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63rd Vuelta a España - GT

Spain, August 30 - September 21, 2008

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Stage 17 - September 17: Zamora - Valladolid, 148.2km

Quick Step's Weylandt sprints to stage win

Contador keeps charge of oro

By Gregor Brown, with additional reporting by Bjorn Haake in Valladolid

Wouter Weylandt (Quick Step)
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Belgium's Wouter Weylandt, 23, took up the sprint reins for Team Quick Step and conquered stage 17 of the Vuelta a España. Weylandt bettered Matti Breschel of Team CSC-Saxo Bank and Alexandre Usov of AG2R La Mondiale with a throw of his bike at the end of a 148.2-kilometre stage to Valladolid.

"It's amazing. It was not a good year for me. In 2007 I had seven wins, this year just seconds," said Weylandt. "This makes up for a lot."

Spain's Alberto Contador, 25, continues to lead the race. The Team Astana rider controls the maillot oro by 1:17 over teammate Levi Leipheimer and 3:41 over CSC-Saxo Bank's Carlos Sastre.

Quick Step back, but with a different name

The sprint looked destined to take place on a day that contained no categorised climbs. The peloton swept up escape duo, Spaniards Pedro Horrillo (Rabobank) and José Ruiz (Andalucía-Cajasur), with six kilometres left. Teams Euskaltel and Silence Lotto drove their capture for captains Koldo Fernández and Greg Van Avermaet, respectively.

Notably absent from the manoeuvres was Team Quick Step. The split in the main pack at 15 kilometres out could have hampered its organisation. In the second group was yesterday's winner, Quick Step's Tom Boonen, with sprinter Erik Zabel of Team Milram. The two groups came together with 10 kilometres remaining.

Caisse d'Epargne launched a move by Imanol Erviti in the final four kilometres. The action brought Liquigas to the front for Filippo Pozzato, who was second yesterday. A wave of Quick Step men on the right cleared a surge of Pozzato's green men. Instead of Boonen, who was driving at the back of the pack, it was Weylandt sitting in last wheel of the train.

Celebration time
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Quick Step kept it going under the final kilometre banner despite a surge by Rabobank. Tosatto was on the front after the final corner – a 90-degree left – at 750 metres. The Italian pulled off early to force Usov into the wind and give the advantage to Weylandt.

Weylandt charged on the left of Usov and he kept Denmark's Breschel at bay on his other side. A bike throw topped his long charge to the line and he took his first win since March's win at Nokere-Koerse.

"I found out that I was going to be the main guy for the team today 20 kilometres from the finish," Weylandt added. "Yes, it made me nervous. You feel a bit stressed. I don't have many opportunities to sprint, so if there is one you want to win.

While waiting for a post-race interview with Belgian TV, Weylandt was the centre of attention for the fans. He also received the congratulations from none other than five-time Tour de France winner Miguel Indurain.

"Boonen had already decided before [the break in the peloton] to not go for the sprint, that's why he was stuck behind. He took it easy because he is going home tonight to prepare himself for the Worlds."

Breschel was happy with his second spot. "Yes, it's a good result, but unfortunately it wasn't good enough. I was really hoping for today, as all the big sprinters aren't there anymore, so it was a big chance for me today," he said.

"It was not bad," Usov noted. "Lloyd Mondory launched the sprint perfectly for me. I hesitated a bit as I wasn't on his wheel, I was on the wheel of an Euskaltel rider. So I launched my sprint a second later than the others."

Spain's Koldo Fernández could not repay his Euskaltel-Euskadi teammates for their work. He muscled up between the bikes of Weylandt and Usov to take fourth. Germany's Heinrich Haussler of Team Gerolsteiner took fifth.

Boonen concluded his run in the Vuelta with two stage wins and leaves Spain to prepare for his second World Championships title. The blue points jersey will now rest on the shoulders of Van Avermaet, who finished sixth today.

"I am very happy to take the points jersey back and I will try to take it all the way to Madrid. He [Boonen - ed.] looked to be surprised by the wind, and it was also his last day," said Van Avermaet, 23.

"I wasn't too happy with the sprint. I should have followed [Leonardo] Duque's wheel. However, the team was working great. We were one of the first teams to pull, together with Euskaltel. I knew there was wind, so I was staying close to the front. We had Yaroslav Popovych pulling very hard."

Rudimentary day

Alberto Contador (Astana)
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A "flat" 148.2-kilometre stage from Zamora started under sunny and 20° Celsius temperatures. France's Sylvain Chavanel of Team Cofidis did not start. The once race leader left early to prepare for the World Championships.

Horrillo threw the hammer down at kilometre 12. Fellow Spaniard, Ruiz, chased him and the duo joined forces at kilometre 13.

Their gap climbed up to eight and a half minutes under the watch of Teams Euskaltel-Euskadi and Silence-Lotto. The peloton was a lot more active than 24 hours previously, with the pace some 10km/h faster. Ruiz – winless in his career – and Horrillo – last win in 2006 – were having a hard time getting much space.

The Euskaltel- and Astana-led chase had the duo within five minutes with 50 kilometres left to race. Silence-Lotto lent more of its muscle to the effort for sprinter Van Avermaet.

The gap to the duo was down to two minutes in the last 25 kilometres. Euskaltel kept the effort going for sprinter Fernández and Silence for Van Avermaet.

Pressure

The pressure was on in the final 15 kilometres. The front duo held 42 seconds on the chase, which had split into two echeloned groups. The presence of Zabel and Boonen assured that the second group, led by Caisse d'Epargne, had some power in its chase.

Being caught in the second group was not Zabel's only problem. A flat rear tyre forced him to stop at seven kilometres, right before the escape duo ended their 130-kilometre run. Zabel re-joined the back of the main pack but was unable to contest the sprint.

Contador confident

The conclusion of the stage meant that Astana's Contador now only faces four stages before he can be crowned 2008 Vuelta a España champion. His lead in the overall classification looks untouchable, at least by any other. His nearest rival is America's Leipheimer, his own teammate.

Stage 18 - September 18: Valladolid - Las Rozas, 167.4km

Even though named lions's wall – Puerto de los Leones - this category climb is rather easy. It will be the only categorizsed uphill of the day in an otherwise mostly downhill and flat stage towards Las Rozas. This town is already a stone's throw from Madrid, adding extra incentive to hang tough for a few more days for those who are on the verge of abandoning.

Laz Rozas will host the stage finish for the second time. Last year it was Pedro Díaz Lobato who won solo, so maybe the sprinters will be left out again? Las Rozas has one of the highest average per capita incomes in the Community of Madrid.

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Results

1 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step                                       3.18.48 (44.73 km/h)
2 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                                     
3 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R La Mondiale                                         
4 Koldo Fernandez De Larrea (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                           
5 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                          
6 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                       
7 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                                
8 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                       
9 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre                                               
10 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas                                               
11 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux                                      
12 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram                                         
13 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                                     
14 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                       
15 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick Step                                               
16 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Crédit Agricole                                          
17 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                           
18 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                    
19 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                              
20 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre                                               
21 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                               
22 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Crédit Agricole                                          
23 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank                                  
24 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Rabobank                                             
25 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                               
26 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram                                               
27 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                 
28 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana                                                   
29 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                         
30 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                           
31 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                     
32 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                        
33 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas                                               
34 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank                                                 
35 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana                                                  
36 David Garcia Dapena (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                                    
37 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia                                        
38 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre                                                
39 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale                                     
40 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                             
41 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Astana                                         
42 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana                                        
43 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                                
44 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                    
45 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana                                                 
46 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                                  
47 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                           
48 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                              
49 Stéphane Poulhies (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                     
50 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                     
51 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                      
52 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank                                                   
53 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                           
54 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                            
55 Sergio Miguel Paulinho Moreira (Por) Astana                                  
56 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                         
57 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                                 
58 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                                         
59 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana                                         
60 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step                                          
61 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                            
62 Gustavo Cesar Veloso (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                                   
63 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                                
64 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                               
65 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                                              
66 Iñigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                        
67 José Antonio Carrasco Ramirez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                      
68 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                         
69 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre                                                   
70 Javier Moreno Bazan (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                                
71 Gustavo Dominguez Lemos (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                                
72 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                                 
73 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                      
74 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank                                                  
75 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                                             
76 Carlos Panadero Castano (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                                
77 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                    
78 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                     
79 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step                                              
80 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                                  
81 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                                 
82 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Astana                                                   
83 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                     
84 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                  
85 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre                                                 
86 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram                                                
87 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                 
88 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux                                    
89 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                          
90 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                       
91 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram                                              
92 Christian Kux (Ger) Team Milram                                              
93 Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                      
94 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step                                               
95 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas                                            
96 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step                                                
97 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Liquigas                                               
98 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas                                              
99 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                
100 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto                                    
101 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step                                             
102 Bingen Fernandez Bustinza (Spa) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone           
103 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner                                          
104 José Luis Carrasco Gamiz (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                          
105 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                                   
106 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas                                               
107 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                                      
108 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                         
109 Walter Fernando Pedraza Morales (Col) Tinkoff Credit Systems                
110 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale                           
111 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas                                               
112 Cycril Lemoine (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                        
113 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux                                  
114 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence - Lotto                                 0.20
115 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                     0.26
116 Ivan Velasco Murillo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                          0.29
117 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Crédit Agricole                                           
118 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                    0.34
119 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas                                         0.35
120 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step                                             0.44
121 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram                                        0.51
122 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                              0.53
123 Dominique Cornu (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                   0.57
124 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                1.22
125 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana                                               
126 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                            1.57
127 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank                                         
128 Jose Ruiz Sanchez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                             2.17
129 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                    2.21
130 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                               
131 Juan Javier Estrada Ruiz (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                          
132 Francisco Jose Martinez Perez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                     
133 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                           2.38
134 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 3.40
135 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                      5.51
136 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Française des Jeux                                    
137 Bart Dockx (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                        6.16
138 Emanuele Bindi (Ita) Lampre                                                 
139 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                       
140 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux                                     
141 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                         
DNS Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone DNF Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux   Sprints   Valladolid, km 107 1 Jose Ruiz Sanchez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 4 pts 2 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 2 3 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto 1   Fuensaldaña, km 114,6 1 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 4 pts 2 Jose Ruiz Sanchez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 2 3 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto 1   Valladolid, km 148,2 1 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step 25 pts 2 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 20 3 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R La Mondiale 16 4 Koldo Fernandez De Larrea (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 14 5 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 12 6 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto 10 7 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner 9 8 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 8 9 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre 7 10 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas 6 11 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 5 12 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram 4 13 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 3 14 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 2 15 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick Step 1   Teams   1 Gerolsteiner 9.56.24 2 Credit Agricole 3 Team CSC - Saxo Bank 4 Euskaltel - Euskadi 5 Lampre 6 AG2R - La Mondiale 7 Quick Step 8 Caisse D'Epargne 9 Rabobank 10 Xacobeo - Galicia 11 Astana 12 Team Milram 13 Liquigas 14 Cofidis, le credit par telephone 15 Française Des Jeux 16 Silence - Lotto 17 Bouygues Telecom 18 Andalucia - Cajasur 19 Tinkoff Credit Systems   General classification after stage 17   1 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana 69.53.52 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 10.52 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 22.41 20 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 23.17 21 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 23.21 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 Sergio Miguel Paulinho Moreira (Por) Astana 36.58 27 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre 37.58 28 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre 38.45 29 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 41.10 30 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step 43.02 31 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 43.54 32 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 43.59 33 Dominique Cornu (Bel) Silence - Lotto 44.15 34 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 44.19 35 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Silence - Lotto 45.24 36 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 46.47 37 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 49.37 38 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 49.43 39 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence - Lotto 40 Carlos Panadero Castano (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 50.55 41 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 52.23 42 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 54.13 43 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 54.14 44 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 57.02 45 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto 58.42 46 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems 59.11 47 Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 59.17 48 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 59.53 49 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 1.00.04 50 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.01.05 51 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 1.03.08 52 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.04.03 53 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1.05.15 54 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.05.40 55 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 1.05.51 56 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Astana 1.05.57 57 José Antonio Carrasco Ramirez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 1.07.06 58 Ivan Velasco Murillo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.07.26 59 José Luis Carrasco Gamiz (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 1.08.17 60 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Rabobank 1.09.27 61 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 1.10.17 62 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.10.25 63 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 1.11.08 64 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step 1.13.18 65 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale 1.13.53 66 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 1.15.02 67 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 1.15.58 68 Jose Ruiz Sanchez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 1.16.58 69 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.17.28 70 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram 1.18.02 71 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.18.29 72 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 1.18.31 73 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 74 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.19.10 75 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 1.20.51 76 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 1.23.50 77 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 1.26.19 78 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 1.26.56 79 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step 1.27.26 80 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 1.27.50 81 Iñigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.28.02 82 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 1.28.59 83 Gustavo Dominguez Lemos (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 1.30.08 84 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Crédit Agricole 1.30.47 85 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1.31.19 86 Walter Fernando Pedraza Morales (Col) Tinkoff Credit Systems 1.31.43 87 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.32.36 88 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 1.32.41 89 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 1.32.59 90 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto 1.33.43 91 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.34.01 92 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.34.39 93 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.36.11 94 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 1.38.16 95 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence - Lotto 1.40.03 96 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick Step 1.40.10 97 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Silence - Lotto 1.42.56 98 Koldo Fernandez De Larrea (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.43.47 99 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.44.15 100 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas 1.44.22 101 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.44.48 102 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 1.44.57 103 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Astana 1.45.22 104 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.46.56 105 Bingen Fernandez Bustinza (Spa) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.50.32 106 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 1.52.19 107 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1.55.18 108 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.55.48 109 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas 1.56.07 110 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 1.58.02 111 Cycril Lemoine (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.58.34 112 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 1.59.35 113 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.00.56 114 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Liquigas 2.02.20 115 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2.07.15 116 Juan Javier Estrada Ruiz (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 2.09.56 117 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 2.10.02 118 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram 2.10.10 119 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 2.11.45 120 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step 2.13.21 121 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 2.13.54 122 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 2.13.58 123 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 2.14.29 124 Christian Kux (Ger) Team Milram 2.15.54 125 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre 2.17.15 126 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Crédit Agricole 2.17.27 127 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.17.32 128 Francisco Jose Martinez Perez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 2.17.49 129 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R La Mondiale 2.18.05 130 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre 2.20.41 131 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2.20.52 132 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Française des Jeux 2.22.50 133 Bart Dockx (Bel) Silence - Lotto 2.22.51 134 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas 2.24.49 135 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas 2.25.41 136 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step 2.27.47 137 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner 2.31.42 138 Emanuele Bindi (Ita) Lampre 2.38.00 139 Stéphane Poulhies (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 2.38.57 140 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana 2.41.30 141 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana 3.01.55 Points classification   1 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto 112 pts 2 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana 110 3 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 100 4 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 99 5 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 86 6 Koldo Fernandez De Larrea (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 74 7 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 60 8 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step 58 9 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 56 10 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 56 11 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 54 12 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 47 13 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 46 14 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 44 15 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 40 16 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 38 17 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R La Mondiale 38 18 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step 37 19 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 37 20 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 36 21 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 34 22 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 33 23 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 30 24 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 30 25 David Garcia Dapena (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 27 26 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 27 27 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 26 28 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Crédit Agricole 26 29 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 24 30 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 24 31 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 22 32 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 22 33 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 19 34 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 19 35 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step 18 36 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 18 37 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 17 38 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre 16 39 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre 16 40 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner 16 41 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre 15 42 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 13 43 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 12 44 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 12 45 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Astana 12 46 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 11 47 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 10 48 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 10 49 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 9 50 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram 9 51 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 9 52 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 9 53 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick Step 9 54 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 8 55 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 8 56 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 8 57 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 8 58 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 7 59 Dominique Cornu (Bel) Silence - Lotto 7 60 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 7 61 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 7 62 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas 7 63 Jose Ruiz Sanchez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 6 64 Walter Fernando Pedraza Morales (Col) Tinkoff Credit Systems 6 65 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6 66 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto 5 67 Sergio Miguel Paulinho Moreira (Por) Astana 5 68 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Silence - Lotto 5 69 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5 70 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 4 71 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 4 72 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale 4 73 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 4 74 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram 4 75 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 3 76 José Antonio Carrasco Ramirez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 3 77 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step 3 78 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Crédit Agricole 3 79 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 2 80 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre 2 81 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 2 82 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems 2 83 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Astana 2 84 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 2 85 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Crédit Agricole 2 86 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence - Lotto 1 87 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana 1 88 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 1 89 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 1   Mountains classification   1 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 143 pts 2 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 90 3 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step 89 4 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana 84 5 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 51 6 Iñigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 46 7 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 45 8 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto 43 9 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 40 10 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 38 11 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 38 12 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 36 13 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 31 14 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 27 15 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 26 16 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 26 17 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 22 18 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 20 19 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 18 20 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 17 21 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale 16 22 David Garcia Dapena (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 16 23 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 15 24 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 15 25 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 14 26 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 14 27 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems 14 28 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre 13 29 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 12 30 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 12 31 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram 11 32 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 10 33 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 10 34 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto 10 35 Sergio Miguel Paulinho Moreira (Por) Astana 9 36 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 9 37 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 9 38 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 9 39 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 8 40 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 8 41 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step 8 42 Walter Fernando Pedraza Morales (Col) Tinkoff Credit Systems 8 43 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick Step 8 44 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 7 45 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre 7 46 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana 7 47 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Astana 7 48 Francisco Jose Martinez Perez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 7 49 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 6 50 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas 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 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana 4 58 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 3 59 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3 60 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Astana 3 61 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas 3 62 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas 3 63 Emanuele Bindi (Ita) Lampre 3 64 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2 65 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 2 66 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 2 67 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2 68 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1 69 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1 70 José Luis Carrasco Gamiz (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 1 71 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step 1 72 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre 1   Combination classification   1 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana 7 pts 2 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 14 3 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 20 4 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 20 5 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 22 6 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 25 7 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 32 8 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 43 9 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step 52 10 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 60 11 David Garcia Dapena (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 60 12 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 60 13 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 67 14 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 69 15 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 76 16 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 87 17 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 91 18 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step 92 19 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre 95 20 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre 95 21 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 95 22 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 103 23 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 113 24 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 114 25 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 118 26 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto 118 27 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 120 28 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto 120 29 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 126 30 Sergio Miguel Paulinho Moreira (Por) Astana 128 31 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 130 32 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 141 33 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 143 34 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram 146 35 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 149 36 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 153 37 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 153 38 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems 154 39 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale 154 40 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana 157 41 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 158 42 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 160 43 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 162 44 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 163 45 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 164 46 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 171 47 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 177 48 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step 178 49 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Astana 183 50 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick Step 186 51 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 187 52 Walter Fernando Pedraza Morales (Col) Tinkoff Credit Systems 187 53 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Astana 200 54 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 201   Teams classification   1 Caisse d'Epargne 209.13.04 2 Astana 29.07 3 Euskaltel - Euskadi 34.11 4 Team CSC - Saxo Bank 34.37 5 Xacobeo Galicia 41.20 6 Lampre 55.32 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 1.40.55 14 Quick Step 1.55.44 15 Andalucia - Cajasur 2.03.52 16 Tinkoff Credit Systems 2.11.04 17 Team Milram 2.53.27 18 Bouygues Telecom 3.09.40 19 Liquigas 3.53.17

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