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61st Vuelta a España - GT

Spain, August 26-September 17, 2006

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Stage 10 - September 5: Avilés - Museo de Altamira (Santillana del Mar), 199.3 km

Two years on, a big podium once more

Paulinho bounces back into form with excellent win

By Shane Stokes in Santillana del Mar, with additional reporting from Hernan Alvarez

Sergio Paulinho (Astana)
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Three out of three. The Astana team's victorious run in the Vuelta continued today when Sergio Paulinho triumphed, achieving his best result since taking silver in the Olympic road race just over two years ago. After standing on the podium in Athens the 26 year old Portuguese rider has had no wins of note, the highlight of a rather sparse palmares being eighth on the Mont Ventoux stage of the Dauphiné Libéré this year.

That all changed today. He infiltrated a large break which went clear in the first hour of racing and build up a maximum lead of 9'07, a gap which enabled Caisse d'Epargne's Vladimir Karpets to temporarily become the virtual race leader. Paulinho stopped working for a while on the instructions of Astana directeur sportif Neil Stephens, but later on was given a green light to contribute once more.

In the finale he benefited from the local knowledge of the team's other DS Herminio Diaz Zabala in choosing the perfect moment to attack, surging clear just inside the final kilometre and hitting the line two seconds ahead of Davide Rebellin (Liquigas) and Bouygues Telecom's Clasica San Sebastián winner Xavier Florencio.

"I am delighted to get this victory," he told the media afterwards. "The final two kilometres were very tough as the group was very big and everyone wanted to win. I knew that the last part was pretty hard so I waited for the right moment to attack and win the stage.

"We had a team meeting this morning and our directeur sportif Herminio Diaz Zabala told us what the course was like at the end – he lives near here. So I knew what to expect."

Sergio Paulinho (Astana)
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To date, Paulinho's most successful year was that season in 2004 when he won the national TT champs, took two stages in the Tour of Portugal and then went on to finish just behind Paolo Bettini in the Olympic road race. He said today that he hoped his success in Santillana del Mar would get things moving once again.

"This is probably the most important result since the silver medal in the Athens Olympics," he stated. "I am very happy with this win, it is also a victory for the team. Astana are very happy.

"Last year was my first in the team [then called Liberty Seguros Würth – ed.] and it was a very difficult year for me. I was sick a couple of times and that made things tough. However I am very happy with my condition now and this win is a big boost. I hope to build on this, go for another stage here and take more victories in the future."

Paulinho was briefly sidelined from racing this year when his name surfaced in relation to the Operación Puerto investigations. His former team manager was Manolo Saiz, who was arrested in connection with the affair, and he and several others on the squad were provisionally suspended. However he was later cleared by the UCI and was able to return to racing, building form for what has been a successful showing in this Tour of Spain.

Perhaps inevitably, he was asked about the investigation and also if he would dedicate his win to Saiz. "Manolo is a person who is very important to me," he answered. "The truth is that what happened with him has been very hard for all of us. But it is thanks to him that I signed with the team last year, so I would like to dedicate this win to him.

"As regards the team not being allowed to ride the Tour, I think the decision was very tough for us. We prepared very well to win the Tour with Vinokourov but in the end we could not take part. However we kept working, thinking of the future and now we will try to win the Vuelta. We arrived at the start here very motivated to do well and now Vinokourov and Kashechkin are very well placed. We will try to win the overall and also get more stages."

The right move
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Team DS Neil Stephens once again found himself celebrating a stage victory, the latest after Vinokourov's triumphs in Lugo on Saturday and again at Alto de la Cobertoria, one day later. "That's three in a row now, so far!" he said, clearly delighted. "It was a bit of a surprise today. He went in the break to cover it and make sure we had some sort of representation there. He started to ride but then when we realised that Karpets was there and up on GC, I told him he wasn't allowed to do any more, although he wanted to.

"When it got below four minutes again I let him ride because he wanted to participate in the breakaway. And then he showed his strength in the finish."

"The plan for now is just to wait until the time trial. That was the situation today, there was no real big objective other than covering the break and making sure we had some sort of representation there. After Sergio Paulinho did his work as a domestique earlier on, it paid off for him today with a victory."

One of the many riders also gunning for the win was Francisco José Ventoso. He already triumphed on stage three and was lying fourth in the points classification this morning, 52 off the total of leader Thor Hushovd (Credit Agricole). The Spaniard clocked a total of eight in winning the two bonus sprints en route and would have noticed up another 25 had he been first to the line. However despite the assistance of Saunier Duval team-mate David Millar, things didn't work out on this occasion.

"The final was very spectacular," he told Cyclingnews just finishing fifth. "The last few kilometres were very beautiful, as you might expect from Cantabria. David did a lot of work for me but unfortunately I wasn't able to repay those efforts with a win.

"The last few kilometres were very fast. I had a lot of riders to mark and when the move went in the final kilometre, I didn't have enough left to go with that."

David Millar (Saunier Duval)
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Ventoso had covered an attack by Iban Mayo (Euskaltel) just before the flat and had nothing left to answer Paulinho's surge. When Millar crossed the line, Ventoso made a point of thanking him, even apologising for things not working out.

"I was on the limit most of the day," said a sweat-soaked Millar. "I was really strong, but also on the limit. I knew I wasn't going well enough to win, so I had to make a decision. I figured it would be easier to try to keep it together for as long as possible to help Fran. He is a sprinter, he can't handle repeated accelerations, but if we go at one speed that helps him.

"We tried, anyway. Those are the sort of days that bring you form…well, they either bring you form or f**k you! I haven't done that in a long time, I had forgotten how hard it was. We were going very fast out there. It was humid, too. That made it tougher again."

Although the bunch rolled in just under four minutes down, there was little change in the general classification. Karpets and Paulinho move up to ninth and tenth overall but otherwise the status quo remains, with the main contenders happy to mark each other and save their strength for now. Just ten stages have elapsed in this year's race, so there is plenty of time yet for a big showdown between top dogs such as ongoing leader Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne), Andrey Kashechkin, Carlos Sastre (CSC), José Angel Gomez Marchante (Saunier Duval) and Alexandre Vinokourov.

How it unfolded

Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne)
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Today's 10th stage finished in Altamira, whose caves are famous worldwide for their ancient paintings. These painting are considered one of the very first kinds of art in Europe in prehistory, and scientists estimate that they are between 14,000 and 17,000 years old.

170 riders took the start in Avilés as Marcel Strauss (Gerolsteiner) didn't start today's stage. After numerous attacks in the first hour, 15 riders created the right escape at km 40: Michael Rasmussen (Rabobank), Nicki Sorensen (CSC), Xavier Florencio (Bouygues Telecom), Dmitriy Fofonov (Credit Agricole), Sebastien Joly (Française des Jeux), Evgeni Petrov (Lampre), Vladimir Karpets (Illes Balears), Sebastien Minard (Cofidis), Vladimir Gusev (Discovery), Iban Mayo (Euskaltel), Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner), Dario Cioni (Liquigas), David Millar (Saunier Duval), Francisco Ventoso (Saunier Duval), Sergio Paulinho (Astana). Meanwhile, Anthony Charteau (Credit Agricole) and Rony Martias (Bouygues Telecom) abandoned the race.

Sergio Paulinho (Astana)
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The gap between the breakaway and the peloton kept growing, and the biggest difference was more than nine minutes at km 112. Vladimir Karpets had started the day at 6'50 behind his captain Valverde on GC, and was now the virtual leader. That prompted CSC to start chasing in the peloton in order to protect Carlos Sastre's position on GC, and the break's lead started to fall.

At the first intermediate sprint in Llanes (km 120.4), Francisco Ventoso (Saunier Duval) crossed in first place followed by Sebastien Joly second and Dario Cioni third. The peloton worked hard and reduced the gap to 4'50 at km 151. It came down to 3'30 with 30 km to go, and CSC eased off the gas as the break was well under control.

At the second intermediate sprint in Cobreces (km 179), Ventoso was again first with David Millar and Evgeni Petrov behind. The day's only climb, the Cat. 3 Alto del Mirador de Cildad, started and Millar rode tempo for his teammate Ventoso until Mayo, Joly, Petrov and Rebellin attacked, without success. The break regrouped on the descent and Millar went to the front to keep the pace high before the finale.

CSC
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The road started to climb with 5 km to go, and a kilometre later, Dario Cioni and Sebastien Minard made the first attack. That signaled a frenzy of attacks, with everyone who still had the legs trying their chances. Sorensen, who had enjoyed a fairly easy day in the break, tried a couple of times, but was unable to break clear.

Ventoso was able to mark Mayo when he attacked with just over 1 km to go, but when Sergio Paulinho countered at 800 metres to go, no-one had an answer. The Astana rider held off a late charge by Davide Rebellin to win his first stage in two years, and Astana's third stage in a row. This also marked the first time that an early breakaway had lasted all the way in this year's Vuelta.

The peloton came in at 3'54 led by Florian Stalder (Phonak), meaning that Karpets (9th at 3'02) and Paulinho (3'42) moved up into the top 10 on GC.

Stage 11 - September 6: Torrelavega-Burgos, 173.6 km

There are three mountains in stage 11 that ends in Burgos, a city that has hosted so many Vuelta finishes. The climbs are Puerto de la Braguia (Cat. 1 – 720 m. above sea level – km 39), Puerto del Escudo (Cat. 1 – 1,011 m. – km 72.5) and Puerto de Carrales (Cat. 3 – 1,030 m. – km 86.7). The finale will be in an ideal place for the sprinters, as the finishing straight is 1.5 km and flat. Despite the mountains, it should be a day for the sprinters, and a calm day for Valverde and the other favourites.

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Results

1 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana Team                                   4.33.44 (43.68 km/h)
2 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                     0.02
3 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                                    
4 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                  0.06
5 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                      0.07
6 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                    
7 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux                                    
8 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                    
9 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agricole                                      
10 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital                                       
11 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC                                             
12 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                     0.11
13 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas                                      0.51
14 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank                                      1.29
15 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval-Prodir                               2.47
16 Florian Stalder (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                          3.54
17 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                        
18 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                                       
19 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                 
20 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                   
21 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                              
22 Luis Pérez (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                         
23 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC                                            
24 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax-Gam                                             
25 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                             
26 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                     
27 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                
28 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française des Jeux                                   
29 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                               
30 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                     
31 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                    
32 José Antonio Redondo (Spa) Astana Team                                    
33 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                  
34 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana Team                                       
35 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                    
36 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance                                     
37 Mario De Sarraga (Spa) Relax-Gam                                          
38 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                        
39 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC                                               
40 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                   
41 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                   
42 Iñigo Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance                                     
43 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                    
44 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                     
45 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital                                     
46 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax-Gam                                             
47 Raúl García De Mateo (Spa) Relax-Gam                                      
48 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana Team                                    
49 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                                
50 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                        
51 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                                
52 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                      
53 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto                                  
54 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                   
55 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas                                             
56 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                   
57 Alberto Benítez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                                
58 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank                                            
59 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                       
60 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                             
61 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Gam                                         
62 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                    
63 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                      
64 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Astana Team                                          
65 Bingen Fernández (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                   
66 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                    
67 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                              
68 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana Team                                           
69 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                      
70 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                     
71 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                               
72 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                                   
73 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram                                              
74 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                     
75 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                                    
76 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                   
77 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                       
78 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                                           
79 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Milram                                            
80 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Phonak Hearing Systems                               
81 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank                                             
82 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                  
83 Jesús Hernández (Spa) Relax-Gam                                           
84 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                                        
85 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R Prevoyance                                      
86 Jorge García (Spa) Relax-Gam                                              
87 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                      
88 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole                                      
89 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                         
90 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                     
91 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC                                           
92 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank                                                
93 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                        
94 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                       
95 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole                                      
96 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                      
97 Steve Morabito (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                               
98 David George (RSA) Relax-Gam                                              
99 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax-Gam                                              
100 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                  
101 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance                                  
102 Luis Fernández Oliveira (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                     
103 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                    
104 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                     
105 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                     
106 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                    
107 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank                                            
108 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                         
109 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana Team                                       
110 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole                                  
111 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Team Milram                                           
112 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas                                              
113 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic                                
114 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Astana Team                                      
115 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital                                       
116 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas                                    
117 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                        
118 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC                                         
119 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC                                         
120 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                 4.41
121 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas                                          
122 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                      
123 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic                                
124 Ian Mcleod (RSA) Française des Jeux                                      
125 Mauricio Ardila (Col) Rabobank                                       5.01
126 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                             
127 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                               
128 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram                                    
129 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic                                  
130 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française des Jeux                              5.11
131 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic                               
132 Bastiaan Giling (Ned) T-Mobile Team                                      
133 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana Team                                            
134 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                           
135 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française des Jeux                                  
136 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                             
137 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram                                       
138 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas                                           
139 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas                                          
140 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram                                       
141 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram                                      
142 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone             
143 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                     
144 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas                                           
145 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                 
146 José Antonio Garrido (Spa) Quick Step-Innergetic                         
147 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                        
148 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                  5.23
149 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole                                       
150 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems                                   
151 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                              5.28
152 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC                                        5.47
153 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                             5.51
154 David Navas (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance                                    8.34
155 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team                                     10.16
156 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto                                10.35
157 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                  11.26
158 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                   11.29
159 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Credit Agricole                                       
160 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux                                
161 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole                                     
162 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                                 11.33
163 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole                                      
164 Pierre Drancourt (Bel) Bouygues Telecom                                  
165 José Vicent Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears           
166 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                         
167 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC                                    11.38
168 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              12.40
DNF Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                      
DNF Anthony Charteau (Fra) Credit Agricole                                   
DNS Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                        
 
Points
 
1 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana Team                                        25 pts
2 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                       20
3 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                                  16
4 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                    14
5 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                        12
6 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                  10
7 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux                                   9
8 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                   8
9 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agricole                                     7
10 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital                                      6
11 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC                                            5
12 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                        4
13 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas                                         3
14 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank                                         2
15 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval-Prodir                                  1
16 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas                                         -5
17 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                  -5
 
Mountains
 
Alto del Mirador de Cildad - Cat. 3, km 188
1 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                        6 pts
2 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                     4
3 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital                                       2
4 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana Team                                         1
 
Sprints
 
Llanes, km 120,4
1 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                         4 pts
2 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux                                   2
3 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas                                          1
 
Cobreces, km 179
1 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                         4 pts
2 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval-Prodir                                   2
3 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital                                       1
 
Teams
 
1 Saunier Duval - Prodir                                             13.48.00
2 Astana                                                                 1.00
3 Bouygues Telecom                                                       1.02
4 Caisse D'Epargne - Illes Balears                                       1.06
5 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                                     1.07
6 Team CSC                                                                   
7 Lampre - Fondital                                                          
8 Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone                                           
9 Credit Agricole                                                            
10 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                                   1.11
11 Gerolsteiner                                                          1.49
12 Liquigas                                                              1.51
13 Française des Jeux                                                    1.54
14 Rabobank                                                              2.29
15 Ag2r Prevoyance                                                       4.54
16 Relax - GAM                                                               
17 Phonak Hearing Systems                                                    
18 T- Mobile Team                                                            
19 Quick Step - Innergetic                                                   
20 Team Milram                                                               
21 Davitamon - Lotto                                                         
 
General classification after stage 10
 
1 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears            41.19.09
2 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana Team                                    0.27
3 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                           0.44
4 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                  0.56
5 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana Team                                 1.38
6 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team               2.05
7 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas                                          2.21
8 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                2.28
9 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                  3.02
10 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana Team                                     3.42
11 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                 3.59
12 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital                                 5.18
13 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                5.33
14 Luis Pérez (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                     6.11
15 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team             6.20
16 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team               6.36
17 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Phonak Hearing Systems                           7.16
18 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                           7.36
19 Jesús Hernández (Spa) Relax-Gam                                       7.59
20 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                     8.34
21 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                    8.48
22 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital                                  10.32
23 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto                             13.55
24 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                    14.09
25 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank                                       14.27
26 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Gam                                    16.18
27 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Astana Team                                     17.34
28 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                   18.01
29 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team              19.30
30 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears               19.33
31 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana Team                                   20.34
32 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team               23.00
33 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC                                          23.04
34 Iñigo Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance                                23.35
35 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC                                       24.13
36 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole                              25.28
37 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team           26.20
38 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                        27.56
39 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax-Gam                                        27.57
40 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank                                           29.33
41 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas                                     30.07
42 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC                                        30.16
43 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Milram                                       30.48
44 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                   31.40
45 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                              32.32
46 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank                                     32.36
47 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                               33.10
48 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone              33.21
49 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                                  33.42
50 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic                            34.24
51 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone              34.43
52 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax-Gam                                        34.58
53 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                   35.00
54 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                35.30
55 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval-Prodir                              36.20
56 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux                              37.03
57 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française des Jeux                              37.08
58 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole                                 37.20
59 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance                              39.01
60 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                   39.25
61 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agricole                                40.15
62 Mauricio Ardila (Col) Rabobank                                       40.18
63 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team              42.39
64 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                 43.37
65 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 46.27
66 Raúl García De Mateo (Spa) Relax-Gam                                 47.30
67 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                         47.34
68 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                    48.49
69 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                        48.57
70 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                                      50.18
71 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                 51.05
72 David George (RSA) Relax-Gam                                         53.47
73 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                         55.38
74 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team               56.22
75 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                  56.34
76 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                           56.57
77 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               57.36
78 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance                                58.11
79 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                    58.32
80 José Antonio Garrido (Spa) Quick Step-Innergetic                     58.37
81 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Astana Team                                  59.42
82 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                               1.00.08
83 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                               1.00.14
84 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital                                 1.00.17
85 Luis Fernández Oliveira (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems               1.00.37
86 Steve Morabito (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                        1.02.08
87 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                            1.02.49
88 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole                               1.02.52
89 Florian Stalder (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                       1.04.45
90 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                                 1.05.28
91 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC                                   1.05.45
92 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax-Gam                                       1.05.55
93 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                1.06.33
94 José Antonio Redondo (Spa) Astana Team                             1.06.50
95 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                 1.07.21
96 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              1.07.33
97 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC                                    1.07.41
98 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                            1.07.55
99 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone           1.08.31
100 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                           1.08.51
101 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                              1.08.57
102 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC                                  1.10.07
103 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team                               1.10.16
104 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                 1.10.33
105 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas                                       1.10.37
106 Jorge García (Spa) Relax-Gam                                      1.10.40
107 Alberto Benítez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                        1.10.53
108 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone             1.12.40
109 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas                             1.13.30
110 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana Team                                   1.13.45
111 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic                        1.14.16
112 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                               1.15.00
113 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                         
114 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole                                1.15.04
115 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC                                     1.15.29
116 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                             
117 Bingen Fernández (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone           1.15.46
118 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank                                     1.15.57
119 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                        1.16.17
120 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone          1.16.19
121 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team                                   1.18.35
122 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                       1.18.42
123 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R Prevoyance                                     
124 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                             1.18.53
125 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                               1.19.29
126 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Team Milram                                    1.19.35
127 Pierre Drancourt (Bel) Bouygues Telecom                           1.19.43
128 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                             1.19.45
129 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française des Jeux                           1.20.00
130 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems                            1.20.03
131 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana Team                                     1.21.15
132 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic                         1.21.33
133 Mario De Sarraga (Spa) Relax-Gam                                  1.22.01
134 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank                                     1.22.11
135 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                             1.22.21
136 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                              1.22.56
137 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas                                    1.23.12
138 Ian Mcleod (RSA) Française des Jeux                               1.23.29
139 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas                                    1.23.37
140 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                    1.24.04
141 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner                               1.24.46
142 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                              1.25.21
143 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto                              1.25.41
144 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC                                  1.27.43
145 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                          1.27.47
146 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              1.27.51
147 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram                                      1.28.33
148 José Vicent Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears    1.28.34
149 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas                                   1.28.45
150 Bastiaan Giling (Ned) T-Mobile Team                               1.28.47
151 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas                                   1.29.31
152 David Navas (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance                                 1.30.04
153 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone      1.30.32
154 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram                             1.31.03
155 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française des Jeux                           1.31.26
156 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic                           1.31.56
157 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                           1.32.10
158 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                 1.32.57
159 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram                                1.33.05
160 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux                         1.33.41
161 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                  1.34.04
162 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                        1.36.11
163 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram                               1.36.58
164 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                            1.37.40
165 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Credit Agricole                                1.38.04
166 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole                              1.52.43
167 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram                                1.52.50
168 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole                               1.55.47
 
Points classification
 
1 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole                                      111 pts
2 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                        79
3 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                             71
4 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana Team                                   60
5 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                  59
6 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC                                            48
7 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                             46
8 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic                                42
9 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                    42
10 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana Team                                     40
11 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas                                             40
12 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                37
13 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas                                           35
14 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                   35
15 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems                                  29
16 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                                29
17 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                 28
18 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française des Jeux                                 28
19 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana Team                                       26
20 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                      26
21 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                 21
22 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                  19
23 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                                 18
24 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                   16
25 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                             14
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole                                  73 pts
2 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Gam                                        70
3 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                        52
4 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                  42
5 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                             42
6 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas                                            40
7 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax-Gam                                            36
8 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                 33
9 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana Team                                      32
10 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                   32
11 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                      27
12 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                  27
13 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                 26
14 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana Team                                  20
15 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                 19
16 Mario De Sarraga (Spa) Relax-Gam                                        18
17 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana Team                                       16
18 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                 15
19 Luis Pérez (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                       15
20 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                           14
21 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                                 12
22 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                  9
23 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                    8
24 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas                                         8
25 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                   7
 
Combination classification
 
1 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                  10 pts
2 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                             15
3 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana Team                                      21
4 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                    23
5 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana Team                                   23
6 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                 26
7 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas                                            26
8 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                  43
9 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana Team                                        46
10 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                   48
11 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                  60
12 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                 65
13 Luis Pérez (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                       66
14 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                   67
15 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                 75
16 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                       79
17 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                             82
18 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team               84
19 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                      92
20 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                      99
21 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital                                    101
22 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas                                       102
23 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                 109
24 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                 119
25 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Phonak Hearing Systems                            123
 
Teams classification
 
1 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                                123.46.05
2 Astana                                                                 3.12
3 Caisse D'Epargne - Illes Balears                                       6.34
4 Lampre - Fondital                                                     15.26
5 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                                   18.23
6 Saunier Duval - Prodir                                                28.27
7 Team CSC                                                              36.00
8 Relax - GAM                                                           38.23
9 Rabobank                                                              48.34
10 Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone                                     54.31
11 Ag2r Prevoyance                                                    1.09.59
12 Credit Agricole                                                    1.16.09
13 Liquigas                                                           1.34.58
14 Davitamon - Lotto                                                  1.38.10
15 Phonak Hearing Systems                                             1.48.36
16 Gerolsteiner                                                       1.56.59
17 T- Mobile Team                                                     1.58.05
18 Française des Jeux                                                 2.07.59
19 Quick Step - Innergetic                                            2.17.54
20 Bouygues Telecom                                                   2.26.40
21 Team Milram                                                        2.40.17

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