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62nd Vuelta a España - GT

Spain, September 1-23, 2007

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Stage 2 - September 2: Allariz - Santiago de Compostela, 148.7km

Freire goes for gold

By Susan Westemeyer and Hernan Alvarez

Oscar Freire (Rabobank)
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Oscar Freire of Rabobank went for gold on Sunday, winning the stage and taking over the leader's golden jersey in the second stage of the Vuelta a España. He outsprinted Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step-Innergetic) and Leonardo Duque (Cofidis) out of a field that had been dramatically reduced by a mass crash some two kilometres before the finish line. Based on his first place today and his second place in the first stage, he took over the lead from Daniele Bennati, who was involved in the crash. Because the crash occurred within the three-kilometre "neutralized" zone, the Lampre sprinter was awarded the same time as the winner, but came in as 186th, or next to last in the main group. Erik Zabel of Milram finished fourth on the day to move up to second overall and Duque took third place.

It is the first leader's jersey ever in a Grand Tour for Freire. "I was close yesterday. I didn't feel well during the whole stage [stage 1 - ed.]," Freire told Spanish television TVE. "Today it was different; besides, the finale suited me better considering my characteristics and I think I did well. Besides, I got the leader jersey which is the first time for me. So, I am doubly happy."

Freire was also involved in the crash, but managed to get past it. "Today's crash was quite near the front. When I was falling, I touched Bennati. I thought I tangled with him and I also fell but in the end I saved myself. I didn't look back. I don't even know how many riders were involved." He added, "Let's see if they change the race rules so that the final time is measured when we enter the city and not in the last three kilometers as they are currently doing. There seem to be more crashes with the [three-kilometre] rule.... Because of it, a rider like Pereiro, who fell down, could have lost all his overall win hopes."

Pereiro was the most notable victim of the crash. He rode to the finish line with a team-mate's hand on his back, and a soigneur was there to help the Caisse d'Epargne rider, who looked to have hurt his right leg.

The 150 kilometre course from Allariz to Santiago de Compostela was marked by a long escape by riders from the three Spanish Professional Continental teams which had received wild-card invitations to the race. The peloton never let them more than four minutes ahead, and finally gobbled them up with only a few kilometers to go.

Monday's stage runs 153 km from Viveiro and Luarca. It features three Cat. 3 climbs and one Cat. 2, but the flat finale calls for another sprint finish. That will be the last one for a while, as the race then moves into the mountains.

How it unfolded

Today's stage ended up in the famous Santiago de Compostela. This town is known worldwide because of its beautiful cathedral and its nice old town. Santiago was considered a world heritage site by UNESCO in 1985. The cathedral was built around the year 1075 a. C. in honour to St. James (Santiago apostle). Besides, the Spanish 1, 2 and 5-cent coins have this famous and big building on the flip side.

The sprint was uphill and fierce
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188 riders took the start in Allariz as America's Tom Danielson (Discovery Channel) was the only rider who left the race due to his broken right shoulder blade. Early on in the day, three riders dared to attack at kilometre three and they were Gustavo Dominguez Lemos (Karpin Galicia), Raul Garcia de Mateo (Relax Gam) and Manuel Vazquez Hueso (Andalucia Caja Sur). In the first intermediate sprint at Orense after just 15kiloemtres, the trio led by two minutes and two seconds over the peloton.

The leaders were able to maintain a small gap of just above three minutes throughout many kilometres. But the big group had control of the race and in the second half of the stage Milram, Lampre and other teams pulled hard at the front to reduce the distance to the trio up front. The leaders' advantage was cropped to 2'16" at kilometre 91. Meanwhile, Damiano Cunego (Lampre) held on despite his injuries following yesterday's hard crash.

In A Estrada with 44 kilometres to go, some fans showed his appreciation for Galician Oscar Pereiro (Caisse D'Epargne) with a big billboard that had his name written on it. Later in the race, Milram riders, helped by Rabobank and Lampre, put up a faster tempo and reduced the gap to one minute and 45 seconds with 34 kilometres to the finish line. At the 20-kilometre to go banner the trio led by just 38 seconds. Their adventure was almost over. Behind, Angel Gomez (Saunier Duval) got rid of the bunch trying to catch the top three and achieved his goal with 16 kilometres to the end, but as expected, the peloton swallowed the four leaders a short time later.

As soon as the bunch got together, Francisco Martinez (Relax Gam) attacked, as did Gustavo Cesar (Karpin Galicia), but those moves didn't go anywhere. The sprinters' outfits knew clearly this was a big chance for a win, so they controlled the race.

Paolo Bettini congratulated Oscar Freire
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The last five kilometres were extremely fast with a 70-kilometre per hour average at some parts. Liquigas led the peloton with Milram close behind. With just two kilometres to go, a massive crash happened in the middle of the big group that affected more than half the peloton, including race leader Daniele Bennati (Lampre-Fondital) and Oscar Pereiro. Most of the top sprinters were at the very front and saved from injuries.

Philippe Gilbert (Française Des Jeux) was trying to spoil the sprinter's party anyway and took off with about 1500 metres remaining. The Belgian soloed for more than a kilometre, but Milram still had most of the team on the front, so the move was doomed.

In the final sprint, Erik Zabel made his move, but Oscar Freire got a perfect place behind and found the right time to move from the right to the centre of the road past Zabel and crossed the finish line in first place. Paolo Bettini came from the far right and finished second while Leonardo Duque was third. It was a great day for Freire who got his first Grand Tour leader jersey and his first win in months.

Photography

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Results

1 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank                         3.31.03 (42.274 km/h) 
2 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                       
3 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone           
4 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                     
5 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                               
6 René Mandri (Est) AG2r Prévoyance                                
7 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                            
8 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                         
9 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                
10 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team                            
11 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Crédit Agricole                             
12 David López (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                              
13 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                    
14 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                     
15 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                       
16 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                                  
17 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia                   
18 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic                     
19 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                    
20 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic                        
21 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram                           
22 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram                                    
23 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas                                 
24 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram                              
25 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                         
26 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                       
27 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                 
28 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas                                   
29 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram                                  
30 David García (Spa) Karpin Galicia                               
31 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team                               
32 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas                                   
33 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram                                   
34 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                   
35 Jose Ruiz Sanchez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                     
36 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                         
37 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux                        
38 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC                             
39 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                       
40 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Karpin Galicia                            
41 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                   
42 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole                        
43 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                             
44 José Ángel Gómez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir         
45 Tim Klinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                  
46 Adam Hansen (Aus) T-Mobile Team                                 
47 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic                 
48 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                         
49 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                      
50 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team          
51 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                
52 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto                             
53 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                            
54 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole                         
55 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank                                  
56 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                       
57 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole                           
58 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                          
59 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Predictor - Lotto                            
60 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance                            
61 Nacor Burgos Rojo (Spa) Relax - Gam                             
62 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone        
63 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                             
64 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole                              
65 Serafín Martínez Acevedo (Spa) Karpin Galicia                   
66 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole                            
67 José Antonio Lopez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                    
68 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                             
69 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                            
70 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                             
71 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner                          
72 Erki Pütsep (Est) Bouygues Telecom                              
73 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                          
74 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux                         
75 Juan Olmo Menacho (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                     
76 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                  
77 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                             
78 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Fondital                         
79 Bert Grabsch (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                
80 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française des Jeux                      
81 Josep Jufré (Spa) Predictor - Lotto                             
82 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank                                      
83 Mauricio Alberto Ardila (Col) Rabobank                          
84 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom                             
85 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                   
86 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                
87 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                            
88 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team                            
89 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                            
90 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                 
91 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone          
92 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                          
93 Chris Horner (USA) Predictor - Lotto                            
94 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                       
95 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Karpin Galicia                     
96 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner                              
97 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank                             
98 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team                               
99 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                   
100 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone            
101 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC                                
102 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC                                    
103 Iker Camaño (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                       
104 José Luis Carrasco (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                   
105 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone          
106 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                            
107 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                   
108 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                     
109 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                  
110 Alberto Fernandez De La Puebla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir    
111 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2r Prévoyance                           
112 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas                               
113 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas                              
114 Ian McLeod (RSA) Française des Jeux                            
115 Julian Sanchez Pimienta (Spa) Relax - Gam                      
116 Francisco Terciado Sacedo (Spa) Relax - Gam                    
117 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux                       
118 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                        
119 Sebastiaan Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank                            
120 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax - Gam                                
121 Raúl García De Mateos (Spa) Relax - Gam                        
122 Jorge Garcia Marin (Spa) Relax - Gam                           
123 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                      
124 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team                            
125 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team                                
126 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                    
127 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                          
128 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française des Jeux                        
129 Jean-Marc Marino (Fra) Crédit Agricole                         
130 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank                                    
131 Francisco Jose Martinez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur              
132 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax - Gam                                
133 Jesús Hernández (Spa) Relax - Gam                              
134 Javier Megias Leal (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                
135 Santiago Perez (Spa) Relax - Gam                               
136 Arkaitz Durán (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                     
137 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2r Prévoyance                        
138 Bart Dockx (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                             
139 Gustavo César (Spa) Karpin Galicia                             
140 Santos González (Spa) Karpin Galicia                           
141 Bert Roesems (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                           
142 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                      
143 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone       
144 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team       
145 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team       
146 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram                                
147 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner                              
148 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC                               
149 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC                                
150 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team     
151 Allan Davis (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team           
152 Manuel Vazquez Huesco (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                
153 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team     
154 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC                               
155 Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                 
156 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC                           
157 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC                                   
158 Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                         
159 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                
160 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                    
161 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team        
162 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                        
163 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team       
164 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                          
165 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre - Fondital                           
166 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                        
167 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r Prévoyance                           
168 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone          
169 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française des Jeux                         
170 Gustavo Domínguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia                         
171 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                         
172 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas                               
173 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas                            
174 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas                                
175 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram                               
176 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram                                
177 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                       
178 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                     
179 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                      
180 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole                             
181 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                       
182 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                      
183 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone       
184 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone      
185 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                        
186 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                        
187 Carlos Castaño (Spa) Karpin Galicia                            
188 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                     17.21
 
Points
 
Ourense - km 20
1 Gustavo Domínguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia                          4 pts
2 Manuel Vazquez Huesco (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                 2
3 Raúl García De Mateos (Spa) Relax - Gam                         1
  
A Ramallosa - km 124
1 Manuel Vazquez Huesco (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                 4 pts
2 Raúl García De Mateos (Spa) Relax - Gam                         2
3 Gustavo Domínguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia                          1
 
Santiago de Compostela - km 148.7
1 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank                              25 pts
2 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                     20
3 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone         16
4 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                   14
5 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                             12
6 René Mandri (Est) AG2r Prévoyance                              10
7 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                           9
8 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                        8
9 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                               7
10 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team                           6
11 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Crédit Agricole                            5
12 David López (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                             4
13 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                   3
14 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                    2
15 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                      1
 
Mountains
 
Alto do Paraño (Cat 3) - km 68
1 Gustavo Domínguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia                          6 pts
2 Raúl García De Mateos (Spa) Relax - Gam                         4
3 Manuel Vazquez Huesco (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                 2
4 Serafín Martínez Acevedo (Spa) Karpin Galicia                   1
 
Teams
 
1 Quickstep-Innergetic                                     10.33.09
2 Caisse d'Epargne                                                 
3 Team Milram                                                      
4 AG2r Prévoyance                                                  
5 Liquigas                                                         
6 Rabobank                                                         
7 Gerolsteiner                                                     
8 Crédit Agricole                                                  
9 T-Mobile Professional Cycling                                    
10 Karpin Galicia                                                  
11 Euskaltel-Euskadi                                               
12 Bouygues Telecom                                                
13 Française des Jeux                                              
14 Andalucía-Cajasur                                               
15 Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone                                 
16 Team CSC                                                        
17 Predictor-Lotto                                                 
18 Saunier Duval-Prodir                                            
19 Relax-Gam                                                       
20 Lampre-Fondital                                                 
21 Discovery Channel                                               
 
 
General classification after stage 2
 
1 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank                         7.14.12
2 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                     
3 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone           
4 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                            
5 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram                            
6 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                      
7 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas                                  
8 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                
9 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Crédit Agricole                              
10 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia                   
11 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                               
12 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                         
13 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                        
14 David García (Spa) Karpin Galicia                               
15 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                                  
16 René Mandri (Est) AG2r Prévoyance                               
17 David López (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                              
18 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas                                   
19 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                    
20 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                       
21 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas                                   
22 José Ángel Gómez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir         
23 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto                             
24 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Predictor - Lotto                            
25 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                         
26 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                         
27 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                             
28 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                
29 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                    
30 Erki Pütsep (Est) Bouygues Telecom                              
31 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team                            
32 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole                        
33 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team          
34 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Karpin Galicia                            
35 Chris Horner (USA) Predictor - Lotto                            
36 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             
37 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                       
38 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                            
39 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank                             
40 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                            
41 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                              
42 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic                 
43 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                       
44 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Fondital                         
45 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                    
46 Bert Grabsch (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                
47 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram                                    
48 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                 
49 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux                        
50 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                      
51 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance                            
52 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank                                  
53 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                          
54 Iker Camaño (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                        
55 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax - Gam                                 
56 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                   
57 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole                           
58 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française des Jeux                         
59 Sebastiaan Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank                             
60 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas                               
61 Jorge Garcia Marin (Spa) Relax - Gam                            
62 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram                              
63 Allan Davis (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team            
64 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic                     
65 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux                         
66 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone          
67 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                         
68 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC                                
69 Josep Jufré (Spa) Predictor - Lotto                             
70 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                 
71 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone        
72 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                             
73 Jose Ruiz Sanchez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                     
74 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank                                      
75 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team        
76 Adam Hansen (Aus) T-Mobile Team                                 
77 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                
78 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                   
79 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC                             
80 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram                                   
81 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r Prévoyance                            
82 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                             
83 Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                  
84 Tim Klinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                  
85 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team                            
86 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                  
87 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                             
88 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                       
89 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                         
90 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole                         
91 Juan Olmo Menacho (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                     
92 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas                                
93 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                       
94 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                          
95 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                            
96 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team         
97 Jesús Hernández (Spa) Relax - Gam                               
98 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole                              
99 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic                        
100 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                          
101 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                      
102 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                      
103 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                  
104 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                     
105 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                  
106 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole                           
107 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team                                
108 Nacor Burgos Rojo (Spa) Relax - Gam                            
109 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom                            
110 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                    
111 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                           
112 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC                           
113 Jean-Marc Marino (Fra) Crédit Agricole                         
114 Raúl García De Mateos (Spa) Relax - Gam                        
115 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                      
116 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                       
117 Manuel Vazquez Huesco (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                
118 Arkaitz Durán (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                     
119 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                        
120 Gustavo Domínguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia                         
121 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole                             
122 José Luis Carrasco (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                   
123 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre - Fondital                           
124 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                       
125 Mauricio Alberto Ardila (Col) Rabobank                         
126 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC                               
127 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner                         
128 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                            
129 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team                              
130 Santiago Perez (Spa) Relax - Gam                               
131 José Antonio Lopez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                   
132 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas                            
133 Gustavo César (Spa) Karpin Galicia                             
134 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas                               
135 Carlos Castaño (Spa) Karpin Galicia                            
136 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team     
137 Francisco Jose Martinez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur              
138 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team                            
139 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Karpin Galicia                    
140 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax - Gam                                
141 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                    
142 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                         
143 Ian McLeod (RSA) Française des Jeux                            
144 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC                                
145 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team       
146 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2r Prévoyance                        
147 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française des Jeux                     
148 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner                             
149 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                  
150 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team     
151 Julian Sanchez Pimienta (Spa) Relax - Gam                      
152 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                      
153 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2r Prévoyance                           
154 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank                                    
155 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone            
156 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC                                    
157 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                     
158 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram                                
159 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner                              
160 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC                                   
161 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas                                
162 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone          
163 Francisco Terciado Sacedo (Spa) Relax - Gam                    
164 Javier Megias Leal (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                
165 Alberto Fernandez De La Puebla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir    
166 Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                         
167 Bart Dockx (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                             
168 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux                       
169 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                         
170 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone       
171 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone       
172 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC                                
173 Santos González (Spa) Karpin Galicia                           
174 Bert Roesems (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                           
175 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team       
176 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                
177 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                          
178 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone          
179 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                     
180 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram                                
181 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram                               
182 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone      
183 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                        
184 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram                             0.31
185 Serafín Martínez Acevedo (Spa) Karpin Galicia              4.19
186 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française des Jeux                     4.42
187 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                    4.48
188 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                     24.57
 
Points classification
 
1 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank                              45 pts
2 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                        25
3 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                   22
4 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone         22
5 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                     20
6 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                          19
7 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram                          16
8 Allan Davis (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team           14
9 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                        12
10 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                            12
11 René Mandri (Est) AG2r Prévoyance                             10
12 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                      9
13 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                       8
14 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                              7
15 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                            7
16 Manuel Vazquez Huesco (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                6
17 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                        6
18 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team                           6
19 Gustavo Domínguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia                         5
20 Serafín Martínez Acevedo (Spa) Karpin Galicia                  5
21 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team                              5
22 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Crédit Agricole                            5
23 David López (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                             4
24 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r Prévoyance                           4
25 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                   3
26 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC                               3
27 Raúl García De Mateos (Spa) Relax - Gam                        3
28 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                    2
29 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas                                2
30 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone      2
31 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                      1
32 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                            1
33 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole                             1
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Serafín Martínez Acevedo (Spa) Karpin Galicia                  13 pts
2 Gustavo Domínguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia                          6
3 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone       6
4 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                         6
5 Raúl García De Mateos (Spa) Relax - Gam                         4
6 Manuel Vazquez Huesco (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                 2
7 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                             1
8 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram                                  1
 
Allround classification
 
1 Manuel Vazquez Huesco (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur               139 pts
2 Gustavo Domínguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia                        141
3 Raúl García De Mateos (Spa) Relax - Gam                       146
4 Serafín Martínez Acevedo (Spa) Karpin Galicia                 206
5 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                       208
6 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone     215
 
Teams classification
 
1 Bouygues Telecom                                         21.42.36
2 Quickstep-Innergetic                                             
3 Euskaltel-Euskadi                                                
4 Caisse d'Epargne                                                 
5 Rabobank                                                         
6 Team Milram                                                      
7 AG2r Prévoyance                                                  
8 Discovery Channel                                                
9 Liquigas                                                         
10 Predictor-Lotto                                                 
11 Gerolsteiner                                                    
12 Crédit Agricole                                                 
13 T-Mobile Professional Cycling                                   
14 Lampre-Fondital                                                 
15 Karpin Galicia                                                  
16 Relax-Gam                                                       
17 Team CSC                                                        
18 Française des Jeux                                              
19 Andalucía-Cajasur                                               
20 Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone                                 
21 Saunier Duval-Prodir                                            

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