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62nd Vuelta a España - GT

Spain, September 1-23, 2007

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Stage 17 - September 19: Ciudad Real - Talavera de la Reina, 175km

Bennati responds to Ballerini with win

Non-selection for Italy's Worlds' team spurs Bennati victory

By Gregor Brown and Hernan Alvarez

Daniele Bennati (Lampre)
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Daniele Bennati sprinted to victory in stage 17 of the Vuelta a España one day after not being selected by Franco Ballerini for the 2007 World Championships. The 26 year-old Italian of Lampre-Fondital held off a surging World Champion Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step - Innergetic) and Alessandro Petacchi to take home his second stage victory. The win proved that 'Benna' is on-form, 18 days after winning the first stage of the Spanish Grand Tour.

"It is not very easy to win, especially in the Vuelta, which is a great tour," explained Bennati after the win. "This is the third week; I did the whole Tour de France recently. I am so very happy because my condition is very good. I am really happy."

Petacchi had all of the Milram at his disposal but failed to come up with win number three of this year's Vuelta. The tall sprinter from La Spezia went back to back after rest day one, but could not match his fellow countrymen today. On the long run-in, perfectly suited for 'Ale-Jet,' there were still three Milrams powering in the final 1000 metres for their captain.

Marco Velo and then Erik Zabel pulled off to release Petacchi, who has 19-career Vuelta wins in his palmarès, down the left hand side of the road in Talavera de la Reina city centre. Bennati, who seemingly been left unprotected in the final metres, edged to the front, and began his sprint. He powered up on the right side of Petacchi, fuelling his sprint with a fury that came from being nixed by National Directeur Sportif Ballerini in yesterday's Worlds' selection.

"Of course I am not happy," remarked Bennati. "I think it is truly incredible; I think I demonstrated in the Vuelta I am the strongest sprinter. Bettini is the strongest Italian rider. I don't know why [I wasn't selected]. I don't like it at all. I don't like it also because the next two World Championships are very, very hard. I don't like to wait two more years to ride the World's. I dislike it."

Bettini's evaluation of the sprint
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Bettini made a promising push for sprint victory given that he too was seemingly unprotected in the final metres. He picked the right wheel to be on, but did not have the sprint speed to pass Bennati. Bettini finished second, and he is expected to travel back to Italy tonight to prepare for his World Champion defence. He will co-captain the team with Filippo Pozzato.

Ballerini may second guess his selection, but he won't change it. 'Benna' would have been a good wildcard for the national team on September 30 in Stuttgart given his sprinting capacities after a long day of hard work. However, Ballerini choose to leave Italy's leading sprinter at home, favouring a punchier team (i.e. Damiano Cunego).

Relax-GAM and Andalucía-Cajasur had their day thanks to Jorge García and Juan Olmo's brave move. The Spanish duo stayed clear for 158 kilometres, and they gained huge amount of exposure for their Professional Continental teams. They had to know that they could not win with Euskaltel-Euskadi, Lampre and Milram chasing for the sprint.

"Until we reached the finish line, nobody can say the breakaway would not succeed," argued Olmo. "We got caught close. We tried it time after time. If you don't try, you'll never win."

Euskaltel for the second day in a row came up empty handed. Yesterday, the team lost out on the winning selection from the 18-man move which contained two team representatives. Today, the team flogged itself for Koldo Fernández's chances, however, the team's sprinter could only manage tenth.

Rabobank had a quiet day. The sprinters' teams controlled the time gap to the escape, while the team of race leader Denis Menchov eyed the following two mountain stages. The Russian continues to lead over Vladimir Efimkin (Caisse d'Epargne), second, and Cadel Evans (Predictor-Lotto), third.

How it unfolded

Jorge García and Juan Olmo
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Talavera de la Reina is a town in the province of Toledo known for its pottery. The last time it hosted a Vuelta finale was in 1969, when Luigi Sgarbozza won.

Two T-Mobile riders decided not to start today in Ciudad Real: stage 8 time trial winner, Germany's Bert Grabsch, and Italy's Giuseppe Guerini. 152 riders signed in to ride today's stage.

The peloton allowed a two-man breakaway made by Juan Olmo (Andalucía-Cajasur) and Jorge García (Relax-GAM). The duo commanded the race, 5'15" ahead at kilometre 53. In such a flat stage like today's it is very easy for the big group to control, and then catch two guys in a escape. The advantage never reached more than six minutes as the sprinters' teams worked hard to keep the duo at reach.

The Milram and Lampre teams wouldn't permit a break on a day with such a favourable route for their big guns: Alessandro Petacchi, Erik Zabel and Daniele Bennati. Therefore, the gap was down to three minutes by kilometre 118. The distance was less than two minutes at kilometre 141 (34 kilometres to go).

With 20 kilometres to the finish, the two Spanish riders led by 2'15" over the peloton, while Euskaltel-Euskadi helped the Italian outfits for its sprinter Koldo Fernández. The Basque team, Lampre and Milram pulled at full speed to catch the escapees. With eight kilometres remaining, the duo was in sight, leading the race by 16 scarce seconds. Metres ahead, they were swallowed by the peloton.

The fierce battle to the line
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The race speed was high with some sections raced at 65 kilometres per hour. With the peloton together, Milram put its treno up front with Petacchi in last wheel, getting ready to do his part. T-Mobile surged in the final two kilometres. There were many roundabouts in the last kilometres that presented some difficulties.

There was the final turn very near the finish line. At that point, the top sprinters started the bunch sprint. Petacchi was behind Zabel's wheel, Bettini found a good position, while Bennati also found a favourable spot. Coming out of the last turn, Petacchi started the sprint. He passed Zabel on the left, while Bennati took control from centre, and Bettini further right. The Lampre rider won, the World Champion in second place and Petacchi managed third.

Stage 18 - September 20: Talavera de la Reina - Ávila, 153.5km

Sure this stage ends with a flat finish but that does not take into consideration the category 1 Porte de Mijares (km. 56) and category 2 Porte de Navalmoral (km 120). These brutes will allow for a team to work for its captain and the possibility to eliminate some of his GC rivals. The finale, last visited in 2005, presents a technical cobblestone avenue.

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Results

1 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                         3.56.58 (44.31 km/h)
2 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                             
3 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram                                  
4 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                      
5 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas                                        
6 Allan Davis (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                   
7 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole                                     
8 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                           
9 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r Prévoyance                                   
10 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                             
11 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française des Jeux                               
12 Javier Megias Leal (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                       
13 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Predictor - Lotto                                  
14 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                        
15 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                           
16 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                     
17 Adam Hansen (Aus) T-Mobile Team                                       
18 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC                                      
19 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                       
20 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                         
21 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team                                       
22 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                               
23 Erki Pütsep (Est) Bouygues Telecom                                    
24 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas                                         
25 René Mandri (Est) AG2r Prévoyance                                     
26 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic                              
27 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic                           
28 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                              
29 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                                        
30 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                          
31 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas                                         
32 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                       
33 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC                                          
34 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                             
35 Iker Camaño (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                              
36 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram                                          
37 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                             
38 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre - Fondital                                  
39 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                              
40 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                               
41 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                          
42 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                 
43 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia                         
44 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                               
45 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                
46 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas                                     
47 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank                                   
48 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                             
49 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance                                  
50 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                
51 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                             
52 Manuel Vazquez Huesco (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                       
53 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto                                   
54 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux                              
55 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                   
56 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC                                  
57 Santos González (Spa) Karpin Galicia                                  
58 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas                                   
59 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC                                   
60 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                       
61 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                
62 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team            
63 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                  
64 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom                                   
65 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                  
66 José Luis Carrasco (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                          
67 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                         
68 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                          
69 Gustavo César (Spa) Karpin Galicia                                    
70 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                         
71 Sebastiaan Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank                                   
72 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas                                       
73 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                            
74 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic                       
75 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                  
76 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                             
77 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                
78 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                   
79 Nacor Burgos Rojo (Spa) Relax - Gam                                   
80 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 
81 Francisco Terciado Sacedo (Spa) Relax - Gam                           
82 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax - Gam                                       
83 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team            
84 David López (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                    
85 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax - Gam                                       
86 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                                   
87 Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                        
88 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC                                      
89 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner                                    
90 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team               
91 David García (Spa) Karpin Galicia                                     
92 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                      
93 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                   
94 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                
95 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                           
96 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team              
97 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                           
98 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone              
99 Mauricio Alberto Ardila (Col) Rabobank                                
100 Gustavo Domínguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia                               
101 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank                                       
102 Santiago Perez (Spa) Relax - Gam                                     
103 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank                                           
104 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                        
105 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Karpin Galicia                                 
106 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone             
107 Bart Dockx (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                   
108 Raúl García De Mateos (Spa) Relax - Gam                              
109 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone            
110 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram                                   
111 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2r Prévoyance                                 
112 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone             
113 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC                                      
114 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole                             
115 Francisco Jose Martinez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                    
116 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                           
117 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2r Prévoyance                              
118 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Karpin Galicia                          
119 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole                             0.20
120 Jean-Marc Marino (Fra) Crédit Agricole                               
121 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                           0.24
122 Chris Horner (USA) Predictor - Lotto                             0.29
123 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                            
124 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                
125 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram                                     
126 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram                                      
127 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram                                       
128 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram                                        
129 José Ángel Gómez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir              
130 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                
131 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas                                     
132 Jose Ruiz Sanchez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                          
133 Jorge Garcia Marin (Spa) Relax - Gam                                 
134 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                    
135 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                
136 Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                               
137 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                            
138 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux                             
139 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Fondital                              
140 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                     
141 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank                                          
142 Julian Sanchez Pimienta (Spa) Relax - Gam                            
143 José Antonio Lopez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                         
144 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                 
145 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                  
146 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                  
147 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC                                          
148 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                  
149 Juan Olmo Menacho (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                          
150 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram                                  0.57
151 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                        0.01
152 Tim Klinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                   2.09
DNS Bert Grabsch (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                     
DNS Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                 
 
Points
 
El Picón - km 13
1 Jorge Garcia Marin (Spa) Relax - Gam                                  4 pts
2 Juan Olmo Menacho (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                           2
3 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                            1
 
Menasalbas - km 95
1 Juan Olmo Menacho (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                           4 pts
2 Jorge Garcia Marin (Spa) Relax - Gam                                  2
3 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram                                         1
  
Talavera d - km 175
1 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                              25 pts
2 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                           20
3 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram                                16
4 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                    14
5 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas                                      12
6 Allan Davis (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                 10
7 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole                                    9
8 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                          8
9 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r Prévoyance                                  7
10 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                            6
11 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française des Jeux                              5
12 Javier Megias Leal (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                      4
13 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Predictor - Lotto                                 3
14 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                       2
15 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                          1
 
Teams
 
1 T-Mobile Professional Cycling                                  11.50.54
2 Euskaltel-Euskadi                                                      
3 Team Milram                                                            
4 AG2r Prévoyance                                                        
5 Quickstep-Innergetic                                                   
6 Liquigas                                                               
7 Lampre-Fondital                                                        
8 Saunier Duval-Prodir                                                   
9 Française des Jeux                                                     
10 Team CSC                                                              
11 Caisse d'Epargne                                                      
12 Crédit Agricole                                                       
13 Predictor-Lotto                                                       
14 Discovery Channel                                                     
15 Rabobank                                                              
16 Bouygues Telecom                                                      
17 Karpin Galicia                                                        
18 Andalucía-Cajasur                                                     
19 Gerolsteiner                                                          
20 Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone                                       
21 Relax-Gam                                                             
 
General classification after stage 17
 
1 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                   70.37.47
2 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                            2.01
3 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto                                2.27
4 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                       3.02
5 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                           4.01
6 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia                      4.35
7 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas                                      5.15
8 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                            6.17
9 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic                        6.22
10 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                              7.41
11 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team           8.19
12 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone            9.04
13 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax - Gam                                   9.34
14 David López (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                               10.56
15 Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                   11.02
16 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                           12.08
17 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas                              12.31
18 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team       13.06
19 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                  13.35
20 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone         15.51
21 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                        16.59
22 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC                              17.55
23 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                                   18.06
24 René Mandri (Est) AG2r Prévoyance                                20.19
25 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                           20.35
26 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC                             22.34
27 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                        23.02
28 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                              23.03
29 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                 23.46
30 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom                              24.03
31 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                              24.35
32 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                              24.42
33 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic                  25.32
34 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                             25.56
35 David García (Spa) Karpin Galicia                                25.59
36 Iker Camaño (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                         27.04
37 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Karpin Galicia                      27.55
38 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC                                  28.02
39 José Ángel Gómez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir          31.52
40 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas                                 34.49
41 Chris Horner (USA) Predictor - Lotto                             36.18
42 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone           36.48
43 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                             37.09
44 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC                                      37.21
45 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank                                   37.35
46 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Fondital                          38.19
47 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner                           41.32
48 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                        41.33
49 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                      42.03
50 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                    42.47
51 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance                             43.02
52 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux                         43.12
53 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team                              46.03
54 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC                                 49.28
55 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2r Prévoyance                             49.36
56 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                   50.04
57 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                         51.25
58 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                             51.57
59 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                54.27
60 Mauricio Alberto Ardila (Col) Rabobank                           55.48
61 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                    55.52
62 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC                                 55.55
63 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team         56.28
64 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax - Gam                                  56.43
65 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                     56.58
66 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                        58.26
67 Manuel Vazquez Huesco (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                  58.27
68 Jose Ruiz Sanchez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                      58.42
69 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole                         58.45
70 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Predictor - Lotto                             59.22
71 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Karpin Galicia                           1.01.26
72 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas                              1.01.44
73 Javier Megias Leal (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                1.02.51
74 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                        1.03.48
75 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                     1.03.59
76 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone       1.04.09
77 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC                                   1.05.39
78 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                      1.05.53
79 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                   1.06.58
80 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2r Prévoyance                        1.07.02
81 Santiago Perez (Spa) Relax - Gam                               1.07.26
82 Jean-Marc Marino (Fra) Crédit Agricole                         1.08.16
83 Juan Olmo Menacho (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                    1.09.40
84 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic                       1.12.11
85 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone       1.12.20
86 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team                                1.16.19
87 José Luis Carrasco (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                   1.17.14
88 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                      1.18.30
89 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                      1.19.18
90 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                            1.20.12
91 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                    1.20.22
92 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole                           1.21.04
93 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                  1.22.10
94 Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                         1.22.45
95 Raúl García De Mateos (Spa) Relax - Gam                        1.23.41
96 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                            1.23.44
97 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas                                1.23.50
98 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas                                  1.24.50
99 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre - Fondital                           1.25.40
100 Adam Hansen (Aus) T-Mobile Team                               1.27.39
101 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole                         1.28.21
102 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank                                    1.28.33
103 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir               1.29.01
104 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner                             1.29.55
105 Gustavo Domínguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia                        1.30.33
106 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team    1.31.06
107 Tim Klinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                1.31.34
108 Santos González (Spa) Karpin Galicia                          1.32.12
109 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française des Jeux                       1.32.43
110 Bart Dockx (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                            1.33.13
111 Jorge Garcia Marin (Spa) Relax - Gam                          1.35.16
112 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank                                   1.35.41
113 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                         1.36.22
114 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                        1.36.27
115 Francisco Terciado Sacedo (Spa) Relax - Gam                   1.36.59
116 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram                               1.37.41
117 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram                                  1.38.50
118 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                   1.40.00
119 Allan Davis (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team          1.40.07
120 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone     1.40.23
121 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner                            1.42.00
122 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                    1.42.15
123 Julian Sanchez Pimienta (Spa) Relax - Gam                     1.44.08
124 Nacor Burgos Rojo (Spa) Relax - Gam                           1.45.06
125 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram                         1.45.11
126 Gustavo César (Spa) Karpin Galicia                            1.45.53
127 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                    1.46.06
128 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas                               1.47.42
129 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone         1.48.02
130 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                     1.48.13
131 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                       1.48.47
132 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone         1.49.39
133 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                              1.50.12
134 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                         1.50.13
135 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram                                 1.50.42
136 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                     1.51.41
137 Francisco Jose Martinez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur             1.52.44
138 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram                            1.53.42
139 Erki Pütsep (Est) Bouygues Telecom                            1.55.48
140 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team                             1.55.52
141 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram                              1.56.11
142 Sebastiaan Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank                           1.58.15
143 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram                                1.59.35
144 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank                           2.03.19
145 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team                               2.03.30
146 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone           2.03.51
147 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r Prévoyance                          2.06.55
148 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux                      2.07.12
149 José Antonio Lopez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                  2.08.08
150 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram                               2.09.02
151 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole                            2.09.35
152 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                 2.15.27
 
Points classification
 
1 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                          122 pts
2 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                             118
3 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram                               106
4 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                         89
5 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                         87
6 Allan Davis (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                 80
7 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone               73
8 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                            71
9 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                             63
10 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto                                 60
11 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                             51
12 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                   50
13 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas                                     49
14 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                           46
15 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r Prévoyance                                46
16 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas                                       43
17 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                        41
18 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas                                   37
19 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax - Gam                                     37
20 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                37
21 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team            36
22 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia                       34
23 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team             32
24 René Mandri (Est) AG2r Prévoyance                                   32
25 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                                 25
26 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                     24
27 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic                     23
28 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                23
29 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française des Jeux                             23
30 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner                                  23
31 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC                                    22
32 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux                            20
33 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole                                20
34 David García (Spa) Karpin Galicia                                   19
35 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic                         18
36 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas                                 18
37 Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                      17
38 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                 17
39 Javier Megias Leal (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                     17
40 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole                                  17
41 David López (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                  16
42 Raúl García De Mateos (Spa) Relax - Gam                             15
43 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone            15
44 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone              14
45 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                     14
46 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                            14
47 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC                                13
48 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance                                13
49 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone            13
50 José Antonio Lopez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                        12
51 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Predictor - Lotto                                12
52 Santos González (Spa) Karpin Galicia                                10
53 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2r Prévoyance                                10
54 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                   10
55 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                              9
56 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                 9
57 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram                                         9
58 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                           9
59 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC                                         8
60 Jorge Garcia Marin (Spa) Relax - Gam                                 8
61 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                            8
62 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas                                     8
63 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                        8
64 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                               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 Jean-Marc Marino (Fra) Crédit Agricole                               7
69 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax - Gam                                      6
70 Manuel Vazquez Huesco (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                      6
71 Juan Olmo Menacho (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                          6
72 Gustavo Domínguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia                               5
73 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC                                  5
74 José Ángel Gómez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir              5
75 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                               4
76 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                  4
77 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                       4
78 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                           4
79 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                        4
80 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                        3
81 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC                                     3
82 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Karpin Galicia                                 3
83 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                          3
84 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                3
85 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                  2
86 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Fondital                              2
87 Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                               2
88 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas                                      2
89 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone            2
90 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram                                        2
91 Erki Pütsep (Est) Bouygues Telecom                                   2
92 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                      1
93 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic                             1
94 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team                                      1
95 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                              1
96 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank                                  1
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team           78 pts
2 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                         75
3 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                              45
4 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                         44
5 José Ángel Gómez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir              38
6 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto                                  37
7 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                             36
8 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas                                        35
9 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas                                     31
10 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                     31
11 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic                     31
12 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia                       28
13 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC                                        26
14 Raúl García De Mateos (Spa) Relax - Gam                             24
15 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax - Gam                                     21
16 Mauricio Alberto Ardila (Col) Rabobank                              20
17 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team             20
18 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax - Gam                                     18
19 Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                      16
20 Santos González (Spa) Karpin Galicia                                15
21 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                 13
22 David García (Spa) Karpin Galicia                                   12
23 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone              12
24 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                     12
25 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom                                 11
26 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                      11
27 José Antonio Lopez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                        11
28 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                       10
29 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                 9
30 David López (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                   9
31 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC                                  8
32 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC                                 8
33 Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                               8
34 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                           8
35 Gustavo César (Spa) Karpin Galicia                                   8
36 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas                                  7
37 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2r Prévoyance                                 7
38 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas                                    7
39 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic                          6
40 Gustavo Domínguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia                               6
41 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner                                   6
42 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                        6
43 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone             6
44 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Karpin Galicia                          6
45 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team             6
46 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                6
47 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone            6
48 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                            4
49 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                            4
50 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                             4
51 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                               3
52 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                                       3
53 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                  3
54 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC                                          3
55 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                              2
56 René Mandri (Est) AG2r Prévoyance                                    2
57 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                  2
58 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC                                      2
59 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                 2
60 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                 2
61 Manuel Vazquez Huesco (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                      2
62 Javier Megias Leal (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                      2
63 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                                  2
64 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank                                          2
65 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                2
66 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                 1
67 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Fondital                              1
68 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                        1
69 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone             1
70 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram                                       1
 
Combination classification
 
1 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                          8 pts
2 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                              16
3 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto                                  19
4 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                             21
5 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                         25
6 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas                                        31
7 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia                        40
8 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax - Gam                                      50
9 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team              51
10 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                67
11 Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                      71
12 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic                     71
13 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone              79
14 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic                         83
15 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team          84
16 David López (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                  85
17 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                     88
18 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas                                 89
19 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                 90
20 David García (Spa) Karpin Galicia                                   91
21 René Mandri (Est) AG2r Prévoyance                                  104
22 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC                               105
23 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone           106
24 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas                                   111
25 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                            118
26 José Ángel Gómez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir            118
27 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                               122
28 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC                                126
29 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas                                  128
30 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team           129
31 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                          130
32 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                             131
33 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2r Prévoyance                               145
34 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax - Gam                                    148
35 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC                                       149
36 Raúl García De Mateos (Spa) Relax - Gam                            151
37 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                           153
38 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                      158
39 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                     159
40 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                          163
41 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                165
42 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                166
43 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                               174
44 Javier Megias Leal (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                    174
45 Santos González (Spa) Karpin Galicia                               180
46 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                                184
47 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                      192
48 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner                                 192
49 Manuel Vazquez Huesco (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                    198
50 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Fondital                            199
51 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone           203
52 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                    205
53 Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                             214
54 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                         214
55 Gustavo Domínguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia                             217
56 José Antonio Lopez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                       226
57 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone          256
58 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                              262
59 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                      273
 
Teams classification
 
1 Caisse d'Epargne                                              211.40.02
2 Euskaltel-Euskadi                                                 16.51
3 Team CSC                                                          28.31
4 Liquigas                                                          30.06
5 AG2r Prévoyance                                                   30.43
6 Karpin Galicia                                                    37.43
7 Predictor-Lotto                                                   39.29
8 Quickstep-Innergetic                                              44.21
9 Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone                                   50.19
10 Saunier Duval-Prodir                                             53.33
11 Gerolsteiner                                                   1.08.33
12 Discovery Channel                                              1.15.55
13 Relax-Gam                                                      1.24.10
14 Crédit Agricole                                                1.27.58
15 Rabobank                                                       1.29.07
16 Andalucía-Cajasur                                              1.49.09
17 Lampre-Fondital                                                2.11.35
18 T-Mobile Professional Cycling                                  2.21.08
19 Française des Jeux                                             2.37.34
20 Bouygues Telecom                                               2.52.56
21 Team Milram                                                    3.53.09

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