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62nd Vuelta a España - GT
Spain, September 1-23, 2007
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Stage 15 - September 16: Villacarrillo - Granada, 201.4km
Samuel Sánchez snatches stage win and time on rivals
Gutsy ride by Spaniard gains time on maillot oro Menchov
By Gregor Brown and Hernan Alvarez
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Samuel Sánchez of Euskaltel-Euskadi took Vuelta a España stage 15 by the reigns for his second career win in his home tour, in the process, putting important time on his general classification rivals. An attack on the slopes of the Alto de Monachil enabled the 29 year-old to bridge to Manuel Beltrán (Liquigas) on the downhill run into Granada. Beltrán could not match his compatriot's speedy legs in the two-up sprint. Carlos Barredo (Quick.Step - Innergetic) finished third, ahead of Sanchez's team-mate Igor Antón (Euskaltel-Euskadi) at 24 seconds.
The maillot oro group of Denis Menchov (Rabobank), Cadel Evans (Predictor-Lotto) and Vladimir Efimkin (Caisse d'Epargne) finished 41 seconds back, while Sánchez moved up one position to fifth ahead of Spaniard Ezequiel Mosquera (Karpin Galicia), who at one point was reported as an abandonment in the day's stage by race officials.
"I think they are spectacular finishes, going up or going down," 'Samu' commented on the stage's profile. "I attacked very near the summit [in the last climb Monachil]; I didn't ride at full strength because I knew I had to preserve my strength to go down, because you can fade there. Last year we saw it with Alejandro [Valverde] who couldn't follow [Alexander] Vinokourov. I saved my energy. On the downhill, I rode risking so much, and I was able to catch Beltrán, and we pulled together the best we could to arrive alone.
"This descent could be more complicated if it turned in the middle, to reach Pinos Genil. Then there would be more turns and it could be more dangerous, but... If you save your strength on the Alto de Monachil to do a good fast descent, you can get an advantage."
Beltrán set up the finale when he attacked the group of favourites to close on the once 20-strong escape group. Only Damiano Cunego (Lampre-Fondital) remained from the move that formed at kilometre 47. The Italian was not able to crest the 1510-metre Alto de Monachil solo, as Beltrán was closing fast behind.
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Antón paved the way for Sánchez to unleash his attack in the final kilometre of the 8.4-kilometre long Alto de Monachil. Once over the top, he blasted at 75 km/h on the way down to Granada to pick up Beltrán and Cunego. The Lampre rider's legs were blown, but the Spanish duo worked successfully in holding off the chase at 30 seconds.
Sánchez, on his way to a stage win and a trip up a few rungs on the overall classification, did the majority of the pace-making leading into Granada. While Beltrán held on and saved himself for the sprint, Sánchez still was able to launch a powerful jump down the right side of the fan-lined road with 200 metres remaining. Beltrán was unable to respond, and was denied his first career Vuelta stage win, while Sánchez bagged his second, one year after his win in Cuenca.
"We saw Cunego couldn't follow me when I passed him, even though the road was downhill all the way. This shows it is a descent for strong riders," Sánchez remarked on the downhill run.
Cunego was the longest surviving member of the day's escape group, and the 25 year-old sent a clear sign to the Italian National Directeur Sportif Franco Ballerini that he is coming on form for the World Championships on September 30. The rider from Verona was tied up in a crash on the opening day of the Vuelta that proved to be a setback.
Carlos Sastre lived up to his promises by attacking on the day's final climb. He threatened Menchov twice, but Russian's did not concede. Briefly, Sastre and Menchov went free of the other classification favourites, and just like in the first stages of the Vuelta they are proving to be the strongest.
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"I can not complain," said Menchov of the classification standings. "The situation is pretty good for us. As we talked about in the Vuelta presentation last year, we all knew the Vuelta was not as hard as other years. It was tougher at the beginning than at the end. But what can we do? We knew that from the very beginning. We also knew when we prepared ourselves for the Vuelta where it was tougher and where it was less tough.
"The race is not over yet. So far things haven't go wrong. We were lucky with the break-always; we could control the race pretty easily. There is still one week left when we have to work hard."
It is likely that the next classification shuffle will come in five days, with the 133-kilometre romp to Alto de Abantos. Vladimir Efimkin (Caisse d'Epargne) and Cadel Evans (Predictor-Lotto), second and third overall, will be worried about the aggressive riding of Sastre.
"I think it is the most important stage from the remaining ones," Menchov continued. I will have to answer back to the [others'] attacks."
How it unfolded
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157 riders left Villacarillo, with Mickaël Delage (Française Des Jeux) leaving the race before today's start, to head towards Granada, which is known worldwide for its great beauty. While the tourists come to see the Alhambra - a symbolic building built in the Middle Ages by the Arabs that lived in this area for centuries - the racers would have no time for sightseeing on this demanding stage.
The first action came in the form of a breakaway which was formed by 20 riders just 50 kilometres into the stage. On the loose were Jurgen Van Goolen (Discovery Channel), David López García (Caisse d'Epargne), Joan Horrach (Caisse d'Epargne), Franco Pellizotti (Liquigas), Iñigo Cuesta (CSC), Andrea Tonti (Quickstep), Chris Sorensen (CSC), Stef Clement (Bouygues Telecom), Ludovic Turpin (AG2R), Mario Aerts (Predictor-Lotto), Johannes Fröhlinger (Gerolsteiner), Koos Moerenhout (Rabobank), Haimar Zubeldia (Euskaltel-Euskadi), Angel Gomez (Saunier Duval-Prodir), Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step - Innergetic), Marco Marzano, Sylvester Szmyd, Damiano Cunego and Daniele Bennati (Lampre-Fondital) and Laszlo Bodrogi (Crédit Agricole). The large escape group worked well, and it reached a 4'15" gap by kilometre 77.
The second climb of the day (Puerto de los Blancares - category 3 - kilometre 139) helped the field eat into the break's advantage, and the leaders held three minutes over the top as the GC favourites sent their teams to the front to set up a dynamic finale. Meanwhile, stage 13 winner Andreas Klier (T-Mobile) and Aurélien Clerc (Bouygues Telecom) abandoned the race.
Euskaltel-Euskadi, together with other teams, made a hard surge to crop distance to the escapees. The break was 1'50" ahead of the gruppo maillot oro at kilometre 170. On the slopes of Monachil, the escapees and a select group of favourites came together. David López García and Damiano Cunego led the race (kilometre 176) while the peloton picked up the remnants of the day's move. The Italian pulled solo while Beltrán launched a chase from behind.
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Carlos Sastre, Denis Menchov, Cadel Evans, Vladimir Efimkin and Samuel Sánchez were the favourites that rose to the front of the peloton. The Russian was kept busy marking the attacks by CSC's captain. At the summit of Monachil (kilometre 181.4 - 20 kilometres to go), 'Triki' Beltrán led by 12 seconds over the Lampre rider with Sánchez in third place, while Sastre, Menchov and Evans crossed 42 seconds behind.
Samuel Sánchez is a versatile rider who knows well how to descend fast. The rider from Asturias caught Cunego while Beltrán held his lead with 10 kilometres to go. Sánchez ditched Cunego, and caught Beltrán with seven kilometres remaining.
Sánchez and Beltrán arrived together in Granada's centre. The Euskaltel-Euskadi rider was the favourite to win over the 36 year-old. Sánchez launched the two-man sprint, and logically prevailed over the climber. It was a big win for one of Spain's best riders.
Stage 16 - September 18: Jaen- Puertollano, 161.5km
Rest day two is over and the riders face up to six days of racing until the 62nd edition of the Vuelta a España concludes in Madrid. Stage 16 and 17 will present two transitional stages before the GC men will slug it out for the final maillot oro. Stage 16, starting in Jaén and finishing in Puertollano, will be a 'short' but demanding stage of 161.5 kilometres.
The climbs will mix it up and likely allow an escape to survive. On tap for the day are the category 2 climb at Andujar Natural Park (km 76), category 3 ascent of Sierra Madrona (km 102) and the category 2 climb at Rehoyos (km 118).
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- Sanchez beats Beltran in a two-up sprint for stage 15
- This is what victory feels like
- A big punch in the air for Sanchez
- Sammy Sanchez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) was full of smiles after winning stage 15
- A happy Sanchez on the podium
- Denis Menchov (Rabobank) maintains his lead in the Vuelta after stage 15
- The Spanish fans were out en force to watch the stage to Grenada
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- Beltrán and Sánchez worked hard on the front.
- The peloton starts to feel the heat and the gradient. They stretched out on the lower parts of the climb and eventually fell into little pieces.
- Stijn Devolder (Discovery Channel) was going a bit better than on the day when he lost the jersey oro.
- Cadel Evans (Predictor-Lotto) on the descent. He stayed with the leader's jersey group all the way to Granada
- Sastre looks to see how Evans is doing while the duo tries to keep up with the Russian in oro.
- Denis Menchov (Rabobank) stayed in gold after the Alto de Monachil obstacle was cleared.
- Ezequiel Mosquera (Karpin-Galicia) was reported as having abandoned during the stage but nothing could be further from the truth as the Spaniard ended in 12th, in the Menchov group.
- The climb split things up and Menchov was looking to keep things under control.
- Things looked pretty orange on the front for a while as Rabobank and mostly Euskaltel tried to reduce the gap to the break.
- Sánchez beat Beltrán in the two-up sprint.
- Sastre tried to attack and gain time on his overall rivals but they were attentive.
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- Carlos Barredo (Quickstep) concentrates on the climb ahead
- Yuriy Krivtsov (Ag2r) gets some help on the Monachil
- Stephan Schreck (T-Mobile) climbs the Monachil
- Torsten Hiekmann (Gerolsteiner) all alone on the Monachil
- Paolo Bettini finds the going tough on the stage 15 climb
- Andrea Tonti (Quickstep) was part of the big breakaway, and took some mountain points
- Oliver Zaugg (Gerolsteiner) on the climb
- Jurgen Van Goolen (Discovery) leads the mountains competition
- Sammy Sanchez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) gets a trophy for the mantle
- Sanchez tries to flex but nothing's happening
- Vladimir Efimkin leads Evans and Menchov to the line
- Daniel Moreno (Relax) leads the third group home
- Igor Anton (Euskaltel) happy for his team-mate who won the stage
- Carlos Barredo stops his clock while Anton celebrates his team's win
- Two Spaniards one happy, one sad
- The main peloton climbs the Monachil
- The grupetto takes it easy on the final climb
- Carrasco and Garcia de Mateo struggle to make the final ascent
- One of the many groups which formed on the final climb
- Paolo Bettini isn't enjoying this
- This group finished four minutes down
- Chris Horner and team-mates did their job for Evans
- Stijn Devolder (Discovery) heads up the last climb
- Devolder lost 2'32 after leading the Vuelta in the first week
- The peloton was in pieces on the last climb
- Jurgen Van Goolen (Discovery) takes the mountain points
- The evil Alto de Monachil climb.
- Cunego comes up the climb.
- Damiano Cunego (Lampre-Fondital) still ha a bandage visible from his crash on day one.
- Damiano Cunego (Lampre-Fondital) has the jersey unzipped but the legs were going well.
- Damiano Cunego had a good day but decided after his sixth place to drop out and recover from his injuries.
- Euskaltel led the case on the Alto de Monachil.
- Manuel Beltrán (Liquigas) on the final climb which was pretty steep.
- The Spaniard was the first rider up the hill.
- David López García (Caisse d'Epargne) looks like he doesn't enjoy the climb too much.
- The Alto de Monachil looks like desert but the uphill was even tougher to deal with.
- The remnants of the break are caught.
- Euskaltel was making the pace and were rewarded with the stage victory by Samuel Sánchez (Euskaltel-Euskadi)
- Carlos Sastre and Denis Menchov on the Alto de Monachil.
- Denis Menchov (Rabobank) is still in the jersey oro and leading the Vuelta, going into the last week.
- Vladimir Efimkin (Caisse d'Epargne) can sleep better now that he knows that his brother has a contract with Quick.Step-Innergetic.
- Cadel Evans (Predictor-Lotto) in the white jersey, hanging tough with the yellow jersey group.
- The Menchov group
- Ezequiel Mosquera (Karpin-Galicia) on the climb. The Spaniard had a good race so far.
Results
1 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 4.45.59 (42.3 km/h) 2 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas 3 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 0.24 4 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 5 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax - Gam 0.41 6 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 7 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 8 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 9 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 10 Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 11 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 12 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 13 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.09 14 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 15 David López (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 16 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 17 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 2.30 18 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 2.32 19 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 20 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 21 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 22 René Mandri (Est) AG2r Prévoyance 23 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 24 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 25 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 26 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 27 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 28 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 29 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 30 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 31 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4.01 32 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 33 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole 4.32 34 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 35 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 36 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 37 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 38 Javier Megias Leal (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 39 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 40 David García (Spa) Karpin Galicia 41 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 42 Iker Camaño (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 43 Jose Ruiz Sanchez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 44 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas 45 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 46 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 47 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Fondital 48 José Ángel Gómez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 49 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax - Gam 50 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC 51 Chris Horner (USA) Predictor - Lotto 52 Jean-Marc Marino (Fra) Crédit Agricole 4.43 53 Manuel Vazquez Huesco (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 6.48 54 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 55 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 56 Jorge Garcia Marin (Spa) Relax - Gam 8.08 57 Juan Olmo Menacho (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 58 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 59 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 9.00 60 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Karpin Galicia 61 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Predictor - Lotto 62 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC 63 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance 64 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 65 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 66 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 67 Bert Grabsch (Ger) T-Mobile Team 68 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 69 José Luis Carrasco (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 10.31 70 Raúl García De Mateos (Spa) Relax - Gam 71 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 11.35 72 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 73 Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 74 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 14.41 75 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 76 Santiago Perez (Spa) Relax - Gam 77 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Karpin Galicia 78 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 79 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 80 Gustavo Domínguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 81 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 82 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 83 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2r Prévoyance 84 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2r Prévoyance 85 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 86 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 87 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 17.11 88 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 89 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 22.15 90 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 91 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 92 Erki Pütsep (Est) Bouygues Telecom 93 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 94 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 95 Bart Dockx (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 96 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole 97 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 98 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 99 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 100 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 101 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 102 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre - Fondital 103 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram 104 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 105 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 106 Santos González (Spa) Karpin Galicia 107 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 108 Gustavo César (Spa) Karpin Galicia 109 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 110 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux 111 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 112 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française des Jeux 113 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 114 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 115 Tim Klinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 116 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r Prévoyance 117 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 118 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 119 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team 120 Adam Hansen (Aus) T-Mobile Team 121 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 122 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team 123 Allan Davis (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 124 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 125 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 126 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 127 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 128 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 129 Nacor Burgos Rojo (Spa) Relax - Gam 130 Francisco Terciado Sacedo (Spa) Relax - Gam 131 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 132 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 133 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 134 Mauricio Alberto Ardila (Col) Rabobank 135 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 136 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 137 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 138 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 139 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 140 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 141 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 142 Sebastiaan Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 143 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 144 José Antonio Lopez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 145 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 146 Francisco Jose Martinez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 147 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 148 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 149 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 150 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 151 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 152 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 153 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 23.42 154 Julian Sanchez Pimienta (Spa) Relax - Gam 155 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram DNS Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux DNF Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom DNF Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team Sprints Torreperogil - km. 17.2 1 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 4 pts 2 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 2 3 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 1 Monachil - km. 172.1 1 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 4 pts 2 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Fondital 2 3 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 1 Granada - km. 201.4 1 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 25 pts 2 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas 20 3 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 16 4 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 14 5 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax - Gam 12 6 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 10 7 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 9 8 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 8 9 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 7 10 Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 6 11 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 5 12 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 4 13 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 3 14 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 2 15 David López (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1 16 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone -5 17 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole -5 18 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi -5 19 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi -5 20 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic -5 21 Julian Sanchez Pimienta (Spa) Relax - Gam -5 22 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram -5 Mountains Puerto Torrecandela - km.96 (Cat. 3) 1 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 6 pts 2 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 4 3 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 2 4 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 1 Puerto de los Blancares - km.139 (Cat. 3) 1 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 6 pts 2 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 4 3 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2 4 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1 Alto de Monachil - km.181 (Cat. 1) 1 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas 16 pts 2 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 12 3 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 10 4 Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 8 5 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 6 6 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 4 7 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 3 8 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 2 9 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 1 Teams 1 Euskaltel-Euskadi 14.20.53 2 Caisse d'Epargne 0.03 3 Team CSC 2.47 4 AG2r Prévoyance 3.17 5 Liquigas 4.08 6 Quickstep-Innergetic 4.32 7 Predictor-Lotto 6.49 8 Saunier Duval-Prodir 8.40 9 Andalucía-Cajasur 9.05 10 Relax-Gam 10.25 11 Crédit Agricole 10.51 12 Karpin Galicia 11.17 13 Gerolsteiner 12.16 14 Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 13.12 15 Lampre-Fondital 13.52 16 Rabobank 22.32 17 Discovery Channel 23.00 18 T-Mobile Professional Cycling 37.19 19 Bouygues Telecom 44.06 20 Team Milram 56.15 21 Française des Jeux 1.03.49 General classification after stage 15 1 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 62.32.27 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 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 4.01 6 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 4.35 7 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas 5.15 8 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 6.17 9 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 6.22 10 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 7.41 11 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 8.19 12 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 9.04 13 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax - Gam 9.34 14 Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 11.02 15 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 12.08 16 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 13.06 17 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 13.35 18 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 15.51 19 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 16.59 20 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 17.55 21 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 18.06 22 David López (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 18.33 23 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas 20.08 24 René Mandri (Est) AG2r Prévoyance 20.19 25 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 20.35 26 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 22.34 27 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 23.02 28 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 23.46 29 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 24.03 30 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 24.42 31 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 25.56 32 David García (Spa) Karpin Galicia 25.59 33 Iker Camaño (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 27.04 34 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 28.02 35 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 30.33 36 José Ángel Gómez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 31.23 37 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 31.49 38 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 33.02 39 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 34.20 40 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Karpin Galicia 35.13 41 Chris Horner (USA) Predictor - Lotto 35.49 42 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC 36.52 43 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 37.09 44 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 37.35 45 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Fondital 37.50 46 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 41.32 47 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 41.33 48 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 42.03 49 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 43.12 50 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 44.31 51 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 46.03 52 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2r Prévoyance 49.36 53 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 50.04 54 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 50.17 55 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance 50.39 56 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 51.25 57 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 51.28 58 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 53.51 59 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 54.27 60 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 55.24 61 Mauricio Alberto Ardila (Col) Rabobank 55.48 62 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 55.52 63 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 55.55 64 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 56.28 65 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax - Gam 56.43 66 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 56.58 67 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC 57.11 68 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 58.26 69 Manuel Vazquez Huesco (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 58.27 70 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 58.45 71 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Predictor - Lotto 59.22 72 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 1.01.44 73 Bert Grabsch (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1.03.02 74 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 1.03.48 75 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 1.03.59 76 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.04.09 77 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 1.05.39 78 Jose Ruiz Sanchez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 1.05.50 79 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1.05.53 80 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.06.58 81 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2r Prévoyance 1.07.02 82 Santiago Perez (Spa) Relax - Gam 1.07.26 83 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Karpin Galicia 1.08.56 84 Juan Olmo Menacho (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 1.09.11 85 Javier Megias Leal (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.10.28 86 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 1.12.11 87 Jean-Marc Marino (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.15.33 88 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team 1.16.19 89 José Luis Carrasco (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 1.17.14 90 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.18.01 91 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.18.49 92 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.19.43 93 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.19.57 94 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.20.22 95 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole 1.20.44 96 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 1.22.10 97 Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 1.22.16 98 Raúl García De Mateos (Spa) Relax - Gam 1.23.41 99 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.23.44 100 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 1.23.50 101 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 1.24.50 102 Tim Klinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.25.13 103 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre - Fondital 1.25.40 104 Adam Hansen (Aus) T-Mobile Team 1.27.39 105 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.28.11 106 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 1.28.33 107 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.29.01 108 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 1.29.26 109 Gustavo Domínguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 1.30.33 110 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.31.06 111 Santos González (Spa) Karpin Galicia 1.32.12 112 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.32.43 113 Bart Dockx (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 1.33.13 114 Jorge Garcia Marin (Spa) Relax - Gam 1.34.47 115 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 1.35.12 116 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 1.35.53 117 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 1.36.03 118 Francisco Terciado Sacedo (Spa) Relax - Gam 1.36.59 119 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 1.37.12 120 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 1.38.50 121 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 1.40.00 122 Allan Davis (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.40.07 123 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.40.23 124 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 1.42.00 125 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1.42.15 126 Julian Sanchez Pimienta (Spa) Relax - Gam 1.43.39 127 Nacor Burgos Rojo (Spa) Relax - Gam 1.45.06 128 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 1.45.11 129 Gustavo César (Spa) Karpin Galicia 1.45.53 130 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 1.45.56 131 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.47.33 132 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 1.47.42 133 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 1.48.13 134 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 1.48.47 135 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.49.10 136 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.49.43 137 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 1.50.13 138 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 139 Francisco Jose Martinez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 1.52.44 140 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 1.53.42 141 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 1.55.42 142 Erki Pütsep (Est) Bouygues Telecom 1.55.48 143 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1.55.52 144 Sebastiaan Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 1.58.15 145 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram 1.59.06 146 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.59.18 147 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 2.03.19 148 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 2.03.22 149 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team 2.03.30 150 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux 2.06.33 151 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r Prévoyance 2.06.55 152 José Antonio Lopez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 2.07.39 153 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 2.08.05 154 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole 2.09.35 155 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 2.15.27 Points classification 1 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 101 pts 2 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 94 3 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 90 4 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 87 5 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 81 6 Allan Davis (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 70 7 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 63 8 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 60 9 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 51 10 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 51 11 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 46 12 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 44 13 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas 43 14 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 41 15 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r Prévoyance 39 16 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 37 17 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 37 18 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax - Gam 37 19 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 37 20 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 36 21 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 36 22 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 34 23 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 32 24 René Mandri (Est) AG2r Prévoyance 32 25 Bert Grabsch (Ger) T-Mobile Team 28 26 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 25 27 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team 24 28 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 23 29 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 23 30 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 20 31 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole 20 32 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 19 33 David García (Spa) Karpin Galicia 19 34 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 18 35 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française des Jeux 18 36 Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 16 37 Raúl García De Mateos (Spa) Relax - Gam 15 38 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 15 39 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 14 40 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 14 41 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 14 42 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 13 43 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 13 44 José Antonio Lopez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 12 45 Santos González (Spa) Karpin Galicia 10 46 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2r Prévoyance 10 47 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 10 48 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 9 49 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 9 50 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Predictor - Lotto 9 51 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 9 52 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 9 53 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 9 54 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 8 55 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 8 56 David López (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 8 57 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 8 58 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance 8 59 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 8 60 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole 8 61 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 7 62 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 7 63 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 7 64 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax - Gam 6 65 Manuel Vazquez Huesco (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 6 66 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas 6 67 Gustavo Domínguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 5 68 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 5 69 José Ángel Gómez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 5 70 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 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 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Fondital 2 77 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 2 78 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2 79 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2 80 Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 2 81 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 2 82 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 2 83 Erki Pütsep (Est) Bouygues Telecom 2 84 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1 85 Jose Ruiz Sanchez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 1 86 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 1 87 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team 1 88 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 1 89 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 1 Mountains classification 1 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 78 pts 2 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 75 3 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 45 4 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 44 5 José Ángel Gómez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 38 6 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 37 7 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 36 8 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas 35 9 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 31 10 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 31 11 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 28 12 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 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 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 18 18 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax - Gam 18 19 Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 16 20 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 16 21 Santos González (Spa) Karpin Galicia 15 22 David García (Spa) Karpin Galicia 12 23 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 12 24 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 12 25 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 11 26 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 11 27 José Antonio Lopez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 11 28 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 9 29 David López (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 9 30 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 8 31 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 8 32 Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 8 33 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 8 34 Gustavo César (Spa) Karpin Galicia 8 35 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 7 36 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2r Prévoyance 7 37 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 7 38 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 7 39 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 6 40 Gustavo Domínguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 6 41 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 6 42 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 6 43 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 6 44 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 6 45 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 6 46 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 6 47 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 4 48 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 4 49 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4 50 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 3 51 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 3 52 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas 3 53 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC 3 54 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 2 55 René Mandri (Est) AG2r Prévoyance 2 56 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 2 57 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 2 58 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2 59 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2 60 Manuel Vazquez Huesco (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 2 61 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 2 62 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 2 63 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 2 64 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 1 65 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Fondital 1 66 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1 67 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 1 68 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram 1 Combination classification 1 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 7 pts 2 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 14 3 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 17 4 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 19 5 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 22 6 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas 28 7 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 39 8 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax - Gam 49 9 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 50 10 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 66 11 Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 69 12 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 74 13 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 79 14 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 81 15 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 82 16 David García (Spa) Karpin Galicia 87 17 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 87 18 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 99 19 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 99 20 René Mandri (Est) AG2r Prévoyance 103 21 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 105 22 David López (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 107 23 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 110 24 José Ángel Gómez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 110 25 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 118 26 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 120 27 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 121 28 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 121 29 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 126 30 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 126 31 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 128 32 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2r Prévoyance 134 33 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas 141 34 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax - Gam 143 35 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 143 36 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 146 37 Raúl García De Mateos (Spa) Relax - Gam 148 38 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 156 39 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 158 40 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 165 41 Santos González (Spa) Karpin Galicia 177 42 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Fondital 186 43 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 186 44 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 188 45 Manuel Vazquez Huesco (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 194 46 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 194 47 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 198 48 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 201 49 Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 209 50 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 210 51 Gustavo Domínguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 216 52 José Antonio Lopez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 223 53 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 251 54 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 254 55 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 269 Team classification 1 Caisse d'Epargne 187.39.22 2 Euskaltel-Euskadi 16.38 3 Team CSC 20.54 4 Liquigas 22.23 5 AG2r Prévoyance 23.00 6 Predictor-Lotto 31.39 7 Quickstep-Innergetic 36.31 8 Karpin Galicia 37.11 9 Saunier Duval-Prodir 45.50 10 Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 50.19 11 Gerolsteiner 53.13 12 Discovery Channel 1.00.35 13 Relax-Gam 1.08.50 14 Rabobank 1.13.47 15 Crédit Agricole 1.20.15 16 Andalucía-Cajasur 1.41.26 17 Lampre-Fondital 1.56.15 18 T-Mobile Professional Cycling 2.13.06 19 Française des Jeux 2.22.14 20 Bouygues Telecom 2.37.36 21 Team Milram 3.37.49
