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62nd Vuelta a España - GT

Spain, September 1-23, 2007

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Stage 3 - September 3: Viveiro - Luarca, 153km

Bettini beats Freire in tough sprint

By Susan Westemeyer and Hernan Alvarez

Paolo Bettini celebrates
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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 at least he got to keep his golden jersey as race leader. The race ended on a tough rise with pitches of up to 7.5 percent and left the regular sprinters gasping for air. Australian Allan Davis continued to show his consistent form and came in third, with Davide Rebellin in fourth.

Bettini was happy 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 Quickstep-Innergetic has done truly a great work. I didn't win since February, so it is truly a special day for me." The Italian is keen on getting to Stuttgart, stating that "there are few days left for the Worlds and having won today is very good to cheer myself up. I raced the Vuelta in 2005 and 2006. I hope to win another stage especially for the Worlds. The Vuelta is a great tour. Now I will go on day by day hoping to win again."

The race was long dominated by a three-man break, but the last category 3 climb brought everything together. A split in the peloton was temporary, but just when everything was together, the speed got incredibly high, with every team wanting to be near the front. Quick.Step was hammering in the front on the final kilometres and deservedly took the victory through its world champ.

The Rabobank rider may not have taken the stage but he successfully defended his leader's jersey.

A final bunch sprint
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It was a fast and furious finale, which included two laps of a final closing course which went up a very nasty 7.5% climb with a sharp turn at the top, in the last 3 km. Quick.Step must have known that it would be Bettini's day, as they set a sizzling pace through the final kilometres, dropping as many rivals as possible.

Three riders -- Angel Vallejo ( Relax-Gam), David De La Fuente (Saunier Duval) and Serafin Martinez, attacked only four kilometres into the day. They stayed away a long time, but the peloton kept them on a long line and never let them get more than four minutes. They were finally swept up on the last mountain, with about 28 kilometres to go.

Haimar Zubeldia had an unusual crash. Orange traffic cones were set out in the road under the 20-kilometre banner, and a Rabobank rider knocked one over, right into the Euskaltel rider's bike. Down he went, onto his left shoulder. He eventually got back on his bike and continued, but came in 11 minutes down.

Tuesday's stage features only three ranked climbs, but on of those is the mountain-top finish on the Hors Categorie Lagos de Covadonga. It is 1,110 meters high with an average gradient of 7,3%, but a maximum of 13%.

How it unfolded

Paolo Bettini
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This stage ended in Luarca. It is a town by the Cantabric Sea in the province of Asturias. The Vuelta a España returned to this village for the first time in 60 years, having finished there three times before, in 1941, 1942 and 1947. Italy's Adolphe Deledda won that last time in Asturias.

There were no abandons yesterday and everyone signed in Viveiro. So, 188 riders went on the tour. The first breakaway of the day was made very early on (kilometre four) by three riders from modest outfits: David De la Fuente (Saunier Duval), Angel Vallejo (Relax-Gam) and Serafin Martinez (Karpin Galicia). At the first intermediate sprint (kilometre 55), the trio led by three minutes and 20 seconds.

The breakaway resisted, always having a slim margin. At kilometre 92, the leaders still had a three-minute advantage over the rest. In Nava (kilometre 104), the gap had shrunken to just two minutes and four seconds. It seemed the breakaway wouldn't last much longer. Anleo (kilometre 111.6) was the location of second intermediate sprint, where Angel Vallejo got the most bonus points, followed by David De la Fuente and Serafin Martinez. The gap was the same, just over two minutes.

Oscar Freire
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On the lower slopes of the Alto de Bobia, a cat. 3 climb situated with 33 kilometres to go, the peloton reduced the advantage and swallowed Serafin Martinez. At the top of the climb, the two leaders (De la Fuente and Vallejo) led by just 28 seconds. It wasn't an easy climb for the sprinters who made an effort not to lose contact with the front end. Descending Alto de Bobia, the two leaders were caught by the big group led by Euskaltel Euskadi. Meanwhile, Mathieu Claude (Bouygues Telecom) quit the race.

The orange outfit forced the peloton to go faster than expected when going down towards the ocean with 25 kilometres to go on a premeditated strategy. Unfortunately for the Basque team, Haimar Zubeldia fell down badly exactly below the 20-kilometre to go banner. Meanwhile, the peloton went very fast and rejoined after temporarily being split in two.

The big group raced the last kilometres at a very fast speed around 70 kilometres per hour. The little climb by the sea, starting with two kilometres to the end, split the top sprinters group. Davide Rebellin, Allan Davis and Oscar Freire launched the final bunch sprint and fought with Bettini who made the right move metres before the end to cross the finish line. The world champion proved his great speed and versatility once again, as he is thinking of World Championship in Stuttgart.

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Results

1 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                    4.08.42 (36.912 km/h)
2 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank                                    
3 Allan Davis (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                 
4 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                   
5 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                            
6 René Mandri (Est) AG2r Prévoyance                                    
7 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                              
8 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto                                  
9 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas                                     
10 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax - Gam                                     
11 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                            
12 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                            
13 José Ángel Gómez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir             
14 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                             
15 Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                      
16 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                             
17 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone              
18 David López (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                  
19 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                        
20 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                           
21 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                
22 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone            
23 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas                                       
24 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                
25 Josep Jufré (Spa) Predictor - Lotto                                 
26 Chris Horner (USA) Predictor - Lotto                                
27 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas                                 
28 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone              
29 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux                            
30 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                           
31 Arkaitz Durán (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                          
32 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                
33 Carlos Castaño (Spa) Karpin Galicia                                 
34 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                            
35 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                     
36 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                        
37 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team              
38 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team            
39 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                             
40 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team          
41 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Karpin Galicia                         
42 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia                       
43 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                              
44 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                        
45 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic                         
46 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                
47 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                       
48 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                       
49 David García (Spa) Karpin Galicia                                   
50 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team          
51 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC                                        
52 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                  
53 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                      
54 Iker Camaño (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                            
55 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                   
56 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                     
57 Mauricio Alberto Ardila (Col) Rabobank                              
58 Jesús Hernández (Spa) Relax - Gam                                   
59 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC                                
60 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram                                      
61 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                 
62 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Fondital                             
63 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                              
64 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team             
65 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                        
66 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC                                     
67 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                         
68 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC                                    
69 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                   
70 Jose Ruiz Sanchez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                     0.18
71 Sebastiaan Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank                                 
72 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank                                      
73 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas                                   
74 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                 
75 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC                             0.28
76 Adam Hansen (Aus) T-Mobile Team                                     
77 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC                                         
78 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole                            
79 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                
80 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2r Prévoyance                             
81 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC                                     
82 Julian Sanchez Pimienta (Spa) Relax - Gam                           
83 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux                            
84 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                 
85 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                       
86 Santiago Perez (Spa) Relax - Gam                                    
87 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas                                   0.34
88 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                                      
89 Jean-Marc Marino (Fra) Crédit Agricole                              
90 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team                                     
91 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                           
92 Santos González (Spa) Karpin Galicia                                
93 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Predictor - Lotto                                
94 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                              
95 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre - Fondital                                
96 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner                              
97 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                   
98 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic                            
99 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner                                  
100 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                          
101 Juan Olmo Menacho (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                        
102 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone           
103 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2r Prévoyance                               
104 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas                                    
105 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                      0.49
106 Gustavo Domínguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia                             
107 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team                           1.04
108 Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                             
109 Bert Grabsch (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                   
110 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom                                
111 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole                            
112 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic                    
113 Jorge Garcia Marin (Spa) Relax - Gam                               
114 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax - Gam                                1.24
115 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                
116 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram                                1.55
117 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                        2.04
118 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                     2.08
119 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                
120 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone           
121 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                          2.17
122 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                        
123 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner                              2.19
124 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir               0.01
125 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole                           3.38
126 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                             
127 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance                               
128 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team           
129 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Karpin Galicia                               
130 Manuel Vazquez Huesco (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                    
131 Francisco Terciado Sacedo (Spa) Relax - Gam                        
132 Alberto Fernandez De La Puebla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir    0.01
133 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                      5.31
134 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                      
135 Francisco Jose Martinez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                  
136 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC                                   
137 Nacor Burgos Rojo (Spa) Relax - Gam                                
138 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram                                      
139 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank                                
140 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone          
141 Raúl García De Mateos (Spa) Relax - Gam                            
142 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram                                    
143 José Luis Carrasco (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                       
144 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                        
145 Bart Dockx (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                 
146 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux                            
147 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram                                 
148 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram                                       
149 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                            
150 Erki Pütsep (Est) Bouygues Telecom                                 
151 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              
152 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole                              
153 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                
154 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank                                         
155 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                         
156 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                      
157 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française des Jeux                            
158 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française des Jeux                         
159 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                          
160 Tim Klinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                     
161 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                   
162 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                            
163 Serafín Martínez Acevedo (Spa) Karpin Galicia                      
164 Javier Megias Leal (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                    
165 Gustavo César (Spa) Karpin Galicia                                 
166 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                         
167 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone              
168 José Antonio Lopez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                       
169 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas                               8.16
170 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram                                   
171 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                              
172 Bert Roesems (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                               
173 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank                                        
174 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Crédit Agricole                                
175 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas                                    
176 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team           
177 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram                              
178 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole                                 
179 Ian McLeod (RSA) Française des Jeux                                
180 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                    
181 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r Prévoyance                               
182 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                            
183 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone              
184 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française des Jeux                             
185 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                
186 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                                
187 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                     11.00
DNF Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
 
Points 
 
Trabada - km 53.7
1 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                     4 pts
2 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax - Gam                                     2
3 Serafín Martínez Acevedo (Spa) Karpin Galicia                       1
  
Anleo - km 111.6
1 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax - Gam                                     4 pts
2 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                     2
3 Serafín Martínez Acevedo (Spa) Karpin Galicia                       1
 
 
Luarca - km 153
1 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                         25 pts
2 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank                                  20
3 Allan Davis (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team               16
4 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                 14
5 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                          12
6 René Mandri (Est) AG2r Prévoyance                                  10
7 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                             9
8 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto                                 8
9 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas                                    7
10 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax - Gam                                    6
11 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                           5
12 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                           4
13 José Ángel Gómez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir            3
14 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                            2
15 Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                     1
 
Mountains
 
Alto de San André de Boimente (cat 2) - km 9
1 Serafín Martínez Acevedo (Spa) Karpin Galicia                      10 pts
2 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax - Gam                                     7
3 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                     5
4 Gustavo César (Spa) Karpin Galicia                                  3
5 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC                                 2
6 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                       1
 
Puerto Cruz da Campa (cat 3) - km 33
1 Serafín Martínez Acevedo (Spa) Karpin Galicia                       6 pts
2 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                     4
3 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax - Gam                                     2
4 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank                                         1
 
Alto de Cadeira (cat 3) - km 49
1 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax - Gam                                     6 pts
2 Serafín Martínez Acevedo (Spa) Karpin Galicia                       4
3 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                     2
4 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank                                         1
 
Alto de Babia (cat 3) - km 120
1 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax - Gam                                     6 pts
2 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                     4
3 Serafín Martínez Acevedo (Spa) Karpin Galicia                       2
4 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                       1
 
Teams
 
1 Caisse d'Epargne                                             12.26.06
2 Predictor-Lotto                                                      
3 Liquigas                                                             
4 Quickstep-Innergetic                                                 
5 Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone                                      
6 Gerolsteiner                                                         
7 Rabobank                                                             
8 Discovery Channel                                                    
9 Euskaltel-Euskadi                                                    
10 Saunier Duval-Prodir                                                
11 AG2r Prévoyance                                                     
12 Karpin Galicia                                                      
13 Team CSC                                                            
14 Française des Jeux                                              0.28
15 Relax-Gam                                                           
16 T-Mobile Professional Cycling                                       
17 Crédit Agricole                                                     
18 Lampre-Fondital                                                 0.34
19 Andalucía-Cajasur                                               0.52
20 Team Milram                                                     1.55
21 Bouygues Telecom                                                6.35
 
General classification after stage 3
 
1 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank                            11.22.54
2 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone               
3 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                         
4 René Mandri (Est) AG2r Prévoyance                                    
5 David López (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                   
6 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto                                  
7 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas                                        
8 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                              
9 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia                        
10 José Ángel Gómez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir             
11 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                            
12 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                         
13 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                           
14 David García (Spa) Karpin Galicia                                   
15 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                        
16 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                        
17 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                           
18 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                   
19 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                  
20 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                             
21 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                
22 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                          
23 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                
24 Chris Horner (USA) Predictor - Lotto                                
25 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team              
26 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                 
27 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax - Gam                                     
28 Allan Davis (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                
29 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux                            
30 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                
31 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                     
32 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                             
33 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Fondital                             
34 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone              
35 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone            
36 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                       
37 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                        
38 Josep Jufré (Spa) Predictor - Lotto                                 
39 Iker Camaño (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                            
40 Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                      
41 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                             
42 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                              
43 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic                         
44 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                           
45 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team            
46 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                     
47 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                
48 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                            
49 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                              
50 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                            
51 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                      
52 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas                                    
53 Arkaitz Durán (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                          
54 Jesús Hernández (Spa) Relax - Gam                                   
55 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team             
56 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas                                 
57 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC                                
58 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                  
59 Carlos Castaño (Spa) Karpin Galicia                                 
60 Mauricio Alberto Ardila (Col) Rabobank                              
61 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                   
62 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team          
63 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Karpin Galicia                         
64 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC                                    
65 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                    
66 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                       
67 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team          
68 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC                                     
69 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC                                        
70 Alberto Fernandez De La Puebla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir         
71 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank                                  0.18
72 Sebastiaan Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank                                 
73 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas                                   
74 Jose Ruiz Sanchez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                         
75 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                 
76 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole                        0.28
77 Adam Hansen (Aus) T-Mobile Team                                     
78 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC                                 
79 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                 
80 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                       
81 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                
82 Santiago Perez (Spa) Relax - Gam                                    
83 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2r Prévoyance                             
84 Julian Sanchez Pimienta (Spa) Relax - Gam                           
85 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC                                         
86 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux                            
87 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC                                     
88 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram                                  0.31
89 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team                               0.34
90 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas                                     
91 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                                      
92 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas                                       
93 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Predictor - Lotto                                
94 Juan Olmo Menacho (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                         
95 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                           
96 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team                                     
97 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic                            
98 Jean-Marc Marino (Fra) Crédit Agricole                              
99 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre - Fondital                                
100 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner                             
101 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                             
102 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner                                 
103 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                          
104 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2r Prévoyance                               
105 Santos González (Spa) Karpin Galicia                               
106 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone           
107 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                      0.49
108 Gustavo Domínguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia                             
109 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic                1.04
110 Bert Grabsch (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                   
111 Jorge Garcia Marin (Spa) Relax - Gam                               
112 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team                               
113 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole                            
114 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom                                
115 Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                             
116 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team                            1.24
117 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax - Gam                                    
118 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram                                1.55
119 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                        2.04
120 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                            2.08
121 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone           
122 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                         
123 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                    2.17
124 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                              
125 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner                              2.19
126 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Karpin Galicia                           3.38
127 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance                               
128 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole                               
129 Manuel Vazquez Huesco (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                    
130 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team           
131 Francisco Terciado Sacedo (Spa) Relax - Gam                        
132 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                             
133 Erki Pütsep (Est) Bouygues Telecom                             5.31
134 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                   
135 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank                                
136 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                
137 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram                                       
138 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole                              
139 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC                                   
140 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram                                 
141 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française des Jeux                            
142 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux                            
143 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram                                      
144 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank                                         
145 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                      
146 Tim Klinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                     
147 Nacor Burgos Rojo (Spa) Relax - Gam                                
148 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                          
149 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                          
150 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                        
151 Raúl García De Mateos (Spa) Relax - Gam                            
152 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                      
153 José Luis Carrasco (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                       
154 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                         
155 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                            
156 Francisco Jose Martinez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                  
157 José Antonio Lopez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                       
158 Gustavo César (Spa) Karpin Galicia                                 
159 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram                                    
160 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française des Jeux                         
161 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                         
162 Bart Dockx (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                 
163 Javier Megias Leal (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                    
164 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone              
165 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone          
166 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                          8.16
167 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram                              
168 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Crédit Agricole                                
169 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                            
170 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas                                   
171 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r Prévoyance                               
172 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole                                 
173 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                                
174 Ian McLeod (RSA) Française des Jeux                                
175 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank                                        
176 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas                                    
177 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                
178 Bert Roesems (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                               
179 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team           
180 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                    
181 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram                                   
182 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone              
183 Serafín Martínez Acevedo (Spa) Karpin Galicia                  9.50
184 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                       10.19
185 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                     11.00
186 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française des Jeux                        12.58
187 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                         30.28
 
Points classification
 
1 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank                                  65 pts
2 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                         45
3 Allan Davis (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team               30
4 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                            27
5 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                 26
6 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone             22
7 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                       22
8 René Mandri (Est) AG2r Prévoyance                                  20
9 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                              19
10 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram                             16
11 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                         13
12 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                           12
13 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                            9
14 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                          9
15 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto                                8
16 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                           8
17 Serafín Martínez Acevedo (Spa) Karpin Galicia                      7
18 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                  7
19 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas                                   7
20 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                7
21 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                    6
22 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax - Gam                                    6
23 Manuel Vazquez Huesco (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                    6
24 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                            6
25 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team                               6
26 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax - Gam                                    6
27 Gustavo Domínguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia                             5
28 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                           5
29 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                  5
30 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Crédit Agricole                                5
31 David López (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                 4
32 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                           4
33 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r Prévoyance                               4
34 José Ángel Gómez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir            3
35 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                       3
36 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC                                   3
37 Raúl García De Mateos (Spa) Relax - Gam                            3
38 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                        2
39 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas                                    2
40 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone          2
41 Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                     1
42 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole                                 1
43 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                                1
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Serafín Martínez Acevedo (Spa) Karpin Galicia                      35 pts
2 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax - Gam                                    21
3 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                    15
4 Gustavo Domínguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia                              6
5 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone           6
6 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             6
7 Raúl García De Mateos (Spa) Relax - Gam                             4
8 Gustavo César (Spa) Karpin Galicia                                  3
9 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC                                 2
10 Manuel Vazquez Huesco (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                    2
11 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank                                        2
12 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                      1
13 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                      1
14 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram                                     1
15 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                1
 
Combination classification
 
1 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                    70 pts
2 Gustavo Domínguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia                            139
3 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax - Gam                                   141
4 Manuel Vazquez Huesco (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                   162
5 Raúl García De Mateos (Spa) Relax - Gam                           195
6 Serafín Martínez Acevedo (Spa) Karpin Galicia                     201
7 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone         210
8 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                           214
 
Teams classification
 
1 Caisse d'Epargne                                             34.08.42
2 Quickstep-Innergetic                                                 
3 Predictor-Lotto                                                      
4 Euskaltel-Euskadi                                                    
5 Liquigas                                                             
6 Rabobank                                                             
7 AG2r Prévoyance                                                      
8 Discovery Channel                                                    
9 Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone                                      
10 Gerolsteiner                                                        
11 Karpin Galicia                                                      
12 Saunier Duval-Prodir                                                
13 Team CSC                                                            
14 Crédit Agricole                                                 0.28
15 T-Mobile Professional Cycling                                       
16 Relax-Gam                                                           
17 Française des Jeux                                                  
18 Lampre-Fondital                                                 0.34
19 Andalucía-Cajasur                                               0.52
20 Team Milram                                                     1.55
21 Bouygues Telecom                                                6.35

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