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63rd Vuelta a España - GT
Spain, August 30 - September 21, 2008
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Stage 5 - September 3: Ciudad Real - Ciudad Real (ITT), 42.5km
Double success for Leipheimer
By Shane Stokes
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Astana's Levi Leipheimer has shown superb form in the first individual time trial of this year's Vuelta, winning the 52.4 kilometre Ciudad Real time trial and snatching the gold leader's jersey. It's the first time he has led a Grand Tour in his career, and shows that he is in strong form despite missing the Tour de France.
The Olympic bronze medallist started slowly but accelerated throughout the race against the clock, overhauling long-time leader Manuel Quinziato (Liquigas) by 33 seconds and fending off French time trial champion Sylvain Chavanel, who was twelve seconds slower. In fact, Leipheimer's second half was impressive; at the 28 kilometre checkpoint, he was 42 seconds behind Quinziato and 18 seconds behind Mikhail Ignatiev (Tinkoff Credit Systems). However, by the finish, he was 33 seconds up on the Italian. Ignatiev had cracked in the meantime, dropping to a final position of 16th.
Leipheimer's fast finish proved crucial as he ended the day just two seconds ahead of Chavanel (Cofidis) in the general classification. Race leader Daniele Bennati was 50th in the time trial and dropped away from the top of the GC.
"I've been feeling very strong for the last couple of weeks, since the Olympics of course," Leipheimer said afterwards. "We did a race in Madrid, which I won. The first days of the Vuelta I felt really good and I had a lot of confidence going into today. However, it was very difficult. The first 20 kilometers had a headwind, but I conserved enough energy, allowing me to go faster in the end. This is another big highlight for me and this team. It's always an honour to win a stage in a Grand Tour, plus wear the leader's jersey."
Alejandro Valverde had a solid time trial, placing fifth, and remained third overall. He ended the day 30 seconds behind Leipheimer, and showed that he has greatly improved in the discipline
"The time I just achieved is a great satisfaction for me," said Valverde afterwards. "On an almost completely-flat 42 kilometre time trial, a parcours that is not particularly favourable to me, I lost almost no time compared with the specialists.
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It also gives him confidence for the remainder of the race. "I will keep on seeing what happens every day, but it is a fact that the result of today gives me an extra motivation for the first mountains."
Like Valverde, two other GC contenders more suited to the mountains also performed well. Alberto Contador was fourth in the test , 49 seconds off the winning pace, and is now fifth overall. Sastre, the 2008 Tour de France champion, was 15th, 1'30" back, and is seventh in the general classification. He will start tomorrow's stage 1'27" behind the new race leader, who was third overall in the 2001 Vuelta.
"I rode a regular time trial," said Contador afterwards. "I could manage my output as I had the split times of Levi. In the end I lost some time, but I am happy with my position in the GC and more importantly, am feeling well."
He received strong support from his team-mate while winning the 2007 Tour de France and this year's Giro d'Italia, and is therefore happy to see the American have the chance to win the time trial and lead the race.
"Levi deserved this victory and I congratulate him. This only strengthens the options for Team Astana, because it is always better to have two candidates than one."
As for Sastre, he was known for many years as a rider who was not particularly strong in time trials. However he showed in the final TT of this year's Tour that he has improved, and he pulled out a respectable ride today. The CSC rider finished 1'30" back in 15th place, and said that his confidence was boosted as a result
"The feeling after the time trial is a positive one," he said. "It was a day that I had to respect, especially in order to know a bit more than my physical condition. I knew that it was not bad, but it was an important test anyway. Although the first part of my time trial was not the best, I found the rhythm of my pedals in the second half and avoided losing time, especially with respect to my [GC] rivals."
Sastre comes away with a better sense that he can do something in this race. "Now I look at the future with a bit more optimism that I did in recent days," he stated. "It has not been an easy start to this Tour of Spain, but I think from now things will change. Seeing the time trial result of my colleagues is something that motivates me, and has given us the serenity that we need within the team."
His team-mate Jurgen Van Goolen finished sixth on the stage, one place ahead of Michael Blaudzun. This strength in depth was something that made an impression on team director Scott Sunderland.
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Other riders would not have been so happy with the day's result. Stefan Schumacher and Andreas Klöden are both known as strong time trial riders but were only eleventh and twelfth on the stage, both conceding over a minute 20 seconds to Leipheimer.
Tom Boonen's 13th was a solid result for the sprinter, but GC riders Robert Gesink (27th), Igor Anton (38th), Yaroslav Popovych (46th) and Damiano Cunego (80th) were between 2'08" and 3'52" back. If they are to challenge for a high overall placing, they really need to ride strongly in the mountains. The first big peaks come on Saturday's 233 kilometre stage to Andorra.
Before then, the riders will tomorrow tackle a 150.1 kilometre leg from Ciudad Real to Toledo. Leipheimer will savour the moment, given that he is finally leading a Grand Tour some seven years after shocking the cycling world with a third place finish in the Vuelta. However he's still willing to regard Contador as the most likely leader of the team.
"In this Vuelta we have many mountains to come," he said. "Personally, I believe Alberto is the best climber in the world. He has something that nobody else has; he can accelerate in the mountains, he can follow the best riders and I think Alberto will continue to get better as the Vuelta continues.
"He hasn't raced much since the Giro, but he is the leader of the team. He has won the Tour and the Giro and we are now all here to help him win the Vuelta. For me, I won a stage, I wear the leader's jersey ... It's very nice for me, but I think Alberto is the strongest rider on this team."
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- Levi Leipheimer continued his great form in the time trials and after an Olympic bronze won the Vuelta TT and moved into the overall lead.
- Sylvain Chavanel showed why he is the French champion as he was beaten only by 12 seconds.
- Alberto Contador (Astana) powers to a fourth place and moved from 24th to fifth overall
- Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) had a good ride and moved into third overall, 30 seconds back.
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- Levi Leipheimer (Astana) enjoys a nice gentle ride through the countryside...at 50.0490 kilometres per hour.
- Heads down...Levi Leipheimer (Astana) gives it his all, and takes all the accolades as a result.
- Igor Anton Hernandez (Euskaltel - Euskadi) took 38th spot.
- Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Caisse d'Epargne) rode to a solid fifth position.
- Belgian Tom Boonen (Quick Step) pulled out all the stops to finish 13th.
- Martin Velits (Milram) rides on past Jeremy Hunt (Crédit Agricole).
- Manuel Quinziato (Liquigas) posted a solid third fastest time.
- Sebastian Lang (Gerolsteiner) was inside the top five after the first time check, but ended up in 10th place.
- A Milram rider rolls off into the distance, with his team car in tow.
- Tour time trial sensation Stefan Schumacher (Gerolsteiner) could only pull out an 11th place.
- Andreas Klöden made it three Astana riders in the top 15, with his 12th place.
- Damiano Cunego (Lampre) dropped nearly four minutes on the time trial.
- All eyes were on Alberto Contador Velasco (Astana) but he just missed out on a podium finish.
- While he missed the podium Alberto Contador Velasco (Astana) is sitting pretty on general classification.
- Spain's Carlos Sastre (Team CSC - Saxo Bank) rode in 15th place.
- Toe the line: Sylvain Chavanel (Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone) claimed second spot, 12 seconds behind the winner.
- Italian Paolo Bettini (Quick Step) looked smooth, but lost five minutes.
- Daniele Bennati (Liquigas) enjoyed his last day in the leader's jersey, with the rider losing nearly three minutes as he claimed 50th spot.
- Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner) finished 29th.
- Oscar Freire Gomez (Rabobank) finished 5.28 minutes back in 119th spot.
- Russian Mikhail Ignatiev (Tinkoff Credit Systems) had the second quickest time after the first time check, but tumbled to 16th by the finish.
- Belgian Philippe Gilbert (Française des Jeux) was one of the slowest over the course.
- Alessandro Ballan (Lampre) holds 18th on general classification.
- German Erik Zabel (Team Milram) is fourth in the points classification.
- Mikhail Ignatiev (Tinkoff Credit Systems) is chased by an impressive team car.
- Dutchman Robert Gesink (Rabobank) only droped 2.08 minutes.
- Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Xacobeo Galicia) was strong, finishing 28th on the stage.
- Levi Leipheimer (Astana) holds his strong time trial position, all the way to the finish.
- Alberto Contador (Astana) is chased by his team car...and a few other vehicles.
- Carlos Sastre (Team CSC-Saxo Bank) is watched by some VIPs in the car behind.
- Ireland's Nicolas Roche (Crédit Agricole) finished 3.23 minutes behind.
- Italy's Alessandro Ballan (Lampre) nears the end of the time trial.
- Erik Zabel is stalked by the Milram team car.
- Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Caisse d'Epargne) didn't disappoint on lookers as he rode to third place overall.
- As the race leader Daniele Bennati (Liquigas) had plenty of people watching how he went.
- Daniele Bennati (Liquigas) dropped down to eighth overall.
- Levi Leipheimer (Astana) takes to the podium after his strong time trial win.
- Levi Leipheimer (Astana) celebrates his time trial win.
- American Levi Leipheimer (Astana) kisses his trophy, after winning the event's first individual time trial.
- Celebration time: Levi Leipheimer (Astana) sprays some success around on the podium.
- Levi Leipheimer (Astana) also claimed the overall lead after the time trial.
- USA rider Levi Leipheimer (Astana) leads the Grand Tour after today's stage.
- Sealed with a kiss: Levi Leipheimer (Astana) is all smiles as he takes the Vuelta lead.
Results
Finish - 42.5km 1 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 50.57 (50.049 km/h) 2 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 0.12 3 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 0.33 4 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana 0.49 5 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0.59 6 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 1.06 7 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 1.07 8 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram 1.15 9 Dominique Cornu (Bel) Silence - Lotto 1.19 10 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 11 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.21 12 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 1.24 13 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 1.27 14 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.28 15 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 1.30 16 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 1.52 17 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1.52 18 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems 1.53 19 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Astana 1.57 20 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 1.59 21 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 22 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Silence - Lotto 23 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 2.00 24 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 2.04 25 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 26 Volodymyr Diudia (Ukr) Team Milram 2.07 27 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 2.08 28 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 2.09 29 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 2.10 30 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 2.11 31 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 2.20 32 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2.21 33 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 2.23 34 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre 2.25 35 Sergio Miguel Paulinho Moreira (Por) Astana 36 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux 2.26 37 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2.32 38 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2.35 39 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre 2.41 40 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2.45 41 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas 2.46 42 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step 2.49 43 Gustavo Cesar Veloso (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 44 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 2.50 45 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 2.51 46 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence - Lotto 2.52 47 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 48 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step 2.53 49 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 2.55 50 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas 51 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 2.57 52 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 53 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 2.59 54 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 55 Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 3.03 56 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 3.10 57 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana 3.11 58 David Garcia Dapena (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 3.12 59 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 60 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R La Mondiale 3.14 61 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Rabobank 62 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 3.19 63 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto 64 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step 3.22 65 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Crédit Agricole 3.23 66 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 67 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 3.24 68 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step 3.27 69 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 3.29 70 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana 3.31 71 Cycril Lemoine (Fra) Crédit Agricole 3.32 72 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 3.33 73 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 3.35 74 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick Step 3.35 75 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3.37 76 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 3.39 77 Carlos Panadero Castano (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 3.44 78 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Française des Jeux 3.46 79 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Astana 3.50 80 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 3.52 81 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 3.53 82 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 83 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 3.54 84 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 3.59 85 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Crédit Agricole 4.01 86 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 4.03 87 Jose Ruiz Sanchez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 4.07 88 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux 4.09 89 Gustavo Dominguez Lemos (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 4.13 90 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 4.14 91 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4.18 92 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale 4.22 93 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 94 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 4.26 95 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4.27 96 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 97 Christian Kux (Ger) Team Milram 4.29 98 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4.31 99 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence - Lotto 4.32 100 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 4.38 101 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 102 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 4.41 103 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto 4.48 104 José Luis Carrasco Gamiz (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 4.51 105 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 4.54 106 Juan Javier Estrada Ruiz (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 4.57 107 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana 5.01 108 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 109 Francisco Jose Martinez Perez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 5.03 110 Mathias Frank (Swi) Gerolsteiner 5.10 111 Javier Moreno Bazan (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 5.11 112 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 5.13 113 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 5.14 114 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence - Lotto 115 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step 5.16 116 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 5.19 117 Iñigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 5.24 118 Bart Dockx (Bel) Silence - Lotto 5.25 119 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 5.28 120 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 5.38 121 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 5.39 122 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step 5.40 123 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Crédit Agricole 5.41 124 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 125 José Antonio Carrasco Ramirez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 5.42 126 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre 127 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 5.45 128 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5.46 129 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre 130 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 5.48 131 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Silence - Lotto 5.50 132 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 133 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 5.51 134 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 5.54 135 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Liquigas 6.04 136 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner 6.10 137 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre 6.13 138 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 6.18 139 Emanuele Bindi (Ita) Lampre 6.21 140 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 6.26 141 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre 6.29 142 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 6.30 143 Jean-Marc Marino (Fra) Crédit Agricole 144 Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 6.31 145 Stéphane Poulhies (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 6.32 146 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 6.35 147 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas 6.39 148 Bingen Fernandez Bustinza (Spa) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 149 Koldo Fernandez De Larrea (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 6.40 150 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas 6.42 151 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 6.47 152 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 6.49 153 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 6.55 154 José Antonio Lopez Gil (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 6.56 155 Walter Fernando Pedraza Morales (Col) Tinkoff Credit Systems 7.06 156 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre 7.10 157 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas 7.17 158 Ivan Velasco Murillo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 7.31 159 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 7.33 160 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Française des Jeux 7.36 161 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step 7.41 162 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 8.00 163 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 8.00 164 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram 8.12 165 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 8.16 166 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux 8.25 167 Artur Gajek (Ger) Team Milram 8.46 DNS Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom DNS Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 2nd intermediate time - km 28 1 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 34.41 (48.438 km/h) 2 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 35.05 3 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 35.23 4 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 35.29 5 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram 35.33 1st intermediate time - km 11 1 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 13.58 (47.255 km/h) 2 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 14.03 3 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 14.09 4 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 14.15 5 Michael Blaudzun (Den) CSC-Saxo Bank 14.16 Points 1 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 25 pts 2 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 20 3 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 16 4 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana 14 5 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 12 6 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 10 7 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 9 8 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram 8 9 Dominique Cornu (Bel) Silence - Lotto 7 10 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6 11 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 5 12 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 4 13 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 3 14 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2 15 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 1 Teams 1 Astana 2.35.04 2 Team CSC - Saxo Bank 1.30 3 Gerolsteiner 2.37 4 Caisse D'Epargne 2.59 5 Team Milram 3.01 6 Tinkoff Credit Systems 3.43 7 Silence - Lotto 3.57 8 Rabobank 3.58 9 Liquigas 4.01 10 Cofidis, le credit par telephone 4.14 11 Quick Step 4.56 12 Bouygues Telecom 5.12 13 Xacobeo - Galicia 5.57 14 Française Des Jeux 6.02 15 Euskaltel - Euskadi 6.04 16 Lampre 6.45 17 AG2R - La Mondiale 6.55 18 Credit Agricole 7.27 19 Andalucia - Cajasur 11.42 General classification after stage 5 1 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 14.16.11 2 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 0.02 3 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0.30 4 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 0.32 5 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana 0.47 6 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 1.26 7 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 1.27 8 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas 1.38 9 Dominique Cornu (Bel) Silence - Lotto 1.48 10 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 1.51 11 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2.16 12 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2.17 13 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 2.19 14 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 15 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 2.21 16 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 2.25 17 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems 18 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre 2.26 19 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 20 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre 2.30 21 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 22 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 2.39 23 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 2.43 24 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence - Lotto 2.46 25 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 2.48 26 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 2.51 27 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 2.52 28 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2.54 29 Gustavo Cesar Veloso (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 2.56 30 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 31 David Garcia Dapena (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 3.07 32 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step 3.11 33 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Crédit Agricole 3.16 34 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 3.16 35 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 3.21 36 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 3.27 37 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana 3.34 38 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 3.37 39 Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 3.37 40 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 3.40 41 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Rabobank 3.50 42 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 3.52 43 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 3.53 44 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 3.58 45 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto 4.03 46 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 4.17 47 Carlos Panadero Castano (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 4.17 48 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux 4.22 49 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Astana 4.24 50 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto 4.35 51 Gustavo Dominguez Lemos (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 4.43 52 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4.45 53 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale 4.51 54 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 55 Jose Ruiz Sanchez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 56 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 4.54 57 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 4.56 58 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 4.56 59 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 5.00 60 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5.04 61 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step 5.05 62 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 5.10 63 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 5.15 64 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 5.17 65 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 5.21 66 Iñigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 5.39 67 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 5.42 68 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence - Lotto 5.43 69 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 70 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 5.46 71 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 5.50 72 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 5.54 73 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 74 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence - Lotto 5.55 75 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step 6.10 76 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 6.28 77 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 6.32 78 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 6.33 79 Koldo Fernandez De Larrea (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 6.36 80 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 6.38 81 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre 6.41 82 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 6.50 83 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre 6.53 84 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Crédit Agricole 7.20 85 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Silence - Lotto 7.28 86 Sergio Miguel Paulinho Moreira (Por) Astana 7.30 87 Javier Moreno Bazan (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 7.39 88 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step 7.53 89 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 7.58 90 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 8.01 91 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 8.08 92 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 8.20 93 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step 8.24 94 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 8.24 95 Ivan Velasco Murillo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 8.35 96 Bingen Fernandez Bustinza (Spa) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 9.04 97 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 9.10 98 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 9.42 99 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 10.08 100 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 10.26 101 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 10.27 102 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 10.41 103 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 10.54 104 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 10.55 105 José Antonio Carrasco Ramirez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 11.33 106 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 11.55 107 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas 12.36 108 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 109 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 12.54 110 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux 111 Walter Fernando Pedraza Morales (Col) Tinkoff Credit Systems 13.20 112 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 13.24 113 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 13.35 114 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick Step 14.16 115 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 14.17 116 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 14.26 117 Christian Kux (Ger) Team Milram 14.41 118 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 14.50 119 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 14.55 120 José Luis Carrasco Gamiz (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 14.57 121 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas 15.18 122 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Gerolsteiner 15.24 123 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux 15.24 124 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 15.30 125 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram 17.19 126 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Française des Jeux 17.57 127 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 17.58 128 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 18.16 129 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Astana 18.29 130 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre 18.31 131 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 18.37 132 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 18.42 133 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Silence - Lotto 18.42 134 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Française des Jeux 18.58 135 Mathias Frank (Swi) Gerolsteiner 19.03 136 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 19.08 137 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Crédit Agricole 20.14 138 Jean-Marc Marino (Fra) Crédit Agricole 21.56 139 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 22.26 140 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre 22.28 141 Bart Dockx (Bel) Silence - Lotto 22.39 142 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas 22.42 143 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R La Mondiale 22.48 144 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre 145 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 146 Stéphane Poulhies (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 22.50 147 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana 23.08 148 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 23.59 149 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram 24.25 150 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 24.43 151 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana 24.54 152 Volodymyr Diudia (Ukr) Team Milram 25.27 153 Juan Javier Estrada Ruiz (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 25.36 154 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Liquigas 26.00 155 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 26.04 156 Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 26.10 157 Emanuele Bindi (Ita) Lampre 26.40 158 José Antonio Lopez Gil (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 26.55 159 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step 27.20 160 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 27.30 161 Francisco Jose Martinez Perez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 27.56 162 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step 28.01 163 Cycril Lemoine (Fra) Crédit Agricole 28.06 164 Artur Gajek (Ger) Team Milram 28.38 165 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas 31.05 166 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner 34.45 167 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 38.14 Points classification 1 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas 51 pts 2 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 48 3 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 38 4 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 37 5 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto 34 6 Koldo Fernandez De Larrea (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 30 7 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 26 8 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 25 9 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Crédit Agricole 24 10 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre 20 11 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 20 12 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 17 13 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana 15 14 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre 14 15 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 12 16 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 12 17 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 10 18 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 10 19 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 10 20 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 9 21 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 9 22 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step 9 23 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 8 24 José Antonio Lopez Gil (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 8 25 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step 8 26 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 8 27 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick Step 8 28 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram 8 29 Dominique Cornu (Bel) Silence - Lotto 7 30 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 7 31 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 7 32 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 6 33 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6 34 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 5 35 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 5 36 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 4 37 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 4 38 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 4 39 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R La Mondiale 4 40 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Française des Jeux 3 41 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 2 42 David Garcia Dapena (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 2 43 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Rabobank 2 44 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2 45 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre 2 46 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2 47 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 2 48 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 1 49 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 1 50 Iñigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1 51 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence - Lotto 1 52 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 1 Mountains classification 1 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 16 pts 2 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 7 3 José Antonio Lopez Gil (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 6 4 Walter Fernando Pedraza Morales (Col) Tinkoff Credit Systems 5 5 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step 4 6 Francisco Jose Martinez Perez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 4 7 Cycril Lemoine (Fra) Crédit Agricole 4 8 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2 9 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 2 10 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 2 Combination classification 1 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 80 2 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step 91 3 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 116 4 José Antonio Lopez Gil (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 185 5 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 208 6 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 212 Teams classification 1 Astana 42.33.53 2 Team CSC - Saxo Bank 0.54 3 Caisse D'Epargne 2.35 4 Gerolsteiner 2.58 5 Silence - Lotto 3.15 6 Quick Step 3.38 7 Tinkoff Credit Systems 3.47 8 Rabobank 4.14 9 Cofidis, le credit par telephone 4.33 10 Euskaltel - Euskadi 4.58 11 Bouygues Telecom 5.02 12 Française Des Jeux 5.33 13 Xacobeo - Galicia 5.35 14 Liquigas 5.54 15 Lampre 6.02 16 AG2R - La Mondiale 6.07 17 Credit Agricole 7.41 18 Team Milram 12.56 19 Andalucia - Cajasur 13.23
