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61st Vuelta a España - GT

Spain, August 26-September 17, 2006

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Stage 11 - September 6: Torrelavega (Oscar Freire Velodrome) - Burgos, 173.6 km

Martinez scoops long-awaited win

No change to overall standings

By Shane Stokes in Burgos, with additional reporting from Hernan Alvarez

Egoi Martinez (Discovery)
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As was the case yesterday, stage 11 of this year's Vuelta proved to be a typical transition stage, with a group of riders going clear early on, building a large lead and providing the springboard for the eventual winner. Today's victor was one of the two Spanish riders on the Discovery Channel squad here, namely 28 year old Egoi Martinez, and he was very pleased to top the podium again after several years trying.

"This is a very welcome victory," he told the assembled media at the finish. "I have waited a long time since my last win in the Tour de l'Avenir [overall classification, 2003]. It is very difficult for me to win in mountain stages, but on days like today I can chase the victory and finally it arrived.

"It is also a very good win for the team, who have already had the leader's jersey. From tomorrow we will have a lot of morale for the rest of the Vuelta."

Martinez was keen from the word go, being one of the first to go on the offensive after the drop of the flag. His early effort was negated by the bunch but another move sparked off by Thor Hushovd (Crédit Agricole) at kilometre 27 saw the Spaniard join the points jersey leader and 11 others in the move. He was frustrated by a lack of cooperation and cleared off on the day's second climb, the Puerto del Escudo, building a decent lead.

He was later joined by Iñigo Landaluze (Euskaltel-Euskadi) and Volodymir Gustov (Team CSC) yet had enough left to surge clear with 12 kilometres remaining and solo in for the win.

Egoi Martinez (Discovery)
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"When we were in the bigger break early on everyone wasn't doing equal work," he said, when asked to talk about the key points of the stage. "I attacked in the hope of reducing it to a smaller group but unfortunately I ended up being clear by myself. I asked my directeur sportif what I should do, if I should sit up or if I should keep going. He said to keep riding and see what happened.

"When the two chasing riders got up to me, my directeur sportif gave me a lot of encouragement to keep my motivation up, telling me to keep fighting until the end because the stage wasn't over yet. It was perhaps that encouragement which enable me to get this win today."

Martinez said that he was in good condition earlier this summer but a couple of falls stopped him capitalizing on that. "I had very good form in the Tour and was lying fifth overall [after stage 4] but then I had a very bad crash," he said. "My body reacted very badly and I couldn't rediscover my pedaling rhythm. After a couple of stages in the mountain I got into decent form again but then crashed once more on stage 15 [to l'Alpe d'Huez] while I was in the break. It was tough to finish the Tour like that.

"I didn't do much training afterwards as I was very tired. When I arrived at the Vuelta I wasn't in great form, I was lacking rhythm, but after several stages I found myself once again in very good condition."

Egoi Martinez (Discovery)
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Following his Tour de l'Avenir victory, Martinez spent time with the Euskaltel squad before being signed to Discovery at the start of this year. He said that things didn't go to plan at first. " I arrived to the training camp in California ten kilos overweight and without any English. As a result, I lost a lot of morale in the first few days and it was very tough. But thanks to my trainer and the doctor my motivation improved and I was able to lose that weight very quickly. Other riders such as Chechu and Noval helped me improve my morale and the fact that Johan Bruyneel has good Spanish also helped me to adapt very quickly."

Second and third today were Landaluze and Gustov, while the remainder of the break came home over three minutes down. T-Mobile's Scott Davis was in the group and told Cyclingnews what the stage was like.

"Originally we had Bernhard Kohl on classification but he had some bad luck. Obviously that was a kick for the team and we had to go for stages. Yesterday I tried something and today I managed to slip into the move.

"Straight out of the blocks, everyone wanted to get into the breakaway. After about 20 kilometres there was a little hill and then we managed to get a little group of 14 or so. We worked until the finish, although three riders got away one by one and joined up.

"Later on we had a big storm with hail – a bit of everything today, really. That was the first rain of the race so that cooled us down a bit, but I didn't rate the hail much."

Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne)
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Carlos Sastre finished with all the favourites in the main bunch, 15 minutes and 4 seconds back, and also welcomed the change in weather. "Early on it was rather hot and humid when climbing the two category first mountains, but then with the rain we felt better," he told Onda Cero radio. "We spent the day without much trouble."

Race leader Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) also finished in the main bunch and retains his maillot oro. Early on there was a little concern when three of his biggest rivals Alexandre Vinokourov, Andrey Kashechkin (both Astana) and Carlos Sastre (CSC) attacked, but Valverde's team was quick to relax and snuff out the move. That means that things remain as they were as the race heads into tomorrow's twelfth stage, a mainly flat 162 kilometre leg from Aranda de Duero to Guadalajara.

How it unfolded

The peloton
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The gothic styled Burgos cathedral was declared by UNESCO a World Heritage Building in 1984. It was begun in the 13th century and completed in the 16th century. Burgos is an oft visited place in the Vuelta, and Milram's Alessandro Petacchi won here three times: in 2002, 2004 and 2005.

Defending champion Denis Menchov (Rabobank) retired from the race this morning, claiming physical and mental emptiness. The Russian wasn't doing a good Vuelta and he was 67th in the overall classification. Therefore, there were 167 riders who took the start in Torrelavega, the hometown of Oscar Freire.

Egoi Martinez was obviously motivated today and attacked from the gun, but his move was quickly covered by the peloton. At km 27, 13 riders attacked and made a gap: Thor Hushovd (Credit Agricole), Joaquin Rodriguez (Illes Balears), Serguei Yakovlev (Astana), Egoi Martinez (Discovery), Theo Eltink (Rabobank), Dario Cioni (Liquigas), Eric Leblacher (Française des Jeux), David Loosli (Lampre), Volodymir Gustov (CSC), Iñigo Landaluze (Euskaltel), Stuart O'Grady (CSC), Scott Davis (T-Mobile) and Alexandre Usov (AG2R). At the first intermediate sprint in Villacarriedo (km 28), Hushovd crossed in first place followed by Usov and Davis. Meanwhile, David Cañada (Saunier Duval) began chasing the leaders alone.

Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne)
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The leaders went up the first climb in Puerto de la Braguia (km 39) increasing their gap over the peloton. Cañada rode more than a minute behind the men in the breakaway. Later on, Egoi Martinez made a smart move and changed the tempo to leave the other 12 riders behind at km 68. Martinez led the race at km 80 by 2'42, with the lone Cañada at 6'32 and the bunch at 10'33.

The Discovery rider was determined to win the stage and he led the race by more than 14 minutes over the peloton at km 116. There was a lot of road to cover, but Martinez had a good advantage. The riders had to deal with the rain that started falling, combined with a sudden drop in temperature. Behind Martinez, Iñigo Landaluze and Volodymir Gustov attacked the break and caught the leader at km 130. It seemed the winner would be among this trio, as seven kilometres further, the three in front led by 2'13 over the rest of the break and 12'30 over the peloton.

Egoi Martinez didn't want company and attacked with 12 km to go. The Discovery rider powered away from Landaluze and Gustov and was finally rewarded for his massive effort in the stage, crossing the line to finish in first place. Landaluze and Gustov sprinted for second, and the Spaniard prevailed 55 seconds behind Egoi Martinez. The rest of the break arrived at 3'55, led by Hushovd, and the peloton came in at 15'04.

Stage 12 – September 7: Aranda de Duero-Guadalajara, 169.3 km

Stage 12 will be a rather flattish stage with just one climb in the middle of the parcours. The only mountain will be Alto de Santibañez de Ayllon (1,430 m. above sea level – km 66.4). There will be two intermediate sprints in Ayllon (km 44.8) and Yunquera de Henares (km 153). The route is very favourable for the sprinters' teams if they control the attacks on the climb.

Photography

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Results

1 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team              4.20.32 (39.98 km/h)
2 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                0.55
3 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC                                            
4 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole                                     3.35
5 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R Prevoyance                                       
6 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital                                         
7 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                          
8 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank                                                 
9 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team                                            
10 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                3.37
11 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française des Jeux                                   
12 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas                                          
13 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana Team                                        
14 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               15.04
15 Florian Stalder (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                              
16 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                      
17 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                     
18 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                         
19 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                      
20 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                  
21 Raúl García De Mateo (Spa) Relax-Gam                                      
22 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax-Gam                                              
23 Mario De Sarraga (Spa) Relax-Gam                                          
24 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                
25 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                               
26 Iñigo Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance                                     
27 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                                
28 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                                   
29 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole                                      
30 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                        
31 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                   
32 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                  
33 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                              
34 Steve Morabito (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                               
35 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas                                            
36 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas                                             
37 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                         
38 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                     
39 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC                                             
40 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC                                            
41 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC                                               
42 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram                                       
43 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                   
44 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                 
45 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                      
46 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas                                     
47 Bastiaan Giling (Ned) T-Mobile Team                                       
48 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                       
49 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                   
50 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                    
51 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                     
52 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                       
53 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                                   
54 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                   
55 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Phonak Hearing Systems                               
56 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                   
57 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole                                      
58 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                     
59 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas                                           
60 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance                                   
61 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC                                             
62 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Team Milram                                            
63 Luis Pérez (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                         
64 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Astana Team                                          
65 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                   
66 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                     
67 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC                                          
68 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                                           
69 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram                                        
70 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                                        
71 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana Team                                       
72 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram                                     
73 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                      
74 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                              
75 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram                                              
76 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                       
77 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                     
78 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                             
79 Jesús Hernández (Spa) Relax-Gam                                           
80 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole                                       
81 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                     
82 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital                                       
83 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                     
84 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole                                   
85 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                            
86 José Vicent Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears            
87 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                      
88 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana Team                                             
89 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole                                      
90 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto                                  
91 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance                                     
92 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                   
93 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital                                     
94 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française des Jeux                                   
95 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC                                          
96 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana Team                                         
97 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank                                             
98 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                     
99 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agricole                                     
100 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                       
101 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                                   
102 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana Team                                   
103 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas                                          
104 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                         
105 David George (RSA) Relax-Gam                                             
106 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana Team                                          
107 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                               
108 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas                                           
109 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                     
110 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                     
111 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                              
112 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                      
113 Jorge García (Spa) Relax-Gam                                             
114 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                       
115 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                      
116 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                   
117 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux                                
118 Pierre Drancourt (Bel) Bouygues Telecom                                  
119 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax-Gam                                            
120 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                        
121 Luis Fernández Oliveira (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                     
122 Mauricio Ardila (Col) Rabobank                                           
123 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                                      
124 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                     
125 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Gam                                        
126 David Navas (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance                                        
127 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                                 
128 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                       
129 José Antonio Redondo (Spa) Astana Team                                   
130 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                        
131 Ian Mcleod (RSA) Française des Jeux                                      
132 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Credit Agricole                                       
133 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                 
134 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                             
135 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic                               
136 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Milram                                           
137 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram                                       
138 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank                                           
139 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic                                
140 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                       
141 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                        
142 Bingen Fernández (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                  
143 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                  
144 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                       
145 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                                      
146 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank                                         
147 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank                                            
148 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval-Prodir                                  
149 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic                                  
150 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux                                  
151 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems                                   
152 Alberto Benítez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                               
153 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                               
154 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française des Jeux                                  
155 José Antonio Garrido (Spa) Quick Step-Innergetic                         
156 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                         
157 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax-Gam                                            
158 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto                                     
159 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                            
160 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic                                
161 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                  
162 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas                                              
163 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC                                    15.21
DNF Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                   
DNF Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                     
DNF Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone             
DNF Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Astana Team                                      
DNS Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                             
 
Points
 
1 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                   25 pts
2 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                  20
3 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC                                          16
4 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole                                       14
5 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R Prevoyance                                     12
6 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital                                       10
7 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                         9
8 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank                                                8
9 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team                                           7
10 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                   6
11 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française des Jeux                                  5
12 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas                                         4
13 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana Team                                       3
14 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                   2
15 Florian Stalder (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                             1
 
Mountains
 
Puerto de la Braguía - Cat. 1, km 39
1 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole                                       16 pts
2 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R Prevoyance                                     12
3 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                   10
4 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas                                          8
5 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française des Jeux                                   6
6 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                   4
7 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team                                           3
8 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana Team                                        2
9 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                    1
 
Puerto del Escudo - Cat. 1, km 72
1 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                   16 pts
2 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital                                       12
3 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R Prevoyance                                     10
4 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas                                          8
5 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française des Jeux                                   6
6 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC                                           4
7 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana Team                                        3
8 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                         2
9 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                   1
 
Puerto de Carrales - Cat. 3, km 87
1 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                    6 pts
2 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas                                          4
3 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française des Jeux                                   2
4 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R Prevoyance                                      1
 
Sprints
 
Villacarriedo, km 28,3
1 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole                                        4 pts
2 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R Prevoyance                                      2
3 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team                                           1
 
Vega de Pas, km 46
1 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole                                        4 pts
2 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas                                          2
3 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana Team                                        1
 
Teams
 
1 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                                 13.31.44
2 Team CSC                                                               0.55
3 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                                        
4 Gerolsteiner                                                           3.35
5 Credit Agricole                                                            
6 Ag2r Prevoyance                                                            
7 Lampre - Fondital                                                          
8 T- Mobile Team                                                             
9 Rabobank                                                                   
10 Caisse D'Epargne - Illes Balears                                      3.37
11 Liquigas                                                                  
12 Astana                                                                    
13 Française des Jeux                                                        
14 Bouygues Telecom                                                     15.04
15 Relax - GAM                                                               
16 Phonak Hearing Systems                                                    
17 Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone                                          
18 Team Milram                                                               
19 Davitamon - Lotto                                                         
20 Saunier Duval - Prodir                                                    
21 Quick Step - Innergetic                                                   
 
General classification after stage 11
 
1 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears            45.54.45
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 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                7.36
19 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                               
20 Jesús Hernández (Spa) Relax-Gam                                       7.59
21 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                8.06
22 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                     8.34
23 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                    8.48
24 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana Team                                    9.05
25 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital                                  10.32
26 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto                             13.55
27 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                    14.09
28 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank                                       14.27
29 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Gam                                    16.18
30 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Astana Team                                     17.34
31 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                   18.01
32 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank                                           18.04
33 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas                                     18.36
34 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team              19.30
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 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole                              25.28
39 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française des Jeux                              25.41
40 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team           26.20
41 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                        27.56
42 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax-Gam                                        27.57
43 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC                                        30.16
44 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Milram                                       30.48
45 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                   31.40
46 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                              32.32
47 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank                                     32.36
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 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic                            34.24
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 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux                              37.03
58 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                    37.20
59 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole                                      
60 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance                              39.01
61 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                   39.25
62 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agricole                                40.15
63 Mauricio Ardila (Col) Rabobank                                       40.18
64 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team              42.39
65 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                 43.37
66 Raúl García De Mateo (Spa) Relax-Gam                                 47.30
67 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital                                   48.48
68 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                        48.57
69 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                                      50.18
70 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                 51.05
71 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC                                      53.24
72 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                              53.34
73 David George (RSA) Relax-Gam                                         53.47
74 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                         55.38
75 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team               56.22
76 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                  56.34
77 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                           56.57
78 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               57.36
79 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance                                58.11
80 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                    58.32
81 José Antonio Garrido (Spa) Quick Step-Innergetic                     58.37
82 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                               1.00.08
83 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                               1.00.14
84 Luis Fernández Oliveira (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems               1.00.37
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 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                1.06.33
94 José Antonio Redondo (Spa) Astana Team                             1.06.50
95 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team                                    1.07.04
96 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R Prevoyance                               1.07.09
97 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                 1.07.21
98 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              1.07.33
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 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                      1.15.29
115 Bingen Fernández (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone           1.15.46
116 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC                                     1.15.49
117 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank                                     1.15.57
118 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                        1.16.17
119 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone          1.16.19
120 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                       1.18.42
121 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                             1.18.53
122 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                               1.19.29
123 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Team Milram                                    1.19.35
124 Pierre Drancourt (Bel) Bouygues Telecom                           1.19.43
125 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                             1.19.45
126 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française des Jeux                           1.20.00
127 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems                            1.20.03
128 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana Team                                     1.21.15
129 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic                         1.21.33
130 Mario De Sarraga (Spa) Relax-Gam                                  1.22.01
131 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank                                     1.22.11
132 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                             1.22.21
133 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                              1.22.56
134 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas                                    1.23.12
135 Ian Mcleod (RSA) Française des Jeux                               1.23.29
136 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas                                    1.23.37
137 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                    1.24.04
138 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner                               1.24.46
139 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                              1.25.21
140 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto                              1.25.41
141 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                          1.27.47
142 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              1.27.51
143 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC                                  1.28.20
144 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram                                      1.28.33
145 José Vicent Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears    1.28.34
146 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas                                   1.28.45
147 Bastiaan Giling (Ned) T-Mobile Team                               1.28.47
148 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas                                   1.29.31
149 David Navas (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance                                 1.30.04
150 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram                             1.31.03
151 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française des Jeux                           1.31.26
152 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic                           1.31.56
153 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                           1.32.10
154 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                 1.32.57
155 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram                                1.33.05
156 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux                         1.33.41
157 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                  1.34.04
158 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                        1.36.11
159 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram                               1.36.58
160 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Credit Agricole                                1.38.04
161 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole                              1.52.43
162 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram                                1.52.50
163 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole                               1.55.47
 
Points classification
 
1 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole                                      133 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 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                                29
16 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems                                  29
17 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                 28
18 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française des Jeux                                 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 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R Prevoyance                                    21
23 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                 21
24 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                 20
25 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                  19
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole                                  73 pts
2 José Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax-Gam                                        70
3 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                   59
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                  11 pts
2 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                             16
3 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana Team                                      22
4 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                    24
5 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana Team                                   25
6 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                 27
7 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas                                            27
8 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                   40
9 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                  46
10 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana Team                                       50
11 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                   54
12 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                  68
13 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas                                        76
14 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                   77
15 Luis Pérez (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                       77
16 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                 78
17 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                       88
18 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                 91
19 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team               97
20 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                             97
21 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                      99
22 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                 104
23 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole                                     108
24 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                     111
25 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française des Jeux                                115
 
Teams classification
 
1 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                                137.17.49
2 Astana                                                                 6.49
3 Caisse D'Epargne - Illes Balears                                      10.11
4 Lampre - Fondital                                                     19.01
5 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                                   19.18
6 Team CSC                                                              36.55
7 Saunier Duval - Prodir                                                43.31
8 Rabobank                                                              52.09
9 Relax - GAM                                                           53.27
10 Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone                                   1.09.35
11 Ag2r Prevoyance                                                    1.13.34
12 Credit Agricole                                                    1.19.44
13 Liquigas                                                           1.38.35
14 Davitamon - Lotto                                                  1.53.14
15 Gerolsteiner                                                       2.00.34
16 T- Mobile Team                                                     2.01.40
17 Phonak Hearing Systems                                             2.03.40
18 Française des Jeux                                                 2.11.36
19 Quick Step - Innergetic                                            2.32.58
20 Bouygues Telecom                                                   2.41.44
21 Team Milram                                                        2.55.21

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