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63rd Vuelta a España - GT

Spain, August 30 - September 21, 2008

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Stage 7 - September 6: Barbastro - Andorra, 223.2km

Ballan takes dramatic season first win

Stage win and overall to Italian Classics man

By Gregor Brown, with addition reporting from Bjorn Haake in Andorra

Alessandro Ballan (Lampre) celebrates
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Better known for his status in the Spring Classics, Alessandro Ballan claimed victory and the overall race lead the first high-mountain stage of the Vuelta a España – 223.2 kilometres from Barbastro to Andorra. The 28 year-old Italian formed part of the day's escape group 18 kilometres into the day that was marked with four categorised climbs, including the mountain top arrival on La Rabassa.

"I started the day thinking to go tranquilo and to prepare for the Worlds. But then, I was in the break. With 30 kilometres to go I still didn't know if I could win. I am satisfied with the victory," said Ballan.

Ballan – 2'30" down at the start of the day – ensured the day's winnings with a solo bid at kilometre 209. He left behind Marc De Maar (Rabobank), part of an early escape that also included Gianni Meersman (Française des Jeux), Iñigo Landaluze (Euskaltel-Euskadi) and Xabier Zandio (Caisse d'Epargne).

The overall favourites were hot on Ballan's heels. Giro d'Italia winner Alberto Contador of Team Astana was the first to play his cards in the final two kilometres. Ezequiel Mosquera of Team Xacobeo Galicia closed down his fellow Spaniard for second on the stage, but Contador gained a precious five seconds on competitors like Spain's Carlos Sastre of Team CSC-Saxo Bank.

Ballan now controls the overall lead by one minute over America's Levi Leipheimer of Team Astana and Frenchman and 1'21" former race leader, Sylvain Chavanel of Team Cofidis.

"I was a bit afraid that the favourites would go all out at the last climb, but it wasn't too hard and didn't require that much strength," continued Ballan, whose last race win was in the Tour de Pologne. "I am dedicating this victory to my daughter, who was born in August, and to my family."

The peltoon
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Mosquera was proud of his day, which included hard racing conditions. "It was tough today with the rain. I didn't have a great start to the Vuelta. The time trial was bad [29th at 2'09" down - ed.]. I didn't think it was going to be my Vuelta, but my form has changed. Now I am feeling good," he said.

The day started unlike the others with a cold air – down to 15°C from the usually 30°C. Riders, after the first rest day, rolled out at an early start of 11:28 to face the four categorised climbs – cumulating with the second accent of the La Rabassa – and intermittent rain.

The escape of the day moved free near kilometre 18. It contained Ballan, Netherlands' De Maar, Spain's Zandio and Landaluze, Belgium's Meersman and France's David Moncoutié (Cofidis). Chavanel's team-mate Moncoutié did not stay and play, but the remaining five carried on.

The move had a solid six-plus minutes in hand by kilometre 38 – 6'25". The gap continued to grow and Ballan – 2'30" down at the start of the day – was in the virtual maillot oro for most of the day. At the base of the first climb, Puerto de Montllobar, the gap was 8'50". It grew to 10'35" over the Cofidis-led peloton by the start of the third category Collado de Faidella.

The first pass of the Alto de la Rabassa sorted out the escape. The leaders dropped Xabier Zandio at kilometre 181, 12.4 kilometres to the top. Compatriot Landaluze was next, but he maintained contact and passed the summit – kilometre 193.4 – only 18 back of the front trio. A chase trio – Patrice Halgand (Crédit Agricole), Egoi Martínez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) and Carlos Castaño (Xacobeo Galicia) – formed in pursuit of the leaders. It gained some ground on the peloton, but was reeled back by Rabassa's summit. The peloton, near 45 riders and led by Sergio Paulinho (Astana), passed 6'27" behind the leaders.

Carlos Sastre (CSC-Saxo Bank) was in the group
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World Champion Paolo Bettini (Quick Step) and David Garcia (Xacobeo Galicia) broke free on the decent. They formed a new trio with Zandio for the start of the day's final climb. They held one minute on the peloton around three kilometres into the climb – kilometre 209.

Ballan takes control

After a brief surge ahead by Landaluze, Ballan took control of the stage. He held 1'28" on De Maar 3'40" on Meersman at kilometre 213 – just over ten kilometres to race. The peloton was at 5'35" back and the new Spanish duo – Mauricio Ardila Cano (Rabobank) and David Arroyo (Caisse d'Epargne) – were in the middle.

The heat was on in the group of classification favourites despite the chilly mountain temperatures. In the following seven kilometres, the chase halved the gap and Ballan's chances for the overall lead.

Contador moved to distance his rivals and only Mosquera was there to mark from the chasing group of six. Contador finished third and Joaquím Rodríguez (Caisse d'Epargne) came in five seconds back with Leipheimer, Igor Antón (Euskaltel-Euskadi) and Sastre. Race favourite and winner of stage two, Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne), lost 50 seconds to the favourites.

Stage 8 - September 7: Andorra - Pla de Beret, 151km

Kisses for the man in yellow
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The peloton won't enjoy the downhill out of Andorra for long during stage eight. After only 23 kilometres the grind of the day starts, with the category one Cantó the first obstacle of the day along the 151-kilometre long route. It is quickly followed by the Alto de Enviny.

Then the tough Puerto de La Bonaigua stands in the way of the riders. It is a stair-step like climb that forces the cyclists to constantly change their rhythm. The summit is at 2070 metres, the highest point of the 2008 Vuelta a España.

The final will be the hors-category finish climb to the Pla de Beret. It is only 1880 metres high and not quite as steep, but it is the finishing climb after all and deserves its higher ranking.

The Pla de Beret was used as a stage finish three times so far. It was scheduled one more time, but in 209.51 the stage was cancelled due to snow in the Puerto de la Bonaigua. With the move from the spring to late summer, this should not happen this time.

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Results

1 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre                                       6.15.51
2 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                          2.42
3 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana                                   2.45
4 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                2.50
5 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana                                                
6 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                              
7 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                             
8 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                          3.03
9 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre                                           3.11
10 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                         
11 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank                                               
12 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                           3.15
13 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                            
14 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank                            3.21
15 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                   
16 Javier Moreno Bazan (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                          3.39
17 Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                    
18 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                         3.40
19 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                         
20 Dominique Cornu (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                  3.46
21 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                     3.48
22 Gustavo Cesar Veloso (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                             3.58
23 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana                                            4.13
24 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank                                            4.18
25 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                              4.20
26 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre                                                
27 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                              5.33
28 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram                                        6.37
29 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                7.33
30 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step                                    7.40
31 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre                                             7.41
32 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence - Lotto                                        
33 José Antonio Carrasco Ramirez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                    
34 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Rabobank                                       7.44
35 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                           
36 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Crédit Agricole                                        
37 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana                                   8.29
38 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                     9.02
39 David Garcia Dapena (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                              9.25
40 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                               9.37
41 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems                          9.40
42 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                     9.57
43 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Française des Jeux                               9.59
44 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                                       
45 Carlos Panadero Castano (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                              
46 Iñigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                      
47 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step                                        10.30
48 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre                                          10.45
49 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale                                   
50 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                         10.46
51 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                    
52 Sergio Miguel Paulinho Moreira (Por) Astana                           11.25
53 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                                      11.52
54 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole                              12.07
55 José Luis Carrasco Gamiz (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                    12.36
56 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                       
57 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank                                                 
58 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                            14.15
59 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence - Lotto                               16.07
60 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram                                             
61 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                  
62 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas                                          
63 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                                
64 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                 16.15
65 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                   17.12
66 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                               
67 Ivan Velasco Murillo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                             
68 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux                                    
69 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia                                 18.35
70 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Astana                                       
71 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                               
72 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                              
73 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                                            
74 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                               
75 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                                
76 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto                                   
77 Gustavo Dominguez Lemos (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                              
78 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                    
79 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank                                     18.38
80 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                                   
81 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step                                              
82 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                       
83 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Crédit Agricole                                        
84 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                    
85 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 19.22
86 Francisco Jose Martinez Perez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur               19.44
87 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                          20.42
88 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale                     22.48
89 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                   22.56
90 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner                                         
91 Jose Ruiz Sanchez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                           24.28
92 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                         24.48
93 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                  24.49
94 Mathias Frank (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                      29.40
95 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                  29.55
96 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                          
97 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step                                           
98 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas                                             
99 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step                                            
100 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                              
101 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                      
102 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas                                           
103 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram                                          
104 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                                    
105 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas                                             
106 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                               
107 Cycril Lemoine (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                      
108 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre                                            
109 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre                                           
110 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                        
111 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux                                
112 Emanuele Bindi (Ita) Lampre                                               
113 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux                                   
114 Juan Javier Estrada Ruiz (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                        
115 Walter Fernando Pedraza Morales (Col) Tinkoff Credit Systems              
116 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                      
117 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                   
118 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank                               
119 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                                 
120 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                             
121 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                     
122 Koldo Fernandez De Larrea (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                       
123 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                       
124 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                        
125 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank                                       
126 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Astana                                                
127 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                    
128 Christian Kux (Ger) Team Milram                                           
129 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                                
130 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                 
131 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas                                             
132 Bingen Fernandez Bustinza (Spa) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone         
133 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                  
134 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram                                             
135 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick Step                                            
136 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas                                           
137 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Liquigas                                            
138 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Française des Jeux                                  
139 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                   
140 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                            
141 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux                                 
142 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                         
143 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas                                            
144 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas                                            
145 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                  
146 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step                                               
147 José Antonio Lopez Gil (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                          
148 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram                                      
149 Artur Gajek (Ger) Team Milram                                             
150 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                    
151 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                       
152 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux                                   
153 Bart Dockx (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                          
154 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                     
155 Stéphane Poulhies (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                  
156 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                   
157 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R La Mondiale                                     
158 Jean-Marc Marino (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                    
159 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Crédit Agricole                                    30.07
160 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step                                      30.08
161 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana                                             
162 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana                                           30.10
163 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre                                       30.49
DNS Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step 
DNS Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                           
DNF Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom      
DNF Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                           

Sprints

Sprint 1 - Benabarre, 32.5km

1 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                    4 pts
2 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre                                  2
3 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank                                     1
 
Sprint 2 - Sant Julia de Loria, 180km

1 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre                                  4 pts
2 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                    2
3 Iñigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi           1
 
Final sprint - Andorra (Naturlandia - La Rabassa), 223.2km

1 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre                                 25 pts
2 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                 20
3 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana                          16
4 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                       14
5 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana                                   12
6 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                 10
7 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                 9
8 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                  8
9 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre                                   7
10 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                             6
11 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank                                   5
12 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                   4
13 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                3
14 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank                    2
15 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone       1
16 Iñigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi         -5
17 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                     -5
18 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux                       -5
19 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step                                   -5
20 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                           -5
21 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank                                    -5
22 Artur Gajek (Ger) Team Milram                                 -5

Mountains

Mountain 1 -Port de Montllobar (Cat. 2) 64km

1 Iñigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi          10 pts
2 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre                                  7
3 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank                                     5
4 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Française des Jeux                        3
5 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                    2
6 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone          1
 
Mountain 2 - Collado de Faidella ( Cat. 3, 111km)

1 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank                                     6 pts
2 Iñigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi           4
3 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre                                  2
4 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                    1
 
Mountain 3 - Alto de La Rabassa (Cat 1, 193km)

1 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank                                    16 pts
2 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre                                 12
3 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Française des Jeux                       10
4 Iñigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi           8
5 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                    6
6 Sergio Miguel Paulinho Moreira (Por) Astana                     4
7 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana                            3
8 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana                                     2
9 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana                                    1
 
Mountain 4 - Andorra (Naturlandia - La Rabassa, 223km)

1 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre                                 30 pts
2 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                 25
3 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana                          20
4 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                       16
5 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana                                   12
6 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                 10
7 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                 8
8 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                  6
9 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre                                   4
10 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                             3
11 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank                                   2
12 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                   1

Teams
 
1 Lampre                                                              18.55.04
2 Caisse D'Epargne                                                        2.02
3 Team CSC - Saxo Bank                                                    2.13
4 Astana                                                                  2.17
5 Rabobank                                                                3.19
6 Xacobeo - Galicia                                                       8.34
7 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                                     8.44
8 Silence - Lotto                                                        13.53
9 Andalucia - Cajasur                                                    16.25
10 Gerolsteiner                                                          17.33
11 Tinkoff Credit Systems                                                23.57
12 AG2R - La Mondiale                                                    24.52
13 Credit Agricole                                                       28.35
14 Quick Step                                                            29.17
15 Française Des Jeux                                                    29.39
16 Cofidis, le credit par telephone                                      36.31
17 Bouygues Telecom                                                      41.15
18 Team Milram                                                           45.08
19 Liquigas                                                            1.08.26
 
General classification after stage 7

1 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre                                      23.53.26
2 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana                                            1.00
3 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                1.21
4 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana                                   1.34
5 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                      2.06
6 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                         2.27
7 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                            2.59
8 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                              
9 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                          3.17
10 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                         3.23
11 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre                                          3.51
12 Dominique Cornu (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                  3.52
13 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                     3.54
14 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank                                           4.11
15 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                               5.03
16 Gustavo Cesar Veloso (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                             5.04
17 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                              5.24
18 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                     5.25
19 Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                5.40
20 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                         6.35
21 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank                            6.41
22 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                        7.11
23 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana                                            7.40
24 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre                                            8.24
25 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step                                    9.01
26 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Crédit Agricole                                    9.10
27 Javier Moreno Bazan (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                          9.28
28 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                       9.39
29 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Rabobank                                      10.02
30 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana                                  10.21
31 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems                         10.23
32 David Garcia Dapena (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                             10.42
33 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                                  11.05
34 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                               11.35
35 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale                              11.46
36 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence - Lotto                                   11.52
37 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone               12.48
38 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre                                            12.50
39 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step                                        13.19
40 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                         13.41
41 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                    13.53
42 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank                                           14.42
43 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                            15.08
44 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre                                          16.06
45 Carlos Panadero Castano (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                         16.20
46 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                  16.35
47 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram                                        16.44
48 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                    16.54
49 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                             17.05
50 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence - Lotto                               17.11
51 Sergio Miguel Paulinho Moreira (Por) Astana                           17.31
52 Iñigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                 17.50
53 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                   18.06
54 José Antonio Carrasco Ramirez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur               18.24
55 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                             18.27
56 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                                       19.14
57 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole                              19.21
58 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                                
59 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                          19.37
60 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                              20.13
61 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto                              20.56
62 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                 21.15
63 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                          21.28
64 Gustavo Dominguez Lemos (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                         21.36
65 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Astana                                  21.42
66 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia                                 22.08
67 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                                      22.20
68 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank                                     22.32
69 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram                                       22.39
70 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 22.44
71 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                              23.10
72 Ivan Velasco Murillo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                        23.57
73 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole                               24.59
74 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step                                              
75 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                          25.09
76 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Crédit Agricole                                   25.27
77 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux                               25.42
78 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank                                            25.45
79 José Luis Carrasco Gamiz (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                    26.01
80 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               26.06
81 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                          26.24
82 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Française des Jeux                              26.27
83 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas                                     27.21
84 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                  27.59
85 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner                                    28.40
86 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                  29.01
87 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas                                        29.37
88 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale                     29.43
89 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank                           29.56
90 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                           29.57
91 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                          30.30
92 Jose Ruiz Sanchez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                           30.31
93 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                   31.02
94 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                         32.02
95 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto                               32.34
96 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step                                           32.48
97 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas                                        33.03
98 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                  33.55
99 Koldo Fernandez De Larrea (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                   35.09
100 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                          35.57
101 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                            35.58
102 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step                                      36.47
103 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone             37.40
104 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone               37.46
105 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                               38.31
106 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone               38.32
107 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                39.57
108 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram                                        40.49
109 Bingen Fernandez Bustinza (Spa) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone    41.03
110 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                  41.11
111 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                   41.19
112 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                            41.37
113 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                 42.26
114 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick Step                                       42.29
115 Walter Fernando Pedraza Morales (Col) Tinkoff Credit Systems         42.44
116 Christian Kux (Ger) Team Milram                                      43.12
117 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas                                      43.21
118 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    43.41
119 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux                              43.59
120 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux                           44.48
121 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas                                       45.01
122 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                        45.34
123 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux                            46.21
124 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas                                        46.23
125 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              46.25
126 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Astana                                           47.00
127 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                   47.23
128 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                  47.39
129 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                 48.06
130 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Crédit Agricole                                    48.31
131 Francisco Jose Martinez Perez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur              49.51
132 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux                              50.13
133 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              50.32
134 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank                                  50.36
135 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                    50.41
136 Mathias Frank (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                     50.47
137 Bart Dockx (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                     51.05
138 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre                                       51.30
139 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R La Mondiale                                52.12
140 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Française des Jeux                             52.41
141 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram                                 53.08
142 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram                                     54.25
143 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                             54.27
144 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre                                           
145 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas                                        54.41
146 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre                                       54.47
147 Stéphane Poulhies (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                             55.09
148 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana                                           55.29
149 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                           56.05
150 Jean-Marc Marino (Fra) Crédit Agricole                               56.23
151 Juan Javier Estrada Ruiz (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                   56.41
152 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                57.05
153 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Liquigas                                       57.59
154 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step                                     58.15
155 Emanuele Bindi (Ita) Lampre                                          58.46
156 Cycril Lemoine (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                 59.19
157 José Antonio Lopez Gil (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                     59.21
158 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step                                      59.38
159 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                      1.00.55
160 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana                                      1.01.19
161 Artur Gajek (Ger) Team Milram                                      1.02.55
162 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                     1.04.09
163 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas                                    1.05.09

Points classification

1 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas                                  63 pts
2 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre                                  56
3 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne              54
4 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step                                     43
5 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto                         42
6 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana                                    37
7 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                    37
8 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                              36
9 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone        35
10 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step                                 33
11 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana                          32
12 Koldo Fernandez De Larrea (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi            30
13 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Crédit Agricole                            24
14 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                      22
15 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                 20
16 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole                        17
17 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas                                17
18 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone         16
19 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                   14
20 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                       14
21 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                  14
22 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank                              14
23 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre                                 14
24 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                      11
25 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas                                 10
26 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                10
27 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                 10
28 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                 10
29 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale                       10
30 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                     9
31 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                            9
32 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step                                9
33 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                   8
34 José Antonio Lopez Gil (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                8
35 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                    8
36 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram                                 8
37 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick Step                                  8
38 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre                                   7
39 Dominique Cornu (Bel) Silence - Lotto                           7
40 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                        7
41 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner                              7
42 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank                     6
43 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                            6
44 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                               6
45 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank                                    5
46 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                              5
47 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi              4
48 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana                                     4
49 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R La Mondiale                           4
50 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                 3
51 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Française des Jeux                        3
52 David Garcia Dapena (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                       2
53 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre                                      2
54 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank                     2
55 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                   2
56 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank                                     1
57 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                       1
58 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone        1
59 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone             1
60 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                   1
 
Mountains classification

1 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre                                  51 pts
2 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank                                     27
3 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                  25
4 Iñigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi           22
5 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana                           20
6 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                   17
7 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                        16
8 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana                                    13
9 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Française des Jeux                        13
10 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                 10
11 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                    9
12 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                 8
13 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                   7
14 Walter Fernando Pedraza Morales (Col) Tinkoff Credit Systems    7
15 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                                6
16 José Antonio Lopez Gil (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                6
17 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                  6
18 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                   6
19 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre                                   4
20 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step                                  4
21 Sergio Miguel Paulinho Moreira (Por) Astana                     4
22 Francisco Jose Martinez Perez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur         4
23 Cycril Lemoine (Fra) Crédit Agricole                            4
24 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                              3
25 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana                            3
26 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank                                    2
27 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi              2
28 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana                                     2
29 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                          2
30 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                    1
31 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone          1

Best all-around classification

1 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre                                   4 pts
2 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana                                    16
3 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana                           20
4 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                  26
5 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                        42
6 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                 44
7 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                              45
8 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                  46
9 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                  55
10 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                   56
11 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre                                  68
12 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step                                 69
13 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank                                   85
14 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi             92
15 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana                                    99
16 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank                                   100
17 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                  121
18 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                 140
19 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Française des Jeux                      142
20 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone        155
21 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                 183
22 José Antonio Lopez Gil (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur              207
23 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                 237
 
Team classification

1 Astana                                                              71.29.56
2 Team CSC - Saxo Bank                                                    0.38
3 Caisse D'Epargne                                                        2.08
4 Lampre                                                                  3.39
5 Rabobank                                                                5.10
6 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                                    11.25
7 Xacobeo - Galicia                                                      11.52
8 Silence - Lotto                                                        15.01
9 Gerolsteiner                                                           18.16
10 Tinkoff Credit Systems                                                25.35
11 Andalucia - Cajasur                                                   28.45
12 AG2R - La Mondiale                                                    28.50
13 Quick Step                                                            30.40
14 Française Des Jeux                                                    33.07
15 Credit Agricole                                                       33.53
16 Cofidis, le credit par telephone                                      38.55
17 Bouygues Telecom                                                      44.10
18 Team Milram                                                           56.03
19 Liquigas                                                            1.12.12

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