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62nd Vuelta a España - GT
Spain, September 1-23, 2007
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Stage 9 - September 9: Huesca - Estación de esquí Cerler (Grupo Aramón), 167.6km
Piepoli conquers, Menchov shakes Devolder
By Bjorn Haake and Hernan Alvarez
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Leonardo Piepoli (Saunier Duval-Prodir) earned a well-deserved victory atop the ski station in Cerler with relentless attacks that shattered the group of favourites, leaving only Rabobank's Denis Menchov able to stay in contact. Menchov did not put up a fight for the finish, and was instead content to relinquish the stage to the Italian with the knowledge he would don the jersey oro. Previous leader Stijn Devolder (Discovery Channel) did not have a good day and lost contact at the lower slopes of the climb, losing nearly five minutes and his leader's jersey.
Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Karpin Galicia) and Carlos Sastre (CSC) came in just 17 second back, while Gerolsteiner's Oliver Zaugg was fifth 51" behind the winner. Former golden jersey Vladimir Efimkin (Caisse d'Epargne), had a great day to finish ninth, bringing himself back to second overall, two minutes behind Menchov in a group with many of the overall contenders, including Sammy Sanchez (Euskaltel-Euskadi), Luis Perez (Andalucía-Cajasur) and Cadel Evans (Predictor-Lotto). Evans suffered today, but with the help of his team-mate Josep Jufré, held on to third overall, 2'27" behind Menchov.
The day's winner, who could be seen talking to Menchov with about two kilometres remaining, explained that there was no sprint at Cerler because it was "more than clear, it was logical. Menchov is here to win the Vuelta and more stages. Certainly it is more convenient for him to make friends than to make enemies. Besides, Denis is my friend. I think we are both happy."
Piepoli often does well in the mountains, but rejected suggestions he could try for the overall classification, saying, "I am already [too] old to fight for the general [classification]. I am happy with this, as it is not a small feat. Let's see if we can win again." The Italian was already looking forward to more climbing, but cautioned that he likely won't win tomorrow's stage. "It would be too much. Now I start to enjoy this victory and tomorrow we'll see," he assured that the celebrating won't get the short end.
The Saunier Duval rider also made clear that there is no problem sharing the responsibility between him and team-mate José Angel Gomez Marchante, who was very active in today's stage and part of the 13-man break that stayed away until close to the beginning of the final climb. "Certainly [Gomez] Marchante and I are here for different things. Marchante is fighting in the general and I am fighting for stages. So far, I got it and Marchante got his part."
Denis Menchov also has the overall in mind, but is in a much better position than Marchante, as the Russian is now leading the race with a comfortable 2'01" over former golden jersey Vladimir Efimkin (Caisse d'Epargne). Menchov was relaxed, but aware of the dangers ahead. "I am calm. I don't want to say I am the strongest because I respect my rivals and there is very much race left. This has just begun; it is just the second mountain stage and there are many stages left."
While he certainly was happy to propel himself into the lead on a nice, sunny day in the beautiful Pyrenees, he couldn't actually take in the scenery. "I can not actually enjoy it because it was a pretty hard finale, but I think me and my team in general can be very happy today. I think my performance was pretty good and the current race situation is very good for us so we'd better be happy."
Despite all the turmoil that Rabobank went through in the Tour de France, with the dismissal of Michael Rasmussen while the Dane was wearing the yellow jersey, Menchov is happy with the team and added, "I think it is fine. Today we demonstrated the team is very good."
Thanks to being part of the break once again, the hyper-active Serafín Martínez still leads the mountain classification, but Piepoli was coming close and is only eight points behind. Besides the overall battle there will also be a fierce fight for the mountain jersey.
Denis Menchov took over the lead in the combination classification, with Efimkin still n second, but Piepoli moving up to third while Devolder dropped down to fifth.
How it unfolded
181 riders took the start in Huesca as there were no abandons yesterday, and headed out for the scenic 167 kilometre route to Cerler, a ski station in the middle of the Pyrenees. The finishing climb, a hors category mountain, was first climbed in the 1987 Vuelta, and is a place reserved for great climbers. Spain's Roberto Laiseka was the last winner here in 2005.
There were many attacks right from the beginning. At the first climb in Puerto de Monrepos (kilometre 22), 13 were able to make the first steady breakaway: Stéphane Goubert (Ag2r Prévoyance), José Gomez Marchante (Saunier Duval), Igor Antón (Euskaltel-Euskadi), Sylvester Szmyd and Morris Possoni (Lampre-Fondital), David López García and José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Caisse d'Epargne), Wim Van Huffel (Predictor-Lotto), Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner), Christophe Kern (Crédit Agricole), Christian Vande Velde (Team CSC), Alessandro Vanotti (Liquigas) and Serafín Martínez (Karpin Galicia). The peloton wouldn't allow a break with Gomez Marchante and Antón too much time, so they kept the gap at a reasonable 1'20" after 25 kilometres of racing.
Meanwhile, Australia's Bradley McGee (Française des Jeux) quit the race. McGee did a great performance early in the 2005 Vuelta but not this year. McGee was one of the Vuelta overall leaders in 2005. This year, he was 176th among 181 riders, more than one hour behind race leader Devolder. Another one who had a hard time was Oscar Pereiro. The Spaniard didn't feel well and was behind the peloton the whole day, eventually trailing more than ten minutes. Finally, Pereiro quit at the feed zone, together with Arkaitz Duran (Saunier Duval-Prodir).
At the second climb of the day, the Alto del Serrablo at kilometre 71, the leaders had an advantage of two minutes and 20 seconds. Serafín Martínez got the most bonus points, passing the summit in first place. When going down the Serrablo, the peloton reduced the gap, which had grown during the ascent, to one minutes and 32 seconds.
Things didn't change much at the third and penultimate climb in Foradada ( kilometre 112). The leaders were able to increase their gap a little bit while Frenchman Christophe Kern couldn't keep the pace of the rest and came back to the peloton. On this climb, the peloton reduced the gap and the break was just a bit more than 30 seconds ahead, at kilometre 146, 21 kilometres from the finish. The next kilometre, Alessandro Vanotti attacked his former mates in the breakaway. He led solo with around 45 seconds over the peloton that could already see the break ahead of them. Eventually everyone but Vanotti was back in the bunch.
But the Italian's lead was not solid and he was caught right at the start of Cerler, with 11 kilometres to the top. CSC and Saunier Duval riders took control, with Carlos Sastre behind helper Iñigo Cuesta. Menchov was among the favourites in the front while Devolder couldn't keep up the very fast pace. Carlos Castaño (Karpin Galicia) attacked and got a small gap, but eventually faded. Then, with eight kilometres to go, Daniel Moreno (Relax Gam) made his move, but was also only on the front for a couple of kilometres.
In the last 6,000 metres, the top riders including Denis Menchov, Samuel Sanchez, Leonardo Piepoli and Carlos Sastre made the difference and took command. The Italian and the Russian attacked the others and started to rule the stage. Behind the duo came another couple with Sastre and Mosquera. Menchov and Piepoli were 10 seconds ahead of their two chasers with 4 kilometres to go. Both, the Rabobank and the Saunier Duval rider, maintained the advantage and crossed the finish line 16 seconds ahead of Mosquera and Sastre. The Russian let the Italian took the stage win while the Rabobank cyclist grabbed the overall leadership for the first time on a crucial day. What happened with Devolder? He finished in 42nd losing 4 minutes and 58 seconds to the new leader.
Stage 10 - September 10: Benasque - Estación de esquí de Ordino Arcalís, 214km
This is the third testing day following the first individual time trial and previous day's mountain-top finish. The riders will face a 214-kilometre parcours running from Benasque to Andorra with two category 2 climbs, one category 1 and the final beyond category climb to the finish in Arcalís. The Arcalís covers 15 kilometres, with an average 5.6% slope and sustained sections of 8.5%. The summit is at 2,200 metres altitude and should suit the pure climbers.
Photography
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Images by AFP Photo
- Leonardo Piepoli (Saunier Duval-Prodir) wins the stage up to Cerler.
- The Italian beat Denis Menchov of Rabobank, but the latter was happy to get the jersey oro.
- Piepoli on the podium receiving the winner's prize.
- Denis Menchov (Rabobank) smiles as he is now the leader of the Vuelta.
- Menchov receiving the winner's treatment which he doesn't seem to mind at all.
Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti
- Efimkin with jersey wide open and Beltrán heading to the finish.
- Igor Antón (Euskaltel-Euskadi) together with Lopez and Karpets from Caisse d'Epargne.
- Vladimir Karpets (Caisse d'Epargne) finishes.
- A small group of riders struggle with the gradient as the Pyrenees aren't too friendly to the non-climbers.
- Ca you spot the sprinters in this picture?
- The scenery would have been enjoyable if there wasn't race to compete in.
- The gruppetto.
- Ezequiel Mosquera (Karpin-Galicia) was the surprise of the day and got third.
- Carlos Sastre (Team CSC) hung on to only lose ten seconds.
- Oliver Zaugg (Gerolsteiner) finished only 50 seconds behind.
- Leonardo Piepoli (Saunier Duval-Prodir) wins the stage ahead of Menchov.
- Menchov was noticably happy with taking the lead.
- Menchov on the podium.
- Piepoli attacked but couldn't lose Menchov.
- Piepoli shows the strain, yet Mechov looks relaxed.
- Menchov looks to be taking it easy.
- Piepoli done most of the pace making on the final climb.
- Carlos Sastre, as always not far behind the action.
- Oliver Zaugg (Gerolsteiner) had a great ride to finish 5th on the stage.
- The group that contained Cadel Evans , with the Pyrenees as a backdrop.
- Cadel Evans (Predictor-Lotto) and Roman Kreuziger (Liquigas)
- Evans rode consistently and now sits 3rd on GC.
- Vladimir Efimkin (Caisse d'Epargne) is 2nd overall.
- Samuel Sánchez (Euskaltel - Euskadi)
- The group contained most of the GC riders.
- Lopez and Karpets from Caisse d'Epargne.
- Igor Antón (Euskaltel-Euskadi).
- Philip Deignan and Stéphane Goubert of AG2r Prévoyance
- Damiano Cunego (Lampre - Fondital) still showing the signs of his stage 1 crash.
- Stijn Devolder lost the jersey today to Menchov, being lead here by Jurgen Van Goolen.
- Piepoli took the stage and Menchov moved into the lead.
- The peloton weave their way up the high mountains.
- The peloton, or what was left of it.
- The main field was happy to let the GC contenders fight it out on their own today.
- The peloton.
- Devolder had a bad day. losing more than 5 minutes.
- Devolder struggled but gave it everything to hold onto the jersey.
- The peloton cruising along.
- Piepoli's ride today moved him into 13th overall.
- Piepoli happy on the podium.
- Piepoli with his trophy.
- Piepoli on the podium.
- Mechov doned the leaders jersey after his ride today.
Images by Karpin Galicia
- Riders cool down after a tough stage.
- A Karpin Galicia listens to a playback presumably?
- Serafín Martínez Acevedo (Karpin Galicia) leads the mountains classification.
- Martínez Acevedo with his flowers.
Images by Unipublic
- Cadel Evans (Predictor-Lotto) suffers and holds.
- Leonardo Piepoli (Saunier Duval-Prodir) and Denis Menchov (Rabobank) charge ahead.
- Leonardo Piepoli (Saunier Duval-Prodir) ups the pace towards victory.
- Leonardo Piepoli (Saunier Duval-Prodir) wins.
Results
1 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 4.28.21 2 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 3 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 0.17 4 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 5 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 0.51 6 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax - Gam 1.03 7 Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 8 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 9 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 10 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas 11 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 12 Josep Jufré (Spa) Predictor - Lotto 1.28 13 David López (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1.44 14 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 15 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 16 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2r Prévoyance 2.04 17 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 18 Carlos Castaño (Spa) Karpin Galicia 19 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 2.08 20 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 21 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 3.17 22 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 23 René Mandri (Est) AG2r Prévoyance 24 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 25 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 26 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 27 Mauricio Alberto Ardila (Col) Rabobank 28 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 3.25 29 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 30 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 31 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 32 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 3.50 33 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 4.03 34 Julian Sanchez Pimienta (Spa) Relax - Gam 35 David García (Spa) Karpin Galicia 4.11 36 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 37 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC 38 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 4.24 39 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 40 Manuel Vazquez Huesco (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 4.43 41 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 4.58 42 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 43 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Karpin Galicia 44 Iker Camaño (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 5.06 45 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax - Gam 5.49 46 Jesús Hernández (Spa) Relax - Gam 47 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 48 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 49 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 6.39 50 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 51 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 52 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Karpin Galicia 53 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 54 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole 55 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 56 Juan Olmo Menacho (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 57 José Ángel Gómez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 58 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance 8.58 59 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 60 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Predictor - Lotto 61 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 62 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 63 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 64 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 65 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 66 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 67 Raúl García De Mateos (Spa) Relax - Gam 68 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 69 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 70 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 71 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 72 Gustavo Domínguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 73 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 74 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC 75 Santiago Perez (Spa) Relax - Gam 76 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas 77 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française des Jeux 78 Francisco Jose Martinez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 79 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 80 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 81 Javier Megias Leal (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 82 Santos González (Spa) Karpin Galicia 83 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 84 Jose Ruiz Sanchez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 10.13 85 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 11.19 86 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 11.53 87 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 88 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 89 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 90 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team 91 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 92 Adam Hansen (Aus) T-Mobile Team 93 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 94 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 95 José Luis Carrasco (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 96 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 97 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2r Prévoyance 98 Chris Horner (USA) Predictor - Lotto 99 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 100 Sebastiaan Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 101 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 102 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 14.53 103 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 104 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 105 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 106 Jorge Garcia Marin (Spa) Relax - Gam 107 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 108 Nacor Burgos Rojo (Spa) Relax - Gam 109 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 110 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 111 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 112 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 113 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 114 Ian McLeod (RSA) Française des Jeux 115 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 116 Bert Grabsch (Ger) T-Mobile Team 117 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 118 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Fondital 119 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 120 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 121 Francisco Terciado Sacedo (Spa) Relax - Gam 122 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 123 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 124 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 125 José Antonio Lopez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 126 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 127 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 128 Serafín Martínez Acevedo (Spa) Karpin Galicia 129 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 130 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 131 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 132 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 133 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 134 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 135 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 136 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 137 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 138 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 139 Bart Dockx (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 140 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 141 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team 142 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre - Fondital 143 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 144 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 145 Tim Klinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 146 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 147 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team 148 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux 149 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française des Jeux 150 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 151 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 152 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 153 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 154 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 155 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 156 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 157 Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 158 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 159 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 160 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 161 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole 162 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r Prévoyance 163 Jean-Marc Marino (Fra) Crédit Agricole 164 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 165 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 16.05 166 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 167 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 168 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 169 Erki Pütsep (Est) Bouygues Telecom 16.07 170 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram 18.55 171 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 21.08 172 Gustavo César (Spa) Karpin Galicia 173 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 174 Allan Davis (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 175 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 21.10 176 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 24.39 177 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Crédit Agricole 26.54 DNF Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne DNF Bradley McGee (Aus) Française des Jeux DNF Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas DNF Arkaitz Durán (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir Sprints Boltaña - km. 86,6 1 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 4 pts 2 Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 2 3 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 1 Benasque - km. 153,4 1 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 4 pts 2 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2 3 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 1 Estación d - km. 167,6 1 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 25 pts 2 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 20 3 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 16 4 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 14 5 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 12 6 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax - Gam 10 7 Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 9 8 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 8 9 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 7 10 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas 6 11 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 5 12 Josep Jufré (Spa) Predictor - Lotto 4 13 David López (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 3 14 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 2 15 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1 Mountains Puerto de Monrepós - km. 24 (Cat. 2) 1 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 10 pts 2 Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 7 3 Serafín Martínez Acevedo (Spa) Karpin Galicia 5 4 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 3 5 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 2 6 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1 Puerto de Serrablo - km. 71 (Cat. 2) 1 Serafín Martínez Acevedo (Spa) Karpin Galicia 10 pts 2 José Ángel Gómez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 7 3 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 5 4 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 3 5 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 2 6 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Fondital 1 Puerto de Foradada - km. 113 (Cat. 3) 1 Serafín Martínez Acevedo (Spa) Karpin Galicia 6 pts 2 José Ángel Gómez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 4 3 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 2 4 Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 1 Estación de Esquí Cerler - km. 168 (HC) 1 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 30 pts 2 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 25 3 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 20 4 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 16 5 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 12 6 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax - Gam 10 7 Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 8 8 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 6 9 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 4 10 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas 3 11 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 2 12 Josep Jufré (Spa) Predictor - Lotto 1 Teams 1 Caisse d'Epargne 13.29.34 2 Predictor-Lotto 1.17 3 Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.41 4 Karpin Galicia 2.01 5 Team CSC 2.20 6 AG2r Prévoyance 2.54 7 Relax-Gam 6.24 8 Saunier Duval-Prodir 9 Quickstep-Innergetic 10 Rabobank 7.44 11 Andalucía-Cajasur 7.54 12 Liquigas 8.47 13 Crédit Agricole 10.56 14 Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 14.12 15 Gerolsteiner 14.16 16 Française des Jeux 19.14 17 Discovery Channel 20.18 18 Bouygues Telecom 23.23 19 Lampre-Fondital 25.52 20 T-Mobile Professional Cycling 28.13 21 Team Milram 34.08 General classification after stage 9 1 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 33.54.46 2 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 2.01 3 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 2.27 4 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 3.02 5 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 4.02 6 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 4.28 7 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 4.42 8 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 4.58 9 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 5.07 10 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 5.19 11 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 5.55 12 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas 5.56 13 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 6.06 14 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 7.51 15 Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 8.25 16 Josep Jufré (Spa) Predictor - Lotto 8.58 17 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax - Gam 9.01 18 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 9.03 19 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 9.15 20 David López (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 10.07 21 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 10.08 22 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 10.53 23 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 11.22 24 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas 12.31 25 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 12.38 26 José Ángel Gómez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 12.40 27 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 12.43 28 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 12.53 29 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 13.24 30 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Karpin Galicia 13.47 31 Mauricio Alberto Ardila (Col) Rabobank 14.13 32 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 14.26 33 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 14.34 34 Iker Camaño (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 15.15 35 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 15.24 36 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 15.34 37 René Mandri (Est) AG2r Prévoyance 15.39 38 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 16.12 39 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 16.18 40 Jesús Hernández (Spa) Relax - Gam 16.23 41 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC 16.48 42 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 17.38 43 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 18.13 44 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC 19.43 45 Chris Horner (USA) Predictor - Lotto 19.50 46 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 20.43 47 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 21.07 48 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 21.15 49 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 21.50 50 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Fondital 22.11 51 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance 22.27 52 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 22.39 53 Manuel Vazquez Huesco (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 23.11 54 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 24.32 55 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 24.39 56 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 57 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 24.54 58 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 25.08 59 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 25.36 60 David García (Spa) Karpin Galicia 25.46 61 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 25.51 62 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team 26.14 63 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 26.16 64 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 27.08 65 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 27.37 66 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 27.46 67 Jose Ruiz Sanchez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 28.10 68 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 28.46 69 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 29.05 70 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 29.48 71 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 29.56 72 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2r Prévoyance 30.26 73 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 30.57 74 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 31.37 75 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 31.52 76 Carlos Castaño (Spa) Karpin Galicia 77 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Predictor - Lotto 32.09 78 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 32.11 79 Juan Olmo Menacho (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 32.35 80 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 33.16 81 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 34.00 82 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre - Fondital 34.36 83 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 35.00 84 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Karpin Galicia 35.19 85 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 35.24 86 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 35.30 87 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 35.32 88 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 35.33 89 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 35.41 90 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 35.44 91 Bert Grabsch (Ger) T-Mobile Team 35.49 92 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 36.31 93 Adam Hansen (Aus) T-Mobile Team 36.53 94 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 37.59 95 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 38.23 96 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 38.31 97 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax - Gam 38.38 98 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 38.39 99 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 39.00 100 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 39.41 101 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 39.57 102 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 40.07 103 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 40.09 104 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 40.59 105 Julian Sanchez Pimienta (Spa) Relax - Gam 41.10 106 Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 41.27 107 Bart Dockx (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 41.45 108 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 41.56 109 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 42.40 110 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2r Prévoyance 43.14 111 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 43.31 112 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 43.50 113 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 43.55 114 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole 44.03 115 José Luis Carrasco (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 44.25 116 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française des Jeux 44.28 117 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 44.29 118 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 44.35 119 Santiago Perez (Spa) Relax - Gam 44.43 120 Raúl García De Mateos (Spa) Relax - Gam 45.02 121 Gustavo Domínguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 45.04 122 Francisco Terciado Sacedo (Spa) Relax - Gam 45.38 123 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 46.31 124 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 46.42 125 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française des Jeux 47.41 126 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 48.17 127 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 48.54 128 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 48.55 129 Allan Davis (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 49.24 130 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 49.33 131 Sebastiaan Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 50.34 132 Nacor Burgos Rojo (Spa) Relax - Gam 52.33 133 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 53.06 134 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 53.13 135 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 53.36 136 Gustavo César (Spa) Karpin Galicia 53.49 137 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 54.23 138 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 54.27 139 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 55.03 140 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 55.27 141 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team 55.41 142 Tim Klinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 55.47 143 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 56.08 144 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 56.44 145 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 57.14 146 Javier Megias Leal (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 57.19 147 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 57.57 148 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 57.58 149 Jorge Garcia Marin (Spa) Relax - Gam 58.11 150 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 58.12 151 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 58.43 152 Jean-Marc Marino (Fra) Crédit Agricole 59.04 153 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram 59.09 154 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 59.19 155 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 59.57 156 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 1.00.00 157 Francisco Jose Martinez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 1.00.04 158 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 1.00.30 159 Erki Pütsep (Est) Bouygues Telecom 1.00.35 160 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.00.59 161 Santos González (Spa) Karpin Galicia 1.01.41 162 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 1.01.54 163 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1.02.43 164 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 1.03.56 165 Ian McLeod (RSA) Française des Jeux 1.06.35 166 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1.07.11 167 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.07.17 168 Serafín Martínez Acevedo (Spa) Karpin Galicia 1.07.47 169 José Antonio Lopez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 1.10.35 170 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux 1.13.30 171 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Crédit Agricole 1.13.44 172 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole 1.15.27 173 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r Prévoyance 1.17.11 174 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.18.02 175 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.19.04 176 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 1.19.09 177 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 1.19.38 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 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 51 5 Allan Davis (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 50 6 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 47 7 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 45 8 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 43 9 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 37 10 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 34 11 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 32 12 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 32 13 René Mandri (Est) AG2r Prévoyance 32 14 Bert Grabsch (Ger) T-Mobile Team 28 15 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 28 16 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 27 17 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 26 18 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 26 19 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 26 20 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 24 21 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team 24 22 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 23 23 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Crédit Agricole 21 24 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole 20 25 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 18 26 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 18 27 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 17 28 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 16 29 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax - Gam 16 30 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 15 31 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 14 32 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 14 33 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 13 34 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 13 35 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 13 36 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 13 37 Josep Jufré (Spa) Predictor - Lotto 12 38 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 12 39 Raúl García De Mateos (Spa) Relax - Gam 11 40 Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 10 41 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 10 42 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas 9 43 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 9 44 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 9 45 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r Prévoyance 9 46 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 8 47 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 8 48 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 8 49 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 8 50 David García (Spa) Karpin Galicia 8 51 Serafín Martínez Acevedo (Spa) Karpin Galicia 7 52 David López (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 7 53 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance 7 54 Manuel Vazquez Huesco (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 6 55 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax - Gam 6 56 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 6 57 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 6 58 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas 6 59 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française des Jeux 6 60 Santos González (Spa) Karpin Galicia 6 61 Gustavo Domínguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 5 62 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 5 63 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 5 64 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole 5 65 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 4 66 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 4 67 José Antonio Lopez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 4 68 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 4 69 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 4 70 José Ángel Gómez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 3 71 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 3 72 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2 73 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 2 74 Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 2 75 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 2 76 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2 77 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 2 78 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2 79 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 1 80 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1 81 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1 82 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team 1 83 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 1 84 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 1 85 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 1 86 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 1 87 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1 88 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 1 Mountains classification 1 Serafín Martínez Acevedo (Spa) Karpin Galicia 67 pts 2 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 59 3 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 41 4 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 34 5 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 29 6 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 26 7 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 26 8 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 24 9 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 24 10 José Ángel Gómez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 23 11 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax - Gam 21 12 Mauricio Alberto Ardila (Col) Rabobank 20 13 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 20 14 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax - Gam 15 15 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 12 16 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 12 17 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 12 18 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 10 19 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 10 20 Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 8 21 Josep Jufré (Spa) Predictor - Lotto 8 22 Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 8 23 Raúl García De Mateos (Spa) Relax - Gam 8 24 Gustavo César (Spa) Karpin Galicia 8 25 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 7 26 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 7 27 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 6 28 Gustavo Domínguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 6 29 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 6 30 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 6 31 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 6 32 David López (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 6 33 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 6 34 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 6 35 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 6 36 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 5 37 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 5 38 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 5 39 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 4 40 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4 41 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas 3 42 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 3 43 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas 3 44 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 3 45 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC 3 46 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 2 47 René Mandri (Est) AG2r Prévoyance 2 48 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 2 49 Manuel Vazquez Huesco (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 2 50 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 2 51 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 2 52 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1 53 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 1 54 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 1 55 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 1 56 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Fondital 1 57 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram 1 Combination classification 1 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 8 pts 2 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 17 3 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 22 4 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 31 5 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 31 6 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 36 7 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 37 8 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 56 9 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax - Gam 60 10 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 70 11 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 72 12 Josep Jufré (Spa) Predictor - Lotto 74 13 Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 75 14 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 77 15 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas 95 16 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 95 17 René Mandri (Est) AG2r Prévoyance 97 18 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 100 19 David López (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 104 20 José Ángel Gómez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 106 21 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 110 22 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 111 23 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 116 24 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 122 25 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 123 26 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas 125 27 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 126 28 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 135 29 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 136 30 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 146 31 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 152 32 Manuel Vazquez Huesco (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 156 33 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax - Gam 163 34 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 179 35 Raúl García De Mateos (Spa) Relax - Gam 182 36 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 186 37 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 186 38 Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 202 39 Gustavo Domínguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 210 40 Serafín Martínez Acevedo (Spa) Karpin Galicia 219 41 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 234 42 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 236 43 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 270 44 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 272 Team classification 1 Caisse d'Epargne 101.56.18 2 Team CSC 8.14 3 Predictor-Lotto 9.16 4 Euskaltel-Euskadi 9.42 5 Liquigas 11.15 6 AG2r Prévoyance 12.48 7 Rabobank 13.31 8 Karpin Galicia 15.00 9 Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 18.29 10 Saunier Duval-Prodir 18.46 11 Quickstep-Innergetic 21.30 12 Discovery Channel 22.28 13 Gerolsteiner 30.25 14 Relax-Gam 33.58 15 Andalucía-Cajasur 39.37 16 Française des Jeux 43.41 17 Crédit Agricole 44.10 18 T-Mobile Professional Cycling 45.48 19 Lampre-Fondital 57.52 20 Bouygues Telecom 1.14.02 21 Team Milram 1.36.28
