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62nd Vuelta a España - GT
Spain, September 1-23, 2007
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Stage 17 - September 19: Ciudad Real - Talavera de la Reina, 175km
Bennati responds to Ballerini with win
Non-selection for Italy's Worlds' team spurs Bennati victory
By Gregor Brown and Hernan Alvarez
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Daniele Bennati sprinted to victory in stage 17 of the Vuelta a España one day after not being selected by Franco Ballerini for the 2007 World Championships. The 26 year-old Italian of Lampre-Fondital held off a surging World Champion Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step - Innergetic) and Alessandro Petacchi to take home his second stage victory. The win proved that 'Benna' is on-form, 18 days after winning the first stage of the Spanish Grand Tour.
"It is not very easy to win, especially in the Vuelta, which is a great tour," explained Bennati after the win. "This is the third week; I did the whole Tour de France recently. I am so very happy because my condition is very good. I am really happy."
Petacchi had all of the Milram at his disposal but failed to come up with win number three of this year's Vuelta. The tall sprinter from La Spezia went back to back after rest day one, but could not match his fellow countrymen today. On the long run-in, perfectly suited for 'Ale-Jet,' there were still three Milrams powering in the final 1000 metres for their captain.
Marco Velo and then Erik Zabel pulled off to release Petacchi, who has 19-career Vuelta wins in his palmarès, down the left hand side of the road in Talavera de la Reina city centre. Bennati, who seemingly been left unprotected in the final metres, edged to the front, and began his sprint. He powered up on the right side of Petacchi, fuelling his sprint with a fury that came from being nixed by National Directeur Sportif Ballerini in yesterday's Worlds' selection.
"Of course I am not happy," remarked Bennati. "I think it is truly incredible; I think I demonstrated in the Vuelta I am the strongest sprinter. Bettini is the strongest Italian rider. I don't know why [I wasn't selected]. I don't like it at all. I don't like it also because the next two World Championships are very, very hard. I don't like to wait two more years to ride the World's. I dislike it."
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Bettini made a promising push for sprint victory given that he too was seemingly unprotected in the final metres. He picked the right wheel to be on, but did not have the sprint speed to pass Bennati. Bettini finished second, and he is expected to travel back to Italy tonight to prepare for his World Champion defence. He will co-captain the team with Filippo Pozzato.
Ballerini may second guess his selection, but he won't change it. 'Benna' would have been a good wildcard for the national team on September 30 in Stuttgart given his sprinting capacities after a long day of hard work. However, Ballerini choose to leave Italy's leading sprinter at home, favouring a punchier team (i.e. Damiano Cunego).
Relax-GAM and Andalucía-Cajasur had their day thanks to Jorge García and Juan Olmo's brave move. The Spanish duo stayed clear for 158 kilometres, and they gained huge amount of exposure for their Professional Continental teams. They had to know that they could not win with Euskaltel-Euskadi, Lampre and Milram chasing for the sprint.
"Until we reached the finish line, nobody can say the breakaway would not succeed," argued Olmo. "We got caught close. We tried it time after time. If you don't try, you'll never win."
Euskaltel for the second day in a row came up empty handed. Yesterday, the team lost out on the winning selection from the 18-man move which contained two team representatives. Today, the team flogged itself for Koldo Fernández's chances, however, the team's sprinter could only manage tenth.
Rabobank had a quiet day. The sprinters' teams controlled the time gap to the escape, while the team of race leader Denis Menchov eyed the following two mountain stages. The Russian continues to lead over Vladimir Efimkin (Caisse d'Epargne), second, and Cadel Evans (Predictor-Lotto), third.
How it unfolded
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Talavera de la Reina is a town in the province of Toledo known for its pottery. The last time it hosted a Vuelta finale was in 1969, when Luigi Sgarbozza won.
Two T-Mobile riders decided not to start today in Ciudad Real: stage 8 time trial winner, Germany's Bert Grabsch, and Italy's Giuseppe Guerini. 152 riders signed in to ride today's stage.
The peloton allowed a two-man breakaway made by Juan Olmo (Andalucía-Cajasur) and Jorge García (Relax-GAM). The duo commanded the race, 5'15" ahead at kilometre 53. In such a flat stage like today's it is very easy for the big group to control, and then catch two guys in a escape. The advantage never reached more than six minutes as the sprinters' teams worked hard to keep the duo at reach.
The Milram and Lampre teams wouldn't permit a break on a day with such a favourable route for their big guns: Alessandro Petacchi, Erik Zabel and Daniele Bennati. Therefore, the gap was down to three minutes by kilometre 118. The distance was less than two minutes at kilometre 141 (34 kilometres to go).
With 20 kilometres to the finish, the two Spanish riders led by 2'15" over the peloton, while Euskaltel-Euskadi helped the Italian outfits for its sprinter Koldo Fernández. The Basque team, Lampre and Milram pulled at full speed to catch the escapees. With eight kilometres remaining, the duo was in sight, leading the race by 16 scarce seconds. Metres ahead, they were swallowed by the peloton.
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The race speed was high with some sections raced at 65 kilometres per hour. With the peloton together, Milram put its treno up front with Petacchi in last wheel, getting ready to do his part. T-Mobile surged in the final two kilometres. There were many roundabouts in the last kilometres that presented some difficulties.
There was the final turn very near the finish line. At that point, the top sprinters started the bunch sprint. Petacchi was behind Zabel's wheel, Bettini found a good position, while Bennati also found a favourable spot. Coming out of the last turn, Petacchi started the sprint. He passed Zabel on the left, while Bennati took control from centre, and Bettini further right. The Lampre rider won, the World Champion in second place and Petacchi managed third.
Stage 18 - September 20: Talavera de la Reina - Ávila, 153.5km
Sure this stage ends with a flat finish but that does not take into consideration the category 1 Porte de Mijares (km. 56) and category 2 Porte de Navalmoral (km 120). These brutes will allow for a team to work for its captain and the possibility to eliminate some of his GC rivals. The finale, last visited in 2005, presents a technical cobblestone avenue.
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- Daniele Bennati (Lampre) gets consolation in a stage win after being denied selection for the Italian Worlds team
- The fierce battle to the line saw Bennati well ahead of his competitors
- Bennati's win was a big coup after he beat two Italians who made the Worlds squad
- Daniele Bennati (Lampre) receives his prize for the stage win
- Jorge García and Juan Olmo formed the long breakaway of stage 17
Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti
- The stge 17 sprint went to Bennati
- Bennati gets his second win
- Bettini's evaluation of the sprint
- Bennati on the podium after winning stage 17
- The lunge for the line and Bettini pips Petacchi for second
- Bettini tried but couldn't match Bennati's speed
- Petacchi is kicking himself for losing a sprint tailor-made for his abilities
- He makes it look easy
- Bennati gets sweet revenge after being denied a spot on the Italian team for Worlds
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- Euskaltel-Euskadi helped Lampre chase but got nothing in the end
- There's always a horseman to follow the Vuelta
- Carlos Sastre (CSC) rides along with a Euskaltel-Euskadi rider
- Jorge García (Relax-GAM) gets a bottle from the team car to help fuel his breakaway efforts
- The peloton speeds past the desert-like landscape
- The hot summer sun beats down on the weary peloton
- Juan Olmo (Andalucia-Cayasur) leads Jorge García in their breakaway
- Milram and Lampre chase
- García and Olmo try to resist
- García and Olmo finally concede to the chasing peloton
- Denis Menchov (Rabobank) is getting closer and closer to the overall win
- Marcus Ljungqvist (CSC) gets some mechanical help
- André Greipel (T-Mobile) goes back to the team car for food
- Scott Davis (T-Mobile) and Allan Davis (Discovery Channel) are brothers
- Bennati easily beat Bettini and Petacchi for his second stage win
Results
1 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 3.56.58 (44.31 km/h) 2 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 3 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 4 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 5 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 6 Allan Davis (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 7 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole 8 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 9 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r Prévoyance 10 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 11 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française des Jeux 12 Javier Megias Leal (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 13 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Predictor - Lotto 14 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 15 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 16 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 17 Adam Hansen (Aus) T-Mobile Team 18 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 19 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team 20 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 21 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team 22 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 23 Erki Pütsep (Est) Bouygues Telecom 24 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 25 René Mandri (Est) AG2r Prévoyance 26 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 27 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 28 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 29 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 30 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 31 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas 32 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 33 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 34 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 35 Iker Camaño (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 36 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 37 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 38 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre - Fondital 39 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 40 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 41 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 42 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 43 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 44 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 45 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 46 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 47 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 48 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 49 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance 50 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 51 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 52 Manuel Vazquez Huesco (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 53 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 54 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 55 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 56 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 57 Santos González (Spa) Karpin Galicia 58 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas 59 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 60 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 61 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 62 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 63 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 64 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 65 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 66 José Luis Carrasco (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 67 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 68 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 69 Gustavo César (Spa) Karpin Galicia 70 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 71 Sebastiaan Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 72 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 73 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 74 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 75 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 76 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 77 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 78 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 79 Nacor Burgos Rojo (Spa) Relax - Gam 80 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 81 Francisco Terciado Sacedo (Spa) Relax - Gam 82 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax - Gam 83 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 84 David López (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 85 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax - Gam 86 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 87 Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 88 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC 89 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 90 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 91 David García (Spa) Karpin Galicia 92 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 93 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 94 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 95 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 96 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 97 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 98 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 99 Mauricio Alberto Ardila (Col) Rabobank 100 Gustavo Domínguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 101 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 102 Santiago Perez (Spa) Relax - Gam 103 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 104 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 105 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Karpin Galicia 106 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 107 Bart Dockx (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 108 Raúl García De Mateos (Spa) Relax - Gam 109 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 110 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 111 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2r Prévoyance 112 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 113 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 114 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 115 Francisco Jose Martinez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 116 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 117 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2r Prévoyance 118 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Karpin Galicia 119 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole 0.20 120 Jean-Marc Marino (Fra) Crédit Agricole 121 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 0.24 122 Chris Horner (USA) Predictor - Lotto 0.29 123 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 124 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 125 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 126 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 127 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram 128 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 129 José Ángel Gómez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 130 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 131 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 132 Jose Ruiz Sanchez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 133 Jorge Garcia Marin (Spa) Relax - Gam 134 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 135 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 136 Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 137 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 138 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux 139 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Fondital 140 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 141 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 142 Julian Sanchez Pimienta (Spa) Relax - Gam 143 José Antonio Lopez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 144 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 145 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 146 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 147 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC 148 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 149 Juan Olmo Menacho (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 150 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 0.57 151 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 0.01 152 Tim Klinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.09 DNS Bert Grabsch (Ger) T-Mobile Team DNS Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team Points El Picón - km 13 1 Jorge Garcia Marin (Spa) Relax - Gam 4 pts 2 Juan Olmo Menacho (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 2 3 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 1 Menasalbas - km 95 1 Juan Olmo Menacho (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 4 pts 2 Jorge Garcia Marin (Spa) Relax - Gam 2 3 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 1 Talavera d - km 175 1 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 25 pts 2 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 20 3 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 16 4 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 14 5 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 12 6 Allan Davis (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 10 7 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole 9 8 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 8 9 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r Prévoyance 7 10 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 6 11 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française des Jeux 5 12 Javier Megias Leal (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 4 13 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Predictor - Lotto 3 14 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 2 15 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1 Teams 1 T-Mobile Professional Cycling 11.50.54 2 Euskaltel-Euskadi 3 Team Milram 4 AG2r Prévoyance 5 Quickstep-Innergetic 6 Liquigas 7 Lampre-Fondital 8 Saunier Duval-Prodir 9 Française des Jeux 10 Team CSC 11 Caisse d'Epargne 12 Crédit Agricole 13 Predictor-Lotto 14 Discovery Channel 15 Rabobank 16 Bouygues Telecom 17 Karpin Galicia 18 Andalucía-Cajasur 19 Gerolsteiner 20 Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 21 Relax-Gam General classification after stage 17 1 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 70.37.47 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 David López (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 10.56 15 Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 11.02 16 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 12.08 17 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas 12.31 18 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 13.06 19 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 13.35 20 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 15.51 21 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 16.59 22 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 17.55 23 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 18.06 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 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 23.03 29 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 23.46 30 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 24.03 31 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 24.35 32 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 24.42 33 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 25.32 34 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 25.56 35 David García (Spa) Karpin Galicia 25.59 36 Iker Camaño (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 27.04 37 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Karpin Galicia 27.55 38 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 28.02 39 José Ángel Gómez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 31.52 40 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 34.49 41 Chris Horner (USA) Predictor - Lotto 36.18 42 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 36.48 43 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 37.09 44 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC 37.21 45 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 37.35 46 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Fondital 38.19 47 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 41.32 48 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 41.33 49 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 42.03 50 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 42.47 51 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance 43.02 52 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 43.12 53 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 46.03 54 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC 49.28 55 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2r Prévoyance 49.36 56 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 50.04 57 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 51.25 58 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 51.57 59 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 54.27 60 Mauricio Alberto Ardila (Col) Rabobank 55.48 61 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 55.52 62 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 55.55 63 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 56.28 64 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax - Gam 56.43 65 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 56.58 66 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 58.26 67 Manuel Vazquez Huesco (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 58.27 68 Jose Ruiz Sanchez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 58.42 69 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 58.45 70 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Predictor - Lotto 59.22 71 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Karpin Galicia 1.01.26 72 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 1.01.44 73 Javier Megias Leal (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.02.51 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 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1.05.53 79 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.06.58 80 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2r Prévoyance 1.07.02 81 Santiago Perez (Spa) Relax - Gam 1.07.26 82 Jean-Marc Marino (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.08.16 83 Juan Olmo Menacho (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 1.09.40 84 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 1.12.11 85 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.12.20 86 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team 1.16.19 87 José Luis Carrasco (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 1.17.14 88 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.18.30 89 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.19.18 90 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.20.12 91 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.20.22 92 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole 1.21.04 93 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 1.22.10 94 Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 1.22.45 95 Raúl García De Mateos (Spa) Relax - Gam 1.23.41 96 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.23.44 97 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 1.23.50 98 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 1.24.50 99 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre - Fondital 1.25.40 100 Adam Hansen (Aus) T-Mobile Team 1.27.39 101 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.28.21 102 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 1.28.33 103 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.29.01 104 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 1.29.55 105 Gustavo Domínguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 1.30.33 106 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.31.06 107 Tim Klinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.31.34 108 Santos González (Spa) Karpin Galicia 1.32.12 109 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.32.43 110 Bart Dockx (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 1.33.13 111 Jorge Garcia Marin (Spa) Relax - Gam 1.35.16 112 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 1.35.41 113 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 1.36.22 114 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 1.36.27 115 Francisco Terciado Sacedo (Spa) Relax - Gam 1.36.59 116 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 1.37.41 117 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 1.38.50 118 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 1.40.00 119 Allan Davis (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.40.07 120 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.40.23 121 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 1.42.00 122 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1.42.15 123 Julian Sanchez Pimienta (Spa) Relax - Gam 1.44.08 124 Nacor Burgos Rojo (Spa) Relax - Gam 1.45.06 125 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 1.45.11 126 Gustavo César (Spa) Karpin Galicia 1.45.53 127 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 1.46.06 128 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 1.47.42 129 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.48.02 130 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 1.48.13 131 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 1.48.47 132 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.49.39 133 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.50.12 134 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.50.13 135 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 1.50.42 136 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.51.41 137 Francisco Jose Martinez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 1.52.44 138 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 1.53.42 139 Erki Pütsep (Est) Bouygues Telecom 1.55.48 140 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1.55.52 141 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 1.56.11 142 Sebastiaan Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 1.58.15 143 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram 1.59.35 144 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 2.03.19 145 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team 2.03.30 146 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 2.03.51 147 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r Prévoyance 2.06.55 148 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux 2.07.12 149 José Antonio Lopez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 2.08.08 150 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 2.09.02 151 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole 2.09.35 152 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 2.15.27 Points classification 1 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 122 pts 2 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 118 3 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 106 4 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 89 5 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 87 6 Allan Davis (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 80 7 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 73 8 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 71 9 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 63 10 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 60 11 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 51 12 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 50 13 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 49 14 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 46 15 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r Prévoyance 46 16 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas 43 17 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 41 18 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 37 19 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax - Gam 37 20 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 37 21 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling 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 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 25 26 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team 24 27 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 23 28 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 23 29 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française des Jeux 23 30 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 23 31 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC 22 32 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 20 33 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole 20 34 David García (Spa) Karpin Galicia 19 35 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 18 36 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas 18 37 Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 17 38 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 17 39 Javier Megias Leal (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 17 40 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole 17 41 David López (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 16 42 Raúl García De Mateos (Spa) Relax - Gam 15 43 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 15 44 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 14 45 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 14 46 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 14 47 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 13 48 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance 13 49 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 13 50 José Antonio Lopez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 12 51 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Predictor - Lotto 12 52 Santos González (Spa) Karpin Galicia 10 53 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2r Prévoyance 10 54 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 10 55 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 9 56 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 9 57 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 9 58 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 9 59 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 8 60 Jorge Garcia Marin (Spa) Relax - Gam 8 61 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 8 62 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 8 63 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 8 64 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 7 65 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 7 66 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 7 67 Jose Ruiz Sanchez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 7 68 Jean-Marc Marino (Fra) Crédit Agricole 7 69 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax - Gam 6 70 Manuel Vazquez Huesco (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 6 71 Juan Olmo Menacho (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 6 72 Gustavo Domínguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 5 73 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 5 74 José Ángel Gómez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 5 75 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 4 76 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 4 77 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 4 78 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 4 79 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 4 80 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 3 81 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 3 82 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Karpin Galicia 3 83 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 3 84 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 3 85 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 2 86 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Fondital 2 87 Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 2 88 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 2 89 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 2 90 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 2 91 Erki Pütsep (Est) Bouygues Telecom 2 92 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1 93 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 1 94 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team 1 95 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 1 96 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 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 31 12 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 28 13 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 26 14 Raúl García De Mateos (Spa) Relax - Gam 24 15 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax - Gam 21 16 Mauricio Alberto Ardila (Col) Rabobank 20 17 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 20 18 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax - Gam 18 19 Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 16 20 Santos González (Spa) Karpin Galicia 15 21 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 13 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 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 10 29 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 9 30 David López (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 9 31 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 8 32 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 8 33 Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 8 34 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 8 35 Gustavo César (Spa) Karpin Galicia 8 36 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas 7 37 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2r Prévoyance 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 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Karpin Galicia 6 45 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 6 46 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 6 47 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 6 48 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 4 49 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 4 50 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4 51 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 3 52 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 3 53 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 3 54 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC 3 55 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 2 56 René Mandri (Est) AG2r Prévoyance 2 57 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 2 58 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 2 59 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2 60 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2 61 Manuel Vazquez Huesco (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 2 62 Javier Megias Leal (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 2 63 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 2 64 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 2 65 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 2 66 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 1 67 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Fondital 1 68 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 1 69 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1 70 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram 1 Combination classification 1 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 8 pts 2 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 16 3 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 19 4 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 21 5 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 25 6 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas 31 7 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 40 8 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax - Gam 50 9 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 51 10 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 67 11 Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 71 12 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 71 13 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 79 14 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 83 15 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 84 16 David López (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 85 17 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 88 18 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas 89 19 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 90 20 David García (Spa) Karpin Galicia 91 21 René Mandri (Est) AG2r Prévoyance 104 22 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 105 23 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 106 24 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 111 25 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 118 26 José Ángel Gómez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 118 27 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 122 28 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 126 29 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 128 30 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 129 31 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 130 32 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 131 33 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2r Prévoyance 145 34 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax - Gam 148 35 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 149 36 Raúl García De Mateos (Spa) Relax - Gam 151 37 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 153 38 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 158 39 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 159 40 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 163 41 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 165 42 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 166 43 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 174 44 Javier Megias Leal (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 174 45 Santos González (Spa) Karpin Galicia 180 46 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 184 47 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 192 48 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 192 49 Manuel Vazquez Huesco (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 198 50 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Fondital 199 51 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 203 52 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 205 53 Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 214 54 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 214 55 Gustavo Domínguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 217 56 José Antonio Lopez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 226 57 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 256 58 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 262 59 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 273 Teams classification 1 Caisse d'Epargne 211.40.02 2 Euskaltel-Euskadi 16.51 3 Team CSC 28.31 4 Liquigas 30.06 5 AG2r Prévoyance 30.43 6 Karpin Galicia 37.43 7 Predictor-Lotto 39.29 8 Quickstep-Innergetic 44.21 9 Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 50.19 10 Saunier Duval-Prodir 53.33 11 Gerolsteiner 1.08.33 12 Discovery Channel 1.15.55 13 Relax-Gam 1.24.10 14 Crédit Agricole 1.27.58 15 Rabobank 1.29.07 16 Andalucía-Cajasur 1.49.09 17 Lampre-Fondital 2.11.35 18 T-Mobile Professional Cycling 2.21.08 19 Française des Jeux 2.37.34 20 Bouygues Telecom 2.52.56 21 Team Milram 3.53.09
