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62nd Vuelta a España - GT

Spain, September 1-23, 2007

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Stage 21 - September 23: Rivas Vaciamadrid - Madrid, 104.2km

Menchov tastes success in Madrid

By Susan Westemeyer and Hernan Alvarez

Denis Menchov (Rabobank)
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Denis Menchov rolled into Madrid on the final stage of the 2007 Vuelta a España as the overall winner for the first time in his career, but also as a two-time Vuelta champion. The quiet Rabobank rider was understated in his celebrations after winning the race by more than three minutes ahead of Carlos Sastre (CSC) and Samual Sanchez (Euskaltel-Euskadi), who was third overall.

"This is the biggest success of my career," said the quiet Russian, who has ridden for Rabobank since 2005. Menchov, who lives in Pamplona, Spain, was also awarded the victory in the 2005 Vuelta after Roberto Heras' doping disqualification. "But you can't compare that with the win today," he said.

Menchov was usually seen during the race with a stoic and calm expression, showing his emotion only Saturday after the time trial, when he could finally be 100 percent sure that he would win the race. His team-mate Koos Morenhaut said, "Denis is always a little reserved but surely he must have quickly figured out that he was clearly the best man in the tour. We as his team-mates certainly did; he was sharp, alert and on the look-out for attacks and did not worry."

Menchov showed his all-around dominace by also winning the mountains and combination competitions. He was also leading the points ranking until the end of today's stage, when Lampre's Daniele Bennati took the stage win and the win in the points classification.

Bennati sends a message to Ballerini with third stage win

Daniele Bennati (Lampre)
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Daniele Bennati had a silent message for Italian selector Franco Ballerini in the final stage of the Vuelta a España as he blasted to his third stage win. The Lampre rider, who had been shunned for the Italian Worlds team, out-sprinted Alessandro Petacchi to win the final stage, showing that his form has only improved over the Vuelta. Ag2r's Alexandre Usov took third place.

Bennati not only won the stage, but snatched the points jersey away from Menchov with his final stage win. "I am happy with the three wins. This [points] jersey is very important because it means that I have always finished very well in all the stages. After the win in Paris, to win here in Madrid is a dream," he said after the stage . Bennati now has the honour of having won the final stage in both the Tour de France and the Vuelta in one year.

Although he won three stages, showing his outstanding form, Benatti was not nominated to the Italian World's team. "We all know I can not take part of the World's because I wasn't selected," he said. "This is a message I send to [Italy's national team director Franco] Ballerini because he could have said at the beginning of the Vuelta that I didn't have a chance to ride the World's."

Fellow sprinter Petacchi is also not on the roster for Stuttgart. The Milram rider, who won the 11th and 12th Vuelta stages, very nearly won the finale today, but didn't quite make it. "My team-mates worked perfectly for me, like always," he said on the Milram website. "I was on [Bennati's] wheel and tried to get past him. He reacted very quickly. In the end it was only a question of a few centimeters. My compliments to him."

Team success for Caisse d'Epargne

Caisse d'Epargne came into the Vuelta with the intention of contesting the overall classification with Oscar Pereiro, but even though Pereiro had to exit the race after falling ill, the team was still able to enjoy four days in the golden jersey thanks to Vladimir Efimkin. "We took the start with the intention of finishing on the podium, which was not possible mainly because of the health problems which obligated our leader, Oscar Pereiro, to give up," said team director Eusebio Unzúe, "But we however had other great satisfactions.

"We won in a great way, thanks to Vladimir Efimkin, the stage of Lagos de Covadonga. This victory made it possible for the Russian to become the overall leader and we have discovered a rider able to defend himself in three weeks long stage races," Unzúe declared, continuing, "I believe that very soon, we will see him as a protagonist in this kind of races.

Unzúe applauded his team for being active in the important breakaways, citing their attention to the race situation as the reason behind their win in the teams classification.

How it unfolded

Carlos Sastre (CSC), Denis Menchov (Rabobank) and Sammy Sanchez (Euskaltel-Euskadi)
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Madrid is the city that has hosted most stage finished in the history of the Vuelta. The tour arrived in the capital 63 times before. And it is the 38th time that the final stage will end here. Germany's Erik Zabel won in 2006.

There were 145 riders from the originally 189 who resisted up to this last Vuelta Sunday. Today's stage started in a celebratory mood, like most of the final days in the Grand Tours. The three leading men were able to raise the glasses in the first kilometres: Denis Menchov, Carlos Sastre and Samuel Sánchez enjoyed cups with cava.

The rhythm was very slow and enabled Enrico Franzoi (Lampre-Fondital) to make a drawing on the blackboard of the ardoissier that usually shows the time gaps. Yannick Talabardon (Crédit Agricole) thanked everyone with a paper that said "gracias por todo". The riders were heading without any hurry to Madrid.

The stage really started when the city limits of Madrid were reached with 23 kilometres to go in this very short stage. But the organization decided that even that was too long and shortened the final circuit race by one lap, to make the distance only 98 kilometres. Rabobank controlled the peloton as the outskirts of Madrid were reached, but once the city limit sign was passed the race got a lot faster. And soon the attacks began but no breakaway was able to get a good gap. Jesús Rosendo (Andalucia-Cajasur) and Raul Garcia de Mateo (Relax Gam) made their move with around 20 kilometres to go.

Liquigas also did try with Alessandro Vanotti and Patrick Calcagni. But the Lampre and Milram teams had other plans. The two Italian outfits took control of the peloton with five kilometres to the finish line, working for Daniele Bennati and Alessandro Petacchi as the two big guns. The Euskaltel-Euskadi riders also tried to help sprinter Koldo Fernández.

The bunch sprint was perfectly setup, in the very wide Castellana Avenue . Petacchi and Bennati went head-to-head, making for a great duel in the finals metres. Both found good places in the centre and started sprinting at the perfect moment. The Lampre rider showed he is sprinting a bit better than his great rival and prevailed over Ale Jet by inches to take his third win of this year's race.

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Results

1 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                        2.37.27 (39.71 km/h)
2 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram                                 
3 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r Prévoyance                                  
4 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole                                    
5 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                            
6 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                     
7 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                             
8 Erki Pütsep (Est) Bouygues Telecom                                    
9 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax - Gam                                       
10 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone               
11 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Karpin Galicia                          
12 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                            
13 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                       
14 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC                                     
15 José Luis Carrasco (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                         
16 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                         
17 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Predictor - Lotto                                 
18 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française des Jeux                              
19 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic                          
20 Chris Horner (USA) Predictor - Lotto                                 
21 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                                  
22 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team           
23 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                
24 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                          
25 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas                                      
26 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC                                 
27 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                         
28 Iker Camaño (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                             
29 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2r Prévoyance                              
30 Javier Megias Leal (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                      
31 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                            
32 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia                        
33 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                            
34 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC                                     
35 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas                                        
36 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic                      
37 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                             
38 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas                                        
39 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas                                      
40 Jorge Garcia Marin (Spa) Relax - Gam                                 
41 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                
42 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                      
43 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                  
44 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                    
45 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                        
46 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                            
47 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC                                  
48 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone            
49 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                 
50 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                              
51 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto                                  
52 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                               
53 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux                             
54 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone               
55 Santiago Perez (Spa) Relax - Gam                                     
56 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                 
57 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team                                      
58 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom                                  
59 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                            
60 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2r Prévoyance                                 
61 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                
62 Nacor Burgos Rojo (Spa) Relax - Gam                                  
63 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas                                    
64 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Fondital                              
65 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team           
66 Santos González (Spa) Karpin Galicia                                 
67 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner                                   
68 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance                                 
69 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux                             
70 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                
71 Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                       
72 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                              
73 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                        
74 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                        
75 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                            
76 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                          
77 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                            
78 Gustavo Domínguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia                               
79 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                             
80 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                        
81 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                         
82 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank                                           
83 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank                                          
84 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                    
85 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                  
86 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank                                  
87 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank                                       
88 José Ángel Gómez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir              
89 Mauricio Alberto Ardila (Col) Rabobank                               
90 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner                               
91 Sebastiaan Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank                                  
92 Francisco Terciado Sacedo (Spa) Relax - Gam                          
93 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone             
94 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                  
95 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas                                     
96 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                                       
97 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC                                      
98 Bart Dockx (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                   
99 Julian Sanchez Pimienta (Spa) Relax - Gam                            
100 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Karpin Galicia                                
101 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                     
102 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                0.16
103 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax - Gam                                     
104 Jose Ruiz Sanchez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                         
105 David López (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                  
106 Juan Olmo Menacho (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                         
107 Francisco Jose Martinez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                   
108 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole                            
109 René Mandri (Est) AG2r Prévoyance                                   
110 Manuel Vazquez Huesco (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                     
111 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                 
112 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC                                         
113 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                              
114 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone            
115 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone            
116 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team            
117 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                        
118 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC                                        
119 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas                                 
120 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                 
121 David García (Spa) Karpin Galicia                                   
122 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic                            
123 José Antonio Lopez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                        
124 Jean-Marc Marino (Fra) Crédit Agricole                              
125 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram                                       
126 Tim Klinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                      
127 Gustavo César (Spa) Karpin Galicia                                  
128 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                     0.24
129 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                 
130 Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                              
131 Adam Hansen (Aus) T-Mobile Team                                     
132 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                          
133 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram                                        
134 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram                                     
135 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                 0.31
136 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                          0.35
137 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre - Fondital                            0.36
138 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram                                      
139 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                         0.54
140 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram                              0.56
141 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram                                 1.02
142 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                               
143 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram                                1.04
144 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    
145 Raúl García De Mateos (Spa) Relax - Gam                             
 
Points
 
Rivas Vaciamadrid - km. 52.7
1 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                              4 pts
2 Gustavo César (Spa) Karpin Galicia                                   2
3 José Luis Carrasco (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                         1
 
Madrid (3er. Paso Meta) - km. 86.2
1 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas                                    4 pts
2 David López (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                   2
3 Gustavo Domínguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia                               1
 
Madrid - km. 98.2
1 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                             25 pts
2 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram                               20
3 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r Prévoyance                                16
4 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole                                  14
5 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                          12
6 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                   10
7 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                            9
8 Erki Pütsep (Est) Bouygues Telecom                                   8
9 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax - Gam                                      7
10 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone              6
11 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Karpin Galicia                         5
12 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                           4
13 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                      3
14 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC                                    2
15 José Luis Carrasco (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                        1
 
Teams
 
1 Française des Jeux                                             7.52.21
2 Quickstep-Innergetic                                                  
3 Team CSC                                                              
4 Euskaltel-Euskadi                                                     
5 Saunier Duval-Prodir                                                  
6 AG2r Prévoyance                                                       
7 Crédit Agricole                                                       
8 Predictor-Lotto                                                       
9 Bouygues Telecom                                                      
10 Liquigas                                                             
11 Relax-Gam                                                            
12 Karpin Galicia                                                       
13 Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone                                      
14 Andalucía-Cajasur                                                    
15 T-Mobile Professional Cycling                                        
16 Gerolsteiner                                                         
17 Caisse d'Epargne                                                     
18 Rabobank                                                             
19 Team Milram                                                        16 pts
20 Discovery Channel                                                  16
21 Lampre-Fondital                                                    24
 
Final General classification
 
1 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                  80.59.07
2 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                      3.31
3 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                          3.46
4 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto                               3.56
5 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia                     6.34
6 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                           7.07
7 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                           8.09
8 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                              8.44
9 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas                                     9.38
10 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic                     10.12
11 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone          10.37
12 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax - Gam                                 13.07
13 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                          14.13
14 David López (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                              17.36
15 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                 19.00
16 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone        22.19
17 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                             29.33
18 Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                  31.41
19 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC                             32.24
20 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                            32.39
21 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                                  33.21
22 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas                             37.16
23 David García (Spa) Karpin Galicia                               37.55
24 René Mandri (Est) AG2r Prévoyance                               44.11
25 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Fondital                         44.25
26 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                          44.56
27 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                       46.41
28 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                             47.09
29 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                             48.52
30 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic                 49.10
31 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team      49.50
32 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom                             50.03
33 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Karpin Galicia                     50.28
34 Iker Camaño (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                        50.29
35 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC                                 51.51
36 Chris Horner (USA) Predictor - Lotto                            52.53
37 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas                                56.49
38 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                58.38
39 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC                            58.55
40 José Ángel Gómez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir         59.45
41 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC                                   1.00.52
42 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank                                1.01.09
43 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC                              1.02.21
44 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                     1.04.02
45 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner                        1.04.50
46 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                   1.05.56
47 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax - Gam                               1.07.11
48 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance                          1.09.59
49 Manuel Vazquez Huesco (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur               1.10.33
50 Javier Megias Leal (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir               1.11.34
51 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC                              1.12.38
52 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC                                  1.17.16
53 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone        1.19.21
54 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux                      1.20.03
55 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                 1.20.47
56 Jose Ruiz Sanchez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                   1.22.11
57 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone      1.22.47
58 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team                           1.23.20
59 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2r Prévoyance                       1.26.12
60 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole                      1.28.21
61 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                1.28.39
62 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                     1.29.06
63 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                 1.30.55
64 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                       1.31.08
65 Santiago Perez (Spa) Relax - Gam                              1.31.44
66 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas                             1.31.54
67 Mauricio Alberto Ardila (Col) Rabobank                        1.33.27
68 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone      1.34.01
69 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                     1.35.29
70 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Karpin Galicia                          1.39.00
71 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2r Prévoyance                          1.39.07
72 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                      1.39.16
73 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                  1.40.08
74 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                  1.41.18
75 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                     1.43.31
76 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team      1.44.17
77 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team                               1.44.40
78 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                             1.47.26
79 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Predictor - Lotto                          1.47.54
80 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                           1.49.07
81 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                     1.50.03
82 José Luis Carrasco (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                  1.50.32
83 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic                      1.50.51
84 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole                         1.51.01
85 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre - Fondital                          1.51.46
86 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team    1.52.16
87 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                         1.52.45
88 Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                        1.54.19
89 Adam Hansen (Aus) T-Mobile Team                               1.55.03
90 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française des Jeux                       1.56.10
91 Juan Olmo Menacho (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                   1.58.30
92 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas                               2.00.54
93 Jean-Marc Marino (Fra) Crédit Agricole                        2.01.48
94 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                   2.03.46
95 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank                                    2.07.15
96 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir               2.07.41
97 Gustavo Domínguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia                        2.08.15
98 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone     2.09.41
99 Raúl García De Mateos (Spa) Relax - Gam                       2.12.17
100 Tim Klinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner                               2.12.57
101 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas                                2.13.18
102 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                2.14.46
103 Francisco Terciado Sacedo (Spa) Relax - Gam                  2.15.56
104 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                          2.16.45
105 Santos González (Spa) Karpin Galicia                         2.18.24
106 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                             2.19.02
107 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner                            2.22.56
108 Jorge Garcia Marin (Spa) Relax - Gam                         2.23.26
109 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank                                  2.23.41
110 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                       2.25.00
111 Bart Dockx (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                           2.26.25
112 Sebastiaan Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank                          2.27.08
113 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                        2.28.31
114 Francisco Jose Martinez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur            2.30.18
115 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram                              2.30.58
116 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                  2.31.55
117 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram                                 2.32.15
118 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                      2.32.57
119 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r Prévoyance                         2.33.35
120 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner                           2.34.02
121 Gustavo César (Spa) Karpin Galicia                           2.34.23
122 Nacor Burgos Rojo (Spa) Relax - Gam                          2.34.30
123 Julian Sanchez Pimienta (Spa) Relax - Gam                    2.34.59
124 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                   2.35.10
125 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team                            2.37.27
126 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone        2.38.02
127 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram                        2.38.41
128 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas                              2.38.46
129 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone        2.39.47
130 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                          
131 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram                             2.39.55
132 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                    2.42.13
133 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                    2.43.08
134 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram                                2.43.14
135 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux                     2.44.33
136 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram                           2.48.53
137 Erki Pütsep (Est) Bouygues Telecom                           2.48.59
138 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram                               2.53.46
139 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone          2.55.59
140 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank                          2.56.31
141 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team                              2.57.29
142 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram                              3.01.30
143 José Antonio Lopez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                 3.01.58
144 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole                           3.02.14
145 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                3.02.35
 
Points classification
 
1 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                            147 pts
2 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                       135
3 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                           127
4 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram                              126
5 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto                                 91
6 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                        89
7 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                           80
8 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone              79
9 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax - Gam                                     67
10 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                       65
11 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r Prévoyance                               63
12 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                  60
13 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                            54
14 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas                                    52
15 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia                      51
16 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas                                      51
17 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                          50
18 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team           45
19 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                               44
20 Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                     42
21 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas                                  41
22 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic                        34
23 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone             33
24 René Mandri (Est) AG2r Prévoyance                                  32
25 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole                                 31
26 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                             26
27 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                                25
28 David López (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                 25
29 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas                                   24
30 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic                    23
31 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                            23
32 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française des Jeux                            23
33 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner                                 23
34 Santos González (Spa) Karpin Galicia                               22
35 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC                                   22
36 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone           20
37 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux                           20
38 David García (Spa) Karpin Galicia                                  19
39 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                    19
40 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                    18
41 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas                                18
42 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                17
43 Javier Megias Leal (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                    17
44 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom                                16
45 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                         16
46 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC                               15
47 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                      14
48 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                           14
49 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance                               13
50 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone           13
51 José Antonio Lopez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                       12
52 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Fondital                            12
53 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Predictor - Lotto                               12
54 Raúl García De Mateos (Spa) Relax - Gam                            10
55 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2r Prévoyance                               10
56 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                  10
57 Erki Pütsep (Est) Bouygues Telecom                                 10
58 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC                                 9
59 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC                                    9
60 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram                                        9
61 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                          9
62 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC                                        8
63 Jorge Garcia Marin (Spa) Relax - Gam                                8
64 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                               7
65 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team          7
66 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                           7
67 Jose Ruiz Sanchez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                         7
68 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                      7
69 Jean-Marc Marino (Fra) Crédit Agricole                              7
70 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax - Gam                                     6
71 Manuel Vazquez Huesco (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                     6
72 Juan Olmo Menacho (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                         6
73 Gustavo Domínguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia                              6
74 Adam Hansen (Aus) T-Mobile Team                                     6
75 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Karpin Galicia                         5
76 José Ángel Gómez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir             5
77 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                              4
78 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone               4
79 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC                                     4
80 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                       4
81 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                       3
82 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Karpin Galicia                                3
83 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                         3
84 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                 2
85 José Luis Carrasco (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                        2
86 Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                              2
87 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone           2
88 Gustavo César (Spa) Karpin Galicia                                  2
89 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram                                       2
90 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                     1
91 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                           1
92 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team                                     1
93 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic                            1
94 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                             1
95 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank                                 1
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                        90 pts
2 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team          78
3 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                        69
4 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas                                    63
5 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                            54
6 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                             45
7 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto                                 40
8 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic                     38
9 José Ángel Gómez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir             38
10 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas                                      37
11 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax - Gam                                    33
12 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia                      32
13 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                    31
14 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax - Gam                                    30
15 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                               28
16 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC                                       26
17 David López (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                 25
18 Raúl García De Mateos (Spa) Relax - Gam                            24
19 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas                                  23
20 Mauricio Alberto Ardila (Col) Rabobank                             20
21 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone             20
22 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2r Prévoyance                            19
23 Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                     17
24 Santos González (Spa) Karpin Galicia                               15
25 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                13
26 David García (Spa) Karpin Galicia                                  12
27 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team         12
28 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                            12
29 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                    12
30 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom                                11
31 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                     11
32 José Antonio Lopez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                       11
33 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                      10
34 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                       10
35 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas                                 9
36 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                              8
37 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC                                 8
38 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC                                8
39 Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                              8
40 Gustavo César (Spa) Karpin Galicia                                  8
41 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                          8
42 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                7
43 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC                                         7
44 Manuel Vazquez Huesco (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                     7
45 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2r Prévoyance                                7
46 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic                         6
47 Gustavo Domínguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia                              6
48 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner                                  6
49 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                       6
50 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone            6
51 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Karpin Galicia                         6
52 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team            6
53 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole                               6
54 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone           6
55 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Fondital                             5
56 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone            5
57 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                         5
58 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                           4
59 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                            4
60 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                               4
61 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                                      3
62 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                 3
63 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                 2
64 René Mandri (Est) AG2r Prévoyance                                   2
65 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC                                     2
66 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC                                    2
67 Javier Megias Leal (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                     2
68 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                                 2
69 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank                                         2
70 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                       1
71 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                           1
72 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram                                      1
 
Combination classification
 
1 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                         4 pts
2 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                            11
3 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                        15
4 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto                                 16
5 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                             25
6 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia                       32
7 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas                                       35
8 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax - Gam                                     35
9 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                42
10 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone             55
11 David López (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                 59
12 Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                     61
13 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                            66
14 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic                    68
15 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas                                   70
16 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                             75
17 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic                        78
18 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                    84
19 David García (Spa) Karpin Galicia                                  87
20 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                96
21 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas                                98
22 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team         98
23 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone          102
24 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom                               106
25 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas                                 106
26 René Mandri (Est) AG2r Prévoyance                                 112
27 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC                               114
28 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC                              123
29 José Ángel Gómez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir           125
30 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax - Gam                                   128
31 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC                                      130
32 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Fondital                           132
33 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team          146
34 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Karpin Galicia                       159
35 Javier Megias Leal (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                   160
36 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                    160
37 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone          163
38 Santos González (Spa) Karpin Galicia                              163
39 Manuel Vazquez Huesco (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                   164
40 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC                                  168
41 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                         168
42 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2r Prévoyance                              171
43 Raúl García De Mateos (Spa) Relax - Gam                           171
44 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                     172
45 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                               174
46 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                     177
47 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC                                   179
48 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                          179
49 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                   199
50 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                               199
51 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner                                201
52 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                             211
53 Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                            213
54 Gustavo Domínguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia                            217
55 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                        226
56 José Antonio Lopez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                      226
57 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                       234
58 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone         239
59 Gustavo César (Spa) Karpin Galicia                                249
60 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                     274
 
Teams classification
 
1 Caisse d'Epargne                                             242.55.05
2 Euskaltel-Euskadi                                                12.43
3 AG2r Prévoyance                                                  30.25
4 Team CSC                                                         34.53
5 Liquigas                                                         36.02
6 Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone                                  56.33
7 Karpin Galicia                                                 1.01.19
8 Predictor-Lotto                                                1.03.54
9 Saunier Duval-Prodir                                           1.23.25
10 Quickstep-Innergetic                                          1.24.39
11 Relax-Gam                                                     1.50.24
12 Gerolsteiner                                                  1.51.28
13 Rabobank                                                      1.51.50
14 Andalucía-Cajasur                                             2.31.40
15 Crédit Agricole                                               2.31.55
16 Lampre-Fondital                                               2.43.17
17 Discovery Channel                                             2.50.35
18 T-Mobile Professional Cycling                                 3.41.33
19 Française des Jeux                                            4.03.41
20 Bouygues Telecom                                              4.39.22
21 Team Milram                                                   5.58.29

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