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61st Vuelta a España - GT
Spain, August 26-September 17, 2006
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Stage 21 - September 17: Madrid - Madrid, 142.2 km
Vino victorious in Vuelta
First Grand Tour for Vinokourov; another stage win for Zabel
By Shane Stokes in Madrid, with additional reporting from Hernan Alvarez
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It's been a rollercoaster 2006 for Alexandre Vinokourov but both his year and his career reached a high point in Madrid today when the 33 year old Kazakhstani rider won the Vuelta a España. The Astana rider stayed out of trouble and finished in the main bunch, wheeling across the line to the backslaps and congratulations of teammates and fellow professionals.
It was a proud moment for Vino and compatriot Andrey Kashechkin , who stood on the podium with Alejandro Valverde while hearing the Kazakh national anthem playing out to the large, appreciative crowd. Having previously finished third and fifth in the Tour de France, taking his first Grand Tour is a major achievement.
"It was a hard tour," he told Spanish Onda Cero radio afterwards. "A three week tour is always difficult. I am happy this year; things were alright. I felt better every day. The whole team did a good job, so for us it is a good victory.
"Valverde was a great rival for me. I chose good moments to attack him. Overall, I was very happy to ride the Vuelta after not riding the Tour [de France]. It is a revenge for me and it is also a victory for this team."
Valverde was gracious in defeat, despite his disappointment. "I was very close but he won, he was very strong. There was nothing I could do. It was a very nice Vuelta, very cheerful from beginning to end. It is also important that the media talked about cycling [rather than doping - ed.]. It was a great race with a super rhythm and I think the fans liked it."
Zabel strikes again
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Apart from Vinokourov, another rider in light blue took his own big victory under the clear skies of the Spanish capital. 36 year-old Erik Zabel showed he is by no means over the hill when he scooped his second stage win of the race, beating points classification victor Thor Hushovd (Crédit Agricole) and Aurélien Clerc (Phonak Hearing Systems) in the frenzied dash to the line. The German rider salvaged an otherwise disappointing Vuelta for his squad, the Milram riders having lost Alessandro Petacchi when he came off worst in a fistfight with a team bus one week ago.
"I am very happy to win this," he said afterwards. "I had five second places on the final stage of the Tour de France, plus one in Milan (Giro d'Italia) and two in Madrid, so this win means a lot for me.
"The bend before the finish was the most important part of this sprint, you had to be in the right place. I saw Horrillo go after the bend but my team made a big effort to get him back. In particular, Marco Velo was very impressive, and that helped me a lot."
Zabel confirmed that he will head the German team at the World's. "It is a big honour for me to lead the team. I think that the other riders will work very well and I hope we have a great race."
Mixed feelings from Unzue
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Valverde did not attempt to take back time on Vino today and consequently finished as runner up, improving on his third place of 2003. This was something which prompted mixed feelings from his Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears directeur sportif Eusebio Unzue.
"For sure we go home with the feeling that we let a big opportunity to win the Vuelta slip away, most of all after we kept the yellow jersey for so many days within the team," he stated. "But, on the other hand, without being really superior, the person [Vinokourov] who won is a very great rider too. He could count on the help of Kashechkin, something that was essential for the victory in this Vuelta.
"Despite the end result, the performance of our Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears team throughout the race was perfect. We failed only once, in the stage that arrived in Granada; we had no rider in the breakaway, something which would have been the solution to the problem we had in the final part of the stage. Alejandro was left alone and needed somebody at his side to chase behind Vinokourov.
"However, we are nevertheless very happy because we won a very nice stage in El Morredero and once more we have finished on the podium of a Grand Tour. We are also very satisfied because of Alejandro's evolution, most of all in the time trial, a discipline that was his weakness in the past. His consistency is also very important and we can look at the future with optimism."
Sastre consistent
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Fourth place overall went to Carlos Sastre, who went into the race hoping to fight it out for a win. However riding the Giro in the services of Ivan Basso and then finishing fourth in the Tour de France left him a little short, although he has nevertheless had an excellent season.
"The team was riding for Stuart [O'Grady] today," the friendly Spaniard told Cyclingnews. "We tried to help him for the sprint, it was nice to do. I am happy to finish the Vuelta, for sure. I have had a long season, a hard race, and it is always nice when you finish something like this. After this, I only have the world championships left, that is my last race of the year. Then I will take a nice rest. I am happy."
Fifth place went to José Angel Gomez Marchante (Saunier Duval) while Discovery's Tom Danielson rounded out the top six, thus improving on his seventh place [post-Heras disqualification] here twelve months ago. Meanwhile Vinokourov also netted the white jersey for the combination classification, winning the award despite finishing level on points with Valverde. Hushovd was a comfortable winner in the points competition, while Egoi Martinez took the King of the Mountains award and Discovery Channel won the teams' classification.
How it unfolded
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As is traditional in the Vuelta, the final stage started and finished in the Spanish capital of Madrid. The first record of Madrid as a village was from the ninth century when it was an Arab town. It has been the capital of Spain since 1561 when king Felipe II decided to move the centre of his kingdom from Toledo to Madrid. This city is very close to the geographic centre of Spain. It is nowadays a big city with a lot of economic power in Europe and a very developed tourism industry.
Just 134 of the initial 189 riders survived until the last day of the Vuelta. Unipublic director Ignacio Ayuso gave a medal to the 134 men who endured the 21 days of hard racing before the start of the final stage today.
The stage started in a very calm way, as everyone wanted a relaxed ride early on. It was time to celebrate for Alexandre Vinokourov and his team, and Vino had a golden bike and helmet to match his gold jersey. At the first intermediate sprint in Morata de Tajuña (km 33.1), Thor Hushovd (Credit Agricole) crossed first with Eric Leblacher (Française des Jeux) and Fabien Patanchon (Française des Jeux) on his wheel. After 47 km, Laszlo Bodrogi (Credit Agricole), Sébastien Rosseler (Quick Step-Innergetic) and Kjell Carlström (Liquigas) mounted the first attack, but were brought back eight kilometres later thanks to the work of the Relax-GAM team.
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The Relax boys had a plan, because at the second intermediate sprint in Fuenlabrada (km 66.8), three of them crossed the line to take out all the bonus points: Daniel Moreno was first, while David George was second and Jose Miguel Elias third. Fuenlabrada co-sponsors the team, and it was important for the red jerseys to be at the front there.
The peloton rode into Madrid under the control of Astana, and the pace picked up by the time it reached the first of six six kilometre finishing circuits. It really began moving at km 110 when seven riders attacked the peloton: Oscar Pereiro (Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears), Luis Perez and Frederic Bessy (Cofidis), Christopher Horner (Davitamon), Angel Vallejo and Jorge Garcia Marin (Relax) and Pierre Drancourt (Bouygues Telecom). These riders created a small gap for around 30 kilometres, but their maximum lead was only 22 seconds as Credit Agricole, Phonak, Milram, AG2R and Gerolsteiner rode hard behind.
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Not surprisingly, the break hung out there until just over a lap (6 km) to go, when the gap was finally closed and the sprinters got themselves ready. CSC wound it up with 4 km to go to get O'Grady into a good position, but then in the final kilometre, Milram and Liquigas performed the lead out for Erik Zabel and Magnus Bäckstedt. A late attack by Rabobank's Pedro Horrillo was unsuccessful, as Milram's train worked to perfection to drop off Zabel with 150m to go. The experienced German kept his wheel in front to the line, winning his second bunch sprint of the Vuelta ahead of points jersey winner Hushovd and Aurélien Clerc (Phonak).
Alexandre Vinokourov finished 79th and got the final maillot oro, the most valuable one of all in Madrid. It was the first grand tour victory for the rider from Kazakhstan, one day after turning 33.
Photography
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Images by AFP Photo
- Floyd Landis poses in front of the Phonak team bus before the start of the final stage in Madrid
- Alexandre Vinokourov (Astana) enjoying the final day
- Alexandre Vinokourov (Astana) gives the V sign
- Vino and Valverde shake hands during the last stage
- Alexandre Vinokourov (Astana) keeping his focus
- Alexandre Vinokourov (Astana) smiles in the gold livery
- Alexandre Vinokourov (Astana) chats to his team car
- Vino and Kashechkin were a lethal combination in this year's Vuelta
- Andrey Kashechkin (Astana) chats to the Liquigas car
- Andrey Kashechkin (Astana) smiles in the white combination jersey during the stage
- Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) talks to a teammate during the final stage
- Fourth place overall Carlos Sastre (CSC) looking happy
- Team Astana survived with eight riders to the finish
- Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) still had all his men around him at the end
- The final podium (L to R): Alejandro Valverde (2nd), Alexandre Vinokourov (1st) and Andrey Kashechkin (3rd)
Images by Unipublic
- The minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Doña Elena Espinosa with the Spanish secretary of state, Jaime Lissavetzky, and the commercial director of the Vuelta, Manuel Díaz.
- Team Astana lead into Madrid
- Aaron Kemps (Astana) leads Vino and Kash
- Alexandre Vinokourov (Astana) in the thick of it
- Alexandre Vinokourov (Astana) takes a corner
- Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) with Carlos Sastre and teammates
- Kash and Vino at full speed in the final stage
- Tight racing on the final stage
- The peloton in the streets of Madrid
- Oscar Pereiro (Caisse d'Epargne) drives the breakaway
- Luis Perez (Cofidis) was a member of the break
- Erik Zabel (Milram) triumphs in the final stage
- Chris Horner (Davitamon) congratulates Vinokourov
- Vino gets plenty of congratulations
- Erik Zabel (Milram) smiles on the podium
- Alexandre Vinokourov (Astana) smiles in the gold jersey
- Alexandre Vinokourov (Astana) salutes with his winner's trophy
- Alexandre Vinokourov (Astana) kisses his trophy
- The final podium (L to R): Alejandro Valverde (2nd), Alexandre Vinokourov (1st) and Andrey Kashechkin (3rd)
- The two Kazakhstanis with their flag on the podium
- Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) congratulates Vinokourov on the podium
- Egoi Martinez (Discovery Channel) won the mountains jersey
- Thor Hushovd (Credit Agricole) was a comfortable winner of the points jersey
- Thor Hushovd (Credit Agricole) with the winners of the Vuelta Junior
- Alexandre Vinokourov (Astana) also took home the combination jersey
- The winners of the Vuelta junior: Joaquin Pesudo, Pablo Comins and Roberto Aguilera (boys) and Zuriñe Viana, Mar Manrique and Miriam Merediz (girls)
Results
1 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 3.40.47 (38.64 km/h) 2 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 3 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 4 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 5 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 6 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 7 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 8 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 9 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 10 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 11 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R Prevoyance 12 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 13 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 14 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 15 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team 16 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana Team 17 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 18 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax-Gam 19 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 20 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 21 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 22 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 23 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana Team 24 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 0.03 25 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 26 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas 27 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 28 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 29 Mario De Sarraga (Spa) Relax-Gam 30 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital 31 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 32 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 33 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 34 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 35 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 36 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 37 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux 38 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank 39 Alberto Benítez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 40 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 41 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 42 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 43 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 44 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital 45 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Gam 46 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana Team 47 Ian Mcleod (RSA) Française des Jeux 48 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 49 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 50 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana Team 51 Raúl García De Mateo (Spa) Relax-Gam 52 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 53 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 54 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 55 Iñigo Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 56 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 57 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 58 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 59 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 60 Bastiaan Giling (Ned) T-Mobile Team 61 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank 62 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Astana Team 63 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 64 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 65 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas 66 David Navas (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 67 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 68 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 69 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 70 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital 71 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 72 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 73 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 74 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 75 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 76 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 77 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 78 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 79 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana Team 80 José Antonio Redondo (Spa) Astana Team 81 Mauricio Ardila (Col) Rabobank 82 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC 83 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC 84 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 85 Luis Pérez (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 86 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agricole 87 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 88 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 89 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 90 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 91 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 92 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française des Jeux 93 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 94 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 95 Luis Fernández Oliveira (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 96 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 97 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 98 Florian Stalder (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 99 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 100 Steve Morabito (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 101 Bingen Fernández (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 102 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana Team 103 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval-Prodir 104 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 105 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 106 José Antonio Garrido (Spa) Quick Step-Innergetic 107 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 108 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Team Milram 0.19 109 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 0.21 110 Jorge García (Spa) Relax-Gam 111 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 112 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 113 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax-Gam 114 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 115 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas 116 David George (RSA) Relax-Gam 117 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 118 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 119 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas 120 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 121 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 122 Pierre Drancourt (Bel) Bouygues Telecom 123 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 124 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 125 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 126 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux 127 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 0.30 128 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram 0.35 129 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 0.40 130 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole 1.03 131 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 132 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 1.03 133 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 2.08 134 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole 3.21 Points 1 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 25 pts 2 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 20 3 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 16 4 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 14 5 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 12 6 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 10 7 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 9 8 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 8 9 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 7 10 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 6 11 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R Prevoyance 5 12 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4 13 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 3 14 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 2 15 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team 1 Sprints Morata de Tajuña, km 33,1 1 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 4 pts 2 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française des Jeux 2 3 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux 1 Fuenlabrada, km 66,8 1 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax-Gam 4 pts 2 David George (RSA) Relax-Gam 2 3 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Gam 1 Teams 1 Team Milram 11.02.24 2 Euskaltel - Euskadi 3 Astana 4 Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 5 Caisse D'Epargne - Illes Balears 6 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.03 7 Lampre - Fondital 8 Saunier Duval - Prodir 9 Relax - GAM 10 Liquigas 11 Team CSC 12 Davitamon - Lotto 13 Ag2r Prevoyance 14 Phonak Hearing Systems 15 T- Mobile Team 16 Credit Agricole 17 Quick Step - Innergetic 18 Rabobank 0.06 19 Française des Jeux 20 Gerolsteiner 0.21 21 Bouygues Telecom Final General classification 1 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana Team 81.23.07 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 8.26 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 24.18 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 34.45 24 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 42.46 25 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Gam 43.20 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 55.05 34 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 56.12 35 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 56.48 36 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax-Gam 1.02.23 37 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 1.02.55 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 1.24.48 45 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 1.25.18 46 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 1.29.24 47 José Antonio Redondo (Spa) Astana Team 1.29.48 48 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1.30.24 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 1.38.39 56 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 1.39.33 57 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.40.19 58 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax-Gam 1.40.24 59 José Antonio Garrido (Spa) Quick Step-Innergetic 1.41.37 60 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.42.03 61 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 1.43.19 62 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 1.45.00 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 1.45.55 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 1.47.52 69 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.49.21 70 David George (RSA) Relax-Gam 1.50.19 71 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.50.42 72 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 1.51.49 73 Florian Stalder (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.52.53 74 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 1.54.28 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 2.02.59 79 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 2.03.10 80 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 2.04.11 81 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 2.05.03 82 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 83 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.09.04 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 2.10.14 87 Jorge García (Spa) Relax-Gam 2.10.30 88 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.14.29 89 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R Prevoyance 2.16.00 90 Luis Fernández Oliveira (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.16.33 91 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team 2.17.09 92 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.20.53 93 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 2.21.25 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 2.26.39 97 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 2.26.59 98 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana Team 2.27.42 99 Ian Mcleod (RSA) Française des Jeux 2.30.12 100 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas 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 2.32.02 104 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 2.35.16 105 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 2.35.38 106 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank 2.36.24 107 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 2.36.43 108 Pierre Drancourt (Bel) Bouygues Telecom 2.37.58 109 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 2.38.40 110 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 2.39.11 111 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 2.41.06 112 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank 2.41.17 113 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.41.52 114 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.42.15 115 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas 2.42.17 116 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 2.42.30 117 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 2.42.51 118 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 2.43.37 119 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana Team 2.44.51 120 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 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas 2.47.04 124 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 2.47.17 125 Bastiaan Giling (Ned) T-Mobile Team 2.48.44 126 David Navas (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 2.52.29 127 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram 2.56.11 128 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux 2.57.52 129 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 2.57.58 130 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.58.24 131 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 2.59.32 132 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole 3.11.10 133 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 3.20.10 134 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole 3.23.05 Points classification 1 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 199 pts 2 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana Team 163 3 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 147 4 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 107 5 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 104 6 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 104 7 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 99 8 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana Team 95 9 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 93 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 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 45 14 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 43 15 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 42 16 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 39 17 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 37 18 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 37 19 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 37 20 Luis Pérez (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 36 21 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 35 22 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana Team 33 23 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval-Prodir 33 24 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agricole 32 25 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 32 26 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital 31 27 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R Prevoyance 29 28 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 29 29 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 29 30 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 26 31 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 26 32 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC 26 33 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 26 34 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 19 35 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 16 36 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 16 37 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 15 38 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas 14 39 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 14 40 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 13 41 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital 13 42 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 12 43 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 12 44 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 12 45 Raúl García De Mateo (Spa) Relax-Gam 11 46 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 11 47 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 11 48 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 11 49 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 10 50 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 10 51 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank 10 52 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team 9 53 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana Team 9 54 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital 9 55 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 8 56 Jorge García (Spa) Relax-Gam 8 57 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 8 58 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française des Jeux 8 59 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 8 60 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8 61 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 8 62 Mario De Sarraga (Spa) Relax-Gam 7 63 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana Team 7 64 José Antonio Redondo (Spa) Astana Team 7 65 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 7 66 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 7 67 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 6 68 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 6 69 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana Team 6 70 Ian Mcleod (RSA) Française des Jeux 6 71 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 6 72 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux 6 73 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 6 74 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax-Gam 4 75 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 4 76 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 4 77 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 4 78 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4 79 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 3 80 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 3 81 José Antonio Garrido (Spa) Quick Step-Innergetic 3 82 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 3 83 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 3 84 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 2 85 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 2 86 David George (RSA) Relax-Gam 2 87 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas 2 88 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 1 89 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1 90 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux 1 91 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Gam 1 92 Florian Stalder (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 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 15 4 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 21 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 31 9 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 39 10 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 43 11 Luis Pérez (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 47 12 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 58 13 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana Team 61 14 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 62 15 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 63 16 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 64 17 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 65 18 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 83 19 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agricole 84 20 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC 88 21 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas 91 22 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 107 23 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital 107 24 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 109 25 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 110 26 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 112 27 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française des Jeux 113 28 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital 120 29 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Gam 122 30 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 127 31 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 127 32 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 131 33 José Antonio Redondo (Spa) Astana Team 136 34 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R Prevoyance 136 35 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 138 36 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 140 37 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 144 38 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana Team 150 39 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 155 40 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 156 41 Raúl García De Mateo (Spa) Relax-Gam 159 42 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 161 43 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 163 44 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 169 45 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 170 46 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 175 47 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 185 48 Mario De Sarraga (Spa) Relax-Gam 188 49 José Antonio Garrido (Spa) Quick Step-Innergetic 189 50 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 195 51 Jorge García (Spa) Relax-Gam 198 52 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team 202 53 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 215 54 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 234 55 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 237 56 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas 247 57 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 250 Teams classification 1 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 243.36.42 2 Caisse D'Epargne - Illes Balears 15.25 3 Astana 25.33 4 Euskaltel - Euskadi 32.13 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 2.20.33 11 Credit Agricole 2.51.19 12 Rabobank 3.25.53 13 Davitamon - Lotto 3.44.43 14 Liquigas 3.58.18 15 Quick Step - Innergetic 4.29.55 16 Française des Jeux 4.48.50 17 T- Mobile Team 4.52.02 18 Phonak Hearing Systems 5.01.08 19 Gerolsteiner 5.10.53 20 Team Milram 5.47.49 21 Bouygues Telecom 6.17.06
