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63rd Vuelta a España - GT
Spain, August 30 - September 21, 2008
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Stage 10 - September 9: Sabiñánigo - Zaragoza, 151.3km
Hinault heads French one-two in Zaragoza
Martínez keeps watch on maillot oro
By Gregor Brown, with additional reporting by Bjorn Haake in Zaragoza
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Sébastien Hinault, 34, took his second win of the season in stage ten of the Vuelta a España. The Crédit Agricole rider won with a kick down the right hand side of Zaragoza's finishing straight, setting up a French one-two with Loyd Mondory of Team AG2R La Mondiale and Silence-Lotto's Greg Van Avermaet in third. Cycling's big guns, Oscar Freire and Tom Boonen finished fourth and fifth.
"The team was very motivated because the sponsor is not continuing," said Hinault, who is without a team for 2009.
"The last ten kilometres were not very fast. It didn't start to accelerate until Pozzato from Liquigas attacked," he continued as he described the finale that saw him get the jump on multiple World Champions. "Boonen or Freire? They are both great sprinters, it depends a bit on how the sprint unfolds. At the Tour of Germany I already won a bunch sprint with Tom Boonen there."
Hinault's last win came in the Tour du Limousin. He took the win in stage three to Cublac over Australia's Allan Davis on his way to claiming the overall of the four-day race.
The appearance of Mondory in the top three surprised some Vuelta fans. The 26 year-old gunned for his third win of the season today. He fell short, but can look back on a year highlighted with wins in stage two of Paris-Corrèze and GP Kanton Aargau. "Since a few months now I have gained confidence. I arrived in Spain with good legs and with the objective of a stage victory." While he was happy with second, Mondory now wants to go all the way. "Now everything is possible and I still believe in my chances until the end of the Vuelta."
Van Avermaet was easily recognisable in third. The Belgian won yesterday's stage and seems to be writing himself into the Belgian national team for Worlds with two spots up on the team's leader, Boonen. Van Avermaet will be even more recognisable in the next stage, as he took over the blue points jersey from Alejandro Valverde.
Oro kept safe
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Thanks to handy pace-making by Team Euskaltel-Euskadi, Egoi Martínez conserved the overall leader's maillot oro. The Spanish team kept control on the day marked by the 104-kilometre escape of Slovakian Matej Jurco of Team Milram.
"I went away over the top of the climb. I was really hoping someone would join me. It was really hard out there with the wind," said Jurco. "I was very happy to be in the break and to win both sprints. I was going well, but it was difficult. I only got caught seven kilometres from the line."
His move went after an uphill start. Despite attempts by Russian Mikhail Ignatiev (Tinkoff Credit Systems) and Spaniard Joaquím Rodríguez (Caisse d'Epargne) to ride free after the departure from Sabiñánigo, France's Team Cofidis controlled the race in the first hour. It wanted to make sure that winner of stage eight, Frenchman David Moncoutié (Cofidis), stayed safely in his red jersey of mountains leader. The day only contained one climb, the 11 kilometre run up Alto de Monrepós, at kilometre 34.
Juan Manuel Gárate (Quick Step) shot out for maximum points, but Moncoutié claimed third behind Nikita Eskov (Tinkoff Credit Systems) to keep his jersey. "It was a transitional stage, one for the sprinters. I had a quiet day and added points to the mountain jersey," Moncoutié said, in red by 32 points after stage ten.
Jurco after the Monrepós
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After the top of the Alto de Monrepós, Slovakian Jurco darted clear. Eyes shifted to Egoi Martínez's team to take up the reins after Cofidis relinquished control. Euskaltel set a tempo that allowed Jurco, winner of his country's road and time trial championships, to gain six minutes by kilometre 67.
At kilometre 84, the 24 year-old rider from Poprad reached what would be his maximum advantage of the day – 7'20". Euskaltel – along with CSC-Saxo Bank and AG2R – started to put the squeeze on the lone star. His advantage was down to two and a half minutes at kilometre 114, near Zuera.
Jurco's move seemed to be over with 20 kilometres to go to Zaragoza. Spaniard José Antonio López of Team Andalucía-Cajasur blasted out of the pack and quickly closed down on Jurco. The duo worked together well over the next ten kilometres. Frenchmen Yannick Talabardon (Crédit Agricole) and Mickaël Delage (Française des Jeux) bridged over as the peloton finally closed the gap.
Liquigas closes down
Despite the overnight departure of Daniel Bennati – winner of two stages – and the crash of Alessandro Vanotti, Team Liquigas took over control in the final eight kilometres for Italian Filippo Pozzato. It closed down the escape and handled the counter-attacks with teams Gerolsteiner and Cofidis chipping in on the work.
Quick Step put five men on the front in the final three kilometres for Boonen. Milram, Crédit Agricole and Liquigas fell behind the Belgian team over the wide run in where Erik Zabel won two years prior. Two kilometres later, the blue train of the 2005 World Champion ran off its rails. Boonen's former team-mate, Pozzato, darted off the front.
The tricky corners – particularly the nasty left-hander near 500 metres – played into Pozzato's favour. Milram and Bouygues Telecom closed in on the Italian at 100 metres as Hinault click into gear on the right side of the finishing straight.
Stage 11 - September 10: Calahorra - Burgos, 178km
The only other longer transfer sees the rider start the stage from Calahorra, which hosts a stage start for the second year in a row. Unlike last year, when the race headed to Zaragoza, this time the peloton is westward bound and will end up in Burgos. Despite the category three el Alto de la Pradilla after 115 of the 178 kilometres, the sprinters are once again expected to battle it out for the stage glory.
Burgos hosts a Vuelta finish for the 10th time. Burgos is the capital of the province of Burgos, with about 151.3,000 inhabitants. The laws of Burgos ("Leyes de Burgos") were declared here in 1512. Those laws were invented with regards to treatment of the American native Indians by the Spanish settlers.
Full report to follow.
Photography
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- A happy Egoi Martínez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) with his precious baby and his precious golden jersey.
- The family Martínez before the race.
- Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) shows off his racer's tan.
- Johan Bruyneel is busy talking about Lance Armstrong again.
- Valverde in the blue jersey of points leader, but his one-point margin against sprinter Greg Van Avermaet (Silence-Lotto) may vanish in Zaragoza.
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- Sébastien Hinault (Credit Agricole) takes the stage win in Zaragoza.
- Alberto Contador (Astana) lies in wait in the white jersey of best young rider.
- Sébastien Hinault (Credit Agricole)
- Hinault celebrates his win with the traditional champagne soaking of the press.
- Egoi Martinez (Eustaltel-Euskadi) gets another golded jersey.
- Egoi Martinez (Eustaltel-Euskadi) enjoys his second day on the leader's podium.
- Egoi Martinez (Eustaltel-Euskadi) is happy to keep his leader's jersey for another day.
- Filippo Pozzato (Liquigas) is dejected as the peloton comes rushing past him before the line.
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- Stage 10 breaks up in echelons.
- Matej Jurco (Team Milram) was solo for most of the day.
- Egoi Martínez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) rides in the leader's maillot oro.
- France's David Moncoutié (Cofidis) in the mountains red top.
- Astana drives the pace
- A team Astana rider gets bottles for the team.
- A USA fan looking rather silly.
- José Antonio López (Andalucía-Cajasur) leads the escape in the final 10 kilometres.
- France's Sébastien Hinault (Crédit Agricole) wins stage 10 over Loyd Mondory (AG2R La Mondiale), r, and Greg Van Avermaet (Silence-Lotto). Spain's Oscar Freire (Rabobank), r.
- Alberto Contador (Astana) in the combination jersey.
- Egoi Martínez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) keeps his grip on the leader's jersey.
Results
1 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 3.22.21 2 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 3 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto 4 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 5 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 6 Koldo Fernandez De Larrea (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 7 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R La Mondiale 8 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 9 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 10 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 11 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Silence - Lotto 12 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 13 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Crédit Agricole 14 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 15 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 16 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Astana 17 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step 18 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 19 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 20 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux 21 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre 22 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 23 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 24 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 25 David Garcia Dapena (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 26 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Crédit Agricole 27 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 28 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems 29 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 30 Dominique Cornu (Bel) Silence - Lotto 31 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 32 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 33 José Luis Carrasco Gamiz (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 34 Bart Dockx (Bel) Silence - Lotto 35 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 36 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 37 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 38 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana 39 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 40 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Astana 41 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 42 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 43 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 44 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana 45 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 46 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 47 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 48 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 49 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 50 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 51 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 52 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 53 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 54 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 55 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 56 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 57 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 58 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 59 Gustavo Cesar Veloso (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 60 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 61 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto 62 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence - Lotto 63 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence - Lotto 64 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre 65 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 66 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 67 Javier Moreno Bazan (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 68 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 69 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre 70 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 71 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 72 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 73 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Gerolsteiner 74 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 75 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale 76 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram 77 Christian Kux (Ger) Team Milram 78 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step 79 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 80 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 81 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 82 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 83 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Silence - Lotto 84 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 85 Iñigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 86 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Rabobank 87 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 88 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 89 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre 90 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 91 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 92 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 93 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 94 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner 95 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux 96 Gustavo Dominguez Lemos (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 97 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 98 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.14 99 Bingen Fernandez Bustinza (Spa) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 100 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas 101 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 102 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 103 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick Step 104 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 105 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 106 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 107 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre 108 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 109 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 110 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 111 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 112 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 113 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Crédit Agricole 114 Artur Gajek (Ger) Team Milram 115 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 0.18 116 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 117 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre 0.19 118 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Liquigas 0.27 119 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas 120 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step 0.45 121 Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 122 José Antonio Carrasco Ramirez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 123 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 124 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step 125 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 126 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Française des Jeux 127 Sergio Miguel Paulinho Moreira (Por) Astana 128 Juan Javier Estrada Ruiz (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 129 Walter Fernando Pedraza Morales (Col) Tinkoff Credit Systems 130 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas 131 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas 132 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 133 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 134 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 135 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 136 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre 137 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 138 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step 139 José Antonio Lopez Gil (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 140 Mathias Frank (Swi) Gerolsteiner 141 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Française des Jeux 142 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 143 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 144 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.06 145 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.15 146 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 147 Carlos Panadero Castano (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 1.19 148 Francisco Jose Martinez Perez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 1.22 149 Jose Ruiz Sanchez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 150 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana 1.24 151 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step 1.46 152 Stéphane Poulhies (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1.50 153 Emanuele Bindi (Ita) Lampre 154 Ivan Velasco Murillo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2.00 155 Cycril Lemoine (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2.09 156 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram 2.21 157 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana 2.27 158 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 4.14 DNS Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas DNF Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom DNF Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom Points 1 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 25 pts 2 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 20 3 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto 16 4 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 14 5 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 12 6 Koldo Fernandez De Larrea (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 10 7 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R La Mondiale 9 8 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 8 9 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 7 10 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 6 11 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Silence - Lotto 5 12 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 4 13 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Crédit Agricole 3 14 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 2 15 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1 16 Emanuele Bindi (Ita) Lampre -5 Mountains Puerto de Monrepós 1 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step 10 pts 2 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 7 3 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 5 4 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas 3 5 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 2 6 Walter Fernando Pedraza Morales (Col) Tinkoff Credit Systems 1 Sprints Almudévar 1 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 4 pts 2 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto 2 3 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1 Zuera 1 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 4 pts 2 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2 3 Sergio Miguel Paulinho Moreira (Por) Astana 1 Teams 1 AG2R - La Mondiale 10.07.03 2 Credit Agricole 3 Silence - Lotto 4 Tinkoff Credit Systems 5 Team CSC - Saxo Bank 6 Bouygues Telecom 7 Cofidis, le credit par telephone 8 Euskaltel - Euskadi 9 Rabobank 10 Française Des Jeux 11 Astana 12 Quick Step 13 Team Milram 14 Xacobeo - Galicia 15 Andalucia - Cajasur 16 Gerolsteiner 17 Caisse D'Epargne 18 Lampre 19 Liquigas General classification after stage 10 1 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 36.46.17 2 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 0.11 3 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana 0.32 4 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1.00 5 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 1.38 6 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 2.10 7 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2.23 8 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2.32 9 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 2.54 10 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 3.22 11 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre 3.46 12 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 3.55 13 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4.10 14 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 4.16 15 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 4.30 16 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4.35 17 Dominique Cornu (Bel) Silence - Lotto 5.17 18 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 6.22 19 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 8.02 20 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Crédit Agricole 9.18 21 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 9.24 22 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 9.50 23 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 10.01 24 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems 10.18 25 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana 10.56 26 Javier Moreno Bazan (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 11.24 27 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 13.57 28 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 14.45 29 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 14.59 30 Gustavo Cesar Veloso (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 15.19 31 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step 15.38 32 David Garcia Dapena (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 16.23 33 Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 16.40 34 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre 17.32 35 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 17.34 36 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 19.28 37 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre 19.31 38 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 19.54 39 Carlos Panadero Castano (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 20.24 40 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step 20.45 41 Sergio Miguel Paulinho Moreira (Por) Astana 21.34 42 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 22.06 43 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 22.25 44 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Silence - Lotto 22.36 45 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 22.41 46 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 23.47 47 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 23.56 48 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux 25.33 49 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 25.37 50 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 26.50 51 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 26.59 52 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence - Lotto 27.26 53 José Antonio Carrasco Ramirez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 27.55 54 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 28.39 55 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 29.07 56 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 29.12 57 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 29.29 58 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 29.52 59 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto 31.11 60 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 31.43 61 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Rabobank 31.49 62 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 32.23 63 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 32.47 64 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre 33.52 65 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 36.00 66 Ivan Velasco Murillo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 36.12 67 José Luis Carrasco Gamiz (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 36.16 68 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 36.29 69 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 36.44 70 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 36.53 71 Gustavo Dominguez Lemos (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 39.08 72 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Astana 39.14 73 Iñigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 39.57 74 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 40.14 75 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 40.45 76 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step 40.49 77 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 40.56 78 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 41.16 79 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 41.52 80 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 42.11 81 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram 44.26 82 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 44.31 83 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 44.53 84 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 46.13 85 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto 46.57 86 Jose Ruiz Sanchez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 46.58 87 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale 47.15 88 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Crédit Agricole 47.28 89 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 47.29 90 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step 47.47 91 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 47.53 92 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 48.22 93 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence - Lotto 48.34 94 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Française des Jeux 48.59 95 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 49.34 96 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux 50.09 97 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 50.27 98 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 50.35 99 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 50.48 100 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 50.52 101 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Silence - Lotto 51.26 102 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 51.40 103 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick Step 52.58 104 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 53.22 105 Walter Fernando Pedraza Morales (Col) Tinkoff Credit Systems 53.44 106 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 54.35 107 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux 55.03 108 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 55.56 109 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 56.17 110 Koldo Fernandez De Larrea (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 57.26 111 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 59.27 112 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.00.16 113 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.00.28 114 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 1.01.38 115 Bingen Fernandez Bustinza (Spa) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléph1.03.04 116 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1.03.06 117 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1.03.24 118 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.03.43 119 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1.04.01 120 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Astana 1.04.32 121 Christian Kux (Ger) Team Milram 1.04.59 122 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.05.28 123 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas 1.07.15 124 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 1.07.21 125 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.09.10 126 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.09.40 127 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 1.11.57 128 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre 1.11.59 129 Bart Dockx (Bel) Silence - Lotto 1.12.52 130 Francisco Jose Martinez Perez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 1.13.00 131 Mathias Frank (Swi) Gerolsteiner 1.13.19 132 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.13.25 133 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1.13.35 134 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R La Mondiale 1.13.59 135 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas 1.14.27 136 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Française des Jeux 1.15.13 137 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Crédit Agricole 1.15.50 138 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 1.16.14 139 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas 1.16.42 140 Cycril Lemoine (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.17.15 141 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram 1.17.16 142 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre 1.17.19 143 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 1.18.13 144 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 1.19.12 145 Juan Javier Estrada Ruiz (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 1.19.13 146 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step 1.20.02 147 Stéphane Poulhies (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1.20.06 148 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Liquigas 1.20.13 149 José Antonio Lopez Gil (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 1.21.53 150 Emanuele Bindi (Ita) Lampre 1.22.33 151 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step 1.23.11 152 Artur Gajek (Ger) Team Milram 1.24.56 153 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre 1.26.02 154 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas 1.27.41 155 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 1.30.18 156 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana 1.30.24 157 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana 1.37.17 158 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner 1.38.22 Points classification 1 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto 91 pts 2 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 74 3 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre 56 4 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 56 5 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 55 6 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana 48 7 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 45 8 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 42 9 Koldo Fernandez De Larrea (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 40 10 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 37 11 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step 33 12 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 31 13 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 30 14 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 28 15 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 28 16 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 26 17 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 25 18 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 24 19 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Crédit Agricole 24 20 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 24 21 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 24 22 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 22 23 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 21 24 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 18 25 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 18 26 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 17 27 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 17 28 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 16 29 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 16 30 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 14 31 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre 14 32 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 13 33 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 13 34 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R La Mondiale 13 35 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 12 36 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 12 37 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step 12 38 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 11 39 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 10 40 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 9 41 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 9 42 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 9 43 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 9 44 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 8 45 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 8 46 José Antonio Lopez Gil (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 8 47 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step 8 48 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram 8 49 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick Step 8 50 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre 7 51 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 7 52 Dominique Cornu (Bel) Silence - Lotto 7 53 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 7 54 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 7 55 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 7 56 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 6 57 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6 58 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Silence - Lotto 5 59 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 5 60 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 5 61 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 4 62 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux 4 63 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 4 64 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Française des Jeux 3 65 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Crédit Agricole 3 66 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step 2 67 David Garcia Dapena (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 2 68 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre 2 69 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 2 70 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems 1 71 Sergio Miguel Paulinho Moreira (Por) Astana 1 72 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 1 73 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1 74 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1 75 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas 1 76 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 1 Mountains classification 1 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 83 pts 2 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre 51 3 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step 42 4 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 38 5 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana 32 6 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 31 7 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 31 8 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 26 9 Iñigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 22 10 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 19 11 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 18 12 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux 18 13 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 17 14 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 17 15 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 16 16 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 14 17 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Française des Jeux 13 18 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 12 19 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 10 20 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 10 21 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto 10 22 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 9 23 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 9 24 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 9 25 Walter Fernando Pedraza Morales (Col) Tinkoff Credit Systems 8 26 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 7 27 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre 7 28 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto 7 29 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 7 30 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 6 31 José Antonio Lopez Gil (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 6 32 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 6 33 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step 6 34 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 5 35 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 5 36 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 4 37 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step 4 38 Sergio Miguel Paulinho Moreira (Por) Astana 4 39 Francisco Jose Martinez Perez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 4 40 Cycril Lemoine (Fra) Crédit Agricole 4 41 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana 3 42 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 3 43 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas 3 44 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas 3 45 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 2 46 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2 47 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 2 48 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 2 49 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 2 50 Emanuele Bindi (Ita) Lampre 2 51 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana 2 52 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 1 53 José Luis Carrasco Gamiz (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 1 54 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1 55 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram 1 56 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre 1 Combination classification 1 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana 14 pts 2 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 23 3 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 25 4 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 28 5 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 30 6 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 36 7 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 37 8 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 38 9 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre 39 10 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 45 11 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 54 12 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 63 13 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 72 14 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 77 15 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 86 16 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre 88 17 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 88 18 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step 88 19 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 90 20 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 91 21 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step 100 22 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto 107 23 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 116 24 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux 122 25 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 131 26 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 134 27 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 142 28 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 143 29 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 146 30 Sergio Miguel Paulinho Moreira (Por) Astana 150 31 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step 156 32 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 159 33 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 165 34 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 175 35 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Française des Jeux 175 36 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram 184 37 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 206 38 José Antonio Lopez Gil (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 226 39 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 235 Teams classification 1 Caisse D'Epargne 110.01.23 2 Astana 5.58 3 Euskaltel - Euskadi 7.59 4 Team CSC - Saxo Bank 9.35 5 Rabobank 18.20 6 Xacobeo - Galicia 22.21 7 Silence - Lotto 25.52 8 Credit Agricole 28.07 9 Lampre 28.11 10 AG2R - La Mondiale 34.27 11 Cofidis, le credit par telephone 43.21 12 Tinkoff Credit Systems 43.26 13 Gerolsteiner 46.19 14 Française Des Jeux 48.57 15 Andalucia - Cajasur 52.18 16 Quick Step 54.41 17 Team Milram 1.33.54 18 Bouygues Telecom 1.45.05 19 Liquigas 2.16.50
