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62nd Vuelta a España - GT
Spain, September 1-23, 2007
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Stage 20 - September 22: Villalba-Villalba (ITT), 20km
Sánchez triples on way to final Vuelta podium spot
Menchov easily controls Spanish tour
By Gregor Brown and Hernan Alvarez
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'Samu' has taken a step onto the final Vuelta a España podium in style. 29 year-old Samuel Sánchez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) won the 20-kilometre time trial in Villalba by 12 seconds over Denis Menchov (Rabobank) and 14 over Stef Clement (Bouygues Telecom) in third. By winning his third stage of the 2007 Vuelta and gaining 19 seconds over Cadel Evans (Predictor-Lotto) he was able to move up onto the podium - a position he should keep when the three-week race concludes tomorrow in Madrid.
The 29 year-old golden jersey Menchov easily maintained his overall lead of over three minutes to Sastre by finishing second in the stage. Barring any incident, he will be crowned king of Spain tomorrow afternoon. Rabobank director Erik Breukink was unaffected by the narrow loss of Menchov on the stage. "Whether second place is a disappointment or a success? It simply does not matter. We are going to win this race. Additionally, we were victorious in four stages, which is great in itself."
Breukink said the weather wasn't responsible for the 12 seconds Menchov lost. "The rainfall was not to our advantage, but it did not affect the race that much, despite the fact that Denis was a little bit shocked by it."
Sánchez was visibly excited and surprised with the third stage win and his podium spot. "One thing came with the other," Sánchez said. "We are really very happy, especially for the podium. The stage wasn't the important thing, but it came too. We had to take the risk by putting pressure on Cadel Evans from the beginning. The goal was the podium. We had already got two stages, and we were very happy considering that.
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"I think I haven't reached my top," he continued on his form. "I do it based on working, training a lot, taking care of myself, being very methodical, learning from mistakes. Like Lance Armstrong said the key of success is to be surrounded by the best team."
The rider from Asturias had an impressive Vuelta, and will be considered a hot favourite for the World Championships in one week's time. He won the stage to Granada six days ago by zapping Manuel Beltrán (Liquigas). The seven-year pro did not slow down; in fact, he lit the last 48 hours on fire - burning in flames as bright as the Euskaltel kits.
The team shone brightly through the grimy stage to Alto de Abantos. The Basque boys worked in unison to setup for Sánchez's win, including a loud thumping by Igor Antón. The young and upcoming rider helped his team leader dominate. However, today it was all down to 'Samu' and his TT machine. He made no errors. He powered his Orbea bike through the time checks (13th at km 7.3 and first at km 15), and on to the finish in a mode that sent shivers down the competition's back, especially Cadel Evans'.
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The 30 year-old Australian is normally a better time trialist, but today he could not hold back his number one competitor from gaining the needed 10 seconds on his way to his second-ever victory against the clock. Evans never really found the form that he was hoping for during the three week tour, often suffering to hold on during the mountains. The race of truth proved the form was not quite there. He struggled to get his sixth spot, 19 seconds back.
Maybe it was the trip to China to preview the 2008 Olympic parcours, or the gas that he used to motor to an impressive second spot in the Tour de France. As long as the 'sprint stage' into Madrid goes as it should Evans will finish in fourth overall, 3'56" back on the overall, 10 seconds back from the podium spot of Sánchez.
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Dutch TT champion Stef Clement (Bouygues Telecom) almost won the day with his powerful ride of 22'25". It held for almost one hour, until the GC guns starting shooting it out. The 24 year-old, third today, could have a better chance in next weeks Worlds.
Carlos Sastre (Team CSC) stayed cool in his time trial run, coming to the line to finish 15th in Villalba. He easily maintained his second overall as Evans faded. He will ride towards home tomorrow in the stage that finishes in Spain's capital as a happy man. He did what he could do to win this Vuelta but could not match the form of Menchov. Once the Russian gained the jersey oro on stage nine there was no way to pull it out of his clutch.
"I fought as much as I could," Sastre said of his second overall to Menchov. "I had all the support of my whole team all those days which were special. ... They [the team-mates] did everything I asked them at their very best. I can't ask for more.
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"This year I worked a lot in the wind tunnel to take a new position," he remarked on his time trial position. "After all the work before the Tour de Suisse, the UCI changed the rules, and all this work was wasted. I had no choice but to retake the position I had last year, because it was the last one I studied and practiced. I told the mechanics to put the bike in the same position as last year, and that we would see."
He had an emotional day. "I have to thank the fans for helping me re-animate this rider [Sastre - ed.] who I wasn't with the loss of my brother-in-law [famous climber José María 'Chaba' Jiménez - ed.]. Today just before the start I remembered his last Vuelta a España, and how much fans loved him. Just before starting, when the fans clapped their hands, it made me remember those moments I lived beside him. I am happy to take his place [in the fans' hearts]."
The only other GC shift in the top 20 was thanks to the ride of Chris Anker Sørensen (Team CSC). The rider from Denmark put in a ride good enough to leap frog over Ludovic Turpin (Ag2r Prévoyance), moving from 20th to 19th.
How it unfolded
Collado Villalba is a town northwest of capital city Madrid, in the middle of Sierra de Guadarrama. Villalba hosted a Vuelta individual time trial before in 1986 and 1988. Both times Ireland's Sean Kelly won the stage.
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Xabier Zandio (Caisse d'Epargne) didn't take the start because he wanted to see his wife and his daughter who was born recently. The first rider to race against the clock was Australia's Mark Renshaw (Crédit Agricole) who was the 146th and last in the general classification. He started at 14:07. But the first reference was made by the Swede Magnus Backstedt (Liquigas) in 22 minutes and 51 seconds.
Later on, Spain's Santos Gonzalez (Karpin Galicia) proved he is a good time trial specialist and clocked 22 minutes and 29 seconds, 22 seconds faster than Backstedt. Gonzalez's time didn't last long as minutes later, Stef Clement (Bouygues Telecom) came home with the best time. He passed three riders on the way to clocking 22 minutes and 25 seconds.
The big battle came among the top four. Cadel Evans (Predictor-Lotto) was nine seconds ahead of Samuel Sánchez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) in the GC before today's start. The rider from Asturias was one second slower than Clement at the first intermediate point a kilometre 7.5 (Clement clocked 7'45" and Sanchez 7'46") while the Australian timed seven minutes and 50 seconds. Later on, Sastre rode in 7'55" and Menchov in 7'37" beating everyone, and proving the Russian also rides well against the clock.
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At the second intermediate sprint (kilometre 15), Samuel clocked the best time at 16'55"; Evans kept losing more time as he clocked 17'08". Sastre crossed the second point in 17'23", Menchov started losing seconds, and Sánchez timed 16'57".
At the finish line (kilometre 20), the trends increased. The rider in orange culminated his impressive work in 22 minutes and 11 seconds. It seemed his motivation was big, and it made him ride at a quick pace. Evans looked exhausted at this point of the season after riding the Tour de France and other tough competitions. The Aussie clocked 22'30", losing the third place in the GC. Later on, Sastre timed 22'52" and Menchov 22'23".
Stage 21 - September 23: Rivas Vaciamadrid - Madrid, 104.2km
Madrid will host the finish of the Vuelta for the 63rd time on September 23 and it is here that the sprinters will have their last chance to shine while the wearer of the jersey oro will be able to parade in his prized jersey. After starting in Rivas Vaciamadrid the stage ends with five circuits in Madrid.
Photography
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- Samuel Sánchez (Euskaltel - Euskadi) took his third stage and moved up onto the podium
- Sánchez deserves this after a stellar time trial
- Sánchez powers to the win on the penultimate stage
- An unusual display of emotion from Denis Menchov who sealed his overall win with a solid time trial
- Sánchez comes into the finish of the stage 20 time trial
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- The big Swede Magnus Backstedt (Liquigas) had a good ride to finish 13th.
- Spaniard Carlos Barredo (Quick.Step) came in fourth secure a top 10 finish overall.
- Sylvain Chavanel (Cofidis) posted a promising early time but was eventually knocked down to 11th.
- Dutch TT champion Stef Clement (Bouygues Telecom).
- Cadel Evans (Predictor-Lotto) was edged into fourth place overall today by winner Samuel Sanchez.
- Australian Adam Hansen (T-Mobile) fine tuning his form for the World Championships.
- Vladimir Karpets (Caisse d'Epargne) flying to eighth on the stage.
- Jason McCartney (Discovery Channel) confirmed his recent good form today.
- The penultimate maillot oro for Denis Menchov.
- Maxime Monfort (Cofidis) has ridden aggressively throughout the Vuelta.
- Joost Posthuma (Rabobank) was 40 seconds off the pace today.
- Samuel Sanchez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) rips through a corner on his winning ride.
- Sanchez's win was enough to knock Cadel Evans off the final podium spot.
- The second win in as many days for Samuel Sanchez, and his third of the 2007 Vuelta.
- Santos González (Karpin Galicia) wasn't hold anything back.
- Team CSC's Carlos Sastre has never been a fan of the TT and today was no different.
- Christian Vande Velde (Team CSC) will represent the USA in Stuttgart next week.
- Denis Menchov (Rabobank) went out to represent the maillot oro today and did it with style.
Images by Rick Wilson
- Please get my name right! Magnus Backstedt (Liquigas) on his way in the TT with the team car sporting a slight variation namewise.
- Alessandro Petacchi (Milram) in time trial mode.
- Samuel Sánchez (Euskaltel - Euskadi) on his way to a fabulous time trial victory to snatch an overall podium spot.
- Samuel Sánchez (Euskaltel - Euskadi) gets some support .. his win was hugely popular.
- Cadel Evans (Predictor Lotto) rode very well but in the end fell just short of saving 3rd overall.
- Carlos Sastre (CSC) gets into the groove.
- Another crowd favourite , Carlos Sastre (CSC) powers away up the small hill away from the start.
- Denis Menchov (Rabobank) .. his overall win was never really under threat but still rode very impressively to 2nd on the stage.
Results
1 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 22.11 (54.09 km/h) 2 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 0.12 3 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 0.14 4 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 0.16 5 Santos González (Spa) Karpin Galicia 0.18 6 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 0.19 7 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.25 8 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 0.26 9 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 0.28 10 Adam Hansen (Aus) T-Mobile Team 0.34 11 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 0.38 12 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 0.40 13 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 14 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 0.41 15 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 16 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 0.44 17 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance 0.52 18 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 0.54 19 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r Prévoyance 20 Tim Klinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.57 21 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0.58 22 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.01 23 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 1.02 24 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1.03 25 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.04 26 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1.05 27 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.06 28 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 1.10 29 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 30 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 1.11 31 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.13 32 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 1.14 33 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax - Gam 1.15 34 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 35 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Karpin Galicia 1.17 36 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.21 37 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas 1.23 38 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 39 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 40 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1.25 41 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.28 42 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax - Gam 43 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux 1.29 44 David López (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 45 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 1.32 46 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 47 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 1.34 48 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1.37 49 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 1.38 50 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 1.39 51 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.40 52 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 1.41 53 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.45 54 Jose Ruiz Sanchez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 1.47 55 David García (Spa) Karpin Galicia 1.51 56 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 1.52 57 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Karpin Galicia 1.54 58 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 59 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC 60 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 1.57 61 Iker Camaño (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.59 62 Mauricio Alberto Ardila (Col) Rabobank 63 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC 64 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.02 65 Gustavo Domínguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 66 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2.04 67 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 68 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 2.06 69 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 70 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 71 José Ángel Gómez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 2.07 72 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 73 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2r Prévoyance 2.11 74 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre - Fondital 75 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 2.12 76 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2.14 77 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 78 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole 2.15 79 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 2.16 80 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 2.17 81 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 2.18 82 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 83 René Mandri (Est) AG2r Prévoyance 2.20 84 Gustavo César (Spa) Karpin Galicia 85 Jorge Garcia Marin (Spa) Relax - Gam 2.21 86 Manuel Vazquez Huesco (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 2.22 87 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 2.23 88 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 89 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 2.25 90 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 2.26 91 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 92 José Luis Carrasco (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 2.28 93 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 2.29 94 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 95 Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 2.30 96 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 97 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 2.32 98 Raúl García De Mateos (Spa) Relax - Gam 99 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 2.34 100 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 2.35 101 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team 102 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 2.37 103 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 104 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 105 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.38 106 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Predictor - Lotto 107 Juan Olmo Menacho (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 2.40 108 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2r Prévoyance 2.43 109 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 110 Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 2.47 111 Erki Pütsep (Est) Bouygues Telecom 112 Bart Dockx (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 2.48 113 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 114 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 2.49 115 Chris Horner (USA) Predictor - Lotto 116 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 2.50 117 Javier Megias Leal (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 2.51 118 Jean-Marc Marino (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2.52 119 Francisco Jose Martinez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 120 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team 2.54 121 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas 122 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 123 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 2.55 124 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2.56 125 Sebastiaan Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 2.57 126 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 3.00 127 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 128 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 3.02 129 Santiago Perez (Spa) Relax - Gam 130 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Fondital 3.03 131 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 3.04 132 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 3.05 133 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 3.06 134 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 135 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 3.08 136 José Antonio Lopez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 3.10 137 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram 3.11 138 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 3.17 139 Francisco Terciado Sacedo (Spa) Relax - Gam 140 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 3.18 141 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 3.26 142 Nacor Burgos Rojo (Spa) Relax - Gam 3.30 143 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 3.36 144 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 3.41 145 Julian Sanchez Pimienta (Spa) Relax - Gam 4.57 DNS Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne Points 1 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 25 pts 2 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 20 3 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 16 4 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 14 5 Santos González (Spa) Karpin Galicia 12 6 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 10 7 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 9 8 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 8 9 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 7 10 Adam Hansen (Aus) T-Mobile Team 6 11 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 5 12 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 4 13 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 3 14 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 2 15 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 1 Teams 1 Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.08.37 2 Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 0.23 3 Team CSC 0.28 4 Caisse d'Epargne 0.30 5 Liquigas 0.34 6 Rabobank 0.47 7 Karpin Galicia 0.54 8 Gerolsteiner 1.09 9 Discovery Channel 1.10 10 AG2r Prévoyance 1.21 11 T-Mobile Professional Cycling 1.32 12 Française des Jeux 1.59 13 Quickstep-Innergetic 2.27 14 Relax-Gam 3.00 15 Team Milram 3.19 16 Crédit Agricole 3.28 17 Bouygues Telecom 3.35 18 Predictor-Lotto 3.41 19 Lampre-Fondital 3.45 20 Andalucía-Cajasur 4.17 21 Saunier Duval-Prodir 4.53 General classification after stage 20 1 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 78.21.40 2 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 3.31 3 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 3.46 4 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 3.56 5 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 6.34 6 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 7.07 7 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 8.09 8 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 8.44 9 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas 9.38 10 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 10.12 11 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 10.37 12 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax - Gam 13.07 13 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 14.13 14 David López (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 17.20 15 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 19.00 16 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 22.19 17 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 29.33 18 Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 31.41 19 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 32.24 20 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 32.39 21 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 33.21 22 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas 37.00 23 David García (Spa) Karpin Galicia 37.39 24 René Mandri (Est) AG2r Prévoyance 43.55 25 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Fondital 44.25 26 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 44.40 27 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 46.41 28 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 47.09 29 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 48.36 30 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 49.10 31 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 49.50 32 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 50.03 33 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Karpin Galicia 50.28 34 Iker Camaño (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 50.29 35 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 51.51 36 Chris Horner (USA) Predictor - Lotto 52.53 37 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 56.49 38 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 58.22 39 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 58.55 40 José Ángel Gómez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 59.45 41 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC 1.00.36 42 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 1.01.09 43 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 1.02.21 44 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.04.02 45 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.04.50 46 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 1.05.56 47 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax - Gam 1.06.55 48 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance 1.09.59 49 Manuel Vazquez Huesco (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 1.10.17 50 Javier Megias Leal (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.11.34 51 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC 1.12.38 52 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 1.17.00 53 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.19.21 54 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 1.20.03 55 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 1.20.47 56 Jose Ruiz Sanchez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 1.21.55 57 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.22.31 58 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1.23.20 59 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2r Prévoyance 1.26.12 60 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.28.05 61 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.28.39 62 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1.29.06 63 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.30.55 64 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 1.31.08 65 Santiago Perez (Spa) Relax - Gam 1.31.44 66 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 1.31.54 67 Mauricio Alberto Ardila (Col) Rabobank 1.33.27 68 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.33.45 69 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 1.35.29 70 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Karpin Galicia 1.39.00 71 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2r Prévoyance 1.39.07 72 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1.39.16 73 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 1.40.08 74 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.41.02 75 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.43.31 76 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.44.01 77 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team 1.44.40 78 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 1.47.26 79 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Predictor - Lotto 1.47.54 80 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.48.43 81 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.50.03 82 José Luis Carrasco (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 1.50.32 83 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 1.50.35 84 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.51.01 85 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre - Fondital 1.51.10 86 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 1.51.43 87 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.52.16 88 Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 1.53.55 89 Adam Hansen (Aus) T-Mobile Team 1.54.39 90 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.56.10 91 Juan Olmo Menacho (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 1.58.14 92 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 2.00.54 93 Jean-Marc Marino (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2.01.32 94 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2.03.46 95 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 2.07.15 96 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 2.07.41 97 Gustavo Domínguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 2.08.15 98 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 2.09.41 99 Raúl García De Mateos (Spa) Relax - Gam 2.12.17 100 Tim Klinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.12.41 101 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 2.13.18 102 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 2.14.46 103 Francisco Terciado Sacedo (Spa) Relax - Gam 2.15.56 104 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 2.16.45 105 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.17.58 106 Santos González (Spa) Karpin Galicia 2.18.24 107 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 2.22.56 108 Jorge Garcia Marin (Spa) Relax - Gam 2.23.26 109 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 2.23.41 110 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 2.24.25 111 Bart Dockx (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 2.26.25 112 Sebastiaan Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 2.27.08 113 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.28.31 114 Francisco Jose Martinez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 2.30.02 115 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 2.30.34 116 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 2.31.31 117 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 2.31.51 118 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 2.32.03 119 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r Prévoyance 2.33.35 120 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 2.34.02 121 Gustavo César (Spa) Karpin Galicia 2.34.07 122 Nacor Burgos Rojo (Spa) Relax - Gam 2.34.30 123 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2.34.46 124 Julian Sanchez Pimienta (Spa) Relax - Gam 2.34.59 125 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 2.37.27 126 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 2.38.02 127 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 2.38.41 128 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 2.38.46 129 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 2.38.51 130 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 2.39.47 131 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 132 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 2.42.13 133 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 2.42.58 134 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2.43.08 135 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux 2.44.33 136 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 2.47.57 137 Erki Pütsep (Est) Bouygues Telecom 2.48.59 138 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram 2.53.10 139 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 2.55.43 140 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 2.56.31 141 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team 2.56.58 142 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 3.00.28 143 José Antonio Lopez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 3.01.42 144 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole 3.02.14 145 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 3.02.35 Points classification 1 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 135 pts 2 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 127 3 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 118 4 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 106 5 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 91 6 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 89 7 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 73 8 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 71 9 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 65 10 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax - Gam 60 11 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 54 12 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 52 13 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 51 14 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas 51 15 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 50 16 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r Prévoyance 47 17 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 46 18 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 45 19 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 44 20 Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 42 21 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 37 22 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 34 23 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 33 24 René Mandri (Est) AG2r Prévoyance 32 25 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 26 26 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 25 27 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 24 28 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 23 29 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 23 30 David López (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 23 31 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française des Jeux 23 32 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 23 33 Santos González (Spa) Karpin Galicia 22 34 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC 22 35 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 20 36 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 20 37 David García (Spa) Karpin Galicia 19 38 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team 19 39 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 18 40 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas 18 41 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 17 42 Javier Megias Leal (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 17 43 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole 17 44 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 16 45 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 15 46 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 14 47 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 14 48 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance 13 49 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 13 50 José Antonio Lopez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 12 51 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Fondital 12 52 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Predictor - Lotto 12 53 Raúl García De Mateos (Spa) Relax - Gam 10 54 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2r Prévoyance 10 55 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 10 56 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 9 57 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 9 58 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 9 59 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 8 60 Jorge Garcia Marin (Spa) Relax - Gam 8 61 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 7 62 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 7 63 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 7 64 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 7 65 Jose Ruiz Sanchez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 7 66 Jean-Marc Marino (Fra) Crédit Agricole 7 67 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax - Gam 6 68 Manuel Vazquez Huesco (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 6 69 Juan Olmo Menacho (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 6 70 Adam Hansen (Aus) T-Mobile Team 6 71 Gustavo Domínguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 5 72 José Ángel Gómez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 5 73 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 4 74 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 4 75 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 4 76 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 4 77 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 4 78 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 4 79 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 3 80 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Karpin Galicia 3 81 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 3 82 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 2 83 Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 2 84 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 2 85 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 2 86 Erki Pütsep (Est) Bouygues Telecom 2 87 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1 88 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1 89 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team 1 90 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 1 91 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 1 92 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 1 Mountains classification 1 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 90 pts 2 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 78 3 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 69 4 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 63 5 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 54 6 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 45 7 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 40 8 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 38 9 José Ángel Gómez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 38 10 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas 37 11 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax - Gam 33 12 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 32 13 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 31 14 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax - Gam 30 15 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 28 16 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 26 17 David López (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 25 18 Raúl García De Mateos (Spa) Relax - Gam 24 19 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 23 20 Mauricio Alberto Ardila (Col) Rabobank 20 21 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 20 22 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2r Prévoyance 19 23 Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 17 24 Santos González (Spa) Karpin Galicia 15 25 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 13 26 David García (Spa) Karpin Galicia 12 27 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 12 28 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 12 29 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 12 30 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 11 31 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 11 32 José Antonio Lopez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 11 33 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 10 34 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 10 35 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas 9 36 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 8 37 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 8 38 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 8 39 Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 8 40 Gustavo César (Spa) Karpin Galicia 8 41 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 8 42 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 7 43 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC 7 44 Manuel Vazquez Huesco (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 7 45 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2r Prévoyance 7 46 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 6 47 Gustavo Domínguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 6 48 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 6 49 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 6 50 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 6 51 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Karpin Galicia 6 52 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 6 53 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 6 54 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 6 55 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Fondital 5 56 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 5 57 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 5 58 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 4 59 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4 60 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 4 61 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 3 62 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 3 63 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 2 64 René Mandri (Est) AG2r Prévoyance 2 65 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 2 66 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 2 67 Javier Megias Leal (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 2 68 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 2 69 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 2 70 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 1 71 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1 72 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram 1 Combination classification 1 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 3 pts 2 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 10 3 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 14 4 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 16 5 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 23 6 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 30 7 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas 33 8 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax - Gam 36 9 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 42 10 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 55 11 David López (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 61 12 Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 61 13 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 64 14 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 66 15 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 68 16 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 74 17 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 78 18 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 83 19 David García (Spa) Karpin Galicia 86 20 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 95 21 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 95 22 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas 97 23 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 101 24 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 106 25 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 106 26 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 112 27 René Mandri (Est) AG2r Prévoyance 112 28 José Ángel Gómez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 121 29 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 122 30 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax - Gam 125 31 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 127 32 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Fondital 131 33 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 146 34 Javier Megias Leal (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 159 35 Manuel Vazquez Huesco (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 161 36 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 162 37 Santos González (Spa) Karpin Galicia 163 38 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 166 39 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 168 40 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2r Prévoyance 170 41 Raúl García De Mateos (Spa) Relax - Gam 170 42 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 171 43 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 172 44 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 172 45 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 175 46 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 175 47 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 178 48 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 196 49 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 198 50 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 200 51 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 207 52 Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 210 53 Gustavo Domínguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 215 54 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 222 55 José Antonio Lopez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 225 56 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 232 57 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 236 58 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 272 Team classification 1 Caisse d'Epargne 235.02.44 2 Euskaltel-Euskadi 12.43 3 AG2r Prévoyance 30.25 4 Team CSC 34.53 5 Liquigas 36.02 6 Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 56.33 7 Karpin Galicia 1.01.19 8 Predictor-Lotto 1.03.54 9 Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.23.25 10 Quickstep-Innergetic 1.24.39 11 Relax-Gam 1.50.24 12 Gerolsteiner 1.51.28 13 Rabobank 1.51.50 14 Andalucía-Cajasur 2.31.40 15 Crédit Agricole 2.31.55 16 Lampre-Fondital 2.42.53 17 Discovery Channel 2.50.19 18 T-Mobile Professional Cycling 3.41.33 19 Française des Jeux 4.03.41 20 Bouygues Telecom 4.39.22 21 Team Milram 5.58.13
