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62nd Vuelta a España - GT
Spain, September 1-23, 2007
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Rest day 1 - September 11: Rest Day One
Menchov sleeps with one eye open on Vuelta's first rest day
The Vuelta a España is a Grand Tour like no other - with short, choppy stages and punches thrown early in the early rounds. 2007 was no different than the previous years in that the action seriously heated up on the fourth day of the race after three hard-fought street battles amongst the men of speed. Gregor Brown of Cyclingnews takes us through the northern stages that marked the first week of the 62nd Vuelta a España.
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Daniele Bennati (Lampre-Fondital) and Oscar Freire (Rabobank) held the golden threads of race leader in the first three days; however, after wins by the Italian and Spaniard, plus one by reigning World Champion Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step - Innergetic), it was the GC favourites who went on the gold rush.
It was no surprise that the 12.6-kilometre cloud covered brut of Lagos de Covadonga was too much for 'Oscarito' to retain the maillot oro of race leader, however, some pundits were astonished with the move by 26 year-old Vladimir Efimkin (Caisse d'Epargne). The Russian formed part of the early escape, and then darted free while the GC favourites traded blows on the Asturian pass. As the clouds cleared it was Efimkin shining in the Vuelta's golden fleece with Carlos Sastre (Team CSC) and Denis Menchov (Rabobank) marked as the Vuelta's strong men.
Efimkin's advantage of a minute was enough to see him through the following sprint stages that were dominated by Freire. Veteran Erik Zabel (Milram) swiped a stage during the crash-marred arrival of Zaragoza, when most of the top-men's minds were on the three days to come. Saturday's time trial and the next two mountain romps were sure to shake Efimkin's foundations.
Thanks to a stunning day up to Covadonga and a strong run over the 52.2-kilometre parcours around Zaragoza, Stijn Devolder (Discovery Channel) became the fourth race leader of the 2007 Vuelta. The Belgian finished 48 seconds behind stage winner Bert Grabsch (T-Mobile), and moved into the GC lead with a slim margin that was to be whipped out on the following day's mountains.
Leonardo Piepoli (Saunier Duval-Prodir) struck-out four months after his mountain dominance in the Giro d'Italia with a stage win on top of the Cerler. He accelerated free with the soon-to-be race leader, Menchov. The 29 year-old Russian won the race overall in 2005 but it was thanks to some blood-boosting techniques by Roberto Heras, which led to a positive test and his post-race declassification. Two years later the man who makes his home in Guernica, Spain, wants to claim the Iberian Peninsula's roads as his own and leave the tifosi without a doubt that he is numero uno.
The point was driven home on Monday when Menchov easily responded to the artilleries of Piepoli and Sastre. The moves of the Spaniard and Italian did nothing to weaken the race leader, nor did the last minute charges of Igor Antón (Euskaltel-Euskadi). Menchov blasted his seven-man group at the top of Arcalís, in Andorra, to put his stamp of dominance on the first 11 stages of the 2007 while in the race leader's maillot oro.
Team Rabobank and Menchov are reluctant to wave the flag of champion with half of the Vuelta yet to race, including some dicey stages in the South. As Menchov lays in his bed tonight in Castellón with one eye open, he will be counting the minutes back to his rivals: two minutes to Efimkin and Australian Cadel Evans (Predictor-Lotto), three to a raging Sastre, and four to Ezequiel Mosquera (Karpin-Galicia) and Samuel Sánchez (Euskaltel-Euskadi). The gaps may seem large on paper but this is the Vuelta and there are still many punches to be thrown.
Stage 1 - September 1: Vigo - Vigo, 146.4km
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Daniele Bennati proved his form has not faded since his win on the Champs-Élysées in Paris at the end of July by taking the opening stage of the 62nd Vuelta a España. The 26 year-old Italian over-powered Spaniard Oscar Freire (Rabobank) and compatriot Alessandro Petacchi (Milram) as the 146.4-kilometre stage finished in Vigo. With the win on the opening day, 'Benna' moved in to the maillot oro of overall leader.
Stage 2 - September 2: Allariz - Santiago de Compostela, 148.7km
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Oscar Freire of Rabobank went for gold on Sunday, winning the stage and taking over the leader's golden jersey in the second stage of the Vuelta a España. He out-sprinted Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step-Innergetic) and Leonardo Duque (Cofidis) ahead of a field that had been dramatically reduced by a mass crash some two kilometres before the finish line.
Based on his first place and his second place on day one, he took over the lead from Daniele Bennati, who was involved in the crash.
It is the first leader's jersey ever in a Grand Tour for Freire. "I was close yesterday. I didn't feel well during the whole stage [stage 1 - ed.]," Freire explained. "Today it was different; besides, the finale suited me better considering my characteristics and I think I did well. Besides, I got the leader jersey which is the first time for me. So, I am doubly happy."
Stage 3 - September 3: Viveiro - Luarca, 153km
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In a fierce sprint, reigning World Champion Paolo Bettini had the edge on former World Champion Oscar Freire, who was quite unhappy with Bettini's move to the right at the very end, leaving the Spaniard boxed in. But he was able to keep his golden jersey as race leader.
Bettini was content with the team's work, saying after the race that "I had talked with [Carlos] Barredo [before the stage] and he had told me that today's finale was very good for me. Yes, I won today, but the whole team, the whole Quick.Step-Innergetic has done truly a great work. I didn't win since February, so it is truly a special day for me."
Stage 4 - September 4: Langreo - Lagos de Covadonga, 185.1km
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Vladimir Efimkin stomped clear of the his escape companions on the Lagos de Covadonga climb and successfully held off a raging GC battle to grab the stage win and overall leader's maillot oro. The 26 year-old Russian of Caisse d'Epargne finished over a minute clear of the chase led by Leonardo Piepoli (Saunier Duval-Prodir), Stijn Devolder (Discovery Channel) and Denis Menchov (Rabobank).
Carlos Sastre's Team CSC did the majority of the pace-making on the final climb. The efforts distanced GC favourites Australian Cadel Evans (seventh) and Spaniard Oscar Pereiro (11th).
Stage 5 - September 5: Cangas de Onís - Reinosa, 157.4km
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Oscar 'The Cat' Freire pounced on his rivals out of the final right-hand corner of the 157.4-kilometre stage to Reinosa. The three-time World Champion picked up his second stage win (with one more to come - ed.) in this year's Vuelta a España over Daniele Bennati (Lampre-Fondital, stage one winner) and World Champion Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step - Innergetic, stage three winner).
"I did more than I could," confirmed Freire after the finish. "Everything went perfectly well for me. I think I got the right position in the sprint; there were some riders who got ahead of me in the last turn, but in the end I was fine. I knew there were few metres to sprint and during the whole stage I suffered to reach those last metres in good condition."
Stage 6 - September 6: Reinosa - Logroño, 184.3km
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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 had been caught.
Stage 7 - September 7: Calahorra - Zaragoza, 176.3km
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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."
Stage 8 - September 8: D. O. Cariñena - Zaragoza (ITT), 52.2km
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German time trial champion Bert Grabsch confirmed his strength against the clock by setting a blistering 55 km/h pace to take the win in the stage eight time trial on the long, flat, draining course in Zaragoza.
On a day which clearly favoured the time trial specialists, Grabsch edged out the Hungarian time trial champion Laszlo Bodrogi (Crédit Agricole) by 34 seconds to take his first Vuelta stage win. "I knew that after the Tour I had good form, but the win does come [as] a bit surprising," Grabsch explained after the win. "I had been fourth and fifth at a Vuelta time trial before. It's nice that it was enough this time to win."
Coming into the day, Caisse d'Epargne's Vladimir Efimkin held a 1'06" lead over five riders in the overall classification, but it was not enough to hold off Stijn Devolder (Discovery Channel). The Belgian had a good first week and was repaid with the leader's jersey.
Stage 9 - September 9: Huesca - Estación de esquí Cerler (Grupo Aramón), 167.6km
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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.
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."
Stage 10 - September 10: Benasque - Estación de esquí de Ordino Arcalís, 214km
Denis Menchov put a golden stamp on the Vuelta a España leading into its first rest day. Clad in the maillot oro of race leader, the 29 year-old Russian of Team Rabobank won the stage to the top of Arcalís ahead of Australian Cadel Evans (Predictor-Lotto) and Spaniard Samuel Sánchez (Euskaltel-Euskadi).
"No, I think it's not that way," said Menchov answering a question about whether he was aided by Piepoli in the finale. "Truly, we didn't talk about anything for today. Leo always rides this way; he tried to change the tempo many times. I followed him just in case, to see if someone stays behind. Leo tried to put a strong rhythm."
Carlos Sastre did not give up; he threw two hard punches at two kilometres remaining. The jabs bought out the animal in Menchov. The Rabobank rider resisted the resurgence and subsequent attacks of Igor Antón (Euskaltel-Euskadi).
The rivalry heated up between the Rabobank and CSC rider. "I think what he [Piepoli] did was shameful," Sastre took aim at Piepoli's tactics. "It could have been a much nicer stage but this kind of... We can not call it alliances. They are 'buys' in your face. These kind of things [make] dirty races; I think it's not good. Every rider has responsibility of his actions."
Sastre was happy with CSC's performance. "I am glad because the team did try. We tried to break the race. There was a lot of wind blowing against us. It was very hard. We came to the Vuelta to fight."
Current Standings
General classification after stage 10 1 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 39.41.51 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 4.35 6 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 4.42 7 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 5.49 8 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas 5.56 9 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 6.06 10 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 6.28 11 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 6.39 12 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 7.13 13 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 7.58 14 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 8.45 15 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax - Gam 9.34 16 Josep Jufré (Spa) Predictor - Lotto 9.39 17 Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spa) Andalucia - Cayasur 10.31 18 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 11.40 19 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 11.44 20 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 12.38 21 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 14.15 22 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 15.08 23 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 15.20 24 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas 16.17 25 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 16.44 26 René Mandri (Est) AG2r Prévoyance 17.29 27 David López (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 18.05 28 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 18.12 29 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 21.13 30 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 21.24 31 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 22.26 32 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 22.51 33 Iker Camaño (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 23.13 34 Jesús Hernández (Spa) Relax - Gam 23.48 35 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 24.05 36 José Ángel Gómez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 25.49 37 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Karpin Galicia 25.55 38 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 26.19 39 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 26.42 40 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 28.42 41 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 28.43 42 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 28.55 43 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC 28.56 44 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 29.48 45 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Fondital 30.09 46 David García (Spa) Karpin Galicia 30.24 47 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 31.23 48 Chris Horner (USA) Predictor - Lotto 31.58 49 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 32.30 50 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 32.51 51 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 33.06 52 Mauricio Alberto Ardila (Col) Rabobank 33.07 53 Carlos Castaño (Spa) Karpin Galicia 34.16 54 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 34.18 55 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 34.47 56 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 35.44 57 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 37.13 58 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 37.25 59 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 37.44 60 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 37.59 61 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 38.24 62 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 38.34 63 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 39.28 64 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 40.54 65 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance 41.21 66 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 41.34 67 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 41.45 68 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 42.58 69 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 44.00 70 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2r Prévoyance 44.05 71 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 45.24 72 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 46.40 73 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC 47.53 74 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 48.57 75 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 49.07 76 Santiago Perez (Spa) Relax - Gam 49.21 77 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 50.31 78 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax - Gam 50.46 79 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 50.47 80 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Predictor - Lotto 51.03 81 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 51.05 82 Manuel Vazquez Huesco (Spa) Andalucia - Cayasur 51.21 83 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2r Prévoyance 51.39 84 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 51.53 85 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 52.33 86 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 53.20 87 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Karpin Galicia 54.13 88 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team 54.24 89 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 54.29 90 Bert Grabsch (Ger) T-Mobile Team 54.43 91 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 55.18 92 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 55.25 93 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 55.39 94 Jose Ruiz Sanchez (Spa) Andalucia - Cayasur 56.20 95 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 56.37 96 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 57.15 97 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 58.48 98 Tim Klinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 58.56 99 Juan Olmo Menacho (Spa) Andalucia - Cayasur 1.00.45 100 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre - Fondital 1.02.46 101 José Luis Carrasco (Spa) Andalucia - Cayasur 1.03.19 102 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.03.22 103 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.03.29 104 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 1.03.40 105 Jean-Marc Marino (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.03.42 106 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 107 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.03.43 108 Adam Hansen (Aus) T-Mobile Team 1.05.03 109 Javier Megias Leal (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.05.17 110 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 1.05.46 111 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.06.33 112 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.06.41 113 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucia - Cayasur 1.07.11 114 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 1.08.07 115 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.08.17 116 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 1.08.30 117 Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 1.09.37 118 Santos González (Spa) Karpin Galicia 1.09.39 119 Bart Dockx (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 1.09.55 120 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 1.10.14 121 Raúl García De Mateos (Spa) Relax - Gam 1.10.21 122 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 1.10.50 123 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 1.12.00 124 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole 1.12.13 125 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 1.13.05 126 Gustavo Domínguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 1.13.14 127 Julian Sanchez Pimienta (Spa) Relax - Gam 1.13.40 128 Francisco Terciado Sacedo (Spa) Relax - Gam 1.13.48 129 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 1.14.14 130 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 1.14.41 131 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 1.15.38 132 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.15.51 133 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.17.04 134 Allan Davis (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.17.34 135 Sebastiaan Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 1.18.44 136 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.21.16 137 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.21.23 138 Gustavo César (Spa) Karpin Galicia 1.21.59 139 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 1.22.33 140 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 1.23.13 141 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 1.23.16 142 Nacor Burgos Rojo (Spa) Relax - Gam 1.23.32 143 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1.23.51 144 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 1.25.19 145 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 1.25.24 146 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 1.26.08 147 Jorge Garcia Marin (Spa) Relax - Gam 1.26.21 148 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 1.26.22 149 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.26.53 150 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.27.02 151 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 1.27.13 152 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram 1.27.19 153 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 1.28.07 154 Francisco Jose Martinez (Spa) Andalucia - Cayasur 1.28.14 155 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1.28.24 156 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 1.28.40 157 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 1.29.15 158 Erki Pütsep (Est) Bouygues Telecom 1.32.37 159 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1.33.19 160 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.35.27 161 Serafín Martínez Acevedo (Spa) Karpin Galicia 1.35.57 162 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.37.13 163 José Antonio Lopez (Spa) Andalucia - Cayasur 1.38.45 164 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 1.40.24 165 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1.40.35 166 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux 1.41.40 167 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.42.04 168 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole 1.44.26 169 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r Prévoyance 1.45.21 170 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.46.12 171 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucia - Cayasur 1.47.19 172 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Crédit Agricole 1.54.49 173 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 2.00.43 Points classification 1 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 81 pts 2 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 76 3 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 59 4 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 54 5 Allan Davis (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 50 6 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 47 7 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 47 8 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 43 9 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 42 10 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 37 11 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 36 12 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 34 13 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 32 14 René Mandri (Est) AG2r Prévoyance 32 15 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 30 16 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 29 17 Bert Grabsch (Ger) T-Mobile Team 28 18 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 28 19 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 26 20 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 26 21 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 26 22 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team 24 23 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas 23 24 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax - Gam 22 25 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Crédit Agricole 21 26 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole 20 27 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 18 28 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 18 29 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 17 30 Josep Jufré (Spa) Predictor - Lotto 17 31 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 16 32 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 15 33 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 14 34 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 14 35 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 14 36 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 13 37 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 13 38 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 13 39 Raúl García De Mateos (Spa) Relax - Gam 11 40 Santos González (Spa) Karpin Galicia 10 41 Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spa) Andalucia - Cayasur 10 42 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 10 43 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 9 44 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 9 45 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 9 46 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 9 47 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r Prévoyance 9 48 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 8 49 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 8 50 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 8 51 David García (Spa) Karpin Galicia 8 52 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 8 53 Serafín Martínez Acevedo (Spa) Karpin Galicia 7 54 David López (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 7 55 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance 7 56 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax - Gam 6 57 Manuel Vazquez Huesco (Spa) Andalucia - Cayasur 6 58 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 6 59 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas 6 60 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française des Jeux 6 61 Gustavo Domínguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 5 62 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 5 63 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 5 64 José Ángel Gómez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 5 65 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole 5 66 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 4 67 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 4 68 José Antonio Lopez (Spa) Andalucia - Cayasur 4 69 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 4 70 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2r Prévoyance 4 71 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucia - Cayasur 4 72 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 3 73 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 3 74 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 2 75 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2 76 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 2 77 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 2 78 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2 79 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 2 80 Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 2 81 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 2 82 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2 83 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 1 84 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 1 85 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team 1 86 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 1 87 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1 88 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 1 Mountains classification 1 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 71 pts 2 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 67 3 Serafín Martínez Acevedo (Spa) Karpin Galicia 67 4 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 57 5 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 44 6 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 38 7 José Ángel Gómez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 38 8 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 35 9 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 30 10 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 29 11 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 28 12 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 26 13 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 26 14 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax - Gam 21 15 Mauricio Alberto Ardila (Col) Rabobank 20 16 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 20 17 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas 19 18 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax - Gam 18 19 Santos González (Spa) Karpin Galicia 15 20 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 12 21 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 12 22 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 12 23 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 11 24 Josep Jufré (Spa) Predictor - Lotto 10 25 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 10 26 Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spa) Andalucia - Cayasur 8 27 David López (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 8 28 Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 8 29 Raúl García De Mateos (Spa) Relax - Gam 8 30 Gustavo César (Spa) Karpin Galicia 8 31 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 7 32 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 7 33 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 7 34 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 6 35 Gustavo Domínguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 6 36 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucia - Cayasur 6 37 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 6 38 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 6 39 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 6 40 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 6 41 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 6 42 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 5 43 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 5 44 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 5 45 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 4 46 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4 47 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 4 48 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 3 49 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 3 50 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas 3 51 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC 3 52 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 2 53 René Mandri (Est) AG2r Prévoyance 2 54 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 2 55 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 2 56 Manuel Vazquez Huesco (Spa) Andalucia - Cayasur 2 57 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2 58 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 2 59 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 1 60 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1 61 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Fondital 1 62 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 1 63 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2r Prévoyance 1 64 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram 1 Combination classification 1 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 4 pts 2 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 15 3 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 16 4 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 18 5 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 21 6 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 31 7 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 35 8 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 39 9 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas 48 10 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax - Gam 57 11 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 66 12 Josep Jufré (Spa) Predictor - Lotto 70 13 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 75 14 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 84 15 Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spa) Andalucia - Cayasur 84 16 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 93 17 René Mandri (Est) AG2r Prévoyance 93 18 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 94 19 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 102 20 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 103 21 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 103 22 José Ángel Gómez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 107 23 David López (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 108 24 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 119 25 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 128 26 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 131 27 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas 133 28 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 139 29 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax - Gam 148 30 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 152 31 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 156 32 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 168 33 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 168 34 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 171 35 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 174 36 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 176 37 Santos González (Spa) Karpin Galicia 177 38 Raúl García De Mateos (Spa) Relax - Gam 189 39 Manuel Vazquez Huesco (Spa) Andalucia - Cayasur 195 40 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2r Prévoyance 203 41 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 203 42 Serafín Martínez Acevedo (Spa) Karpin Galicia 217 43 Gustavo Domínguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 222 44 Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 225 45 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 240 46 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 254 47 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 270 48 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucia - Cayasur 278 Team classification 1 Caisse D'Epargne 119.23.36 2 Predictor - Lotto 7.55 3 Euskaltel - Euskadi 8.58 4 Team CSC 10.27 5 Liquigas 10.35 6 AG2R Prevoyance 12.03 7 Karpin - Galicia 16.32 8 Cofidis, le credit par telephone 20.12 9 Saunier Duval - Prodir 20.15 10 Quick Step - Innergetic 24.19 11 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 29.46 12 Rabobank 34.20 13 Gerolsteiner 36.20 14 Relax - GAM 40.31 15 Credit Agricole 51.09 16 Française Des Jeux 1.12.41 17 Andalucía - Cajasur 1.13.28 18 T- Mobile Team 1.22.55 19 Lampre - Fondital 1.25.28 20 Bouygues Telecom 1.33.00 21 Team Milram 2.22.36
