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62nd Vuelta a España - GT
Spain, September 1-23, 2007
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Stage 7 - September 7: Calahorra - Zaragoza, 176.3km
Zabel wins a crash-marred finish
By Susan Westemeyer and Hernan Alvarez
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The Grand Old Man of German cycling can still do it--Erik Zabel (Team Milram) won the sprint in the seventh stage of the Vuelta a España ahead of Allan Davis (Discovery Channel) and Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step-Innergetic). It wasn't a mass sprint though, as a crash about two kilometres before the finish blocked the way for all but about 12 riders. There were no changes in the overall classification.
"Petacchi was the only one of us involved in the crash two kilometres before the finish, fortunately," the 37-year-old Zabel said. "There were five riders in front, including Marco Velo, who of course waited for us. Then Alberto Ongarato closed the gap, so I could move all the way up and take the sprint."
The stage was marked by an escape of two riders from two Spanish non-ProTour teams. Raul Garcia de Mateo (Relax-Gam) and Jesus Rosendo Prado (Andalucia-Caja Sur) got away shortly after the race's flying start. They build up a lead of over nine minutes.
With 30 kilometres to go, the day's first mass crash slowed the peloton's chase. Bert Roesems (Predictor-Lotto) had to be taken off in an ambulance due to a hip injury.
The onrushing peloton gobbled up the two escapees about seven kilometres before the finish, and the sprinters' teams moved to the front to set things up for their fast men. But a combination of the curving road and the heavy winds caused another mass crash with two kilometres to go, which totally blocked the road. Those behind the crash included such big names as Alessandro Petacchi, Daniele Bennati and triple stage winner Oscar Freire. They were stuck and unable to play a part in the day's outcome.
Tomorrow's time trial runs 52.2 kilometres from Denominación de Origen Cariñena to Saragossa. It is downhill all the way, dropping from 560 metres to 210 metres. The exceptionally long time trial is expected to bring another major shake-up in the overall standings.
How it unfolded
The first settlement where Saragossa currently is situated was supposed to be in 24 B.C. In the VIIIth century, the city became a Muslim centre called Medina Albaida Sarakosta. In 1118, the city was retaken by Christians and designated the capital of the Aragon kingdom.
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After only three kilometres, two riders, Raul Garcia de Mateo (Relax Gam) and Jesus Rosendo (Andalucia Caja Sur), got rid of the big bunch. The peloton allowed the two-man break to proceed after figuring they could be easily caught at the end. Garcia de Mateo and Rosendo increased their advantage to a maximum of eight minutes, at kilometre 49. In the first intermediate sprint in Cervera del Rio Alhama, at kilometre 55, the leaders were nine minutes and 17 seconds ahead of the peloton. That was the largest gap the duo could accomplish for the day. Again today, it was Milram and Lampre were the most active teams in steadily reducing the gap.
Later on, Alberto Fernandez de la Puebla (Saunier Duval-Prodir) abandoned the race. The Spaniard suffered a crash in Luarca, in stage 3, that forced him to get stitches in his chin. Additionally, he had problems in some of his teeth. He started the race, but the pain was too much and he quit the Tour of Spain today. On the category 3 Puerto de Lanzas Agudas (at kilometre 103), the gap to the two front riders was six minutes and 50 seconds.
There was a massive crash at kilometre 145, 31 kilometres from the finish. Many riders fell to the ground and the one who suffered the most was Bert Roesems (Predictor-Lotto), who took a hard hit to his hip. He quit the race in the ambulance. The rest of the crash victims were able to carry on.
The duo knew their adventure would end. The peloton swallowed them with less than seven kilometres to go after a 167-kilometre breakaway. Then, the Milram team took command of the race as usual. Alessandro Petacchi had won in Saragossa before, while Erik Zabel was a second choice for this outfit. In contrast, Oscar Freire (Rabobank) decided not to fight for the front positions in order to contest the bunch sprint as he tried to avoid crashes.
The peloton's pace was fast with 70-km/h peaks. Lampre, T-Mobile and Quick.Step-Innergetic also wanted to win here. In the last two kilometres, there was another massive crash. This cut didn't involve the top sprinters who had started the bunch sprint. Allan Davis (Discovery Channel) led the final sprint into the centre but Zabel's last effort coming from the far left was good enough to give the experienced German the stage win over the Australian. World champion Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step-Innergetic) arrived in third place.
Photography
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- A happy Zabel with the trophy shining in the Spanish afternoon sun.
- The sprint was fiercly contested, even if there few left left to be in the mix.
Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti
- José Gómez Marchante (Saunier duval-Prodir) at the sign in.
- Race leader Efimkin leaves the Caisse d'Epargne team bus before the race.
- Vladimir Efimkin (Caisse d'Epargne) gets his bike ready for another ride in oro.
- Efimkin leaves the sign-in podium and hopes to later climb on the finishing one to receive another golden jersey.
- The sun shines on the golden helmet of race leader Vladimir Efimkin (Caisse d'Epargne).
- Oscar Pereiro (Caisse d'Epargne) comes down the stairs of the podium that aren't quite so easy to handle with the cleats.
- Carlos Sastre (Team CSC) also carefully looks out that he doesn't subject himself to an unfortunate pre-race accident.
- Leonardo Piepoli (Saunier Duval-Prodir) has more points in the combination classification but that actually means a lower ranking. He gets to wear the white jersey though as Efimkin's body already carries yellow.
- Vladimir Efimkin (Caisse d'Epargne) is confident he will keep the jersey at least through today as another sprint is expected.
- Oscar Freire (Rabobank) has been the dominating sprinter so far with three wins. With another mad dash to the line expected he'll want to get as much out of the Worlds preparation as possible.
- The peloton await the things to come.
- Daniele Bennati and Tom Boonen are two of the sprinters who have mostly seen Freire's back, though Bennati won one stage.
- Bjarne Riis at the start supporting his CSC team. Since his doping admission he had been rarely seen.
- Bjarne Riis is there to guide his CSC team
- Leonardo Piepoli (Saunier Duval-Prodir) smiles as he signs on in a borrowed jersey.
- Oscar Pereiro adjusts his shades for a better view but with his team-mate leading the outlook couldn't be any better.
- Vladimir Efimkin (Caisse d'Epargne) is happy that his brother Alexander is finally in negotiations for a new contract. It took his win and the press conference to get things going.
- Paolo Bettini during a pre-race dance. Different warm-up methods are used in different teams...
- And what kind of music is the world champ listening to anyway? Or is it just the coach yelling?
- A pensive Tom Boonen would love to win today.
- Alessandro Petacchi (Milram) is getting ready to tackle the last sprinters' chance before the time trial.
- Gomez Marchante is happy to start the race soon.
- Tom Boonen relaxed, leaning on his saddle. So far the Vuelta hasn't given him the top spot yet, but he'll keep trying.
- Damiano Cunego (Lampre-Fondital) looks a bit banged up still after his early crash, but is ok to ride today.
- Daniele Bennati (Lampre-Fondital) shyly comes out of the bus but he is ready to race for another sprint win.
- Cunego clearly shows the impact the crash left but he is ready to carry on.
- The small sprint unfolds.
- Allan Davis of Discovery Channel (centre) gives it all as he pushes towards the line.
- Davis throws his arms up in the air.
- All eyes on the Aussie while the stage winner Zabel goes unnoticed.
- Efimkin comes in, but no panic as he was awarded the same time as the winner.
- Vladimir Efimkin (Caisse d'Epargne) keeps gold and will try to defend it in the time trial.
- The sprint in full swing as Zabel does the 'tiger jump'
- The sprint group was very small today as most others were held up in a crash in the last two kilometres.
- Davis celebrates, but it is Zabel who prevails using his Milano-Sanremo experience to get it right.
- Philippe Gilbert (Française Des Jeux) is exhausted and couldn't quite pull it off in the end.
- Erik Zabel (Milram) on the podium.
- The German beat the Aussie to get onto the podium in a tight race for first.
- The stage winner Zabel gets the trophy and a cute teddy bear for company.
- Erik Zabel is all smiles.
- He has been missing the kissing for a while but it till feels good.
- Efimkin is happy to not have been injured in the crash and is now ready to tackle the tough weeks ahead.
- Vladimir Efimkin (Caisse d'Epargne) would like to get used to this celebration business.
- A happy Russian is treated to some nice kissing on the podium.
- German sprinter Zabel can still win, get kissed and wave, all at the same time.
Results
1 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 3.52.05 (45.578 km/h) 2 Allan Davis (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 3 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 4 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 5 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team 6 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 7 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 8 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 9 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 10 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r Prévoyance 11 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole 12 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 13 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française des Jeux 14 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 15 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 16 Gustavo Domínguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 17 Jorge Garcia Marin (Spa) Relax - Gam 18 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 19 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 20 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 21 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 22 Francisco Jose Martinez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 23 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas 24 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 25 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 26 Iker Camaño (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 27 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 28 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 29 David García (Spa) Karpin Galicia 30 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 31 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 32 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 33 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 34 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Predictor - Lotto 35 Bert Grabsch (Ger) T-Mobile Team 36 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team 37 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 38 Nacor Burgos Rojo (Spa) Relax - Gam 39 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 40 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 41 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas 42 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 43 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 44 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 45 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance 46 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 47 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 48 Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 49 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Karpin Galicia 50 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 51 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 52 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 53 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 54 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 55 Juan Olmo Menacho (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 56 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 57 Mauricio Alberto Ardila (Col) Rabobank 58 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 59 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 60 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 61 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 62 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française des Jeux 63 José Ángel Gómez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 64 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 65 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 66 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 67 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 68 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 69 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 70 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 71 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 72 Gustavo César (Spa) Karpin Galicia 73 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 74 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 75 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 76 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole 77 Sebastiaan Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 78 Josep Jufré (Spa) Predictor - Lotto 79 Adam Hansen (Aus) T-Mobile Team 80 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC 81 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2r Prévoyance 82 Raúl García De Mateos (Spa) Relax - Gam 83 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 84 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team 85 Ian McLeod (RSA) Française des Jeux 86 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 87 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax - Gam 88 David López (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 89 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 90 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Fondital 91 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 92 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 93 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 94 Santos González (Spa) Karpin Galicia 95 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax - Gam 96 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Karpin Galicia 97 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 98 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 99 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 100 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 101 Serafín Martínez Acevedo (Spa) Karpin Galicia 102 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 103 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 104 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 105 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 106 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 107 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 108 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 109 Santiago Perez (Spa) Relax - Gam 110 Julian Sanchez Pimienta (Spa) Relax - Gam 111 Carlos Castaño (Spa) Karpin Galicia 112 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 113 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre - Fondital 114 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 115 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 116 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 117 Arkaitz Durán (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 118 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 119 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux 120 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 121 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2r Prévoyance 122 Jean-Marc Marino (Fra) Crédit Agricole 123 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 124 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 125 José Luis Carrasco (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 126 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 127 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 128 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 129 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 130 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 131 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 132 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 133 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 134 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 135 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 136 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 137 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française des Jeux 138 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 139 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 140 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC 141 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 142 Francisco Terciado Sacedo (Spa) Relax - Gam 143 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 144 José Antonio Lopez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 145 Chris Horner (USA) Predictor - Lotto 146 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 147 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 148 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 149 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 150 Tim Klinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 151 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 152 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram 153 Erki Pütsep (Est) Bouygues Telecom 154 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 155 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 156 Bart Dockx (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 157 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 158 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 159 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 160 Jesús Hernández (Spa) Relax - Gam 161 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 162 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 163 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 164 Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 165 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 166 Javier Megias Leal (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 167 Manuel Vazquez Huesco (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 168 Jose Ruiz Sanchez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 169 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 170 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 171 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 172 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 173 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 174 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 175 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 176 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Crédit Agricole 177 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 178 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 179 René Mandri (Est) AG2r Prévoyance 180 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 181 Marco Velo (Ita) Milram DNF Bert Roesems (Bel) Predictor - Lotto DNF Alberto Fernandez De La Puebla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir Points Cervera del Río Alhama - km 50 1 Raúl García De Mateos (Spa) Relax - Gam 4 pts 2 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 2 3 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 1 Pozuelo de Aragón - km 124 1 Raúl García De Mateos (Spa) Relax - Gam 4 pts 2 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 2 3 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 1 Zaragoza - km 176.3 1 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 25 pts 2 Allan Davis (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 20 3 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 16 4 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 14 5 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team 12 6 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 10 7 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 9 8 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 8 9 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 7 10 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r Prévoyance 6 11 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole 5 12 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 4 13 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française des Jeux 3 14 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 2 15 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 1 Mountains Puerto de Lanzas Agudas (cat 3) - km 96 1 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 6 pts 2 Raúl García De Mateos (Spa) Relax - Gam 4 3 Serafín Martínez Acevedo (Spa) Karpin Galicia 2 4 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1 Teams 1 Française des Jeux 11.36.15 2 AG2r Prévoyance 3 Quickstep-Innergetic 4 Liquigas 5 Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 6 Karpin Galicia 7 T-Mobile Professional Cycling 8 Team Milram 9 Discovery Channel 10 Euskaltel-Euskadi 11 Saunier Duval-Prodir 12 Rabobank 13 Caisse d'Epargne 14 Andalucía-Cajasur 15 Crédit Agricole 16 Team CSC 17 Relax-Gam 18 Gerolsteiner 19 Predictor-Lotto 20 Bouygues Telecom 21 Lampre-Fondital General classification after stage 7 1 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 28.26.56 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 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 3.33 26 David López (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 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 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 18.03 82 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 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 Gustavo César (Spa) Karpin Galicia 29.32 118 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 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 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 36.10 140 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 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 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 41.07 157 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 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 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team 166 Ian McLeod (RSA) Française des Jeux 167 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 168 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 169 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 44.12 170 Serafín Martínez Acevedo (Spa) Karpin Galicia 46.21 171 Francisco Jose Martinez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 46.42 172 José Antonio Lopez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 48.19 173 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 49.48 174 Santos González (Spa) Karpin Galicia 52.49 175 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux 53.27 176 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole 53.53 177 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 55.54 178 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française des Jeux 58.11 179 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r Prévoyance 1.00.02 180 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.03.18 181 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.06.04 Points classification 1 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 115 pts 2 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 77 3 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 59 4 Allan Davis (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 50 5 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 47 6 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 43 7 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 37 8 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 34 9 René Mandri (Est) AG2r Prévoyance 32 10 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 28 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 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team 24 16 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Crédit Agricole 21 17 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 20 18 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 18 19 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 17 20 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 17 21 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 16 22 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 16 23 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 15 24 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 13 25 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 13 26 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 12 27 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 12 28 Raúl García De Mateos (Spa) Relax - Gam 11 29 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 11 30 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 10 31 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 10 32 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r Prévoyance 10 33 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 9 34 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 9 35 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 8 36 Josep Jufré (Spa) Predictor - Lotto 8 37 David García (Spa) Karpin Galicia 8 38 Serafín Martínez Acevedo (Spa) Karpin Galicia 7 39 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 7 40 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance 7 41 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française des Jeux 7 42 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 7 43 Manuel Vazquez Huesco (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 6 44 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax - Gam 6 45 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 6 46 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 6 47 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas 6 48 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 6 49 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax - Gam 6 50 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole 6 51 Gustavo Domínguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 5 52 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 5 53 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 5 54 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 4 55 José Antonio Lopez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 4 56 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 4 57 David López (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4 58 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 4 59 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas 3 60 José Ángel Gómez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 3 61 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3 62 Bert Grabsch (Ger) T-Mobile Team 3 63 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 3 64 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2 65 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 2 66 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 2 67 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2 68 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 2 69 Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 1 70 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1 71 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1 72 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team 1 73 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 1 74 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 1 75 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 1 76 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 1 77 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1 78 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 1 Mountains classification 1 Serafín Martínez Acevedo (Spa) Karpin Galicia 46 pts 2 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 30 3 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 29 4 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 29 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 Raúl García De Mateos (Spa) Relax - Gam 8 18 Josep Jufré (Spa) Predictor - Lotto 7 19 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 7 20 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 6 21 Gustavo Domínguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 6 22 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 6 23 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 6 24 David López (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 6 25 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 6 26 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 6 27 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 5 28 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax - Gam 5 29 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 5 30 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 5 31 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 4 32 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 4 33 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4 34 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas 3 35 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 3 36 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC 3 37 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 2 38 René Mandri (Est) AG2r Prévoyance 2 39 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 2 40 Manuel Vazquez Huesco (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 2 41 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 2 42 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 1 43 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 1 44 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1 45 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 1 46 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 1 47 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram 1 48 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 27 3 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 31 4 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 35 5 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 41 6 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 42 7 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 47 8 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 53 9 Josep Jufré (Spa) Predictor - Lotto 74 10 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 77 11 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 79 12 José Ángel Gómez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 88 13 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas 91 14 René Mandri (Est) AG2r Prévoyance 96 15 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 98 16 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 103 17 David López (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 107 18 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 108 19 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 109 20 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax - Gam 114 21 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 132 22 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 133 23 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 135 24 Manuel Vazquez Huesco (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 150 25 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 157 26 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax - Gam 163 27 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 169 28 Raúl García De Mateos (Spa) Relax - Gam 171 29 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 176 30 Gustavo Domínguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 196 31 Serafín Martínez Acevedo (Spa) Karpin Galicia 208 32 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 210 33 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 235 34 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 252 Teams classification 1 Caisse d'Epargne 85.25.42 2 Liquigas 1.10 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
