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87th Volta a Catalunya - PT
Spain, May 21-27, 2007
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Stage 7 - May 27: Lloret de Mar - Barcelona, 119.3 km
Karpets takes Volta as Sanchez wins in Tibidabo
By Hernan Alvarez
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Vladimir Karpets (Caisse d'Epargne) won the 87th Volta a Catalunya that finished today in Barcelona. Meanwhile, Samuel Sanchez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) took the final stage from Lloret de Mar to the Catalan capital prevailing over Vuelta a Espana champion Alexandre Vinokourov (Astana).
Karpets took the general classification over Australia's Michael Rogers (T-Mobile) and Russia's Denis Menchov (Rabobank) who finished second and third respectively.
Sanchez ended the stage completely exhausted; hardly getting off the bike before dropping to the ground. "The team needed the victory to come to the Tour de France (with confidence) so we had to try," he said.
Sanchez said that when Vinokourov pushed with 300 metres to the end, he thought the Astana rider would win. "The key was that I could resist at that moment," he explained, something he says his rivals used to think was his weakness.
After ending up with the overall win, Karpets is sure that Caisse d'Epargne team will do well in the Tour de France thanks to the potential of its riders. But when the Volta winner dedicated his great victory to departed cyclist Isaac Galvez, he discarded himself among the favorites' list for the overall triumph in Paris. "First one should be among the top ten and then on the podium (before expecting to be able to win)," the Russian said.
Karpets said that he felt this Volta win was his second best result behind the white jersey in the Tour de France, saying that the effort it took to retain the Volta overall jersey in Sunday's final stage because of the tough climbs of Tibidabo, was overwhelming.
How it unfolded
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At km 32, Bradley Wiggins (Cofidis) and Sandy Casar (Française des Jeux) made a break and eight kilometres further up the road the pair were joined by Casar's team-mate Benoit Vaugrenard and were able to get a gap to the bunch. The peloton didn't want them to stray too far so their maximum advantage was 3'05 as the bunch, controlled by Caisse d'Epargne, rode tempo behind. The trio were finally caught at km 109 with 10 km to go.
With two kilometres remaining, Sanchez and Vinokourov came out of the favorites' group for a two-man challenge. The Spaniard held a faster tempo which the Astana rider could not answer, giving Sanchez the final stage victory atop Mt. Tibidabo.
Photography
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- Vladimir Karpets (Caisse d'Epargne) before the final stage.
- Karpets was well protected by his Caisse d'Epargne team-mates throughout the day.
- All for one: Caisse d'Epargne keep the three-man break in check.
- Today's coastal journey from Lloret de Mar to Barcelona.
- Beware of falling cacti...
- Samuel Sánchez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) toughs out the last few metres.
- Sánchez dropped Vinokourov in the final 300 metres.
- Sánchez takes a classy victory atop Mount Tibidabo in Barcelona.
- The Basque rider just couldn't wait to lie down at the finish.
- A great end to the Volta a Catalunya for Samuel Sánchez.
- Stage winner Samuel Sánchez revels in soaking the crowd with champagne.
- Vladimir Karpets savours the win in Barcelona.
- Karpets hoists aloft his overall winner's trophy.
- The final podium at the Volta a Catalunya: Michael Rogers (T-Mobile), Vladimir Karpets (Caisse d'Epargne) and Denis Menchov (Rabobank).
Results
1 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.46.06 (43.095 km/h) 2 Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana 0.05 3 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 0.09 4 John Gadret (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 5 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 6 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 7 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile 8 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Unibet.com 9 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 10 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Relax-GAM 11 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 12 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 0.15 13 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 0.17 14 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 15 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Karpin-Galicia 0.19 16 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Relax-GAM 17 Ángel Vicioso (Spa) Relax-GAM 0.21 18 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Unibet.com 19 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française Des Jeux 20 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 21 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis 22 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Unibet.com 23 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 24 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 25 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel 0.28 26 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 27 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax-GAM 28 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC 29 Luis Pérez Rodriguez (Spa) Andalucia-Cayasur 30 Bart Dockx (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 31 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 32 David Bernabeu (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias 33 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis 34 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 35 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis 36 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole 37 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Karpin-Galicia 38 Thomas Peterson (USA) Slipstream-Chipotle 39 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Unibet.com 40 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 41 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Karpin-Galicia 42 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) Unibet.com 43 Ángel Vicioso (Spa) Relax-GAM 44 José Antonio Redondo (Spa) Astana 45 Manuel Váquez (Spa) Andalucia-Cayasur 46 Juan José Oroz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 47 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Predictor-Lotto 48 Alberto Fernández De La Puebla (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 49 Rodrigo García (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias 50 Rubén Lobato (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 51 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 52 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 53 Matej Jurco (Svk) Milram 54 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Crédit Agricole 55 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 56 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Unibet.com 57 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 58 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 59 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Discovery Channel 60 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Karpin-Galicia 61 Santiago Perez (Spa) Relax-GAM 62 Jorge Ferrío (Spa) Andalucia-Cayasur 63 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 64 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 65 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Astana 66 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Milram 67 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 68 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 69 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 70 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile 71 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 72 Gregory Rast (Swi) Astana 73 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 74 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 75 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 76 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 77 Julien Mazet (Fra) Astana 78 Lucas Euser (USA) Slipstream-Chipotle 79 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française Des Jeux 80 Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 81 Timothy Duggan (USA) Slipstream-Chipotle 82 Luis Pérez Romero (Spa) Andalucia-Cayasur 83 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 84 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 85 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 86 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Ag2r Prévoyance 87 David Garcia (Spa) Karpin-Galicia 88 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel 89 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 90 Javier Cherro Molina (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias 91 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 92 Mickaël Delage (Fra) Française Des Jeux 93 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 94 Iván Gutiérrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 95 Florent Brard (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 96 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile 97 Iker Flores (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias 98 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 99 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 100 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Karpin-Galicia 101 Eladio Jiménez (Spa) Karpin-Galicia 102 Geert Steurs (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 103 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 104 Francisco Jose Martinez (Spa) Andalucia-Cayasur 105 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 106 Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) Milram 107 Javier Ramírez (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias 108 Gustavo César Veloso (Spa) Karpin-Galicia 109 Michal Golas (Pol) Unibet.com 110 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis 111 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis 112 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile 113 Jesús Hernández (Spa) Relax-GAM 114 Julián Sánchez (Spa) Relax-GAM 115 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 116 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 117 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 118 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 119 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 120 Jason Donald (USA) Slipstream-Chipotle 121 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 122 Trent Lowe (Aus) Discovery Channel 123 Juan Carlos Carinena (Spa) Andalucia-Cayasur 124 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 125 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 126 Huub Duyn (Ned) Slipstream-Chipotle 127 Michael Lange (USA) Slipstream-Chipotle 128 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias 129 Juan José Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 130 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 131 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis 132 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quickstep-Innergetic 133 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 134 Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa) Quickstep-Innergetic 135 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC 136 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 137 Danny Pate (USA) Slipstream-Chipotle 138 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 139 Patrick McCarty (USA) Slipstream-Chipotle 140 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana 141 Sébastien Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 142 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Discovery Channel 143 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Milram 7.48 144 José Ruiz (Spa) Andalucia-Cayasur 145 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 146 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) T-Mobile 7.55 147 Mark Cavendish (GBr) T-Mobile 148 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis 149 Joaquín Ortega (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias 150 José Alberto Benítez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 151 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 152 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile 153 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 154 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) Astana 155 Guido Trentin (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 156 Ivan Santaromita (Swi) Quickstep-Innergetic 157 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française Des Jeux 158 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 159 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 160 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 161 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 162 José Antonio Lopez (Spa) Andalucia-Cayasur 8.37 163 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 8.44 164 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval-Prodir 9.05 165 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 166 Andoni Aranaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 11.50 167 Aitor Galdos (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi DNF Philip Deignan (Irl) Ag2r Prévoyance DNS Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana DNS Allan Davis (Aus) Discovery Channel DNS Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital DNS Baden Cooke (Aus) Unibet.com DNS Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner DNS Johannes Frohlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner Points 1 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 25 pts 2 Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana 20 3 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 16 4 John Gadret (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 14 5 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 12 6 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 10 7 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile 9 8 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Unibet.com 8 9 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 7 10 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Relax-GAM 6 11 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 5 12 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 4 13 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 3 14 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 2 15 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Karpin-Galicia 1 Mountains Alt de Collsacreu (32.6 km) 1 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis 6 pts 2 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4 3 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile 2 4 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 1 Alt de Can Bordoy (53.7 km) 1 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 6 pts 2 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 4 3 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis 2 4 Rubén Lobato (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1 Alt de Tibidabo 1 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10 pts 2 Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana 7 3 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 5 4 John Gadret (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 3 5 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2 6 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 1 Sprints Vilanova ded Valles (79 km) 1 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis 3 pts 2 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 2 3 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 1 Montcada I Reixac (92.8 km) 1 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 3 pts 2 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 2 3 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis 1 Teams 1 AG2r Prévoyance 8.18.53 2 Relax-Gam 0.14 3 Unibet.com 0.16 4 Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.21 5 Française des Jeux 0.23 6 Astana 0.26 7 Team CSC 0.29 8 Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.30 9 Caisse d'Epargne 10 Rabobank 11 T-Mobile Team 12 Bouygues Telecom 0.38 13 Karpin Galicia 0.40 14 Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 0.42 15 Predictor-Lotto 16 Crédit Agricole 17 Andalucia-Cayasur 0.49 18 Gerolsteiner 19 Fuerteventura-Canarias 20 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 21 Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 22 Team Milram 23 Liquigas 24 Lampre-Fondital 25 Quickstep-Innergetic Final general classification 1 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 22.21.05 2 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile 0.40 3 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 4 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 1.34 5 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Relax-GAM 6 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Relax-GAM 1.59 7 John Gadret (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 2.19 8 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Karpin-Galicia 2.39 9 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Unibet.com 2.44 10 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel 2.47 11 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 3.03 12 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Unibet.com 3.05 13 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 3.07 14 Alberto Fernández De La Puebla (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3.52 15 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.03 16 Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana 4.16 17 José Antonio Redondo (Spa) Astana 4.23 18 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax-GAM 4.52 19 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 5.10 20 Ángel Vicioso (Spa) Relax-GAM 5.13 21 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile 5.15 22 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC 5.18 23 David Bernabeu (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias 5.22 24 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5.43 25 Rubén Lobato (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5.44 26 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 5.59 27 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 6.21 28 Thomas Peterson (USA) Slipstream-Chipotle 6.26 29 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Unibet.com 6.56 30 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 7.16 31 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis 7.38 32 Jorge Ferrío (Spa) Andalucia-Cayasur 7.55 33 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Unibet.com 8.07 34 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Milram 8.22 35 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 8.53 36 Trent Lowe (Aus) Discovery Channel 8.54 37 Eladio Jiménez (Spa) Karpin-Galicia 9.09 38 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 9.11 39 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 9.17 40 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Unibet.com 9.28 41 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 42 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 9.39 43 Rodrigo García (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias 9.52 44 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 9.59 45 Bart Dockx (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 10.05 46 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Karpin-Galicia 47 Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa) Quickstep-Innergetic 10.10 48 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 10.16 49 Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 10.21 50 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel 10.46 51 Ángel Vicioso (Spa) Relax-GAM 11.10 52 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quickstep-Innergetic 11.29 53 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Astana 11.44 54 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 12.20 55 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 12.41 56 Jesús Hernández (Spa) Relax-GAM 13.21 57 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis 13.41 58 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis 13.55 59 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 14.00 60 Manuel Váquez (Spa) Andalucia-Cayasur 14.05 61 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Karpin-Galicia 14.29 62 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis 15.23 63 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile 15.42 64 David Garcia (Spa) Karpin-Galicia 15.44 65 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 15.47 66 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Crédit Agricole 15.58 67 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 16.02 68 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana 16.24 69 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Karpin-Galicia 16.35 70 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 16.44 71 Luis Pérez Rodriguez (Spa) Andalucia-Cayasur 16.54 72 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile 73 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Ag2r Prévoyance 17.01 74 Luis Pérez Romero (Spa) Andalucia-Cayasur 17.04 75 Juan José Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 17.08 76 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 17.09 77 Matej Jurco (Svk) Milram 17.29 78 Juan José Oroz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 18.05 79 Mickaël Delage (Fra) Française Des Jeux 18.14 80 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 18.15 81 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Discovery Channel 18.26 82 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 18.29 83 Lucas Euser (USA) Slipstream-Chipotle 18.41 84 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias 19.02 85 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Karpin-Galicia 19.14 86 Michal Golas (Pol) Unibet.com 19.16 87 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 19.23 88 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole 19.28 89 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 19.32 90 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 19.36 91 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 19.54 92 Geert Steurs (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 20.22 93 Iván Gutiérrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 20.27 94 Francisco Jose Martinez (Spa) Andalucia-Cayasur 20.39 95 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 20.55 96 Timothy Duggan (USA) Slipstream-Chipotle 21.10 97 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 21.40 98 Javier Ramírez (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias 21.44 99 Jason Donald (USA) Slipstream-Chipotle 22.04 100 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis 22.07 101 Santiago Perez (Spa) Relax-GAM 22.42 102 Michael Lange (USA) Slipstream-Chipotle 23.11 103 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Milram 23.36 104 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 23.50 105 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis 24.24 106 Guido Trentin (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 107 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 24.49 108 Gustavo César Veloso (Spa) Karpin-Galicia 25.06 109 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 26.13 110 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 26.20 111 Florent Brard (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 26.30 112 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Discovery Channel 26.32 113 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 26.33 114 Iker Flores (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias 26.54 115 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française Des Jeux 116 Julián Sánchez (Spa) Relax-GAM 26.57 117 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 26.58 118 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française Des Jeux 27.11 119 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 27.18 120 José Alberto Benítez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 27.19 121 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 27.26 122 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 27.41 123 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 28.01 124 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 29.10 125 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 29.16 126 Ivan Santaromita (Swi) Quickstep-Innergetic 29.38 127 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 29.41 128 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 29.49 129 Patrick McCarty (USA) Slipstream-Chipotle 30.05 130 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 30.41 131 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 30.42 132 Danny Pate (USA) Slipstream-Chipotle 31.01 133 Julien Mazet (Fra) Astana 31.11 134 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 31.32 135 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval-Prodir 31.35 136 Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) Milram 31.43 137 Juan Carlos Carinena (Spa) Andalucia-Cayasur 31.46 138 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis 31.58 139 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 32.34 140 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Predictor-Lotto 32.57 141 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) Unibet.com 32.58 142 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 33.16 143 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 34.23 144 Huub Duyn (Ned) Slipstream-Chipotle 34.37 145 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 34.40 146 Javier Cherro Molina (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias 34.57 147 Gregory Rast (Swi) Astana 35.18 148 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC 35.38 149 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 36.19 150 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 36.48 151 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 37.44 152 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française Des Jeux 38.31 153 José Ruiz (Spa) Andalucia-Cayasur 38.35 154 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 38.43 155 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) T-Mobile 39.36 156 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 40.25 157 Joaquín Ortega (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias 41.46 158 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 43.26 159 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) Astana 44.26 160 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 45.10 161 José Antonio Lopez (Spa) Andalucia-Cayasur 45.12 162 Sébastien Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 46.16 163 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile 46.56 164 Aitor Galdos (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 47.59 165 Mark Cavendish (GBr) T-Mobile 52.49 166 Andoni Aranaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 57.22 167 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1.03.29 Points classification 1 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 55 pts 2 Mark Cavendish (GBr) T-Mobile 50 3 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile 41 4 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis 39 5 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 38 6 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 37 7 Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana 35 8 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Relax-GAM 31 9 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 30 10 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Unibet.com 26 11 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 24 12 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) T-Mobile 23 13 John Gadret (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 22 14 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 17 15 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française Des Jeux 16 Mountains classification 1 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Unibet.com 86 pts 2 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 51 3 Eladio Jiménez (Spa) Karpin-Galicia 43 4 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile 37 5 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 35 6 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis 35 7 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Relax-GAM 32 8 Francisco Jose Martinez (Spa) Andalucia-Cayasur 32 Sprints classification 1 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) Unibet.com 9 pts 2 Francisco Jose Martinez (Spa) Andalucia-Cayasur 7 3 José Ruiz (Spa) Andalucia-Cayasur 6 4 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Unibet.com 6 5 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 5 6 Julián Sánchez (Spa) Relax-GAM 5 7 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis 4 8 José Antonio Lopez (Spa) Andalucia-Cayasur 3 Teams classification 1 Relax-Gam 67.10.29 2 AG2r Prévoyance 1.13 3 Unibet.com 3.07 4 T-Mobile Team 4.11 5 Saunier Duval-Prodir 5.21 6 Bouygues Telecom 8.33 7 Team CSC 10.10 8 Karpin Galicia 11.23 9 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 11.37 10 Astana 11.52 11 Française des Jeux 17.41 12 Fuerteventura-Canarias 19.12 13 Quickstep-Innergetic 19.35 14 Rabobank 20.33 15 Euskaltel-Euskadi 22.37 16 Crédit Agricole 23.27 17 Andalucia-Cayasur 24.17 18 Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 24.54 19 Caisse d'Epargne 31.02 20 Team Milram 34.53 21 Gerolsteiner 36.37 22 Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 36.50 23 Predictor-Lotto 37.48 24 Liquigas 40.37 25 Lampre-Fondital 48.07
