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62nd Vuelta a España - GT
Spain, September 1-23, 2007
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Stage 19 - September 21: Ávila - Alto de Abantos, 133km
Samuel Sánchez takes two
'Samu' leads Alto de Abantos battle while Evans fights to maintain podium position
By Gregor Brown and Hernan Alvarez
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Samuel Sánchez capped off excellent Euskaltel-Euskadi teamwork to win stage 19 of the Vuelta a España. The 29 year-old Spaniard, winner of stage 15, out-sprinted Daniel Moreno (Relax-GAM) on the top of the Alto de Abantos to take his second stage win. Maillot oro Denis Menchov (Rabobank) and Carlos Sastre (Team CSC) passed through for third and fourth.
Cadel Evans (Predictor-Lotto) showed a vast amount of experience as he struggled to maintain his classification position. The Aussie couldn't hold the wheels of the lead group, and lost 1'22 to an aggressive Carlos Sastre, and slipped from second to third overall, but limited his losses enough to hold his podium spot.
Sánchez now sits in fourth, just nine seconds behind Evans. "Here, when Roberto Laiseka won the first important stage of the team in a Grand Tour I was at home watching it. I was an amateur rider, I was 21 years old, and I watched him winning here," recalled Sánchez. "And look, eight years later I won here. It was a great joy but those nine seconds weren't enough to reach the podium in Madrid on Sunday.
"I must share honours today. For my team-mates, for me and also for CSC. I worked with Carlos in order to break the race. He wanted to win the Vuelta, and I wanted to better my position in the general [classification]. Each one looked out for his own interests. We tried to get rid of Denis [Menchov] and his team, but we were conscious he was superior. ... We tried at our best."
"Our team plan was to win with Igor Antón," he continued. "If he had come from behind, he would have won the stage. Daniel Moreno was bad company because he is a fast rider. Igor is a 24 year-old rider and has a bright future. We can't ask Igor for more."
The steep gradients at the base of the Abantos saw the race explode and Euskaltel capitalize on the riders it had positioned in the front group. Euskaltel-Euskadi's Alan Pérez and Iñaki Flores had been in the lead for much of the day, with Igor Antón joining later. Antón dropped back as the cobbles kicked in at the foot of Abantos, and 'Samu' made his surge from the group of classification favourites.
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Antón helped Sánchez drive the pace, and join the weakening lead duo of David López García (Caisse d'Epargne) and Sylvester Szmyd (Lampre-Fondital). Antón dropped off as Sastre was forced to chase down the Sánchez to preserve his spot in the general classification. Sastre started the day 3'02", third behind race leader Menchov, while Evans started 2'27" behind, in second, and Sánchez 4'01", in fourth.
Evans was blown out the back door as Sastre made chase with Menchov on his wheel, and the Australian was immediately put on the defence to protect his second overall and, later, third overall. Evans, in an all-white (and dirty) kit of the combination classification, chased with Vladimir Efimkin (Caisse d'Epargne), Carlos Barredo (Quick.Step - Innergetic) and Ezequiel Mosquera (Karpin-Galicia) in tow.
Evans pulled out every bit of experience he had in order to keep a manageable gap on the eve of tomorrow's time trial. Eventually, 'EZ' Mosquera came though and helped. The time loss for the 30 year-old Australian who finished second in the Tour de France was 1'25", and he is now 47 behind Sastre and nine seconds in front of Sánchez.
Euskaltel will pop a few bottles of Champagne tonight to celebrate its coup. The move garnered the team its second stage win in the Vuelta, both coming courteous of Sánchez. The first was a downhill blast in to Granada ahead of Manuel Beltrán (Liquigas), and the second, the grimy uphill push to Abantos.
Tomorrow, Sánchez will need load of luck to close the nine seconds to Evans, and an eventual podium spot in Madrid. He should be able to easily hold his fourth overall from Mosquera, who is 1'25" back. However, the Spaniard has more than proved that he has the legs to lead Team Spain in the World Championships, next Sunday in Stuttgart.
"I was going with Sastre at full strength, doing pulls with him at our best, trying to make the biggest time gaps," added Sánchez. "In the end, it wasn't enough. Let's see if he [Evans] doesn't have a good day, and I have a day like last year in Rivas Vaciamadrid, and I am able to gain those nine seconds left to stand in the podium. It would be a dream for me and a historical feat for the team."
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Sastre will have an uncomfortable night; the Spaniard holds second but only by 47 seconds. Evans is a better time trialist, but the parcours is short, 20 kilometres. Tomorrow will be more of a fight for second than it will be for the jersey oro, which, barring any sort of freak accident, Russian Menchov should take home.
"If you don't try, things won't fall down from the sky," summarized Sastre. "I arrived at this race willing to fight; I also came here to enjoy it. So far, I am very happy because I could do both things.
"I knew Menchov was very difficult [to defeat] but I had to try it. From the start, my team and I tried to break the race in order not to have a calm start. On the last climb I did not have strength. The gradients, with rain and added pave makes your bike slip so much. When Samuel started I saw I had to go faster no matter what. I knew Denis was behind my wheel, and he showed he is strongest rider in this tour."
How it unfolded
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Abantos is a mountain that the organization has used only four times; all of them in recent years. At the foot of its south hillside is the famous town San Lorenzo de El Escorial, known for its beautiful monastery. The last time Abantos was ridden, 2003, Roberto Heras won a memorable uphill time trial, stealing the maillot jersey to Isidro Nozal.
Andrea Tonti (Quick.Step - Innergetic) and Stijn Devolder (Discovery Channel) didn't take the start in Ávila. The Belgian became the overall after winning the long time trial in Saragossa. He wore the leader jersey just for one stage. The survivors to start the stage, with three days left, counted 146.
The first steady breakaway was made by Sylvain Chavanel (Cofidis), Juan Manuel Gárate (Quick.Step - Innergetic), Marcus Ljungqvist (CSC), Manuel Váquez (Andalucía-Cajasur), José Luis Arrieta (Ag2r Prévoyance), Imanol Erviti (Caisse d'Epargne), Marco Marzano (Lampre-Fondital), Alan Pérez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) and Stéphane Augé (Cofidis) at kilometre 26. They were chased by David López García (Caisse d'Epargne), Ángel Vallejo (Relax-GAM), Javier Mejías (Saunier Duval-Prodir), Karsten Kroon (CSC), Joost Posthuma (Rabobank), Sébastien Minard (Cofidis), Iñaki Flores (Euskaltel-Euskadi) and Alessandro Vanotti (Liquigas). Both groups joined each other at kilometre 40 when the 17 riders led by two minutes and 17 seconds over the peloton.
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The race changed a lot on the first ascent of Abantos. Vanotti took the lead, and passed at the summit in first place (kilometre 83). David López García chased the Italian, and was 23 seconds behind while Isasi, Alan Pérez, Arrieta, José Luis Rubiera (Discovery Channel) and Ludovic Turpin (Ag2r Prévoyance) were 55 seconds slower than Vanotti. Meanwhile, Carlos Sastre (CSC) attacked the peloton, trying to get rid of Menchov. The favourites were 2'29" behind Vanotti over the top.
Later on, there were three groups leading on the wet roads: Vanotti together with David López García, who caught the Liquigas rider; Isasi, Alan Pérez, Arrieta, Rubiera and Turpin chased the duo 30 seconds slower, while Sastre and Menchov were together with Cadel Evans, Samuel Sánchez and others at 1'32" behind (kilometre 98).
Two kilometres later (kilometre 100), the leaders were seven: Vanotti, Lopez, Pérez, Arrieta, Rubiera, Isasi and Turpin.
On the penultimate climb of Robledondo, the favourites were nearing. At the summit (kilometre 107.2 - 25.8 kilometres to go), the seven leaders rode just 1'07" ahead of Menchov, Sastre and company.
Lopez, Vanotti, Rubiera and Turpin led while the Euskaltel riders went back to help Antón and Sánchez with around 15 kilometres to go. They commanded the start of Abantos (13 kilometres to go). Up the road, David López García had attacked the lead group, and led solo with 10 kilometres remaining. Behind him, Samuel Sánchez got rid of Menchov and Sastre.
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Poland's Sylvester Szmyd joined Lopez in the up front with eight kilometres to go. They had a hard time because Sastre was coming with Menchov glued to his wheel. A foursome (Sastre, Menchov, Sánchez and surprisingly Daniel Moreno) took the leadership with three kilometres to the finish line. Meanwhile, Evans was having a tough time. The Australian was racing with a small group that was 1'08" slower with 2,000 metres remaining.
Finally, the quartet arrived together in the last metres. Samuel Sánchez proved he is good sprinting, and crossed the finish line in first place; Moreno was second while Menchov and Sastre arrived third and fourth, respectively. Evans made the last effort and arrived 15th, one minute and 25 seconds behind.
Stage 20 - September 22: Villalba-Villalba (ITT), 20km
The dead-flat power-test starting and finishing in Collado Villalba should be a chance for a TT man to display his legs while it is not likely to change the GC dramatically due to its distance of 20 kilometres. However, it is the last day before the parade stage in Madrid and any time differences could be significant in determining the final podium.
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- The monastery of San Lorenzo de El Escorial looked like a mirage in the fog
- Cadel Evans gets encouragement from a fan, but no help from Carlos Barredo
- Juan Manuel Gárate (Quickstep) leads the breakaway
- Menchov and Contador shake hands during the podium ceremony
- Menchov was unshakable on the soggy ride to Alto de Abantos
- Rabobank kept the race under control and Menchov stayed with the leaders to hold onto the gold jersey
- Alberto Contador was on hand to help with podium ceremonies
- The peloton struggles on the first trip up the Alto de Abantos
- Sammy Sanchez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) was excited to get another win
- Sanchez wins! The Euskaltel rider took his second win of the Vuelta
- Carlos Sastre (CSC) attacked until Evans could no longer hold on
- Lampre's Sylvester Szmyd had a spectacular ride to finish sixth
Images by AFP Photo
- Sanchez can't believe his good fortune
- Sammy Sanchez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) gives a wink
- Cadel Evans looked a bit worse for the wear after struggling to stay in contact on stage 19
Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti
- Alessandro Vanotti (Liquigas) drives to the lines.
- Denis Menchov (Rabobank) kept golden.
- Samuel Sánchez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) guns it for the win.
- Samuel Sánchez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) takes the win over Daniel Moreno (Relax-GAM).
- Samuel Sánchez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) rode an aggressive stage.
- Daniel Moreno (Relax-GAM) finishes.
- Carlos Sastre (Team CSC) congratulates Denis Menchov (Rabobank).(Rabobank).
- Carlos Sastre (Team CSC) tried to break Denis Menchov
- Igor Antón (Euskaltel-Euskadi) happy for his team-mate's win.
- Sylvester Szmyd (Lampre-Fondital) finishes, tired.
- Cadel Evans (Predictor-Lotto)
- Cadel Evans (Predictor-Lotto) gathers himself after a tough day.
Images by Rick Wilson
- Climbing the Alto de Abantos for the first time at the top of San Lorenzo.
- Denis Menchov (Rabobank) at the top of San Lorenzo.
- Chris Horner (Predictor Lotto) working hard on the climb.
- Samuel Sanchez (Euskatel Euskadi) rounds the hairpin on the Alto de Abantos with 7km to go to an extraordinary win.
- Denis Menchov (Rabobank) on the Alto de Abantos.
- The rear group steadily make their way up the final climb of the day.
Results
1 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 3.37.01 (36.77 km/h) 2 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax - Gam 3 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 0.03 4 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 5 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0.14 6 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Fondital 0.29 7 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 0.41 8 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas 0.49 9 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 0.51 10 David López (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0.59 11 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.20 12 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 13 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 1.23 14 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 15 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 1.25 16 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 1.41 17 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 2.18 18 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 2.21 19 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 2.37 20 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2.50 21 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 22 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 3.08 23 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 3.39 24 Javier Megias Leal (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 3.41 25 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 4.29 26 Chris Horner (USA) Predictor - Lotto 5.06 27 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 28 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 5.33 29 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 5.44 30 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax - Gam 6.27 31 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 6.29 32 Manuel Vazquez Huesco (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 7.17 33 David García (Spa) Karpin Galicia 7.38 34 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 35 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 7.40 36 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 8.55 37 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 10.27 38 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 11.31 39 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2r Prévoyance 13.41 40 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 15.25 41 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 42 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 17.15 43 Jorge Garcia Marin (Spa) Relax - Gam 19.00 44 Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 19.05 45 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 46 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Predictor - Lotto 47 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 48 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 49 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Karpin Galicia 50 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC 51 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 52 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 53 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 54 Juan Olmo Menacho (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 55 Santos González (Spa) Karpin Galicia 56 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 57 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 58 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 59 Gustavo Domínguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 60 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 61 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 62 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 63 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 64 Iker Camaño (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 65 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 66 Jose Ruiz Sanchez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 67 Gustavo César (Spa) Karpin Galicia 68 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Karpin Galicia 69 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 70 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 71 René Mandri (Est) AG2r Prévoyance 72 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 73 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 74 Santiago Perez (Spa) Relax - Gam 75 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas 76 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 77 Julian Sanchez Pimienta (Spa) Relax - Gam 78 Francisco Terciado Sacedo (Spa) Relax - Gam 79 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 80 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 81 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 82 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC 83 Raúl García De Mateos (Spa) Relax - Gam 84 Mauricio Alberto Ardila (Col) Rabobank 85 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 86 Nacor Burgos Rojo (Spa) Relax - Gam 87 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 88 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française des Jeux 19.17 89 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux 90 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 91 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 92 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 93 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 19.57 94 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 19.59 95 José Luis Carrasco (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 96 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2r Prévoyance 97 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre - Fondital 20.01 98 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 20.19 99 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 21.42 100 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 22.13 101 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 22.17 102 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 23.35 103 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 104 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 105 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 106 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 107 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team 108 Francisco Jose Martinez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 109 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 110 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance 111 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 112 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 113 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 114 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 115 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 116 Adam Hansen (Aus) T-Mobile Team 117 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 118 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 119 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 120 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram 121 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 122 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 123 Tim Klinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 124 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 125 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 126 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 127 José Ángel Gómez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 128 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 129 José Antonio Lopez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 130 Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 131 Bart Dockx (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 132 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 133 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 134 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 135 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 136 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 137 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r Prévoyance 138 Erki Pütsep (Est) Bouygues Telecom 139 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 140 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole 141 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 142 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team 143 Sebastiaan Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 23.49 144 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 145 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 146 Jean-Marc Marino (Fra) Crédit Agricole 23.52 DNS Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team DNS Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic Sprints Las Navas del Marqués - km. 34.6 1 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 4 pts 2 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 2 3 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1 San Lorenzo de El Escorial - km. 70 1 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 4 pts 2 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 2 3 David López (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1 Alto de Abantos - km. 133 1 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 25 pts 2 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax - Gam 3 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 4 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 14 pts 5 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 12 6 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Fondital 10 7 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 9 8 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas 8 9 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 7 10 David López (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 6 11 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 5 12 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 4 13 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 3 14 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 2 15 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 1 Mountains Puerto de Valdavia - km. 16 (Cat. 3) 1 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 6 pts 2 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC 4 3 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas 2 4 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1 Alto Hoyo de la Guija - km. 47 (Cat. 2) 1 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2r Prévoyance 10 pts 2 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 7 3 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax - Gam 5 4 Manuel Vazquez Huesco (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 3 5 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 2 6 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1 Alto de Robledondo - km. 57 (Cat. 3) 1 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax - Gam 6 pts 2 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 4 3 Manuel Vazquez Huesco (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 2 4 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1 Alto de Abantos - km. 83 (Cat. 1) 1 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 16 pts 2 David López (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 12 3 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 10 4 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2r Prévoyance 8 5 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 6 6 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 4 7 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 3 8 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 2 9 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax - Gam 1 Alto de Robledondo - km. 107 (Cat. 3) 1 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 6 pts 2 David López (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4 3 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 2 4 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2r Prévoyance 1 Alto de Abantos - km. 133 (Cat. 1) 1 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 16 pts 2 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax - Gam 12 3 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 10 4 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 8 5 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 6 6 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Fondital 4 7 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 3 8 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas 2 9 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 1 Teams 1 Euskaltel-Euskadi 10.54.07 2 Caisse d'Epargne 0.59 3 AG2r Prévoyance 2.16 4 Liquigas 6.51 5 Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 7.39 6 Team CSC 7.45 7 Relax-Gam 22.23 8 Quickstep-Innergetic 22.30 9 Predictor-Lotto 22.32 10 Rabobank 23.44 11 Saunier Duval-Prodir 24.11 12 Karpin Galicia 24.30 13 Lampre-Fondital 25.25 14 Discovery Channel 39.10 15 Gerolsteiner 39.38 16 Andalucía-Cajasur 40.33 17 Française des Jeux 54.23 18 Crédit Agricole 58.41 19 T-Mobile Professional Cycling 1.03.11 20 Bouygues Telecom 21 Team Milram 1.07.41 General classification after stage 19 1 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 77.59.17 2 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 3.02 3 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 3.49 4 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 3.58 5 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 5.23 6 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 5.47 7 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 7.55 8 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 7.58 9 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas 8.27 10 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 10.08 11 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 10.21 12 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax - Gam 11.51 13 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 12.46 14 David López (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 16.03 15 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 17.18 16 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 21.53 17 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 27.19 18 Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 29.23 19 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 30.37 20 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 30.55 21 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 32.19 22 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas 34.18 23 David García (Spa) Karpin Galicia 36.00 24 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Fondital 41.34 25 René Mandri (Est) AG2r Prévoyance 41.47 26 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 42.03 27 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 44.30 28 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 44.31 29 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 46.22 30 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 47.25 31 Iker Camaño (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 48.42 32 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 48.58 33 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Karpin Galicia 49.23 34 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 49.37 35 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 50.01 36 Chris Horner (USA) Predictor - Lotto 50.16 37 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 54.43 38 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 55.16 39 José Ángel Gómez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 57.50 40 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 58.26 41 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC 58.49 42 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 59.15 43 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 1.01.23 44 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.03.00 45 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.03.01 46 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 1.03.50 47 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax - Gam 1.05.52 48 Manuel Vazquez Huesco (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 1.08.07 49 Javier Megias Leal (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.08.55 50 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance 1.09.19 51 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC 1.10.56 52 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 1.15.40 53 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1.17.00 54 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.17.10 55 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 1.19.04 56 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 1.20.19 57 Jose Ruiz Sanchez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 1.20.20 58 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.20.27 59 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1.21.55 60 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2r Prévoyance 1.24.13 61 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.25.23 62 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.25.56 63 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1.28.13 64 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.28.53 65 Santiago Perez (Spa) Relax - Gam 1.28.54 66 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 1.29.46 67 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 1.31.22 68 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.31.28 69 Mauricio Alberto Ardila (Col) Rabobank 1.31.40 70 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 1.34.18 71 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2r Prévoyance 1.36.36 72 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Karpin Galicia 1.37.18 73 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 1.37.20 74 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1.38.25 75 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.39.10 76 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.40.38 77 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team 1.42.17 78 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.43.48 79 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 1.45.03 80 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Predictor - Lotto 1.45.28 81 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.47.40 82 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 1.48.15 83 José Luis Carrasco (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 1.48.16 84 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 1.48.47 85 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.49.09 86 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre - Fondital 1.49.11 87 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.50.19 88 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.50.43 89 Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 1.51.20 90 Adam Hansen (Aus) T-Mobile Team 1.54.17 91 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.54.42 92 Juan Olmo Menacho (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 1.55.46 93 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 1.57.20 94 Jean-Marc Marino (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.59.09 95 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2.02.48 96 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 2.04.25 97 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 2.04.53 98 Gustavo Domínguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 2.06.25 99 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 2.07.28 100 Raúl García De Mateos (Spa) Relax - Gam 2.09.47 101 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 2.10.56 102 Tim Klinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.11.56 103 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 2.12.46 104 Francisco Terciado Sacedo (Spa) Relax - Gam 2.12.51 105 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 2.14.20 106 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.17.09 107 Santos González (Spa) Karpin Galicia 2.18.18 108 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 2.20.31 109 Jorge Garcia Marin (Spa) Relax - Gam 2.21.17 110 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 2.21.47 111 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 2.22.33 112 Bart Dockx (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 2.23.49 113 Sebastiaan Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 2.24.27 114 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.26.05 115 Francisco Jose Martinez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 2.27.22 116 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 2.28.17 117 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 2.29.09 118 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 2.29.14 119 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 2.29.26 120 Julian Sanchez Pimienta (Spa) Relax - Gam 2.30.14 121 Nacor Burgos Rojo (Spa) Relax - Gam 2.31.12 122 Gustavo César (Spa) Karpin Galicia 2.31.59 123 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 2.32.36 124 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2.32.51 125 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r Prévoyance 2.32.53 126 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 2.35.47 127 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 2.35.57 128 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 2.36.14 129 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 2.36.33 130 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 2.36.42 131 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 2.38.18 132 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 2.38.49 133 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 2.38.52 134 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2.40.24 135 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 2.41.18 136 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux 2.43.16 137 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 2.44.18 138 Erki Pütsep (Est) Bouygues Telecom 2.46.24 139 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram 2.50.11 140 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 2.53.55 141 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team 2.54.06 142 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 2.54.27 143 José Antonio Lopez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 2.58.44 144 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 2.59.38 145 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 2.59.43 146 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole 3.00.11 Points classification 1 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 118 pts 2 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 115 3 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 106 4 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 102 5 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 89 6 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 81 7 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 73 8 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 71 9 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 64 10 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax - Gam 60 11 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 54 12 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 51 13 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas 51 14 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 50 15 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 49 16 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r Prévoyance 47 17 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 46 18 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 44 19 Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 42 20 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 37 21 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 36 22 René Mandri (Est) AG2r Prévoyance 32 23 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 32 24 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 26 25 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 26 26 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 25 27 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 24 28 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team 24 29 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 23 30 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française des Jeux 23 31 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 23 32 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC 22 33 David López (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 22 34 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 20 35 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 20 36 David García (Spa) Karpin Galicia 19 37 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas 18 38 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 18 39 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 17 40 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole 17 41 Javier Megias Leal (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 17 42 Raúl García De Mateos (Spa) Relax - Gam 15 43 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 15 44 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 15 45 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 14 46 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 13 47 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance 13 48 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 13 49 José Antonio Lopez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 12 50 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Predictor - Lotto 12 51 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Fondital 12 52 Santos González (Spa) Karpin Galicia 10 53 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2r Prévoyance 10 54 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 10 55 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 9 56 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 9 57 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 9 58 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 9 59 Jorge Garcia Marin (Spa) Relax - Gam 8 60 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 8 61 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 8 62 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 8 63 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 8 64 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 7 65 Jose Ruiz Sanchez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 7 66 Jean-Marc Marino (Fra) Crédit Agricole 7 67 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 7 68 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 7 69 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 7 70 Juan Olmo Menacho (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 6 71 Manuel Vazquez Huesco (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 6 72 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax - Gam 6 73 Gustavo Domínguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 5 74 José Ángel Gómez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 5 75 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 4 76 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 4 77 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 4 78 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 4 79 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 4 80 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 3 81 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 3 82 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Karpin Galicia 3 83 Erki Pütsep (Est) Bouygues Telecom 2 84 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 2 85 Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 2 86 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 2 87 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 2 88 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 2 89 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1 90 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 1 91 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 1 92 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 1 93 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team 1 94 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1 Mountains classification 1 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 90 pts 2 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 78 3 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 69 4 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 63 5 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 54 6 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 45 7 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 40 8 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 38 9 José Ángel Gómez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 38 10 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas 37 11 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax - Gam 33 12 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 32 13 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 31 14 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax - Gam 30 15 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 28 16 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 26 17 David López (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 25 18 Raúl García De Mateos (Spa) Relax - Gam 24 19 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 23 20 Mauricio Alberto Ardila (Col) Rabobank 20 21 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 20 22 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 20 23 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2r Prévoyance 19 24 Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 17 25 Santos González (Spa) Karpin Galicia 15 26 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 13 27 David García (Spa) Karpin Galicia 12 28 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 12 29 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 12 30 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 12 31 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 11 32 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 11 33 José Antonio Lopez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 11 34 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 10 35 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 10 36 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas 9 37 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 8 38 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 8 39 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 8 40 Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 8 41 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 8 42 Gustavo César (Spa) Karpin Galicia 8 43 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 7 44 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC 7 45 Manuel Vazquez Huesco (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 7 46 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2r Prévoyance 7 47 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 6 48 Gustavo Domínguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 6 49 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 6 50 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 6 51 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 6 52 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Karpin Galicia 6 53 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 6 54 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 6 55 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 6 56 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Fondital 5 57 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 5 58 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 5 59 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 4 60 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 4 61 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 4 62 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4 63 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 3 64 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 3 65 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 2 66 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 2 67 Javier Megias Leal (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 2 68 René Mandri (Est) AG2r Prévoyance 2 69 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 2 70 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2 71 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 2 72 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 2 73 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1 74 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 1 75 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram 1 Combination classification 1 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 4 pts 2 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 13 3 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 14 4 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 16 5 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 23 6 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 29 7 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas 32 8 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax - Gam 36 9 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 41 10 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 56 11 David López (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 64 12 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 66 13 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 75 14 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 79 15 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 83 16 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 92 17 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax - Gam 106 18 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 111 19 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Fondital 126 20 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 130 21 Javier Megias Leal (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 132 22 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 143 23 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 157 Team classification 1 Caisse d'Epargne 233.53.37 2 Euskaltel-Euskadi 13.13 3 AG2r Prévoyance 29.34 4 Team CSC 34.55 5 Liquigas 35.58 6 Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 56.40 7 Predictor-Lotto 1.00.43 8 Karpin Galicia 1.00.55 9 Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.19.02 10 Quickstep-Innergetic 1.22.42 11 Relax-Gam 1.47.54 12 Gerolsteiner 1.50.49 13 Rabobank 1.51.33 14 Andalucía-Cajasur 2.27.53 15 Crédit Agricole 2.28.57 16 Lampre-Fondital 2.39.38 17 Discovery Channel 2.49.39 18 T-Mobile Professional Cycling 3.40.31 19 Française des Jeux 4.02.12 20 Bouygues Telecom 4.36.17 21 Team Milram 5.55.24
