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62nd Vuelta a España - GT
Spain, September 1-23, 2007
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Stage 2 - September 2: Allariz - Santiago de Compostela, 148.7km
Freire goes for gold
By Susan Westemeyer and Hernan Alvarez
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Oscar Freire of Rabobank went for gold on Sunday, winning the stage and taking over the leader's golden jersey in the second stage of the Vuelta a España. He outsprinted Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step-Innergetic) and Leonardo Duque (Cofidis) out of a field that had been dramatically reduced by a mass crash some two kilometres before the finish line. Based on his first place today and his second place in the first stage, he took over the lead from Daniele Bennati, who was involved in the crash. Because the crash occurred within the three-kilometre "neutralized" zone, the Lampre sprinter was awarded the same time as the winner, but came in as 186th, or next to last in the main group. Erik Zabel of Milram finished fourth on the day to move up to second overall and Duque took third place.
It is the first leader's jersey ever in a Grand Tour for Freire. "I was close yesterday. I didn't feel well during the whole stage [stage 1 - ed.]," Freire told Spanish television TVE. "Today it was different; besides, the finale suited me better considering my characteristics and I think I did well. Besides, I got the leader jersey which is the first time for me. So, I am doubly happy."
Freire was also involved in the crash, but managed to get past it. "Today's crash was quite near the front. When I was falling, I touched Bennati. I thought I tangled with him and I also fell but in the end I saved myself. I didn't look back. I don't even know how many riders were involved." He added, "Let's see if they change the race rules so that the final time is measured when we enter the city and not in the last three kilometers as they are currently doing. There seem to be more crashes with the [three-kilometre] rule.... Because of it, a rider like Pereiro, who fell down, could have lost all his overall win hopes."
Pereiro was the most notable victim of the crash. He rode to the finish line with a team-mate's hand on his back, and a soigneur was there to help the Caisse d'Epargne rider, who looked to have hurt his right leg.
The 150 kilometre course from Allariz to Santiago de Compostela was marked by a long escape by riders from the three Spanish Professional Continental teams which had received wild-card invitations to the race. The peloton never let them more than four minutes ahead, and finally gobbled them up with only a few kilometers to go.
Monday's stage runs 153 km from Viveiro and Luarca. It features three Cat. 3 climbs and one Cat. 2, but the flat finale calls for another sprint finish. That will be the last one for a while, as the race then moves into the mountains.
How it unfolded
Today's stage ended up in the famous Santiago de Compostela. This town is known worldwide because of its beautiful cathedral and its nice old town. Santiago was considered a world heritage site by UNESCO in 1985. The cathedral was built around the year 1075 a. C. in honour to St. James (Santiago apostle). Besides, the Spanish 1, 2 and 5-cent coins have this famous and big building on the flip side.
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188 riders took the start in Allariz as America's Tom Danielson (Discovery Channel) was the only rider who left the race due to his broken right shoulder blade. Early on in the day, three riders dared to attack at kilometre three and they were Gustavo Dominguez Lemos (Karpin Galicia), Raul Garcia de Mateo (Relax Gam) and Manuel Vazquez Hueso (Andalucia Caja Sur). In the first intermediate sprint at Orense after just 15kiloemtres, the trio led by two minutes and two seconds over the peloton.
The leaders were able to maintain a small gap of just above three minutes throughout many kilometres. But the big group had control of the race and in the second half of the stage Milram, Lampre and other teams pulled hard at the front to reduce the distance to the trio up front. The leaders' advantage was cropped to 2'16" at kilometre 91. Meanwhile, Damiano Cunego (Lampre) held on despite his injuries following yesterday's hard crash.
In A Estrada with 44 kilometres to go, some fans showed his appreciation for Galician Oscar Pereiro (Caisse D'Epargne) with a big billboard that had his name written on it. Later in the race, Milram riders, helped by Rabobank and Lampre, put up a faster tempo and reduced the gap to one minute and 45 seconds with 34 kilometres to the finish line. At the 20-kilometre to go banner the trio led by just 38 seconds. Their adventure was almost over. Behind, Angel Gomez (Saunier Duval) got rid of the bunch trying to catch the top three and achieved his goal with 16 kilometres to the end, but as expected, the peloton swallowed the four leaders a short time later.
As soon as the bunch got together, Francisco Martinez (Relax Gam) attacked, as did Gustavo Cesar (Karpin Galicia), but those moves didn't go anywhere. The sprinters' outfits knew clearly this was a big chance for a win, so they controlled the race.
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The last five kilometres were extremely fast with a 70-kilometre per hour average at some parts. Liquigas led the peloton with Milram close behind. With just two kilometres to go, a massive crash happened in the middle of the big group that affected more than half the peloton, including race leader Daniele Bennati (Lampre-Fondital) and Oscar Pereiro. Most of the top sprinters were at the very front and saved from injuries.
Philippe Gilbert (Française Des Jeux) was trying to spoil the sprinter's party anyway and took off with about 1500 metres remaining. The Belgian soloed for more than a kilometre, but Milram still had most of the team on the front, so the move was doomed.
In the final sprint, Erik Zabel made his move, but Oscar Freire got a perfect place behind and found the right time to move from the right to the centre of the road past Zabel and crossed the finish line in first place. Paolo Bettini came from the far right and finished second while Leonardo Duque was third. It was a great day for Freire who got his first Grand Tour leader jersey and his first win in months.
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- The peloton or whatever was left of it after the crash, battles it out in Santiago.
- The sprint was uphill and fierce as everyone was gritting their teeth.
- Freire starts to celebrate.
- Oscar Freire (Rabobank) earned his sprinter's jersey on the second day in earnest.
- The Spaniard easily went past his rivals if they weren't already removed from the sprint by the crash, like Bennati.
- Freire takes the win ahead of world champ Bettini.
- Paolo Bettini congratulated Oscar Freire right after the finish line.
- Alessandro Petacchi (Milram) came in after the sprinters were already done battling it out.
- Petacchi struggles home after what was a crazy finish.
- Damiano Cunego (Lampre-Fondital) with a bandage from yesterday's crash. Now he may have to add another one for today.
- José Luis Arrieta (Ag2r Prévoyance) did not have much luck wearing the number one as riders were felled left and right.
- Caisse d'Epargne suffered a blow as its leader Oscar Pereiro got hurt in the pileup.
- Pereiro (centre) rides to the finish
- Pereiro gets a friendly push from his team-mate as he struggled across the line, his right foot hurting.
- Daniele Bennati (Lampre-Fondital) wasn't hurt too badly but lost any chances of another victory, let alone defending his jersey.
- Bennati was not happy and had a hefty argument with an Euskaltel rider following the crash.
- Freire holds up the famous cathedral on a day where he felt he could do anything.
- A miniature version of the cathedral in the hand and the lips on the cheeks life couldn't be better for Freire.
- Freire puts on the new wardrobe.
- The golden boy Oscar Freire in the maillot oro.
- The Spaniard smiles on the podium after a perfect sprint.
- Freire gets the golden kisses from the misses.
- Pereiro in agony without knowing if he can still contend for the overall.
- Francesco Chicchi (Liquigas) finally makes it to the finish after a crazy fast and crashy last few kilometres.
- Bennati not happy that he will have to take off the jersey without a fight.
- Team Discovery Channel around Devolder the Belgian champion, comes in to the finish in Santiago
Results
1 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 3.31.03 (42.274 km/h) 2 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 3 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 4 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 5 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 6 René Mandri (Est) AG2r Prévoyance 7 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 8 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 9 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 10 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team 11 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Crédit Agricole 12 David López (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 13 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 14 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 15 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 16 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 17 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 18 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 19 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 20 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 21 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 22 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 23 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 24 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 25 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 26 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 27 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 28 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas 29 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram 30 David García (Spa) Karpin Galicia 31 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 32 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 33 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 34 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 35 Jose Ruiz Sanchez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 36 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 37 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 38 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 39 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 40 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Karpin Galicia 41 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 42 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 43 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 44 José Ángel Gómez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 45 Tim Klinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 46 Adam Hansen (Aus) T-Mobile Team 47 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 48 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 49 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 50 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 51 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 52 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 53 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 54 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 55 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 56 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 57 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 58 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 59 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Predictor - Lotto 60 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance 61 Nacor Burgos Rojo (Spa) Relax - Gam 62 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 63 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 64 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole 65 Serafín Martínez Acevedo (Spa) Karpin Galicia 66 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole 67 José Antonio Lopez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 68 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 69 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 70 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 71 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 72 Erki Pütsep (Est) Bouygues Telecom 73 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 74 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 75 Juan Olmo Menacho (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 76 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 77 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 78 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Fondital 79 Bert Grabsch (Ger) T-Mobile Team 80 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française des Jeux 81 Josep Jufré (Spa) Predictor - Lotto 82 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 83 Mauricio Alberto Ardila (Col) Rabobank 84 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 85 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 86 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 87 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 88 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 89 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 90 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 91 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 92 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 93 Chris Horner (USA) Predictor - Lotto 94 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 95 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Karpin Galicia 96 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 97 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 98 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team 99 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 100 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 101 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 102 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC 103 Iker Camaño (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 104 José Luis Carrasco (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 105 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 106 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 107 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 108 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 109 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 110 Alberto Fernandez De La Puebla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 111 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2r Prévoyance 112 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 113 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 114 Ian McLeod (RSA) Française des Jeux 115 Julian Sanchez Pimienta (Spa) Relax - Gam 116 Francisco Terciado Sacedo (Spa) Relax - Gam 117 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux 118 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 119 Sebastiaan Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 120 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax - Gam 121 Raúl García De Mateos (Spa) Relax - Gam 122 Jorge Garcia Marin (Spa) Relax - Gam 123 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 124 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 125 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team 126 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 127 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 128 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française des Jeux 129 Jean-Marc Marino (Fra) Crédit Agricole 130 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 131 Francisco Jose Martinez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 132 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax - Gam 133 Jesús Hernández (Spa) Relax - Gam 134 Javier Megias Leal (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 135 Santiago Perez (Spa) Relax - Gam 136 Arkaitz Durán (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 137 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2r Prévoyance 138 Bart Dockx (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 139 Gustavo César (Spa) Karpin Galicia 140 Santos González (Spa) Karpin Galicia 141 Bert Roesems (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 142 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 143 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 144 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 145 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 146 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 147 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 148 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 149 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 150 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 151 Allan Davis (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 152 Manuel Vazquez Huesco (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 153 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 154 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC 155 Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 156 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 157 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 158 Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 159 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team 160 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 161 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 162 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 163 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 164 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 165 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre - Fondital 166 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 167 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r Prévoyance 168 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 169 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française des Jeux 170 Gustavo Domínguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 171 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 172 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 173 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas 174 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 175 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 176 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 177 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 178 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 179 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 180 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole 181 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 182 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 183 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 184 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 185 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 186 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 187 Carlos Castaño (Spa) Karpin Galicia 188 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 17.21 Points Ourense - km 20 1 Gustavo Domínguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 4 pts 2 Manuel Vazquez Huesco (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 2 3 Raúl García De Mateos (Spa) Relax - Gam 1 A Ramallosa - km 124 1 Manuel Vazquez Huesco (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 4 pts 2 Raúl García De Mateos (Spa) Relax - Gam 2 3 Gustavo Domínguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 1 Santiago de Compostela - km 148.7 1 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 25 pts 2 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 20 3 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 16 4 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 14 5 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 12 6 René Mandri (Est) AG2r Prévoyance 10 7 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 9 8 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 8 9 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 7 10 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team 6 11 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Crédit Agricole 5 12 David López (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4 13 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 3 14 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2 15 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 1 Mountains Alto do Paraño (Cat 3) - km 68 1 Gustavo Domínguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 6 pts 2 Raúl García De Mateos (Spa) Relax - Gam 4 3 Manuel Vazquez Huesco (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 2 4 Serafín Martínez Acevedo (Spa) Karpin Galicia 1 Teams 1 Quickstep-Innergetic 10.33.09 2 Caisse d'Epargne 3 Team Milram 4 AG2r Prévoyance 5 Liquigas 6 Rabobank 7 Gerolsteiner 8 Crédit Agricole 9 T-Mobile Professional Cycling 10 Karpin Galicia 11 Euskaltel-Euskadi 12 Bouygues Telecom 13 Française des Jeux 14 Andalucía-Cajasur 15 Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 16 Team CSC 17 Predictor-Lotto 18 Saunier Duval-Prodir 19 Relax-Gam 20 Lampre-Fondital 21 Discovery Channel General classification after stage 2 1 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 7.14.12 2 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 3 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 4 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 5 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 6 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 7 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 8 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 9 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Crédit Agricole 10 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 11 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 12 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 13 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 14 David García (Spa) Karpin Galicia 15 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 16 René Mandri (Est) AG2r Prévoyance 17 David López (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 18 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas 19 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 20 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 21 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 22 José Ángel Gómez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 23 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 24 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Predictor - Lotto 25 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 26 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 27 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 28 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 29 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 30 Erki Pütsep (Est) Bouygues Telecom 31 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team 32 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 33 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 34 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Karpin Galicia 35 Chris Horner (USA) Predictor - Lotto 36 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 37 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 38 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 39 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 40 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 41 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 42 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 43 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 44 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Fondital 45 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 46 Bert Grabsch (Ger) T-Mobile Team 47 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 48 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 49 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 50 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 51 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance 52 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 53 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 54 Iker Camaño (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 55 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax - Gam 56 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 57 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 58 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française des Jeux 59 Sebastiaan Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 60 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 61 Jorge Garcia Marin (Spa) Relax - Gam 62 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 63 Allan Davis (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 64 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 65 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 66 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 67 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 68 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 69 Josep Jufré (Spa) Predictor - Lotto 70 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 71 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 72 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 73 Jose Ruiz Sanchez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 74 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 75 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 76 Adam Hansen (Aus) T-Mobile Team 77 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 78 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 79 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 80 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 81 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r Prévoyance 82 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 83 Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 84 Tim Klinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 85 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 86 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 87 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 88 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 89 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 90 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 91 Juan Olmo Menacho (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 92 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 93 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 94 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 95 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 96 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 97 Jesús Hernández (Spa) Relax - Gam 98 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole 99 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 100 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 101 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 102 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 103 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 104 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 105 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 106 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole 107 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team 108 Nacor Burgos Rojo (Spa) Relax - Gam 109 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 110 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 111 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 112 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 113 Jean-Marc Marino (Fra) Crédit Agricole 114 Raúl García De Mateos (Spa) Relax - Gam 115 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 116 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 117 Manuel Vazquez Huesco (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 118 Arkaitz Durán (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 119 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 120 Gustavo Domínguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 121 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole 122 José Luis Carrasco (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 123 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre - Fondital 124 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 125 Mauricio Alberto Ardila (Col) Rabobank 126 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC 127 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 128 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 129 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team 130 Santiago Perez (Spa) Relax - Gam 131 José Antonio Lopez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 132 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas 133 Gustavo César (Spa) Karpin Galicia 134 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 135 Carlos Castaño (Spa) Karpin Galicia 136 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 137 Francisco Jose Martinez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 138 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 139 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Karpin Galicia 140 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax - Gam 141 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 142 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 143 Ian McLeod (RSA) Française des Jeux 144 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 145 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 146 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2r Prévoyance 147 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française des Jeux 148 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 149 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 150 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 151 Julian Sanchez Pimienta (Spa) Relax - Gam 152 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 153 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2r Prévoyance 154 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 155 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 156 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC 157 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 158 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 159 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 160 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 161 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 162 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 163 Francisco Terciado Sacedo (Spa) Relax - Gam 164 Javier Megias Leal (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 165 Alberto Fernandez De La Puebla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 166 Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 167 Bart Dockx (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 168 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux 169 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 170 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 171 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 172 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 173 Santos González (Spa) Karpin Galicia 174 Bert Roesems (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 175 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 176 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team 177 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 178 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 179 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 180 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 181 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 182 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 183 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 184 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram 0.31 185 Serafín Martínez Acevedo (Spa) Karpin Galicia 4.19 186 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française des Jeux 4.42 187 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4.48 188 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 24.57 Points classification 1 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 45 pts 2 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 25 3 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 22 4 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 22 5 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 20 6 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 19 7 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 16 8 Allan Davis (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 14 9 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 12 10 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 12 11 René Mandri (Est) AG2r Prévoyance 10 12 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 9 13 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 8 14 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 7 15 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 7 16 Manuel Vazquez Huesco (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 6 17 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 6 18 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team 6 19 Gustavo Domínguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 5 20 Serafín Martínez Acevedo (Spa) Karpin Galicia 5 21 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 5 22 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Crédit Agricole 5 23 David López (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4 24 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r Prévoyance 4 25 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 3 26 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 3 27 Raúl García De Mateos (Spa) Relax - Gam 3 28 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2 29 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 2 30 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 2 31 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 1 32 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 1 33 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole 1 Mountains classification 1 Serafín Martínez Acevedo (Spa) Karpin Galicia 13 pts 2 Gustavo Domínguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 6 3 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 6 4 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 6 5 Raúl García De Mateos (Spa) Relax - Gam 4 6 Manuel Vazquez Huesco (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 2 7 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1 8 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram 1 Allround classification 1 Manuel Vazquez Huesco (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 139 pts 2 Gustavo Domínguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 141 3 Raúl García De Mateos (Spa) Relax - Gam 146 4 Serafín Martínez Acevedo (Spa) Karpin Galicia 206 5 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 208 6 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 215 Teams classification 1 Bouygues Telecom 21.42.36 2 Quickstep-Innergetic 3 Euskaltel-Euskadi 4 Caisse d'Epargne 5 Rabobank 6 Team Milram 7 AG2r Prévoyance 8 Discovery Channel 9 Liquigas 10 Predictor-Lotto 11 Gerolsteiner 12 Crédit Agricole 13 T-Mobile Professional Cycling 14 Lampre-Fondital 15 Karpin Galicia 16 Relax-Gam 17 Team CSC 18 Française des Jeux 19 Andalucía-Cajasur 20 Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 21 Saunier Duval-Prodir
