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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
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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.
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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
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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.
Photography
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- The protagonists of yesterday Walter Pedraza (Tinkoff Credit Systems, left) and Jesús Rosendo (Andalucía-Cajasur) were on hand for a little pre-race chat with Spanish TV today.
- Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) rolls to the start with his "Pinayellow".
- Robert Gesink will have a quiet day today but may look forward to the time trial.
- Tom Boonen in blue, although Contador is still the points leader but Greg Van Avermaet (Silence-Lotto) will try to snatch it back. Van Avermaet has 100 points like Boonen, but the latter will not finish the race.
- Erik Zabel rolls to the start.
- Filippo Pozzato (Liquigas) makes sure to not damage his hair with the helmet until the last possible moment.
- Paolo Bettini will pull out tomorrow.
- The view over the harbour area where stage 15 kicked off.
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- Wouter Weylandt (Quick Step) and others sprint to the finish.
- It's a mad dash to the finish.
- Celebration time for Wouter Weylandt (Quick Step)
- Wouter Weylandt (Quick Step) on the podium.
- Alberto Contador (Astana) in gold for another day.
- Wouter Weylandt (Quick Step) throws his bike to take victory.
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- The Astana team took a back seat to the sprinters teams.
- Another bouquet thrown, another step closer to the third Grand Tour for Alberto Contador.
- Alberto Contador (Astana) stays fueled up for the 148km stage.
- Horrillo and Ruiz try to stay away.
- The peloton begins the chase, under a clear sky.
- The hot, nearly cloudless blue sky.
- The breakaway of Pedro Horrillo (Rabobank) and José Ruiz (Andalucía-Cajasur).
- The peloton passes through a dry, hot countryside.
- The Silence-Lotto team takes the lead.
- Wouter Weylandt takes his second victory of the 2008 season, but his biggest win to date.
- Wouter Weylandt gets it on the bike throw.
Images by Sirotti/www.sirotti.it
- The lead-out man has a chance to savor the podium.
- Wouter Weylandt (Quick Step) pops the cap on a fine win.
- Alberto Contador (Astana) had an easy day in the golden jersey.
- David Moncoutie is congratulated by Miguel Indurain.
- Miguel Indurain was on hand for the podium
- Wouter Weylandt (Quick Step) has a slight advantage as they head to the line.
- The sprint is close between the top eight.
- Nobody is sure who won…
- It was a tight finish with several riders within centimetres of the win.
- The Quick Step team celebrates after Wouter Weylandt's win.
- Paolo Bettini watches the replay of his teammate's win.
- Wouter Weylandt (Quick Step) discusses the win with his teammates.
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
