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62nd Vuelta a España - GT
Spain, September 1-23, 2007
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Stage 6 - September 6: Reinosa - Logroño, 184.3km
Oscarito dominates Vuelta's sprints
Three-time World Champs takes third 2007 Vuelta win
By Gregor Brown and Hernan Alvarez
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Oscarito has put his season's woes behind him, and has positioned himself as the man to lead Spain in the upcoming World Championships by winning his third 2007 Vuelta a España stage. Oscar Freire rode the crest of the bunch sprint wave to finish in front of compatriot Koldo Fernández (Euskaltel-Euskadi) and German André Korff (T-Mobile).
"No one wanted to win, not even me. I wanted the breakaway to succeed," Freire said with some surprise at the end of the day. "I knew it was going to be difficult because there were sprinters like Petacchi and Boonen who stayed quiet yesterday. I knew it was going to be a hard sprint, especially because of the wind coming from behind that was better for them. In the end, I reached the final metres with strength, and I took it all again."
The Vuelta a España was treated to a true 'bunch sprint' as the race wound up in the red wine-producing town of Logon. The teams of Milram, Quick.Step and Lampre-Fondital had been working on the front for most of the closing kilometres of the day's stage, especially with seven kilometres to go, after the escape was caught.
T-Mobile added its magenta colours in the mixer with a tremendous surge in the closing five-thousand metres. It was pumping the rhythm to 60 kilometres per hour for André Korff. However, nowhere in the sprint picture were the orange colours that dominated yesterday's stage. One could have been mistaken to think that Rabobank's sprint captain was not going for the stage.
Freire did appear to the honed cycling fan's eye, but in the dark red jersey of sprints leader (a competition he will easily lead going into tomorrow's 176.3 kilometre stage). The 31 year-old Spaniard, three-time World Champion, was locked onto the wheels of Milram as it swamped T-Mobile with 2,200 metres remaining. As too was Australian Allan Davis (Discovery Channel).
Davis pushed the turbo button at 700 metres, and left behind the likes of Tom Boonen (Quick.Step - Innergetic). The 27 year-old's surge seemed to be enough to snag his first Grand Tour win, but the line seemed further and further away as the roar of a crushing wave was becoming deafening. Washed away, Davis watched as the seasoned Freire took control.
"They think it is easy, but it is not at all. Bunch sprints are always very dangerous and the less you risk, the better. In the final metres, one has to decide whether to get in the sprint or not. The team says I have to get in, my team-mates work for me and I have to answer back."
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Freire is happy with his three stage wins so far, but feels obligated to give it ago if the race arrives in a sprint again tomorrow. "So far in the Vuelta, I can't ask for more, but I will stay in the race. If there is a bunch sprint tomorrow, I will have to get in again."
Korff gave his team-mates 'gracias' in the form of a third spot. Boonen kept his Belgian engine running up the left-hand side of the road to cruise in for fourth. Angelo Furlan (Crédit Agricole) did well with fifth, while fellow Italian Alessandro Petacchi (Milram) seemed unable to find his Giro d'Italia legs.
Escapees Magnus Backstedt (Liquigas), Yuriy Krivtsov (Ag2r Prévoyance), José Antonio López (Andalucía-Cajasur) and Stéphane Augé (Cofidis) enjoyed up to 169 kilometres of freedom today. They achieved a maximum advantage of near nine minutes while covering the sun-drenched and wind-swept roads. Today was the first day that the peloton could be seen breaking up under the power of Spain's winds.
López was the first to crack. The Spaniard popped at 14 kilometres remaining.
Vladimir Efimkin (Caisse d'Epargne) maintained his one minute advantage over Denis Menchov (Rabobank) at the end of stage six. The Russian wearer of the maillot oro of race leader is focused on the tough weekend ahead.
"I will try to be the race leader as much time as I can," noted Efimkin. "As I said before, every day we are getting closer to Madrid for the last stage. And if I have more chances to win, I am happier."
He commented on his role in the team. "I think it is more comfortable to have three leaders instead of two [including Pereiro and Karpets - ed.]. I am the current race leader, and it's possible that in the next coming days I will work for them with enthusiasm." Saturday's time trial could re-sort the general classification. "I will try to ride as fast as possible in the time trial in Saragossa. If I can't, it will be fine too."
How it unfolded
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The capital of La Rioja Logroño is by the Ebro River. It is part of Camino de Santiago which is a road to Santiago de Compostela covered for the first time by Saint James that, today, many walkers do cover to Galicia. Logroño hosted a Vuelta's finale 14 times before. The last one before today had been in 1995 when Italy's Nicola Millani won.
183 cyclists started today in Reinosa on the way to Logroño. There was an early breakaway made by José Antonio López, Magnus Backstedt and Yuriy Krivtsov. Stéphane Augé of Cofidis joined the group that led the race by 4'34" over the peloton at the first intermediate sprint (kilometre 18). The four riders rode a good tempo and increased the gap up to 8'40" at kilometre 37.
The big group showed control of the stage by not allowing the breakaway to get an unmanageable margin. At kilometre 87, the distance between the peloton and the leaders was less than six minutes. 40 kilometres on, the gap was 6'25".
Before Angusiana (kilometre 136 - 48.3 kilometres to go), the peloton split in three groups due to the wind. The first peloton group cropped a lot the distance with the break. In Angusiana, the leaders were just 3'45" ahead. With 35 kilometres to the end, the distance was 2'54". The sprinters' teams like Quick.Step (with Boonen and Bettini), Milram (Petacchi) and Lampre (Bennati) upped the tempo and reduced the advantage. The break was about to die.
José Antonio López couldn't keep his break mates' rhythm. Backstedt, Krivtsov and Augé pushed on, but the distance was too big. They led by only 1'08" over the peloton with still 13 kilometres to cover. Finally, they were caught with more than seven kilometres to the finish line.
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Then, Milram team with five men on the front tried helping Ale-Jet. The sprint was made on a very long straight line but Petacchi couldn't find his top speed. Freire was there among the best sprinters, and he found the right place, coming from left. The rider from Torrelavega won once again. It was his third win in the 2007 race. It is the first time that Freire won three times in the same Grand Tour. Koldo Fernández and André Korff were second and third.
Stage 7 - September 7: Calahorra - Zaragoza, 176.3km
On paper this stage should be one for escapes or sprinters giving the following day's time trial and the early, and only, appearance of a climb. However, riders may have to put their tactical skills on display in the form of 'abanicos' ('echelons' in Spanish). The high winds in the area leading to the finish town of Zaragoza are known to bust all but the weakest of riders.
Photography
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- Korff and Fernandez see Freire speed past to victory
- Not Furlan nor Petacchi nor anyone else could stop Freire from winning
- Fernandez and Boonen denied by Freire
- Freire again!
- Freire decided on this salute showing his 'guns'
- Efimkin feels the heat but looks cool in gold
- Freire waves to the crowd
- Oscar Freire (Rabobank) steps up on the stage winners' podium
- More kisses for Freire
- Freire looking serene after his third stage win
- Vladimir Efimkin on the podium once again
- Another day in gold for the Caisse d'Epargne man
- Efimkin is starting to get good at the podium ceremony
- Freire is fast this year and leads the points classification
- Freire heads to get cleaned up after his third stage win
- Efimkin made it through another day in the golden jersey
- The charge to the line is wide open and straight
- Freire foils the others yet again - getting his third stage of the Vuelta
- Freire on the stage winner's podium
- Vladimir Efimkin still in gold is getting quite familiar with the podium girls
- Oscar Freire in the points leaders jersey after adding to his lead with the third stage win
Results
1 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 4.24.10 (44.29 km/h) 2 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 3 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Crédit Agricole 4 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 5 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team 6 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 7 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 8 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 9 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 10 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 11 René Mandri (Est) AG2r Prévoyance 12 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française des Jeux 13 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 14 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 15 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 16 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 17 Allan Davis (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 18 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 19 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 20 Manuel Vazquez Huesco (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 21 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 22 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 23 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 24 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 25 Chris Horner (USA) Predictor - Lotto 26 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas 27 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 28 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 29 Josep Jufré (Spa) Predictor - Lotto 30 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 31 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r Prévoyance 32 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 33 Erki Pütsep (Est) Bouygues Telecom 34 Javier Megias Leal (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 35 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 36 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 37 Bert Roesems (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 38 Bert Grabsch (Ger) T-Mobile Team 39 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 40 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 41 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 42 Gustavo Domínguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 43 Mauricio Alberto Ardila (Col) Rabobank 44 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 45 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 46 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 47 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 48 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 49 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 50 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Karpin Galicia 51 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 52 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 53 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 54 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 55 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 56 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 57 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 58 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 59 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 60 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 61 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 62 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas 63 Jean-Marc Marino (Fra) Crédit Agricole 64 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 65 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 66 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre - Fondital 67 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 68 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 69 Gustavo César (Spa) Karpin Galicia 70 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 71 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 72 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 73 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team 74 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team 75 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 76 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 77 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 78 Iker Camaño (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 79 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 80 Adam Hansen (Aus) T-Mobile Team 81 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 82 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Predictor - Lotto 83 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2r Prévoyance 84 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 85 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 86 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 87 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 88 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 89 David López (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 90 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 91 Bart Dockx (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 92 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 93 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 94 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 95 Jorge Garcia Marin (Spa) Relax - Gam 96 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 97 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 98 Nacor Burgos Rojo (Spa) Relax - Gam 99 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Fondital 100 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 101 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 102 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 103 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 104 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax - Gam 105 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 106 José Ángel Gómez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 107 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 108 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 109 David García (Spa) Karpin Galicia 110 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 111 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 112 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 113 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 114 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 115 Francisco Terciado Sacedo (Spa) Relax - Gam 116 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC 117 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française des Jeux 118 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 119 José Luis Carrasco (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 120 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 121 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 122 Raúl García De Mateos (Spa) Relax - Gam 123 Sebastiaan Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 124 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 125 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 126 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance 127 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 128 Jesús Hernández (Spa) Relax - Gam 129 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole 130 Jose Ruiz Sanchez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 131 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 132 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 133 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française des Jeux 134 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 135 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 136 Ian McLeod (RSA) Française des Jeux 137 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 138 Santiago Perez (Spa) Relax - Gam 139 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 140 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 141 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 142 Arkaitz Durán (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 143 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 144 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 145 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC 146 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2r Prévoyance 147 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Karpin Galicia 148 Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 149 Juan Olmo Menacho (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 150 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole 151 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram 0.25 152 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 0.28 153 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax - Gam 0.43 154 Carlos Castaño (Spa) Karpin Galicia 0.55 155 Serafín Martínez Acevedo (Spa) Karpin Galicia 156 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 157 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 158 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 159 Tim Klinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 160 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 161 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 162 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 163 Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 164 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 165 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 166 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 167 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 168 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.23 169 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 170 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 171 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 172 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 173 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 174 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 1.33 175 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.47 176 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 7.12 177 José Antonio Lopez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 178 Julian Sanchez Pimienta (Spa) Relax - Gam 17.23 179 Santos González (Spa) Karpin Galicia 180 Alberto Fernandez De La Puebla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 181 Francisco Jose Martinez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 182 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux 183 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom Sprints Corconte - km. 18,4 1 José Antonio Lopez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 4 pts 2 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 2 3 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance 1 Fuenmayor - km. 170,5 1 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 4 pts 2 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance 2 3 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1 Logroño - km. 184,3 1 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 25 pts 2 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 20 3 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Crédit Agricole 16 4 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 14 5 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team 12 6 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 10 7 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 9 8 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 8 9 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 7 10 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 6 11 René Mandri (Est) AG2r Prévoyance 5 12 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française des Jeux 4 13 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 3 14 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 2 15 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1 Teams 1 Liquigas 13.12.30 2 Bouygues Telecom 3 T-Mobile Professional Cycling 4 AG2r Prévoyance 5 Quickstep-Innergetic 6 Rabobank 7 Euskaltel-Euskadi 8 Predictor-Lotto 9 Discovery Channel 10 Crédit Agricole 11 Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 12 Team Milram 13 Karpin Galicia 14 Team CSC 15 Française des Jeux 16 Gerolsteiner 17 Saunier Duval-Prodir 18 Lampre-Fondital 19 Caisse d'Epargne 20 Andalucía-Cajasur 21 Relax-Gam General classification after stage 6 1 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 24.34.51 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 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 6.21 44 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 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 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC 8.20 54 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 9.11 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 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 10.27 62 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 10.52 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 Manuel Vazquez Huesco (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 12.56 68 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 13.34 69 Jose Ruiz Sanchez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 14.08 70 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2r Prévoyance 14.14 71 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre - Fondital 14.16 72 Adam Hansen (Aus) T-Mobile Team 14.37 73 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 14.38 74 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 14.58 75 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 16.01 76 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 16.02 77 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 16.37 78 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 17.01 79 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 17.12 80 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 17.28 81 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 18.03 82 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 83 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 84 David García (Spa) Karpin Galicia 85 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 86 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 18.21 87 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 18.31 88 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 18.33 89 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 90 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Predictor - Lotto 18.37 91 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 20.00 92 Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 20.02 93 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 20.22 94 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 20.53 95 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 21.28 96 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 21.51 97 Juan Olmo Menacho (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 21.55 98 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 21.58 99 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 22.33 100 Bert Grabsch (Ger) T-Mobile Team 23.20 101 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 23.34 102 Bart Dockx (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 103 Allan Davis (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 24.01 104 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 24.35 105 Francisco Terciado Sacedo (Spa) Relax - Gam 24.58 106 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Karpin Galicia 25.54 107 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 26.18 108 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 26.19 109 José Luis Carrasco (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 26.46 110 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 27.19 111 Santiago Perez (Spa) Relax - Gam 27.24 112 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax - Gam 27.26 113 Carlos Castaño (Spa) Karpin Galicia 27.51 114 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 28.33 115 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 29.03 116 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 29.18 117 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 29.32 118 Gustavo César (Spa) Karpin Galicia 119 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française des Jeux 120 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 121 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 30.06 122 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 30.08 123 Arkaitz Durán (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 124 Julian Sanchez Pimienta (Spa) Relax - Gam 30.13 125 Gustavo Domínguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 30.57 126 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 31.18 127 Raúl García De Mateos (Spa) Relax - Gam 31.39 128 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 32.17 129 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française des Jeux 32.27 130 Nacor Burgos Rojo (Spa) Relax - Gam 32.56 131 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 33.26 132 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 34.53 133 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 35.18 134 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team 35.36 135 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 35.39 136 Sebastiaan Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 35.54 137 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 36.04 138 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 36.07 139 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 36.10 140 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 141 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 142 Jean-Marc Marino (Fra) Crédit Agricole 143 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2r Prévoyance 144 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram 36.32 145 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 36.34 146 Jorge Garcia Marin (Spa) Relax - Gam 36.40 147 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 148 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 36.41 149 Tim Klinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 37.33 150 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 38.24 151 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole 39.14 152 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 39.35 153 Erki Pütsep (Est) Bouygues Telecom 39.36 154 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 39.50 155 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 40.49 156 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 41.07 157 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 158 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 159 Javier Megias Leal (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 160 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 41.30 161 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 42.02 162 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 42.11 163 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 43.52 164 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Crédit Agricole 165 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 166 Bert Roesems (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 167 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team 168 Ian McLeod (RSA) Française des Jeux 169 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 170 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 44.12 171 Serafín Martínez Acevedo (Spa) Karpin Galicia 46.21 172 Francisco Jose Martinez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 46.42 173 José Antonio Lopez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 48.19 174 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 49.48 175 Santos González (Spa) Karpin Galicia 52.49 176 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux 53.27 177 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole 53.53 178 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 55.54 179 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française des Jeux 58.11 180 Alberto Fernandez De La Puebla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 59.52 181 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r Prévoyance 1.00.02 182 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.03.18 183 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.06.04 Points classification 1 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 115 pts 2 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 61 3 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 47 4 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 34 5 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 34 6 René Mandri (Est) AG2r Prévoyance 32 7 Allan Davis (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 30 8 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 29 9 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 28 10 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 27 11 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 26 12 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 26 13 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 26 14 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 25 15 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Crédit Agricole 21 16 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 20 17 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 18 18 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 17 19 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 17 20 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 16 21 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 13 22 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 13 23 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 12 24 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team 12 25 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 10 26 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 10 27 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 10 28 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 8 29 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 8 30 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 8 31 Josep Jufré (Spa) Predictor - Lotto 8 32 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 8 33 David García (Spa) Karpin Galicia 8 34 Serafín Martínez Acevedo (Spa) Karpin Galicia 7 35 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 7 36 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance 7 37 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 7 38 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 7 39 Manuel Vazquez Huesco (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 6 40 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax - Gam 6 41 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 6 42 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 6 43 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas 6 44 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 6 45 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax - Gam 6 46 Gustavo Domínguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 5 47 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 5 48 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 5 49 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 4 50 José Antonio Lopez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 4 51 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 4 52 David López (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4 53 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française des Jeux 4 54 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r Prévoyance 4 55 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas 3 56 José Ángel Gómez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 3 57 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3 58 Bert Grabsch (Ger) T-Mobile Team 3 59 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 3 60 Raúl García De Mateos (Spa) Relax - Gam 3 61 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2 62 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 2 63 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 2 64 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2 65 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 2 66 Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 1 67 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1 68 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1 69 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team 1 70 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 1 71 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 1 72 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 1 73 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1 74 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 17 pts 2 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 25 3 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 30 4 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 34 5 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 38 6 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 41 7 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 42 8 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 58 9 Josep Jufré (Spa) Predictor - Lotto 68 10 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 70 11 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 73 12 José Ángel Gómez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 84 13 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas 86 14 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 91 15 René Mandri (Est) AG2r Prévoyance 92 16 David López (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 99 17 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 100 18 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 103 19 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax - Gam 108 20 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 115 21 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 130 22 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 130 23 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 131 24 Manuel Vazquez Huesco (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 145 25 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 154 26 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax - Gam 159 27 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 167 28 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 171 29 Gustavo Domínguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 191 30 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 206 31 Serafín Martínez Acevedo (Spa) Karpin Galicia 206 32 Raúl García De Mateos (Spa) Relax - Gam 219 33 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 231 Team classification 1 Caisse d'Epargne 73.49.27 2 Liquigas 1.10.00 3 Team CSC 3.16 4 Saunier Duval-Prodir 3.22 5 Predictor-Lotto 3.33 6 Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.38 7 Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 3.47 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
