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62nd Vuelta a España - GT
Spain, September 1-23, 2007
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Stage 18 - September 20: Talavera de la Reina - Ávila, 153.5km
Luis Pérez Rodriguez signs off in style
General classification rearranged in aggressive day
By Gregor Brown and Hernan Alvarez
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Luis Pérez Rodriguez has signed off on 13 years as a professional cyclist in style. The 33 year-old Spaniard of Andalucía-Cajasur, who will retire on Sunday, won the 18th stage of the Vuelta a España to Ávila. Pérez Rodriguez powered clear of an escape group of race overall favourites at 10 kilometres to go.
"I am now one of the happiest people in the world," declared the winner. "I want to dedicate the win to my team Andalucía-Cajasur - from the riders to the whole outfit because it was the only team that had faith in me and cared about having me on its roster."
Pérez Rodriguez, who just recently announced that his retirement will come with the end of the Vuelta, joined a huge escape group at kilometre 17. He kept his cool over the Porte de Mijares and Porte de Navalmoral as the classification men fought out for seconds. The winner of the overall in this years Clasica de Alcobendas and a stage in the 2003 Vuelta timed his move perfectly by launching on the stiff slopes leading to the walled city of Ávila.
"I had already thought about it," he said of his surprise attack on the penultimate finishing lap. "Because [the rest of the group] would have waited to attack on the last climb [the second finishing circuit]. I caught them by surprise. I expected that the favourites' group would watch each other and that I could reach the finish."
The cobbled roads and ancient city proved to be a classy back drop to a rider on his swan song. Pérez Rodriguez held clear for the closing circuit, which included one more rise up the cobbled streets to Ávila and passing the gruppetto. Cheers from the chase group spurred Pérez Rodriguez to the win.
He crossed the line, pumped his right fist, gave the 2007 Vuelta its first win by a Pro Continental team and likely took his last professional victory. Over thirty seconds later, Cadel Evans (Predictor-Lotto) led Franco Pellizotti (Liquigas), Samuel Sánchez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) and race leader Denis Menchov (Rabobank) over the line.
"I knew this stage would be complicated especially in tactical terms," said Menchov. "There was a very hard first climb. We had to race very intelligently."
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Curly haired Pellizotti was the surprise of the day. He seemed to have saved his strength while the others worked but could not mount a charge on the move of Pérez Rodriguez, and missed out on the win. In fact, the whole group seemed content to allow Pérez Rodriguez's gap build.
Sastre showed some unusual aggression. He and his team played a beautiful card by having its men in the early move to aid their leader when he bridged. Sastre attacked the Menchov group five kilometres before the summit of Porte de Mijares. The Spaniard move was immediately marked by Menchov and Evans, and sent Beltrán and Efimkin scrabbling.
CSC used Chris Anker Sørensen, Christian Vande Velde and then Volodimir Gustov to distance Sastre's rivals. It worked. With the help of Igor Antón for Euskaltel-Euskadi team-mate Samuel Sánchez, the group quickly distanced the chase group. The end result was that Sastre moved up to third overall, behind jersey oro Menchov and Evans, and 'Samu' Sánchez moved from fifth to fourth. Russian Efimkin held on to second overall going into the day, but slipped down three positions on the overall. Spaniard Beltrán moved down one spot, to eighth.
Menchov himself was impressed with CSC's tactics, reinforcing his belief that Sastre is the biggest threat to his race lead. "They [the journalists] always ask me who is the most dangerous rider and I've said the most dangerous is Carlos Sastre. CSC as team did a great job today."
How it unfolded
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Ávila is a city that has preserved its famous ancient wall. The wall was built in the XI century and is 2.516 metres long surrounding the old town. It protected the ancient city inhabitants from foreign attacks.
The city has hosted the Vuelta 21 times. It is a must in the Vuelta's third week before arriving to the nearby capital city of Madrid. The tour didn't finish here last year, but it did in 2005 when Denmark's Nicki Sørensen won.
There were four abandons before the stage started in Talavera de la Reina: World Champion Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step - Innergetic), Laszlo Bodrogi (Crédit Agricole), Stefan Schumacher (Gerolsteiner) and Allan Davis (Discovery Channel). The riders left in the race numbered 148.
Many riders wanted to do something in the stage. There were 24 riders, including Jurgen Van Goolen (Discovery Channel), Jason McCartney (Discovery Channel), Sylvan Chavanel (Cofidis), José Luis Arrieta (Ag2r Prévoyance) and Christian Vande Velde (CSC) who attacked. The escapees couldn't get a good gap, and they were all caught at kilometre 40.
Soon after, another group took the lead: Hubert Dupont (Ag2r Prévoyance), Stéphane Goubert (Ag2r Prévoyance), Luis Pérez Rodriguez (Andalucía-Cajasur), Vladimir Karpets (Caisse d'Epargne), David López García (Caisse d'Epargne), Xabier Zandio (Caisse d'Epargne), Maxime Monfort (Cofidis), Sylvain Chavanel (Cofidis), Van Goolen (Discovery Channel), Igor Antón (Euskaltel-Euskadi), Iñaki Flores (Euskaltel-Euskadi), Santos Gonzalez (Karpin Galicia), David Loosli (Lampre-Fondital), Sylvester Szmyd (Lampre-Fondital), Ángel Vallejo (Relax-GAM), Franco Pellizotti (Liquigas), Volodimir Gustov (CSC), Chris Anker Sørensen (Team CSC) and Christian Vande Velde (Team CSC).
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Behind the leading group, Sastre attacked Menchov with the help of his team-mate Iñigo Cuesta. The Russian resisted, and got behind Sastre's wheel while Vladimir Efimkin couldn't keep the pace.
The chasing group mixed with some of the original leaders to form a new 12-man leading group at kilometre 56: Sastre, Menchov, Gustov, Karpets, Monfort, Anton, Pellizotti, Goubert, Luis Pérez Rodriguez, Cadel Evans (Predictor-Lotto), Samuel Sánchez and Ezequiel Mosquera (Karpin Galicia).
Anker Sørensen and Vande Velde joined the leaders while Goubert fell from this group. Following the 13-man group was the chasing group of Efimkin, Zandio, Vallejo, Chavanel, Loosli, Van Goolen, David López García, Manuel Beltrán (Liquigas), Daniel Moreno (Relax-GAM) and José Vicente Garcia (Caisse d'Epargne) that was 38 seconds behind at kilometre 76.
Stéphane Goubert and his Ag2r team-mate Dupont were able to join the front riders, while the chasing group was caught by the peloton at kilometre 93. The leaders were 2'45" ahead of the big group at that point.
On the last climb of the day in Navalmoral, the escapes climbed very well and maintained the advantage. They led by 2'53" at kilometre 119 (34.5 kilometres to go). They arrived at the outskirts of Ávila (14.5 kilometres to go) 2'50" in the lead.
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On rider dared to make the first attack, and he prevailed. Luis Pérez Rodriguez chose the first go on the uphill pavé with 13 kilometres to go. Three kilometres on, the Spaniard led by 26 seconds over the chasers.
Pérez Rodriguez increased and maintained the advantage: 33 seconds ahead with nine kilometres to go, 35 with eight, 42 with six, 38 with five, 38 with four, 43 with three and 48 with two. Samuel Sánchez wanted to catch but couldn't find the way, not even on the second charge up the pavé. Finally, Pérez Rodriguez crossed the finish line solo, 40 seconds ahead of his chasers. The Efimkin group arrived 3'06" slower.
Stage 19 - September 21: Ávila - Alto de Abantos, 133km
The third-to-last stage of the Vuelta will sort out the GC and see a rider rise to defend his golden top or a new champion snatch the threads with the hope of running clear to Madrid. The stage is only 133 kilometres but it is packed with five classified climbs before the final mountain top arrival on the Alto de Abantos.
Nervous eyes will be forced to watch every move that goes in the early portion of the day. Valdelavía and Hoyo de la Guija will be faced before the cyclists reach the two closing circuits that include climbs Alto de Robledondo and Alto de Abantos. The second round ends at the summit of Alto de Abantos; the climb averages 5.7% gradient and with section of 19%.
Photography
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- Luis Pérez Rodriguez (Andalucia-Cayasur) retires with style and a Vuelta stage win
- Denis Menchov (Rabobank) has a few of these types of photographs after nine stages in gold
- Perez soloed to victory
- Perez enjoyed his send off
- Going out on a high note Perez will retire at the end of the season
Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti
- Daniele Bennati (Lampre) kept the magenta points leader's jersey
- Magenta is your color, Daniele
- Denis Menchov (Rabobank) has another day on the podium
- Menchov is just days away from his first outright Vuelta win
- Luis Perez got his win the second Vuelta stage of his career
- Bennati rolls in well behind the leaders
- Franco Pellizotti couldn't pull off the victory
- Sammy Sanchez rolls home with the group of favourites
- The maillot oro group comes in 41 seconds behind Perez
- The camera captures Perez winning his second career Vuelta stage
- Perez had plenty of time to enjoy the moment
- The winner finishes in Ávila
- Cobbles made the finishing circuit challenging
- Is this Flanders?
- The chase group fights its way home
- The cobbles caused pain and splits in the peloton
- Carlos Sastre (CSC) was aggressive again on stage 18
- Sanchez feels the pain of the effort it takes to cross cobblestones
- Perez floated over the stones to take the stage
- Menchov had Vladimir Karpets to help protect his lead
- Cadel Evans (Predictor-Lotto) moved up to second overall
- The second group fights to get through the cobbled circuit
- Riders pass the fortified city wall of Avila
- Pellizotti tries and fails to chase Perez
- Perez looked smooth tackling the final circuit
- The view of the finish circuit in Avila
- Nice for tourists unpleasant for cyclists
- Torsten Hiekmann (Gerolsteiner) gets some encouragement
- The peloton rolls in to the fortified city of Avila
- Fans watch from a grassy hill
- The golden jersey of Menchov was as strong as the fortified walls, and resisted the attacks
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- Carlos Sastre (CSC) pours on the pressure
- Sastre attacked the favourites putting Menchov on the defensive
- Perez spent a long time off the front and earned his victory
- Perez powers through to the finish
- Perez makes his move
- Menchov wasn't getting any help from Evans
- The Liquigas train hauls the peloton along
- Caisse d'Epargne works to try and pull Efimkin back to his podium spot
- Evans knows Efimkin is dropped and puts the hammer down to move up on GC to second
- Sastre has fans in this region
- Efimkin's second place was slipping away, despite the hard work from his team
Results
1 Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 3.43.45 (41.16 km/h) 2 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 0.41 3 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 4 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 5 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 6 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 7 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 8 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 9 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 10 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 11 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0.47 12 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 1.00 13 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax - Gam 3.01 14 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 3.04 15 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r Prévoyance 3.07 16 David García (Spa) Karpin Galicia 17 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Karpin Galicia 18 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 19 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC 20 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 21 René Mandri (Est) AG2r Prévoyance 22 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 23 Sebastiaan Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 24 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 25 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 26 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 27 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 28 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 29 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 30 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 31 Manuel Vazquez Huesco (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 32 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 33 José Ángel Gómez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 34 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team 35 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 36 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 37 Javier Megias Leal (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 38 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC 39 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 40 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 41 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 3.14 42 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 3.17 43 Jose Ruiz Sanchez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 44 Iker Camaño (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 45 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 3.26 46 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas 3.07 47 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas 3.26 48 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 49 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax - Gam 50 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance 51 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française des Jeux 52 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 53 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Fondital 3.30 54 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 3.37 55 Adam Hansen (Aus) T-Mobile Team 3.47 56 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 57 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 58 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 4.14 59 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 60 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre - Fondital 61 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2r Prévoyance 62 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 63 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4.37 64 David López (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4.52 65 Santiago Perez (Spa) Relax - Gam 3.07 66 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 5.24 67 Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 5.44 68 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 6.42 69 Chris Horner (USA) Predictor - Lotto 9.36 70 Francisco Jose Martinez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 11.47 71 José Luis Carrasco (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 72 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 17.31 73 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 74 Mauricio Alberto Ardila (Col) Rabobank 75 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 76 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 77 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Karpin Galicia 78 Gustavo Domínguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 79 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 80 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 81 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 82 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 83 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 84 Francisco Terciado Sacedo (Spa) Relax - Gam 85 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 86 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 87 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 88 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux 89 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 90 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 91 Tim Klinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 92 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 93 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 94 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 95 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 96 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 97 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 98 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 99 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 27.45 100 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 101 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 102 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 103 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 104 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 105 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 106 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 107 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 108 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Predictor - Lotto 109 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 110 Nacor Burgos Rojo (Spa) Relax - Gam 111 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 112 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 113 Raúl García De Mateos (Spa) Relax - Gam 114 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team 115 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 116 Juan Olmo Menacho (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 117 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 118 Julian Sanchez Pimienta (Spa) Relax - Gam 119 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 120 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 121 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole 122 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 123 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 124 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 125 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 126 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 127 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 128 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 129 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 130 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram 131 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 132 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 133 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 134 José Antonio Lopez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 135 Jorge Garcia Marin (Spa) Relax - Gam 136 Gustavo César (Spa) Karpin Galicia 137 Santos González (Spa) Karpin Galicia 138 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 139 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 140 Erki Pütsep (Est) Bouygues Telecom 141 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 142 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 143 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 144 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2r Prévoyance 145 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 146 Jean-Marc Marino (Fra) Crédit Agricole 147 Bart Dockx (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 148 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone DNS Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole DNS Allan Davis (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team DNS Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner DNS Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic Sprints El Barraco - km. 100 1 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 4 pts 2 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 2 3 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 1 Ávila (1er. paso) - km. 141,3 1 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 4 pts 2 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 2 3 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 1 Ávila - km. 153,5 1 Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 25 pts 2 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 20 3 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 16 4 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 14 5 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 12 6 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 10 7 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 9 8 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 8 9 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 7 10 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 6 11 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 5 12 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 4 13 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax - Gam 3 14 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 2 15 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r Prévoyance 1 Mountains Puerto de Mijares - km. 57 (Cat. 1) 1 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 16 pts 2 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 12 3 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 10 4 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 8 5 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 6 6 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 4 7 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 3 8 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 2 9 Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 1 Puerto de Navalmoral - km. 121 (Cat. 2) 1 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 10 pts 2 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 7 3 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 5 4 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 3 5 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2 6 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 1 Teams 1 Euskaltel-Euskadi 11.15.50 2 AG2r Prévoyance 0.13 3 Andalucía-Cajasur 1.49 4 Team CSC 2.17 5 Karpin Galicia 2.20 6 Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 7 Predictor-Lotto 8 Rabobank 9 Caisse d'Epargne 2.39 10 Liquigas 11 Saunier Duval-Prodir 4.56 12 Relax-Gam 4.59 13 Crédit Agricole 5.56 14 Gerolsteiner 6.16 15 Lampre-Fondital 16 Quickstep-Innergetic 19.29 17 T-Mobile Professional Cycling 19.50 18 Française des Jeux 33.53 19 Bouygues Telecom 43.48 20 Team Milram 58.12 21 Discovery Channel General classification after stage 18 1 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 74.22.13 2 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 2.27 3 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 3.02 4 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 4.01 5 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 4.27 6 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 4.35 7 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 6.17 8 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas 7.41 9 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 7.47 10 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 8.48 11 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 9.04 12 Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 10.21 13 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax - Gam 11.54 14 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 12.08 15 David López (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 15.07 16 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas 15.16 17 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 16.01 18 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 18.17 19 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 20.31 20 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 20.51 21 René Mandri (Est) AG2r Prévoyance 22.45 22 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 23.01 23 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 25.01 24 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 25.28 25 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 25.29 26 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 26.29 27 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 27.20 28 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 28.22 29 David García (Spa) Karpin Galicia 28.25 30 Iker Camaño (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 29.40 31 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 29.56 32 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Karpin Galicia 30.21 33 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 30.35 34 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 33.49 35 José Ángel Gómez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 34.18 36 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 34.49 37 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 35.23 38 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 39.24 39 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC 39.47 40 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 40.01 41 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Fondital 41.08 42 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 42.22 43 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 43.58 44 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 43.59 45 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 44.48 46 Chris Horner (USA) Predictor - Lotto 45.13 47 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance 45.47 48 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 50.50 49 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC 51.54 50 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 53.38 51 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 57.58 52 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 58.18 53 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax - Gam 59.28 54 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 1.00.02 55 Manuel Vazquez Huesco (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 1.00.53 56 Jose Ruiz Sanchez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 1.01.18 57 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.01.51 58 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1.02.53 59 Javier Megias Leal (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.05.17 60 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 1.06.14 61 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.06.54 62 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.07.42 63 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 1.08.05 64 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.09.51 65 Santiago Perez (Spa) Relax - Gam 1.09.52 66 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2r Prévoyance 1.10.35 67 Mauricio Alberto Ardila (Col) Rabobank 1.12.38 68 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 1.12.42 69 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 1.13.48 70 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.14.46 71 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 1.15.16 72 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2r Prévoyance 1.16.40 73 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Karpin Galicia 1.18.16 74 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1.18.29 75 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team 1.18.45 76 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 1.21.31 77 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.21.36 78 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1.22.43 79 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.23.32 80 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.23.48 81 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.24.08 82 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Predictor - Lotto 1.26.26 83 Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 1.27.48 84 José Luis Carrasco (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 1.28.20 85 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 1.28.48 86 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 1.29.01 87 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre - Fondital 1.29.13 88 Adam Hansen (Aus) T-Mobile Team 1.30.45 89 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.31.17 90 Jean-Marc Marino (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.35.20 91 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.35.28 92 Juan Olmo Menacho (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 1.36.44 93 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 1.39.55 94 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.43.56 95 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 1.45.23 96 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.45.51 97 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.46.22 98 Gustavo Domínguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 1.47.23 99 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.47.26 100 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.47.56 101 Tim Klinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.48.24 102 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 1.49.14 103 Raúl García De Mateos (Spa) Relax - Gam 1.50.45 104 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.50.48 105 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 1.50.54 106 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 1.51.54 107 Francisco Terciado Sacedo (Spa) Relax - Gam 1.53.49 108 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.54.55 109 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 1.56.59 110 Santos González (Spa) Karpin Galicia 1.59.16 111 Bart Dockx (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 2.00.17 112 Sebastiaan Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 2.00.41 113 Jorge Garcia Marin (Spa) Relax - Gam 2.02.20 114 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 2.02.45 115 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 2.03.31 116 Francisco Jose Martinez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 2.03.50 117 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 2.04.45 118 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 2.05.37 119 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 2.05.54 120 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.07.03 121 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 2.07.04 122 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 2.09.04 123 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2.09.19 124 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r Prévoyance 2.09.21 125 Julian Sanchez Pimienta (Spa) Relax - Gam 2.11.12 126 Nacor Burgos Rojo (Spa) Relax - Gam 2.12.10 127 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 2.12.15 128 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 2.12.42 129 Gustavo César (Spa) Karpin Galicia 2.12.57 130 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 2.13.01 131 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 2.13.10 132 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 2.14.46 133 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 2.15.06 134 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 2.15.17 135 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 2.16.43 136 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 2.17.46 137 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2.18.45 138 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 2.20.46 139 Erki Pütsep (Est) Bouygues Telecom 2.22.52 140 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux 2.24.02 141 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram 2.26.39 142 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 2.30.23 143 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team 2.30.34 144 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 2.30.55 145 José Antonio Lopez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 2.35.12 146 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 2.36.06 147 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole 2.36.39 148 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 2.42.31 Points classification 1 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 118 pts 2 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 106 3 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 99 4 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 89 5 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 80 6 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 77 7 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 73 8 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 71 9 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 51 10 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 50 11 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 50 12 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 49 13 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r Prévoyance 47 14 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 46 15 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 44 16 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas 43 17 Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 42 18 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax - Gam 40 19 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 37 20 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 36 21 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 32 22 René Mandri (Est) AG2r Prévoyance 32 23 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 32 24 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 25 25 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 24 26 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team 24 27 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 23 28 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française des Jeux 23 29 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 23 30 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC 22 31 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 21 32 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 20 33 David García (Spa) Karpin Galicia 19 34 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 18 35 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas 18 36 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 17 37 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 17 38 Javier Megias Leal (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 17 39 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole 17 40 David López (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 16 41 Raúl García De Mateos (Spa) Relax - Gam 15 42 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 15 43 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 15 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 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 Santos González (Spa) Karpin Galicia 10 52 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2r Prévoyance 10 53 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 10 54 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 9 55 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 9 56 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 9 57 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 9 58 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 8 59 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 8 60 Jorge Garcia Marin (Spa) Relax - Gam 8 61 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 8 62 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 8 63 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 7 64 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 7 65 Jose Ruiz Sanchez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 7 66 Jean-Marc Marino (Fra) Crédit Agricole 7 67 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax - Gam 6 68 Manuel Vazquez Huesco (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 6 69 Juan Olmo Menacho (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 6 70 Gustavo Domínguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 5 71 José Ángel Gómez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 5 72 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 5 73 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 4 74 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 4 75 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 4 76 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 4 77 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 4 78 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 3 79 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Karpin Galicia 3 80 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 3 81 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 3 82 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 2 83 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Fondital 2 84 Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 2 85 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 2 86 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 2 87 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 2 88 Erki Pütsep (Est) Bouygues Telecom 2 89 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1 90 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team 1 91 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 1 92 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 1 93 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 1 Mountains classification 1 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 80 pts 2 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 78 3 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 61 4 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 57 5 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 45 6 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 40 7 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 38 8 José Ángel Gómez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 38 9 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas 35 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 31 13 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 26 14 Raúl García De Mateos (Spa) Relax - Gam 24 15 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 22 16 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax - Gam 21 17 Mauricio Alberto Ardila (Col) Rabobank 20 18 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 20 19 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 20 20 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax - Gam 18 21 Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 17 22 Santos González (Spa) Karpin Galicia 15 23 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 13 24 David García (Spa) Karpin Galicia 12 25 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 12 26 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 12 27 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 11 28 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 11 29 José Antonio Lopez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 11 30 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 10 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 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 7 40 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 6 41 Gustavo Domínguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 6 42 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 6 43 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 6 44 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 6 45 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Karpin Galicia 6 46 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 6 47 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 6 48 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 6 49 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 5 50 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 4 51 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 4 52 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4 53 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 3 54 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 3 55 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC 3 56 René Mandri (Est) AG2r Prévoyance 2 57 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 2 58 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 2 59 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2 60 Manuel Vazquez Huesco (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 2 61 Javier Megias Leal (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 2 62 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 2 63 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 2 64 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 2 65 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 1 66 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Fondital 1 67 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 1 68 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1 69 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram 1 Combination classification 1 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 5 pts 2 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 13 3 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 16 4 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 17 5 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 19 6 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 33 7 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas 33 8 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 45 9 Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 50 10 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax - Gam 51 11 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 60 12 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 65 13 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 74 14 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 79 15 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 80 16 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 84 17 David López (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 86 18 David García (Spa) Karpin Galicia 86 19 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 87 20 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 87 21 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas 88 22 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 96 23 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 99 24 René Mandri (Est) AG2r Prévoyance 99 25 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 105 26 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 105 27 José Ángel Gómez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 114 28 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 117 29 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 135 30 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax - Gam 136 31 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 138 32 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 143 33 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 145 34 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 145 35 Javier Megias Leal (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 158 36 Raúl García De Mateos (Spa) Relax - Gam 158 37 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 159 38 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 161 39 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2r Prévoyance 162 40 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 164 41 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 165 42 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 165 43 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 171 44 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 172 45 Manuel Vazquez Huesco (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 183 46 Santos González (Spa) Karpin Galicia 183 47 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 186 48 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Fondital 190 49 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 191 50 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 193 51 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 195 52 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 197 53 Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 201 54 Gustavo Domínguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 209 55 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 215 56 José Antonio Lopez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 223 57 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 227 58 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 235 59 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 268 Team classification 1 Caisse d'Epargne 222.58.31 2 Euskaltel-Euskadi 14.12 3 Team CSC 28.09 4 AG2r Prévoyance 28.17 5 Liquigas 30.06 6 Karpin Galicia 37.24 7 Predictor-Lotto 39.10 8 Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 50.00 9 Saunier Duval-Prodir 55.50 10 Quickstep-Innergetic 1.01.11 11 Gerolsteiner 1.12.10 12 Relax-Gam 1.26.30 13 Rabobank 1.28.48 14 Crédit Agricole 1.31.15 15 Andalucía-Cajasur 1.48.19 16 Discovery Channel 2.11.28 17 Lampre-Fondital 2.15.12 18 T-Mobile Professional Cycling 2.38.19 19 Française des Jeux 3.08.48 20 Bouygues Telecom 3.34.05 21 Team Milram 4.48.42
