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48th Vuelta al País Vasco - ProT
Spain, April 7-12, 2008
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Stage 5 - April 11: Vitoria - Gasteiz - Orio, 162km
Cunego hot in cold Basque rain
By Monika Prell in Orio
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Italian Damiano Cunego took the victory on the fifth stage of the Vuelta al País Vascso from Vitoria to Orio. The 26-year-old Lampre rider prevailed in the sprint from a select group of favourites over GC leader Alberto Contador (Astana) and Rabobank rider Thomas Dekker. The 162 kilometer route was made more difficult by cold temperatures and heavy rain falls, resulting in several breakaways, most notably one with Basque Egoi Martínez from Euskaltel – Euskadi, who was able to win the general mountain classification one day before the finish of the race, and Gerolsteiner's Bernhard Kohl.
"I am very happy, this is my fifth Vuelta al País Vasco, but my first stage win," declared Cunego in the finish. "I am very content, it is something special. The stage was quite hard due to the cold and the rain, and I have to say thank you to my team-mates who did a great work. I feel very satisfied. Tomorrow is another day and a difficult time trial. For now, I will enjoy my victory, tomorrow we will see what will happen."
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Contador was pleased with the day's effort, and looked ahead to the final stage time trial on Saturday. "Until now, my team did really a great job. Tomorrow it is I who will have to work. I am surely one of the favourites, but Cadel Evans and Thomas Dekker are not to be underestimated."
Martínez was happy about his mountain jersey win. "It is very great to win this classification," he exclaimed. He was happy to give the team a win of some sort. "We tried to win a stage and we almost reached it. We had been present every day, and we won the mountain classification. Tomorrow could still be a great day for Mikel [Astarloza]," declared Martínez.
How it unfolded
It's not withouut reason that the inhabitants of Vitoria call their city "Siberia": this morning the temperatures were at only 4° Celsius and the wind made it seem even colder. The start was not at the centre of the Basque capital as usual, because there is a tramway under construction, and so the organisation decided launch the fifth stage from the outskirts of the city. Nevertheless, there were a lot of spectators who wanted to see their heroes live and to send them off.
At 12:55, the remaining 136 riders started their ride in a northward direction. A Basque proverb says: "Abril – aguas mil" (April, thousand waters), and today this was confirmed once again. It rained during almost the entire stage, and the mountains near to the route were covered with snow.
After 16 kilometers, the first riders attacked. Saunier Duval's Iker Camaño, Liquigas rider Iván Santaromita, the two Euskaltel – Euskadi riders Iñaki Isasi and Iván Velasco, Ag2r's José Luis Arrieta and Milram rider Igor Astarloa tried their luck, but the peloton chased them down only two kilometers later.
In the descent of the Alto de Arlabán, a mountain that was not classified, the peloton broke apart with the overall leader, Astana's Alberto Contador, together with about 25 other riders in the front. Finally, the two groups came together and some kilometers later, four riders were able to escape.
Matej Mugerli from Liquigas, Rabobank's Paul Martens, Kanstantsi Siutsou from the Team High Road and Milram's Andriy Grivko were able to gain a maximal advantage of 1 minute and 30 seconds. On the climb to the Alto de Elosua (2nd category), the Rabobank rider was not able to follow the rhythm of his mates. The leader of the mountain classification, Egoi Martínez tried to reach the trio in front, but was chased down by the peloton.
After 51.6 kilometers, the summit of the Alto de Elosua was reached and crossed first by Mugerli, ahead of Siutsou and Grivko. Fourth was the young Amets Txurruka from Euskaltel – Euskadi. In Azpeitia, the trio in front was chased down by the peloton, but three kilometers later, a new breakaway group of 13 riders tried its luck – without avail.
Once again Mugerli and Grivko were in the next group to attack. Together with Martínez and the Austrian Bernhard Kohl from Gerolsteiner, they were able to put a few seconds between themselves and the peloton. Grivko was unlucky and had a puncture, while. Mugerli paid for his energy expenditure on the earlier move, and was not able to follow the rhythm of the Basque and the Austrian rider.
Fdjeux.com's Sandy Casar tried to reach the duo in front, but after a time in 'no man's land', gave up his pursuit and went back to the peloton. Martínez collected some more important mountain points as he crossed first at the summit of the Alto de Santa Ageda, classified as a second category mountain.
After 97 kilometers, just before the ascent of the Alto de Alkiza (3rd category), mother nature threw another punishment at the riders, and it began to hail. Nevertheless, Saunier Duval's David de la Fuente and the Silence – Lotto rider Jurgen van den Broeck set off in pursuit of the duo in front. Martínez put in a good performance and was able to win the mountain classification of the Alto de Alkiza, ahead of Kohl, with De la Fuente taking the rest of the points from the bunch.
Kohl took out the intermediate sprint in Andoain, and also the next one in Usurbil. The peloton was lead by the team of the yellow jersey, Astana, and by the team Lampre. The advantage of the pair in front began to decrease, and finally, the peloton chased the two down before the intermediate sprint in Andatza, which was won by Paolo Tiralongo (Lampre), followed by Silence Lotto's Christophe Brandt and Saunier Duval's Iker Camaño.
The fireworks waited for the main obstacle of the day, the Alto de Aia - only a second category climb, but with a horribly steep pitch reaching up to 26 %. This ramp provided a launch pad for Caisse d'Epargne's Joaquím Rodríguez, who attacked the race leader Contador, the Astana rider was able to resist all attacks and hit the top of the climb first, while the peloton was shattered by the clash of the climbers.
The remaining 14 kilometres to the finishing town of Orio was mainly downhill, but with wet roads and frozen hands gripping the bars, the peloton arrived in the town still fractured by the final climb. In the last roundabout, 250 meters before the finish, Karpin Galicia's David Herrero, the Australian Cadel Evans from Silence Lotto and Saunier Duval's Riccardo Riccò slipped due to some sand that was on a crosswalk and crashed. Damiano Cunego and Alberto Contador sprinted for the stage victory, and the Italian was able to beat the Spaniard.
David Herrero had to be brought to the hospital for x-rays, but no breaks were found and he will be able to start the final stage.
The sixth and last stage will consist of an individual time trial over 20 kilometers with start and finish in Orio. The riders will have to overcome the Alto de Aia, this time from the other side, but with a maximal climb of 22 % and an average climb of 7.18 % over four kilometers.
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- Amets Txurruka (Euskaltel-Euskadi) exhausted at the finish.
- Contador had to explain to the media why he lost a race, which is rare these days.
- Contador got second in a rainy affair in the Basque Country.
- Cunego was happy with his win but the smile was hard to produce after a cold, wet stage.
- Damiano Cunego (Lampre) didn't have an umbrella when he crossed the line, like the many spectators, but at that moment he didn't care.
- Thomas Dekker (Rabobank) leads in Kim Kirchen (High Road) and Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner). All were equally soaked.
- Ezequiel Mosquera (Karpin Galicia) doesn't look happy with the weather, but now he is done for the day.
- Ruben Lobato (Saunier Duval) checks if the Lampre team-mates are happy with the win, but everybody was too cold to celebrate.
- Everybody was equally miserable in the finish.
- Vladimir Karpets (Caisse d'Epargne) has been having a much quieter year than last season's spring.
- Grischa Niermann (Rabobank) takes the turn carefully.
- All the favourites were sure to be up front on the turn heading toward the finish.
- The peloton spread out as they slowed to take a sharp turn.
- Iker Camano (Saunier Duval) leads a couple Lampre riders.
- Juan Manuel Garate (Quick Step) decided not to contest the finish.
- The group heads into the finishing chute.
- Belgian Mario Aerts (Silence - Lotto) is use to these conditions.
- Astana in control of a group as it protects the race lead of Alberto Contador.
- It was a wet old day in Spain.
- Italy's Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner) continues to hold eighth position overall.
- France's Sandy Casar (Française des Jeux) gives his all on the climb.
- A Saunier Duval - Scott rider shows the strain of the tough conditions.
- Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Euskaltel - Euskadi) consolidated his mountains classification lead during his escape with Bernhard Kohl (Gerolsteiner).
- Russian Vladimir Karpets (Caisse d'Epargne) lost over four minutes on the stage.
- Austrian Bernhard Kohl (Gerolsteiner) and Spain's Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Euskaltel - Euskadi) escape on the fifth stage.
- Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Euskaltel - Euskadi) and break away companion Bernhard Kohl (Gerolsteiner).
- Despite the difficult conditions the break away stayed away for much of the race.
- The peloton was clearly keen on getting out of the rain and back to their hotels.
- Italian Damiano Cunego (Lampre) enjoys his victory in Spain.
- Damiano Cunego (Lampre) celebrates on the podium with his prize.
- Alberto Contador (Astana) continued to lead the race, but there's still a 20 kilometre time trial ahead.
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- Alberto Fernández De La Puebla (Saunier Duval - Scott) is interviewed before the start.
- Local rider Inaki Isasi Flores (Euskaltel - Euskadi) is from the Vitoria region.
- Iban Velasco Murillo (Euskaltel - Euskadi) finished the day down in 98th.
- Joaquim Rodriguez (Caisse d'Epargne) finished in the lead bunch on today's stage.
- Forner professional Gorka Beloki and his wife came to see the start in their home town of Vitoria.
- Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Euskaltel - Euskadi) is interviewed before the start.
- Xabier Zandio Echaide (Caisse d'Epargne) was one of the last to cross the line today.
- Some young Saunier Duval-Scott fans braved the weather to support their team.
- Italian Damiano Cunego (Lampre) gets swamped by the media after winning the fifth stage.
Results
1 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 4.02.48 (40.033 km/h) 2 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana 3 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 4 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team High Road 5 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 6 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 7 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 0.15 8 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 9 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 10 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0.20 11 Chris Horner (USA) Astana 12 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 0.25 13 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 14 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto 0.00 15 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 16 David Garcia Dapena (Spa) Karpin Galicia 1.12 17 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 18 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 19 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence - Lotto 20 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 21 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 22 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 23 Riccardo Riccò (Saunier Duval-Scott) 24 Patxi Javier Vila (Spa) Lampre 1.12 25 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Silence - Lotto 1.16 26 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team High Road 1.17 27 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 1.32 28 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Quick Step 1.40 29 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 30 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 31 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 32 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 33 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 1.43 34 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram 1.53 35 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 2.16 36 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 2.24 37 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence - Lotto 2.26 38 Alberto Fernández De La Puebla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 2.34 39 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank 2.36 40 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Silence - Lotto 2.48 41 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 42 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Française des Jeux 2.50 43 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Karpin Galicia 44 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4.14 45 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 46 Iker Camaño (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 47 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 48 Julien El Farès (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 5.17 49 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole 50 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 51 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 52 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 6.08 53 Kanstantin Siutsou (Blr) Team High Road 54 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 55 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre 8.22 56 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 8.24 57 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana 58 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre 59 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Silence - Lotto 9.06 60 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2r - La Mondiale 15.34 61 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Astana 15.35 62 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2r - La Mondiale 16.38 63 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom 64 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas 65 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step 66 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step 67 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Karpin Galicia 68 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 69 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 70 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 71 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 72 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre 73 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team High Road 74 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC 75 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team High Road 76 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana 77 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 78 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 79 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 80 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 81 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 82 Dominik Roels (Ger) Team Milram 20.06 83 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Karpin Galicia 21.06 84 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 85 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Liquigas 30.27 86 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux 87 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence - Lotto 88 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence - Lotto 89 Michael Barry (Can) Team High Road 90 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale 91 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 92 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 93 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Astana 94 Juan Francisco Mourón (Spa) Karpin Galicia 95 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 96 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas 97 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step 98 Iban Velasco Murillo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 99 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 100 Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 101 José Rujano Guillen (Ven) Caisse d'Epargne 102 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 103 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 104 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step 105 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank 31.55 Points 1 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 25 pts 2 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana 20 3 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 16 4 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team High Road 14 5 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 12 6 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 10 7 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 9 8 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 8 9 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 7 10 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 6 11 Chris Horner (USA) Astana 5 12 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 4 13 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 3 14 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto 2 15 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 1 Mountains Alto de Elosua, cat 2 - km 52 1 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 6 pts 2 Kanstantin Siutsou (Blr) Team High Road 4 3 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 2 4 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1 Alto de Santa Ageda, cat 2 - km 81 1 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 6 pts 2 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 4 3 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 2 4 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 1 Alto de Alkiza, cat 3 - km 102 1 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 3 pts 2 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 2 3 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 1 Alto de Aia, cat 2 - km 148.8 1 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana 6 pts 2 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4 3 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto 2 4 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 1 Intermediate sprints Andoain - km 113.8 1 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 3 pts 2 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2 3 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre 1 Usurbil - km 128.5 1 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 3 pts 2 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2 3 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre 1 Andatza - km 145.5 1 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre 3 pts 2 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence - Lotto 2 3 Iker Camaño (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 1 Teams 1 Karpin Galicia 12.09.51 2 Saunier Duval-Scott 0.57 3 Silence-Lotto 1.01 4 Rabobank 1.25 5 Gerolsteiner 2.33 6 Caisse d'Epargne 3.12 7 Team Milram 4.30 8 Euskaltel - Euskadi 5.01 9 Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 5.30 10 Team High Road 5.58 11 Astana 6.57 12 Lampre 8.07 13 Credit Agricole 10.47 14 Team CSC 19.25 15 Liquigas 23.02 16 Française Des Jeux 32.15 17 Bouygues Telecom 33.01 18 Quick Step 33.29 19 Ag2r-La Mondiale 1.01.12 General classification after stage 5 1 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana 20.34.49 2 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 0.08 3 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team High Road 4 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Karpin Galicia 5 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto 6 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 7 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 8 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 9 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 10 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 11 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 0.18 12 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0.28 13 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0.40 14 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 15 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 1.01 16 Patxi Javier Vila (Spa) Lampre 1.20 17 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 18 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 19 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 20 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 21 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team High Road 1.32 22 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 1.40 23 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 1.48 24 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 25 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Quick Step 1.55 26 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.00 27 David Garcia Dapena (Spa) Karpin Galicia 28 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 2.09 29 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence - Lotto 2.19 30 Alberto Fernández De La Puebla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 2.42 31 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 2.47 32 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 2.53 33 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram 3.00 34 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank 3.05 35 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 3.10 36 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Silence - Lotto 3.15 37 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Silence - Lotto 3.17 38 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence - Lotto 3.33 39 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 3.42 40 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 3.55 41 Iker Camaño (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 4.22 42 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 4.38 43 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 5.21 44 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 5.32 45 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 6.13 46 Chris Horner (USA) Astana 8.01 47 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 8.07 48 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre 8.37 49 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 9.52 50 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Française des Jeux 10.05 51 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre 11.04 52 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 11.15 53 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole 11.57 54 Kanstantin Siutsou (Blr) Team High Road 12.50 55 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Silence - Lotto 14.01 56 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom 16.46 57 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 16.53 58 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 59 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre 60 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC 61 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana 17.07 62 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Karpin Galicia 63 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 17.33 64 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas 17.45 65 Julien El Farès (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 17.50 66 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2r - La Mondiale 17.57 67 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step 68 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Astana 18.08 69 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 18.37 70 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 71 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 72 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 19.17 73 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team High Road 23.47 74 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2r - La Mondiale 24.34 75 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 26.01 76 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step 26.15 77 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 26.17 78 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team High Road 26.21 79 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana 26.56 80 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 28.10 81 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 29.53 82 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence - Lotto 31.34 83 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step 84 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 85 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale 32.26 86 Iban Velasco Murillo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 87 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 34.50 88 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Karpin Galicia 35.35 89 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 36.27 90 José Rujano Guillen (Ven) Caisse d'Epargne 36.47 91 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 37.20 92 Michael Barry (Can) Team High Road 37.42 93 Dominik Roels (Ger) Team Milram 38.45 94 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 40.08 95 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 40.10 96 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence - Lotto 40.26 97 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Liquigas 40.57 98 Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 42.17 99 Juan Francisco Mourón (Spa) Karpin Galicia 42.52 100 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank 46.23 101 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Astana 48.09 102 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux 48.47 103 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 52.26 104 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step 55.56 105 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas 1.00.00 Points classification 1 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Karpin Galicia 73 pts 2 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team High Road 71 3 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 65 4 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana 45 5 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 32 6 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 29 7 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 26 8 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 23 9 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2r - La Mondiale 22 10 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 20 11 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team High Road 20 12 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 17 13 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 16 14 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 16 15 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 16 16 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 14 17 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Quick Step 14 18 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 13 19 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 12 20 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence - Lotto 12 21 Igor Astarloa Ascasibar (Spa) Team Milram 10 22 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto 10 23 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre 10 24 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 9 25 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 8 26 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 8 27 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 7 28 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence - Lotto 7 29 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 6 30 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom 6 31 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 6 32 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 5 33 Chris Horner (USA) Astana 5 34 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 4 35 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step 3 36 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 3 37 Patxi Javier Vila (Spa) Lampre 3 38 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 3 39 Michael Barry (Can) Team High Road 2 40 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 2 41 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 1 Mountains classification 1 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 46 pts 2 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team High Road 33 3 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 24 4 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 22 5 Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 17 6 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Karpin Galicia 16 7 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence - Lotto 15 8 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana 12 9 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank 10 10 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 7 11 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2r - La Mondiale 7 12 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 7 13 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 6 14 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 6 15 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Liquigas 6 16 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Française des Jeux 6 17 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 6 18 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 5 19 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 4 20 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4 21 Kanstantin Siutsou (Blr) Team High Road 4 22 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 2 23 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto 2 24 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 2 25 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 2 26 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 2 27 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 1 28 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 1 29 Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC 1 Sprint classification 1 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Karpin Galicia 15 pts 2 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team High Road 14 3 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 10 4 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 8 5 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 6 6 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 5 7 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank 5 8 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2r - La Mondiale 4 9 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Française des Jeux 4 10 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre 3 11 Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2 12 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence - Lotto 2 13 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre 2 14 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence - Lotto 2 15 Iker Camaño (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 1 16 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana 1 17 Chris Horner (USA) Astana 1 18 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence - Lotto 1 19 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Liquigas 1 20 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1 21 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1 22 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step 1 Teams classification 1 Karpin Galicia 61.46.34 2 Saunier Duval-Scott 0.41 3 Rabobank 1.09 4 Silence-Lotto 2.05 5 Gerolsteiner 2.57 6 Caisse d'Epargne 3.24 7 Team Milram 5.34 8 Team High Road 5.56 9 Euskaltel - Euskadi 6.36 10 Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 7.12 11 Astana 7.15 12 Lampre 7.58 13 Credit Agricole 12.10 14 Team CSC 19.23 15 Liquigas 25.55 16 Bouygues Telecom 32.52 17 Quick Step 34.26 18 Française Des Jeux 39.20 19 Ag2R-La Mondiale 1.05.06
