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63rd Vuelta a España - GT
Spain, August 30 - September 21, 2008
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Stage 15 - September 15: Cudillero - Ponferrada, 202km
Garcia Depana escapes to win
By Susan Westemeyer, with additional reporting by Bjorn Haake in Ponferrada
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Another long break proved to be successful, and David Garcia of Xacobeo Galicia took advantage of the situation. The original large group had disintegrated near the end, and he broke off from the remains of the group with three kilometres to go, to take the solo win by 17 seconds ahead of Nick Nuyens of Cofidis and Juan Manual Garate of Quick Step. Behind them - way behind them - the Astana-led peloton took its time, having an easy ride on a sunny day, and came in 14 minutes later with Alberto Contador still in the overall lead.
"This is practically unimaginable," said the overjoyed winner. "At the beginning of the season I was thinking about winning a stage race. I did that with the Tour of Turkey. I am feeling strong - I was already in the break yesterday - so I knew I could win, but of course it also always takes a bit of luck. I hope this victory helps keep the team alive. It was not easy to get into today's break. It should help cycling in Galicia."
Nuyens had hoped to take another stage win for Cofidis, but had to settle for second. "The day went good, really good for me," he said. "But in the end it was three Spanish guys against one Belgian. I think I was the strongest, but you can't buy anything with that. I felt strong the whole day."
Third-place finished Garate wanted a Spaniard to win, but was thinking more of either himself or David Arroyo of Caisse d'Epargne. "I had really great legs today. But it is also a lottery. We were together with [David] Arroyo, who didn't work with us. I told him 'you or I?' because there wasn't anybody else."
Matti Breschel of CSC-Saxo Bank was also in the break, and finished over 1.30 back. "It was a pretty tough and long day. I am glad I made it to the final attack. The last climb was maybe 500m too long for me. In the end we raced full gas." Asked about the weather, Breschel said, "Yes, it was a warm day, very warm. But usually I don't suffer from the heat, more from the climbs," he added with a smile.
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CSC's Carlos Sastre defended his third place overall, which he hopes to maintain through to Madrid. He said that while he himself had no problems on the day, "I think it was an extremely difficult stage." He noted, "We really flew along for the first 50km until the escape formed. We had a realistically tough race, practically without one flat metre, where the entire peloton really suffered."
The former escape group members came in up to 6'59 minutes after the winner, and the first part of the peloton was even further back. Kevin de Weert of Cofidis was followed by four Astana riders, including gold jersey wearer Alberto Contador, across the finish line 14'23 minutes after Garcia Dapena.
The escape group got away on the first climb of the day, at 80 km. Matti Breschel (CSC), José Luis Arrieta (AG2R), Olivier Bonnaire (Bouygues), David Arroyo and Xabier Zandio (Caisse d'Epargne), Sébastien Minard and Nick Nuyens (Cofidis), Mikel Astarloza (Euskaltel), Philippe Gilbert (Francaise des Jeux), Paolo Tiralongo (Lampre) Heinrich Haussler (Gerolsteiner), Alessandro Vanotti (Liquigas), Juan Manuel Garate (Quick Step), Theo Eltink (Rabobank), David Garcia Dapena (Xacobeo-Galicia), Pieter Jacobs (Silence), and Mikhail Ignatiev (Tinkoff) took off and quickly built up a lead.
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Every team, except Astana, Andalucia-Cajasur and Milram was represented in the break, and none of the riders was a threat to the leaders. The peloton relaxed and let them go, enjoying a day in the sun and having an easy day after the difficult weekend in the mountains.
The gold jersey team did have one scare on the day, though, as Astana's Contador went down. He was quickly back on his bike with no major damage, although he did go back to the race doctor to have a knee looked at.
"This is a sport where anything can happen on any given day," said Contador. "Luckily there are no broken bones, but of course I have some soreness and bruising on my left shoulder and left knee.
"I may have to change my sleeping position, but we will do our best to continue the defense of the gold jersey."
With about 44 km to go, Arrieta took off, and although he stayed ahead for nearly 30 km, he was never able to build up a full minute's advantage. With 15 km to go, the pack caught him again. Garate took off with 12 km to go, which put an end to the group. Only Arroyo, Garcia Dapena and Nuyens were able to go with him, and they stayed together until Garcia Dapena's further attack at the 3km marker. The other three hesitated, with none willing to lead the chase. Nuyens finally tried to bridge up, but it was too late.
Stage 16 - September 16: Ponferrada - Zamora, 186.4km
The 186.4-kilometre stage 16 will start out with the category three Alto del Acebo. After that the rest of the stage is mostly downhill. The wind off the coast will benefit formations of echelons.
Sixth time finishing town Zamora is not far from Portugal. With 24 Romanesque churches of the 12th and 13th centuries it has been called a "museum of Romanesque art." The flat run-in will favour a bunch sprint.
Photography
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- The start area just underneath the vertical cliffs was a nice way to kick things off.
- José Antonio Carrasco (Andalucía-Cajasur) before the start.
- Alberto Contador (Astana) rolls to the start
- Contador was quickly surrounded by a mass of people as the Spaniard is extremely popular, especially when it is relatively close to his native Madrid area.
- Bettini won this boat when he took out the stage in Suances.
- Bettini's boat is now placed on the front of the Quick Step bus.
- The start was straight up from the ocean but fortunately for the rider it was neutralised.
- The view over the harbour area where stage 15 kicked off.
Images by AFP
- David Garcia Dapena (Xacobeo Galicia) celebrates his win at the end of stage 15.
- The winning salute of David Garcia Dapena (Xacobeo Galicia) after a day in the break.
- Kisses for the stage winner David Garcia Dapena (Xacobeo Galicia)
- Alberto Contador (Astana) stays in gold after a leisurely day in the peloton.
- Overall leader Alberto Contador (Astana)
- Levi Leipheimer (Astana) is all smiles before the start of stage 15.
Results
1 David Garcia Dapena (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 5.02.27 (40.073km/h) 2 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 0.17 3 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step 4 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre 0.33 5 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0.36 6 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0.39 7 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 1.38 8 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 9 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 1.39 10 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 2.38 11 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 12 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale 2.40 13 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 5.15 14 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 5.58 15 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence - Lotto 6.59 16 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 17 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 14.23 18 Sergio Miguel Paulinho Moreira (Por) Astana 19 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 20 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana 21 Gustavo Cesar Veloso (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 22 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 23 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 24 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 25 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 26 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 27 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 28 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 29 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre 30 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 31 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 32 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 33 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 34 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 35 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 36 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 37 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram 38 Ivan Velasco Murillo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 39 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 40 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 41 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 42 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 43 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 44 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 45 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 46 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 47 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 48 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Crédit Agricole 49 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto 50 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 51 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step 52 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 53 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 54 Javier Moreno Bazan (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 55 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 56 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Astana 57 Carlos Panadero Castano (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 58 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre 59 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 60 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence - Lotto 61 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 15.24 62 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step 15.57 63 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 64 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 65 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas 66 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 67 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana 68 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 69 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Silence - Lotto 16.20 70 Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 71 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 72 Walter Fernando Pedraza Morales (Col) Tinkoff Credit Systems 73 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 74 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 75 Jose Ruiz Sanchez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 76 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas 77 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 78 Cycril Lemoine (Fra) Crédit Agricole 79 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems 80 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 81 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 82 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 83 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 84 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Silence - Lotto 17.11 85 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 86 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 87 Juan Javier Estrada Ruiz (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 88 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step 18.20 89 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 90 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 91 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 92 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux 93 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Astana 18.57 94 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick Step 95 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step 96 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux 97 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux 98 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 19.54 99 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Liquigas 100 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas 101 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 102 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto 103 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 104 Bart Dockx (Bel) Silence - Lotto 105 Francisco Jose Martinez Perez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 106 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 107 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre 108 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre 109 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 110 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Française des Jeux 111 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 112 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas 113 Gustavo Dominguez Lemos (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 114 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 115 José Luis Carrasco Gamiz (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 116 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 117 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 118 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 119 Bingen Fernandez Bustinza (Spa) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 120 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 121 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Crédit Agricole 122 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 123 Emanuele Bindi (Ita) Lampre 124 Stéphane Poulhies (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 21.51 125 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 22.53 126 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 127 Iñigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 128 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 129 Koldo Fernandez De Larrea (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 130 Christian Kux (Ger) Team Milram 131 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram 132 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 133 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Rabobank 134 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step 135 José Antonio Carrasco Ramirez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 136 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner 137 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 138 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 139 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 140 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R La Mondiale 141 Dominique Cornu (Bel) Silence - Lotto 142 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 143 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana 26.17 144 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana 145 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Crédit Agricole DNS Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole DNS Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre DNF Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC - Saxo Bank DNF Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank DSQ Artur Gajek (Ger) Team Milram Sprints Sprint 1 - Villablino (102.6km) 1 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 4 pts 2 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 2 3 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1 Sprint 2- Vega de Espinareda (157.9km) 1 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 4 pts 2 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre 2 3 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1 Sprint 3 - Ponferrada (202km) 1 David Garcia Dapena (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 25 pts 2 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 20 3 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step 16 4 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre 14 5 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 12 6 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 10 7 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 9 8 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 8 9 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 7 10 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 6 11 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5 12 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale 4 13 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 3 14 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 2 15 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence - Lotto 1 Mountains Mountain 1 - Puerto de Somiedo (80km, Cat. 1) 1 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step 16 pts 2 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 12 3 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale 10 4 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre 8 5 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 6 6 David Garcia Dapena (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 4 7 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3 8 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 2 9 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 1 Mountain 2 - Alto de Corral de los Lobos (140km, Cat. 2) 1 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 10 pts 2 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step 7 3 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre 5 4 David Garcia Dapena (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 3 5 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 2 6 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1 Mountain 3 - Alto de Ocero (162km, Cat. 3) 1 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale 6 pts 2 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 4 3 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2 4 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step 1 Teams 1 Caisse D'Epargne 15.24.01 2 Cofidis, le credit par telephone 0.38 3 Xacobeo - Galicia 12.06 4 Lampre 12.39 5 Euskaltel - Euskadi 12.42 6 Team CSC - Saxo Bank 13.44 7 Quick Step 13.57 8 AG2R - La Mondiale 14.46 9 Française Des Jeux 15.19 10 Bouygues Telecom 17.32 11 Gerolsteiner 19.05 12 Silence - Lotto 13 Tinkoff Credit Systems 19.18 14 Liquigas 19.38 15 Astana 26.29 16 Rabobank 27.30 17 Credit Agricole 28.03 18 Team Milram 30.00 19 Andalucia - Cajasur 30.23 General classification after stage 15 1 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana 61.13.48 2 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 1.17 3 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 3.41 4 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 4.35 5 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 5.49 6 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 6.00 7 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 6.11 8 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 8.56 9 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 9.32 10 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 10.01 11 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 10.36 12 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre 10.56 13 David Garcia Dapena (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 11.47 14 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step 15.02 15 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 16.08 16 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 19.24 17 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Crédit Agricole 19.31 18 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 20.08 19 Javier Moreno Bazan (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 22.18 20 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 23.05 21 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 23.17 22 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 23.47 23 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 24.02 24 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana 24.03 25 Gustavo Cesar Veloso (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 24.57 26 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 27.55 27 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 28.12 28 Sergio Miguel Paulinho Moreira (Por) Astana 36.58 29 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 37.13 30 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre 37.42 31 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre 38.16 32 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step 42.23 33 Dominique Cornu (Bel) Silence - Lotto 42.39 34 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 43.32 35 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 43.54 36 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 44.19 37 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Silence - Lotto 45.24 38 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 46.24 39 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence - Lotto 49.13 40 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 49.37 41 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 49.43 42 Carlos Panadero Castano (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 50.06 43 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 51.45 44 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 53.51 45 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 54.13 46 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 57.02 47 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 57.42 48 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems 58.32 49 Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 58.38 50 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto 58.42 51 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 59.00 52 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 59.25 53 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.01.28 54 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 1.02.45 55 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.03.24 56 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1.04.36 57 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.05.40 58 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 1.05.51 59 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Astana 1.05.57 60 Ivan Velasco Murillo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.06.30 61 José Antonio Carrasco Ramirez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 1.07.06 62 José Luis Carrasco Gamiz (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 1.08.17 63 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 1.08.55 64 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Rabobank 1.09.27 65 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 1.09.38 66 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.10.25 67 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step 1.11.25 68 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale 1.13.14 69 Jose Ruiz Sanchez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 1.13.33 70 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 1.14.23 71 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 1.15.47 72 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 1.16.30 73 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.17.08 74 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram 1.17.39 75 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.17.52 76 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.18.29 77 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.19.18 78 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 1.20.51 79 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 1.23.50 80 Iñigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.26.01 81 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 1.26.17 82 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 1.26.31 83 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step 1.27.26 84 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 1.27.29 85 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 1.28.20 86 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1.29.34 87 Gustavo Dominguez Lemos (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 1.29.57 88 Walter Fernando Pedraza Morales (Col) Tinkoff Credit Systems 1.30.00 89 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Crédit Agricole 1.30.47 90 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 1.32.02 91 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.32.13 92 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 1.32.20 93 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence - Lotto 1.33.08 94 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.33.28 95 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto 1.33.49 96 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.33.50 97 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.36.11 98 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 1.36.28 99 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.36.50 100 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 1.37.37 101 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick Step 1.39.50 102 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Silence - Lotto 1.40.15 103 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.43.36 104 Koldo Fernandez De Larrea (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.43.47 105 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 1.44.12 106 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas 1.44.22 107 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.45.14 108 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Astana 1.45.22 109 Bingen Fernandez Bustinza (Spa) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.50.16 110 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 1.51.55 111 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 1.53.23 112 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1.54.55 113 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas 1.55.18 114 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.55.48 115 Cycril Lemoine (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.57.59 116 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.58.58 117 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 1.59.35 118 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.00.17 119 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Liquigas 2.02.20 120 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 2.03.32 121 Juan Javier Estrada Ruiz (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 2.06.56 122 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 2.07.33 123 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram 2.09.50 124 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 2.12.07 125 Bart Dockx (Bel) Silence - Lotto 2.12.29 126 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 2.13.07 127 Christian Kux (Ger) Team Milram 2.13.13 128 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 129 Francisco Jose Martinez Perez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 2.13.40 130 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step 2.13.41 131 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 2.14.18 132 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Crédit Agricole 2.16.19 133 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Française des Jeux 2.16.20 134 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre 2.17.15 135 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R La Mondiale 2.18.13 136 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre 2.20.02 137 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2.20.13 138 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas 2.24.26 139 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas 2.25.02 140 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step 2.25.22 141 Emanuele Bindi (Ita) Lampre 2.30.06 142 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner 2.31.42 143 Stéphane Poulhies (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 2.37.15 144 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana 2.41.20 145 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana 2.58.32 Points classification 1 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana 110 pts 2 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto 99 3 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 99 4 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 86 5 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 75 6 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step 58 7 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 56 8 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 54 9 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 51 10 Koldo Fernandez De Larrea (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 50 11 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 47 12 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 46 13 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 46 14 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 40 15 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 38 16 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 37 17 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 36 18 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 35 19 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 33 20 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 32 21 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 30 22 David Garcia Dapena (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 27 23 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 27 24 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 26 25 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Crédit Agricole 26 26 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 24 27 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 24 28 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 22 29 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 22 30 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 19 31 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step 18 32 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 18 33 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 18 34 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 18 35 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 17 36 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre 16 37 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre 16 38 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R La Mondiale 13 39 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 12 40 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step 12 41 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 11 42 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 11 43 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 10 44 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 10 45 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram 9 46 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 9 47 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 9 48 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 8 49 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 8 50 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 8 51 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick Step 8 52 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 7 53 Dominique Cornu (Bel) Silence - Lotto 7 54 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 7 55 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 7 56 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 7 57 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6 58 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6 59 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto 5 60 Sergio Miguel Paulinho Moreira (Por) Astana 5 61 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Silence - Lotto 5 62 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5 63 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 4 64 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux 4 65 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale 4 66 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 4 67 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 4 68 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 3 69 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step 3 70 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Crédit Agricole 3 71 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 2 72 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre 2 73 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 2 74 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems 2 75 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Astana 2 76 José Antonio Carrasco Ramirez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 2 77 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 2 78 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 2 79 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana 1 80 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 1 81 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 1 82 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence - Lotto 1 83 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas 1 Mountains classification 1 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 127 pts 2 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana 84 3 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 80 4 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step 77 5 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 51 6 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 48 7 Iñigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 46 8 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 45 9 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto 43 10 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 40 11 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 38 12 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 38 13 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 36 14 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 31 15 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 27 16 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 26 17 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 26 18 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 23 19 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 20 20 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 18 21 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux 18 22 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 18 23 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 17 24 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale 16 25 David Garcia Dapena (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 16 26 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 15 27 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 15 28 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 14 29 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 14 30 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems 14 31 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre 13 32 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 12 33 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 12 34 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram 11 35 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 10 36 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 10 37 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto 10 38 Sergio Miguel Paulinho Moreira (Por) Astana 9 39 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 9 40 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 9 41 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 9 42 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 8 43 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 8 44 Walter Fernando Pedraza Morales (Col) Tinkoff Credit Systems 8 45 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 7 46 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre 7 47 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana 7 48 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Astana 7 49 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 6 50 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step 6 51 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 5 52 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 5 53 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana 5 54 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step 4 55 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 4 56 Cycril Lemoine (Fra) Crédit Agricole 4 57 Francisco Jose Martinez Perez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 4 58 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana 4 59 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 3 60 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3 61 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Astana 3 62 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas 3 63 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas 3 64 Emanuele Bindi (Ita) Lampre 3 65 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2 66 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 2 67 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 2 68 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2 69 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1 70 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1 71 José Luis Carrasco Gamiz (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 1 72 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre 1 All around classification 1 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana 4 pts 2 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 14 3 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 17 4 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 20 5 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 21 6 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 24 7 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 33 8 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 41 9 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step 49 10 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 52 11 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 58 12 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 60 13 David Garcia Dapena (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 60 14 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 63 15 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 67 16 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 69 17 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 77 18 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step 92 19 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre 94 20 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 95 21 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre 99 22 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 101 23 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 108 24 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 110 25 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 112 26 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 116 27 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto 118 28 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 119 29 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 125 30 Sergio Miguel Paulinho Moreira (Por) Astana 126 31 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto 134 32 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 137 33 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 137 34 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux 138 35 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 138 36 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 138 37 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 149 38 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana 150 39 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 151 40 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems 152 41 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 153 42 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram 153 43 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale 157 44 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 161 45 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 164 46 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 165 47 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 168 48 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 168 49 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 173 50 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 174 51 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Astana 182 52 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step 186 53 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 187 54 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 194 55 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 198 56 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 208 57 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 223 Team classification 1 Caisse D'Epargne 183.12.52 2 Astana 29.07 3 Euskaltel - Euskadi 34.11 4 Team CSC - Saxo Bank 34.37 5 Xacobeo - Galicia 41.20 6 Lampre 55.16 7 Rabobank 1.04.11 8 AG2R - La Mondiale 1.08.41 9 Credit Agricole 1.22.24 10 Cofidis, le credit par telephone 1.25.52 11 Silence - Lotto 1.26.57 12 Gerolsteiner 1.37.26 13 Française Des Jeux 1.40.16 14 Quick Step 1.55.44 15 Andalucia - Cajasur 2.03.29 16 Tinkoff Credit Systems 2.10.53 17 Team Milram 2.53.27 18 Bouygues Telecom 3.09.01 19 Liquigas 3.53.17
