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61st Vuelta a España - GT
Spain, August 26-September 17, 2006
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Stage 13 - September 8: Guadalajara - Cuenca, 180 km
Sanchez swoops to stage success
For second year running, stage 13 goes to Euskaltel rider
By Shane Stokes in Cuenca with additional reporting by Hernan Alvarez
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Last year fortune seemed to smile on Euskaltel rider Samuel Sanchez, with his victory on stage 13 to La Bien Aparecida owing a fair bit to luck. On that occasion Mauricio Ardilla looked set to take the honours, but the Colombian sprinted for the wrong banner and sat up 100 metres before the line. Sanchez and Oscar Pereiro both capitalised on this error, slipping by and taking first and second on the stage.
364 days later, Sanchez won again, but this time it was strength, timing and fearless descending which saw him race home first. He displayed his climbing ability when he bridged across to a crack group of riders including those of the calibre of Danilo di Luca (Liquigas), Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d’Epargne), Carlos Sastre (CSC) and Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step) which had gone clear on the tough ascent through the old part of Cuenca. Once past the summit, he then jumped at the right time - with 7 kilometers to go - to get a gap, and then used his remaining strength and the skills honed by an early background of moto cross riding to build a decent lead and hold off – just about – a fast-closing, 28 man group to the line.
“I think that the victory of last year was perhaps a little lucky,” he admitted. “One of my breakaway companions sat up 100 metres from the line. This year it was different – I had the strength to get the victory in another way and it is a very nice and emotional win for me.
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“It was a difficult descent but not really one where you had to take many risks. I think if it was more dangerous it would actually have been better for me. I did take some risks on the last hairpin before entering Cuenca – it was necessary to do so in order to take the correct line around the bend. I made a huge effort to get this win.”
Sanchez had a lead of ten seconds with one kilometre remaining and even took a drink in that final run in to the line, but was very nearly overhauled by points leader Thor Hushovd (Credit Agricole) and continuing maillot oro Alejandro Valverde in the big sprint which happened behind him. “It was very hard in the last kilometre. I didn’t have much of a lead and I had to go very hard. I wasn’t sure if I was going to make it, I really had to dig in in the final three or four hundred metres,” he said.
He was asked about that gulp of fluid, something which could arguably have cost him a small amount of time due to the disruption in his rhythm. He felt it was necessary. “Well, I was feeling half dead and my mouth was really dry so I needed a drink,” the 28 year old stated. “I made a very big effort on the last climb against all the big favourites, and then especially on the descent, and because of that I didn’t have a lot of power near the end. I needed to drink.”
Taking one for the team
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His win is the first of the race for the Euskaltel team, who started with high expectations but whose best result was Inigo Landaluze’s third on stage 11, plus Sanchez’ 14th place overall heading into today. Landing this result now relieves some pressure on the team, and also increases his own personal ambitions.
“We started in Malaga with three leaders and were looking to do something…maybe not in the overall, but to take a stage win. For me to get the victory here is something very special; the team will be very happy. Now the goal for me is to improve a bit in the overall classification [he is currently 12th overall, 5’21 back] and if I can finish in the top five, I would be very happy.”
Earlier on in the stage a group comprising Michael Boogerd (Rabobank), Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner), Lars Ytting Bak (Team CSC), Frédéric Bessy (Cofidis) and Iñigo Landaluze (Euskaltel-Euskadi) went clear and, thundering along over the undulating terrain and past ghostly fields of dead sunflowers, built a near eight-minute lead. However it all came back before the third category ascent up to the old cliff-side part of Cuenca, where Danilo Di Luca and a few others blew the race apart.
Race leader Valverde was very prominent, showing well on the climb and taking third on the stage plus a eight second time bonus. He said that his confidence is high prior to tomorrow’s crucial time trial. “It is true that I feel very well”, he said. “Tomorrow morning we will go and see the course of the time trial. We already had the opportunity to see a part of it today in the final of the stage with the climb of El Castillo and the descent to the finish line.
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“The course is a very hard one but personally I prefer that to a flat parcours. Everybody seems to expect a duel with Vinokourov but the one I fear the most is Kashechkin, for the very simple reason that he is closer in the general classification. As a result, he has a better chance of taking over the maillot oro. But I have faith in my abilities because in the time trial we rode in the Tour of Romandy, we had more or less the same time. That is a positive sign for tomorrow.”
His team-mate Oscar Pereiro will be holding back in the race against the clock due to his goal of helping Valverde in the race, and also because of a slight illness he felt today. “Since breakfast I suffered with my stomach,” he said. “I felt sick with and wanted to vomit, but then I recovered and could do the work the team requested from me to help Alejandro.
“Tomorrow I don’t think I will give it all in the time trial because the most important thing is to recuperate some forces to be able to help our leader during the last week. It will be a difficult one for everybody.”
Sanchez’ goal of taking a high placing in the final general classification means that he, along with Valverde, Sastre, Vinokourov, Kashechkin and others will be going flat out all the way. Although Spanish riders have traditionally done well in stage races, he is one of the rare breed who can do so while also thriving in the Classics. Past results there have included second in this year’s Fleche Wallone, fourth in Liège-Bastogne-Liège and fifth in the Championship of Zurich; like Vinokourov and Valverde, he is able to change his focus and ride well in Grand Tours.
“My season is in two parts. Early on I prepare myself for the Classics as well as possible, and then I change my manner of training to get ready for the second half of the season. I think a Tour of three weeks requires a different type of training. I believe it is good to do things that way, the early part for the Classics and then, later on, target a strong ride in the Vuelta.”
How it unfolded
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The riders of the 2006 Vuelta a España covered some intersting and notable terrain in stage 13; Luis Ocaña, one of the greatest Spanish riders of all time, was born in Priego (where the race passed at km 100) in 1945, won the Vuelta in 1970 and died in 1994. And the town of Cuenca has hosted the finish of stage several times in recent years. Thor Hushovd (Credit Agricole) had won last year here.
Lorenzo Bernucci (T-Mobile) didn't sign in today at the start in Guadalajara, leaving 158 riders in the peloton; Markus Fothen (Gerolsteiner), Andrea Moletta (Gerolsteiner), Sven Montgomery (Gerolsteiner) and Angel Gomez (Saunier Duval) had left the race yesterday.
Unlike the previous days, the race started calmly on Friday. It wasn't until km 57 that the peloton allowed a breakaway with five riders in it to escape: Frederic Bessy (Cofidis), Michael Boogerd (Rabobank), Lars Bak (CSC), Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner) and Iñigo Landaluze (Euskaltel) attacked at the second climb of the day in Alto de Corcoles. Landaluze inserted himself in his third breakaway of the Vuelta. At the summit of Corcoles, Boogerd rode first followed by Rebellin and Bessy.
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At the second intermediate sprint in Priego (km 100), Iñigo Landaluze crossed the billboard first with Bessy and Bak, leading the peloton by 7:38 at this point. The Basque rider won the Luis Ocaña trophy for passing at first place at that point.
At 136-kilometers into the race, with a 3:36 gap still open between the break and the main pack, the peloton reacted and started taking back time. At km 155 (25 km to the end), the distance was very short, just 40 seconds as the peloton put a very fast tempo (around 70 km per hour) to reach them. Five kilometres on, the five leaders were caught.
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At Alto del Castillo (summit at km 167.2 - 12.8 km to go) the real show began. Luis Perez (Cofidis) attacked; Alejandro Valverde reacted followed by Paolo Bettini (Quick Step), Carlos Sastre (CSC) and Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas). Samuel Sanchez (Euskaltel) was behind and passed to lead the race at the descent.
Sanchez took risks on the descent to stay way and with just three-kilomneters to the line was still seven seconds ahead of the favourites - including race leader Valverde. The Euskaltel rider led by 10 seconds with just 1,000 metres to go. The last kilometre was a flat straight that didn't fit Sanchez well but he pushed hard, made a fantastic last effort, and won the stage. Thor Hushovd (Credit Agricole) came behind with Alejandro Valverde in third place.
Stage 14 - September 8: Cuenca-Cuenca, individual time trial, 33.2 km
Stage 14 will be the second time trial after the team TT at stage one in Malaga. It will be a good chance to see how the favorites can do, especially Alejandro Valverde, against the clock. The route won't be flat as the riders will face Alto del Castillo (Cat. 3 - 1,120 m. - summit at km 20.7) in the middle of the course. It seemed not to be the key stage for the overall classification as there are three mountain stages yet left.
Photography
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- Samuel Sánchez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) points to the heavens after winning Stage 13.
- Samuel Sánchez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) beats the bunch home by less than a second.
- Samuel Sánchez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) celebrates his win, while Thor Hushovd (L) and Alejandro Valverde (R) sprint for second.
- Samuel Sánchez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) on the podium.
- Samuel Sánchez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) is a happy camper.
- Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears) extended his overall lead in the race.
- Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears) piles on the pressure late in the race, with Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step-Innergetic) grimacing to stay on his wheel and Carlos Sastre (CSC) losing contact.
- Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears) gives it some gas.
- Team-mates Oscar Pereiro and Alejandro Valverde ride next to each other.
- Snack-time for race leader Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears).
- Carlos Sastre (CSC) takes in some fluids.
- Michael Boogerd (Rabobank) breaks clear of the peloton.
- Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears) about to discover what's in his bag of swag.
- The peloton single file as the chase begins in earnest.
- A horseman gallops along with the bunch.
- A tribute to Pantani - the sign reads "Marco Pantani is in the highest"
- Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears) accepts some good luck charms.
- Spaniards Carlos Sastre (L) and Oscar Pereiro share a light moment before the start of Stage 13.
- The peloton ride past sweeping plains and blue skies.
- The peloton at full speed.
Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti
- Samuel Sanchez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) wins the team's first stage
- Luca Paolini (Liquigas)
- Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears)
- Samuel Sanchez (Euskaltel-Euskadi)
- Sanchez
- Valverde keeps the leader's jersey for at least one more day
- Valverde leads the chase on the roads into picturesque Cuenca
- Valverde surges
- Paolo Bettini (Quick Step-Innergetic)
- Trying to finsh with a high placing
- Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas)
- Sergio Paulinho (Astana), brining up the rear
- Sanchez' teammates haven’t had much success in the Vuelta - their best finish before Friday was Inigo Landaluze’s third on stage 11, plus Sanchez’ 14th place overall heading into today
- A narrow but scenic route through the town's old walls
- Kevin Hulsmans Quick Step-Innergetic
Images by Unipublic
- Thor Hushovd (Credit Agricole)
- Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears)
- Early action
- Passing a Pantani shrine on the climb over Alto del Castillo
- On the climb
- Sanchez wins
- The peloton passes across dry Spanish countryside under partly-cloudy skies
- Samuel Sanchez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) on the podium
- In cruise mode; the pack waited until two thirds of the stage was complete before chasing the five-man break
- Lush green hills
- Fighting for position on the wind-up into town
- Riders try to keep it together for a bunch sprint after the break is caught. Samuel Sanchez had other ideas and launched himself in a wining solo move with 3km to go
- Sunglass; this year's fashion statement
- Iban Mayo (Euskaltel-Euskadi) visiting friends and fans in the finishing straight
- Discovery Channel had an incentive to keep the gaps down today with two riders still in the top ten in GC; Janez Brajkovic (6th) and Manuel Beltran (7th)
- As did with the leaders jersey on their teammates back
- Hot enough for you?
- Valverde looked comfortable today
- Valverde checks the speed limit on the highways of Spain.
- Discovery parks two horse on the front to keep the pace high and the gap to the breakaway close
- Directing traffic
- The break: Frederic Bessy (Cofidis), Michael Boogerd (Rabobank), Lars Bak (CSC), Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner) and Iñigo Landaluze (Euskaltel)
- Don’t miss the turn to Cuenca
- Valverde holds onto the leader's jersey
- The break early in the day
- Just before the start in Guadalajara
Results
1 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.03.43 2 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 3 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 4 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 5 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 6 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 7 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 8 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 9 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 10 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana Team 11 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 12 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 13 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 14 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Phonak Hearing Systems 15 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 16 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 17 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 18 Jesús Hernández (Spa) Relax-Gam 19 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 20 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 21 Luis Pérez (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 22 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana Team 23 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 24 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital 25 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 26 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 27 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 28 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 29 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 30 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 0.21 31 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 0.36 32 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital 0.41 33 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Milram 1.06 34 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax-Gam 35 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agricole 36 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 37 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 38 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux 39 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 40 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 41 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC 42 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 43 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana Team 44 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana Team 45 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 46 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 47 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Gam 48 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 49 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Astana Team 50 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 51 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 1.51 52 Iñigo Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 53 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 54 Raúl García De Mateo (Spa) Relax-Gam 55 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax-Gam 56 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax-Gam 57 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 58 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 59 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 60 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 61 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 62 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française des Jeux 63 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas 64 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 65 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 66 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 67 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 68 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana Team 69 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 70 Bingen Fernández (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 71 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 72 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 73 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 74 Mauricio Ardila (Col) Rabobank 75 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC 76 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 77 Luis Fernández Oliveira (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 78 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R Prevoyance 79 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 80 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 81 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Team Milram 2.16 82 Steve Morabito (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 83 Florian Stalder (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 84 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole 85 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 86 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 87 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas 88 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 89 Jorge García (Spa) Relax-Gam 90 David George (RSA) Relax-Gam 91 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 92 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 93 Alberto Benítez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 94 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 95 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 96 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 97 Mario De Sarraga (Spa) Relax-Gam 4.14 98 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 4.41 99 José Antonio Redondo (Spa) Astana Team 100 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 101 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank 102 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital 103 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 104 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 105 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 106 Bastiaan Giling (Ned) T-Mobile Team 107 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 108 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 109 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 7.21 110 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 111 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 112 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 113 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 114 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas 115 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 116 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank 117 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 118 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux 119 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 120 David Navas (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 121 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 122 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 123 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 124 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Credit Agricole 125 Ian Mcleod (RSA) Française des Jeux 126 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 127 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française des Jeux 128 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole 129 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 130 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française des Jeux 131 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 132 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 133 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 134 José Vicent Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 135 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 9.05 136 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 137 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 138 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana Team 139 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team 140 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas 141 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 142 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 143 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 144 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 145 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 146 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram 147 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 148 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval-Prodir 149 Pierre Drancourt (Bel) Bouygues Telecom 150 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 151 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 152 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 153 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 154 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 155 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 156 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 157 José Antonio Garrido (Spa) Quick Step-Innergetic 158 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic DNS Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team Points 1 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 25 pts 2 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 20 3 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 16 4 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 14 5 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 12 6 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 10 7 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 9 8 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 8 9 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 7 10 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana Team 6 11 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5 12 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 4 13 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 3 14 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Phonak Hearing Systems 2 15 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1 16 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic -5 Mountains Alto de la Tendilla km: 31 - 3 ª Categoría 1 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 6 pts 2 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 4 3 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2 4 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1 Alto de Córcoles km: 60 - 3 ª Categoría 1 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 6 pts 2 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 4 3 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 2 4 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC 1 Alto del Castillo km: 167 - 3 ª Categoría 1 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 6 pts 2 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 4 3 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 2 4 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana Team 1 Sprints S.I. Sacedón km: 51,6 1 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 4 pts 2 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC 2 3 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 1 S.I. Priego km: 100 1 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4 pts 2 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 2 3 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC 1 Teams 1 Team CSC 12.11.09 2 Euskaltel - Euskadi 3 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 4 Saunier Duval - Prodir 5 Caisse D'Epargne - Illes Balears 0.21 6 Lampre - Fondital 0.41 7 Astana 1.06 8 Liquigas 1.51 9 Credit Agricole 2.12 10 Relax - GAM 11 Team Milram 3.22 12 Bouygues Telecom 3.42 13 Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 14 Phonak Hearing Systems 15 Davitamon - Lotto 4.03 16 Ag2r Prevoyance 4.48 17 Rabobank 18 T- Mobile Team 7.38 19 Française des Jeux 10.18 20 Gerolsteiner 11.13 21 Quick Step - Innergetic 18.20 General classification after stage 13 1 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 53.42.21 2 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana Team 0.35 3 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 0.52 4 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.04 5 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana Team 1.46 6 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2.13 7 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2.36 8 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 2.39 9 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 3.10 10 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 4.07 11 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana Team 4.56 12 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5.21 13 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital 6.07 14 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 15 Luis Pérez (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 6.19 16 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 6.28 17 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 6.44 18 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Phonak Hearing Systems 7.24 19 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 7.44 20 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 21 Jesús Hernández (Spa) Relax-Gam 8.07 22 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 8.35 23 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8.56 24 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana Team 10.19 25 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital 10.40 26 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 12.43 27 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 13.23 28 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 15.09 29 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Gam 17.32 30 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Astana Team 18.48 31 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 19.15 32 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 19.18 33 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 21.56 34 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC 24.18 35 Iñigo Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 25.34 36 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 25.45 37 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas 26.05 38 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC 26.06 39 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 27.27 40 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française des Jeux 27.40 41 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 28.19 42 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax-Gam 29.11 43 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 30.24 44 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Milram 32.02 45 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 34.24 46 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 34.56 47 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 35.25 48 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 36.42 49 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax-Gam 36.57 50 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 37.24 51 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 38.30 52 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 39.09 53 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 39.19 54 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux 39.50 55 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 41.11 56 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agricole 41.29 57 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 41.50 58 Mauricio Ardila (Col) Rabobank 42.17 59 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 42.55 60 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 44.39 61 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 44.51 62 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval-Prodir 45.33 63 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 46.54 64 Raúl García De Mateo (Spa) Relax-Gam 49.29 65 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 51.52 66 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 52.17 67 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital 55.22 68 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 55.23 69 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 55.46 70 David George (RSA) Relax-Gam 56.11 71 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 56.26 72 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 57.36 73 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 58.33 74 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 59.35 75 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 1.00.10 76 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 1.01.31 77 Luis Fernández Oliveira (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.02.36 78 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1.02.38 79 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.02.41 80 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 1.03.19 81 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 1.04.06 82 Steve Morabito (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.04.32 83 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1.04.57 84 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.05.13 85 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 1.06.10 86 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.06.41 87 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 1.06.59 88 Florian Stalder (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.07.09 89 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1.07.41 90 José Antonio Garrido (Spa) Quick Step-Innergetic 1.07.50 91 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax-Gam 1.07.54 92 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.08.22 93 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 1.08.59 94 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R Prevoyance 1.09.08 95 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.09.42 96 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 1.10.17 97 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.10.41 98 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1.11.21 99 José Antonio Redondo (Spa) Astana Team 1.11.39 100 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 1.12.02 101 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1.12.15 102 Jorge García (Spa) Relax-Gam 1.13.04 103 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 1.14.39 104 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1.15.12 105 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 1.15.57 106 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 1.16.00 107 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1.16.05 108 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana Team 1.17.06 109 Bingen Fernández (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 1.17.45 110 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team 1.18.02 111 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 1.18.41 112 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française des Jeux 1.18.57 113 Alberto Benítez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.19.21 114 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.19.24 115 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Team Milram 1.21.59 116 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.22.09 117 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas 1.22.43 118 Ian Mcleod (RSA) Française des Jeux 1.22.59 119 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 1.23.27 120 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1.23.42 121 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.23.47 122 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 1.23.48 123 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank 1.24.10 124 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas 1.26.01 125 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.26.11 126 Mario De Sarraga (Spa) Relax-Gam 1.26.23 127 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 1.26.32 128 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank 1.27.00 129 Pierre Drancourt (Bel) Bouygues Telecom 1.28.56 130 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 1.28.59 131 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.30.27 132 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas 1.30.44 133 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 1.30.46 134 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 1.31.18 135 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 1.31.49 136 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 1.32.25 137 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 1.33.17 138 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana Team 1.33.21 139 Bastiaan Giling (Ned) T-Mobile Team 1.33.36 140 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1.34.34 141 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 142 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 1.36.02 143 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.37.04 144 David Navas (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 1.37.43 145 José Vicent Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1.37.48 146 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 1.38.32 147 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.38.55 148 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 1.39.18 149 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.40.26 150 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 1.41.09 151 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.41.10 152 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 1.43.07 153 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 1.45.24 154 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Credit Agricole 1.46.06 155 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram 1.47.00 156 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole 1.55.07 157 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 2.01.59 158 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole 2.03.16 Points classification 1 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 155 pts 2 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 84 3 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 79 4 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 79 5 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 75 6 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana Team 66 7 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 65 8 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 55 9 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 47 10 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 46 11 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 45 12 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 44 13 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 42 14 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 40 15 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana Team 40 16 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 37 17 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française des Jeux 37 18 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 29 19 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 28 20 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 27 21 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana Team 26 22 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 26 23 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 24 24 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 24 25 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 22 Mountains classification 1 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 81 pts 2 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Gam 70 3 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 67 4 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 53 5 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 48 6 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 44 7 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 40 8 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax-Gam 36 9 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 33 10 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana Team 32 11 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 32 12 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas 28 13 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 27 14 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 26 15 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R Prevoyance 23 16 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana Team 21 17 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 19 18 Mario De Sarraga (Spa) Relax-Gam 18 19 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 16 20 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana Team 16 21 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 15 22 Luis Pérez (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 15 23 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française des Jeux 14 24 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 14 25 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital 12 Combination classification 1 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 11 pts 2 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 19 3 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana Team 27 4 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana Team 27 5 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 28 6 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 29 7 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 31 8 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 42 9 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 47 10 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 47 11 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 50 12 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana Team 52 13 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 56 14 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 67 15 Luis Pérez (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 78 16 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 80 17 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 81 18 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 81 19 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas 82 20 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 100 21 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 101 22 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 103 23 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 104 24 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 110 25 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 113 Teams classification 1 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 160.32.15 2 Caisse D'Epargne - Illes Balears 10.32 3 Astana 16.41 4 Euskaltel - Euskadi 19.27 5 Lampre - Fondital 28.28 6 Team CSC 45.41 7 Saunier Duval - Prodir 52.17 8 Relax - GAM 1.04.25 9 Rabobank 1.05.43 10 Ag2r Prevoyance 1.18.36 11 Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 1.22.03 12 Credit Agricole 1.30.42 13 Liquigas 1.40.28 14 Davitamon - Lotto 1.48.59 15 Gerolsteiner 2.12.12 16 Française des Jeux 2.14.11 17 Phonak Hearing Systems 2.16.08 18 T- Mobile Team 2.18.04 19 Quick Step - Innergetic 2.44.30 20 Bouygues Telecom 2.54.22 21 Team Milram 3.07.29
