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63rd Vuelta a España - GT
Spain, August 30 - September 21, 2008
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Rest Day 2 - September 12: Rest Day
Rolling along
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The Vuelta a España just keeps rolling along. The raced entered the Pyrenees, hitting the high mountains for the first time, and then had a spell of rolling stages. The result? The maillot oro ended up on the shoulders of a relative outsider, who has to be considered more of caretaker than a real contender. Egoi Martínez of Euskaltel-Euskadi was the lucky one, who took advantage of a long breakaway and time bonuses to snatch the leader's jersey away from Astana's Levi Leipheimer. Cyclingnews' Susan Westemeyer examines stages seven to 12.
The race favourites – Alberto Contador of Astana, Carlos Sastre of CSC, Caisse d'Epargne's Alejandro Valverde and Leipheimer – all managed to stay close to one another much of the week with a slight advantage going to the two Astana riders. Valverde appeared to lose all his chances on Thursday's stage when the main group gapped him on the descent of the day's final climb.
Leipheimer must have felt as everything was going against him in this race. He took the maillot oro in the fifth stage time trial, only to lose it the next day. He won it back on stage seven and lost it the next day when Martínez gathered enough bonus seconds to take the lead by 11 seconds. To top it off, Leipheimer, who has made no secret of the fact that he himself wants to win the Tour de France, had to hear that Lance Armstrong is returning to the peloton – and apparently in an Astana jersey – with the announced intention of winning the Tour yet again.
The main theme of the second week was the breakaway. Escape groups controlled stages seven, eight and nine. The sprinters finally got their chances, taking the last three stages – even if the sprints didn't always go as planned.
In the mountain rankings, Alessandro Ballan of Lampre won the first Pyrenees stage and took over the red mountain jersey, only to turn it over to David Moncoutié (Cofidis) two days later – both in escape groups, by the way. On the points front, Daniele Bennati (Liquigas) turned the blue jersey over to Valverde for two days, and it ultimately ended up with Greg Van Avermaet of Silence-Lotto, who used – what else – an escape to take it.
Stage 7 - September 6: Barbastro - Andorra, 223.2km
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After the rest day in the shadow of the mountains, things turned serious in this stage with the first high mountains. Alessandro Ballan, better known as a Spring Classics man, showed he can tackle the Pyrenees too. He broke out of the escape group to take the stage win and the overall lead in the race. It was, surprisingly, his first win of the season.
The break of the day got away at kilometre 18, with Ballan, Marc De Maar (Rabobank), Gianni Meersman (Française des Jeux), Iñigo Landaluze (Euskaltel-Euskadi) and Xabier Zandio (Caisse d'Epargne). The group fell apart at the end, and with 14 kilometres to go, Ballan took off from De Maar and headed up La Rabassa for the second time, to arrive alone at the mountaintop finish 2:42 ahead of his nearest competitor.
In the group of favourites, Contador was able to jump out and grab five seconds on his rivals.
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Stage 8 - September 7: Andorra - Pla de Beret, 151km
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The stage to Pla de Beret went the way of Astana and Moncoutié, who escaped from the day's escape similar to how Ballan won the day before. Contador and Valverde picked up a few seconds on Sastre, and Leipheimer was able to take back the gold jersey.
Moncoutié was part of an early break group, from which he got away with about 20 kilometres to go. He won the last two climbs, both category one, which gave him enough points to take over the mountain jersey as well.
However, the real story of the day was Astana. José Luis Rubiera and Andreas Klöden pushed the pace so high on the final climb that Sastre fell out of the group. He caught back, but that just inspired Contador, Valverde and Euskaltel's Igor Antón to take off. They picked up five seconds on Sastre and nearly caught Moncoutié, who salvaged a 34-second lead at the finish line.
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Stage 9 - September 8: Viella - Sabiñánigo, 200.8km
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Leipheimer lost the maillot oro again, as yet another breakaway was successful, with an outsider moving up from 16th place and 6:41 down to first place and an 11-second lead. Egoi Martínez of Euskaltel took advantage of the circumstances and took the lead, while Silence-Lotto's Van Avermaet out-sprinted his break companions – including some high-powered names – to win the stage.
The break, which got away at kilometre 53, included such big names as Davide Rebellin, Juan Antonio Flecha, Damiano Cunego and the previous day's hero, Moncoutié. They came in 6:42 ahead of the peloton.
Leipheimer did not seem disappointed in losing the lead, saying the team had purposely held back on the day, letting the escapists go and reserving strength for upcoming stages.
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Stage 10 - September 9: Sabiñánigo - Zaragoza, 151.3km
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The sprinters finally had their chance after the mountains, and two French riders were able to dupe the big names. Sébastien Hinault of Team Crédit Agricole out-sprinted Loyd Mondory of AG2R. Well-established sprinters Oscar Freire and Tom Boonen were back in fourth and fifth place.
Matej Jurco of Team Milram made the day's long break, but despite a lead of up to over seven minutes, the peloton had him near 15 kilometres to go. Liquigas tried to set things up for Filippo Pozzato, and then Quick Step took over the lead with three kilometres to go, but it was the Frenchmen who had the say in Spain on this day.
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Stage 11 - September 10: Calahorra - Burgos, 178km
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Freire was able to set things right on this stage, pipping Boonen at the line to take the win. There was another long, but unsuccessful, break during the stage, and Martínez successfully defended his overall lead.
Euskaltel controlled things most of the day, with their worst competition coming from the wind. It was at various times a headwind, tailwind and from both sides, and didn't make the rolling parcours any easier.
The break of Serafín Martínez (Xacobeo Galicia), José Antonio López (Andalucía-Cajasur) and Andriy Grivko (Team Milram) went clear early, and had a lead of over seven minutes, but the sprinters were determined to use one of their few chances and gathered them in.
The fight for position got serious after the final bend at 500 metres. Boonen had the perfect lead out and looked to take the win, but Freire sneaked up on him and won by centimetres.
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Stage 12 - September 11: Burgos - Suances, 186.4km
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Italy ruled on this day by taking the top four spots in Suances. Reigning World Champion, Paolo Bettini, took his second win of the Vuelta, on the day that he fell out with his employer, Team Quick Step. The big news among the favourites was that Valverde lost over three minuets and dropped to 11th place.
The other main theme of the day was the weather. The sun and heat of the first week were long gone, and this stage featured rain, fog and cool temperatures.
Again, an escape group got away, but this time the peloton didn't let the lead get so big and roped them in with 30 kilometres to go. At that point, though Valverde had already disappeared from the scene. He dropped back on the final descent of the day, with 50 kilometres to go, and despite furious efforts, was never able to catch up again.
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General classification after stage 12 1 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 45.48.33 2 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 0.11 3 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana 0.29 4 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 1.38 5 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 2.10 6 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2.23 7 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 3.22 8 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 3.40 9 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre 4.09 10 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4.10 11 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4.19 12 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 4.53 13 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 5.51 14 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 6.03 15 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 6.22 16 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 7.25 17 Dominique Cornu (Bel) Silence - Lotto 8.39 18 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 10.17 19 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 10.20 20 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 11.36 21 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana 12.08 22 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 12.14 23 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Crédit Agricole 12.37 24 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 12.50 25 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 14.05 26 Javier Moreno Bazan (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 14.43 27 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 15.28 28 Gustavo Cesar Veloso (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 15.36 29 David Garcia Dapena (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 16.33 30 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step 16.52 31 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre 17.29 32 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 19.17 33 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step 20.47 34 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 20.48 35 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre 23.50 36 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 24.06 37 Sergio Miguel Paulinho Moreira (Por) Astana 24.53 38 Carlos Panadero Castano (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 24.59 39 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Silence - Lotto 26.02 40 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 26.09 41 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 27.06 42 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 27.26 43 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence - Lotto 27.51 44 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 27.59 45 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems 29.07 46 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 29.16 47 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 29.28 48 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 30.18 49 José Antonio Carrasco Ramirez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 30.20 50 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 30.36 51 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 30.43 52 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto 32.00 53 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 32.39 54 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 32.56 55 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 33.11 56 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 33.34 57 Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 35.29 58 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre 35.33 59 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Rabobank 36.14 60 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 36.25 61 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 37.42 62 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 38.39 63 José Luis Carrasco Gamiz (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 39.51 64 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 40.05 65 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 40.20 66 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 41.18 67 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 41.35 68 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Astana 41.43 69 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 42.09 70 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 42.36 71 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 42.36 72 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux 42.56 73 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step 43.06 74 Iñigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 43.16 75 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram 44.34 76 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 44.38 77 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 46.33 78 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 47.56 79 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 48.26 80 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Crédit Agricole 48.32 81 Ivan Velasco Murillo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 48.39 82 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step 48.47 83 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 49.36 84 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 49.58 85 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto 50.19 86 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 51.10 87 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 51.17 88 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 51.21 89 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 51.28 90 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 52.14 91 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 53.31 92 Jose Ruiz Sanchez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 54.26 93 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 55.33 94 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux 56.51 95 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence - Lotto 57.11 96 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 57.27 97 Koldo Fernandez De Larrea (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 57.38 98 Gustavo Dominguez Lemos (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 57.57 99 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 57.58 100 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux 59.15 101 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick Step 1.00.10 102 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.00.38 103 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 1.02.50 104 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale 1.04.31 105 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.06.13 106 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Astana 1.06.23 107 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1.07.36 108 Bingen Fernandez Bustinza (Spa) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.08.13 109 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas 1.08.52 110 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.09.39 111 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 1.09.41 112 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Silence - Lotto 1.10.15 113 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.10.35 114 Walter Fernando Pedraza Morales (Col) Tinkoff Credit Systems 1.12.33 115 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 1.13.12 116 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 1.14.03 117 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.16.26 118 Cycril Lemoine (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.18.06 119 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1.18.14 120 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.19.17 121 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.19.57 122 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 1.20.11 123 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas 1.20.11 124 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Crédit Agricole 1.21.29 125 Mathias Frank (Swi) Gerolsteiner 1.21.57 126 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram 1.21.58 127 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 1.22.16 128 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.22.32 129 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1.22.50 130 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 1.23.09 131 Christian Kux (Ger) Team Milram 1.23.48 132 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Liquigas 1.23.58 133 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 1.26.10 134 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step 1.28.39 135 Bart Dockx (Bel) Silence - Lotto 1.29.06 136 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1.29.49 137 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 1.30.46 138 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R La Mondiale 1.31.22 139 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 1.32.30 140 Francisco Jose Martinez Perez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 1.32.57 141 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.33.13 142 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Française des Jeux 1.34.17 143 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas 1.34.43 144 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre 1.36.08 145 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre 1.36.18 146 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana 1.37.30 147 Juan Javier Estrada Ruiz (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 1.38.02 148 Stéphane Poulhies (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1.38.55 149 José Antonio Lopez Gil (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 1.42.16 150 Artur Gajek (Ger) Team Milram 1.43.45 151 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step 1.43.48 152 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas 1.45.22 153 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner 1.46.12 154 Emanuele Bindi (Ita) Lampre 1.46.52 155 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana 1.54.52 Points classification 1 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto 99 pts 2 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 76 3 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 75 4 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 74 5 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre 70 6 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana 60 7 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step 58 8 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 53 9 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 52 10 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 51 11 Koldo Fernandez De Larrea (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 50 12 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 46 13 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 38 14 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 33 15 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 31 16 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 31 17 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 30 18 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 30 19 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 29 20 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 28 21 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 27 22 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 26 23 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 24 24 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Crédit Agricole 24 25 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 24 26 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 23 27 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 21 28 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 21 29 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 18 30 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 18 31 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 18 32 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 18 33 José Antonio Lopez Gil (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 16 34 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 15 35 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 14 36 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 13 37 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R La Mondiale 13 38 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 12 39 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step 12 40 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 11 41 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 10 42 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 10 43 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 9 44 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram 9 45 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 9 46 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 9 47 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 8 48 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 8 49 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 8 50 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step 8 51 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick Step 8 52 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 8 53 Dominique Cornu (Bel) Silence - Lotto 7 54 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 7 55 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 7 56 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 7 57 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 6 58 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6 59 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6 60 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Silence - Lotto 5 61 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 5 62 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux 4 63 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 4 64 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Crédit Agricole 3 65 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 2 66 David Garcia Dapena (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 2 67 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step 2 68 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre 2 69 José Antonio Carrasco Ramirez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 2 70 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 2 71 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Astana 2 72 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 2 73 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana 1 74 Sergio Miguel Paulinho Moreira (Por) Astana 1 75 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems 1 76 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 1 77 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1 78 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas 1 79 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1 80 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 1 Mountains classification 1 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 87 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 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 26 9 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 26 10 Iñigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 22 11 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 19 12 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 18 13 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 18 14 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux 18 15 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 17 16 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 17 17 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 16 18 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 14 19 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 12 20 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 12 21 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 10 22 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 10 23 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto 10 24 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 9 25 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 9 26 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 9 27 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 8 28 José Antonio Lopez Gil (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 8 29 Walter Fernando Pedraza Morales (Col) Tinkoff Credit Systems 8 30 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 7 31 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre 7 32 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto 7 33 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 7 34 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 6 35 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 6 36 Sergio Miguel Paulinho Moreira (Por) Astana 6 37 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step 6 38 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 5 39 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 5 40 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 4 41 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step 4 42 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 4 43 Cycril Lemoine (Fra) Crédit Agricole 4 44 Francisco Jose Martinez Perez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 4 45 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana 3 46 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 3 47 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 3 48 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas 3 49 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana 3 50 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas 3 51 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 2 52 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 2 53 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2 54 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 2 55 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2 56 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana 2 57 Emanuele Bindi (Ita) Lampre 2 58 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 1 59 José Luis Carrasco Gamiz (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 1 60 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram 1 61 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1 62 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre 1 Combination classification 1 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana 14 pts 2 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 27 3 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 28 4 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 31 5 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 34 6 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 35 7 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 36 8 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 37 9 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre 38 10 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 41 11 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 48 12 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 71 13 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 75 14 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 78 15 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step 81 16 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 84 17 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 85 18 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 100 19 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step 100 20 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 103 21 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 103 22 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 107 23 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto 109 24 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 119 25 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 124 26 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 138 27 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana 139 28 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 146 29 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 146 30 Sergio Miguel Paulinho Moreira (Por) Astana 147 31 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux 147 32 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 147 33 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 149 34 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 158 35 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step 160 36 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 162 37 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 170 38 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 176 39 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram 179 40 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 206 41 José Antonio Lopez Gil (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 210 42 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 220 43 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 227 44 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 243 Teams classification 1 Astana 137.14.39 2 Caisse D'Epargne 0.10 3 Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.43 4 Team CSC - Saxo Bank 3.52 5 Rabobank 12.23 6 Xacobeo - Galicia 16.20 7 Lampre 22.00 8 Credit Agricole 22.58 9 Silence - Lotto 24.00 10 AG2R - La Mondiale 35.01 11 Gerolsteiner 40.21 12 Cofidis, le credit par telephone 40.42 13 Tinkoff Credit Systems 47.48 14 Quick Step 50.23 15 Française Des Jeux 50.59 16 Andalucia - Cajasur 55.09 17 Team Milram 1.31.48 18 Bouygues Telecom 1.52.42 19 Liquigas 2.16.06
