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87th Volta a Catalunya - PT

Spain, May 21-27, 2007

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Stage 4 - May 24: Tàrrega - Vallnord-Arinsal (Andorra), 203.1 Km

Sevilla takes it all

By Hernan Alvarez

Oscar Sevilla (Relax-GAM)
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Oscar Sevilla (Relax Gam) won the fourth stage of the Volta a Catalunya after racing an exhausting 203.1 kilometres between Tarrega and the Andorran Vallnord-Arinsal ski station in six hours, six minutes, and 43 seconds. A win in the key stage puts the young-looking rider in first place in the general classification. Australia's Michael Rogers (T-Mobile) finished second and France's Christophe Moreau (Ag2R) took third.

The win was his first since being embroiled in the Operacion Puerto doping scandal last year, where he was linked to bags of blood labeled 'Sevillian' - a link that Sevilla, who was sacked by his T-Mobile team last year, denies. "Eight months without competing is a lot of time. I hope to silence some critics with this victory."

The rider from Castilla La Mancha thanked the work of his teammates which he said was key. "It has been very important for me, the chance Relax has given me, and to return to victory gives me an impressive confidence," said the Spaniard. "Vladimir Karpets and Michael Rogers are my direct rivals for tomorrow's time trial but I am strong and very excited. Logically, the leader's jersey has to help me," stated Sevilla.

Sevilla now leads the GC with an overall time of 14 hours, 55 minutes, and 22 seconds. He has a 31-second advantage over second-placed Russia's Vladimir Karpets (Caisse d'Epargne) and 35 seconds over today's runner-up Rogers.

How it unfolded

The queen stage started with a nine-man breakaway made by Murilo Fischer (Liquigas), Samuel Doumoulin (Francaise des Jeux), Maryan Hary (Cofidis), Maarten Wynants (Quickstep), Luis Pasamontes (Unibet.com), Eladio Jimenez (Karpin-Galicia), Joaquin Ortega (Fuerteventura-Canarias), Jerome Pineau (Bouygues Telecom) and David Millar (Saunier Duval) early in the day. The peloton let the break go; they earned a gap of more than eight minutes in front of the peloton by kilometre 100.

Australian Michael Rogers
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The break went over two Category 1 mountains (the Coll de Port 1,630 metres above sea level and the Coll de Jou, topping out at 1,480 metres) while maintaining the gap to the main bunch. At the intermediate sprint in Parc Olimpic in La Seu d'Urgell (km 158.8 – 44.3 km to go), the front group had a seven minute and 15 second advantage.

On the penultimate climb of Alt de la Comella (km 183.3 – 19.8 km to go), Pasamontes and Jimenez attacked the rest to get a lead of one minute over Pineau and two minutes over the other men involved in the breakaway.

The main bunch, with the favorites, caught the leaders on the last mountain. Sevilla found the right time to attack and crossed the finish line solo.

Tomorrow's Stage 5 is an uphill individual time trial that also ends up in Andorra. It could be a good chance for Michael Rogers to jump up into the top spot on the general classification considering Sevilla is not a time trial specialist.

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Results

1 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Relax-GAM                              6.06.43 (33.230km/h)
2 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile                                 0.33
3 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance                       0.34
4 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                  0.36
5 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Unibet.com                              0.42
6 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Relax-GAM                             0.44
7 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                             
8 John Gadret (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance                             0.59
9 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                       1.03
10 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Karpin-Galicia                          1.31
11 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel                          
12 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Unibet.com                              1.44
13 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic                1.46
14 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax-GAM                                    
15 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                       2.01
16 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                    
17 Alberto Fernández De La Puebla (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir    2.13
18 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux                     2.41
19 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC                                  2.48
20 Rubén Lobato (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                      3.01
21 Thomas Peterson (USA) Slipstream-Chipotle                        
22 Ángel Vicioso (Spa) Relax-GAM                                    
23 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                 
24 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance                           3.06
25 José Antonio Redondo (Spa) Astana                            3.10
26 David Bernabeu (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias                  3.20
27 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC                                3.21
28 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Milram                                 3.28
29 Ángel Vicioso (Spa) Relax-GAM                                3.31
30 Jorge Ferrío (Spa) Andalucia-Cayasur                         3.34
31 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                          
32 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Unibet.com                             3.45
33 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas                                 3.58
34 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole                    4.02
35 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile                                   4.04
36 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC                             
37 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile                                  
38 Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana                                
39 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC                              
40 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                       4.49
41 David Garcia (Spa) Karpin-Galicia                            4.51
42 Jesús Hernández (Spa) Relax-GAM                              5.04
43 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel                       5.09
44 Trent Lowe (Aus) Discovery Channel                               
45 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile                               5.14
46 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis                               5.19
47 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole                       5.21
48 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Unibet.com                         5.45
49 Rodrigo García (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias                  6.02
50 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                      6.17
51 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                           
52 Eladio Jiménez (Spa) Karpin-Galicia                          6.25
53 Manuel Váquez (Spa) Andalucia-Cayasur                        6.40
54 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank                                   6.46
55 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux                         6.56
56 Bart Dockx (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                             7.19
57 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quickstep-Innergetic                    7.36
58 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Unibet.com                              7.43
59 Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa) Quickstep-Innergetic                7.51
60 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance                       7.53
61 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Karpin-Galicia                  7.58
62 Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                         8.01
63 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Astana                                      
64 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                         8.19
65 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias                   8.23
66 Luis Pérez Rodriguez (Spa) Andalucia-Cayasur                 9.04
67 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic                   9.45
68 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis                                10.20
69 Jon Bru (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                             10.44
70 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis                                11.18
71 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Karpin-Galicia                           11.54
72 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Crédit Agricole                        12.37
73 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                          
74 Geert Steurs (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                               
75 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Ag2r Prévoyance                          
76 Lucas Euser (USA) Slipstream-Chipotle                            
77 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                                  
78 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis                                     
79 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic                        
80 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Karpin-Galicia                             
81 Francisco Jose Martinez (Spa) Andalucia-Cayasur                  
82 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                          
83 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Milram                                       
84 Juan José Oroz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                           
85 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas                                  
86 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana                                     
87 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole                             
88 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                             
89 Guido Trentin (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                         
90 Luis Pérez Romero (Spa) Andalucia-Cayasur                        
91 Michal Golas (Pol) Unibet.com                                    
92 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                        
93 Timothy Duggan (USA) Slipstream-Chipotle                         
94 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Karpin-Galicia                             
95 Mickaël Delage (Fra) Française Des Jeux                          
96 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis                                      
97 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                    
98 Javier Ramírez (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias                      
99 Matej Jurco (Svk) Milram                                         
100 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole                              
101 Johannes Frohlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner                          
102 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance                           
103 Jason Donald (USA) Slipstream-Chipotle                     13.35
104 Santiago Perez (Spa) Relax-GAM                             13.41
105 José Alberto Benítez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir            13.43
106 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance                      14.16
107 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Discovery Channel                    14.31
108 Juan José Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                  15.51
109 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                       16.16
110 Ivan Santaromita (Swi) Quickstep-Innergetic                     
111 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas                                   
112 Michael Lange (USA) Slipstream-Chipotle                    16.51
113 Iván Gutiérrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                      17.37
114 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner                          18.14
115 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis                                  18.28
116 Julián Sánchez (Spa) Relax-GAM                             19.05
117 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval-Prodir                    19.42
118 Gustavo César Veloso (Spa) Karpin-Galicia                  20.53
119 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française Des Jeux                  22.47
120 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC                                   
121 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas                                 
122 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                 
123 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                         
124 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française Des Jeux                      
125 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas                                   
126 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                             
127 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                               
128 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                   
129 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas                                  
130 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                           
131 Julien Mazet (Fra) Astana                                       
132 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole                            
133 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                           
134 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                         
135 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank                                     
136 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                            
137 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                            
138 Volodymyr Dyudya (Ukr) Milram                                   
139 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner                              
140 Florent Brard (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                            
141 Baden Cooke (Aus) Unibet.com                                    
142 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                           
143 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                           
144 Jaime Castañeda (Col) Lampre-Fondital                           
145 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC                                   
146 Patrick McCarty (USA) Slipstream-Chipotle                       
147 Huub Duyn (Ned) Slipstream-Chipotle                             
148 Danny Pate (USA) Slipstream-Chipotle                            
149 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis                                   
150 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux                      
151 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Discovery Channel                           
152 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank                              
153 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile                                      
154 Philip Deignan (Irl) Ag2r Prévoyance                            
155 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi                         
156 Allan Davis (Aus) Discovery Channel                        22.55
157 Gregory Rast (Swi) Astana                                       
158 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) Unibet.com                               
159 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic                       
160 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) T-Mobile                                   
161 Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) Milram                            22.58
162 José Ruiz (Spa) Andalucia-Cayasur                               
163 Iker Flores (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias                   24.05
164 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Predictor-Lotto                       24.11
165 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana                                   24.13
166 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC                           24.31
167 Javier Cherro Molina (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias          24.44
168 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                     26.37
169 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française Des Jeux                       
170 Sébastien Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                         
171 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                          
172 Mark Cavendish (GBr) T-Mobile                                   
173 Aitor Galdos (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                            
174 Andoni Aranaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                          
175 Joaquín Ortega (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias                     
176 Juan Carlos Carinena (Spa) Andalucia-Cayasur                    
177 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC                                         
178 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                        
179 José Antonio Lopez (Spa) Andalucia-Cayasur                      
180 Antonio Cruz (USA) Discovery Channel                            
181 Eladio Sánchez (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias                27.33
182 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) Astana                            27.42
 
Points

1 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Relax-GAM                        25 pts
2 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile                        20
3 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance              16
4 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                         14
5 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Unibet.com                     12
6 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Relax-GAM                    10
7 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                 9
8 John Gadret (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance                     8
9 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne               7
10 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Karpin-Galicia                  6
11 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel              5
12 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Unibet.com                      4
13 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic        3
14 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax-GAM                        2
15 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi               1
 
Mountains

Alt de Solsones (38.6km)
1 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                 10 pts
2 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis                             7
3 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Unibet.com                      5
4 Eladio Jiménez (Spa) Karpin-Galicia                   3
5 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas                         2
6 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic            1
 
Coll de Jou (83.5km)
1 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Unibet.com                     16 pts
2 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis                            12
3 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                 10
4 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic            8
5 Eladio Jiménez (Spa) Karpin-Galicia                   6
6 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval-Prodir               4
7 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance                 3
8 Joaquín Ortega (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias           2
9 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas                         1
Coll de Port (97.5km)
1 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Unibet.com                     16 pts
2 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis                            12
3 Eladio Jiménez (Spa) Karpin-Galicia                  10
4 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic            8
5 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas                         6
6 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                  4
7 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval-Prodir               3
8 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance                 2
9 Joaquín Ortega (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias           1
 
Alt de la Comella (183.3km)
1 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Unibet.com                     16 pts
2 Eladio Jiménez (Spa) Karpin-Galicia                  12
3 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                 10
4 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic            8
5 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance                 6
6 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis                             4
7 José Antonio Redondo (Spa) Astana                     3
8 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic         2
9 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance               1
 
Alt de la Massana (192.5km)
1 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Unibet.com                     10 pts
2 Eladio Jiménez (Spa) Karpin-Galicia                   7
3 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic         5
4 José Antonio Redondo (Spa) Astana                     3
5 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance               2
6 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                  1
 
Vallnord Arinsal (203.10km)
1 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Relax-GAM                        30 pts
2 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile                        25
3 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance              20
4 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                         16
5 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Unibet.com                     12
6 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Relax-GAM                    10
7 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                 8
8 John Gadret (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance                     6
9 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne               4
10 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Karpin-Galicia                  3
11 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel              2
12 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Unibet.com                      1
 
Intermediate Sprints

Parc Olimpic la Seu D'urg (158.8km) 
1 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Unibet.com                      3 pts
2 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic            2
3 Eladio Jiménez (Spa) Karpin-Galicia                   1
Sant Julia de Loria (172.8km)
1 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Unibet.com                      3 pts
2 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas                         2
3 Eladio Jiménez (Spa) Karpin-Galicia                   1
 
Team

1 Relax-Gam                                      18.22.39
2 AG2r Prevoyance                                    2.09
3 Unibet.Com                                         3.41
4 Saunier Duval-Prodir                               4.45
5 T-Mobile Team                                      6.11
6 Bouygues Telecom                                   6.37
7 Team CSC                                           7.43
8 Discovery Chanel                                   9.19
9 Karpin-Galicia                                    10.17
10 Astana                                           12.45
11 Quickstep-Innergetic                             14.43
12 Fuerteventura-Canarias                           15.15
13 Euskaltel-Euskadi                                16.32
14 Andalucia-Cajasur                                16.48
15 Rabobank                                         17.29
16 Credit Agricole                                  19.30
17 Française Des Jeux                               19.44
18 Cofidis                                          24.27
19 Team Slipstream                                  25.45
20 Team Milram                                      26.12
21 Predictor-Lotto                                  30.03
22 Liquigas                                         30.21
23 Gerolsteiner                                     31.22
24 Caisse D'Epargne                                 32.26
25 Lampre-Fondital                                  40.55
 
General Classification after Stage 4
 
1 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Relax-GAM                             14.55.22
2 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                       0.31
3 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile                                 0.35
4 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Unibet.com                              0.42
5 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                         0.46
6 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance                       0.49
7 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                  0.51
8 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Relax-GAM                             0.53
9 John Gadret (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance                             1.18
10 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Karpin-Galicia                          1.35
11 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel                          
12 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Unibet.com                              1.44
13 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax-GAM                                1.56
14 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic                2.05
15 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                2.23
16 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                       2.28
17 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC                                  2.32
18 Alberto Fernández De La Puebla (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir    2.35
19 José Antonio Redondo (Spa) Astana                            2.55
20 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux                     2.57
21 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                             3.00
22 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC                                3.05
23 Ángel Vicioso (Spa) Relax-GAM                                3.11
24 Rubén Lobato (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                      3.23
25 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Milram                                 3.25
26 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance                               
27 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                      3.36
28 Thomas Peterson (USA) Slipstream-Chipotle                        
29 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Unibet.com                             3.39
30 Ángel Vicioso (Spa) Relax-GAM                                3.41
31 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC                         3.48
32 Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana                            3.49
33 David Bernabeu (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias                  3.53
34 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC                          3.58
35 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas                                 4.02
36 Jorge Ferrío (Spa) Andalucia-Cayasur                         4.04
37 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile                                   4.12
38 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                       4.51
39 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis                               5.10
40 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel                       5.13
41 Trent Lowe (Aus) Discovery Channel                               
42 Jesús Hernández (Spa) Relax-GAM                              5.14
43 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole                       5.19
44 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile                               5.22
45 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Unibet.com                         5.45
46 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole                    6.18
47 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                      6.19
48 Eladio Jiménez (Spa) Karpin-Galicia                          6.27
49 Rodrigo García (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias                  6.35
50 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                       6.44
51 Manuel Váquez (Spa) Andalucia-Cayasur                        7.10
52 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux                         7.12
53 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank                                   7.18
54 David Garcia (Spa) Karpin-Galicia                            7.23
55 Bart Dockx (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                             7.41
56 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Unibet.com                              7.43
57 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Astana                                  7.46
58 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quickstep-Innergetic                    7.55
59 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Karpin-Galicia                  8.02
60 Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa) Quickstep-Innergetic                8.10
61 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance                       8.12
62 Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                         8.14
63 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                         8.21
64 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias                   8.56
65 Luis Pérez Rodriguez (Spa) Andalucia-Cayasur                 9.34
66 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic                  10.02
67 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis                                10.11
68 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis                                11.05
69 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Karpin-Galicia                           11.58
70 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana                                12.22
71 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis                                12.28
72 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas                             12.31
73 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Milram                                  12.34
74 Matej Jurco (Svk) Milram                                         
75 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                   12.35
76 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Crédit Agricole                             
77 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole                               
78 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole                             
79 Michal Golas (Pol) Unibet.com                               12.37
80 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Karpin-Galicia                        12.41
81 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Karpin-Galicia                             
82 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                               12.52
83 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                                  
84 Mickaël Delage (Fra) Française Des Jeux                     12.53
85 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance                       12.56
86 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic                        
87 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Ag2r Prévoyance                          
88 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                        12.59
89 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                          
90 Guido Trentin (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                         
91 Juan José Oroz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                      13.04
92 Luis Pérez Romero (Spa) Andalucia-Cayasur                   13.07
93 Timothy Duggan (USA) Slipstream-Chipotle                    13.12
94 Lucas Euser (USA) Slipstream-Chipotle                            
95 Johannes Frohlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner                      13.27
96 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                     13.42
97 Santiago Perez (Spa) Relax-GAM                              13.51
98 José Alberto Benítez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir             14.05
99 Jason Donald (USA) Slipstream-Chipotle                      14.10
100 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance                      14.35
101 Geert Steurs (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                         14.48
102 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis                                14.49
103 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile                            15.19
104 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Discovery Channel                    15.33
105 Javier Ramírez (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias                     
106 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas                              16.08
107 Juan José Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                  16.13
108 Ivan Santaromita (Swi) Quickstep-Innergetic                16.35
109 Francisco Jose Martinez (Spa) Andalucia-Cayasur            17.00
110 Iván Gutiérrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                      17.05
111 Michael Lange (USA) Slipstream-Chipotle                    17.26
112 Jon Bru (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                            17.27
113 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                       17.31
114 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis                                  19.02
115 Julián Sánchez (Spa) Relax-GAM                             19.10
116 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval-Prodir                    20.04
117 Gustavo César Veloso (Spa) Karpin-Galicia                  20.57
118 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner                          22.00
119 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                       22.14
120 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                      22.15
121 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                            
122 Florent Brard (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                            
123 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC                              22.31
124 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC                              22.35
125 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis                              22.38
126 Baden Cooke (Aus) Unibet.com                               22.41
127 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas                                  
128 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas                                   
129 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas                                 
130 Volodymyr Dyudya (Ukr) Milram                              22.44
131 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole                       22.45
132 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner                         22.46
133 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                 
134 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                               
135 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                   
136 Allan Davis (Aus) Discovery Channel                        22.49
137 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                         
138 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Discovery Channel                      22.51
139 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                      22.56
140 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank                         23.02
141 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank                                     
142 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française Des Jeux                  23.03
143 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux                      
144 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française Des Jeux                      
145 Philip Deignan (Irl) Ag2r Prévoyance                       23.06
146 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic                  23.14
147 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi                         
148 Patrick McCarty (USA) Slipstream-Chipotle                  23.22
149 Danny Pate (USA) Slipstream-Chipotle                            
150 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                      23.27
151 José Ruiz (Spa) Andalucia-Cayasur                          23.28
152 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                        23.29
153 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana                                   23.52
154 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) T-Mobile                              24.02
155 Iker Flores (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias                   24.38
156 Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) Milram                            24.43
157 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                      24.50
158 Julien Mazet (Fra) Astana                                  25.17
159 Jaime Castañeda (Col) Lampre-Fondital                      25.18
160 Gregory Rast (Swi) Astana                                  25.21
161 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                    25.59
162 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC                           26.17
163 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Predictor-Lotto                       26.22
164 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française Des Jeux                  26.53
165 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                     26.59
166 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                        
167 Juan Carlos Carinena (Spa) Andalucia-Cayasur               27.07
168 Joaquín Ortega (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias                27.10
169 Javier Cherro Molina (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias          27.16
170 Huub Duyn (Ned) Slipstream-Chipotle                        27.22
171 Aitor Galdos (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                       27.29
172 José Antonio Lopez (Spa) Andalucia-Cayasur                 27.56
173 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC                                    28.23
174 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) Unibet.com                          29.27
175 Eladio Sánchez (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias                30.02
176 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) Astana                            30.12
177 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile                                 33.52
178 Andoni Aranaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                     34.10
179 Mark Cavendish (GBr) T-Mobile                              37.32
180 Sébastien Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                    38.49
181 Antonio Cruz (USA) Discovery Channel                       38.56
182 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                     42.14

Points Classification

1 Baden Cooke (Aus) Unibet.com                         34 pts
2 Allan Davis (Aus) Discovery Channel                  32
3 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana                             30
4 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Relax-GAM                        25
5 Mark Cavendish (GBr) T-Mobile                        25
6 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) T-Mobile                        23
7 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile                        20
8 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis                         19
9 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance              18
10 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole                17
11 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital               16
12 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                        14
13 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi              13
14 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Unibet.com                    12
15 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax-GAM                       12
16 Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) Milram                     12
17 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance               11
18 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Relax-GAM                   10
19 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                9
20 John Gadret (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance                    8
21 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC                        8
22 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne              7
23 Volodymyr Dyudya (Ukr) Milram                        7
24 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Karpin-Galicia                  6
25 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias           6
 
Mountains Classification
 
1 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Unibet.com                     63 pts
2 Eladio Jiménez (Spa) Karpin-Galicia                  40
3 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                 35
4 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis                            35
5 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Relax-GAM                        32
6 Francisco Jose Martinez (Spa) Andalucia-Cayasur      26
7 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile                        25
8 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic           25
9 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance              23
10 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) Unibet.com                   18
11 José Antonio Lopez (Spa) Andalucia-Cayasur          17
 
Sprints Classification
 
1 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Unibet.com                      6 pts
2 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) Unibet.com                     6
3 Julián Sánchez (Spa) Relax-GAM                        5
4 Francisco Jose Martinez (Spa) Andalucia-Cayasur       4
5 José Antonio Lopez (Spa) Andalucia-Cayasur            3
6 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas                         2
7 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic            2
8 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                   2
9 Eladio Jiménez (Spa) Karpin-Galicia                   2
10 Javier Cherro Molina (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias    2
11 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                 1
 
Team Classification
 
1 Relax-Gam                                      44.49.06
2 AG2r Prevoyance                                    2.36
3 Unibet.Com                                         3.11
4 Saunier Duval-Prodir                               5.21
5 T-Mobile Team                                      6.05
6 Bouygues Telecom                                   6.13
7 Team CSC                                           6.25
8 Discovery Chanel                                   9.01
9 Karpin-Galicia                                     9.59
10 Astana                                           11.30
11 Quickstep-Innergetic                             15.10
12 Fuerteventura-Canarias                           16.24
13 Euskaltel-Euskadi                                17.23
14 Rabobank                                         17.44
15 Andalucia-Cajasur                                17.48
16 Credit Agricole                                  18.54
17 Française Des Jeux                               20.02
18 Cofidis                                          23.30
19 Team Milram                                      25.33
20 Team Slipstream                                  27.00
21 Liquigas                                         29.33
22 Caisse D'Epargne                                 30.20
23 Predictor-Lotto                                  30.39
24 Gerolsteiner                                     30.49
25 Lampre-Fondital                                  41.04

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