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86th Volta a Catalunya - PT
Spain, May 15-21, 2006
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Stage 4 - May 18: Perafort - Vallnord (Sector Arcalís) Andorra, 225.0 km
Castaño breaks through
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The little known Carlos Castaño (Kaiku) has surprised the big guns to win the queen stage of the Volta a Catalunya, a 225 km stage containing four climbs and finishing on the special category ascent to Vallnord, sector Arcalís. Castaño jumped clear of the peloton towards the bottom of the climb, caught the remnants of the early breakaway, and crossed the line with 52 seconds to spare on Christophe Moreau (AG2R) and 1'53 over Santiago Botero (Phonak Hearing Systems). He also took the lead in the general classification, with Botero in second at 1'18 and Moreau third at 1'24.
It was 27 year-old Castaño's third win as a pro, in this only his second year in the paid ranks. It was also the second win by a pro continental team in this ProTour race.
How it unfolded
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The breakaway of the day was formed after just nine kilometres, as no-one was too keen to ride hard with 225 km of racing to go. In it were Ricardo Serrano (Kaiku), Iñigo Landaluze (Euskaltel Euskadi), Remy di Gregorio (Française des Jeux) and Christophe Moreau (AG2R). On the first climb of the day, the Cat. 2 Alt de Belltall (km 43), Di Gregorio was first ahead of Moreau and Landaluze.
After that, the breakaways gained a huge advantage of 23'13 after 62 km, which had only reduced to 20'54 after km 111. Gerolsteiner and Phonak started to chase, and the gap shrank to a safer 12'18 after 160 km.
Di Gregorio was first to the meta volante sprint at Sant Julia De Loria (km 183.1) before the final part of the stage started with three more climbs to tackle. Moreau was first to the Cat. 1 Alt De La Comella, getting rid of his companions, and made it to the foot of the climb to Vallnord with 6'50 on the main bunch, where Caisse d'Epargne had joined in to help the chase.
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Then came the surprise attack from Castaño with 15 km to go, joined by David de la Fuente (Saunier Duval). They got a gap, and Castaño felt good enough to go solo, first catching Landaluze, and then Moreau towards the top. The Frenchman did well to hold onto second place, but no-one was catching Castaño. The best of the rest was Botero, who conceded nearly two minutes to Castaño at the top to take third.
With three more easier stages to come, Castaño now looks good to take the overall win in the Volta, a surprise for a relatively new pro continental rider. It could end up being a feat similar to Jose Antonio Pecharroman (who was 14th today) three years ago, or it could be that we have uncovered the next good Spanish stage racer.
Tomorrow's fifth stage will start in Llivia and finish in Manlleu after 161.5 km, containing two Cat. 2 climbs.
Photography
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- The peloton early on in the stage
- Riding across a bridge during stage 4
- Through fields of flowers in stage 4
- A bi-directional peloton?
- Phonak and Gerolsteiner chasing the leaders
- Christophe Moreau (AG2R) works hard to stay away
- Santi Botero leads the bunch on the climb up to Vallnord
- Santi Botero (Phonak) with Joaquin Rodriguez (Caisse d'Epargne) on his wheel
- Ryder Hesjedal (Phonak) works for Santi Botero
- Carlos Castano (Kaiku) looks up ahead
- Carlos Castano (Kaiku) on his own, in pursuit of victory
- Carlos Castano (Kaiku) wins the fourth stage
Results
1 Carlos Castano (Spa) Kaiku 6.03.41 2 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 0.52 3 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.53 4 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.12 5 Rodrigo Garcia (Spa) Kaiku 2.37 6 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 7 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel 8 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 9 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 10 David Canada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 11 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 12 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 2.57 13 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 14 José A. Pecharroman (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 2.59 15 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.15 16 Jose Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Gam 17 Adolfo Garcia (Spa) Andalucia-Paul Versan 3.26 18 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 3.41 19 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 3.52 20 Jaume Rovira (Spa) Andalucia-Paul Versan 4.01 21 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4.05 22 Trent Lowe (Aus) Discovery Channel 23 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Credit Agricole 24 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 25 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 26 Juan Jose Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 27 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 28 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 4.32 29 Alberto Losada (Spa) Kaiku 30 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 31 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 5.02 32 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5.04 33 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Wurth 34 Steve Morabito (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 5.23 35 Jukka Vastaranta (Fin) Rabobank 36 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Francaise Des Jeux 5.26 37 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 38 Luis Perez (Spa) Andalucia-Paul Versan 39 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quick Step-Innergetic 40 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 5.48 41 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 42 Jesus Hernandez (Spa) Relax-Gam 6.26 43 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 7.31 44 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agricole 45 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Liberty Seguros-Wurth 7.53 46 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak Hearing Systems 8.07 47 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 48 David H. George (RSA) Relax-Gam 8.15 49 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 8.18 50 David Herrero (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8.24 51 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel 8.39 52 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 53 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 54 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step-Innergetic 55 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 9.17 56 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 10.07 57 Francisco José Lara (Spa) Andalucia-Paul Versan 58 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 59 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 60 David Blanco (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 10.43 61 Ruben Plaza (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 62 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 63 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 64 Ezequiel Mosquera (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 65 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 66 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 10.57 67 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 68 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros-Wurth 11.23 69 Angel Vallejo (Spa) Relax-Gam 70 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 71 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) 3 Molinos-Resort 11.39 72 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 11.44 73 Manuel Vazquez (Spa) Andalucia-Paul Versan 74 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 12.21 75 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 12.28 76 Sergio Dominguez (Spa) 3 Molinos-Resort 12.43 77 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Team Milram 12.56 78 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 13.03 79 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 13.47 80 Ruben Oarbeascoa (Spa) Kaiku 14.03 81 Rafael Casero (Spa) 3 Molinos-Resort 14.11 82 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 83 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 84 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 85 Francis Mourey (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 86 Xavier Tondo (Spa) Relax-Gam 14.20 87 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 14.51 88 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 15.27 89 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 16.18 90 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 17.13 91 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 92 Sébastien Portal (Fra) Credit Agricole 93 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 17.47 94 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Andalucia-Paul Versan 18.05 95 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 96 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Wurth 18.31 97 Aketza Pena (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 18.39 98 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas 19.15 99 Israel Nunez (Spa) Kaiku 19.42 100 Joseba Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 101 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 102 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 103 Javier Pascual (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 104 David Navas (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 20.45 105 Eladio Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Wurth 21.28 106 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 22.50 107 Angel Edo (Spa) Andalucia-Paul Versan 22.53 108 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank 109 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 110 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 111 Jesus Del Nero (Spa) 3 Molinos-Resort 112 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) Discovery Channel 113 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Wurth 114 Miguel A M.Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 115 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 116 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 117 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 118 David Bernabeu (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 119 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 120 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 121 Jordi Riera (Spa) 3 Molinos-Resort 122 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 123 Raul Garcia (Spa) Relax-Gam 124 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 125 Jesus Buendia (Spa) 3 Molinos-Resort 126 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 127 Jose Alberto Benitez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 22.57 128 Ivan Santos (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Wurth 23.20 129 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Discovery Channel 23.23 130 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Kaiku 24.23 131 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Team Milram 24.29 132 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 133 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Liquigas 24.40 134 Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 135 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 136 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 137 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole 28.12 138 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick Step-Innergetic 139 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 140 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 141 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Team Milram 142 Bastiaan Giling (Ned) T-Mobile Team 143 Nick Ingels (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 144 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 145 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Wurth 146 Mario De Sarraga (Spa) Relax-Gam 147 Jorge Garcia (Spa) Relax-Gam 148 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 149 Alexei Markov (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 150 Roger Hammond (GBr) Discovery Channel 151 Luciano A. Pagliarini (Bra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 152 Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) Team Milram 153 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 154 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 155 Lars Michaelsen (Den) Team CSC 156 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 157 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel 158 Matteo Bonomi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 159 José Antonio Lopez (Spa) Kaiku 160 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel 161 Joseba Albizu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 162 Isidro Cerrato (Spa) 3 Molinos-Resort 163 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 164 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Kaiku 165 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 166 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 167 Luis Oliveira (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 168 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole 169 Claudio José Casas (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 170 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 171 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 172 Christopher Sutton (Aus) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 173 Michele Gobbi (Ita) Team Milram 174 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 175 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 176 Marco Milesi (Ita) Liquigas 177 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 178 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Team CSC 179 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 180 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 181 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 182 Isaac Galvez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 183 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Liquigas 184 Eric Berthou (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 28.20 185 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 28.47 186 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 28.50 187 Juan Olmo (Spa) Andalucia-Paul Versan 188 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 29.52 189 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 190 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 191 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 192 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Team Milram 32.28 Points 1 Carlos Castano (Spa) Kaiku 25 pts 2 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 20 3 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 16 4 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Phonak Hearing Systems 14 5 Rodrigo Garcia (Spa) Kaiku 12 6 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 10 7 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel 9 8 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 8 9 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 7 10 David Canada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 6 11 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 5 12 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 4 13 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 3 14 José A. Pecharroman (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 2 15 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 Mountains Alt De Belltall - Cat. 2, km 43,50 1 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 10 pts 2 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 7 3 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5 4 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Kaiku 3 5 Jose Alberto Benitez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2 6 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1 Alt De La Comella - Cat. 1, km 194,00 1 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 16 pts 2 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 12 3 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 10 4 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Kaiku 8 5 Jose Alberto Benitez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 6 6 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 4 7 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Phonak Hearing Systems 3 8 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 2 9 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Liberty Seguros-Wurth 1 Alt De La Massana - Cat. 2, km 203,10 1 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 10 pts 2 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7 3 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 5 4 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3 5 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2 6 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1 Alt De Vallnord Sector Arcalis, Special Cat., km 225,00 1 Carlos Castano (Spa) Kaiku 30 pts 2 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 25 3 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 20 4 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Phonak Hearing Systems 16 5 Rodrigo Garcia (Spa) Kaiku 12 6 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 10 7 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel 8 8 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 6 9 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 4 10 David Canada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3 11 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 2 12 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1 Metas Volantes Agramunt, km 78,00 1 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Kaiku 3 pts 2 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 2 3 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 Sant Julia De Loria, km 183,10 1 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 3 pts 2 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Kaiku 2 3 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 Teams 1 Kaiku 18.18.12 2 AG2R Prevoyance 1.46 3 Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 2.06 4 Phonak Hearing Systems 2.19 5 Saunier Duval-Prodir 4.37 6 Andalucia-Paul Versan 5.44 7 Discovery Channel 8.12 8 Euskaltel-Euskadi 8.35 9 Bouygues Telecom 9.08 10 Comunidad Valenciana 10.25 11 Relax-Gam 10.47 12 Rabobank 11.34 13 T-Mobile Team 13.03 14 Francaise Des Jeux 14.48 15 Quick Step-Innergetic 15.35 16 Liberty Seguros-Wurth 17.11 17 Credit Agricole 17.30 18 Davitamon-Lotto 19.33 19 Team CSC 20.45 20 Team Milram 24.33 21 Liquigas 28.59 22 Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 29.48 23 3 Molinos-Resort 31.24 24 Lampre-Fondital 32.28 25 Gerolsteiner 37.29 General classification after stage 4 1 Carlos Castano (Spa) Kaiku 14.32.52 2 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.18 3 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 1.24 4 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.51 5 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 2.04 6 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel 7 David Canada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.13 8 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 9 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 2.27 10 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 2.43 11 Rodrigo Garcia (Spa) Kaiku 2.50 12 José A. Pecharroman (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 2.54 13 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 3.09 14 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.22 15 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 3.34 16 Jose Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Gam 3.39 17 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 3.40 18 Juan Jose Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3.48 19 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3.52 20 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 21 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4.07 22 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 4.09 23 Adolfo Garcia (Spa) Andalucia-Paul Versan 4.11 24 Trent Lowe (Aus) Discovery Channel 4.13 25 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 26 Jaume Rovira (Spa) Andalucia-Paul Versan 4.15 27 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.17 28 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 4.41 29 Alberto Losada (Spa) Kaiku 30 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Credit Agricole 4.42 31 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Francaise Des Jeux 5.30 32 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 5.32 33 Steve Morabito (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 5.40 34 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 35 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Wurth 5.41 36 Luis Perez (Spa) Andalucia-Paul Versan 37 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quick Step-Innergetic 5.50 38 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 5.53 39 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 6.40 40 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 7.03 41 Jesus Hernandez (Spa) Relax-Gam 7.12 42 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 7.28 43 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak Hearing Systems 7.30 44 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agricole 7.49 45 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Liberty Seguros-Wurth 8.15 46 David Herrero (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8.19 47 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 8.27 48 David H. George (RSA) Relax-Gam 8.30 49 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 8.46 50 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step-Innergetic 8.53 51 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel 9.00 52 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 9.16 53 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 9.19 54 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 9.41 55 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 10.28 56 Ruben Plaza (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 10.30 57 Francisco José Lara (Spa) Andalucia-Paul Versan 10.35 58 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 10.36 59 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 10.37 60 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 61 David Blanco (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 10.48 62 Ezequiel Mosquera (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 10.58 63 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 11.20 64 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros-Wurth 11.21 65 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 11.30 66 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 11.37 67 Angel Vallejo (Spa) Relax-Gam 11.41 68 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 11.48 69 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 12.03 70 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) 3 Molinos-Resort 12.04 71 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 12.30 72 Manuel Vazquez (Spa) Andalucia-Paul Versan 12.38 73 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 13.30 74 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Team Milram 13.39 75 Sergio Dominguez (Spa) 3 Molinos-Resort 13.43 76 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 14.04 77 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 14.10 78 Xavier Tondo (Spa) Relax-Gam 14.11 79 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 14.22 80 Rafael Casero (Spa) 3 Molinos-Resort 14.38 81 Francis Mourey (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 14.43 82 Ruben Oarbeascoa (Spa) Kaiku 14.53 83 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 14.58 84 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 15.16 85 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 16.07 86 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 16.17 87 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 16.48 88 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 17.33 89 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 18.05 90 Sébastien Portal (Fra) Credit Agricole 18.14 91 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Andalucia-Paul Versan 18.20 92 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Wurth 18.42 93 Javier Pascual (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 19.56 94 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 20.02 95 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas 20.06 96 Joseba Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 20.41 97 Israel Nunez (Spa) Kaiku 98 David Navas (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 20.45 99 Jukka Vastaranta (Fin) Rabobank 21.27 100 Eladio Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Wurth 21.40 101 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 22.14 102 Miguel A M.Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 22.37 103 Jesus Del Nero (Spa) 3 Molinos-Resort 22.41 104 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Wurth 22.55 105 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank 23.00 106 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 23.07 107 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 23.08 108 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 23.09 109 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 23.10 110 Jordi Riera (Spa) 3 Molinos-Resort 23.12 111 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 23.21 112 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 23.23 113 Raul Garcia (Spa) Relax-Gam 23.26 114 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 23.39 115 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 23.41 116 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 23.42 117 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 23.46 118 Angel Edo (Spa) Andalucia-Paul Versan 23.51 119 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Discovery Channel 23.52 120 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) Discovery Channel 23.58 121 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 24.19 122 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 24.38 123 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Team Milram 24.52 124 Aketza Pena (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 24.53 125 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 24.56 126 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Liquigas 25.11 127 David Bernabeu (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 26.38 128 Jesus Buendia (Spa) 3 Molinos-Resort 27.05 129 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 27.35 130 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 27.38 131 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Team CSC 27.53 132 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 27.55 133 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 27.56 134 Alexei Markov (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 27.57 135 Isaac Galvez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 28.03 136 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 28.08 137 Mario De Sarraga (Spa) Relax-Gam 28.12 138 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 139 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 28.14 140 Roger Hammond (GBr) Discovery Channel 28.17 141 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 28.19 142 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 143 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 28.22 144 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Liquigas 28.25 145 Bastiaan Giling (Ned) T-Mobile Team 28.26 146 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Kaiku 147 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 28.29 148 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 28.32 149 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel 28.34 150 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 28.36 151 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel 28.39 152 Luis Oliveira (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 28.40 153 Marco Milesi (Ita) Liquigas 28.42 154 José Antonio Lopez (Spa) Kaiku 28.43 155 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 28.51 156 Christopher Sutton (Aus) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 28.54 157 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick Step-Innergetic 28.57 158 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 28.59 159 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 29.00 160 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 29.01 161 Nick Ingels (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 29.08 162 Joseba Albizu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 29.13 163 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Team Milram 29.14 164 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 29.23 165 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 166 Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) Team Milram 29.39 167 Ivan Santos (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Wurth 29.55 168 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Wurth 30.05 169 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 30.35 170 Luciano A. Pagliarini (Bra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 30.55 171 Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 31.00 172 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 32.21 173 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 32.36 174 Jose Alberto Benitez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 32.47 175 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 33.44 176 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Kaiku 34.19 177 Eric Berthou (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 34.33 178 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 34.36 179 Michele Gobbi (Ita) Team Milram 34.46 180 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 34.55 181 Juan Olmo (Spa) Andalucia-Paul Versan 182 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 36.16 183 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Team Milram 37.28 184 Claudio José Casas (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 37.30 185 Lars Michaelsen (Den) Team CSC 38.29 186 Jorge Garcia (Spa) Relax-Gam 38.50 187 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole 39.23 188 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole 41.31 189 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 41.39 190 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 41.52 191 Matteo Bonomi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 48.06 192 Isidro Cerrato (Spa) 3 Molinos-Resort 52.16 Points classification 1 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 43 pts 2 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak Hearing Systems 31 3 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 30 4 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 28 5 Carlos Castano (Spa) Kaiku 25 6 Luis Perez (Spa) Andalucia-Paul Versan 25 7 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 25 8 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel 25 9 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 24 10 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Wurth 21 11 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 20 12 Isaac Galvez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 20 13 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 20 14 Angel Edo (Spa) Andalucia-Paul Versan 18 15 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 17 16 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Phonak Hearing Systems 15 17 Rodrigo Garcia (Spa) Kaiku 12 18 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Liquigas 12 19 Alexei Markov (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 12 20 David Canada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 11 21 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 11 22 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 10 23 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Team CSC 10 24 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 9 25 Roger Hammond (GBr) Discovery Channel 9 Mountains classification 1 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 58 pts 2 Jose Alberto Benitez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 46 3 Carlos Castano (Spa) Kaiku 30 4 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 25 5 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 24 6 Luis Perez (Spa) Andalucia-Paul Versan 23 7 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 22 8 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Phonak Hearing Systems 19 9 Claudio José Casas (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 17 10 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 16 11 Rodrigo Garcia (Spa) Kaiku 12 Metas Volantes classification 1 Luis Perez (Spa) Andalucia-Paul Versan 7 pts 2 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 5 3 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Kaiku 5 4 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 4 5 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 4 6 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 3 7 Jose Alberto Benitez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3 8 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Team Milram 2 9 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 10 Claudio José Casas (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 1 Memorial Cañardo-Trofeu Ufec classification 1 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 2 Jaume Rovira (Spa) Andalucia-Paul Versan 3 Alberto Losada (Spa) Kaiku 4 Xavier Tondo (Spa) Relax-Gam 5 Israel Nunez (Spa) Kaiku Teams classification 1 Kaiku 43.46.09 2 Phonak Hearing Systems 0.26 3 Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 0.47 4 AG2R Prevoyance 1.17 5 Saunier Duval-Prodir 3.58 6 Andalucia-Paul Versan 6.05 7 Discovery Channel 7.28 8 Euskaltel-Euskadi 8.25 9 Bouygues Telecom 8.48 10 Comunidad Valenciana 9.48 11 Relax-Gam 10.24 12 Rabobank 10.53 13 T-Mobile Team 12.22 14 Francaise Des Jeux 14.27 15 Quick Step-Innergetic 15.39 16 Liberty Seguros-Wurth 16.42 17 Credit Agricole 16.58 18 Davitamon-Lotto 18.47 19 Team CSC 18.52 20 Team Milram 24.23 21 Liquigas 28.47 22 Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 30.03 23 3 Molinos-Resort 31.28 24 Lampre-Fondital 32.23 25 Gerolsteiner 36.04
