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62nd Vuelta a España - GT
Spain, September 1-23, 2007
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Stage 3 - September 3: Viveiro - Luarca, 153km
Bettini beats Freire in tough sprint
By Susan Westemeyer and Hernan Alvarez
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In a fierce sprint, reigning World Champion Paolo Bettini had the edge on former World Champion Oscar Freire, who was quite unhappy with Bettini's move to the right at the very end, leaving the Spaniard boxed in. But at least he got to keep his golden jersey as race leader. The race ended on a tough rise with pitches of up to 7.5 percent and left the regular sprinters gasping for air. Australian Allan Davis continued to show his consistent form and came in third, with Davide Rebellin in fourth.
Bettini was happy with the team's work, saying after the race that "I had talked with [Carlos] Barredo [before the stage] and he had told me that today's finale was very good for me. Yes, I won today, but the whole team, the whole Quickstep-Innergetic has done truly a great work. I didn't win since February, so it is truly a special day for me." The Italian is keen on getting to Stuttgart, stating that "there are few days left for the Worlds and having won today is very good to cheer myself up. I raced the Vuelta in 2005 and 2006. I hope to win another stage especially for the Worlds. The Vuelta is a great tour. Now I will go on day by day hoping to win again."
The race was long dominated by a three-man break, but the last category 3 climb brought everything together. A split in the peloton was temporary, but just when everything was together, the speed got incredibly high, with every team wanting to be near the front. Quick.Step was hammering in the front on the final kilometres and deservedly took the victory through its world champ.
The Rabobank rider may not have taken the stage but he successfully defended his leader's jersey.
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It was a fast and furious finale, which included two laps of a final closing course which went up a very nasty 7.5% climb with a sharp turn at the top, in the last 3 km. Quick.Step must have known that it would be Bettini's day, as they set a sizzling pace through the final kilometres, dropping as many rivals as possible.
Three riders -- Angel Vallejo ( Relax-Gam), David De La Fuente (Saunier Duval) and Serafin Martinez, attacked only four kilometres into the day. They stayed away a long time, but the peloton kept them on a long line and never let them get more than four minutes. They were finally swept up on the last mountain, with about 28 kilometres to go.
Haimar Zubeldia had an unusual crash. Orange traffic cones were set out in the road under the 20-kilometre banner, and a Rabobank rider knocked one over, right into the Euskaltel rider's bike. Down he went, onto his left shoulder. He eventually got back on his bike and continued, but came in 11 minutes down.
Tuesday's stage features only three ranked climbs, but on of those is the mountain-top finish on the Hors Categorie Lagos de Covadonga. It is 1,110 meters high with an average gradient of 7,3%, but a maximum of 13%.
How it unfolded
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This stage ended in Luarca. It is a town by the Cantabric Sea in the province of Asturias. The Vuelta a España returned to this village for the first time in 60 years, having finished there three times before, in 1941, 1942 and 1947. Italy's Adolphe Deledda won that last time in Asturias.
There were no abandons yesterday and everyone signed in Viveiro. So, 188 riders went on the tour. The first breakaway of the day was made very early on (kilometre four) by three riders from modest outfits: David De la Fuente (Saunier Duval), Angel Vallejo (Relax-Gam) and Serafin Martinez (Karpin Galicia). At the first intermediate sprint (kilometre 55), the trio led by three minutes and 20 seconds.
The breakaway resisted, always having a slim margin. At kilometre 92, the leaders still had a three-minute advantage over the rest. In Nava (kilometre 104), the gap had shrunken to just two minutes and four seconds. It seemed the breakaway wouldn't last much longer. Anleo (kilometre 111.6) was the location of second intermediate sprint, where Angel Vallejo got the most bonus points, followed by David De la Fuente and Serafin Martinez. The gap was the same, just over two minutes.
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On the lower slopes of the Alto de Bobia, a cat. 3 climb situated with 33 kilometres to go, the peloton reduced the advantage and swallowed Serafin Martinez. At the top of the climb, the two leaders (De la Fuente and Vallejo) led by just 28 seconds. It wasn't an easy climb for the sprinters who made an effort not to lose contact with the front end. Descending Alto de Bobia, the two leaders were caught by the big group led by Euskaltel Euskadi. Meanwhile, Mathieu Claude (Bouygues Telecom) quit the race.
The orange outfit forced the peloton to go faster than expected when going down towards the ocean with 25 kilometres to go on a premeditated strategy. Unfortunately for the Basque team, Haimar Zubeldia fell down badly exactly below the 20-kilometre to go banner. Meanwhile, the peloton went very fast and rejoined after temporarily being split in two.
The big group raced the last kilometres at a very fast speed around 70 kilometres per hour. The little climb by the sea, starting with two kilometres to the end, split the top sprinters group. Davide Rebellin, Allan Davis and Oscar Freire launched the final bunch sprint and fought with Bettini who made the right move metres before the end to cross the finish line. The world champion proved his great speed and versatility once again, as he is thinking of World Championship in Stuttgart.
Photography
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- Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step-Innergetic) wins stage 3.
- Oh my gosh, did I really just win?
- World Champion and stage 3 winner Paolo Bettini
- Paolo Bettini on the podium
- Where can I get a hat like this one modelled by Oscar Freire (Rabobank)?
- Oscar Freire receives kisses from the podium girls.
- A final bunch sprint ends stage 3.
- Paolo Bettini takes the win.
- Paolo Bettini on his way to victory.
- Paolo Bettini celebrates with his arms in the air.
- Oscar Freire after the race.
- Paolo Bettini after winning stage 3.
- Paolo Bettini with his team-mate Juan Manuel Garate
- Paolo Bettini waves to the crowd.
- Paolo Bettini adjust his cap on the podium.
- Paolo Bettini shows off his trophies.
- Paolo Bettini on the podium
- Time for the kisses for Paolo Bettini.
- Oscar Freire gets to keep his yellow.
Images by Unipublic
- The Asturia flag flies as the riders pass.
- Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step - Innergetic) has his shoe checked.
- David De La Fuente (Saunier Duval-Prodir) leads the escape.
- Cadel Evans (Predictor-Lotto) rides.
- Oscar Freire (Rabobank) in the Maillot Oro.
- Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step - Innergetic) leads the race to the finish.
Results
1 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 4.08.42 (36.912 km/h) 2 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 3 Allan Davis (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 4 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 5 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 6 René Mandri (Est) AG2r Prévoyance 7 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 8 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 9 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 10 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax - Gam 11 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 12 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 13 José Ángel Gómez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 14 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 15 Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 16 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 17 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 18 David López (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 19 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 20 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 21 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 22 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 23 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas 24 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team 25 Josep Jufré (Spa) Predictor - Lotto 26 Chris Horner (USA) Predictor - Lotto 27 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas 28 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 29 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 30 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 31 Arkaitz Durán (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 32 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 33 Carlos Castaño (Spa) Karpin Galicia 34 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 35 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 36 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 37 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 38 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 39 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 40 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 41 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Karpin Galicia 42 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 43 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 44 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 45 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 46 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 47 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 48 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 49 David García (Spa) Karpin Galicia 50 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 51 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 52 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole 53 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 54 Iker Camaño (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 55 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team 56 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 57 Mauricio Alberto Ardila (Col) Rabobank 58 Jesús Hernández (Spa) Relax - Gam 59 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 60 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram 61 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 62 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Fondital 63 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 64 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 65 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 66 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 67 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 68 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC 69 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 70 Jose Ruiz Sanchez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 0.18 71 Sebastiaan Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 72 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 73 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 74 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 75 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 0.28 76 Adam Hansen (Aus) T-Mobile Team 77 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC 78 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 79 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 80 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2r Prévoyance 81 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 82 Julian Sanchez Pimienta (Spa) Relax - Gam 83 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux 84 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 85 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 86 Santiago Perez (Spa) Relax - Gam 87 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 0.34 88 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 89 Jean-Marc Marino (Fra) Crédit Agricole 90 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team 91 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 92 Santos González (Spa) Karpin Galicia 93 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Predictor - Lotto 94 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 95 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre - Fondital 96 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 97 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 98 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 99 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 100 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 101 Juan Olmo Menacho (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 102 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 103 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2r Prévoyance 104 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 105 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0.49 106 Gustavo Domínguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 107 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 1.04 108 Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 109 Bert Grabsch (Ger) T-Mobile Team 110 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 111 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 112 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 113 Jorge Garcia Marin (Spa) Relax - Gam 114 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax - Gam 1.24 115 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 116 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 1.55 117 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 2.04 118 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2.08 119 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 120 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 121 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 2.17 122 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 123 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 2.19 124 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 0.01 125 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole 3.38 126 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 127 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance 128 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 129 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Karpin Galicia 130 Manuel Vazquez Huesco (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 131 Francisco Terciado Sacedo (Spa) Relax - Gam 132 Alberto Fernandez De La Puebla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 0.01 133 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 5.31 134 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 135 Francisco Jose Martinez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 136 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 137 Nacor Burgos Rojo (Spa) Relax - Gam 138 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 139 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 140 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 141 Raúl García De Mateos (Spa) Relax - Gam 142 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 143 José Luis Carrasco (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 144 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 145 Bart Dockx (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 146 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 147 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 148 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 149 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 150 Erki Pütsep (Est) Bouygues Telecom 151 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 152 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 153 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 154 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 155 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 156 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 157 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française des Jeux 158 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française des Jeux 159 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 160 Tim Klinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 161 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 162 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 163 Serafín Martínez Acevedo (Spa) Karpin Galicia 164 Javier Megias Leal (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 165 Gustavo César (Spa) Karpin Galicia 166 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 167 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 168 José Antonio Lopez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 169 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 8.16 170 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 171 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 172 Bert Roesems (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 173 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 174 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Crédit Agricole 175 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 176 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 177 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 178 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole 179 Ian McLeod (RSA) Française des Jeux 180 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team 181 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r Prévoyance 182 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 183 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 184 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française des Jeux 185 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 186 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 187 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 11.00 DNF Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom Points Trabada - km 53.7 1 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 4 pts 2 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax - Gam 2 3 Serafín Martínez Acevedo (Spa) Karpin Galicia 1 Anleo - km 111.6 1 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax - Gam 4 pts 2 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 2 3 Serafín Martínez Acevedo (Spa) Karpin Galicia 1 Luarca - km 153 1 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 25 pts 2 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 20 3 Allan Davis (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 16 4 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 14 5 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 12 6 René Mandri (Est) AG2r Prévoyance 10 7 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 9 8 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 8 9 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 7 10 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax - Gam 6 11 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 5 12 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4 13 José Ángel Gómez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 3 14 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 2 15 Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 1 Mountains Alto de San André de Boimente (cat 2) - km 9 1 Serafín Martínez Acevedo (Spa) Karpin Galicia 10 pts 2 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax - Gam 7 3 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 5 4 Gustavo César (Spa) Karpin Galicia 3 5 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 2 6 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 1 Puerto Cruz da Campa (cat 3) - km 33 1 Serafín Martínez Acevedo (Spa) Karpin Galicia 6 pts 2 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 4 3 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax - Gam 2 4 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 1 Alto de Cadeira (cat 3) - km 49 1 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax - Gam 6 pts 2 Serafín Martínez Acevedo (Spa) Karpin Galicia 4 3 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 2 4 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 1 Alto de Babia (cat 3) - km 120 1 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax - Gam 6 pts 2 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 4 3 Serafín Martínez Acevedo (Spa) Karpin Galicia 2 4 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1 Teams 1 Caisse d'Epargne 12.26.06 2 Predictor-Lotto 3 Liquigas 4 Quickstep-Innergetic 5 Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 6 Gerolsteiner 7 Rabobank 8 Discovery Channel 9 Euskaltel-Euskadi 10 Saunier Duval-Prodir 11 AG2r Prévoyance 12 Karpin Galicia 13 Team CSC 14 Française des Jeux 0.28 15 Relax-Gam 16 T-Mobile Professional Cycling 17 Crédit Agricole 18 Lampre-Fondital 0.34 19 Andalucía-Cajasur 0.52 20 Team Milram 1.55 21 Bouygues Telecom 6.35 General classification after stage 3 1 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 11.22.54 2 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 3 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 4 René Mandri (Est) AG2r Prévoyance 5 David López (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 6 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 7 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas 8 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 9 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 10 José Ángel Gómez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 11 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 12 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 13 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 14 David García (Spa) Karpin Galicia 15 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 16 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 17 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 18 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 19 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 20 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 21 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team 22 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 23 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 24 Chris Horner (USA) Predictor - Lotto 25 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 26 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 27 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax - Gam 28 Allan Davis (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 29 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 30 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 31 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 32 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 33 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Fondital 34 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 35 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 36 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 37 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 38 Josep Jufré (Spa) Predictor - Lotto 39 Iker Camaño (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 40 Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 41 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 42 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 43 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 44 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 45 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 46 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 47 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 48 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 49 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 50 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 51 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 52 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 53 Arkaitz Durán (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 54 Jesús Hernández (Spa) Relax - Gam 55 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 56 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas 57 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 58 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole 59 Carlos Castaño (Spa) Karpin Galicia 60 Mauricio Alberto Ardila (Col) Rabobank 61 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team 62 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 63 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Karpin Galicia 64 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC 65 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 66 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 67 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 68 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 69 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 70 Alberto Fernandez De La Puebla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 71 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 0.18 72 Sebastiaan Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 73 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 74 Jose Ruiz Sanchez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 75 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 76 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 0.28 77 Adam Hansen (Aus) T-Mobile Team 78 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 79 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 80 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 81 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 82 Santiago Perez (Spa) Relax - Gam 83 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2r Prévoyance 84 Julian Sanchez Pimienta (Spa) Relax - Gam 85 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC 86 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux 87 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 88 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram 0.31 89 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 0.34 90 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 91 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 92 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 93 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Predictor - Lotto 94 Juan Olmo Menacho (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 95 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 96 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team 97 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 98 Jean-Marc Marino (Fra) Crédit Agricole 99 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre - Fondital 100 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 101 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 102 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 103 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 104 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2r Prévoyance 105 Santos González (Spa) Karpin Galicia 106 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 107 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0.49 108 Gustavo Domínguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 109 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 1.04 110 Bert Grabsch (Ger) T-Mobile Team 111 Jorge Garcia Marin (Spa) Relax - Gam 112 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 113 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 114 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 115 Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 116 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1.24 117 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax - Gam 118 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 1.55 119 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 2.04 120 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2.08 121 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 122 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 123 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 2.17 124 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 125 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 2.19 126 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Karpin Galicia 3.38 127 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance 128 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole 129 Manuel Vazquez Huesco (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 130 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 131 Francisco Terciado Sacedo (Spa) Relax - Gam 132 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 133 Erki Pütsep (Est) Bouygues Telecom 5.31 134 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 135 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 136 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 137 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 138 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 139 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 140 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 141 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française des Jeux 142 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 143 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 144 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 145 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 146 Tim Klinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 147 Nacor Burgos Rojo (Spa) Relax - Gam 148 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 149 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 150 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 151 Raúl García De Mateos (Spa) Relax - Gam 152 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 153 José Luis Carrasco (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 154 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 155 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 156 Francisco Jose Martinez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 157 José Antonio Lopez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 158 Gustavo César (Spa) Karpin Galicia 159 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 160 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française des Jeux 161 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 162 Bart Dockx (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 163 Javier Megias Leal (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 164 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 165 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 166 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 8.16 167 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 168 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Crédit Agricole 169 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 170 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 171 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r Prévoyance 172 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole 173 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 174 Ian McLeod (RSA) Française des Jeux 175 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 176 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 177 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 178 Bert Roesems (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 179 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 180 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team 181 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 182 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 183 Serafín Martínez Acevedo (Spa) Karpin Galicia 9.50 184 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 10.19 185 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 11.00 186 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française des Jeux 12.58 187 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 30.28 Points classification 1 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 65 pts 2 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 45 3 Allan Davis (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 30 4 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 27 5 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 26 6 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 22 7 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 22 8 René Mandri (Est) AG2r Prévoyance 20 9 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 19 10 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 16 11 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 13 12 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 12 13 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 9 14 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 9 15 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 8 16 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 8 17 Serafín Martínez Acevedo (Spa) Karpin Galicia 7 18 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 7 19 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 7 20 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 7 21 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 6 22 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax - Gam 6 23 Manuel Vazquez Huesco (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 6 24 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 6 25 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team 6 26 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax - Gam 6 27 Gustavo Domínguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 5 28 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 5 29 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 5 30 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Crédit Agricole 5 31 David López (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4 32 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4 33 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r Prévoyance 4 34 José Ángel Gómez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 3 35 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 3 36 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 3 37 Raúl García De Mateos (Spa) Relax - Gam 3 38 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2 39 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 2 40 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 2 41 Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 1 42 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole 1 43 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 1 Mountains classification 1 Serafín Martínez Acevedo (Spa) Karpin Galicia 35 pts 2 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax - Gam 21 3 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 15 4 Gustavo Domínguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 6 5 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 6 6 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 6 7 Raúl García De Mateos (Spa) Relax - Gam 4 8 Gustavo César (Spa) Karpin Galicia 3 9 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 2 10 Manuel Vazquez Huesco (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 2 11 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 2 12 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1 13 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 1 14 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram 1 15 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1 Combination classification 1 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 70 pts 2 Gustavo Domínguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 139 3 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax - Gam 141 4 Manuel Vazquez Huesco (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 162 5 Raúl García De Mateos (Spa) Relax - Gam 195 6 Serafín Martínez Acevedo (Spa) Karpin Galicia 201 7 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 210 8 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 214 Teams classification 1 Caisse d'Epargne 34.08.42 2 Quickstep-Innergetic 3 Predictor-Lotto 4 Euskaltel-Euskadi 5 Liquigas 6 Rabobank 7 AG2r Prévoyance 8 Discovery Channel 9 Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 10 Gerolsteiner 11 Karpin Galicia 12 Saunier Duval-Prodir 13 Team CSC 14 Crédit Agricole 0.28 15 T-Mobile Professional Cycling 16 Relax-Gam 17 Française des Jeux 18 Lampre-Fondital 0.34 19 Andalucía-Cajasur 0.52 20 Team Milram 1.55 21 Bouygues Telecom 6.35
