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62nd Vuelta a España - GT
Spain, September 1-23, 2007
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Rest day 2 - September 17: Rest Day
Calm before the storm
Between the two rest days, the battle for the overall in the Vuelta a España was mostly quiet, with the sprinters and opportunists battling it out for stage glory but no major shake-ups in the general classification. Cyclingnews' Bjorn Haake looks back on the last week and the race ahead when the GC-contenders will face the final battle in the mountains and the pancake-flat time trial before reaching Madrid.
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The five stages in between the two rest days contained only one chance for the contenders to put pressure on Rabobank's Denis Menchov in the overall classification, and Samuel Sánchez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) made the most of it, gaining 41 seconds with a daredevil descent from the Alto de Monachil to win stage 15 and move up from sixth to fifth overall.
Aside from that one stage, the intervening stages were a mid-Vuelta siesta for the GC riders, and a prime opportunity for the sprinters and escape artists to have their day. Alessandro Petacchi marked his return to form with back-to-back wins on stages 11 and 12. The only question nagging Petacchi's stellar comeback was what would have happened if Oscar Freire would not have dropped out after nine stages? Certainly, Petacchi's Milram train got its act together, and delivered their star to perfection both days with an arm chair ride behind trusted train conductors of Alberto Ongarato, Marco Velo and Erik Zabel. The Italian sprinter only had to deliver the goods, which he did in style.
Stages 13 and 14 went to the breakaways, but were certainly no gifts. Friday's stage from Hellin to Torre-Pacheco was contested under torrential rain and hail which disrupted the peloton's efforts to chase Andreas Klier (T-Mobile), Tom Stamsnijder (Gerolsteiner) and Jérémy Roy (Française des Jeux). Klier attacked his companions to solo to victory, but the real action happened in the peloton, where Caisse d'Epargne tried to split the group and put Menchov into difficulty, but the observant Russian and the rest of his GC rivals safely made the split.
Saturday's stage was American Jason McCartney's finest hour as a professional. The Discovery Channel rider and ten others took some lessons from the day before, and with the GC battle temporarily on hold the eleven-strong group stayed clear of the peloton. Banking on his time trial skills, McCartney took off with less than ten kilometres to go, holding on to win by almost half a minute over Thomas Lövkvist (Française Des Jeux) and 50 seconds over the other chasers, led home by Stefan Schumacher (Gerolsteiner). More importantly, the move earned the currently unemployed rider plenty of attention from teams.
Sunday's stage finally brought the overall contenders a chance to make a difference. However, it was not only the ascent to the Alto de Monachil that proved to be a battleground, but also the treacherous descent to the stage finish in Granada. In the end it was Spaniard Samuel Sánchez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) who prevailed in the southern part of his country. He attacked close to the top of the Monachil, then caught Manuel Beltrán (Liquigas) on the descent and won the two-up sprint against his compatriot.
Damiano Cunego (Lampre-Fondital) was going well again but he decided that following his crash on stage one, he better get some rest and flew home to Italy from Granada on the morning of the second rest day. His compatriot Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step - Innergetic) still leads the points classification, but his narrow seven-point lead over Daniele Bennati (Lampre-Fondital) is anything but a secure lead.
The same can be said for the mountains classification, where Discovery's Jurgen Van Goolen has a three-point margin over race leader Menchov. The latter is likely to pick up more points in the remaining stages in the mountains. Menchov leads in the combination classification, where he is seven points ahead of former jersey oro Vladimir Efimkin. Efimkin is part of an impressive team that is more than a quarter of an hour ahead of Euskaltel-Euskadi in the teams classification.
Stage 15 was only a teaser, though, and after two transitional stages there will be some tough roads ahead for the riders before the time trial on Saturday will seal up the overall victory. With the races in the other competitions also still going on full swing, there should be some interesting tactics developing in the next few stages.
Stage 11 - September 12: Castellón - Algemesí, 191.3km
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Alessandro Petacchi marked a return to the big time with career win number 18 in the Vuelta a España. The Italian, who was hassled over the summer in a doping-related investigation, rode the wheel of Milram team-mate Erik Zabel through the final bends in the finishing town of Algemesí. World Champion Paolo Bettini's charge fell short, as the Italian from Quick.Step was only able to finish second. Zabel kept speeds high to finish third, over André Greipel (T-Mobile) and Carlos Da Cruz (Française Des Jeux).
"I needed the win," said the exhausted 33 year-old. "After the Giro, everyone knows the problems I had. I hope these problems are over soon. It's been a long time, since I didn't race the Tour [de France]. At the beginning of this Vuelta, I found myself in bad form. I felt very exhausted in this Vuelta since the very first day. After yesterday's rest day, today I felt a bit better."
Stage 12 - September 13: Algemesí - Hellín, 176km
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The rest day has proved to work wonders for Alessandro Petacchi as he has taken the two subsequent stages. The tall Italian from La Spezia, Italy, navigated his way down the finishing straight in Hellín, holding off compatriot Daniele Bennati (Lampre-Fondital) and Byelorussian Alexandre Usov (Ag2r Prévoyance). The Milram sprinter continues to celebrate after a mentally stressful summer, and enjoyed his 19th career stage victory in the Vuelta a España.
The bustle of the opening week from the Iberian Peninsula was that Spaniard Oscar Freire was back on the top of his game. The three-time World Champion collected three stage wins before saying 'adios' before stage 10. As Freire left the Vuelta to prepare for the upcoming race for the rainbow jersey in Stuttgart, Petacchi took centre stage.
Stage 13 - September 14: Hellin - Torre-Pacheco, 176.4km
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Experience beat out youth, as 31 year-old Andreas Klier of T-Mobile responded to the late attack of 22 year-old Tom Stamsnijder (Gerolsteiner) and overpowered him on the finish straight. The two had left their breakaway partner Jérémy Roy (Française Des Jeux) in the dust as the attacks started coming in the final phase of the race. There were no changes in the overall leaders.
"That was a very important win for me after a very long time," said Klier, whose last win was Gent-Wevelgem in 2003, "but it doesn't change the fact that this has been a hard year for me. A crash destroyed my chances in the Spring Classics, which are always my biggest goals. But now I have new motivation for 2008." At the end of March Klier collided with a tractor while training, and came away with a broken cheekbone and a severe concussion.
Stage 14 - September 15: Puerto Lumbreras - Villacarrillo (Parque Natural Sierra de Cazorla), 207km
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Discovery Channel's Jason McCartney put on an impressive show by launching a solo attack to win the Vuelta a España stage 14. The 34 year-old American was initially part of the 11-man escape group, but blasted free under 10 kilometres remaining as the group's harmony disintegrated. The solo chase by Thomas Lövkvist (Française Des Jeux) proved unsuccessful, as he finished second ahead of the escape remnants, led by Stefan Schumacher (Gerolsteiner).
McCartney has gone winless since 2004, but his talents as a strong supporting player are not doubted in the gruppo. However, the rider, who finished third overall in the demanding Tour of California, needed a big win to put him in the spotlight as contract negations are being made for 2008. The Discovery Channel team is ending at the end of this year, and the 2004 Olympic participant is currently looking for a new team.
Stage 15 - September 16: Villacarrillo - Granada, 201.4km
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Samuel Sánchez of Euskaltel-Euskadi took Vuelta a España stage 15 by the reigns for his second career win in his home tour, in the process, putting important time on his general classification rivals. An attack on the slopes of the Alto de Monachil enabled the 29 year-old to bridge to Manuel Beltrán (Liquigas) on the downhill run into Granada. Beltrán could not match his compatriot's speedy legs in the two-up sprint. Carlos Barredo (Quick.Step - Innergetic) finished third, ahead of Sanchez's team-mate Igor Antón (Euskaltel-Euskadi) at 24 seconds.
The maillot oro group of Denis Menchov (Rabobank), Cadel Evans (Predictor-Lotto) and Vladimir Efimkin (Caisse d'Epargne) finished 41 seconds back, while Sánchez moved up one position to fifth ahead of Spaniard Ezequiel Mosquera (Karpin Galicia), who at one point was reported as an abandonment in the day's stage by race officials.
Current Standings
General classification after stage 15 1 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 62.32.27 2 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 2.01 3 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 2.27 4 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 3.02 5 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 4.01 6 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 4.35 7 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas 5.15 8 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 6.17 9 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 6.22 10 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 7.41 11 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 8.19 12 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 9.04 13 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax - Gam 9.34 14 Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spa) Andalucia - Cayasur 11.02 15 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 12.08 16 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 13.06 17 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 13.35 18 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 15.51 19 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 16.59 20 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 17.55 21 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 18.06 22 David López (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 18.33 23 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas 20.08 24 René Mandri (Est) AG2r Prévoyance 20.19 25 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 20.35 26 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 22.34 27 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 23.02 28 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 23.46 29 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 24.03 30 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 24.42 31 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 25.56 32 David García (Spa) Karpin Galicia 25.59 33 Iker Camaño (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 27.04 34 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 28.02 35 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 30.33 36 José Ángel Gómez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 31.23 37 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 31.49 38 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 33.02 39 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 34.20 40 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Karpin Galicia 35.13 41 Chris Horner (USA) Predictor - Lotto 35.49 42 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC 36.52 43 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 37.09 44 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 37.35 45 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Fondital 37.50 46 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 41.32 47 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 41.33 48 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 42.03 49 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 43.12 50 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 44.31 51 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 46.03 52 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2r Prévoyance 49.36 53 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 50.04 54 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 50.17 55 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance 50.39 56 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 51.25 57 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 51.28 58 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 53.51 59 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 54.27 60 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 55.24 61 Mauricio Alberto Ardila (Col) Rabobank 55.48 62 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 55.52 63 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 55.55 64 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 56.28 65 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax - Gam 56.43 66 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 56.58 67 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC 57.11 68 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 58.26 69 Manuel Vazquez Huesco (Spa) Andalucia - Cayasur 58.27 70 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 58.45 71 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Predictor - Lotto 59.22 72 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 1.01.44 73 Bert Grabsch (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1.03.02 74 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 1.03.48 75 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 1.03.59 76 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.04.09 77 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 1.05.39 78 Jose Ruiz Sanchez (Spa) Andalucia - Cayasur 1.05.50 79 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1.05.53 80 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.06.58 81 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2r Prévoyance 1.07.02 82 Santiago Perez (Spa) Relax - Gam 1.07.26 83 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Karpin Galicia 1.08.56 84 Juan Olmo Menacho (Spa) Andalucia - Cayasur 1.09.11 85 Javier Megias Leal (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.10.28 86 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 1.12.11 87 Jean-Marc Marino (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.15.33 88 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team 1.16.19 89 José Luis Carrasco (Spa) Andalucia - Cayasur 1.17.14 90 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.18.01 91 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.18.49 92 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.19.43 93 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.19.57 94 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.20.22 95 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole 1.20.44 96 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucia - Cayasur 1.22.10 97 Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 1.22.16 98 Raúl García De Mateos (Spa) Relax - Gam 1.23.41 99 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.23.44 100 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 1.23.50 101 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 1.24.50 102 Tim Klinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.25.13 103 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre - Fondital 1.25.40 104 Adam Hansen (Aus) T-Mobile Team 1.27.39 105 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.28.11 106 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 1.28.33 107 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.29.01 108 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 1.29.26 109 Gustavo Domínguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 1.30.33 110 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.31.06 111 Santos González (Spa) Karpin Galicia 1.32.12 112 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.32.43 113 Bart Dockx (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 1.33.13 114 Jorge Garcia Marin (Spa) Relax - Gam 1.34.47 115 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 1.35.12 116 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 1.35.53 117 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 1.36.03 118 Francisco Terciado Sacedo (Spa) Relax - Gam 1.36.59 119 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 1.37.12 120 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 1.38.50 121 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 1.40.00 122 Allan Davis (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.40.07 123 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.40.23 124 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 1.42.00 125 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1.42.15 126 Julian Sanchez Pimienta (Spa) Relax - Gam 1.43.39 127 Nacor Burgos Rojo (Spa) Relax - Gam 1.45.06 128 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 1.45.11 129 Gustavo César (Spa) Karpin Galicia 1.45.53 130 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 1.45.56 131 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.47.33 132 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 1.47.42 133 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 1.48.13 134 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 1.48.47 135 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.49.10 136 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.49.43 137 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 1.50.13 138 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 139 Francisco Jose Martinez (Spa) Andalucia - Cayasur 1.52.44 140 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 1.53.42 141 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 1.55.42 142 Erki Pütsep (Est) Bouygues Telecom 1.55.48 143 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1.55.52 144 Sebastiaan Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 1.58.15 145 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram 1.59.06 146 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.59.18 147 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 2.03.19 148 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 2.03.22 149 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team 2.03.30 150 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux 2.06.33 151 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r Prévoyance 2.06.55 152 José Antonio Lopez (Spa) Andalucia - Cayasur 2.07.39 153 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 2.08.05 154 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole 2.09.35 155 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucia - Cayasur 2.15.27 Points classification 1 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 101 pts 2 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 94 3 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 90 4 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 87 5 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 81 6 Allan Davis (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 70 7 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 63 8 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 60 9 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 51 10 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 51 11 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 46 12 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 44 13 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas 43 14 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 41 15 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r Prévoyance 39 16 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 37 17 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 37 18 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax - Gam 37 19 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 37 20 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 36 21 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 36 22 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 34 23 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 32 24 René Mandri (Est) AG2r Prévoyance 32 25 Bert Grabsch (Ger) T-Mobile Team 28 26 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 25 27 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team 24 28 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 23 29 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 23 30 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 20 31 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole 20 32 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 19 33 David García (Spa) Karpin Galicia 19 34 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 18 35 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française des Jeux 18 36 Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spa) Andalucia - Cayasur 16 37 Raúl García De Mateos (Spa) Relax - Gam 15 38 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 15 39 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 14 40 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 14 41 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 14 42 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 13 43 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 13 44 José Antonio Lopez (Spa) Andalucia - Cayasur 12 45 Santos González (Spa) Karpin Galicia 10 46 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2r Prévoyance 10 47 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 10 48 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 9 49 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 9 50 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Predictor - Lotto 9 51 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 9 52 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 9 53 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 9 54 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 8 55 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 8 56 David López (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 8 57 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 8 58 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance 8 59 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 8 60 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole 8 61 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 7 62 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 7 63 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 7 64 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax - Gam 6 65 Manuel Vazquez Huesco (Spa) Andalucia - Cayasur 6 66 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas 6 67 Gustavo Domínguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 5 68 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 5 69 José Ángel Gómez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 5 70 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 4 71 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 4 72 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucia - Cayasur 4 73 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 3 74 Javier Megias Leal (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 3 75 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 3 76 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Fondital 2 77 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 2 78 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2 79 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2 80 Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 2 81 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 2 82 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 2 83 Erki Pütsep (Est) Bouygues Telecom 2 84 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1 85 Jose Ruiz Sanchez (Spa) Andalucia - Cayasur 1 86 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 1 87 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team 1 88 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 1 89 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 1 Mountains classification 1 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 78 pts 2 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 75 3 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 45 4 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 44 5 José Ángel Gómez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 38 6 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 37 7 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 36 8 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas 35 9 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 31 10 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 31 11 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 28 12 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 26 13 Raúl García De Mateos (Spa) Relax - Gam 24 14 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax - Gam 21 15 Mauricio Alberto Ardila (Col) Rabobank 20 16 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 20 17 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 18 18 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax - Gam 18 19 Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spa) Andalucia - Cayasur 16 20 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 16 21 Santos González (Spa) Karpin Galicia 15 22 David García (Spa) Karpin Galicia 12 23 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 12 24 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 12 25 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 11 26 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 11 27 José Antonio Lopez (Spa) Andalucia - Cayasur 11 28 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 9 29 David López (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 9 30 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 8 31 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 8 32 Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 8 33 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 8 34 Gustavo César (Spa) Karpin Galicia 8 35 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 7 36 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2r Prévoyance 7 37 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 7 38 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 7 39 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 6 40 Gustavo Domínguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 6 41 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 6 42 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucia - Cayasur 6 43 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 6 44 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 6 45 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 6 46 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 6 47 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 4 48 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 4 49 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4 50 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 3 51 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 3 52 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas 3 53 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC 3 54 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 2 55 René Mandri (Est) AG2r Prévoyance 2 56 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 2 57 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 2 58 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2 59 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2 60 Manuel Vazquez Huesco (Spa) Andalucia - Cayasur 2 61 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 2 62 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 2 63 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 2 64 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 1 65 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Fondital 1 66 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1 67 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 1 68 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram 1 Combination classification 1 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 7 pts 2 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 14 3 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 17 4 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 19 5 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 22 6 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas 28 7 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 39 8 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax - Gam 49 9 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 50 10 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 66 11 Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spa) Andalucia - Cayasur 69 12 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 74 13 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 79 14 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 81 15 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 82 16 David García (Spa) Karpin Galicia 87 17 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 87 18 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 99 19 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 99 20 René Mandri (Est) AG2r Prévoyance 103 21 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 105 22 David López (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 107 23 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 110 24 José Ángel Gómez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 110 25 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 118 26 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 120 27 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 121 28 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 121 29 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 126 30 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 126 31 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 128 32 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2r Prévoyance 134 33 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas 141 34 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax - Gam 143 35 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 143 36 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 146 37 Raúl García De Mateos (Spa) Relax - Gam 148 38 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 156 39 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 158 40 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 165 41 Santos González (Spa) Karpin Galicia 177 42 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Fondital 186 43 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 186 44 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 188 45 Manuel Vazquez Huesco (Spa) Andalucia - Cayasur 194 46 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 194 47 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 198 48 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 201 49 Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 209 50 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 210 51 Gustavo Domínguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 216 52 José Antonio Lopez (Spa) Andalucia - Cayasur 223 53 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 251 54 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 254 55 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucia - Cayasur 269 Teams classification 1 Caisse d'Epargne 187.39.22 2 Euskaltel-Euskadi 16.38 3 Team CSC 20.54 4 Liquigas 22.23 5 AG2r Prévoyance 23.00 6 Predictor-Lotto 31.39 7 Quickstep-Innergetic 36.31 8 Karpin Galicia 37.11 9 Saunier Duval-Prodir 45.50 10 Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 50.19 11 Gerolsteiner 53.13 12 Discovery Channel 1.00.35 13 Relax-Gam 1.08.50 14 Rabobank 1.13.47 15 Crédit Agricole 1.20.15 16 Andalucia-Cayasur 1.41.26 17 Lampre-Fondital 1.56.15 18 T-Mobile Professional Cycling 2.13.06 19 Française des Jeux 2.22.14 20 Bouygues Telecom 2.37.36 21 Team Milram 3.37.49
