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63rd Vuelta a España - GT
Spain, August 30 - September 21, 2008
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Stage 3 - September 1: Jaén - Córdoba, 168.6km
Boonen grabs stage
Bennati takes over maillot oro
By Shane Stokes
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Tom Boonen has shown he is back on top sprinting form after his cocaine positive earlier this summer, winning stage three of the Vuelta a España into Córdoba. He beat Daniele Bennati (Liquigas) and Erik Zabel (Team Milram) to the line, with Koldo Fernandez De Larrea (Euskaltel – Euskadi) and Nicolas Roche (Crédit Agricole) netting fourth and fifth in the mass bunch gallop.
Bennati had picked up second in two bonus sprints and his runner-up placing on the stage lifted him clear of today's leader Alejandro Valverde in the general classification. He ended the day seven seconds ahead of the Spaniard and ten up on Boonen. His team-mate Filippo Pozzato and Egoi Martinez De Esteban are next in line in the overall standings.
Boonen was glad to be back on top of a Grand Tour podium. "Today was incredibly hot," he stated. "It was by no means an easy stage. I already partly knew the route, which has been the scene of some beautiful stages in the Ruta del Sol and la Vuelta. At the top of the climb I hit the downhill with the first group and from then I thought only about preparing the final sprint with the help of my team mates.
"I chose Bennati's wheel…Daniele is in great shape and I knew he would be the man to beat. Everything went perfectly. When Bennati started the sprint I stayed covered as much as possible, choosing the right moment to make my move."
Boonen took his fourteen win of the season and said that unlike other years, he has plenty of reserves due to missing the Tour. "As I've said already this year I'm facing the Vuelta in good condition. Usually this race represented the beginning of the end of the season for me. I always ended the Tour de France tired because of the battle for the green jersey. This year instead I'm fresh and the team is racing without much stress. This is another strong point."
He is now third in the general classification behind Bennati. The latter repeated his achievement of last year's Vuelta in grabbing the maillot oro, but was not completely happy.
"'I'm satisfied with having the golden jersey, but truthfully I would have preferred the stage win," Bennati said afterwards. "The golden jersey is a small compensation, but I already wore it last year and what I want from now on is to win stages."
The 27 year-old Bennati believes he was equal in strength to the stage winner, but was disadvantaged due to hitting the front too soon. "It's not that Tom (Boonen) was any stronger than I was today. What happened is there was a strong wind in our faces and since my team had made such a great effort, I had to start my final sprint from too far away. Tom got right behind me and passed me."
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The day was marked by a long solo move by Andalucia Cajasur rider Manuel Ortega Ocana, who was quarter of an hour ahead at one point and was only caught on the descent of the final climb. "I am happy because I had a chance until 15 kilometres to go," he said. "I was only caught after the top of the climb. Now I hope that I recover by tomorrow, otherwise it will be an ordeal."
Apart from the publicity gained through his escape, the team also has the boost of holding on to the lead of the king of the mountains. Jesús Rosendo was third on the Alto de San Jerónimo and ended the day six points ahead of team-mate Ortega.
Young Irish rider Nicolas Roche was fifth in the gallop to the line, and was encouraged by how things went. "My condition is great, I had great momentum and a super job from Gabriel Rasch in the final two kilometres. He worked really well for me, keeping me out of the wind and putting me on Boonen's wheel with one kilometre to go. It is awesome to be finally able to compete at this level and I’m trying to make the most of it. Going for a stage win at some point in the race is more possible than ever."
How it unfolded
The sunny stage took the riders 168.6 kilometres from Jaén to Córdoba. Andalucia Cajasur rider Manuel Ortega Ocana attacked almost immediately after the start in his hometown, making the most of early disinterest on the part of the peloton to pull over fifteen minutes clear.
Ortega was over ten minutes ahead when he took the intermediate sprint in Espejo, 88.2 kilometres after the start. Bennati and his team-mate Manuel Quinziato (Liquigas) were second and third there, with the bunch’s lethargy reflected in the fact that it didn’t try to stay on the wheels of the riders winding things up before the sprint. This was also seen at the second sprint of the day in Córdoba, 45.5 kilometres from the end, where Ortega crossed the line 7'47" ahead of Bennati and another Liquigas rider, Claudio Corioni.
Alejandro Valverde didn't attempt to contest either intermediate sprint, thus showing that he was not intent on defending his race lead.
Ortega had a lead of six minutes 49 seconds when he hit the start of the day's lone categorised climb, the third cat Puerto de San Jerónimo, but a big solo attack by Paolo Bettini saw the Italian close to within one minute 45 seconds by the summit.
The world champion then caught and dropped him soon afterwards, with Ortega also being passed by Sylvain Chavanel (Cofidis). Both were caught by the peloton and then Bettini was himself recaptured with fifteen kilometres remaining.
Liquigas was doing most of the riding in order to set things up for Bennati. Chavanel wanted something other than a bunch gallop and went again three kilometres from the line. He was hauled back a kilometre later and, in the ensuing sprint, Boonen overpowered Bennati as well as the other fastmen in the race.
Valverde finished 29th in the gallop for the line, thus enabling Bennati to take over the maillot oro. The race continues tomorrow with a 170.3 kilometre race from Córdoba to Puertollano.
Photography
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Images by AFP Photo
- Tom Boonen (Quick Step) sprints to victory in stage three.
- Tom Boonen (Quick Step) with his winning salute
- Daniele Bennati (Liquigas) wears yellow after stage three.
Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti
- Manuel Ortega (Andalucía-Cajasur) riders solo.
- World Champion Paolo Bettini (Quick Step) charges after the escapee.
- The peloton races along in stage three.
- Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) riding in the race leader's top.
- Sylvain Chavanel (Cofidis)
- Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner) in the points leader's jersey.
- Philippe Gilbert (Française des Jeux)
- The bunch kick.
- Belgium's Tom Boonen (Quick Step) confirms.
- Tom Boonen (Quick Step) satisfied with his win in stage three of the Vuelta a España.
- Tom Boonen (Quick Step) awarded for his efforts after stage three of the Vuelta a España.
- Goofy hat time... Tom Boonen (Quick Step) on the Vuelta a España stage.
- Kisses from the ladies for Tom Boonen (Quick Step)
- Italian Daniele Bennati (Liquigas) takes the stage as GC winner.
- Italy's Daniele Bennati (Liquigas) takes the maillot oro.
- Daniele Bennati (Liquigas) with kisses thanks to claiming the classification.
Images by Unipublic
- Race leader Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne)
- Manuel Ortega (Andalucía-Cajasur)
- Alberto Contador (Astana)
- Paolo Bettini (Quick Step)
Results
1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 4.25.24 (38.12km/h) 2 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas 3 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 4 Koldo Fernandez De Larrea (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 5 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Crédit Agricole 6 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto 7 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 8 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 9 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 10 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 11 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 12 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 13 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre 14 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 15 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 16 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 17 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 18 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 19 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 20 José Antonio Carrasco Ramirez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 21 Gustavo Dominguez Lemos (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 22 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 23 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step 24 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 25 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Silence - Lotto 26 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 27 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 28 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 29 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 30 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux 31 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Crédit Agricole 32 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 33 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana 34 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 35 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 36 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 37 David Garcia Dapena (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 38 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 39 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence - Lotto 40 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 41 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 42 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 43 Dominique Cornu (Bel) Silence - Lotto 44 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 45 Gustavo Cesar Veloso (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 46 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 47 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Astana 48 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 49 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 50 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 51 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 52 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 53 Jose Ruiz Sanchez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 54 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 55 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto 56 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 57 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 58 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 59 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 60 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence - Lotto 61 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 62 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana 63 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 64 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 65 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 66 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 67 Carlos Panadero Castano (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 68 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 69 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 70 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 71 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 72 Iñigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 73 Ivan Velasco Murillo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 74 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 75 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 76 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre 77 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 78 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 79 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 80 Bingen Fernandez Bustinza (Spa) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 81 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems 82 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 83 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 84 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre 85 Javier Moreno Bazan (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 86 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step 87 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 88 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Rabobank 89 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 90 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre 91 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale 92 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 93 Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 94 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 95 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 96 Sergio Miguel Paulinho Moreira (Por) Astana 97 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 98 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 99 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux 100 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence - Lotto 101 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step 102 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick Step 0.27 103 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas 0.46 104 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 0.47 105 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step 106 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step 107 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 1.17 108 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas 2.34 109 Walter Fernando Pedraza Morales (Col) Tinkoff Credit Systems 5.53 110 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 111 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 112 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Française des Jeux 113 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 114 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 7.25 115 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 116 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 117 José Luis Carrasco Gamiz (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 118 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 9.30 119 José Antonio Lopez Gil (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 120 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 121 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 122 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Gerolsteiner 123 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux 124 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 125 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 126 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 127 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 128 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 129 Mathias Frank (Swi) Gerolsteiner 130 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram 131 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Astana 132 Cycril Lemoine (Fra) Crédit Agricole 133 Christian Kux (Ger) Team Milram 134 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Liquigas 135 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre 136 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step 11.37 137 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Française des Jeux 138 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Silence - Lotto 139 Juan Javier Estrada Ruiz (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 140 Volodymyr Diudia (Ukr) Team Milram 141 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 142 Bart Dockx (Bel) Silence - Lotto 143 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 144 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step 145 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre 146 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 147 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas 148 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas 149 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 150 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram 151 Artur Gajek (Ger) Team Milram 152 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 153 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre 154 Emanuele Bindi (Ita) Lampre 155 Jean-Marc Marino (Fra) Crédit Agricole 156 Francisco Jose Martinez Perez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 157 Stéphane Poulhies (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 158 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 159 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 160 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Crédit Agricole 161 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana 162 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana 163 Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 164 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 165 Ricardo Serrano González (Spa) Tinkoff Credit Systems 166 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R La Mondiale 167 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 168 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner 14.43 169 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 170 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom Sprints Sprint 1 - Espejo, 88.2km 1 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 4 pts 2 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas 2 3 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 1 Sprint 2 - Córdoba, 123.1km 1 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 4 pts 2 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas 2 3 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas 1 Sprint 3 - Córdoba, 168.6km 1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 25 pts 2 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas 20 3 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 16 4 Koldo Fernandez De Larrea (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 14 5 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Crédit Agricole 12 6 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto 10 7 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 9 8 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 8 9 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 7 10 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 6 11 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 5 12 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 4 13 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre 3 14 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 2 15 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 1 16 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas -5 17 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas -5 Mountains Alto de San Jerónimo, 142 (3rd category) 1 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 6 pts 2 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step 4 3 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 2 4 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1 Teams 1 Credit Agricole 13.16.12 2 AG2R - La Mondiale 3 Rabobank 4 Xacobeo - Galicia 5 Silence - Lotto 6 Cofidis, le credit par telephone 7 Bouygues Telecom 8 Gerolsteiner 9 Quick Step 10 Euskaltel - Euskadi 11 Caisse D'Epargne 12 Team CSC - Saxo Bank 13 Française Des Jeux 14 Astana 15 Andalucia - Cajasur 16 Tinkoff Credit Systems 17 Lampre 18 Liquigas 0.46 19 Team Milram 9.30 General classification after stage three 1 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas 8.56.27 2 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0.07 3 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 0.10 4 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 0.20 5 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0.22 6 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 0.26 7 Iñigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 8 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 0.27 9 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 10 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0.28 11 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 12 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0.29 13 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 14 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 15 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 16 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 17 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step 0.30 18 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step 19 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step 20 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre 0.31 21 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 22 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 23 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 24 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 25 Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 26 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 0.32 27 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems 28 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 29 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 30 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 0.33 31 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 32 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 33 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 34 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Rabobank 35 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 36 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 37 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana 0.34 38 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 39 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana 40 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 41 Sergio Miguel Paulinho Moreira (Por) Astana 42 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.38 43 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 44 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 45 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre 0.39 46 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 47 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre 48 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 0.40 49 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto 50 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 51 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence - Lotto 52 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 53 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 54 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence - Lotto 55 Dominique Cornu (Bel) Silence - Lotto 56 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 57 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 58 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 59 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 60 Bingen Fernandez Bustinza (Spa) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 61 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 62 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale 63 David Garcia Dapena (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 0.41 64 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 65 Gustavo Dominguez Lemos (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 66 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 67 Gustavo Cesar Veloso (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 68 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 69 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Crédit Agricole 0.43 70 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 71 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 72 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 73 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 0.44 74 Carlos Panadero Castano (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 75 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 76 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 0.47 77 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux 78 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 79 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 0.48 80 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 81 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0.50 82 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Astana 0.51 83 Jose Ruiz Sanchez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 0.55 84 Koldo Fernandez De Larrea (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0.57 85 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1.01 86 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre 1.04 87 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 1.06 88 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 1.08 89 Ivan Velasco Murillo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.15 90 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto 1.18 91 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1.20 92 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence - Lotto 93 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.25 94 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.28 95 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 1.30 96 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Crédit Agricole 1.36 97 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.41 98 José Antonio Carrasco Ramirez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 1.42 99 Javier Moreno Bazan (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 100 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Silence - Lotto 1.49 101 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step 2.39 102 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step 2.48 103 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 3.02 104 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 3.18 105 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 3.20 106 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas 6.21 107 Walter Fernando Pedraza Morales (Col) Tinkoff Credit Systems 6.25 108 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 6.40 109 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 7.16 110 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas 111 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 7.53 112 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 8.03 113 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 9.35 114 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 10.01 115 José Luis Carrasco Gamiz (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 10.03 116 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Française des Jeux 10.12 117 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 10.18 118 Christian Kux (Ger) Team Milram 10.46 119 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 10.47 120 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Gerolsteiner 11.03 121 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 11.14 122 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram 11.33 123 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick Step 11.34 124 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 11.58 125 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 12.06 126 Ricardo Serrano González (Spa) Tinkoff Credit Systems 12.09 127 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 12.10 128 Mathias Frank (Swi) Gerolsteiner 12.30 129 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux 12.55 130 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 13.09 131 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre 13.11 132 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Astana 13.13 133 Jean-Marc Marino (Fra) Crédit Agricole 14.03 134 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 135 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre 14.28 136 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 14.33 137 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram 14.50 138 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 14.54 139 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Française des Jeux 14.58 140 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 15.03 141 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana 15.06 142 Artur Gajek (Ger) Team Milram 15.21 143 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana 15.22 144 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 15.27 145 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Silence - Lotto 15.33 146 Bart Dockx (Bel) Silence - Lotto 16.04 147 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre 16.10 148 Emanuele Bindi (Ita) Lampre 149 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 16.13 150 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Crédit Agricole 16.32 151 Stéphane Poulhies (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 17.04 152 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 18.08 153 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 18.44 154 José Antonio Lopez Gil (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 18.48 155 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Liquigas 19.53 156 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas 20.01 157 Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 20.13 158 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R La Mondiale 20.21 159 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 20.26 160 Juan Javier Estrada Ruiz (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 20.36 161 Francisco Jose Martinez Perez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 162 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 21.06 163 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step 21.13 164 Volodymyr Diudia (Ukr) Team Milram 22.10 165 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas 22.25 166 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step 23.04 167 Cycril Lemoine (Fra) Crédit Agricole 23.24 168 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner 25.16 169 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 25.26 170 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 25.40 Points classification 1 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 25 pts 2 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 25 3 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 25 4 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas 24 5 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto 24 6 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 20 7 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre 19 8 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Crédit Agricole 17 9 Koldo Fernandez De Larrea (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 14 10 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 12 11 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 12 12 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 10 13 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 10 14 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 8 15 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step 8 16 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 8 17 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 7 18 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 7 19 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 6 20 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 5 21 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 4 22 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 4 23 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4 24 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 2 25 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Rabobank 2 26 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2 27 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 2 28 Iñigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1 29 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 1 30 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence - Lotto 1 31 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 1 32 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 1 Mountains classification 1 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 8 pts 2 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 6 3 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step 4 4 Cycril Lemoine (Fra) Crédit Agricole 4 5 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2 6 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 2 Combinada classification 1 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 31 pts 2 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step 36 3 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 111 Teams classification 1 Caisse D'Epargne 26.33.46 2 Euskaltel - Euskadi 0.01 3 Quick Step 0.03 4 Team CSC - Saxo Bank 0.04 5 Tinkoff Credit Systems 0.05 6 Rabobank 0.06 7 Astana 0.07 8 Gerolsteiner 0.11 9 Lampre 0.12 10 AG2R - La Mondiale 0.13 11 Silence - Lotto 12 Cofidis, le credit par telephone 13 Xacobeo - Galicia 0.14 14 Credit Agricole 0.16 15 Française Des Jeux 0.20 16 Bouygues Telecom 0.21 17 Andalucia - Cajasur 0.28 18 Liquigas 2.22 19 Team Milram 10.50
