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63rd Vuelta a España - GT
Spain, August 30 - September 21, 2008
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Stage 12 - September 11: Burgos - Suances, 186.4km
Bettini charges to second stage victory in the rain
By Susan Westemeyer, with additional reporting by Bjorn Haake in Suances
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Paolo Bettini of Team Quick Step charged out of the leading group on the difficult curving uphill finish in Suances to take the win one second ahead of Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner) and Lampre's Damiano Cunego. The loser on the rainy day was Alejandro Valverde, who fell back with about 50km to go and ended up cinceding over three minutes. Egoi Martínez successfully defended his leader's jersey going in to the final rest day.
Bettini's second Vuelta 2008 stage win came on the day that he announced he was leaving Quick Step after 10 years due to a financial dispute. He denied that revenge motivated him for the victory, though. "It's true, I will not be riding for Quick Step next year," he said. "I am disappointed about this but it didn't give me extra motivation. From the beginning of the Vuelta, I had marked the stages to Toledo and Suances before the race. That is all the motivation a professional rider needs!"
Bettini reflected on his superiour sprint in the bad conditions. "Today was very tough because of the weather. It was raining and I didn't have my best legs," he added. The little Italian also sympathized with Valverde. "For the overall I am unhappy for Alejandro Valverde. He is a great champion. When you ride for the overall you have to have a thousand eyes. I really wanted to put my stamp on the race today and the team and I decided to ride it like a Classic. Euskaltel and Astana could take advantage of the situation."
Bettini's team-mate, Juan Manuel Garate, wasn't surprised at "il Grillo's" win. "From the very first minutes of the race Paolo informed us that he wanted us to control the race in every moment, come what may. Alejandro [Valverde] lost a couple of minutes and it may have ruined his chances [in the overall]. The weather was really horrible coming down the descent of the next-to-last and the last climb. It was foggy and wet."
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Valverde lost contact with the favourites' group on the final descent of the day, with about 50 kilometres to go, and when Astana and Euskaltel noticed that he had fallen off the back, they mercilessly picked up the speed in order to drop him once and for all. The Spanish champion lost 3:23 minutes on the day and dropped from fourth to eleventh overall, most likely burying his chances of the overall win at 4:19 down.
The disappointed Valverde let reporters stand in the rain fifteen minutes before telling them he would have nothing to say to them.
The day started out with nice summer weather, but that didn't last long. Sébastien Hinault (Crédit Agricole), Sandy Casar (Française des Jeux) and Manuel Quinziato (Liquigas) took advantage of the early good weather to get away only eight kilometres into the stage. Their lead hovered between three and four minutes all day.
As the field started up the second climb of the day, the Portillo de Lunada, they first hit the fog and rain which would stay with them the rest of the day. The rain was heavy at times and the roads were very wet, but the riders were careful and didn't take any unnecessary risks.
One rider who maybe ought to have taken more risks was Valverde. On the descent from the Alto del Caracol, with about 50 kilometres to go, he got caught when the group leaders picked up the speed and he fell back into a following group. As soon as possible, nearly his whole team fell back to try and close the rapidly growing gap. Euskaltel and Astana noticed that they had the chance of dropping a major rival, and turned on the speed.
Valverde often did the lead work himself, and at one point broke out with Philippe Gilbert (FdJ) and Sylvain Chavanel (Cofidis). At other times Caisse D'Epargne looked like it was repeating the opening team time trial in its vain attempt to bring its captain back into contention.
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With about 30 kilometres to go, the chase group, which included all the favourites except for Valverde, caught the three leaders. Things stayed together as they moved quickly towards the finish, with the gap to Valverde increasing constantly.
There were mulitple attacks in the last three kilometres, but the sprinter's teams held things together. The final climb turned out to be more difficult than expected, steep and curving in the heavy rain. As the group wound its way up from the seaside, Contador opened the sprint early. But he was closelt trailed by a string of Italians, with Rebellin, Cunego and Bettini all keeping a close eye on Valverde's wheel. Bettini then put on a burst of speed to easily take his second win of this Vuelta.
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- Paolo Bettini (Quick Step) escapes for a win in stage 12
- Paolo Bettini (Quick Step) gives his victory salute
- Winner Paolo Bettini (Quick Step) checks his back on his way to a win.
- Paolo Bettini (Quick Step) celebrates with the bubbly.
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- The start in Burgos was sunny, contrary to the finish in Suances.
- Alberto Contador (Astana) rides in the combination jersey.
- The escape trio headed by Sébastien Hinault (Crédit Agricole), Manuel Quinziato (Liquigas) and Sandy Casar (Française des Jeux) follow, l & r.
- Manuel Quinziato (Liquigas) leads Sébastien Hinault (Crédit Agricole) and Sandy Casar (Française des Jeux) in the day's escape group.
- Andreas Klöden (Astana) battles the wet weather.
- A Lampre rider leads the way on the Vuelta's wet stage to Suances.
- Egoi Martínez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) rides in the maillot oro behind Paolo Bettini (Quick Step).
- Tomas Vaitkus (Astana) heads the peloton on a wet day in Spain.
- Spanish Champion Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) suffered time loss.
- Italy's Paolo Bettini (Quick Step) wins stage 12 of the Vuelta a España.
- World Champion Paolo Bettini (Quick Step) gets a boat as a trophy on one of the Vuelta's rainy days.
- Egoi Martínez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) enjoys another day in the race lead.
Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti
- Caisse does the chasing for Alejandro Valverde, who was dropped on the descent of the Alto del Caracol.
- Paolo Bettini (Quick Step) rides to the win in Suances.
- A hard day's effort by Paolo Bettini (Quick Step)
- Damiano Cunego (Lampre) leads teammate Alessandro Ballan at the finish.
- World Champion Paolo Bettini (Quick Step) with the win in Suances.
- Paolo Bettini (Quick Step) checks his back.
- Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner) finishes second in Suances.
- Egoi Martínez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) maintains his race leadership and the maillot oro.
Results
1 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step 4.42.44 (39.556 km/h) 2 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 0.01 3 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 4 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre 5 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana 6 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0.04 7 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 8 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 9 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 10 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 11 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 12 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 13 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 14 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 0.10 15 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram 0.12 16 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 17 David Garcia Dapena (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 0.14 18 Koldo Fernandez De Larrea (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0.16 19 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 20 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 0.21 21 Gustavo Cesar Veloso (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 22 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 0.23 23 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre 0.27 24 Cycril Lemoine (Fra) Crédit Agricole 25 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 26 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Crédit Agricole 0.29 27 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence - Lotto 28 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 0.35 29 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.37 30 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 31 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 32 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 33 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 34 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 35 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 0.43 36 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0.53 37 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto 38 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 39 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 1.04 40 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step 41 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas 1.05 42 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 43 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 1.18 44 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step 45 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 46 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana 47 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 48 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre 1.45 49 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Astana 1.55 50 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step 51 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 2.24 52 José Antonio Carrasco Ramirez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 2.29 53 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Astana 2.37 54 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 3.13 55 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 56 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 3.18 57 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Crédit Agricole 3.23 58 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 59 Javier Moreno Bazan (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 60 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 61 Sergio Miguel Paulinho Moreira (Por) Astana 62 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 63 Iñigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 64 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto 3.26 65 Dominique Cornu (Bel) Silence - Lotto 66 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 67 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 3.30 68 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Silence - Lotto 69 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 3.32 70 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 71 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas 3.33 72 José Luis Carrasco Gamiz (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 3.39 73 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 3.40 74 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 3.43 75 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 76 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 3.45 77 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 78 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 3.49 79 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Liquigas 3.49 80 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 81 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 4.01 82 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 83 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 4.07 84 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 85 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Rabobank 86 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 4.12 87 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4.15 88 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4.16 89 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 90 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 91 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux 92 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre 4.23 93 Carlos Panadero Castano (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 4.39 94 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4.46 95 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 96 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram 97 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 5.02 98 Jose Ruiz Sanchez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 99 Bingen Fernandez Bustinza (Spa) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 5.13 100 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Crédit Agricole 5.15 101 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 5.56 102 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux 6.46 103 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana 6.50 104 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick Step 105 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 106 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 107 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 108 Ivan Velasco Murillo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 6.59 109 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 7.05 110 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner 7.54 111 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 8.28 112 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step 8.41 113 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence - Lotto 114 Mathias Frank (Swi) Gerolsteiner 8.42 115 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana 14.05 116 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 15.12 117 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 16.18 118 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 119 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 120 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 121 Bart Dockx (Bel) Silence - Lotto 122 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas 123 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale 17.20 124 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Française des Jeux 125 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R La Mondiale 17.27 126 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux 127 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 18.53 128 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 129 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 130 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step 131 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 132 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre 133 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre 134 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 135 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Silence - Lotto 136 Juan Javier Estrada Ruiz (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 137 Gustavo Dominguez Lemos (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 138 Emanuele Bindi (Ita) Lampre 139 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas 140 Walter Fernando Pedraza Morales (Col) Tinkoff Credit Systems 141 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 142 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 143 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 144 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 145 Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 146 Stéphane Poulhies (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 147 Francisco Jose Martinez Perez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 148 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 149 Christian Kux (Ger) Team Milram 150 Artur Gajek (Ger) Team Milram 151 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems 152 José Antonio Lopez Gil (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 153 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 154 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 155 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 18.59 DNF Gianni Meersman (Bel) Française des Jeux DNF Stephan Schreck (Ger) Gerolsteiner DNF Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre Points 1 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step 25 pts 2 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 20 3 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 16 4 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre 14 5 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana 12 6 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 10 7 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 9 8 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 8 9 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 7 10 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 6 11 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 5 12 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 4 13 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 3 14 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 2 15 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram 1 16 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre -10 17 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas -5 Mountains Alto de Bocos, cat. 3, 78 km 1 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 6 pts 2 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 4 3 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2 4 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1 Portillo de Lunada, cat. 2, 106 km 1 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 10 pts 2 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 7 3 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 5 4 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana 3 5 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2 6 Sergio Miguel Paulinho Moreira (Por) Astana 1 Alto del Caracol, cat. 2, 126 km 1 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 10 pts 2 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 7 3 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 5 4 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 3 5 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 2 6 Sergio Miguel Paulinho Moreira (Por) Astana 1 Sprints Espinosa de los Monteros, 89.5 km 1 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 4 pts 2 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 2 3 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 1 Torrelavega, 166.7 km 1 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 4 pts 2 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Astana 2 3 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana 1 Teams 1 Euskaltel - Euskadi 14.08.36 2 Lampre 0.05 3 Xacobeo - Galicia 0.15 4 Gerolsteiner 0.18 5 Astana 6 Rabobank 0.19 7 Team CSC - Saxo Bank 0.33 8 Credit Agricole 1.07 9 Quick Step 1.58 10 Cofidis, le credit par telephone 3.37 11 Team Milram 4.10 12 Silence - Lotto 4.24 13 Liquigas 5.32 14 Caisse D'Epargne 6.26 15 AG2R - La Mondiale 6.50 16 Française Des Jeux 8.18 17 Andalucia - Cajasur 9.07 18 Tinkoff Credit Systems 10.38 19 Bouygues Telecom 13.53 General classification after stage 12 1 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 45.48.33 2 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 0.11 3 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana 0.29 4 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 1.38 5 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 2.10 6 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2.23 7 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 3.22 8 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 3.40 9 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre 4.09 10 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4.10 11 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4.19 12 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 4.53 13 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 5.51 14 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 6.03 15 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 6.22 16 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 7.25 17 Dominique Cornu (Bel) Silence - Lotto 8.39 18 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 10.17 19 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 10.20 20 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 11.36 21 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana 12.08 22 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 12.14 23 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Crédit Agricole 12.37 24 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 12.50 25 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 14.05 26 Javier Moreno Bazan (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 14.43 27 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 15.28 28 Gustavo Cesar Veloso (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 15.36 29 David Garcia Dapena (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 16.33 30 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step 16.52 31 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre 17.29 32 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 19.17 33 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step 20.47 34 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 20.48 35 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre 23.50 36 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 24.06 37 Sergio Miguel Paulinho Moreira (Por) Astana 24.53 38 Carlos Panadero Castano (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 24.59 39 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Silence - Lotto 26.02 40 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 26.09 41 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 27.06 42 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 27.26 43 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence - Lotto 27.51 44 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 27.59 45 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems 29.07 46 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 29.16 47 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 29.28 48 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 30.18 49 José Antonio Carrasco Ramirez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 30.20 50 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 30.36 51 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 30.43 52 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto 32.00 53 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 32.39 54 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 32.56 55 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 33.11 56 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 33.34 57 Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 35.29 58 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre 35.33 59 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Rabobank 36.14 60 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 36.25 61 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 37.42 62 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 38.39 63 José Luis Carrasco Gamiz (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 39.51 64 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 40.05 65 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 40.20 66 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 41.18 67 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 41.35 68 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Astana 41.43 69 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 42.09 70 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 42.36 71 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 42.36 72 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux 42.56 73 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step 43.06 74 Iñigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 43.16 75 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram 44.34 76 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 44.38 77 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 46.33 78 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 47.56 79 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 48.26 80 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Crédit Agricole 48.32 81 Ivan Velasco Murillo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 48.39 82 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step 48.47 83 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 49.36 84 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 49.58 85 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto 50.19 86 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 51.10 87 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 51.17 88 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 51.21 89 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 51.28 90 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 52.14 91 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 53.31 92 Jose Ruiz Sanchez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 54.26 93 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 55.33 94 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux 56.51 95 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence - Lotto 57.11 96 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 57.27 97 Koldo Fernandez De Larrea (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 57.38 98 Gustavo Dominguez Lemos (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 57.57 99 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 57.58 100 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux 59.15 101 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick Step 1.00.10 102 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.00.38 103 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 1.02.50 104 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale 1.04.31 105 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.06.13 106 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Astana 1.06.23 107 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1.07.36 108 Bingen Fernandez Bustinza (Spa) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.08.13 109 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas 1.08.52 110 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.09.39 111 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 1.09.41 112 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Silence - Lotto 1.10.15 113 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.10.35 114 Walter Fernando Pedraza Morales (Col) Tinkoff Credit Systems 1.12.33 115 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 1.13.12 116 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 1.14.03 117 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.16.26 118 Cycril Lemoine (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.18.06 119 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1.18.14 120 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.19.17 121 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.19.57 122 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 1.20.11 123 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas 1.20.11 124 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Crédit Agricole 1.21.29 125 Mathias Frank (Swi) Gerolsteiner 1.21.57 126 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram 1.21.58 127 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 1.22.16 128 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.22.32 129 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1.22.50 130 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 1.23.09 131 Christian Kux (Ger) Team Milram 1.23.48 132 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Liquigas 1.23.58 133 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 1.26.10 134 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step 1.28.39 135 Bart Dockx (Bel) Silence - Lotto 1.29.06 136 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1.29.49 137 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 1.30.46 138 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R La Mondiale 1.31.22 139 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 1.32.30 140 Francisco Jose Martinez Perez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 1.32.57 141 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.33.13 142 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Française des Jeux 1.34.17 143 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas 1.34.43 144 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre 1.36.08 145 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre 1.36.18 146 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana 1.37.30 147 Juan Javier Estrada Ruiz (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 1.38.02 148 Stéphane Poulhies (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1.38.55 149 José Antonio Lopez Gil (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 1.42.16 150 Artur Gajek (Ger) Team Milram 1.43.45 151 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step 1.43.48 152 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas 1.45.22 153 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner 1.46.12 154 Emanuele Bindi (Ita) Lampre 1.46.52 155 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana 1.54.52 Points classification 1 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto 99 pts 2 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 76 3 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 75 4 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 74 5 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre 70 6 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana 60 7 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step 58 8 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 53 9 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 52 10 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 51 11 Koldo Fernandez De Larrea (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 50 12 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 46 13 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 38 14 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 33 15 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 31 16 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 31 17 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 30 18 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 30 19 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 29 20 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 28 21 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 27 22 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 26 23 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 24 24 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Crédit Agricole 24 25 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 24 26 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 23 27 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 21 28 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 21 29 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 18 30 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 18 31 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 18 32 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 18 33 José Antonio Lopez Gil (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 16 34 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 15 35 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 14 36 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 13 37 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R La Mondiale 13 38 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 12 39 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step 12 40 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 11 41 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 10 42 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 10 43 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 9 44 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram 9 45 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 9 46 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 9 47 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 8 48 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 8 49 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 8 50 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step 8 51 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick Step 8 52 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 8 53 Dominique Cornu (Bel) Silence - Lotto 7 54 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 7 55 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 7 56 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 7 57 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 6 58 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6 59 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6 60 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Silence - Lotto 5 61 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 5 62 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux 4 63 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 4 64 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Crédit Agricole 3 65 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 2 66 David Garcia Dapena (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 2 67 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step 2 68 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre 2 69 José Antonio Carrasco Ramirez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 2 70 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 2 71 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Astana 2 72 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 2 73 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana 1 74 Sergio Miguel Paulinho Moreira (Por) Astana 1 75 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems 1 76 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 1 77 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1 78 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas 1 79 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1 80 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 1 Mountains classification 1 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 87 pts 2 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre 51 3 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step 42 4 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 38 5 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana 32 6 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 31 7 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 31 8 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 26 9 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 26 10 Iñigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 22 11 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 19 12 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 18 13 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 18 14 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux 18 15 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 17 16 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 17 17 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 16 18 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 14 19 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 12 20 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 12 21 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 10 22 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 10 23 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto 10 24 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 9 25 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 9 26 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 9 27 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 8 28 José Antonio Lopez Gil (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 8 29 Walter Fernando Pedraza Morales (Col) Tinkoff Credit Systems 8 30 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 7 31 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre 7 32 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto 7 33 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 7 34 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 6 35 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 6 36 Sergio Miguel Paulinho Moreira (Por) Astana 6 37 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step 6 38 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 5 39 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 5 40 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 4 41 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step 4 42 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 4 43 Cycril Lemoine (Fra) Crédit Agricole 4 44 Francisco Jose Martinez Perez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 4 45 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana 3 46 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 3 47 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 3 48 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas 3 49 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana 3 50 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas 3 51 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 2 52 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 2 53 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2 54 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 2 55 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2 56 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana 2 57 Emanuele Bindi (Ita) Lampre 2 58 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 1 59 José Luis Carrasco Gamiz (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 1 60 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram 1 61 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1 62 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre 1 Combination classification 1 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana 14 pts 2 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 27 3 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 28 4 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 31 5 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 34 6 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 35 7 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 36 8 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 37 9 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre 38 10 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 41 11 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 48 12 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 71 13 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 75 14 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 78 15 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step 81 16 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 84 17 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 85 18 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 100 19 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step 100 20 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 103 21 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 103 22 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 107 23 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto 109 24 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 119 25 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 124 26 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 138 27 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana 139 28 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 146 29 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 146 30 Sergio Miguel Paulinho Moreira (Por) Astana 147 31 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux 147 32 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 147 33 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 149 34 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 158 35 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step 160 36 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 162 37 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 170 38 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 176 39 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram 179 40 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 206 41 José Antonio Lopez Gil (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 210 42 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 220 43 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 227 44 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 243 Teams classification 1 Astana 137.14.39 2 Caisse D'Epargne 0.10 3 Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.43 4 Team CSC - Saxo Bank 3.52 5 Rabobank 12.23 6 Xacobeo - Galicia 16.20 7 Lampre 22.00 8 Credit Agricole 22.58 9 Silence - Lotto 24.00 10 AG2R - La Mondiale 35.01 11 Gerolsteiner 40.21 12 Cofidis, le credit par telephone 40.42 13 Tinkoff Credit Systems 47.48 14 Quick Step 50.23 15 Française Des Jeux 50.59 16 Andalucia - Cajasur 55.09 17 Team Milram 1.31.48 18 Bouygues Telecom 1.52.42 19 Liquigas 2.16.06
