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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

Alexandre Vinokourov (Astana)
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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."

Alexandre Vinokourov (Astana)
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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."

Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne)
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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

Andrey Kashechkin (Astana)
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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.

Carlos Sastre (CSC)
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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

Laszlo Bodrogi (Credit Agricole)
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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.

Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne)
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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.

Alexandre Vinokourov (Astana)
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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.

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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
 
 

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