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62nd Vuelta a España - GT
Spain, September 1-23, 2007
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Stage 13 - September 14: Hellin - Torre-Pacheco, 176.4km
Klier "storms" to the win
By Susan Westemeyer and Hernan Alvarez
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"That was a very important win for me after a very long time," said Klier, whose last win was Gent-Wevelgem in 2003, "but it doesn't change the fact that this has been a hard year for me. A crash destroyed my chances in the Spring Classics, which are always my biggest goals. But now I have new motivation for 2008." At the end of March Klier collided with a tractor while training, and came away with a broken cheekbone and a severe concussion.
As expected, a breakaway group established itself early and got away, building up a lead of around 10 minutes. But against expectations, the group was able to stay away until the end, foiling the plans of the sprinters' teams for a mass sprint finish. Klier, Stamsnijder and Roy broke away 20 kilometres into the race and were able to maintain the break.
The peloton finished about four minutes behind them, in a stage also notable for heavy rains and hail. Daniele Bennati of Lampre beat out Alessandro Petacchi (Milram) by a whisker to take the sprint of the field.
T-Mobile had come into the Vuelta with minimal expectations, and has now won two stagess. Bert Grabsch won the time trial on Saturday.
"Andreas rode very strongly and intelligently in the finale," said T-Mobile Directeur Sportif Brian Holm on teh team's website, t-mobile-team.com. "He held on to his nerves and attacked at the right moment. But even if he hadn't won, I would have been happy with this super performance."
The weather played a major role in the stage. The forecast was for partly cloudy with only a chance of showers, but much of the stage ended up being ridden in a heavy to torrential rain, with a little hail thrown in. The rain and wet roads caused a number of crashes and mechanical problems.
Luis Leon Sanchez (Caisse D'Epargne), a native of the region, told TVE, "I have never seen so much rain here. There were rivers of water; it was impressive. We were lucky because we didn't have to be sorry for any crash."
"There were unusual circumstances. The shower that fell down; here in Torre Pacheco the wind used to blow a bit more than today. We tried for the overall [classification] for [Vladimir] Efimkin. It's a shame things didn't go as we wanted go."
Ezequiel Mosquera of Karpin Galicia put it, "The problem here is that it rains and the road is full of water and it's very dangerous. It doesn't rain much here, and when it does, the road is truly an ice field. There were moments when it was nearly impossible to stay standing on the bike."
As to the race itself, he told TVE, "After the rivers we crossed, the falls, the hail, the road that was an ice field, when it seemed peace would come, Caisse D'Epargne started attacking. With three [kilometers] left I had a puncture. They told me to stop because with three to go I can not lose time. I took Eduard Vorganov's bike and the seat was too low for me; I couldn't pedal."
How it unfolded
Torre Pacheco is a little town in the province of Murcia. The famous Spanish white windmills that Miguel de Cervantes described in El Quijote can be seen here. This is the first time the Vuelta arrived in Torre Pacheco.
Belgium's Tom Boonen (Quickstep), Xavier Florencio (Bouygues Telecom) and Italy's Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner) didn't take the start today. Boonen is suffering from an injury sustained in a crash in Zaragoza, while Rebellin will probably compete in the World Championships in Stuttgart and may do some specific training for this competition. Florencio did not sign-in in Hellin, either. Therefore, there were 166 riders who were still racing the tour.
After some fruitless attempts the right breakaway was established by Andreas Klier (T-Mobile), Tom Stamsnijder (Gerolsteiner) and Jeremy Roy (Française des Jeux) at kilometre 20. It was raining hard when the trio was able to stretch the gap up to seven and a half minutes at kilometre 50. They were able to lead by ten minutes over the peloton at kilometre 63.
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The breakaway went up the only categorized climb, the category 3 Puerto Espuña, in heavy rains. As they climbed up the hill water came pouring down the street, making it look like a cyclo-cross race. The motorbikes ahead were able to scout out for dangerous holes or objects obscured by the massive amount of water that filled the streets. It was Stamsnijder ahead of Klier and Roy over the top, with Van Goolen getting the remaining points as the top man of the peloton.
The brave riders went on with the escape and had a command of 9'20" at kilometre 109. At that point it started hailing heavily, with conditions getting treacherous. The peloton was taking it easy because they didn't want to get into another mass pile-up, leaving a chance that a break could succeed for the first time in the 2007 Vuelta. With 50 kilometres to go the three riders were around nine minutes ahead of the peloton.
The rain was a key factor during the day. It had slowed the peloton and meant that the usual reduction that happens at this point in the race did not happen. And while it stopped raining with 45 kilometres to the end, it was too late. The peloton was trying to warm up and recover from yet another crash that involved Erik Zabel, among others. With 33 kilometres to go, the trio had eight minutes and 51 seconds.
Just when all were content to ride to the finish calmly, the whole Caisse D'Epargne team attacked in the front of the peloton to split it in three groups with 25 kilometres remaining. Caisse wanted to move the race along and not let the overall leader get away with an arm-chair ride to the finish. But Denis Menchov was attentive and stayed in the front group together with Carlos Sastre (CSC), Cadel Evans (Predictor-Lotto), Samuel Sanchez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) and Paolo Bettini (Quickstep), among others. This big push quickly reduced to half of what the trio had before the attacking, but the gap was still more than five minutes with 10 kilometres to go.
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A flat of Stamsnijder briefly interrupted things at the front, but the Dutchman was quickly back and taking his turns. But taking turns was not was Andreas Klier had in mind with five kilometres to go, as he attacked his breakaway partners. But the other two quickly caught him, with an immediate counterattack by Stamsnijder. Klier set on Roy's wheel and let the Frenchman bring him back to the Gerolsteiner rider. Then he made another move. The initial gap was closed down by Stamsnijder, but Roy was unable to follow that attack.
Stamsnijder then tried to surprise Klier with less than two kilometres to the line, but the German was attentive, and while it took him a while to get onto the Dutchman's wheel, he then had the perfect position to win the two-up sprint.
The main field came in four minutes later and while Petacchi had a good lead-out from Zabel, it was Bennati who got fourth and the precious points.
Stage 14: Puerto Lumbreras - Villacarrillo (Parque Natural Sierra de Cazorla)
Tomorrow's stage is the Vuelta's longest, 207 km, from Puerto Lumbreras to Villacarrillo, in the Sierra de Cazorla National Park. The riders will be going up and down all day, although there are only four ranked climbs, all Cat. 3.
Photography
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Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti
- Andreas Klier (T-Mobile) and Tom Stamsnijder (Gerolsteiner) were the two fighting it out for victory.
- Klier can relax as Stamsnijder has set up and realizing his attack may have come too early.
- Andreas Klier wins his first Vuelta stage win.
- For the German it was worth fighting through the rain.
- Stamsnijder was disappointed that his brace riding wasn't rewarded.
- The German left behind the Dutch rider.
- Klier triumphs in the Vuelta!
- A tiger jump of both Benna and Petacchi at the end.
- The field sprint for fourth was contested as it were for victory.
- Daniele Bennati (Lampre-Fondital) has his nose ahead of Petacchi.
- Erik Zabel (Milram) on the left looks on to see if the lead-out he provided for his team-mate Petacchi was enough. It wasn't.
- Alessandro Petacchi (Milram) narrowly missed out on winning the field sprint for fourth.
- Andreas Klier (T-Mobile) takes to the podium.
- Andreas Klier (T-Mobile) with some Spanish kisses on the podium.
- Jérémy Roy (Française Des Jeux) rolled in for third.
- Daniele Bennati (Lampre-Fondital) finishes.
- Stage winner Andreas Klier (T-Mobile)
- Andreas Klier (T-Mobile) with well deserved kisses.
- Denis Menchov (Rabobank) awarded for the overall lead.
Images by Unipublic
- Lampre-Fondital lead the chase.
- Denis Menchov (Rabobank) looks cool in the maillot oro.
- Heavy rains dominated stage 13.
- Tom Stamsnijder (Gerolsteiner) leads the successful escape.
- World Champ Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step - Innergetic) shines through the rain.
- Cadel Evans (Predictor-Lotto) gets a push after some servicing.
Results
1 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team 4.01.52 (43.8 km/h) 2 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 0.01 3 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 0.24 4 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 4.03 5 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 6 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Crédit Agricole 7 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Predictor - Lotto 8 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 9 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r Prévoyance 10 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 11 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 12 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 13 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 14 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 15 Josep Jufré (Spa) Predictor - Lotto 16 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 17 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas 18 Mauricio Alberto Ardila (Col) Rabobank 19 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 20 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 21 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 22 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 23 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 24 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 25 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 26 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 27 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 28 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 29 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 30 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas 31 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 32 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 33 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 34 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax - Gam 35 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 36 Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 37 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 38 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team 39 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 40 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 41 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 42 Nacor Burgos Rojo (Spa) Relax - Gam 43 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 44 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 45 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 46 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 47 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 48 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 49 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 50 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 51 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 52 Iker Camaño (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 53 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 54 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 55 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 56 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 57 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Fondital 58 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2r Prévoyance 59 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 60 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 61 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 62 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 63 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 64 Bert Grabsch (Ger) T-Mobile Team 65 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 66 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 67 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 68 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 69 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 70 Adam Hansen (Aus) T-Mobile Team 71 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 72 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 73 David López (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 74 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team 75 Sebastiaan Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 76 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 77 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2r Prévoyance 78 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 79 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 80 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 81 Chris Horner (USA) Predictor - Lotto 82 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 83 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Karpin Galicia 4.46 84 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 5.02 85 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 86 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 87 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 88 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 89 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 90 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 91 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 92 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 93 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance 94 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 95 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 96 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 97 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 98 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 99 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 100 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 101 René Mandri (Est) AG2r Prévoyance 102 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 103 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole 104 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC 105 Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 106 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux 107 David García (Spa) Karpin Galicia 108 Tim Klinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 109 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Karpin Galicia 110 Gustavo Domínguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 111 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 112 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 113 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 114 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 115 Allan Davis (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 116 Manuel Vazquez Huesco (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 117 Francisco Jose Martinez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 118 Jorge Garcia Marin (Spa) Relax - Gam 119 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 120 José Ángel Gómez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 121 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 122 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole 123 Gustavo César (Spa) Karpin Galicia 124 Santos González (Spa) Karpin Galicia 125 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 126 Javier Megias Leal (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 127 Jesús Hernández (Spa) Relax - Gam 128 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 129 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 130 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax - Gam 131 Juan Olmo Menacho (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 132 José Luis Carrasco (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 133 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 134 Raúl García De Mateos (Spa) Relax - Gam 135 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 136 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 137 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 138 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 139 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 140 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 141 José Antonio Lopez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 142 Francisco Terciado Sacedo (Spa) Relax - Gam 143 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC 144 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 145 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre - Fondital 146 Serafín Martínez Acevedo (Spa) Karpin Galicia 147 Santiago Perez (Spa) Relax - Gam 148 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 149 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 150 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 151 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 152 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 153 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 154 Erki Pütsep (Est) Bouygues Telecom 155 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 156 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 157 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 5.17 158 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram 5.20 159 Jose Ruiz Sanchez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 5.34 160 Julian Sanchez Pimienta (Spa) Relax - Gam 5.43 161 Jean-Marc Marino (Fra) Crédit Agricole 5.47 162 Bart Dockx (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 163 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6.39 164 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 8.54 165 Carlos Castaño (Spa) Karpin Galicia 10.49 166 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française des Jeux 11.50 DNS Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom DNS Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner DNS Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic Points El Niño de Mula - km 69.5 1 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 4 pts 2 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team 2 3 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 1 Alhama de Murcia - km 100.4 1 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 4 pts 2 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 2 3 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1 Torre Pach - km 176.4 1 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team 25 pts 2 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 20 3 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 16 4 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 14 5 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 12 6 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Crédit Agricole 10 7 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Predictor - Lotto 9 8 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 8 9 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r Prévoyance 7 10 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 6 11 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 5 12 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 4 13 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 3 14 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2 15 Josep Jufré (Spa) Predictor - Lotto 1 Mountains Puerto Espuña (cat. 3) - km 80 1 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 6 pts 2 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team 4 3 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 2 4 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1 Teams 1 T-Mobile Professional Cycling 12.13.42 2 Française des Jeux 0.24 3 Gerolsteiner 1.00 4 Predictor-Lotto 4.03 5 Liquigas 6 Rabobank 7 Team CSC 8 Team Milram 9 AG2r Prévoyance 10 Lampre-Fondital 11 Euskaltel-Euskadi 12 Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 13 Saunier Duval-Prodir 14 Quickstep-Innergetic 15 Caisse d'Epargne 16 Crédit Agricole 5.02 17 Discovery Channel 18 Relax-Gam 19 Karpin Galicia 5.45 20 Andalucía-Cajasur 6.01 21 Bouygues Telecom 7.00 General classification after stage 13 1 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 52.14.21 2 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 2.01 3 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 2.27 4 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 3.02 5 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 4.35 6 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 4.42 7 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 5.49 8 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas 5.56 9 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 6.28 10 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 6.39 11 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 7.13 12 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 7.58 13 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax - Gam 9.34 14 Josep Jufré (Spa) Predictor - Lotto 9.39 15 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 9.44 16 Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 11.02 17 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 11.40 18 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 11.44 19 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 12.38 20 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 14.15 21 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 15.08 22 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 16.06 23 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas 16.17 24 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 16.44 25 David López (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 18.05 26 René Mandri (Est) AG2r Prévoyance 18.28 27 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 19.11 28 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 21.55 29 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 22.12 30 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 22.51 31 Iker Camaño (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 23.13 32 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 24.05 33 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 24.11 34 Jesús Hernández (Spa) Relax - Gam 25.33 35 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 26.42 36 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Karpin Galicia 26.54 37 José Ángel Gómez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 27.32 38 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 28.29 39 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 28.43 40 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 29.58 41 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 31.15 42 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 31.23 43 David García (Spa) Karpin Galicia 44 Chris Horner (USA) Predictor - Lotto 31.58 45 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 32.08 46 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC 33.01 47 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Fondital 33.38 48 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 33.50 49 Mauricio Alberto Ardila (Col) Rabobank 33.53 50 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 34.05 51 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 34.18 52 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 35.44 53 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 36.52 54 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 37.25 55 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 37.44 56 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 38.12 57 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 38.24 58 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 40.27 59 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 41.45 60 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance 42.20 61 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 42.33 62 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 42.35 63 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 42.58 64 Carlos Castaño (Spa) Karpin Galicia 44.08 65 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2r Prévoyance 44.51 66 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 44.59 67 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 45.24 68 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC 48.52 69 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 48.57 70 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 49.59 71 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 50.06 72 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Predictor - Lotto 51.03 73 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 51.39 74 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 51.53 75 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 52.04 76 Manuel Vazquez Huesco (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 52.20 77 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax - Gam 52.31 78 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 52.33 79 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2r Prévoyance 53.02 80 Santiago Perez (Spa) Relax - Gam 53.26 81 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 53.51 82 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team 54.24 83 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 54.29 84 Bert Grabsch (Ger) T-Mobile Team 54.43 85 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Karpin Galicia 54.56 86 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 55.40 87 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 56.17 88 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 57.15 89 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 57.23 90 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 58.14 91 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 58.23 92 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 58.48 93 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.00.49 94 Juan Olmo Menacho (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 1.01.44 95 Jose Ruiz Sanchez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 1.01.59 96 Tim Klinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.03.01 97 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre - Fondital 1.03.45 98 Adam Hansen (Aus) T-Mobile Team 1.06.05 99 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.06.06 100 Javier Megias Leal (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.06.16 101 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 1.06.59 102 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.07.17 103 José Luis Carrasco (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 1.07.24 104 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 1.07.31 105 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 1.08.10 106 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 1.09.29 107 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.09.32 108 Jean-Marc Marino (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.09.36 109 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.09.37 110 Santos González (Spa) Karpin Galicia 1.10.38 111 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.10.46 112 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 1.10.50 113 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.11.09 114 Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 1.11.22 115 Bart Dockx (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 1.11.39 116 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 1.12.46 117 Raúl García De Mateos (Spa) Relax - Gam 1.13.30 118 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 1.14.19 119 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 1.14.29 120 Francisco Terciado Sacedo (Spa) Relax - Gam 1.14.47 121 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 1.15.00 122 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole 1.15.32 123 Gustavo Domínguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 1.16.33 124 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 1.17.16 125 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 1.18.26 126 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 1.18.31 127 Allan Davis (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.18.33 128 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.18.49 129 Julian Sanchez Pimienta (Spa) Relax - Gam 1.19.50 130 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 1.20.09 131 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1.21.26 132 Gustavo César (Spa) Karpin Galicia 1.22.58 133 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 1.23.16 134 Nacor Burgos Rojo (Spa) Relax - Gam 1.23.32 135 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 1.24.12 136 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.25.21 137 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 1.26.08 138 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 1.26.18 139 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 1.27.13 140 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.27.16 141 Jorge Garcia Marin (Spa) Relax - Gam 1.27.20 142 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.28.01 143 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1.28.24 144 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 1.28.30 145 Francisco Jose Martinez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 1.30.37 146 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 1.30.47 147 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.32.35 148 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 1.33.30 149 Erki Pütsep (Est) Bouygues Telecom 1.33.36 150 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1.34.18 151 Sebastiaan Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 1.35.37 152 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.37.13 153 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram 1.37.22 154 Serafín Martínez Acevedo (Spa) Karpin Galicia 1.40.02 155 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 1.40.24 156 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1.40.35 157 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.41.48 158 José Antonio Lopez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 1.44.44 159 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux 1.44.59 160 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 1.45.10 161 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r Prévoyance 1.45.21 162 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole 1.46.40 163 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 1.52.26 164 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Crédit Agricole 1.54.49 165 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.55.31 166 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 2.01.42 Points classification 1 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 101 pts 2 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 89 3 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 88 4 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 81 5 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 80 6 Allan Davis (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 66 7 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 52 8 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 52 9 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 45 10 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 45 11 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 44 12 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 42 13 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r Prévoyance 39 14 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 38 15 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 37 16 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 36 17 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 33 18 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 32 19 René Mandri (Est) AG2r Prévoyance 32 20 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Crédit Agricole 31 21 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 30 22 Bert Grabsch (Ger) T-Mobile Team 28 23 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team 28 24 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 25 25 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 25 26 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team 24 27 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas 23 28 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax - Gam 23 29 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 23 30 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 21 31 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole 20 32 Josep Jufré (Spa) Predictor - Lotto 18 33 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française des Jeux 18 34 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 17 35 Raúl García De Mateos (Spa) Relax - Gam 15 36 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 15 37 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 14 38 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 14 39 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 14 40 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 14 41 José Antonio Lopez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 12 42 Santos González (Spa) Karpin Galicia 10 43 Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 10 44 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 10 45 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 9 46 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 9 47 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 9 48 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Predictor - Lotto 9 49 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 9 50 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 8 51 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 8 52 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 8 53 David García (Spa) Karpin Galicia 8 54 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 8 55 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 8 56 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance 8 57 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole 8 58 Serafín Martínez Acevedo (Spa) Karpin Galicia 7 59 David López (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 7 60 Manuel Vazquez Huesco (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 6 61 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax - Gam 6 62 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 6 63 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas 6 64 Gustavo Domínguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 5 65 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 5 66 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 5 67 José Ángel Gómez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 5 68 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 4 69 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 4 70 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2r Prévoyance 4 71 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 4 72 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 4 73 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 3 74 Javier Megias Leal (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 3 75 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 3 76 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 2 77 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2 78 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 2 79 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 2 80 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2 81 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 2 82 Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 2 83 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 2 84 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2 85 Erki Pütsep (Est) Bouygues Telecom 2 86 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 1 87 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 1 88 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team 1 89 Jose Ruiz Sanchez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 1 90 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 1 91 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1 92 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 1 93 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 1 Mountains classification 1 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 71 pts 2 Serafín Martínez Acevedo (Spa) Karpin Galicia 70 3 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 62 4 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 44 5 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 38 6 José Ángel Gómez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 38 7 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 35 8 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 31 9 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 30 10 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 28 11 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 26 12 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 26 13 Raúl García De Mateos (Spa) Relax - Gam 24 14 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax - Gam 21 15 Mauricio Alberto Ardila (Col) Rabobank 20 16 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 20 17 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas 19 18 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax - Gam 18 19 Santos González (Spa) Karpin Galicia 15 20 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 12 21 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 12 22 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 11 23 José Antonio Lopez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 11 24 Josep Jufré (Spa) Predictor - Lotto 10 25 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 10 26 Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 8 27 David López (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 8 28 Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 8 29 Gustavo César (Spa) Karpin Galicia 8 30 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 7 31 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 7 32 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 7 33 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 6 34 Gustavo Domínguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 6 35 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 6 36 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 6 37 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 6 38 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 6 39 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 6 40 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 6 41 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 6 42 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 5 43 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 5 44 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 5 45 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 4 46 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4 47 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 4 48 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team 4 49 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 3 50 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 3 51 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas 3 52 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC 3 53 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 2 54 René Mandri (Est) AG2r Prévoyance 2 55 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 2 56 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 2 57 Manuel Vazquez Huesco (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 2 58 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2 59 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 2 60 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 2 61 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 1 62 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1 63 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Fondital 1 64 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 1 65 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2r Prévoyance 1 66 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram 1 Combination classification 1 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 7 pts 2 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 17 3 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 18 4 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 25 5 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 32 6 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 36 7 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 43 8 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas 52 9 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax - Gam 59 10 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 68 11 Josep Jufré (Spa) Predictor - Lotto 70 12 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 77 13 Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 85 14 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 89 15 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 91 16 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 95 17 René Mandri (Est) AG2r Prévoyance 99 18 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 105 19 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 108 20 José Ángel Gómez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 110 21 David López (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 111 22 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 119 23 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 131 24 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 133 25 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 135 26 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas 137 27 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 139 28 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 139 29 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax - Gam 152 30 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 162 31 Raúl García De Mateos (Spa) Relax - Gam 165 32 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 170 33 Santos González (Spa) Karpin Galicia 171 34 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 172 35 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 172 36 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 176 37 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 178 38 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 190 39 Manuel Vazquez Huesco (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 193 40 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2r Prévoyance 200 41 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team 202 42 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 207 43 Serafín Martínez Acevedo (Spa) Karpin Galicia 214 44 Gustavo Domínguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 221 45 José Antonio Lopez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 222 46 Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 224 47 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 240 48 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 251 49 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 259 50 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 271 Teams classification 1 Caisse d'Epargne 157.01.06 2 Predictor-Lotto 7.55 3 Euskaltel-Euskadi 8.58 4 Team CSC 10.27 5 Liquigas 10.35 6 AG2r Prévoyance 12.03 7 Karpin Galicia 18.14 8 Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 20.12 9 Saunier Duval-Prodir 20.15 10 Quickstep-Innergetic 24.19 11 Discovery Channel 30.45 12 Gerolsteiner 33.17 13 Rabobank 34.20 14 Relax-Gam 41.30 15 Crédit Agricole 52.08 16 Française des Jeux 1.11.07 17 Andalucía-Cajasur 1.15.26 18 T-Mobile Professional Cycling 1.18.52 19 Lampre-Fondital 1.25.28 20 Bouygues Telecom 1.35.57 21 Team Milram 2.24.39
