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62nd Vuelta a España - GT
Spain, September 1-23, 2007
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Stage 21 - September 23: Rivas Vaciamadrid - Madrid, 104.2km
Menchov tastes success in Madrid
By Susan Westemeyer and Hernan Alvarez
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Denis Menchov rolled into Madrid on the final stage of the 2007 Vuelta a España as the overall winner for the first time in his career, but also as a two-time Vuelta champion. The quiet Rabobank rider was understated in his celebrations after winning the race by more than three minutes ahead of Carlos Sastre (CSC) and Samual Sanchez (Euskaltel-Euskadi), who was third overall.
"This is the biggest success of my career," said the quiet Russian, who has ridden for Rabobank since 2005. Menchov, who lives in Pamplona, Spain, was also awarded the victory in the 2005 Vuelta after Roberto Heras' doping disqualification. "But you can't compare that with the win today," he said.
Menchov was usually seen during the race with a stoic and calm expression, showing his emotion only Saturday after the time trial, when he could finally be 100 percent sure that he would win the race. His team-mate Koos Morenhaut said, "Denis is always a little reserved but surely he must have quickly figured out that he was clearly the best man in the tour. We as his team-mates certainly did; he was sharp, alert and on the look-out for attacks and did not worry."
Menchov showed his all-around dominace by also winning the mountains and combination competitions. He was also leading the points ranking until the end of today's stage, when Lampre's Daniele Bennati took the stage win and the win in the points classification.
Bennati sends a message to Ballerini with third stage win
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Daniele Bennati had a silent message for Italian selector Franco Ballerini in the final stage of the Vuelta a España as he blasted to his third stage win. The Lampre rider, who had been shunned for the Italian Worlds team, out-sprinted Alessandro Petacchi to win the final stage, showing that his form has only improved over the Vuelta. Ag2r's Alexandre Usov took third place.
Bennati not only won the stage, but snatched the points jersey away from Menchov with his final stage win. "I am happy with the three wins. This [points] jersey is very important because it means that I have always finished very well in all the stages. After the win in Paris, to win here in Madrid is a dream," he said after the stage . Bennati now has the honour of having won the final stage in both the Tour de France and the Vuelta in one year.
Although he won three stages, showing his outstanding form, Benatti was not nominated to the Italian World's team. "We all know I can not take part of the World's because I wasn't selected," he said. "This is a message I send to [Italy's national team director Franco] Ballerini because he could have said at the beginning of the Vuelta that I didn't have a chance to ride the World's."
Fellow sprinter Petacchi is also not on the roster for Stuttgart. The Milram rider, who won the 11th and 12th Vuelta stages, very nearly won the finale today, but didn't quite make it. "My team-mates worked perfectly for me, like always," he said on the Milram website. "I was on [Bennati's] wheel and tried to get past him. He reacted very quickly. In the end it was only a question of a few centimeters. My compliments to him."
Team success for Caisse d'Epargne
Caisse d'Epargne came into the Vuelta with the intention of contesting the overall classification with Oscar Pereiro, but even though Pereiro had to exit the race after falling ill, the team was still able to enjoy four days in the golden jersey thanks to Vladimir Efimkin. "We took the start with the intention of finishing on the podium, which was not possible mainly because of the health problems which obligated our leader, Oscar Pereiro, to give up," said team director Eusebio Unzúe, "But we however had other great satisfactions.
"We won in a great way, thanks to Vladimir Efimkin, the stage of Lagos de Covadonga. This victory made it possible for the Russian to become the overall leader and we have discovered a rider able to defend himself in three weeks long stage races," Unzúe declared, continuing, "I believe that very soon, we will see him as a protagonist in this kind of races.
Unzúe applauded his team for being active in the important breakaways, citing their attention to the race situation as the reason behind their win in the teams classification.
How it unfolded
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Madrid is the city that has hosted most stage finished in the history of the Vuelta. The tour arrived in the capital 63 times before. And it is the 38th time that the final stage will end here. Germany's Erik Zabel won in 2006.
There were 145 riders from the originally 189 who resisted up to this last Vuelta Sunday. Today's stage started in a celebratory mood, like most of the final days in the Grand Tours. The three leading men were able to raise the glasses in the first kilometres: Denis Menchov, Carlos Sastre and Samuel Sánchez enjoyed cups with cava.
The rhythm was very slow and enabled Enrico Franzoi (Lampre-Fondital) to make a drawing on the blackboard of the ardoissier that usually shows the time gaps. Yannick Talabardon (Crédit Agricole) thanked everyone with a paper that said "gracias por todo". The riders were heading without any hurry to Madrid.
The stage really started when the city limits of Madrid were reached with 23 kilometres to go in this very short stage. But the organization decided that even that was too long and shortened the final circuit race by one lap, to make the distance only 98 kilometres. Rabobank controlled the peloton as the outskirts of Madrid were reached, but once the city limit sign was passed the race got a lot faster. And soon the attacks began but no breakaway was able to get a good gap. Jesús Rosendo (Andalucia-Cajasur) and Raul Garcia de Mateo (Relax Gam) made their move with around 20 kilometres to go.
Liquigas also did try with Alessandro Vanotti and Patrick Calcagni. But the Lampre and Milram teams had other plans. The two Italian outfits took control of the peloton with five kilometres to the finish line, working for Daniele Bennati and Alessandro Petacchi as the two big guns. The Euskaltel-Euskadi riders also tried to help sprinter Koldo Fernández.
The bunch sprint was perfectly setup, in the very wide Castellana Avenue . Petacchi and Bennati went head-to-head, making for a great duel in the finals metres. Both found good places in the centre and started sprinting at the perfect moment. The Lampre rider showed he is sprinting a bit better than his great rival and prevailed over Ale Jet by inches to take his third win of this year's race.
Photography
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- Denis Menchov (Rabobank) gets to enjoy his first overall Vuelta Madrid victory - his second overall win after Roberto Heras tested positive for EPO and was disqualified in 2005
- Menchov takes home the trophy for the combination classification
- Carlos Sastre (CSC), Denis Menchov (Rabobank) and Sammy Sanchez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) made up the final 2007 Vuelta overall podium
- Daniele Bennati (Lampre) took his third win on the final day in Madrid, winning the points classification in the process
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- That's a mighty big trophy Mr. Bennati
- Bennati takes the sprint ahead of Petacchi
- Lampre's Daniele Bennati took home the trophy for the points classification
- The best team Caisse d'Epargne
- A toast! to the top three - Sastre, Menchov and Sanchez
- Minard and Fernandez check out the latest safety gear
- Bingen Fernandez and Sébastien Minard (Cofidis) goof around wearing the motocyclists' helmets
- Quick-Step helps with photography for the Cofidis team
- I-scream, you scream we all scream for ice cream!
- Ruben Lobato (Saunier Duval) demonstrates his aero position
- Riders are a blur in front of historic scenery
- The peloton speeds through Madrid
- Menchov in the white combination classification jersey which he also won
- Menchov won the mountains competition and the gray jersey
- Milram poured on the speed to set up Petacchi for the sprint
- The peloton rode at an easy pace into Madrid
- The final podium of the 2007 Vuelta Carlos Sastre, Denis Menchov and Sammy Sanchez
- Sastre, Menchov and Sanchez wave to the crowd from the GC podium
Results
1 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 2.37.27 (39.71 km/h) 2 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 3 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r Prévoyance 4 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole 5 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 6 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 7 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 8 Erki Pütsep (Est) Bouygues Telecom 9 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax - Gam 10 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 11 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Karpin Galicia 12 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 13 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 14 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 15 José Luis Carrasco (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 16 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 17 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Predictor - Lotto 18 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française des Jeux 19 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 20 Chris Horner (USA) Predictor - Lotto 21 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 22 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 23 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 24 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 25 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 26 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 27 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 28 Iker Camaño (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 29 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2r Prévoyance 30 Javier Megias Leal (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 31 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 32 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 33 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 34 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC 35 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 36 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 37 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 38 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas 39 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 40 Jorge Garcia Marin (Spa) Relax - Gam 41 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 42 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 43 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 44 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 45 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 46 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 47 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 48 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 49 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 50 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 51 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 52 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 53 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 54 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 55 Santiago Perez (Spa) Relax - Gam 56 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 57 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team 58 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 59 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 60 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2r Prévoyance 61 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 62 Nacor Burgos Rojo (Spa) Relax - Gam 63 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 64 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Fondital 65 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 66 Santos González (Spa) Karpin Galicia 67 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 68 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance 69 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux 70 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 71 Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 72 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 73 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 74 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 75 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 76 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 77 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 78 Gustavo Domínguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 79 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 80 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 81 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 82 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 83 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 84 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 85 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 86 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 87 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 88 José Ángel Gómez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 89 Mauricio Alberto Ardila (Col) Rabobank 90 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 91 Sebastiaan Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 92 Francisco Terciado Sacedo (Spa) Relax - Gam 93 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 94 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 95 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 96 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 97 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 98 Bart Dockx (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 99 Julian Sanchez Pimienta (Spa) Relax - Gam 100 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Karpin Galicia 101 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 102 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 0.16 103 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax - Gam 104 Jose Ruiz Sanchez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 105 David López (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 106 Juan Olmo Menacho (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 107 Francisco Jose Martinez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 108 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 109 René Mandri (Est) AG2r Prévoyance 110 Manuel Vazquez Huesco (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 111 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 112 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC 113 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 114 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 115 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 116 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 117 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 118 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 119 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas 120 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 121 David García (Spa) Karpin Galicia 122 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 123 José Antonio Lopez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 124 Jean-Marc Marino (Fra) Crédit Agricole 125 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 126 Tim Klinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 127 Gustavo César (Spa) Karpin Galicia 128 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 0.24 129 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 130 Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 131 Adam Hansen (Aus) T-Mobile Team 132 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 133 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 134 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 135 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team 0.31 136 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 0.35 137 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre - Fondital 0.36 138 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram 139 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 0.54 140 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 0.56 141 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 1.02 142 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 143 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 1.04 144 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 145 Raúl García De Mateos (Spa) Relax - Gam Points Rivas Vaciamadrid - km. 52.7 1 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 4 pts 2 Gustavo César (Spa) Karpin Galicia 2 3 José Luis Carrasco (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 1 Madrid (3er. Paso Meta) - km. 86.2 1 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 4 pts 2 David López (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2 3 Gustavo Domínguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 1 Madrid - km. 98.2 1 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 25 pts 2 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 20 3 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r Prévoyance 16 4 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole 14 5 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 12 6 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 10 7 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 9 8 Erki Pütsep (Est) Bouygues Telecom 8 9 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax - Gam 7 10 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 6 11 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Karpin Galicia 5 12 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 4 13 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 3 14 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 2 15 José Luis Carrasco (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 1 Teams 1 Française des Jeux 7.52.21 2 Quickstep-Innergetic 3 Team CSC 4 Euskaltel-Euskadi 5 Saunier Duval-Prodir 6 AG2r Prévoyance 7 Crédit Agricole 8 Predictor-Lotto 9 Bouygues Telecom 10 Liquigas 11 Relax-Gam 12 Karpin Galicia 13 Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 14 Andalucía-Cajasur 15 T-Mobile Professional Cycling 16 Gerolsteiner 17 Caisse d'Epargne 18 Rabobank 19 Team Milram 16 pts 20 Discovery Channel 16 21 Lampre-Fondital 24 Final General classification 1 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 80.59.07 2 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 3.31 3 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 3.46 4 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 3.56 5 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 6.34 6 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 7.07 7 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 8.09 8 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 8.44 9 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas 9.38 10 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 10.12 11 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 10.37 12 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax - Gam 13.07 13 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 14.13 14 David López (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 17.36 15 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 19.00 16 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 22.19 17 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 29.33 18 Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 31.41 19 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 32.24 20 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 32.39 21 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 33.21 22 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas 37.16 23 David García (Spa) Karpin Galicia 37.55 24 René Mandri (Est) AG2r Prévoyance 44.11 25 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Fondital 44.25 26 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 44.56 27 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 46.41 28 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 47.09 29 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 48.52 30 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 49.10 31 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 49.50 32 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 50.03 33 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Karpin Galicia 50.28 34 Iker Camaño (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 50.29 35 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 51.51 36 Chris Horner (USA) Predictor - Lotto 52.53 37 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 56.49 38 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 58.38 39 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 58.55 40 José Ángel Gómez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 59.45 41 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC 1.00.52 42 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 1.01.09 43 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 1.02.21 44 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.04.02 45 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.04.50 46 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 1.05.56 47 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax - Gam 1.07.11 48 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance 1.09.59 49 Manuel Vazquez Huesco (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 1.10.33 50 Javier Megias Leal (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.11.34 51 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC 1.12.38 52 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 1.17.16 53 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.19.21 54 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 1.20.03 55 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 1.20.47 56 Jose Ruiz Sanchez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 1.22.11 57 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.22.47 58 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1.23.20 59 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2r Prévoyance 1.26.12 60 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.28.21 61 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.28.39 62 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1.29.06 63 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.30.55 64 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 1.31.08 65 Santiago Perez (Spa) Relax - Gam 1.31.44 66 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 1.31.54 67 Mauricio Alberto Ardila (Col) Rabobank 1.33.27 68 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.34.01 69 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 1.35.29 70 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Karpin Galicia 1.39.00 71 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2r Prévoyance 1.39.07 72 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1.39.16 73 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 1.40.08 74 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.41.18 75 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.43.31 76 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.44.17 77 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team 1.44.40 78 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 1.47.26 79 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Predictor - Lotto 1.47.54 80 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.49.07 81 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.50.03 82 José Luis Carrasco (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 1.50.32 83 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 1.50.51 84 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.51.01 85 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre - Fondital 1.51.46 86 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.52.16 87 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 1.52.45 88 Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 1.54.19 89 Adam Hansen (Aus) T-Mobile Team 1.55.03 90 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.56.10 91 Juan Olmo Menacho (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 1.58.30 92 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 2.00.54 93 Jean-Marc Marino (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2.01.48 94 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2.03.46 95 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 2.07.15 96 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 2.07.41 97 Gustavo Domínguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 2.08.15 98 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 2.09.41 99 Raúl García De Mateos (Spa) Relax - Gam 2.12.17 100 Tim Klinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.12.57 101 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 2.13.18 102 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 2.14.46 103 Francisco Terciado Sacedo (Spa) Relax - Gam 2.15.56 104 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 2.16.45 105 Santos González (Spa) Karpin Galicia 2.18.24 106 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.19.02 107 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 2.22.56 108 Jorge Garcia Marin (Spa) Relax - Gam 2.23.26 109 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 2.23.41 110 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 2.25.00 111 Bart Dockx (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 2.26.25 112 Sebastiaan Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 2.27.08 113 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.28.31 114 Francisco Jose Martinez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 2.30.18 115 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 2.30.58 116 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 2.31.55 117 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 2.32.15 118 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 2.32.57 119 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r Prévoyance 2.33.35 120 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 2.34.02 121 Gustavo César (Spa) Karpin Galicia 2.34.23 122 Nacor Burgos Rojo (Spa) Relax - Gam 2.34.30 123 Julian Sanchez Pimienta (Spa) Relax - Gam 2.34.59 124 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2.35.10 125 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 2.37.27 126 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 2.38.02 127 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 2.38.41 128 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 2.38.46 129 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 2.39.47 130 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 131 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 2.39.55 132 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 2.42.13 133 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2.43.08 134 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 2.43.14 135 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux 2.44.33 136 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 2.48.53 137 Erki Pütsep (Est) Bouygues Telecom 2.48.59 138 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram 2.53.46 139 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 2.55.59 140 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 2.56.31 141 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team 2.57.29 142 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 3.01.30 143 José Antonio Lopez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 3.01.58 144 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole 3.02.14 145 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 3.02.35 Points classification 1 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 147 pts 2 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 135 3 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 127 4 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 126 5 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 91 6 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 89 7 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 80 8 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 79 9 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax - Gam 67 10 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 65 11 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r Prévoyance 63 12 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 60 13 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 54 14 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 52 15 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 51 16 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas 51 17 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 50 18 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 45 19 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 44 20 Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 42 21 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 41 22 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 34 23 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 33 24 René Mandri (Est) AG2r Prévoyance 32 25 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole 31 26 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 26 27 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 25 28 David López (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 25 29 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 24 30 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 23 31 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 23 32 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française des Jeux 23 33 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 23 34 Santos González (Spa) Karpin Galicia 22 35 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC 22 36 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 20 37 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 20 38 David García (Spa) Karpin Galicia 19 39 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team 19 40 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 18 41 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas 18 42 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 17 43 Javier Megias Leal (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 17 44 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 16 45 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 16 46 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 15 47 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 14 48 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 14 49 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance 13 50 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 13 51 José Antonio Lopez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 12 52 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Fondital 12 53 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Predictor - Lotto 12 54 Raúl García De Mateos (Spa) Relax - Gam 10 55 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2r Prévoyance 10 56 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 10 57 Erki Pütsep (Est) Bouygues Telecom 10 58 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 9 59 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 9 60 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 9 61 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 9 62 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 8 63 Jorge Garcia Marin (Spa) Relax - Gam 8 64 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 7 65 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 7 66 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 7 67 Jose Ruiz Sanchez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 7 68 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 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 Juan Olmo Menacho (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 6 73 Gustavo Domínguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 6 74 Adam Hansen (Aus) T-Mobile Team 6 75 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Karpin Galicia 5 76 José Ángel Gómez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 5 77 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 4 78 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 4 79 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 4 80 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 4 81 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 3 82 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Karpin Galicia 3 83 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 3 84 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 2 85 José Luis Carrasco (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 2 86 Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 2 87 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 2 88 Gustavo César (Spa) Karpin Galicia 2 89 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 2 90 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1 91 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1 92 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team 1 93 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 1 94 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 1 95 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 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 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2r Prévoyance 19 23 Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 17 24 Santos González (Spa) Karpin Galicia 15 25 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 13 26 David García (Spa) Karpin Galicia 12 27 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 12 28 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 12 29 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 12 30 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 11 31 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 11 32 José Antonio Lopez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 11 33 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 10 34 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 10 35 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas 9 36 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 8 37 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 8 38 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 8 39 Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 8 40 Gustavo César (Spa) Karpin Galicia 8 41 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 8 42 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 7 43 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC 7 44 Manuel Vazquez Huesco (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 7 45 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2r Prévoyance 7 46 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 6 47 Gustavo Domínguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 6 48 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 6 49 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 6 50 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 6 51 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Karpin Galicia 6 52 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 6 53 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 6 54 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 6 55 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Fondital 5 56 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 5 57 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 5 58 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 4 59 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4 60 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 4 61 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 3 62 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 3 63 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 2 64 René Mandri (Est) AG2r Prévoyance 2 65 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 2 66 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 2 67 Javier Megias Leal (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 2 68 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 2 69 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 2 70 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 1 71 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1 72 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram 1 Combination classification 1 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 4 pts 2 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 11 3 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 15 4 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 16 5 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 25 6 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 32 7 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas 35 8 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax - Gam 35 9 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 42 10 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 55 11 David López (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 59 12 Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 61 13 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 66 14 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 68 15 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 70 16 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 75 17 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 78 18 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 84 19 David García (Spa) Karpin Galicia 87 20 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 96 21 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas 98 22 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 98 23 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 102 24 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 106 25 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 106 26 René Mandri (Est) AG2r Prévoyance 112 27 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 114 28 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 123 29 José Ángel Gómez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 125 30 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax - Gam 128 31 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 130 32 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Fondital 132 33 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 146 34 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Karpin Galicia 159 35 Javier Megias Leal (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 160 36 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 160 37 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 163 38 Santos González (Spa) Karpin Galicia 163 39 Manuel Vazquez Huesco (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 164 40 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 168 41 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 168 42 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2r Prévoyance 171 43 Raúl García De Mateos (Spa) Relax - Gam 171 44 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 172 45 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 174 46 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 177 47 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 179 48 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 179 49 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 199 50 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 199 51 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 201 52 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 211 53 Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 213 54 Gustavo Domínguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 217 55 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 226 56 José Antonio Lopez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 226 57 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 234 58 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 239 59 Gustavo César (Spa) Karpin Galicia 249 60 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 274 Teams classification 1 Caisse d'Epargne 242.55.05 2 Euskaltel-Euskadi 12.43 3 AG2r Prévoyance 30.25 4 Team CSC 34.53 5 Liquigas 36.02 6 Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 56.33 7 Karpin Galicia 1.01.19 8 Predictor-Lotto 1.03.54 9 Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.23.25 10 Quickstep-Innergetic 1.24.39 11 Relax-Gam 1.50.24 12 Gerolsteiner 1.51.28 13 Rabobank 1.51.50 14 Andalucía-Cajasur 2.31.40 15 Crédit Agricole 2.31.55 16 Lampre-Fondital 2.43.17 17 Discovery Channel 2.50.35 18 T-Mobile Professional Cycling 3.41.33 19 Française des Jeux 4.03.41 20 Bouygues Telecom 4.39.22 21 Team Milram 5.58.29
