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62nd Vuelta a España - GT
Spain, September 1-23, 2007
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Stage 5 - September 5: Cangas de Onís - Reinosa, 157.4km
Oscar Freire takes second Vuelta stage following a demanding day
Bennati and Bettini come up short to the three-time World Champ
By Gregor Brown and Hernan Alvarez
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Oscar 'The Cat' Freire pounced on his rivals out of the final right-hand corner of the 157.4-kilometre stage to Reinosa. The three-time World Champion picked up his second stage win in this year's Vuelta a España over Daniele Bennati (Lampre-Fondital, stage one winner) and World Champion Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step - Innergetic, stage three winner).
"I did more than I could," confirmed Freire after the finish. "Everything went perfectly well for me. I think I got the right position in the sprint; there were some riders who got ahead of me in the last turn, but in the end I was fine. I knew there were few metres to sprint and during the whole stage I suffered to reach those last metres in good condition."
It was a relatively quiet day for the general classification men. Only the 1,260 metre-high Puerto de la Palombera, at 21 kilometres to go, provided any real difficulties. Caisse d'Epargne made sure Vladimir Efimkin, holder of the overall leader's maillot oro, covered the climb safely and finished with the main pack to retain the lead.
Karsten Kroon (Team CSC) made a bold attempt at freedom when he attacked with Ángel Gómez Gómez (Saunier Duval-Prodir) from a 10-man move that was originally formed at 60 kilometres out. After the Collada de Carmona, only Kroon and 'Litu' remained. 20 kilometres later, on the category one Palombera Spaniard 'Litu' sat up while the 31 year-old Dutchman persisted. He topped the climb with only 1'25" back on the Rabobank- and Caisse d'Epargne-led peloton.
Kroon hammered down the backside at speeds around 70 kilometres per hour, but once the roads levelled staring in Fontibres he had a harder time at maintaining his gap. The former Rabobank rider, winner of a stage in the 2002 Tour, was only holding on to 34 seconds at the entrance of Reinosa.
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The presence of Bettini, Bennati and Erik Zabel meant that members from their Quick.Step, Lampre and Milram teams were now adding coals to the raging chase fire. Kroon no longer stood a chance. His nine-second gap at five kilometres was whipped down to zero seconds at three kilometres to go.
Only Philippe Gilbert (Française Des Jeux) provided a mix to the formalities. The Belgian darted off the front through the right-hander at 350 metres to go. He faded to the left as Freire, Bennati and Bettini lined up right to left across the road. The Spaniard got the win with Arezzo's Bennati topping Bettini and adding substance to his bid for a spot on the Italian team in the World Championships.
Freire had been winless since the spring but jumped back with stage two in Santiago de Compostela and today's stage. "Everyone wants to win," he said of his domination in the Vuelta. "They [the rivals - ed.] don't like me in sporting terms, but I think we all get along well. I think today was a great day for me. Achieving the win here [in his home region] is doubly important.
"Everyone thought that a breakaway would succeed today, but we have ridden at such a fast tempo that it was impossible to escape. In the end, I said [to my team] I was fine, my team-mates started going faster, and it was a very tough finale because Palombera climb was very long for me.
"I reached the finish with less energy than Bettini, but the advantage is that I am a bit faster than him and that I was at home."
The confusing move of the day was made by José Angel Gomez Marchante (Saunier Duval-Prodir). The Spaniard darted off the front of the peloton on the way up the Palombera to put himself firmly in no-man's land, behind Kroon and in front of the gruppo. He topped the climb 45" back on Kroon and 40" up on his GC rivals. With 21 kilometres to the finish, Marchante had no chance of staying clear due to his stature as a GC favourite.
How it unfolded
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186 riders took the start in Cangas de Onis on their way to Reinosa, a little town in the province of Cantabria which sits near a dam called Embalse del Ebro. There were many attacks very early on the day but none of them were successful. It seemed the peloton wouldn't allow any early break as the one that happened yesterday in the first mountainous stage. All the riders reached the start of the first climb (El Collado de la Hoz) of the day together. Meanwhile, Giovanni Bernaudeau (Bouygues Telecom) quit the race at kilometre 30. The French had a hard time yesterday when going up in Lagos de Covadonga.
Ángel Gómez Gómez (Saunier Duval-Prodir) wanted to get everyone's attention and got a gap with the peloton at kilometre 77. Juan Manuel Gárate (Quick.Step-Innergetic), José Luis Arrieta (Ag2r Prévoyance), Daniel Moreno (Relax-GAM) and Bert Grabsch (T-Mobile) joined Gómez in the break when going down in El Collado de la Hoz. There was a lot of jostling at that part of the race with a peloton that didn't want to allow breakaways.
At kilometre 100, only two riders got rid of the big group: Ángel Gómez Gómez and Karsten Kroon (CSC). The Dutchman didn't want company and led solo kilometres ahead. However, the Spaniard caught the CSC rider at kilometre 112. Both decided to cooperate in order to maintain the advantage with the rest. Six kilometres later, the duo led by 3'30" over the peloton.
When going up in Puerto de la Palombera there were many moves. Kroon insisted in going alone, so he attacked his break team and then moved clear. Behind him, the Rabobank riders tried to crop the distance in order to help sprinter Oscar Freire. It turned on the engines.
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Later on, José Angel Gomez Marchante (Saunier Duval) escaped from the bunch. At the summit of Palombera (kilometre 136.2), Kroon led the race followed by Gomez Marchante.
Descending this last climb, the peloton worked together, caught Gomez Marchante and cropped the distance to Kroon. By eight kilometres to the line, the CSC rider had a scarce 35-second advantage. Three kilometres later, the Dutchman had the bunch on his back: just nine seconds behind. A bunch sprint was taking shape.
The speed was fast on a flat finale, very suitable for the sprinters specialists in Reinosa. Milram took command as usual but neither Erik Zabel nor Alessandro Petacchi could get the most of their team work. In the last 100 metres, it was a fight between Freire, Bennati and Bettini. The Spaniard cranked out the speed in the final 50 metres to 'easily' defeat both Italians. This was the first Freire win in his home province of Cantabria.
Freire was joined on the podium by Cantabria's governor and son, Marcos, dressed in Rabobank's kit.
Stage 6 - September 6: Reinosa - Logroño, 184.3km
Friday will be a day for the GC favourites to take it easy after two seriously testing days and focus their mental energies on the weekend time trail to come while the sprinters will be geeing to jam down the roads from Reinosa to Logroño. Only a feed-zone and small, un-classified climbs will face the riders on the 184.3-kilometre run where at the end a sprinter should reign.
Photography
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- Freire takes the sprint ahead of Bennati and Bettini
- Oscar Freire (Rabobank) wins stage five in Reinosa
- Freire delights in his second stage win
Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti
- Golden jersey Efimkin is protected by his Caisse d'Epargne team-mates
- Alessandro Petacchi (Milram) did not enjoy the hills
- Karsten Kroon (CSC) was away solo during the latter part of the stage
- Marchante away solo but his efforts were destined to be fruitless in the end
- José Angel Gomez Marchante put in a puzzling attack on the final climb
- The peloton rolls along
- Chasers crest the Puerto de la Palombera
- The bunch speeds along past some lovely rolling hills
- Freire gets his second win and extends his lead in the points competition
- The bunch gallop in Reinosa
- Freire pipped Bennati for the win of stage five
- Freire wins the sprint for stage five
- Bettini was annoyed at third place
- Freire senior brings Freire junior onto the podium
- Vladimir Efimkin held onto the golden jersey with ease on stage five
- More kisses for the Russian Vladimir Efimkin
Images by Unipublic
- The peloton rolls through some very scenic areas
- The peloton streams around a switchback
- Caisse d'Epargne had all men on deck taking care of the overall leader, Vladimir Efimkin
- The peloton passes over one of the many rivers of this area of Spain
- Vladimir Efimkin sits in the peloton in the golden jersey
- Oscar Freire (Rabobank) gets some love from the President of Cantabria, Miguel Angel Revilla
- Juan Manuel Gárate (Quick.Step - Innergetic) leads the breakaway
- The early break led by Andreas Klier (T-Mobile)
- Karsten Kroon (CSC) dives downhill on his late race attack
- José Angel Gomez Marchante (Saunier Duval) attacks on the final climb
- Koos Moerenhout (Rabobank) wears his new Dutch champion's kit at the front of the bunch
Results
1 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 4.07.51 (38.0 km/h) 2 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 3 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 4 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 5 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 6 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 7 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 8 Josep Jufré (Spa) Predictor - Lotto 9 René Mandri (Est) AG2r Prévoyance 10 David García (Spa) Karpin Galicia 11 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 12 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance 13 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 14 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 15 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team 16 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 17 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 18 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 19 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 20 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 21 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 22 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Predictor - Lotto 23 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 24 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 25 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 26 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 27 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 28 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas 29 Bart Dockx (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 30 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 31 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 32 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 33 Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 34 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 35 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax - Gam 36 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 37 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC 38 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 39 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 40 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 41 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 42 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 43 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 44 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas 45 Iker Camaño (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 46 Mauricio Alberto Ardila (Col) Rabobank 47 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 48 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 49 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 50 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 51 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 52 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 53 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 54 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 55 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 56 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 57 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 58 David López (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 59 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 60 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Fondital 61 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 62 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 63 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 64 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 65 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 66 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 67 Manuel Vazquez Huesco (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 68 Jesús Hernández (Spa) Relax - Gam 69 José Ángel Gómez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 70 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 71 Chris Horner (USA) Predictor - Lotto 72 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 73 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 74 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 75 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 76 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Karpin Galicia 77 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 78 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 79 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 80 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 81 Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 82 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 83 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 84 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre - Fondital 85 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC 86 Jose Ruiz Sanchez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 87 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 88 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 89 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 90 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 91 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 92 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 0.18 93 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 0.59 94 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 2.25 95 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 5.58 96 Francisco Jose Martinez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 97 José Luis Carrasco (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 98 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 99 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française des Jeux 100 Juan Olmo Menacho (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 101 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 102 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 103 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 104 Gustavo César (Spa) Karpin Galicia 105 Julian Sanchez Pimienta (Spa) Relax - Gam 106 Adam Hansen (Aus) T-Mobile Team 107 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 108 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 109 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2r Prévoyance 110 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 111 Allan Davis (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 112 Bert Grabsch (Ger) T-Mobile Team 8.42 113 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Karpin Galicia 114 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 115 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 116 Francisco Terciado Sacedo (Spa) Relax - Gam 117 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 118 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 119 Erki Pütsep (Est) Bouygues Telecom 12.05 120 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 121 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 122 Arkaitz Durán (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 123 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 124 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 125 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 126 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 127 Gustavo Domínguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 128 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 129 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 130 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 16.16 131 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 132 Raúl García De Mateos (Spa) Relax - Gam 133 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 17.01 134 Bert Roesems (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 17.33 135 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 136 Nacor Burgos Rojo (Spa) Relax - Gam 137 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 138 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 139 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 140 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 141 Serafín Martínez Acevedo (Spa) Karpin Galicia 142 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 143 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française des Jeux 144 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r Prévoyance 145 Santiago Perez (Spa) Relax - Gam 146 Santos González (Spa) Karpin Galicia 147 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 148 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 149 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 150 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 151 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Crédit Agricole 152 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 153 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 154 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 155 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 156 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 157 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 158 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux 159 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 160 Carlos Castaño (Spa) Karpin Galicia 161 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team 162 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 163 Jorge Garcia Marin (Spa) Relax - Gam 164 José Antonio Lopez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 165 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 166 Jean-Marc Marino (Fra) Crédit Agricole 167 Javier Megias Leal (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 168 Tim Klinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 169 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team 170 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 171 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole 172 Sebastiaan Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 173 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2r Prévoyance 174 Ian McLeod (RSA) Française des Jeux 175 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax - Gam 176 Alberto Fernandez De La Puebla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 177 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 178 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram 179 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 180 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 181 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 182 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole 183 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française des Jeux 21.39 DNS Sergio Paulinho (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team DNF Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom DNF Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole Points Poo de Cabrales - km. 27 1 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4 pts 2 Bert Grabsch (Ger) T-Mobile Team 2 3 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 1 Terán - km. 110 1 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 4 pts 2 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 2 3 Bert Grabsch (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1 Reinosa - km. 157.4 1 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 25 pts 2 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 20 3 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 16 4 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 14 5 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 12 6 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 10 7 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 9 8 Josep Jufré (Spa) Predictor - Lotto 8 9 René Mandri (Est) AG2r Prévoyance 7 10 David García (Spa) Karpin Galicia 6 11 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 5 12 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance 4 13 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3 14 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2 15 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team 1 16 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi -5 Mountains Collada de la Hoz - km. 74 - (Cat. 2) 1 Mauricio Alberto Ardila (Col) Rabobank 10 pts 2 Serafín Martínez Acevedo (Spa) Karpin Galicia 7 3 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 5 4 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 3 5 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2 6 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 1 Collada de Ozalba - km. 89 - (Cat. 2) 1 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 10 pts 2 Josep Jufré (Spa) Predictor - Lotto 7 3 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax - Gam 5 4 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 3 5 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 2 6 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 1 Collada de Carmona - km. 104 - (Cat. 2) 1 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 10 pts 2 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 7 3 Gustavo César (Spa) Karpin Galicia 5 4 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 3 5 Serafín Martínez Acevedo (Spa) Karpin Galicia 2 6 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1 Puerto de la Palombera - km. 136 - (Cat. 1) 1 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 16 pts 2 José Ángel Gómez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 12 3 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 10 4 Mauricio Alberto Ardila (Col) Rabobank 8 5 David López (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 6 6 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 4 7 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC 3 8 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2 9 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 1 Teams 1 AG2r Prévoyance 12.23.33 2 Predictor-Lotto 3 Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 4 Rabobank 5 Liquigas 6 Team CSC 7 Française des Jeux 8 Discovery Channel 9 Quickstep-Innergetic 10 Caisse d'Epargne 11 T-Mobile Professional Cycling 12 Karpin Galicia 13 Gerolsteiner 14 Saunier Duval-Prodir 15 Lampre-Fondital 16 Andalucía-Cajasur 17 Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.30 18 Team Milram 5.58 19 Relax-Gam 20 Bouygues Telecom 12.05 21 Crédit Agricole 17.33 General classification after stage 5 1 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 20.10.41 2 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 1.06 3 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 4 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 5 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 6 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 7 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 1.28 8 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.33 9 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 1.36 10 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas 1.49 11 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 1.54 12 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas 1.57 13 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 14 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 2.18 15 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 16 José Ángel Gómez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 2.23 17 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2.29 18 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2.30 19 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 2.32 20 Josep Jufré (Spa) Predictor - Lotto 2.49 21 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 2.57 22 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Fondital 3.02 23 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 3.05 24 Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 3.11 25 David López (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 3.33 26 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 27 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 3.51 28 Chris Horner (USA) Predictor - Lotto 4.10 29 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 30 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 4.47 31 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 4.49 32 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4.58 33 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 5.01 34 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 5.03 35 Jesús Hernández (Spa) Relax - Gam 5.06 36 Mauricio Alberto Ardila (Col) Rabobank 5.11 37 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax - Gam 5.16 38 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 5.29 39 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Karpin Galicia 40 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 5.46 41 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 6.02 42 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 6.14 43 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 6.21 44 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 45 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 46 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 6.49 47 Iker Camaño (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 7.12 48 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 49 René Mandri (Est) AG2r Prévoyance 7.21 50 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 7.48 51 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC 7.52 52 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 8.13 53 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 8.16 54 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC 8.20 55 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 9.20 56 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 9.22 57 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 9.23 58 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 9.38 59 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team 9.57 60 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 61 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 62 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 10.27 63 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 11.12 64 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 11.52 65 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 12.32 66 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance 12.41 67 Julian Sanchez Pimienta (Spa) Relax - Gam 12.50 68 Manuel Vazquez Huesco (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 12.56 69 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 13.34 70 Jose Ruiz Sanchez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 14.08 71 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2r Prévoyance 14.14 72 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre - Fondital 14.16 73 Adam Hansen (Aus) T-Mobile Team 14.37 74 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 14.38 75 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 76 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 14.58 77 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 15.38 78 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 15.42 79 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 15.49 80 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 16.02 81 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 17.28 82 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 18.03 83 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 84 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 85 David García (Spa) Karpin Galicia 86 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 87 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 18.21 88 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 18.31 89 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 18.33 90 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 91 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Predictor - Lotto 18.37 92 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 93 Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 19.07 94 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 19.58 95 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 20.22 96 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 20.25 97 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 21.10 98 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 21.28 99 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 21.51 100 Juan Olmo Menacho (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 21.55 101 Bert Grabsch (Ger) T-Mobile Team 23.20 102 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 23.34 103 Bart Dockx (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 104 Allan Davis (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 24.01 105 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 24.35 106 Francisco Terciado Sacedo (Spa) Relax - Gam 24.58 107 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Karpin Galicia 25.54 108 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 26.18 109 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 26.19 110 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax - Gam 26.43 111 José Luis Carrasco (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 26.46 112 Carlos Castaño (Spa) Karpin Galicia 26.56 113 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 27.19 114 Santiago Perez (Spa) Relax - Gam 27.24 115 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 27.38 116 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 29.03 117 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 29.18 118 Francisco Jose Martinez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 29.19 119 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 29.32 120 Gustavo César (Spa) Karpin Galicia 121 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française des Jeux 122 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 123 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 30.06 124 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 30.08 125 Arkaitz Durán (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 126 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 30.23 127 Gustavo Domínguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 30.57 128 Raúl García De Mateos (Spa) Relax - Gam 31.39 129 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 130 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 32.17 131 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française des Jeux 32.27 132 Nacor Burgos Rojo (Spa) Relax - Gam 32.56 133 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 33.37 134 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 34.53 135 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 35.18 136 Santos González (Spa) Karpin Galicia 35.26 137 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team 35.36 138 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 35.39 139 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 140 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 141 Sebastiaan Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 35.54 142 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 36.04 143 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux 144 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram 36.07 145 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 36.10 146 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 147 Jean-Marc Marino (Fra) Crédit Agricole 148 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 149 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2r Prévoyance 150 Tim Klinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 36.38 151 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 36.40 152 Jorge Garcia Marin (Spa) Relax - Gam 153 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 36.41 154 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 38.12 155 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 38.24 156 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole 39.14 157 Erki Pütsep (Est) Bouygues Telecom 39.36 158 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 39.50 159 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 40.35 160 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 41.07 161 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 162 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 163 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 164 José Antonio Lopez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 165 Javier Megias Leal (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 166 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 41.16 167 Alberto Fernandez De La Puebla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 42.29 168 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 43.52 169 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Crédit Agricole 170 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 171 Ian McLeod (RSA) Française des Jeux 172 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 173 Bert Roesems (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 174 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 175 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team 176 Serafín Martínez Acevedo (Spa) Karpin Galicia 45.26 177 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 45.55 178 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 49.48 179 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole 53.53 180 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 55.54 181 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française des Jeux 58.11 182 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r Prévoyance 1.00.02 183 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.06.04 Points classification 1 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 90 pts 2 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 61 3 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 47 4 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 34 5 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 32 6 Allan Davis (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 30 7 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 27 8 René Mandri (Est) AG2r Prévoyance 27 9 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 26 10 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 25 11 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 20 12 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 19 13 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 18 14 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 17 15 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 17 16 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 16 17 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 16 18 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 12 19 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 12 20 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 10 21 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 10 22 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 9 23 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 8 24 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 8 25 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 8 26 Josep Jufré (Spa) Predictor - Lotto 8 27 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 8 28 David García (Spa) Karpin Galicia 8 29 Serafín Martínez Acevedo (Spa) Karpin Galicia 7 30 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 7 31 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 7 32 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 7 33 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 7 34 Manuel Vazquez Huesco (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 6 35 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax - Gam 6 36 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 6 37 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas 6 38 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 6 39 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax - Gam 6 40 Gustavo Domínguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 5 41 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 5 42 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 5 43 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 5 44 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Crédit Agricole 5 45 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 4 46 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 4 47 David López (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4 48 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance 4 49 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r Prévoyance 4 50 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas 3 51 José Ángel Gómez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 3 52 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3 53 Bert Grabsch (Ger) T-Mobile Team 3 54 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 3 55 Raúl García De Mateos (Spa) Relax - Gam 3 56 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2 57 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 2 58 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 2 59 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2 60 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 2 61 Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 1 62 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1 63 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team 1 64 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 1 65 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 1 66 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 1 67 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole 1 Mountains classification 1 Serafín Martínez Acevedo (Spa) Karpin Galicia 44 pts 2 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 30 3 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 29 4 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 28 5 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 26 6 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 24 7 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax - Gam 21 8 Mauricio Alberto Ardila (Col) Rabobank 20 9 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 20 10 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 16 11 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 12 12 José Ángel Gómez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 12 13 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 10 14 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 10 15 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 8 16 Gustavo César (Spa) Karpin Galicia 8 17 Josep Jufré (Spa) Predictor - Lotto 7 18 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 7 19 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 6 20 Gustavo Domínguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 6 21 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 6 22 David López (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 6 23 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 6 24 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 6 25 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 5 26 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax - Gam 5 27 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 5 28 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 5 29 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 4 30 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 4 31 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4 32 Raúl García De Mateos (Spa) Relax - Gam 4 33 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas 3 34 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 3 35 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC 3 36 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 2 37 René Mandri (Est) AG2r Prévoyance 2 38 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 2 39 Manuel Vazquez Huesco (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 2 40 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 2 41 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 1 42 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 1 43 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1 44 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 1 45 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 1 46 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram 1 47 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1 Combination classification 1 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 13 pts 2 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 20 3 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 26 4 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 30 5 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 33 6 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 37 7 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 37 8 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 53 9 Josep Jufré (Spa) Predictor - Lotto 63 10 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 65 11 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 68 12 José Ángel Gómez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 79 13 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas 80 14 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 85 15 David López (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 94 16 René Mandri (Est) AG2r Prévoyance 94 17 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 95 18 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 98 19 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax - Gam 102 20 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 110 21 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 125 22 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 130 23 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 137 24 Manuel Vazquez Huesco (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 141 25 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 148 26 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax - Gam 152 27 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 164 28 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 166 29 Gustavo Domínguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 187 30 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 203 31 Serafín Martínez Acevedo (Spa) Karpin Galicia 206 32 Raúl García De Mateos (Spa) Relax - Gam 215 33 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 221 Team classification 1 Caisse d'Epargne 60.36.57 2 Liquigas 1.10 3 Team CSC 3.16 4 Saunier Duval-Prodir 3.22 5 Predictor-Lotto 3.33 6 Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 3.47 7 Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.08 8 AG2r Prévoyance 5.06 9 Discovery Channel 6.24 10 Rabobank 7.44 11 Karpin Galicia 11.34 12 Quickstep-Innergetic 12.14 13 Gerolsteiner 13.36 14 T-Mobile Professional Cycling 18.18 15 Relax-Gam 16 Française des Jeux 21.05 17 Lampre-Fondital 21.52 18 Andalucía-Cajasur 22.17 19 Crédit Agricole 32.10 20 Bouygues Telecom 47.33 21 Team Milram 54.13
