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62nd Vuelta a España - GT
Spain, September 1-23, 2007
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Stage 4 - September 4: Langreo - Lagos de Covadonga, 185.1km
Efimkin conquers Lagos de Covadonga for stage and Maillot Oro
GC battle sorted on 12.6-kilometre cloud covered brut
By Gregor Brown and Hernan Alvarez
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Vladimir Efimkin stomped clear of the his escape companions on the Lagos de Covadonga climb and successfully held off a raging GC battle to grab the stage win and overall leader's maillot oro. The 26 year-old Russian of Caisse d'Epargne finished over a minute clear of the chase led by Leonardo Piepoli (Saunier Duval-Prodir), Stijn Devolder (Discovery Channel) and Denis Menchov (Rabobank).
Carlos Sastre's Team CSC did the majority of the pace-making on the final climb. The efforts distanced GC favourites Australian Cadel Evans (seventh) and Spaniard Oscar Pereiro (11th).
The day was marked by a 30-man escape and the final 12.6 kilometres, up the Lagos de Covadonga. The group was holding on to a gap of two minutes at the base of the hors catégorie climb when Sylvain Chavanel (Cofidis) launched an attack, thereby marking the end of the group's harmony.
Clouds quickly covered the road as the stage kicked up to 1,110 metres. One by one the escapees, which included Americans Chris Horner and Christian Vande Velde, were picked up by the chase led by CSC's Iñigo Cuesta. However, one man struck clear, Efimkin.
The rider, whose only other pro win this season came in the morning stage of the Euskal Bizikleta, showed impressive rhythm up the slopes that touched 15 percent gradient in parts. He had to keep his composure if he was to last the ten-plus kilometres to the top of the Asturian climb. Behind the Russian, CSC was scorching the roads for the eventual launch of Sastre.
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In an atypical style, Sastre accelerated at just over seven kilometres remaining with his rivals left scrabbling to grab his wheel. Visibly strongest was another Russian, Denis Menchov. Menchov captured the Spaniard with Pereiro slightly off the pace. Sastre cooled his jets, letting his team-mates take up the pace once again, but he succeeded in showing he was on form, as did Menchov.
The move whittled down the front group and se tup the race for counter-attacks. As Evans was scrabbling to come to terms, Menchov launched an acceleration of his own that formed the key chase. Behind Efimkin were Menchov, Sastre and, briefly, team-mate Chris Anker Sørensen, and Saunier's Piepoli. Evans, José Angel Gomez Marchante (Saunier Duval-Prodir), Oscar Pereiro and Liquigas' Manuel Beltrán and Franco Pellizotti were chasing behind. Sørensen was pulled back from the early escape but put in every bit of his resources into helping Sastre maintain his position. His limits were maxed when Menchov hammered one more time in an attempt to drop Sastre at less than two kilometres. Sastre and Piepoli were able to crawl back while Efimkin was clear to win by just over a minute.
Piepoli, who was fighting more for the stage than GC position, held off a resurgence of Stijn Devolder. The Belgian was part of the early escape, but he refused to crack and used the slight ease in the gradient to recapture the leaders in the finale for a third place finish.
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Pereiro finished almost two minutes back of the winner and a minute behind his rivals, but was pleased with his team-mate's win. "It is a big challenge for him to try winning this Vuelta a España, but he is got one minute [of advantage] over the favourites," noted Pereiro.
"Our team is very strong. Efimkin was in the front doing a tremendous stage; "Chente" [Garcia Acosta] and Horrach, too. Vladimir [Karpets] and I are waiting for our moment with a favourable time trial in Saragossa. Hypothetically, the next uphill finishes are more favourable for us."
Pereiro was impressed with Evans. "Cadel Evans indeed came to win the Vuelta a España. This first week after riding the Tour [de France] is when he will suffer, as he is getting fit. I think he did things well after the Tour, and he made his move today. When he put his team to work, he showed he didn't come here to go for a walk."
How it unfolded
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Lagos de Covadonga is a famous climb that was part of the Vuelta for the first time in 1983. Many known riders succeeded in this mountain including illustrious Pedro Delgado, Laurent Jalabert and Pavel Tonkov.
Lorenzo Bernucci (T-Mobile) didn't start today. Therefore, the total riders who began going through Covadonga were 186. The first attack came in the first climb that was Alto de la Faya de los Lobos (Cat. 2 - kilometre 17.2). A very big group got clear of the bunch including Mauricio Ardila Cano (Rabobank), Chris Horner (Predictor-Lotto), Stijn Devolder (Discovery Channel), Jurgen Van Goolen (Discovery Channel) and Franco Pellizotti (Liquigas). Behind them, another group came up and caught the leaders to join a bunch with more than 30 riders on it.
At the first intermediate sprint in Alto de la Madera (kilometre 62), the leaders' advantage was more than six minutes. Mickaël Delage (Française Des Jeux) crossed below the billboard at first place followed by David Garcia (Karpin-Galicia) and Van Goolen. The peloton had a hard job trying to swallow such a massive breakaway.
From kilometre 100, the peloton started chasing the leaders at a faster pace. At kilometre 128, the gap was drastically reduced to three minutes and 52 seconds, cropping two minutes' advantage in almost 30 kilometres. At the second climb of the day in Alto de la Llama (Cat. 3 - kilometre 131) the gap was 3'45". Carlos Barredo (Quick.Step-Innergetic), Van Goolen, Rene Mandri (Ag2r Prévoyance) and Joan Horrach (Caisse d'Epargne) got the bonus points. The distance became shorter a shorter minute after minute.
In Cangas de Onis (22.5 kilometres to go), the leaders were in the up front more than two and a half minutes ahead of the rest. Meanwhile, there was a crash in the big group that included the Crédit Agricole's team leader Pietro Caucchioli. The Italian was able to continue but his GC chances will be in jeopardy.
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The big show began at the bottom of Lagos de Covadonga. The leaders maintained a little gap but with the big names closing behind. The chase was guided by CSC Team. Sylvain Chavanel (Cofidis) followed by Vladimir Efimkin (Caisse d'Epargne) took the leadership from the escape group. The Russian had a better tempo, and then led the race solo with 11 kilometres to go.
Efimkin was part of the big breakaway of the day and found the right time to resist even with the favourites behind him. The big names climbed at top speed: Carlos Sastre, Denis Menchov, Cadel Evans and Leonardo Piepoli chased the Russian and easily picked up the original members of the long break. With eight kilometres to the finish line, the Caisse d'Epargne rider had a 2'12" over his chasers.
Lagos showed its toughness in La Huesera, which is the hardest part of the mountain. Efimkin resisted and got the most of the 'flat' sections of the climb while he led by 1'41" ahead of Menchov five kilometres before the finale. With three kilometres to the end, Vladimir didn't fade and had a 1'34" over the chasing group.
Finally, Efimkin was able to celebrate. He became the third Russian winning at the top of this mythical Vuelta mountain. Piepoli, Devolder and Menchov came second, third and fourth in Covadonga.
Stage 5 - September 5: Cangas de Onís - Reinosa, 157.4km
The stage from Cangas de Onís to Reinosa will not decide the Vuelta with its last peak coming at kilometre 136 but it will likely make one contender a 'non-contender.'
Three category 2 climbs dot the parcours before the final category 1 blast up the Puerto de la Palombera. Any rider wishing to have a chance today might want to channel the forces of German Dietrich Thurau who won an almost identical stage in 1976.
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- Vladimir Efimkin (Caisse d'Epargne) wins stage four of the Vuelta in Lagos de Covadonga
- Efimkin attacked a select group storming away to his first Grand Tour win
- Vladimir Efimkin was jubilant after the mountain top win in the mist
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- Rabobank had a strong presence at the front today
- Vladimir Karpets leads the peloton
- Stijn Devolder (Discovery) in the Belgian Champ kit is followed by Maxime Monfort
- Efimkin receives his accolades
- Vladimir Efimkin was victorious on the slops of Lagos de Covadonga
- A large breakaway formed early in the stage
- Rabobank wasn't working too hard to conserve Freire's golden jersey
- Rubén Lobato (Saunier Duval-Prodir) gets an (illegal) push from some Spanish fans
- A chase group is led by Ag2r
- Jose Angel Gómez Marchante leads Cadel Evans on the final climb
- Menchov puts the hurt on Sastre, Sorensen and Piepoli
- The peloton zooms by the scenic buildings in Spain
- Pereiro goes for the sprint but Beltran nipped him for 13th
- Oscar Pereiro (Caisse d'Epargne) leads a chase group up the final climb
- This is not a happy face by Sammy Sanchez
- Carlos Sastre (CSC) leads the final push to the top ahead of Rabobank's Denis Menchov
- Chris Anker Sørensen (CSC) puts in a monster effort for his leader, Carlos Sastre
Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti
- The peloton descends near Lagos de Covadonga
- The normally stunning views were obscured by thick clouds
- The Asturias region is home to some interested geological features
- Oscar Freire (Rabobank) wasn't expecting to hold the golden jersey at the end of stage four
- The autobus climbs to the finish while riders having already completed the stage descend
- High rock walls surround a group on its way to Lagos de Covadonga
- Riders a mere specks in the vast rocky landscape
- Giuseppi Guerini (T-Mobile) is riding his final race
- Sammy Sanchez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) gets some help from his team-mate Igor Anton
- Carlos Barredo (Quick.Step-Innergetic)
- Franco Pellizotti (Liquigas) didn't find the climb to be all that much fun
- José Ángel Gómez Marchante (Saunier Duval) did good work for Piepoli
- Manuel Beltran (Liquigas) ascends the final climb
- Beltran battled with Oscar Pereiro
- Chris Anker Sørensen (CSC) worked hard for Carlos Sastre
- Stéphane Goubert (Ag2r) leads Sorensen and Leondardo Bertagnolli (Liquigas)
- Maxime Monfort (Cofidis) had a super day
- Cadel Evans (Predictor-Lotto) showed he still had form left from the Tour
- Denis Menchov (Rabobank) wants to get revenge for a ruined Tour de France
- Stijn Devolder (Discovery) gives it his all
- Efimikin riding solo to victory on stage four
- Silly hat, girls kissing him Vladimir Efimkin gets the whole Grand Tour overall leader experience
- Stage winner Vladimir Efimkin
- Oscar Pereiro just gets pipped by Manuel Beltran
- Leonardo Bertagnolli (Liquigas) gets the better of Chris Anker Sørensen
- Cadel Evans suffered but lost a minimal amount of time to the favo
- Denis Menchov (Rabobank) looked strong and focused at the finish of stage four
- Devolder takes third in the sprint behind Piepoli
- Leonardo Piepoli (Saunier Duval) gets the sprint for second
- Vladimir Efimkin held off a strong push from the GC favorites to win the stage
Results
1 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 4.39.56 (39.67 km/h) 2 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.06 3 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 4 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 5 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 6 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 7 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 1.28 8 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.33 9 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 1.36 10 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas 1.49 11 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 1.50 12 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 1.54 13 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas 1.57 14 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 15 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 2.18 16 José Ángel Gómez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 2.23 17 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2.29 18 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2.30 19 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 2.32 20 Josep Jufré (Spa) Predictor - Lotto 2.49 21 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 2.57 22 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Fondital 3.02 23 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 3.05 24 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 3.09 25 Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 3.11 26 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 3.33 27 David López (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 28 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 3.51 29 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 4.10 30 Chris Horner (USA) Predictor - Lotto 31 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 4.15 32 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 4.47 33 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4.58 34 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 5.01 35 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 5.03 36 Jesús Hernández (Spa) Relax - Gam 5.06 37 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 5.10 38 Mauricio Alberto Ardila (Col) Rabobank 5.11 39 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 5.14 40 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax - Gam 5.16 41 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Karpin Galicia 5.29 42 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 43 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 5.46 44 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 6.02 45 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 6.08 46 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 6.21 47 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 48 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 49 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole 50 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 51 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 52 Julian Sanchez Pimienta (Spa) Relax - Gam 6.24 53 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 6.54 54 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 6.56 55 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 7.01 56 Iker Camaño (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 7.12 57 René Mandri (Est) AG2r Prévoyance 7.21 58 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax - Gam 7.46 59 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2r Prévoyance 7.48 60 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 61 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 62 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC 7.52 63 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC 64 Adam Hansen (Aus) T-Mobile Team 8.11 65 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 8.13 66 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance 9.03 67 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 9.07 68 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 9.16 69 Manuel Vazquez Huesco (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 9.18 70 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 9.20 71 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 72 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 9.22 73 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team 9.23 74 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 75 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 76 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 77 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française des Jeux 78 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 79 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 80 Carlos Castaño (Spa) Karpin Galicia 81 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 82 Santiago Perez (Spa) Relax - Gam 83 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 9.28 84 Nacor Burgos Rojo (Spa) Relax - Gam 9.52 85 Raúl García De Mateos (Spa) Relax - Gam 86 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 10.22 87 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 11.18 88 Francisco Terciado Sacedo (Spa) Relax - Gam 12.38 89 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 13.34 90 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 91 Bert Grabsch (Ger) T-Mobile Team 92 Tim Klinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 93 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 94 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Karpin Galicia 95 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 13.37 96 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 97 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre - Fondital 13.42 98 Jose Ruiz Sanchez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 13.50 99 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 100 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 15.08 101 José Luis Carrasco (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 15.17 102 Juan Olmo Menacho (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 15.23 103 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 15.53 104 Santos González (Spa) Karpin Galicia 17.19 105 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 17.45 106 Francisco Jose Martinez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 17.50 107 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 17.59 108 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 18.03 109 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 110 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 111 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Predictor - Lotto 112 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 113 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 114 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 115 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 116 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 117 Gustavo Domínguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 118 Serafín Martínez Acevedo (Spa) Karpin Galicia 119 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 120 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 121 Ian McLeod (RSA) Française des Jeux 122 Gustavo César (Spa) Karpin Galicia 123 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 124 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 125 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 126 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 127 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 128 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française des Jeux 129 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 130 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 131 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 132 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 133 Allan Davis (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 134 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux 135 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 136 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 137 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 138 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 139 Arkaitz Durán (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 140 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 141 Javier Megias Leal (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 142 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 143 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 144 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 145 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 146 José Antonio Lopez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 147 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 148 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 149 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 150 Sebastiaan Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 151 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 152 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 153 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Crédit Agricole 154 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 155 Jorge Garcia Marin (Spa) Relax - Gam 156 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 157 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2r Prévoyance 158 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole 159 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 160 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 161 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 162 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 163 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 164 Bart Dockx (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 165 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 166 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team 167 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 168 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team 169 Bert Roesems (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 170 Jean-Marc Marino (Fra) Crédit Agricole 171 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 172 Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 173 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram 174 David García (Spa) Karpin Galicia 175 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 176 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 177 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 21.35 178 Erki Pütsep (Est) Bouygues Telecom 22.00 179 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française des Jeux 23.34 180 Alberto Fernandez De La Puebla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 24.56 181 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 25.55 182 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 26.44 183 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole 28.04 184 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 29.45 185 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r Prévoyance 34.13 186 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 36.24 DNS Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team Sprints Alto de la Madera - km. 60 1 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 4 pts 2 David García (Spa) Karpin Galicia 2 3 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1 Cangas de Onís - km. 162,6 1 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 4 pts 2 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 2 3 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 1 Lagos de C - km. 185,1 1 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 25 pts 2 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 20 3 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 16 4 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 14 5 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 12 6 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 10 7 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 9 8 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 8 9 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 7 10 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas 6 11 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 5 12 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 4 13 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas 3 14 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2 15 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 1 Mountains Alto de la Faya de los Lobos - km. 17 (Cat. 2) 1 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 10 pts 2 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 7 3 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 5 4 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 3 5 Mauricio Alberto Ardila (Col) Rabobank 2 6 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 1 Alto de la Llama - km. 131 (Cat. 3) 1 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 6 pts 2 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 4 3 René Mandri (Est) AG2r Prévoyance 2 4 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1 Lagos de Covadonga - km. 185 (HC) 1 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 30 pts 2 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 25 3 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 20 4 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 16 5 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 12 6 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 10 7 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 8 8 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 6 9 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 4 10 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas 3 11 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 2 12 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 1 Teams 1 Caisse D'Epargne 14.04.42 2 Liquigas 1.10 3 Team CSC 3.16 4 Saunier Duval - Prodir 3.22 5 Predictor - Lotto 3.33 6 Euskaltel - Euskadi 3.38 7 Cofidis, le credit par telephone 3.47 8 AG2R Prevoyance 5.06 9 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 6.24 10 Rabobank 7.44 11 Karpin - Galicia 11.34 12 Relax - GAM 11.52 13 Quick Step - Innergetic 12.14 14 Gerolsteiner 13.36 15 Credit Agricole 14.09 16 T- Mobile Team 17.50 17 Française Des Jeux 20.37 18 Lampre - Fondital 21.18 19 Andalucía - Cajasur 21.25 20 Bouygues Telecom 28.53 21 Team Milram 46.20 General classification after stage 4 1 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 16.02.50 2 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 1.06 3 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 4 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 5 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 6 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 7 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 1.28 8 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.33 9 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 1.36 10 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas 1.49 11 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 1.54 12 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas 1.57 13 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 14 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 2.18 15 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 16 José Ángel Gómez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 2.23 17 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2.29 18 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2.30 19 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 2.32 20 Josep Jufré (Spa) Predictor - Lotto 2.49 21 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 2.57 22 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Fondital 3.02 23 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 3.05 24 Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 3.11 25 David López (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 3.33 26 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 27 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 3.37 28 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 3.51 29 Chris Horner (USA) Predictor - Lotto 4.10 30 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 31 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 4.47 32 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 4.49 33 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4.58 34 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 5.01 35 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 5.03 36 Jesús Hernández (Spa) Relax - Gam 5.06 37 Mauricio Alberto Ardila (Col) Rabobank 5.11 38 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 5.14 39 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax - Gam 5.16 40 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 5.29 41 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Karpin Galicia 42 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 5.46 43 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 6.02 44 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 6.14 45 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 6.21 46 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 47 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 48 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole 49 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 6.49 50 Julian Sanchez Pimienta (Spa) Relax - Gam 6.52 51 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 6.56 52 Iker Camaño (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 7.12 53 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 54 René Mandri (Est) AG2r Prévoyance 7.21 55 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 7.48 56 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC 7.52 57 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 8.13 58 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 8.16 59 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2r Prévoyance 60 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC 8.20 61 Adam Hansen (Aus) T-Mobile Team 8.39 62 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax - Gam 9.10 63 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 9.20 64 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 9.22 65 Carlos Castaño (Spa) Karpin Galicia 9.23 66 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 67 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 68 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 9.38 69 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 9.51 70 Santiago Perez (Spa) Relax - Gam 71 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team 9.57 72 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 73 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 74 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 10.05 75 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 10.27 76 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 11.45 77 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 11.52 78 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 12.32 79 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance 12.41 80 Manuel Vazquez Huesco (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 12.56 81 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 13.34 82 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 13.37 83 Jose Ruiz Sanchez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 14.08 84 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre - Fondital 14.16 85 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 14.38 86 Bert Grabsch (Ger) T-Mobile Team 87 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 88 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française des Jeux 14.54 89 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 14.58 90 Nacor Burgos Rojo (Spa) Relax - Gam 15.23 91 Raúl García De Mateos (Spa) Relax - Gam 92 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 15.53 93 Juan Olmo Menacho (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 15.57 94 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 16.04 95 Francisco Terciado Sacedo (Spa) Relax - Gam 16.16 96 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Karpin Galicia 17.12 97 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 17.28 98 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 17.45 99 Santos González (Spa) Karpin Galicia 17.53 100 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 18.03 101 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 102 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 103 David García (Spa) Karpin Galicia 104 Allan Davis (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 105 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 106 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 107 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 108 Arkaitz Durán (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 109 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team 110 Sebastiaan Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 18.21 111 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 112 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 18.31 113 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 114 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux 115 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 18.33 116 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram 18.34 117 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 18.37 118 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Predictor - Lotto 119 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 120 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 121 Jean-Marc Marino (Fra) Crédit Agricole 122 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 123 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 124 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 125 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 126 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2r Prévoyance 127 Gustavo Domínguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 18.52 128 Tim Klinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 19.05 129 Jorge Garcia Marin (Spa) Relax - Gam 19.07 130 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 131 Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 132 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 19.08 133 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 19.34 134 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 19.58 135 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 20.07 136 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 20.11 137 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 20.20 138 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 20.22 139 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 20.39 140 José Luis Carrasco (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 20.48 141 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 21.24 142 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole 21.41 143 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 144 Francisco Jose Martinez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 23.21 145 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 23.34 146 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 147 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 148 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 149 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 150 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 151 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 152 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 153 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 154 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 155 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 156 Gustavo César (Spa) Karpin Galicia 157 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française des Jeux 158 José Antonio Lopez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 159 Javier Megias Leal (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 160 Bart Dockx (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 161 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 162 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 23.43 163 Alberto Fernandez De La Puebla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 24.56 164 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 26.19 165 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 166 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Crédit Agricole 167 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 168 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 169 Ian McLeod (RSA) Française des Jeux 170 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 171 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 172 Bert Roesems (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 173 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team 174 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 175 Erki Pütsep (Est) Bouygues Telecom 27.31 176 Serafín Martínez Acevedo (Spa) Karpin Galicia 27.53 177 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 28.22 178 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 29.03 179 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 32.15 180 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 34.11 181 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole 36.20 182 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française des Jeux 36.32 183 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 38.21 184 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 41.55 185 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r Prévoyance 42.29 186 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 48.31 Points classification 1 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 65 pts 2 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 45 3 Allan Davis (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 30 4 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 27 5 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 26 6 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 25 7 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 22 8 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 22 9 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 20 10 René Mandri (Est) AG2r Prévoyance 20 11 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 19 12 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 17 13 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 17 14 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 16 15 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 16 16 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 13 17 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 12 18 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 12 19 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 10 20 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 9 21 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 9 22 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 8 23 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 8 24 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 8 25 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 8 26 Serafín Martínez Acevedo (Spa) Karpin Galicia 7 27 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 7 28 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 7 29 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 7 30 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax - Gam 6 31 Manuel Vazquez Huesco (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 6 32 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 6 33 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 6 34 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas 6 35 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 6 36 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax - Gam 6 37 Gustavo Domínguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 5 38 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 5 39 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 5 40 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 5 41 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Crédit Agricole 5 42 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 4 43 David López (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4 44 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r Prévoyance 4 45 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas 3 46 José Ángel Gómez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 3 47 Raúl García De Mateos (Spa) Relax - Gam 3 48 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 3 49 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2 50 David García (Spa) Karpin Galicia 2 51 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 2 52 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 2 53 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 2 54 Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 1 55 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1 56 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 1 57 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 1 58 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole 1 Mountains classification 1 Serafín Martínez Acevedo (Spa) Karpin Galicia 35 pts 2 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 30 3 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 25 4 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax - Gam 21 5 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 20 6 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 16 7 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 15 8 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 14 9 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 12 10 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 10 11 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 8 12 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 7 13 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 6 14 Gustavo Domínguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 6 15 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 6 16 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 6 17 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 6 18 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 5 19 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 5 20 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 4 21 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 4 22 Raúl García De Mateos (Spa) Relax - Gam 4 23 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas 3 24 Gustavo César (Spa) Karpin Galicia 3 25 Mauricio Alberto Ardila (Col) Rabobank 2 26 René Mandri (Est) AG2r Prévoyance 2 27 Manuel Vazquez Huesco (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 2 28 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 2 29 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 1 30 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 1 31 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1 32 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 1 33 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram 1 Combination classification 1 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 9 pts 2 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 18 3 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 20 4 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 24 5 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 30 6 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 31 7 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 32 8 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 46 9 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 56 10 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 57 11 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas 67 12 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 73 13 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 82 14 René Mandri (Est) AG2r Prévoyance 90 15 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 91 16 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax - Gam 96 17 Manuel Vazquez Huesco (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 138 18 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 146 19 Raúl García De Mateos (Spa) Relax - Gam 160 20 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 174 21 Gustavo Domínguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 178 22 Serafín Martínez Acevedo (Spa) Karpin Galicia 203 23 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 227 24 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 230 Team classification 1 Caisse D'Epargne 48.13.24 2 Liquigas 1.10 3 Team CSC 3.16 4 Saunier Duval - Prodir 3.22 5 Predictor - Lotto 3.33 6 Euskaltel - Euskadi 3.38 7 Cofidis, le credit par telephone 3.47 8 AG2R Prevoyance 5.06 9 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 6.24 10 Rabobank 7.44 11 Karpin - Galicia 11.34 12 Quick Step - Innergetic 12.14 13 Relax - GAM 12.20 14 Gerolsteiner 13.36 15 Credit Agricole 14.37 16 T- Mobile Team 18.18 17 Française Des Jeux 21.05 18 Lampre - Fondital 21.52 19 Andalucía - Cajasur 22.17 20 Bouygues Telecom 35.28 21 Team Milram 48.15
