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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

Paolo Bettini (Quick Step) escapes for a win
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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."

Spanish Champion Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) on the chase
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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.

Egoi Martínez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) maintains the lead
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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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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

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