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62nd Vuelta a España - GT

Spain, September 1-23, 2007

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Stage 8 - September 8: D. O. Cariñena - Zaragoza (ITT), 52.2km

German champ Grabsch wins stage but Devolder takes control of overall

By Bjorn Haake with additional reporting from Hernan Alvarez

Bert Grabsch (T-Mobile) with the winner's trophy
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German time trial champion Bert Grabsch confirmed his strength against the clock by setting a blistering 55 km/h pace to take the win in the stage eight time trial on the long, flat, draining course in Zaragoza. On a day which clearly favoured the time trial specialists, Grabsch edged out the Hungarian time trial champion László Bodrogi (Credit Agricole) by 34 seconds to take his first Vuelta stage win. "I knew that after the Tour I had good form, but the win does come a bit surprising," Grabsch told Radsportnews.com. "I had been fourth and fifth at a Vuelta time trial before. It's nice that it was enough this time to win."

Coming into the day, Caisse d'Epargne's Vladimir Efimkin held a 1'06" lead over five riders in the overall classification: Denis Menchov (Rabobank), Carlos Sastre (Team CSC), Maxime Monfort (Cofidis), Stijn Devolder (Discovery Channel) and Leonardo Piepoli (Saunier Duval-Prodir), and with neither time Grabsch nor Bodrogi a threat for the overall, the fierce battle for the overall classification took place between third placed Devolder and Menchov.

Devolder came up with the goods in the second half of the race, overtaking Menchov's time by the midway point and gaining 30 seconds on the Russian by the finish, and now leads Menchov by that same margin in the overall. Efimkin dropped to third place overall, 1'28" back.

48 seconds slower than the day's winner, but ahead of all the GC contenders, Devolder was satisfied with his effort, telling TVE, "I will always remember Zaragoza, for sure. It's a very beautiful day for me taking the [leader's] jersey, especially to receive the jersey from a great idol like [Miguel] Indurain."

He is now getting ready to fight for the win in Madrid, and despite seeing threats from his close rivals like Menchov or Sastre, the Belgian said that he would like to win. "I hope so. It's a long way to go. I know there are two hard days tomorrow and the day after. If I go through those two hard days, maybe there is a possibility. I will do it the best I can."

Devolder during his all-out effort
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Devolder went on to say that he fears his competitors more than he fears the tough terrain to come. "For sure, the riders, not the mountains. I guess Menchov is the closest behind me and then there are a lot of Spanish great riders like [Gomez] Marchante, Sastre. I guess Sastre will be the hardest one."

Euskaltel-Euskadi's leader Samuel Sanchez had help from a former Spanish time trial great, but still was at his limit to finish 19th, and is now in 11th overall, 4'09 back. "I had very good sensations especially because I had the luck to have Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano [following me] in the car team," Sanchez said. "He was the one who was pushing me all the time in psychological terms; he didn't let me lose concentration for one minute. He asked me all the time to remain concentrated, not to look to the front, to look at my shadow, to think of the way I was riding. It was a time trial to be strong psychologically because the Zaragoza straight lines can make you suffer easily."

There were no changes in the points and mountain classification, but Devolder also took over in the Combination classification and leads Efimkin by two points. Caisse d'Epargne is still leading the teams classification, but Discovery Channel moved up into second place, thanks to Devolder's good ride, along with Jason McCartney, who came in seventh and Jurgen Van Goolen in 13th.

How it unfolded

The first rider to take the start in Cariñena was Vincent Jerome (Bouygues Telecom). The Frenchman set out at 12:50pm for one of the longest time trials in the history of the Vuelta at 52.2km. On the mostly flat or downhill course, the time trial specialists had an advantage and the climbers were in fear of the long, hot, flat windy roads ahead. Saunier Duval's GC hopeful José Ángel Gómez Marchante was pessimistic about his chances before the start, stating that "I don't like the route at all - it's a fully flat course for time trialists only. We climbers will find it difficult."

The early fast time was set by Swedish champion Magnus Backstedt (Liquigas) who clocked in at 58 minutes and 42 seconds, but Bodrogi soon bettered that time, coming in 1'03 faster at 57 minutes and 39 seconds.

Oscar Pereiro (Caisse d'Epargne) suffered from sickness
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The desert-like setting didn't draw many spectators and the group of ten people waving flags at one of the exits was about as much as it would get until they hit Zaragoza. There, the crowds were thicker and the cheering louder.

As the German champion, Bert Grabsch can certainly be considered a specialist and set the best time on all four time checks. He pushed Hungarian Laszlo Bodrogi off the top of the leader board, beating the Hungarian's time in the first two intermediate checks and at the finish line by 34 seconds, finishing in 57 minutes and 5 seconds. This was much better than his recent experience in the Regio Tour, where he had to fight against the hills and technical descents and even crashed, leaving him without chance to win. This time, everything went right and the course was just perfect for the powerful German rider.

The German's performance was the big reference when the riders at top in the overall classification started riding. Cadel Evans (Predictor-Lotto) was one of the favorites coming into the Vuelta, but but he didn't begin very well. In the first intermediate check at km 12, he was 42 seconds slower than Grabsch. In the end, the Australian ended up 11th losing 2'20'' with the German TT champion.

Denis Menchov (Rabobank) was clearly on a good day, and at the first check he was just nine seconds slower than Grabsch. Menchov could see his two-minute man, Carlos Sastre, after about 25 kilometres. The sight clearly lifted the Russian's game another notch as he pounded through the 27-kilometre time check in third place, 28 seconds down but having the satisfaction of passing Sastre. The Spaniard tried to stay close but eventually conceded over four minutes to Grabsch and 2'45" to Menchov.

But Menchov's great time trial still wasn't good enough against the storming Belgian, Stijn Devolder. Deprived of wearing his Belgian road championships jersey in the time trial he was determined to change his jersey colour for the remaining road stages from black-yellow-red to gold. With his helmet showing drawing of a shark's sharp teeth the Discovery Channel rider showed all the aggression necessary to get the leader's jersey. Gritting his teeth he came out of the saddle after the last turn to get every ounce of energy out of his tired legs.

Tomorrow the riders will check out the Pyrenees, going from Huesca 167 kilometres over two category two and one category three climb before finishing off with the HC climb up ton the skiing station of Cerler. The average gradient for the final climb is 5.5 percent, with a maximum of 9.5 percent. Not the steepest climb, but at 1,887 metres high it will certainly once again shake up the overall classification.

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Results

1 Bert Grabsch (Ger) T-Mobile Team                               57.05 (54.87 km/h)
2 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole                            0.34
3 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team         0.48
4 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                    1.18
5 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas                                 1.37
6 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                            1.52
7 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team        1.55
8 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                   2.01
9 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                         2.15
10 Santos González (Spa) Karpin Galicia                           2.18
11 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto                            2.20
12 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                        2.41
13 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team     2.50
14 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone         3.00
15 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic                    3.03
16 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance                           3.12
17 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone       3.21
18 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                        3.22
19 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                       3.34
20 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                        3.36
21 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                       3.44
22 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone          3.56
23 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC                                4.00
24 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux                        4.03
25 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                       
26 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team                            4.04
27 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas                            4.08
28 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom                            4.12
29 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone            4.13
30 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team         4.15
31 Carlos Castaño (Spa) Karpin Galicia                            4.21
32 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC                               4.22
33 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                      4.24
34 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank                            4.31
35 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia                  4.33
36 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r Prévoyance                           4.40
37 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française des Jeux                         4.42
38 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                               4.44
39 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux                       4.46
40 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                      4.47
41 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole                          4.55
42 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank                                    4.59
43 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team                           5.00
44 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax - Gam                                5.06
45 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                       5.08
46 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Karpin Galicia                           5.10
47 Sebastiaan Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank                            5.11
48 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram                                  5.13
49 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                   5.14
50 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC                               5.17
51 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas                                  5.20
52 Iker Camaño (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                       5.21
53 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                      5.22
54 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française des Jeux                        5.27
55 Gustavo César (Spa) Karpin Galicia                             5.33
56 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas                                  5.36
57 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank                                 5.39
58 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française des Jeux                     5.40
59 Bart Dockx (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                             5.42
60 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Karpin Galicia                    5.44
61 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner                                 
62 Tim Klinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                 5.45
63 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                         5.46
64 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                            5.48
65 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas                                    
66 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team       5.49
67 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                        
68 David García (Spa) Karpin Galicia                              5.56
69 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                     6.00
70 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                           6.01
71 José Ángel Gómez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir        6.02
72 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas                                  
73 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                      6.05
74 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram                                 6.06
75 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC                                       
76 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone              
77 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                      6.09
78 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team     6.10
79 Chris Horner (USA) Predictor - Lotto                           6.11
80 Jose Ruiz Sanchez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                    6.13
81 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                     6.16
82 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                            6.21
84 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Crédit Agricole                            6.22
84 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                    
85 Juan Olmo Menacho (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                    6.25
86 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic                    
87 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole                           
88 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                          6.26
89 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                      6.32
90 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram                                6.35
91 Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                     
92 Allan Davis (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team           6.39
93 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Fondital                        6.40
94 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC                                    6.41
95 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2r Prévoyance                        6.43
96 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                         6.47
97 Francisco Jose Martinez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur              6.48
98 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team                                    
99 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                  
100 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                         
101 Raúl García De Mateos (Spa) Relax - Gam                       6.49
102 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner                             6.50
103 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone     6.53
104 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC                              
105 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram                                  6.54
106 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                            6.55
107 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                                6.56
108 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC                           6.57
109 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Predictor - Lotto                          6.58
110 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                       7.01
111 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas                              7.03
112 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram                         7.04
113 Josep Jufré (Spa) Predictor - Lotto                           7.05
114 Nacor Burgos Rojo (Spa) Relax - Gam                           7.08
115 David López (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                            7.14
116 Erki Pütsep (Est) Bouygues Telecom                            7.16
117 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                           7.23
118 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                 7.24
119 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2r Prévoyance                              
120 René Mandri (Est) AG2r Prévoyance                             7.25
121 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                  7.28
122 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                        7.29
123 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                           
124 Gustavo Domínguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia                        7.33
125 Arkaitz Durán (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                        
126 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux                      7.34
127 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram                              7.35
128 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team                             7.36
129 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                     7.41
130 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                               
131 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone      7.42
132 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner                            
133 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                         
134 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                   7.44
135 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone        7.45
136 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax - Gam                               7.47
137 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre - Fondital                          7.51
138 Jesús Hernández (Spa) Relax - Gam                             7.52
139 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir               7.53
140 Manuel Vazquez Huesco (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur               7.56
141 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC                               7.57
142 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                    7.59
143 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole                       8.05
144 Mauricio Alberto Ardila (Col) Rabobank                        8.09
145 José Luis Carrasco (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                  8.10
146 Francisco Terciado Sacedo (Spa) Relax - Gam                   8.11
147 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                               8.16
148 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                       8.18
149 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                 8.19
150 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram                               8.26
151 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                       8.28
152 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                         8.29
153 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone          
154 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                    
155 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                          8.41
156 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                 8.42
157 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                           8.50
158 Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                        8.56
159 Serafín Martínez Acevedo (Spa) Karpin Galicia                 8.57
160 Jorge Garcia Marin (Spa) Relax - Gam                          9.02
161 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole                            9.05
162 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic                      9.07
163 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank                                    9.17
164 Julian Sanchez Pimienta (Spa) Relax - Gam                     9.18
165 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                              
166 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                             9.23
167 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir              9.26
168 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                        9.33
169 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas                              9.36
170 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram                                
171 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank                             9.37
172 Javier Megias Leal (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir               9.38
173 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                   9.40
174 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                               
175 José Antonio Lopez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                  9.47
176 Ian McLeod (RSA) Française des Jeux                          10.14
177 Jean-Marc Marino (Fra) Crédit Agricole                       10.25
178 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                10.37
179 Santiago Perez (Spa) Relax - Gam                             10.45
180 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                        11.15
181 Adam Hansen (Aus) T-Mobile Team                              12.47
 
Points
 
1 Bert Grabsch (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                  25 pts
2 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole                              20
3 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team           16
4 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                      14
5 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas                                   12
6 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                              10
7 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team           9
8 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                      8
9 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                            7
10 Santos González (Spa) Karpin Galicia                              6
11 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto                               5
12 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                           4
13 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team        3
14 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone            2
15 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic                       1
 
Teams
 
1 Discovery Channel                                            2.56.48
2 Rabobank                                                        2.17
3 T-Mobile Professional Cycling                                   3.31
4 Caisse d'Epargne                                                4.14
5 Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone                                 4.44
6 Liquigas                                                        5.32
7 Karpin Galicia                                                  5.39
8 Crédit Agricole                                                 6.01
9 Gerolsteiner                                                    6.47
10 Team CSC                                                       6.52
11 Quickstep-Innergetic                                           7.06
12 Bouygues Telecom                                               7.20
13 Française des Jeux                                             7.36
14 Euskaltel-Euskadi                                              8.37
15 Predictor-Lotto                                                8.40
16 AG2r Prévoyance                                                9.02
17 Team Milram                                                   12.21
18 Saunier Duval-Prodir                                          13.14
19 Relax-Gam                                                     13.30
20 Andalucía-Cajasur                                             13.40
21 Lampre-Fondital                                               14.22
 
General classification after stage 8
 
1 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team     29.25.55
2 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                    0.30
3 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                         1.28
4 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto                             1.54
5 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone          2.12
6 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone        3.00
7 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                    3.15
8 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic                     3.41
9 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                         3.44
10 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas                            4.03
11 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                       4.09
12 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia                  4.15
13 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team     4.47
14 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                           4.56
15 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                       5.11
16 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas                                  5.23
17 José Ángel Gómez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir        6.31
18 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                  6.36
19 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                           6.37
20 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                  6.56
21 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC                            7.21
22 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas                               7.27
23 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                         7.29
24 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Fondital                        7.48
25 Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                 7.52
26 Josep Jufré (Spa) Predictor - Lotto                            8.00
27 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                      8.16
28 Chris Horner (USA) Predictor - Lotto                           8.27
29 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax - Gam                                8.28
30 David López (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                             8.53
31 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Karpin Galicia                    9.19
32 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team                           9.20
33 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                      9.44
34 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                                 9.51
35 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                           9.52
36 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                         9.56
37 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                  9.58
38 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                      10.03
39 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team        10.09
40 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team      10.16
41 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                     10.32
42 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                    
43 Iker Camaño (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                      10.39
44 Jesús Hernández (Spa) Relax - Gam                             11.04
45 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC                              11.15
46 Mauricio Alberto Ardila (Col) Rabobank                        11.26
47 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                       11.28
48 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                           11.39
49 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone        11.53
50 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir              12.19
51 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom                           12.45
52 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                           12.47
53 René Mandri (Est) AG2r Prévoyance                             12.52
54 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC                                   13.07
55 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank                                13.23
56 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance                          13.59
57 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                            14.23
58 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team                               14.51
59 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole                         14.53
60 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                           14.58
61 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                    15.25
62 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC                               15.26
63 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                     15.45
64 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC                          16.11
65 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux                      16.26
66 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner                        16.40
67 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team                           17.08
68 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team      17.29
69 Jose Ruiz Sanchez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                   18.27
70 Manuel Vazquez Huesco (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur               18.58
71 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2r Prévoyance                       19.03
72 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic               19.09
73 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank                                    19.55
74 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre - Fondital                          20.13
75 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC                                  20.14
76 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC                               20.37
77 Bert Grabsch (Ger) T-Mobile Team                              21.26
78 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                  21.53
79 David García (Spa) Karpin Galicia                             22.05
80 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas                             22.29
81 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                23.36
82 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                  23.37
83 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Predictor - Lotto                          23.41
84 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                   23.47
85 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux                       24.00
86 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                          24.01
87 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                           24.08
88 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone      24.21
89 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                       24.37
90 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner                             25.18
91 Adam Hansen (Aus) T-Mobile Team                               25.30
92 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                             25.32
93 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram                               25.34
94 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team    25.44
95 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank                             25.46
96 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC                              26.02
97 Juan Olmo Menacho (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                   26.26
98 Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                        27.04
99 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic                      27.13
100 Bart Dockx (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                           27.22
101 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                      27.33
102 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas                                28.17
103 Allan Davis (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team         28.46
104 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone     29.08
105 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Karpin Galicia                         29.10
106 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                          30.13
107 Carlos Castaño (Spa) Karpin Galicia                          30.18
108 Francisco Terciado Sacedo (Spa) Relax - Gam                  31.15
109 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                  32.08
110 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                    32.31
111 José Luis Carrasco (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                 33.02
112 Gustavo César (Spa) Karpin Galicia                           33.11
113 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                         
114 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française des Jeux                   33.18
115 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax - Gam                              33.19
116 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone    34.31
117 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram                                 34.32
118 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                       34.58
119 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                       35.10
120 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank                                  35.22
121 Arkaitz Durán (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                   35.47
122 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                        35.53
123 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française des Jeux                      36.00
124 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir              36.07
125 Santiago Perez (Spa) Relax - Gam                             36.15
126 Raúl García De Mateos (Spa) Relax - Gam                      36.34
127 Gustavo Domínguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia                       36.36
128 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                36.54
129 Julian Sanchez Pimienta (Spa) Relax - Gam                    37.37
130 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone        37.38
131 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                    37.46
132 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole                         37.54
133 Nacor Burgos Rojo (Spa) Relax - Gam                          38.10
134 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone        38.43
135 Sebastiaan Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank                          39.11
136 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                  39.13
137 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner                           40.00
138 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas                              40.04
139 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                    40.33
140 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole                     40.35
141 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                   40.40
142 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram                               40.44
143 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team                            41.04
144 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team                            41.18
145 Tim Klinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner                               41.24
146 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2r Prévoyance                         41.40
147 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole                      42.51
148 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone          43.08
149 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram                        43.34
150 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas                              43.35
151 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank                          43.44
152 Jorge Garcia Marin (Spa) Relax - Gam                         43.48
153 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram                           43.49
154 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                             44.20
155 Jean-Marc Marino (Fra) Crédit Agricole                       44.41
156 Erki Pütsep (Est) Bouygues Telecom                           44.58
157 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram                                45.21
158 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                      45.34
159 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                    45.37
160 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram                              46.07
161 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                   46.33
162 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                          46.36
163 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                      47.31
164 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Crédit Agricole                          48.20
165 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                   
166 Javier Megias Leal (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir              48.51
167 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram                             49.33
168 Francisco Jose Martinez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur            51.36
169 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas                             51.54
170 Ian McLeod (RSA) Française des Jeux                          52.12
171 Santos González (Spa) Karpin Galicia                         53.13
172 Serafín Martínez Acevedo (Spa) Karpin Galicia                53.24
173 José Antonio Lopez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                 56.12
174 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                58.31
175 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux                     59.07
176 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française des Jeux                     1.00.59
177 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole                         1.01.04
178 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r Prévoyance                       1.02.48
179 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                    1.03.39
180 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                      1.05.15
181 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                      1.10.36
 
Points classification
 
1 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank                                115 pts
2 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                        77
3 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                      59
4 Allan Davis (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team              50
5 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                           47
6 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                         43
7 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                         37
8 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone            34
9 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team           32
10 René Mandri (Est) AG2r Prévoyance                                32
11 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                     31
12 Bert Grabsch (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                 28
13 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                            28
14 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                               26
15 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram                            26
16 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                          26
17 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                          25
18 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                  24
19 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto                              22
20 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Crédit Agricole                              21
21 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                    20
22 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole                             20
23 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas                                  18
24 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                          18
25 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                          17
26 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone         16
27 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                         15
28 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone           14
29 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                             13
30 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                13
31 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              13
32 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas                                12
33 Raúl García De Mateos (Spa) Relax - Gam                          11
34 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                11
35 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                     10
36 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r Prévoyance                             10
37 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux                           9
38 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                         9
39 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team          9
40 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                     8
41 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas                                  8
42 Josep Jufré (Spa) Predictor - Lotto                               8
43 David García (Spa) Karpin Galicia                                 8
44 Serafín Martínez Acevedo (Spa) Karpin Galicia                     7
45 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia                     7
46 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance                              7
47 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française des Jeux                           7
48 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas                                  7
49 Manuel Vazquez Huesco (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                   6
50 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax - Gam                                   6
51 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                   6
52 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas                               6
53 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                          6
54 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax - Gam                                   6
55 Santos González (Spa) Karpin Galicia                              6
56 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole                                6
57 Gustavo Domínguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia                            5
58 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                          5
59 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC                               5
60 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC                                      4
61 José Antonio Lopez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                      4
62 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                           4
63 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team        4
64 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                            4
65 David López (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                4
66 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                     4
67 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas                                     3
68 José Ángel Gómez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir           3
69 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC                                  3
70 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                     2
71 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                    2
72 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone         2
73 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                       2
74 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas                                   2
75 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic                       1
76 Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                    1
77 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team          1
78 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team                                   1
79 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic                   1
80 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic                          1
81 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                               1
82 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                             1
83 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone             1
84 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram                                  1
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Serafín Martínez Acevedo (Spa) Karpin Galicia                     46 pts
2 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                           30
3 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                   29
4 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                     29
5 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC                                      26
6 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team        24
7 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax - Gam                                   21
8 Mauricio Alberto Ardila (Col) Rabobank                            20
9 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team           20
10 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                     16
11 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone           12
12 José Ángel Gómez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir          12
13 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                     10
14 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                   10
15 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto                               8
16 Gustavo César (Spa) Karpin Galicia                                8
17 Raúl García De Mateos (Spa) Relax - Gam                           8
18 Josep Jufré (Spa) Predictor - Lotto                               7
19 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas                                 7
20 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic                       6
21 Gustavo Domínguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia                            6
22 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                     6
23 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone          6
24 David López (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                6
25 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone         6
26 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                           6
27 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas                                  5
28 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax - Gam                                   5
29 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                               5
30 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic                   5
31 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia                     4
32 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC                               4
33 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                          4
34 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas                               3
35 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                                    3
36 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC                                       3
37 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                           2
38 René Mandri (Est) AG2r Prévoyance                                 2
39 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC                                   2
40 Manuel Vazquez Huesco (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                   2
41 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank                                       2
42 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                     1
43 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                            1
44 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team                              1
45 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                              1
46 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                     1
47 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram                                    1
48 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                        1
 
Combination classification
 
1 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team           19 pts
2 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                           22
3 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                      23
4 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto                               38
5 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                     43
6 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone            44
7 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone          55
8 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                      55
9 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team        82
10 Josep Jufré (Spa) Predictor - Lotto                              86
11 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia                    88
12 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas                                 90
13 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas                              96
14 José Ángel Gómez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir          97
15 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                         98
16 René Mandri (Est) AG2r Prévoyance                               101
17 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                   102
18 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic                     103
19 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                         108
20 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax - Gam                                 111
21 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC                             112
22 David López (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                              119
23 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                          130
24 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas                               131
25 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC                                    140
26 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                   153
27 Manuel Vazquez Huesco (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                 159
28 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                  166
29 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax - Gam                                 172
30 Raúl García De Mateos (Spa) Relax - Gam                         176
31 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                 178
32 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic                 181
33 Gustavo Domínguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia                          205
34 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone       213
35 Serafín Martínez Acevedo (Spa) Karpin Galicia                   217
36 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                         230
37 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                   262
 
Teams classification
 
1 Caisse d'Epargne                                            88.26.44
2 Discovery Channel                                               2.10
3 Liquigas                                                        2.28
4 Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone                                 4.17
5 Rabobank                                                        5.47
6 Team CSC                                                        5.54
7 Predictor-Lotto                                                 7.59
8 Euskaltel-Euskadi                                               8.01
9 AG2r Prévoyance                                                 9.54
10 Saunier Duval-Prodir                                          12.22
11 Karpin Galicia                                                12.59
12 Quickstep-Innergetic                                          15.06
13 Gerolsteiner                                                  16.09
14 T-Mobile Professional Cycling                                 17.35
15 Française des Jeux                                            24.27
16 Relax-Gam                                                     27.34
17 Andalucía-Cajasur                                             31.43
18 Lampre-Fondital                                               32.00
19 Crédit Agricole                                               33.57
20 Bouygues Telecom                                              50.39
21 Team Milram                                                 1.02.20


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