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62nd Vuelta a España - GT
Spain, September 1-23, 2007
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Stage 8 - September 8: D. O. Cariñena - Zaragoza (ITT), 52.2km
German champ Grabsch wins stage but Devolder takes control of overall
By Bjorn Haake with additional reporting from Hernan Alvarez
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German time trial champion Bert Grabsch confirmed his strength against the clock by setting a blistering 55 km/h pace to take the win in the stage eight time trial on the long, flat, draining course in Zaragoza. On a day which clearly favoured the time trial specialists, Grabsch edged out the Hungarian time trial champion László Bodrogi (Credit Agricole) by 34 seconds to take his first Vuelta stage win. "I knew that after the Tour I had good form, but the win does come a bit surprising," Grabsch told Radsportnews.com. "I had been fourth and fifth at a Vuelta time trial before. It's nice that it was enough this time to win."
Coming into the day, Caisse d'Epargne's Vladimir Efimkin held a 1'06" lead over five riders in the overall classification: Denis Menchov (Rabobank), Carlos Sastre (Team CSC), Maxime Monfort (Cofidis), Stijn Devolder (Discovery Channel) and Leonardo Piepoli (Saunier Duval-Prodir), and with neither time Grabsch nor Bodrogi a threat for the overall, the fierce battle for the overall classification took place between third placed Devolder and Menchov.
Devolder came up with the goods in the second half of the race, overtaking Menchov's time by the midway point and gaining 30 seconds on the Russian by the finish, and now leads Menchov by that same margin in the overall. Efimkin dropped to third place overall, 1'28" back.
48 seconds slower than the day's winner, but ahead of all the GC contenders, Devolder was satisfied with his effort, telling TVE, "I will always remember Zaragoza, for sure. It's a very beautiful day for me taking the [leader's] jersey, especially to receive the jersey from a great idol like [Miguel] Indurain."
He is now getting ready to fight for the win in Madrid, and despite seeing threats from his close rivals like Menchov or Sastre, the Belgian said that he would like to win. "I hope so. It's a long way to go. I know there are two hard days tomorrow and the day after. If I go through those two hard days, maybe there is a possibility. I will do it the best I can."
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Devolder went on to say that he fears his competitors more than he fears the tough terrain to come. "For sure, the riders, not the mountains. I guess Menchov is the closest behind me and then there are a lot of Spanish great riders like [Gomez] Marchante, Sastre. I guess Sastre will be the hardest one."
Euskaltel-Euskadi's leader Samuel Sanchez had help from a former Spanish time trial great, but still was at his limit to finish 19th, and is now in 11th overall, 4'09 back. "I had very good sensations especially because I had the luck to have Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano [following me] in the car team," Sanchez said. "He was the one who was pushing me all the time in psychological terms; he didn't let me lose concentration for one minute. He asked me all the time to remain concentrated, not to look to the front, to look at my shadow, to think of the way I was riding. It was a time trial to be strong psychologically because the Zaragoza straight lines can make you suffer easily."
There were no changes in the points and mountain classification, but Devolder also took over in the Combination classification and leads Efimkin by two points. Caisse d'Epargne is still leading the teams classification, but Discovery Channel moved up into second place, thanks to Devolder's good ride, along with Jason McCartney, who came in seventh and Jurgen Van Goolen in 13th.
How it unfolded
The first rider to take the start in Cariñena was Vincent Jerome (Bouygues Telecom). The Frenchman set out at 12:50pm for one of the longest time trials in the history of the Vuelta at 52.2km. On the mostly flat or downhill course, the time trial specialists had an advantage and the climbers were in fear of the long, hot, flat windy roads ahead. Saunier Duval's GC hopeful José Ángel Gómez Marchante was pessimistic about his chances before the start, stating that "I don't like the route at all - it's a fully flat course for time trialists only. We climbers will find it difficult."
The early fast time was set by Swedish champion Magnus Backstedt (Liquigas) who clocked in at 58 minutes and 42 seconds, but Bodrogi soon bettered that time, coming in 1'03 faster at 57 minutes and 39 seconds.
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The desert-like setting didn't draw many spectators and the group of ten people waving flags at one of the exits was about as much as it would get until they hit Zaragoza. There, the crowds were thicker and the cheering louder.
As the German champion, Bert Grabsch can certainly be considered a specialist and set the best time on all four time checks. He pushed Hungarian Laszlo Bodrogi off the top of the leader board, beating the Hungarian's time in the first two intermediate checks and at the finish line by 34 seconds, finishing in 57 minutes and 5 seconds. This was much better than his recent experience in the Regio Tour, where he had to fight against the hills and technical descents and even crashed, leaving him without chance to win. This time, everything went right and the course was just perfect for the powerful German rider.
The German's performance was the big reference when the riders at top in the overall classification started riding. Cadel Evans (Predictor-Lotto) was one of the favorites coming into the Vuelta, but but he didn't begin very well. In the first intermediate check at km 12, he was 42 seconds slower than Grabsch. In the end, the Australian ended up 11th losing 2'20'' with the German TT champion.
Denis Menchov (Rabobank) was clearly on a good day, and at the first check he was just nine seconds slower than Grabsch. Menchov could see his two-minute man, Carlos Sastre, after about 25 kilometres. The sight clearly lifted the Russian's game another notch as he pounded through the 27-kilometre time check in third place, 28 seconds down but having the satisfaction of passing Sastre. The Spaniard tried to stay close but eventually conceded over four minutes to Grabsch and 2'45" to Menchov.
But Menchov's great time trial still wasn't good enough against the storming Belgian, Stijn Devolder. Deprived of wearing his Belgian road championships jersey in the time trial he was determined to change his jersey colour for the remaining road stages from black-yellow-red to gold. With his helmet showing drawing of a shark's sharp teeth the Discovery Channel rider showed all the aggression necessary to get the leader's jersey. Gritting his teeth he came out of the saddle after the last turn to get every ounce of energy out of his tired legs.
Tomorrow the riders will check out the Pyrenees, going from Huesca 167 kilometres over two category two and one category three climb before finishing off with the HC climb up ton the skiing station of Cerler. The average gradient for the final climb is 5.5 percent, with a maximum of 9.5 percent. Not the steepest climb, but at 1,887 metres high it will certainly once again shake up the overall classification.
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- Devolder during his all-out effort at the end of the race.
- Bert Grabsch (T-Mobile) with the winner's trophy
- Grabsch was still exhausted after his great ride but the ladies were able to administer some first aid.
- Stijn Devolder (Discovery Channel) in gold and a dream come true.
- Devolder is all smiles as he realizes that he will now have the chance to defend the jersey all the way to Madrid.
Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti
- Gomez Marchante (Saunier Duval) said he didn't like the course at all as it was only for specialists and finished over six minutes down.
- Samuel Sánchez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) was happy with his ride and said he was motivated by having Galdeano in the team car behind.
- Chris Anker Sørensen (Team CSC) during the eight stage in the Spanish desert.
- Oscar Pereiro (Caisse d'Epargne) suffered from sickness and could not deliver his best performance.
- Manuel Beltrán (Liquigas) is not keen on riding time trials.
- Leonardo Bertagnolli (Liquigas) is in the top ten.
- Sylvain Chavanel (Cofidis) used a good time trial to get himself into sixth place overall.
- Cadel Evans (Predictor-Lotto) was hoping to not ride over thorns which can be found in the area.
- Evans did not have his best day and could not ride for victory.
- Devolder with the Spanish country side in the background. The outskirts of Zaragoza were a reason to ride faster and get home.
- Stijn Devolder (Discovery Channel) in the Spanish nom-man's land, but he knew exactly where he was heading.
- Leonardo Piepoli (Saunier Duval-Prodir) knew that he would concede time and be out of the GC picture, which wasn't his goal anyway.
- Maxime Monfort (Cofidis) started with a power gel tucked underneath his left sleeve, which gave him enough energy to finish 14th.
- Vladimir Efimkin (Caisse d'Epargne) was the last to go and the only ones behind him were the photographers.
- Bert Grabsch (T-Mobile) on his lonely way to victory.
- Denis Menchov (Rabobank) did a great ride but couldn't keep up wit Devolder.
- Carlos Sastre was realistic before the start and said that it's not going to be a good day for him.
- Efimkin struggled but is still in third place overall.
- The Russian is not a time trial specialist.
- Grabsch on the podium.
- The German is enjoying the attention. He has gotten 4tn and 5th before but never won a Vuelta time trial.
- Miguel Indurain handed out the golden jersey to Stijn Devolder.
- Devolder enjoyed the moment with the famous 5-time Tour winner. "It was very nice," he said.
- Devolder smiles as he realizes the jersey fits well. Now he wants to keep it.
- Devolder deservedly gets the attention of everyone on a special day.
- Golden girls and boys
- Damiano Cunego (Lampre-Fondital) took it easy in Spain.
- Santiago Pérez (Relax-GAM) struggles in the heat.
- Daniele Bennati (Lampre) is more used to sprinting than riding all by himself.
- Oscar Freire is like Bennati and prefers a bunch.
- Vladimir Karpets (Caisse d'Epargne) grits his teeth in the desert.
- Igor Antón (Euskaltel-Euskadi) wished for a few hills pointing upward, not just downward.
- Denis Menchov (Rabobank) during his impressive time trial.
- Carlos Sastre (Team CSC) is not a specialist and he tried to limit his losses, but he will be eager to tackle the mountains now
- Vladimir Efimkin (Caisse d'Epargne) in his last kilometres in the golden jersey. For now.
- Efimkin rides along on Spanish roads.
- The signs are ready. Hopefully the racers are as well.
- The landscape was slightly more interesting than in the Tour of Qatar.
- It was hot, hot, hot as the interstate didn't offer much shade, except for the occasional bridge.
- A three-man team time trial under Spanish sun? Getting three riders at the same spot is a rather rare occurrence but it does happen. Apparently.
- Thomas Lövkvist (Française Des Jeux) can be doing well in time trials, but was over four minutes back this time.
- Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner) fully concentrated as he races along the interstate on the outskirts of Zaragoza.
- Paolo Bettini always takes it easy in the time trials as he doesn't compete for the overalls. His mind is now solely on the Worlds in Stuttgart.
- Bradley McGee (Française Des Jeux) prefers shorter distances like in a prologue.
- Good for the specialists, but otherwise the course didn't offer too much variety.
- No drafting allowed!
- A 'cross-team pursuit' developed between these three riders.
- Tom Boonen (Quick.Step - Innergetic) looks good in the time trial and actually finished high up for a sprinter in 20th place.
- Laszlo Bodrogi (Crédit Agricole) is the Hungarian champion and he showed why, being on the leaderboard until Grabsch blasted through.
- Alessandro Petacchi (Milram) usually has a lead-out man with him, but this time his shadow was the only companion.
- Oscar Pereiro (Caisse d'Epargne) in his home country but he didn't quite feel at home in the time trial today.
- Sylvain Chavanel (Cofidis) has stylish sun glasses to go with his stylish bike and his stylish riding style.
- Cadel Evans (Predictor-Lotto) during his time trial.
- The Aussie has had better days in time trials. The season has been long and he will be happy to take some time off soon.
- Stijn Devolder (Discovery Channel) clearly gave all he could as his face of pain was showing for multiple kilometres.
- Leonardo Piepoli (Saunier Duval-Prodir) en route to the mountains, which he prefers to the time trialing.
- Maxime Monfort (Cofidis) never goes too far away from his power gel.
Results
1 Bert Grabsch (Ger) T-Mobile Team 57.05 (54.87 km/h) 2 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole 0.34 3 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.48 4 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 1.18 5 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 1.37 6 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.52 7 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.55 8 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 2.01 9 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.15 10 Santos González (Spa) Karpin Galicia 2.18 11 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 2.20 12 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 2.41 13 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2.50 14 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 3.00 15 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 3.03 16 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance 3.12 17 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 3.21 18 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 3.22 19 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 3.34 20 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 3.36 21 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 3.44 22 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 3.56 23 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 4.00 24 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 4.03 25 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 26 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 4.04 27 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas 4.08 28 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 4.12 29 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 4.13 30 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 4.15 31 Carlos Castaño (Spa) Karpin Galicia 4.21 32 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 4.22 33 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 4.24 34 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 4.31 35 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 4.33 36 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r Prévoyance 4.40 37 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française des Jeux 4.42 38 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4.44 39 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 4.46 40 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4.47 41 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 4.55 42 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 4.59 43 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 5.00 44 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax - Gam 5.06 45 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 5.08 46 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Karpin Galicia 5.10 47 Sebastiaan Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 5.11 48 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 5.13 49 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 5.14 50 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC 5.17 51 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas 5.20 52 Iker Camaño (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 5.21 53 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 5.22 54 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française des Jeux 5.27 55 Gustavo César (Spa) Karpin Galicia 5.33 56 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 5.36 57 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 5.39 58 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française des Jeux 5.40 59 Bart Dockx (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 5.42 60 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Karpin Galicia 5.44 61 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 62 Tim Klinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 5.45 63 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 5.46 64 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 5.48 65 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 66 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 5.49 67 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 68 David García (Spa) Karpin Galicia 5.56 69 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 6.00 70 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 6.01 71 José Ángel Gómez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 6.02 72 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 73 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 6.05 74 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram 6.06 75 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 76 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 77 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 6.09 78 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 6.10 79 Chris Horner (USA) Predictor - Lotto 6.11 80 Jose Ruiz Sanchez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 6.13 81 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 6.16 82 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 6.21 84 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Crédit Agricole 6.22 84 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team 85 Juan Olmo Menacho (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 6.25 86 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 87 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 88 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 6.26 89 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 6.32 90 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 6.35 91 Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 92 Allan Davis (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 6.39 93 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Fondital 6.40 94 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC 6.41 95 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2r Prévoyance 6.43 96 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 6.47 97 Francisco Jose Martinez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 6.48 98 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team 99 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 100 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 101 Raúl García De Mateos (Spa) Relax - Gam 6.49 102 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 6.50 103 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 6.53 104 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 105 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 6.54 106 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 6.55 107 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 6.56 108 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 6.57 109 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Predictor - Lotto 6.58 110 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 7.01 111 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 7.03 112 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 7.04 113 Josep Jufré (Spa) Predictor - Lotto 7.05 114 Nacor Burgos Rojo (Spa) Relax - Gam 7.08 115 David López (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 7.14 116 Erki Pütsep (Est) Bouygues Telecom 7.16 117 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 7.23 118 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 7.24 119 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2r Prévoyance 120 René Mandri (Est) AG2r Prévoyance 7.25 121 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 7.28 122 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 7.29 123 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 124 Gustavo Domínguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 7.33 125 Arkaitz Durán (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 126 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux 7.34 127 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 7.35 128 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team 7.36 129 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 7.41 130 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 131 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 7.42 132 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 133 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 134 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 7.44 135 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 7.45 136 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax - Gam 7.47 137 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre - Fondital 7.51 138 Jesús Hernández (Spa) Relax - Gam 7.52 139 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 7.53 140 Manuel Vazquez Huesco (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 7.56 141 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 7.57 142 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 7.59 143 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 8.05 144 Mauricio Alberto Ardila (Col) Rabobank 8.09 145 José Luis Carrasco (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 8.10 146 Francisco Terciado Sacedo (Spa) Relax - Gam 8.11 147 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 8.16 148 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 8.18 149 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 8.19 150 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 8.26 151 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 8.28 152 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 8.29 153 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 154 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 155 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 8.41 156 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 8.42 157 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 8.50 158 Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 8.56 159 Serafín Martínez Acevedo (Spa) Karpin Galicia 8.57 160 Jorge Garcia Marin (Spa) Relax - Gam 9.02 161 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole 9.05 162 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 9.07 163 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 9.17 164 Julian Sanchez Pimienta (Spa) Relax - Gam 9.18 165 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 166 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 9.23 167 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 9.26 168 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 9.33 169 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 9.36 170 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 171 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 9.37 172 Javier Megias Leal (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 9.38 173 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 9.40 174 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 175 José Antonio Lopez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 9.47 176 Ian McLeod (RSA) Française des Jeux 10.14 177 Jean-Marc Marino (Fra) Crédit Agricole 10.25 178 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 10.37 179 Santiago Perez (Spa) Relax - Gam 10.45 180 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 11.15 181 Adam Hansen (Aus) T-Mobile Team 12.47 Points 1 Bert Grabsch (Ger) T-Mobile Team 25 pts 2 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole 20 3 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 16 4 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 14 5 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 12 6 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 10 7 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 9 8 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 8 9 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 7 10 Santos González (Spa) Karpin Galicia 6 11 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 5 12 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 4 13 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 3 14 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 2 15 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 1 Teams 1 Discovery Channel 2.56.48 2 Rabobank 2.17 3 T-Mobile Professional Cycling 3.31 4 Caisse d'Epargne 4.14 5 Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 4.44 6 Liquigas 5.32 7 Karpin Galicia 5.39 8 Crédit Agricole 6.01 9 Gerolsteiner 6.47 10 Team CSC 6.52 11 Quickstep-Innergetic 7.06 12 Bouygues Telecom 7.20 13 Française des Jeux 7.36 14 Euskaltel-Euskadi 8.37 15 Predictor-Lotto 8.40 16 AG2r Prévoyance 9.02 17 Team Milram 12.21 18 Saunier Duval-Prodir 13.14 19 Relax-Gam 13.30 20 Andalucía-Cajasur 13.40 21 Lampre-Fondital 14.22 General classification after stage 8 1 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 29.25.55 2 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 0.30 3 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 1.28 4 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 1.54 5 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 2.12 6 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 3.00 7 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 3.15 8 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 3.41 9 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 3.44 10 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas 4.03 11 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 4.09 12 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 4.15 13 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 4.47 14 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4.56 15 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 5.11 16 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas 5.23 17 José Ángel Gómez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 6.31 18 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 6.36 19 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 6.37 20 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 6.56 21 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 7.21 22 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 7.27 23 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 7.29 24 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Fondital 7.48 25 Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 7.52 26 Josep Jufré (Spa) Predictor - Lotto 8.00 27 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 8.16 28 Chris Horner (USA) Predictor - Lotto 8.27 29 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax - Gam 8.28 30 David López (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 8.53 31 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Karpin Galicia 9.19 32 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 9.20 33 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 9.44 34 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 9.51 35 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 9.52 36 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 9.56 37 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 9.58 38 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 10.03 39 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 10.09 40 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 10.16 41 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 10.32 42 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 43 Iker Camaño (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 10.39 44 Jesús Hernández (Spa) Relax - Gam 11.04 45 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC 11.15 46 Mauricio Alberto Ardila (Col) Rabobank 11.26 47 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 11.28 48 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 11.39 49 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 11.53 50 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 12.19 51 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 12.45 52 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 12.47 53 René Mandri (Est) AG2r Prévoyance 12.52 54 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC 13.07 55 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 13.23 56 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance 13.59 57 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 14.23 58 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team 14.51 59 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 14.53 60 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 14.58 61 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 15.25 62 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 15.26 63 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 15.45 64 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 16.11 65 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 16.26 66 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 16.40 67 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 17.08 68 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 17.29 69 Jose Ruiz Sanchez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 18.27 70 Manuel Vazquez Huesco (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 18.58 71 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2r Prévoyance 19.03 72 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 19.09 73 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 19.55 74 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre - Fondital 20.13 75 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 20.14 76 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 20.37 77 Bert Grabsch (Ger) T-Mobile Team 21.26 78 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 21.53 79 David García (Spa) Karpin Galicia 22.05 80 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 22.29 81 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 23.36 82 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 23.37 83 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Predictor - Lotto 23.41 84 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 23.47 85 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 24.00 86 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 24.01 87 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 24.08 88 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 24.21 89 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 24.37 90 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 25.18 91 Adam Hansen (Aus) T-Mobile Team 25.30 92 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 25.32 93 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 25.34 94 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 25.44 95 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 25.46 96 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 26.02 97 Juan Olmo Menacho (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 26.26 98 Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 27.04 99 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 27.13 100 Bart Dockx (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 27.22 101 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 27.33 102 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 28.17 103 Allan Davis (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 28.46 104 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 29.08 105 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Karpin Galicia 29.10 106 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 30.13 107 Carlos Castaño (Spa) Karpin Galicia 30.18 108 Francisco Terciado Sacedo (Spa) Relax - Gam 31.15 109 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 32.08 110 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 32.31 111 José Luis Carrasco (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 33.02 112 Gustavo César (Spa) Karpin Galicia 33.11 113 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 114 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française des Jeux 33.18 115 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax - Gam 33.19 116 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 34.31 117 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 34.32 118 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 34.58 119 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 35.10 120 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 35.22 121 Arkaitz Durán (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 35.47 122 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 35.53 123 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française des Jeux 36.00 124 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 36.07 125 Santiago Perez (Spa) Relax - Gam 36.15 126 Raúl García De Mateos (Spa) Relax - Gam 36.34 127 Gustavo Domínguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 36.36 128 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 36.54 129 Julian Sanchez Pimienta (Spa) Relax - Gam 37.37 130 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 37.38 131 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 37.46 132 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole 37.54 133 Nacor Burgos Rojo (Spa) Relax - Gam 38.10 134 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 38.43 135 Sebastiaan Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 39.11 136 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 39.13 137 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 40.00 138 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 40.04 139 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 40.33 140 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 40.35 141 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 40.40 142 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram 40.44 143 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 41.04 144 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team 41.18 145 Tim Klinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 41.24 146 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2r Prévoyance 41.40 147 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 42.51 148 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 43.08 149 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 43.34 150 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 43.35 151 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 43.44 152 Jorge Garcia Marin (Spa) Relax - Gam 43.48 153 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 43.49 154 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 44.20 155 Jean-Marc Marino (Fra) Crédit Agricole 44.41 156 Erki Pütsep (Est) Bouygues Telecom 44.58 157 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 45.21 158 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 45.34 159 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 45.37 160 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 46.07 161 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 46.33 162 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 46.36 163 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 47.31 164 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Crédit Agricole 48.20 165 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team 166 Javier Megias Leal (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 48.51 167 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 49.33 168 Francisco Jose Martinez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 51.36 169 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 51.54 170 Ian McLeod (RSA) Française des Jeux 52.12 171 Santos González (Spa) Karpin Galicia 53.13 172 Serafín Martínez Acevedo (Spa) Karpin Galicia 53.24 173 José Antonio Lopez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 56.12 174 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 58.31 175 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux 59.07 176 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française des Jeux 1.00.59 177 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole 1.01.04 178 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r Prévoyance 1.02.48 179 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.03.39 180 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 1.05.15 181 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.10.36 Points classification 1 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 115 pts 2 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 77 3 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 59 4 Allan Davis (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 50 5 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 47 6 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 43 7 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 37 8 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 34 9 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 32 10 René Mandri (Est) AG2r Prévoyance 32 11 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 31 12 Bert Grabsch (Ger) T-Mobile Team 28 13 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 28 14 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 26 15 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 26 16 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 26 17 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 25 18 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team 24 19 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 22 20 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Crédit Agricole 21 21 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 20 22 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole 20 23 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 18 24 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 18 25 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 17 26 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 16 27 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 15 28 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 14 29 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 13 30 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 13 31 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 13 32 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 12 33 Raúl García De Mateos (Spa) Relax - Gam 11 34 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 11 35 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 10 36 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r Prévoyance 10 37 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 9 38 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 9 39 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 9 40 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 8 41 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 8 42 Josep Jufré (Spa) Predictor - Lotto 8 43 David García (Spa) Karpin Galicia 8 44 Serafín Martínez Acevedo (Spa) Karpin Galicia 7 45 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 7 46 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance 7 47 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française des Jeux 7 48 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 7 49 Manuel Vazquez Huesco (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 6 50 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax - Gam 6 51 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 6 52 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas 6 53 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 6 54 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax - Gam 6 55 Santos González (Spa) Karpin Galicia 6 56 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole 6 57 Gustavo Domínguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 5 58 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 5 59 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 5 60 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 4 61 José Antonio Lopez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 4 62 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 4 63 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 4 64 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 4 65 David López (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4 66 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 4 67 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas 3 68 José Ángel Gómez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 3 69 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 3 70 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2 71 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 2 72 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 2 73 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2 74 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 2 75 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 1 76 Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 1 77 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1 78 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team 1 79 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 1 80 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 1 81 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 1 82 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 1 83 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1 84 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 1 Mountains classification 1 Serafín Martínez Acevedo (Spa) Karpin Galicia 46 pts 2 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 30 3 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 29 4 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 29 5 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 26 6 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 24 7 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax - Gam 21 8 Mauricio Alberto Ardila (Col) Rabobank 20 9 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 20 10 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 16 11 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 12 12 José Ángel Gómez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 12 13 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 10 14 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 10 15 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 8 16 Gustavo César (Spa) Karpin Galicia 8 17 Raúl García De Mateos (Spa) Relax - Gam 8 18 Josep Jufré (Spa) Predictor - Lotto 7 19 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 7 20 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 6 21 Gustavo Domínguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 6 22 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 6 23 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 6 24 David López (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 6 25 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 6 26 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 6 27 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 5 28 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax - Gam 5 29 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 5 30 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 5 31 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 4 32 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 4 33 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4 34 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas 3 35 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 3 36 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC 3 37 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 2 38 René Mandri (Est) AG2r Prévoyance 2 39 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 2 40 Manuel Vazquez Huesco (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 2 41 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 2 42 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 1 43 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 1 44 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 1 45 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 1 46 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1 47 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram 1 48 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1 Combination classification 1 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 19 pts 2 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 22 3 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 23 4 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 38 5 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 43 6 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 44 7 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 55 8 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 55 9 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 82 10 Josep Jufré (Spa) Predictor - Lotto 86 11 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 88 12 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 90 13 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas 96 14 José Ángel Gómez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 97 15 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 98 16 René Mandri (Est) AG2r Prévoyance 101 17 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 102 18 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 103 19 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 108 20 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax - Gam 111 21 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 112 22 David López (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 119 23 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 130 24 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 131 25 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 140 26 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 153 27 Manuel Vazquez Huesco (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 159 28 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 166 29 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax - Gam 172 30 Raúl García De Mateos (Spa) Relax - Gam 176 31 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 178 32 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 181 33 Gustavo Domínguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 205 34 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 213 35 Serafín Martínez Acevedo (Spa) Karpin Galicia 217 36 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 230 37 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 262 Teams classification 1 Caisse d'Epargne 88.26.44 2 Discovery Channel 2.10 3 Liquigas 2.28 4 Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 4.17 5 Rabobank 5.47 6 Team CSC 5.54 7 Predictor-Lotto 7.59 8 Euskaltel-Euskadi 8.01 9 AG2r Prévoyance 9.54 10 Saunier Duval-Prodir 12.22 11 Karpin Galicia 12.59 12 Quickstep-Innergetic 15.06 13 Gerolsteiner 16.09 14 T-Mobile Professional Cycling 17.35 15 Française des Jeux 24.27 16 Relax-Gam 27.34 17 Andalucía-Cajasur 31.43 18 Lampre-Fondital 32.00 19 Crédit Agricole 33.57 20 Bouygues Telecom 50.39 21 Team Milram 1.02.20
