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62nd Vuelta a España - GT
Spain, September 1-23, 2007
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Stage 16 - September 18: Jaen - Puertollano, 165 km
Colombian Duque out-powers escape companions
18-man move freed in southern Spain as Menchov passes another day in the race leadership
By Gregor Brown and Hernan Alvarez
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Leonardo Duque out-foxed the remnants of an 18-man move that survived the 165-kilometre Vuelta a España stage 16 to Puertollano. The 27 year-old Colombian fought for freedom with Alexandr Kolobnev (Team CSC) and Joan Horrach (Caisse d'Epargne), and then was able to hold off the Russian/Spanish duo in the sprint over the final 200 metres.
"With three kilometres remaining, they [the other two escapees] kept looking at each other, and I attacked to see what it would do," explained Duque. "With 500 metres to go, I saw the chasing group was getting closer so we started to speed up, and I topped the sprint. Thank God I have good speed, and I could get the most of that."
Colombians have a history of dominating the mountains in the Grand Tours, but aren't quite as famous for sprint victories. Duque remarked of this year's performance of his countrymen: "This year Mauricio Soler showed in the Tour de France that he was the best climber. The point is that we [the Colombians] also have riders who can sprint well. This time it was my turn to show that; thank God we are ratifying that here in the Vuelta a España."
Duque entered the breakaway prepared to fight for victory. When the 18 escapees turned on one another and the move splintered, the Cofidis man was there. He made the decisive move not once, but twice - first when he joined with David Herrero (Karpin Galicia), Duque, Horrach and Kolobnev. The four men were chased by four others, José Ruiz (Andalucía-Cajasur), Sébastien Minard (Cofidis), Jean-Marc Marino (Crédit Agricole) and Leonardo Bertagnolli (Liquigas), but the two groups came back together with 10 kilometres to go.
Horrach then hammered off solo, but Duque and Kolobnev knew the Spaniard's strength, and they quickly bridged to form a new group of three that would go on to fight for the stage win. Over the closing kilometres the trio's gap grew to approximately 35 seconds, plenty of room to play games of cat-n-mouse in the final metres.
Duque was the first to take a swipe at his partners. The rider who packs a mean sprint decided to attack at three kilometres out. 26 year-old Kolobnev was forced to pull him back with Horrach in tow. The cagey 33 year-old of Caisse d'Epargne kept his position at the back of the small group over the final metres, lying in wait to pounce.
As it turned out Horrach never had a chance to surprise the group, and Duque opened up the sprint down the right side of the dusty finishing straight with under 300 metres remaining. Kolobnev powered up to the left of Duque, and the two went head-to-head for a chance at their first win of the 2007 season. Duque kept his gears rolling over to hold off his rival, while Horrach passed through in third.
Horrach took the placing in stride. "When one of us [Caisse d'Epargne team] arrives last in an escape we laugh and play jokes. Tonight at dinner I will have to hear my team-mates' jokes," noted Horrach in humour.
"Each one attacks where he can. I was riding together with two riders whom I didn't like at all. They are very much faster than me. I knew that if I arrived with them I had two choices: stay quiet, doing nothing and then try to surprise them or finish third. I was already defeated [in the finale]. I couldn't make it, and I'm happy with the third place. My places to attack were the short uphills. I tried it in every short uphill, and I was the one who made the cut."
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The 18-man move marked the day's action when it went clear at kilometre 58. Karpin, Euskaltel, Caisse and Cofidis had the upper hand in the move with multiple members. The latter two made good on the day by getting Horrach and Duque in the move, while the Professional Continental Team Karpin Galicia helped form the final winning move when Vorganov hit out. However, it was Euskaltel who really failed to come through in the stage. It had Koldo Fernández in the move, and it should have been able to play the team card Dionisio Galparsoro also in the breakaway. Instead the Basque team was left empty handed.
The gap of the large escape group was kept under control by the Rabobank-led peloton over a demanding day that included three categorized climbs. The Dutch team ensured that its leader Denis Menchov remained in the leader's jersey oro. The Russian is saving his strength for the demanding mountain stages, where he will face attacks from his rivals, including Vladimir Efimkin (Caisse d'Epargne), second overall, and Cadel Evans (Predictor-Lotto), in third.
How it unfolded
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154 riders of the original 189-rider start list headed out on the 165-kilometre route to Puertollano, which last hosted a Vuelta finale in 2005 when Alessandro Petacchi won in a bunch sprint. Italy's Damiano Cunego (Lampre), suffering from the effects of a stage one crash, decided to head back home to recuperate for the World Championships and didn't take the start in Jaén.
Early on, the peloton didn't allow any escapes, and it wasn't until kilometre 58 that the bunch finally relaxed its grip and let a group go. Bert Grabsch (T-Mobile), Eduard Vorganov (Karpin Galicia), David Herrero (Karpin Galicia), Mario Aerts (Predictor-Lotto), Alexandr Kolobnev (Team CSC), Javier Mejías (Saunier Duval-Prodir), Leonardo Bertagnolli (Liquigas), Yuriy Krivtsov (Ag2r Prévoyance), Jean-Marc Marino (Crédit Agricole), Dionisio Galparsoro (Euskaltel-Euskadi), José Ruiz (Andalucía-Cajasur), David López García (Caisse d'Epargne), Leonardo Duque (Cofidis), Juan Manuel Gárate (Quick.Step - Innergetic), Koldo Fernández (Euskaltel-Euskadi), Sébastien Minard (Cofidis), Joan Horrach (Caisse d'Epargne) and Geoffroy Lequatre (Cofidis) worked smoothly together to build up a four minutes by kilometre 92.
The peloton had a difficult time controlling such a big escape, and the 18 men had opened up six minutes at kilometre 111 (50 kilometres to go), but with the highest placed rider on GC, López, some 20 minutes behind Menchov in the standings, the bunch was happy to save its efforts.
As the break came closer to the finish, all cooperation was destroyed, and the first attack was made by Bertagnolli, who he was caught at 25 kilometres to go. Next Vorganov attacked and produced a little gap, however, the others were still strong. The right move was made by three men: Horrach, Duque and Kolobnev who put a little distance on their former mates at 20 kilometres to go. Herrero joined the leaders later on. Meanwhile, the chasers didn't cooperate with each other, instead they fought. Marino argued with Gárate, and the Frenchman went off the road, but righted himself without much trouble.
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The foursome took advantage of the arguments behind, while the chase group split up under pressure of several attacks. A group of eight came together, but then split up again, with the same trio proving the strongest, while Herrero was left behind. Duque, Horrach and Kolobnev continued with a 10-second advantage over the five chasers, and increased their lead to 34 seconds two kilometres later, and to 42 seconds with five kilometres remaining.
The trio made the final kilometre together before setting up for the sprint, but all tactics were worthless against Leonardo Duque, who launched a powerful sprint in the final straight, solidly beating Kolobnev and Horrach. The chase of eight men arrived just six seconds after, while the peloton came home 7'43" in arrears.
Stage 17 - September 19: Ciudad Real - Talavera de la Reina, 175km
The sprinters that remain in the Vuelta will order their men to give all they have to ensure the race arrives in a bunch gallop as the following days will be too vertical for them. The 17th stage between Ciudad Real and Talavera de la Reina does not present a single ranked climb. A quick finish will allow for the men to check out the town known for its ceramics and to prepare for the following day.
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- Leonardo Duque (Cofidis) won the 16th stage after attacking the breakaway
Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti
- Leonardo Duque (Cofidis) gets a trophy for winning stage 16
- Menchov's Rabobank team-mates kept him safe for another day
- The peloton comes home over seven minutes behind the break
- Remnants of the break come across the line
- Duque was chuffed to win his first race of the year
- A serious salute for Colombian Leonardo Duque
- Duque took advantage of his moment to express several different emotions
- Happy dance
- Duque takes the sprint
- Duque begins his salute
- Duque looking serious on the podium
- Leonardo Duque (Cofidis) on the stage winner's podium
- The Colombians are known for being climbers but not so much for sprinting, but Duque proved the country has versatile riders
- Menchov comes home
- The yellow jersey group makes it to the finish
- The remains of the break were in tatters
- The breakaway fell apart after arguments over who would do the work and who wouldn't
- Duque's serious side showed after his stage win
- A win in the fading light of late summer Spain
- Leonardo Duque (Cofidis) beats Kolobnev and Horrach
- The sprint opens up with the chasers just behind
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- Uh, I can see the break! 'Yeah, we'll get them sooner or later.' It turned out to be later, as in 'too late.'
- Leonardo Duque (Cofidis) wins the three-up sprint.
- Duque was all too happy with a rare Colombian sprint win.
- The break still working together.
- Denis Menchov (Rabobank) still leads the Vuelta a España and he only has a few more days of defending left. Unfortunately they are really tough days...
- Quick.Step-Innergetic shared a bit of the workload.
- The Rabobank boys have everything under control as they defend the jersey oro of Denis Menchov.
- Jurgen Van Goolen (Discovery Channel) leads the mountain's classification right now but can he hold on when push comes to shove later in the week?
- In German the term water carrier ('Wasserträger') is used for a domestique and Maryan Hary (Cofidis) shows us why.
Results
1 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 4.00.39 (41.147 km/h) 2 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC 3 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0.06 5 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas 6 Javier Megias Leal (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 7 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 8 David López (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 9 Jean-Marc Marino (Fra) Crédit Agricole 10 Jose Ruiz Sanchez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 11 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance 12 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 0.13 13 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Karpin Galicia 14 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 15 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 16 Bert Grabsch (Ger) T-Mobile Team 0.25 17 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Karpin Galicia 18 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r Prévoyance 7.43 19 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 20 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 21 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 22 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 23 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 24 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 25 Sebastiaan Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 26 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 27 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Predictor - Lotto 28 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 29 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 30 Santos González (Spa) Karpin Galicia 31 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 32 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 33 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 34 Gustavo Domínguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 35 Manuel Vazquez Huesco (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 36 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas 37 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 38 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 39 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole 40 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 41 Gustavo César (Spa) Karpin Galicia 42 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 43 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 44 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2r Prévoyance 45 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 46 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 47 Jorge Garcia Marin (Spa) Relax - Gam 48 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 49 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 50 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 51 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 52 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 53 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 54 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 55 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 56 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 57 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française des Jeux 58 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 59 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 60 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 61 Nacor Burgos Rojo (Spa) Relax - Gam 62 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 63 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 64 Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 65 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 66 José Luis Carrasco (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 67 Francisco Jose Martinez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 68 David García (Spa) Karpin Galicia 69 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 70 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 71 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 72 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 73 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2r Prévoyance 74 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 75 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 76 Chris Horner (USA) Predictor - Lotto 77 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax - Gam 78 Mauricio Alberto Ardila (Col) Rabobank 79 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 80 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 81 Bart Dockx (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 82 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 83 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 84 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 85 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 86 Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 87 Iker Camaño (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 88 René Mandri (Est) AG2r Prévoyance 89 Juan Olmo Menacho (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 90 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 91 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax - Gam 92 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 93 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 94 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 95 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 96 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 97 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 98 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 99 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 100 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team 101 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 102 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 103 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 104 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 105 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 106 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 107 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 108 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 109 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 110 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 111 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre - Fondital 112 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 113 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 114 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Fondital 115 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 116 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 117 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 118 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 119 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 120 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 121 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 122 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 123 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 124 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 125 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 126 Santiago Perez (Spa) Relax - Gam 127 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 128 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team 129 Raúl García De Mateos (Spa) Relax - Gam 130 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 131 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 132 Julian Sanchez Pimienta (Spa) Relax - Gam 133 Francisco Terciado Sacedo (Spa) Relax - Gam 134 José Antonio Lopez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 135 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 136 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole 137 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 138 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC 139 Allan Davis (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 140 Adam Hansen (Aus) T-Mobile Team 141 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 142 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 143 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram 144 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 145 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 146 José Ángel Gómez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 147 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 148 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 149 Erki Pütsep (Est) Bouygues Telecom 150 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 151 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux 152 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 153 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 8.20 154 Tim Klinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 11.55 DNS Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - Fondital Points Viñas de Peñallana - km. 50 1 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 4 pts 2 Jorge Garcia Marin (Spa) Relax - Gam 2 3 Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 1 Mestanza - km. 142.3 1 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 4 pts 2 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC 2 3 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1 Puertollan - km. 165 1 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 25 pts 2 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC 20 3 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 16 4 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 14 5 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas 12 6 Javier Megias Leal (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 10 7 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 9 8 David López (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 8 9 Jean-Marc Marino (Fra) Crédit Agricole 7 10 Jose Ruiz Sanchez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 6 11 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance 5 12 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 4 13 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Karpin Galicia 3 14 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 2 15 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1 Mountains Alto del Parque Natural de Andújar - km. 76 (Cat. 2) 1 Bert Grabsch (Ger) T-Mobile Team 10 pts 2 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 7 3 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 5 4 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 3 5 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas 2 6 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1 Alto de Sierra Madrona - km. 103 (Cat. 3) 1 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 6 pts 2 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 4 3 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Karpin Galicia 2 4 Javier Megias Leal (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1 Alto del Tamaral - km. 117 (Cat. 3) 1 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 6 pts 2 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Karpin Galicia 4 3 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas 2 4 Javier Megias Leal (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1 Teams 1 Caisse d'Epargne 12.09.46 2 Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 3 Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.13 4 Karpin Galicia 0.32 5 Team CSC 7.37 6 Andalucía-Cajasur 7.43 7 AG2r Prévoyance 8 Liquigas 9 Crédit Agricole 10 Saunier Duval-Prodir 11 Predictor-Lotto 7.50 12 Quickstep-Innergetic 13 T-Mobile Professional Cycling 8.02 14 Rabobank 15.20 15 Relax-Gam 16 Gerolsteiner 17 Française des Jeux 18 Team Milram 19 Discovery Channel 20 Lampre-Fondital 21 Bouygues Telecom General classification after stage 16 1 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 66.40.49 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 24.06 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 31.23 40 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 34.20 41 Chris Horner (USA) Predictor - Lotto 35.49 42 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 36.48 43 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC 36.52 44 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 37.09 45 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 37.35 46 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Fondital 37.50 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 51.28 59 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 54.27 60 Bert Grabsch (Ger) T-Mobile Team 55.44 61 Mauricio Alberto Ardila (Col) Rabobank 55.48 62 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 55.52 63 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 55.55 64 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 56.01 65 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 56.28 66 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax - Gam 56.43 67 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 56.58 68 Jose Ruiz Sanchez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 58.13 69 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 58.26 70 Manuel Vazquez Huesco (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 58.27 71 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 58.45 72 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Predictor - Lotto 59.22 73 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Karpin Galicia 1.01.26 74 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 1.01.44 75 Javier Megias Leal (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.02.51 76 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 1.03.48 77 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 1.03.59 78 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.04.09 79 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 1.05.39 80 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1.05.53 81 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.06.58 82 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2r Prévoyance 1.07.02 83 Santiago Perez (Spa) Relax - Gam 1.07.26 84 Jean-Marc Marino (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.07.56 85 Juan Olmo Menacho (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 1.09.11 86 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 1.12.11 87 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.12.20 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 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.20.22 94 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole 1.20.44 95 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 1.22.10 96 Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 1.22.16 97 Raúl García De Mateos (Spa) Relax - Gam 1.23.41 98 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.23.44 99 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 1.23.50 100 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 1.24.50 101 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre - Fondital 1.25.40 102 Adam Hansen (Aus) T-Mobile Team 1.27.39 103 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.28.11 104 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 1.28.33 105 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.29.01 106 Tim Klinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.29.25 107 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 1.29.26 108 Gustavo Domínguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 1.30.33 109 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.31.06 110 Santos González (Spa) Karpin Galicia 1.32.12 111 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.32.43 112 Bart Dockx (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 1.33.13 113 Jorge Garcia Marin (Spa) Relax - Gam 1.34.47 114 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 1.35.12 115 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 1.35.53 116 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 1.36.03 117 Francisco Terciado Sacedo (Spa) Relax - Gam 1.36.59 118 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 1.37.12 119 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 1.38.50 120 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 1.40.00 121 Allan Davis (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.40.07 122 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.40.23 123 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 1.42.00 124 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1.42.15 125 Julian Sanchez Pimienta (Spa) Relax - Gam 1.43.39 126 Nacor Burgos Rojo (Spa) Relax - Gam 1.45.06 127 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 1.45.11 128 Gustavo César (Spa) Karpin Galicia 1.45.53 129 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 1.45.56 130 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.47.33 131 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 1.47.42 132 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 1.48.13 133 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 1.48.47 134 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.49.10 135 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.49.43 136 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 1.50.13 137 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 138 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.51.41 139 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 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 2.03.19 147 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 2.03.22 148 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team 2.03.30 149 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux 2.06.33 150 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r Prévoyance 2.06.55 151 José Antonio Lopez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 2.07.39 152 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 2.08.05 153 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole 2.09.35 154 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 93 3 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 90 4 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 87 5 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 81 6 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 73 7 Allan Davis (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 70 8 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 65 9 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 63 10 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 60 11 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 51 12 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 46 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 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 23 29 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 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 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française des Jeux 18 38 Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 17 39 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 17 40 David López (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 16 41 Raúl García De Mateos (Spa) Relax - Gam 15 42 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 15 43 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 14 44 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 14 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 Javier Megias Leal (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 13 49 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 13 50 José Antonio Lopez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 12 51 Santos González (Spa) Karpin Galicia 10 52 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2r Prévoyance 10 53 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 10 54 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 9 55 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 9 56 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Predictor - Lotto 9 57 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 9 58 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 9 59 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 9 60 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 8 61 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 8 62 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 8 63 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 8 64 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole 8 65 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 7 66 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 7 67 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 7 68 Jose Ruiz Sanchez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 7 69 Jean-Marc Marino (Fra) Crédit Agricole 7 70 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax - Gam 6 71 Manuel Vazquez Huesco (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 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 4 78 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 3 79 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 3 80 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Karpin Galicia 3 81 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 3 82 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 2 83 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Fondital 2 84 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 2 85 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2 86 Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 2 87 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 2 88 Jorge Garcia Marin (Spa) Relax - Gam 2 89 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 2 90 Erki Pütsep (Est) Bouygues Telecom 2 91 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1 92 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 1 93 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team 1 94 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 1 95 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 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 Bert Grabsch (Ger) T-Mobile Team 10 29 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 10 30 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 9 31 David López (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 9 32 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 8 33 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 8 34 Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 8 35 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 8 36 Gustavo César (Spa) Karpin Galicia 8 37 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas 7 38 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2r Prévoyance 7 39 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 7 40 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 7 41 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 6 42 Gustavo Domínguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 6 43 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 6 44 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 6 45 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 6 46 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Karpin Galicia 6 47 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 6 48 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 6 49 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 6 50 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 4 51 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 4 52 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4 53 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 3 54 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 3 55 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 3 56 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC 3 57 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 2 58 René Mandri (Est) AG2r Prévoyance 2 59 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 2 60 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 2 61 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2 62 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2 63 Manuel Vazquez Huesco (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 2 64 Javier Megias Leal (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 2 65 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 2 66 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 2 67 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 2 68 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 1 69 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Fondital 1 70 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 1 71 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1 72 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram 1 Combination classification 1 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 7 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 22 6 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas 28 7 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 40 8 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax - Gam 49 9 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 51 10 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 69 11 Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 72 12 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 72 13 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 78 14 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 85 15 David López (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 85 16 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 85 17 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 87 18 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas 90 19 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 91 20 David García (Spa) Karpin Galicia 91 21 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 105 22 René Mandri (Est) AG2r Prévoyance 106 23 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 107 24 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 111 25 Bert Grabsch (Ger) T-Mobile Team 113 26 José Ángel Gómez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 118 27 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 119 28 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 124 29 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 127 30 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 130 31 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 132 32 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 132 33 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 134 34 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2r Prévoyance 145 35 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax - Gam 151 36 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 152 37 Raúl García De Mateos (Spa) Relax - Gam 152 38 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 154 39 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 157 40 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 165 41 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 166 42 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 166 43 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 167 44 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 175 45 Santos González (Spa) Karpin Galicia 181 46 Javier Megias Leal (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 187 47 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 189 48 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 195 49 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 196 50 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Fondital 198 51 Manuel Vazquez Huesco (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 204 52 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 206 53 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 207 54 Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 216 55 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 217 56 Gustavo Domínguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 222 57 José Antonio Lopez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 228 58 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 260 59 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 263 60 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 275 Team classification 1 Caisse d'Epargne 199.49.08 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
