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61st Vuelta a España - GT
Spain, August 26-September 17, 2006
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Stage 12 - September 7: Aranda de Duero - Guadalajara, 169.3 km
Salzburg calling: Paolini nabs stage win
First and third for Italians, no change in the overall
By Shane Stokes in Guadalajara, with additional reporting from Hernan Alvarez
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As much as this Vuelta is about the fight for the general classification, it also seems to be a battle for confirmation of good form and a high ranking place on the Italian team for the world championships later this month.
On day two Quick.Step's Paolo Bettini staked his claim to be numero uno with an unexpected sprint win ahead of riders such as Thor Hushovd (Credit Agricole), Luca Paolini (Liquigas) and Robbie McEwen (Davitamon Lotto). Then three days later Danilo di Luca (Liquigas) underlined his candidature with a mountain-top win at the Estación de Esquí La Covatilla. Now, today, it was the turn of Paolini, bronze medalist in Verona two years ago, to show that he also deserves a big place on the squadra azzura.
"This is a very special victory for me," the 29 year old stated after the podium ceremony. "It is my first stage win in a big Tour and comes at a very important time in the season, with the world championships coming up. It is good to get ProTour points and is overall a very important win to get."
Paolini had infiltrated a twelve man breakaway which went clear after 78 kilometres, building a maximum lead of 11'30. After the attacking started close to the line, he went with four kilometres remaining and soloed in five seconds ahead of Bart Dockx (Davitamon Lotto) and Bettini. Vladimir Gusev (Discovery Channel) and David Arroyo (Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears) were a further three seconds back, with the rest of the break coming in in dribs and drabs behind. The peloton were a full 15'04 down.
"There were some very fast riders there such as Bettini, Eisel and Nazon and so I didn't want to wait for them to make their move," he stated, when asked about his tactics near the end. "I decided to go early and it worked out well for me.
"There are other stages which suit me in this Vuelta but I want to be careful not to force my legs too much, and therefore arrive at the world championships tired."
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Dockx was second and said afterwards that while the day was an encouraging one for the team, that he was frustrated by the fact that he seemed to be marked by Bettini in the final kilometres. "There was one third category climb today and we had Horner in the breakaway. But the peloton were chasing and chasing, Cofidis and Lampre, and they caught them. Then I attacked and I got 12, 13 guys with me.
"There were a lot of attacks in the last kilometres and then Paolini went away. I went after him but I couldn't catch him with Bettini sitting on my wheel. They are friends, and I think they spoke together before the finish. Bettini wouldn't ride, and I got second.
"There is only one place that is important and that is first. I am a little bit disappointed because I had really prepared for this race today. But in the end I have to make do with second."
His directeur sportif Mark Sergeant said that he was pleased by the Davitamon-Lotto riders' efforts, even if they didn't get the win. "The team did well today – Chris [Horner] was in the first breakaway and then we had guys in the second. In recent days the riders couldn't get into good break but they did it today and rode well. Bjorn is not 100 percent…this finish would have been good for him. Bart was good, but he was unlucky to have been caught between two friends. Anyway, we will keep on trying and see what happens."
If Dockx was frustrated, Magnus Bäckstedt (Liquigas) seemed even more so. He came home as part of the main bunch but had been up the road early on with Horner and six others, trying to chase a stage win.
"The day kind of sucked, in the end. I made it into a breakaway but it didn't get going. I don't know why Milram and Lampre went to the front and brought that back. I could understand if they put themselves up there riding and trying to bring things in for a sprint, but if you close it down like that with everything that they had, all that is going to happen in the end is that another group goes and they have no-one in there either! And that is what happened.
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"It is unfortunate for me. I felt good. But this year seems to be like that all the time. Any break I get into early on seems to be brought back after 25 kilometres; then a new one goes and I am obviously not in that one. But I will keep trying. I am just going to take things day by day, see how I feel each morning and take it [attacking versus staying in the bunch] from there."
Caisse d'Epargne rider Arroyo made it into the move and in doing so, once again took pressure off his team and forced others to chase. He had started the stage 14'09 back and once the gap went out to 11'30, the Astana team of Alexandre Vinokourov and Andrey Kashechkin had to ride in order to protect their positions. In the end he gained 8'46 and moved up 14 places to 13th overall.
However his day was not without incident, as he told Onda Cero radio: "At first, the mission was simply to get in the breakaway and that's what I did. I crashed at a roundabout at some point of the race…the ground was wet and I lost control of the bike. It took me a bit of time to recover from that."
For ongoing race leader Alejandro Valverde and the rest of the general classification riders, it was a day to stay out of trouble. The first individual time trial beckons in two day's time; the clock is ticking for the next big part of this Vuelta, and it seems that keeping powder dry and legs fresh is the big goal until then.
How it unfolded
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Guadalajara is a city founded by the Arabs in the eighth century. Its name comes from the Arabic word that can be written as "Wad-al-Hayara", which means river of stones. In ,1085 the city was conquered by the Christians who fought for years against the Arabs for its control until 1212. That year, in the battle of Navas de Tolosa, the Christians finally took control of the city. In last year's Vuelta, it was the start city of the last time trial between Guadalajara and Alcala de Henares where Ruben Plaza won. Roberto Heras was second and later disqualified for failing the doping test that day.
All the 163 riders who finished the stage in Burgos yesterday took the start today. There were many attacks at the start of the stage but none was successful. On the only climb of the day, the Alto de Santibañez de Ayllon (1,430 m. above sea level – km 66.4), the peloton was together with yesterday's winner Egoi Martinez taking the points ahead of mountains leader Pietro Caucchioli. But soon after (km 78), 11 riders got a breakaway going that proved to be the right one: Vladimir Gusev (Discovery), Paolo Bettini (Quick Step), Luca Paolini (Liquigas), Ruben Perez (Euskaltel), Bart Dockx (Davitamon), Kevin Hulsmans (Quick Step), Bernhard Eisel (Française des Jeux), Bjorn Leukemans (Davitamon), Heinrich Haussler (Gerolsteiner), Ian McLeod (Française des Jeux) and Jean Patrick Nazon (AG2R).
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David Arroyo (Caisse d'Epargne) bridged up to this group at km 85. Gradually, the difference between the leaders and the peloton grew. The 12 riders led by 9'53 at km 119 and by 11'40 at km 128. Up until this point, Caisse d'Epargne had been riding a steady tempo because it had the best placed rider on GC in the break. That forced Astana to come to the front to protect its GC riders, and the gap started to come down again. But the dozen in front were not going to be caught.
Gerolsteiner experienced several abandons during today's stage: Markus Fothen, Sven Montgomery and Andrea Moletta all quit the race.
At the second intermediate sprint in Yunquera de Henares (km 153), Nazon was first followed by Hulsmans and McLeod. The attacks started at 13 km to go when Eisel went with Paolini on his wheel. But then Hulsmans came to the front and kept the pace high enough to discourage any further attacks until 6 km to go.
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Haussler started the attacking at that point, but wasn't good enough to get clear, and when Luca Paolini played his card with 4 km to go, he was gone. The Italian got a small gap and the rest didn't react immediately, enabling Paolini to ride away. Dockx and Bettini chased Paolini, but with Bettini not working with the Belgian, it was nothing doing. Paolini was unstoppable, and the Liquigas rider crossed the line, celebrating by kissing his wedding ring. Bart Dockx ended up second together with Paolo Bettini third.
Stage 13 – September 8: Guadalajara-Cuenca, 180 km
Stage 13 should be a good one for men not well positioned on the GC, as it finishes in Cuenca, a place where a successful breakaway is possible. The stage will have three climbs: Alto de la Tendilla (Cat. 3 – 1,050 metres above sea level – km 31), Alto de Corcoles (Cat. 3 – 1,000 m. – km 60.2) and Alto del Castillo (Cat. 3 – 1,120 m. – km 167.2). Alto del Castillo could be a key part of the stage for the riders who want to win tomorrow. Valverde and the rest of the top riders should have a calm day.
Photography
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- Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) smiles at the start
- Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) looking happy
- Carlos Sastre (CSC) greets the day
- Erik Zabel (Milram) looking forward to today
- Alexandre Vinokourov (Astana) ponders the meaning of life
- Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) at the start
- Oscar Pereiro (Caisse d'Epargne) ready for action
- Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step) at the start
- Valverde and Sastre at sign on
- A. Valverde
- A. Petacchi
- Alessandro Petacchi (Milram) gets the wheel straight
- Alessandro Petacchi (Milram) checks his bike
- Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas) waits for another stage
- Martinez and Valverde at the start
- The peloton waits for the start of stage 12
- Luca Paolini (Liquigas) was the best rider today
- Luca Paolini (Liquigas) had plenty of time to enjoy the win
- Luca Paolini (Liquigas) wins the 12th stage
- Luca Paolini (Liquigas) raises his arms
- Luca Paolini (Liquigas) celebrates
- Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step) finished third
- Ruggero Marzoli (Lampre) wins the sprint for 13th
- Valverde, Kashechkin and Sastre cross the line
- Valverde, Kashechkin and Sastre come in
- Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas) finishes
- David Millar (Saunier Duval) at the finish
- Luca Paolini (Liquigas) on the podium
- Luca Paolini (Liquigas) smiles on the podium
- Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) in gold on the podium
Images by AFP Photo
- Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) during stage 12
- Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) follows his teammates in the bunch
- The peloton framed against the Spanish countryside
- Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step) on the attack
- Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) ahead of Kashechkin
- Carlos Sastre (CSC) chats to Alejandro Valverde during stage 12
- Carlos Sastre (CSC) leading Valverde
- High speed on the descent
- Andrey Kashechkin (Astana) leading Vinokourov
- Luca Paolini (Liquigas) wins the 12th stage
- Luca Paolini (Liquigas) stands on the podium
Images by Unipublic
- Smilin' Valverde
- Carlos Sastre (CSC) after sign on
- Fabian Cancellara (CSC) smiles at the start
- Olivier Kaisen (Davitamon) tries to get something happening
- An early breakaway that didn't quite succeed
- Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step) picks up speed
- The peloton
- The rain in Spain
- Alexandre Usov (AG2R) is nonplussed by the rain
- An AG2R rider tries to keep the rain off
- Oscar Pereiro (Caisse d'Epargne) takes off his jacket
- Astana driving it
- Strung out in pursuit
- Heinrich Haussler (Gerolsteiner) drives the break
- Astana leading the bunch
- Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) follows the wheels of the CSC riders
- Thor Hushovd (Credit Agricole) in the points jersey with the kiddies
Results
1 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 3.35.07 (47.22 km/h) 2 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 0.05 3 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 4 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.08 5 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 6 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.17 7 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française des Jeux 0.22 8 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 9 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.33 10 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 0.39 11 Ian Mcleod (RSA) Française des Jeux 0.57 12 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 2.09 13 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 8.54 14 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 15 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 16 Luis Pérez (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 17 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R Prevoyance 18 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 19 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 20 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 21 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 22 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 23 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana Team 24 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 25 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana Team 26 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 27 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française des Jeux 28 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 29 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 30 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Astana Team 31 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 32 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 33 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 34 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 35 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 36 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Phonak Hearing Systems 37 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital 38 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 39 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 40 Jesús Hernández (Spa) Relax-Gam 41 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 42 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 43 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 44 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Gam 45 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 46 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 47 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax-Gam 48 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax-Gam 49 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Team Milram 50 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 51 Iñigo Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 52 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana Team 53 Steve Morabito (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 54 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 55 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 56 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 57 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 58 Raúl García De Mateo (Spa) Relax-Gam 59 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 60 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 61 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 62 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas 63 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital 64 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 65 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 66 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 67 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 68 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 69 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 70 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 71 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 72 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 73 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agricole 74 Bingen Fernández (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 75 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas 76 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 77 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 78 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 79 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 80 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 81 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax-Gam 82 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana Team 83 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 84 Pierre Drancourt (Bel) Bouygues Telecom 85 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 86 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas 87 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 88 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas 89 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 90 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 91 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 92 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 93 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 94 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 95 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 96 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 97 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 98 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 99 Bastiaan Giling (Ned) T-Mobile Team 100 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 101 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole 102 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 103 José Antonio Redondo (Spa) Astana Team 104 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 105 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 106 Jorge García (Spa) Relax-Gam 107 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 108 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 109 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 110 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 111 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 112 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank 113 David George (RSA) Relax-Gam 114 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 115 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 116 Luis Fernández Oliveira (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 117 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC 118 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval-Prodir 119 Florian Stalder (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 120 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Milram 121 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 122 Mario De Sarraga (Spa) Relax-Gam 123 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 124 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française des Jeux 125 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 126 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 127 José Antonio Garrido (Spa) Quick Step-Innergetic 128 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team 129 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 130 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 131 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 132 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 133 David Navas (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 134 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux 135 Mauricio Ardila (Col) Rabobank 136 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 137 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 138 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Credit Agricole 9.27 139 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank 9.38 140 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 9.43 141 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram 142 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana Team 10.16 143 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux 10.17 144 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 10.34 145 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 146 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 10.39 147 José Vicent Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 148 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 149 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 150 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team 151 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 152 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital 153 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 154 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 155 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 10.58 156 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC 8.54 157 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole 158 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana Team 11.47 159 Alberto Benítez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 14.58 DNF Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner DNF Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner DNF Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner DNF Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir Points 1 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 25 pts 2 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 20 3 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 16 4 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 14 5 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 12 6 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10 7 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française des Jeux 9 8 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 8 9 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 7 10 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 6 11 Ian Mcleod (RSA) Française des Jeux 5 12 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 4 13 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 3 14 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 2 15 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 1 Mountains Alto de Santibáñez de Ayllón - Cat. 3, km 66 1 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 6 pts 2 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 4 3 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 2 4 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1 Sprints Ayllón, km 44.8 1 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 4 pts 2 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 2 3 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 1 Yunquera de Henares, km 153 1 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 4 pts 2 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 2 3 Ian Mcleod (RSA) Française des Jeux 1 Teams 1 Davitamon - Lotto 10.54.59 2 Française des Jeux 0.35 3 Quick Step - Innergetic 1.30 4 Caisse D'Epargne - Illes Balears 8.18 5 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 6 Liquigas 8.20 7 Euskaltel - Euskadi 8.27 8 Ag2r Prevoyance 8.32 9 Gerolsteiner 8.43 10 Lampre - Fondital 17.04 11 Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 12 Astana 13 Team Milram 14 Relax - GAM 15 Phonak Hearing Systems 16 Team CSC 17 Saunier Duval - Prodir 18 Credit Agricole 19 Rabobank 20 T- Mobile Team 21 Bouygues Telecom 17.14 General classification after stage 12 1 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 49.38.46 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 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2.28 8 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 2.31 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 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 5.23 14 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5.33 15 Luis Pérez (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 6.11 16 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 6.20 17 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 6.36 18 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Phonak Hearing Systems 7.16 19 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 7.36 20 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 21 Jesús Hernández (Spa) Relax-Gam 7.59 22 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 8.06 23 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8.34 24 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8.48 25 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana Team 9.05 26 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital 10.32 27 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 10.44 28 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 13.55 29 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 14.27 30 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Gam 16.18 31 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Astana Team 17.34 32 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 18.01 33 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 18.04 34 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas 18.36 35 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC 23.04 36 Iñigo Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 23.35 37 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC 24.13 38 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 25.27 39 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 25.28 40 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française des Jeux 25.41 41 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 26.20 42 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 27.56 43 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax-Gam 27.57 44 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 30.16 45 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Milram 30.48 46 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 31.40 47 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 32.32 48 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 33.10 49 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 33.21 50 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 33.42 51 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 34.21 52 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 34.43 53 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax-Gam 34.58 54 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 35.00 55 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 35.30 56 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval-Prodir 36.20 57 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 37.20 58 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux 38.36 59 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 39.25 60 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agricole 40.15 61 Mauricio Ardila (Col) Rabobank 40.18 62 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 40.56 63 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 42.39 64 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 43.37 65 Raúl García De Mateo (Spa) Relax-Gam 47.30 66 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 48.57 67 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 50.18 68 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital 50.33 69 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team 51.05 70 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 53.24 71 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 53.34 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 José Antonio Garrido (Spa) Quick Step-Innergetic 58.37 80 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1.00.08 81 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1.00.12 82 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1.00.14 83 Luis Fernández Oliveira (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.00.37 84 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 1.01.23 85 Steve Morabito (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.02.08 86 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.02.49 87 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 1.02.52 88 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 1.03.23 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 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1.05.59 94 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.06.23 95 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.06.33 96 José Antonio Redondo (Spa) Astana Team 1.06.50 97 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R Prevoyance 1.07.09 98 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.07.43 99 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 1.08.31 100 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team 1.08.49 101 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 1.08.51 102 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1.08.57 103 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 1.09.28 104 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 1.10.03 105 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1.10.16 106 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.10.33 107 Jorge García (Spa) Relax-Gam 1.10.40 108 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française des Jeux 1.11.28 109 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 1.12.40 110 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas 1.13.30 111 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1.14.06 112 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 1.14.16 113 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.14.35 114 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana Team 1.15.07 115 Ian Mcleod (RSA) Française des Jeux 1.15.30 116 Bingen Fernández (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 1.15.46 117 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 1.15.49 118 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 1.16.19 119 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank 1.16.41 120 Alberto Benítez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.16.57 121 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.18.42 122 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1.18.53 123 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 1.19.09 124 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Team Milram 1.19.35 125 Pierre Drancourt (Bel) Bouygues Telecom 1.19.43 126 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.19.45 127 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.21.14 128 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 1.21.33 129 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.21.48 130 Mario De Sarraga (Spa) Relax-Gam 1.22.01 131 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank 1.22.11 132 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 1.23.12 133 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas 1.23.37 134 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 1.24.04 135 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana Team 1.24.08 136 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1.25.21 137 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 1.26.29 138 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 1.27.45 139 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.27.51 140 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 1.28.33 141 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas 1.28.45 142 Bastiaan Giling (Ned) T-Mobile Team 1.28.47 143 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 1.29.25 144 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 1.30.05 145 David Navas (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 1.30.14 146 José Vicent Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1.30.19 147 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 1.31.03 148 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.31.26 149 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 1.31.56 150 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1.32.10 151 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.32.57 152 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.33.41 153 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 1.33.54 154 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 1.36.11 155 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram 1.37.47 156 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Credit Agricole 1.38.37 157 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole 1.52.43 158 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 1.54.30 159 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole 1.55.47 Points classification 1 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 135 pts 2 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 79 3 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 71 4 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 65 5 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana Team 60 6 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 59 7 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 58 8 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 48 9 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 46 10 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 42 11 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 41 12 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana Team 40 13 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 38 14 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française des Jeux 37 15 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 37 16 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 35 17 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 29 18 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 28 19 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 27 20 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana Team 26 21 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 26 22 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 24 23 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R Prevoyance 21 24 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 21 25 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 20 Mountains classification 1 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 77 pts 2 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Gam 70 3 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 65 4 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 52 5 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 42 6 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 42 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 20 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 12 pts 2 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 18 3 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana Team 24 4 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 25 5 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana Team 26 6 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 30 7 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 31 8 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 41 9 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 46 10 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 46 11 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana Team 50 12 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 53 13 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 66 14 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 71 15 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 78 16 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas 79 17 Luis Pérez (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 80 18 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 81 19 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 95 20 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 100 21 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 100 22 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 103 23 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 107 24 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 108 25 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 113 Teams classification 1 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 148.21.06 2 Caisse D'Epargne - Illes Balears 10.11 3 Astana 15.35 4 Euskaltel - Euskadi 19.27 5 Lampre - Fondital 27.47 6 Team CSC 45.41 7 Saunier Duval - Prodir 52.17 8 Rabobank 1.00.55 9 Relax - GAM 1.02.13 10 Ag2r Prevoyance 1.13.48 11 Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 1.18.21 12 Credit Agricole 1.28.30 13 Liquigas 1.38.37 14 Davitamon - Lotto 1.44.56 15 Gerolsteiner 2.00.59 16 Française des Jeux 2.03.53 17 T- Mobile Team 2.10.26 18 Phonak Hearing Systems 2.12.26 19 Quick Step - Innergetic 2.26.10 20 Bouygues Telecom 2.50.40 21 Team Milram 3.04.07
