T-Mobile Team 1.27.30 153 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.27.51 154 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 1.28.33 155 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 1.28.44 156 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 157 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 1.29.15 158 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 1.29.56 159 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.30.09 160 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Credit Agricole 1.30.29 161 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1.30.36 162 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 1.30.49 163 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 1.31.48 164 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 1.35.04 165 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.35.05 166 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram 1.35.41 167 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 1.42.02 168 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Credit Agricole 1.42.39 169 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole 1.45.08 170 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole 1.48.08 171 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 1.51.33 Points classification 1 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 111 pts 2 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 71 3 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana Team 60 4 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 59 5 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 59 6 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 48 7 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 46 8 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 42 9 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 42 10 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana Team 40 11 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 40 12 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 37 13 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 35 14 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 35 15 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 29 16 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 29 17 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 28 18 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française des Jeux 28 19 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 21 20 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 19 21 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 14 22 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 14 23 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 13 24 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 12 25 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 10 26 Luis Pérez (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 10 27 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank 10 28 Raúl García De Mateo (Spa) Relax-Gam 8 29 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 8 30 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 8 31 Mario De Sarraga (Spa) Relax-Gam 7 32 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital 7 33 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R Prevoyance 7 34 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 7 35 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana Team 7 36 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 6 37 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 6 38 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 6 39 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 5 40 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital 5 41 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 4 42 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 4 43 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas 4 44 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Milram 4 45 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 4 46 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 4 47 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 4 48 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4 49 Jesús Hernández (Spa) Relax-Gam 3 50 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 3 51 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 3 52 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 3 53 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 3 54 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 2 55 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Phonak Hearing Systems 2 56 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 57 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2 58 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 2 59 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Astana Team 2 60 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 2 61 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 2 62 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 2 63 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana Team 1 64 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital 1 65 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française des Jeux 1 66 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1 67 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1 68 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1 69 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1 70 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 1 Mountains classification 1 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 73 pts 2 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Gam 70 3 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 52 4 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 42 5 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 42 6 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 40 7 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax-Gam 36 8 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 33 9 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana Team 32 10 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 32 11 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 27 12 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 27 13 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 26 14 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana Team 20 15 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 19 16 Mario De Sarraga (Spa) Relax-Gam 18 17 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 15 18 Luis Pérez (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 15 19 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana Team 15 20 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 14 21 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 12 22 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 9 23 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 8 24 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas 8 25 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7 26 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 7 27 Mauricio Ardila (Col) Rabobank 7 28 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 6 29 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 6 30 José Antonio Garrido (Spa) Quick Step-Innergetic 6 31 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5 32 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5 33 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 4 34 Jorge García (Spa) Relax-Gam 4 35 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 3 36 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Phonak Hearing Systems 3 37 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3 38 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 2 39 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC 2 40 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2 41 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 2 42 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 1 43 Raúl García De Mateo (Spa) Relax-Gam 1 44 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole 1 Combination classification 1 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 10 pts 2 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 15 3 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana Team 21 4 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana Team 22 5 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 23 6 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 26 7 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 26 8 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 42 9 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 46 10 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 56 11 Luis Pérez (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 56 12 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 59 13 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 67 14 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 73 15 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 75 16 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 87 17 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana Team 100 18 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 100 19 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 106 20 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Phonak Hearing Systems 107 21 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas 111 22 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 126 23 Raúl García De Mateo (Spa) Relax-Gam 138 24 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 183 25 Mario De Sarraga (Spa) Relax-Gam 184 26 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 192 27 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 238 28 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 251 Teams classification 1 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 109.56.58 2 Astana 3.19 3 Caisse D'Epargne - Illes Balears 6.35 4 Lampre - Fondital 15.26 5 Euskaltel - Euskadi 18.19 6 Saunier Duval - Prodir 29.34 7 Relax - GAM 34.36 8 Team CSC 36.00 9 Rabobank 47.12 10 Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 54.31 11 Ag2r Prevoyance 1.06.12 12 Credit Agricole 1.16.09 13 Liquigas 1.34.14 14 Davitamon - Lotto 1.34.23 15 Phonak Hearing Systems 1.44.49 16 T- Mobile Team 1.54.18 17 Gerolsteiner 1.56.17 18 Française des Jeux 2.07.12 19 Quick Step - Innergetic 2.14.07 20 Bouygues Telecom 2.26.45 21 Team Milram 2.36.30
