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48th Vuelta al País Vasco - ProT
Spain, April 7-12, 2008
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Stage 1 - April 7: Legazpi - Legazpi, 137km
Contador smokes competition in Basque Country
By Monika Prell in Legazpi
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2007 Tour de France winner Alberto Contador (Astana) has won the hilly first stage of the Vuelta al País Vasco in Legazpi, which was littered with seven categorised mountains. Contador won with a slight gap over compatriot Ezequiel Mosquera (Karpin Galicia), while Mosquera's team-mate, David Herrero, led the peloton across the line, eight seconds behind Contador. Contador let his team work to get the break of the day back, while being alert towards the end of the race. He crested the top of the Alto de Deskarga, some six kilometres from the line, in second spot, then used his superiour strength to escape Mosquera.
Egoi Martínez (Euskaltel Euskadi) was the most consistent over the category two and three climbs and secured himself the lead in the mountains classification. Iban Mayoz (Karpin Galicia) proved to be the fastest over the metas volantes. Saunier Duval was the best team of the day, with four of its riders among the best 20.
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"This is an important win for the team," commented Contador after the finish. "The team worked well. But I won't say that the Vuelta is already decided, everybody can have a bad day. And now, we will have a lot of work for the rest of the week, because the other ones will attack."
Mayoz praised his team-mates, saying that "The team did a great job. Mosquera has showed that he is able to be with Contador. I have won this classification; we were present in the breakaway intents. It really was a good day for us."
How it unfolded
During the night, it had snowed in Legazpi. But when the riders were presented to the public in Legazpi, the sun was out and the temperatures were agreeable, even if on the mountains around the little Basque village the snow was still visible.
The first stage from Legazpi to Legazpi over 137 kilometres was a hilly affair. The 152 riders were motivated to win this stage, and so the first attack was set after eight kilometres by the neo professional Dominik Roels (Milram), but he was not able to reach a big advantage before the peloton chased him down.
Egoi Martínez (Euskaltel Euskadi) was the next one to try his luck, and he was more successful. Three kilometres later, Iban Mayoz (Karpin Galicia) and Mickael Buffaz (Cofidis) joined the Basque rider. The first mountain of the day, the Alto de Liernia, was passed by Martínez in front of Mayoz and Buffaz. The gap was already three minutes and seven seconds when the three passed the Alto de Aztiria. Rubén Lobato (Saunier Duval) led the peloton over the Aztiria.
After 40 kilometres of this first stage, the gap was 3'54. But now in the peloton some teams started to work. Astana and Caisse d'Epargne reduced the gap during the next ten kilometres to about three minutes. When Silence-Lotto joined the other teams in their work, the advance of the four riders in front decreased to 2'41.
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In the ascent to the Alto de Deskarga (2nd category), Mickael Buffaz was not able to follow the rhythm of his two breakaway partners. Martínez was once more the first to pass the summit of the Alto de Deskarga, ahead of Mayoz and Buffaz, who followed the two others 30 seconds later. The peloton passed 3'08 behind. It began to rain and this made the descent quite dangerous.
In Legazpi Mayoz won the metas volantes classification. Some kilometres later, Buffaz was chased down by the peloton, where now Paolo Bettini (Quick Step) and Igor Astarloa (Milram) tried to escape.
Martínez was able to also win the following two mountain classifications, the Alto de Liernia and the Alto de Gabiria. It did not stop raining, and current world champion Bettini came close to crashing on the descent of the Alto de Liernia.
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Mayoz rolled over all three of the metas volantes in first in today's stage.
In the last ascent to the Alto de Deskarga, Mayoz and Martínez were chased down by the peloton. Mosquera was the first on the summit of this mountain of the second category, followed by Contador. The duo created a gap between themselves and the peloton, where Damiano Cunego (Lampre) and David de la Fuente (Saunier Duval) led the chase.
With 700 metres to go, Contador accelerated and Mosquera could not hang on. The Astana rider raised his hands, having delivered yet another win for Astana.
Tomorrow's stage 2 will lead the riders from Legazpi to Erandio, over 153 kilometres and five mountains, four of the third category and one category one climb. The weather preview is not too good, with prediction of rain.
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- Some young fans wait to watch their heros ride.
- Igor Antón (Euskaltel - Euskadi) has an achilles tendon problem.
- Karpin Glacia was very active in the opening stage, claiming two podium spots.
- Alberto Contador (Astana) was ready to put on a show for his home crowed.
- Carlos Sastre (Team CSC) takes the easy way down.
- Riders pose for a photo ahead of the opening stage.
- Local fans cheer on the break away riders.
- Saunier Duval-Scott riders pick up a light refreshment on the opening stage.
Images by cyclinginside.com
- The peloton on one of the many hills in the first stage.
- Astana is presented before stage one.
- Paolo Bettini at the sign-in and eager to return to competition.
- Contador was in the centre of attention when he rolled to the sign-in.
- Cadel Evans is having a good year and is now building up for the Tour.
- Egoi Martínez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) did a great race and secured the climber's jersey.
- The escape of the day with Martínez and Mayoz
- A Cofidis rider went down the road, but the move didn't stick.
- Alberto Contador (Astana) really knows how to spray the bubbly, after all he just keeps getting more and more practice.
- World champion Paolo Bettini (Quick Step) waits for the race to get underway.
- Iban Mayoz (Karpin Galicia) in the combination jersey.
- Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Euskaltel - Euskadi) holds an impressive mountains classification lead after day one.
- Alberto Contador (Astana) is congratulated on the podium.
- Alberto Contador (Astana) puts on the leader's jersey at his home ProTour race.
- Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Karpin Galicia) claimed second place.
- Tour de France champion Alberto Contador (Astana) leads in the run to the finish line.
- The Caisse d'Epargne crew is presented to the crowed.
- Marco Pinotti (Team High Road) rides in the convoy.
Results
1 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana 3.39.22 (37.472 km/h) 2 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 0.03 3 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Karpin Galicia 0.08 4 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 5 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 6 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 7 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 8 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 9 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 10 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom 11 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 12 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 13 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 14 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 15 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto 16 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 17 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 18 Patxi Javier Vila (Spa) Lampre 19 Iker Camaño (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 20 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 21 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 22 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 23 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team High Road 24 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 25 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 26 Alberto Fernández De La Puebla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 27 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step 0.15 28 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 29 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team High Road 30 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 31 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Quick Step 32 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC 33 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre 34 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 35 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 36 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team High Road 37 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre 38 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux 39 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 40 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana 0.29 41 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 42 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Karpin Galicia 43 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 44 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank 45 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 46 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana 47 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Silence - Lotto 48 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.48 49 David Garcia Dapena (Spa) Karpin Galicia 50 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.07 51 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence - Lotto 52 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 53 Igor Astarloa Ascasibar (Spa) Team Milram 54 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas 55 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence - Lotto 56 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas 57 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step 58 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 59 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence - Lotto 60 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 61 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 62 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram 63 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2r - La Mondiale 1.16 64 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Astana 1.19 65 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2r - La Mondiale 66 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step 67 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre 68 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Crédit Agricole 69 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank 70 José Rujano Guillen (Ven) Caisse d'Epargne 71 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 72 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Liquigas 73 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step 74 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.59 75 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 76 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 77 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale 78 Iban Velasco Murillo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 79 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 80 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 81 Juan Francisco Mourón (Spa) Karpin Galicia 82 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 83 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 84 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana 85 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Astana 86 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 87 Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC 88 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 89 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 90 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre 91 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 92 Scott Davis (Aus) Team High Road 93 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Silence - Lotto 94 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 95 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Silence - Lotto 96 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 2.54 97 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram 3.44 98 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre 99 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 100 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole 101 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 102 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence - Lotto 103 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 104 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale 105 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 4.42 106 Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 107 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team High Road 108 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 109 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 110 Bingen Fernandez Bustinza (Spa) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 5.32 111 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2r - La Mondiale 5.39 112 Kanstantin Siutsou (Blr) Team High Road 6.42 113 Chris Horner (USA) Astana 7.03 114 Michael Barry (Can) Team High Road 7.15 115 Dominik Roels (Ger) Team Milram 116 John Devine (USA) Team High Road 117 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 118 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 119 Maxime Méderel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 120 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Française des Jeux 121 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 122 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 123 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 124 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Karpin Galicia 125 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux 126 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana 7.20 127 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 128 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas 9.37 129 Julien El Farès (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 130 Anthony Roux (Fra) Française des Jeux 131 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 132 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 133 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step 134 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 135 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 136 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Française des Jeux 137 Evgeny Sokolov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom 138 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step 139 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 140 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step 141 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 16.43 142 Blaise Sonnery (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale 143 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 144 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2r - La Mondiale 145 René Mandri (Est) AG2r - La Mondiale 146 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas 147 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 148 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 149 Alejandro Paleo (Spa) Karpin Galicia 19.04 150 Sébastien Portal (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 21.47 Points 1 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana 25 pts 2 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 20 3 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Karpin Galicia 16 4 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 14 5 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 12 6 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 10 7 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 9 8 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 8 9 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 7 10 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom 6 11 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 5 12 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 4 13 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 3 14 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 2 15 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto 1 Mountains Alto de Liernia, cat 3 - km 14 1 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 3 pts 2 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Karpin Galicia 2 3 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1 Alto de Aztiria, cat 2 - km 27 1 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 6 pts 2 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Karpin Galicia 4 3 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 2 4 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 1 Alto de Deskarga, cat 2 - km 60 1 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 6 pts 2 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Karpin Galicia 4 3 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 2 4 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 1 Alto de Aztiria, cat 3 - km 71 1 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 3 pts 2 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Karpin Galicia 2 3 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1 Alto de Liernia, cat 3 - km 80 1 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 3 pts 2 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Karpin Galicia 2 3 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step 1 Alto de Gabiria, cat 3 - km 85 1 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 3 pts 2 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Karpin Galicia 2 3 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 1 Alto de Deskarga, cat 2 - km 131 1 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 6 pts 2 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana 4 3 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 2 4 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott Metas volantes - intermediate sprints Legazpi - km 66.5 1 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Karpin Galicia 3 pts 2 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2 3 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1 Legazpi - km 99.7 1 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Karpin Galicia 3 pts 2 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2 3 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence - Lotto 1 Oñati - km 111.7 1 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Karpin Galicia 3 pts 2 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2 3 Chris Horner (USA) Astana 1 Teams 1 Saunier Duval-Scott 10.58.30 2 Rabobank 3 Lampre 0.07 4 Bouygues Telecom 5 Team CSC 0.14 6 Team High Road 7 Karpin Galicia 0.16 8 Caisse d'Epargne 0.28 9 Astana 0.34 10 Gerolsteiner 0.40 11 Quick Step 1.13 12 Team Milram 1.20 13 Silence-Lotto 14 Credit Agricole 1.39 15 Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.51 16 Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 1.58 17 Liquigas 3.09 18 Ag2r-La Mondiale 4.10 19 Française Des Jeux 7.21 General classification after stage 1 1 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana 3.39.22 2 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 0.03 3 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Karpin Galicia 0.08 4 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 5 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 6 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 7 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 8 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 9 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 10 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom 11 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 12 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 13 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 14 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 15 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto 16 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 17 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 18 Patxi Javier Vila (Spa) Lampre 19 Iker Camaño (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 20 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 21 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 22 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 23 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team High Road 24 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 25 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 26 Alberto Fernández De La Puebla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 27 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step 0.15 28 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 29 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team High Road 30 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 31 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Quick Step 32 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC 33 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre 34 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 35 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 36 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team High Road 37 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre 38 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux 39 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 40 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana 0.29 41 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 42 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Karpin Galicia 43 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 44 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank 45 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 46 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana 47 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Silence - Lotto 48 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.48 49 David Garcia Dapena (Spa) Karpin Galicia 50 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.07 51 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence - Lotto 52 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 53 Igor Astarloa Ascasibar (Spa) Team Milram 54 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas 55 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence - Lotto 56 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas 57 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step 58 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 59 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence - Lotto 60 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 61 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 62 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram 63 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2r - La Mondiale 1.16 64 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Astana 1.19 65 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2r - La Mondiale 66 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step 67 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre 68 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Crédit Agricole 69 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank 70 José Rujano Guillen (Ven) Caisse d'Epargne 71 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 72 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Liquigas 73 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step 74 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.59 75 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 76 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 77 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale 78 Iban Velasco Murillo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 79 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 80 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 81 Juan Francisco Mourón (Spa) Karpin Galicia 82 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 83 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 84 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana 85 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Astana 86 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 87 Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC 88 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 89 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 90 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre 91 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 92 Scott Davis (Aus) Team High Road 93 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Silence - Lotto 94 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 95 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Silence - Lotto 96 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 2.54 97 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram 3.44 98 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre 99 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 100 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole 101 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 102 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence - Lotto 103 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 104 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale 105 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 4.42 106 Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 107 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team High Road 108 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 109 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 110 Bingen Fernandez Bustinza (Spa) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 5.32 111 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2r - La Mondiale 5.39 112 Kanstantin Siutsou (Blr) Team High Road 6.42 113 Chris Horner (USA) Astana 7.03 114 Michael Barry (Can) Team High Road 7.15 115 Dominik Roels (Ger) Team Milram 116 John Devine (USA) Team High Road 117 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 118 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 119 Maxime Méderel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 120 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Française des Jeux 121 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 122 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 123 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 124 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Karpin Galicia 125 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux 126 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana 7.20 127 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 128 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas 9.37 129 Julien El Farès (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 130 Anthony Roux (Fra) Française des Jeux 131 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 132 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 133 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step 134 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 135 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 136 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Française des Jeux 137 Evgeny Sokolov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom 138 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step 139 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 140 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step 141 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 16.43 142 Blaise Sonnery (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale 143 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 144 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2r - La Mondiale 145 René Mandri (Est) AG2r - La Mondiale 146 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas 147 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 148 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 149 Alejandro Paleo (Spa) Karpin Galicia 19.04 150 Sébastien Portal (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 21.47 Points classification 1 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana 25 pts 2 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 20 3 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Karpin Galicia 16 4 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 14 5 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 12 6 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 10 7 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 9 8 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 8 9 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 7 10 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom 6 11 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 5 12 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 4 13 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 3 14 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 2 15 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto 1 Mountains classification 1 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 24 pts 2 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Karpin Galicia 16 3 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 6 4 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 6 5 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana 4 6 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 3 7 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 2 8 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 1 9 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step 1 Metas volantes/intermediate sprints classification 1 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Karpin Galicia 9 pts 2 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 6 3 Chris Horner (USA) Astana 1 4 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence - Lotto 1 5 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1 Teams classification 1 Saunier Duval-Scott 10.58.30 2 Rabobank 3 Lampre 0.07 4 Bouygues Telecom 5 Team CSC 0.14 6 Team High Road 7 Karpin Galicia 0.16 8 Caisse d'Epargne 0.28 9 Astana 0.34 10 Gerolsteiner 0.40 11 Quick Step 1.13 12 Team Milram 1.20 13 Silence-Lotto 14 Credit Agricole 1.39 15 Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.51 16 Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 1.58 17 Liquigas 3.09 18 Ag2r-La Mondiale 4.10 19 Française Des Jeux 7.21
